I'll watch it later.

Procrastination, the scourge of my life.

"Hello good sir, I'd like to talk with you about procrastination!"

"You can't say that in front of the kiddies!"

nobody watched it?...why not?

Anti-Procrastination Song.

Anyone mind if I put this off till I've done my AGW homework?

re: #6 Cato the Elder

Anyone mind if I put this off till I've done my AGW homework?

Not at all.

Procrastination is "doing eight things at once, and not getting one done".

Also know as being "high on meth".

For some reason, that pen/clock bit at 0:43 reminded me of this.

I'm still pissed..
I got a new laptop today..Wicked Hp and threw away the frickking Battery with the trash.. I have to buy a new one Monday..It was the stupidest thing possible...
I am still pissed off..But from now on when somebody posts that the Hoopster is a dumbass..We'll all have to kind of agree..
Yup..Remember that time he threw his battery away? What a dumbass!
I've earned this honor...

re: #9 Slumbering Behemoth

For some reason, that pen/clock bit at 0:43 reminded me of this.

Something whack was smoked in the making of that Sesame Street video. And smoked by you, to make you think of it.

re: #10 HoosierHoops

Ouch.

Be glad it wasn't $100,000, as happened to someone I know.

re: #10 HoosierHoops

*Kicks HH*
Feel any better?
;)

re: #11 cliffster

The funny thing is, I saw that Sesame Street animation in my pre-pubescent youth, many years before I chose to smoke anything. And I thought of it tonight, at least two or three years since I chose to stop smoking anything "funky".

Damn. How did you get into my brain?

Look down the road

Oh, and hi kiddos!

re: #12 Bagua

Ouch.

Be glad it wasn't $100,000, as happened to someone I know.

Threw away the dope money with the wrapper?

Back from the game...we had four tickets (wife's boss's boss gave them to her to review the club level food services in Oakland)...so we found a father-daughter going to buy tickets and gave them our extras. Father was grateful--then when we got inside he chased me down and said, "Hey! These are club-level tickets! My daughter (she was about 12) loves basketball and plays on her school team! We usually sit in the nose-bleed seats!"...it felt good to save the guy a few bucks and put them close enough to the floor to hear the players on the court.

Me, I prefer to watch pro ball on TV. The court is so small compared to the players that it just looks kind of silly live. Still, we got free beers because one of the managers recognized my better half (works for her in baseball season), and we enjoyed the first half before deciding to go to dinner.

re: #15 Irenicum

You left the door open, with an "All You Can Eat" sign hanging on the knob. Your fault, really.

NSFW

re: #10 HoosierHoops

Go back and say there was no battery in the box...it's dishonest, but hey, you don't have to tell us you did it.

You hear bits of this song in the 2004 film King Arthur (sung by the wife of one of the main characters). It wasn't included as part of the official soundtrack CD, and as far as I know a complete version isn't available anywhere.

Song of the Exile - Caitlin Matthews

And on a comforting aside, I was quite glad to get an email from a very good friend of mine early tonight linking to a Forbes blog post exposing truthers amongst the 'conservatives' of our day. I mentioned that the piece didn't mention that the good ole JBS was a cosponsor of CPAC this year and that Buckley would be doing a high rotation spin over this in his grave. My friend is as conservative as they come. I also gave a shout out to LGF in my response to him. This, at least in his realm of influence, illustrates how important it is to share what you can to your friends who can also influence opinion. Keep telling who you know, and who respect your views, what's actually going on. It makes a difference. One less bad crazy makes this world a little bit better.

re: #19 darthstar

You should check out the Summer Pro Am in Kezar Pavilion. I used to see Jason Kidd and Walter Payton play.

Floor level for free.

re: #12 Bagua

Ouch.

Be glad it wasn't $100,000, as happened to someone I know.

Dang! That's bad! I feel like a complete idiot today...Pitching the trash with the battery not in the laptop...
Heck I was just having fun...
But speaking of money.. I'm not worried about pitching out a hundred grand!
LOL
I collect money and it sits in the safe.. I remember sending Walter Bills from all the questionable banks in the Caribbean Islands...And if I recall the National bank of Nigeria also...(Hey if you are going to get emails claiming millions or might as well get a sample) ..My oldest coin in from 1361AD. Oh and I FED-EXed Walter some really old Chinese bills and he sent me a frigging Meteorite from Africa...Completely awesome!!

re: #21 darthstar

Go back and say there was no battery in the box...it's dishonest, but hey, you don't have to tell us you did it.

I don't lie
I would rather hear the worst truth than the best lie..

re: #20 Slumbering Behemoth

That's just wrong!

Ack! Hit the wall. Adios dear Lizards. Sweet dreams, my dear friends.

Thank you so much for all who were concerned about my safety yesterday.

Both myself and She Who Must Be Obeyed are well.

I love this board. Thanks, Charles.

re: #26 HoosierHoops

Someone has to pay for it somewhere. With the way things work today, they could use tracking and order numbers to zero in directly on the person who packed your items. That person could end up losing their job over such a thing.

Good on you, I say.

re: #23 Irenicum

And on a comforting aside, I was quite glad to get an email from a very good friend of mine early tonight linking to a Forbes blog post exposing truthers amongst the 'conservatives' of our day. I mentioned that the piece didn't mention that the good ole JBS was a cosponsor of CPAC this year and that Buckley would be doing a high rotation spin over this in his grave. My friend is as conservative as they come. I also gave a shout out to LGF in my response to him. This, at least in his realm of influence, illustrates how important it is to share what you can to your friends who can also influence opinion. Keep telling who you know, and who respect your views, what's actually going on. It makes a difference. One less bad crazy makes this world a little bit better.

I've done that too, bring a person back to the truth. It's one of those small actions we can take that makes the overall picture seem less hopeless.

re: #26 HoosierHoops

You go boy! Stick with your conscience!

re: #18 Cato the Elder

Threw away the dope money with the wrapper?

In this case he was trying to thwart potential burglars, figuring no one would look in the trash. One day his non-resident girlfriend decided to tidy the place up a bit and put out the trash. He never really recovered from that setback.

re: #28 austin_blue

Thanks for the chat. BTW, I answered you downstairs. Sleep well.

re: #26 HoosierHoops

I don't lie
I would rather hear the worst truth than the best lie..

Yeah...I'd do the same. But for some reason I don't mind telling other people to lie. What the fuck is up with that?

re: #34 darthstar

You're Lucy's lesser minion, The Cousin Of All Lies.

re: #35 Slumbering Behemoth

You're Lucy's lesser minion, The Cousin Of All Lies.

