New: Featured LGF User Pages

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The new LGF feature of the day is visible in the right sidebar: “Featured Pages!”

These are LGF Pages posted by registered users, selected to appear on the front page by our crack staff. How do you get your page to show up in “Featured Pages?” Well, the best way is to post something interesting and/or unique.

The bookmarklet posting tool for LGF Pages has all the tools you need to make your page into your personal blog. Stinky Beaumont, the monitor lizards and I will be looking for pages that are more than just a link and a quote from the article; write something thoughtful about your post that expresses your opinion, and you’re more likely to catch an editor’s attention. Informative links on breaking news stories are also a good way to be featured.

“Featured Pages” will show the last 10 pages selected by the editors, within the past 24 hours so they’ll rotate off in a day or so.

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684 comments
1 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:30:01pm

I like it...we're going blog!

2 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:30:05pm

This is a cool feature.

3 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:30:30pm

Wow. I'm honored.

I love LGF Pages. The bookmarklet feature is so easy to use. Thanks Charles!

4 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:30:48pm

Just about motivates one to really put a link up for reals, instead of just in a thread >>

5 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:32:05pm

re: #2 ludwigvanquixote

This is a cool feature.

it seems that the less I understand it the cooler it must be :P

6 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:32:07pm

Neat new feature!
Thank you!

7 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:33:12pm

ok so suppose I have a nice giant post filled with ten links. How do I get it all on one page to sahre with people?

8 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:33:24pm

Cool!

9 wrenchwench  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:33:25pm

Does Mr. Beaumont know you called him "crack staff"?

10 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:34:23pm

re: #9 wrenchwench

Does Mr. Beaumont know you called him "crack staff"?

When Stinky hits a troll with his staff it makes a mighty CRACK!

11 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:35:57pm

What's pretty funny (sometimes) are the tags people use on their links. JeffinOhio has done some classics.

12 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:36:05pm

re: #2 ludwigvanquixote

This is a cool feature.

Agreed. That'll give you a chance to post your scientific analysis. Hopefully, I can find an interesting political angle to take.

In other news, the interview I went to today resulted in a job offer. I've accepted it, and I start on Wednesday. It's full time, but I'll need to supplement it a bit or else find something better. Still, it pays a good bit more than unemployment and the hourly is very good. No commission to start, though.

13 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:36:54pm

re: #10 Alouette

When Stinky hits a troll with his staff it makes a mighty CRACK!

And then we grill the troll's gamey buttocks.

14 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:37:02pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

Agreed. That'll give you a chance to post your scientific analysis. Hopefully, I can find an interesting political angle to take.

In other news, the interview I went to today resulted in a job offer. I've accepted it, and I start on Wednesday. It's full time, but I'll need to supplement it a bit or else find something better. Still, it pays a good bit more than unemployment and the hourly is very good. No commission to start, though.

Congrats & good luck!

15 wrenchwench  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:37:45pm

re: #14 Stanley Sea

Congrats & good luck!

What she said!

16 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:38:09pm

re: #4 windsagio

Just about motivates one to really put a link up for reals, instead of just in a thread >>

Wind, I just want to say you when you use >> for every damn comment it really stops meaning anything to me.

17 researchok  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:38:31pm

LGF site gets better.

18 wrenchwench  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:40:45pm

re: #3 Stanley Sea

Wow. I'm honored.

I love LGF Pages. The bookmarklet feature is so easy to use. Thanks Charles!

Anybody who has not tried the bookmarklet is missing out.

19 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:41:04pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

CONGRATULATIONS!

20 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:41:09pm

oooohhhhh I hope my link gets picked pick me pick me pick me

21 researchok  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:43:02pm

re: #7 LudwigVanQuixote

ok so suppose I have a nice giant post filled with ten links. How do I get it all on one page to sahre with people?

Great Expectations.

22 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:43:36pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

that's awesome, man. *high-five*

23 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:43:39pm

re: #20 cliffster

ooohhh I hope my link gets picked pick me pick me pick me

You created an endless circle you know. I commented.

24 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:44:01pm

Get a load of this!

Washington Times Debuts Dale ‘N-Word Sign’ Robertson as Tea Party Columnist

According to a press release, self-described “Tea Party Founder” Dale Robertson has joined the Washington Times’ “Tea Party Report” blog. Robertson, you may recall, was thrust back into the limelight in March, when he was quoted by the paper as never having seen any racial slurs at Tea Parties, despite having been photographed holding a sign that featured the N-word. He told us the photo was a fake, which our expert then disputed, before a sea of journalists came forward to point out that Robertson had already admitted to holding the sign. Update: The Times has pulled the column, but Robertson has also popped up on The Hill.

25 Aceofwhat?  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:44:16pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

sweet...good work

26 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:45:11pm

re: #23 Stanley Sea

You created an endless circle you know. I commented.

I may bring LGF down for days. Sorry, everybody.

27 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:45:11pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

well done.

28 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:47:07pm

Working on allowing you to upload images to embed in your pages, too.

29 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:47:15pm

re: #24 Gus 802

Get a load of this!

Washington Times Debuts Dale ‘N-Word Sign’ Robertson as Tea Party Columnist

I have a feeling that at this point if you say some outrageous shit someone will hire you to say more...

30 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:48:20pm

re: #24 Gus 802

Get a load of this!

Washington Times Debuts Dale ‘N-Word Sign’ Robertson as Tea Party Columnist

Well, CNN already had their teabagger when they got Erick Son of Erick

31 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:49:11pm

re: #28 Charles

Working on allowing you to upload images to embed in your pages, too.

Cool, I was just going to ask about that.

32 wrenchwench  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:50:06pm

re: #28 Charles

Is there a way to search comments posted on links?

I don't remember why I need that....

33 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:50:48pm

re: #28 Charles

Working on allowing you to upload images to embed in your pages, too.

You're setting up your exit strategy aren't you? Sell to blogger.com and move to the Islands...

34 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:50:57pm

re: #14 Stanley Sea

re: #15 wrenchwench

re: #19 Floral Giraffe

re: #22 cliffster

re: #25 Aceofwhat?

re: #27 brookly red

Thanks guys.

35 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:51:03pm

re: #21 researchok

Great Expectations.

Didn't have enough room for one post. I had to edit a lot in order to fit into two posts.

36 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:51:05pm

re: #32 wrenchwench

Is there a way to search comments posted on links?

I don't remember why I need that...

Somewhere along the way, that feature got kind of buggy. I'll look into it soon.

37 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:51:45pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

Agreed. That'll give you a chance to post your scientific analysis. Hopefully, I can find an interesting political angle to take.

In other news, the interview I went to today resulted in a job offer. I've accepted it, and I start on Wednesday. It's full time, but I'll need to supplement it a bit or else find something better. Still, it pays a good bit more than unemployment and the hourly is very good. No commission to start, though.

Congrats! And with that! Good Shabbos to all!

38 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:52:32pm

re: #34 Dark_Falcon

re: #15 wrenchwench

re: #19 Floral Giraffe

re: #22 cliffster

re: #25 Aceofwhat?

re: #27 brookly red

Thanks guys.

well somebody has to work!

39 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:52:32pm

To see the tags given a post, I believe you need to be looking at the pages via the LGF Pages button on the right sidebar. Look at JeffinOhio's tags for the Gingrich book story. lol.

40 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:53:03pm

re: #37 LudwigVanQuixote

Congrats! And with that! Good Shabbos to all!

Have a good one, Ludwig!

41 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:53:47pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

Agreed. That'll give you a chance to post your scientific analysis. Hopefully, I can find an interesting political angle to take.

In other news, the interview I went to today resulted in a job offer. I've accepted it, and I start on Wednesday. It's full time, but I'll need to supplement it a bit or else find something better. Still, it pays a good bit more than unemployment and the hourly is very good. No commission to start, though.

But, but, but...your taxes will go up!!1!

42 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:54:04pm

"An editor"? So there's more than one?

Are you hiring, Charles?

43 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:55:11pm

re: #42 Cato the Elder

"An editor"? So there's more than one?

Are you hiring, Charles?

Actually I'm planning to give the monitors the ability to mark pages as 'featured'.

44 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:56:56pm

re: #42 Cato the Elder

Cato the Editor does have a nice ring to it...

45 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:57:16pm

re: #38 brookly red

well somebody has to work!

why?...what's the point?....if you do it right, you don't have to!

46 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:57:35pm

re: #41 Decatur Deb

But, but, but...your taxes will go up!!1!

So will my income. It's about 36 hours a week so I'll still be able to look for something that pays what I really need. The downside is that its 6 days a week, so I won't be here much during the evenings and likely not at all during the afternoon. But it'll be worth it.

47 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:57:47pm

re: #45 albusteve

why?...what's the point?...if you do it right, you don't have to!

hush...

48 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:58:49pm

re: #47 brookly red

hush...

send me $20 and I'll give you all the details

49 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:59:45pm

Note that the username in the Featured Pages section is a link that goes to that user's pages.

Your personal URL for all your pages is:

http:// littlegreenfootballs.com/pages/username

(Remove the space after the second slash.)

If your username has spaces, replace them with + signs in the URL.

50 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 4:59:59pm

Texas board adopts new social studies curriculum
By APRIL CASTRO – 43 minutes ago

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas State Board of Education adopted a social studies and history curriculum Friday that amends or waters down the teaching of the civil rights movement, slavery, America's relationship with the U.N. and hundreds of other items.

The ideological debate over the guidelines, which drew intense scrutiny beyond Texas, will be used to teach some 4.8 million Texas students for the next 10 years.

The standards also will be used by textbook publishers who often develop materials for other states based on those approved in Texas, although teachers in the Lone Star state have latitude in deciding which material to teach.

The board took separate votes on standards for high schools and kindergarten through eighth grades. The final vote was 9-5 on each set of standards.

51 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:01:13pm

re: #50 Gus 802

Texas board adopts new social studies curriculum
By APRIL CASTRO – 43 minutes ago

I like the watered down relationship with the UN....wish it were true

52 Aceofwhat?  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:01:58pm

re: #49 Charles

nice

53 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:03:42pm

re: #51 albusteve

heh, its great that you pick that out of everything :)

54 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:03:49pm

re: #51 albusteve

I like the watered down relationship with the UN...wish it were true

If I had to choose between the UN or the knuckle dragging Texas State Board of Education I'd choose the UN.

55 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:06:30pm

re: #54 Gus 802

If I had to choose between the UN or the knuckle dragging Texas State Board of Education I'd choose the UN.

I thought so...we'll see how many people the TBE gets killed or put in harms way, or how much money they rip off the citizens of Texas for....not even close imo

56 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:07:13pm

re: #55 albusteve

I thought so...we'll see how many people the TBE gets killed or put in harms way, or how much money they rip off the citizens of Texas for...not even close imo

Well, my post wasn't about the UN.

Whatever. Not interested in your anti-UN propaganda.

57 webevintage  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:07:21pm

Do you know what happened on May 21st, 1983?

58 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:08:46pm

re: #57 webevintage

Do you know what happened on May 21st, 1983?

tell!

59 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:09:05pm

re: #54 Gus 802
Even though their ' peacekeeping ' force of blue-helmest is rife with child molesters?

60 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:09:31pm

PIMF/ helmets

61 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:09:38pm

re: #59 tradewind

Even though their ' peacekeeping ' force of blue-helmest is rife with child molesters?

Have that conversation amongst yourselves.

62 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:09:49pm

Great rant (again) by Fishgrease over at dKos on the oil spill...here's his little digression on Kevin Costner:

(His rants are actually quite informative...his explanation of the 'top kill' strategy is the actual subject of the diary, but due to one-a-day rules he threw this extra bit in...read the whole thing...and check his history over there...it's worth you time.

Fucking Kevin Costner

If you love Kevin Costner and think he's trying to save The Gulf of Mexico because he's similar to Jesus Christ, you're going to hate my guts. I'm okay with that. Hate. Away.

Kevin's little infomercial for his device that he staged for BP, The Government, and Concerned Citizens and The Media down next to the Gulf this week is not the first time I've seen that device. It's not the first time BP or The Government have seen that device. It's just the first time The Media has seen that device. Kevin has been peddling that overpriced separator to Oil Companies and the Corps of Engineers and The Coast Guard for a few years now. They've told him they are not interested, for reasons too numerous to list here (suffice to say it is not a new idea). But now that there is a real disaster where he can peddle it in front of The Media and his adoring fans, he thinks he can force Oil Companies and the Corps of Engineers and The Coast Guard to buy it. Oil Companies and the Corps of Engineers and The Coast Guard have even released statements saying they're looking at it. Evaluating it. They're not. They're saying they are because they don't have time right now to deal with a bunch of rabid fucking Kevin Costner fans complaining they're not being fair to poor Kevin Costner, who is only trying to help. Kevin, fuck you. If Sean Penn were not down in Haiti holed up in a self-financed village of relief shacks, doing actual relief work and SHUNNING The Media, he would be down on the Gulf in a little row boat with a couple of lengths of absorb-a-boom, wringing a little oil at a time into a bucket. And he would be gathering more oil than you ever will, Kevin.

I know...people here hate Sean Penn because he's said kind words about Chavez, but Fishgrease does have a point...and Penn did the same thing after Katrina in NOLA...you've gotta respect that about him.

63 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:09:51pm

re: #57 webevintage

Do you know what happened on May 21st, 1983?

Not off the top of my head. Will I be embarrassed when you tell me?

64 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:10:49pm

re: #56 Gus 802

Well, my post wasn't about the UN.

Whatever. Not interested in your anti-UN propaganda.

it's not propaganda

65 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:10:59pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

Hey! You're no longer a burden on society! Congrats!

66 Obdicut  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:11:30pm

re: #49 Charles

I literally was thinking, earlier today, that this would be the best next feature for LGF.

I guess you thought of it ahead of me.

67 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:11:39pm

re: #61 Gus 802

Have that conversation amongst yourselves.

are you a Blue Helmet Guy?...I wouldn't have guessed

68 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:11:40pm

re: #61 Gus 802
Just saying.
It's a matter of public record.

69 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:12:25pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon
Coolio.

70 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:13:23pm

re: #63 SanFranciscoZionist

Not off the top of my head. Will I be embarrassed when you tell me?

my guess is that the NFL Players Union called for a strike

71 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:15:38pm

re: #59 tradewind

Even though their ' peacekeeping ' force of blue-helmest is rife with child molesters?

Yep. The UN is an overall negative in the world today. Massive reforms (which will not happen) would be needed to make it useful again.

72 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:16:15pm

re: #57 webevintage
So are you gonna tell us?

73 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:18:36pm

re: #71 Dark_Falcon

Yep. The UN is an overall negative in the world today. Massive reforms (which will not happen) would be needed to make it useful again.

it's a money pit, a scam that gets people killed....the US has no business affiliating with such an organization of looters

74 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:19:23pm

re: #71 Dark_Falcon
I don't remember who said it, but so true: The UN is a cabal of second and third world nations attempting to exert power over the first world by fiat.

75 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:20:17pm

re: #74 tradewind

I don't remember who said it, but so true: The UN is a cabal of second and third world nations attempting to exert power over the first world by fiat.

fiat?...more like Mercedes Benz

76 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:20:23pm

re: #61 Gus 802

Have that conversation amongst yourselves.

haha it's like a feedback loop

77 Kragar  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:20:47pm

Just a thought in passing

A series of debates on social issues between Seth Green and Eddie Izzard, moderated by Steven Wright.

OK, I'm gone

78 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:21:14pm

re: #59 tradewind

Even though their ' peacekeeping ' force of blue-helmest is rife with child molesters?

Ah, the things I learn on LGF. You are talking about Scott Ritter, the former UN weapons inspector?

I was looking for the "rife with child molesters". Got it.

79 Aceofwhat?  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:21:15pm

re: #76 WindUpBird

haha it's like a feedback loop

dude, turn down the amp!

;)

80 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:23:05pm

re: #76 WindUpBird

haha it's like a feedback loop

"come get some!"
DN

81 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:23:33pm

re: #62 darthstar
If Sean Penn is shunning the media, how come he popped up on two different television shows in the space of one hour a couple of days ago?
OTOH, if you had been sentenced to over 300 hours of community service for beating up a cameraman, as was Penn, you might be well advised to duck them.

82 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:23:41pm

re: #78 Stanley Sea

Ah, the things I learn on LGF. You are talking about Scott Ritter, the former UN weapons inspector?

I was looking for the "rife with child molesters". Got it.

Scott Ritters everywhere! An army of them! The place is LOUSY with Scott Ritters, they're in the vents, under the floorboards, eating your wardrobe, chewing on your plants...

83 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:23:46pm

re: #78 Stanley Sea
Nope.

84 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:24:00pm

re: #78 Stanley Sea

Ah, the things I learn on LGF. You are talking about Scott Ritter, the former UN weapons inspector?

I was looking for the "rife with child molesters". Got it.

There have been issues in several places with the UN peace-keeping forces and sexual misconduct.

If that adds up to 'rife', I don't know, I've only heard individual stories, and don't know what the oversight looks like in general, or what data there is.

85 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:24:01pm

re: #76 WindUpBird

haha it's like a feedback loop

Right. Heard it all before. It's boring.

I wonder if Texas now includes how the US undermined East Timor's sovereignty. Or how they also undermined the sovereignty of Central and South America under operation Condor. Or hose they undermined the sovereignty of Cambodia and Laos.

[crickets]

86 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:24:14pm

okay...Now I'm set...I've got a manhattan, some prime rib sliders and calamari on the way, and am sitting next to one of San Francisco's better known executive chefs and his wife...

87 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:24:28pm

re: #82 WindUpBird

Scott Ritters everywhere! An army of them! The place is LOUSY with Scott Ritters, they're in the vents, under the floorboards, eating your wardrobe, chewing on your plants...

what loop?

88 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:24:50pm

re: #85 Gus 802

Right. Heard it all before. It's boring.

I wonder if Texas now includes how the US undermined East Timor's sovereignty. Or how they also undermined the sovereignty of Central and South America under operation Operation Condor. Or hose how they undermined the sovereignty of Cambodia and Laos.

[crickets]

Woops.

89 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:24:59pm

re: #86 darthstar

okay...Now I'm set...I've got a manhattan, some prime rib sliders and calamari on the way, and am sitting next to one of San Francisco's better known executive chefs and his wife...

Sounds nice.

90 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:25:15pm

re: #81 tradewind

Love the way people who seem to dislike Penn so much know so much about him. He had to do community service? Oh my!

91 wrenchwench  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:25:22pm

re: #57 webevintage

Do you know what happened on May 21st, 1983?

Well, I tried Wikipedia. Several football, rugby, and soccer players were born that day. I think I quit a job that day.

92 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:25:35pm

re: #84 SanFranciscoZionist

Thanks. I just googled the terms & got Scott Ritter.

93 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:25:45pm

re: #78 Stanley Sea

Ah, the things I learn on LGF. You are talking about Scott Ritter, the former UN weapons inspector?

