Amazon Prime Adds Free Unlimited Movie/TV Streaming

Deal o’ the week
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I’ve written previously about Amazon Prime,External Image and what a sweet deal it is for regular Amazon customers. $79 a year gets you unlimited free 2-day delivery on anything with no minimum order, or next-day delivery for $3.99.

“No minimum order” means you can have anything at all shipped free of charge. For example, this week I bought a very good quality 2m 3D-Capable HDMI CableExternal Image for $3.99 — and that was the final price. (Down at the local Radio Shack, the cheapest equivalent cable is about ten times as expensive.)

And now Amazon has sweetened the Amazon PrimeExternal Image in addition to free 2-day shipping.

They have lots of good content already available, and they’re not all films you’ve already seen; there are quite a few recent films and TV shows. (Including the gross-out movie of the decade, The Human Centipede,External Image which I have not watched. Yet.)

The selection doesn’t even come close to Netflix, though, so if you already use Netflix, don’t close your account just yet. But it’s a great little extra tweak for the already great Amazon Prime.External Image

Full disclosure: We get a small commission from Amazon’s Associates program for everything you buy, if you follow one of our links to get there.

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602 comments
1 darthstar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:36:34pm

The Human Centipede looks a bit disturbing. Having read the review, I think I’ll leave that one off my must-watch list.

2 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:39:12pm

re: #1 darthstar

The Human Centipede looks a bit disturbing. Having read the review, I think I’ll leave that one off my must-watch list.

I love bug movies.

3 darthstar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:39:47pm

Here’s another derp for the derp list.

4 darthstar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:40:38pm

re: #2 b_sharp

I love bug movies.

This ain’t exactly a bug…

[Link: rogerebert.suntimes.com…]

5 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:42:30pm

I highly recommend Catfish

6 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:42:34pm

re: #4 darthstar

This ain’t exactly a bug…

[Link: rogerebert.suntimes.com…]

Be nothing but bacteria by the third member.

7 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:43:00pm

I still need to see Human Centipede! Dieter Laser! Mantrid arms! Crap, so many movies to watch

8 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:43:34pm

re: #4 darthstar

This ain’t exactly a bug…

[Link: rogerebert.suntimes.com…]

OMG I’m reading the review. Thanks much Darth & Charles.

9 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:43:53pm

Also, I haven’t seen it yet, but “Enter The Void” is in my netflix on demand and it looks mindblowing, seeing it this weekend

10 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:44:29pm

re: #8 Stanley Sea

OMG I’m reading the review. Thanks much Darth & Charles.

Youtube Video
11 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:45:37pm

re: #6 b_sharp

Be nothing but bacteria by the third member.

From Ebert:

In the film’s last half, the two actresses don’t scream at all, if you follow me.

12 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:47:04pm

What a twisted start to a thread. That’s all.

13 Jadespring  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:49:19pm

I just got off the phone with my sis. She has a coworker who’s father is trying to get out of Tripoli. Care to guess where the rest of her family is?
—
——
And the answer is….
Christchurch, NZ

Talk about coincendence and stressful week.
Everyone is okay thank goodness but her aunt and uncle have no house anymore.

14 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:50:29pm

Not for the weak… but a very riveting French language film…

“Irreversible”

[Link: www.imdb.com…]

15 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:52:02pm

re: #14 Walter L. Newton

I heard that movie was awesome and heartbreaking *_*

16 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:52:30pm

you really ought to see my film collection :D

TETSUO: IRON MAN

17 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:52:50pm

re: #13 Jadespring

Glad to hear they are still alive.
The house can come later.

18 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:53:38pm

re: #13 Jadespring

I just got off the phone with my sis. She has a coworker who’s father is trying to get out of Tripoli. Care to guess where the rest of her family is?
—
—-
And the answer is…
Christchurch, NZ

Talk about coincendence and stressful week.
Everyone is okay thank goodness but her aunt and uncle have no house anymore.

A local guy spent the past few months in Antarctica. He gets to go anywhere on the company’s dime for two weeks after his stint. He landed in Christchurch the day before the earthquake. All he has left is his passport and his life. He’s an EMT, so he has made himself useful.

19 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:54:09pm

re: #13 Jadespring

I just got off the phone with my sis. She has a coworker who’s father is trying to get out of Tripoli. Care to guess where the rest of her family is?
—
—-
And the answer is…
Christchurch, NZ

Talk about coincendence and stressful week.
Everyone is okay thank goodness but her aunt and uncle have no house anymore.

They have to be asking why god is pissed at them.

20 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:54:47pm

re: #18 wrenchwench

God bless him, for his service!

21 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:54:48pm

re: #18 wrenchwench

A local guy spent the past few months in Antarctica. He gets to go anywhere on the company’s dime for two weeks after his stint. He landed in Christchurch the day before the earthquake. All he has left is his passport and his life. He’s an EMT, so he has made himself useful.

A friend of mine was a cook at one of the antarctica bases, same thing, he ended up in new zealand, got off the plane, immediately started scoring weed, heh

22 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:54:57pm

re: #15 WindUpBird

I heard that movie was awesome and heartbreaking *_*

I’ve screened the first 20 minutes, not sure yet if we are going to sit down and watch it as a family. All members of the family are adults, but this film is devastating on many level… it’s a cinematic masterpiece, yet at the same time, horrible.

23 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:55:27pm

re: #22 Walter L. Newton

I’ve screened the first 20 minutes, not sure yet if we are going to sit down and watch it as a family. All members of the family are adults, but this film is devastating on many level… it’s a cinematic masterpiece, yet at the same time, horrible.

The last film like that i watched was Requiem For a Dream, yeek

24 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:55:50pm

I’m still thinking about the centipede. Please keep talking folks.

25 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:57:35pm

re: #24 Stanley Sea

I’m still thinking about the centipede. Please keep talking folks.

I think I’m going to rent that one.

26 jc717  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:58:54pm

Sweet!!! Now if only Tivo would add support for this…

27 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:59:23pm

re: #13 Jadespring

How did your class go today?

28 jamesfirecat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 4:59:35pm

re: #24 Stanley Sea

I’m still thinking about the centipede. Please keep talking folks.

Watch Justice League Crisis on Two Earths… at least if you’re a DC comics fan, lots of clever shout outs, doubtlessly at least as good as most episodes of the Justice League show that was on a few years ago, too bad they don’t have Kevin Conroy doing Batman though…

29 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:04:45pm

re: #24 Stanley Sea

I’m still thinking about the centipede. Please keep talking folks.

This should be enough info for ya…

“A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to “reassemble” them into a new “pet”— a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others’ rectums”

30 Idle Drifter  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:06:32pm

re: #23 WindUpBird

The last film like that i watched was Requiem For a Dream, yeek

Requiem for a Dream is one of those movies that I’m sure if I want to see because of something called Heroin Rot. But at the same time I hear how it’s the crazy, outstanding movie. Human Centipede has me thinking of grabbing the shotgun and loading it with grenade shot. Just in case.

31 jamesfirecat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:07:15pm

re: #29 Walter L. Newton

This should be enough info for ya…

“A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to “reassemble” them into a new “pet”— a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others’ rectums”

You just had to post that here didn’t you?

You bastard.

32 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:07:17pm

re: #29 Walter L. Newton

This should be enough info for ya…

That was way too much.

33 Idle Drifter  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:07:21pm

I’m not sure if I want to see
PIMF

34 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:07:57pm

re: #31 jamesfirecat

You just had to post that here didn’t you?

You bastard.

And you quoted it so it could appear twice!

35 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:08:06pm

re: #29 Walter L. Newton

This should be enough info for ya…

“A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to “reassemble” them into a new “pet”— a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others’ rectums”

Oh I read the whole review and saw the graphic. It’s part of me now. Forever.

36 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:08:28pm

re: #29 Walter L. Newton

This should be enough info for ya…

“A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to “reassemble” them into a new “pet”— a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others’ rectums”

Hey, they were tourists.

37 Idle Drifter  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:08:46pm

re: #34 wrenchwench

And you quoted it so it could appear twice!

What has been seen cannot be unseen!

38 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:08:49pm

re: #11 Stanley Sea

From Ebert:

In the film’s last half, the two actresses don’t scream at all, if you follow me.

39 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:10:32pm

re: #38 Stanley Sea

In the film’s last half, the two actresses don’t scream at all, if you follow me.

They were too busy swallowing their pride.

40 Fozzie Bear  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:10:38pm

I think Tosh.0 has the best review of Human Centipede ever. [warning: spoiler review]

41 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:10:49pm

re: #36 b_sharp

Hey, they were tourists.

And it was Germany… what did they expect?

42 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:11:01pm

OK, that was too much even for me. Yech!

43 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:11:51pm

re: #35 Stanley Sea

Oh I read the whole review and saw the graphic. It’s part of me now. Forever.

I would be interested to see what comes out in the “end?”

44 Usually refered to as anyways  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:12:56pm

re: #43 Walter L. Newton

I would be interested to see what comes out in the “end?”

Thats anal.

45 jamesfirecat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:13:11pm

re: #43 Walter L. Newton

I would be interested to see what comes out in the “end?”



I’ll let Anakin Skywalker speak for me…

46 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:13:11pm

re: #43 Walter L. Newton

I would be interested to see what comes out in the “end?”

Shit happens.

47 Idle Drifter  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:13:13pm

re: #39 b_sharp

They were too busy swallowing their pride.

Heaven forbid if someone yawns.

48 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:13:34pm

re: #47 Idle Drifter

Heaven forbid if someone yawns.

Or burps!

49 Idle Drifter  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:13:44pm

re: #46 b_sharp

Shit happens.

Where see shit?

50 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:14:16pm

re: #38 Stanley Sea

LOL!
I took a very technical degree in colledge.
4 credits of electives a semester for “fun”.
The history of fantasy, sci fi and horror films had 2 semesters worth.
I AM A FAN.
I might be shivering in me timbers, but, I’m loving it.
Fritz Lang’s M.
[Link: www.cyberroach.com…]

And there’s Metropolis, too!

51 engineer cat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:14:23pm

what i really want is every movie made before 1949 available streamed on demand

especially hollywood 1929 - 1934

52 Interesting Times  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:14:31pm

This is by far the shittiest pun thread LGF has ever had.

53 Shiplord Kirel  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:15:22pm

The local news here today was big news indeed, the arrest of terror suspect Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari.
Naturally this dominated the local news and they didn’t have time for much else. Still, there was another local event they should, and could, have covered, but that all local media have apparently chosen to ignore. There was an actual riot outside one of the local high schools today, with hundreds of students pouring into the streets fighting and blocking traffic.
At least 20 people were arrested, several injured, and some vehicles damaged. My mother was caught in it, since she had gone to a nearby post office to mail a letter. She was stuck there for half an hour while police cleared the little savages off the street. I confirmed her account with a couple of police officers I know and with a teacher at the school. I don’t have any idea what triggered this, neither do the cops just yet, but they do have a big mess of delinquents in custody.

54 engineer cat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:15:47pm

Fritz Lang’s M

my favorite scene is when they are hanging out in the beggar’s union hall

55 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:18:50pm

Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner…
Not much on your tube…
[Link: www.cyberroach.com…]

56 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:19:05pm

We have so much fun here.

57 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:19:49pm

re: #53 Shiplord Kirel

Hope that your family is safe & OK.
That’s the important part.

58 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:20:17pm

re: #40 Fozzie Bear

I think Tosh.0 has the best review of Human Centipede ever. [warning: spoiler review]

OH HELP ME. I’m listening to Tosh.0

Well, I’m going to rack this up to another learning experience on LGF.

59 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:24:09pm

did someone say “pun thread”……………?

;)

60 Shiplord Kirel  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:24:16pm

re: #57 Floral Giraffe

Hope that your family is safe & OK.
That’s the important part.

Thanks. They’re fine. I don’t routinely pack a gun but my 83 year old mother does. She can use it too. Shit like this is the reason. Mob attacks against an elderly person are deadly force and deadly force is justified to stop them.

61 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:24:31pm

re: #58 Stanley Sea

OH HELP ME. I’m listening to Tosh.0

Well, I’m going to rack this up to another learning experience on LGF.

I can’t get Tosh.O here.

62 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:25:51pm

re: #61 b_sharp

I can’t get Tosh.O here.

Lucky you.

63 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:25:57pm

re: #59 wozzablog

did someone say “pun thread”…?

;)

OK by me but what are we punning?

64 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:26:15pm

re: #62 Stanley Sea

Lucky you.

Although, of course I’m riveted.

65 Talking Point Detective  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:26:18pm

Speaking of media and Amazon Prime - I just heard this interview and ordered the book through my Amazon Prime account:

[Link: www.npr.org…]

I can’t recommend this interview enough. A fascinating account of how discrimination was legally sanctioned by the Supreme Court, after the Civil Rights Act was passed, under the guise of states’ rights. In particular, I like the discussion (towards the end) of how “strict originalism” was the rationale for narrowing the scope of the 14th and 15th amendments so as to provide legal cover for discrimination. Some you folks are history buffs, but I learned a lot: for example that the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was overturned in 1883. Also, the Colfax Massacre - where 150 black men were murdered and no one was held accountable because the Supreme Court ruled that federal anti-discrimination laws did not apply to individuals (sound familiar, Rand Paul?)

Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875, a groundbreaking federal law proposed by Republican Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, which guaranteed that everyone in the United States was “entitled to the full and equal enjoyment” of public accommodations and facilities regardless of race or skin color.

“What the radical Republicans wanted, led by Charles Sumner in the Senate and Thaddeus Stevens in the House, was probably the largest experiment in social engineering ever taken,” says constitutional scholar Lawrence Goldstone. “They wanted the federal government to take these four million newly freed slaves and integrate them fully into society virtually immediately.”

But that didn’t happen — and wouldn’t for decades — in part because of decisions handed down by the Supreme Court, which declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional in 1883. The court also said Congress lacked the constitutional authority under the 14th Amendment to grant equal protections under the law to blacks, stating that only states and local governments could do that. It also passed a ruling stating that the Enforcement Act of 1871, which forbade meetings of Ku Klux Klan members, was unconstitutional.

In his book Inherently Unequal, Goldstone examines how the Supreme Court’s rulings in these cases suppressed the civil rights movement in the latter half of the 19th century and affected the treatment of blacks in Southern states for decades, ultimately resulting in their mass migration to cities in the North.

The court’s rulings opened up “a period of de jure racial discrimination that would last almost a century and was virtually as odious as slavery itself,” writes Goldstone. “[It] also threw open the door to a more codified approach to removing African-Americans first from the voting rolls and then from mainstream civil life.”

