They're no relation to other primates they've got that right, people who proclaim that particular statement clearly evolved from jackasses.

Ironically most of them don't seem to be democrats...

Could we please open registration to see if any creationist trolls show up? I'm hungry.

Right. You're no kind to a monkey. Instead you're kin to a European male and female architype that appeared before thin air (like magic) involving a fig leaf, Adam's rib (to create a woman out of a hat or a rib in this case), and a talking snake.

re: #3 Gus 802

Right. You're no kind to a monkey. Instead you're kin to a European male and female architype that appeared before thin air (like magic) involving a fig leaf, Adam's rib (to create a woman out of a hat or a rib in this case), and a talking snake.

Where my sons of ham at?

re: #3 Gus 802

Right. You're no kind to a monkey. Instead you're kin to a European male and female architype that appeared before thin air (like magic) involving a fig leaf, Adam's rib (to create a woman out of a hat or a rib in this case), and a talking snake.

Kin to a monkey that is. Evolutionary science, of course, makes no such assumptions.

re: #3 Gus 802

You gotta admit the talking snake was pretty cool. Kaa was really good too, the hypnotic snake. Oh wait!

I'm conflicted. I don't know which to be more annoyed over-- the disgusting racism, or the all to common mixing up apes and monkeys (we come from apes, damnit! APES! I don't see any tail swinging from my ass!)

re: #4 jamesfirecat

Where my sons of ham at?

Don't know. I did say European! Oh noz! That's not going to go over well with the new revised Macho Jesus Murican Bible™ being written up over at Conservapedia.

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

Looks like your wish has been granted. If they can get through the shields that is.

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

Could we please open registration to see if any creationist trolls show up? I'm hungry.

It will most likely be T-shirt Night.

re: #9 Bubblehead II

Looks like your wish has been granted. If they can get through the shields that is.

And my brother is on line!

_{Psst. Don't tell anybody, but registration's been open for almost two weeks now.}

Evening folks. What's shakin'?

re: #12 Charles

_{Psst. Don't tell anybody, but registration's been open for almost two weeks now.}

How many new lizards have been hatched since you opened it?

re: #14 NJDhockeyfan

Opened what?

re: #13 NJDhockeyfan

Evening folks. What's shakin'?

Nothing. Just monkeying around.

It seems that the biggest error the anti-evolutionist buy into is the "humans evolved from monkeys" flaw. If it was explained that we didn't directly evolve from them, but instead share a common ancestor with the other primates, maybe reason would sink in.

re: #9 Bubblehead II

Looks like your wish has been granted. If they can get through the shields that is.

I've got the Photon torpedoes ready to blast 'em.

re: #17 pharmmajor

It seems that the biggest error the anti-evolutionist buy into is the "humans evolved from monkeys" flaw. If it was explained that we didn't directly evolve from them, but instead share a common ancestor with the other primates, maybe reason would sink in.

Doubt it.

Did you hear about the chimpanzee who sued a mouthwash company claiming that their product permanently stained his teeth? It was the Scope Monkey Trial.

"It's a fact, and there is no morality in a fact."

re: #18 Dark_Falcon

I've got the Photon torpedoes ready to blast 'em.

They usually don't show up until after 12AM MDT.

re: #17 pharmmajor

It seems that the biggest error the anti-evolutionist buy into is the "humans evolved from monkeys" flaw. If it was explained that we didn't directly evolve from them, but instead share a common ancestor with the other primates, maybe reason would sink in.

AHAHAHA!

(Pause for laugh)

HAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
Reason bounces off these people like bullets off superman.

re: #19 Charles

Doubt it.

What would you suggest, then?

re: #15 Charles

Opened what?

Registration two weeks ago.

re: #17 pharmmajor

You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

"I didn't come from no fish."

re: #27 jaunte

"I didn't come from no fish."

Nope..You have lizard roots..

re: #24 pharmmajor

What would you suggest, then?

Preventing them from breeding. Ever.

re: #24 pharmmajor

What would you suggest, then?

I've never come across, in 30 years or so, any diehard creationist who changed their mind, at least in any period of time one might call "short".

If someone in a fundamentalist religion/sect does indeed change, it has always been a larger change (dumping their former system) due to crises other than having to do with evolution.

In other words, creationism is more of a symptom than a cause.

It's still worth confronting creationists, for to keep modernity from being gnawed away at the edges by the atavists takes perseverance on the part of the modernists.

This is much less classy. But whatever.

re: #27 jaunte

I. Come. From. The water, yeah!

re: #29 Fortitudine

Stupid is not always hereditary.

re: #27 jaunte

"I didn't come from no fish."

"I'm no kin to the blue gills...the blue gills no kin to me..."

re: #24 pharmmajor

What would you suggest, then?

At this point, I'm leaning toward relentless mockery.

Fantastic news!

