Stunned silence ensued.

That's talent.

re: #1 Charles

Lol. I guess nobody appreciates fine music anymore. Some of the versions on youtube have over 4 million views. It's a hit somewhere.

"The only thing that will work is a crop duster!"

Gotta remember to pull that one out at the next managerial meeting.

That's some top rate dancing by the bearded harmony singer. He really complements Mladek's complete lack of motion and charisma. Though his sportcoat speaks louder than he does.

I have so many questions my mind is numb.

I'm reminded of Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin on SNL in the late 1970's ...

We are two wild and crazy guys!

I think they had very powerful psachedelics back then, the sort that we no longer have around today, that's the only explanation I can find for it.

Reminded me of Eva's Polka

Renegade Eastern European Amish trying to break into showbiz.

Obviously have come to no good.

re: #5 bloodnok

That's some top rate dancing by the bearded harmony singer. He really complements Mladek's complete lack of motion and charisma. Though his sportcoat speaks louder than he does.

I wanna know what happened to that guy's neck (the bearded guy). It seems to be non-existent.

Stunned silence is the only appropriate response to this.

I think we found a new interrogation technique.

//

Oh, 1978. Now it makes sense.

despite fear of blowing my own horn (or whatever device) I offer Smoke on the Muddy Waters:

And til now I hadn't truly grasped the under-appreciated art of baritone kazoo.

is that what he was playing? Looked like he was blowing into a cowbell

re: #12 Gus 802

I think we found a new interrogation technique.

//

Won't work on me. I just want to polka down on the collective farm.

ralphieboy

despite fear of blowing my own horn (or whatever device) I offer Smoke on the Muddy Waters:

I thought even YouTube had standards. I was mistaken.

re: #17 SanFranciscoZionist

Won't work on me. I just want to polka down on the collective farm.

He has a website. ;)

Lizards!

I have a question, I'm sure it's been asked dozens upon dozens of times before, but I don't know where to begin the search for past archives for something like this.

My sister has always been extremely apolitical. My father and I are both fairly conservative (particularly in the economic and foreign policy sense).

Recently my sister decided to start reading political book and get herself informed and I just found out the first book she got was a recommendation from her boss.

Lo and behold, it's Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine". She messaged me today, basically saying "Have you ever heard of this book, it seems REALLLY liberal".

Bottom line, after explaining who Naomi Klein is and what she is known for, I convinced her to let me recommend the next book she reads. Now, I'm left with the task of finding a book that does a good job of presenting the world from a conservative view-point at a level that someone not-so-involved will be able to grasp.

I don't think my sister is looking to "choose sides" at this point, but I think she is looking for enough material to be able to follow political conversations, and I don't want all her ammunition to be from the likes of Naomi Klein.

Any recommendations?

(Blame: Noah.)

Maybe that'll cut down on the hat tip whining.

Lost: 1 Sport jacket.

If found please contact Uncle Floyd c/o the Uncle Floyd Show

I immediately flashed on Andy Kaufman in character as "Latka" (from Taxi) speaking in his made up East European language.

re: #23 Barking Pumpkin

I immediately flashed on Andy Kaufman in character as "Latka" (from Taxi) speaking in his made up East European language.

I can well imagine this fellow was one of his inspirations.

And now... for something completely different.

IT'S!!!

re: #19 Gus 802

He has a website. ;)

From there:

He became known as a comedian in the 1980s.

OK, now I'm confused again.

re: #20 Joo-LiZ

Lizards!

I have a question, I'm sure it's been asked dozens upon dozens of times before, but I don't know where to begin the search for past archives for something like this.

My sister has always been extremely apolitical. My father and I are both fairly conservative (particularly in the economic and foreign policy sense).

Recently my sister decided to start reading political book and get herself informed and I just found out the first book she got was a recommendation from her boss.

Lo and behold, it's Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine". She messaged me today, basically saying "Have you ever heard of this book, it seems REALLLY liberal".

Bottom line, after explaining who Naomi Klein is and what she is known for, I convinced her to let me recommend the next book she reads. Now, I'm left with the task of finding a book that does a good job of presenting the world from a conservative view-point at a level that someone not-so-involved will be able to grasp.

I don't think my sister is looking to "choose sides" at this point, but I think she is looking for enough material to be able to follow political conversations, and I don't want all her ammunition to be from the likes of Naomi Klein.

Any recommendations?

Give her "Witness" by Whittaker Chambers. It lays out an entire way of being and way of life in the biography of one man, who went from Communist agent to devout quaker and anti-Communist, all while maintaining the same moral beliefs and world-view.

re: #22 bloodnok

Lost: 1 Sport jacket.

If found please contact Uncle Floyd c/o the Uncle Floyd Show

Looney Skip Rooney!

re: #27 wrenchwench

OK, now I'm confused again.

Actor as well. He has a Wiki page with more information.

re: #20 Joo-LiZ

Any recommendations?

VDH

re: #30 Gus 802

Actor as well. He has a Wiki page with more information.

I mean, if what's up top here is not comedy, what is it? Music?!?

/

Ok...
well...err...that was...
interesting?

Let me introduce...Rev White Mike an Itis

re: #32 wrenchwench

I mean, if what's up top here is not comedy, what is it? Music?!?

/

Either that or a bar in Czechoslovakia, James Bond, and some shadowy figures involving the Warsaw Pact.

/

The signer with the fancy dance steps is the inimitable Ivo Pešák.

Here's the funny thing: even though this is quite old (1978), this video apparently went viral in Russia last year, and according to a Russian colleague of mine, it could often be heard in cell phone ring tones while riding the metro.

There's something of a crazed genius in Czech videos. František Ringo Čech had a pop hit in the 80s called "Pražákům těm je tu hej", which means "Prague inhabitants have it great". The main lines are "Pražákům těm je tu hej, ty nikam nezablouděj", which means "Prague inhabitants have it great, they never get lost". The rest of the song basically lists some of the streets in Prague.

In the video, a bearded Ringo Čech plays an angst-ridden country bumpkin running around Prague with his goat trying to figure out where to pitch his tent to a 1980s techno-grunge beat. In other words, it has all the ingredients for a great video! ;-)

re: #32 wrenchwench

I mean, if what's up top here is not comedy, what is it? Music?!?

/

Music. I've heard that at a performance of Die Zauberflöte in 1791 Mozart had a gentleman walk onstage and blow into a pane of glass in a similar fashion. And you don't call HIM a comedian, do you?

/

Now I'm having a flashback of 1958...

re: #20 Joo-LiZ

Lizards!

I have a question, I'm sure it's been asked dozens upon dozens of times before, but I don't know where to begin the search for past archives for something like this.

