John Williams. :)

re: #1 Varek Raith

John Williams. :)

[Video]

Great score. john Williams started creating movie scores back in the 60's he's still turning out top notch work.

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

Great score. john Williams started creating movie scores back in the 60's he's still turning out top notch work.

I heard this theme earlier today during Local on the 8s on the Weather Channel. I said, awesome out loud. ")

re: #3 Varek Raith

I heard this theme earlier today during Local on the 8s on the Weather Channel. I said, awesome out loud. ")

My parents own multiple CDs of concerts he has conducted. One of them featured the background music from the Mos Eisley Cantina in Episode 4. I realized how well suited such s tune would have been to a Chicago speakeasy in the 1920's, which was perhaps the intention of Williams and Lucas.

Bad Dinner Alert:
Some had convincingly argued that for the sake of finally achieving a timely end to the trial process for Gitmo terrorists, it was now too late to advocate a reversal of the KSM trial arrangements.
What then is to be made of the recent news that the KSM showtrial is now indeed likely to be moved out of NYC, and that no new venue has yet been chosen?
Will this breathe new life into the debate over military vs civilian trials?
Or maybe instead Obama will just skip the trial of KSM completely and move directly to his pre-ordained execution.

Nobuo Uematsu
One Winged Angel (Advent Children version)

I should be asleep. My flight leaves LA at 1:00 PM tomorrow. Which means I have to be at the airport by 11:00 AM. Which means I have to return my rental car by 10:30 AM. Which means I have to leave my parents' house by 9:30 AM. Which means I should be up at 7:30 AM to finish packing, eat breakfast, take final pictures with my 91 year old dad. Which means I should be in bed now.

But I'm not sleepy.

re: #5 Spare O'Lake

Bad Dinner Alert:
Some had convincingly argued that for the sake of finally achieving a timely end to the trial process for Gitmo terrorists, it was now too late to advocate a reversal of the KSM trial arrangements.
What then is to be made of the recent news that the KSM showtrial is now indeed likely to be moved out of NYC, and that no new venue has yet been chosen?
Will this breathe new life into the debate over military vs civilian trials?
Or maybe instead Obama will just skip the trial of KSM completely and move directly to his pre-ordained execution.

Nah, nah, nah, we gotta give him a fair trial and THEN hang him.

/

Kinda tipsy, but not sleepy.

re: #5 Spare O'Lake

Bad Dinner Alert:
Some had convincingly argued that for the sake of finally achieving a timely end to the trial process for Gitmo terrorists, it was now too late to advocate a reversal of the KSM trial arrangements.
What then is to be made of the recent news that the KSM showtrial is now indeed likely to be moved out of NYC, and that no new venue has yet been chosen?
Will this breathe new life into the debate over military vs civilian trials?
Or maybe instead Obama will just skip the trial of KSM completely and move directly to his pre-ordained execution.

Thank you for that. By itself, it would not revive the military tribunal idea, but it does give those who favor tribunals an issue to use to argue for them. If ever thre was a time to push for tribunals, this would be it.

re: #4 Dark_Falcon

My parents own multiple CDs of concerts he has conducted. One of them featured the background music from the Mos Eisley Cantina in Episode 4. I realized how well suited such s tune would have been to a Chicago speakeasy in the 1920's, which was perhaps the intention of Williams and Lucas.

You ever see the underground tunnels they had during prohibition in Chicago. Amazing network which used to go from club to club.

re: #8 SanFranciscoZionist

Nah, nah, nah, we gotta give him a fair trial and THEN hang him.

/

Hang 'Em High

Goodnight you West Coast Lizards.

I'll register jewish-hollywood.org when I get back home.

Merle Haggard & Jerry Lee Lewis - Good Night Irene

Two of my favorite video game songs.

Yuki Kajiura
Godsibb

Yuki Kajiura
The Battle for your Soul

Nytol

re: #7 Alouette

My advice? Keep drinking.

More awesome game music!

Motoi Sakuraba
The Divine Spirit Of Language

re: #15 Varek Raith

Two of my favorite video game songs.

Yuki Kajiura
Godsibb

[Video]

I used to lose myself in flight sim. Spent a lot of time and money tweaking and such. Still have FS2004, FSX and Combat FS Sim installed. Have a lot of pay ware also. My favorite was flying out of Innsbruck. I stopped almost 2 years ago and keeping telling myself to start it up again.

Good night Lizardia!

The Doors - The End

I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller

From the 1942 movie "Orchestra Wives"

Morning already here in Germany, light snow. Waiting for wood stove to warm up and coffee to take effect.

re: #23 ralphieboy

Morning already here in Germany, light snow. Waiting for wood stove to warm up and coffee to take effect.

Did you take the coffee through an IV??? Faster, that way!
;)

Cab Calloway - Reefer Man

re: #25 Gus 802

Nice thumpin' on that upright bass.

re: #26 Killgore Trout

Nice thumpin' on that upright bass.

Great stuff. I'm thinking that's from the 40s.

Ohhh, a shiny new game to distract Varek for a long period of time!
...once it's released, of course!
:)

Have a good night all.

I'm out as well! Night!

re: #27 Gus 802

Great stuff. I'm thinking that's from the 40s.

I believe this is from the movie "International House" starring W.C. Field

Check out the trumpeter with the tin hat in the back row.

Good Morning Lizards!

East Coast is up and has the watch!

Watch looks pretty quiet...

Hail and farewell, all. I'm only up for a few minutes. Stupid dog.

Life intrudes for me. BBL

Morning folks. Must have been a good night around here, I don't see any blood on the floor.

re: #38 sattv4u2

Anyone know if FEB 11th has any significance on the Islamic calender!?!?

According to the snippet of the press.ir report on memorandum, (which also won't open) it's this years anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. (aka the Iranian Revolution)

This period, from February 1 to 11, is celebrated every year in Iran as the "Decade of Fajr."[122][123] February 11 is "Islamic Revolution's Victory Day", a national holiday with state sponsored demonstrations in every city.[124][125]

more from wiki.

re: #40 iceweasel

According to the snippet of the press.ir report on memorandum, (which also won't open) it's this years anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. (aka the Iranian Revolution)

Tanks!

BRB,,,, gotta drive my son to the school bus stop

re: #36 RogueOne

Morning folks. Must have been a good night around here, I don't see any blood on the floor.

That's cause we have soothing music posted in the overnight.

I have a theory that if we all listened to freetoken's music choices in the early morning, we'd see less bickering during the traditional Bitching Hour on LGF (that period from roughly 4am-7am PST).

Bloodletting always seems worse when the theme is anything to do with global warming, which is only exacerbated by the enormous amount of flamage that it seems to generate...

Good morning all...not staying long...got to leave for work in a few....

re: #45 ralphieboy

Bloodletting always seems worse when the theme is anything to do with global warming, which is only exacerbated by the enormous amount of flamage that it seems to generate...

You need a +7 Protection from Fire suit of armor.
;)

re: #45 ralphieboy

I'm not sure it's the topic as much as it is the personalities involved, myself.

re: #45 ralphieboy

Bloodletting always seems worse when the theme is anything to do with global warming, which is only exacerbated by the enormous amount of flamage that it seems to generate...