Navy SEAL McCabe Found Not Guilty

NORFOLK – It only took a 7-member jury one hour and 40 minutes Thursday afternoon to find Navy SEAL Matthew McCabe not guilty on all counts. McCabe had been charged with assault for allegedly roughing up Ahmed Hashim Abed, the accused terrorist who allegedly masterminded the grisly killings six years ago of four American contractors in Iraq.

re: #32 Slumbering Behemoth

I. Come. From. The water, yeah!

I come from the fire.

re: #17 pharmmajor

It seems that the biggest error the anti-evolutionist buy into is the "humans evolved from monkeys" flaw. If it was explained that we didn't directly evolve from them, but instead share a common ancestor with the other primates, maybe reason would sink in.

Do you think it hasn't been explained?

I believe part of the cognitive failure is based on the difficulty of understanding large numbers. Even 6000 years is a long time for many to imagine. If one can't imagine, let alone understand, billions of years then no amount of evolution logic can possibly make sense.

I blame the math teaching in school./

re: #12 Charles

_{Psst. Don't tell anybody, but registration's been open for almost two weeks now.}

And the Shields are still holding strong.

re: #35 Charles

At this point, I'm leaning toward relentless mockery.

Can't argue with you there.

re: #31 Soap_Man

This is much less classy. But whatever.

[Video]

hahaha!!

re: #33 Slumbering Behemoth

Stupid is not always hereditary.

True, but why take the chance?

re: #37 pharmmajor

I come from the fire.

[Video]

If you guys keep this up I'm gonna have to make a Captain Planet joke...

The play, "Inherit the Wind" changed the way I look at the whole creationism thang.

The sleepers in the flag shirt thread keep crawling out of their graves, it's like Thriller down there

re: #43 jamesfirecat

If you guys keep this up I'm gonna have to make a Captain Planet joke...

Or a Warriors of Virtue joke.

re: #46 pharmmajor

Or a Warriors of Virtue joke.

IT WAS A LIFE!

re: #26 Slumbering Behemoth

You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

Correct. Generally speaking if one would be able ration with such a person that would imply they're capable of rational thinking which if they were they wouldn't believe in creationism in the first place.

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

It is, and I bet the first ones show up on the flag shirt thread.

Q: How do monkeys get down the stairs?

A: They slide down the banana-ster!

re: #42 Fortitudine

Sorry, but I really don't like the idea of preventing a certain class of people from breeding. Call me crazy, but ideas like that just don't sit well with me for some reason.

How do you turn a monkey into a dog?

Pour lighter fluid over it and light a match. WOOF!

re: #51 Slumbering Behemoth

Sorry, but I really don't like the idea of preventing a certain class of people from breeding. Call me crazy, but ideas like that just don't sit well with me for some reason.

Could one call it dissuade? Financial incentives maybe?

/

re: #51 Slumbering Behemoth

Sorry, but I really don't like the idea of preventing a certain class of people from breeding. Call me crazy, but ideas like that just don't sit well with me for some reason.

true that... but we don't have to encourage it either.

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

Could we please open registration to see if any creationist trolls show up? I'm hungry.

No, please please please please, no.
no.

I didn't evolve from you... I evolved from Jesus! (kind of not work safe):

only way to fight kids singing creepy anti-science songs is with red army choir

Q: Where do monkeys pick up wild rumors?

A: Over the apevine.

re: #24 pharmmajor

What would you suggest, then?

Deprogramming.

That sounds glib, but that's really all you can do. You can't change people's opinions. Ever. About anything. All you can do is make them want to change their opinion. You cannot make that change, no matter what you say or do.

For a very few people, this is easy. You can present facts, reasoned argument, and sometimes even disprove their position. This is enough for this tiny subset of people for them to want to change their opinion. For most others it is much harder.

Opinions are us. They're more than our lives. Our opinions are the sum total of what we see as ourselves. Attack them, no matter how gently, and you attack the very person themself. Present proof that the opinion is wrong, and you may as well present proof that they don't exist.

Part of the biggest problem with the modern, media-driven world is that we as humans have gotten used to the idea that we must have an opinion on everything. However, the world is far too big and complex for us to have informed opinions, especially in a short time, on everything. So we reflexively form half-assed opinions based on a few sound bites, and this translates into devotion to the media we get those sound bites, and hence opinions, from. Thus the media has gotten better and better at having us form half-assed opinions based on only a few words or images, and we've gotten more and more used to having opinions immediately on everything, which we then defend to the death because that's how we work - our opinions mean more than our lives.

A more rational approach would be to form our opinions slowly about subjects, learning about them as we go. But true knowledge takes time, and nobody wants to take that time when we can have opinions pumped directly into our frontal lobe. So that's what we do nowadays - we form opinions first, then use the massive information resources we have to seek out reinforcement of those opinions, rather than actual information, because reinforcing the opinions we have reinforces us, validates us. We, in effect, program ourselves. And in most cases, the only way to rectify this is deprogramming.

re: #55 reine.de.tout

(see Post #12)

re: #55 reine.de.tout

No, please please please please, no.
no.

