Lovely! Where is that?

Verdant or blue
Verdant or blue
Masonry spears the heart of the sky
while resting on the ground.

Is there a ghost that haunts that tower?

re: #1 Sinistershade

Lovely! Where is that?

An undisclosed, secret and quite possibly hidden location. ;)

re: #3 Varek Raith

An undisclosed, secret and quite possibly hidden location. ;)

Oh, right . . . I didn't notice Dick Cheney lurking there down in the corner. //

re: #4 Sinistershade

Oh, right . . . I didn't notice Dick Cheney lurking there down in the corner. //

Is that who it was??? Huh, I thought it was John Connor!
/

Good Night, Lizards!
Stay scaly.

"Ask not for whom the bell trolls..."

(Time for an open reg?)

re: #1 Sinistershade

BTW-I gave you a late response downstairs... Sorry stepped away to get a drink.

All Along The Watch Tower

Beware of the tower! It could be a minaret!

Runaway! Runaway!

//

All Along The Watch Tower

re: #8 Rightwingconspirator

BTW-I gave you a late response downstairs... Sorry stepped away to get a drink.

Getting a drink is ALWAYS a valid excuse. For anything. I responded with some additional thoughts to your very cogent points.

And with that, dear lizards, I bid you good night. The morning will come too early!

Tower of Power - Soul Vaccination & Funkfize

I'm out too. Night!

re: #14 iceweasel

I'm out too. Night!

Later Ice.

re: #14 iceweasel

I'm out too. Night!

Hey! No fair on making me upding ya twice for saying 'night'!
/
Nightx2! :)

Tower of Babel - Elton John

Off I go to save the day!
/Night, all!

Great. I get home from work, get a beer, look for a new job, pop in here and everyone is going to bed. Geez.
/

re: #19 Cannadian Club Akbar

Not quit all of us. Its my last vacation night so I'm up to enjoy the late set.

re: #20 Rightwingconspirator

I get home and I'm so wound it takes at least an hour and a half to chill. Or 4 beers. I usually drink one per hour but make an exception for nights I get home late.

re: #21 Cannadian Club Akbar

Same here. But my brand of beer runs about 6% so maybe 3. Heh.

re: #22 Rightwingconspirator

Same here. But my brand of beer runs about 6% so maybe 3. Heh.

Sam Adams made some beer for the holidays that was about $120-$150 a bottle. Heard about it on some talk show.

re: #23 Cannadian Club Akbar

Sam Adams made some beer for the holidays that was about $120-$150 a bottle. Heard about it on some talk show.

I was way wrong!!!

[Link: www.melandrose.com...]

re: #23 Cannadian Club Akbar

Good grief... I won't pay that for wine. I did see Sierra Nevada Estate for $10. Said to be very hoppy even by IPA standards. Lately I drink Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, their winter brew. I get to taste a lot of brews a local place has beer tasting every Saturday.

re: #24 Cannadian Club Akbar

Okay I'm gonna bug my guy here about putting that on the list. Two hundred bucks? Hah. I'll show that to my Beer Pong playing neighbors.

re: #26 Rightwingconspirator

I occasionally buy 12 year old Canadian Club. If you put it in the freezer, it comes out like molasses. Takes about 5 minutes real time to pour a drink as it sticks to the ice. Oops, forgot, it's my avatar.

re: #27 Cannadian Club Akbar
Wow. It is quiet this late.
Nice choice. 12 years in the barrel puts a nice smooth character on it. Still a lot less than $200! Lately I have been avoiding fine spirits. My old habit there is estate Tequila. Again the barrel time makes the difference. Including the Roja which spends time in used wine barrels and gets a red tint.

re: #28 Rightwingconspirator

I worked for a company that had about 6 national restaurant chains under its belt. At one concept, the bottom of the barrel tequila was Quervo Gold. I think the most expensive shot of the top shelf stuff was $100. The company was Brinker International. ( Chili's, Macaroni Grill, Regas Grill, South of the Border, etc.) I can't remember the name of the actual restaurant though.

Cuervo Gold is corn syrup, alcohol and concentrates. Not Fit For Consumption. Might be a good biofuel.

$100 a shot? Yeow. I have friends in Guadalajara, where the good estates are. Some are pretty commercial, some are medium. But there is this core of way high quality brandy snifter style tequila. I think it gets held in the wealthy families and restaurants in Mexico for the most part. Tequila has come a long ways here. But down there you can find 25 year unblended tequila.

Don't the agave farmers use armed guards in Mexico to protect the crops? I've been out of the loop on wine and spirits for a while. Might be blue agave. Or I might have spelled that wrong.:)

re: #31 Cannadian Club Akbar

Not sure about guarding the plants. The estate buildings certainly. But my friend picked me up in a bullet resistant Nissan sedan to go out there. That was eye opening.

re: #32 Rightwingconspirator

Scroll down to pic 11.

[Link: www.boston.com...]

Yo Freetoken, I just caught your wine link. Worth taking about. I like fruit forward, new world wines. Old world earthy wines suit a different diet than Californians eat I would suggest.

re: #34 Rightwingconspirator

Heh, glad someone noticed.

I don't like the stuff myself... yet I think that little news bit has some insight into our culture here in 2010.

As you suggest, one insight could be into our dietary differences with Europe.

re: #33 Cannadian Club Akbar

Scary stuff. I might have to go back this year. Low profile as much as possible.

re: #35 freetoken
Booze Thread!
I go to wine tastings regularly. I keep trying the wines will all that old world flavor. Not for me. Of course the French have Beaujolais which is made to be consumed in a year or two. Stomp and serve as it were.

But I can not imagine the 2 or 3 percent difference meaning much apart from flavor or subtleties. I mean if I split a bottle with a friend 14% instead of 12% is hardly going to wreck us the next day.

Well it's been fun but I'm turning in. One am is late enough.

Last March, three American evangelical Christians, whose teachings about “curing” homosexuals have been widely discredited in the United States, arrived in Uganda’s capital to give a series of talks.
...
One month after the conference, a previously unknown Ugandan politician, who boasts of having evangelical friends in the American government, introduced the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009, which threatens to hang homosexuals.

After Americans visit, Uganda Weighs Death for Gays Source: New York Times

In three hours the 215th annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society gets underway (with the substantive program).

There will be quite a bit of astro news, but some of the most exciting will be on the first day.

The first major presentation (8:30 EST) will be by the Kepler group, on the early results from the Kepler mission. The Kepler satellite is designed to detect exoplanets and it has been operational for a few months.

Here is the abstract:

[Link: www.abstractsonline.com...]

The presentation is being live streamed here:
[Link: www.ustream.tv...]
(see page 2)

Over its service life, the Kepler satellite is expected to provide fundamental knowledge about planets and their distribution in our galaxy.