My sister has always been extremely apolitical. My father and I are both fairly conservative (particularly in the economic and foreign policy sense).

Recently my sister decided to start reading political book and get herself informed and I just found out the first book she got was a recommendation from her boss.

Lo and behold, it's Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine". She messaged me today, basically saying "Have you ever heard of this book, it seems REALLLY liberal".

Bottom line, after explaining who Naomi Klein is and what she is known for, I convinced her to let me recommend the next book she reads. Now, I'm left with the task of finding a book that does a good job of presenting the world from a conservative view-point at a level that someone not-so-involved will be able to grasp.

I don't think my sister is looking to "choose sides" at this point, but I think she is looking for enough material to be able to follow political conversations, and I don't want all her ammunition to be from the likes of Naomi Klein.

Any recommendations?

What kinds of topics is she interested in?

re: #31 Clemente

VDH

What is a good introductory book by VDH? He's been quite prolific.

re: #38 ausador

Now I'm having a flashback of 1958...

That does it! I confess, I confess!!

/

re: #39 SanFranciscoZionist

I think she just wants to learn more about current events in general, with some historical backing to it. Something to give her a compass with which to navigate major news events that go on.

Nothing too philosophical, but with concrete examples of why things are the way they are.

Sorry if I can't be more specific, when it comes down to it, if it's a good book and readable, I'm sure it'll be fine, but I just want to give her something that balances whatever anti-capitalist and "america is a imperial power" trife she'll be reading in the Klein book.

Wow. Just wow. Me loves those crazy moves!

re: #20 Joo-LiZ

Any recommendations?

How about Sarah Palin Going Rogue? According to Rush Limbaugh, it's "one of the most substantive policy books I've read".

///

re: #44 bratwurst

How about Sarah Palin Going Rogue? According to Rush Limbaugh, it's "one of the most substantive policy books I've read".

[Link: mediamatters.org...]

///

This is a comedy thread, then.

re: #42 Joo-LiZ

Have her google Dr. Thomas Sowell. He does a weekly column. He has books but writes a column every week. I don't know the exact address. But you'll find it.

re: #46 Cannadian Club Akbar

Yeah, I should do some Thomas Sowell reading myself. She's not the type to sit in front of a computer and do searching for this sort of stuff... Books are the best medium which is why I am asking for that.

I have plenty of my own online sources, recommended newspapers, websites, journalists, etc. It's the books that I am hunting down now.

re: #46 Cannadian Club Akbar

[Link: www.tsowell.com...]

re: #44 bratwurst

How about Sarah Palin Going Rogue? According to Rush Limbaugh, it's "one of the most substantive policy books I've read".

[Link: mediamatters.org...]

///

Did you hear the line where he says "state controlled media?"

Yikes.

re: #47 Joo-LiZ

Yeah, I should do some Thomas Sowell reading myself. She's not the type to sit in front of a computer and do searching for this sort of stuff... Books are the best medium which is why I am asking for that.

I have plenty of my own online sources, recommended newspapers, websites, journalists, etc. It's the books that I am hunting down now.

I understand. But columns are the most up to date resources available and generally a quick read. That's why I recommended it.

re: #27 wrenchwench
He became known as a comedian in the 1980s.

OK, now I'm confused again.

If you go to his website, click the link for "O Sněhurce" Here he retells the story of Snow White. Even if you don't understand what he's saying, you can get the sense of his comic delivery, which is really good.

re: #50 Cannadian Club Akbar

I think columns are better once you have a grounding with which to understand what they are talking about.
FWIW I do appreciate the recommendation.

re: #49 Gus 802

Did you hear the line where he says "state controlled media?"

Yikes.

Anyone surprised a book with no footnotes or index is among the most substantive books high school graduate Rush Limbaugh has read?

re: #36 Noah's Arrrgh

That's four minutes and forty one seconds I will never get back.

re: #52 Joo-LiZ

I think columns are better once you have a grounding with which to understand what they are talking about.
FWIW I do appreciate the recommendation.

I liked "Shut up and Sing" by Laura Ingraham.

re: #53 bratwurst

Anyone surprised a book with no footnotes or index is among the most substantive books high school graduate Rush Limbaugh has read?

And she didn't even "write" it.

What a world.

re: #54 Irenicum

That's four minutes and forty one seconds I will never get back.

On the up-side, you'll never be able to watch James Carville without thinking of Joey the Swampthing...

re: #57 Noah's Arrrgh

On the up-side, you'll never be able to watch James Carville without thinking of Joey the Swampthing...

I just don't watch James Carville!!
///

Question...if one goes through the ad on the right for the Amazon Denim Shop will the LGF Amazon Associate get credit?

re: #51 Noah's Arrrgh

He became known as a comedian in the 1980s.

If you go to his website, click the link for "O Sněhurce" Here he retells the story of Snow White. Even if you don't understand what he's saying, you can get the sense of his comic delivery, which is really good.

For the first time in my life, I desire a knowledge of the Czech language.

re: #59 Big Steve

Question...if one goes through the ad on the right for the Amazon Denim Shop will the LGF Amazon Associate get credit?

I believe the answer is "yes."

Here's Paul Simon, as played by Chevy Chase.

re: #62 wrenchwench

Here's Paul Simon, as played by Chevy Chase.

[Video]

Hey you! I have a good idea to make big bucks with Bikes...
Wanna hear?

re: #63 HoosierHoops

Hey you! I have a good idea to make big bucks with Bikes...
Wanna hear?

I'm listening!

re: #63 HoosierHoops

Hey you! I have a good idea to make big bucks with Bikes...
Wanna hear?

Scooter rentals on the beach?
//

BTW: Anyone who enjoys hearing the rich Czech language in action, here is my favorite Czech pop rock artist, Vladimír Mišík:

First, with his first famous group, "Blue Effect" circa late 1968 with "Sunny Grave":

Then as a hit-making solo artist in 1976 with "Why Do They Cut the Little Boys Hair?":

here we go again ... Obama bows before another leader ...

[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com...]

appropriate or not?

re: #67 _RememberTonyC

here we go again ... Obama bows before another leader ...

[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com...]

appropriate or not?

It's a custom. I'm OK with it.

re: #62 wrenchwench

I love that song!

re: #20 Joo-LiZ

When she's not reading maybe she could tune in to Dennis Prager (?)
I find him to be a good listen, but what do I know?

re: #68 Cannadian Club Akbar

I noticed twitter dicks were already OUTRAGED!!!

re: #67 _RememberTonyC

here we go again ... Obama bows before another leader ...

[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com...]

appropriate or not?

See Charles' comment in the overnight thread. If there is a protocol against the president observing local customs while abroad, our host has not found it.

jeez bratwurst ... a down ding just for asking a question?

re: #64 wrenchwench

I'm listening!