66 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:26:27pm

re: #52 publicityStunted

This is by far the shittiest pun thread LGF has ever had.

Stop being so fecetious

67 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:27:24pm

re: #64 Stanley Sea

Although, of course I’m riveted.

Doesn’t that hurt? Personally, I’d rather be screwed.

68 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:28:10pm

re: #59 wozzablog

did someone say “pun thread”…?

;)

Nope, but we got one anyway!

69 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:28:13pm

re: #67 b_sharp

Doesn’t that hurt? Personally, I’d rather be screwed.

Nut.

70 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:28:57pm

re: #69 wozzablog

Riveted to the action…

71 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:28:58pm

re: #69 wozzablog

Nut.

Wrench.

72 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:29:00pm

re: #68 Floral Giraffe

Nope, but we got one anyway!

Going that well, huh? :p

73 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:29:49pm

re: #72 wozzablog

Bolted out the door!

74 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:29:51pm

re: #71 b_sharp

Wrench.

Very good… now would you care to see some ink blots?

75 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:29:55pm

re: #71 b_sharp

Wrench.

Which Wrench is wench?

76 wrenchwench  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:30:27pm

re: #75 wozzablog

Which Wrench is wench?

The one going home.

Later, lizards!

77 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:30:41pm

Fozzie, you owe me. OK, I’m laughing but you still owe me.

78 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:30:55pm

re: #75 wozzablog

Which Wrench is wench?

Why, WrenchWench, of course!

79 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:31:07pm

re: #69 wozzablog

Nut.

not a nut just a little torqued…

80 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:31:10pm

re: #74 brookly red

Very good… now would you care to see some ink blots?

That one looks like Rorschach. Eating a wiener.

81 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:31:55pm

re: #80 b_sharp

That one looks like Rorschach. Eating a wiener.

oh, sorry that was upside down… now what do you see?

82 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:32:10pm

re: #79 brookly red

not a nut just a little torqued…

That’s some tension your building……………

83 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:33:34pm

re: #81 brookly red

oh, sorry that was upside down… now what do you see?

The invisible man drinking a glass of water.

84 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:34:04pm

re: #82 wozzablog

That’s some tension your building…

Who’s building?

85 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:34:13pm

re: #82 wozzablog

That’s some tension your building…

not a nut
torqued + tension = torsion

OH NO

86 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:34:32pm

re: #83 b_sharp

The invisible man drinking a glass of water.

OK your fine… here is you hand gun licence. Next.

87 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:34:33pm

Politifact takes on Scott Walker

“The things I said (during the prank call by a blogger posing as GOP contributor David Koch) are the things I’ve said publicly all along” about the Wisconsin budget debate.

FALSE

[Link: www.politifact.com…]

88 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:35:40pm

re: #84 b_sharp

Who’s building?

I am a tool when it comes to spelling.

89 engineer cat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:35:43pm

re: #83 b_sharp

The invisible man drinking a glass of water.

so, why do you hate your mother?

90 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:35:46pm

re: #82 wozzablog

That’s some tension your building…

Hope I don’t get reamed for it.

91 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:36:57pm

re: #89 engineer dog

so, why do you hate your mother?

She locked me in a breadbox.

92 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:37:04pm

re: #90 brookly red

Hope I don’t get reamed for it.

Carless caulk costs lives.

93 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:38:26pm

re: #88 wozzablog

I am a tool when it comes to spelling.

My wife calls me a tool all the time, but I don’t know if I’m a fun tool or a utilitarian tool.

94 albusteve  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:39:18pm

tired of winter?
Kokomo

Youtube Video
95 Virginia Plain  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:39:38pm

re: #94 albusteve

No, no, no.

96 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:39:56pm

re: #86 brookly red

OK your fine… here is you hand gun licence. Next.

Hand gun license? All I wanted was a Big Mac.

97 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:41:50pm

re: #93 b_sharp

My wife calls me a tool all the time, but I don’t know if I’m a fun tool or a utilitarian tool.

I’m just a spanner :0

98 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:42:01pm

Good night everybody

99 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:42:09pm

re: #96 b_sharp

Hand gun license? All I wanted was a Big Mac.

but this is a hardware store sir…

100 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:43:31pm

Nintendo & Ubisoft have officially trolled the most trolly troll that ever trolled.

Youtube Video

cue 937 billion Concerned Citizens in 3… 2… 1…

101 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:44:35pm

re: #94 albusteve

tired of winter?
Kokomo

[Video]

I wouldn’t mind winter all year round. I like warm, but I like cozy warm, not hot. In the winter up here, it’s sort of cozy warm in the house, never really hot, to large a house and two many drafts to ever get hot, and the two wood pellet stoves keeps a nice level of cozy warm here, with the help of a electric space heater or two and an electric blanket.

And in the summer, same thing, cozy warm up here in the mountains, never really hot. So, winter would be fine all year round.

102 Decatur Deb  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:46:22pm

Time to defund the EPA.

Baby bottlenose dolphins are washing up dead in record numbers on the shores of Alabama and Mississippi.

[Link: www.cnn.com…]

103 albusteve  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:47:49pm

re: #101 Walter L. Newton

I wouldn’t mind winter all year round. I like warm, but I like cozy warm, not hot. In the winter up here, it’s sort of cozy warm in the house, never really hot, to large a house and two many drafts to ever get hot, and the two wood pellet stoves keeps a nice level of cozy warm here, with the help of a electric space heater or two and an electric blanket.

And in the summer, same thing, cozy warm up here in the mountains, never really hot. So, winter would be fine all year round.

you can have it…here in ABQ winter is neither cozy or picturesque….just a cold, dry brown

104 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:48:23pm

re: #101 Walter L. Newton

I wouldn’t mind winter all year round. I like warm, but I like cozy warm, not hot. In the winter up here, it’s sort of cozy warm in the house, never really hot, to large a house and two many drafts to ever get hot, and the two wood pellet stoves keeps a nice level of cozy warm here, with the help of a electric space heater or two and an electric blanket.

And in the summer, same thing, cozy warm up here in the mountains, never really hot. So, winter would be fine all year round.

The extremes up here are depressing. We get -40C in the winter and +35C in the summer. We seldom get anything in the comfort zone of ~20C without rain and/or severe wind.

105 Virginia Plain  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:48:45pm

re: #103 albusteve

you can have it…here in ABQ winter is neither cozy or picturesque…just a cold, dry brown

Southern Colorado is the same, except when it gets snow.

106 compound idaho  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:50:43pm

re: #104 b_sharp

The extremes up here are depressing. We get -40C in the winter and +35C in the summer. We seldom get anything in the comfort zone of ~20C without rain and/or severe wind.

-40C? That is as cold as -40F. Exactly as cold.

107 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:51:41pm

re: #106 compound idaho

-40C? That is as cold as -40F. Exactly as cold.

Yup. Lick a metal post and say goodbye to your tongue.

108 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:51:47pm

Ah, this is TV shit, but I cannot stand Charlie Sheen. He’s gotten away with more than any other asshole.

AND he did his outburst on ALEX JONES! LOL

“Based on the totality of Charlie Sheen’s statements, conduct and condition, CBS and Warner Bros. Television have decided to discontinue production of ‘Two and a Half Men’ for the remainder of the season,” CBS said in a statement late Thursday night.

[Link: www.accesshollywood.com…]

109 albusteve  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:52:13pm

re: #104 b_sharp

The extremes up here are depressing. We get -40C in the winter and +35C in the summer. We seldom get anything in the comfort zone of ~20C without rain and/or severe wind.

dude, we don’t use Centigrade here, feet and inches please

110 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:52:48pm

re: #104 b_sharp

The extremes up here are depressing. We get -40C in the winter and +35C in the summer. We seldom get anything in the comfort zone of ~20C without rain and/or severe wind.

High 80’s (f) is about it in the summer, maybe a few days over 100 (f), but mainly in the 70’s (f) in the summer, days, into the 50’s nights, and of course dry.

Mostly the teens and 20’s (f) in the winter, occasionally a below zero spell, it’s really not that extreme up here.

Now I’m at 8200 feet, go 30 minutes west from here and start hitting the 10,000 feet mark, then winter gets a bit uncomfortable, even summer is much cooler above 10,000 feet.

111 albusteve  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:54:14pm

re: #108 Stanley Sea

Ah, this is TV shit, but I cannot stand Charlie Sheen. He’s gotten away with more than any other asshole.

AND he did his outburst on ALEX JONES! LOL

[Link: www.accesshollywood.com…]

the self centered prick just put scores of people out of work while he does his blow and thinks about his dick

112 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:54:16pm

re: #109 albusteve

dude, we don’t use Centigrade here, feet and inches please

FATHOMS

best unit of measurement ever

113 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:54:16pm

re: #102 Decatur Deb

Time to defund the EPA.

Baby bottlenose dolphins are washing up dead in record numbers on the shores of Alabama and Mississippi.

[Link: www.cnn.com…]

Do that while screwing up science education so nobody has any idea why certain Hudson River fish can now survive in horribly toxic water.

(here comes Rush Limbaugh, et al to tell us how this proves that pollution is good for the environment)

114 Jadespring  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:54:22pm

re: #94 albusteve

tired of winter?
Kokomo

[Video]

I’m tired of winter. Every year I get more tired of it.
I like being outside without much clothes and I don’t like wearing shoes.

I also don’t like heating bills and having to keep animal water from freezing.

This is why I have a plan where eventually winter will no longer be an issue.

115 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:54:44pm

re: #109 albusteve

dude, we don’t use Centigrade here, feet and inches please

Steve… this is a global village now, you have to start thinking in many different ways of measuring, feet and meters, centigrade and fahrenheit, liters and gallons, milliliters and ounces… get with it… or you’ll never be able to get along in France.

116 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:54:55pm

re: #109 albusteve

dude, we don’t use Centigrade here, feet and inches please

That’s quite the altitude you’ve got there Steve.

117 albusteve  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:55:04pm

re: #112 WindUpBird

FATHOMS

best unit of measurement ever

too deep for me

118 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:55:11pm

re: #112 WindUpBird

A fathon is two yards deep, I totally need to figure out how many fathoms per gallon my VW gets

119 PhillyPretzel  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:55:36pm

The cure for the winter blahs. [Link: www.theflowershow.com…]

120 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:55:49pm

re: #115 Walter L. Newton

Steve… this is a global village now, you have to start thinking in many different ways of measuring, feet and meters, centigrade and fahrenheit, liters and gallons, milliliters and ounces… get with it… or you’ll never be able to get along in France.

I measure all currency in beers

“How many beers do I have in my wallet?”

121 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:56:06pm

re: #114 Jadespring

I’m tired of winter. Every year I get more tired of it.
I like being outside without much clothes and I don’t like wearing shoes.

I also don’t like heating bills and having to keep animal water from freezing.

This is why I have a plan where eventually winter will no longer be an issue.

Did you see Killgore’s message? How did your class go????

122 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:56:30pm

re: #103 albusteve

you can have it…here in ABQ winter is neither cozy or picturesque…just a cold, dry brown

we’re more wet and grey here

123 Decatur Deb  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:57:32pm

re: #113 negativ

Do that while screwing up science education so nobody has any idea why certain Hudson River fish can now survive in horribly toxic water.

(here comes Rush Limbaugh, et al to tell us how this proves that pollution is good for the environment)

Like the fish had a choice. Make the little suckers lift themselves by their own gillstraps.

124 albusteve  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:58:37pm

re: #118 WindUpBird

A fathon is two yards deep, I totally need to figure out how many fathoms per gallon my VW gets

my Jetta gets 12 leagues to the gallon

125 Usually refered to as anyways  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:58:56pm

Tooheys New - Beer Economy

Youtube Video
126 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:59:45pm

re: #100 negativ

I remember a game called Leather Goddesses of Phobos Infocom put out in like 1984 that was right saucy it was

another one called Leisure Suit Larry and the Land of the Lounge Lizards, which opened with a digital questionaire only adults could answer (lots of Nixon questions IIRC) to prevent kids from playing the adventure game about getting women into your hot tub so you could hump them

And let’s not even speak of “Custer’s Revenge” for the Atari 2600

The more things change…

127 Decatur Deb  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:59:52pm

re: #124 albusteve

my Jetta gets 12 leagues to the gallon

Louisville speedometer: Furlongs per Fortnight.

128 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:59:58pm

re: #118 WindUpBird

You wood get more mileage from a Cord.

129 Jadespring  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:00:12pm

re: #121 Stanley Sea

Did you see Killgore’s message? How did your class go???

Oh no I missed it. I got called away.

The class went great! It was a lot of fun. The food was yummy. The nerves went away as soon as I got going. People really enjoyed it and I got a lot of good feedback. A couple of people said I should have a cooking show. LOL The best part though was a lot of people said they were going to make the things at home for their families and aren’t wary about cooking more with beans now. That’s the best outcome.

130 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:00:33pm

I don’t know who saw this link today

Disgusting Racist Billboard

But it is going to be taken down. I hope already.

It is with great joy that I write to report that Lamar Outdoor Advertising has agreed to pull the billboard on 6th Ave and Watts depicting an African-American girl with the disturbing tagline “The most dangerous place for African Americans is in the Womb” TODAY.
131 albusteve  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:01:13pm

re: #122 WindUpBird

we’re more wet and grey here

we get bright sunshine all winter…that makes the difference

132 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:01:20pm

re: #129 Jadespring

Oh no I missed it. I got called away.

The class went great! It was a lot of fun. The food was yummy. The nerves went away as soon as I got going. People really enjoyed it and I got a lot of good feedback. A couple of people said I should have a cooking show. LOL The best part though was a lot of people said they were going to make the things at home for their families and aren’t wary about cooking more with beans now. That’s the best outcome.

HUGE CONGRATS! yay!

133 Decatur Deb  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:01:38pm

re: #129 Jadespring

Oh no I missed it. I got called away.

The class went great! It was a lot of fun. The food was yummy. The nerves went away as soon as I got going. People really enjoyed it and I got a lot of good feedback. A couple of people said I should have a cooking show. LOL The best part though was a lot of people said they were going to make the things at home for their families and aren’t wary about cooking more with beans now. That’s the best outcome.

The National Bean Council thanks you.