I think I see Franklin in there...

Rapunzel?

Good Morning Lizards.

Anyone else playing Assassins Creed 2? That tower made me think of the game.

re: #33 Cannadian Club Akbar

Geez. When the cops have to wear masks...

re: #43 rwdflynavy

(nerd alert)
/

Hanged Obama effigy 'found in Jimmy Carter's hometown'

The US Secret Service is investigating an effigy of President Barack Obama found hanging from a building in the hometown of ex-president Jimmy Carter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday.

It seems like in a small town like Plains that the owner of the building would be known by all, no?

America, 2010:

Tunnels beneath Vegas a refuge for homeless people

re: #46 freetoken

Hanged Obama effigy 'found in Jimmy Carter's hometown'

It seems like in a small town like Plains that the owner of the building would be known by all, no?

The buidings there are mostly 1-2 stories high, with access to the roofs available from an attached metal ladder either on the back or side of the building. In that the building is adorned with a red/white/blue sign honoring Jimmy Carter my guess is that the buidling owner wasn''t involved, but rather someone snuck up to the roof in ther dead of night

re: #46 freetoken

Here is the video report from the local TV station

[Link: www.walb.com...]

re: #47 freetoken

America, 2010:

Tunnels beneath Vegas a refuge for homeless people

This has been going on for years under Grand Central Station in NYC:

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

There's also a documentary which I saw - can't remember the title, but it shouldn't be difficult to find.

re: #46 freetoken

One last thing about this. Many buildings in "downtown" Plains Georgia are vacant
NOTE: I am in NO way excusing this action, just explaining how it may have happened without the "owners" knowledge

re: #50 ryannon

This has been going on for years under Grand Central Station in NYC:

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

There's also a documentary which I saw - can't remember the title, but it shouldn't be difficult to find.

I've seen it. They were using abandoned tunnels (off branches of the main routes) that weren't used anymore for routes

re: #52 sattv4u2

I've seen it. They were using abandoned tunnels (off branches of the main routes) that weren't used anymore for routes

Under Penn Station as well. The two documentaries are "Dark Days"

and "The Mole People"

re: #9 Bagua

All Along The Watch Tower

"I got this damn music stuck in my head..." - Col. Tighe, Battlestar Galactica

"Just trust yourself."

re: #55 SteveC

If the series had ended right there it may have not been so bad.

re: #49 sattv4u2

Here is the video report from the local TV station

[Link: www.walb.com...]

"Plains is proud of Jimmy Carter"
- from the local news video

Kinda says it all, doesn't it?

A neat slideshow of the White House beekeeper at work, smoking the hive, collecting the honeycomb and extracting/filtering the honey:
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

If anyone watched Iron Chef last night, both teams of chefs used the White House honey in a dish or two.

re: #46 freetoken

Hanged Obama effigy 'found in Jimmy Carter's hometown'

It seems like in a small town like Plains that the owner of the building would be known by all, no?

Isn't everyone in Plains related to Jimmah? /

re: #45 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

(nerd alert)
/

Guilty as charged.

What a way to start the morning, got a call at six from mom crying and being incoherant so I rushed over there. I find dad laying in about a quart of blood in bed and barely concious. So I got EMS and the ambulance and got him taken to Bayfront. Diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, irregular heart beat, and now liver cancer and chemo are just eating him up.

If anyone is the praying sort I would appreciate a few said for him, that they at least get the bleed stopped and can stabilize him. I know that we are going to lose him soon, but this quickly is going to be awfully hard on mom.

(my dsl line is also on the fritz, I can only get online occasionally so if I disappear thats why. Service guy comes tomorrow...)

re: #61 ausador

What a way to start the morning, got a call at six from mom crying and being incoherant so I rushed over there. I find dad laying in about a quart of blood in bed and barely concious. So I got EMS and the ambulance and got him taken to Bayfront. Diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, irregular heart beat, and now liver cancer and chemo are just eating him up.

If anyone is the praying sort I would appreciate a few said for him, that they at least get the bleed stopped and can stabilize him. I know that we are going to lose him soon, but this quickly is going to be awfully hard on mom.

(my dsl line is also on the fritz, I can only get online occasionally so if I disappear thats why. Service guy comes tomorrow...)

sad times...you have my profound sympathy

re: #61 ausador
prayers sent

Teheran professors denounce violence
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

This sounds good.

re: #61 ausador

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

re: #61 ausador

You're a good son...hang in there.

the pic gives me an idea for lgf tower defense....

Good morning, all! Did I miss anything over the long weekend?

Mmmm, immigration.

My mom recently sent in a DS-230 as part of the myriad of documents (and $355 fee, among others) needed to file a petition. She's now gotten the packet with her medical examination and interview date, along with a list of forms needed to file an immigration visa.

Apparently she now needs to send in that DS-230 again along with a $400(!) filing fee.

No wonder so many people just jump the (literal and proverbial) fence.

re: #61 ausador

Praying for you and yours - esp. mom and dad

re: #69 laZardo

Ah, yes - the government at work.

Can she provide proof of already having sent in the DS-230? Or is she required to file it twice?

Absolutely insane . . .

re: #71 SasyMomaCat

Ah, yes - the government at work.

Can she provide proof of already having sent in the DS-230? Or is she required to file it twice?

Absolutely insane . . .

I think she has to file it twice...once for the actual petition, and another for the visa she'll use to immigrate to the States with. The form itself is downloadable, but she's actually had to hold my little brothers back from college here for a semester because of it.

re: #72 laZardo

what a mess - here's hoping she has smooth sailing through the process and that there aren't too many more hoops to jump through.

re: #73 SasyMomaCat

what a mess - here's hoping she has smooth sailing through the process and that there aren't too many more hoops to jump through.

The medical examination is on the 25th, interview is February 1. Ultimately we're trying to set up a financial base so that I can go back to the States as well.

Morning folks!

re: #61 ausador

Prayers coming your family's way.
Very sad situation.

Ooh, now apparently I also have to make a "letter of intent" for me to return to the United States, mainly because I'm the "petitioner" and not living in the United States...

re: #11 Bagua

Or the Galactica riff on All Along the Watchtower:

Brb, gonna get something to make me sleep tonight.

gotta git - too much to be done today. I'll try to hop back on later today :)

re: #69 laZardo

Mmmm, immigration.

My mom recently sent in a DS-230 as part of the myriad of documents (and $355 fee, among others) needed to file a petition. She's now gotten the packet with her medical examination and interview date, along with a list of forms needed to file an immigration visa.

Apparently she now needs to send in that DS-230 again along with a $400(!) filing fee.

No wonder so many people just jump the (literal and proverbial) fence.

Make sure you send it to the right processing center. Sometimes they update the forms but not the website, and vice versa. If you've got an extra hour to burn on hold you can telephone and find out.