I think we should make a Calendar with smoking hot girls on Bikes..
It worked with Harley motorcycles..
Hope you aren't insulted..But really cute girls on Bikes would sell big time...
Guys will buy anything with beautiful women on it.

re: #72 bratwurst

See Charles' comment in the overnight thread. If there is a protocol against the president observing local customs while abroad, our host has not found it.

sorry ... i dont spend 24/7 on LGF ...

re: #73 _RememberTonyC

jeez bratwurst ... a down ding just for asking a question?

The anti-bowing meme is a symptom of ODS.

re: #67 _RememberTonyC

here we go again ... Obama bows before another leader ...

[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com...]

appropriate or not?

Beats ralphing on him ala the first G. Bush

re: #74 HoosierHoops

I think we should make a Calendar with smoking hot girls on Bikes..
It worked with Harley motorcycles..
Hope you aren't insulted..But really cute girls on Bikes would sell big time...
Guys will buy anything with beautiful women on it.

Better idea. Hot chicks on cans of beer.
/

re: #76 bratwurst

The anti-bowing meme is a symptom of ODS.

bite me

re: #79 _RememberTonyC

bite me

Where?

re: #74 HoosierHoops

I think we should make a Calendar with smoking hot girls on Bikes..
It worked with Harley motorcycles..
Hope you aren't insulted..But really cute girls on Bikes would sell big time...
Guys will buy anything with beautiful women on it.

I'm not insulted, I recognize reality. But I am a mere bike mechanic, not a publisher. You make 'em and wholesale 'em, I'll retail 'em for you.

Deal?

re: #80 bratwurst

Where?

you're not a mind reader, so don't diagnose ods where it does not exist.

re: #82 _RememberTonyC

you're not a mind reader, so don't diagnose ods where it does not exist.

I voted for Obama, but certainly accept there are legit reasons to criticize him. Following local polite customs while abroad is not one of them.

re: #55 Cannadian Club Akbar

That looks very promising. Might be the one I end up recommending.

Does it come across as being too... 'propagandistic', if I can use that word... or is it a reasoned/compelling book?

Hopefully you know what I am getting at.

re: #83 bratwurst

I voted for Obama, but certainly accept there are legit reasons to criticize him. Following local polite customs while abroad is not one of them.

dude ... i asked a question ... i did not say what he did was wrong.

re: #67 _RememberTonyC

here we go again ... Obama bows before another leader ...

[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com...]

appropriate or not?

I know Obama is president of the world and everything, but I don't have a problem with such a young man showing a little deference to an elderly member of royalty. Heck, he may have apologized for Fat Man and Little Boy at the same time. I can't see it changing anything in the relations between our two countries, except perhaps for the better.

re: #81 wrenchwench

I'm not insulted, I recognize reality. But I am a mere bike mechanic, not a publisher. You make 'em and wholesale 'em, I'll retail 'em for you.

Deal?

I got a buddy that is a photog... I think a girl with a background in different states would sell...I think Ms. July at the San Diego beach or Sedona would be wildly popular...I've been thinking about it for weeks...
Indiana is out of the question..Cornfields just doesn't work..
*wink*

re: #84 Joo-LiZ

That looks very promising. Might be the one I end up recommending.

Does it come across as being too... 'propagandistic', if I can use that word... or is it a reasoned/compelling book?

Hopefully you know what I am getting at.

I read it in 2 days, so I didn't put it down much. There is religion in it. Not sure if she has an affiliation or not. I wasn't offended, though.

re: #67 _RememberTonyC

appropriate or not?

Non-story. He's simply following custom.

Personally, I think the bigger story in the LA Times, at least politically, is that Utah, of all places, is now a GOP purity battleground:

[Link: www.latimes.com...]

Utah's a state where a Democrat hasn't been elected governor in over 30 years, or to the Senate in something like 40 years. WHY would anyone want to fight an ideological purity battle in a state like that?

re: #76 bratwurst

Apparently everything must be a sign of ODS. Jeez.

re: #90 TheMatrix31

Apparently everything must be a sign of ODS. Jeez.

Criticize something substantive, not the observance of polite behavior while abroad.

re: #91 bratwurst

I do. And that comment was a general one, not directed to the bowing. Who gives a shit about the bowing.

But jeez, it's almost like if I choose Pepsi over Coke, it's a sign of ODS. Fucking bullshit.

Who says slavs can't rock?

From the 90s

re: #76 bratwurst

The anti-bowing meme is a symptom of ODS.

really?...petty judgmental there...ding me down too, what the hell...do it, I don't give a shit...you use dings to criticize instead of words

You all know what this means don't you? Obama is sekritly Japanese!

Has anyone read VDH's book, "Between War and Peace"? It is an older book from 2004ish, and I'm curious if it still is relevant today or if there is a more updated book-form VDH book that can be used to explain the current situation in the Middle East.

re: #7 _RememberTonyC

I'm reminded of Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin on SNL in the late 1970's ...

We are two wild and crazy guys!

RTC -

Could WELL be the inspiration for the "Wild and Crazy Guys!" Perhaps we should "Czech" it out. That is all.

-S-

re: #92 TheMatrix31

I do. And that comment was a general one, not directed to the bowing. Who gives a shit about the bowing.

But jeez, it's almost like if I choose Pepsi over Coke, it's a sign of ODS. Fucking bullshit.

You got a problem with Dr Pepper, dude?

re: #98 MandyManners

I'm a Dr. Pepperemacist.

/shhh

re: #92 TheMatrix31

I do. And that comment was a general one, not directed to the bowing. Who gives a shit about the bowing.

But jeez, it's almost like if I choose Pepsi over Coke, it's a sign of ODS. Fucking bullshit.

Here is the "Bush Bows" collection, courtesy of Google:

[Link: images.google.com...]

As I mentioned, feel free to criticize the President of the United States on something real, just don't sign on to the nontroversy du jour.

re: #89 Lidane

Non-story. He's simply following custom.

Personally, I think the bigger story in the LA Times, at least politically, is that Utah, of all places, is now a GOP purity battleground:

[Link: www.latimes.com...]

Utah's a state where a Democrat hasn't been elected governor in over 30 years, or to the Senate in something like 40 years. WHY would anyone want to fight an ideological purity battle in a state like that?

The Club for Shrinkage and the tea partiers are going to have to learn the lesson of NY23 in every state in the Union before they go away. Actually, I don't think they learned anything in New York. They think they just have to work harder.

re: #91 bratwurst

Criticize something substantive, not the observance of polite behavior while abroad.

stop with the bullshit...he asked a question and you know it

Back to w*rk!

re: #96 Joo-LiZ

Has anyone read VDH's book, "Between War and Peace"? It is an older book from 2004ish, and I'm curious if it still is relevant today or if there is a more updated book-form VDH book that can be used to explain the current situation in the Middle East.