I was looking for the "rife with child molesters". Got it.

He's referring to the large numbers of rapes committed by UN peacekeepers over the years.

94 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:25:49pm

re: #86 darthstar

okay...Now I'm set...I've got a manhattan, some prime rib sliders and calamari on the way, and am sitting next to one of San Francisco's better known executive chefs and his wife...

just get up and walk out....leave some money tho

95 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:26:25pm

We had more cold, rain and hail storms today. At least some of my tadpoles are still alive, at least 6 and maybe more. The weather is due to warm up soon.

96 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:26:26pm

re: #89 Killgore Trout

Sounds nice.

I'm sitting out the "Cooking for Solutions" fest at the Aquarium tonight...figured I'd have a relaxing evening where I didn't have to keep up with all the hand-grasping that goes on at these events.

97 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:26:46pm

re: #93 Dark_Falcon

Ah, thanks.

98 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:27:40pm

re: #85 Gus 802

Right. Heard it all before. It's boring.

I wonder if Texas now includes how the US undermined East Timor's sovereignty. Or how they also undermined the sovereignty of Central and South America under operation Condor. Or hose they undermined the sovereignty of Cambodia and Laos.

[crickets]

Bubububububububbut but textbooks demonized George Washington!


/actually they didn't but hey

99 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:28:17pm

re: #78 Stanley Sea
Catch. Damned if a new allegation re Sudan hasn't surfaced in between posts....
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
[Link: online.wsj.com...]
[Link: children.foreignpolicyblogs.com...]
No need to even mention Ritter.

100 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:28:17pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout

We had more cold, rain and hail storms today. At least some of my tadpoles are still alive, at least 6 and maybe more. The weather is due to warm up soon.

I'm not sure 6/20 isn't good tadpole mortality--otherwise we'd have frogs up to our flies.

101 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:29:21pm

re: #98 WindUpBird

Bubububububububbut but textbooks demonized George Washington!

/actually they didn't but hey

I read they put back Thomas Jefferson.

But get this, someone insisted they spell out President Barrack Hussein Obama.

102 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:29:34pm

re: #84 SanFranciscoZionist
My last post was pretty rife. Five countries, and there are pages more if anyone wants them.
Not that anyone does, especially me. Point made, moving on.

103 wrenchwench  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:30:02pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout

We had more cold, rain and hail storms today. At least some of my tadpoles are still alive, at least 6 and maybe more. The weather is due to warm up soon.

I sure don't miss the Portland winters springs summers weather. Seattle is worse, though.

Mr. w wants me to join him on a backpacking trip around Mt. Hood in 2011 or 2012. My first question was "Even if it's raining?"

104 webevintage  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:30:05pm

re: #72 tradewind

So are you gonna tell us?

Sorry....ummm got distracted.....

WE GOT MARRIED.
Yipiee.....

105 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:30:26pm

re: #104 webevintage

Sorry...ummm got distracted...

WE GOT MARRIED.
Yipiee...

Mazal tov!

106 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:30:33pm

re: #100 Decatur Deb

I'm not sure 6/20 isn't good tadpole mortality--otherwise we'd have frogs up to our flies.

Killgore will end up with two twin 100lb bullfrogs that won't let him back in the house....at that point we'll feel sorry for him

107 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:30:36pm

re: #90 darthstar

Love the way people who seem to dislike Penn so much know so much about him. He had to do community service? Oh my!

You know how it is, actual stuff happening now for real is never as important as a hollywood guy being a dick, because Sean Penn sets policy and is a senator and also on the supreme court, don't you know!

108 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:31:20pm

re: #104 webevintage
That is history to remember. Congratulations, and don't spare the goodies.

109 webevintage  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:31:39pm

re: #105 SanFranciscoZionist

Mazal tov!

Thanks.
Not something you will find on Wikipedia, but a big deal here.
Got the rib eyes grilling and the teen is at work so old people sexy time.....
Bye!

110 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:31:46pm

re: #107 WindUpBird
You would think, watching.
You mean he doesn't?/

111 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:32:04pm

re: #101 Gus 802

I read they put back Thomas Jefferson.

But get this, someone insisted they spell out President Barrack Hussein Obama.

S'OK--someday we'll be proud America would elect a "Hussein" during a struggle against some Arabic-speaking enemies.

112 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:33:29pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout
If you suffer tadpole catastrophe, let me know and I'll send you a few hundred.

113 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:33:56pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

Agreed. That'll give you a chance to post your scientific analysis. Hopefully, I can find an interesting political angle to take.

In other news, the interview I went to today resulted in a job offer. I've accepted it, and I start on Wednesday. It's full time, but I'll need to supplement it a bit or else find something better. Still, it pays a good bit more than unemployment and the hourly is very good. No commission to start, though.

Congratulations, man!

114 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:34:25pm

re: #100 Decatur Deb

I'm not sure 6/20 isn't good tadpole mortality--otherwise we'd have frogs up to our flies.

Well, I think there are a lot more of them in hiding when it gets cold. If I dig around I can find the little ones hiding in the plants and under rocks but I don't want to disturb them too much. When the weather warms up next week I should have a better idea how many survivors I have.

115 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:34:29pm

re: #111 Decatur Deb
Yeah, remarkable that in a climate of so much hate some how the electorate managed to suck it up and put that aside./

116 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:34:34pm

re: #107 WindUpBird

You know how it is, actual stuff happening now for real is never as important as a hollywood guy being a dick, because Sean Penn sets policy and is a senator and also on the supreme court, don't you know!

who cares....plenty of people give away their time and money without beating up photographers and looking to pretend for their next million dollar payday....he's a boob...I have more respect for Walter who pounds it out in a neighborhood theater

117 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:34:53pm

re: #114 Killgore Trout
Oh, you have toad-poles.

118 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:35:33pm

re: #103 wrenchwench

I sure don't miss the Portland winters springs summers weather. Seattle is worse, though.

Mr. w wants me to join him on a backpacking trip around Mt. Hood in 2011 or 2012. My first question was "Even if it's raining?"

It's nice, I actually kinda like the rain but we aren't getting much of a spring this year. It's been terribly cold.

119 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:35:53pm

re: #115 tradewind

Yeah, remarkable that in a climate of so much hate some how the electorate managed to suck it up and put that aside./

I'm trying really hard to figure out what you're being sarcastic about but it's not coming to me.

120 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:36:00pm

re: #112 tradewind

If you suffer tadpole catastrophe, let me know and I'll send you a few hundred.

I might take you up on that.

121 b_snark  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:39:19pm

re: #59 tradewind

Even though their ' peacekeeping ' force of blue-helmest is rife with child molesters?

Prove it.

122 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:40:55pm

re: #120 Killgore Trout

I might take you up on that.

Ship 'em United Pollywog Service.

123 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:41:17pm

re: #122 Decatur Deb

Ship 'em United Pollywog Service.

[smiles]

124 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:41:50pm

re: #119 JasonA
Think hard, it'll come to you.

Still pondering? Okay... even in a country that is reportedly in danger of being inundated by right wing neo-skin- head - racist-nut-job dangerous types, even when a candidate's handlers say fine, resurrect the middle name (that he had previously eschewed) that's a synonym for ' bloodthirsty arab dictator ', the electorate, even in their misguided bigotry, pulled the lever for him anyway.
Must have been the unicorns that gave them courage.

125 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:41:57pm

Blast from the past.

U.S. signs UN convention against torture
US Department of State Bulletin, August, 1988

Following are the President's message to the Senate and the text of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment signed on behalf of the United States by Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead on April 18, 1988, at the United Nations. The United States became the 63d nation to sign the convention, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 1984 and entered into force on June 26, 198 7, after it was ratified by 20 nations.

MESSAGE TO THE SENATE, MAY 20, 1988.sup.1

With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, subject to certain reservations, understandings, and declarations, I transmit herewith the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Convention was adopted by unanimous agreement of the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1984, and entered into force on June 26, 1987. The United States signed it on April 18, 1988. 1 also transmit, for the information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State on the Convention.

The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the Convention . It marks a significant step in the development during this century of international measures against torture and other inhuman treatment or punishment. Ratification of the Convention by the United States will clearly express United States opposition to torture, an abhorrent practice unfortunately still prevalent in the world today.
- President Ronald Wilson Reagan

126 b_snark  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:43:09pm

re: #74 tradewind

I don't remember who said it, but so true: The UN is a cabal of second and third world nations attempting to exert power over the first world by fiat.

What, another subject you can bullshit about with the best of them? Why am I not surprised?

127 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:43:56pm

re: #121 b_sharp

Prove it.

oh man...it's a virtue of the UN

128 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:44:35pm

re: #121 b_sharp
Scroll up a few. Not my job to prove it, but you will find plenty of evidence.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

129 Renaissance_Man  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:44:46pm

re: #111 Decatur Deb

S'OK--someday we'll be proud America would elect a "Hussein" during a struggle against some Arabic-speaking enemies.

I already am.

And if the teachers in Texas are smart, they'll accept that requirement born out of fearmongering spite, and use it to teach that same pride.

130 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:45:07pm

re: #126 b_sharp
Because you're safety-wired to the
'prove it ' position.

131 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:45:18pm

re: #126 b_sharp

What, another subject you can bullshit about with the best of them? Why am I not surprised?

because you are a dullard?....the misdeeds of the UN and their human rights voting record in NYC is public knowledge

132 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:45:25pm

re: #124 tradewind

Think hard, it'll come to you.

Still pondering? Okay... even in a country that is reportedly in danger of being inundated by right wing neo-skin- head - racist-nut-job dangerous types, even when a candidate's handlers say fine, resurrect the middle name (that he had previously eschewed) that's a synonym for ' bloodthirsty arab dictator ', the electorate, even in their misguided bigotry, pulled the lever for him anyway.
Must have been the unicorns that gave them courage.

Not many people think we're being inundated. We certainly are being infected with a more virulent strain than I'd expected.

133 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:45:53pm

re: #126 b_sharp

Downding for flaming Tradewind. If you think someone is wrong, say so. Flinging insults is not nice and it turns threads to crap. Please don't do it.

134 Randall Gross  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:46:05pm
Stinky Beaumont and I will be looking for pages that are more than just a link and a quote from the article; write something thoughtful about your post that expresses your opinion, and you’re more likely to catch an editor’s attention.

This is good, since a lot of us do link dumps in the AM that are really just info gathering for the news hounds among us. I wouldn't want that to become featured content over creative well thought out diaries.

135 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:46:15pm

re: #131 albusteve
Not for b. He wants to rumble!

136 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:46:40pm

man, got distracted for a bit.

There should be a name for the tendency of people to compare organizations they hate with child molesters.

137 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:47:14pm

re: #132 Decatur Deb
I know, you're right, and that is why it was sarcasm. That's what I was saying to jason.

138 b_snark  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:48:19pm

re: #127 albusteve

oh man...it's a virtue of the UN

Show me.

139 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:48:48pm

re: #136 windsagio
It's not so much a comparison as an accusation, used to justify the idea that maybe the UN is not all rainbow farts. that.

140 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:48:53pm

re: #137 tradewind

I know, you're right, and that is why it was sarcasm. That's what I was saying to jason.

Yeah, there's so much love out there today for anything related to the Middle East...

141 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:48:54pm

re: #134 Thanos

This is good, since a lot of us do link dumps in the AM that are really just info gathering for the news hounds among us. I wouldn't want that to become featured content over creative well thought out diaries.

agreed, good point...I myself often post a bunch of stuff I find simply to stir controversy, with the intention of exposing all sides of a story, regardless

142 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:49:07pm

re: #136 windsagio

man, got distracted for a bit.

There should be a name for the tendency of people to compare organizations they hate with child molesters.

PedoNgophobes.

143 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:49:21pm

re: #131 albusteve

Please don't insult either, steve. Let's not have a flame war tonight.

144 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:49:22pm

re: #138 b_sharp
Admit it, you have your little dukes up now, don't you?

145 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:49:43pm

re: #136 windsagio

man, got distracted for a bit.

There should be a name for the tendency of people to compare organizations they hate with child molesters.

Well, if we're talking about the UN specifically then there is a label for those people.

Birchers.

146 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:49:55pm

re: #136 windsagio

man, got distracted for a bit.

There should be a name for the tendency of people to compare organizations they hate with child molesters.

make one up

147 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:50:02pm

re: #104 webevintage

Sorry...ummm got distracted...

WE GOT MARRIED.
Yipiee...

Mazel Tov!

149 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:51:17pm

re: #140 JasonA
I think we miscommunicated there. That wasn't my point either.
I'm dropping it, because no good's coming out of this one.

150 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:51:25pm

re: #138 b_sharp

Show me.

go find it for yourself....google peacekeepers/rape and you'll get a half million hits....plenty there to hand wring over

151 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:52:24pm

re: #124 tradewind

Think hard, it'll come to you.

Still pondering? Okay... even in a country that is reportedly in danger of being inundated by right wing neo-skin- head - racist-nut-job dangerous types, even when a candidate's handlers say fine, resurrect the middle name (that he had previously eschewed) that's a synonym for ' bloodthirsty arab dictator ', the electorate, even in their misguided bigotry, pulled the lever for him anyway.
Must have been the unicorns that gave them courage.

You consider the American electorate to be misguided bigots?

152 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:52:32pm

re: #145 JasonA
Well, I wanted to drop it.
So you think the WSJ, the BBC, and all the other links above to stories of UN child molestation and abuse are planted by Birchers?
Puh-leeze.

153 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:52:39pm

re: #146 albusteve

make one up

re: #142 Decatur Deb

PedoNgophobes.

DD, like always came up with the best answer :D

154 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:52:45pm

re: #143 Dark_Falcon

Please don't insult either, steve. Let's not have a flame war tonight.

I reply in kind...you know that...people want a scrap, I just might give it to them

155 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:53:11pm

re: #125 Gus 802

Blast from the past.

U.S. signs UN convention against torture
US Department of State Bulletin, August, 1988

Why did Ronald Reagan hate America?

/

156 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:53:12pm

re: #143 Dark_Falcon

now now, lets not get all thread-policey.

157 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:53:31pm

re: #151 SanFranciscoZionist
Cheesenrice./
No. That was the whole point, I was being sarcastic, and jason took issue with it. See response to deb.
Arrrggghghggh.

158 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:53:32pm

re: #151 SanFranciscoZionist

You consider the American electorate to be misguided bigots?

No, TW is presenting the whole argument as sarc.

159 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:53:36pm

re: #150 albusteve

go find it for yourself...google peacekeepers/rape and you'll get a half million hits...plenty there to hand wring over

I'm getting lots of Debbie Schlussel, Pam Gellar and WhirledNutDaily.

160 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:53:52pm

re: #150 albusteve

go find it for yourself...google peacekeepers/rape and you'll get a half million hits...plenty there to hand wring over

I've just googled "us soldiers" rape. 210,000 results. Should we be worried?

161 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:53:58pm

re: #155 SanFranciscoZionist

Why did Ronald Reagan hate America?

/

Why signing that UN resolution against torture was downright un-American.

/

162 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:54:49pm

re: #145 JasonA

Well, if we're talking about the UN specifically then there is a label for those people.

Birchers.

all people in disagreement with the UNs track record are Birchers....good one!....what else do you know?

163 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:55:07pm

Thanos posts the most interesting links, I think.

164 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:55:16pm

re: #162 albusteve

Your sense of humor is so selective >>

165 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:55:35pm

re: #160 Nimed

I've just googled "us soldiers" rape. 210,000 results. Should we be worried?

of course

166 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:55:37pm

re: #129 Renaissance_Man

I already am.

And if the teachers in Texas are smart, they'll accept that requirement born out of fearmongering spite, and use it to teach that same pride.

I've been damn proud of us since well before that. Right after 9/11 there were endless predictions of mob violence against Muslims and Arabs in the U.S. We had a few bad incidents, but as a nation sailed through with amazing calm and focus. It was something that gave me hope and pride, even while we were doing some other really goofy stuff to blow off stress.

167 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:55:42pm

re: #155 SanFranciscoZionist

Why did Ronald Reagan hate America?

/

Because the Ronald Reagan people like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck venerate never existed except as a myth. The real Reagan reached out to people who were not conservative and knew how to compromise.

168 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:55:54pm

re: #125 Gus 802
Actions, not words.
But what were we supposed to do, create a headline that read
US refuses to agree to anti-torture convention, thinks it's a Good Thing?

169 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:56:13pm

re: #159 JasonA

I'm getting lots of Debbie Schlussel, Pam Gellar and WhirledNutDaily.

Schlussel and Gellar would drive anyone to rape a UN peacekeeper.

170 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:56:32pm

re: #168 tradewind

Actions, not words.
But what were we supposed to do, create a headline that read
US refuses to agree to anti-torture convention, thinks it's a Good Thing?

Uh huh.

171 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:56:41pm

re: #163 Floral Giraffe

Thanos posts the most interesting links, I think.

he's the bomb...a real asset, and hit his BLOG!

172 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:56:51pm

re: #159 JasonA
You need to redo googlefu, because I got none of those. Managed to avoid any right-wing websites, because there were plenty of alternatives from the MSM. Hell, the Beeb./

173 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:57:48pm

re: #161 Gus 802

Why signing that UN resolution against torture was downright un-American.

/

Was it a resolution against torturing BP executives by asking them for the truth?

174 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:58:17pm

Glenn Beck is on O'Reilly right now talking about Anthony Weiner going after Goldline, one of Beck's main advertisers. O'Reilly is lobbing softballs and Beck's hitting them while coming across as a spoiled schoolboy. Pathetic. It's "defend the advertiser and ignore the facts".

175 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:58:21pm

re: #167 Dark_Falcon
He did know how to compromise, but he also knew when the carrot was chewed up and it was time for the stick.
Renaldus did not sweat the small stuff. Wish he could have left a successor.

176 b_snark  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:58:21pm

re: #128 tradewind

Scroll up a few. Not my job to prove it, but you will find plenty of evidence.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Looks like it is an ongoing problem with the military when around vulnerable people. It shouldn't be acceptable at any time and those responsible for it should be prosecuted.

177 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:58:29pm

re: #152 tradewind

Well, I wanted to drop it.
So you think the WSJ, the BBC, and all the other links above to stories of UN child molestation and abuse are planted by Birchers?
Puh-leeze.

Huh? This is a totally different subject than what we were talking about before, isn't it?

And I'm not about to condemn the UN because some it's Peacekeepers have been accused of rape. Are there documents from higher-ups written in Latin that instruct subordinates to cover it up?

178 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:59:08pm

re: #169 darthstar

They're raping him!!!!!!

179 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:59:11pm

re: #175 tradewind

He did know how to compromise, but he also knew when the carrot was chewed up and it was time for the stick.
Renaldus did not sweat the small stuff. Wish he could have left a successor.

Quite Concur.