More embassies are closed in Yemen due to the ongoing terror threat. Despite claims that the Yemeni government has whacked a couple of al Qaeda terrorists, Yemen has long turned a blind eye to al Qaeda's operations in Yemen and the terror group and affiliated groups continue to use Yemen as a safe haven from which to recruit terrorists.

How weird is it that out of the 4 playoff games coming up this weekend, 3 of them are repeat games from yesterday. I'd almost bet that all 3 will turn out the same way as yesterday too.

Morning Lizards!

Anything worth knowing happen since yesterday?

re: #83 RogueOne

Your mouth to God's ears...
(Cowboy fan)

re: #85 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Your mouth to God's ears...
(Cowboy fan)

I called my shot.

re: #4 Sinistershade

[Link: makeagif.com...]

Furnace running 24/7 here. Wow.

Wow! Everyone join in at once.

:)

re: #88 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Furnace running 24/7 here. Wow.

It's freakin' cold here too! I mean FREAKIN' cold. Long-underwear and many layered outerwear weather.

re: #88 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Furnace running 24/7 here. Wow.

Here too! Cold snap in Jax this week.

re: #89 ggt

Wow! Everyone join in at once.

:)

Rightwingconspirator, Freetoken and myself carried the load for 2 hours overnight. And I just woke up and still need coffee!!:)

Weather.com told my Cat Overlord that if feels like -6 to humans.

re: #92 Cannadian Club Akbar

Rightwingconspirator, Freetoken and myself carried the load for 2 hours overnight. And I just woke up and still need coffee!!:)

Here you go, you deserve it.

Good morning. (and prayers)

re: #83 RogueOne

I would love to see Philly get blanked again to shut Whitlock up (and to see karma for the dog torturer). The Cards will be firing on all cylinders, the Jets will lose.

re: #88 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Yeah, the heat has been working overtime (and will continue to be working hard this week) with a cold snap in the NYC metro area. High winds also don't help (it drives cold air into homes with lots of seepage quicker)

That's right!

It's a census year.

re: #91 rwdflynavy

Here too! Cold snap in Jax this week.

We're getting it here as well. It is currently 45 and I can't wait to go outside and see people bundled up like Inuits. My gosh, people, buy a flannel.

re: #98 Cannadian Club Akbar

We're getting it here as well. It is currently 45 and I can't wait to go outside and see people bundled up like Inuits. My gosh, people, buy a flannel.

45! Heatwave!

If it were 45 I wouldn't even wear a coat, sweater maybe.

re: #99 ggt

45! Heatwave!

If it were 45 I wouldn't even wear a coat, sweater maybe.

My brother talked about the locals doing the Polar Bear thingy. The Gulf of Mexico is probably 60 degrees. Polar Bear my ass. If you can find your nads within a week of jumping in the water, it wasn't cold enough.:)

Security Breach at Newark?

re: #91 rwdflynavy

Here too! Cold snap in Jax this week.

According to the weather forecast, Baton Rouge is going to have its usual 1 week of really cold weather during the upcoming week - lows in the lower to mid 20s - brrrrr.

re: #98 Cannadian Club Akbar

We're getting it here as well. It is currently 45 and I can't wait to go outside and see people bundled up like Inuits. My gosh, people, buy a flannel.

What's "a flannel"?

re: #100 Cannadian Club Akbar

My brother talked about the locals doing the Polar Bear thingy. The Gulf of Mexico is probably 60 degrees. Polar Bear my ass. If you can find your nads within a week of jumping in the water, it wasn't cold enough.:)

60 degree water is cold. 60 degree weather is not.

:)

re: #102 reine.de.tout

A flannel shirt. Just look for the guy wearing a John Deere hat. He probably has a flannel on.

re: #103 ggt

60 degree water is cold. 60 degree weather is not.

:)

If people are gonna throw around the word Polard Bear, there best be ice floating in the water.

re: #101 ggt

Indeed there was. Problem is that no one knows whether they caught the guy or not. Officials say that they haven't.

But Sunday night thousands of passengers were delayed after a man walked the wrong way through a security checkpoint exit around 5:20 p.m. Sunday, according to Transportation Security Administration and airline officials. He has not yet been found, officials said.

Flights were grounded for hours as travelers were hustled off planes and out of waiting areas, and moved to public side of the airport to be re-screened by security personnel.

"Things are back to normal out there," said Steve Coleman today. Coleman is a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the Newark airport.

Ann Davis, a spokeswoman for the TSA, said a transportation security officer was stationed at the exit where the man was spotted. His image was also captured on surveillance cameras.

Davis said the officer is assisting in the investigation. "We'll look at taking any disciplinary action," she said.

re: #104 Cannadian Club Akbar

A flannel shirt. Just look for the guy wearing a John Deere hat. He probably has a flannel on.

You can even buy a flannel shirt with thinsulate lining. That guy with the John Deere hat probably is wearing one of those as well as flannel lined jeans with underarmour! Smart man.

re: #106 lawhawk

Indeed there was. Problem is that no one knows whether they caught the guy or not. Officials say that they haven't.

I know, weird!

re: #105 Cannadian Club Akbar

If people are gonna throw around the word Polard Bear, there best be ice floating in the water.

agreed.

Breakfast time! Are you getting too much cereal with your morning sugar?

re: #104 Cannadian Club Akbar

Or a lumberjack.

re: #111 lawhawk

Or a lumberjack.

o dear! It's too early for lumberjacks.

re: #95 badger1970

Good morning. (and prayers)

I would love to see Philly get blanked again to shut Whitlock up (and to see karma for the dog torturer). The Cards will be firing on all cylinders, the Jets will lose.

I don't know about that jets pick, cincinnati blows. If sanchez doesn't throw a couple of picks I think the jets will walk out with a win. Actually, I think every AFC playoff team but the colts and the bolts are weak. NE can't win away from home (and now they don't have Welker), the Ravens wouldn't have beat oakland if not for russell, cincy's offense is horrific, and the jets have a rookie qb.

Good morning, folks!

Welcome to the future... today!

The lumberjack song is officially old! over 40.

Where does that leave me?

re: #113 RogueOne

I don't know about that jets pick, cincinnati blows. If sanchez doesn't throw a couple of picks I think the jets will walk out with a win. Actually, I think every AFC playoff team but the colts and the bolts are weak. NE can't win away from home (and now they don't have Welker), the Ravens wouldn't have beat oakland if not for russell, cincy's offense is horrific, and the jets have a rookie qb.

I picked the Chargers to win it all. Not here, but on FB with a lizard who can back me on my pick from last night/this morning.

re: #108 ggt

I know, weird!

"A TSA spokeswoman said that people get confused with security checkpoints and enter the secured areas of terminals all the time."