If it is a collection of his columns, much of it has probably been overtaken by events. If it's a "real" book of bigthink, it's probably worth a read. I recommend reading some of Walter Lacquer's long essays on the middle east, too. They're available on the web, or in whatever periodical index you may have access to.

re: #100 bratwurst

And like I said, I didn't and don't give a fuck about either President bowing, because I know it's nothing. Where the hell did I say anything otherwise? Stop putting words in my mouth. Jeez.

re: #100 bratwurst

Here is the "Bush Bows" collection, courtesy of Google:

[Link: images.google.com...]

As I mentioned, feel free to criticize the President of the United States on something real, just don't sign on to the nontroversy du jour.

fuck off with telling people what to think or post...you are exactly nobody

re: #98 MandyManners

You got a problem with Dr Pepper, dude?

Or RC Cola, communist?

re: #67 _RememberTonyC
I couldn't care less whether or not he follows local custom and bows to a foreign leader.
It's the bending over he asks us to do that bothers me.

re: #107 The Sanity Inspector

Or RC Cola, communist?

[Video]

RC and moonpies. Embrace your inner redneck.
/

re: #107 The Sanity Inspector

Or RC Cola, communist?

All I get is a white box.

re: #110 MandyManners

Oh, dear.

re: #109 Cannadian Club Akbar
If you're gonna do it, do it right: That'd be an R- Oh- C Co-Cola with the moonpie.///

re: #106 albusteve

fuck off with telling people what to think or post...you are exactly nobody

Folks can think or post as they like. As you have said yourself, I call them as I see them.

re: #99 TheMatrix31

I'm a Dr. Pepperemacist.

/shhh

So am I, but only if we're talking about Dublin Dr. Pepper:

[Link: www.dublindrpepper.com...]

:)

re: #113 bratwurst

Then you might wanna go get your eyes checked.

re: #114 Lidane

That sounds DELICIOUS.

My 3 year old daughter thinks that this video is one of the best things she has ever seen...

re: #114 Lidane

So am I, but only if we're talking about Dublin Dr. Pepper:

[Link: www.dublindrpepper.com...]

:)

This is the only real Dr. Pepper.
[Link: www.drinksmixer.com...]

Let me just say, Gross!

Body parts sold to kebab stand, police say

MOSCOW - Russian police have arrested three homeless people suspected of eating a 25-year-old man they had butchered and selling other bits of the corpse to a local kebab house.

Suspicions were raised when dismembered parts of a human body were found near a bus stop in the outskirts of the Russian city of Perm, 720 miles east of Moscow.

Three homeless men with previous criminal records have been arrested on suspicion of setting upon a foe with knives and a hammer before chopping up his corpse to eat, local investigators said in a statement.

re: #113 bratwurst

Folks can think or post as they like. As you have said yourself, I call them as I see them.

then your vision is as poor as your judgment...and backpeddling is unseemly imo

re: #119 ausador

Let me just say, Gross!

Body parts sold to kebab stand, police say

Capitalism!

re: #101 wrenchwench

The Club for Shrinkage and the tea partiers are going to have to learn the lesson of NY23 in every state in the Union before they go away. Actually, I don't think they learned anything in New York. They think they just have to work harder.

wrenchwench -

NY 23 is still being counted, the results there not as yet certified, Hoffman might yet pull it out. That aside, I find the idea of a "Center Right" Candidate running against a "Center Left" candidate for "Congresscritter" refreshing.
Had I more money, I would consider doing it myself against my Congressman,Frank Pallone, a very personable, decent guy who I count as a "Friendly Acquaintance" along with other members of his family and disagree with often on the issues. I have voted for and against him depending on the "plausibility" of his opponent.
In NY 23 - Hoffman IS Plausible if not charismatic. Time will tell.

-S-

re: #119 ausador

Let me just say, Gross!

Body parts sold to kebab stand, police say

If you're hungry enough you'll eat it!!!

re: #118 Cannadian Club Akbar

This is the only real Dr. Pepper.
[Link: www.drinksmixer.com...]

Those are good, but I haven't had one in ages. Very few bars serve them anymore because they don't want to chance any potential lawsuits. =/

re: #116 TheMatrix31

That sounds DELICIOUS.

Oh, it is. Very smooth.

Beats the pants off the mass market Dr. Pepper by a mile, IMO.

re: #124 Lidane

Those are good, but I haven't had one in ages. Very few bars serve them anymore because they don't want to chance any potential lawsuits. =/

Ever had an Irish Car Bomb? Irish whiskey shot dropped in a half a draft. They will get you there.

Star Wars on the Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ!!!

re: #119 ausador

Let me just say, Gross!

Body parts sold to kebab stand, police say

Who knew Russians liked long pig?

///

re: #127 psyop

Star Wars on the Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ!!!

what a gorgeous instrument...4 keyboards, buttons, and valves and footpedals..and the sound!

re: #114 Lidane

So am I, but only if we're talking about Dublin Dr. Pepper:

[Link: www.dublindrpepper.com...]

:)

Super, unbelievably cool find!

I'm ordering a case of bottled cane sugar-sweetened Dr. Pepper as a surprise gift for friends in California.

re: #119 ausador
Why the eff did you have to Just Say?
I'm about to start fixin' the barefoot contessa's filet de boeuf bourguignonne for six , and thanks to this, it is sounding... well... gross.
///
Gonna take some brain bleach...:)
Ya'll have a good night.

re: #126 Cannadian Club Akbar

Ever had an Irish Car Bomb? Irish whiskey shot dropped in a half a draft. They will get you there.

Yeesh.

With my tolerance, one of those would probably do it. Maybe two. My luck with whiskey has never been all that good. Still, I may give that a try the next time I go out, just to say I've had one.

re: #129 albusteve

what a gorgeous instrument...4 keyboards, buttons, and valves and footpedals..and the sound!

We have a pizza place near my house that has one. The place is always packed.

re: #127 psyop

Star Wars on the Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ!!!

I once saw a screening of "Mwtropolis" with live accompaniment by a pipe organ in Bloomington, Indiana. It was truly astounding.

Compared to some of the critters that probably wind up in those Russian shashlik stands, a bit of human is nothing to get worked up about...

re: #130 ryannon

Super, unbelievably cool find!

Heh. They sell it in grocery stores here in Austin. It's not that hard for me to find. I just figured I could share the goodness that is Dublin Dr. Pepper with others. :)

re: #124 Lidane

Those are good, but I haven't had one in ages. Very few bars serve them anymore because they don't want to chance any potential lawsuits. =/

Lidane -

Wouldn't a more classic "Depth Charge" - Like a Jack into a Sam - with soft drink to taste (make mine Cola) be easier? Just wondering?