There's a few reasons for that here. Charles put the hammer down about that:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Hopefully that comment will be heeded.

One of the best covers for the Economist, ever:

Image: currentcoverus_large.jpg

And the article that goes with it:

[Link: www.economist.com...]

Heh, am I one of the rare ones that thinks Apple is completely and utterly overrated?
/Puts on +7 Flame Suit. ;)

re: #49 iceweasel

There's a few reasons for that here. Charles put the hammer down about that:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Hopefully that comment will be heeded.

Must be the combination of ideology-bordering-on-religion and nerdy scientific one-upmanship.

I remember chiming in to make a comment about how the Greenlanders made a pact with Satan to get rid of the Danes and got stomped on by someone who did see any cause of levity in such a serious case of comparing dicks.

Yay! Work... :/
:)

re: #52 ralphieboy

AGW threads tend to get a lot of troll action, too. By which I mean for days after they're posted, some denier or other (usually several) crawls out of the woodwork late at night to spam them with crap links and often random abuse.
It's very curious. We don't see that happen consistently with any other topic in the way it reliably happens with AGW threads.

I suspect it used to happen here a lot with creationist threads too, but I wasn't regged here then.

re: #54 iceweasel

AGW threads tend to get a lot of troll action, too. By which I mean for days after they're posted, some denier or other (usually several) crawls out of the woodwork late at night to spam them with crap links and often random abuse.
It's very curious. We don't see that happen consistently with any other topic in the way it reliably happens with AGW threads.

Usual Troll Thought Process: "Yeah, I went in there and told those LGF idjits da troof about AGW. And not a damn one of them said a word! A single word! I am the King Troll!"

Usual Lizard Thought Process: "Bring that foolishness into a live thread, bub, and we'll send you home in a box. A very small box."

re: #52 ralphieboy

I remember chiming in to make a comment about how the Greenlanders made a pact with Satan to get rid of the Danes and got stomped on by someone who did see any cause of levity in such a serious case of comparing dicks.

Satan: "I see. So, what would you have me to do for you?"

Greenlanders: "Help us get rid of all these Danes! And since you are Satan, after all, can you warm this place up a bit?"

Scrolled through the spin-off links and didn't see this. I'm sure it was covered but I'd like to add my two cents:

Gibbs: Accused 9/11 plotter likely to be executed

"Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is going to meet justice and he's going to meet his maker," said President Barack Obama's press secretary, Robert Gibbs. "He will be brought to justice and he's likely to be executed for the heinous crimes that he committed in killing and masterminding the killing of 3,000 Americans. That you can be sure of."

They don't know where the trial is to be held, but they already know the results. If you're planning on putting on a trial to show the world how generous our legal system is maybe you shouldn't be running around telling everyone the outcome is already known. Just sayin.

re: #54 iceweasel

I suspect it used to happen here a lot with creationist threads too, but I wasn't regged here then.

You're correct on that assertion, though I rarely visited those threads myself. There was usually some talk about the presence of such trolls on the active thread the next morning.

re: #43 sattv4u2

BRB,,, gotta drive my son to the school bus stop

I used to have to walk to the bus stop; three miles each direction; up hill each direction; in the snow!

AND I LIKED IT!

Gates Makes $10 Billion Vaccines Pledge

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday.

Calling upon governments and business to also contribute, they said the money will produce higher immunization rates and aims to make sure that 90 percent of children are immunized against dangerous diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia in poorer nations.

That is an awfully nice pledge but I didn't realize you could get immunized against diarrhea. They should name it TB_2 after taco bell.

re: #57 RogueOne

They don't know where the trial is to be held, but they already know the results. If you're planning on putting on a trial to show the world how generous our legal system is maybe you shouldn't be running around telling everyone the outcome is already known. Just sayin.

It's sounding so much like a kangaroo court I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it is going to be held in Australia.

re: #59 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I used to have to walk to the bus stop; three miles each direction; up hill each direction; in the snow!

AND I LIKED IT!

Big deal. It snows so much here that we have to crap into a shotgun and fire it up the chimney.

re: #60 RogueOne

Dysentery... is epidemic in the third world...

It's really bad. Really fatal. Really yucky.

re: #57 RogueOne

Scrolled through the spin-off links and didn't see this. I'm sure it was covered but I'd like to add my two cents:

Gibbs: Accused 9/11 plotter likely to be executed
[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

They don't know where the trial is to be held, but they already know the results. If you're planning on putting on a trial to show the world how generous our legal system is maybe you shouldn't be running around telling everyone the outcome is already known. Just sayin.

Remember when Lt. Col. Oliver North went on trial? The government found a jury ignorant enough that they'd never heard of him. I don't think that'll be the case here because everyone's heard of 9-11.

Anyone see Roger Ailes slap around Arianna Huffington on ABC this weekend? She was trying to hammer him on Beck and he came back with some of the things said about him on the Huffington post.

good morning, all - heading into a meeting in about 5 - did I miss anything really big this past week?

re: #63 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Dysentery... is epidemic in the third world...

It's really bad. Really fatal. Really yucky.

I thought dysentery had multiple causes?

I poop too much, then I get tired.

wow, small crowd this a.m. - and slow moving conversation.

re: #67 RogueOne

I poop too much, then I get tired.

Well, thank you for sharing!

///

re: #68 SasyMomaCat

wow, small crowd this a.m. - and slow moving conversation.

It's Monday. I imagine half the lizard population is still fumbling to get their caffeine IVs in.

Dunno... was just trying to some make sense of the Gates trying to cure diarrhea.

There's no immunization, but the anti-biotics necessary to fight it once the cause is figured out?

Yeah, I'm talking out my ass...

re: #65 RogueOne

If something could get the Huffpo to exercise more quality control, that'd be a good thing. Their heavy flirtation with all kinds of pseudo-science alone is shameful.

re: #70 thedopefishlives

good possibility - I wish I could get a bit more in my system before this meeting.

re: #62 SteveC

Big deal. It snows so much here that we have to crap into a shotgun and fire it up the chimney.

You know... that visual...

re: #73 SasyMomaCat

good possibility - I wish I could get a bit more in my system before this meeting.

You and me both, but I'm trying to cut back on the carbonated-beverage habit (as well as cutting back a bit on spending as I try to make the transition into the new fishbowl).

re: #71 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Dunno... was just trying to some make sense of the Gates trying to cure diarrhea.

There's no immunization, but the anti-biotics necessary to fight it once the cause is figured out?

Yeah, I'm talking out my ass...

The Gates' foundation could be looking at underlying diseases that cause dyssentary (e.g. cholera).

/Of course the snarkier part of me wants to make a joke about Microsoft code and immunizing the world from some of the stuff that comes from Redmond WA.

off to the meeting - bbl

re: #72 Obdicut

I just found it amusing, Huffington lecturing someone else on proper behavior when dealing in political disagreements. "Pot meet Kettle" and all that.

re: #72 Obdicut

If something could get the Huffpo to exercise more quality control, that'd be a good thing. Their heavy flirtation with all kinds of pseudo-science alone is shameful.