Meh...that doesn't make me feel any better. Maybe I should just not.

re: #30 Dark_Falcon

Thankfully my friend is a critical thinker. That makes a world of difference. BTW, for the more ideologically oriented in these parts; critical thinking can occur amongst both liberals and conservatives. I've seen it in action. As a hybrid myself it seems to occur among those willing to entertain that others who disagree might actually have a point. That's why I frequent these parts. This site exhibits a diversity of opinion that shakes me up. I like that. It makes me consider views that I might not otherwise consider.

re: #35 Slumbering Behemoth

Kinda like 667, the neighbor of the beast.

Well, this is certainly better than flying a plane into a government building...but I don't think bulldozing your home is the answer, either.

re: #34 darthstar

Yeah...I'd do the same. But for some reason I don't mind telling other people to lie. What the fuck is up with that?

There is never a reason to lie...(mostly)
/Do these jeans make me look fat Honey?
// The rules change at this point

Darth, check it out. We share the same 'birthday.'

yn Rand fan, but that's John Gault type stuff there. Nasty, though, and spiteful. It's an "if I can't have it, no one can" action.

re: #36 darthstar

Ah, but for the sake of all blinkered humanity, you must. In order for the Cousin Of All Truth to have any meaning, the Cousin Of All Lies must be hiding behind every bush, spilling it's evil unto mankind. Without your counter-point, The Point loses it's impact.

It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. That someone is you.
/

re: #38 Irenicum

Kinda like 667, the neighbor of the beast.

Max Payne fan?

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

I'm not an Ayn Rand fan, but that's John Gault type stuff there. Nasty, though, and spiteful. It's an "if I can't have it, no one can" action.

PIMF

re: #41 Olsonist

Darth, check it out. We share the same 'birthday.'

I'm fifteen minutes "older" than you!

re: #44 Slumbering Behemoth

Actually never got into that. Just a theology geek. Ask me about the mark of 616.

re: #46 darthstar

I'm fifteen minutes "older" than you!

Yeah, but I'm way better looking than you are.

re: #47 Irenicum

Actually never got into that. Just a theology geek. Ask me about the mark of 616.

Who are the only 2 people that never died in the Bible?

re: #47 Irenicum

IIRC, that is a throwaway line in the first Max Payne game. It's been a while since I've played it.

616?

re: #48 Olsonist

Yeah, but I'm way better looking than you are.

Who isn't?

Okay, not really me...but it is where I strive to be some day.

re: #49 HoosierHoops

You would ask that on a Friday night! Obviously Elijah is one, and for the life of me I can't remember the patriarch who was caught up to God b/c he was righteous. But those are the two I can semi recall.

re: #51 darthstar

Who isn't?

Okay, not really me...but it is where I strive to be some day.

Now that's going on a bender.

re: #51 darthstar

BTW, I joined that day when I saw that Charles had dumped the right wing. There were posting I'd seen that I'd liked but I'd also seen stuff from before that I really didn't.

re: #54 Olsonist

BTW, I joined that day when I saw that Charles had dumped the right wing. There were posting I'd seen that I'd liked but I'd also seen stuff from before that I really didn't.

Me too. I'd lurked for a few weeks before the registration opened. It's actually helped me cut back on my daily kos time considerably...now instead of posting there 50 times a day, I do it here. ;)

Okay...time for bed. Play nice, everyone.

re: #50 Slumbering Behemoth

616 is a textual variant of the famous 666 passage in Revelation. There's only one variant, so no translation uses that number. But as a former West Michigander (the area code 616) I always fantasize that the Antichrist would come from West Michigan and be an Amway salesman. It just seems so perfect.

Goodnight, all. See you in the AM.

re: #49 HoosierHoops

Who are the only 2 people that never died in the Bible?

Only two? There's you, me, and all these other people that never died in the Bible. I call shenanigans. That's a trick question.

/everyone grab a broom

re: #52 Irenicum

You would ask that on a Friday night! Obviously Elijah is one, and for the life of me I can't remember the patriarch who was caught up to God b/c he was righteous. But those are the two I can semi recall.

LOL
/I'm just teasing you
Swing low sweet chariot..Come to take me home..
//Do you think the same eye witnesses to the fiery chariot reported UFO encounters?
///Just wondering..*wink*

re: #10 HoosierHoops

I'm still pissed..
I got a new laptop today..Wicked Hp and threw away the frickking Battery with the trash.. I have to buy a new one Monday..It was the stupidest thing possible...
I am still pissed off..But from now on when somebody posts that the Hoopster is a dumbass..We'll all have to kind of agree..
Yup..Remember that time he threw his battery away? What a dumbass!
I've earned this honor...

At least you didn't spill a tequila sunrise on your laptop and fry it to hell. :D

(yes, true story, Windupbird is a klutz)

re: #58 Dark_Falcon

G'nite DF.

re: #57 Irenicum

616 is a textual variant of the famous 666 passage in Revelation. There's only one variant, so no translation uses that number. But as a former West Michigander (the area code 616) I always fantasize that the Antichrist would come from West Michigan and be an Amway salesman. It just seems so perfect.

Mama said, said he was the chosen one
Rev said, said he was the other one
All that pay no mind
inside his Econoline

-Clutch, 'Profits of Doom"

re: #60 HoosierHoops

Thanks Hoopster. As far as UFO's are concerned.......

re: #61 WindUpBird

I hope you at least got a sip from the drink!

re: #65 Irenicum

I hope you at least got a sip from the drink!

I drank about a third of it, walked back to my studio desk, and my cat was loafing on the keyboard, because it's warm. So I grab the cat, and he squirms and wants to stay, knocks me off balance, SPLOOSH goes the drink and OZONE SMELL goes the computer. And CHACHING goes the credit card as I buy a new laptop. :P

re: #66 WindUpBird

As much as I love cats, that's gotta hurt! I'm dangerous enough. I don't need them to add to it!

re: #56 darthstar

Okay...time for bed. Play nice, everyone.

Aw man! Don't go. We can not have the Sacred Truth without your Profane Lies. There is no Blessed Light, without the Hated Darkness!

And don't let this blasphemy twist your mind open: "Darkness is not the opposite of light, it is the absence of light".
/

re: #68 Slumbering Behemoth

Very Augustinian of you!

re: #66 WindUpBird

One minor element in those events, one simple equation in that formula, that could easily be eliminated. See Ay Tee. Cat.

re: #69 Irenicum

I am poorly educated, what does that mean?