134 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:01:50pm

re: #130 Stanley Sea

I don’t know who saw this link today

Disgusting Racist Billboard

But it is going to be taken down. I hope already.

it’s New York, if they didn’t take it down, someone else would remove it lo bruto

135 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:02:24pm

re: #131 albusteve

we get bright sunshine all winter…that makes the difference

We barely get that in the summer!

better than Seattle though, you wouldn’t think Portland would have different weather, but it totally does

136 jamesfirecat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:03:14pm

re: #134 WindUpBird

it’s New York, if they didn’t take it down, someone else would remove it lo bruto

There’s no justice like angry mob justice!

137 Jadespring  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:03:15pm

I can’t wait to do another one. I’m all psyched now. :D

138 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:03:49pm

re: #126 WindUpBird

I remember a game called Leather Goddesses of Phobos Infocom put out in like 1984 that was right saucy it was

another one called Leisure Suit Larry and the Land of the Lounge Lizards, which opened with a digital questionaire only adults could answer (lots of Nixon questions IIRC) to prevent kids from playing the adventure game about getting women into your hot tub so you could hump them

And let’s not even speak of “Custer’s Revenge” for the Atari 2600

The more things change…

I was a big time Infocom geek… never solved any of the games, but had a great time trying. I have a number of the rom images and the “Z” engine on my computer, that enable me to play the old games.

The Zork series has been released in public domain and you can get the downloads for the PC legally.

139 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:03:49pm

daveweigel daveweigel

RT @MikeElk: Weather observers at antartica sent a pizza to the protestors in the Capitol yesterday

Go Wisconsin.

140 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:05:02pm

re: #136 jamesfirecat

There’s no justice like angry mob justice!

well, to be fair it wouldn’t take a mob, just one guy with a bit of resourcefullness

See also: Image: god_listens_to_slayer.jpg

the greatest billboard defacement ever :D

141 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:05:14pm

Another movie available for free through Amazon Prime that I highly recommend:

Let the Right One In.

A lot of vampire movies really suck, but this one was an interesting take on the subject, technically very well done from all angles. Watch the subtitled one, the dubbed version loses a lot of the atmosphere.

142 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:05:15pm

re: #110 Walter L. Newton

High 80’s (f) is about it in the summer, maybe a few days over 100 (f), but mainly in the 70’s (f) in the summer, days, into the 50’s nights, and of course dry.

Mostly the teens and 20’s (f) in the winter, occasionally a below zero spell, it’s really not that extreme up here.

Now I’m at 8200 feet, go 30 minutes west from here and start hitting the 10,000 feet mark, then winter gets a bit uncomfortable, even summer is much cooler above 10,000 feet.

Sounds like a nice place to be.

Where I live the topography varies from 500m to 1400m over an area of thousands of sq. miles (250,000). It is very flat so there is little to buffer temperature changes.

143 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:05:18pm

re: #135 WindUpBird

We barely get that in the summer!

better than Seattle though, you wouldn’t think Portland would have different weather, but it totally does

Sounds like Paris this time of year… I saw the sun once in 10 days, for about an hour, when I was there in Jan. Otherwise, chilly, damp, and gray… always is, but I always go in the winter, cheaper, less crowds and I can’t stand the humidity in Europe in the middle of the summer.

144 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:05:43pm

re: #129 Jadespring

Oh no I missed it. I got called away.

The class went great! It was a lot of fun. The food was yummy. The nerves went away as soon as I got going. People really enjoyed it and I got a lot of good feedback. A couple of people said I should have a cooking show. LOL The best part though was a lot of people said they were going to make the things at home for their families and aren’t wary about cooking more with beans now. That’s the best outcome.

Hooray!

145 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:05:44pm

re: #138 Walter L. Newton

I was a big time Infocom geek… never solved any of the games, but had a great time trying. I have a number of the rom images and the “Z” engine on my computer, that enable me to play the old games.

The Zork series has been released in public domain and you can get the downloads for the PC legally.

I sorta want some text adventures for my ipod!

146 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:06:04pm

re: #141 Charles

Another movie available for free through Amazon Prime that I highly recommend:

Let the Right One In.

A lot of vampire movies really suck, but this one was an interesting take on the subject, technically very well done from all angles. Watch the subtitled one, the dubbed version loses a lot of the atmosphere.

this is a great movie

147 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:06:11pm

re: #142 b_sharp

Sounds like a nice place to be.

Where I live the topography varies from 500m to 1400m over an area of thousands of sq. miles (250,000). It is very flat so there is little to buffer temperature changes.

We call that high plains… a bitch in the winter, summer, spring and fall.

148 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:06:42pm

re: #141 Charles

Another movie available for free through Amazon Prime that I highly recommend:

Let the Right One In.

A lot of vampire movies really suck, but this one was an interesting take on the subject, technically very well done from all angles. Watch the subtitled one, the dubbed version loses a lot of the atmosphere.

I’m sure leagues above the human centipede. Gracias.

149 jamesfirecat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:07:45pm

re: #141 Charles

Another movie available for free through Amazon Prime that I highly recommend:

Let the Right One In.

A lot of vampire movies really suck, but this one was an interesting take on the subject, technically very well done from all angles. Watch the subtitled one, the dubbed version loses a lot of the atmosphere.

My favorite thing you might find on Amazon with vampires would be Hellsing (note the double “L”)

Have you ever wanted to see a catholic priest armed with a seemingly endless collection of holy blades go up against Dracula armed with two 13MM pistols?

150 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:07:55pm

re: #148 Stanley Sea

I’m sure leagues above the human centipede. Gracias.

it’s still pretty freaky in places, though!


Honestly, i really wonder if human centipede beats Tokyo Gore Police for offputting imagery

TGP is a lot more fun and zany in its depravity tho

151 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:07:56pm

re: #145 WindUpBird

I sorta want some text adventures for my ipod!

Is there any that you know of, for a un-jail broken one? My Ipod Touch 2g 8gb, that I bought about 6 months ago, I consider it the best piece of tech hardware that I ever purchased short of the Vic-20 which got me into programming 30 years ago.

152 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:08:45pm

re: #150 WindUpBird

it’s still pretty freaky in places, though!

Honestly, i really wonder if human centipede beats Tokyo Gore Police for offputting imagery

TGP is a lot more fun and zany in its depravity tho

Sorry, I’m at my quota for the eve.

153 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:09:17pm

re: #151 Walter L. Newton

Is there any that you know of, for a un-jail broken one? My Ipod Touch 2g 8gb, that I bought about 6 months ago, I consider it the best piece of tech hardware that I ever purchased short of the Vic-20 which got me into programming 30 years ago.

Welll, i think there’s an engine for all the new ones people are making? I’d have to check

154 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:09:32pm

Evening lizards!

155 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:09:46pm

re: #126 WindUpBird

I remember a game called Leather Goddesses of Phobos Infocom put out in like 1984 that was right saucy it was

another one called Leisure Suit Larry and the Land of the Lounge Lizards, which opened with a digital questionaire only adults could answer (lots of Nixon questions IIRC) to prevent kids from playing the adventure game about getting women into your hot tub so you could hump them

And let’s not even speak of “Custer’s Revenge” for the Atari 2600

The more things change…

I have Leisure Suit Larry in a box with my Ataris in the basement.

156 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:10:22pm

re: #151 Walter L. Newton

okay, problem solved, I guess everything uses this “Frotz” ipod text adventure interpreter [Link: www.myawesomeblog.com…]

157 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:10:28pm

re: #154 NJDhockeyfan

Glad to see you back!

158 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:10:52pm

re: #155 b_sharp

I have Leisure Suit Larry in a box with my Ataris in the basement.

awesome :D I sorta want to sit down and play it with a couple friends, see if we remember what we were doing

159 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:11:14pm

re: #149 jamesfirecat

My favorite thing you might find on Amazon with vampires would be Hellsing (note the double “L”)

Have you ever wanted to see a catholic priest armed with a seemingly endless collection of holy blades go up against Dracula armed with two 13MM pistols?

This past Christmas, I bought a Blue Ray DVD player, under 100 dollars, mainly for the network connection. Hard wired it from the wireless router, has the software built into it to stream Netflix.

I find the Netflix streaming to be so convenient that I intend to cancel my Direct TV service as soon as my contract is up.

There’s nothing I need on satellite or broadcast (can’t get broadcast TV up here in the mountains) that I can’t get on Netflix. Everything else I want (news and weather and stuff like that) I can get on the intertubes.

160 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:11:30pm

re: #157 Floral Giraffe

Glad to see you back!

Thanks. I thought I fell in a well for a while.

161 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:11:55pm

re: #153 WindUpBird

Welll, i think there’s an engine for all the new ones people are making? I’d have to check

That’s what I was asking, is anyone making new text only adventures for the Ipod?

I need to check the Itunes store.

162 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:12:19pm

re: #139 Stanley Sea

daveweigel daveweigel

RT @MikeElk: Weather observers at antartica sent a pizza to the protestors in the Capitol yesterday

Go Wisconsin.

Since they only have penguins, they couldn’t have sent it by air.

163 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:12:54pm

Wisconsin State House update

bluecheddar1 blue cheddar

“I’ve tried to work with ya’ Jeff Fitzgerald gets laughter and yells after that one. then he says ‘It’s not gonna be pretty” #wiunion

164 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:13:30pm

re: #160 NJDhockeyfan

Thanks. I thought I fell in a well for a while.

well so did we but you would be surprised at how many folks spoke good about you at your funeral.

juss saying.

165 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:13:53pm

re: #162 b_sharp

Since they only have penguins, they couldn’t have sent it by air.

There’s a pizza place that’s been providing. Their # has been posted on twitter, just call & order & it will be delivered. Someone from Egypt sent a pizza as well.

166 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:15:08pm

re: #161 Walter L. Newton

That’s what I was asking, is anyone making new text only adventures for the Ipod?

I need to check the Itunes store.

They’re making new text adventures, and there’s an interpreter engine to run them on the ipod, because interactive fiction is just text and instructions and data, very portable. but I don’t know if there are self-contained games that are text adventures being release, hmmm

167 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:16:42pm

re: #151 Walter L. Newton

Is there any that you know of, for a un-jail broken one? My Ipod Touch 2g 8gb, that I bought about 6 months ago, I consider it the best piece of tech hardware that I ever purchased short of the Vic-20 which got me into programming 30 years ago.

Must be some in the app store. I haven’t checked because I’d like to use my iPad for something other than games, but if you do find any, let us know.

168 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:16:55pm

re: #164 brookly red

well so did we but you would be surprised at how many folks spoke good about you at your funeral.

juss saying.

Thanks. After I got the stick from Charles I didn’t think I would be back and ignored it because of working until this morning when I was able to get on.

169 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:17:07pm

re: #165 Stanley Sea

THE best pizza in the OC is Ginnas.
Nom nom nom.
I’m on a pretty strict diet, but, Ginna’s is my big treat!

170 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:17:51pm

re: #165 Stanley Sea

There’s a pizza place that’s been providing. Their # has been posted on twitter, just call & order & it will be delivered. Someone from Egypt sent a pizza as well.

that is kinda funny in a local kinda way… in NYC there are a lot of Egyptians in the pizza biz.

171 engineer cat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:18:37pm

please please tweet me o mah darlin’
you friend me in the sweetest way
when we herd the little suvs through the mall parking lot each night
i long to hear your zomgs and lols

172 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:18:42pm

re: #158 WindUpBird

awesome :D I sorta want to sit down and play it with a couple friends, see if we remember what we were doing

I have it on 5-1/4” floppy. I have no idea if the disk is still good, or the disk drive still works.

It must be on the web somewhere. I’ve seen Atari 800 emulators.

173 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:19:05pm

re: #168 NJDhockeyfan

Thanks. After I got the stick from Charles I didn’t think I would be back and ignored it because of working until this morning when I was able to get on.

Believe it or not, I’m not Stalin. All it takes is not being a dick, and I thank you for that.

174 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:19:47pm

re: #160 NJDhockeyfan

Thanks. I thought I fell in a well for a while.

What did you find down there?

175 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:19:49pm

re: #170 brookly red

that is kinda funny in a local kinda way… in NYC there are a lot of Egyptians in the pizza biz.

It’s really cool, these people in Wisconsin have been sleeping in the capitol. I get tweets that say: MOVE FROM 2ND FLOOR, CLEANERS COMING IN, GO TO 1ST AND 3RD FOR THE NIGHT.

I’ll look up the WI pizzeria, if anyone wants to provide.

176 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:20:00pm

re: #168 NJDhockeyfan

Thanks. After I got the stick from Charles I didn’t think I would be back and ignored it because of working until this morning when I was able to get on.

and now for the bad news… I cashed your insurance policy and spent some of it…

177 HoosierHoops  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:21:18pm

re: #176 brookly red

and now for the bad news… I cashed your insurance policy and spent some of it…

On pizza with pineapples on it?

178 engineer cat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:21:24pm

i check mah email every fifteen seconds
hoping to skype with you soon
all your numbers have a special ringtone
that says i’ll be texting you soon

179 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:21:30pm

re: #172 b_sharp

I have it on 5-1/4” floppy. I have no idea if the disk is still good, or the disk drive still works.

It must be on the web somewhere. I’ve seen Atari 800 emulators.

Like I mentioned above, Zork has been released to the public domain, and the “Z” engine that runs the data file. I also have some other “rom” images of Infocom games, and a special engine (can’t remember the name of the engine right now) that runs them in a real Microsoft window (the “Z” engine only runs in s DOS window, real retro).

If you look around the intertubes, you will find both legal and pirated Infocom games that you can run on your PC. DOn’t know about Macs.

180 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:21:34pm

re: #173 Charles

Believe it or not, I’m not Stalin. All it takes is not being a dick, and I thank you for that.

Thanks Charles. I hope I never have been a dick. I have lost my cool a few times but that is a very seldom occurrence.

181 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:21:46pm

Ian’s Pizza in Wisconsin

[Link: www.jsonline.com…]

182 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:21:56pm

re: #174 b_sharp

What did you find down there?

Wheezer!

183 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:22:30pm

re: #177 HoosierHoops

On pizza with pineapples on it?

perhaps you should buy insurance?

184 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:22:37pm

re: #180 NJDhockeyfan

Thanks Charles. I hope I never have been a dick. I have lost my cool a few times but that is a very seldom occurrence.

Hey, stop trying to horn in on my territory, I’m the dick.

185 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:23:23pm

re: #184 Walter L. Newton

Hey, stop trying to horn in on my territory, I’m the dick.

OK, I’ll let you dicks fight it out amongst yourselves.

186 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:23:42pm

re: #184 Walter L. Newton

Hey, stop trying to horn in on my territory, I’m the dick.