I've highlighted this blog here before, Respectful Insolence. The author, who uses the name Orac, often writes about the "Woo" found at Huffington and other places.

Speaking of dyssentary, third world and all...

It looks as if the aid may me saving Haiti from some of the worst after effects of disaster in poor nations like disease and starvation.

My thoughts have turned to the long term effect of this disaster and how the US and other nations in a position to provide substancial long term aid will handle Haiti's government going forward.

How do we help them with infrastructure and future development without the powers there using the aid to line their own pockets. On the other hand if we do take a strong position in terms of governing the rebuild how do we avoid the inevitable problems with looking like an imperial power and taking blame for everything that does go wrong?

re: #65 RogueOne

Anyone see Roger Ailes slap around Arianna Huffington on ABC this weekend? She was trying to hammer him on Beck and he came back with some of the things said about him on the Huffington post.

I hadn't seen that yet, heard about it somewhere. I'll check it out-- I share Obdicut's opinion though of HuffPo, especially for the various crazy anti-science faux 'health' and medicine coverage there.

Krugman put a smackdown on Ailes this week though, calling out Fox News for deliberate misinformation.

me = be = phat phinger morning.

re: #80 DaddyG

It might take us an entire thread to sort everything out and find the solution for Haiti's problems.
/

re: #79 SteveC

Great blog, bookmarked-- thanks.

I could personally care less about the major news outlets having peeing contests over who is more accurate and more-or-less ideologically driven. None of them have the credibility they presume to have.

re: #83 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It might take us an entire thread to sort everything out and find the solution for Haiti's problems.
/

Oh- at least a thread. But the world will be better off for us having put in the time. /

Female splodey-dope.

A female suicide bomber attacked a column of Shiite pilgrims on the outskirts of Baghdad on Monday, part of a convulsion of violence that has hit the capital in advance of national elections in March.

At least 41 people died and more than 100 were wounded in the attack, which took place in an industrial district on the northern edge of the city, according to initial reports from security officials, who said the toll could rise.

The bomber, perhaps because she was a woman, was able to mingle among Iraqis making an annual pilgrimage to Shiite Islam’s holiest shrine before detonating a hidden vest packed with explosives, an Interior Ministry official said.

SNIP

re: #87 MandyManners

Splodey-dope wearing an abaya. Could've been a boy.

re: #79 SteveC

I've highlighted this blog here before, Respectful Insolence. The author, who uses the name Orac, often writes about the "Woo" found at Huffington and other places.

Nice site. I'm starting to think the hitler video meme is past the point of being played out. I just read something on FARK (I think) last week where the director of that movie thought all the remixes were great. His favorite was the Michael Jackson death ruining hitlers party.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) all but waved the white flag in a dispute with publisher Macmillan that could lead to the online retailer raising prices on some of its e-books.

"Ultimately ... we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan's terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to you even at prices we believe are needlessly high for e-books," Amazon said in a message to customers on its website.

Amazon said Macmillan told them that they want to charge $12.99 to $14.99 for e-book versions of bestsellers and most hardcover releases. Amazon currently charges $9.99 for the e-book version of most new releases and bestsellers.

Amazon temporarily removed all titles published by Macmillan from its website, saying the move would express its "strong disagreement and the seriousness of (its) disagreement" on pricing. Macmillan titles, including "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay, were only available for purchase on Amazon's website through third parties on Sunday.

Amazon is facing pressure from publishers concerned about dwindling royalties, as well as new, formidable entrants like Apple Inc (AAPL.O) that could squeeze what e-booksellers make from each title. Apple unveiled its iPad tablet computer on Wednesday.

SNIP

re: #85 DaddyG

I could personally care less about the major news outlets having peeing contests over who is more accurate and more-or-less ideologically driven. None of them have the credibility they presume to have.

Jurno-doctors in Haiti

Given the scope of the medical need in Haiti, dropping the microphone and jumping into the fray to help wounded people is admirable. But doing so as a journalist also raises ethical concerns and charges of self-promotion.

In 1998, Andrew Wakefield, a gastroenterologist at London's Royal Free Hospital, published a study in the prestigious medical journal Lancet that linked the triple Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine with autism and bowel disorders in children. The study — and Wakefield's subsequent public statements that parents should refuse the vaccines — sparked a public health panic that led vaccination rates in Britain to plunge.

Wakefield's study has since been discredited, and the MMR vaccine deemed to be safe. But now medical authorities in the U.K. have also ruled that the manner in which Wakefield carried out his research was unethical. In a ruling on Jan. 28, The General Medical Council, which registers and regulates doctors in the U.K., ruled that Wakefield acted "dishonestly and irresponsibly" during his research and with "callous disregard" for the children involved in his study.
(See the year in health 2009.)

After the finding, Wakefield, who now heads an autism research center in Austin, Texas, described the decision as "unfounded and unjust." He added that he had "no regrets" over his work.

The General Medical Council, which will now decide whether to revoke Wakefield's medical license, highlighted several areas where Wakefield acted against the interest of the children involved in the 1998 study. It criticized Wakefield for carrying out invasive tests, such as colonoscopies and spinal taps, without due regard for how the children involved might be affected. It also cited Wakefield's method of gathering blood samples — he paid children at his son's birthday party $8 to give blood — and said that Wakefield displayed a "callous disregard for the distress and pain the children might suffer."

The panel also criticized Wakefield for failing to disclose that, while carrying out the research, he was being paid by lawyers acting for parents who believed their children had been harmed by the MMR jab.

SNIP

Despite this, the effects of the media frenzy surrounding Wakefield's research — a study found that MMR was the most written about science topic in the U.K. in 2002 — continue to be felt in Britain. Vaccination rates among toddlers plummeted from over 90% in the mid-1990s to below 70% in some places by 2003. Following this drop, Britain saw an increase in measles cases at a time when the disease had been all but eradicated in many developed countries. In 1998, there were just 56 cases of the disease in England and Wales; by 2008 there were 1,370.

SNIP

Well, earthquake just woke me out of bed...

fairly sharp one too...

re: #94 freetoken

fairly sharp one too...

Sounds like a wild ride.

4.8 off the coast of Tijuana... not too big, but still too close:

[Link: earthquake.usgs.gov...]

re: #94 freetoken

I got nothin in LA. We are not too far apart, I think. What is your area?

re: #93 freetoken

One of my Facebook friends this weekend posted a status saying something about all his friends in Memphis should be prepared, with plenty of supplies, if an earthquake hits there. If it does, our government won't help because they don't care what happens to black people.

I was tempted to reply that nobody should worry since Bush and Cheney no longer have access to the earthquake and hurricane machine. But I didn't feel like stirring anything up.

re: #98 Mad Al-Jaffee

One of my Facebook friends this weekend posted a status saying something about all his friends in Memphis should be prepared, with plenty of supplies, if an earthquake hits there. If it does, our government won't help because they don't care what happens to black people.

I was tempted to reply that nobody should worry since Bush and Cheney no longer have access to the earthquake and hurricane machine. But I didn't feel like stirring anything up.