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

yn Rand fan, but that's John Gault type stuff there. Nasty, though, and spiteful. It's an "if I can't have it, no one can" action.

Who lives in a gulch, honestly?

re: #72 goddamnedfrank

Women?
/Sorry, Lizardettes.

re: #71 Slumbering Behemoth

Sorry. You mentioned that "Darkness is not the opposite of light, it is the absence of light". and that is an Augustinian viewpoint. Augustine of Hippo saw evil as a privation and not an actual thing. He was largely neo-Platonic in his views, though with important differences. Good is real. Evil is the absence of the real. All evil is a distortion of the ultimate reality that is good. If you want a further discussion, click on my email.

re: #74 Irenicum

Sorry. You mentioned that "Darkness is not the opposite of light, it is the absence of light". and that is an Augustinian viewpoint. Augustine of Hippo saw evil as a privation and not an actual thing. He was largely neo-Platonic in his views, though with important differences. Good is real. Evil is the absence of the real. All evil is a distortion of the ultimate reality that is good. If you want a further discussion, click on my email.

"And it was revealed to me that those things are good which yet are corrupted which neither if they were supremely good nor unless they were good could be corrupted."

Exactly.

Netflix was down for an hour or two. Now back to my Jennifer Connelly festival, with "Waking the Dead".

It's rated R, so I have high hopes.

re: #76 Cato the Elder

You're such a Calvinist. But hey, I'm an Augustinian. We depraved types gotta stay together.

re: #74 Irenicum

No apology necessary. I asked a question in good faith, and you answered it in kind.

re: #78 Slumbering Behemoth

In my sister's words, cool beans.

re: #77 Irenicum

You're such a Calvinist. But hey, I'm an Augustinian. We depraved types gotta stay together.

Calvin? Wha?

That's a direct quote from Augustine via the Aeolus episode of Ulysses by Jimmy Joyce, whom Thomas Merton accused of being one of the people who led him to Catholicism.

Bite your tongue!

re: #75 Cato the Elder

"And it was revealed to me that those things are good which yet are corrupted which neither if they were supremely good nor unless they were good could be corrupted."

Regardless of the content, or the intent, I think that sentence pretty much revokes your "English Language Pedant License".

re: #10 HoosierHoops

Did you purchase the laptop with a credit card? Perhaps there is some sort of insurance-like card benefit associated with accidental loss or damage to new purchases.

re: #81 Slumbering Behemoth

Regardless of the content, or the intent, I think that sentence pretty much revokes your "English Language Pedant License".

Sorry, Sleeping Giant, I stole it from James Joyce, who translated it directly from Augustine's Latin, for effect.

re: #80 Cato the Elder

I knew I'd get you with that. But truth be told, I'm the Calvinist in this conversation. But then again, I'm also a theological mutt; one who has many theological parentages far beyond the reformed lineage. I do trust that you know your quotations much better than I do though. So I leave our Augustinian linguistic dialogue to your advantage sir.

re: #10 HoosierHoops

Another possibility - Did you purchase the expensive, all-inclusive service plan from the store or equipment manufacturer before this happened? If so, you may want to check if that covers the loss of the battery.

re: #83 Cato the Elder

Again, no apology necessary. I am goofing. On the lack of commas.

Serious question though, as you are a translator of various texts.

I've read The Iliad and The Odyssey on my little PalmPilot. Both versions used Roman names instead of Greek names (i.e. Jove and Juno rather than Zeus and Hera). Is this common?

re: #84 Irenicum

I knew I'd get you with that. But truth be told, I'm the Calvinist in this conversation. But then again, I'm also a theological mutt; one who has many theological parentages far beyond the reformed lineage. I do trust that you know your quotations much better than I do though. So I leave our Augustinian linguistic dialogue to your advantage sir.

You, a mutt?

Try this:

Baptized Methodist. Brought up in that church until the age of six, when, as my parents were about to drop me off at Sunday school, I blurted out, "Here we go, another two hours of anxiety."

That scared my parents into becoming Unitarians. In which company, where, when they pray, it's addressed "to whom it may concern", I spent my formative years being taught that all faiths were pretty much the same. Went to a lot of cross-confessional services, of which my favorite was the Greek Orthodox, because it was the Sixties and I thought incense and beards were cool.

By the time I was in seventh grade I was a Marxist Buddhist and trying to attain enlightenment by reading Das Kapital and staring for hours at lighted candles.

Then a long, long wannabe atheist phase - only some little voice kept telling me I was full of shit.

Now I'm a happy Catholic who goes to Buddhist meditation retreats and reads both Augustine and C.G. Jung in the originals, for pleasure.

I should be put in a zoo someplace.

re: #86 Slumbering Behemoth

What was that nordic band that sounded like Clutch mixed with Isis? i want to say they're called Kragar or Kruger.

re: #87 Cato the Elder

You, a mutt?

By the time I was in seventh grade I was a Marxist Buddhist and trying to attain enlightenment by reading Das Kapital and staring for hours at lighted candles.

Then a long, long wannabe atheist phase - only some little voice kept telling me I was full of shit.

Now I'm a happy Catholic who goes to Buddhist meditation retreats and reads both Augustine and C.G. Jung in the originals, for pleasure.

I should be put in a zoo someplace.

You and me both :D I have no answer to the Das Kapital awesomeness, I was just basically an obsessed myopic weirdo who liked computers more than people in 7th grade.

re: #86 Slumbering Behemoth

Again, no apology necessary. I am goofing. On the lack of commas.

Serious question though, as you are a translator of various texts.

I've read The Iliad and The Odyssey on my little PalmPilot. Both versions used Roman names instead of Greek names (i.e. Jove and Juno rather than Zeus and Hera). Is this common?

In earlier translations, very. Doubtless you had something from the public domain like Chapman. If you like the older diction, there ain't nothin' wrong with that. I can give specific recommendations if you want to read Homer in newer translations with notes and stuff.

Speaking of public domain, W.B. Yeats just went out of copyright protection. I'm thinking of putting all his stuff up on Kindle and making a killing in the electronic Irish lit market. Next time we talk I'll be on my private jet to the Aran Islands.

re: #88 WindUpBird

IT'S KRUGER, MUTHAFUCKER!

_{/:ahem: I mean it's Kruger.}

re: #87 Cato the Elder

Cato, now I know why we get along. A fellow theological mutt. I wouldn't dare to compete with you. Playing 'how many churches have you belonged to' isn't a game I see as productive. I've run the gamut too. Christ the Lord is enough for me, knowing full well that Christ the Lord is full of baggage that church history has added to all of our histories.

re: #90 Cato the Elder

In earlier translations, very. Doubtless you had something from the public domain like Chapman.