You can be the dick, I’ll be the asshole. Deal?

187 Jadespring  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:23:49pm

I’m dickless.

188 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:23:52pm

re: #184 Walter L. Newton

Hey, stop trying to horn in on my territory, I’m the dick.

I thought you were the Eggman?

189 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:24:43pm

re: #187 Jadespring

I’m dickless.

Thankfully. Can you imagine a place where everyone is a dick?

190 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:24:49pm

re: #186 NJDhockeyfan

You can be the dick, I’ll be the asshole. Deal?

There are asshole, dicks and … (nevermind).

191 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:25:05pm

re: #187 Jadespring

I’m dickless.

I’m looking.

192 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:25:09pm

re: #168 NJDhockeyfan

I can attest to the same, Charles was kind enough to respond to my apologetic email be restoring my account as well. I had made a dumb rookie mistake. His actions fly in the face of the lying stalkers and critics.

And Charles I’m sure I said so at the time but thank you for that forbearance.

193 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:25:37pm

re: #190 Walter L. Newton

There are asshole, dicks and … (nevermind).

Great cartoon.

194 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:25:55pm

re: #191 Stanley Sea

I’m looking.

LOL.

195 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:26:04pm

re: #185 Charles

OK, I’ll let you dicks fight it out amongst yourselves.

Cockfighting is illegal in this state…

196 engineer cat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:26:26pm

re: #173 Charles

Believe it or not, I’m not Stalin

you mean i bought all those red army bonds for no reason???

197 Jadespring  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:26:50pm

Hey cool. I’m helping to organize a community garden. We put a notice out the other day and I already have 5 replies in my inbox. We weren’t sure what the interest level would be so this is great.

198 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:26:58pm

re: #195 brookly red

Cockfighting is illegal in this state…

Here too but you can find one if you look hard enough.

199 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:28:56pm

re: #198 NJDhockeyfan

Here too but you can find one if you look hard enough.

in Jersey I made a killing betting on the duck

200 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:29:17pm

re: #193 b_sharp

Great cartoon.

Ok… here’s a Ipod/Iphone text adventure app…

[Link: itunes.apple.com…]

201 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:29:54pm

re: #196 engineer dog

you mean i bought all those red army bonds for no reason???

I say hold em… they are making a comeback.

202 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:30:03pm

Speaking of men being dicks, Charlie Sheen has managed to troll his own show badly enough to get the rest of the season canceled, costing many good crew and cast their jobs. What as ass. [Link: www.deadline.com…]

203 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:30:31pm

re: #196 engineer dog

you mean i bought all those red army bonds for no reason???

Try calling the Koch Brothers - their dad was tight with Uncle Joe. Maybe they’re still redeeming them.

204 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:30:51pm

re: #200 Walter L. Newton

Ok… here’s a Ipod/Iphone text adventure app…

[Link: itunes.apple.com…]

Thanks Walter. Did you also find a Japanese to English translator app?

205 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:31:40pm

re: #194 b_sharp

LOL.

Ok… here is more text adventure info, haven’t clicked on through to the links, don’t know if it’s still available… but the engine I was talking about above is called Frotz, and it looks like someone ported it to the Ipod/Iphone and you can load Infocom data files through it and play the games…

Ever since the iPhone App Store launch last month, we’ve been on the hunt for apps we can load on our fancy phones and not forget about immediately. Occasionally something pops up but, sure enough, we manage to forget about it in a matter of days. But here … this is different. Frotz we’ll keep around for a long time.

Some of you may be familiar with Frotz; it’s a Z-machine, used to read and, therefore, play interactive fiction. Yes, that’s “text adventures” for you old timers. Now that the app has made it to the iPhone, we can explore Zork’s Great Underground Empire from anywhere. The app is free, comes with a bunch of public-domain IF titles, and you can “specify other download repositories” if you’re more interested in nabbing some of those Infocom classics. Might we recommend Steve Meretzky’s classic Leather Goddesses of Phobos?

[Link: www.joystiq.com…]

206 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:31:51pm

re: #202 Rightwingconspirator

Speaking of men being dicks, Charlie Sheen has managed to troll his own show badly enough to get the rest of the season canceled, costing many good crew and cast their jobs. What as ass. [Link: www.deadline.com…]

On the Alex Jones show even.

Dude needs to be run out of town.

207 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:32:27pm

re: #206 Stanley Sea

On the Alex Jones show even.

Dude needs to be run out of town.

or at least go back to being a cartoon character

(not a joke, he plays himself as a cartoon character in the film Waking Life)

208 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:33:12pm

I ate 3 full plates if food at the Chinese buffet down the road an hour and a half ago and I was stuffed. I’m already hungry again.

209 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:33:36pm

re: #205 Walter L. Newton

Ok… here is more text adventure info, haven’t clicked on through to the links, don’t know if it’s still available… but the engine I was talking about above is called Frotz, and it looks like someone ported it to the Ipod/Iphone and you can load Infocom data files through it and play the games…

[Link: www.joystiq.com…]

Cool.

Now to find an ascii adventure game.

210 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:34:05pm

re: #200 Walter L. Newton

Ok… here’s a Ipod/Iphone text adventure app…

[Link: itunes.apple.com…]

Ok… the Frotz engine for Ipod/Iphone/Ipad

[Link: itunes.apple.com…]

211 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:35:27pm

re: #208 NJDhockeyfan

I ate 3 full plates if food at the Chinese buffet down the road an hour and a half ago and I was stuffed. I’m already hungry again.

me belly full but me hungry still…
-Bob Marley

212 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:36:33pm

re: #208 NJDhockeyfan

I ate 3 full plates if food at the Chinese buffet down the road an hour and a half ago and I was stuffed. I’m already hungry again.

The Chinese Food Curse (R)

213 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:36:34pm

re: #209 b_sharp

Cool.

Now to find an ascii adventure game.

See my 210… it’s free and comes bundled with a few Infocom public domain data files… appears that adding NEW files to the app may require a jail broken machine or some fancy file transfer programs apps.

But for free, and a few games bundled, how can you go wrong.

214 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:36:43pm

Supper… bbl

215 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:39:22pm

re: #205 Walter L. Newton

Ok… here is more text adventure info, haven’t clicked on through to the links, don’t know if it’s still available… but the engine I was talking about above is called Frotz, and it looks like someone ported it to the Ipod/Iphone and you can load Infocom data files through it and play the games…

[Link: www.joystiq.com…]

Thanks Walter, downloading it now. My kids will love it. I got to get them off the dinosaur killing game.

216 Bear  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:40:51pm

It will be interesting to see if the predicted storm does dump some snow on San Francisco down close to sea Level.

217 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:41:23pm

OT, my house phone just died so I plugged in the 30 year old princess clone I had to call Verizon and guess what the couldn’t pull up my records… hmmm going dark ain’t all that bad.

218 b_sharp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:44:58pm

G’night folks.

I have to go practice being a dick.

219 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:45:46pm

re: #218 b_sharp

G’night folks.

I have to go practice being a dick.

Ahh…rookies.

220 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:46:45pm

re: #218 b_sharp

G’night folks.

I have to go practice being a dick.

Do a good job.

221 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:47:33pm

re: #219 NJDhockeyfan

Ahh…rookies.

don’t get too cocky…

222 compound idaho  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:50:02pm

re: #217 brookly red

OT, my house phone just died so I plugged in the 30 year old princess clone I had to call Verizon and guess what the couldn’t pull up my records… hmmm going dark ain’t all that bad.

Tried to cancel one of the identity protection plans. They could not find my records. Turns out they had my SS# wrong the whole time. They told me they were willing to prorate a refund for this year.

223 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:50:54pm

re: #222 compound idaho

Tried to cancel one of the identity protection plans. They could not find my records. Turns out they had my SS# wrong the whole time. They told me they were willing to prorate a refund for this year.

I have lifelock & I endorse them.

224 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:52:05pm

re: #222 compound idaho

Tried to cancel one of the identity protection plans. They could not find my records. Turns out they had my SS# wrong the whole time. They told me they were willing to prorate a refund for this year.

134-45-1877 everyone knows that…

225 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:52:13pm

re: #221 brookly red

don’t get too cocky…

Just trying to keep my head up.

226 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:53:33pm

re: #225 NJDhockeyfan

Just trying to keep my head up.

keep a stiff upper lip mate

227 darthstar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:54:59pm

Ha!

Image: American_Taliban_Illustrated.jpg

228 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:56:39pm

re: #220 Stanley Sea

Hey, send me a mail, if you will?

229 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:56:41pm

re: #227 darthstar

Ha!

Image: American_Taliban_Illustrated.jpg

I remember when you were funny…

230 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:56:50pm

re: #227 darthstar

Ha!

Image: American_Taliban_Illustrated.jpg

bravo

231 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:56:53pm

Gadzooks. I hate cheap cologne. Not mine but having to smell other people that seem to swim in the stuff. I can smell my neighbors below me from outside my deck. I know when they’ve been in the elevator because it stinks like the stuff.

232 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:57:54pm

re: #231 Gus 802

Once, upon a time, in a land far far away, I dealt in perfume.
It stinks.
That is all.

233 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:58:57pm

re: #228 Floral Giraffe

done

234 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 6:59:57pm

re: #232 Floral Giraffe

Once, upon a time, in a land far far away, I dealt in perfume.
It stinks.
That is all.

That Chinese food has caused me to make my own perfume all night.

235 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:00:02pm

Venezuela: US fomenting violence in Libya

Maduro did not condemn or defend the violent crackdown on Libyans participating in the popular uprising against Gadhafi’s long rule.

But he questioned the veracity of media reports on the bloody uprising, which has crept closer to Gadhafi’s stronghold in Tripoli.

“They are creating conditions to justify an invasion of Libya,” Maduro said.

“Libya is going through difficult times, which should not be measured with information from imperial news agencies,” Maduro added, referring to Western media.

236 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:00:21pm

re: #232 Floral Giraffe

Once, upon a time, in a land far far away, I dealt in perfume.
It stinks.
That is all.

Oh gawd I was once in Macys with my ex and a perfume monger sprayed her in the face…

bail was 25 hundred dollars & she never paid me back.

237 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:00:32pm

re: #232 Floral Giraffe

Once, upon a time, in a land far far away, I dealt in perfume.
It stinks.
That is all.

It’s gross. I used to use it but only a tiny bit and it was Obsession and not all the time. These guys are freaking weird.

238 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:00:42pm

re: #217 brookly red

OT, my house phone just died so I plugged in the 30 year old princess clone I had to call Verizon and guess what the couldn’t pull up my records… hmmm going dark ain’t all that bad.

I miss phones that had actual steel bells in them. My grandmother had three really old bakelite telephones in her house that she’d had for ages. Aside from being aesthetically wonderful, they were heavy. They rang with authority. I remember the speaker in the handset as being remarkably hi-fi. I wish I knew what happened to her phones. I’m not sure if they’d still be usable these days (I know next to nothing about landline teleco technology), but I’m certain that they’re still at least capable of functioning. They were made before anyone had thought up the idea of engineered obsolescence.

239 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:01:30pm

re: #237 Gus 802

It’s gross. I used to use it but only a tiny bit and it was Obsession and not all the time. These guys are freaking weird.

Ah, Jim Rome is pimping Brute. Go for it guys.

240 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:02:00pm

re: #238 negativ

I miss phones that had actual steel bells in them. My grandmother had three really old bakelite telephones in her house that she’d had for ages. Aside from being aesthetically wonderful, they were heavy. They rang with authority. I remember the speaker in the handset as being remarkably hi-fi. I wish I knew what happened to her phones. I’m not sure if they’d still be usable these days (I know next to nothing about landline teleco technology), but I’m certain that they’re still at least capable of functioning. They were made before anyone had thought up the idea of engineered obsolescence.

bakelite rules!

241 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:02:28pm

re: #239 Stanley Sea

Ah, Jim Rome is pimping Brute. Go for it guys.

Don’t know who he is but that sounds good.

Let me get my gas mask.

242 darthstar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:04:02pm

re: #229 brookly red

I remember when you were funny…

Oh, did they use your picture?
//

243 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:04:39pm

re: #3 darthstar

Here’s another derp for the derp list.

I’d say ‘dope’ fits better than ‘derp’ but that’s just me.

244 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:04:47pm

re: #237 Gus 802

There are lovely fragrances, but you have to search them out. They are chemical reactions with your body chemistry.

245 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:04:59pm

re: #242 darthstar

Oh, did they use your picture?
//

who is this they you speak of?

246 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:05:38pm

re: #235 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Venezuela: US fomenting violence in Libya

Stay Classy, Chavez.

247 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:06:56pm

re: #233 Stanley Sea

Good night, all.
Be well.
Be nice to each other.

248 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:07:48pm

re: #246 Dark_Falcon

Stay Classy, Chavez.

Are you really suggesting that Hugo Chavez reads this blog? Why would he do that? And why would you even address him in such a friendly way?

249 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:07:55pm

re: #231 Gus 802

Gadzooks. I hate cheap cologne. Not mine but having to smell other people that seem to swim in the stuff. I can smell my neighbors below me from outside my deck. I know when they’ve been in the elevator because it stinks like the stuff.

I don’t know the difference between cheap cologne and expensive cologne. Extremely rarely, I’ll catch a whiff of something and think, “DAMN that smells good! I’d like to snort that aroma for an extended period.” Mostly, though, it’s offensive.

There’s one perfume in particular that I really hate, and I wish I knew what it was called so that I could declare a fatwah against it. I don’t really know how to describe it, except to say that it’s slightly floral, but overwhelmingly “powdery”. It gives the distinct impression of being suffocated by an invisible cloud of talcum powder.

250 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:07:56pm

re: #247 Floral Giraffe

Good night, all.
Be well.
Be nice to each other.

2 out of 3 ain’t bad?

251 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:08:11pm

re: #247 Floral Giraffe

Good night, all.
Be well.
Be nice to each other.

I’ll be nice to who I want to be nice to.

252 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:08:36pm

re: #248 Walter L. Newton

Are you really suggesting that Hugo Chavez reads this blog? Why would he do that? And why would you even address him in such a friendly way?

actually I think he does…

253 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:09:11pm

re: #251 Walter L. Newton

I’ll be nice to who I want to be nice to.

have a nice day?

254 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:09:20pm

re: #248 Walter L. Newton

Are you really suggesting that Hugo Chavez reads this blog? Why would he do that? And why would you even address him in such a friendly way?

I’d be taken aback, but in this case I think you’re just giving me a hard time.