-S-

re: #134 ralphieboy

I once saw a screening of "Mwtropolis" with live accompaniment by a pipe organ in Bloomington, Indiana. It was truly astounding.

Compared to some of the critters that probably wind up in those Russian shashlik stands, a bit of human is nothing to get worked up about...

Bloomington, Indiana?
Cheers!

re: #133 Cannadian Club Akbar

We have a pizza place near my house that has one. The place is always packed.

there is an antique one in my home town, Kalamazoo, in the art deco State Theater...it rises out of the floor and gets played every year at Halloween...the Phantom of the Opera song etc...it's been played for entire silent movies etc...pretty cool

re: #137 HoosierHoops

You mean like the home of "Campus Autos" to be re-named "Cutter Cars"?

re: #128 talon_262

Who knew Russians liked long pig?

///

talon_262 -

See - Battle of Leningrad, WW II. When it gets bad enough ("Badenov?") stuff happens. A sidelight to the "Great Patriotic War" best forgotten.

-S-

re: #129 albusteve

what a gorgeous instrument...4 keyboards, buttons, and valves and footpedals..and the sound!

It really is awesome. Hopefully, it will never die.

If anyone here has never had the opportunity to see a real pipe organ played live, it must be one thing you strive to do in your life. It is truly amazing.

Here is a steam calliope

re: #138 albusteve

Ever heard of Vicksburg? My aunt lived there.

re: #136 Dr. Shalit

Lidane -

Wouldn't a more classic "Depth Charge" - Like a Jack into a Sam - with soft drink to taste (make mine Cola) be easier? Just wondering?

-S-

Dunno. I don't think I've ever tried a Depth Charge, or if I have, I don't remember it. Heh.

re: #142 Ojoe

Here is a steam calliope

on the river bank, with an American flag...perfect

re: #139 spinmore

You mean like the home of "Campus Autos" to be re-named "Cutter Cars"?

You must be referring to the movie Breaking away...I saw it once...
I'm a California boy that transfered to Indiana for work...

re: #145 albusteve

What a great country this is.

re: #143 Cannadian Club Akbar

Ever heard of Vicksburg? My aunt lived there.

yeah sure, my nephew has a place just down from the hospital...very nice little town...very Rockwellian

re: #144 Lidane

Dunno. I don't think I've ever tried a Depth Charge, or if I have, I don't remember it. Heh.

Lidane -

"...Verry Drunk At The Time?..." - Pink Floyd, 1972

-S-

re: #147 Ojoe

What a great country this is.

I'm all in amigo...

re: #146 HoosierHoops

You must be referring to the movie Breaking away...I saw it once...
I'm a California boy that transfered to Indiana for work...

You got it . . . classic movie for everybody on two wheels back in the late 70s early 80s . . . some funny stuff

I hate running out of beer when football is on. Be back.

re: #132 Lidane

Yeesh.

With my tolerance, one of those would probably do it. Maybe two. My luck with whiskey has never been all that good. Still, I may give that a try the next time I go out, just to say I've had one.

I recommend Basil Hayden's. Straight, or I'll hunt you down and hurt you.

re: #152 Cannadian Club Akbar

I hate running out of beer when football is on. Be back.

Why hasn't someone figured out how to deliver it? Heck, if pizza can be delivered,...

So how bout those Temple Owls . . .
whoda thunk it? . . . bowl game?

re: #154 MandyManners

Why hasn't someone figured out how to deliver it? Heck, if pizza can be delivered,...

Mandy -

Problem IS - repeal of Prohibition left other Liquor Laws as Local Option. Delivery might be banned where you live.

-S-

re: #151 spinmore

You got it . . . classic movie for everybody on two wheels back in the late 70s early 80s . . . some funny stuff

Grew up in Indiana, attended IU about the time they were filming Breaking Away, I used to chase trucks on my bike on that stretch of Route 45, just never caught one...

re: #126 Cannadian Club Akbar

Ever had an Irish Car Bomb? Irish whiskey shot dropped in a half a draft. They will get you there.

Serbian Slammer:

Ingredients

1 Lime -
1 oz. Slivovitz
1/2 oz. Sambuca
Instructions

Pour the sambuca into a shot glass and add a twist of lime. Then add the Serbian moonshine.

re: #155 spinmore

So how bout those Temple Owls . . .
whoda thunk it? . . . bowl game?

I tried for a scholarship at Temple in Philly for Coach Chaney after JUCO.

re: #157 ralphieboy

Grew up in Indiana, attended IU about the time they were filming Breaking Away, I used to chase trucks on my bike on that stretch of Route 45, just never caught one...

Actually, that's one of the 'funny' parts . . . ever notice the rider's legs in that scene (not that I normally check out guys legs) compared to the scrawny kid in the movie? Clearly a 'stunt' double . . . I think the truck driver gets up to like 60mph - then he gets pulled over by a trooper (LOL)

re: #158 Guanxi88

Serbian Slammer:

Ingredients

1 Lime -
1 oz. Slivovitz
1/2 oz. Sambuca
Instructions

Pour the sambuca into a shot glass and add a twist of lime. Then add the Serbian moonshine.

Good enough to make you wanna boot your neighbors outta their apartment and take it over. (And folk wonder why the Yugo civil war was so bad? Everybody was drinking slivo)

re: #153 MandyManners

I recommend Basil Hayden's.

Ooh. That sounds good, based on the reviews I've read.

Straight, or I'll hunt you down and hurt you.

I'll keep that in mind. :)

re: #158 Guanxi88

Serbian Slammer:

Ingredients

1 Lime -
1 oz. Slivovitz
1/2 oz. Sambuca
Instructions

Pour the sambuca into a shot glass and add a twist of lime. Then add the Serbian moonshine.

Guanxi88 -

What? No Garlic??

-S-

re: #163 Dr. Shalit

Guanxi88 -

What? No Garlic??

-S-

Chaser.

re: #164 Guanxi88

Chaser.

Guanxi88-

YES! - and the Buddy that taught me about this is Croatian!

-S-

re: #165 Dr. Shalit

Guanxi88-

YES! - and the Buddy that taught me about this is Croatian!

-S-

See, the one common factor throughout the Balkans. Gotta have your silvo, gotta have your garlic, gotta have your 'baccy. Everything else will take care of itself.

Free cash Socialism gone wrong!
/

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The French Internet company Mailorama.fr had planned to throw envelopes of cash to passers-by from a bus stop near the Eiffel Tower.

About 5,000 people gathered on the Champs de Mars Saturday to await the handout, blocking traffic and leading to security fears.