But think how much fun Peter from Detroit made last nights thread!

Monkeys? Shocking!

re: #51 Slumbering Behemoth

Sorry, but I really don't like the idea of preventing a certain class of people from breeding. Call me crazy, but ideas like that just don't sit well with me for some reason.

I may have felt that way once (before I started working in public health).

BTW, once the "lizard logs" system gets worked out, one of the hopefully controversial entries I'm kicking around could be titled "Why the future belongs to the creationists". Hopefully that might be controversial enough to get some response.

re: #55 reine.de.tout

No, please please please please, no.
no.

*pouring extra lighter fluid on the Charcoal*
Anybody have a match?
Hello?

re: #55 reine.de.tout

See #12 above.

re: #60 jaunte

(see Post #12)

heh.
I did.
Just after I posted that.
But I still think we don't need to give those guys any ideas!

re: #54 brookly red

I think they get enough of the "your naked body is evil, and sex is filthy and disgusting" rhetoric from the crowd they run with. I don't see how we could possibly discourage them more.

re: #61 jamesfirecat

But think how much fun Peter from Detroit made last nights thread!

Ludwig made it a lot more fun.

re: #17 pharmmajor

It seems that the biggest error the anti-evolutionist buy into is the "humans evolved from monkeys" flaw. If it was explained that we didn't directly evolve from them, but instead share a common ancestor with the other primates, maybe reason would sink in.

Thank you for the humour.

re: #59 Renaissance_Man

Were you James Michener in another life?

Long poster posts looong!
/

re: #71 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Were you James Michener in another life?

Long poster posts looong!
/

My short posts are far less brilliant.

...

See?

re: #63 Fortitudine

I feel that way every time I think of the Third Reich.

I don't care how many times my fellow humans disappoint or disgust me, it won't change my feelings on the matter.

Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee much later than others.
--Kin Hubbard

re: #68 Slumbering Behemoth

I think they get enough of the "your naked body is evil, and sex is filthy and disgusting" rhetoric from the crowd they run with. I don't see how we could possibly discourage them more.

// if you want to discourage something, tax it :)

re: #75 brookly red

// if you want to discourage something, tax it :)

Smoking has been taxed, drinking has been taxed, but we haven't taxed... thingy...

re: #73 Slumbering Behemoth

I feel that way every time I think of the Third Reich.

I don't care how many times my fellow humans disappoint or disgust me, it won't change my feelings on the matter.

You're a better man than I am, Gunga din.

re: #59 Renaissance_Man

Deprogramming.

That sounds glib, but that's really all you can do. You can't change people's opinions. Ever. About anything. All you can do is make them want to change their opinion. You cannot make that change, no matter what you say or do.

For a very few people, this is easy. You can present facts, reasoned argument, and sometimes even disprove their position. This is enough for this tiny subset of people for them to want to change their opinion. For most others it is much harder.

Opinions are us. They're more than our lives. Our opinions are the sum total of what we see as ourselves. Attack them, no matter how gently, and you attack the very person themself. Present proof that the opinion is wrong, and you may as well present proof that they don't exist.

Part of the biggest problem with the modern, media-driven world is that we as humans have gotten used to the idea that we must have an opinion on everything. However, the world is far too big and complex for us to have informed opinions, especially in a short time, on everything. So we reflexively form half-assed opinions based on a few sound bites, and this translates into devotion to the media we get those sound bites, and hence opinions, from. Thus the media has gotten better and better at having us form half-assed opinions based on only a few words or images, and we've gotten more and more used to having opinions immediately on everything, which we then defend to the death because that's how we work - our opinions mean more than our lives.

A more rational approach would be to form our opinions slowly about subjects, learning about them as we go. But true knowledge takes time, and nobody wants to take that time when we can have opinions pumped directly into our frontal lobe. So that's what we do nowadays - we form opinions first, then use the massive information resources we have to seek out reinforcement of those opinions, rather than actual information, because reinforcing the opinions we have reinforces us, validates us. We, in effect, program ourselves. And in most cases, the only way to rectify this is deprogramming.

You are a smart man. I tip my hat to you.

re: #64 freetoken

BTW, once the "lizard logs" system gets worked out, one of the hopefully controversial entries I'm kicking around could be titled "Why the future belongs to the creationists". Hopefully that might be controversial enough to get some response.

Heh. Maybe I should work on one; Killgore Strangetout: How I learned to stop worrying and love Ron Paul
/Nah, I'll probably just post gardening tips.

re: #59 Renaissance_Man

Deprogramming.