I think it would've been worth it just to see the massive whinefest that would've ensued. I bet you could've gotten some Crazy Louie Farrakhan type comments if you'd pushed hard enough.

re: #96 freetoken

a rude awakening indeed.

re: #96 freetoken

4.8 off the coast of Tijuana... not too big, but still too close:

[Link: earthquake.usgs.gov...]

Is that what you crazy Californians use for alarm clocks or something?

re: #97 Rightwingconspirator

I'm in the middle of San Diego county... it was not a big quake, but I was close enough to it for the building to shake and for it get me out of bed.

The quakes seem to like to come in the early hours of the morning - suppose I should look into that and see if it is true.

re: #102 freetoken

1971 Sylmar, Northridge, both were maorning. '89 Loma Prieta-early evening. Some have speculated tidal forces play into the timing.

re: #98 Mad Al-Jaffee

Oh, go ahead and stir it up...

Darn PIMF
Morning.

re: #102 freetoken

The quakes seem to like to come in the early hours of the morning - suppose I should look into that and see if it is true.

The same diabolical gremlins that makes the batteries in my smoke detector wear out in the middle of the night (causing it to beep every five minutes until they are changed!)

re: #104 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh, go ahead and stir it up...

Too late. He already changed his status, and I can't access FB at work.

re: #102 freetoken

Are you sure you just didn't have Taco Bell for dinner last night? :)

re: #98 Mad Al-Jaffee

There we have a very, very racist attitude. Reminds me Nagin and the "Chocolate City and his "hole in the ground" remarks.

re: #102 freetoken

I've spent three days in San Diego.

But, I was at the Del.

Lovely town you've got there. The lobby was beautiful. My room overlooked the marina. Seriously. Everyone should live in San Diego.

(never really left the hotel, was a convention thingy)

re: #98 Mad Al-Jaffee

One of my Facebook friends this weekend posted a status saying something about all his friends in Memphis should be prepared, with plenty of supplies, if an earthquake hits there. If it does, our government won't help because they don't care what happens to black people.

I was tempted to reply that nobody should worry since Bush and Cheney no longer have access to the earthquake and hurricane machine. But I didn't feel like stirring anything up.

Since when//

re: #102 freetoken

I'm in the middle of San Diego county... it was not a big quake, but I was close enough to it for the building to shake and for it get me out of bed.

The quakes seem to like to come in the early hours of the morning - suppose I should look into that and see if it is true.

everything (you, your neighbors) is ok, though, right?

re: #111 Aceofwhat?

Since when//

Not on FB. Most of my friends there are pretty liberal and I don't like getting into political arguments/discussions with them.

Since all the West Coasters seem to be OK, I guess it's all right the post this...

re: #96 freetoken

Sorry about that... just calibrating Grazer 1... //////

re: #113 Mad Al-Jaffee

Not on FB. Most of my friends there are pretty liberal and I don't like getting into political arguments/discussions with them.

Oh, yeah, gotcha - FB is a tough place to hash out sensitive subjects.

re: #115 lawhawk

Sorry about that... just calibrating Grazer 1... ///

You of all people should know, we don't play with the Zionist world-altering devices until AFTER 9:00 in the morning./

re: #110 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My housemate is from San Diego. I think she saw snow for the first time in her life in 2008.

MORNING HONCOS!

I'm all for cleaning up the environment, but according to Jalopnik, this new ad series sponsored by Audi literally redefines the term "Eco-Nazi."

And I do mean literally.

/ Jeremy Clarkson will never let Audi live it down. :D

re: #115 lawhawk

Sorry about that... just calibrating Grazer 1... ///

How many times have we told you to have the safety switches set AND the planetary shift dampeners engaged before you fire that puppy up!?!?!

re: #110 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I've spent three days in San Diego.

But, I was at the Del.

Lovely town you've got there. The lobby was beautiful. My room overlooked the marina. Seriously. Everyone should live in San Diego.

(never really left the hotel, was a convention thingy)

I live in Jacksonville, not to far from the beach, and we can't hold a candle to the natural beauty + weather of San Diego. That city is nigh unto heaven on earth...

re: #98 Mad Al-Jaffee

People should be prepared for natural disasters with go-bags and a supply of food and water that can last a couple of days to enable self sufficiency before any government assistance can be provided. That's just common sense, regardless of who's in office.

Besides, it's up to the state and local authorities to provide the first response (and the feds can come in only after they are invited pursuant to Posse Comitatus Act). If your local officials are mo-rons (as writ large in NOLA), then the response can and will be delayed/screwed up/ignore existing emergency plans). That's why you need to practice a certain amount of self sufficiency for natural disasters.

re: #118 Mad Al-Jaffee

"Easiest job in America? Weather man in San Diego. 'And now over to Bob with the weather...'. 'Nice!', Back to you Bill."
-Lewis Black

re: #117 thedopefishlives

It's 9AM somewhere in the world... /bwhahaha

re: #120 SteveC

Those who are responsible have been sacked.

Those who are responsible for the sacking have themselves been sacked. /

re: #119 laZardo

I like the Perille calendar story on that site. Too bad I'm at work.

re: #125 lawhawk

Those who are responsible have been sacked.

Those who are responsible for the sacking have themselves been sacked. /

You need to hire a more competent staff to calibrate your weapons of mass distraction. Might I suggest a moose?

re: #124 lawhawk

It's 9AM somewhere in the world... /bwhahaha

Oh, no... Do not mess with the time shift settings, I don't wanna relive last week!

re: #129 mikey706

That is what the Loose Changers call "LIHOP." Letting It Happen On Purpose.

/HURR twoofer fuel.

How long before this truthful AP headline gets replaced?

Obama unveils $3.83T budget with massive deficits

You can't blame that on Bush. That's his budget. He chose to massively expand the deficit (while claiming he's going to be a deficit hawk starting next year.

OMG! Obama and Biden went to a Georgetown basketball game! They're so awesome, because they go to sporting events like regular people, and they're NOT Bush and Cheney!

[Link: dcist.com...]

re: #123 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Easiest job in America? Weather man in San Diego. 'And now over to Bob with the weather...'. 'Nice!', Back to you Bill."
-Lewis Black

It's so easy, even Steve Carell could do it.

re: #129 mikey706

Registered since: Dec 4, 2009 at 11:26 am
No. of comments posted: 4
Karma: 5

Al-Jaffee I know, and Dopefish I know, but who the fuck are you?

re: #127 thedopefishlives

Might I suggest a moose?

I never can see a sentence like that without thinking of John Candy saying, "Sorry folks, park's closed. Moose out front shoulda told ya."

re: #128 SteveC

Oh, no... Do not mess with the time shift settings, I don't wanna relive last week!

Apparently, it's too late for that, as it's snowing outside. Either he hit the weather control settings or it's last week all over again. Sigh.

re: #121 Aceofwhat?

I live in Jacksonville, not to far from the beach, and we can't hold a candle to the natural beauty + weather of San Diego. That city is nigh unto heaven on earth...

I live in Jax as well! I'm inter-coastal west area.

re: #136 thedopefishlives

Apparently, it's too late for that, as it's snowing outside. Either he hit the weather control settings or it's last week all over again. Sigh.

I have no idea how this is going to turn out, but I can predict we'll be filling out forms for a MONTH!

re: #138 SteveC

I have no idea how this is going to turn out, but I can predict we'll be filling out forms for a MONTH!