Police say officers and Mailorama decided jointly to call off the stunt.

Stephane Boukris, head of marketing for Mailorama, said, "We wanted to ensure the safety of our staff and this is why the event was cancelled. We weren't up to dealing with all of this."

The organizers had planned a dozen security guards from a private company. Metal barriers installed were crossed by the crowd.

Some in the crowd were apparently angry about the cancellation, overturning a car and throwing projectiles at police. Ten people were arrested.

re: #166 Guanxi88

Guanxi88 -

And the other buddy who taught me how to drink and hold my liquor boasts Northern Irish, Protestant ancestry - I see a trend here.

-S-

re: #168 Dr. Shalit

Guanxi88 -

And the other buddy who taught me how to drink and hold my liquor boasts Northern Irish, Protestant ancestry - I see a trend here.

-S-

Ya can't have a proper civil war without hard liquor. Look at the US. If we didn't have whisky, the fighting would have been over in time for lunch on day one.

re: #122 Dr. Shalit

(snip)
Had I more money, I would consider doing it myself against my Congressman,Frank Pallone, a very personable, decent guy who I count as a "Friendly Acquaintance" along with other members of his family and disagree with often on the issues. I have voted for and against him depending on the "plausibility" of his opponent.
-

You disgust me by reducing politics to a rational struggle of competing
philosophies instead of bloodsport.

/req.

re: #169 Guanxi88

Ya can't have a proper civil war without hard liquor. Look at the US. If we didn't have whisky, the fighting would have been over in time for lunch on day one.

Guanxi88-

Correct me if I am wrong - didn't THE Jack Daniels sell whiskey to both sides as a moonshiner, going legitimate after the "Late Unpleasantness?"

-S-

re: #149 Dr. Shalit

"...Verry Drunk At The Time?..." - Pink Floyd, 1972

That about sums up my 20's and early 30's. Heh.

Going back to school to finish a degree has slowed me down considerably. If I get out twice a month, it's a miracle. OTOH, I'm graduating next month and am applying to grad school, so it's all good.

re: #171 Dr. Shalit

Guanxi88-

Correct me if I am wrong - didn't THE Jack Daniels sell whiskey to both sides as a moonshiner, going legitimate after the "Late Unpleasantness?"

-S-

I'm not sure, but it would not surprise me one bit. Whisky, like salted beef, hardtack, and coffee, was essential to both sides in the dust-up.

re: #173 Guanxi88

I'm not sure, but it would not surprise me one bit. Whisky, like salted beef, hardtack, and coffee, was essential to both sides in the dust-up.

no word about that at Wiki...he would have been very young to be selling whiskey at that time...a teenager

re: #174 albusteve

no word about that at Wiki...he would have been very young to be selling whiskey at that time...a teenager

untrue but accurate, maybe? That seems to fly for a lot of people, so maybe I'll start spreading the story. Might get a free case from the distillery. Might.

re: #170 Decatur Deb

You disgust me by reducing politics to a rational struggle of competing
philosophies instead of bloodsport.

/req.

Decatur Deb -

I have played it both ways in my life. I prefer issues - AND - have gone negative in the past as retaliation. Politics is NOT beanbag nor NEED it be bloodsport. Where it becomes bloodsport, be advised that I, the Grandson and Great-Nephew of Butchers can and will sharpen and use knives with the best of them.

-S-

re: #174 albusteve

no word about that at Wiki...he would have been very young to be selling whiskey at that time...a teenager

albusteve -

He was a Teenager - as were some of the fallen of both Blue and Gray.

-S-

Dood. Its not a bow!

On the frontiers of music with a=some amazing wind controlled electronic instruments:

re: #178 Racer X

Dood. Its not a bow!

RacerX -

"WWMcAD" - What would MacArthur Do? Just Wondering?

-S-

Evidently, the Blue used to hand out "the whiskey ration" in cold weather, in wet weather, or whenever troops needed to recover their strength following a particularly heavy engagement, or whenever the officers felt a morale boost and/or celebration was in order.

Different times.

re: #181 Guanxi88

Evidently, the Blue used to hand out "the whiskey ration" in cold weather, in wet weather, or whenever troops needed to recover their strength following a particularly heavy engagement, or whenever the officers felt a morale boost and/or celebration was in order.

Different times.

Guanxi88 -

In those Politically Incorrect Times, the UK Royal Navy (a/k/a "The Senior Service") still had a "Grog Ration" as well.

-S-

re: #182 Dr. Shalit

Guanxi88 -

In those Politically Incorrect Times, the UK Royal Navy (a/k/a "The Senior Service") still had a "Grog Ration" as well.

-S-

And let's not forget the tobacco rations, which lasted well into modernity. I seem to recall that soldiers and others in the US service would get something like five or six cigarettes with each ration pack.

re: #179 Ojoe

On the frontiers of music with a=some amazing wind controlled electronic instruments:

but can he play 'Louie Louie'?

re: #183 Guanxi88

And let's not forget the tobacco rations, which lasted well into modernity. I seem to recall that soldiers and others in the US service would get something like five or six cigarettes with each ration pack.

Guanxi88 -

Cig Rations were still in effect during the earlier part of the Vietnam "Conflict."
Within the memory of men alive today.

-S-

re: #55 Cannadian Club Akbar

I liked "Shut up and Sing" by Laura Ingraham.

Yeah, I'm a fan of John Lennon and Laura Ingraham and her awful radio voice can eat a full bag, as they say.

Nothing pisses me off than some loudmouth bullshit pundit on AM radio telling artists they can't be political. AM radio talk is as much a blight as cable news is.

re: #180 Dr. Shalit

RacerX -

"WWMcAD" - What would MacArthur Do? Just Wondering?

-S-

Kick ass and take names. OK he may not bother with the names.

Cool old WWII posters.

Different era, different thought process I guess.

Didn't BHO say that Hirohito signed the surrender?

re: #92 TheMatrix31

I do. And that comment was a general one, not directed to the bowing. Who gives a shit about the bowing.

But jeez, it's almost like if I choose Pepsi over Coke, it's a sign of ODS. Fucking bullshit.

Criticizing a sitting president for diplomatically observing foreign customs is actual real live total unadulterated bullshit. Bullshit during Bush (witness people going bonkers about Bush holding hands with Prince Abdullah) and it is bullshit now. Be an adult, for fuck's sake.

re: #187 Racer X

Kick ass and take names. OK he may not bother with the names.

Racer X -

Mac Arthur HAD and only NEEDED one name to keep Occupied Japan in line. The name was HIROHITO. The rest is history.

-S-

Oh, and his uncle helped liberate Auschwitz.