That sounds glib, but that's really all you can do. You can't change people's opinions. Ever. About anything. All you can do is make them want to change their opinion. You cannot make that change, no matter what you say or do.

You are on a slippery slope with that argument, because it can apply to many scenarios when it involves fundamentals of belief.

Would you, for example, be opposed to atheists wanting to deprogram children from their religious, shall we say, fantasies?

Note, you used the word deprogram, not me.

re: #76 jamesfirecat

Smoking has been taxed, drinking has been taxed, but we haven't taxed... thingy...

Don't give them any ideas.

On the unfolding election results in the UK, from the BBC:

0241: Despite Nick Griffin's pessimism over his chances in Barking, east London, our analyst Prof John Curtice says evidence is growing to suggest that the BNP are putting in their best ever performance in a British general election. Looking at the nine seats declared so far tonight in which the BNP also stood in 2005, it appears they're up by an average of two points.

re: #70 b_sharp

Oh good. I'm glad you're here.

The Times Square vendor who helped to foil the terrorist ploy is a Muslim immagrant:[Link: www.democracynow.org...]

re: #82 freetoken

On the unfolding election results in the UK, from the BBC:

Meanwhile the Silly party picked up three seats, and promptly ran off with them...

re: #76 jamesfirecat

Smoking has been taxed, drinking has been taxed, but we haven't taxed... thingy...

btw I have only had 3 cigarettes today (well I am having my forth right now) & at the moment I am slightly homicidal...

BTW, the link to the BBC with the live blog and live video feed:

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

re: #84 prairiefire

The Times Square vendor who helped to foil the terrorist ploy is a Muslim immagrant:[Link: www.democracynow.org...]

Ululululululuu!
/

re: #75 brookly red

Hmm... I wonder how much of the money I spent at The Bunny Ranch went to taxes.
/

hey everyone. battling the rhinovirus over here.

screw Darwin...i hate sore throats...i'm sure that evolutionarily speaking, the discomfort is better than actually dying from the damn thing, but i don't have to like it.

and yes. Aceofwhat whines like a chihuahua...

Ahem.
LOLWHUT

re: #86 brookly red

btw I have only had 3 cigarettes today (well I am having my forth right now) & at the moment I am slightly homicidal...

Cold turkey is the only way to go. Trust me.

re: #80 Naso Tang

You are on a slippery slope with that argument, because it can apply to many scenarios when it involves fundamentals of belief.

Would you, for example, be opposed to atheists wanting to deprogram children from their religious, shall we say, fantasies?

Note, you used the word deprogram, not me.

He asked how one might change an opinion, one that in this case is wrong and silly. My answer was only on how opinions can be changed, not whether it's necessarily right or wrong to do so.

re: #53 Naso Tang

Financial incentives maybe?

Maybe we should start by re-thinking some of those financial incentives already put in place.

The BBC newsguy/anchor is great. He just confronted one of the losers (Lib party) asking if it were the "cheeky girls" problem that cost him the seat.

No American news desk person would dare do something like that.

re: #83 Soap_Man

Oh good. I'm glad you're here.

[Video]

OK, what's the bad news?

re: #96 b_sharp

OK, what's the bad news?

Bad news? I see a 2-1 series.

A monkey one day managed to break free from the laboratory where he had been born and brought up.

As he scurried away from the fencing of the compound, he felt grass under his little feet and saw the dawn breaking for the first time in his life. "Wow, this is great," he thought. It wasn't long before he came to a hedge and after squeezing under it he saw a wonderful sight.

Lots of other monkeys, all free and nibbling on bananas. "Hey," he called. "I'm a monkey from the laboratory and I've just escaped. Are you wild monkeys?" "Yes. Come and join us," they cried.

Our friend trotted over to them and started eating the bananas. It tasted so good. "What else do you wild monkeys do?" he asked. "Well," one of them said. "You see that field there? It's got carrots growing in it. We dig them up and eat them." This, he couldn't resist and he spent the next hour eating the most succulent carrots. They were wonderful.

Later, he asked them again, "What else do you do?" "You see that tree there? It's got papayas growing in it. We eat that as well." The papayas tasted just as good and he returned a while later completely full. "It's fantastic out here in the world" he told them. "So are you going to live with us then?" one of them asked. "I'm sorry, I had a great time but I can't." The wild monkeys all stared at him, a bit surprised. "Why? We thought you liked it here." "I do," our friend replied. "But I must get back to the lab. I'm dying for a cigarette."

Free form blogs for every lizard.

re: #93 Renaissance_Man

He asked how one might change an opinion, one that in this case is wrong and silly. My answer was only on how opinions can be changed, not whether it's necessarily right or wrong to do so.

I appreciate that, but the word deprogramming in this sense is not synonymous with "persuasion". It implies a forceful imposition of will.

re: #99 Charles

Free form blogs for every lizard.