180 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:59:22pm

re: #174 Dark_Falcon

Glenn Beck is on O'Reilly right now talking about Anthony Weiner going after Goldline, one of Beck's main advertisers. O'Reilly is lobbing softballs and Beck's hitting them while coming across as a spoiled schoolboy. Pathetic. It's "defend the advertiser and ignore the facts".

Yes, but it plays well with the Beck/O'Reilly audience.

181 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:59:28pm

re: #157 tradewind

Cheesenrice./
No. That was the whole point, I was being sarcastic, and jason took issue with it. See response to deb.
Arrrggghghggh.

Yes, I was being a bit sarcastic myself.

182 b_snark  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:59:34pm

re: #130 tradewind

Because you're safety-wired to the
'prove it ' position.

Yes I am. It annoys me when people make an outrageous comment without backing it up with more than opinion.

183 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:59:35pm

re: #172 tradewind

You need to redo googlefu, because I got none of those. Managed to avoid any right-wing websites, because there were plenty of alternatives from the MSM. Hell, the Beeb./

Hey, I'm just telling you what popped up when I googled what Steve told me to.

184 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:59:45pm

It's 'cool uncle' night. Which means my sister and brother in law are going out while I stay at home taking care of their offspring. Pondering on the evolutionary meaning of it all.

We're seeing an anime titled "El Hazard". Nothing good can come out of this.

Walter, in case you're reading - I feel your pain.

185 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:59:49pm

re: #173 darthstar
We need to waterboard 'em * until they agree to stop secretly dealing with Iran, thereby enabling them to get nukes that much faster.
** don't start. I'm kidding. Kind of.

186 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 21, 2010 5:59:50pm

re: #158 Decatur Deb

No, TW is presenting the whole argument as sarc.

Strawman sarcasm.

187 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:00:20pm

re: #181 SanFranciscoZionist
Ahhh, the smoke.... nobody can see for it!

188 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:00:54pm

re: #178 windsagio

They're raping him!!!

That's just disturbing.

189 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:01:12pm

re: #180 darthstar

Yes, but it plays well with the Beck/O'Reilly audience.

It plays well with Beck's audience, but I'm part of O'Reilly's audience and it doesn't play well with me.

190 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:01:22pm

re: #168 tradewind

Actions, not words.
But what were we supposed to do, create a headline that read
US refuses to agree to anti-torture convention, thinks it's a Good Thing?

Hold on--you think Reagan came on board because he was afraid the press would say mean things about him?

191 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:01:26pm

re: #157 tradewind

re: #181 SanFranciscoZionist

The sarcasm in the air is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

192 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:01:29pm

re: #185 tradewind

We need to waterboard 'em * until they agree to stop secretly dealing with Iran, thereby enabling them to get nukes that much faster.
** don't start. I'm kidding. Kind of.

Are you trying to do sarcasm? That's so sweet!

193 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:01:40pm

re: #182 b_sharp
Bad for the blood pressure, and a loser in the long run.
Not everyone is going to be as right as you.
Even when you're wrong.

194 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:02:04pm

re: #184 Nimed

It's 'cool uncle' night. Which means my sister and brother in law are going out while I stay at home taking care of their offspring. Pondering on the evolutionary meaning of it all.

We're seeing an anime titled "El Hazard". Nothing good can come out of this.

Walter, in case you're reading - I feel your pain.

Your house or theirs?
Makes a big difference...

195 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:02:07pm

re: #183 JasonA

My actual results. (I can't believe what I do for this damn blog)

TW, post your search terms and results, mine came up pretty damn wingnutty.

196 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:02:08pm

re: #192 darthstar

Are you trying to do sarcasm? That's so sweet!

You should sarc that.

197 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:02:23pm

re: #191 Nimed

re: #181 SanFranciscoZionist

The sarcasm in the air is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

You can spread it on Rand Paul...he's toast.

198 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:02:23pm

re: #190 SanFranciscoZionist
Yeah, I mean really, he was more or less backed into a corner. What was he gonna do?
(How many slash marks do I need)?

199 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:02:39pm

El Hazard synopsis:

The story focuses on four people from our world (High school students Makoto Mizuhara, Katsuhiko Jinnai and Nanami Jinnai, and History teacher Masamichi Fujisawa) who are mysteriously transported to the fantastical world of El-Hazard, which is threatened with a massive war between the human nations on one side and the insectoid Bugrom tribe on the other. To add further complexity, the quartet's transportation has a side effect, in that each of them gains a unique special ability/

Jesus Christ.

200 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:02:42pm

re: #188 darthstar

haha sorry >

201 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:02:54pm

re: #196 Decatur Deb

You should sarc that.

Too late.

202 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:03:14pm

re: #184 Nimed

It's 'cool uncle' night. Which means my sister and brother in law are going out while I stay at home taking care of their offspring. Pondering on the evolutionary meaning of it all.

We're seeing an anime titled "El Hazard". Nothing good can come out of this.

Walter, in case you're reading - I feel your pain.

Kids love to play with fire. Just give them some matches and a lighter and they'll entertain themselves for hours.

203 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:03:29pm

Too much. My post on "Texas board adopts new social studies curriculum" led to a "discussion" on UN peacekeeping sexual abuse.

204 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:03:37pm

re: #195 windsagio

My actual results. (I can't believe what I do for this damn blog)

TW, post your search terms and results, mine came up pretty damn wingnutty.

Well, you have CNN and the Washington Post there, as well as some real problem children. Is the Daily Standard a good paper?

205 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:03:51pm

re: #195 windsagio
Sure, lemme check history.....
"Google search: UN peacekeepers molested children in Africa".
More links than can count, and plenty of non-rightwing sources.

206 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:04:25pm

re: #194 Floral Giraffe

Your house or theirs?
Makes a big difference...

Mine. That's good, right? At least I get do decide the food.

We're ordering Japanese. BUHAAAHHAHAHAAA!

207 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:04:26pm

re: #203 Gus 802

Too much. My post on "Texas board adopts new social studies curriculum" led to a "discussion" on UN peacekeeping sexual abuse.

happens all the time

208 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:04:30pm

re: #203 Gus 802
You had to mention the UN. That'll learn ya./

209 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:04:42pm

Next up.....
Arizona senator behind SB-1070 plans next bill: ‘Target the mother’ by going after the ‘anchor baby racket.’

A Phoenix news station (KPHO) is reporting that the state Senator behind Arizona’s new immigration law, Russell Pierce (R), does not intend on stopping at SB-1070. In e-mails obtained by the local CBS affiliate, Pearce said he intends to push for an “anchor baby” bill that would essentially overturn the 14th amendment by no longer granting citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants born on U.S. soil. “Anchor babies” is a derogatory and “politically charged” term used to refer to the U.S. citizen children of undocumented parents.

210 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:04:49pm

Happy Friday! If you are over the date line Happy Saturday.

Interesting vibe tonight. I just logged in a bit ago and I'm still all excited by the featured pages. I'd like to talk through how we might wind up blogging more within each others pages.

When Charles mentioned embedding images I really got excited. For us photographers around here that is really interesting, as in when we go to a big Dem or GOP convention.

211 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:05:48pm

re: #209 Killgore Trout
/You said ' anchor babies/
I got pounded for that one.
:)

212 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:06:11pm

re: #210 Rightwingconspirator

Happy Friday! If you are over the date line Happy Saturday.

Interesting vibe tonight. I just logged in a bit ago and I'm still all excited by the featured pages. I'd like to talk through how we might wind up blogging more within each others pages.

When Charles mentioned embedding images I really got excited. For us photographers around here that is really interesting, as in when we go to a big Dem or GOP convention.

Yeah, I'm going to have to dust off my digital camera if I can find it. Maybe I'll do some garden blogging.

213 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:06:11pm

re: #209 Killgore Trout

Next up...
Arizona senator behind SB-1070 plans next bill: ‘Target the mother’ by going after the ‘anchor baby racket.’

yay!....anchor babies are just plain wrong imo....an ill wind is blowing for the illegal immigrant supporters

214 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:06:13pm

re: #199 Nimed

El Hazard synopsis:

The story focuses on four people from our world (High school students Makoto Mizuhara, Katsuhiko Jinnai and Nanami Jinnai, and History teacher Masamichi Fujisawa) who are mysteriously transported to the fantastical world of El-Hazard, which is threatened with a massive war between the human nations on one side and the insectoid Bugrom tribe on the other. To add further complexity, the quartet's transportation has a side effect, in that each of them gains a unique special ability/

Jesus Christ.

What is that? Some new anime series?

215 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:06:48pm

re: #205 tradewind

I notice that you don't actually link your search... bad habit with you

UN peacekeepers molested children in Africa

You are apparently what we call a liar. Unless WND and the Weekly Standard aren't wingnut sources... Oh wait, they totally are!

216 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:07:20pm

re: #210 Rightwingconspirator

I'm looking forward to photo-diaries by you, RWC...there are a few photodiarists at the great orange satan...they're alwasy fun to read/view.

217 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:07:41pm

re: #209 Killgore Trout

Next up...
Arizona senator behind SB-1070 plans next bill: ‘Target the mother’ by going after the ‘anchor baby racket.’

I'll just repost what I said in Linkage:

This bothers me but it doesn't. It's so blatantly unconstitutional that it'll die a quick death. On the other hand, the Republican message I'm hearing is that every infant is beautiful and precious (see: abortion) unless it comes from a dirty Mexican.

218 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:07:49pm

re: #213 albusteve

yay!...anchor babies are just plain wrong imo...an ill wind is blowing for the illegal immigrant supporters

The pesky Konstitution is going to be a problem for the "patriots"....

Despite Pierce’s confidence that his new proposal is constitutional, the 14th Amendment clearly stipulates that “[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” The U.S. Supreme Court explicitly confirmed in United States v. Wong Kim Ark that anyone born in the United States would be a citizen regardless of their parents’ nationality.
219 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:07:56pm

re: #212 Killgore Trout

I'd like that. I'm looking to get more fresh herbs planted in pots on my patio. We live in one of those garden style apartment buildings. So we have lots of pots and no yard.

220 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:07:57pm

re: #199 Nimed

El Hazard synopsis:

The story focuses on four people from our world (High school students Makoto Mizuhara, Katsuhiko Jinnai and Nanami Jinnai, and History teacher Masamichi Fujisawa) who are mysteriously transported to the fantastical world of El-Hazard, which is threatened with a massive war between the human nations on one side and the insectoid Bugrom tribe on the other. To add further complexity, the quartet's transportation has a side effect, in that each of them gains a unique special ability/

Jesus Christ.

I wonder if the UN will be on the side of the insectoids, or if they will just be a bunch of bug appeasers.

221 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:08:36pm

re: #218 Killgore Trout

High five!

222 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:08:51pm

re: #209 Killgore Trout
I was surprised to learn that most countries do not grant citizenship automatically via birth. .... i.e., the UK, Australia, Switzerland, etc...
ttp[Link: answers.yahoo.com...]

223 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:09:07pm

re: #217 JasonA

I'll just repost what I said in Linkage:

This bothers me but it doesn't. It's so blatantly unconstitutional that it'll die a quick death. On the other hand, the Republican message I'm hearing is that every infant is beautiful and precious (see: abortion) unless it comes from a dirty Mexican.

Yeah, it's never going to happen but they are determined to try. Just imagine if Obama was trying to overturn the Constitution. They'd freak out.

224 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:09:28pm

From what I understand, there are wealthier countries in which the mother will fly in and overstay her visa to give birth, then go home.

The parents just want their child to have a US passport in case their own country goes nuts. As a mother, I can't really blame them. If I lived next to Kim Il Jong, I'd want a back door for my kids, too.

225 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:09:29pm

re: #218 Killgore Trout

no mention of criminal status....that's got to change

226 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:10:01pm

Michelle Malkin was an anchor baby.

227 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:10:09pm

re: #214 Dark_Falcon

What is that? Some new anime series?

Not really - it's from 1995.

I'm not fooling myself here, dude: Perfect Blue this is not.

228 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:10:26pm

re: #222 tradewind

I was surprised to learn that most countries do not grant citizenship automatically via birth. ... i.e., the UK, Australia, Switzerland, etc...
ttp[Link: answers.yahoo.com...]


Yeah, I'm not sure where that tradition came from but it seems to be a common thing.

229 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:10:45pm

Bobby Jindal was an anchor baby.

230 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:10:45pm

re: #209 Killgore Trout

Next up...
Arizona senator behind SB-1070 plans next bill: ‘Target the mother’ by going after the ‘anchor baby racket.’

Good luck with that one. The federal courts will strike that law down so fast you'd think it was in a time-warp.

231 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:10:53pm

re: #226 Gus 802

Michelle Malkin was an anchor baby.

heehee I know. That a great little factoid.

232 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:11:16pm

re: #217 JasonA

I'll just repost what I said in Linkage:

This bothers me but it doesn't. It's so blatantly unconstitutional that it'll die a quick death. On the other hand, the Republican message I'm hearing is that every infant is beautiful and precious (see: abortion) unless it comes from a dirty Mexican.

to bad you need to see it that way...the outrage must be strong...try looking at it from an alien standpoint, rather than a racist view

233 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:11:36pm

re: #225 albusteve

that's got to change

Good luck changing the constitution.

234 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:11:40pm

Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo was an anchor baby.

235 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:12:08pm

re: #215 windsagio
Not funny. You want the google page? It is followed by more. All of my links, including BBC, WSJ, etc, came from it. Had I really wanted to send a tingle down your leg, I would have included the one from whatreallyhappened.com
ttp[Link: www.google.com...]

236 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:12:18pm

re: #225 albusteve

I kinda think its a good rule myself. The kid at least didn't choose to be born here.

Its like those illegal students who were protesting in AZ the other day. They didn't choose to move to the US at 4 weeks to 7 years old, but they can be punished as if they were. There's no home for those people in (enter origin country of choice)

237 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:12:27pm

re: #228 Killgore Trout

Yeah, I'm not sure where that tradition came from but it seems to be a common thing.

It might be the norm. We were starving for new Americans the first hundred years or so.

238 Renaissance_Man  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:12:31pm

I actually have a concern about the LGF Pages.

I notice that the text we write in them is peppered with Infolinks. For a paragraph or two they're not such a big deal, though I personally hate them. But if any of us were to write a long piece, an essay of any kind, it'd quickly degenerate into an unreadable mess full of green text.

Is there a way around this?

239 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:12:39pm

Monitor lizards now have the brand new and bruising power to feature posts in LGF pages.

Use it wisely, my lizards.

240 Spare O'Lake  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:13:08pm

re: #218 Killgore Trout

No requirement that the parent of the child be in the US legally?

241 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:13:09pm

re: #232 albusteve

to bad you need to see it that way...the outrage must be strong...try looking at it from an alien standpoint, rather than a racist view

Well, there certainly is a racial component. They aren't worried about Canadians, just Mexicans.

242 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:13:15pm

re: #217 JasonA

I'll just repost what I said in Linkage:

This bothers me but it doesn't. It's so blatantly unconstitutional that it'll die a quick death. On the other hand, the Republican message I'm hearing is that every infant is beautiful and precious (see: abortion) unless it comes from a dirty Mexican.

They'll lose every statewide office in Arizona as Latinos turn on them, then blame a conspiracy. EPIC FAIL doesn't even begin to describe it.

243 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:13:22pm

re: #216 darthstar

Thanks! In a way I'm relieved. My photo blog is really about the art of photography, not necessarily about the subject of the images. Way too many subjects for that. Finding a great home for political or news images is wonderful news to me. I'm trying not to assume too much, as the rules written and unwritten on how to use this are just forming as this grows.

244 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:13:24pm

re: #235 tradewind

I linked it already. You misrepresented the results.

I usually make it a point not to get mad on blogs, but this kind of thing effing pisses me off.

245 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:13:35pm

re: #104 webevintage

Sorry...ummm got distracted...

WE GOT MARRIED.
Yipiee...

Happy Anniversary!

246 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:14:03pm

re: #239 Charles

Monitor lizards now have the brand new and bruising power to feature posts in LGF pages.

Use it wisely, my lizards.

But who will monitor the monitors?

247 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:14:15pm

re: #240 Spare O'Lake

No requirement that the parent of the child be in the US legally?

I don't know.

248 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:14:23pm

re: #234 Gus 802

Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo was an anchor baby.

Darthstar could be considered an anchor-baby but his mom married into this country and had three other anchors before him.

249 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:14:54pm

Charles, what would cause a google search page to not show?
I wanted to post the page to answer a question of where I got links, but got the stop sign.
(sorry windsagio. But my links came from the search, and I was not lying.)

250 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:15:45pm

re: #248 darthstar

Darthstar could be considered an anchor-baby but his mom married into this country and had three other anchors before him.

My cousin might have been one. He went on to be one the attorneys in Bush vs. Gore. For Bush BTW.

I think Marco Rubio might be another anchor baby.

251 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:15:59pm

re: #206 Nimed

Mine. That's good, right? At least I get do decide the food.

We're ordering Japanese. BUHAAAHHAHAHAAA!

WRONG!
If it's at their house you don't have to clean up!
We used to make all kinds of forts, with every pillow in the house.
And watch cartoons, when the kids were little.

252 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:16:00pm

re: #244 windsagio
The links I posted came from it! How is that misrepresenting? I believe SFZ had similar results. There were just as many mainstream and even left-leaning sites as right wing ones.

253 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:16:04pm

re: #233 Killgore Trout

Good luck changing the constitution.

I'm way too cynical to think it could change...but do you really suppose the author intended what you think it means?....anchor baby for anyone?....gimme a break

254 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:16:47pm

re: #238 Renaissance_Man

I actually have a concern about the LGF Pages.

I notice that the text we write in them is peppered with Infolinks. For a paragraph or two they're not such a big deal, though I personally hate them. But if any of us were to write a long piece, an essay of any kind, it'd quickly degenerate into an unreadable mess full of green text.

Is there a way around this?

Infolinks help pay for the servers and bandwidth that let the LGF Pages exist. So basically, no. But there's a limit of 12 Infolinks per page, so a long essay wouldn't really turn into a huge mess.

255 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:17:09pm

Early night, all. We're roofing our second 2010 Habitat house early, before the Alabama sun hits.

256 Renaissance_Man  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:17:24pm

re: #254 Charles

Infolinks help pay for the servers and bandwidth that let the LGF Pages exist. So basically, no. But there's a limit of 12 Infolinks per page, so a long essay wouldn't really turn into a huge mess.

12 links, or 12 different infolinked words?

257 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:17:37pm

re: #252 tradewind

Managed to avoid any right-wing websites

If I misinterpreted this somehow, I'd be glad to apologize.

258 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:17:57pm

re: #250 Gus 802
I don't see anything wrong with allowing a baby born in this country to be a citizen, in most cases. What is wrong is the
' birth tourism ' that has taken over, where people drag themselves over the border in labor or nearly, just to take advantage of benefits. The hospitals are overwhelmed, and there are even travel agencies promoting it.

259 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:17:59pm

re: #219 Rightwingconspirator

I'd like that. I'm looking to get more fresh herbs planted in pots on my patio. We live in one of those garden style apartment buildings. So we have lots of pots and no yard.