255 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:09:49pm

re: #254 Dark_Falcon

I’d be taken aback, but in this case I think you’re just giving me a hard time.

I think he’s being a dick.
/

256 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:10:15pm

re: #249 negativ

I don’t know the difference between cheap cologne and expensive cologne. Extremely rarely, I’ll catch a whiff of something and think, “DAMN that smells good! I’d like to snort that aroma for an extended period.” Mostly, though, it’s offensive.

There’s one perfume in particular that I really hate, and I wish I knew what it was called so that I could declare a fatwah against it. I don’t really know how to describe it, except to say that it’s slightly floral, but overwhelmingly “powdery”. It gives the distinct impression of being suffocated by an invisible cloud of talcum powder.

I hope you are nowhere near anyone wearing Love’s Baby Soft. If you are, I’m concerned.

257 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:10:55pm

re: #249 negativ

I don’t know the difference between cheap cologne and expensive cologne. Extremely rarely, I’ll catch a whiff of something and think, “DAMN that smells good! I’d like to snort that aroma for an extended period.” Mostly, though, it’s offensive.

There’s one perfume in particular that I really hate, and I wish I knew what it was called so that I could declare a fatwah against it. I don’t really know how to describe it, except to say that it’s slightly floral, but overwhelmingly “powdery”. It gives the distinct impression of being suffocated by an invisible cloud of talcum powder.

Sometimes it’s not so much the fragrance but the volume. Men are typically the worst because they confuse aftershave with cologne and proceed to paint themselves with several quarts of the stuff. Maybe it’s that Axe stuff they’ve been pimping for the past few years. Cripes, I can’t stand their commercials.

258 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:11:26pm

re: #251 Walter L. Newton

I’ll be nice to who I want to be nice to.

Yes, well, that’s a Walter thing.

259 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:12:21pm

re: #256 Stanley Sea

I hope you are nowhere near anyone wearing Love’s Baby Soft. If you are, I’m concerned.

I don’t like Bloomberg much but outlawing that in this town was OK in my book…

260 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:12:30pm

Report: NATO may attack Libya if violence continues

NATO forces may attack forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi if the Libyan air force continues to bomb anti-government protesters, the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi reported, citing a European official claiming the US had threatened to intervene in the violence.

The source said NATO and US warplanes stationed in Italy may be ordered to take down Libyan planes, and that electronic warfare against them may already have been implemented.

By by Mo.

261 engineer cat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:13:41pm

re: #227 darthstar

Ha!

Image: American_Taliban_Illustrated.jpg

heh

262 calochortus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:14:37pm

re: #238 negativ

I miss phones that had actual steel bells in them. My grandmother had three really old bakelite telephones in her house that she’d had for ages. Aside from being aesthetically wonderful, they were heavy. They rang with authority. I remember the speaker in the handset as being remarkably hi-fi. I wish I knew what happened to her phones. I’m not sure if they’d still be usable these days (I know next to nothing about landline teleco technology), but I’m certain that they’re still at least capable of functioning. They were made before anyone had thought up the idea of engineered obsolescence.

Yes, those phones still work. We have one from about 1975. Western Electric. Sound quality is great, but of course its a dial phone so when we need to ‘press 1 now” we use a different phone. We are complete and total Luddites and proud of it. (Well it works, why replace it?)

263 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:14:38pm

re: #260 NJDhockeyfan

Report: NATO may attack Libya if violence continues

By by Mo.

I want to believe that is true, and then I look at Iran.

264 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:15:48pm

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SEATTLE | Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:55pm EST

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A key suspect in the U.S. Army prosecution of soldiers accused of terrorizing unarmed Afghan civilians has agreed to plead guilty to murder charges next week and testify against his co-defendants, his lawyer said on Thursday.

Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock has signed documents stating his intention to plead guilty to three counts of premeditated murder and several other offenses when summoned March 3 for court-martial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington.

The deal with prosecutors, which is subject to the approval of a military judge, calls for Morlock, 22, from Wasilla, Alaska, to serve no more than 24 years in prison, as opposed to the life term he faced if convicted of all charges in a trial.

He agreed in return to testify if called as a witness against other Stryker Brigade soldiers charged in connection with what has become the most serious prosecution of alleged atrocities by U.S. military in Afghanistan since the war there began in late 2001.

265 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:16:32pm

re: #260 NJDhockeyfan

Report: NATO may attack Libya if violence continues

By by Mo.

6 hours later…

NATO vows to stay out of Libyan conflict

Contradicting earlier reports, NATO chief says alliance has no plans to intervene in Libya…

Earlier Thursday, the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi reported that NATO forces may attack troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi if the Libyan air force continues to bomb anti-government protesters, citing a European official claiming the US had threatened to intervene in the violence.

The source said NATO and US warplanes stationed in Italy may be ordered to take down Libyan planes, and that electronic warfare against them may already have been implemented.

266 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:16:50pm

Dang, I cut out that other crap.

267 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:17:05pm

re: #260 NJDhockeyfan

Report: NATO may attack Libya if violence continues

By by Mo.

That strikes me as reasonable. No ground troops, no ground strikes even, but if the Gadahfi tries to bomb his own people then blast the planes sent out of the sky. Sounds reasonable to me, and it might give a couple of our pilots a nice workout and a kill marker or two.

268 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:17:56pm

re: #265 Gus 802

6 hours later…

NATO vows to stay out of Libyan conflict

[Facepalm]

269 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:18:10pm

re: #265 Gus 802

6 hours later…

NATO vows to stay out of Libyan conflict

ooop, our slip is showing

270 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:18:49pm

re: #264 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Have you read the connect between Jeremy Morlock and the Palin’s of Wasilla.

Amazing the connection.

271 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:20:01pm

re: #264 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Key soldier reaches plea deal in Afghan murder case

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A key suspect in the U.S. Army prosecution of soldiers accused of terrorizing unarmed Afghan civilians has agreed to plead guilty to murder charges next week and testify against his co-defendants, his lawyer said on Thursday.

Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock has signed documents stating his intention to plead guilty to three counts of premeditated murder and several other offenses when summoned March 3 for court-martial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington.

The deal with prosecutors, which is subject to the approval of a military judge, calls for Morlock, 22, from Wasilla, Alaska, to serve no more than 24 years in prison, as opposed to the life term he faced if convicted of all charges in a trial.

He agreed in return to testify if called as a witness against other Stryker Brigade soldiers charged in connection with what has become the most serious prosecution of alleged atrocities by U.S. military in Afghanistan since the war there began in late 2001.

Sarah Palin has been officially replaced as the “worst thing to ever come out of Wasilla”.

272 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:20:02pm

re: #255 NJDhockeyfan

I think he’s being a dick.
/

Did Charles tell you to say that?

273 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:20:32pm

If that shitbag leaves Libya his purse might be a little bit lighter…

Britain Moves to Seize Gadhafi’s Billions

British authorities were moving Friday to seize billions of pounds the Libyan regime has deposited in London amid a warning that embattled leader Col. Moamar Gadhafi will not hesitate to use biological and chemical weapons as his 42-year rule appears to crumble.

The UK Treasury has reportedly set up a unit to trace Gadhafi’s finances in Britain, establishing that he has around £20 billion (US$32 billion) in liquid assets, The (London) Daily Telegraph reported. This includes billions in bank accounts, commercial property and a £10 million mansion in London.

“The first priority is to get British nationals out of Libya. But then we are ready to move in on Gadhafi’s assets, the work is underway. This is definitely on the radar at the highest levels,” a government source said.

Switzerland has already ordered an immediate freeze on any assets belonging to Gadhafi and his entourage.

274 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:20:37pm

re: #268 NJDhockeyfan

[Facepalm]

Makes you wonder how long the world would stand by as people get slaughtered. I mean look at what happened in Darfur. Look at how everyone stood around and watched as the Kurds were bombed and gassed. Or even the long delay in Serbia/Bosnia.

275 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:21:04pm

re: #265 Gus 802

6 hours later…

NATO vows to stay out of Libyan conflict

but I hear in 2 to 3 weeks the UN will send a strongly worded letter…

276 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:21:10pm

re: #271 Dark_Falcon

Sarah Palin has been officially replaced as the “worst thing to ever come out of Wasilla”.

They are VERY CONNECTED. It’s a twofer.

277 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:21:22pm

They have Top Gear on Amazon Prime.

Goddamn if that doesn’t make it a dealbreaker. :D

278 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:21:39pm

re: #272 Walter L. Newton

Did Charles tell you to say that?

Charles never tells me to say anything. I am my own asshole.

279 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:23:55pm

re: #276 Stanley Sea

They are VERY CONNECTED. It’s a twofer.

Well, no one can control what their kid does, but they were great friends, probably not not, due to political expediency, and Willow broke into the Morlock house with friends & trashed it.

WASILLA! Oh I wish we had never heard of you.

280 Renaissance_Man  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:24:59pm

re: #278 NJDhockeyfan

I am my own asshole.

How very existential.

Does this mean you’re sort of like a one-man Human Centipede?

281 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:25:16pm

re: #274 Gus 802

Makes you wonder how long the world would stand by as people get slaughtered. I mean look at what happened in Darfur. Look at how everyone stood around and watched as the Kurds were bombed and gassed. Or even the long delay in Serbia/Bosnia.


History just may repeat itself.

From al-Jazeera:

…Mustafa Abdel Galil, who resigned three days ago from his post as the country’s justice minister, spoke to Al Jazeera at a meeting of tribal leaders and representatives of eastern Libya in the city of Al Baida.

“We want one country. There is no Islamic emirate or al-Qaeda anywhere. Our only aim is to liberate Libya from this regime and then people choose the government they want.” the former minister said.

He warned that Gaddafi has biological and chemical weapons, and will not hesitate to use them.

The United Nation’s Human Rights Council will decide whether it will send an international team to investigate the alleged violations of international human rights law in Libya at a meeting in Geneva on Friday.

…

282 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:25:22pm

re: #280 Renaissance_Man

How very existential.

Does this mean you’re sort of like a one-man Human Centipede?

So, like, a man then?

283 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:25:42pm

/ Sweet! I just singed a deal to open a KFC in Libya!

284 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:25:44pm

re: #281 NJDhockeyfan

History just may repeat itself.

From al-Jazeera:

Fool me once…

285 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:26:07pm

re: #283 brookly red

/ Sweet! I just singed a deal to open a KFC in Libya!

Kaddafi Fried Chicken?

286 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:26:53pm

re: #285 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Kaddafi Fried Chicken?

Kafir Fried Colonel

//

287 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:27:10pm

Gaddafi will die like Hitler.

And then hung by his heels like Mussolini.

288 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:27:11pm

re: #285 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Kaddafi Fried Chicken?

Kaddafi Fried Citizen.

289 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:28:04pm

re: #287 Alouette

Gaddafi will die like Hitler.

And then hung by his heels like Mussolini.

…and his nuts cut off and shoved down his throat.

290 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:28:57pm

re: #287 Alouette

Gaddafi will die like Hitler.

And then hung by his heels like Mussolini.

I still want to see him taken down by his own bodyguards.

291 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:29:16pm

re: #281 NJDhockeyfan

History just may repeat itself.

From al-Jazeera:

You mean we’re going to invade Libya for its oil?

/-threequarters

292 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:29:43pm

re: #290 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I still want to see him taken down by his own bodyguards.

The grrl squad or the naughty nurses?

293 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:29:49pm

re: #290 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I still want to see him taken down by his own bodyguards.

Would be a hoot if the air force did it. This time it won’t be F-111 but M1s.

294 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:30:15pm

F-111s… plural.

295 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:30:44pm

It would be nice if they catch him before he can kill himself. One of the most unfortunate things of the aftermath of WWII is that Hitler never stood trial.

296 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:30:45pm

re: #291 laZardo

You mean we’re going to invade Libya for its oil?

/-threequarters

Isn’t that the only reason we attack other countries?

297 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:31:11pm

re: #281 NJDhockeyfan

History just may repeat itself.

From al-Jazeera:

According to CNN, Gaddafi destroyed all his bombs and shells capable of delivering mustard gas in 2004. He did it out of fear of George W. Bush. So thank George W. that Gaddafi can’t use poison gas. Consider it a small side-benefit of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

298 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:31:46pm

re: #287 Alouette

Gaddafi will die like Hitler.

And then hung by his heels like Mussolini.

Maybe he’ll take Abdelbaset al-Megrahi with him too.

299 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:31:59pm

re: #292 Alouette

The grrl squad or the naughty nurses?

Grrl Squad.

300 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:32:13pm

the glass is half full… a murderous tyrant goes down. A bunch of free newly empowered people, who hate us, rise. We live in interesting times.

301 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:32:23pm

re: #295 HappyWarrior

It would be nice if they catch him before he can kill himself. One of the most unfortunate things of the aftermath of WWII is that Hitler never stood trial.

That assumes he doesn’t decide to go down fighting like Uday and Qusay Hussein.

302 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:32:36pm

re: #297 Dark_Falcon

According to CNN, Gaddafi destroyed all his bombs and shells capable of delivering mustard gas in 2004. He did it out of fear of George W. Bush. So thank George W. that Gaddafi can’t use poison gas. Consider it a small side-benefit of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

I hope that’s true but it wouldn’t surprise me if he collected some more recently.

303 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:32:45pm

re: #274 Gus 802

Makes you wonder how long the world would stand by as people get slaughtered. I mean look at what happened in Darfur. Look at how everyone stood around and watched as the Kurds were bombed and gassed. Or even the long delay in Serbia/Bosnia.

The oil industry loves that Libyan sweet crude. Can’t have it slowed down.
Otherwise, the people, they don’t matter so much.

304 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:32:52pm

re: #274 Gus 802

Makes you wonder how long the world would stand by as people get slaughtered. I mean look at what happened in Darfur. Look at how everyone stood around and watched as the Kurds were bombed and gassed. Or even the long delay in Serbia/Bosnia.

Rwanda.

305 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:33:51pm

re: #304 SanFranciscoZionist

Rwanda.

Cambodia

306 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:33:55pm

re: #301 Dark_Falcon

That assumes he doesn’t decide to go down fighting like Uday and Qusay Hussein.

True that. These whole events amaze me since I believe he first got in to power in the Nixon years I believe. Looking at the whole thing from a historical perspective. It would be amazing if he fell from power.

307 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:34:22pm

re: #300 brookly red

the glass is half full… a murderous tyrant goes down. A bunch of free newly empowered people, who hate us, rise. We live in interesting times.