Certainly from the public domain, though I don't recall from what source. It was at least eleven years ago, and I was downloading every free thing I could read at the time. Well, every free thing that appealed to me, anyway.

I can give specific recommendations if you want to read Homer in newer translations with notes and stuff.

I would dig that, as I am sure many others would. Thanks for the response, Cato.

re: #91 Slumbering Behemoth

IT'S KRUGER, MUTHAFUCKER!

_{/:ahem: I mean it's Kruger.}

Good, because I'm going to buy that record. :D

Wow. It's late. I love this place. G'nite all.

re: #94 WindUpBird

I don't know where you live, but where I live, "odd disks out" like that are unavailable. I bought mine here, using one of those pre-paid credit cards. I have never had a poor experience with them.

"Oh my God, am I here all alone?"

--Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man

3:22 am and I'm wide awake.
Anyone home?

re: #98 reine.de.tout

3:22 am and I'm wide awake.
Anyone home?

Not unless you count me.

Hey, Cato.
I just read your religious odyssey up above.
Interesting.

I got a huge kick out of this part:

. . . the age of six, when, as my parents were about to drop me off at Sunday school, I blurted out, "Here we go, another two hours of anxiety."

LOL.
I can picture you a 6-year-old AND talking that way.
No other 6-year-old in the history of mankind would have said it that way.

re: #100 reine.de.tout

You think any zoo would take me?

Sure!
Would probably have to be in the dreaded South, though.

re: #101 reine.de.tout

I got a huge kick out of this part:

LOL.
I can picture you a 6-year-old AND talking that way.
No other 6-year-old in the history of mankind would have said it that way.

When I was even littler a lady heard me talking with my mother and asked her if I was a midget.

True story.

A repetitive Glenn Beck image... with the "Conservatives gather this Thursday through Saturnday" tagline. I find that hilarious, in a sad way.

"And thus, the dark, shining Goddess of Irony, encumbered by His Bonds of Freedom, will shake off Her Tyranny of Individuality, and embrace The Chains of Autonomy".

/does that make any less sense than pimping GB as a conservative?

re: #104 Cato the Elder

When I was even littler a lady heard me talking with my mother and asked her if I was a midget.

True story.

I can believe that too.

When I was little and on the phone with people, they always thought I was my brother. My voice was deeper than his.

re: #105 Slumbering Behemoth

A repetitive Glenn Beck image... with the "Conservatives gather this Thursday through Saturnday" tagline. I find that hilarious, in a sad way.

"And thus, the dark, shining Goddess of Irony, encumbered by His Bonds of Freedom, will shake off Her Tyranny of Individuality, and embrace The Chains of Autonomy".

/does that make any less sense than pimping GB as a conservative?

In the "chat" over there, someone popped up with "Palin / Beck 2012!!".
Ugh.

You know, I just realized that with the internet and all, I can shop at 3:33 a.m.

re: #107 reine.de.tout

They're way off message. It's "Palin/Plumber '12", all the way.

re: #109 Slumbering Behemoth

They're way off message. It's "Palin/Plumber '12", all the way.

Yeah. Gotta get ridda Obama, he be killin' too many terrorists. Leave none for da Grifta. Bad.

re: #108 reine.de.tout

Oooh! You're in trouble. I'm gonna tell.
/

re: #111 Slumbering Behemoth

Oooh! You're in trouble. I'm gonna tell.
/

(shhh!!)

Now trying GTalk (Google's version of Skype) for the first time with a friend in Athens, Greece.

Woot!

G'nite Lizards. Education and Entertainment. I am always impressed with the Lizards that congregate here. Even the ones I disagree with.

In the words of that Great New Mexican Lizard, Menaste!

re: #108 reine.de.tout

You know, I just realized that with the internet and all, I can shop at 3:33 a.m.

A couple Christmas' ago, I did all my shopping from my laptop at my house. And most was free shipping.

re: #115 Cannadian Club Akbar

A couple Christmas' ago, I did all my shopping from my laptop at my house. And most was free shipping.

That's what I've done for a couple of years now, it's wonderful. I go out only when I want to, not because I have to. Even most shipping charges are reasonable enough that I'm willing to pay 'em to save myself the aggravation.

re: #116 reine.de.tout

When I bought my house, I ran around 2 counties looking for a new fridge and stove. Nothin'. I knew the measurements, went online, found what I needed. Delivered, installed and cheaper than the stores.

re: #117 Cannadian Club Akbar

I did the same thing with my latest car battery. Fifty pounds. Free shipping. No tax.

Es lebe das Internet!

I'm listening to Coast to Coast on my radio. Usually a crazy fest (I love teh crazy) but they have a guy on talking about Rod Serling and what he did pre-Twilight Zone and how Twilight Zone actually got onto the air. Won't hear stuff like this on MSLSD, FOX or CNN.

Awesome!

From the "No Shit" file...
[Link: www.nbcchicago.com...]

re: #118 Cato the Elder

I did the same thing with my latest car battery. Fifty pounds. Free shipping. No tax.

Es lebe das Internet!

I joined the German version of netflix video rental and am damn pleased, ten euros (around $13.50 at today's rate) a month - less than what you pay for a TV license fee - and the turnaround time between sending a video back and getting a new one in the mail is usually no more than two days. Which means you can watch two videos a week.

re: #122 ralphieboy

With Netflix you can also stream some videos on your computer. I had Netflix for about 6 months. Loved it.

Remember the Mount Vernon thread a couple days ago? I posted some of the online signatures people made up. Before the thread was over, they had cleaned up the names. Well...
[Link: www.csmonitor.com...]

Hard work pays off over time, laziness always pays off now.

re: #125 Hengineer

Hard work pays off over time, laziness always pays off now.

Do they sell those posters or do you just have to print them out? I love that stuff.

re: #126 Cannadian Club Akbar

Do they sell those posters or do you just have to print them out? I love that stuff.

They do sell them. Apparently they sell t-shirts now.

I'd much rather have one of theirs than one of those obligatory ones that I always see in the GSM catalog for Government offices about "Freedom" or "Leadership"

re: #127 Hengineer

Oops. I forgot to put something between the [a] anchors.

Motivation by Poster

Is it bad that I still type out my hyperlinks by hand?

re: #129 Hengineer

Oops. I forgot to put something between the [a] anchors.