Plus, if you rent in California, if it's in a pot, it belongs to the tenant, once it's in the ground, the landlord owns it. You don't want to know, how I came by that knowledge.

260 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:18:24pm

We had an anchor baby in our family. She was born in Fort Orange, New York. In the early 1600's.

With that non sequitur, I will now go and finish the exciting housework I had started.

261 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:20:17pm

re: #257 windsagio
I can easily catch enough flak from your POV without lying, and I don't do it.
Droppin' it now.

262 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:20:42pm

re: #254 Charles

Infolinks help pay for the servers and bandwidth that let the LGF Pages exist. So basically, no. But there's a limit of 12 Infolinks per page, so a long essay wouldn't really turn into a huge mess.

Speaking of money...I've kind of settled in here at LGF, and as I've got three subscriptions at dKos (one for me, one for my wife, and I bought a year of commercial free for Rachel Maddow when she joined there), I was wondering if you do a subscription service? I see the paypal link, but have as of this moment still not contributed. By the way, I've also let my public radio membership expire, but I've grown so attached to the fundraising breaks that I can't donate for fear I'll send them over their goal and they'll go away.

263 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:20:49pm

re: #254 Charles
This just gets better and better. It's all so new.

Couple questions. How do you feel about conversations moving to a Lizards page and away from the main topic, open or not?

When we comment in or upding a persons page, does that show up in master spy?

264 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:20:55pm

re: #241 Killgore Trout

Well, there certainly is a racial component. They aren't worried about Canadians, just Mexicans.

arguing illegal immigration problems is a loser....the writing is on the wall that reform is needed, otherwise what's the fuss eh?...all this touchy/feely/open border bullshit is so child like

265 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:20:56pm

re: #255 Decatur Deb

Early night, all. We're roofing our second 2010 Habitat house early, before the Alabama sun hits.

Good night, DD. Great that you're doing that. Way to give back!

266 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:21:15pm

re: #121 b_sharp

Prove it.

Here's a 2008 report.

The link is to a page, where you have to click the box to the right to download the pdf of the report.

267 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:21:27pm

re: #260 EmmmieG

We had an anchor baby in our family. She was born in Fort Orange, New York. In the early 1600's.

With that non sequitur, I will now go and finish the exciting housework I had started.

Please board bus #23...it leaves in fifteen minutes.

268 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:21:34pm

re: #261 tradewind

oh c'mon, I'm offering to apologize, don't just drop it, explain how I was mistaken. Its better for both of us this way

269 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:21:34pm

re: #259 Floral Giraffe

I did know that. We gave this building it's tallest trees. I was managing it at the time. Long ago.

270 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:21:34pm

re: #247 Killgore Trout

I don't know.

well consider it

271 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:23:10pm

re: #263 Rightwingconspirator

This just gets better and better. It's all so new.

Couple questions. How do you feel about conversations moving to a Lizards page and away from the main topic, open or not?

When we comment in or upding a persons page, does that show up in master spy?

I think that, as lizard pages spur conversations, membership will grow. People like following a specific thread, and as the main page threads tend to disintegrate into multiple topics after 100 posts or so, this will be a good thing.

272 Interesting Times in Benghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:23:58pm

re: #257 windsagio

If I misinterpreted this somehow, I'd be glad to apologize.

Maybe when she said "avoid any right-wing websites", she meant what she chose to link to in her comments - the search terms she used brought up BBC links at the top, with a few wingnutty sites further down. She only linked to the mainstream stories as far as I could see.

273 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:24:55pm

re: #263 Rightwingconspirator

This just gets better and better. It's all so new.

Couple questions. How do you feel about conversations moving to a Lizards page and away from the main topic, open or not?

I say, go for it.

When we comment in or upding a persons page, does that show up in master spy?

Yes, comments for pages show up in the spy.

274 Nick Morgan  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:25:03pm

re: #209 Killgore Trout


Hi, KT (may I call you KT?). Didn't know that. Thanks!

275 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:26:05pm

re: #160 Nimed

I've just googled "us soldiers" rape. 210,000 results. Should we be worried?

depends... how many of those were related to Murtha?

276 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:26:29pm

re: #176 b_sharp

Looks like it is an ongoing problem with the military when around vulnerable people. It shouldn't be acceptable at any time and those responsible for it should be prosecuted.

Those links were about UN folks.
UN peacekeepers are "military"?

You asked for information . . .
It was provided.

277 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:26:52pm

re: #258 tradewind

I don't see anything wrong with allowing a baby born in this country to be a citizen, in most cases. What is wrong is the
' birth tourism ' that has taken over, where people drag themselves over the border in labor or nearly, just to take advantage of benefits. The hospitals are overwhelmed, and there are even travel agencies promoting it.

Yes. Being an American is a freat benefit. I welcome them.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

278 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:27:04pm

re: #268 windsagio
Hey, we're doing so well. No reason to screw it up now./
Here's the thing.... when I cite links for someone whose POV I know to be to the left of mine, I usually try extra hard not to pick from those that are associated with ultraconservative/right wing blogs, because it's an automatic suspension of disbelief. Same in reverse, when someone posts a link from a left-wing blog as ' proof ', it tends to get not as much trust. So you thread your way through the links, skip the far-one-way-or-another if possible, and look for ones from mainstream sites to use as cites.
Thas' all.

279 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:27:16pm

re: #275 brookly red

depends... how many of those were related to Murtha?

I'll make deal with you. You stop ragging on Murtha, and I'll stop insulting that fuckin' drooler, Reagan...at least for a while.

280 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:27:24pm

re: #274 Nick Morgan

Hi, KT (may I call you KT?). Didn't know that. Thanks!

Is there a point to this question?

281 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:27:56pm

re: #272 publicityStunted
What you said/

282 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:28:05pm

re: #278 tradewind

Very good answer, and I apologize for jumping down your throat.

283 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:28:13pm

re: #248 darthstar

Darthstar could be considered an anchor-baby but his mom married into this country and had three other anchors before him.

SS is an anchor baby, as mother was an illegal until only a couple of years ago.

And I am proud!

284 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:28:46pm

Got a little reading on the trollometer here.

285 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:29:01pm

re: #271 darthstar

Agreed.

286 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:29:16pm

re: #279 darthstar

I'll make deal with you. You stop ragging on Murtha, and I'll stop insulting that fuckin' drooler, Reagan...at least for a while.

not a rag a statistic... 210,000 results & lot of those were related por and against Murtha... numbers, just numbers.

287 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:29:19pm

re: #277 swamprat
The homeless.
Not the ones who want to send their money back home./

288 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:30:23pm

A Facebook "friend" gave me the boot today because I told him what I thought about Arizona, Rand Paul and the Texas Board of Education after he approvingly posted this video:

Youtube Video

It's Rep. McClintock of California chastising the Mexican President for mentioning the Arizona "you look like you don't belong here" law.

Read some of the comments on the YouTube page and you'll see why I wasn't upset when this "friend" defriended me for being a "lefty loony" (I'm sure that will come as shock to some of you) and hence no longer worthy of his friendship. He couldn't resist a smarmy "may G-d bless you" after telling me off, even, so I told him where he could shove that.

289 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:30:38pm

re: #287 tradewind

The homeless.
Not the ones who want to send their money back home./

Ok. Good point. But I truly welcome those who wish to join us.

290 bratwurst  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:30:53pm

re: #284 Charles

Got a little reading on the trollometer here.

You are definitely not alone.

291 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:30:53pm

re: #284 Charles

I agree. And I was called a big old meanie for pushing it last weekend.

292 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:31:25pm

re: #284 Charles

Got a little reading on the trollometer here.

There's been a theory floated that he's YL92. I'd ask you to check and find out, if you would please.

/Not ordering, simply requesting.

293 Nick Morgan  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:31:34pm

re: #280 Charles

Is there a point to this question?

I have not spoken to Killgore Trout before. I thought I was being polite by asking permission (albeit, after the fact) to shorten his nic to "KT."

294 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:31:40pm

re: #286 brookly red

not a rag a statistic... 210,000 results & lot of those were related por and against Murtha... numbers, just numbers.

Okay...I misunderstood you...you were pointing out how many google links referred to Murtha because he criticized such behavior...got it...that makes me feel better, because I was really dreading biting my tongue with regard to Reagan. :)

295 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:31:42pm

re: #284 Charles

Got a little reading on the trollometer here.

It's been twitching for a week now.

296 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:31:52pm

re: #273 Charles

Coolness! Thanks.

297 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:32:07pm

re: #275 brookly red

depends... how many of those were related to Murtha?

Ridiculous. Uncalled for. Perpetuating a bad conversation, thanks very much Brookly.

298 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:32:16pm

re: #292 Dark_Falcon

There's been a theory floated that he's YL92. I'd ask you to check and find out, if you would please.

/Not ordering, simply requesting.

We're all YoungLibertarian92!
--Sarah Palin

299 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:33:11pm

Not gonna wait for the inevitable crazy post.

Nick Morgan, I bid you adieu.

300 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:33:22pm

re: #295 Cato the Elder

It's been twitching for a week now.

Sounds like a personal problem.
///

301 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:33:38pm

re: #263 Rightwingconspirator

Couple questions. How do you feel about conversations moving to a Lizards page and away from the main topic, open or not?

I think that's a great idea for certain situations. Cassandra Cato vs. Ludwig Lightbringer!

Charles, any way we can sell tickets?

302 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:33:44pm

it's May right?....bath time

303 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:33:45pm

re: #284 Charles

I believe 100%. Been following it, but didn't say anything till now. (and I'm a fricken newbie)

304 bratwurst  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:33:58pm

re: #275 brookly red

depends... how many of those were related to Murtha?

I thought you apologized a few nights ago for speaking ill of the dead. "Forget" again?

305 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:34:31pm

re: #298 darthstar

I'll have you know, I'm Younglibertarian93!!!


/Conformist!

306 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:34:33pm

re: #286 brookly red

not a rag a statistic... 210,000 results & lot of those were related por and against Murtha... numbers, just numbers.

Good point.

307 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:34:52pm

re: #288 Cato the Elder

A friend told me facebook is there so everyone you were ever glad to have out of your life can find you and come back in. Dunno myself...

308 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:34:53pm

re: #297 Stanley Sea

Ridiculous. Uncalled for. Perpetuating a bad conversation, thanks very much Brookly.

nooo, just a fact about search engines you need to get over your self.

309 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:34:53pm

re: #302 albusteve

it's May right?...bath time

It's the middle of May.
And it might take a shower AND a bath.
TMI...

310 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:34:59pm

re: #270 albusteve

well consider it

I'd rather not. Reading and correctly interpreting the Supreme Court's ruling is over my head. My graduate degree was in music history. I'm qualified to ask "Do you want fries with that?" and not much else.

311 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:35:43pm

re: #275 brookly red

depends... how many of those were related to Murtha?

You're welcome to check for yourself. It may a good move on your part to go partisan on this. Most rape cases involving the military happen in war zones, and we all know how most GOP leaders stay well clear from those.

312 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:35:52pm

re: #310 Killgore Trout

I'd rather not. Reading and correctly interpreting the Supreme Court's ruling is over my head. My graduate degree was in music history. I'm qualified to ask "Do you want fries with that?" and not much else.

heh...Iluvuman!

313 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:36:09pm

re: #294 darthstar

Okay...I misunderstood you...you were pointing out how many google links referred to Murtha because he criticized such behavior...got it...that makes me feel better, because I was really dreading biting my tongue with regard to Reagan. :)

/your just jealous cause he got an aircraft carrier & you don't...

314 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:36:51pm

re: #284 Charles

Got a little reading on the trollometer here.

Huh, my trollometer must be busted. Nothing on this end.

315 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:38:13pm

re: #310 Killgore Trout

I'd rather not. Reading and correctly interpreting the Supreme Court's ruling is over my head. My graduate degree was in music history. I'm qualified to ask "Do you want fries with that?" and not much else.

That's not true & you know it.

316 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:38:43pm

re: #311 Nimed

You're welcome to check for yourself. It may a good move on your part to go partisan on this. Most rape cases involving the military happen in war zones, and we all know how most GOP leaders stay well clear from those.

dang, just a fact about Google and all the shit comes out... I did check and most of the listing on the first few pages were articles some for & some against Murtha... just the facts

317 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:39:03pm

re: #315 Floral Giraffe

Agreed. Everybody wants fries, it's a stupid question.

318 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:39:05pm

re: #313 brookly red

/your just jealous cause he got an aircraft carrier & you don't...

Yes, but I did get my face on a US Postal stamp before Reagan (thank you Stamps dot com!) Suck it, Ronnie...and I didn't have to die before I got my stamp! (My girlfriend--now wife--'s cat got a stamp before St. Ronnie too...ha!)

319 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:39:16pm

re: #299 Charles

Not gonna wait for the inevitable crazy post.

Nick Morgan, I bid you adieu.

Well, at least it was well timed. Friday Night Troll Roast! Gamey Buttocks will be ready in 35. Reine, what do we have the cookbook for dipping sauces?

320 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:39:18pm

re: #301 Cato the Elder

Heh. Divert the flame wars to the pages. "Meet me at lgf/pages/angrylizard" will be like "meet me outside" at a bar. More seriously though some sub topics are well worth exploring in a dedicated page.

321 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:40:07pm

re: #318 darthstar

Yes, but I did get my face on a US Postal stamp before Reagan (thank you Stamps dot com!) Suck it, Ronnie...and I didn't have to die before I got my stamp! (My girlfriend--now wife--'s cat got a stamp before St. Ronnie too...ha!)

but you really wanted a carrier... nah nah nah

322 Spare O'Lake  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:40:35pm

re: #310 Killgore Trout

I'd rather not. Reading and correctly interpreting the Supreme Court's ruling is over my head. My graduate degree was in music history. I'm qualified to ask "Do you want fries with that?" and not much else.

I wish I had studied more music history.

323 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:40:38pm

Re Presidente Calderon speaking out on AZ law: I wonder what the reaction would be if a state proposed these new laws:

1 There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools.
2. All ballots will be in this nation's language.
3. All government business will be conducted in our language.
4. Non-residents will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here.
5. Non-citizens will NEVER be able to hold political office
6 Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs. Any burden will be deported.
*7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount at least equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.
8. If foreigners come here and buy land... options will be restricted. Certain parcels including waterfront property are reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.
9. Foreigners may have no protests; no demonstrations, no waving of a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies. These will lead to deportation.
10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be actively hunted &when caught, sent to jail until your deportation can be arranged. All assets will be taken from you.


Just a few of the highlights.

324 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:40:49pm

re: #320 Rightwingconspirator

/its not fun without an audience >>

325 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:40:58pm

Will the "Featured Pages" be sorted by number of comments? Flame wars could get top billing if that were the case...wait...I think you said upthread that the editor(s) would decide what pages made the list...never mind.

326 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:41:05pm

re: #289 swamprat
Me too. In fact, I am working to help someone do just that right now.

327 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:41:35pm

re: #321 brookly red

but you really wanted a carrier... nah nah nah

What the hell would a pacifist such as myself do with a freakin' aircraft carrier?

328 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:41:44pm

re: #323 tradewind

Those from Denmark? The seacoast ownership laws sound familiar >>

329 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:42:14pm

re: #317 Killgore Trout

Agreed. Everybody wants fries, it's a stupid question.

LOL!
I don't want fries, and the smell around the businesses that make them, is stinky, to my taste. Home made? That's a different story!

330 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:42:16pm

re: #311 Nimed

You're welcome to check for yourself. It may a good move on your part to go partisan on this. Most rape cases involving the military happen in war zones, and we all know how most GOP leaders stay well clear from those.

Blumenthal

331 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:42:50pm

re: #327 darthstar

What the hell would a pacifist such as myself do with a freakin' aircraft carrier?

impress the neighbors?

332 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:42:52pm

re: #324 windsagio

Classic exhibitionists lament.
:-)>

333 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:43:14pm

re: #322 Spare O'Lake

I wish I had studied more music history.

Yeah, It's pretty fantastic. they just don't make music like this anymore.....
"Ave Maris Stella" - Guillaume Dufay

Youtube Video
334 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:43:25pm

re: #331 brookly red

impress the neighbors?

good point...Damn you, Reagan! You win again!

335 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:43:40pm

re: #328 windsagio
lol denmark.
The entire set of laws dealing with immigration issues in Mexico is way too long to post here, and has twists and turns that make the streets of San Francisco look like an interstate through TX.

336 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:44:20pm

re: #329 Floral Giraffe

LOL!
I don't want fries, and the smell around the businesses that make them, is stinky, to my taste. Home made? That's a different story!

My first job was at McDonald's. The grease smell really clings! It was topped only by the grease smell on my younger brother who worked at Red Lobster, because of the seafood plus grease.

337 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:44:45pm

Well, I can't take anymore sentences without periods followed by ">>" tonight, so I'll go back to reading the novel Ludwig almost spoiled for me now.

When I get back, though, I'd like to know: can an observant Jew click the buttons on a Kindle to read on Shabbos? Can one turn pages, even?

338 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:45:00pm

re: #329 Floral Giraffe

LOL!
I don't want fries, and the smell around the businesses that make them, is stinky, to my taste. Home made? That's a different story!

My new thing is potato salad with homemade olive oil mayo. I have it for lunch almost every day.

339 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:45:29pm

re: #337 Cato the Elder

What are you reading?

340 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:45:56pm

re: #332 Rightwingconspirator

You should hear me drunk!


~no you really shouldn't, ask WUB.

341 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:46:14pm

re: #324 windsagio
Or a ref.

342 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:46:15pm

What does >> mean anyway?

343 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:46:25pm

re: #338 Killgore Trout

My new thing is potato salad with homemade olive oil mayo. I have it for lunch almost every day.

Mayo grosses me out. I'm thinking about making it so I can tolerate it...if I see what goes into it, then it won't be so hideous to me...still, that shit in a jar just looks unnatural.

344 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:46:41pm

re: #342 Rightwingconspirator

What does >> mean anyway?

It means the same thing as // only different.

345 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:46:51pm

re: #337 Cato the Elder

Well, I can't take anymore sentences without periods followed by ">>" tonight, so I'll go back to reading the novel Ludwig almost spoiled for me now.

When I get back, though, I'd like to know: can an observant Jew click the buttons on a Kindle to read on Shabbos? Can one turn pages, even?


Not if it is for work.

346 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:47:29pm

re: #342 Rightwingconspirator

Its a shiftyeyed Emote Looking to the right.

I use it largely to denote being shifty-eyed, or if I feel I've posted something that might cause an overly strong negative reaction...

Cato likes to bitch about it for some reason.

347 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:47:52pm

re: #342 Rightwingconspirator

What does >> mean anyway?

Two broken sarc tags, or a signifier for "I'm being funny" because otherwise no one could tell.

348 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:48:04pm

re: #346 windsagio

Cato likes to bitch about it for some reason.