They don’t hate us much right now, since we didn’t support the man who brutalized them. After they get rid of him, some Civilian Response Corps personnel and reconstruction funds would be in order. I’d approve of that expenditure.

308 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:34:28pm

I miss some of my men friends. Kaddaffi is not one of them.

309 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:35:43pm

re: #272 Walter L. Newton

:-/

310 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:35:45pm

re: #307 Dark_Falcon

They don’t hate us much right now, since we didn’t support the man who brutalized them. After they get rid of him, some Civilian Response Corps personnel and reconstruction funds would be in order. I’d approve of that expenditure.

No they hate us, yes they do.

311 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:35:50pm

re: #303 wlewisiii

The oil industry loves that Libyan sweet crude. Can’t have it slowed down.
Otherwise, the people, they don’t matter so much.

Oil as good as Libya’s isn’t that common. It’s easy to refine, so the profit margins are higher.

312 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:36:01pm

Good night, again.
Sleep well, those of you who don’t, normally.
Scooch up, and get a good cuddle going.
Sir.

313 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:36:18pm

re: #300 brookly red

Don’t assume they all hate us. I know some that don’t.

314 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:36:47pm

Question for someone well versed in the situation but what is the basis of Qaddafi’s beef with Al Queda? I know from my understanding he’s considered more “secular” like Hussein was.

315 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:37:13pm

re: #310 brookly red

No they hate us, yes they do.

So let’s work to change that, Brookly. Let’s help them build a better nation. We can help with that. We learned a good bit in Iraq, let’s put those hard-won lessons to use.

316 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:37:24pm

re: #313 jaunte

Don’t assume they all hate us. I know some that don’t.

May I assume the one’s you know live here?

317 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:37:35pm

Phil hendrie is on his preshow going of about how Mark Levin only has a syndicated gig because he used to write Sean hannity’s radio monologues, and his numbers in afternoon drive are apparently garbage in porportion to his contract on ABC

Good times! it’s interesting hearing about the radio biz from a master who sees all these copycat conservative hosts as amateur interlopers

318 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:37:56pm

re: #316 brookly red

No, college friends who went back to Libya.

319 engineer cat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:39:00pm

re: #295 HappyWarrior

It would be nice if they catch him before he can kill himself. One of the most unfortunate things of the aftermath of WWII is that Hitler never stood trial.

hitler on trial… try picturing that, eh?

screaming and ranting in the courtroom, having his speeches cut off and getting restrained…

320 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:39:08pm

re: #300 brookly red

the glass is half full… a murderous tyrant goes down. A bunch of free newly empowered people, who hate us, rise. We live in interesting times.


I was pretty nervous about Egypt but I’m less concerned about Libya. I think people are sick of this shit with dictators and kings. Islamists are a serious concern but I think most of the changes in the region are going to be positive.

321 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:39:18pm

re: #315 Dark_Falcon

So let’s work to change that, Brookly. Let’s help them build a better nation. We can help with that. We learned a good bit in Iraq, let’s put those hard-won lessons to use.

OK, why not… Iraq actually worked out better then most expected.

322 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:40:18pm

re: #300 brookly red

the glass is half full… a murderous tyrant goes down. A bunch of free newly empowered people, who hate us, rise. We live in interesting times.


If someone in the world doesn’t like us, are they thusly better off under a dictator, I’m not sure where you’re going with this

323 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:40:44pm

re: #319 engineer dog

hitler on trial… try picturing that, eh?

screaming and ranting in the courtroom, having his speeches cut off and getting restrained…

Yep or any of the other high ranking ones that committed suicide or died during the war. One of my regrets from traveling in Prague was that I didn’t get to see the church where the Czechoslovak commandos that killed Eichmann fought to death in after killing Eichmann.

324 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:40:53pm

Libyan revolutionaries used dating website to dodge Gaddafi’s secret police

LIBYA’S revolutionaries posed as star-struck lovers on a dating site to organize their revolt against Col. Moamar Ghadafi, ABC News reported Thursday.

Former business and opposition leader Omar Shibliy Mahmoudi said he used Muslim dating site Mawada to rally people together while staying out of the gaze of the Libyan secret police, which monitors Twitter and Facebook.

Mahmoudi - leader of the Ekhtalef, or “Difference,” movement - acted as if he was looking for a wife under the profile name “Where is Miriam?” and sent coded love letters to spur people to revolution.

Since men cannot talk to other men on the site, revolutionaries posed as women to make contact with Mahmoudi, taking on names such as “Sweet Butterfly,” “Opener of the Mountain,” “Girl of the Desert” and “Melody of Torture.”

Supporters would use phrases such as “May your day be full of Jasmine,” referring to the uprisings in the region which have been dubbed the “Jasmine Revolution.”

The coded conversations were used to gauge support for the cause and direct people to social networking site Yahoo Messenger for more detailed conversations. The revolutionaries would then use the messaging service and text messages to organize their activities further, avoiding scrutiny from authorities.

Communications would continue through text messages and Yahoo Messenger, to avoid authorities becoming suspicious.

Mahmoudi said he attracted 171,323 “admirers” to a number of profiles on the dating site before Libya’s internet crashed Saturday. He had aimed to attract 50,000 as a sufficient number to take to the streets in protest.

Heh.

325 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:41:54pm

re: #320 Killgore Trout

I was pretty nervous about Egypt but I’m less concerned about Libya. I think people are sick of this shit with dictators and kings. Islamists are a serious concern but I think most of the changes in the region are going to be positive.

Indeed. Like Bush said once people taste freedom… I am sure it will work out well in the long run, but the short run could be a bitch.

326 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:41:57pm

re: #313 jaunte

Don’t assume they all hate us. I know some that don’t.

I’m not going to respond to Brook directly, but you nail it.

It’s safer for the uberamericanpatriot to imagine the hate against them. The hate-squared allows bad actions in response without any thought or consequence. Tired of the Bush years.

327 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:42:17pm

re: #324 NJDhockeyfan

Libyan revolutionaries used dating website to dodge Gaddafi’s secret police

Heh.

The creativity of the human spirit in times of danger never ceases to amaze me.

328 freetoken  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:42:40pm

Why do mosquitoes like you?

It’s because you’re so odoriferous!

Humans are the world’s smelliest animal, study shows

Pungent body odor from sweaty adult human skin is unique in the animal kingdom. Humans turn out to be particularly smelly because odors are released from nearly every part of the body while other species living on us are simultaneously emitting odors too.

Our powerful scent attracts at least two species of mosquitoes, according to a paper accepted for publication in the journal Trends in Parasitology. Understanding what it is about human odor that attracts these bugs could help prevent the spread of diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.

Lead author Renate Smallegange explained to Discovery News that “the microorganisms on our skin use the materials present on our skin and in our sweat for their own metabolism. The microorganisms convert non-volatile compounds into volatile compounds.”

Smallegange, a Wageningen University entomologist, and colleagues Niels Verhulst and Willem Takken, analyzed data on the chemical structure of human sweat. They conclude that “sweat-associated human volatiles are probably the primary determinant factor in the host preference of anthropophilic mosquitoes.” […]

So far, the “recipe” for synthetic human sweat appears to contain a complex blend of carbon dioxide, ammonia, lactic acid, and seven other carboxylic acids. The latter “have a sweaty smell,” Smallegange said. Mosquitoes are very attracted to this odorous concoction when scientists whip it up in the lab. […]

329 engineer cat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:43:50pm

re: #313 jaunte

Don’t assume they all hate us. I know some that don’t.

… and also i don’t know why you couldn’t say the same thing about iraq

330 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:45:09pm

Charlie Sheen: Ass Act


Calling into the Alex Jones Show radio program according to TMZ, Sheen called the executive producer of his hit TV show a “clown” and said his real name is “Chaim Levine” (Lorre was born Charles Michael Levine).

“I didn’t care about that vanity card, I went straight home and dispelled that, that was actually one of the few compliments that clown has paid me in frickin’ almost a decade,” Sheen says of the vanity card Lorre ran after the Feb. 14 episode of Men, saying he will be pissed if Sheen outlives him. “I embarrassed him in front of his children and the world by healing at a pace that this un-evolved mind cannot process. I’ve spent, I think, close to the last decade, I don’t know, effortlessly and magically converting your tin can into pure gold. And the gratitude I get is this charlatan chose not to do his job, which is to write.”

331 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:45:21pm

re: #322 WindUpBird

If someone in the world doesn’t like us, are they thusly better off under a dictator, I’m not sure where you’re going with this

only a lib could read “a murderous tyrant goes down.” as better off… please keep your distance.

332 Interesting Times  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:46:01pm

re: #328 freetoken

Why do mosquitoes like you?

It’s because you’re so odoriferous!

Humans are the world’s smelliest animal, study shows

“It’s a deodorant and a bug repellent!” ad campaign in 3…2…1…

333 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:46:41pm

re: #323 HappyWarrior

Yep or any of the other high ranking ones that committed suicide or died during the war. One of my regrets from traveling in Prague was that I didn’t get to see the church where the Czechoslovak commandos that killed Eichmann fought to death in after killing Eichmann.

Such psychopaths. I still find it hard to fathom how such monsters could have been allowed to rule a country. I keep seeing Goebbels left hand shaking like a mad man during his speeches. That little repugnant sub-human Goebbels.

334 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:46:54pm

re: #314 HappyWarrior

Question for someone well versed in the situation but what is the basis of Qaddafi’s beef with Al Queda? I know from my understanding he’s considered more “secular” like Hussein was.

He worked to court Western favor by disassociating himself from from Al Qaeda. Also, calling opponents he rounded up members of Al Qaeda was a way to try to deflect criticism of the arrests.

335 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:48:19pm

Uh oh…
Washington (CNN) — The chaos in Libya has raised fears about the security of deadly mustard gas stockpiled in the country and whether Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi might use it on his own people.

336 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:48:33pm

re: #314 HappyWarrior

Question for someone well versed in the situation but what is the basis of Qaddafi’s beef with Al Queda? I know from my understanding he’s considered more “secular” like Hussein was.

I’m not well versed, but IIUC, Ghadaffi calls his brand “Islamic socialism”, and its sort of a jumble of pan-Arab thinking, pan-African thinking, Berber glamour, and Marxist-inspired old-revered-revolutionaries-running-a-leaky-public-welfare-net.

From the end of the 90s on, he was making hostile noises about al-Qaeda, and offering to dismantle his own WMD fixings, and let the UN in, blah blah.

He may see them as threats to the oil bidness, he may see them as threats to his power. It’s also possible he just decided to trash them in the interests of looking better to the West. He did pretty well in the earlier part of the decade with that one.

Anyone know more?

337 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:49:15pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

I think ‘threats to his power’ pretty well covers it.

338 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:49:58pm

re: #333 Gus 802

Such psychopaths. I still find it hard to fathom how such monsters could have been allowed to rule a country. I keep seeing Goebbels left hand shaking like a mad man during his speeches. That little repugnant sub-human Goebbels.

The Holocaust Museum when I was there last year had a great exhibit about hte propaganda of the Third Reich. It was very chilling to say the least. You just hear that stuff and wonder how so many people were convinced by it to do truly inhuman htings.

339 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:50:07pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

I’m not well versed, but IIUC, Ghadaffi calls his brand “Islamic socialism”, and its sort of a jumble of pan-Arab thinking, pan-African thinking, Berber glamour, and Marxist-inspired old-revered-revolutionaries-running-a-leaky-public -welfare-net.

From the end of the 90s on, he was making hostile noises about al-Qaeda, and offering to dismantle his own WMD fixings, and let the UN in, blah blah.

He may see them as threats to the oil bidness, he may see them as threats to his power. It’s also possible he just decided to trash them in the interests of looking better to the West. He did pretty well in the earlier part of the decade with that one.

Anyone know more?

No, you pretty much nailed it he is in it for himself.

340 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:50:29pm

re: #335 Rightwingconspirator

Uh oh…
Washington (CNN) — The chaos in Libya has raised fears about the security of deadly mustard gas stockpiled in the country and whether Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi might use it on his own people.

From my post #281:

…Mustafa Abdel Galil, who resigned three days ago from his post as the country’s justice minister, spoke to Al Jazeera at a meeting of tribal leaders and representatives of eastern Libya in the city of Al Baida.

…He warned that Gaddafi has biological and chemical weapons, and will not hesitate to use them.

341 Firstinla  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:50:45pm

I can’t find the link but I read somewhere today that an imam had issued a fatwa for Kadaffi’s assassination. There is hope…

342 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:50:58pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

I’m not well versed, but IIUC, Ghadaffi calls his brand “Islamic socialism”, and its sort of a jumble of pan-Arab thinking, pan-African thinking, Berber glamour, and Marxist-inspired old-revered-revolutionaries-running-a-leaky-public -welfare-net.

From the end of the 90s on, he was making hostile noises about al-Qaeda, and offering to dismantle his own WMD fixings, and let the UN in, blah blah.

He may see them as threats to the oil bidness, he may see them as threats to his power. It’s also possible he just decided to trash them in the interests of looking better to the West. He did pretty well in the earlier part of the decade with that one.

Anyone know more?

Thanks SFZ and everyone who answered me. I do remember in the Bush years he was trying to clean up his image some.

343 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:51:30pm

re: #340 NJDhockeyfan

From my post #281:

it is a bit late for that, no?

344 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:51:32pm

re: #326 Stanley Sea

I’m not going to respond to Brook directly, but you nail it.

It’s safer for the uberamericanpatriot to imagine the hate against them. The hate-squared allows bad actions in response without any thought or consequence. Tired of the Bush years.

Well, to be fair; Bush himself is almost certainly happy that the Libyan people are liberating themselves. But then again, he’s a more mature, more generous person than the typical wingnut.

345 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:51:42pm

re: #340 NJDhockeyfan

I saw the process of getting rid of those chemicals was stalled by some disagreements. Crap. Somebody responsible has to secure that stuff.

346 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:52:06pm

re: #341 Firstinla

I can’t find the link but I read somewhere today that an imam had issued a fatwa for Kadaffi’s assassination. There is hope…

I saw that, but frankly, I don’t think the people of Libya were waiting on permission.

347 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:52:33pm

re: #341 Firstinla

I can’t find the link but I read somewhere today that an imam had issued a fatwa for Kadaffi’s assassination. There is hope…

There ain’t much hope in fatwas. They stink and are generally issued by shitty people with stupid ideas.

348 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:53:10pm

re: #305 Gus 802

Cambodia

Every bit as terrible as the Nazis, with the primary difference being a smaller scale and a culture that is inscrutable to most outsiders.