Great. More delays for my Zionist check. Some people live or die by that money, buddy!

re: #134 SteveC

Registered since: Dec 4, 2009 at 11:26 am
No. of comments posted: 4
Karma: 5

Al-Jaffee I know, and Dopefish I know, but who the fuck are you?

He seems to be someone new trying to join the conversation, that's all. His comment certainly didn't seem to be endorsing that crazy HotAir stuff-- just the opposite.
Least, that's how I read it.

re: #140 iceweasel

He seems to be someone new trying to join the conversation, that's all. His comment certainly didn't seem to be endorsing that crazy HotAir stuff-- just the opposite.
Least, that's how I read it.

Yeah. He correctly identified the HotAir post as, and I quote, "completely batshit crazy", so I give him some credit.

Anyhow, off to an all-day meeting. Enjoy the day, lizards, and the troll barbecue is warmed and ready if you need it. Bacon-wrapped is the flavor of the day.

re: #141 thedopefishlives

Yeah. He correctly identified the HotAir post as, and I quote, "completely batshit crazy", so I give him some credit.

Anyhow, off to an all-day meeting. Enjoy the day, lizards, and the troll barbecue is warmed and ready if you need it. Bacon-wrapped is the flavor of the day.

Kosher members may find suitable alternatives in the kitchen. O:

One of those "Please answer ASAP!" emails just came in. I hope everyone has a good day!

Hey! Am I first?

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!

New Madrid quakes 1974-1997.

re: #137 rwdflynavy

I live in Jax as well! I'm inter-coastal west area.

Beaches area for me. Love it here.

Since 8/3/09.

re: #144 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey! Am I first?

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!

Shortest month of the year. Coincidence?

/

re: #129 mikey706

I believe we may have a Hotair 'completely batshit crazy' quote of the day! And its only 9:42 am est

That really is 20 lbs of crazy in a 5 pound bag there. A wish for a successful terrorist attack on the US in the belief that it will 'wake us up' (huh?), the claim that no matter how many Americans die it will be 'worth it' because it will 'finish' the so-called Socialist Obama, and the hope that Obama will simply 'nuke' Iran. Because there aren't any civilians there who really want their government changed or anything, I guess.

HotAir is filled with murderous bastards, imo. I just hope they're all posting from their mother's basement and restrict their actions to violent internet postings.

Good morning lizards!

Great story this morning...

Restaurant treats Army Reserve unit to steak dinner

LAVALE — Chefs at Western Sizzlin’ grilled enough steaks to feed an Army Sunday.

Literally.

A line of camouflage-wearing men and women stretched 20 yards outside the restaurant’s doors late Sunday morning as members of the 372nd Military Police Company of the U.S. Army Reserve gathered for lunch on the final day of their annual two-week training mission.

The unit, which has been eating lunch at Western Sizzlin’ every day since training began earlier this month, has received a “warning order” for possible deployment overseas in the months ahead.

“We decided we wanted to do something nice for them,” said Western Sizzlin’ owner Bruce Snyder, who fed the soldiers steaks on Sunday instead of just the buffet.

Inside the restaurant, a “We Support 372nd MP” banner included personal messages from Western Sizzlin’ employees. “Take care and come home safe,” one said. “Thank you for serving our country.”

Red, white and blue balloons and ribbons filled the dining area.

“We wanted them to have something real nice to remember,” Snyder said.

re: #147 MandyManners

You've got your concerns (about quakes in the New Madrid fault zone).

I've got mine. I just don't want anything to blow until after I've gotten a chance to see it in person (which will be later this year - trip's already planned to hit Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Fossil Beds, Craters of the Moon and stops in between).

re: #149 iceweasel

Just another illustration of why I don't go to other sites.

re: #151 lawhawk

Gonna be a "beeg bang boom".

re: #152 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just another illustration of why I don't go to other sites.

Speaking of which, I had a tab open to 4chan when you posted your #144.

/i'm not racist. i hate EVERYONE.

re: #152 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just another illustration of why I don't go to other sites.

Last time I checked out the HotAir comments someone was offering his services to the admin there to track down and kill a liberal poster.

His crime? Calling someone an internet patriot.

re: #153 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Big badda boom! /leeloo

re: #156 lawhawk

Rawr.

Great morning, folks! I'm trying optimism today, but I have my doubts...

(Ah... humor.)

While some folks looked at the Bush years as a job-less recovery (and that the overall number of jobs created during the 2000-2009 period were a measly 400,000; with the end of the recession due to back to back growth in 3Q and 4Q 2009, we may be seeing a job-loss recovery. Jobs keep hemorrhaging and the situation doesn't look promising.

re: #158 MrSilverDragon

Lieutenant Steven Hauk: I understand you're pretty funny as a dee-jay and, well, comedy is kind of a hobby of mine. Well, actually, it's a little more than just a hobby, Reader's Digest is considering publishing two of my jokes.
-Good Morning Vietnam

back from the meeting - and my map is still processing. I think there might be something wrong here, as it SHOULD be done . . . so, I'm only sort-of back. Gotta figure out this durn program's issues.

re: #158 MrSilverDragon

Great morning, folks! I'm trying optimism today, but I have my doubts...

(Ah... humor.)

I'm actually gonna volunteer at raising the positivity levels of this thread by...taking a shower. q: BBL.

re: #155 iceweasel

I do not doubt that something like that will happen one day. Gonna be a sad, sad day.

re: #151 lawhawk

You've got your concerns (about quakes in the New Madrid fault zone).

I've got mine. I just don't want anything to blow until after I've gotten a chance to see it in person (which will be later this year - trip's already planned to hit Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Fossil Beds, Craters of the Moon and stops in between).

I'm concerned for my relatives there, and for folks as far away from them as Chicago, New Orleans, Detroit, and a whole lot of other places. If you read through this compilation of accounts, another series of quakes like the ones starting in 1811, there will be incredible death and destruction.

re: #145 MandyManners

New Madrid quakes 1974-1997.

Whole lotta shakin' goin' on!

re: #164 MandyManners

I've got friends and family that live along the New Madrid fault line. I remember earthquake drills from high school, which seemed really kind of weird, since most of us had never been in an earthquake that was actually detectable without instruments.

Anybody see this last night?

Blew me away. Pink at the Grammys.

A small shock was felt at Detroit on the 17th December. The atmosphere was serene, but cold. Thirty miles northwest of that village is a lake about nine miles in circumference, of an oval form, and which is supposed to have communication under ground with Lake Sinclair. In the centre of this lake there is an island of perhaps three miles in circumference, inhabited only by Indians. They relate, that on the said 17th December the waters of the lake appeared to tremble, and boil like a great pot over a hot fire; and immediately a vast number of large tortoises rose to the surface, and swam rapidly to the shore, where they were taken for food.

In this last shock, the water in the river Mississippi was thrown into commotion, bubbling like boiling water; and, in a few minutes, the whole atmosphere was filled with smoke or fog, so that a boat could not be seen within twenty paces from the water's edge; and the houses were so shrouded as not to be seen fifty feet; this smoke continued all the forepart of that day.