Another reason to use it. >>

349 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:48:10pm

re: #342 Rightwingconspirator
' My caps lock was stuck'.

350 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:48:22pm

re: #343 darthstar

Mayo grosses me out. I'm thinking about making it so I can tolerate it...if I see what goes into it, then it won't be so hideous to me...still, that shit in a jar just looks unnatural.

German potato salad is good, and it doesn't have mayo.

351 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:48:41pm

re: #348 darthstar

haha I'm trying to be good :p

352 Spare O'Lake  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:48:51pm

re: #333 Killgore Trout

Yeah, It's pretty fantastic. they just don't make music like this anymore...
"Ave Maris Stella" - Guillaume Dufay

[Video]

Is that a Gregorian Chant?
(Try not to laught too hard, I am ignorant)

353 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:49:00pm

re: #345 swamprat

Not if it is for work.

So reading for pleasure is OK? What about reading for pleasure on the Kindle, which involves pushing buttons?

354 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:49:15pm

re: #350 swamprat

German potato salad is good, and it doesn't have mayo.

I never ate potato salad until I made it (and I used a little mayo as well as mustard)...now I love the shit (potato salad, not mayo)

355 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:49:24pm

re: #343 darthstar

Mayo grosses me out. I'm thinking about making it so I can tolerate it...if I see what goes into it, then it won't be so hideous to me...still, that shit in a jar just looks unnatural.

Then you are definitely going to need to watch this....
Good Eats S4E10P1: Mayo Clinic

Youtube Video

You'll want to bookmark it. Mayo can be tricky and mysterious but surprisingly easy once you get the hang of it.

356 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:49:36pm

re: #346 windsagio

Its a shiftyeyed Emote Looking to the right.

I use it largely to denote being shifty-eyed, or if I feel I've posted something that might cause an overly strong negative reaction...

Cato likes to bitch about it for some reason.

Shifty-eyed fits.

Trouble is, you use it every other post or more, so it's meaningless and irritating.

357 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:50:05pm

re: #343 darthstar
Drop an egg yolk into a blender. Add some lemon juice, salt and pepper, maybe some dry mustard. With the blender running, let a thin stream of olive oil run into the blender, and keep pouring it slowly and steadily until..... it's mayo.
Add paprika or cayenn. Delish.
Does not keep.

358 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:50:48pm

re: #356 Cato the Elder

Believe me, I noted your objections to my posting style months ago ;)

359 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:50:58pm

'And add an e to the end of cayenne'.

360 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:51:12pm

Evening Honcos.

361 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:51:51pm

re: #359 tradewind

'And add an e to the end of cayenne'.

cayennee? /

I figured that e wasn't just silent, it was fuckin' INVISIBLE!!!

362 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:52:32pm

re: #352 Spare O'Lake

Is that a Gregorian Chant?
(Try not to laught too hard, I am ignorant)

Yes, sort of. It's a pretty broad term and that would qualify. Here's another cool one....
Ockeghem : Deo gratias

Youtube Video

I know it kinda sounds like a complete clusterfuck but try to stick with it. It grows on you.

363 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:52:34pm

re: #353 Cato the Elder

So reading for pleasure is OK? What about reading for pleasure on the Kindle, which involves pushing buttons?



I have never seen an ojection to reading for pleasure. But I would hope one of our uber-observants could offer an opinion.

How much of a sin could it be?

364 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:52:39pm

re: #347 Cato the Elder

Two broken sarc tags, or a signifier for "I'm being funny" because otherwise no one could tell.

Cato, you should know that "snork" used that post where you said that "an eco-dictatorship would be neccessary" to fight AGW to say that you want such a thing. The Stalkers are going on and on about the "plotting" here. You really live in their heads, apparently.

[Waves to Stalkers}

365 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:52:55pm

re: #319 Dark_Falcon

Well, at least it was well timed. Friday Night Troll Roast! Gamey Buttocks will be ready in 35. Reine, what do we have the cookbook for dipping sauces?

Jamaican Jerk Marinade!
Perfect for a Troll Roast, doncha think?

Volume 2 for sale here (Volume 1, too!).

And a special special for everyone - buy Volume 2 at the regular price, and you may also then buy Volume 1 at the regular price, and you will pay only ONE shipping charge, not two!

Thirty-one cookbooks have been sold since 4/20.
This post should garner one more sale, if past history is any indication.
But I hope several of you will check it out!

Proceeds (a mere $5 per book) benefit LGF and Soldier's Angels.

Look at what Charles has provided! The LGF Pages feature, AND there will be featured posts from that area! Y'all, that is some good stuff, there! Support LGF - buy a cookbook!

366 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:52:56pm

re: #357 tradewind

Drop an egg yolk into a blender. Add some lemon juice, salt and pepper, maybe some dry mustard. With the blender running, let a thin stream of olive oil run into the blender, and keep pouring it slowly and steadily until... it's mayo.
Add paprika or cayenn. Delish.
Does not keep.

Add parm cheese and anchovies and you have Caesar Dressing.

367 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:53:16pm

re: #346 windsagio

Got it.

368 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:53:19pm

re: #360 Cannadian Club Akbar
Evening, from a really honking honco... bronchitis. :(
Out to get tea and honey and jammies and sympathy.
Beehayve.

369 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:53:30pm

Okay...time to pay my bar tab, go upstairs and drop off the netbook, and then head out to see about having some dinner...so much seafood, only so much room in my tummy.

370 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:53:42pm

re: #361 darthstar


I have no ojection to that.

371 tradewind  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:54:13pm

re: #366 Cannadian Club Akbar
( and stinky breath! )
But yeah, good.
Goodnight ya'll.

372 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:54:26pm

re: #365 reine.de.tout

Thirty-one cookbooks have been sold since 4/20.
This post should garner one more sale, if past history is any indication.
But I hope several of you will check it out!


C'mon folks! Who wants to step up? It's pretty awesome, you'll love it!

373 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:54:36pm

re: #366 Cannadian Club Akbar

Add parm cheese and anchovies and you have Caesar Dressing.

it is surprising how many people love Caesar & think they hate anchovies...

374 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:55:45pm

re: #365 reine.de.tout

Heh, the stalkers picked up my sales pitch from last night. I'm more than happy to have them help publicize the cookbook. Idiots.

375 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:55:55pm

re: #373 brookly red

it is surprising how many people love Caesar & think they hate anchovies...

Even more amazing is people who are on diets eat Caesar Salad thinking they are doing the right thing.

376 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:55:56pm

re: #366 Cannadian Club Akbar

Add parm cheese and anchovies and you have Caesar Dressing.

Funny...I thought the same thing a few minutes ago...I love Caesar salad...OMFGZ!! I'm eating lettuce & mayo!

377 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:56:08pm

re: #365 reine.de.tout

Jamaican Jerk Marinade!
Perfect for a Troll Roast, doncha think?

Volume 2 for sale here (Volume 1, too!).

And a special special for everyone - buy Volume 2 at the regular price, and you may also then buy Volume 1 at the regular price, and you will pay only ONE shipping charge, not two!

Thirty-one cookbooks have been sold since 4/20.
This post should garner one more sale, if past history is any indication.
But I hope several of you will check it out!

Proceeds (a mere $5 per book) benefit LGF and Soldier's Angels.

Look at what Charles has provided! The LGF Pages feature, AND there will be featured posts from that area! Y'all, that is some good stuff, there! Support LGF - buy a cookbook!

Jerk Marinade, how perfect. Thanks Reine. 15 minutes till Roast Nick Morgan is served.

378 darthstar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:56:37pm

okay...catch you all in an hour or so...cheers.

379 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:56:43pm

re: #377 Dark_Falcon

Jerk Marinade, how perfect. Thanks Reine. 15 minutes till Roast Nick Morgan is served.

What did I miss?

380 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:57:20pm

re: #338 Killgore Trout

My new thing is potato salad with homemade olive oil mayo. I have it for lunch almost every day.

Mmm, recipe?

381 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:57:25pm

re: #355 Killgore Trout

Posted at the blog!

382 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:57:29pm

re: #379 Cannadian Club Akbar

What did I miss?

Nick Morgan is roast.

383 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:58:10pm

re: #382 Stanley Sea

Nick Morgan is roast.

Any talent in the flounce?

384 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:58:37pm

re: #364 Dark_Falcon

Cato, you should know that "snork" used that post where you said that "an eco-dictatorship would be neccessary" to fight AGW to say that you want such a thing. The Stalkers are going on and on about the "plotting" here. You really live in their heads, apparently.

[Waves to Stalkers}

Oy vey.

[reluctantly raises left hand of darkness, greets Borgmocrats with mediodigital dactylic pentametrical catholic salute]

['in Ben Stein voice] Hey, guys...enjoy the party.

385 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:58:58pm

re: #379 Cannadian Club Akbar

What did I miss?

I think it was some kind of defensive/preemptive first strike thingy... but I am not really sure.

386 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:58:59pm

re: #372 Killgore Trout

C'mon folks! Who wants to step up? It's pretty awesome, you'll love it!

Okay I gotta say I am using the Reality Bites for an upscale meal for a friend who needs cheering up. Eating my way through the book is a fun challenge to my foodie skillz.

387 bratwurst  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:59:06pm

re: #383 Cannadian Club Akbar

Any talent in the flounce?

It was a total dud in that sense...Charles took notice of the fact he was behaving EXACTLY like YL92 and dumped him before he could get crazy.

388 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 6:59:42pm

re: #383 Cannadian Club Akbar

Any talent in the flounce?

Nah, he just made a "I'm new here, can I call you KT?) for the last time.

I saw him the other day refer to "Ice" who wasn't here at the time.

389 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:00:16pm

re: #386 Rightwingconspirator

Okay I gotta say I am using the Reality Bites for an upscale meal for a friend who needs cheering up. Eating my way through the book is a fun challenge to my foodie skillz.

Champagne shrimp is you right? I haven't made it yet, but did salivate.

390 Spare O'Lake  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:00:20pm

re: #362 Killgore Trout

Yes, sort of. It's a pretty broad term and that would qualify. Here's another cool one...
Ockeghem : Deo gratias

[Video]

I know it kinda sounds like a complete clusterfuck but try to stick with it. It grows on you.

Sweet.
It's sort of like an intricate play on what sounds basically like two major chords - 1, 5. Very simple basic structure with very complex embellishments.

391 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:00:20pm

re: #374 Killgore Trout

Heh, the stalkers picked up my sales pitch from last night. I'm more than happy to have them help publicize the cookbook. Idiots.

I saw it.
And they even linked to the cookbook!

All the while poking fun

This is an endeavor by readers of LGF, and a portion of the proceeds goes to support Soldier's Angels, a worthy cause.

What do you suppose they have against helping our soldiers?

392 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:00:38pm

re: #387 bratwurst

It was a total dud in that sense...Charles took notice of the fact he was behaving EXACTLY like YL92 and dumped him before he could get crazy.

I think Charles may have had a little more evidence than that.

393 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:00:58pm

re: #387 bratwurst

It was a total dud in that sense...Charles took notice of the fact he was behaving EXACTLY like YL92 and dumped him before he could get crazy.

/one day there will be a poster with multiple personalities... then what?

394 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:01:31pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

I'll be buying mine soon. Maybe tomorrow. Actually, probably tomorrow.

395 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:01:31pm

re: #387 bratwurst

It was a total dud in that sense...Charles took notice of the fact he was behaving EXACTLY like YL92 and dumped him before he could get crazy.

Well, YL's routine is old hat by now: Sound all innocent, then start making weird comments and stirring stuff up till banned again.

396 Jeff In Ohio  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:01:38pm

re: #49 Charles

Note that the username in the Featured Pages section is a link that goes to that user's pages.

Your personal URL for all your pages is:

http:// littlegreenfootballs.com/pages/username

(Remove the space after the second slash.)

If your username has spaces, replace them with + signs in the URL.

Oh my, late to the party, as usual.

I love this feature, thanks for reading my crap.

I'd like to apologize in advance for mixing hyperbole, cursing, and odd fascination with Lindsey Lohan (mmm, skank-o-rama!) and Newt Gingrich (ewww, skankmeister), and a rabid and extremely biased take on current events and then posting it on your site. I'm going to try really hard to not step over the line of good manners...not at all like real life.

397 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:01:47pm

re: #386 Rightwingconspirator

Okay I gotta say I am using the Reality Bites for an upscale meal for a friend who needs cheering up. Eating my way through the book is a fun challenge to my foodie skillz.

Sounds like you're enjoying it!
Have you gotten to the 'gator, yet?

398 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:01:55pm

re: #392 Cato the Elder

I think Charles may have had a little more evidence than that.

You are right I'm sure >>

399 Cato the Elder  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:01:58pm

re: #393 brookly red

/one day there will be a poster with multiple personalities... then what?

I'm pretty sure that's already happened...can't remember their names, though.

400 webevintage  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:02:13pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

What do you suppose they have against helping our soldiers?

They hate the troops?

401 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:02:13pm

re: #374 Killgore Trout

Heh, the stalkers picked up my sales pitch from last night. I'm more than happy to have them help publicize the cookbook. Idiots.

An Ebay presence might be a boon.

Or Charles could do thread on it and push it on digg. If that is still an option.

402 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:03:21pm

re: #399 Cato the Elder

I'm pretty sure that's already happened...can't remember their names, though.

SpaceJesus.
He's 3 in 1.

403 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:03:26pm

re: #399 Cato the Elder

I'm pretty sure that's already happened...can't remember their names, though.

I would watch for handles like seroquel4u2...

404 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:03:51pm

re: #403 brookly red

I would watch for handles like seroquel4u2...

Well done.

405 Surabaya Stew  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:05:29pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

In other news, the interview I went to today resulted in a job offer. I've accepted it, and I start on Wednesday. It's full time, but I'll need to supplement it a bit or else find something better. Still, it pays a good bit more than unemployment and the hourly is very good. No commission to start, though.

Hey, I may be late to the party, but a big New York congratulations to you, DF! As a just employed Lizard myself (after 11 months of working only 5 hours a week), hearing more good news like yours gives me hope for the future. Well done!

406 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:06:55pm

A day of enumerating is ended with two lovely Anchor Steam Liberty Ales. Oh, wonderful hops.

407 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:07:48pm

re: #307 Rightwingconspirator

A friend told me facebook is there so everyone you were ever glad to have out of your life can find you and come back in. Dunno myself...

This is why I'm not on Facebook! If someone wants to find me using my real name, they can do it, but they'll have to work for it.

408 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:08:12pm

re: #389 Stanley Sea

Yes that one is me. I love California coastal cooking. Tricky timing on that one, I dislike rubbery shrimp.

409 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:08:25pm

re: #406 eclectic infidel

A day of enumerating is ended with two lovely Anchor Steam Liberty Ales. Oh, wonderful hops.

Hops they is glorious, I got two Widmer Deadlift Imperial IPAs in the fridge and OH GOD I MAY JUST DRINK ONE THIS INSTANT

410 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:08:29pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

I saw it.
And they even linked to the cookbook!

All the while poking fun

This is an endeavor by readers of LGF, and a portion of the proceeds goes to support Soldier's Angels, a worthy cause.

What do you suppose they have against helping our soldiers?

They're just stupid.
Beyond help, stupid.
Not worth looking at, to me.

411 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:09:13pm

re: #395 Dark_Falcon

Well, YL's routine is old hat by now: Sound all innocent, then start making weird comments and stirring stuff up till banned again.

Wasted that trip to the Library for a different ISP.
*sob*

412 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:09:28pm

re: #409 WindUpBird

Hops they is glorious, I got two Widmer Deadlift Imperial IPAs in the fridge and OH GOD I MAY JUST DRINK ONE THIS INSTANT

I've become enamored with Lagunitas IPA recently. It's a brewery in Petaluma, CA.

413 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:09:44pm

re: #350 swamprat

German potato salad is good, and it doesn't have mayo.

To be fair, German Potato Salad is closer to mashed potatoes than to potato salad

(which is why I like it)

414 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:10:00pm

re: #397 reine.de.tout

Well we got no gators in LA, except at the zoo. I think I gotta get to the gator. I would love the cooking challenge.

415 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:10:55pm

re: #408 Rightwingconspirator

Yes that one is me. I love California coastal cooking. Tricky timing on that one, I dislike rubbery shrimp.

cheap trick:
if you over cook the shrimp till they are rubbery, throw em in a seasoned but un-oiled pan. blackened shrimp :)

416 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:10:55pm

re: #414 Rightwingconspirator

Well we got no gators in LA, except at the zoo. I think I gotta get to the gator. I would love the cooking challenge.

Gamey.

417 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:12:00pm

re: #409 WindUpBird

Hops they is glorious, I got two Widmer Deadlift Imperial IPAs in the fridge and OH GOD I MAY JUST DRINK ONE THIS INSTANT

BEER THREAD!

418 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:12:14pm

re: #412 eclectic infidel

I've become enamored with Lagunitas IPA recently. It's a brewery in Petaluma, CA.

hahahaha oh WE KNOW BELIEVE ME :D :D

Lagunitas beers are around Portland bars and groceries so much that I swear they're like honorary Portlanders. The Lag IPA is right up there with Bridgeport's IPA for being an awesome drinkin' IPA (as opposed to the aggressive imperials I drink slow)

My favorite california brewery is North Coast, though. They're just so very very good o_o

419 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:12:27pm

re: #413 WindUpBird

To be fair, German Potato Salad is closer to mashed potatoes than to potato salad

(which is why I like it)

Indeed. An in-law made German Potato Salad in addition to sausages, every Thanksgiving when I was a kid. Lessee, Grandmother Mueller is the mother of Tom, who's wife Anna Lee is my mother's younger sister by one year. Anyway, in addition to "the bird" we were also served a full array of potato salad and delicious sausages. I love food.

420 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:12:29pm

re: #417 brookly red

BEER THREAD!

I get no respect.
/

421 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:12:31pm

re: #408 Rightwingconspirator

Yes that one is me. I love California coastal cooking. Tricky timing on that one, I dislike rubbery shrimp.

I will report back. I can't wait to make it.

422 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:12:32pm

Evening lizards. I'm watching a very exciting 3rd period in the Chicago/SJ playoff game. Lots of end to end action tonight.

423 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:12:35pm

re: #414 Rightwingconspirator

Well we got no gators in LA, except at the zoo. I think I gotta get to the gator. I would love the cooking challenge.

I included a web address where you can order it.


re: #416 Cannadian Club Akbar

Gamey.

No! I don't find it gamey at all.

424 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:12:54pm

re: #417 brookly red

BEER THREAD!

IT IS UPON US

(favorite NY brewery: Ommegang)

425 freetoken  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:13:05pm

Church warns cell scientists not to play God

Catholic Church officials says the recently created first synthetic cell could be a positive development if correctly used, but warned scientists that only God can create life.

[...]

"We look at science with great interest. But we think above all about the meaning that must be given to life," Fisichella told state-run RAI television. "We can only reach the conclusion that we need God, the origin of life."