[Link: www.cbsnews.com...]

I don't doubt it. It's likely that a passenger went in an out-door (or vice-versa) for any number of innocent reasons, including confusion.

Monday mornings after holiday's are so hard. I'm going to avoid this one by taking my mid-morning nap.

Have a great day!

re: #101 ggt

Security Breach at Newark?

They collected all the passengers and made them go through security a second time, but didn't find the guy. Freaking pandemonium. Epic Fail.

re: #117 ryannon

"A TSA spokeswoman said that people get confused with security checkpoints and enter the secured areas of terminals all the time."

[Link: www.cbsnews.com...]

I don't doubt it. It's likely that a passenger went in an out-door (or vice-versa) for any number of innocent reasons, including confusion.

Has to be something about this particular passenger that called attention to him --like maybe he left something behind? Couldn't be profiling.

I'm off.

re: #119 Alouette

They collected all the passengers and made them go through security a second time, but didn't find the guy. Freaking pandemonium. Epic Fail.

Can't wait for gubment healthcare!!
//

re: #117 ryannon

Some airports have locking doors that prevent just that occurrence - you can only exit and buzzers sound if someone tries to access the secured areas via the exits. Many, including Newark have signs warning no entry access via the exit areas. I've seen some folks try but realize they can't go that way.

It's a screwup alright.

re: #116 Cannadian Club Akbar

I picked the Chargers to win it all. Not here, but on FB with a lizard who can back me on my pick from last night/this morning.

The superbowl this year will be the colts/chargers championship game. Winner of that goes on to crush whoever the NFC manages to send. Go Colts!

re: #123 RogueOne

The superbowl this year will be the colts/chargers championship game. Winner of that goes on to crush whoever the NFC manages to send. Go Colts!

I forgot you're from Indy. I picked the Chargers because they have the same mojo that the Bucs did in 2002. Chargers have won 11 in a row. I think the Bucs reeled off 9 in a row at the end of 2002.

re: #119 Alouette

They collected all the passengers and made them go through security a second time, but didn't find the guy. Freaking pandemonium. Epic Fail.

I think they should just go round up some random bloggers for questioning!
//

re: #116 Cannadian Club Akbar

Yup. And he's WRONG!

re: #126 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Yup. And he's WRONG!

I was gonna pick Philly for the NFC. But not after yesterday. Dallas is playing good ball. I HATE THEM!!!!
/

re: #117 ryannon

But, if said person who went in through an outdoor were to be wearing a raspberry berret.... would all this still have had to have happened?

re: #124 Cannadian Club Akbar

I forgot you're from Indy. I picked the Chargers because they have the same mojo that the Bucs did in 2002. Chargers have won 11 in a row. I think the Bucs reeled off 9 in a row at the end of 2002.

and they always seem to beat the colts. This is the year the colts give them their payback....I hope.

Jew-lover!

re: #130 The Sanity Inspector

Jew-lover!

Bad link.

re: #130 The Sanity Inspector

Jew-lover!

Linky no worky. You mean this guy?

re: #61 ausador

What a way to start the morning, got a call at six from mom crying and being incoherant so I rushed over there. I find dad laying in about a quart of blood in bed and barely concious. So I got EMS and the ambulance and got him taken to Bayfront. Diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, irregular heart beat, and now liver cancer and chemo are just eating him up.

If anyone is the praying sort I would appreciate a few said for him, that they at least get the bleed stopped and can stabilize him. I know that we are going to lose him soon, but this quickly is going to be awfully hard on mom.

(my dsl line is also on the fritz, I can only get online occasionally so if I disappear thats why. Service guy comes tomorrow...)

I talked with HIM about your dad. Take heart.

Interesting Daily Mail article the weather

Linky

re: #130 The Sanity Inspector

Jew-lover!

OMG, it is a sekrit Joo internet! I knew it!!!!!

re: #127 Cannadian Club Akbar

I don't see the wheels coming off the wagon with the Cowboys this year. They may get beaten, but I don't see a bonehead mistake being the cause (other than Flozell Adams, being a concern for boneheadism) of the loss.

I love my Cowboys (wearing my #12 home jersey as we type this) we've been waiting for a few years.

Could be worse. Could be a Lions fan.

re: #135 rwdflynavy

OMG, it is a sekrit Joo internet! I knew it!!!

I just have to figure out how to redirect every bad link to the Zionist Mall.

re: #131 Cannadian Club Akbar

Bad link.

Sorry, this:
[Link: www.cnn.com...]

More ammo for my stance that those who voted for the stimulus need to be tossed:

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

Remember how $200 billion in federal stimulus cash was supposed to save the states from fiscal calamity? Well, hold on to your paychecks, because a big story of 2010 will be how all that free money has set the states up for an even bigger mess this year and into the future.

And another reason why my governor should run for senate against Bayh, or hold off and run for prez....

A few governors, such as Mitch Daniels of Indiana and Rick Perry of Texas, had the foresight to turn down their share of the $7 billion for unemployment insurance, realizing that once the federal funds run out, benefits would be unpayable. "One of the smartest decisions we made," says Mr. Daniels. Many governors now probably wish they had done the same.

re: #136 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I don't see the wheels coming off the wagon with the Cowboys this year. They may get beaten, but I don't see a bonehead mistake being the cause (other than Flozell Adams, being a concern for boneheadism) of the loss.

I love my Cowboys (wearing my #12 home jersey as we type this) we've been waiting for a few years.

Could be worse. Could be a Lions fan.

Another reason to like FBV, he is a fan of America's Team!!!

I have a library book that's due today, so I have to drive over black ice to return it. BBL

re: #136 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Shhh. SixDegrees might be here.

re: #141 Alouette

Stay safe, but dang, that's dedication.

re: #143 badger1970

Stay safe, but dang, that's dedication.

I'd just pay the 10 cent late fee.

re: #142 Cannadian Club Akbar

Shhh. SixDegrees might be here.

As a matter of fact...

and another op-ed from the WSJ that's a great read (mostly because it ties in with what I said when the verdict came down ;) )

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

The Real Blackwater Scandal
Another example of prosecutorial abuse in a political case.

No, not as the left would have it, that Blackwater still exists. The scandal is that the Justice Department's case against five former security guards for the military contractor unraveled late last week in what appears to be another instance of gross prosecutorial misconduct, as abusive Justice lawyers went after an unsympathetic political target.
.......
Judge Urbina dismissed the charges because prosecutors misused sworn statements the guards were compelled to make to investigators after the shooting, under the threat of job loss. This was routine practice under military contracting rules, though the statements could not be used in criminal prosecutions. Promptly after the Nisour incident these statements were also leaked to the media, which ran with the narrative of modern-day Hessians gone berserk.