Neat!

re: #99 Charles

Have you decided on a name for the feature? Are we going with diaries?

re: #90 Aceofwhat?
Assuming you don't have strep throat... hit the tea with lemon and a big dollop of raw honey.
Actually proven more effective than OTC stuff, unless you suck on the lidocaine spray every hour, which is not good for you.

re: #99 Charles

What is the character limit on the entry? I often could do with quite a bit more than 1000, or even the 4000 of the comments.

re: #99 Charles

holy shit dude

re: #37 pharmmajor

I come from the fire.

[Video]

Superlatively good. Make sure you listen to it in stereo. The default sound setting doesn't do Belefonte's voice justice.

This thread reminded me of the following controversy from last year:

Band forced to abandon "evolution of brass" logo

We're all familiar with the popular image of a monkey slowly "evolving" into a man, and this image alone is enough to send right wing fundies into a frenzy; a band in Sedalia, Missouri was forced to turn in their shirts after parents complained about their logo

Graphic image of the heretical, sinful shirt in question. Won't someone please think of the parents?/

re: #99 Charles

Free form blogs for every lizard.

This is new. It confuses and angers me!
/

re: #103 tradewind

Assuming you don't have strep throat... hit the tea with lemon and a big dollop of raw honey.
Actually proven more effective than OTC stuff, unless you suck on the lidocaine spray every hour, which is not good for you.

thanks!

that's exactly what i do...i also suck on the Ricola - it's the only lozenge i can stand. i don't like the mentholyptus crap or the lidocane.

re: #97 Soap_Man

Bad news? I see a 2-1 series.

I thought you were about to tell me the Canucks fell again. I just checked and saw they didn't play tonight but that Montreal won, so that series is tied.

Bug me tomorrow night. :P

re: #108 Slumbering Behemoth

This is new. It confuses and angers me!
/

You're not from Omicron Persei 8, are you???

Wow, talk about volatility. Intrade had a Tory Party majority at 35%, then 64% I mentioned on the prior thread, and now dropped to 15%!

Hung Parliament is now at 80%

Once upon a time, there lived a poor hat seller in a small village in India. He earned his livelihood stitching hats and selling them in the neighboring villages. Once when going to another village through a forest, he fell asleep under a tree. When he woke up, he was surprised to find his basket empty and all the hats missing. Then he noticed a troop of monkeys sitting in the tree wearing his hats. He came up with a brilliant idea to retrieve his hats. He lifted the hat on his head and threw it to the ground. Out of their aping habits the monkeys followed suit. The hat seller then collected all the hats and triumphantly proceeded to the market.

As the years pass by, the hat seller has a grandson who too ends up being a hat seller. One day he has to pass through the same forest to sell hats in the village on the other side. As he is leaving, his grandpa tells him of the monkeys and how he outsmarted them and warns the grandson to be careful in the forest and remember his grandpa's trick if the monkeys cause any trouble.

So the grandson sets forth on his journey. While passing through the forest, he gets tired and falls asleep to wake up and find the basket empty and all the hats gone. Then he notices the monkeys on the tree wearing the hats. Smiling to himself he says, "Aha ! I know how to deal with this. I'll use my grandpa's trick ! So he hurls his hat to the ground expecting the monkeys to do the same. All this time, there is a young hatless monkey sitting in the tree. This monkey jumps down from the tree, quickly picks up the grandson's hat and puts it on his head. Then as he is scampering away, he says to the grandson sarcastically:

"HA! HA! DID YOU THINK ONLY HUMANS HAVE A GRANDPA!?"

re: #104 freetoken

What is the character limit on the entry? I often could do with quite a bit more than 1000, or even the 4000 of the comments.

sometimes the mind sharpens in the Forge of Pithy...

re: #110 b_sharp

I thought you were about to tell me the Canucks fell again. I just checked and saw they didn't play tonight but that Montreal won, so that series is tied.

Bug me tomorrow night. :P

I'll be back.

re: #112 bagua

Hung Parliament is now at 80%

in bed

Watching the BBC... the vote announcements in each district is much more theatrical than here in the US. The candidates are all lined up, the worker announces the votes before the crowd.

Quite entertaining.

re: #102 Killgore Trout

Have you decided on a name for the feature? Are we going with diaries?

Haven't made the final decision, but "LGF Diaries" is nice and concise, and a pretty good description of the feature. Daily Kos doesn't have a trademark on the word "diary."

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

I'm hungry

You could a) bite your tongue, or b) eat your words.
:)

re: #115 Soap_Man

I'll be back.

Looks like Detroit is in control tonight.

re: #108 Slumbering Behemoth

This is new. It confuses and angers me!
/

Your world frightens and confuses me! Sometimes the honking horns of your traffic make me want to get out of my BMW.. and run off into the hills, or wherever...

sigh.

rip, Phil Hartman.

re: #117 freetoken

Watching the BBC... the vote announcements in each district is much more theatrical than here in the US. The candidates are all lined up, the worker announces the votes before the crowd.