So, if I understand this correctly, the RC church accepts evolution, but maintains research into abiogenesis will be fruitless?

426 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:13:07pm

re: #411 Floral Giraffe

Wasted that trip to the Library for a different ISP.
*sob*

LOL

427 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:13:19pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

I am NOT going to try to understand that mental place. Evah!
Everything I know about the stalkers I heard here. After you schooled this new Lizard anyway those months ago.

428 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:13:34pm

re: #425 freetoken

Church warns cell scientists not to play God

So, if I understand this correctly, the RC church accepts evolution, but maintains research into abiogenesis will be fruitless?

God schmod, I want my monkey man!

429 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:14:25pm

re: #425 freetoken

Church warns cell scientists not to play God

So, if I understand this correctly, the RC church accepts evolution, but maintains research into abiogenesis will be fruitless?

"Only God can create life?"

Well, that's demonstrably no longer true. Just sayin'.

430 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:14:37pm

re: #380 Floral Giraffe

Mmm, recipe?

I use Alton Brown's method for the mayo. I use all olive oil (Alton just uses a little for flavoring), mustard powder, and assorted copped herbs (dill, taragon, sage, etc). I dice and steam the potatoes (you could boil them if you really want to). Once fork tender, allow them to cool. Once cooled add them to a large bowl, ad celery and mix in mayo using your hands (a fork or spatula breaks up the potatoes too much. It's really easy.

431 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:14:56pm

re: #386 Rightwingconspirator

Okay I gotta say I am using the Reality Bites for an upscale meal for a friend who needs cheering up. Eating my way through the book is a fun challenge to my foodie skillz.

Nice!

432 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:15:33pm

re: #429 Charles

"Only God can create life?"

Well, that's demonstrably no longer true. Just sayin'.

Ya, but only you can prevent forest fires.
/

433 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:15:34pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

I saw it.
And they even linked to the cookbook!

All the while poking fun

This is an endeavor by readers of LGF, and a portion of the proceeds goes to support Soldier's Angels, a worthy cause.

What do you suppose they have against helping our soldiers?

Fascism!

434 Surabaya Stew  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:16:47pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

I saw it.
And they even linked to the cookbook!

All the while poking fun

This is an endeavor by readers of LGF, and a portion of the proceeds goes to support Soldier's Angels, a worthy cause.

What do you suppose they have against helping our soldiers?

All right, now that I'm working again, my wallet can finally start to speak! Have just brought both cookbooks; and am looking forward to reading them next week....I'm feeling kinda psyched!

435 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:16:49pm

re: #416 Cannadian Club Akbar

Worse the birra?

436 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:17:31pm

re: #434 Surabaya Stew

All right, now that I'm working again, my wallet can finally start to speak! Have just brought both cookbooks; and am looking forward to reading them next week...I'm feeling kinda psyched!

Thank you very much.

437 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:17:32pm

re: #435 Rightwingconspirator

Worse the birra?

What is that?

438 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:17:42pm

re: #425 freetoken

Church warns cell scientists not to play God

So, if I understand this correctly, the RC church accepts evolution, but maintains research into abiogenesis will be fruitless?

Ah. I've been waiting for this. More predictable than the friggin' tide, they are.

439 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:18:03pm

re: #429 Charles

"Only God can create life?"

Well, that's demonstrably no longer true. Just sayin'.

Unless like God is everything, and because he's everything, he's every person so he works through us all, and we're all together, like dude, in the great unifying eye of the cosmos and the earth like, is God and love and uh


Nah, that's probably not what they were going for!

440 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:18:12pm

re: #429 Charles

Copycats
//

441 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:18:25pm

re: #411 Floral Giraffe

Wasted that trip to the Library for a different ISP.
*sob*

It's not a total loss: Here's your portion of Roast Troll with Jamaican Jerk Marinade. [slides plate down]

442 Racer X  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:18:47pm

re: #62 darthstar

Great rant (again) by Fishgrease over at dKos on the oil spill...here's his little digression on Kevin Costner:

(His rants are actually quite informative...his explanation of the 'top kill' strategy is the actual subject of the diary, but due to one-a-day rules he threw this extra bit in...read the whole thing...and check his history over there...it's worth you time.

I know...people here hate Sean Penn because he's said kind words about Chavez, but Fishgrease does have a point...and Penn did the same thing after Katrina in NOLA...you've gotta respect that about him.

No I don't.

Sean Penn is a douche.

443 Spare O'Lake  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:19:01pm

re: #435 Rightwingconspirator

Worse the birra?

Sin the fridge.

444 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:19:23pm

re: #441 Dark_Falcon

I jumped right to the bottom of this thread. Saw what SS said about you job. Congrats!!!

445 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:19:37pm

re: #441 Dark_Falcon

It's not a total loss: Here's your portion of Roast Troll with Jamaican Jerk Marinade. [slides plate down]

would really eat anything called jerked troll?

446 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:19:56pm

Kids are down. *phew* Two sub-five humans can really drain a fellow.

447 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:19:58pm

re: #442 Racer X

No I don't.

Sean Penn is a douche.

Remember when he headbutted Steve Dallas so hard he broke his back?

448 Gus  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:20:35pm

re: #425 freetoken

Church warns cell scientists not to play God

So, if I understand this correctly, the RC church accepts evolution, but maintains research into abiogenesis will be fruitless?

I never understood that logic even as a non-believer. If there was a God and God made man than everything that man creates is an extension of God. So in this case, God would have wanted man to engage in abiogenesis.

449 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:21:05pm

re: #442 Racer X

No I don't.

Sean Penn is a douche.

I still won't go to that sewer DKos. Screw em!

450 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:21:45pm

re: #448 Gus 802

I never understood that logic even as a non-believer. If there was a God and God made man than everything that man creates is an extension of God. So in this case, God would have wanted man to engage in abiogenesis.

so as to trigger Armageddon.

451 freetoken  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:21:49pm

re: #429 Charles

Yeah, I had to do a double take on that.

Venter et. al. have created a new organism, a new species or genus or whatever (depending on how the systematists decide to treat these things).

I guess we could argue whether venter really created life, or modified it (in which case we now have three types of selection: natural, artificial by breeding, artificial by directly engineered DNA).

Still, this latest development certainly should be a shot across the bow of the creationists (of any stripe.)

The NPR science website has a couple of recent overviews of the origin of life:

Origins Of Life: Constraint, Emergent Functions And Natural Selection

Contemporary Work On The Origin Of Life

I expecting in the next couple of decades that abiogenesis will see some big breakthroughs.

452 Ben G. Hazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:21:54pm

re: #295 Cato the Elder

It's been twitching for a week now.

Don't they make ointments for that?

/oops, looks like Charles and Stinky done already smeared some "Ban Stick" on it and made it go away... ;-P

453 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:21:58pm

re: #443 Spare O'Lake

Oops PIMF
Darn cooking and blogging. Not watching my posting.

BBL!

454 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:22:34pm

re: #405 Surabaya Stew

Hi! I shared your census worker story with my brother who is doing it also. Running down the street in the rain with your census worker paraphernalia flapping in the wind~funny.

455 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:22:36pm

re: #429 Charles

"Only God can create life?"

Well, that's demonstrably no longer true. Just sayin'.

Nah, I've peeked in on threads in places like FR. Apparently this doesn't count because they used DNA or something, and that has to come from somewhere...

456 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:22:50pm

re: #449 NJDhockeyfan

I still won't go to that sewer DKos. Screw em!

/I wouldn't screw em if you lent me yours...

457 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:23:32pm

re: #449 NJDhockeyfan

I still won't go to that sewer DKos. Screw em!

Sometimes when it gets too right-wingy in here for me, I go straight to Kos. To balance everything out.

458 Surabaya Stew  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:23:36pm

re: #436 Killgore Trout

Thank you very much.

You are quite welcome. :-)

459 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:24:06pm

re: #437 Cannadian Club Akbar

Goat. Common dish around here. Salvadoran influence on local cooking.

460 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:24:17pm

Chicago breaks the tie with a break away goal!

461 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:24:31pm

re: #457 Stanley Sea

Sometimes when it gets too right-wingy in here for me, I go straight to Kos. To balance everything out.

Like in the mornings?
/

462 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:24:31pm

BBL for real...

463 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:24:51pm

ahahaha!
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

whoopsie daisy!

464 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:24:54pm

re: #461 Cannadian Club Akbar

Like in the mornings?
/

Does tend to work that way, yeah.

465 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:25:10pm

re: #457 Stanley Sea

Sometimes when it gets too right-wingy in here for me, I go straight to Kos. To balance everything out.

Preach it, sister.

466 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:25:17pm

re: #425 freetoken

Church warns cell scientists not to play God

So, if I understand this correctly, the RC church accepts evolution, but maintains research into abiogenesis will be fruitless?

For people who are struggling with their relationship with God, this sort of thing is pretty threatening. Weird, too. There are puzzles all throughout nature. I don't doubt my belief in gravity just because I see a bunch of helium balloons at the grocery store.

467 Racer X  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:25:47pm

re: #457 Stanley Sea

Sometimes when it gets too right-wingy in here for me, I go straight to Kos. To balance everything out.

And we appreciate it.

My problem is when it gets too left wingy here - I gots nowhere to go.

468 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:25:48pm

re: #463 albusteve

ahahaha!
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

whoopsie daisy!

Taliban OSHA will be on this.
/

469 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:26:04pm

re: #461 Cannadian Club Akbar

Like in the mornings?
/

LGF at night is wayyyy cooler.

470 freetoken  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:26:04pm

From the LA Times story on the Texastan vote:

Members of the board also briefly fought over the meaning of President Obama's middle name, Hussein. Democrats and a moderate Republican accused conservatives of trying to stir up a needless controversy by proposing to refer to the president with his full name, President Barack Hussein Obama, saying the middle name was loaded with negative connotation. The effort was eventually dropped.

Sounds like the Texastan SBOE would be right at home with some now long (and a few remaining) lizards.

471 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:26:10pm

Hey! albusteve's post reminds me, whatever happened to Breitbart's taliban scoop???

Did anyone follow up?

472 Racer X  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:26:44pm

re: #463 albusteve

ahahaha!
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

whoopsie daisy!

GOOOOAAALLL!

473 freetoken  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:26:48pm

re: #470 freetoken

pimf "long gone"

474 Spare O'Lake  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:27:10pm

re: #460 NJDhockeyfan

Chicago breaks the tie with a break away goal!

Go you Hawks!

475 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:27:26pm

re: #467 Racer X

And we appreciate it.

My problem is when it gets too left wingy here - I gots nowhere to go.

CNN? heh, I can't help you there.

476 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:27:28pm

re: #463 albusteve

ahahaha!
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

whoopsie daisy!

dammit, Obama gets a wholly unearned notch ;)

477 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:27:30pm

re: #457 Stanley Sea

Sometimes when it gets too right-wingy in here for me, I go straight to Kos. To balance everything out.

Markos has never apologized for the screw em comment. That's enough for me to stay away.

478 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:27:32pm

re: #467 Racer X

And we appreciate it.

My problem is when it gets too left wingy here - I gots nowhere to go.

that why they make corner bars...

479 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:27:34pm

re: #472 Racer X

GOOOAAALLL!

"Hey, what's this button for"?
Heh.

480 MandyManners  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:27:40pm

Nice things about Chavezz? He's said that those who criticize him should be jailed.

481 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:27:46pm

re: #467 Racer X

And we appreciate it.

My problem is when it gets too left wingy here - I gots nowhere to go.

Mandys house for tea, crumpets and ropes!

482 Charles Johnson  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:27:50pm

Oh no. Don't tell me we're developing a day-night dichotomy at LGF.

I hate those.

483 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:28:36pm

re: #477 NJDhockeyfan

Markos has never apologized for the screw em comment. That's enough for me to stay away.

What "screw 'em" comment was that?

484 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:28:55pm

re: #482 Charles

Oh no. Don't tell me we're developing a day-night dichotomy at LGF.

I hate those.

Developing? It's been here for a while.

485 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:28:58pm

re: #482 Charles

I think you already have one.
Sorry, if that's not what you want.

486 freetoken  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:29:19pm

re: #466 cliffster

For people who are struggling with their relationship with God, this sort of thing is pretty threatening.

I suppose it would be. Indeed, I think so much of what we are seeing in the atavistic/revanchist populism in America today is caused, in part, by the speed of scientific and technological advances overwhelming the world-views of people.

487 Surabaya Stew  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:29:23pm

re: #454 prairiefire

Hi! I shared your census worker story with my brother who is doing it also. Running down the street in the rain with your census worker paraphernalia flapping in the wind~funny.

Hey, I'm pleased that you find it worthwhile sharing my crazy life story with your family! Aside my synagogue security gig that ended in a post-wedding brawl, the census job ranked as the most desperate employment in my 34 years. What I didn't mention is that they kept on calling me (at least 20 times in 5 weeks) offering me more census jobs, until I finally told them to stop after I received my full-time job offer last week. Telling Uncle Sam "thanks, but no thanks" is one hell of a satisfying feeling!

488 freetoken  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:29:50pm

re: #482 Charles

I blame it on the moonlight.

489 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:30:02pm

re: #482 Charles

Oh no. Don't tell me we're developing a day-night dichotomy at LGF.

I hate those.

/there are creatures of light & then there are those of darkness...

say on the road stay off the moors.

490 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:30:22pm

re: #482 Charles

Oh no. Don't tell me we're developing a day-night dichotomy at LGF.

I hate those.

yes, the liberal vampires come out at night.

491 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:30:25pm

re: #482 Charles

Oh no. Don't tell me we're developing a day-night dichotomy at LGF.

I hate those.

i'm a degenerate

I'm here all hours of the day/night (dependent upon my work schedule which rotates) no matter the ideological make-up of the users logged in.

492 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:30:41pm

re: #459 Rightwingconspirator

"Goat. Common dish around here. Salvadoran influence on local cooking."

Goatwater. Thank you so very much for reminding me of yet another tasty treat I can not find anywhere within 500 miles of here.
Lets talk about fish pattie, bigeye, soursop, and maubi, while we're at it.

Now I'm really hungry.

493 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:30:43pm

re: #480 MandyManners

Hope your son is feeling better.

494 Racer X  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:31:43pm

re: #482 Charles

Oh no. Don't tell me we're developing a day-night dichotomy at LGF.

I hate those.

I've not seen that.

But I have a little timer next to my computer now.

495 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:32:30pm

re: #490 cliffster

yes, the liberal vampires come out at night.

>>

496 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:32:47pm

re: #446 cliffster

Kids are down. *phew* Two sub-five humans can really drain a fellow.

Really? You don't say?

I had four in six years.

My little sister had four in under four.

She amazes me.

497 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:32:48pm

re: #463 albusteve

I hope he left a good impression.

498 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:32:49pm

I get along with everyone, unlike the rest of you guys...
///

499 Spare O'Lake  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:33:22pm

re: #482 Charles

Oh no. Don't tell me we're developing a day-night dichotomy at LGF.

I hate those.

Day and night,
Night and day,
It hurts to be in love this wa-ay...

500 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:33:38pm

re: #498 Cannadian Club Akbar

I get along with everyone, unlike the rest of you guys...
///

Thats because you pay us too!

501 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:33:41pm

re: #460 NJDhockeyfan

Chicago breaks the tie with a break away goal!

No goal. Still tied 2-2.

502 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:33:52pm

re: #490 cliffster

yes, the liberal vampires come out at night.

/ hey that's a great idea for a comic character ... Count Libular, menace of the upper west side.

503 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:34:36pm

Breaking news twitter

Air India flight from Dubai overshoots Magalore, India, runway; 163 aboard; many casualties feared

504 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:34:52pm

Moon Dance

Youtube Video
505 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:34:57pm

re: #495 Stanley Sea

>>

Ack! you have caught the >> penicillin quickly!

506 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:35:05pm

re: #486 freetoken

I suppose it would be. Indeed, I think so much of what we are seeing in the atavistic/revanchist populism in America today is caused, in part, by the speed of scientific and technological advances overwhelming the world-views of people.

I'll go out into philosophical no-man's land just for a second, then retreat. There's a lot of pressure on people to develop their "faith". Which is weird.. you either see and feel God or you don't. But because kids are told they'll burn in eternal hell if they don't accept Jesus, they fake it. Even to themselves.

People who truly are strong in their faith are not actually faithful at all. They know God is there because they sense it. There's really no phenomenon in the universe that makes you second-guess your religion when you experience it in this way.

507 Ben G. Hazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:35:30pm

re: #388 Stanley Sea

Nah, he just made a "I'm new here, can I call you KT?) for the last time.

I saw him the other day refer to "Ice" who wasn't here at the time.

James T. Kirk: "One little mistake..."

/Star Trek: The Voyage Home

508 BryanS  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:35:34pm

re: #466 cliffster

For people who are struggling with their relationship with God, this sort of thing is pretty threatening. Weird, too. There are puzzles all throughout nature. I don't doubt my belief in gravity just because I see a bunch of helium balloons at the grocery store.

I figured that's why when Drudge linked to the story it was all red alerted.

509 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:35:43pm

re: #502 brookly red

/ hey that's a great idea for a comic character ... Count Libular, menace of the upper west side.

He won't suck your blood, but he'll suck your wallet dry. :D

510 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:36:03pm

re: #503 Stanley Sea

Breaking news twitter

damn ,, weather or pilot error?

511 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:36:19pm

re: #507 talon_262

James T. Kirk: "One little mistake..."

/Star Trek: The Voyage Home

We had a lizard with that name at one point.

512 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:36:41pm

re: #495 Stanley Sea

>>

hehe, awesome

513 Ben G. Hazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:36:46pm

re: #402 reine.de.tout

SpaceJesus.
He's 3 in 1.

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost...how convenient!

514 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:37:12pm

re: #510 sattv4u2

damn ,, weather or pilot error?

Not even on google news. no idea

515 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:37:16pm

re: #511 Cannadian Club Akbar

We had a lizard with that name at one point.

Then he went Stalker and got his ass banned.

516 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:37:25pm

Little feat
Time Loves a Hero

Youtube Video
517 Surabaya Stew  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:37:32pm

re: #454 prairiefire

Hi! I shared your census worker story with my brother who is doing it also. Running down the street in the rain with your census worker paraphernalia flapping in the wind~funny.

How is your brother holding up at the job, BTW? Any good stories he doesn't mind you re-telling? Aren't there other Lizards doing the census too?

518 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:37:43pm

re: #509 Dark_Falcon

He won't suck your blood, but he'll suck your wallet dry. :D

/it's for the chilllldren, Muahahaha!

519 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:37:50pm

re: #515 Dark_Falcon

Then he went Stalker and got his ass banned.

I know. Too bad. He was funny.

520 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:37:55pm

re: #517 Surabaya Stew

How is your brother holding up at the job, BTW? Any good stories he doesn't mind you re-telling? Aren't there other Lizards doing the census too?