A survivor’s story. The author has written lots of stuff that’s reachable via the Googles, if you have the stomach for it.

I was beyond horrified when I heard the clobbering begin. Somehow, I knew that this was it. Oum’s elderly father was next to me and his upper torso contracted several times before he fell on me. At that moment, I noticed a small boy whom I knew well get up and start to call for his mother. Suddenly there was a warm splash on my face and body. I knew it was definitely not mud (etc etc etc)

The Khmer Rouge — who held a seat at the UN, mind you — massacred their enemies of the state with clubs and farm tools because bullets were too precious. Noteworthy, perhaps, that they were huge fans of waterboarding, as well.

And then there’s this.

349 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:53:39pm

re: #347 Killgore Trout

There ain’t much hope in fatwas. They stink and are generally issued by shitty people with stupid ideas.

well technically we all die under some fatwas.

350 HoosierHoops  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:54:08pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

Anyone know more?

No…I learn a sh*t load of stuff from your postings here sister…Someday I’m going to take it all in and let it all out and blow peoples mind..
LOL
Hope you are well

351 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:54:13pm

re: #345 Rightwingconspirator

I saw the process of getting rid of those chemicals was stalled by some disagreements. Crap. Somebody responsible has to secure that stuff.

The UN was in charge of that weren’t they?

352 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:55:06pm

re: #348 negativ

Every bit as terrible as the Nazis, with the primary difference being a smaller scale and a culture that is inscrutable to most outsiders.

A survivor’s story. The author has written lots of stuff that’s reachable via the Googles, if you have the stomach for it.

The Khmer Rouge — who held a seat at the UN, mind you — massacred their enemies of the state with clubs and farm tools because bullets were too precious. Noteworthy, perhaps, that they were huge fans of waterboarding, as well.

And then there’s this.

It’s my understanding that percentage wise that the Khmer Rouge was the most murderous regime in history. There’s quite a bit of Cambodian immigrants in Northern Va. Just amazing what that country went through.

353 lostlakehiker  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:56:40pm

I’d guess Gadhafi doesn’t have serious bio or chem weapons. He tried to get in the good graces of the U.S. the day after Saddam was hanged, as I recall. He relinquished his uranium, his nerve gas or whatever. To have held back, not knowing anything about how much we knew, would have been very dangerous.

354 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:56:51pm

The world sucks. I am off to get Chinese take out.

355 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:56:57pm

re: #351 NJDhockeyfan

Gadhafi’s government blamed the US and UK:

The remaining 10 tons of material were to have been destroyed by the end of 2010; however, OPCW agreed to extend the deadline until May 15 of this year.

Caril said Libya has dragged its feet because it feels the United States and the United Kingdom have not carried through on their promises for scientific cooperation and help with building nuclear reactors in Libya.
[Link: www.cnn.com…]

356 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:57:59pm

re: #338 HappyWarrior

The Holocaust Museum when I was there last year had a great exhibit about hte propaganda of the Third Reich. It was very chilling to say the least. You just hear that stuff and wonder how so many people were convinced by it to do truly inhuman htings.

I last saw this which is a 1 hour and 48 minute documentary: “Dr. Goebbels speaks”. It’s rather comprehensive.

357 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:58:13pm

re: #348 negativ

Every bit as terrible as the Nazis, with the primary difference being a smaller scale and a culture that is inscrutable to most outsiders.

A survivor’s story. The author has written lots of stuff that’s reachable via the Googles, if you have the stomach for it.

The Khmer Rouge — who held a seat at the UN, mind you — massacred their enemies of the state with clubs and farm tools because bullets were too precious. Noteworthy, perhaps, that they were huge fans of waterboarding, as well.

And then there’s this.

And America supported them just to spite Vietnam, who eventually invaded Cambodia and kicked out the Khmers.

Funny how things work out.

358 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:58:32pm

Is this why my kid asked me, last night, if I was an Amazon Prime member?

Hey all!

How has the day been?

359 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:58:40pm

re: #351 NJDhockeyfan

Kind of…
[Link: www.pbs.org…]

Delays delays…
[Link: www.globalsecuritynewswire.org…]

360 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:59:28pm

Libya faces call for exclusion from UN rights council

GENEVA - Libya, a member of the UN Human Rights Council, faces calls to be excluded from the body on Friday as well as an international probe into its deadly crackdown on an anti-regime revolt.

In an extraordinary session called because of the violence in Libya, the 47 member council will debate a resolution recommending that the UN General Assembly, “in view of the gross and systematic violations of human rights by the Libyan authorities,” suspend Libya from the UN body, according to a draft seen by AFP.

It also plans to “urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry, … to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law in Libya in connection with the on-going protests in the country.”

Human rights groups expressed optimism on the sidelines of the western-led negotiations that the text, which also condemns possible “crimes against humanity”, would be adopted.

What I expect: After their little meeting is over and do nothing they will get back to what they are best at, criticizing Israel.

361 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:59:49pm

re: #358 ggt

Hi
A good day apart from the news at hand.

362 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:00:03pm

re: #354 brookly red

The world sucks. I am off to get Chinese take out.

You be hungry an hour later, trust me.
;)

363 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:00:05pm

re: #356 Gus 802

I last saw this which is a 1 hour and 48 minute documentary: “Dr. Goebbels speaks”. It’s rather comprehensive.

Bookmarked for future ref, thanks.

364 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:00:22pm

re: #351 NJDhockeyfan

The UN was in charge of that weren’t they?

They were supervising, but they didn’t have the power to force Gaddafi to do anything.

365 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:02:03pm

re: #361 Rightwingconspirator

Hi
A good day apart from the news at hand

I’ve been off the grid. Can you give me a synopsis?

366 engineer cat  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:02:11pm

re: #363 HappyWarrior

Bookmarked for future ref, thanks.

ditto

367 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:02:17pm

re: #344 Dark_Falcon

Well, to be fair; Bush himself is almost certainly happy that the Libyan people are liberating themselves. But then again, he’s a more mature, more generous person than the typical wingnut.

That doesn’t require giving him all that much credit, DF…

// Sort of. I have much more respect for Bush elder.

368 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:02:55pm

re: #364 Dark_Falcon

They were supervising, but they didn’t have the power to force Gaddafi to do anything.

Did they send the required “strongly worded letter”?

369 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:03:45pm

re: #364 Dark_Falcon

They were supervising, but they didn’t have the power to force Gaddafi to do anything.

Just like they are supervising Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah from re-arming themselves. How has that worked out?

370 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:05:21pm

re: #368 ggt

Did they send the required “strongly worded letter”?

No, the gave them a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

371 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:06:26pm

re: #370 NJDhockeyfan

No, the gave them a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

WHAT?

did you forget the sarc tag?

I’ll have to do some googling.

372 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:06:32pm

If they don’t kick out Libya from the UN Human Rights Council tomorrow I’m going to… Oh what’s the use. They better do the right thing.

373 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:07:39pm

re: #365 ggt

Libya unravels, oil goes up, mere rumors of Qaddafi being shot drops oil 15%… Who still has chemical weapons and scuds. Oh and California may get the coldest storm in 10 years. Brrr!

374 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:08:21pm

re: #372 Gus 802

If they don’t kick out Libya from the UN Human Rights Council tomorrow I’m going to… Oh what’s the use. They better do the right thing.

Send a strongly worded letter?
///

375 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:09:12pm

re: #374 Rightwingconspirator

Send a strongly worded letter?
///

To whom it may concern:

It has come to our attention that…

/

376 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:09:23pm

Well, I found this. Nothing to do with Libya

Saudi Man Arrested In Texas On WMD Charge; Allegedly Had Bush’s Address

Aldawsari, investigators allege, bought “concentrated nitric and sulfuric acids” and tried to buy phenol — which “can … be used to make the explosive trinitrophenol, also known as T.N.P., or picric acid.”

“Legally authorized electronic surveillance,” Justice says, “revealed that Aldawsari used various e-mail accounts in researching explosives and targets, and often sent emails to himself as part of this process.”

Among the information allegedly in those messages: “Aldawsari sent himself an e-mail titled ‘Tyrant’s House,’ in which he listed the Dallas address for former President George W. Bush,” Justice says.

377 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:10:42pm

re: #373 Rightwingconspirator

Libya unravels, oil goes up, mere rumors of Qaddafi being shot drops oil 15%… Who still has chemical weapons and scuds. Oh and California may get the coldest storm in 10 years. Brrr!

Thanks for the update! Can we have more of the rumors that drop oil prices?

How cold is “coldest storm in California”?

378 avanti  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:11:04pm

CBS cancels Two and Half men.


“CBS has pulled the plug on “Two and a Half Men”… for now.

Just hours after Charlie Sheen went on a radio rampage, blasting his bosses at the television show, CBS issued a statement on behalf of the network and “…Men’s” production company, announcing they were pulling the show from production of new episodes.”

Charlie Sheen.

379 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:11:16pm

re: #354 brookly red

The world sucks. I am off to get Chinese take out.

Chinese Chinese, or American Chinese? Because with Chinese Chinese you can get weird shit like bird heads, complete with eyeballs and brains, floating deliberately in your soup. To me, that would be only slightly less horrifying than finding a live cockroach in the middle of depositing an egg case.

However, I’ll straight-up shank a bitch for some kung pao chicken, including the Zechuan (sp?) version which is different from the American version. Either variety.

380 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:13:20pm

re: #378 avanti

CBS cancels Two and Half men.

“CBS has pulled the plug on “Two and a Half Men”… for now.

Just hours after Charlie Sheen went on a radio rampage, blasting his bosses at the television show, CBS issued a statement on behalf of the network and “…Men’s” production company, announcing they were pulling the show from production of new episodes.”

Charlie Sheen.

In the real world, that’s usually what happens to drug infused assholes, they get canned. Welcome to the real world Charlie.

381 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:13:43pm

Fungus Knocks Out Malaria In Mosquitoes

What St. Leger’s genetically engineered fungus does is rid the mosquito of the parasite. “So the fungus acts like a little hypodermic syringe, and when it’s in the blood of the insect, the fungus then produces the anti-malarial protein, and within a couple of days it basically cures the mosquito of malaria,” he says.

If the mosquito isn’t carrying the malaria parasite, it can’t spread the disease. These findings appear in the latest issue of the journal Science.

St. Leger says it’s also possible to genetically engineer the fungus to kill the mosquito quickly. And he and his colleagues have done that.

You know, I’m really impressed with this. As always, I also wonder what we will learn from the long term effects.

382 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:13:59pm

re: #378 avanti

CBS cancels Two and Half men.


“CBS has pulled the plug on “Two and a Half Men”… for now.

Just hours after Charlie Sheen went on a radio rampage, blasting his bosses at the television show, CBS issued a statement on behalf of the network and “…Men’s” production company, announcing they were pulling the show from production of new episodes.”

Charlie Sheen.

They announced that after his little stunt on the Alex Jones show, see comment 330.

I predict “A very special episode of 2 and 1/2 men” in the near future.

383 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:14:24pm

re: #347 Killgore Trout

There ain’t much hope in fatwas. They stink and are generally issued by shitty people with stupid ideas.

Couldn’t have said it better myself. Fatwas stink.

384 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:14:51pm

re: #377 ggt

San Francisco may get snao, LA may see snow down to 1000ft asl. But the very latest NOAA discussion says the prefrontal activity will squeeze most of the moisture out reducing the snow risk.

385 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:15:09pm

re: #378 avanti

CBS cancels Two and Half men.

“CBS has pulled the plug on “Two and a Half Men”… for now.

Just hours after Charlie Sheen went on a radio rampage, blasting his bosses at the television show, CBS issued a statement on behalf of the network and “…Men’s” production company, announcing they were pulling the show from production of new episodes.”

Charlie Sheen.

Sheen is a crazed prick. He wouldn’t even be where he is if it wasn’t for his father. 45 years old going on 14.

386 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:15:17pm

re: #384 Rightwingconspirator

PIMF may get snow…

387 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:16:04pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

I’m not well versed, but IIUC, Ghadaffi calls his brand “Islamic socialism”, and its sort of a jumble of pan-Arab thinking, pan-African thinking, Berber glamour, and Marxist-inspired old-revered-revolutionaries-running-a-leaky-public -welfare-net.

I read that as Bieber glamour. Toss that concept around in your mind for 4 or 5 minutes.

388 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:17:27pm

re: #378 avanti

CBS cancels Two and Half men.

“CBS has pulled the plug on “Two and a Half Men”… for now.

Just hours after Charlie Sheen went on a radio rampage, blasting his bosses at the television show, CBS issued a statement on behalf of the network and “…Men’s” production company, announcing they were pulling the show from production of new episodes.”

Charlie Sheen.

This coming after he appeared on Alex Jones’ radio show. So he’s now taken to the same sort of on-air company kept by Glenn Beck. Charlie Sheen, welcome to rock bottom.

389 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:17:34pm

Right now, four nations have severed relations with Libya. Botswana, Peru, Switzerland, and Australia. Also, a map of what remains under Gaddafi’s control. Wikipedia seems to have gone whole hog, and is treating this as a Civil War (which it is).

Image: LibyanCivilWar.jpg

390 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:18:13pm

re: #371 ggt

WHAT?

did you forget the sarc tag?

I’ll have to do some googling.

Unspeakable silence: U.S. stands by as Libya wins seat on UN rights council
Friday, May 14th 2010, 4:00 AM

391 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:19:03pm

Benghazi back in business

Pro-Gaddafi forces have long gone and while there is still no central authority the city is functioning and a semblance of normality is returning.
….
KASEM: We are doing actually well at the moment. People are trying to help each other, trying to, there are volunteers in many places like for example hospitals. Some traffic lights are not working so you see like kids age of 10 to15 or something like this you know trying to do the work for what the police do sometimes.

BARNEY PORTER: Are there any police at all in the city? Any type of security forces?

KASEM: Some yes, some who joined the people here. They are working, they are doing their best to provide security like to their best. Actually in Benghazi most of like banks and shops, nothing happened to them, not destroyed.

BARNEY PORTER: Are the shops open? Is business going on as usual?

KASEM: Yeah, yeah. Most of the shops like let’s say 85 or 90 per cent of the shops are open. Banks are open as well.
[Link: www.abc.net.au…]

392 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:19:47pm

re: #387 negativ

Sorry, I just get a “Divide by Zero” error.

393 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:20:38pm

re: #380 Walter L. Newton

In the real world, that’s usually what happens to drug infused assholes, they get canned. Welcome to the real world Charlie.