"In their zeal to bring charges against the defendants in this case," Judge Urbina ruled, prosecutors had violated Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination by using these compelled statements to formulate their case and ultimately obtain indictments against the guards. The judge calls it "the government's reckless violation of the defendants' constitutional rights."

re: #145 SixDegrees

As a matter of fact...

D'oh!!

re: #142 Cannadian Club Akbar

Shhh. SixDegrees might be here.

I admire Detroit Lions' fans. Really.

Don Quixotes in football jerseys they are.

re: #145 SixDegrees

As a matter of fact...

I admire Detroit Lions' fans. Really.

Don Quixotes in football jerseys they are.

re: #149 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So many windmills, so little time...........

re: #148 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I admire Detroit Lions' fans. Really.

Don Quixotes in football jerseys they are.

re: #149 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I admire Detroit Lions' fans. Really.

Don Quixotes in football jerseys they are.

Are ya trying to get in his will or something?
/

re: #149 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I admire Detroit Lions' fans. Really.

Don Quixotes in football jerseys they are.

My Mom and brother are both Lions fans and my dad is a Bengals fan. It's been a rough decade for them all the way around. At least dad gets to see his bengals get beat in the playoffs this year.

re: #149 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I admire Detroit Lions' fans. Really.

Don Quixotes in football jerseys they are.

We have given a whole new definition to football suckitude, and it's been decades in the making.

re: #151 Cannadian Club Akbar

Are ya trying to get in his will or something?
/

He's in Detroit. How much do you think's in his will?
/
*snicker*

re: #154 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

He's in Detroit. How much do you think's in his will?
/
*snicker*

Not sure but I got dibs on his Dutch Oven.
/

re: #154 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

He's in Detroit. How much do you think's in his will?
/
*snicker*

Wait, just got it.

re: #153 SixDegrees

We have given a whole new definition to football suckitude, and it's been decades in the making.

My mothers prized possession is a toy football signed by almost all the members of the '57 Lions team. She's managed to hold on to it for all these years.

re: #157 RogueOne

My mothers prized possession is a toy football signed by almost all the members of the '57 Lions team. She's managed to hold on to it for all these years.

That's way cool. I collect stuff, not to sell eventually, but just because I like stuff.

More guns equals less crime. Who knew!?

More guns equal more crime? Not in 2009, FBI crime report shows...

Heroes with feet of clay. Not Tiger Woods, this time.

re: #159 rwdflynavy

More guns equals less crime. Who knew!?

More guns equal more crime? Not in 2009, FBI crime report shows...

The oft-cited credo that more guns equal more crime... Oft-cited among urban liberals, who believe guns have a mind of their own.

re: #139 RogueOne

Many states are facing massive budget holes that got papered over in FY 2009-10 because of stimulus funds. Instead of facing significant budget cuts to bring the budgets back into the black, they used the federal funds to keep the budgets pretty much unchanged (though some states like NY increased spending by 8% - over and above the prior year budget despite a gaping deficit). Next year, none of these states can count on federal assistance, so they're going to see their budgets whacked.

Hard.

Tax hikes and spending cuts - or both. And even then there's no guarantee that the budgets will be balanced. See NJ as Exhibit A for the consequences of ignoring and deferring the solutions for too long.,

re: #139 RogueOne

More ammo for my stance that those who voted for the stimulus need to be tossed:

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

According to this, Mitch Daniels is not a creationist... don't worry, the outraged will find something about him to be outraged outrageously about.

[Link: indianaskeptics.org...]

Before we are done with the GOP, we will set the bar so low that there will be no candidate that fits our model and we can't be outraged about.

Signed
The Left.

re: #158 Cannadian Club Akbar

That's way cool. I collect stuff, not to sell eventually, but just because I like stuff.

Do your heirs a favor and clean your house out before you pass away. I've dealt with many a estate consignment, and I know they'll be grateful.

re: #164 The Sanity Inspector

Do your heirs a favor and clean your house out before you pass away. I've dealt with many a estate consignment, and I know they'll be grateful.

Do you know something I don't? Am I sick? Is it Lupus? (Constanza)
/

re: #149 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

the selection of the next headcoach..........

Great gun scene....

re: #165 Cannadian Club Akbar

Do you know something I don't? Am I sick? Is it Lupus? (Constanza)
/

It's not lupus!

re: #143 badger1970

Stay safe, but dang, that's dedication.

I tried to renew it online, but there's a hold on it which means somebody else wants to read it.

The book is Michael Commelly's "9 Dragons." I'm a Connelly fan, but this book just sucked. Worst. Harry. Bosch. Novel. Ever. It's like Connelly got burned out so he had some underling write it for him, like James Patterson.

re: #168 cliffster

It's not lupus!

But, it's a white spec!!

re: #168 cliffster

It's not lupus!

It is not a tumor!

re: #169 Alouette

I tried to renew it online, but there's a hold on it which means somebody else wants to read it.

The book is Michael Commelly's "9 Dragons."

Connelly. PIMF.

French "youths" torch cars on New Year's...

Heh.

Leaked TSA directive

(not really)
(warning, somewhat immature humor in parts)

Gotta make phone calls and go to the bank. See ya'll in a bit.

re: #175 Cannadian Club Akbar

Gotta make phone calls and go to the bank. See ya'll in a bit.

Wait! You forgot to tag me in!

re: #89 ggt

Wow! Everyone join in at once.

:)

5 degrees here this morning. Sun and about 15 now. Can do anything outside.

Pain in the ...

Happy 2010 all! Supposed to get down to 16 degrees in Austin later this week. We're just not built for that sort of thing around here.

re: #177 Naso Tang

5 degrees here this morning. Sun and about 15 now. Can do anything outside.

Pain in the ...

Twenty degrees (f) right now, should be down to -5 (f) by Wed. night with a little snow. Basically normal for Colorado at 8200 feet.

Faced with escalating turmoil, Iran's newly militarized regime now appears to be turning to the Tiananmen model to ensure its survival. The theocracy has signaled over the past week that it will exercise extraordinary military and judicial powers against opposition leaders, dissidents, street protesters and even sympathizers to end the growing turmoil. The regime's most urgent goal is to prevent opposition activists from turning next month's 11-day celebration marking the Shah's ouster in 1979 into a counterrevolution against his successors.

But the Chinese model of using all-out force against a budding opposition movement, as used in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, may not be as effective in the Islamic Republic of 2010. The two country's systems and societies have more differences than similarities. Yet the regime nonetheless appears intent on employing tactics normally reserved for foreign threats. On Dec. 28, the security forces for the first time fired directly into crowds of protesters as the Shi'ite Ashura religious commemoration turned into the biggest nationwide demonstration since unrest erupted after the disputed June 12 election. Hundreds of activists, students, intellectuals and relatives of top opposition officials have since been detained. Judicial officials and members of parliament are now calling for opposition leaders to be prosecuted for crimes against the state including treason.