During the time of the shock, the heavens were very clear and serene; there being not a breath of air stirring; but in five minutes it became very dark; and a vapour which seemed to impregnate the atmosphere, had a disagreeable smell, and produced a difficulty of breathing. This darkness continued until nearly the break of day. During its continuance there were six more shocks. About half after six it cleared up. However, the danger was increased by another shock, which racked the houses violently, and threw down the chimneys. The darkness returned, and it was accompanied by loud noises, and a bounding motion up and down. Many persons were so alarmed that they formed encampments in the fields. The shocks were repeated from time to time, until the 28th, and then amounted to sixty-seven.

Accounts from Little Prairie (note 1) stated that ponds had been converted to upland, and dry land to lakes; that the banks of the river had sunk and fallen in to great extent; that cracks had been formed in the earth; that water had gushed out; and that there was a strange and chaotic mixture of the elements. In some places, sand, mud, water, and stone-coal were reported to have been thrown up thirty yards high.

Thirdly; a more full and circumstantial history of those eruptions and commotions was drawn up by Mr. William Leigh Pierce, who, at the time of their occurrence, was passing down the Mississippi in a boat.

After having described the occurrences of the 16th, 17th, and 18th, up to the 19th, he wrote from the Big Prairie, under date of December 25th, to his acquaintance in New-York, a very circumstantial account, which was published in the journals of the time. His narrative abounds with facts showing the irresistible and ruinous effects of the commotion, which he thinks might have been considered as protracted to the surprising length of one hundred and seventy-eight hours.

Fourthly; to these I subjoin another respectable communication, from Mr. Joseph Ficklin of Russelville, (Ken.) who thus describes the earthquakes, in a letter dated February 5, 1812: "The shocks continue. The accounts that you will see in the Nashville and Lexington papers may be confided in. I have conversed with several persons from New Madrid, all of whom confirm the above. The bottom of the Mississippi river, two under miles west of this place, was cracked in some places fifteen feet in width, and cast up warm water sufficient to inundate the settlement from one to two feet.

The president has openly declared we are at war with international terrorists. But his actions indicate he's waging a second, secret war against the defense industry here at home.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: [Link: www.washingtonexaminer.com...]

re: #62 SteveC

Big deal. It snows so much here that we have to crap into a shotgun and fire it up the chimney.

Funny, but mental picture not appreciated. Good Morning and Happy Monday, BTW!

A volcano?

re: #167 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Anybody see this last night?

Blew me away. Pink at the Grammys.

Thanks. I missed the Grammys but I won't forget that soon. Outstanding.

Good morning, Lizard Nation.

WTF...moonbat in NK?

Report: Detained American seeks asylum in NKorea

SEOUL, South Korea -- An American man detained by North Korea after allegedly entering the communist country illegally has sought asylum and wants to join its military, a news report said Saturday.

South Korea's Dong-a Ilbo newspaper said the man crossed into North Korea from China on Monday.

It said an unidentified source in North Korea told the newspaper the 28-year-old man said he came to the country because he did not "want to become a cannon fodder in the capitalist military," and "wants to serve in the North Korean military" instead.

The National Intelligence Service, South Korea's top spy agency, said it could not immediately confirm the report. The U.S. Embassy in Seoul said it had no such information.

On Thursday, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported an American was arrested Monday for trespassing and his case was under investigation.

re: #173 NJDhockeyfan

WTF...moonbat in NK?

Report: Detained American seeks asylum in NKorea

He must not like food.

re: #168 MandyManners

Interesting reading early accounts of geological phenomena from laity.

That was a cool read.

re: #171 MandyManners

A volcano?

Nope, I believe its a really deep fault left over from when the super continent "Pangia" broke up and it slips every now and then. I love geology! Wish I'd gotten my degree in, but you know how hindsight is... Did you know that there is rift valley forming from New Mexico up through the middle of the United states? We have another one forming here in California, its called Death Valley. Cool huh?

What a lot of Americans don't know is that liberals can indeed make the connection, but they resist it for one simple reason: more private sector success equals less need for government. Less need for government equals less power for big-government liberals. Less power for big-government liberals with monstrous, "we know what's better for you than you do" egos equals an unacceptable trade off.

why not just make tax cuts illegal?....

[Link: jewishworldreview.com...]

re: #175 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Interesting reading early accounts of geological phenomena from laity.?
Did you mean Italy?

re: #169 albusteve

The president has openly declared we are at war with international terrorists. But his actions indicate he's waging a second, secret war against the defense industry here at home.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: [Link: www.washingtonexaminer.com...]

I heard something this morning about the C-17 being on the chopping block.

re: #173 NJDhockeyfan

WTF...moonbat in NK?

Report: Detained American seeks asylum in NKorea

anybody we know?

re: #173 NJDhockeyfan

WTF...moonbat in NK?

Report: Detained American seeks asylum in NKorea

He wants to be cannon fodder for Lil' Kim?

re: #174 Mad Al-Jaffee

He must not like food.

No kimchi for him.

re: #178 Dragon_Lady
No silly.

Laity. I know it has religious meanings too. I mean; The unschooled? Non-academia?

re: #182 MandyManners

No kimchi for him.

Good, have you ever smelled that stuff? Man it stinks!

re: #183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

No silly.

Laity. I know it has religious meanings too. I mean; The unschooled? Non-academia?

The people who would say, "There, there be monsters..."

re: #183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

No silly.

Laity. I know it has religious meanings too. I mean; The unschooled? Non-academia?

ahhhh, you got me! I was never very good at Latin...hahaha!

re: #175 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Interesting reading early accounts of geological phenomena from laity.

That was a cool read.

"Laity" was all they had back then. I wonder what kind of accounts could have been collected from the inhabitants of Kansas and Olklahoma.

re: #176 Dragon_Lady

Nope, I believe its a really deep fault left over from when the super continent "Pangia" broke up and it slips every now and then. I love geology! Wish I'd gotten my degree in, but you know how hindsight is... Did you know that there is rift valley forming from New Mexico up through the middle of the United states? We have another one forming here in California, its called Death Valley. Cool huh?

What caused the water to boil?

re: #188 MandyManners

What caused the water to boil?

Dragons?

re: #179 MandyManners

I heard something this morning about the C-17 being on the chopping block.

another golden example of liberal 'support' for the armed forces...the blurb also mentions cuts to the F-35 program, the very plane they said we needed

re: #173 NJDhockeyfan

Someone like that will be honored and treated like royalty; it's a propaganda coup if true. They wont have to succumb to the daily grind like millions of North Koreans do - both to survive and to subsist - and that's not counting the millions more in the North Korean gulag archipelago.

Then again, the North Koreans are so damned screwed, this guy doesn't know what fresh level of Hell he's getting himself in to.

re: #184 Dragon_Lady

Good, have you ever smelled that stuff? Man it stinks!

I like it! One of the things I love about Korean restaurants is all of the unique side dishes and condiments you get with your meal.

re: #174 Mad Al-Jaffee

He must not like food.

Or he prefers tree bark.

re: #188 MandyManners

It's my guess that the water wasn't actually boiling but, rather, appeared to be because of the underwater upheaval.

re: #184 Dragon_Lady

Good, have you ever smelled that stuff? Man it stinks!