Quite entertaining.

Who says you can't have fun on election day?

re: #112 bagua

Are you watching the live BBC feed?

Stocks Plunge 10% Before Bouncing Back; Europe Troubles, Computer Selling Blamed

(newsmax)

Peoples livelihoods are tied to this global, logical, finely tuned and stable system?

Screw the financial and political elite.

re: #118 Charles

Haven't made the final decision, but "LGF Diaries" is nice and concise, and a pretty good description of the feature. Daily Kos doesn't have a trademark on the word "diary."

I think it should be something more original. Just my 2 c.

re: #120 NJDhockeyfan

Looks like Detroit is in control tonight.

re: #120 NJDhockeyfan

Looks like Detroit is in control tonight.

7 to 1 is a little more than being 'in control'.

re: #126 b_sharp

7 to 1 is a little more than being 'in control'.

Heh.

re: #99 Charles

Free form blogs for every lizard.

Finally, a place for my late-night musings on the less typical meters used in obscene Latin poetry prior to Catullus.

Too cool!

re: #124 Ojoe

People's

with an '

PIMF

re: #120 NJDhockeyfan

Looks like Detroit is in control tonight.

One game. I take pride in the Red Wings getting their asses handed to them.

re: #127 NJDhockeyfan

Heh.

It tends to trigger a holy shit moment.

Time to make the guacamole. Catch y'all later.

re: #102 Killgore Trout
I kind of hope it's not diaries, just b' kos...

re: #109 Aceofwhat?

thanks!

that's exactly what i do...i also suck on the Ricola

...which, according to peer-reviewed studies in various medical journals, doesn't work unless you also do this :P

re: #133 tradewind

I kind of hope it's not diaries, just b' kos...

How about WTF Dairies.

There were two men who played golf together frequently. One was several strokes better than the other. The lesser player was very proud, and never wanted to take any strokes to even up the game.

One Saturday morning, he shows up with a gorilla at the first tee. He says to his friend, "I've been trying to beat you for so long that I'm about ready to give up. But, I heard about this golfing gorilla, and I was wondering if it would be alright if he plays for me today. In fact if you're game, I'd like to try to get back all the money I've lost to you this year. I figure comes to about a thousand bucks. Are you willing?" The other guy thought about it for a minute, and then decided to play the gorilla. "After all, how good could a gorilla be at golf?" he thought. Well, the first hole was a straightaway par 4 of 450 yards. The guy hits a beautiful tee shot, 275 yards down the middle, leaving himself a 6 iron to the green. The gorilla takes a few powerful practice swings and then laces the ball 450 yards, right at the pin, stopping about 6 inches away from the hole. The guy turns to his friend and says "That's incredible, I would have never believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. But, you know what, I've seen enough. I've got no interest in being totally humiliated by this gorilla golfing machine. You send this frigging gorilla back to where he comes from. I need a drink; better make it a double, and I'll write you a check."

After handing over the check, and well into his second double the guy asks, "By the way, how's that gorilla's putting?"

The other guy replies, "Same as his driving."

"That good, huh?"

"No, I mean, he hits putts the same way - 450 yards, right down the middle!"

re: #130 Soap_Man
Well I've been to four Stanley Cup parades since '96 to celebrate with my team. Howz bout your guys?

re: #76 jamesfirecat

Smoking has been taxed, drinking has been taxed, but we haven't taxed... thingy...

Now you've done it, a new outrageous outrage will be making the rounds tomorrow, "Obama to levy penis tax, Circumcised to pay double! (cause he hate Jews so much)"

/

re: #130 Soap_Man

One game. I take pride in the Red Wings getting their asses handed to them.

Me too. I don't like the Red Wings. The octopus tossed on the ice is cool though.

re: #137 Mich-again

Well I've been to four Stanley Cup parades since '96 to celebrate with my team. Howz bout your guys?

Phht. What have you done for me lately? :)

re: #123 freetoken

Are you watching the live BBC feed?

Nope, the soap opera and modern personality politics which have overtaken what passes for Parliament these days is too aggravating for me to be properly amused.

This whole election is little more than a re-shuffle of a provincial state, a farce really. It matters not a wit which of the majors win, they are all despicable, dishonest and shallow. There is hardly a hairs difference on any real policy between one and the other. Instead they debate meaningless things like bus passes and it's all about the personalities involved. Disgusting.

re: #44 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The play, "Inherit the Wind" changed the way I look at the whole creationism thang.