HASSAN CHOP

re: #137 Alouette

I just have to figure out how to redirect every bad link to the Zionist Mall.

Alouette - I was looking at the Christian jewelry, and whenever I click on an item I get this message:

Miva Merchant has encountered a fatal error and is unable to continue. The following information may assist you in determining the cause of the error:

Error Code: MER-DTB-00072
Description: Product 'N-LOVE-HIS-RETURN' not found

I know you've been fiddling with your site.
Problem with that site or yours?

re: #179 Walter L. Newton

Twenty degrees (f) right now, should be down to -5 (f) by Wed. night with a little snow. Basically normal for Colorado at 8200 feet.

Weird. So warm so high, and I'm way south/east and only 3000 feet.

re: #179 Walter L. Newton

Well, it is balmy at Mount Washington (balmy being a relative term for the location with the worst weather on the planet).

re: #179 Walter L. Newton

Twenty degrees (f) right now, should be down to -5 (f) by Wed. night with a little snow. Basically normal for Colorado at 8200 feet.

It's so cold here that I put my cup of Coffee on the porch for a minute and the Ice was still steaming hot a minute later..
Hi Walter

Gaza Terrorists Fire Mortar Shell at Southern Israel; None Hurt

Terrorists in Gaza fired a mortar shell toward southern Israel on Monday afternoon.
The shell landed on the Palestinian side of the periphery fence, near Netiv Ha'asara.
No one was wounded and no damage was reported.

Siwwy tewwowists!

re: #178 cliffster

Happy 2010 all! Supposed to get down to 16 degrees in Austin later this week. We're just not built for that sort of thing around here.

I was in Houston between 84-89, can't remember which year (closer to 89) and it was below freezing for 2-3 weeks or more, there was a 6 month wait for certain plumbing work.

It happens.

I've lived from the East Coast to the West and I have seen winters (and summers) like this before... I've seen blizzards in NYC, I've seen hurricanes in NYC, I've seen tornados in Northern New Jersey and tornados in Dec. in Dallas.

Any time I see this figure or that figure, I check the stats. A few weeks ago when the East had that "blizzard," I checked the temp stats for Philadelphia, not unusual.

Weather happens.

Yemeni forces on Monday killed at least two al Qaeda militants they said were behind a threat which forced the U.S. and European embassies to shut as concerns grew about the impoverished Arab country's stability.

The raid took place after the attempted bombing of a U.S.-bound plane on Christmas Day thrust Yemen into the foreground of the U.S.-led war against Islamist militants.

"Security authorities had been monitoring them for several days and struck today," a Yemeni security official told Reuters.

"These elements are believed to be behind the threats directed to the U.S. Embassy."

SNIP

re: #183 lawhawk

I always look to Mt. Washington when I think weather conditions are crappy where I live. It will invariably always be worse (like a peak wind of over 90 mph in last 24 hours, wind chill well below zero, etc.)

re: #184 HoosierHoops

It's so cold here that I put my cup of Coffee on the porch for a minute and the Ice was still steaming hot a minute later..
Hi Walter

It's so cold here my dog didn't spend 5 minutes looking for the best place for a dump. Out and in in nothing flat.

re: #181 reine.de.tout

I know you've been fiddling with your site.
Problem with that site or yours?

Oh crap. Probably a problem at the vendor site.

Use this link to browse while I figure out what the problem is, could be they are out of that particular item.

Here's a link to the Bible Jewelry site.

re: #186 Walter L. Newton

Indeed, it's winter. It's supposed to get cold. We're supposed to get snow. Wind. And especially the cold. It wouldn't be winter without those....

re: #185 Spare O'Lake
[Link: www.jpost.com...]

re: #191 lawhawk

Indeed, it's winter. It's supposed to get cold. We're supposed to get snow. Wind. And especially the cold. It wouldn't be winter without those...

In related news... Water is wet.

re: #187 MandyManners

And we're supposed to trust that the same Yemeni government, which looked the other way for years as they ran a revolving door justice system that allowed terrorists free reign are suddenly going to whack terrorists? It's for show - let's see a prolonged effort on their part.

In the meantime, no releases of Gitmo prisoners to Yemen because of the threat that they'll find their way right back into the jihad.

re: #184 HoosierHoops

It's so cold here that I put my cup of Coffee on the porch for a minute and the Ice was still steaming hot a minute later..
Hi Walter

The husky is sitting in his hole in the snow outside, happy as all get out. He loves this weather.

Hi.

Sunday/Monday was my days off this week. I made it through the first week at the thrift store. Schlepping furniture all week.

It's amazing how you can use clear packing tape to bind items that have multiple parts, list the multiple parts on a label, and yet, you go out to the floor and the customers have managed to tear the items apart and fling them all over the place.

Ever try to find a power supply for a modem when you have 50 loose power supplies floating around on the shelf?

re: #194 lawhawk

And we're supposed to trust that the same Yemeni government, which looked the other way for years as they ran a revolving door justice system that allowed terrorists free reign are suddenly going to whack terrorists? It's for show - let's see a prolonged effort on their part.

In the meantime, no releases of Gitmo prisoners to Yemen because of the threat that they'll find their way right back into the jihad.

I think the Saudis are tired of this shit, too.

re: #195 Walter L. Newton

Yes, heaven forbid that the product listed, described and illustrated is actually the product for sale. (too many hours cleaning up after customers).

re: #194 lawhawk

Was North Yemen a Soviet client during the Cold War?

re: #191 lawhawk

Indeed, it's winter. It's supposed to get cold. We're supposed to get snow. Wind. And especially the cold. It wouldn't be winter without those...

And you know, I lived in your neck of the woods. I now sit on this side of the country, read the news sites, listen to the radio and see the stories on TV, and I sit eyes-wide-open.

This is NOT NEW. My goodness, some people act like nothing like this has ever happened before, all life, all weather, all disasters, all terror started, what... about 3 weeks ago?

Can you imagine how narrow some peoples life are when they can't see past the last issue of People magazine?

This planet (and life) has been in existence longer than it takes to watch an episode of Dancing With The Stars. Really!

re: #196 MandyManners

Well, I'm tired of the Saudi's shit, so we've got a lot of tired people.

re: #197 badger1970

Yes, heaven forbid that the product listed, described and illustrated is actually the product for sale. (too many hours cleaning up after customers).

Or coworkers.

Happy frozen Monday.

re: #195 Walter L. Newton

watch out where the huskies go...and don't you eat that yellow snow...

re: #198 MandyManners

Was North Yemen a Soviet client during the Cold War?

A patient.

One of five Americans detained in Pakistan said their aim was to go to Afghanistan to wage jihad against Western forces, defending their intention as justified under Islam.