Well, then, I hope he has nothing but that to eat.

Yahoo Wipes "Ariel, Israel" Off The Map, Replaces It With "Jenin, Palestinian Occupied Territories"

...Apparently someone has convinced Yahoo to go into their News Weather data, erase "Ariel, Israel" as a valid location, and replace it "Jenin, Palestinian Occupied Territories." The 20,000 residents from Ariel, where the relevant weather station is built, apparently don't deserve their own weather. Yahoo has decreed that it belongs to the residents of Jenin, which is 25 miles north and 850 feet lower. It's absurd that this kind of petty crap even has to be addressed, but inasmuch as it's part and parcel of a broad-based replacement geography campaign it's unfortunately not trivial.

re: #194 SasyMomaCat

Probably due to gas releases from along the rupture zone (methane, co2, etc.).

re: #167 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Anybody see this last night?

Blew me away. Pink at the Grammys.

O...M...G
That was Cirque quality. Awesome.

re: #191 lawhawk

"Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven".
-Milton, Paradise Lost

"I gotta know right now, will you love forever?"
-Meatloaf, Paradise by the Dashboard Light

re: #197 lawhawk

ya, that included.

re: #188 MandyManners

What caused the water to boil?

Air bubbles come up from pockets in the sand as the ground settled, there were sand blows and all kinds of neat things going on at the time. Like the Mississippi flowed backward for three days after ward and tremors that went on for days. Weird, I know but I love this stuff...:-)

re: #190 albusteve

another golden example of liberal 'support' for the armed forces...the blurb also mentions cuts to the F-35 program, the very plane they said we needed

The F-22's gone and now they're going after the Joint Strike Fighter. I want to retch.

re: #193 The Sanity Inspector

Or he prefers tree bark.

And, grass.

Here we go again, dbl posts when I hit the button once. Sorry bout that folks.

re: #198 Ericus58

O...M...G
That was Cirque quality. Awesome.

While singing the whole time.

My second favorite Grammy moment of all time. My first was Metallica doing "One". Was the first time I had ever heard a Metallica song... the look, the sound, was crazy.

re: #194 SasyMomaCat

It's my guess that the water wasn't actually boiling but, rather, appeared to be because of the underwater upheaval.

One account said that the water was warm.

re: #204 Dragon_Lady

I think you're the only one who sees them. No worries.

re: #206 MandyManners

I would imagine gas being released from deep in the earth would tend to the warmer side, so would likely heat the water to some extent. Just a guess, though ... I'm certainly not a geologist.

re: #196 NJDhockeyfan

Yahoo Wipes "Ariel, Israel" Off The Map, Replaces It With "Jenin, Palestinian Occupied Territories"

What the bloody fuck?

re: #201 Dragon_Lady

Air bubbles come up from pockets in the sand as the ground settled, there were sand blows and all kinds of neat things going on at the time. Like the Mississippi flowed backward for three days after ward and tremors that went on for days. Weird, I know but I love this stuff...:-)

I grew up near Reelfoot Lake.

re: #206 MandyManners

Too, depending on what else came up through the rifts (i.e., magma), I suppose it actually could have boiled some along with all of the other "stuff."

re: #192 Mad Al-Jaffee

I like it! One of the things I love about Korean restaurants is all of the unique side dishes and condiments you get with your meal.

Yeah, I've heard that it tastes better than it smells but I could never get past my nose. I used to work in an office that connected to a Korean owned business and the heated the Kimche on a regular basis for lunch. Quickest way to clear the office, let me tell you!

re: #208 SasyMomaCat

I would imagine gas being released from deep in the earth would tend to the warmer side, so would likely heat the water to some extent. Just a guess, though ... I'm certainly not a geologist.

And, that would account for the nasty smell in the air.

An interesting backgrounder on honor killing is in Forbes magazine, of all places.

A much older code than Islam is at work here, one that Islam doesn't entirely repudiate as it tries to accommodate and sanctify tribal tradition. The more innocent the victim, the more she must be sacrificed because the curse is all the more palpably divine for being arbitrary. Muslim conservatives often try to retro-justify the situation by assertions that the girl no doubt behaved lewdly or failed to follow parental rules. Even if true, what law was the rapist following? The answer you will get, literally, is this: He was following the law of nature. He was possessed with desire, spontaneously and irretrievably, couldn't curb himself, shouldn't be blamed. In effect, he was possessed by the gods, or the Djinns, and became their instrument. He deserves merciful understanding.

re: #211 SasyMomaCat

Too, depending on what else came up through the rifts (i.e., magma), I suppose it actually could have boiled some along with all of the other "stuff."

Scared the turtles.

re: #208 SasyMomaCat

I would imagine gas being released from deep in the earth would tend to the warmer side, so would likely heat the water to some extent. Just a guess, though ... I'm certainly not a geologist.

An Earth fart?

re: #213 MandyManners

true - can you imagine that much methane released into the atmosphere at one time? Whew, and I think it's bad when my son has something "gassy" for lunch!

re: #215 MandyManners

ha, yeah - they got a rude awakening, for sure! and then ended up as dinner ...

re: #214 The Sanity Inspector

An interesting backgrounder on honor killing is in Forbes magazine, of all places.

Will CAIR pitch a fit?

re: #210 MandyManners

I grew up near Reelfoot Lake.

Pardon my ignorance but where is that? Near the Mississippi river?

re: #196 NJDhockeyfan

Yahoo Wipes "Ariel, Israel" Off The Map, Replaces It With "Jenin, Palestinian Occupied Territories"

Drip drip drip delegitimization of the Jewish State is after all the strategy du jour.

Good line.

More than 22,000 meals have been distributed to stranded storm victims, along with nearly 27,000 gallons of water, 2,500 blankets from the Red Cross and 125 cots. The rescue effort covers some 20,000 square miles across the Navajo and Hopi reservations, much of it covered by 5- to 8-foot snowdrifts that make road travel impossible.

this is right here...In America...anybody interested?

[Link: www.azcentral.com...]

donate to these guys, they are one of the best...

[Link: www.nrcprograms.org...]

re: #215 MandyManners

Scared the turtles.

Served in their own bowls!

re: #217 SasyMomaCat

true - can you imagine that much methane released into the atmosphere at one time? Whew, and I think it's bad when my son has something "gassy" for lunch!

Speaking of the devil, The Kid's out of school for in-service training for the teachers today. We're both having a lazy day--he's just now getting out of bed. bbiab

re: #224 MandyManners

Ah, enjoy your day together! Mine is out due to driving conditions - still icy from the weekend, especially out in the county, so school is out. Wish I was home with him instead of here at work . . .

re: #212 Dragon_Lady

It tastes like spicey, garlicy cabbage.

re: #226 Mad Al-Jaffee

That actually sounds pretty good . . .

re: #207 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I think you're the only one who sees them. No worries.

Thank you FBV. I hope you're right, I would hate to think you guys were stuck with seeing my posts twice as often and think I was screwing up somehow. :-)

re: #220 Dragon_Lady

Pardon my ignorance but where is that? Near the Mississippi river?