Brilliant movie.

re: #138 ausador

Now you've done it, a new outrageous outrage will be making the rounds tomorrow, "Obama to levy penis tax, Circumcised to pay double! (cause he hate Jews so much)"

/

/ a man's bone is his hassle...

re: #134 publicityStunted

...which, according to peer-reviewed studies in various medical journals, doesn't work unless you also do this :P

[Video]

ha! it's been 2 years since i've been on a slope and i'm jonesing worse than Eric Massa on a tickle drought. good thing i'm not in la suisse...i'd be out on the snow making myself sicker;)

Completely OT but i just had an inspiration for Charles' new project the LGF journal...

Little Green Footnotes.

There is a Fred Thompson / Brain Dennehy movie coming out sometime in the near future about the Scopes monkey trial. Its called "Alleged". I was on the set near Flint, MI one day last fall when my daughter worked as an extra on the set and got the nickel tour between takes. I wanted to buy one of the cute monkey sock puppets that one of the street vendors was hawking to the crowd in the movie. ha.

re: #137 Mich-again

Well I've been to four Stanley Cup parades since '96 to celebrate with my team. Howz bout your guys?

heh. whatever distracts you from the Wolverines...

re: #135 b_sharp
So there was this couple from up North traveling through MS, and they found themselves in a little town called Kosciusko, in the middle of August. They had had some trouble in other Southern towns with the various Indian and other names, and so the husband went up to the counter and asked the little girl working ... 'Excuse me, could you tell me where we are'?...
Blank stare.
Again, very slowly, he said ' Could you please, just pronounce very slowly exactly where it is that we are at '? [sic]
Waitress looked at him strangely for a minute, and replied, just as slowly,
Y'all ...are... at... the...

Day---Ree--Queen.

re: #17 pharmmajor

It seems that the biggest error the anti-evolutionist buy into is the "humans evolved from monkeys" flaw. If it was explained that we didn't directly evolve from them, but instead share a common ancestor with the other primates, maybe reason would sink in.

But there's no way we could have evolved that much in 6,000 years, though.

re: #140 Soap_Man

Phht. What have you done for me lately? :)

They have been kind of like hockey's version of the Yankees. The fans consider anything less than a Championship to be failure. But the salary cap makes it tougher.

re: #64 freetoken

I'm liking the system. It's letting me post a lot of California political stuff as we wind up for the election. I hope to flesh out a decent range of info in the politics category.

re: #84 prairiefire

The Times Square vendor who helped to foil the terrorist ploy is a Muslim immagrant:[Link: www.democracynow.org...]

Thank God he was there.

re: #121 Aceofwhat?

Quoting Hartman?

Ding whore.

re: #153 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Quoting Hartman?

Ding whore.

i always go too heavy on the mascara...

re: #107 publicityStunted

This thread reminded me of the following controversy from last year:

Band forced to abandon "evolution of brass" logo

Graphic image of the heretical, sinful shirt in question. Won't someone please think of the parents?/

So basically, the only thing that has happened to the human race in the past however many million years is that we lost a useful prehensile appendage for holding brass instruments? That's sort of sad.

re: #99 Charles

Free form blogs for every lizard.

And to help support this wonderful feature, provided to us on Charles' dime, may I suggest a copy of Volume 2 of the LGF Cookbook, Reality Bites?

The proceeds from each book is a mere $5. The price of the book is $16.51, and there is a shipping fee of about $4. For that, you get a book with Jaunte's art, Cato's poetry (featuring some of your favorite lizards!), a lot of great recipes, and Killgore's Very Own Gardening Section. That's a whole lotta value for the price.

re: #118 Charles

Haven't made the final decision, but "LGF Diaries" is nice and concise, and a pretty good description of the feature. Daily Kos doesn't have a trademark on the word "diary."

Oh, if you haven't made the final decision, may I ask that you consider:

Even if Daily Kos does not have a trademark on the word "diary", the LGF Diaries sounds like a copy-cat. I respectfully suggest you consider something unique that doesn't have an association with any other blog. There were several good suggestions, I thought, in the thread yesterday.

re: #145 Querent

How cool!

good night all...

re: #158 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Thanks. It just came to me, got 6 updings so far, so i used the ! button to report it to the Head Lizard.

Shouldn't let a good flash of inspiration go to waste!

Hah! Red State is asking if Palin "jumped the shark" on Fiorina. Saw it on a Carly F Google search. Not linking obviously.

re: #159 Aceofwhat?

good night all...

Hope you feel better soon!

re: #161 Rightwingconspirator

Hah! Red State is asking if Palin "jumped the shark" on Fiorina. Saw it on a Carly F Google search. Not linking obviously.

Don't, my link was deleted. D'oh on my part!

re: #140 Soap_Man

Phht. What have you done for me lately? :)

The Blackhawks have won two games in a row and I expect them to make it three.

re: #161 Rightwingconspirator

Hah! Red State is asking if Palin "jumped the shark" on Fiorina. Saw it on a Carly F Google search. Not linking obviously.