Little work break to let the classic film lovers out there know that TCM is showing a doc, 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year, now.
5:30 central in case you are lacking in viewing enjoyment...

re: #182 Dr. Shalit

Guanxi88 -

In those Politically Incorrect Times, the UK Royal Navy (a/k/a "The Senior Service") still had a "Grog Ration" as well.

-S-

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash.

re: #185 Dr. Shalit

Guanxi88 -

Cig Rations were still in effect during the earlier part of the Vietnam "Conflict."
Within the memory of men alive today.

-S-

There are still kind hearts here stateside (I help them when I can) who ship tobacco to troops overseas. Seems that chewing snuff (copenhagen, in particular) is tremendously popular for the men, and, form the few I've spoken with who've been there, a real comfort when you're up all night and scared half out of your wits. Safer (for them there) than making a fire and smoking.

re: #194 Decatur Deb

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash.

Ahh,. churchill's recitation of naval tradition. A classic.

re: #106 albusteve

fuck off with telling people what to think or post...you are exactly nobody

He said a stupid thing, he got smacked down!

I actually feel the opposite: I don't want to tell people what to think or post, I'd rather their idiocy be flown through the skies on a banner attached to a biplane. Everyone should be aware of the dumbassery!

Any wigging out about Obama BOWING is so ODS it hurts. Its Okay If You're A Republican!

re: #187 Racer X

Kick ass and take names. OK he may not bother with the names.

Mac couldn't get out of his own way...his contribution to WW2 is about as little as any general at the time...what did he do?...most strategists wanted to leave the Philippines to die on the vine...but no...Backtrack Mac

re: #196 Guanxi88

They told me it was the Republican platform.

re: #190 WindUpBird

Criticizing a sitting president for diplomatically observing foreign customs is actual real live total unadulterated bullshit. Bullshit during Bush (witness people going bonkers about Bush holding hands with Prince Abdullah) and it is bullshit now. Be an adult, for fuck's sake.

so what?...you guys get too carried away...BO has bad hair

re: #197 WindUpBird

He said a stupid thing, he got smacked down!

I actually feel the opposite: I don't want to tell people what to think or post, I'd rather their idiocy be flown through the skies on a banner attached to a biplane. Everyone should be aware of the dumbassery!

Any wigging out about Obama BOWING is so ODS it hurts. Its Okay If You're A Republican!

He didn't wig out. He asked what people thought about it.

re: #197 WindUpBird

He said a stupid thing, he got smacked down!

I actually feel the opposite: I don't want to tell people what to think or post, I'd rather their idiocy be flown through the skies on a banner attached to a biplane. Everyone should be aware of the dumbassery!

Any wigging out about Obama BOWING is so ODS it hurts. Its Okay If You're A Republican!

who said a stupid thing?...what are you referring to?

re: #199 Decatur Deb

They told me it was the Republican platform.

Could you imagine, though?

My favorite was "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion" as in:

"We are Republicans, and don't propose to leave our party and identify ourselves with the party whose antecedents have been rum, Romanism, and rebellion. We are loyal to our flag."

What Burchard did, by reciting this triplet, was to saddle the Democrats with being on the wrong side of three of the most sensitive issues of the times:

* Prohibition --- a controversy which the Women's Christian Temperance Union and others had brought to fever pitch;
* Catholicism --- a feared minority of the time (all actions were considered as coming from Rome), and
* The Civil War --- which had but twenty years before, been brought to its bloody end, leaving in its wake no end of bitterness on both sides.

What times! Back then, even calumny from low fellows had a certain grace lacking in today's world. I don't mind a well-turned phrase, even if it's slanderous. But stupid slander and illiterate disputes irritate the hell outta me.

What the hell was with that loud plaid blazer?

re: #189 MandyManners

Didn't BHO say that Hirohito signed the surrender?

Mandy -

Hirohito DID NOT sign the surrender, as Emperor, such an act was beneath his dignity. If I remember correctly, the prime Japanese signatory was FM Shigimetsu. A third character, Prince Konoye (Hirohito's Cousin) was swept up in the Post War dragnet, and because of bad information killed himself in prison - Gen. MacArthur wanted him to be "Head Rat" in lieu of Hirohito. Konoye was told he would be the "fall-guy." A long story, for another time.

-S-

re: #201 Bloodnok

He didn't wig out. He asked what people thought about it.

In a somewhat concernsey trollsey fashion, yes.

"Hey, this entirely trivial completely insignificant bit of diplomatic pageantry that every president forever has done! Suddenly important because Obama!"

re: #204 Sharmuta

What the hell was with that loud plaid blazer?

I dunno, I thought it looked kinda nice, in a tripped-out Warsaw Pact on coke and 'ludes, kinda way.

re: #194 Decatur Deb

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash.

Great album. Probably my favorite by The Pogues along with If I Should Fall From Grace with God.

re: #197 WindUpBird

He said a stupid thing, he got smacked down!

I actually feel the opposite: I don't want to tell people what to think or post, I'd rather their idiocy be flown through the skies on a banner attached to a biplane. Everyone should be aware of the dumbassery!

Any wigging out about Obama BOWING is so ODS it hurts. Its Okay If You're A Republican!

Bullshit. He asked a question.

re: #205 Dr. Shalit

Mandy -

Hirohito DID NOT sign the surrender, as Emperor, such an act was beneath his dignity. If I remember correctly, the prime Japanese signatory was FM Shigimetsu. A third character, Prince Konoye (Hirohito's Cousin) was swept up in the Post War dragnet, and because of bad information killed himself in prison - Gen. MacArthur wanted him to be "Head Rat" in lieu of Hirohito. Konoye was told he would be the "fall-guy." A long story, for another time.

-S-

But, BHO said he did.

re: #208 Lidane

Great album. Probably my favorite by The Pogues along with If I Should Fall From Grace with God.

Prodigals man here, but they have no quality clips on Youtube.

re: #206 WindUpBird

In a somewhat concernsey trollsey fashion, yes.

"Hey, this entirely trivial completely insignificant bit of diplomatic pageantry that every president forever has done! Suddenly important because Obama!"

wtf are you blabbing about?...I'm starting to thing you two noobs owe TonyC an apology...can you even read?

re: #205 Dr. Shalit

Mandy -

Hirohito DID NOT sign the surrender, as Emperor, such an act was beneath his dignity. If I remember correctly, the prime Japanese signatory was FM Shigimetsu. A third character, Prince Konoye (Hirohito's Cousin) was swept up in the Post War dragnet, and because of bad information killed himself in prison - Gen. MacArthur wanted him to be "Head Rat" in lieu of Hirohito. Konoye was told he would be the "fall-guy." A long story, for another time.

-S-

re: #210 MandyManners

But, BHO said he did.

History was never BHO's strong suit. Oratory, though...

re: #206 WindUpBird

Besides, its NOT a bow!

/

re: #207 Guanxi88

I dunno, I thought it looked kinda nice, in a tripped-out Warsaw Pact on coke and 'ludes, kinda way.

I was hanging with Monet today, so it's a bit jarring to the system.

re: #206 WindUpBird

In a somewhat concernsey trollsey fashion, yes.

"Hey, this entirely trivial completely insignificant bit of diplomatic pageantry that every president forever has done! Suddenly important because Obama!"

Good grief. Okay. It Is Because You Say It Is. We get it.

re: #215 Sharmuta

I was hanging with Monet today, so it's a bit jarring to the system.

Well there's your problem right there. Red wine'll do it every time.

trollsy?...fuck off noob

re: #205 Dr. Shalit

Mandy -

Hirohito DID NOT sign the surrender, as Emperor, such an act was beneath his dignity.

True. But he *did* record a formal statement of surrender that was played on Japanese radio. It was the first time many Japanese had ever heard him speak.

It's possible that's what President Obama was referring to, only he goofed and said that Hirohito signed the statement of surrender.

re: #195 Guanxi88

There are still kind hearts here stateside (I help them when I can) who ship tobacco to troops overseas. Seems that chewing snuff (copenhagen, in particular) is tremendously popular for the men, and, form the few I've spoken with who've been there, a real comfort when you're up all night and scared half out of your wits. Safer (for them there) than making a fire and smoking.

Guanxi88 -

I have given for overseas packages - if they contain tobacco and/or alcohol, so much the better - anything we send our guys/gals is well deserved.

-S-

re: #205 Dr. Shalit

True or not, it is said that no word like "surrender" appears in the Japanese
instrument.

re: #217 Guanxi88

Well there's your problem right there. Red wine'll do it every time.

Yes- but it looks like I got back just in time. Pass the popcorn.

re: #206 WindUpBird

In a somewhat concernsey trollsey fashion, yes.

"Hey, this entirely trivial completely insignificant bit of diplomatic pageantry that every president forever has done! Suddenly important because Obama!"

You dare to call RTC a "troll"?

Registered since: Sep 27, 2009 at 12:08 pm

re: #222 Sharmuta

Yes- but it looks like I got back just in time. Pass the popcorn.

Gonna need a beer with your popcorn. It's always amusing to see new guys accuse veterans of trollery. Good fun, indeed.

re: #213 Guanxi88

I don't find his 'oratory' very impressive. but whata I know?

re: #210 MandyManners

But, BHO said he did.

MandyManners -

I SHALL be Polite - The President is Mistaken. That is all.

-S-

I'm just gonna' step back for a bit.

re: #225 spinmore

I don't find his 'oratory' very impressive. but whata I know?

So do I. I've said many times that if I needed a speech given, I'd want him to give it.

fucking two month noob comes in here and calls TonyC a troll. who ain't even here...that's just fucking rude

re: #228 Guanxi88

So do I. I've said many times that if I needed a speech given, I'd want him to give it.

Yeah . . . but I said DON'T (sorry)

I love the bearded guy's jig.

re: #229 albusteve

fucking two month noob comes in here and calls TonyC a troll. who ain't even here...that's just fucking rude

Well, that's just what an obvious sock-puppet like you or I would say, isn't it?

This one is from Tony to the noobs.

A cute little teddy bear.

re: #230 spinmore

Yeah . . . but I said DON'T (sorry)

And I mean what I said, too. If I had a speech that I wanted given, I'd want him to give it.

re: #227 MandyManners

I'm just gonna' step back for a bit.

She's reaching for her cluebat.

re: #233 Racer X

This one is from Tony to the noobs.

A cute little teddy bear.

Where can I purchase one of those?

re: #236 Sharmuta

Where can I purchase one of those?

I want a whole box...love it

re: #234 Guanxi88

And I mean what I said, too. If I had a speech that I wanted given, I'd want him to give it.

If he pulls it off, then I'm home clear - if things get a bit rocky, I can blame the opposition on ODS, racism, and Beck. It's win-win for any bunk salesman.

re: #236 Sharmuta

Where can I purchase one of those?

Jersey. I think.

re: #239 Racer X

Jersey. I think.

Crossroads of global commerce, vast warehouse of the industrial world.

re: #180 Dr. Shalit

RacerX -

"WWMcAD" - What would MacArthur Do? Just Wondering?

-S-

MacArthur was a military dictator of the country. We left that with the treaty of San Francisco.

What Obama is doing is a simple 頭を下げる , rather poorly executed (he should not be shaking hands) but that is to be expected unless one is experienced at such matters. When in Japan I often would moderately 頭を下げる to those older than myself.

re: #241 freetoken

MacArthur was a military dictator of the country. We left that with the treaty of San Francisco.

What Obama is doing is a simple 頭を下げる , rather poorly executed (he should not be shaking hands) but that is to be expected unless one is experienced at such matters. When in Japan I often would moderately 頭を下げる to those older than myself.

Show off!

re: #221 Decatur Deb

True or not, it is said that no word like "surrender" appears in the Japanese
instrument.

Decatur Deb -

I tend to believe that. Much of the immediate Post War relationship between the US and Japan had an air of "Kabuki" about it. For instance, the document recognized the position of Emperor and the Japanese Royal Family, it did not Guarantee the position to Hirohito, Hirohito earned it by his cooperation. Bet the Japanese translation was more like "Armistice" or "Cease-Fire."
It was a spoonful of Sugar that let the Medicine go down, probably saving millions of American, British Empire and Japanese lives in the process.

-S-

re: #20 Joo-LiZ

Now, I'm left with the task of finding a book that does a good job of presenting the world from a conservative view-point at a level that someone not-so-involved will be able to grasp.

How about The Conscience of a Conservative?

Someone leave the door open?

re: #240 Guanxi88

Crossroads of global commerce, vast warehouse of the industrial world.

Guanxi88 -

And as Broke or Moreso than California. Bad Policy has its consequences.

-S-

The Harpy herself has posted the video on Youtube:

re: #218 albusteve

trollsy?...fuck off noob

I think the only trolling going on was in WuB's posts. "Let's see if I can rile up the right wingers by claiming ODS where there was none."

re: #247 freetoken

The Harpy herself has posted the video on Youtube:

Looks like he's just returning some scrap metal he found as a boy.

I hate it when I have to cut out and come back and miss a good ol' throwdown.

re: #248 Bloodnok

Bratwurst, too.

re: #248 Bloodnok

I think the only trolling going on was in WuB's posts. "Let's see if I can rile up the right wingers by claiming ODS where there was none."

pisses me off...you just don't do that shit...but I'm all jolly again