Motivation by Poster

Is it bad that I still type out my hyperlinks by hand?

Just copy/paste.

Two hours for nothing with my friend Costas in Athens on GTalk and we just solved all the world's problems.

re: #131 Cato the Elder

Two hours for nothing with my friend Costas in Athens on GTalk and we just solved all the world's problems.

So, I can take the day off now?

re: #131 Cato the Elder

Two hours for nothing with my friend Costas in Athens on GTalk and we just solved all the world's problems.

Posh, I can do that in 6 minutes on Twitter.

;-)

re: #122 ralphieboy

I joined the German version of netflix video rental and am damn pleased, ten euros (around $13.50 at today's rate) a month - less than what you pay for a TV license fee - and the turnaround time between sending a video back and getting a new one in the mail is usually no more than two days. Which means you can watch two videos a week.

Do they have Netfix "Instant" in Germany too? That's what I use the most.

The problem with instant gratification is it takes too long.

BRB, need to switch to IE.

re: #135 Cannadian Club Akbar

BRB, need to switch to IE.

BLASPHEMER!

re: #132 Cannadian Club Akbar

So, I can take the day off now?

Take the year off. We've got it covered.

IE is to Netfix/Chrome as clam juice is to clams.

re: #136 Hengineer

BLASPHEMER!

IE is just better for LGF. That's all. Me love FF, though.

re: #139 cannadian club akbar

IE is just better for LGF. That's all. Me love FF, though.

Never tried LGF on IE. It works swimmingly on FF for me.

re: #140 Hengineer

Never tried LGF on IE. It works swimmingly on FF for me.

With FF, if I quote someone I have to scroll down to type a comment. Just more work on my side.

Ah, laziness!

re: #142 Hengineer

Ah, laziness!

[Link: despair.com...]

re: #143 cannadian club akbar

[Link: despair.com...]

Exactly!

So, I've been up all night, and I'm staying up until the FedEx dude gets here with the new iPhone.

Outgeek that!

Getting ready for "almost everything is fucking 50 percent off Sat. sale" at the thrift store.

They make one person manage 7 rows of used furniture and electronics, all by himself, including hauling the stuff out to the curb, putting more on the floor, helping customers and pricing smaller appliances and electronics. Oh, we get a half hour for lunch.

I basically like the job, but I'll say this, the staffing and management style is a throwback to "Scrooge: "What, you want a day off... bahahahaha..." way of running a business.

And this is not a small operation, there are 19 supper market sized stores across Colorado.

re: #145 Cato the Elder

So, I've been up all night, and I'm staying up until the FedEx dude gets here with the new iPhone.

Outgeek that!

Easily, iPhones aren't geeky, they're "trendy". I'm sitting here at the end of the NATO pier in Augusta Bay, Sicily updating my laptop. It's 2:00 PM and I could be somewhere else, nope, I'm updating my Beefy Clevo D901C 17.1" monster laptop.

re: #147 Hengineer

Easily, iPhones aren't geeky, they're "trendy". I'm sitting here at the end of the NATO pier in Augusta Bay, Sicily updating my laptop. It's 2:00 PM and I could be somewhere else, nope, I'm updating my Beefy Clevo D901C 17.1" monster laptop.

Mafioso!

re: #148 Cato the Elder

Mafioso!

Nope, we're nowhere near Palermo.

Morning folks, everyone up and about?

re: #150 RogueOne

About what? I'm all about Jennifer Connelly.

re: #145 Cato the Elder

So, I've been up all night, and I'm staying up until the FedEx dude gets here with the new iPhone.

Outgeek that!

Nerdy and cultish, nice combo.

morning, jokers. Today, I bring to you the fact that "rodent" begins with the letter "R", and 2 is less than 4.

re: #34 darthstar

Yeah...I'd do the same. But for some reason I don't mind telling other people to lie. What the fuck is up with that?

Because a good lie can be a blast. I have a scar that runs under my right eye. I can't tell you how many times that scar has gotten me laid, all it takes is a good story.

re: #154 RogueOne

So, uh, how'd you get that scar, Rogue?

re: #154 RogueOne

Because a good lie can be a blast. I have a scar that runs under my right eye. I can't tell you how many times that scar has gotten me laid, all it takes is a good story.

Chicks dig scars.

re: #155 Obdicut

So, uh, how'd you get that scar, Rogue?

Probably saving a baby from some tragic event.

re: #154 RogueOne

So, there I was... just me and the shark and the only weapon I could find...

a spork...

re: #157 cannadian club akbar

I thought it was when he was saving those nuns from those Nazi bikers.

Wasn't that it?

re: #158 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So, there I was... just me and the shark and the only weapon I could find...

a spork...

Heh.

re: #155 Obdicut

So, uh, how'd you get that scar, Rogue?

I was 19, standing at a stoplight in downtown Indy and some idiot lady with a baby in a stroller wasn't paying attention. She had her kid sitting in the street while she was on the curb talking. I saw a pickup truck coming down the street so I grabbed the handles and jerked it back up on the curb. It managed to pull me off balance and I got smacked in the face with the trucks side mirror. Spun me around and knocked me out cold.

re: #161 RogueOne

I was 19, standing at a stoplight in downtown Indy and some idiot lady with a baby in a stroller wasn't paying attention. She had her kid sitting in the street while she was on the curb talking. I saw a pickup truck coming down the street so I grabbed the handles and jerked it back up on the curb. It managed to pull me off balance and I got smacked in the face with the trucks side mirror. Spun me around and knocked me out cold.

re: #157 cannadian club akbar

Probably saving a baby from some tragic event.

I win!!

re: #155 Obdicut

Actually, I was 3 and my mother made a quick stop just as I was reaching for something on the floor. I smacked me face on the dash. True story.

re: #163 RogueOne

Actually, I was 3 and my mother made a quick stop just as I was reaching for something on the floor. I smacked me face on the dash. True story.

I don't win!!!

re: #163 RogueOne

Actually, I was 3 and my mother made a quick stop just as I was reaching for something on the floor. I smacked me face on the dash. True story.

I'd go with that one over, "I got it trying to push a baby stroller".

I've gotten it in a knife fight, saving a baby, diving accident, motorcycle accident, angry boyfriend, rappelling.....

re: #166 RogueOne

I've gotten it in a knife fight, saving a baby, diving accident, motorcycle accident, angry boyfriend, rappelling...

Parachute didn't open...

re: #166 RogueOne

I've gotten it in a knife fight, saving a baby, diving accident, motorcycle accident, angry boyfriend, rappelling...

left the toilet seat up

I love to go into a spiel when there's someone around who knows I'm lying. It's much more fun.

re: #168 cliffster

That's how I got the scar on the inside of my thigh, want me to send you a pic?

I have a nice scar on my nose from eating a windshield back in '92. I've worn a seatbelt ever since.

Good Morning LGF.
Here's an interesting piece...anyone know the background?

US man charged with threatening Obama in Web poem
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
20/02/2010 05:30

A Kentucky man has been charged with posting a poem threatening US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on a white supremacist Web site.

US Secret Service Special Agent Stephan M. Pazenzia said Johnny Logan Spencer Jr., 27, of Louisville wrote and posted the poem, titled "The Sniper," on a page called NewSaxon.org. The site is described as an "Online Community for Whites by Whites." The poem was posted in August 2007, according to an arrest affidavit.

US Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin on Friday ordered Spencer released on $25,000 bond, but kept under house arrest at a family member's home. He's charged with making threats against the president and threatening to kill or injure a major candidate for the office of the president.

The poem describes a gunman shooting and killing a "tyrant" later identified as the president, setting off panic in the wake of the fatal shot being fired.
[Link: www.jpost.com...]

re: #172 Spare O'Lake

WTF took them so long?

I have a scar on my *** that no chick will ever get hot over unless I'm already bangin' her.

So there.

re: #171 cannadian club akbar

I have a nice scar on my nose from eating a windshield back in '92. I've worn a seatbelt ever since.

Ouch...sounds like you were lucky if all you got was a cut on your nose.

re: #174 Cato the Elder

I have a scar on my *** that no chick will ever get hot over unless I'm already bangin' her.

So there.

Pics or it didn't happen.

re: #174 Cato the Elder

I have a scar on my *** that no chick will ever get hot over unless I'm already bangin' her.

So there.

Buy some chaps, maybe?
/

re: #172 Spare O'Lake

Good Morning LGF.
Here's an interesting piece...anyone know the background?

What the hell happened to kids writing ripoffs of "Hiawatha"?

re: #170 RogueOne

That's how I got the scar on the inside of my thigh, want me to send you a pic?

I'm a sick dude with a bizarre sense of humor. The pics I'd send you back - you'd never be the same.

re: #179 cliffster

I'm a sick dude with a bizarre sense of humor. The pics I'd send you back - you'd never be the same.

Genital warts?

I got a scar on my scar...beat that!

re: #178 Cato the Elder

What the hell happened to kids writing ripoffs of "Hiawatha"?

No one complained about the "Burning Bush" bible ripoff either.

re: #179 cliffster

We should go out drinking!

I was in Indy for a seminar and during lunch I went wandering with a buddy through some stores. We walked into a national chain clothing store and he walks back into the kids dept. and starts moving racks around. An employee comes over asking him what he thinks he's doing and he goes into a rant. "Mr. whatever from corporate is on his way in and his plane just landed. This area was supposed to be the new display test and nothing has been fucking moved! Where the hell is your manager? Never mind, this rack goes here, that one goes there, we need to get those clothes off that wall and switch them with these. We're going to need help, go get the people in jr's to get their asses over here and get moving. We have less than 30 mins to get this shit done!" Then we walked out while they prepared for their corporate inspection.

re: #183 RogueOne

That's funny.

re: #184 cannadian club akbar

He was a lot of fun, very ballsy. You never knew what he was going to do when you went out.

When I worked for Chili's years ago, we would go out as a group to dance clubs. Always ran into some "spunky" girl. I would tell her I was a dishwasher. Then she would ignore me. But I never let it end there. I would go into the benifits of being a dishwasher and generally ended the conversation by telling the girl "And people leave so much food on their plates, you get to eat all night long." Oh, I had really long hair at the time so I looked like a scumbag. Heh.

re: #185 RogueOne

He was a lot of fun, very ballsy. You never knew what he was going to do when you went out.

I have a friend like that. I hate that fucker. But I hang out with him anyways.

Yay!

The Jennifer Connelly festival continues, with "Higher Learning".

Go Jenny!

re: #172 Spare O'Lake

Good Morning LGF.
Here's an interesting piece...anyone know the background?

Not to make excuses for a dickhead, but was Obama even a viable candidate in August 2007?

re: #189 SixDegrees

Not to make excuses for a dickhead, but was Obama even a viable candidate in August 2007?

I'm thinking he had announced by then.

Didn't they get the memo? Only the big satan America tortures terrorists, and no one else knows about it!

UK human rights watchdog demands torture probe
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
20/02/2010 13:35

LONDON — The British government's human rights watchdog has asked the justice secretary to conduct an urgent independent investigation into allegations that the government was complicit in the torture of Britons held abroad.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said Saturday that it had written to Justice Minister Jack Straw to complain that the government has not done enough to assure the public that the claims against British spy agencies are unfounded.

It said that there are more than 20 allegations — including allegations reported by the United Nations — of British complicity in torture during interrogations abroad.

Britain's MI5 has been heavily criticized for ignoring human rights issues after it was revealed that it knew about terrorism suspect Binyam Mohamed's torture in US custody.
[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Bill Maher: Palin’s Job at Fox Equivalent to Talking to Her Down Syndrome Baby

Well, isn't he just too edgy to handle without oven mitts...

re: #192 The Sanity Inspector

Bill Maher: Palin’s Job at Fox Equivalent to Talking to Her Down Syndrome Baby

Well, isn't he just too edgy to handle without oven mitts...

Nothing like insulting half of America, huh?

re: #190 cannadian club akbar

I'm thinking he had announced by then.

I'm trying to figure out why it even matters. Threats against the president, or threats against a candidate for the office of the President. Screw that - threats against anybody. What, you're just a lowly Senator? How about a governor?

If someone posts a poem about sniping me, that guy is going down, one way or another.

re: #181 Spare O'Lake

I got a scar on my scar...beat that!

I was once in a relationship that left huge scars on my superego.

re: #194 cliffster

I'll be back in a bit - I'm going to watch myself flex in the mirror.

re: #196 cliffster

I'll be back in a bit - I'm going to watch myself flex in the mirror.

This shouldn't take long.
/

re: #193 cannadian club akbar

Nothing like insulting half of America, huh?

I hate people probably more than most but even I wouldn't say 1/2 of the country has downs syndrome.

re: #194 cliffster

I'm trying to figure out why it even matters. Threats against the president, or threats against a candidate for the office of the President. Screw that - threats against anybody. What, you're just a lowly Senator? How about a governor?

If someone posts a poem about sniping me, that guy is going down, one way or another.

Is the "poem" available for us to read?

re: #190 cannadian club akbar

I'm thinking he had announced by then.

I don't remember. But it seems to me no one took him seriously as a candidate until spring 2008, when he won big in the east and unseated Clinton, who everyone simply assumed was going to be the nominee.

Perhaps there's something more in the posting that identified the target more specifically.

re: #198 RogueOne

I hate people probably more than most but even I wouldn't say 1/2 of the country has downs syndrome.

Well, you're not a douchebag like Bill Maher.

re: #200 SixDegrees

It did say "major presidential candidate."

re: #176 RogueOne

Pics or it didn't happen.

I read about some guy sitting outside in one of those webbed chairs, chatting on some internet board or another, who got some parts stuck in the webbing and couldn't get out. They demanded pics; he sent 'em in and confirmed the situation. All I can say is --- ew!

I never did find those pics on that board, somebody must have deleted them.

re: #194 cliffster

I'm trying to figure out why it even matters. Threats against the president, or threats against a candidate for the office of the President. Screw that - threats against anybody. What, you're just a lowly Senator? How about a governor?

If someone posts a poem about sniping me, that guy is going down, one way or another.

Threats against people generally aren't considered crimes. The President is a special case, and threats made in that case are actually prosecutable offenses. But for everyone else, threats alone won't land you in jail. (There are, of course, exceptions, but they're rare.)

Typically, the police go and have a stern discussion with the threatener - and a record of the complaint is logged.

But short of action, speech is given wide latitude.

re: #193 cannadian club akbar

Nothing like insulting half of America, huh?

Half of America has Down syndrome?

That explains a lot, actually...

re: #195 The Sanity Inspector

I was once in a relationship that left huge scars on my superego.

That was your id, idiot.

re: #203 reine.de.tout

It was a FARK thread, epic.

re: #197 cannadian club akbar

This shouldn't take long.
/

I took a picture for you

re: #203 reine.de.tout

I read about some guy sitting outside in one of those webbed chairs, chatting on some internet board or another, who got some parts stuck in the webbing and couldn't get out. They demanded pics; he sent 'em in and confirmed the situation. All I can say is --- ew!

I never did find those pics on that board, somebody must have deleted them.

"Hey mom, why is dad crawling around with that lawn chair on his back?"

re: #208 cliffster

I took a picture for you

Well, if it's on the internet, it must be true.
/

re: #209 Spare O'Lake

Nooo, not his back. His boys got stuck in the slats.

re: #203 reine.de.tout

You're not referring to the ballsack conundrum, are you?

That was a slatted wooden chair.

[Link: www.fark.com...]

re: #212 Obdicut

You're not referring to the ballsack conundrum, are you?

That was a slatted wooden chair.

[Link: www.fark.com...]

That's it!
Where the pictures at?

re: #202 cannadian club akbar

It did say "major presidential candidate."

I think there must be more that isn't reported in the article. Even in cases involving threats against the President, the Secret Service is required to investigate, but arrests are rare. It's usually sufficient to point out to the offender the nature of their actions, and to make them aware that they've been identified. They go on a watch list, and that's normally the end of the story. If they arrested even a quarter of those making discernible threats against the President, there would have been tens of thousands of people jailed just in the last ten years or so.

That this guy was actually charged and placed under house arrest bespeaks something more serious than the ordinary Web rant.

re: #211 RogueOne

Nooo, not his back. His boys got stuck in the slats.

Is it Pinocchio we're talin' about, then?

re: #214 SixDegrees

I think there must be more that isn't reported in the article. Even in cases involving threats against the President, the Secret Service is required to investigate, but arrests are rare. It's usually sufficient to point out to the offender the nature of their actions, and to make them aware that they've been identified. They go on a watch list, and that's normally the end of the story. If they arrested even a quarter of those making discernible threats against the President, there would have been tens of thousands of people jailed just in the last ten years or so.

That this guy was actually charged and placed under house arrest bespeaks something more serious than the ordinary Web rant.

We need to read the actual poem, I would think.

re: #208 cliffster

I took a picture for you

Thought you were going to post this guy:
[Link: 5z8.info...]

re: #217 RogueOne

Thought you were going to post this guy:
[Link: 5z8.info...]

No steroid use there, I'm sure.

re: #213 reine.de.tout

The thread is real old, so the links in there don't work anymore.

But I saw 'em, and it was real.

re: #214 SixDegrees

The secret service has zero sense of humor.

re: #216 cannadian club akbar

We need to read the actual poem, I would think.

Agree. Although I'm not going to waste my time looking for it.

Shady URL cracks me up. I wish the whole link showed up.

[Link: 5z8.info...]

re: #221 SixDegrees

Agree. Although I'm not going to waste my time looking for it.

Agreed. Let teh stupid wallow in his stupidity.

re: #220 RogueOne

The secret service has zero sense of humor.

That's certainly true. But they also don't like to waste their time with idle rants, of which thousands appear on the Web every single day. For them to proceed all the way to formal charges, and to have the suspect placed under house arrest, suggests that there's something more to the story than simply posting an inflammatory poem, or more to the poem itself than what's alluded to.

re: #217 RogueOne

Thought you were going to post this guy:
[Link: 5z8.info...]

That guy cannot sit down in a chair

Know what I hate? Crying porn stars who actually thought a married man loved her.

re: #224 SixDegrees

I agree that there's probably more to the story but if not it wouldn't be the first time they've over-reacted. Remember the college kid who had the secret service show up and go through his apartment after he wrote a sarcastic article for the student paper about chelsea?

re: #227 RogueOne

I don't remember that. What did he say? A threat?

re: #226 cannadian club akbar

Know what I hate? Crying porn stars who actually thought a married man loved her.

Yeah, she's a real piece of work. She's pissed she didn't get a seven figure payoff like some of the others.

re: #226 cannadian club akbar

She's upset at the undue attention the affair has brought her, she want's an apology. I guess she thinks sleeping with Tiger is lower on the morality scale than participating in a DP gangbang on film for cash and drugs.

re: #229 cliffster

re: #230 RogueOne

I also depise Gloria Alred.

re: #227 RogueOne

I agree that there's probably more to the story but if not it wouldn't be the first time they've over-reacted. Remember the college kid who had the secret service show up and go through his apartment after he wrote a sarcastic article for the student paper about chelsea?

Missed that one. And I'm not sure this was an overreaction - there just isn't much information to make a call on. Sounds like he was affiliated with a white supremacist group; these groups are heavily infiltrated and monitored, and his arrest may have been intended to send a message. But I'm speculating in the absence of any actual information.

re: #228 cannadian club akbar

No, IIRC she had just started college and he was just riffing on her special treatment.

re: #231 cannadian club akbar

re: #230 RogueOne

I also depise Gloria Alred.

Bottom feeder. Wait, don't mean to insult grouper fish.

My radio just said Alexander Haig has died.

re: #232 SixDegrees

re: #228 cannadian club akbar

I found a link to the story but it seems to be a paysite:

[Link: www.encyclopedia.com...]

Secret Service searches student's apartment
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) %P% November 27, 1997 %P%

Secret Service agents searched the apartment of a University of California student newspaper columnist who wrote a satirical attack on Chelsea Clinton, the writer says.

Guy Branum, a columnist for the Daily Californian, said agents searched his off-campus apartment Monday, the same day Chelsea Clinton's mother, Hillary Rodham Clinton, visited the university for a meeting…

re: #235 cannadian club akbar

My radio just said Alexander Haig has died.

Your radio speaks the truth. Where did you get a talking radio? That's pretty cool

re: #235 cannadian club akbar

My radio just said Alexander Haig has died.

Just heard that myself on the TV.

re: #237 cliffster

Your radio speaks the truth. Where did you get a talking radio? That's pretty cool

You should hear my lamp.

re: #226 cannadian club akbar

Know what I hate? Crying porn stars who actually thought a married man loved her.

Hey, that sounds like a porn movie plot..... ///////

What a shame, I liked him. A very colorful character.

re: #235 cannadian club akbar

My radio just said Alexander Haig has died.

Sorry to hear that. He was hospitalized yesterday, without any further information.

re: #242 SixDegrees

Sorry to hear that. He was hospitalized yesterday, without any further information.

Complications from an infection, this says.

re: #236 RogueOne

re: #228 cannadian club akbar

I found a link to the story but it seems to be a paysite:

[Link: www.encyclopedia.com...]

Here's a better link:
[Link: www.fa-ir.org...]

Guy Branum, a columnist for the Daily Californian, said agents searched his off-campus apartment Monday, the same day Chelsea Clinton's mother, Hillary Rodham Clinton, visited the university for a meeting on foster care.

Branum wrote a satirical attack on Chelsea Clinton. The column, which appeared Thursday, was meant to be satirical. It was intended to rally spirit before the University of California- Stanford football game.

The agents checked for weapons , Branum said Tuesday. They also had him sign a release giving them access to his medical records, he said.

He said he gave two agents permission for the search after the agents threatened to detain him while getting a search warrant if he didn't.

Didn't realize today is the 20th. My best friends 43rd birthday.

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. The situation in Niger remains fluid; the African Union and UN wants to see the former president returned to power, even though the guy was busy turning himself into el presidente for life and was essentially overstaying his welcome in power after changing the law in his favor.

The military junta has rallied the people to its cause, and says that it will hold elections:

The junta has vowed to turn Niger into "an example of democracy" after Tandja stayed in office past his legal mandate, which expired in December. But the country's new rulers have not said how long they will hold power and some worry the move could increase the uranium-rich country's isolation.

The leader of the junta, Salou Djibo, is claimed to be a little-known commander, but he apparently has done peacekeeping work in the African Union and UN.

The problem here is that the UN is busy hoping for a return to the status quo, even though that situation was one that deprived Niger residents their rights.

The best thing that Djibo and the junta can do is call for new elections swiftly and do what it can to restore order; Tandja was a piece of work.

RIP, Alexander Haig.
Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

re: #235 cannadian club akbar

My radio just said Alexander Haig has died.

Vietnam war go-to-guy who had a late conversion.

RIP.

re: #246 lawhawk

If they hold elections, I expect the UN and Jimmy Carter to denounce them.

The chilly dawn of a new day upon the San Gabriel Mountains of California. The Towercam, Pacific time zone.

Look now, it is changing.

"Paradise is all around us and we do not understand."

— Thomas Merton, the guy in the avatar.

re: #246 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. The situation in Niger remains fluid; the African Union and UN wants to see the former president returned to power, even though the guy was busy turning himself into el presidente for life and was essentially overstaying his welcome in power after changing the law in his favor.

The military junta has rallied the people to its cause, and says that it will hold elections:The leader of the junta, Salou Djibo, is claimed to be a little-known commander, but he apparently has done peacekeeping work in the African Union and UN.

I found this interesting:

Tandja first rose to power in democratic elections in 1999 that were organized by a military junta which took control that year. Many of the military masterminds responsible for organizing that ballot also took part in Thursday's coup, apparently disillusioned with Tandja's refusal to step down.

If that portion is correct then there might be hope for Niger.

re: #251 RogueOne

Why is it the AU and the UN believe in the rule of law until someone they like breaks the rules and tries to change said laws?

re: #252 cannadian club akbar

I think they like things to remain stable over all else. They're fine with tyrants and wanna-be tyrants as long as everything stays the same.

Good lord, what the hell is wrong with people.

[Link: 5z8.info...]

Nampa police say Keyes, who resigned from the sheriff’s office Wednesday, began stalking a woman after their relationship ended last February. He is accused of entering the woman's residence on multiple occasions without permission and ...........

re: #253 RogueOne

I think they like things to remain stable over all else. They're fine with tyrants and wanna-be tyrants as long as everything stays the same.

Which would explain a lot of the problems the UN has.

re: #251 RogueOne

I think there is a lot of hope for Niger if the junta lives up to its name to restore democracy in the country. The UN and African Union are backing a guy who basically overstayed his welcome and sought to be president for life. It figures that they'd push for the status quo, even if it deprives Niger residents of their rights and essentially backs a dictator in all but name (and I've seen some reports calling him a strongman president - which is a cute way of saying dictator).

The military wasn't going to sit back and let that happen and apparently there was no other way to get this guy out of office once Tandja did what he did.

Note too that Tandja is seen as the legitimate leader even though he originally came to power as a result of elections held following a 1999 coup. So, if the junta can bring about new elections in a timely fashion, it is likely that that person will be seen as the legitimate leader of the country.

re: #256 lawhawk

Didn't we see a wanna be dictator removed by the military not long ago in Central America?

re: #257 cannadian club akbar

Honduras. And the situation there was such that the Honduran law suggested that the military was within its rights to take those actions - to get a guy out of office who violated the constitution's term limits. The military there took lots of grief from the international community even though the guy in office at the time had no right to be there.