My wife is

521 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:38:04pm

Here's the breaking news twitter link. sometimes they link to a story, sometimes not

[Link: twitter.com...]

522 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:38:23pm

re: #496 EmmmieG

Really? You don't say?

I had four in six years.

My little sister had four in under four.

She amazes me.

You are very strong indeed (and it apparently runs in the family). I wanted to have four or five kids; my wife was more take-it-as-it-comes. After two, I changed my mind and decided I wanted... two. Or maybe one ;)

523 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:38:37pm

re: #483 JasonA

What "screw 'em" comment was that?

Kos: Proud of "Screw Them"

524 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:38:51pm

re: #517 Surabaya Stew

How is your brother holding up at the job, BTW? Any good stories he doesn't mind you re-telling? Aren't there other Lizards doing the census too?

I will see him on Sunday and ask him. I know there have been two fellows who said they were Jesus Christ.

525 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:39:48pm

re: #522 cliffster

You are very strong indeed (and it apparently runs in the family). I wanted to have four or five kids; my wife was more take-it-as-it-comes. After two, I changed my mind and decided I wanted... two. Or maybe one ;)

I'm sure Angelina Jolie would buy one. Or Madonna.
/

526 BryanS  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:39:58pm

re: #521 Stanley Sea

Here's the breaking news twitter link. sometimes they link to a story, sometimes not

[Link: twitter.com...]

Wow. 1,724,035 followers. Pretty much what CNN's audience is left to.

527 webevintage  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:40:34pm

re: #442 Racer X

Sean Penn is a douche.

Penn is a douchebag, but he is willing to get in there and help people.

528 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:41:36pm

re: #526 BryanS

Wow. 1,724,035 followers. Pretty much what CNN's audience is left to.

What's CNN?
/

529 MandyManners  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:42:08pm

re: #493 prairiefire

Hope your son is feeling better.

Thanks! He had a great game so that makes up for reality a bit.

530 freetoken  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:42:33pm

re: #506 cliffster

There's a lot of pressure on people to develop their "faith". Which is weird.. you either see and feel God or you don't. But because kids are told they'll burn in eternal hell if they don't accept Jesus, they fake it. Even to themselves.

People who truly are strong in their faith are not actually faithful at all. They know God is there because they sense it. There's really no phenomenon in the universe that makes you second-guess your religion when you experience it in this way.

Concur, this is pushed and pushed hard in certain circles (e.g., pentacostal.)

It has much to do with the idea of immediate reward, I think. It's kind of a marketing ploy, like state lotteries which have just enough $5 instant-scratch winners to whet the appetite of the gamblers. Of course the gamblers are still delusion, but they think they now are onto something.

Manipulating people by manipulating their emotions is now pretty standard in our society, a creation of the hyper-successful advertising agencies.

Downstairs I embedded a video of a health & wealth preacher, telling his audience that God wants them rich and healthy, etc.

You'll never go wrong in marketing by telling people what they want to hear.

531 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:42:40pm

re: #523 NJDhockeyfan

Yeah, I found it. And you'll never touch that site again over that comment? Oh I'm sure there must be other reasons, NJ.

532 Surabaya Stew  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:43:16pm

re: #520 sattv4u2

My wife is

Thats right; I recall a thread a few weeks back about somebody being sent out the farthest possible distance to enumerate; was that you telling about her experience? She has my sympathies in any event....its a crazy place to work!

533 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:43:39pm

re: #527 webevintage

Penn is a douchebag, but he is willing to get in there and help people.

so am I....but it's hardly worth any mention

534 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:43:48pm

re: #527 webevintage

Penn is a douchebag, but he is willing to get in there and help people.

Even so, that is outweighed by the harm he does to people by supporting tyrants like Chavez. Overall, Sean Penn does more harm than good.

535 BryanS  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:44:42pm

re: #528 Cannadian Club Akbar

What's CNN?
/

Use to be this place that covered news--kind of a go-to place when things were happening. This was before Twitter, which became the go to place for news recently when Iran was revolting against a coup election for a guy named Dinner Jacket :)

In the long ago days, they covered breaking news instead if ignoring it in favor of wall-to-wall celebrity news and coverage of kidnapped white girls.

536 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:44:48pm

Anyone else catch Anderson Cooper tonight? Ted Nugent just ripped BP better than anyone I had heard so far.

537 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:45:09pm

re: #525 Cannadian Club Akbar

I'm sure Angelina Jolie would buy one. Or Madonna.
/

My kids are cute too - real cute (am I really the father? srsly?). I could probably fetch a pretty good price for them. My wife gets so attached though...

538 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:45:57pm

lord that was a long phone call.

What'd I miss?

539 BryanS  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:46:13pm

re: #534 Dark_Falcon

Even so, that is outweighed by the harm he does to people by supporting tyrants like Chavez. Overall, Sean Penn does more harm than good.

Anyone who supports Chavez is a tool, having made themselves a useful idiot for Chavez's anti-American propaganda.

540 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:46:31pm

re: #532 Surabaya Stew

Thats right; I recall a thread a few weeks back about somebody being sent out the farthest possible distance to enumerate; was that you telling about her experience? She has my sympathies in any event...its a crazy place to work!

That was her

$XX.xx and hour plus 50 cents a mile. Day starts when she leaves our garage, ends when she gets back. They don't want her to work more than 8 hours a day. They sent her to an area 90 MINUTES from our house. 3 hours of travel per day (paid for plus mileage) leaving only 5 hours to 'work"

541 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:46:36pm

re: #537 cliffster

My kids are cute too - real cute (am I really the father? srsly?). I could probably fetch a pretty good price for them. My wife gets so attached though...

Do they look like the mailman?
/just sayin'.

542 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:46:55pm

re: #526 BryanS

Wow. 1,724,035 followers. Pretty much what CNN's audience is left to.

well as Reese Schonfeld said, a bad joke...

543 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:47:06pm

re: #529 MandyManners

Thanks! He had a great game so that makes up for reality a bit.

my son was a total sports junkie....he thrived on competition, so bad grades= no sports....straight A student who went on to win the Athlete/Scholar Award from the US Army as a high school senior....it's all about priorities and parents help set them...and I'm happy for the Kid

544 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:47:32pm

re: #530 freetoken

I've never heard it analyzed like that, but that's a really good way of framing it.

545 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:47:36pm

re: #531 JasonA

Yeah, I found it. And you'll never touch that site again over that comment? Oh I'm sure there must be other reasons, NJ.

That's all I need to see. I've been on there before. The antisemitism and hate I saw there from the moonbats who post there wasn't something I really enjoy reading.

546 Surabaya Stew  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:48:14pm

re: #524 prairiefire

I will see him on Sunday and ask him. I know there have been two fellows who said they were Jesus Christ.

That's cool; Jesus can return in many people at once! Am sort of jealous actually, because I managed to get zero names out of people when I was doing it. Here's how it went:

Person 1
Person 2
Person 3
Person 4
Person 5

Got their race and gender from visual observation, and that was all the info I could put down. Was enough for 5 completed forms, however.

547 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:49:27pm

re: #538 windsagio

lord that was a long phone call.

What'd I miss?

/oh there was a coup... Ron Paul is president.

548 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:50:13pm

re: #545 NJDhockeyfan

That's all I need to see. I've been on there before. The antisemitism and hate I saw there from the moonbats who post there wasn't something I really enjoy reading.

Notice how when "W" was in power the left was crazy. And now Obama is there, the right is off the rails.

549 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:50:22pm

re: #546 Surabaya Stew

That's cool; Jesus can return in many people at once! Am sort of jealous actually, because I managed to get zero names out of people when I was doing it. Here's how it went:

Person 1
Person 2
Person 3
Person 4
Person 5

Got their race and gender from visual observation, and that was all the info I could put down. Was enough for 5 completed forms, however.

Now is when we need ACORN.

550 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:50:22pm

re: #538 windsagio

lord that was a long phone call.

What'd I miss?

>>

(nothing)

551 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:51:11pm

re: #434 Surabaya Stew

All right, now that I'm working again, my wallet can finally start to speak! Have just brought both cookbooks; and am looking forward to reading them next week...I'm feeling kinda psyched!

Oh, yay!
I hope you enjoy them!

552 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:52:04pm

re: #536 Rightwingconspirator

Anyone else catch Anderson Cooper tonight? Ted Nugent just ripped BP better than anyone I had heard so far.

Whoa, that's a broken clock moment. What did he have to say?

William

553 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:52:20pm

re: #503 Stanley Sea

Breaking news twitter

Air India flight from Dubai overshoots Magalore, India, runway; 163 aboard; many casualties feared

Found an update:

Air India flight from Dubai crashes in India

NEW DELHI - An Air India plane with 169 aboard overshot a runway while landing in southern India Saturday. Witnesses say a few on board survived.

The aircraft was landing in the southern Indian city of Mangalore, arriving from Dubai.

"There were 163 passengers and six crew members and we fear all of them have been killed," said Rohit Katiyar, a top airport security official. However, other officials reported that there were survivors but that they didn't know how many.

Local reports said the airport was closed after the crash. The plane had developed a technical snag in the air, and of its two engines caught fire and the plane burnt in the air before crashing down.

Television images showed smoke rising from the aircraft as rescuers evacuated people from inside. Peter Abraham, director of the Mangalore airport, told reporters that the plane did not catch fire but there were fumes around it.

554 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:52:36pm

re: #541 Cannadian Club Akbar

Do they look like the mailman?
/just sayin'.

Like Karl Malone?? Doesn't really seem like it, but if the boy grows up to be a 6'8" NBA superstar and buys me a nice yacht, then I'll happily live in denial.

555 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:52:41pm

re: #550 Stanley Sea

>>

(nothing)

there is that >> thing again... /where is Stinky?

556 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:52:41pm

re: #537 cliffster

My kids are cute too - real cute (am I really the father? srsly?). I could probably fetch a pretty good price for them. My wife gets so attached though...

My kids are so cute, i can hardly stop bragging. They are also smart, can read me like a pre-school book, and are always plotting on how to create the situation to their best advantage.

557 Racer X  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:53:04pm

re: #527 webevintage

Penn is a douchebag, but he is willing to get in there and help people.

and Hugo appreciates the help.

558 Surabaya Stew  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:53:52pm

re: #540 sattv4u2

That was her

$XX.xx and hour plus 50 cents a mile. Day starts when she leaves our garage, ends when she gets back. They don't want her to work more than 8 hours a day. They sent her to an area 90 MINUTES from our house. 3 hours of travel per day (paid for plus mileage) leaving only 5 hours to 'work"

That's intelligent!
///

Seriously, when private business do shit like that (my previous firm, for example), they pay the price by loosing clients and being forced to lay off employees (including yours truly). Too bad the census doesn't have a feedback mechanism to discourage backwards thinking like this; its only our tax dollars after all!

559 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:54:04pm

re: #555 brookly red

there is that >> thing again... /where is Stinky?

and I take heat from my ",,,"'s

560 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:54:10pm

re: #553 NJDhockeyfan

Very sad. May God bless them and carry them to Heaven.

561 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:54:21pm

Joe B....a monster vid
Stop

Youtube Video

H/T Charles

562 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:55:51pm

re: #548 Cannadian Club Akbar

Notice how when "W" was in power the left was crazy. And now Obama is there, the right is off the rails.

It will reverse again when the GOP gets the WH back.

563 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:56:06pm

re: #547 brookly red

Damn!

re: #550 Stanley Sea

So a coup is "Nothing"?

>>

564 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:56:17pm

re: #559 sattv4u2

My thing is charming :D

565 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:56:32pm

re: #562 NJDhockeyfan

It will reverse again when the GOP gets the WH back.

Thank God I won't still be alive to see it...

566 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:56:33pm

re: #557 Racer X

and Hugo appreciates the help.

My super liberal mom, I swear, sometimes I just have to pull her back. "Well, he (Chavez) has some good ideas for the people." "Mom, he is jailing journalists." "Oh well, that's not good."
She does want to get tough on the Mexican drug cartels. Especially after the killings of those nice State Department kids. That sealed the deal for her

567 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:56:51pm

re: #548 Cannadian Club Akbar

Notice how when "W" was in power the left was crazy. And now Obama is there, the right is off the rails.

The left was never as crazy as this.

Or maybe better, the left crazies were never mainstreamed like this.

568 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:56:54pm

re: #562 NJDhockeyfan

It will reverse again when the GOP gets the WH back.

I know. I'll just let all of them scream. I'll just hang here.

569 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:56:57pm

Albert Collins: I Ain't Drunk

Youtube Video
570 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:56:58pm

re: #564 windsagio

My thing is charming :D

I don't want to hear about your thing. Cut that shit out.

571 Surabaya Stew  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:57:00pm

re: #551 reine.de.tout

Oh, yay!
I hope you enjoy them!

No doubt I will; lets see if my cooking skills are up to putting together some of the favorite Lizard dishes...

572 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:57:44pm

re: #569 NJDhockeyfan

Albert Collins: I Ain't Drunk


[Video]

Me either!! gotta work on that...

573 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:58:03pm

re: #563 windsagio

Damn!

re: #550 Stanley Sea

So a coup is "Nothing"?

>>

just curious if you drink too much do you go >< ?

574 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:58:16pm

re: #564 windsagio

My thing is charming :D

yeah ,, beacause everyone I know talks with a >>> instead of a pause (,,,)

575 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:58:27pm

re: #567 windsagio

The left was never as crazy as this.

Or maybe better, the left crazies were never mainstreamed like this.

Agreed. To the second part.

576 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:59:08pm

re: #562 NJDhockeyfan

It will reverse again when the GOP gets the WH back.

You're right about that. Can't wait til January 2013.

I will admit though. The crazies are outdoing themselves on the GOP's watch this time around.

577 webevintage  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:59:49pm

re: #534 Dark_Falcon

Even so, that is outweighed by the harm he does to people by supporting tyrants like Chavez. Overall, Sean Penn does more harm than good.

But that's why he's a douchebag asshole....

578 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:59:50pm

re: #565 JasonA

Thank God I won't still be alive to see it...

careful what you ask for...

579 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 7:59:55pm

re: #569 NJDhockeyfan

Albert Collins: I Ain't Drunk


[Video]

right...you got it

580 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:01:02pm

re: #573 brookly red

The sad thing is that's what I *USED* to do, but the < is waaay too much work to bother with.

Its probalby why the usage is confusing >< denotes excitement, but I tend to use >> for both due to laziness.

581 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:01:16pm

Some of the most exciting sports you can ever see is on....overtime in the NHL playoffs.

582 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:01:48pm

re: #574 sattv4u2

Also, yours looks like a broken keyboard, or maybe hte palsy. I look like I"m doing it on purpose.

583 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:02:12pm

re: #580 windsagio

The sad thing is that's what I *USED* to do, but the < is waaay too much work to bother with.

Its probalby why the usage is confusing >< denotes excitement, but I tend to use >> for both due to laziness.

OK with me >> = 2 moves to the right :)

584 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:02:32pm

re: #573 brookly red

just curious if you drink too much do you go >< ?

if he's happy he goes ^

585 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:02:45pm

re: #582 windsagio

Also, yours looks like a broken keyboard, or maybe hte palsy. I look like I"m doing it on purpose.

W,,,T,,,F,,, are you trying to say,,,??

586 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:02:53pm

re: #584 sattv4u2

if he's happy he goes ^

TMI

587 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:03:20pm

re: #564 windsagio

My thing is charming :D

You forgot your sarc tag on that?

588 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:03:28pm

re: #584 sattv4u2

if he's happy he goes ^

damn you, sattv

589 What, me worry?  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:03:48pm

re: #583 brookly red

OK with me >> = 2 moves to the right :)

< It's just a jump to the left.

590 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:04:06pm

re: #571 Surabaya Stew

No matter who you are, short of a pro- That cookbook has something to challenge everyone, if you dare.

591 brookly red  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:04:42pm

re: #589 marjoriemoon

< It's just a jump to the left.

no no step to the left, & jump to the right...

592 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:04:53pm

re: #576 cliffster

You're right about that. Can't wait til January 2013.

I will admit though. The crazies are outdoing themselves on the GOP's watch this time around.

Yeah, remember when Free Republic was full of rational thinkers and intellectualism?

593 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:05:01pm

re: #588 cliffster

damn you, sattv

Glad to be of service

594 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:05:18pm

re: #590 Rightwingconspirator

No matter who you are, short of a pro- That cookbook has something to challenge everyone, if you dare.

Now I am intrigued.

595 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:05:22pm

re: #589 marjoriemoon

< It's just a jump to the left.

The Time Warp

Youtube Video
596 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:05:28pm

ADL: Arkansas Shooting Suspect Was Anti-Government Extremist

According to ADL, Kane's specialty was an arcane sovereign citizen theory called "Redemption," which provides formulas that claim to be able to extricate people from almost any sort of trouble, from financial debts to traffic tickets. From 2003-2006, a popular "Redemption" tactic was to assert the ability to eliminate people's mortgages. The tactic picked up again in the wake of the recent housing crisis; Kane's seminars emphasized this mortgage angle.

597 BryanS  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:05:29pm

re: #589 marjoriemoon

< It's just a jump to the left.

And then a step to the right >

598 Benghazzy Ben Ross  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:05:47pm

re: #593 sattv4u2

Glad to be of service

I think I updinged you for the first time thanks to that remark. It was beautifully done.

599 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:05:52pm

re: #463 albusteve

ahahaha!
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

whoopsie daisy!

Well, that's one for the Anals of the Clash of Civilizations.

600 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:06:02pm

re: #597 BryanS

And then a step to the right >

Time Warp, Again???
/

601 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:06:11pm

for the children
Alvin Lee
Bluest Blues

Youtube Video
602 What, me worry?  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:07:05pm

re: #591 brookly red

no no step to the left, & jump to the right...

It's been awhile since I've Time Warped. Although sometimes it doesn't feel like it.

I was wondering what the Sunday a.m. talk show circuit is gonna do about the Drs. Paul (who coined that here? Gus?). I wonder if Gregory will mention it at all.

603 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:07:22pm

re: #343 darthstar

Mayo grosses me out. I'm thinking about making it so I can tolerate it...if I see what goes into it, then it won't be so hideous to me...still, that shit in a jar just looks unnatural.

But, but, what about baconnaise?

604 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:08:06pm

re: #595 prairiefire

I must be nuts, but I really like that movie!

605 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:08:09pm

re: #587 reine.de.tout


^
Does that cat look sarcastic?

606 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:08:17pm

re: #592 JasonA

Yeah, remember when Free Republic was full of rational thinkers and intellectualism?

Yeah. I think it's best to just ignore it, like a kid throwing a temper-tantrum.

607 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:09:52pm

re: #567 windsagio

The left was never as crazy as this.

Or maybe better, the left crazies were never mainstreamed like this.

I will never again underestimate the ability of the American Politician to put his party's interest ahead of his own country, ahead of common sense, ahead of decency, ahead of the common welfare, ahead the appearance of impropriety, ahead of sanity, or with any view of how history will judge his or her actions.