But he denied any links to al-Qaida or plans to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan, as alleged by Pakistani authorities.

Monday was the first time the young Muslims from the Washington, D.C., area have addressed a court after being arrested in early December in the eastern Pakistani city of Sargodha. The case has spurred fears that Westerners are traveling to Pakistan to join militant groups. Pakistani police have said they plan to seek life sentences for the men under the country's anti-terrorism law.

SNIP

re: #196 MandyManners

It seems that chickens are coming home to roost in a number of countries. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen have all "looked the other way" while allowing support and/or training for terrorist organizations to emanate from their territory. And then they did something the terrorist organizations did not care for and found out that the same tactics being carried out in other countries can be carried out in their own. With the infrastructure they had allowed to be built up turned against them as well.

Loyalty is a fickle thing.

re: #168 cliffster

It's not lupus!

Upding for (albeit outdated) House meme.

re: #195 Walter L. Newton

The husky is sitting in his hole in the snow outside, happy as all get out. He loves this weather.

Hi.

Sunday/Monday was my days off this week. I made it through the first week at the thrift store. Schlepping furniture all week.

It's amazing how you can use clear packing tape to bind items that have multiple parts, list the multiple parts on a label, and yet, you go out to the floor and the customers have managed to tear the items apart and fling them all over the place.

Ever try to find a power supply for a modem when you have 50 loose power supplies floating around on the shelf?

When is Cato the Elder stopping back by after his Retreat?
He'll be all refreshed and mellowed out...
Do me a favor..Tell me when he arrives and I'll get some girl to call your house and say she is Sarah Palin...We'll put the video of his head exploding
on youtube.. A thing of Beauty..*wink*

re: #185 Spare O'Lake

Siwwy tewwowists!

They should create a nation-state called Terroria and
ship all the tewwowists there.

re: #199 Walter L. Newton

And you know, I lived in your neck of the woods. I now sit on this side of the country, read the news sites, listen to the radio and see the stories on TV, and I sit eyes-wide-open.

This is NOT NEW. My goodness, some people act like nothing like this has ever happened before, all life, all weather, all disasters, all terror started, what... about 3 weeks ago?

Can you imagine how narrow some peoples life are when they can't see past the last issue of People magazine?

This planet (and life) has been in existence longer than it takes to watch an episode of Dancing With The Stars. Really!

I tried to watch Dancing With The Stars one time. Seemed like forever to me...

re: #202 Aceofwhat?

watch out where the huskies go...and don't you eat that yellow snow...

Love that song!

re: #82 lawhawk

More embassies are closed in Yemen due to the ongoing terror threat. Despite claims that the Yemeni government has whacked a couple of al Qaeda terrorists, Yemen has long turned a blind eye to al Qaeda's operations in Yemen and the terror group and affiliated groups continue to use Yemen as a safe haven from which to recruit terrorists.

That reminded me off the Fox News Sunday show yesterday. During the panel discussion part, Bill Kristol was saying that closing the embassy was a sign of weakness and a victory for Al Qaida. I really wonder sometimes if folks like Kristol understand they're creating a political climate that is encouraging some really irresponsible behavior.

re: #207 HoosierHoops

When is Cato the Elder stopping back by after his Retreat?
He'll be all refreshed and mellowed out...
Do me a favor..Tell me when he arrives and I'll get some girl to call your house and say she is Sarah Palin...We'll put the video of his head exploding
on youtube.. A thing of Beauty..*wink*

His retreat started Dec. 22nd, 15 days, so he should be done, what...? Tomorrow or Wed. He can't call or speak for those 15 days, so I won't hear anything until mid week, if he calls at all. He has no plans as far as travel days or times, so, maybe he'll head back this way, maybe he'll head south cross country, I don't know until I hear from him.

I'll keep the Lizards informed.

re: #181 reine.de.tout

I know you've been fiddling with your site.
Problem with that site or yours?

I found out what the problem is. The vendor changed all their product codes. The page should work now.

They have a bunch of new products which I will have to add. When I was in Israel, I visited their workshop. I must say that the pictures on the web do not do justice to their products. It is absolutely gorgeous.

re: #211 simoom

No win situation for the administration. If you close the embassy it's a sign of weakness. If you don't and AQ bombs it then you ignored the danger signs and needlessly risked embassy personnel.

re: #180 MandyManners

OMG, this could be a huge bloodbath. LA has a big vociferous Iranian expat population.

re: #211 simoom

That reminded me off the Fox News Sunday show yesterday. During the panel discussion part, Bill Kristol was saying that closing the embassy was a sign of weakness and a victory for Al Qaida. I really wonder sometimes if folks like Kristol understand they're creating a political climate that is encouraging some really irresponsible behavior.

Well, I wonder if you understand that this is your opinion, and maybe he's right and you are wrong?

re: #216 Walter L. Newton

When was the last time Bill Kristol was right about anything?

re: #214 oaktree

No win situation for the administration. If you close the embassy it's a sign of weakness. If you don't and AQ bombs it then you ignored the danger signs and needlessly risked embassy personnel.

You analyst can't be right. Kristol is a conservative, so he must be wrong...
//

re: #217 Obdicut

When was the last time Bill Kristol was right about anything?

Well, I don't know, since I don't listen to him. My statement was a general statement, wasn't it? So, why don't you tell me oh wonderful one.

re: #180 MandyManners

re: #215 Rightwingconspirator

Punditkitchen's got you covered.

re: #213 Alouette

I found out what the problem is. The vendor changed all their product codes. The page should work now.

They have a bunch of new products which I will have to add. When I was in Israel, I visited their workshop. I must say that the pictures on the web do not do justice to their products. It is absolutely gorgeous.

It's working.
I've wanted one of the Roman glass crosses forever.

May have been posted already, but I'm on my way to work and don't have time to read all the comments. Your pal and mine, PZ Myers has an interesting entry up at his blog about fundamentalism:

American Pious Irrationality

re: #219 Walter L. Newton

I don't have any recollection of Kristol being right at any point, actually-- except for years after the fact. He has excellent hindsight.

But thanks for saying I'm wonderful!

re: #205 oaktree

re: #196 MandyManners

These nations may be due for a reminder that the US can and will strike any Al Qaeda camp anywhere as our option. Letting these guys train in the remote areas only undermines their own sovereignty anyway. Find them. Fix them in place. Drop the hammer.

re: #214 oaktree

And if you turned your embassies into armed fortresses, then you get complaints that it makes them appear imperial and inaccessible, but the failure to protect them sufficiently results in bombings that cause incalculable damage and needless casualties.

re: #222 deadletterboy

May have been posted already, but I'm on my way to work and don't have time to read all the comments. Your pal and mine, PZ Myers has an interesting entry up at his blog about fundamentalism:

American Pious Irrationality

Spot on... we can find radical elements in many religions, east, west and we need to be aware of the problems when they arise... and we need to not be politically correct when dealing with any of them...