It was created by the New Madrid Quakes when the Mississippi ran backwards.

ack, I think my map problem was operator more than program. I forget how long it takes to "theme" Texas . . . .

re: #228 Dragon_Lady

No worries, anyway. We're all friends. Typos are forgiven, and the occasional butchering of the English language is expected.

re: #205 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Actually, that was the last show I saw; I pretty much stopped watching the Grammys because Metallica didn't win for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental, which went
to Jethro Tull in 1989.

And yes, I'm still bitter about that.

re: #226 Mad Al-Jaffee

It tastes like spicey, garlicy cabbage.

I like cabbage, but the fermented part just gets me. I like my Korean friends but have you ever sat next to one for any length of time? I can only take so much garlic smell before my asthma sets off and unfortunately they tend to eat so much of the stuff I can't get near them for long. I accidentally offended a friend of mine once, that is until I explained the smell sensitivity to him. He was cool after that, but for a few minutes there I thought I had lost a friend and his daughter tried very hard to limit the garlic smell after that. Very sweet people.

re: #227 SasyMomaCat

That actually sounds pretty good . . .

It is! I But I couldn't imagine it hot. Room temp, but not heated.

Yemen on Sunday appeared to reject a cease-fire offer from the leader of the Houthi rebels, raising fresh questions about a festering conflict that has diluted the government’s ability to deal with a growing insurgency by Al Qaeda.

The leader of the rebels, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, issued a statement on Saturday accepting the government’s terms for a cease-fire. But on Sunday, Yemen’s National Defense Council said it would cease military operations only after the rebels had complied with those terms, which include disarming, releasing captured soldiers and property, removing roadblocks and withdrawing from strategic positions.

Another condition was that the rebels cease all attacks on Saudi Arabia, which lies just across the border from the rebels’ terrain in northwestern Yemen, and vow not to attack it again. Last week Mr. Houthi declared a unilateral cease-fire with Saudi Arabia, but Saudi officials have rejected that offer, insisting that the rebels withdraw from the border.

SNIP

The rebels say they are defending themselves against unjust government policies, but Yemeni officials accuse them of trying to revive the religious system of government that prevailed here before 1962.

SNIP

re: #232 lawhawk

Actually, that was the last show I saw; I pretty much stopped watching the Grammys because Metallica didn't win for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental, which went
to Jethro Tull in 1989.

And yes, I'm still bitter about that.

rock and roll is not about TV show awards...pffft...the Grammys are all about the viewer

re: #232 lawhawk

You didn't see when Metallica won the next year? And Lars did the acceptance speech? He said, "First, we'd like to thank Jethro Tull for not making an album this year, and letting us win."

The sarcasm was just dripping...

Planet of the Apes is on!

re: #229 MandyManners

It was created by the New Madrid Quakes when the Mississippi ran backwards.

Ah, they didn't go into that kind of detail on the show I watched. Thats very cool though!

Amazon and Macmillan finally got their stuff squared away:

[Link: consumerist.com...]

After refusing to sell any Macmillan books or ebooks for three days, Amazon.com today gave in to demands by the publisher that it start charging $15 for Macmillan ebooks, rather than Amazon's customary $9.99. In a statement, Amazon warned that customers might "rebel against such a high price for books that cost far less to distribute than physical books."

re: #235 MandyManners

there's something...reaping and sowing...it's on the tip of my tongue//

Auctioning Off The Secret Police

February 1, 2010: The government agreed to investigate the purchase of $85 million worth of ADE 651 explosives detectors. Iraqi officials bought thousands of these hand held devices last year, for up to $60,000 each. But the British manufacturer is being prosecuted in Britain for fraud, when it was discovered there that the ADE 651 is a scam. The device contains useless components, and repeated tests showed that it could not detect anything. Apparently a large chunk of the money Iraq paid for the ADE 651 was kicked back to the Iraqi officials who approved the sale. The ADE 651 is very cheap to make, and the manufacturer made a huge profit even after paying the bribes. No one in Iraq tested the ADE 651, they just took the governments word that the device worked, and it is still being used.

re: #232 lawhawk

I have NEVER watched the Grammys and I'm a musician. Don't care for any of those awards or awards shows.

Take your stinking paws of me, you damn, dirty ape.

re: #238 MandyManners

Planet of the Apes is on!

You know the saying..."human see, human do"

re: #231 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

No worries, anyway. We're all friends. Typos are forgiven, and the occasional butchering of the English language is expected.

But does not go without notice. Cato, where are you? :-)

re: #238 MandyManners

Planet of the Apes is on!

The original or the remake? I liked both.

re: #233 Dragon_Lady

I like cabbage, but the fermented part just gets me. I like my Korean friends but have you ever sat next to one for any length of time? I can only take so much garlic smell before my asthma sets off and unfortunately they tend to eat so much of the stuff I can't get near them for long. I accidentally offended a friend of mine once, that is until I explained the smell sensitivity to him. He was cool after that, but for a few minutes there I thought I had lost a friend and his daughter tried very hard to limit the garlic smell after that. Very sweet people.

Racist!!!!

//

I've heard that many Asians think we smell like milk since they don't have much dairy in their diets.

re: #243 Mad Al-Jaffee

I have NEVER watched the Grammys and I'm a musician. Don't care for any of those awards or awards shows.

Me neither, although i don't play well enough to call myself a musician. Still, these shows remind me of European royalty. Highly incestuous...

re: #248 Mad Al-Jaffee

Racist!!!

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I've heard that many Asians think we smell like milk since they don't have much dairy in their diets.

Try explaining that to my asthma, would you? I've tried but it doesn't seem to want to listen...:-(

re: #244 MandyManners

First time I saw that movie, the Statue of Liberty shot stunned me out of my seat. That visual sticks with me a zillion years later.

re: #251 Silvergirl

First time I saw that movie, the Statue of Liberty shot stunned me out of my seat. That visual sticks with me a zillion years later.

Dr. Zaius: I see you've brought the female of your species. I didn't realize that man could be monogamous.
George Taylor: On this planet, it's easy.

re: #239 Dragon_Lady

Ah, they didn't go into that kind of detail on the show I watched. Thats very cool though!

It's a gorgeous area. It has bald eagles.

re: #241 Aceofwhat?

there's something...reaping and sowing...it's on the tip of my tongue//

Karma's a bitch with big, sharp teeth.

re: #247 Dragon_Lady

The original or the remake? I liked both.

Original.

re: #252 Aceofwhat?

Ape: Help, the human's about to escape.
Troy: Get your paws off me, you dirty ape.
Apes: [gasping] He can talk!
Apes: [in unison, rythmed]
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
Troy: [singing] I can siiiiiing!

[funky beat of "Rock Me Amadeus" starts playing]
Female Nurse Ape: Ooh, help me Dr. Zaius!
Apes: [in unison]
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Oh... Dr. Zaius
Ape: Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius.

Troy: What's wrong with me?
Zaius: I think you're crazy.
Troy: Want a second opinion.
Zaius: You're also lazy.

Apes: [in unison]
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
[one ape starts breakdancing]
Oh... Dr. Zaius
Ape: Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius.