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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
— Carl Sagan
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freetoken Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:48:36pm |
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
And if I wish to make a universe... with what would I start - an apple pie?
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Ojoe Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:49:00pm |
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Kronocide Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:49:19pm |
[Link: www.honoluluadvertiser.com...]
Hawaii gets persistent requests for Obama birth certificate
What they lack in thinking skills they make up for with obsessiveness.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:51:13pm |
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Kragar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:51:18pm |
In the beginning, there was nothing. Then God said "Let there be LIGHT!"
There was still nothing, but now you could see it.
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pharmmajor Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:51:43pm |
re: #1 freetoken
And if I wish to make a universe... with what would I start - an apple pie?
Woah... that's deep, man.
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:52:11pm |
re: #3 BigPapa
[Link: www.honoluluadvertiser.com...]
Hawaii gets persistent requests for Obama birth certificate
What they lack in thinking skills they make up for with obsessiveness.
They just won't take "yes" for an answer.
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jaunte Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:52:27pm |
re: #1 freetoken
And if I wish to make a universe... with what would I start - an apple pie?
You might need an apple tree first.
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pharmmajor Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:53:35pm |
So what do I have to create if I want to make a strawberry rhubarb pie?
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Kragar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:54:48pm |
re: #10 pharmmajor
So what do I have to create if I want to make a strawberry rhubarb pie?
Fish, plankton, sea greens... protein from the sea!
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Kronocide Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:59:34pm |
So the task of responding to requests for Obama's birth certificate has fallen to Okubo, who until January had been spending 10-hour days primarily dealing with the H1N1 "swine flu" pandemic.
"I'm getting 40 to 50 requests every month for President Obama's birth certificate, all of them from the Mainland — Arizona, South Carolina, Florida," Okubo said. "None are from Hawai'i."
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:06:11pm |
re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
In the beginning, there was nothing. Then God said "Let there be LIGHT!"
There was still nothing, but now you could see it.
I like Tolkien's version best of all...it's all about the music
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:08:49pm |
God made the Earth for a place to build football stadiums...this is common knowledge
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Varek Raith Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:08:55pm |
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keloyd Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:12:14pm |
Woooo! I've got the apple pie episode of Cosmos on my DVR.
In other news, what sort of crazy people/hippies/teenagers/criminal masterminds are awake this late? I'm nursing a headache, what's yall's excuse? (kidding!)
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Kragar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:12:55pm |
re: #18 keloyd
Wooo! I've got the apple pie episode of Cosmos on my DVR.
In other news, what sort of crazy people/hippies/teenagers/criminal masterminds are awake this late? I'm nursing a headache, what's yall's excuse? (kidding!)
Work.
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keloyd Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:13:41pm |
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shiplord kirel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:13:52pm |
Update on my long-running struggle to get the USPS to forward my mail.
There has been some progress but I still don't have my mail, held by the USPS since February 6th. After a lot of classic bureaucratic run-around, I finally reached a real person at the USPS customer service center in Fort Worth. After a few minutes of checking, he found that my original change of address request, submitted on the 11th, had not been entered into the system until the 23rd, 12 full days later. A second request, submitted online the 21st, had actually made it into the system a day earlier.
The carrier had taken it upon himself to start holding my mail as soon as I asked for the original form, 5 days before I submitted it. The net result is that I have received nothing postmarked for the old address after February 2nd. The USPS claims that customers should allow "7-10 postal business days" for forwarded mail to start arriving but even allowing for the plethora of minor holidays observed at USPS, 22 actual, realworld days is well beyong this. The infuriating thing is that my carrier could apparently decide on his own to withhold my mail, with no cause or authorization, and there is not a goddamn thing anyone can or will do about it.
This has caused some serious problems, since I originally delayed submitting the change of address form because I was expecting some important documents and could still pick up mail at the old address. Little did I know that they would disappear into a black hole for nearly a month because the carrier decided they should. This is like some kind of dark Kafkaesque farce from a European dictatorship and is certainly not the United States Postal Service I have know for most of my life.
I know that most postal workers are vets and it is a tough job, mostly because of the agency's notoriously abusive management culture, but still, when someone who makes more than many lawyers or college professors cannot get a simple clerical task done, there is something seriously wrong.
It goes from wrong to outrageous and criminal when there is no accountability at all for this.
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Kragar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:15:04pm |
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Bagua Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:16:02pm |
re: #22 shiplord kirel
It goes from wrong to outrageous and criminal when there is no accountability at all for this.
Let's see how they do with Healthcare.
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Varek Raith Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:16:32pm |
re: #23 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I've never stolen a cat in my life.
You don't 'steal' cats. They kidnap you.
;)
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:33:46pm |
"How the Mountain of Climate Change Evidence Is Being Used to Undermine the Cause" [AlterNet]
As the backlash against climate science grows, the number of Americans who believe humans are to blame for warming the planet is shrinking.
Twenty-one years ago, in 1989, I wrote what many have called the first book for a general audience on global warming. One of the more interesting reviews came from the Wall Street Journal. It was a mixed and judicious appraisal. “The subject,” the reviewer said, “is important, the notion is arresting, and Mr. McKibben argues convincingly.” And that was not an outlier: around the same time, the first president Bush announced that he planned to “fight the greenhouse effect with the White House effect.”
I doubt that’s what the Journal will say about my next book when it comes out in a few weeks, and I know that no GOP presidential contender would now dream of acknowledging that human beings are warming the planet. Sarah Palin is currently calling climate science “snake oil” and last week, the Utah legislature, in a move straight out of the King Canute playbook, passed a resolution condemning "a well organized and ongoing effort to manipulate global temperature data in order to produce a global warming outcome" on a nearly party-line vote.
And here’s what’s odd. In 1989, I could fit just about every scientific study on climate change on top of my desk. The science was still thin. If my reporting made me think it was nonetheless convincing, many scientists were not yet prepared to agree.
Now, you could fill the Superdome with climate-change research data. (You might not want to, though, since Hurricane Katrina demonstrated just how easy it was to rip holes in its roof.) Every major scientific body in the world has produced reports confirming the peril. All 15 of the warmest years on record have come in the two decades that have passed since 1989. In the meantime, the Earth’s major natural systems have all shown undeniable signs of rapid flux: melting Arctic and glacial ice, rapidly acidifying seawater, and so on.
Somehow, though, the onslaught against the science of climate change has never been stronger, and its effects, at least in the U.S., never more obvious: fewer Americans believe humans are warming the planet. At least partly as a result, Congress feels little need to consider global-warming legislation, no less pass it; and as a result of that failure, progress towards any kind of international agreement on climate change has essentially ground to a halt.
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imploder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 12:35:37am |
re: #26 goddamnedfrank
Maybe climate change alarmists are simply wrong.
The models the IPCC uses to strike fear and alarm can't predict forcings caused by variations like ENSO and PDO.
Why should their crappy models be able to predict shifts in climate? The simple answer is they cannot.
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 12:46:06am |
re: #30 imploder
as do you.
Frank chose wisely.
You? maybe accurately, but not so much with the wisdom there.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 12:49:29am |
re: #31 iceweasel
Frank chose wisely.
You? maybe accurately, but not so much with the wisdom there.
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 12:52:49am |
re: #28 imploder
Maybe climate change alarmists are simply wrong.
The models the IPCC uses to strike fear and alarm can't predict forcings caused by variations like ENSO and PDO.
Why should their crappy models be able to predict shifts in climate? The simple answer is they cannot.
Even if one were to take a modest approach to AGW it would be a logical choice. Ignoring it and taking the low road of James Inhofe, Lord Mockton, and others would be illogical and irrational. You can spread your bullshit about the IPCC all you want but the fact remains. CO2 causes warming. Fossil fuels while a lot of fun for the time being are not sustainable. If we don't start making the transition now we'll just wait for a crisis and by then it may be too late. I'll take my chances with the IPCC before I do with Andre Watts.
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 12:53:54am |
re: #32 Varek Raith
Good find.
I notice this last appearance in an overnight thread, apropos of nothing at all.
have you ever thought about the term, "groupthink?
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 12:54:30am |
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imploder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 12:55:39am |
re: #34 Gus 802
Could you explain why there were times in the Earth's history where CO2 levels were 10 times higher than they are now, and it was an ice age?
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 12:58:14am |
re: #38 imploder
School me.
Why, seriously, why? I'd have no chance of convincing you. You'll never accept AGW, right?
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imploder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 12:58:55am |
re: #39 Varek Raith
I have an open mind, hence my propensity to examine both sides of the issue.
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:00:02am |
re: #37 imploder
Could you explain why there were times in the Earth's history where CO2 levels were 10 times higher than they are now, and it was an ice age?
No it wasn't. And that was millions of years ago.
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imploder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:00:44am |
re: #41 Gus 802
No it wasn't. And that was millions of years ago.
Yes, it was. And it was millions of years ago. And?
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:01:24am |
re: #40 imploder
I have an open mind, hence my propensity to examine both sides of the issue.
Really? Your past comments on this issue demonstrate otherwise. Do drop the ploy, it's fooling no one.
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:03:01am |
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:03:13am |
re: #44 imploder
I come here with an open mind.
Do you question the green house effect? Do you question CO2 being categorized as a GHG?
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:04:12am |
Any second now JohnInLondon and Pythagoras will show up.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:04:35am |
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:05:25am |
re: #48 Varek Raith
TO THE BATHUMMER!111!11
Yeah, with another copy and paste job from Watts up With That. Might even get something from Daily Fail.
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Stonemason Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:06:04am |
Pardon me if this was posted, it is from yesterday after all...
A first step maybe? Hope that real conservatives are going to take back the party?
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imploder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:06:36am |
re: #46 Varek Raith
Do you question the green house effect? Do you question CO2 being categorized as a GHG?
I don't question the basis. CO2 is a greenhouse gas. OK.
It is also a trace gas.
There were also times in the Earth's history when C02 was ten times higher than current levels and the Earth was in the throes of an Ice Age.
Do the laws of Physics find themselves suspended because it is ancient history? It is ancient history, but it is also scientific fact. Unless you don't believe the way paleo climatologists collect their data.
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:07:23am |
re: #46 Varek Raith
Do you question the green house effect? Do you question CO2 being categorized as a GHG?
Why CO2 are plant food. Drill here drill now!111!!1
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:08:10am |
re: #49 Gus 802
Yeah, with another copy and paste job from Watts up With That. Might even get something from Daily Fail.
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:08:50am |
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:09:29am |
re: #55 Gus 802
Climategate!11!!! Yep, looks like it.
ROFL, who the hell'd take this...'paper' seriously?????
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:10:29am |
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imploder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:11:10am |
re: #54 Varek Raith
That's not where I got that fact.
I actually got it from a site that addresses the amount of carbon in the atmosphere during the Carboniferous period.
[Link: www.geocraft.com...]
Check it out. It's quite apolitical. Nice graphs, too.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:11:36am |
re: #51 imploder
So you question CO2s ability to absorb IR radiation?
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:12:25am |
re: #59 imploder
Oh, I wasn't accusing you of doing such. Just having a side convo with Gus.
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:14:25am |
re: #59 imploder
That's not where I got that fact.
I actually got it from a site that addresses the amount of carbon in the atmosphere during the Carboniferous period.
[Link: www.geocraft.com...]
Check it out. It's quite apolitical. Nice graphs, too.
IOW, you're arguing that since it was "OK" for the CO2 levels that were present 300 million years ago we should be OK now.
I see your point. It doesn't make any sense.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:15:04am |
re: #62 Gus 802
IOW, you're arguing that since it was "OK" for the CO2 levels that were present 300 million years ago we should be OK now.
I see your point. It doesn't make any sense.
Is that it? I'm confused...
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:15:57am |
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:16:03am |
re: #63 Varek Raith
Is that it? I'm confused...
Seems like it. He's saying "it happened before" 300 million years ago so it's cool.
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imploder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:16:12am |
re: #62 Gus 802
IOW, you're arguing that since it was "OK" for the CO2 levels that were present 300 million years ago we should be OK now.
I see your point. It doesn't make any sense.
OK, then, if the Earth was in an Ice Age 300 million years ago, and the CO2 in the atmosphere was 12 times higher than it is now, than what?
Was the sun dimmer?
Would you agree the sun has something to do with climate?
What? Tell me.
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Aye Pod Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:17:04am |
Hannity falsely claims Obama admin. gives special treatment to atheists
Commenting on a White House staff-level meeting with leaders of atheist groups, Sean Hannity claimed that religious groups "have not received this treatment from the Obama White House." In fact, President Obama himself has met with numerous religious leaders, and the administration's contacts with religious groups include two days of meetings between administration staffers and more than 60 religious leaders.
[Link: mediamatters.org...]
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:17:13am |
re: #62 Gus 802
IOW, you're arguing that since it was "OK" for the CO2 levels that were present 300 million years ago we should be OK now.
I see your point. It doesn't make any sense.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:18:02am |
re: #67 Jimmah
Hannity falsely claims Obama admin. gives special treatment to atheists
[Link: mediamatters.org...]
Oh, Hannity, go suck on an egg.
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imploder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:18:35am |
re: #68 iceweasel
I thought clicking on that would bring me to something meaningful. Great retort.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:22:38am |
re: #70 imploder
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:23:45am |
re: #70 imploder
I thought clicking on that would bring me to something meaningful. Great retort.
Yeah, it's late.
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:24:26am |
re: #70 imploder
I thought clicking on that would bring me to something meaningful. Great retort.
So what. You link to a website to Monte Hieb who is an anti-AGW puke that works for the State of West Virginia mining office. Read on:
Monte Hieb, sometime West Virginia Office of Miner’s Safety chief engineer, can scarcely be accused of neutrality in the Climate Wars. Deservedly celebrated for his web site on the fossils of the coal measures of Appalachia, the amateur climate scientist has created a truly remarkable graph for The National Center for Policy Analysis "Global Warming Primer".
Coal enthusiasts may have a case to make, but Hieb's peculiar history of palaeoclimate seems an improbable tool for recruiting scientists to the fossil fuel cause-- it rivals the Creation Museum's take on geochronology.
Hieb's Kindergarten approach to radiative forcing by water vapor had atmospheric science professionals laughing long before he tried his hand at finger painting palaeoclimate . The Primer's cut and paste counterfeits of curves generated by mathematical models are all too reminiscent of the statistical shenanigans that led to the 'Hockey Stick' affair being denounced by Center chairman Pete DuPont in his Wall Street Journal column.
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Stonemason Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:24:42am |
This is one of those side issues that completely baffles me.
How can a United States resolution mean anything in the grand scheme of things concerning a genocide that took place so long ago? We can't get the nut job in Iran to stop enriching uranium and we are worried about labeling a genocide genocide?
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:25:21am |
re: #73 Gus 802
Words of advice; Gus will fact check your ass into oblivion if you're wrong.
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:25:49am |
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freetoken Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:27:23am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:31:59am |
re: #79 Varek Raith
Odd, I just auto-logged out?
We had issues with that yesterday with the Twitter feed.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:33:01am |
re: #80 Cannadian Club Akbar
We had issues with that yesterday with the Twitter feed.
Thanks, was about to yell at my ISP!
:)
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:33:12am |
re: #78 Varek Raith
*crickets*
Hmmm.
:)
It's just more bullshit. Geocraft... Warcraft... I keep finding stuff in my searches about his reference.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:33:34am |
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:34:04am |
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:38:28am |
From Science Blogs comments:
RE dhogaza
And, hey, glad I found the site you were drawing your misinformation from.
Somehow, I just knew it would be Monte Hieb. I think I just blocked off another Bingo square or must now consume a glass of some beverage.
Posted by: Deech56 %P% January 9, 2010 7:31 AM
39Somehow, I just knew it would be Monte Hieb.
It was my first introduction to the site ... and hopefully my last visit.
Posted by: dhogaza %P% January 9, 2010 1:52 PM
dhogaza, I've had Monte Hieb's site (and the Scotese chart) cited by opponents in the past.
Lance, the temperature chart that Scotese shows is out of date. Might want to check out this paper.
Posted by: Deech56 %P% January 11, 2010 9:30 AM
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:39:05am |
I went to the store yesterday to grab a few things. Had a cute woman actually hit on me. Problem? I didn't realize she was hitting on me until I was half way home. I'm a fucking moron.
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:39:27am |
Monique -
Why would you use a West Virginia mining engineer (Monte Hieb) as an expert resource on climate change? The website you are basing your argument on is not peer reviewed. He is not a climate scientist. He has not published any peer reviewed papers on climate science that I could find. Most of his website is devoted to fossil hobbyists.I highly recommend using real scientists and real science. The website RealClimate.org has an excellent discussion.
Posted by: Robert Balliot at September 22, 2009 4:43 PM
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:40:01am |
Well, time for my very cold morning walk. BBL!
:)
re: #87 Cannadian Club Akbar
I went to the store yesterday to grab a few things. Had a cute woman actually hit on me. Problem? I didn't realize she was hitting on me until I was half way home. I'm a fucking moron.
Ouch, I've facepalmed myself several times for reasons like that!
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freetoken Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:41:52am |
re: #81 Varek Raith
Aww, imploder left...
:(
They try the late night hit and run, usually on stale threads, hoping no one can/will answer them.
For those who are interested, you can look at this graph on wikipedia for a quick overview of temperature on a 500 million time scale:
Image: File:Phanerozoic_Climate_Change.png
From the period starting in the middle of Carboniferous to the middle of the Permian there were periods of ice ("ice ages"). However, unlike the claims of tonight's troll, the CO2 levels did indeed fall during that time:
Image: File:Phanerozoic_Carbon_Dioxide.png
Additionally, during that time the atmosphere as a whole was somewhat different, the land masses were arranged very differently than today, and indeed as the Sun was younger it was not as bright as today.
"Imploder", like so many AGW deniers, just doesn't care for the truth.
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Gus Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:42:10am |
More bullshit from Hieb showing his bias:
Monte Hieb of Summersville wants to find the answer to the following question:
“Did James Hansen take leave from his day job as ‘chief temperature data manipulator’ at NASA to come to West Virginia on his own time, or is he here on his government salary and at taxpayer expense playing political activist?”
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:55:39am |
re: #95 iceweasel
Arrgh, updinged, but..celine!
I think Celine Dion is kinda hot. She just needs more meat on her bones. And I know how to make biscuits and gravy. Hmmm...
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 1:57:37am |
re: #96 Cannadian Club Akbar
I think Celine Dion is kinda hot. She just needs more meat on her bones. And I know how to make biscuits and gravy. Hmmm...
Sounds like a euphemism!/
Kidding. I'll ask for a recipe sometime.
(NOT A EUPHEMISM)
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:03:17am |
I got my hair cut yesterday. I got in the chair and the girl asked what I wanted. I said military short. She said, "So a 1 and a 2?" WTF is a 1 and a 2? So I said yes. Best haircut I have had in years. So, yes, a 1 and a 2, please.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:03:41am |
re: #74 Stonemason
This is one of those side issues that completely baffles me.
How can a United States resolution mean anything in the grand scheme of things concerning a genocide that took place so long ago? We can't get the nut job in Iran to stop enriching uranium and we are worried about labeling a genocide genocide?
I had the pleasure of being on temporary duty near Istanbul when Sen Dole pushed a resolution through (89-90??).
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:08:50am |
re: #100 Decatur Deb
I had the pleasure of being on temporary duty near Istanbul when Sen Dole pushed a resolution through (89-90??).
I loved Istanbul for the few weeks I was in Turkey. It was spring/summer 2002 and I can't begin to describe how happy they were to see an American.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:10:02am |
I loved the movie "Midnight Express." Just sayin'.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:10:53am |
re: #101 iceweasel
I loved Istanbul for the few weeks I was in Turkey. It was spring/summer 2002 and I can't begin to describe how happy they were to see an American.
The Turks are way cool. They try very, very hard to make a modern society with a lot of things stacked against them. Don't mention "Midnight Express", though.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:12:13am |
re: #102 Cannadian Club Akbar
Never saw it.
However, I just finished watching "Once Upon A Time In The West", at the behest of KT. I'd only seen parts of it on TV before, years ago. This time in DVD glory on my computer (much cleaner, and allowed me to absorb the visual quality.)
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:13:34am |
re: #103 Decatur Deb
The Turks are way cool. They try very, very hard to make a modern society with a lot of things stacked against them. Don't mention "Midnight Express", though.
Wikipedia:
Midnight Express is a 1978 American film directed by Alan Parker and based on Billy Hayes' book of the same name adapted into screenplay by Oliver Stone. Hayes was a young American student sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey. The movie deviates from the book's accounts of the story, especially in its portrayal of Turks, and some have criticized the movie version, including Billy Hayes himself. Later, both Oliver Stone and Billy Hayes expressed their regret on how Turkish people were portrayed in the movie.
That being said, not all of Turkey is like Istanbul, by a long shot. Some places are more 'Western' ---and many are much less so.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:14:18am |
re: #105 freetoken
IIRC, Midnight Express was directed by Oliver Stone. A true story and well worth the 2 hours. And, FWIW, Oliver Stone is a fucking kookball.
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:15:14am |
re: #107 Cannadian Club Akbar
IIRC, Midnight Express was directed by Oliver Stone. A true story and well worth the 2 hours. And, FWIW, Oliver Stone is a fucking kookball.
A true story from 1970, which added many fictional elements. All the sexual assault stuff, for example.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:15:20am |
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:16:25am |
re: #102 Cannadian Club Akbar
Elia Kazan, of dubious memory, made a strong film "America, America" about his family's emigration. Said he wanted to film the story, and didn't care about the box office.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:17:58am |
re: #110 Decatur Deb
Elia Kazan, of dubious memory, made a strong film "America, America" about his family's emigration. Said he wanted to film the story, and didn't care about the box office.
Didn't he catch shit for "outing" the Hollywood commies in the '50's?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:20:32am |
re: #111 iceweasel
It's a bit like claiming you 'know' America based on a single weekend in NYC, or LA-- or Omaha, or a town in the Bible Belt. Or watching Deliverance.
When Midnight Express came out I was 11 or so. I was just happy to see boobs. (I know, I'm an idiot. A boob seeing idiot, though!!)
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:21:19am |
re: #106 iceweasel
That being said, not all of Turkey is like Istanbul, by a long shot. Some places are more 'Western' ---and many are much less so.
I did a few exercises and lot of technical visits to tiny units all around the northern borders. Our usual hotel was a wooden firetrap that had been German HQ during WW I. It was near the airport, and the owner had been an interpreter for our units when they were established in the 50's.
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Stonemason Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:21:29am |
re: #100 Decatur Deb
I had the pleasure of being on temporary duty near Istanbul when Sen Dole pushed a resolution through (89-90??).
Okay, so then you could explain why it is such an issue here. I understand that the Turks don't want the lable, but how much does it mean, really? We pass resolutions about all sorts of things, would this really mean anything? Would a Turk wake up and say to himself, dagnabit, I live in a country the committed genocide, just because the US Congress said so?
Admittedly, I do not get it.
Oh, I do understand the perception, but we pass the resolution, the Turks say $%$^ you, and life goes on...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:21:36am |
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Stonemason Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:23:44am |
re: #115 Stonemason
long night, too many pimf's to list.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:23:56am |
re: #108 iceweasel
A true story from 1970, which added many fictional elements. All the sexual assault stuff, for example.
One of our guys ignored the army procedures, and hassled the local gendarmes over a traffic accident. It took a weekend to get him out of jail. Then he found out he had spent three days inside rather than pay a 7 dollar ticket.
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:24:47am |
re: #115 Stonemason
Okay, so then you could explain why it is such an issue here.
1) because the Turks did conduct a genocide against the Armenians.
2) because we have many Armenian-Americans and also Turkish-Americans, and we need to sustain diplomatic ties with Turkey as well as Armenia.
3) Really, must I go on? What exactly are you confused about?
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:25:05am |
re: #112 Cannadian Club Akbar
Didn't he catch shit for "outing" the Hollywood commies in the '50's?
Yeah--lost a lost of friends. He could have been a contender.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:26:04am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:26:08am |
re: #115 Stonemason
We need Turkey. They are friends, but they did fuck us in the run up to Iraq 2003. (people forget that) I am indifferent on this matter.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:28:09am |
re: #115 Stonemason
Okay, so then you could explain why it is such an issue here. I understand that the Turks don't want the lable, but how much does it mean, really? We pass resolutions about all sorts of things, would this really mean anything? Would a Turk wake up and say to himself, dagnabit, I live in a country the committed genocide, just because the US Congress said so?
Admittedly, I do not get it.
Oh, I do understand the perception, but we pass the resolution, the Turks say $%$^ you, and life goes on...
Oh no. I can't explain it either--I just saw the results up close. It seemed like a gratuitous insult to a valuable ally. We were told Sen Dole had done it for a personal acquaintance, but that doesn't explain recent stuff.
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Stonemason Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:31:04am |
re: #119 iceweasel
It's a United States Congressional Resolution, not something in any way binding. Are we saying that one side or the other is so weak that they can't handle the truth?
It is a strongly worded letter on better stationary.
Okay then, don't do it, why is not passing it such a problem?
Do you see the confusion? Is this some sort of lobby thing? We need Turkey to be our buddy in the area more than we need to make nice to Armenian Americans, or am I missing something?
See why I am confused? To be nice to some Armenians we risk screwing up our bases in Turkey, but at the same time, by not passing the resolution we risk...what exactly?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:32:10am |
re: #120 Decatur Deb
Yeah--lost a lost of friends. He could have been a contender.
Now the Hollywood commies just do their thing. See: Michael Moore, Sean Penn, Danny Glover. (I think Sean Penn's dad was on "the list")
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:32:28am |
re: #122 Cannadian Club Akbar
We need Turkey. They are friends, but they did fuck us in the run up to Iraq 2003. (people forget that) I am indifferent on this matter.
Rerouting the division had a lot to do with the Kurds and PKK. Turkey never has much wiggle room.
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Stonemason Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:32:43am |
re: #123 Decatur Deb
It seemed like a gratuitous insult to a valuable ally
that is how I see it too, hence the confusion, why do it at all...
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:34:18am |
re: #124 Stonemason
It's a United States Congressional Resolution, not something in any way binding. Are we saying that one side or the other is so weak that they can't handle the truth?
It is a strongly worded letter on better stationary.
Okay then, don't do it, why is not passing it such a problem?
Do you see the confusion? Is this some sort of lobby thing? We need Turkey to be our buddy in the area more than we need to make nice to Armenian Americans, or am I missing something?
See why I am confused? To be nice to some Armenians we risk screwing up our bases in Turkey, but at the same time, by not passing the resolution we risk...what exactly?
It would be like reminding the British about the Potato Famine every couple years, only the Turks take it a lot harder.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:34:52am |
It’s a dangerous practice since the aircraft’s engines are running while the fuel nozzle is still connected to the jets. The training is for both pilots and ground crews and it is being done to enable the aircraft to carry as much fuel as possible for long-range missions.
Fuel nozzles are traditionally disconnected from fighter aircraft while they are still parked in hangers and before they are rolled out to the runway, where they usually wait for several minutes before takeoff and while burning fuel. The new protocol includes keeping fuel trucks on the runway, having ground personnel reattach the nozzle and fuel the aircraft to the maximum fullness, disconnecting seconds before takeoff.
“We understand that many of our threats and challenges require us to develop a long-range capability,” one senior IAF officer explained. “Part of our preparation includes knowing how to fuel our aircraft so they can have as much fuel as possible.”
Last week, the IAF inaugurated a new unmanned aerial vehicle called the Heron TP. With the same wingspan as a Boeing 737, the Heron TP is Israel’s largest and most sophisticated drone, weighing 4,650 kg. and capable of flying for 36 hours while carrying a payload of hundreds of kilograms. The Heron will increase the IAF’s long-range capabilities, mainly in intelligence and surveillance, and according to foreign reports could also have missile strike capabilities.
SNIP
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:35:10am |
re: #126 Decatur Deb
Rerouting the division had a lot to do with the Kurds and PKK. Turkey never has much wiggle room.
We had plans to come up from the South and down from the North. The Turks did screw us.
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:35:51am |
re: #124 Stonemason
Okay then, don't do it, why is not passing it such a problem?
Because the Armenian genocide was either ignored or denied for practically a century now. Wiki will tell you it's the most studied genocide second only to the Holocaust, and yet we've never recognised officially that it took place.
Let's change this a bit. Do you think it would be pointless and a waste of time to recognise the Rape of Nanking?
It's a moral duty to call such atrocities by their proper names.
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:37:06am |
re: #128 Decatur Deb
It would be like reminding the British about the Potato Famine every couple years, only the Turks take it a lot harder.
That might have worked as an analogy, except that the UK acknowledges what it did in the famine.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:38:42am |
re: #131 iceweasel
I have never heard of the Rape of Nanking. I love this place because smart people hang here. Can you enlighten me, please?
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gvmtspook Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:39:23am |
"On Feb 3rd, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair, in open testimony before the House intelligence committee, acknowledged that American citizens can be assassinated at our government's discretion"
[Link: www.liveleak.com...]
If this is true, what the hell is wrong??? This is beyond partisan lines...
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Stonemason Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:41:04am |
re: #131 iceweasel
Therin lies the confusion. Do we insult the Turks or do we recognize history with a Congressional resolution. Will the resolution make the pain of the Armenians any less? Will the resolution free up some money somewhere? Will the resoluion do anything other than piss off an ally?
From what I have read, it happened, history books say it happened, and I have not found a Congressional Resolution that says it did not happen, so, in effect, we do recognize it.
I guess I just don't put much faith in a Congressional resolution about this. It's words, not deeds. Maybe the time spent on this could be spent on figuring out how to stop current genocides...
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:41:52am |
re: #130 Cannadian Club Akbar
re: #134 gvmtspook
"On Feb 3rd, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair, in open testimony before the House intelligence committee, acknowledged that American citizens can be assassinated at our government's discretion"
[Link: www.liveleak.com...]
If this is true, what the hell is wrong??? This is beyond partisan lines...
We seem to have a hit ordered on the US citizen in Yemen who wound up Hasan at Ft. Hood. It's just to early for me to chase the links right now.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:41:57am |
re: #134 gvmtspook
Linky no worky. But I have to call BS on this. If the gubment is gonna kill someone, you wouldn't hear about it.
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:42:07am |
re: #133 Cannadian Club Akbar
I have never heard of the Rape of Nanking. I love this place because smart people hang here. Can you enlighten me, please?
I'll just give you wiki for now, but I strongly suggest you not read about it or do more research until you're either far from sleep or your last meal.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
Lots of horrific documentaries and material available.
Anyway, the point of analogy here is that the Japanese likewise haven't wanted to acknowledge it for decades.
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Stonemason Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:42:47am |
re: #134 gvmtspook
link toof me to a Fark login page
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gvmtspook Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:43:31am |
re: #136 Stonemason
It is not about politics and what is best for political interests. The peoples that went through this need acknowledgment, and at a high level.
Would you ask the Jews to just be silent after the Holocaust? Because this is what you are asking of the Armenian.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:44:02am |
re: #132 iceweasel
That might have worked as an analogy, except that the UK acknowledges what it did in the famine.
The future might bleed less if a lot of old wounds were allowed to scar.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:44:29am |
Watching eyes of celluloid
Tell you how to live
Metaphoric motor-replay
Give, give, give!
Laughter kissing love
Is showing me the way
Spiral city architect
I build, you pay
G'nite Lizards.
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gvmtspook Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:45:40am |
Sorry I apparently had a bad link.. try this one...
re: #140 StonemasonRE:
"On Feb 3rd, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair, in open testimony before the House intelligence committee, acknowledged that American citizens can be assassinated at our government's discretion"
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Stonemason Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:45:59am |
re: #142 gvmtspook
It is not about politics and what is best for political interests. The peoples that went through this need acknowledgment, and at a high level.
Would you ask the Jews to just be silent after the Holocaust? Because this is what you are asking of the Armenian.
No I am not, I want the Armenians to scream about it from the highest rooftops. I want it to be in every history book...I want to google it and find references.
I do not think a US Resolution means squat.
Then, I take the other side as the confusion sets in.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:46:06am |
While I've loved IMDB since its inception, one of the screwier things about it are the "members" who rate the films. There appears to be a growing tradition of young internet-punks who appear to want to make their mark by dissing great movies. E.g., anyone who gives Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samuri) one start (out of 10) is clearly doing so simply to call attention to themselves.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:46:26am |
re: #138 Cannadian Club Akbar
Linky no worky. But I have to call BS on this. If the gubment is gonna kill someone, you wouldn't hear about it.
I'll get back to you on it, but it's 0445 here. We discussed it without surprise here a few days ago. Pres Obama signed off. Blows my mind too.
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:47:10am |
re: #141 freetoken
Very Alex Jones of you...
Actually, what he's saying is true. It's buried in a WaPo article from Janurary. Obama is continuing a Bush-era policy:
After the Sept. 11 attacks, Bush gave the CIA, and later the military, authority to kill U.S. citizens abroad if strong evidence existed that an American was involved in organizing or carrying out terrorist actions against the United States or U.S. interests, military and intelligence officials said. . . .The Obama administration has adopted the same stance. If a U.S. citizen joins al-Qaeda, "it doesn't really change anything from the standpoint of whether we can target them," a senior administration official said. "They are then part of the enemy."
Both the CIA and the JSOC maintain lists of individuals, called "High Value Targets" and "High Value Individuals," whom they seek to kill or capture. The JSOC list includes three Americans, including [New Mexico-born Islamic cleric Anwar] Aulaqi, whose name was added late last year. As of several months ago, the CIA list included three U.S. citizens, and an intelligence official said that Aulaqi's name has now been added.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:47:21am |
re: #139 iceweasel
I'll just give you wiki for now, but I strongly suggest you not read about it or do more research until you're either far from sleep or your last meal.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]Lots of horrific documentaries and material available.
Anyway, the point of analogy here is that the Japanese likewise haven't wanted to acknowledge it for decades.
An exhaustive history was done a few years ago. Pulitzer material.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:48:06am |
Broadway Bank in Chicago, owned by Giannoulias’s family, must attract at least $75 million in capital by late April to meet terms of a consent order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. prompted by losses on commercial real-estate loans. Even if successful, the family could lose control before November’s election, dealing a blow to Democrats and an Obama friend.
SNIP
Some of the Broadway loans that have generated controversy involve Michael Giorango, a convicted bookmaker and prostitution-ring promoter. It has also made loans to convicted Illinois influence peddler Antoin “Tony” Rezko and a family accused of having connections to organized crime.
SNIP
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:49:05am |
re: #151 Decatur Deb
An exhaustive history was done a few years ago. Pulitzer material.
The author has since killed herself.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:49:36am |
I love it when we can all chat about things and no one throws a "fuck you" or "you're an asshole" out there.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:50:00am |
re: #150 iceweasel
Yet, it's still very Alex Jones of him...
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:50:20am |
re: #154 Cannadian Club Akbar
I love it when we can all chat about things and no one throws a "fuck you" or "you're an asshole" out there.
Who asked for your damn opinion?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:51:13am |
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:51:55am |
re: #152 MandyManners
75 million? We'll have to empty half the freezers in congress.
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gvmtspook Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:53:10am |
re: #150 iceweasel
I am saddened, I for one voted for Oboma. As a moderate I felt he was not better than McCain, but that McCains running mate sealed the deal. I did not buy into the whole "I can change the world" thing, as I am educated enough to know the president has little direct power, other than executive orders and the ability to move the armed forces for 120 days.
I will not use this to condemn Obama directly, as I think McCain would have done the same, rather WHY IS THIS OK IN GOVERNMENT?
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:55:07am |
re: #159 gvmtspook
I am saddened, I for one voted for Oboma. As a moderate I felt he was not better than McCain, but that McCains running mate sealed the deal. I did not buy into the whole "I can change the world" thing, as I am educated enough to know the president has little direct power, other than executive orders and the ability to move the armed forces for 120 days.
I will not use this to condemn Obama directly, as I think McCain would have done the same, rather WHY IS THIS OK IN GOVERNMENT?
I voted for him because I think he is better than Sen McCain. It's not OK.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:55:12am |
Dhimmification continues apace.
As the first newspaper to do so, Politiken has reached a settlement with descendants of the Prophet Muhammad in connection with the affront its reprint of drawings of the Prophet Muohammad in 2008 may have caused Muslims.
The settlement was reached between Politiken and eight organisations representing 94,923 descendants of the Prophet Muhammad in a move Politiken's Editor-in-Chief Tøger Seidenfaden says shows that dialogue is the way forward.
"The settlement looks ahead and expresses very sensible views. It may possibly reduce the tensions that have shown themselves to be so resilient. It gives us hope that relations between Denmark, and not least its media, and the Muslim world can be improved," Seidenfaden says, adding he does not believe Politiken's move is a freedom of speech sellout.
SNIP
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:56:15am |
re: #159 gvmtspook
I feel you. Riddle me this. When was the last time Congress declared War on a country?
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:56:34am |
re: #159 gvmtspook
I am saddened, I for one voted for Oboma. As a moderate I felt he was not better than McCain, but that McCains running mate sealed the deal. I did not buy into the whole "I can change the world" thing, as I am educated enough to know the president has little direct power, other than executive orders and the ability to move the armed forces for 120 days.
I will not use this to condemn Obama directly, as I think McCain would have done the same, rather WHY IS THIS OK IN GOVERNMENT?
I voted for Obama as well, but he has in every instance either continued Bush-era policies w/r/t civil liberties and executive power or extended them.
I'm not surprised, and it would have been no different under McCain or anyone else.
The changes he's made are mostly cosmetic, with the exception of stopping the EIT and extraordinary rendition. But given that original recipe rendition is just fine with him, and that the JSOC, not the CIA, runs the black sites now, it's essentially cosmetic.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 2:58:15am |
Two policemen and two Border Guard officers were lightly injured by stones hurled in the Old City's alleys. They received medical treatment on site and resumed their activity. At least twelve protestors were injured and seven were arrested.
SNIP
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gvmtspook Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:00:39am |
re: #162 Cannadian Club Akbar
War, or "authorized military engagement". And yes I have no clue on the difference.
War? WWII
authorized military engagement: October 16, 2002 by George W Bush.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:06:00am |
re: #165 gvmtspook
IIRC, you are correct. We haven't been at war since WW2. That is why I love the whole "illegal war" meme. Korea? Not a war. Vietnam? Not a war. Iraq 1. Not a war. Iraq 2? Not a war. Afghanistan? Not a war. And they can bite me.
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gvmtspook Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:07:55am |
re: #163 iceweasel
The changes he's made are mostly cosmetic, with the exception of stopping the EIT and extraordinary rendition. But given that original recipe rendition is just fine with him, and that the JSOC, not the CIA, runs the black sites now, it's essentially cosmetic.
I agree, and I am saddened, while I did not think he would really change as much as he claimed he could, I am seeing no real change on his part. I was not a Ron Paul supporter, mostly because I think his own party minimalises him, so he can't be an affective leader, since he cant hold the dems nor the repubs in congress.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:08:00am |
re: #165 gvmtspook
War, or "authorized military engagement". And yes I have no clue on the difference.
War? WWII
authorized military engagement: October 16, 2002 by George W Bush.
We did shift into that mode early, through the 19th Cent Indian wars. I'm not sure about the documentation on the Barbary Pirates.
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:10:40am |
Glenn beck blames drunkenness for liberalism, or vice versa.
Glenn Beck used to be a social liberal before he discovered Alcoholics Anonymous and then consequently sobered up. This admission—coming straight from the man's lips on his Friday TV show on FNC during a special
entitled "Who Are You?"—may not be a surprise to some who know Beck's backstory, but it certainly reinforces the conventional wisdom that liberalism breeds weakness and is oftentimes an impediment to personal self-improvement. His declaration came in the context of "knowing yourself" politically and ideologically, the theme of Friday's Glenn Beck show special on FNC. Stating that his recovery from alcoholism came only after he truly discovered who he was—libertarian conservative—Beck also went on to assert that he later realized he was only a liberal because he didn't want to make tough choices or be consistent.
I think he just discovered there was no money in being a raving, hysterical, batshit crazy lib, the market having been saturated by committed amateurs.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:10:59am |
re: #166 Cannadian Club Akbar
IIRC, you are correct. We haven't been at war since WW2. That is why I love the whole "illegal war" meme. Korea? Not a war. Vietnam? Not a war. Iraq 1. Not a war. Iraq 2? Not a war. Afghanistan? Not a war. And they can bite me.
Which of those came to a fully satisfying conclusion?
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:12:26am |
re: #169 Shiplord Kirel
"Some of us are just born a couple of drinks behind the others"--Tight Little Island
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The Left Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:15:48am |
re: #167 gvmtspook
I was not a Ron Paul supporter, mostly because I think his own party minimalises him, so he can't be an affective leader, since he cant hold the dems nor the repubs in congress.
I'm not a Ron Paul supporter because I'm not a nutbar. And he is.
Later folks. Have a nice day, LGFer's!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:15:50am |
re: #170 Decatur Deb
Which of those came to a fully satisfying conclusion?
None. (I do think Gulf War 1 went well) I hate to be a person who asks a question with a question, but can you find a common denominator?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:16:44am |
Predictably, the United States and most European democracies issued statements condemning Cuba's human rights abuses. And predictably, many Latin American countries -- including some who claim to champion human rights, such as Argentina and Mexico -- have remained silent, or made wishy-washy statements.
But the big question is how Zapata's death will play where it really counts -- inside Cuba. For the first three days after the death of the Afro-Cuban bricklayer imprisoned since 2003, the regime of Gen. Raúl Castro had not allowed the Cuban media to report it.
Finally, on Saturday, the muzzle was removed.
SNIP
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:17:48am |
re: #174 MandyManners
Cuba's military dictatorship -- that's what it is, by any dictionary's definition -- is in an awkward position following the death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata after an 83-day hunger strike, and the decision of four other jailed dissidents to stop eating to demand the release of all prisoners of conscience.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:20:07am |
re: #175 MandyManners
Cuba has a military? Send them to Tampa. We can teach them what "redneck" means.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:20:16am |
re: #173 Cannadian Club Akbar
None. (I do think Gulf War 1 went well) I hate to be a person who asks a question with a question, but can you find a common denominator?
Congress and the American people stayed in support of WW2. (Actually, we accomplished what we set out to do in the "unfinished" Korean action. I was glad to end Gulf 1 as we did, but many aren't.
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stonemason Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:20:25am |
re: #166 Cannadian Club Akbar
IIRC, you are correct. We haven't been at war since WW2. That is why I love the whole "illegal war" meme. Korea? Not a war. Vietnam? Not a war. Iraq 1. Not a war. Iraq 2? Not a war. Afghanistan? Not a war. And they can bite me.
you forgot Grenada...
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:22:53am |
re: #173 Cannadian Club Akbar
None. (I do think Gulf War 1 went well) I hate to be a person who asks a question with a question, but can you find a common denominator?
I would disagree about the Korean War. Media culture certainly portrays it as a stalemate at best, and a defeat when they can. They do this by commonly (mis)portraying the war as an effort to conquer the communist north and unify it with the free south. The facts are very different, however. There is no doubt at all that the war started with Kim Il Sung's effort to bring the south into his Stalinist state. In this, he was comprehensively defeated. His Chinese allies lost over a million soldiers by their own admission and this made Mao very leery of military adventurism for the rest of his tenure, though this was not commonly realized in the west.
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freetoken Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:24:29am |
re: #169 Shiplord Kirel
From Wikipedia entry on Alcohol withdrawal syndrome, some symptoms:
Agitation
Confusion
Delirium tremensThese may be hallucinations, or illusions related to the environment, e.g., patterns on the wallpaper that the patient perceives as giant spiders attacking him or her.
Derealization..is an alteration in the perception or experience of the external world so that it seems strange or unreal...
Euphoria
Fear
Hallucinations
Psychosis
Sweating
Yeah, I think Beck qualifies...
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:24:34am |
re: #175 MandyManners
Being a military dictatorship means never having to say you're sorry.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:24:51am |
re: #177 Decatur Deb
Congress and the American people stayed in support of WW2. (Actually, we accomplished what we set out to do in the "unfinished" Korean action. I was glad to end Gulf 1 as we did, but many aren't.
The UN tied George H.W. Bush's hands. I hate the UN. Fucking Blue Helmet rapist.
re: #178 stonemason
you forgot Grenada...
I have a book by a guy that was there. Grenada= pussies.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:27:33am |
Critics are also pointing to the nomination as evidence of Democratic hypocrisy for accusing the Bush administration, specifically his attorney general, Alberto Gonzalez, of politicizing the Justice Department in the firing of several attorneys.
"When President Obama said he wanted to restore the independence and dignity of the U.S. attorney's office, in light of the Alberto Gonzalez fiasco, then appoints a political activist and party fundraiser, it seems a little to me like 'politics as usual' than 'change we can believe in,'" Bill Brudvik, a candidate for the post, told the Fargo Forum.
Purdon, a lawyer since 1995 who lacks any prosecutorial experience, has donated more than $12,000 to Democratic causes since 2000, including $2,300 to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
He was also state chairman for John Edwards' failed presidential bid.
SNIP
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:28:02am |
re: #179 Shiplord Kirel
I would disagree about the Korean War. Media culture certainly portrays it as a stalemate at best, and a defeat when they can. They do this by commonly (mis)portraying the war as an effort to conquer the communist north and unify it with the free south. The facts are very different, however. There is no doubt at all that the war started with Kim Il Sung's effort to bring the south into his Stalinist state. In this, he was comprehensively defeated. His Chinese allies lost over a million soldiers by their own admission and this made Mao very leery of military adventurism for the rest of his tenure, though this was not commonly realized in the west.
I get you. But do we have a treaty with the Norks? Or just an Armistice?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:28:59am |
re: #182 Cannadian Club Akbar
I have a book by a guy that was there. Grenada= pussies.
Soviets and Cubans.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:30:28am |
re: #184 Cannadian Club Akbar
I get you. But do we have a treaty with the Norks? Or just an Armistice?
Cease fire. Negotiations continue, IIRC. Rounds are occasionally traded.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:31:17am |
re: #185 MandyManners
Soviets and Cubans.
I can be in Cuba in 4 hours drive and 2 hours boat. But Che is da man.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:35:23am |
re: #188 Cannadian Club Akbar
I can be in Cuba in 4 hours drive and 2 hours boat. But Che is da dead man.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:37:35am |
Carter was prompted by the recent ethics committee’s “public admonishment” of Rangel, who should have known better than to accept private travel expenses from a corporation, a two-page report on the matter concluded.
But last week’s decision was unrelated to the exhaustive ethics investigation into a host of questionable matters related to Rangel’s past tax practices, financial disclosures and personal property arrangements.
The former Texas District Court judge, in an interview with The Hill, explained his plan to reignite a lengthy crusade to force a House vote on Rangel’s fate atop the tax-writing panel.
SNIP
“The other allegations were not addressed. The tax issues, the apartment issues, subsidized apartment, and using his public stationery to raise money for his private charity -- those are still pending,” Carter said.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:40:10am |
FWIW, I went to the store the other day. Smokes, beer, the usual. The girl behind the counter said. $19.85. Then she said it was a good year. i told her that it was a good year. I had just graduated from high skool. She then told me it was a good year because she escaped communism at that point. My eyes got wet. She was from China.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:43:16am |
The stench of hypocrisy is strong.
Don't get Pelosi wrong. Surely, if a powerful House member "has proven himself to be ethically unfit" we know "the burden" indeed "falls upon" his party to oust him. In such a case, party leaders would obviously ask: "Do they want to remove the ethical cloud that hangs over the Capitol?"So Pelosi explained in October 2004. The subject was Tom DeLay. The House ethics committee had admonished the Republican majority leader. DeLay used the Federal Aviation Administration to track Democratic state rivals. He hosted a fundraiser with energy lobbyists while energy legislation was under consideration.
Pelosi argued: "We must stop the influence of special interests so that the people know that we are here for the people's interests."
After all, this is why we have institutions like the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service. Except, that is, for the namesake and the center. An oil drilling company (special interest) made a $1 million donation to Rangel's center. The quid pro quo, allegedly, included legislative favors. The matter, like so much of Rangel's world, is under investigation.
Rangel has one of the powerful jobs in government. The New York Democrat is chairman of the House Ways and Means committee. The committee has jurisdiction over all taxation. And that's the rub. Rangel has a problem paying all his taxes.
SNIP
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:44:37am |
re: #193 MandyManners
Rangel is on my douchebag list.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 3:51:43am |
re: #194 Cannadian Club Akbar
Rangel is on my douchebag list.
We could do it like the old spy movies: Line up a bunch of Dem d/b's at one side of a bridge, and a bunch of Repubs on the other. Let one of each start towards the other side simultaneously. (But we leave out several panels of decking in the center of the bridge.)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:05:23am |
re: #133 Cannadian Club Akbar
I have never heard of the Rape of Nanking. I love this place because smart people hang here. Can you enlighten me, please?
O_O wow! I learned about it in junior high.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:07:55am |
re: #196 WindUpBird
A lot of HS history bogs down around Reconstruction. If it weren't for TV documentaries, we would lose the recent past.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:08:38am |
re: #169 Shiplord Kirel
Glenn beck blames drunkenness for liberalism, or vice versa.
I think he just discovered there was no money in being a raving, hysterical, batshit crazy
libmorning zoo host on cocaine, the market having been saturated bycommitted amateursbad Clearchannel radio.
:D
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:09:35am |
re: #197 Decatur Deb
A lot of HS history bogs down around Reconstruction. If it weren't for TV documentaries, we would lose the recent past.
I was also in a lot of advanced placement classes, so we zeroed in on a lot of stuff that wouldn't have gotten covered in a normal history class, I suspect.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:13:22am |
re: #199 WindUpBird
I had some dead time between semesters in a good library. For fun, I read all the periodicals from the week/month after Pearl Harbor. The most enlightening was a blank page, with a small note that the columnist had enlisted.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:13:38am |
Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi also described Sunday in the 43-minute video his recruitment by Jordanian intelligence and how he double crossed them after they sent him to Afghanistan to spy on al-Qaeda.
The video was apparently filmed shortly before the 32-year-old al-Balawi blew himself up at a CIA facility on Dec. 30 in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost where he'd been invited to reveal information on al-Qaeda No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri.
SNIP
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:19:45am |
Good Morning to Charles Private Lizard Army!
VDH has a great article up:
The Tragic Truth of War
What we dare not say: Killing the enemy brings victory.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:30:59am |
re: #202 rwdflynavy
Some things we do not speak of...
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:32:24am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:34:10am |
re: #205 rwdflynavy
nah... I was being sarcastic.
It's funny. You really don't hear people speak of it.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:35:08am |
re: #205 rwdflynavy
Cool article, btw. Thanks.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:35:24am |
re: #206 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
nah... I was being sarcastic.
It's funny. You really don't hear people speak of it.
Got it! I always am concerned I will link to a verboten site!
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:37:37am |
And then there is the khaki and jungle green for the army departments - not to mention the dark shirts that the officers wear.
In the past the army just used one colour, but now everyone has his own choice
Qais Ibrahim
Tailor
Iraqi police, military and local security forces are growing as the Americans prepare for a large-scale withdrawal of their troops.This has given rise to a burgeoning industry, providing uniforms for the hundreds of thousands of people employed at checkpoints and on patrols across the country.
But in recent months, a number of high-profile attacks have been carried out by bombers wearing the uniforms of the Iraqi security forces.
Now the government has started cracking down.
SNIP
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:39:12am |
re: #208 rwdflynavy
Don't look to me to point out those things. I normally don't go to other sites.
"Kill him a lot."
-Amilyn - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:41:56am |
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:43:54am |
re: #210 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Don't look to me to point out those things. I normally don't go to other sites.
"Kill him a lot."
-Amilyn - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Joss Whedon writes some of the best dialog on television. The cancellation of Firefly was a travesty.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:48:06am |
Attempted dhimmification.
But at one Minnesota public school, critics may be in for something more sinister. Khalid Elmasry says in an affidavit that after he criticized Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TiZA), which his child used to attend, the school's executive director made a statement at a parent meeting that Elmasry took "as an attempt to incite violence against me and my family." Even more disturbing is what Janeha Edwards -- a former administrative assistant at the school -- says in an affidavit the director suggested after she displeased him: "We could just kill you, yeah tell your husband we'll do his job for him."
These bizarre developments are described in documents filed in a legal battle royal between TiZA -- a K-8 charter school with campuses in Inver Grove Heights and Blaine -- and the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota. Last year, the ACLU filed a federal suit claiming that TiZA impermissibly promotes religion.
In January, the ACLU sought a protective order, telling the court that intimidation by TiZA was discouraging potential witnesses from appearing. On Feb. 10, the court barred witness harassment or intimidation by either party.
Elmasry is one witness who sought such protection. In January, he testified about TiZA's financial entanglement with the Muslim American Society of Minnesota at a Minnesota Senate subcommittee hearing on charter school lease aid. Shortly thereafter, Elmasry says in an affidavit, he was informed by a friend and TIZA parent that TiZA authorities had called a parent meeting, where they showed a video of Elmasry's testimony. Then, according to the parent's account, Asad Zaman, the school's director and an imam -- or Muslim religious leader -- accused Elmasry of talking to the Minnesota Department of Education and "selling" his "Iman," meaning his Islamic faith, according to Elmasry's affidavit.
Elmasry was frightened, he says. "It is well-known in Islam that a Muslim who rejects his or her faith is committing an act punishable by death," according to his affidavit. "There are many accounts of Muslims taking matters into their own hands and killing people they believe have sold or rejected their Islamic faith or Iman."
SNIP
According to the ACLU, the alleged pattern of intimidation extends to any "who might speak publicly about events at TiZA and its use of public funds." Even Chuck Samuelson, the ACLU's executive director, has been a target. In July 2009, the school filed a defamation claim in excess of $100,000 against the ACLU, citing Samuelson's simple statement that "[TiZA is] a theocratic school ... as plain as the substantial nose on my face."
Alan Dershowitz, a noted Harvard law professor, has described TiZA's defamation claim as "lawfare -- the use of law as a weapon of warfare." Controversial Islamic organizations "sue their critics for defamation, not with the intent to win the case, but with the hope of imposing an unaffordably high cost on criticism of their actions," he and Elizabeth Samson wrote in the British newspaper the Guardian.
SNIP
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:48:49am |
re: #212 Decatur Deb
Perhaps these guys can wear their old uniforms:
[Link: www.google.com...]
I'm not too sure about this plan.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:52:39am |
re: #215 MandyManners
I'm not too sure about this plan.
Yeah. It might once have made some kind of sense to preserve that officer corps, but we've already paid the price.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:53:55am |
Just woke up after a nap. Should I make a red sauce or just loose meat sammies today?
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:55:01am |
re: #218 Cannadian Club Akbar
Just woke up after a nap. Should I make a red sauce or just loose meat sammies today?
You're a lizard. You blog. You don't sleep, don't eat.
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:55:06am |
re: #218 Cannadian Club Akbar
Just woke up after a nap. Should I make a red sauce or just loose meat sammies today?
It's Sunday. Go for the sauce.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:55:15am |
Bite my shiny, metal ass, Markos.
Quite the schedule for a backbencher with no power base within the party, a loser whose re-election to the Senate -- heck, survival in his own primary! -- is in serious jeopardy.
When I was on Meet the Press in December, David Gregory asked me what he could do to make the show better. I said, "stop having John McCain on". He and his producers nodded, seemingly acknowledging the ridiculousness of McCain's incessant appearances.
SNIP
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:57:29am |
re: #220 SixDegrees
It's Sunday. Go for the sauce.
With the sauce, I can actually do both. Pasta today, sammies tomorrow. That works.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 4:58:27am |
The draft of air stirs charred Bible pages. The walls are sooty and the building smells of scorched plastic. Metro Tabernacle Church was the first of 11 churches set on fire by angry Muslims -- all because of one word. "Allah," Kevin Ang whispers.
SNIP
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Unakite Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:00:40am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:08:16am |
Joseph P. Kennedy III, one of the twin sons of former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, may run this fall if Democratic Rep. William Delahunt decides against seeking re-election in his South Shore and Cape Cod district.
Kennedy, 29, "has been considering it but he hasn't made a decision," said the Democrat, who demanded anonymity to speak about private conversations with the father and son.
SNIP
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:08:54am |
Watching my mom's house. She has very little stuff to make sauce with. But, it's on the stove. I pray I find some Angel Hair.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:12:38am |
re: #226 MandyManners
They need to just go away. And they need not tell me to sell drugs. Booze was considered a drug at one point, correct?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:13:42am |
re: #228 Cannadian Club Akbar
They need to just go away. And they need not tell me to sell drugs. Booze was considered a drug at one point, correct?
It still is a drug if you define it as a mind-altering substance.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:16:10am |
re: #229 MandyManners
It still is a drug if you define it as a mind-altering substance.
Please. Acid does that. But, being an Alky can get you gubment benefits.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:17:28am |
re: #230 Cannadian Club Akbar
Please. Acid does that. But, being an Alky can get you gubment benefits.
You can get bennies if you're a heroin addict.
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:19:39am |
Score! I just found a two-quart Ziploc bag full of homemade turkey soup in the freezer, left over from Thanksgiving. So lunch is taken care of for most of the week.
There's a goose in there, too. I may have to do something about that next weekend.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:20:24am |
re: #231 MandyManners
You can get bennies if you're a heroin addict.
I did heroin once. (smoked it) I threw up and fell asleep. Party!! Not.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:21:15am |
re: #232 SixDegrees
You just need some biscuits!!!!!
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:21:19am |
re: #232 SixDegrees
Score! I just found a two-quart Ziploc bag full of homemade turkey soup in the freezer, left over from Thanksgiving. So lunch is taken care of for most of the week.
There's a goose in there, too. I may have to do something about that next weekend.
Is it dead?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:21:46am |
re: #233 Cannadian Club Akbar
I did heroin once. (smoked it) I threw up and fell asleep. Party!! Not.
Mushrooms reportedly make you puke, too.
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:22:10am |
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:24:26am |
re: #234 Cannadian Club Akbar
You just need some biscuits!!!
Not gonna happen, unless the biscuit fairy shows up with a basketful. I suck at baking, and have finally decided to just admit it and move on.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:26:24am |
Some grin; others scowl. They point accusingly at unseen enemies or extend open arms in a show of unity. Men appear in tailored suits to suggest cosmopolitanism, in tribal robes to appeal to more traditional Iraqis and in clerical turbans as a reminder to the devout. Thanks to a government quota, one in four candidates is female, and they reflect the broad spectrum of Iraqi womanhood, from lipstick and highlighted hair to bare faces framed by flowing black cloaks.
"If votes were counted according to the amount of time spent staring at the posters, she would definitely win," said Bilal Nouri, a supermarket worker in Fallujah who gazed longingly at a poster of an attractive female candidate.
Analyzing, judging and — especially — mocking all this posturing has become a national pastime as Iraqis prepare to vote on March 7. Not only a way to needle the political elite, it's much safer for ordinary Iraqis to make fun of the 6,000 or so candidates than it is for them to voice their opinions on the issues: securing the nation, religious vs. nationalist agendas, rampant corruption, the lack of basic services and a dismal economy.
SNIP
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:26:37am |
re: #233 Cannadian Club Akbar
I did heroin once. (smoked it) I threw up and fell asleep. Party!! Not.
A friend of mine smoked crack once. A few hours afterward, he started having a terrible jones for more, including hallucinations of a crack pipe floating in front of his face. Scared the living shit right out of him, and he never went near the stuff again. After hearing about it, I never had any desire to even be in the same room with the stuff. Seriously bad mojo.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:26:45am |
re: #236 MandyManners
Mushrooms reportedly make you puke, too.
This is true. Shrooms do make you puke. Did those once as well. And my neighbor chased down a couple kids looking for shrooms on his property. He is a whole bit redneck and he didn't play with the kids.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:29:17am |
re: #238 SixDegrees
Not gonna happen, unless the biscuit fairy shows up with a basketful. I suck at baking, and have finally decided to just admit it and move on.
I have a biscuit recipe on my fridge, but I'm not at home. Very easy. I think 4 total ingredients. I'll get it to you.
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:29:45am |
re: #242 Cannadian Club Akbar
I have a biscuit recipe on my fridge, but I'm not at home. Very easy. I think 4 total ingredients. I'll get it to you.
Thanks. I'll find a way to ruin it.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:32:18am |
re: #243 SixDegrees
Thanks. I'll find a way to ruin it.
You will jump for joy once you do it. Joy won't be happy, though.
/
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:34:31am |
re: #241 Cannadian Club Akbar
This is true. Shrooms do make you puke. Did those once as well. And my neighbor chased down a couple kids looking for shrooms on his property. He is a whole bit redneck and he didn't play with the kids.
I was thinking about trying them once until someone told me what to expect. And, there is no quality control to them--I'd hate to get a deadly one.
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:35:03am |
re: #245 Cannadian Club Akbar
You will jump for joy once you do it. Joy won't be happy, though.
/
I've had a hankering for Spanish rice lately, and that's gonna get made tonight. Haven't had it for years. My grandmother used to make it, so it's one of those childhood comfort foods for me. I don't have her recipe, but I think I can get pretty close.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:35:50am |
re: #247 MandyManners
I was thinking about trying them once until someone told me what to expect. And, there is no quality control to them--I'd hate to get a deadly one.
Just look for a purple ring. Around the cap.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:36:44am |
re: #249 Cannadian Club Akbar
Just look for a purple ring. Around the cap.
If you know what I mean...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:36:56am |
re: #248 SixDegrees
You might need Saffron. Not cheap.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:38:36am |
re: #247 MandyManners
I was thinking about trying them once until someone told me what to expect. And, there is no quality control to them--I'd hate to get a deadly one.
never did anything stronger than hash. Had someone offer me cocaine once, and I said "No Thanks, I might like it too much."
Found out later that cocaine is a definite no no for ADD type people. Now my recreational chemistry is limited to the fine products of the Guinness company.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:39:11am |
re: #248 SixDegrees
I've had a hankering for Spanish rice lately, and that's gonna get made tonight. Haven't had it for years. My grandmother used to make it, so it's one of those childhood comfort foods for me. I don't have her recipe, but I think I can get pretty close.
There is a Rice in Spanish Harlem..
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:39:41am |
re: #251 Cannadian Club Akbar
You might need Saffron. Not cheap.
I've got some, but the rice I'm talking about doesn't use it. I think it's also called Mexican rice, although I doubt it has anything to do with either Spain or Mexico. Rice, browned with some oil first along with onions and garlic, then finished in chicken broth and diced tomatoes.
I've made paella before, and that needs saffron. Fortunately, a little bit goes a long, long way.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:39:57am |
re: #251 Cannadian Club Akbar
You might need Saffron. Not cheap.
Sage advice...Do you think she has thyme?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:40:16am |
re: #249 Cannadian Club Akbar
Just look for a purple ring. Around the cap.
I wouldn't eat one for any amount of money now.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:40:30am |
re: #252 PT Barnum
never did anything stronger than hash. Had someone offer me cocaine once, and I said "No Thanks, I might like it too much."
Found out later that cocaine is a definite no no for ADD type people. Now my recreational chemistry is limited to the fine products of the Guinness company.
Coke makes your dick shrink and paranoia. What's not to love?
//
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:40:46am |
re: #252 PT Barnum
never did anything stronger than hash. Had someone offer me cocaine once, and I said "No Thanks, I might like it too much."
Found out later that cocaine is a definite no no for ADD type people. Now my recreational chemistry is limited to the fine products of the Guinness company.
I tried coke once. It made me shut up and sit down.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:41:53am |
re: #258 MandyManners
I tried coke once. It made me shut up and sit down.
I snorted Coke once but the carbonation made me sneeze..
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laZardo Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:41:56am |
I've never done illegal drugs. I've never even abused my prescription meds.
I'm so square. ;_;
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:42:51am |
re: #258 MandyManners
I tried coke once. It made me shut up and sit down.
Well at least that worked. Getting you on a blog didn't.
/
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:44:16am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:45:46am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:46:05am |
FWIW, I don't use drugs. Not even OTC drugs. No pot, acid or anything else. I drink beer and smoke cigs. That's it.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:46:08am |
re: #260 laZardo
I've never done illegal drugs. I've never even abused my prescription meds.
I'm so square. ;_;
Oooh. A vrigin.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:46:22am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:48:18am |
re: #264 Cannadian Club Akbar
FWIW, I don't use drugs. Not even OTC drugs. No pot, acid or anything else. I drink beer and smoke cigs. That's it.
I dropped acid at a Rush concert. Geddy Lee turned into a crow and flew across the coliseum's ceiling.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:49:21am |
re: #22 shiplord kirel
Have you tried feigning insanity? I've heard your voice on some radio call-in show that was hosted on LGF once - you've got a gift for vocal theatrics, and it sounds to me like it's high time you used it.
Call up the USPS.
Clerk: Post office, how may I..
Shiplord Kirel: DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS!?
Clerk: ... uh
SK: THIS IS YOUR MOTHER. (have Bach organ music and lightning sound effects playing in the background)
Clerk: (bewilderment)
SK: EAT YOUR PEAS. CLEAN YOUR ROOM. DELIVER MY MAIL.
Clerk: Sir, how...
SK: YOU'RE GROUNDED. (hang up abruptly)
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:50:21am |
re: #268 MandyManners
I dropped acid at a Rush concert. Geddy Lee turned into a crow and flew across the coliseum's ceiling.
I've seen Rush 4 times. TOOL is where the acid should be dropped. Or ex.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:53:17am |
re: #272 Cannadian Club Akbar
Skinny Puppy > TOOL.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:54:20am |
re: #271 negativ
Have you tried feigning insanity? I've heard your voice on some radio call-in show that was hosted on LGF once - you've got a gift for vocal theatrics, and it sounds to me like it's high time you used it.
Call up the USPS.
Clerk: Post office, how may I..
Shiplord Kirel: DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS!?
Clerk: ... uh
SK: THIS IS YOUR MOTHER. (have Bach organ music and lightning sound effects playing in the background)
Clerk: (bewilderment)
SK: EAT YOUR PEAS. CLEAN YOUR ROOM. DELIVER MY MAIL.
Clerk: Sir, how...
SK: YOU'RE GROUNDED. (hang up abruptly)
I called Dell once. I heard.. "This is Gary. How may I help you." I guess I'm a racists.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 5:56:06am |
re: #274 Cannadian Club Akbar
I forgot to mention he was in Pak-e-stan..
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:00:06am |
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Only The Lurker Knows Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:04:21am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:06:03am |
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Cathypop Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:06:27am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:07:43am |
I am at my mom's house. She keeps the heat on 78 or so. I need no heat. Guess my mom is getting old.
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Only The Lurker Knows Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:13:23am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:13:52am |
re: #282 Cannadian Club Akbar
And my mom never makes da sauce. I do this.
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Only The Lurker Knows Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:16:33am |
re: #281 Cathypop
Yep. I can't believe I actually googled that. Slow news day I guess.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:18:12am |
Good Morning Lizards!
Here is a sad story about 2 brothers and sports.. Jay and Mark Mcgwire
[Link: sports.espn.go.com...]
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:18:13am |
re: #279 Bubblehead II
She was just passin' throooo
But if things work out
She's gonna staaaaay
A whiiiiiile
Puh puh puh puh paaaaa.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:18:16am |
re: #285 Bubblehead II
Yep. I can't believe I actually googled that. Slow news day I guess.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:19:51am |
re: #285 Bubblehead II
Yep. I can't believe I actually googled that. Slow news day I guess.
I went to LA and asked for grits. A Santa Monica Restaurant. They said, "What is a grit."
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:21:39am |
re: #289 Cannadian Club Akbar
I have no idea what "grits" are, but for whatever reason I associate "grits" with "chitlins", and "chitlins" is something I wouldn't eat even if I was starving to death.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:21:45am |
re: #289 Cannadian Club Akbar
I went to LA and asked for grits. A Santa Monica Restaurant. They said, "What is a grit."
"A" grit?
LOL!
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Only The Lurker Knows Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:22:11am |
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:22:11am |
re: #289 Cannadian Club Akbar
I went to LA and asked for grits. A Santa Monica Restaurant. They said, "What is a grit."
Grits aren't big in California.. I've never had them myself
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:23:04am |
re: #290 negativ
I have no idea what "grits" are, but for whatever reason I associate "grits" with "chitlins", and "chitlins" is something I wouldn't eat even if I was starving to death.
Girl
Raised
In
The
South.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:23:32am |
re: #290 negativ
I have no idea what "grits" are, but for whatever reason I associate "grits" with "chitlins", and "chitlins" is something I wouldn't eat even if I was starving to death.
Grits are homeny. chitlens are pig intestines. There is a difference.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:23:48am |
re: #292 Bubblehead II
I like rising before the sun but, it happened really early today. Heck, I've been up for more than four hours.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:23:50am |
re: #294 MandyManners
But(t),
what is it?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:24:21am |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:25:10am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:25:10am |
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:25:12am |
re: #295 Cannadian Club Akbar
Grits are homeny. chitlens are pig intestines. There is a difference.
What is Homeny? Is that corn?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:27:59am |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:28:59am |
re: #301 HoosierHoops
It's corn with a problem.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:29:53am |
re: #302 Cannadian Club Akbar
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
Thanks..I thought it was some kind of corn.. I would eat grits then...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:32:14am |
re: #305 HoosierHoops
Thanks..I thought it was some kind of corn.. I would eat grits then...
Grits with butter RULE!!!!! Just sayin'.....
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:33:45am |
As Quasimodo sees Esmerelda.
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RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:33:58am |
re: #305 HoosierHoops
Thanks..I thought it was some kind of corn.. I would eat grits then...
Hoosier, have you made it down to Metamora since you've been in Indiana? The have an operating stone grist mill, good stuff.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:34:35am |
re: #306 Cannadian Club Akbar
Grits with butter RULE!!! Just sayin'...
Add shrimp to that, but you need to know how to make the base.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:35:40am |
Oh my..The sports reporters is on...This morning they finally have a woman on the panel.. And who is it? Rachel Nichols...
She is really smart.. And a great reporter
and really smoking hot..
I wish she was on every week my favorite show
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:36:12am |
re: #308 RogueOne
Hoosier, have you made it down to Metamora since you've been in Indiana? The have an operating stone grist mill, good stuff.
No..where is that?
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:37:30am |
re: #290 negativ
I have no idea what "grits" are, but for whatever reason I associate "grits" with "chitlins", and "chitlins" is something I wouldn't eat even if I was starving to death.
Grits == polenta.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:39:27am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:40:40am |
re: #290 negativ
I have no idea what "grits" are, but for whatever reason I associate "grits" with "chitlins", and "chitlins" is something I wouldn't eat even if I was starving to death.
I thought I spelled it wrong. Guess not.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:42:01am |
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Only The Lurker Knows Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:42:18am |
Time to run. Have a good day.
L8R
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:42:24am |
re: #300 Cannadian Club Akbar
So, we wonna get married soon?
/
I'll have my attorneys talk to your attorneys about the pre-nup.
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RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:42:48am |
re: #311 HoosierHoops
No..where is that?
It's on Hwy 52 about an hour outside of Cincinnati, not far from batesville if you take 74. We go down pretty often during the summer, lots of places to canoe and camp.
[Link: www.metamoraindiana.com...]
I'm fascinated by old buildings and technology and Metamora has a working wood aquaduct. It's amazing what people were able to accomplish with such primitive tooling.
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:43:20am |
re: #313 negativ
Oh, I see.
People eat that on purpose?
They're great for carb loading. They take the place of potatoes or rice as a bland, starchy base that other foods can impose their flavors upon.
They're not really meant to be eaten by themselves.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:44:31am |
re: #317 MandyManners
I'll have my attorneys talk to your attorneys about the pre-nup.
You bring the sexy at bedtime, we good.:)
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:45:34am |
re: #318 RogueOne
It's on Hwy 52 about an hour outside of Cincinnati, not far from batesville if you take 74. We go down pretty often during the summer, lots of places to canoe and camp.
[Link: www.metamoraindiana.com...]
I'm fascinated by old buildings and technology and Metamora has a working wood aquaduct. It's amazing what people were able to accomplish with such primitive tooling.
I'll drive down there this summer to check it out.. My last tour of Indiana...
I missed the bridge festival here...
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:46:38am |
re: #320 Cannadian Club Akbar
You bring the sexy at bedtime, we good.:)
Best leave it where it is...you know the one food that completely destroys a woman's sex drive?
Wedding Cake.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:50:49am |
Comparisons between the two countries will no doubt be much discussed when the U.N. hosts a conference in New York City on March 31 to hash out how best to help Haiti rebuild. Donor governments already know why there was so much less destruction in Chile: it's because the government there forces builders to adhere to rigorous codes, while Haiti's incorrigible corruption and carelessness left such regulation all but non-existent. On the global corruption index put out by Transparency International, a Berlin-based nonprofit that lists countries from the least to most corrupt, Chile ranks 25th and Haiti 168th. And while Chilean President Michelle Bachelet hit the streets on Saturday reassuring citizens about her government's earthquake response, Haitian President Rene Preval has been AWOL for weeks.
SNIP
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:50:57am |
re: #323 RogueOne
When do you take off for good?
Winston and I are out of here in August...I'm not taking much to Singapore.. We'll drive to Napa in July and put my stuff in storage including my Car at my dad's house...I'll just rent an apt. in some high rise building in the trade free zone.
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:51:03am |
re: #290 negativ
I have no idea what "grits" are, but for whatever reason I associate "grits" with "chitlins", and "chitlins" is something I wouldn't eat even if I was starving to death.
While I agree about chitlins, there's a place here in Detroit that processes and sells all the nasty bits of the pig most people stay far away from. Their motto, which absolutely belongs on a T-shirt, is We Clean the Shit out of Chitlins!
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:51:57am |
re: #328 SixDegrees
While I agree about chitlins, there's a place here in Detroit that processes and sells all the nasty bits of the pig most people stay far away from. Their motto, which absolutely belongs on a T-shirt, is We Clean the Shit out of Chitlins!
I always thought it should be spelled shitlins
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laZardo Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:53:36am |
re: #328 SixDegrees
Where I live, I think we call it sizzling sisig.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:56:11am |
1960.
Two small mountains sank out of sight, a 25-mile stretch of high ground dropped 1,000 feet, and new lakes were formed. Volcanic ash rose 23,000 ft. into the sky. Seismic waves washed away 630 of the 800 citizens of the fishing village of Queilen.
SNIP
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 6:58:11am |
re: #332 MandyManners
And thus, Taco Bell's dollar menu was born.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:00:00am |
The Little green football prayer list
We pray Lord for the people of Chili…Comfort those in need today
We pray Father for The Haitian people ... They cry out for help and comfort in this hour.
Bless those that have died…Comfort the survivors. Heal those that are wounded.
Guide the first responders and the doctors and keep them safe.
Heal their Nation..
FBV: Lord we pray for his mother while she deals with cancer…Bring Strength,
Grace and comfort to her and Veggies Family…
We pray Oh Lord for Lazardo’s Family and His Dad’s health
Ausador: Parents
Guanxi88: Best wishes and lizard mojo to my wife's best friend. her father committed suicide not two weeks after her mother succumbed to cancer.
Reine: Health and Family
gregb - 4 year old son who suffered a head injury last Friday and spent the
weekend in the ICU with some lingering effects all week.
Irish Rose… midlife retraining for a new career
I.R. My Marine was just taken into medical at MCAS Miramar, they think that he may have a blood clot in his leg.
SteveC: Two friends, one needs heart surgery, and one might.
If you could add Sherman Nugent and his family to the prayer list, it would be greatly appreciated. He was a professor at my school since 1968, and a good friend to many. He only stopped teaching and conducting research a couple of semesters ago. Not sure if adding a link to obituaries is customary or not, but here it is: link
Thanks
Dark_Falcon Hoops, I have a late addition to the Prayer List: Last week my siter fell and seriously fractured her ankle. She has cerebral palsy, and though two surgeries have enabled her to walk normally, when she hurries she can still fall sometimes. This time she got hurt badly and your thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
My other friend got a surgical date in January. She quickly got tired of the waiting and asked the surgeon if she could reschedule earlier. Now she's set for Nov 16
Jadespring: Our prayers go out to your sister…May she be healed
Baseballmom57: My God grant grace and healing to her son…
lurking faith… prayers for an aunt
,
Beekiller: Sister has been diagnosed with Cancer…We pray for a speedy recovery
Wlewisiii: Son John has the H1N1 flu….May God touch and heal him this morning
FBV: Add my friend Jeff. Recently diagnosed with ALS. His family will watch him fade and die over the next three to five years. Wife and two kids (kids are young adults).
Prairiefire: Health for Family and friends
Mcspiff: if you could add my uncle to the list. He went in for surgery today and it didn't go so well. Extra organs had to come out, etc. Still just hearing bits and pieces now. But any prayers would be greatly appreciated.
Yesandno’s husband passed away Friday.. Pray for her comfort
Thank you Lord
In Memoriam:
Obi Wan
Dublin(CA)Dude
USMC 1968
ElderZion
All our Troops who have died protecting our Freedom and their families.
Lord. Hear our Prayers
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:01:18am |
The exercise was watched by military attaches from about 30 countries but not Pakistan and China, neighbors who would be keen to take a look at India's military firepower.
It follows the first official talks between India and Pakistan since the militant attacks in Mumbai in 2008.
The talks ended with an agreement to keep in touch, signaling relations remain fraught despite a desire to reopen a dialogue that India suspended after the Mumbai killings.
SNIP
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laZardo Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:06:00am |
re: #334 HoosierHoops
Amendment plz:
Dad is actually in relatively good health. He's applying for an Asian Olympic Committee-run sporting event in Oman that pays enough to alleviate the financial problems my family's in and he needs to pass the medical test there (as well as wait on his visa, as Oman is backwater compared to neighbor UAE and thus isn't as...hasty about things.)
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:06:28am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:08:06am |
Information Minister Dora Akunyili also told the Nigerian newspaper ThisDay that no one has seen President Umaru Yar'Adua besides his wife and few other trusted aides since he returned Wednesday — not even the nation's acting president.
Yar'Adua, 58, arrived in Nigeria under the cover of darkness at the nation's capital airport, an adviser said, apparently leaving in an ambulance escorted by a heavily armed military guard. He had left the country Nov. 23 and spent three months at a Saudi hospital, where his physician said he had been diagnosed with acute pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart.
SNIP
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:08:14am |
I don't want to make apple pie, or the universe.
I just want a hot cup of coffee.
(fresh, with cream and sugar)
HOw are you-all this morning?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:11:10am |
re: #337 negativ
You know who could solve that region's problems once and for all?
[Video]
That's who.
It won't play for me but here's a lovely and rhythmic tune from India.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:11:39am |
re: #340 ggt
I don't want to make apple pie, or the universe.
I just want a hot cup of coffee.
(fresh, with cream and sugar)HOw are you-all this morning?
I've been up for five hours.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:11:49am |
re: #340 ggt
I don't want to make apple pie, or the universe.
I just want a hot cup of coffee.
(fresh, with cream and sugar)HOw are you-all this morning?
Good Morning ggt
No sugar girl! It will kill you in the end.. Go sweet and low or something
*wink*
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:12:21am |
re: #322 HoosierHoops
I'll drive down there this summer to check it out.. My last tour of Indiana...
I missed the bridge festival here...
That part of the country is exceptionally beautiful. Mark Twain-type country.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:12:59am |
re: #343 HoosierHoops
Good Morning ggt
No sugar girl! It will kill you in the end.. Go sweet and low or something
*wink*
That stuff will kill me too. For only 16 calories per tsp--I'll go with the old fashioned stuff.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:13:16am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:13:37am |
ETA chief Ibon Gogeascoechea and two other suspected separatists were arrested in a joint French-Spanish police operation in the village of Cahan, France, following a long surveillance operation on a cottage that had been rented using false identity papers, said Spanish Interior Minister Alferdo Perez Rubalcaba.
"We understand one of those detained is the maximum leader of ETA at this moment," he said at a nationally televised news conference.
The two other suspects were part of an ETA "commando unit" that was preparing "to enter Spain almost certainly with the worst of intentions," Rubalcaba said.
SNIP
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:14:48am |
re: #346 ggt
When I woke up, I figured I could either fight it and try to go back to sleep or get up and start the day.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:15:28am |
re: #341 MandyManners
It won't play for me but here's a lovely and rhythmic tune from India.
[Video]
Hat-tip to Kilgore.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:15:30am |
With all the natural occurrences lately, I wonder if the TV evangelists an various snake-oil salesmen are making money. Perhaps I should buy stock.
What is the NYSE symbol for Conspiracies Inc? Is there one for Rapture Unlimited?
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:16:25am |
re: #341 MandyManners
It won't play for me but here's a lovely and rhythmic tune from India.
[Video]
I LOVE that train ride. I actually bought it from iTunes.
Someday I'll see the movie.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:19:31am |
re: #334 HoosierHoops
The Little green football prayer list
We pray Lord for the people of Chili…Comfort those in need today
We pray Father for The Haitian people ... They cry out for help and comfort in this hour.
Bless those that have died…Comfort the survivors. Heal those that are wounded.
Guide the first responders and the doctors and keep them safe.
Heal their Nation..
FBV: Lord we pray for his mother while she deals with cancer…Bring Strength,
Grace and comfort to her and Veggies Family…
We pray Oh Lord for Lazardo’s Family and His Dad’s health
Ausador: Parents
Guanxi88: Best wishes and lizard mojo to my wife's best friend. her father committed suicide not two weeks after her mother succumbed to cancer.
Reine: Health and Family
gregb - 4 year old son who suffered a head injury last Friday and spent the
weekend in the ICU with some lingering effects all week.
Irish Rose… midlife retraining for a new career
I.R. My Marine was just taken into medical at MCAS Miramar, they think that he may have a blood clot in his leg.
SteveC: Two friends, one needs heart surgery, and one might.
If you could add Sherman Nugent and his family to the prayer list, it would be greatly appreciated. He was a professor at my school since 1968, and a good friend to many. He only stopped teaching and conducting research a couple of semesters ago. Not sure if adding a link to obituaries is customary or not, but here it is: link
Thanks
Dark_Falcon Hoops, I have a late addition to the Prayer List: Last week my siter fell and seriously fractured her ankle. She has cerebral palsy, and though two surgeries have enabled her to walk normally, when she hurries she can still fall sometimes. This time she got hurt badly and your thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
My other friend got a surgical date in January. She quickly got tired of the waiting and asked the surgeon if she could reschedule earlier. Now she's set for Nov 16
Jadespring: Our prayers go out to your sister…May she be healed
Baseballmom57: My God grant grace and healing to her son…lurking faith… prayers for an aunt
,
Beekiller: Sister has been diagnosed with Cancer…We pray for a speedy recovery
Wlewisiii: Son John has the H1N1 flu….May God touch and heal him this morning
FBV: Add my friend Jeff. Recently diagnosed with ALS. His family will watch him fade and die over the next three to five years. Wife and two kids (kids are young adults).
Prairiefire: Health for Family and friends
Mcspiff: if you could add my uncle to the list. He went in for surgery today and it didn't go so well. Extra organs had to come out, etc. Still just hearing bits and pieces now. But any prayers would be greatly appreciated.
Yesandno’s husband passed away Friday.. Pray for her comfort
Thank you Lord
In Memoriam:
Obi Wan
Dublin(CA)Dude
USMC 1968
ElderZion
All our Troops who have died protecting our Freedom and their families.
Lord. Hear our Prayers
I would like to add the people that broke into my house. I hope all you have stolen makes comforts for you. Amen.
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:20:32am |
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Which is why, when I get pie, I thank God first, and then my mom.
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dugmartsch Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:20:42am |
Reminded me to watch this again. If you haven't seen this yet you really should.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:23:05am |
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.— Carl Sagan
Fine honey, I'll never ask you to help me in the kitchen again!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:23:47am |
re: #352 Cannadian Club Akbar
I would like to add the people that broke into my house. I hope all you have stolen makes comforts for you. Amen.
And I mean this. I'm not trying to be a wise ass.
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darthstar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:24:38am |
re: #353 Cato the Elder
Which is why, when I get pie, I thank God first, and then my mom.
I thank the apple first, for it had no choice.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:25:36am |
re: #351 ggt
I LOVE that train ride. I actually bought it from iTunes.
Someday I'll see the movie.
It's from a movie?
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:26:22am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:26:33am |
re: #352 Cannadian Club Akbar
I still can't figure out how they got your John Deere. Didn't anyone notice?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:26:56am |
re: #359 Killgore Trout
That's a lovely way to start the morning. Thanks.
You're welcome. I'm playing it again.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:27:25am |
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:27:52am |
re: #356 Cannadian Club Akbar
And I mean this. I'm not trying to be a wise ass.
I'm very sorry...
So there I was at a party in San Fran and when I woke up Sunday morning and my classic 1953 Nash Ambassador was stolen...
The SF Cops told me there wasn't a chance in hell they will ever find that car..
They were right....The parts are so rare...
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RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:28:04am |
re: #352 Cannadian Club Akbar
I would like to add the people that broke into my house. I hope all you have stolen makes comforts for you. Amen.
Someone broke into your place? I missed that. What happened?
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:28:17am |
re: #352 Cannadian Club Akbar
I would like to add the people that broke into my house. I hope all you have stolen makes comforts for you. Amen.
Sounds like you could use a Jindo.
Jindos serve as excellent watchdogs, able to distinguish family from foe, friends from strangers. The Korean Army is known to use Jindos as guard dogs at major bases. Because Jindos rarely bark aggressively, especially in familiar environments, an owner may lend special credence to the warning of his/her pet. Many Jindos do not take any food from anyone other than their owners.
Haku is my alarm system. Then, there's my backup.
Of course neither helps if you're not home.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:29:11am |
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:29:40am |
re: #348 MandyManners
When I woke up, I figured I could either fight it and try to go back to sleep or get up and start the day.
I have that dilemma pretty often. Seems absurd to be up and about at 4:00, but staring at the darkness is pretty absurd too
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:29:51am |
re: #357 darthstar
I thank the apple first, for it had no choice.
Brother apple, thank you for giving us sustenance through thy precious body. So we pray. Amen.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:30:15am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:30:22am |
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:30:44am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:30:47am |
re: #369 cliffster
I have that dilemma pretty often. Seems absurd to be up and about at 4:00, but staring at the darkness is pretty absurd too
Beats staring at your navel.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:31:15am |
re: #373 RogueOne
Someone kicked in my front door last year. Dobes don't bark either, they don't want to give you any warning. Whoever kicked in the door ran into the dogs and changed their minds.
I'd love to see the video of THAT!
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:31:36am |
re: #371 ggt
They make some pretty good stuff.
Is it as violent and rife with gratuitous nudity as Hollywood?
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:32:33am |
re: #373 RogueOne
Someone kicked in my front door last year. Dobes don't bark either, they don't want to give you any warning. Whoever kicked in the door ran into the dogs and changed their minds.
Which movie was it where Ahnold calls them "four-legged razor wire" or something like that?
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:33:16am |
re: #373 RogueOne
Someone kicked in my front door last year. Dobes don't bark either, they don't want to give you any warning. Whoever kicked in the door ran into the dogs and changed their minds.
Our husky and red healer are great alarms... if they are in the right place when they need to be... last summer when the bear tore apart our front porch, we had forgot to put the dogs out that night... they were curled up in the house... it helps to put the alarms where they will be most effective.
I've actually seen the red healer chase a bear, trying to nip at the bears back legs.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:34:02am |
re: #377 MandyManners
Is it as violent and rife with gratuitous nudity as Hollywood?
Unfortunately not.
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:36:04am |
re: #379 Walter L. Newton
Our husky and red healer are great alarms... if they are in the right place when they need to be... last summer when the bear tore apart our front porch, we had forgot to put the dogs out that night... they were curled up in the house... it helps to put the alarms where they will be most effective.
I've actually seen the red healer chase a bear, trying to nip at the bears back legs.
And I've seen your husky sleeping comfortably in the snow, like in the movies. Give them both an ear-scratch for me.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:36:27am |
re: #377 MandyManners
Is it as violent and rife with gratuitous nudity as Hollywood?
More musical, high quality--I get the feeling that the Bollywood producers have taken from Hollywood what they needed and haven't sacrificed their own culture for it.
Very creative people. That train video, for example. The music and dance are incorporated into the sounds and movement of the train--comforting and energizing at the same time. The use of the darkness in the tunnels and traditional dance moves is incredible to me.
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Bob Dillon Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:37:09am |
A senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership.
Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 m.p.h., enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. "Amazing," he thought as he flew down I-95, pushing the pedal even more.
Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a state trooper behind him, lights flashing and siren blaring.
He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, "What am I doing? I'm too old for this," and pulled over to await the trooper's arrival.
Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Corvette, looked at his watch, and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go."
The old gentleman paused. Then said, "Years ago, my wife ran off with a state trooper. I thought you were bringing her back."
"Have a good day, sir," replied the trooper.
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:37:10am |
re: #377 MandyManners
Is it as violent and rife with gratuitous nudity as Hollywood?
Nudity is never gratuitous.
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RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:37:36am |
re: #376 ggt
They shut the storm door and left. I was out of town when it happened or the door probably wouldn't have even been locked. I'll leave for the day with the windows open just because I can with those 2. They'll let you in, getting out is going to be a problem.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:37:53am |
i have left my front door open for weeks at a time. They stole my Deere but left my lap top. If I find who dunnit, they will have me (5"11-175) my brother (6'2"-240) and my youngest brother (6'3"-160) to deal with. And if you think we ain;t rednecks, guess again
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:38:07am |
Time to plant for the summer crops. Trying to decide what fresh yuminess we want this year
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:38:20am |
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Daniel Ballard Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:38:36am |
re: #193 MandyManners
The more I learn the more I think there will never be a political party of significance I can join and be proud of. What a damn shame, there was once a day when we could be proud of our parties, either one.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:38:50am |
re: #380 Walter L. Newton
Unfortunately not.
I don't mind the violence but, how's about some nudity of MEN for a change?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:39:26am |
re: #382 ggt
More musical, high quality--I get the feeling that the Bollywood producers have taken from Hollywood what they needed and haven't sacrificed their own culture for it.
Very creative people. That train video, for example. The music and dance are incorporated into the sounds and movement of the train--comforting and energizing at the same time. The use of the darkness in the tunnels and traditional dance moves is incredible to me.
Insightful analysis.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:39:27am |
re: #380 Walter L. Newton
Unfortunately not.
So you are saying when you saw Nicole Kidman take off her clothes and skinny dip in Billy Bathe you didn't say holy crap? How about Kate Winslet in Titanic?
We need more Hollywood nudity!
*wink*
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:39:40am |
re: #390 MandyManners
I don't mind the violence but, how's about some nudity of MEN for a change?
Be careful what you ask for
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:39:48am |
re: #388 MandyManners
Here it is with subtitles. More complex and erotic than "Shook Me All Night Long".
[Video]
Beautiful lyrics, reallly.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:40:00am |
re: #381 Cato the Elder
And I've seen your husky sleeping comfortably in the snow, like in the movies. Give them both an ear-scratch for me.
They are being walked by the older step-critter right now, but I will do that when they come back.
Looks like up to 4 inches of snow tonight. I have to go to downtown Denver Monday AM to pick up some prescriptions and then I have a dental appointment in Golden, but I may reschedule all that if the roads are snow packed in the morning.
One small advantage of being unemployed, one it not required to trek out in the nasty weather on the same schedule as the rest of the world.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:40:07am |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:40:07am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:40:37am |
re: #386 Cannadian Club Akbar
i have left my front door open for weeks at a time. They stole my Deere but left my lap top. If I find who dunnit, they will have me (5"11-175) my brother (6'2"-240) and my youngest brother (6'3"-160) to deal with. And if you think we ain;t rednecks, guess again
HOW DID THEY GET THE DEERE?
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:40:58am |
re: #390 MandyManners
I don't mind the violence but, how's about some nudity of MEN for a change?
You want I should send pictures?
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RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:40:58am |
re: #379 Walter L. Newton
Good dogs! Dogs, even little dogs, are the best alarm system a person can have. There has just been one murder in my area over the last couple of decades. It happened when some guy got in a basement window and raped/killed the daughter while the family slept upstairs never hearing a thing. If they would have had just one dog it might have ended differently.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:41:12am |
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:41:53am |
re: #383 Bobibutu
A senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership.
Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 m.p.h., enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. "Amazing," he thought as he flew down I-95, pushing the pedal even more.
Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a state trooper behind him, lights flashing and siren blaring.
He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, "What am I doing? I'm too old for this," and pulled over to await the trooper's arrival.
Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Corvette, looked at his watch, and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go."
The old gentleman paused. Then said, "Years ago, my wife ran off with a state trooper. I thought you were bringing her back."
"Have a good day, sir," replied the trooper.
LMAO.
True story: A friend of mine was driving in the Southwest, where they tend not to care about speeding so much, in his Jaguar XM8. Doing 120 (top speed for the American model: 157 mph).
Trooper appears behind him. He pulls over.
Trooper asks if he can try the car till the next rest stop. Gives my friend the keys to the patrol car. Takes off like a bat out of hell. They get to the next stop, swap keys, and the trooper thanks him for a fun time.
True story.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:42:04am |
re: #387 cliffster
Time to plant for the summer crops. Trying to decide what fresh yuminess we want this year
I'm considering fencing in part of my garden to keep the deer and bunnies away so that I can grow bibb lettuce.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:42:05am |
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:42:47am |
re: #387 cliffster
Time to plant for the summer crops. Trying to decide what fresh yuminess we want this year
I highly recommend Kohlrabi. Grows very quickly (about 60 days) and is very productive. It has a great light cabbage like flavor. Great eaten raw in salad or slaw or added to soups and stews. Also stores very well.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:42:50am |
re: #401 RogueOne
Good dogs! Dogs, even little dogs, are the best alarm system a person can have. There has just been one murder in my area over the last couple of decades. It happened when some guy got in a basement window and raped/killed the daughter while the family slept upstairs never hearing a thing. If they would have had just one dog it might have ended differently.
Yup. I'm rather respectful of even little dogs. A four pound yorkie can be mighty hard to cacth or kick and can make plenty of racket. They have teeth too!
Really gone.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:43:10am |
re: #389 Rightwingconspirator
The more I learn the more I think there will never be a political party of significance I can join and be proud of. What a damn shame, there was once a day when we could be proud of our parties, either one.
Corrupt Republicans get run out of town routinely while corrupt Democrats seem to become only more entrenched.
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RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:43:24am |
re: #386 Cannadian Club Akbar
i have left my front door open for weeks at a time. They stole my Deere but left my lap top. If I find who dunnit, they will have me (5"11-175) my brother (6'2"-240) and my youngest brother (6'3"-160) to deal with. And if you think we ain;t rednecks, guess again
They stole your tractor?
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:43:26am |
re: #393 cliffster
Be careful what you ask for
Seriously. I might change my avatar just to oblige Mandy.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:43:55am |
re: #405 Cannadian Club Akbar
Broke in while I was gone.
If I was home, we would be talking about a GSW.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:44:01am |
re: #410 Cato the Elder
Seriously. I might change my avatar just to oblige Mandy.
OMG!
(will not hit reset, pass go or collect $200)
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:44:01am |
re: #406 Killgore Trout
I highly recommend Kohlrabi. Grows very quickly (about 60 days) and is very productive. It has a great light cabbage like flavor. Great eaten raw in salad or slaw or added to soups and stews. Also stores very well.
Yeah? How does it do in the central texas heat?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:44:36am |
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:44:37am |
re: #395 Walter L. Newton
Unemployed? I must have missed something.
What, were you too efficient for that store?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:44:53am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:45:17am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:45:43am |
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:46:25am |
re: #414 MandyManners
Yeah, sure, but you know they are gay
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:46:35am |
re: #405 Cannadian Club Akbar
Broke in while I was gone.
But, how did they get it without the neighbors noticing? It's not as if you can stuff that into a pillow case.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:47:09am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:47:51am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:47:52am |
re: #420 MandyManners
But, how did they get it without the neighbors noticing? It's not as if you can stuff that into a pillow case.
Everybody lives on 5 acres.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:50:41am |
re: #423 Cannadian Club Akbar
And I can't ask the neighbors when I have to watch mom's house in the city. I am at a loss. My patience is growing thin.
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:51:26am |
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:52:28am |
re: #422 MandyManners
They are FIREFIGHTERS.
I sent you a picture of my Marine Son about a year ago.. did you ever see it?
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:52:38am |
re: #413 cliffster
Yeah? How does it do in the central texas heat?
If you use it as a sping and fall crop it'll be ok. You could also probably use it as a winter crop too. However if it gets too much summer heat it gets a little tough.
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:52:40am |
re: #424 Cannadian Club Akbar
And I can't ask the neighbors when I have to watch mom's house in the city. I am at a loss. My patience is growing thin.
In that case, go for the Doberman, not the Jindo.
Get electronic fence and keep him turned loose on the property while you're gone. Problem solved.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:52:51am |
Just breezing in to wish everyone a good morning. The thread took so long to read that I've got no time to post. Still, make sure you enjoy today.
BBT
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:53:14am |
re: #341 MandyManners
A few years ago, I saw Ravi Shankar at SMU's McFarlin Auditorium. For almost 3 hours, this guy in his 80s just sat on the floor and blazed. It was one of the most awesome concerts I've ever seen. It ranks up there with seeing Alan Holdsworth, Chad Wackerman, and Jimmy Johnson performing in front of an audience of about 100 people at Dan's Silver Leaf in Denton.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:53:16am |
re: #415 Cato the Elder
Unemployed? I must have missed something.
What, were you too efficient for that store?
You nailed it. A number of factors, but a lot of it comes down to I could see I was upsetting the status quo, and I wasn't going to get support from the store manager. I over heard the district manager telling the store manager furniture department looked "extraordinary" (I rearranged it to be neater and more accessible) yet the manager never passed on the compliments.
I asked for wall signage so you could see where the used furniture department was (my department was in corner of large super market sized store), and he kept telling me he ordered the signs and they were ready, but they never showed up in two months.
And to top things off, there was one "crazy" employee who kept making vague threat to me (and others) about this or that, I pointed this out to the manager, the manager didn't want to get involved.
My bottom line opinion, this guy facilitated, he didn't manage and we were not going to get along down the road.
I quit... I'm too type "A" for a place where you have people just happy to matriculate... I'm a square peg in a black hole.
The lovely lady and I agree, I need to hold out until I can get programming work again, part time, contract or full time, doesn't matter, that's what I do the best and I can "play better" with that sort of work environment.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:53:31am |
re: #423 Cannadian Club Akbar
Everybody lives on 5 acres.
Ah. Still, those were gutsy burglars. I wodner if they'd been on your property before.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:53:55am |
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:54:12am |
re: #425 Cato the Elder
Doesn't mean they can't be ghey.
*stomps foot*
I was responding to the notion that the only incredibly buff men are gay.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:54:26am |
re: #428 Cato the Elder
In that case, go for the Doberman, not the Jindo.
Get electronic fence and keep him turned loose on the property while you're gone. Problem solved.
I like German Shepards.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:54:29am |
re: #426 HoosierHoops
I sent you a picture of my Marine Son about a year ago.. did you ever see it?
I do believe so.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:55:39am |
re: #425 Cato the Elder
Doesn't mean they can't be ghey.
Yeah, I knew some gay firefighters when I was an EMT.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:56:03am |
re: #434 MandyManners
*stomps foot*
I was responding to the notion that the only incredibly buff men are gay.
I'm not gay nor buff. Wait? What?
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:56:08am |
re: #430 negativ
A few years ago, I saw Ravi Shankar at SMU's McFarlin Auditorium. For almost 3 hours, this guy in his 80s just sat on the floor and blazed. It was one of the most awesome concerts I've ever seen. It ranks up there with seeing Alan Holdsworth, Chad Wackerman, and Jimmy Johnson performing in front of an audience of about 100 people at Dan's Silver Leaf in Denton.
I've never been into Indian music. Well, except for Chaiyya Chaiyya.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:56:13am |
re: #436 MandyManners
I do believe so.
He is very strong and handsome...
I brag too much about my children.. But they make me very proud
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:56:24am |
re: #427 Killgore Trout
If you use it as a sping and fall crop it'll be ok. You could also probably use it as a winter crop too. However if it gets too much summer heat it gets a little tough.
Cool, thanks for the tip. Maybe I'll throw it in the front yard. I'm going to do a garden in the front as well this year, with lettuce and other more attractive plants.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:57:10am |
re: #433 Walter L. Newton
Right to left or up and down :)
I suspect there's something dirty in your reply but I'm too wired on tea to figure it out.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:57:21am |
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign Policy
This board will have a range of responses ....
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:57:48am |
re: #440 HoosierHoops
He is very strong and handsome...
I brag too much about my children.. But they make me very proud
One cannot possibly brag too much about one's children.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:57:57am |
I'm making egg goop for brunch so I gotta' go get the eggs boiling.
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:58:15am |
re: #431 Walter L. Newton
Damn.
Well, while you're whiling time away, there's a good dog movie you can watch with the critters. "Eight Below."
For your enticement, let me just point out that it stars Moon Bloodgood as an Antarctic bush pilot.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:58:17am |
re: #443 _RememberTonyC
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign PolicyThis board will have a range of responses ...
5. Pizza
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:58:23am |
re: #443 _RememberTonyC
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign PolicyThis board will have a range of responses ...
3. If the economy is strong and healthy, everything else pretty much follows.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:58:52am |
re: #439 MandyManners
I've never been into Indian music. Well, except for Chaiyya Chaiyya.
I like this song and video:
I never would have heard of it if I hadn't seen the movie Ghost World.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 7:58:59am |
re: #443 _RememberTonyC
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign PolicyThis board will have a range of responses ...
3. The Economy
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:01:36am |
re: #443 _RememberTonyC
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign PolicyThey're all important and need attention ... I rank them in this order:
3
4
2
1This board will have a range of responses ...
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:01:57am |
re: #443 _RememberTonyC
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign PolicyThis board will have a range of responses ...
Climate change, of course. Otherwise I would be worse than a godforsaken pedophile.
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:02:44am |
re: #453 Cato the Elder
Climate change, of course. Otherwise I would be worse than a godforsaken pedophile.
Troublemaker
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:02:52am |
re: #445 MandyManners
I'm making egg goop for brunch so I gotta' go get the eggs boiling.
Yikes. I need more caffeine.
My eyes first registered that as "ego poop".
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:02:53am |
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RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:03:35am |
re: #435 Cannadian Club Akbar
I like German Shepards.
A cam setup is pretty cheap. It won't stop the thieving but at least it would increase the odds of getting your stuff back. Stealing a John Deere tractor in Indiana is a hanging offense. State law.
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:04:26am |
re: #431 Walter L. Newton
That manager could see clearly that you would have had his job inside a year.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:04:46am |
re: #453 Cato the Elder
Climate change, of course. Otherwise I would be worse than a godforsaken pedophile.
weren't those charges dropped?
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darthstar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:05:20am |
re: #443 _RememberTonyC
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign PolicyThis board will have a range of responses ...
Economy
Health Care (which will help with the economy)
Foreign policy
National Defense
Climate Change
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:05:28am |
Time to pick up the kitchen then do some running around. Later loosers
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:05:35am |
re: #443 _RememberTonyC
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign PolicyThis board will have a range of responses ...
All the above..
Except for the last year all I've heard every single friccking day is how bad health care is broken.. Really? Maybe pricey but broken?
Bring the price down then...I'm not sure you do that by taxing every thing to pay for healthcare..
I pay 72 dollars a month for my car insurance. If I have to pay a 120 dollars a month just to cover other peoples insurance that say they are too poor then I'm not happy..
That's why Heathcare hit a wall in DC.. We are not stupid
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RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:08:35am |
re: #443 _RememberTonyC
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign Policy
3 & 4. I'm not sure #1 & 2 even make my top 10.
My #3 is: Something needs to be done about crappy corporate bands/music. It's for the children.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:09:02am |
re: #328 SixDegrees
My (quite possibly wrong) understanding is that "chitterlings" were among the refuse slave owners routinely presented to their slaves, seeing as how they didn't merit actual food.
If that's urban legend, I'll happily be corrected by evidence to the contrary.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:09:35am |
Crazy Pam Is shilling hard for the EDL again this morning.
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:11:26am |
re: #463 RogueOne
3 & 4. I'm not sure #1 & 2 even make my top 10.
My #3 is: Something needs to be done about crappy corporate bands/music. It's for the children.
Yeah. My little niece is addicted to Hannah Montana.
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RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:11:44am |
re: #464 negativ
My (quite possibly wrong) understanding is that "chitterlings" were among the refuse slave owners routinely presented to their slaves, seeing as how they didn't merit actual food.
If that's urban legend, I'll happily be corrected by evidence to the contrary.
My theory is poor people will eat anything. They don't let anything go to waste. Look at some of the nasty crap people eat all over the globe.
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Sheila Broflovski Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:12:16am |
Happy Purim, my lizardlach. I have already listened to the Megillah, now I have to prepare my Shalach Manot gifts. I am giving out baskets of tropical fruit, sparkling water, and I'm also making sushi platters.
I really wanted to go to Toronto, to be with my son and his family, because Purim is always more fun with little kids, but didn't want to drive in the sloppy snow we were having on Friday. Next year, im irtzah Hashem (that's Hebrew for inshallah)
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:12:30am |
re: #465 Killgore Trout
Crazy Pam Is shilling hard for the EDL again this morning.
I've been blogging for around 3 years.. Been to her site 1 time..
I could care less about what she says about anything...
I think she has 'issues'
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:12:56am |
re: #464 negativ
My (quite possibly wrong) understanding is that "chitterlings" were among the refuse slave owners routinely presented to their slaves, seeing as how they didn't merit actual food.
If that's urban legend, I'll happily be corrected by evidence to the contrary.
Chitlins be a delicacy, mon.
They mix them into goose schmaltz in Germany, for the crunch.
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Sheila Broflovski Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:13:48am |
re: #470 Cato the Elder
Chitlins be a delicacy, mon.
They mix them into goose schmaltz in Germany, for the crunch.
The kosher version is called gribenes. Zedushka can eat 'em like popcorn.
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Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:14:32am |
re: #469 HoosierHoops
I've been blogging for around 3 years.. Been to her site 1 time..
I could care less about what she says about anything...
I think she has 'issues'
Issues. Heh. She puts a couple of them on display any chance she gets.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:14:49am |
re: #465 Killgore Trout
Crazy Pam Is shilling hard for the EDL again this morning.
she has something on the David Horowitz "front page magazine" web site that had a number of good points where she BASHED the CPAC convention. She hammered grover norquist. It's was like a "glenn beck" moment when he occasionally makes a good point. The "broken clock" is right twice a day theory ....
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Jadespring Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:15:39am |
re: #441 cliffster
Cool, thanks for the tip. Maybe I'll throw it in the front yard. I'm going to do a garden in the front as well this year, with lettuce and other more attractive plants.
A silver leaf fern tomato works really well in a more ornamental bed. It grows in a more mounding type manner and the leaves look more like an ornamental plant then a regular tomato plant. I stick it in my flower beds and it fits right in.
I also like some of the multicolored chards. They can look really good when planted with other ornamentals and flowers.
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cliffster Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:16:05am |
re: #466 Cato the Elder
Yeah. My little niece is addicted to Hannah Montana.
For christmas when she was three, my girl kid got some Hannah Montana stuff from her step-great-grandmother. My wife and I huddled up and decided she was too young to start the brainwashing. We replaced it with equivalent non-pop-culture stuff. There were tears, oh there were tears. And it may seem petty. But she was three, for God's sake.
ok really out now
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:16:14am |
re: #464 negativ
My (quite possibly wrong) understanding is that "chitterlings" were among the refuse slave owners routinely presented to their slaves, seeing as how they didn't merit actual food.
If that's urban legend, I'll happily be corrected by evidence to the contrary.
I believe that's correct, and is one reason those, ham hocks and other less desirable cuts are still widely popular with American blacks. They're just part of their heritage. There's something about the foods you grew up with that keeps you coming back to them.
It should be noted, though, that making use of the entire animal was normally the rule, rather than the exception it's become today. While the slaves might get the less than choice parts, they still weren't simply thrown away or fed to pets, as they are now. In other cultures, chitterlings were used as sausage casings, although this sort of meat preparation doesn't lend itself well to the hot, humid climate of the south.
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Daniel Ballard Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:18:30am |
re: #465 Killgore Trout
I admit mixed feelings about these posts. I'm glad to be updated on such things by way of wariness. On the other hand I had previously, successfully ignored a fool well worth ignoring.
Ah, well ignorance is bliss, knowledge is power.
Thanks KT
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:18:50am |
re: #471 Alouette
The kosher version is called gribenes. Zedushka can eat 'em like popcorn.
I can't eat crap.. Veggies..Fruit..Lean Chicken or Turkey.. Fresh breads.. eggs...That's real healthy food...I could talk about good food all day..
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Jadespring Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:20:15am |
Speaking of food and gardening. What is the link to the blog where the cookbook and Kilgore's post about food and such? I thought I had it bookedmarked.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:21:05am |
re: #479 Jadespring
Speaking of food and gardening. What is the link to the blog where the cookbook and Kilgore's post about food and such? I thought I had it bookedmarked.
Next time reine posts..Just click her nic
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:23:20am |
re: #439 MandyManners
I've never been into Indian music. Well, except for Chaiyya Chaiyya.
You might or might not like the late Pakistani singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
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SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:23:34am |
re: #478 HoosierHoops
I can't eat crap.. Veggies..Fruit..Lean Chicken or Turkey.. Fresh breads.. eggs...That's real healthy food...I could talk about good food all day..
I have to admit to a weakness for natural casing hot dogs. They're just...better than the artificial casings used on most commercial dogs.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:24:05am |
re: #469 HoosierHoops
I've been blogging for around 3 years.. Been to her site 1 time..
I could care less about what she says about anything...
I think she has 'issues'
She's certainly crazy but her open support for BNP affiliated groups is part of a larger trend. There's a serious danger or Republicans becoming a whites only, far right nationalist party. Not good.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:24:34am |
re: #480 HoosierHoops
Next time reine posts..Just click her nic
My Syracuse Orange are about the be the top ranked hoop team in the nation. What a scene last night in the 'Cuse.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:26:13am |
re: #483 Killgore Trout
She's certainly crazy but her open support for BNP affiliated groups is part of a larger trend. There's a serious danger or Republicans becoming a whites only, far right nationalist party. Not good.
I'd also like to add that neo-nazi support for Israel is very bad Israel's already tough public relations effort. The last thing Israel needs is the support of Eurofascists and racists. It doesn't look good.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:26:27am |
re: #482 SixDegrees
I have to admit to a weakness for natural casing hot dogs. They're just...better than the artificial casings used on most commercial dogs.
Hot Dogs! Hot Dogs!
/I have a secret food that isn't good for you..Every so often I'll eat corn beef hash...Don't tell anyone
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:26:29am |
re: #367 MandyManners
I can't back this up with evidence, but I've heard that India produces approximately the same number of films in a month that the US produces in a year.
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MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:26:39am |
re: #455 Cato the Elder
Yikes. I need more caffeine.
My eyes first registered that as "ego poop".
It's a roux with chopped eggs. Perfect over English muffins served with bacon and sausage and fruit.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:27:23am |
re: #479 Jadespring
Speaking of food and gardening. What is the link to the blog where the cookbook and Kilgore's post about food and such? I thought I had it bookedmarked.
LGF Cookbook. You can scroll down for older posts.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:28:03am |
re: #484 _RememberTonyC
My Syracuse Orange are about the be the top ranked hoop team in the nation. What a scene last night in the 'Cuse.
Boy do they have length and skills! Great game
| 491 |
_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:28:39am |
re: #487 negativ
I can't back this up with evidence, but I've heard that India produces approximately the same number of films in a month that the US produces in a year.
no unions?
| 492 |
MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:28:45am |
re: #443 _RememberTonyC
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign PolicyThis board will have a range of responses ...
Four, four, four and three.
| 493 |
_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:30:02am |
re: #490 HoosierHoops
Boy do they have length and skills! Great game
Purdue is screwed without Hummel ... But they'll be ranked #2. Do Hoosiers like Boilermakers?
| 494 |
_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:31:29am |
re: #492 MandyManners
Four, four, four and three.
and we know you get it "vis a vis" iran. you could not be more correct.
| 495 |
RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:32:25am |
re: #493 _RememberTonyC
Purdue is screwed without Hummel ... But they'll be ranked #2. Do Hoosiers like Boilermakers?
The rivalry isn't anywhere near as nasty as it was during the days of Keady and Knight.
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:34:03am |
re: #493 _RememberTonyC
Purdue is screwed without Hummel ... But they'll be ranked #2. Do Hoosiers like Boilermakers?
When I moved here from California I just loved how Hoosiers Love Basketball..
This place is nuts over basketball.. I love that..
I'll ask Charles later this year to change my nic to SingaporeHoops...
Indiana is Hoops Nation
| 498 |
_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:34:28am |
re: #495 RogueOne
The rivalry isn't anywhere near as nasty as it was during the days of Keady and Knight.
gene keady was cool ..... great hair
| 499 |
_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:37:11am |
re: #497 HoosierHoops
When I moved here from California I just loved how Hoosiers Love Basketball..
This place is nuts over basketball.. I love that..
I'll ask Charles later this year to change my nic to SingaporeHoops...
Indiana is Hoops Nation
when you change your nic, go with a picture of gene hackman for your avatar :)
| 500 |
RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:38:23am |
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:38:46am |
re: #498 _RememberTonyC
gene keady was cool ... great hair
Just so you know...I'm a friend with CW Nevius.. I emailed him every single day for a year to get Knight fired...
If my son played for him and got choked during practice? I'd knock him the fuck out.. It's that simple...And Bobby got fired...There is justice in this world..
| 502 |
_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:42:23am |
re: #500 RogueOne
Worst comb-over ever!
Best Comb-over:
[Video]
LOL ... Gene Keady spent 1:55 less time doing his hair than the guy in the clip!
| 503 |
_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:45:10am |
re: #501 HoosierHoops
Just so you know...I'm a friend with CW Nevius.. I emailed him every single day for a year to get Knight fired...
If my son played for him and got choked during practice? I'd knock him the fuck out.. It's that simple...And Bobby got fired...There is justice in this world..
Bobby was a mad man as a coach, but you'd be surprised how many defenders he has. As a TV announcer, he is outstanding. His analysis has more insight than almost anyone else on TV. And I love that he is the only guy on ESPN who gets to dress casually on the air.
| 504 |
Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:46:29am |
re: #431 Walter L. Newton
I am a math-averse introvert with a misanthropic streak and a low tolerance for tedium.
I picked up Bash shell scripting without much effort, and from there I went on to learn C and Python in short order. Don't mistake that for a brag; I have almost no other skills in life.
Anyway, on Friday my boss told me in no uncertain terms that my tenure as The Tech Guy is over, and I am now "promoted" to a low-level managerial position.
Shit. If they wanted to get rid of me, they should have just fired my ass. Why stretch it out?
Literally overnight, I've gone from having a job I was fairly good at and more or less enjoyed, to having a job that makes me want to punch babies and kick puppies, and for which I have no aptitude whatsoever.
Talk about being set up to fail.
Anyway, if any of you go into work Monday and suddenly find yourself at the mercy of the guy who has always hated you for being unable to correctly set your default printer in the control panel, well... I'm truly sorry. It wasn't my idea.
| 505 |
MandyManners Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:49:44am |
re: #494 _RememberTonyC
and we know you get it "vis a vis" iran. you could not be more correct.
Iraq. Syria. Lebanon. Yemen. Nigeria. Somalia. Kenya. Ethiopia. Honduras. Venezuela. Cuba. Paraguay (Hizb'allah West).
| 506 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:50:25am |
Police enter Jerusalem holy site
Israeli police have clashed with Palestinian protesters at the Jerusalem compound housing one of the Islam's holiest sites, the al-Aqsa mosque.Police say they went into the compound to disperse some 20 masked protesters throwing stones at foreign tourists.
The Islamic body which oversees administration of the area disputes the police account of events.
This is the latest in a series of clashes amid high tensions over religious sites in the past week.
The Jerusalem compound also contains the Western Wall, a sacred site for Jews.
Clashes broke out in the West Bank town of Hebron on Friday over Israel's decision to list two disputed shrines as heritage sites.
| 507 |
_RememberTonyC Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:51:48am |
re: #504 negativ
I am a math-averse introvert with a misanthropic streak and a low tolerance for tedium.
I picked up Bash shell scripting without much effort, and from there I went on to learn C and Python in short order. Don't mistake that for a brag; I have almost no other skills in life.
Anyway, on Friday my boss told me in no uncertain terms that my tenure as The Tech Guy is over, and I am now "promoted" to a low-level managerial position.
Shit. If they wanted to get rid of me, they should have just fired my ass. Why stretch it out?
Literally overnight, I've gone from having a job I was fairly good at and more or less enjoyed, to having a job that makes me want to punch babies and kick puppies, and for which I have no aptitude whatsoever.
Talk about being set up to fail.
Anyway, if any of you go into work Monday and suddenly find yourself at the mercy of the guy who has always hated you for being unable to correctly set your default printer in the control panel, well... I'm truly sorry. It wasn't my idea.
Anyway, on Friday my boss told me in no uncertain terms that my tenure as The Tech Guy is over, and I am now "promoted" to a low-level managerial position.
ask to meet with him on Tuesday or Wednesday and ask him what his top 3 priorities are for you in the new job. push back immediately in a productive way. and then work your ass off on your new goals.
| 508 |
Jadespring Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:55:04am |
re: #443 _RememberTonyC
I'd like to see an LGF Poll question about these issues:
Which issue is most important to you:
1. Climate Change
2. Health care reform in the US
3. The Economy
4. National Defense/Foreign PolicyThis board will have a range of responses ...
Number one because it's a root issue that will affect the other three.
| 509 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:55:39am |
re: #504 negativ
I am a math-averse introvert with a misanthropic streak and a low tolerance for tedium.
I picked up Bash shell scripting without much effort, and from there I went on to learn C and Python in short order. Don't mistake that for a brag; I have almost no other skills in life.
Anyway, on Friday my boss told me in no uncertain terms that my tenure as The Tech Guy is over, and I am now "promoted" to a low-level managerial position.
Shit. If they wanted to get rid of me, they should have just fired my ass. Why stretch it out?
Literally overnight, I've gone from having a job I was fairly good at and more or less enjoyed, to having a job that makes me want to punch babies and kick puppies, and for which I have no aptitude whatsoever.
Talk about being set up to fail.
Anyway, if any of you go into work Monday and suddenly find yourself at the mercy of the guy who has always hated you for being unable to correctly set your default printer in the control panel, well... I'm truly sorry. It wasn't my idea.
I know how you feel. I really don't want to manage anyone. I really don't want to run a department, I am not so much a people person (any Lizards have any clues to that statement), and I am most suited to being given a task and finishing it usually better than ever expected.
But I have to have the support structure around me to accomplish that. I really didn't feel I was getting that at the thrift store. They had a inertia there that was on autopilot, and good, bad or indifferent, it seemed like they did not want to "ruin" that.
It was a effort on my part to try something different, something that certainly didn't pay no where near as well as programming jobs, but still, something that was visceral, down to earth, good hard days work, and the money covered my current needs.
I need to hold out this time until I can get back to finding a programming position.
| 510 |
Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 8:57:59am |
Off to watch "Amadeus". Later, lacerti mei.
| 511 |
Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:01:42am |
Winston chewed up my new 16GB memory stick..
Little bastard! .
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Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:03:37am |
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albusteve Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:05:19am |
Americana on wheels...folk art
Image: 1243624364_DSC_7030000000.JPG
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Digital Display Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:06:10am |
re: #512 Mad Al-Jaffee
Churchill?
My doggie just ate my new memory stick...I can't punish him...
I found it trashed.. Little Bastard!
| 515 |
SixDegrees Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:06:55am |
re: #511 HoosierHoops
Winston chewed up my new 16GB memory stick..
Little bastard! .
Maybe next time, he'll remember not to.
| 516 |
Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:08:48am |
re: #514 HoosierHoops
My dog is too old to chew stuff, so everything is safe around her, but if there's a thunderstorm when I'm not home I'll find that she's scratched or chewed on a door frame. And she sometimes pees inside the house (not often, but it happens occasionally.)
| 517 |
Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:08:51am |
re: #511 HoosierHoops
Winston chewed up my new 16GB memory stick..
Little bastard! .
That's what you get for forbidding cigars in the house.
| 518 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:09:37am |
re: #516 Mad Al-Jaffee
My dog is too old to chew stuff, so everything is safe around her, but if there's a thunderstorm when I'm not home I'll find that she's scratched or chewed on a door frame. And she sometimes pees inside the house (not often, but it happens occasionally.)
Sounds like my ex-wife.
| 519 |
Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:09:50am |
| 520 |
Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:10:13am |
re: #517 Cato the Elder
That's what you get for forbidding cigars in the house.
And gin. Apparently Churchill used to mix his martinis by shaking the gin with ice and briefly glancing at a bottle of vermouth.
| 521 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:15:32am |
Good article by Al Gore in the NYT...
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
| 522 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:15:35am |
I just walked to the store. My shorts fell half way down on the journey. I got a "hoot." Is this a bad thing?
| 523 |
oldegeezr Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:16:59am |
The Sound of Round has weighed in from the southland…
“LIMBAUGH: You know I'm getting so many people -- this Louise Slaughter comment on the dentures? I'm getting so many people -- this is big. I mean, that gets a one-time mention for a laugh, but there are people out there that think this is huge because it's so stupid. I mean, for example, well, what's wrong with using a dead person's teeth? Aren't the Democrats big into recycling? Save the planet? And so what? So if you don't have any teeth, so what? What's applesauce for? Isn't that why they make applesauce”
Ah yes Mr. Limbaugh, let them “eat applesauce”; indeed.
| 524 |
RogueOne Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:17:15am |
I got another present this morning! 2 tix to next weeks show in Indy:
| 525 |
Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:17:29am |
re: #522 Cannadian Club Akbar
Depends on the store.
| 526 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:19:18am |
| 527 |
Cato the Elder Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:19:46am |
re: #520 Mad Al-Jaffee
And gin. Apparently Churchill used to mix his martinis by shaking the gin with ice and briefly glancing at a bottle of vermouth.
Isn't that how everybody does it?
| 528 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:23:40am |
It is about 65 degrees right now. Doors open. Yummy.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:24:34am |
re: #527 Cato the Elder
Isn't that how everybody does it?
I usually open the bottle of vermouth and tilt the martini glass over the neck to catch some of the essence before I shake the gin.
| 530 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:25:04am |
re: #529 Mad Al-Jaffee
I usually open the bottle of vermouth and tilt the martini glass over the neck to catch some of the essence before I shake the gin.
Why does anyone bother with a glass?
| 531 |
Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:25:49am |
re: #530 Walter L. Newton
Why does anyone bother with a glass?
You need something to hold the olives.
| 532 |
Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:26:01am |
re: #527 Cato the Elder
My martinis consist of 100-proof potato vodka mixed with a splash of orphan's tears and garnished with a large Psilocybin mushroom. I typically finish one off by shouting "DOWN THE MUTHAFUCKIN HATCH, YO!" and then snorting half my body weight in uncut Peruvian cocaine off the ample breasts of an underage Thai ladyboy. Then I run for congress as a social conservative, and win.
| 533 |
Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:27:46am |
re: #532 negativ
My martinis consist of 100-proof potato vodka mixed with a splash of orphan's tears and garnished with a large Psilocybin mushroom. I typically finish one off by shouting "DOWN THE MUTHAFUCKIN HATCH, YO!" and then snorting half my body weight in uncut Peruvian cocaine off the ample breasts of an underage Thai ladyboy. Then I run for congress as a social conservative, and win.
And I thought Hunter S Thompson was dead.
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reine.de.tout Sun, Feb 28, 2010 9:46:24am |
re: #479 Jadespring
Speaking of food and gardening. What is the link to the blog where the cookbook and Kilgore's post about food and such? I thought I had it bookedmarked.
Click my nic.
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