Smack them down no matter who they are.

re: #221 reine.de.tout

It's working.
I've wanted one of the Roman glass crosses forever.

Print out the page and leave it in places where le roi is sure to find it.

re: #216 Walter L. Newton

Well, I wonder if you understand that this is your opinion, and maybe he's right and you are wrong?

When Bill Kristol uses emotionally/politically charged rhetoric like "victory for Al Qaida" when second guessing the professinals in the British and American intelligence communities, it's hard to see it as a particularly useful critique.

re: #221 reine.de.tout

It's working.
I've wanted one of the Roman glass crosses forever.

I want a star of David with a cross in it in Silver.. Only found it in Gold at the Zionist Mall..The only way I'm wearing Gold is a huge HH on a thick gold chain..
LOL
I really only wear Silver

re: #227 Alouette

Print out the page and leave it in places where le roi is sure to find it.

LOL.
I'm going to just get one now.
The round pendant with star & cross.
I've wanted it for a long time.
Now is the time.

re: #223 Obdicut

I don't have any recollection of Kristol being right at any point, actually-- except for years after the fact. He has excellent hindsight.

But thanks for saying I'm wonderful!

Like I said above, my comment was on the absolutist nature of the other comment, not on whether Kristol is always right or not.

re: #226 Walter L. Newton

Myers is brilliant and always worth reading, if you don't mind an atheistic slant/religion bashing from time to time.

re: #228 simoom

When Bill Kristol uses emotionally/politically charged rhetoric like "victory for Al Qaida" when second guessing the professinals in the British and American intelligence communities, it's hard to see it as a particularly useful critique.

I'll say it again... he may be right, he may be wrong, you don't know for sure, do you?

re: #220 laZardo
I so wish that pic was as real as the man and the tank.
Did you read the comments there?

re: #232 deadletterboy

Myers is brilliant and always worth reading, if you don't mind an atheistic slant/religion bashing from time to time.

I'm an atheist, I don't care about his slant. Interesting that you did not respond to my comment... hmmm... I suspect you didn't agree with me... right?

re: #180 MandyManners

The US needs China now and back then to service our national debt. When push comes to shove, if Iran were to truly threaten the US nobody cares if Iran is turned into a shinning sea of glass.

That's my view on the difference.

re: #234 Rightwingconspirator

I so wish that pic was as real as the man and the tank.
Did you read the comments there?

Yeah. The only thing that's not real about the pic is the hand gesture.

re: #232 deadletterboy

Myers is brilliant and always worth reading, if you don't mind an atheistic slant/religion bashing from time to time.

And no, he's not worth reading if he bashes from time to time. I prefer an intelligent argument, not bashing.

re: #229 HoosierHoops

I want a star of David with a cross in it in Silver.. Only found it in Gold at the Zionist Mall..The only way I'm wearing Gold is a huge HH on a thick gold chain..
LOL
I really only wear Silver

HH, I only wear silver too. Gold does not look good on my olive skin.
Here's one:

re: #235 Walter L. Newton

No i do indeed agree with you. Fundamentalism is dangerous in all forms. But like I said, out the door to work at the bookstore now. Later folks.

Airline passengers bound for the United States faced a hodgepodge of security measures across the world on Monday, but all European airports did not appear to be following a U.S. demand for increased screening of passengers from 14 countries.

U.S. officials in Washington said the new security measures would be implemented Monday but there were few visible changes on the ground in Europe, which has thousands of passengers on hundreds of daily flights to the United States.

In addition, few if any changes in airline procedures were reported in the 14 countries named by the U.S. as security risks, although officials in Saudi Arabia said extra security personnel had been placed at the airport. No changes were seen Monday at international airports in Syria, Libya or Lebanon, three other countries on the list.

SNIP

re: #233 Walter L. Newton

I'll say it again... he may be right, he may be wrong, you don't know for sure, do you?

You may be right...
I may be crazy!
But it just may be a lunatic
that you're looking for...
- Bill Kristol, You May be Right
from the 1980 album Glass Houses

re: #242 SteveC

You may be right...
I may be crazy!
But it just may be a lunatic
that you're looking for...
- Bill Kristol, You May be Right
from the 1980 album Glass Houses

I thought Kristol was a political commentator? Now you are confusing me.

re: #243 Walter L. Newton

I thought Kristol was a political commentator? Now you are confusing me.

Bill Kristol, from the City Slickers movie series? q;

re: #163 Walter L. Newton

According to this, Mitch Daniels is not a creationist... don't worry, the outraged will find something about him to be outraged outrageously about.

[Link: indianaskeptics.org...]

Before we are done with the GOP, we will set the bar so low that there will be no candidate that fits our model and we can't be outraged about.

Signed
The Left.

So far the biggest scandal he's had to manage was bringing Indiana into the daylight savings time format. He got more grief over that than anything else he's done.

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

re: #243 Walter L. Newton

I thought Kristol was a political commentator? Now you are confusing me.

I confuse myself sometimes, Walter! Think nothing of it!

(The song is by Billy Joel, of course. I'm not sure if Bill Kristol has any musical talent.)

re: #231 Walter L. Newton

Well, Walter, I think a lot of people realize that when they speak, they're just giving their own opinion. You probably don't have to remind everyone of that.

But it's sweet of you to care!

re: #245 RogueOne

So far the biggest scandal he's had to manage was bringing Indiana into the daylight savings time format. He got more grief over that than anything else he's done.

Property Taxes was a big deal last year...He has been a good Gov. overall

re: #244 laZardo

Bill Kristol, from the City Slickers movie series? q;

Wasn't that Billy Myers?

re: #246 MandyManners

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

A man who caused a security breach at Newark Liberty International Airport, forcing major delays and grounding flights for six hours, left about 20 minutes after he walked the wrong way through a security checkpoint, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday.

Someone picking up a passenger told an officer guarding the exit that he thought he saw a man enter through the doors Sunday, TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis said. TSA reviewed surveillance video before sweeping the airport, she said.

The video confirmed the man had entered through the exit, and officials made passengers leave the terminal and be rescreened.

SNIP

re: #250 SteveC

It was Oscar Meyers.

re: #239 reine.de.tout
re: #229 HoosierHoops
I like silver too but-
For anyone who loves the white metal silver look, and finds platinum to be way too much money, take a look at palladium jewelry. The metal costs about the same as 14kt. Platinum family, naturally white and 95% pure. Its my favorite. Caveat-I helped work up the jewelry palladium alloys, so I'm not objective. Counter caveat- At work I sell all the jewelry metals to shops and factories, so as long as anyone like any of them, I'm happy.

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