Don't dare her -- you know she'd do it!

(Evel Knievel style too)

re: #156 reine.de.tout

And to help support this wonderful feature, provided to us on Charles' dime, may I suggest a copy of Volume 2 of the LGF Cookbook, Reality Bites?

The proceeds from each book is a mere $5. The price of the book is $16.51, and there is a shipping fee of about $4. For that, you get a book with Jaunte's art, Cato's poetry (featuring some of your favorite lizards!), a lot of great recipes, and Killgore's Very Own Gardening Section. That's a whole lotta value for the price.

I received my book. It is EXCELLENT. Great recipes.

Buy it folks, support the blog & honor the folks who put it together!

/I'm shameless & I don't care!

re: #163 prairiefire

Heh.
Google cache of the Google search page ok?

re: #166 Stanley Sea

I received my book. It is EXCELLENT. Great recipes.

Buy it folks, support the blog & honor the folks who put it together!

/I'm shameless & I don't care!

*smooch*
Thanks for the promotion!

re: #148 tradewind

So there was this couple from up North traveling through MS, and they found themselves in a little town called Kosciusko, in the middle of August. They had had some trouble in other Southern towns with the various Indian and other names, and so the husband went up to the counter and asked the little girl working ... 'Excuse me, could you tell me where we are'?...
Blank stare.
Again, very slowly, he said ' Could you please, just pronounce very slowly exactly where it is that we are at '? [sic]
Waitress looked at him strangely for a minute, and replied, just as slowly,
Y'all ...are... at... the...

Day---Ree--Queen.

LOL.

BTW, I live in Saskatchewan, south of a city called Saskatoon, north of Assiniboia, and west of Sintaluta.

da--yum... just got 11 dings. (last night my record was 6)

i must indeed be inspired...

Of all the great things I've posted lately that goofy video is what gets Charles' attention. Hey, no problem. I'll take all the LGF action I can get.

re: #161 Rightwingconspirator

Hah! Red State is asking if Palin "jumped the shark" on Fiorina. Saw it on a Carly F Google search. Not linking obviously.

I think she just did the smart thing and the wingnuts are just butthurt.

re: #167 Rightwingconspirator

Heh.
Google cache of the Google search page ok?

I dunno? Mine was a direct link because I find the comments just so gosh darned interesting. It was deleted on the last thread. Perhaps reading the comments here is like peering right into someone's widow, not quite polite.

re: #168 reine.de.tout

Be Hungry when it arrives™

re: #169 b_sharp

LOL.

BTW, I live in Saskatchewan, south of a city called Saskatoon, north of Assiniboia, and west of Sintaluta.

Read a comment somewhere about AL candidate Tim James' ad: "This is Alabama, we speak English."

Commenter added: "Except when we say 'Alabama', 'cause that's an Indian word."

re: #173 prairiefire

I think Red State links are not allowed period. I was kidding about a cache of a Google page. Seriously a "red list" is in order.

re: #150 Mich-again

They have been kind of like hockey's version of the Yankees. The fans consider anything less than a Championship to be failure. But the salary cap makes it tougher.

The Canadiens have won Lord Stanley's cup 24 times. The Leafs have won it 13 times, the Red Wings 11 times.

re: #159 Aceofwhat?

good night all...

Night Ace.

re: #166 Stanley Sea

I received my book. It is EXCELLENT. Great recipes.

Buy it folks, support the blog & honor the folks who put it together!

/I'm shameless & I don't care!

I got mine today. It is better than the first book!

Try my Super Awesome To Die For Cheesecake.

re: #157 reine.de.tout

Oh, if you haven't made the final decision, may I ask that you consider:

Even if Daily Kos does not have a trademark on the word "diary", the LGF Diaries sounds like a copy-cat. I respectfully suggest you consider something unique that doesn't have an association with any other blog. There were several good suggestions, I thought, in the thread yesterday.

Suggestion:

Suggestions, followed by vote, followed by decision by the power that be.

re: #50 NJDhockeyfan

Q: How do monkeys get down the stairs?

A: They slide down the banana-ster!

Ba-dum-boom!

Oh Eliana, you are a disgrace to the people. I really wish you wouldn't call yourself a Jew.

You hang out with people who preach genocide and probably like the idea itself.

You sit and mock education and science. Not very Jewish ideals there.

You mock notions of social justice.

You might notice that you are commanded to care about such things.

In your way, you are repugnant as Chomsky - just less brave.

I prefer to believe that God sculpted me out of slimy mud from the Tigris, and did evolve me out of an intelligent, sensitive creature.

And if anybody questions my beliefs, I will thump my chest and make threatening gestures by baring my teeth at them.

Apes smile and laugh, for crying out loud. I've seen young chimps poke older chimps in the butt and run away, so they obviously have a sense of humor.