I am thoroughly disgusted.

A pox, I say yet again, upon both their houses, and their senates.

608 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:11:00pm

The Islamic terrorists are getting bored with the usual murder techniques...shootings & beheadings are so last decade....

Taliban blow up 'U.S. spies' in Pakistan

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - Taliban militants strapped explosives to two men accused of being U.S. spies and blew them up at a public execution in northwest Pakistan, intelligence officials and residents said on Friday.

The killings took place on Thursday evening in North Waziristan, a lawless al-Qaida and Taliban sanctuary on the Afghan border where the United States has stepped up attacks with missile-firing drone aircraft, fuelling militants' fears of spies.

Five masked militants paraded the handcuffed men before dozens of people in the Datta Kheil area and accused them of passing information to the United States on targets for its CIA-operated pilotless drone aircraft.

"They strapped explosives around their bodies and then blew them up," a Pakistani intelligence official in the region told Reuters by telephone.

609 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:11:03pm

re: #562 NJDhockeyfan

It will reverse again when the GOP gets the WH back.

I'm no great fan of Megan McArdle, but I have to admit there's something to Jane's Law:

The devotees of the party in power are smug and arrogant. The devotees of the party out of power are insane.

610 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:11:07pm

re: #607 swamprat

Its funny, I just can't go with that kind of sentiment.

Everyones flawed, but overwhelming cynicism just isn't my bag. It implies we're doomed, and we can't make anything better... Which can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

611 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:11:16pm

Anyone want an ice cream sandwich!?!!?

612 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:11:27pm

Chicago wins in OT!

613 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:11:40pm

re: #607 swamprat

Also seriously, there are levels of bad :P

614 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:11:43pm

re: #599 Nimed

Well, that's one for the Anals of the Clash of Civilizations.

The anals?

615 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:12:04pm

re: #607 swamprat

I will never again underestimate the ability of the American Politician to put his party's interest ahead of his own country, ahead of common sense, ahead of decency, ahead of the common welfare, ahead the appearance of impropriety, ahead of sanity, or with any view of how history will judge his or her actions.

I am thoroughly disgusted.

A pox, I say yet again, upon both their houses, and their senates.

hahaha!.....been there for like 30 years....these fucking clowns can't find their ass with both hands....and if they do, it's not their ass....whores, everyone of them

616 Varek Raith  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:12:14pm

re: #613 windsagio

Also seriously, there are levels of bad :P

Shades of black.
Wait...
:)

617 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:12:48pm

re: #614 reine.de.tout

The anals?

Tales from the backside.

618 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:12:49pm

re: #605 windsagio

^
Does that cat look sarcastic?

Is that what your "thing" is?
and, no.

619 TheMatrix31  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:13:04pm

[Link: twitter.com...]

Heh.

620 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:13:29pm

re: #618 reine.de.tout

I have many things!

621 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:13:33pm

re: #614 reine.de.tout

The anals?

Now, now. This is a family blog.

622 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:13:36pm

re: #611 sattv4u2

Anyone want an ice cream sandwich!?!!?

Nope.
Just ate a pint of ice cream.
Any more would be, well, just too much.

623 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:13:44pm

re: #611 sattv4u2

Anyone want an ice cream sandwich!?!!?

I have a chocolate butter cookie!!!

624 Varek Raith  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:14:41pm

re: #619 TheMatrix31

[Link: twitter.com...]

Heh.

The Day America Died.


Oh, yeah, real funny.

625 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:15:03pm

re: #601 albusteve

for the children
Alvin Lee
Bluest Blues

[Video]

Nice sound on that. Love it!

626 Varek Raith  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:15:49pm

re: #624 Varek Raith

Hmm, format fail!

627 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:15:50pm

boring
Clapton covers Otis Rush

Youtube Video
628 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:15:53pm

re: #621 Nimed

Now, now. This is a family blog.

Just quoting you!

There are are: #599 Nimed

Well, that's one for the Anals of the Clash of Civilizations.

There are annals, records of events.
And then there are anals, which are, as NJD said, tales from the backside.

629 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:16:31pm

re: #596 Killgore Trout

ADL: Arkansas Shooting Suspect Was Anti-Government Extremist

He then went from opposing the government's authority with legal maneuvers to outright violence. The "sovereign citizen" crowd is nothing but trouble.

630 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:16:41pm

re: #604 reine.de.tout

I must be nuts, but I really like that movie!

It's like a Mardi Gras parade!

631 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:16:44pm

re: #625 NJDhockeyfan

Nice sound on that. Love it!

he's huge, gigantic, been around forever and nobody cares...so be it

632 TheMatrix31  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:16:49pm

"Boy Meets World" is a good one, LOL.

633 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:17:05pm

re: #630 prairiefire

It's like a Mardi Gras parade!

Why, yes it is, now you mention it!

634 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:17:37pm

re: #614 reine.de.tout

He might be right after all.

635 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:18:00pm

re: #628 reine.de.tout

OK, "tales from the backside"
made me spit out some wine.
Gotta go clean up!
Funny Lady!

636 bratwurst  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:18:35pm

re: #624 Varek Raith

Oh, yeah, real funny.

Some people have a low threshold for humor.

637 Surabaya Stew  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:19:52pm

re: #622 reine.de.tout

Nope.
Just ate a pint of ice cream.
Any more would be, well, just too much.

Wouldn't want to overdo things now.... ;-)

638 albusteve  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:20:00pm

re: #632 TheMatrix31

"Boy Meets World" is a good one, LOL.

movies are so....artificial
do not appeal to me like this does....

Youtube Video
639 What, me worry?  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:20:23pm

re: #614 reine.de.tout

The anals?

That's good enough to be a Mandy typo!

640 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:20:41pm

re: #628 reine.de.tout

There are annals, records of events.
And then there are anals, which are, as NJD said, tales from the backside.

D'OH!
I'll go crawl under a rock now. See ya.

641 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:22:05pm

re: #638 albusteve

movies are so...artificial
do not appeal to me like this does...

[Video]

Nice video. Nice rendition. Nice video. Nice harp. Nice video.

642 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:22:06pm

re: #623 Cannadian Club Akbar

I have a chocolate butter cookie!!!

Just one?
Good gosh, man - you need at least a pint of ice cream to go with that cookie!
Or pie.

643 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:22:58pm

re: #639 marjoriemoon

That's good enough to be a Mandy typo!

It is.
I think I shall save it for Volume 3.

Just in case.
644 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:23:55pm

re: #642 reine.de.tout

Just one?
Good gosh, man - you need at least a pint of ice cream to go with that cookie!
Or pie.

Fudge pie? Actually, the cookie was awesome. But I am having a cheese steak sammie in a bit...

645 Renaissance_Man  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:25:10pm

It's Friday night - time for another story.

This one doesn't involve the emergency room, radiology department, or indeed anything medical. I am reminded of this story because I just told it yesterday in conversation, and I'm sure others will have similar stories in this vein. This is the story of the best practical joke I ever saw - elegant, simple, and just lowbrow enough.

I was in the final year of high school, and school camp that year was where we were put into small groups and given canoes, dropped off at one point far along the Murray River (sixth longer river in the world, I think), and given a spot downstream to meet one week later. The nights were mostly filled with the sort of juvenile stupidity teenage boys will get up to, but one guy played a prank one night that I've never seen topped.

We were seated around the campfire, and one of us got up, picked up a shovel, and went off into the bush to do his business. As soon as he was out of sight, this guy got up, picked up another shovel, motioned to us to be quiet, and snuck off after him.

Apparently, the victim found a largish bush, dug his hole, and squatted, as you would. Somehow, this guy managed to sneak up to the bush unseen, and slide his own shovel under the victim without him noticing. One massive dump later, he simply... took the shovel away. And without a word, dumped the stuff, and crept back to camp.

I only wish we had video phones back then to somehow get a video of the guy's face as he turned around and then looked about in shock, trying to find his own poop.

646 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:25:52pm

re: #644 Cannadian Club Akbar

Fudge pie? Actually, the cookie was awesome. But I am having a cheese steak sammie in a bit...

The bold part is an inside joke. I don't want it associated with this ebbil thread!!:)

647 Renaissance_Man  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:26:01pm

re: #596 Killgore Trout

ADL: Arkansas Shooting Suspect Was Anti-Government Extremist

Reading that link at the site that details their 'Redemption' scam is informative for all the wrong reasons.

648 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:26:04pm

I was at work today and discovered that the Pacman Google logo was actually a working game.

649 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:27:32pm

re: #642 reine.de.tout

Ya know what might be a good biz? Deliver dessert. Easier to keep stuff cold than warm. Or.... Pie!

650 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:27:53pm

re: #645 Renaissance_Man

Oh, so you are Australian. Any spider or jelly fish stories?

651 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:28:05pm

re: #567 windsagio

The left was never as crazy as this.

Or maybe better, the left crazies were never mainstreamed like this.

When the far left is crazy in America, it's crazy in different directions. It's disorganized. Chaos. Circular firing squads. There's little tribalism because the extreme left in america are extreme left in very different ways.

And thus, the extreme left never gets a foothold in politics. They never get mainstreamed. They never get organized. They're fringe. They stay fringe, they stay impotent. They throw tantrums, they get nowhere. They don't get their way. They don't get an end to the wars. They don't get what they want.

The extreme right? They organize. They win primaries. They're extreme in the same direction. They're tribalist. They're unified. They unite under the banner of hating the other. They get what they want. They get the push towards theocracy. They get their overwhelming anti-science attitudes cemented into school boards and state legislatures. They get their nativism codified into law. They get their candidates past the primaries.

And they get mainstream.

Conservatives here love to rage on the extreme left, which is fine. Go ahead, take all the shots at Cindy Sheehan and Code Pink you want. But it's an easy target, because they're not a threat. They're not politically viable. It's like beating up a kid. Way to go, big round of applause, you totally dismantled those old ladies in stupid costumes.

The extreme right? They're a threat. They're organized, they're unified, they're angry, they're paranoid, and most importantly, they're politically viable. And a real threat.

652 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:28:25pm

re: #648 NJDhockeyfan

I was at work today and discovered that the Pacman Google logo was actually a working game.

ME TOO!! A guy at work hit the computer and I heard a noise. Fucking PAC MAN. We use ITunes at work for music. WTF?

653 freetoken  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:29:11pm

Looks like the Dem wanting Dodd's seat is going to get "Smackdown"-ed :

Conn. Republicans endorse McMahon for US Senate

Connecticut Republicans have endorsed former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Chris Dodd.

McMahon says she's going to "lay the smackdown" on Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal in November. Blumanthal received the Democratic party's endorsement for the Senate seat earlier Friday.

This should be interesting.

Will McMahon get any support from the wingnuts? She is pro-choice and not really anti-Obama. Indeed, in a recent poll of sports fans, WWE fans turned out to be more likely partisan to the Democratic Party.

654 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:29:14pm

re: #649 Rightwingconspirator

Ya know what might be a good biz? Deliver dessert. Easier to keep stuff cold than warm. Or... Pie!

I have a concept for a desert restaurant.

655 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:29:35pm

re: #640 Nimed

D'OH!
I'll go crawl under a rock now. See ya.

No, don't!
These are the things that make life fun.
LOL

When I was in HR, one thing I used to do was write job descriptions for employees.

We had a geologist, who did something or other with 'shut-in wells', and he needed a job description, which I wrote.

And on this official public record, on file for all to see, there is the typo:

He oversees shit-in wells.

argh.

The most famous one in our state occurred just after "spell-check" became a feature that people used regularly.

A secretary to a Department head wrote a letter on his behalf to a recently elected official, in which she congratulates the newly elected official for his "recent erection".
I get the giggles every time I think about it.

656 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:30:14pm

re: #654 Cannadian Club Akbar

I have a concept for a desert restaurant.

Or a dessert restaurant. Geez.

657 windsagio  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:30:17pm

re: #651 WindUpBird

When the far left is crazy in America, it's crazy in different directions. It's disorganized. Chaos. Circular firing squads. There's little tribalism because the extreme left in america are extreme left in very different ways.

And thus, the extreme left never gets a foothold in politics. They never get mainstreamed. They never get organized. They're fringe. They stay fringe, they stay impotent. They throw tantrums, they get nowhere. They don't get their way. They don't get an end to the wars. They don't get what they want.

The extreme right? They organize. They win primaries. They're extreme in the same direction. They're tribalist. They're unified. They unite under the banner of hating the other. They get what they want. They get the push towards theocracy. They get their overwhelming anti-science attitudes cemented into school boards and state legislatures. They get their nativism codified into law. They get their candidates past the primaries.

And they get mainstream.

Conservatives here love to rage on the extreme left, which is fine. Go ahead, take all the shots at Cindy Sheehan and Code Pink you want. But it's an easy target, because they're not a threat. They're not politically viable. It's like beating up a kid. Way to go, big round of applause, you totally dismantled those old ladies in stupid costumes.

The extreme right? They're a threat. They're organized, they're unified, they're angry, they're paranoid, and most importantly, they're politically viable. And a real threat.

Quoted for the brutality.

658 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:30:26pm

re: #655 reine.de.tout

Funnies!

659 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:30:45pm

re: #648 NJDhockeyfan

I was at work today and discovered that the Pacman Google logo was actually a working game.

Google, they just plain kick ass :D

660 TheMatrix31  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:31:15pm

re: #653 freetoken

She's got my unbridled support.

661 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:32:05pm

re: #660 TheMatrix31

She's got my unbridled support.

Quit horsing around!

662 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:32:08pm

re: #645 Renaissance_Man

Good one!

I found out, from FB, that some of the guys I was in HS with pulled a stunt on a little old lady, who lived in a creepy looking house - they painted one of the guys with glow in the dark paint, and sent him running up the lady's driveway and around her house.

Lucky he didn't get shot. But I sure wish I'd thought of it first.

663 cliffster  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:32:25pm

re: #651 WindUpBird

Rand Paul will probably win the election. The Fed will somehow survive the doubling of Pauls in the senate. Everyone thinks that the other guy is a threat.

664 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:32:50pm

re: #657 windsagio

Quoted for the brutality.

BRUTALS!

Youtube Video
665 BryanS  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:32:54pm

re: #648 NJDhockeyfan

I was at work today and discovered that the Pacman Google logo was actually a working game.

So that's why none of my crew got anything done. I thought it was just another Friday!

666 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:34:37pm

re: #643 reine.de.tout

Hi reine. What's up? Listen, you wouldn't believe what just happened today. Some illiterate brat hacked into my LGF account!

It's all solved now, but people should disregard all my previous comments in the present thread.

667 Bagua  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:35:09pm

re: #345 swamprat

Not if it is for work.

Not for any reason short of preservation of life.

668 Varek Raith  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:35:23pm

re: #666 Nimed

Hi reine. What's up? Listen, you wouldn't believe what just happened today. Some illiterate brat hacked into my LGF account!

It's all solved now, but people should disregard all my previous comments in the present thread.

Nice try...
:P

669 prairiefire  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:37:40pm

re: #667 Bagua

Hey, Bagua. Nick Morgan got the troll bam stick tonight.

670 Varek Raith  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:38:04pm

re: #669 prairiefire

Hey, Bagua. Nick Morgan got the troll bam stick tonight.

Heh, which thread?

671 Stanghazi  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:38:19pm

I'm behhiind in the thread, thank goodness there's a new one.

Hope I didn't miss much.

672 Bagua  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:39:03pm

re: #488 freetoken

I blame it on the moonlight.

Shine On Moon I'm by myself...

MP3 Audio

- Lightnin' Hopkins

One of my favourites from the great man.

673 Varek Raith  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:39:08pm

re: #670 Varek Raith

Heh, which thread?

NVM, found it.

674 sattv4u2  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:39:15pm

re: #671 Stanley Sea

I'm behhiind in the thread, thank goodness there's a new one.

Hope I didn't miss much.

Nope ,, not much at all
You got banned!

675 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:39:49pm

re: #655 reine.de.tout

argh.

The most famous one in our state occurred just after "spell-check" became a feature that people used regularly.

A secretary to a Department head wrote a letter on his behalf to a recently elected official, in which she congratulates the newly elected official for his "recent erection".
I get the giggles every time I think about it.

LOL
That's a great story. I'm just glad you're not Cato. Even that poor hacker doesn't deserve his brand of merciless mockery.

676 swamprat  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:40:41pm

re: #651 WindUpBird

The left destroyed child labor.
Destroyed the American monopoly system.
And destroyed every method of domestic energy production in America.

They are not the disorganized non-group that you have portrayed them to be.

God, I hope they know what they are doing, because the Republicans have lost their pants and their minds.

677 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:40:46pm

re: #666 Nimed

Hi reine. What's up? Listen, you wouldn't believe what just happened today. Some illiterate brat hacked into my LGF account!

It's all solved now, but people should disregard all my previous comments in the present thread.

the nerve!
Glad it's all OK now.
*snicker*

678 Nimed  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:41:02pm

re: #671 Stanley Sea

I'm behhiind in the thread, thank goodness there's a new one.

Hope I didn't miss much.

You didn't miss a thing. Onward to the new thread! Right now.

679 Dark_Falcon  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:41:55pm

BBIAB

680 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:46:51pm

The new thread is too serious for this post. I tracked down what I consider to be the best typo on LGF ever.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

681 Bagua  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:48:16pm

re: #670 Varek Raith

Heh, I guess I called that one. The Flounce-O-Meter™ is never wrong.

.

Alternatively, Bagua's Crystal Ball™ is useless for predicting anything.

682 Bagua  Fri, May 21, 2010 8:50:07pm

re: #666 Nimed

...Some illiterate brat hacked into my LGF account!

...

Heh, that was just a test run. Now retract the "illiterate" part before I get mad and delete all your followers!

683 Walter L. Newton  Fri, May 21, 2010 9:14:13pm

Ok... so I get Sunday evening off at 7:00pm, the finale of LOST starts at 8pm. Considering I am low man at work among about 20 checkers, this was a gift from my manager. Normally I work 4-5 hours in the evening on Sunday, but this Sunday, they managed to schedule me from 11:45 to 7:00pm... near next to impossible for someone as "green" as I am to get any requested time off.

For the 1 or 2 LOST fans out there... just a reminder about the schedule of LOST events on TV this weekend. Sat. even they are playing the Pilot 1 and Pilot 2 episodes, the fist two hours of the show from 6 years ago.

Then on Sunday evening, there will be a 2 hour recap of the complete series... if you want to catch up on 6 years of episodes, that's the time to do it... and then... the 2 1/2 hour series finale... after your local news there will be an hour of Jimmy Krimmel Live show with members of the LOST cast.

So... a total of 7 1/2 hours of LOST coverage this weekend. The TV event of a lifetime.

684 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 21, 2010 9:33:29pm

re: #552 wlewisiii

ripping a hole into mother earth without a multilevel emergency plan... Sorry about the late response.


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