What sucks about this kind of shit-canning is that lot’s of people won’t have jobs because of him.

394 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:22:25pm

re: #393 ggt

What sucks about this kind of shit-canning is that lot’s of people won’t have jobs because of him.

I’ve heard the term “replacement” bandied about. I imagine the writers can think of more than a few ways to write him out of the story and bring in someone else.

395 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:23:12pm

You know, bandied is just one of those words that doesn’t get used often enough.

396 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:23:59pm

re: #391 jaunte

Benghazi back in business

Let’s hope things keep getting better there.

397 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:24:22pm

re: #393 ggt

What sucks about this kind of shit-canning is that lot’s of people won’t have jobs because of him.

Hey, that’s the business. Most everyone on a show or movie are like private contractors, budgeted into that production. The production closes down, they are out of work temporarily. Also remember both talent and crews belong to strong unions, and they usually have basic medical and other benefits covered between paying gigs.

398 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:24:25pm

re: #390 NJDhockeyfan

Unspeakable silence: U.S. stands by as Libya wins seat on UN rights council
Friday, May 14th 2010, 4:00 AM

Oh, I read your orignal post as they just gave him a seat on the council.

It’s been a LONG day.

399 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:24:56pm

re: #394 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I’ve heard the term “replacement” bandied about. I imagine the writers can think of more than a few ways to write him out of the story and bring in someone else.

They could make a funny episode about him being eaten by a shark at the beach. That would be funny.

400 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:25:13pm

re: #394 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I’ve heard the term “replacement” bandied about. I imagine the writers can think of more than a few ways to write him out of the story and bring in someone else.

Yea, how about the character goes off on drug induced binges with porn stars that live in the next apartment over, and he ruins his life by..

Naw… no one would buy that.

401 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:25:21pm

re: #396 Dark_Falcon

This was a good sign:

“If the revolution doesn’t succeed, we will be hanged. We will be the first ones — the judges, the lawyers — because we are known,” Ahmad said. Kadafi “won’t go easily; he won’t go except by death or interference from another country.”

Ahmad said that his wife delivered their second daughter Feb. 15. He wants to name her “Free Libya,” a name his wife does not approve of.

He pointed to a lawyer picking up trash along the street, “This is the first time the people feel this is their country.”
[Link: www.latimes.com…]

402 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:25:56pm

re: #394 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I’ve heard the term “replacement” bandied about. I imagine the writers can think of more than a few ways to write him out of the story and bring in someone else.

True. That could be fun.

Jeff Goldblum could play a eccentric Uncle or something.

403 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:26:16pm

re: #395 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

You know, bandied is just one of those words that doesn’t get used often enough.

You think we should bandy more?

404 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:26:24pm

re: #400 Walter L. Newton

Yea, how about the character goes off on drug induced binges with porn stars that live in the next apartment over, and he ruins his life by..

Naw… no one would buy that.

LOL!

405 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:27:09pm

re: #390 NJDhockeyfan

Unspeakable silence: U.S. stands by as Libya wins seat on UN rights council
Friday, May 14th 2010, 4:00 AM

Some sources have a different angle.

406 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:27:35pm

re: #397 Walter L. Newton

Hey, that’s the business. Most everyone on a show or movie are like private contractors, budgeted into that production. The production closes down, they are out of work temporarily. Also remember both talent and crews belong to strong unions, and they usually have basic medical and other benefits covered between paying gigs.

I know. I hate when addiction. It affects so many people, it’s not just about the addict.

**Personal Soap Box Off**

407 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:29:18pm

re: #399 NJDhockeyfan

They could make a funny episode about him being eaten by a shark at the beach. That would be funny.

No, NO, that crazy neighbor that is “in love” with him, gave him the magic love potion. Somehow, he decides he really does love her and they go off together to help orphaned children somewhere. …

408 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:29:21pm

re: #389 ProLifeLiberal

Taking a close look at the map, I notice that there are 3 cities in the general area of Tripoli where the situation is unclear as to who controls it.

Zlitan
Al-Aziziyah
Az Zawiyah

Only three cities remain in definite control of Gaddafi

Tripoli
Surt
Sabha

In addition, it seems that the Mercenaries are flowing out of both Tripoli and Sabah, but not Surt. It would seem that those two would fall last, and Sabah is remote, meaning it may be a last stand location.

409 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:31:13pm

re: #399 NJDhockeyfan

They could make a funny episode about him being eaten by a shark at the beach. That would be funny.

A tragic base jumping accident, where he ends up in bandages. Then the next episode, they unwrap him and its Emilio Estevez.

410 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:31:46pm

re: #408 ProLifeLiberal

From the Sabha link:

‘Sabha is known as the place where Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi announced “the dawn of the era of the masses.”’
411 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:31:54pm

re: #405 negativ

Some sources have a different angle.

Well of course they do. Right now every country including the US wants them thrown off that UN counsel right now. Last year the US looked the other way when they were given the seat.

The assembly gave 155 of 188 ballots to a country where speaking your mind can be a capital offense, while also electing other tyrannies - Angola, Qatar, Mauritania and Malaysia - by even larger margins.

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice lamely sighed that the Human Rights Council “remains flawed,” and she declined to say whether she had voted against Libya.

412 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:31:55pm

re: #405 negativ

Some sources have a different angle.

41 years in power.

Am I wrong, or does long-term power seem to be really, really bad?

413 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:32:06pm

re: #408 ProLifeLiberal

I just found that the Al-Aziziyah link was broken. Here is a replacement

Al-Aziziyah

414 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:32:52pm

re: #409 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

A tragic base jumping accident, where he ends up in bandages. Then the next episode, they unwrap him and its Emilio Estevez.

He has a life changing experience while in the bandages?

i like it.

415 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:33:35pm

re: #410 jaunte

I get the feeling that will be where he will do some sort of final stand. Tripoli is already in close proximity to the other cities already liberated.

416 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:34:08pm

re: #409 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

A tragic base jumping accident, where he ends up in bandages. Then the next episode, they unwrap him and its Emilio Estevez.

George Costanza should arrive and take him rock climbing. George will of course bring the sandwiches.

417 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:35:33pm

re: #364 Dark_Falcon

re: #369 NJDhockeyfan

they have no power & in a way that is a very good thing.

418 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:35:38pm

re: #416 NJDhockeyfan

George Costanza should arrive and take him rock climbing. George will of course bring the sandwiches.

Now you’re loosing me… I never watched a single episode of that show.

419 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:36:51pm

re: #390 NJDhockeyfan

Unspeakable silence: U.S. stands by as Libya wins seat on UN rights council
Friday, May 14th 2010, 4:00 AM

I’ll be frank. That Susan Rice didn’t reveal how she voted is telling on several levels. I will say this. What she should have done was reveal how she voted and stated plainly, “yes, I voted, and I voted against the inclusion of Libya in the UNHRC.” Perhaps it’s SOP to not reveal the vote. I don’t know.

420 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:37:38pm

re: #412 ggt

41 years in power.

Am I wrong, or does long-term power seem to be really, really bad?

Mo says ‘I’m just like the Queen’!

421 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:37:48pm

re: #418 Walter L. Newton

Now you’re loosing me… I never watched a single episode of that show.

It’s one of the few I will stop and watch.

My relationship with the television is thus: The men in the household have it on. I walk thru the room. If the show looks interesting, I will stop and watch.

Other than that, I watch the occasional movie when no one else is home and I think about it.

422 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:37:58pm

re: #410 jaunte

From the Sabha link:

It’s also in an oasis town that’s surrounded by the Sahara. It looks to be the only significant Libyan city not near the coast.

423 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:38:06pm

re: #354 brookly red

The world sucks. I am off to get Chinese take out.

That’s a rational response. I approve.

424 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:38:40pm

re: #379 negativ

Chinese Chinese, or American Chinese? Because with Chinese Chinese you can get weird shit like bird heads, complete with eyeballs and brains, floating deliberately in your soup. To me, that would be only slightly less horrifying than finding a live cockroach in the middle of depositing an egg case.

However, I’ll straight-up shank a bitch for some kung pao chicken, including the Zechuan (sp?) version which is different from the American version. Either variety.

I just got some lo mein & added my own toppings…

425 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:38:59pm

re: #420 NJDhockeyfan

Mo says ‘I’m just like the Queen’!

My mind flashed some very scary images of the Queen with the Q or K-man’s face.

426 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:39:36pm

Yeah. It’s through “secret voting”:

The results of the one round of secret ballot voting were as follows…

427 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:42:18pm

re: #424 brookly red

I just got some lo mein & added my own toppings…

Pineapple.

428 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:42:42pm

Update on the Temple of Vesta.

We did some playing around with the CelluClay and found that by adding about 1/4 plaster of paris, it dries much quicker and is a better color for replicating marble. Rolling pin wasn’t long enough, so we found a piece of PVC pipe in the garage and used that.

Having to keep my hands off and help my my kid learn how to do this is taking sooooo much longer that if I could actually help. I’m not a teacher and working all this in to something like a lesson plan is really draining me.

He is cooperative and having fun, so I guess he is learning.

429 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:42:49pm

re: #427 Walter L. Newton

Pineapple.

Gah!

430 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:43:01pm

re: #387 negativ

I read that as Bieber glamour. Toss that concept around in your mind for 4 or 5 minutes.

That would be…interesting.

431 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:43:19pm

re: #420 NJDhockeyfan

He’s channeling Elton John now?

q:

432 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:43:33pm

re: #422 Dark_Falcon

I think I just read somewhere that Gaddafi is in a conference in Sabha.

433 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:44:16pm

re: #427 Walter L. Newton

Pineapple.

Walter who?

434 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:44:22pm

re: #432 ProLifeLiberal

I think I just read somewhere that Gaddafi is in a conference in Sabha.

What was the deal with him “being” in Venezuela?

Some how I am getting the Libya situation terribly confused.

435 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:44:26pm

re: #430 SanFranciscoZionist

That would be…interesting.



What I think of Bieber glamour.

436 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:44:26pm

re: #427 Walter L. Newton

Why?!?!?!

It would be just fine without pineapple.

437 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:45:19pm

re: #426 Gus 802

Yeah. It’s through “secret voting”:

The results of the one round of secret ballot voting were as follows…

they so need to move to Tripoli

438 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:47:17pm

re: #437 brookly red

they so need to move to Tripoli

Everytime I hear (or read) Tripoli, my mind inserts: “From the halls of Mont-te-zu-u-ma to the shores of Trip-O-leeeee”.

It’s a strange Monty Pyton sort of experience.

439 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:47:23pm

Resolution 60/251. Human Rights Council (PDF)

Decides further that the Council shall consist of forty-seven Member States, which shall be elected directly and individually by secret ballot by the majority of the members of the General Assembly…

There are 192 members in the General Assembly.

Libya received 155 votes.”

Angola received 172 votes.

155/192 x 100 = 80.729 or 81 percent.

440 What, me worry?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:47:43pm

re: #434 ggt

What was the deal with him “being” in Venezuela?

Some how I am getting the Libya situation terribly confused.

Chavez.

441 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:47:57pm

Truly pathetic.

442 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:48:53pm

re: #434 ggt

What was the deal with him “being” in Venezuela?

Some how I am getting the Libya situation terribly confused.

Word was going around.

All I could think of was Monty Python’s Bavarian Restaurant sketch:

“Ja, in Bavaria, and not in Venezuela!”

443 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:48:59pm

A couple of stories from Benghazi:

Gheriani pitches in at the courthouse, along with oil engineers and businessmen, many of them returned expatriates. Several floors above them, three of Gaddafi’s ill-fated mercenaries are locked up in what used to be a holding cell. Hollow-eyed and horrified, their futures seem bleak. “They are kept here for their own safety,” said Gheriani. “If we let them go the people would kill them,” he said, pointing at the milling crowd in the street below.
….
On Libyan television the father of a defecting air force pilot wept with pride as he explained the exploits of his son, who had been sent to bomb three oilfields near Benghazi. The father’s account confirms those reported by workers at the Bregga oilfield of two men parachuting to earth and a jet fighter crashing nearby.

“My son was ordered to take off by a man with a gun pointing at his back. He said no and pulled the lever to eject them both. He is a hero. Even if he died I would still be proud. He refused to kill the people.”
[Link: www.guardian.co.uk…]

444 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:49:06pm

re: #439 Gus 802

Resolution 60/251. Human Rights Council (PDF)

There are 192 members in the General Assembly.

Libya received 155 votes.”

Angola received 172 votes.

155/192 x 100 = 80.729 or 81 percent.

Maybe it was the concept of “build it and they will come” or giving them the opportunity to “grow” to the responsibility?

I’m not confident that that technique works with countries. Mega malls and small children, yes.

445 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:49:19pm

re: #439 Gus 802

Resolution 60/251. Human Rights Council (PDF)

There are 192 members in the General Assembly.

Libya received 155 votes.”

Angola received 172 votes.

155/192 x 100 = 80.729 or 81 percent.

head em up, & move em out.

446 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:50:10pm

re: #438 ggt

Everytime I hear (or read) Tripoli, my mind inserts: “From the halls of Mont-te-zu-u-ma to the shores of Trip-O-leee”.

It’s a strange Monty Pyton sort of experience.

I once got to spend some time with a Sufi imam in whose opinion Tripoli in the 1950s had basically been heaven on earth.

He now lives in Cologne. He and Ghadaffi had issues.

447 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:50:27pm

re: #445 brookly red

head em up, & move em out.

RAWHIDE!

448 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:50:35pm

re: #444 ggt

Maybe it was the concept of “build it and they will come” or giving them the opportunity to “grow” to the responsibility?

I’m not confident that that technique works with countries. Mega malls and small children, yes.

I’m pretty sure that’s the concept. That there inclusion would “empower” and provide a medium in which to change.

And it’s naive.

449 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:50:38pm

re: #418 Walter L. Newton

Now you’re loosing me… I never watched a single episode of that show.

That was a classic episode. You should find it and watch it.

450 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:51:11pm

re: #446 SanFranciscoZionist

I once got to spend some time with a Sufi imam in whose opinion Tripoli in the 1950s had basically been heaven on earth.

He now lives in Cologne. He and Ghadaffi had issues.

Cologne! Slow I turn… inch by inch…

//

451 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:51:46pm

re: #446 SanFranciscoZionist

I once got to spend some time with a Sufi imam in whose opinion Tripoli in the 1950s had basically been heaven on earth.

He now lives in Cologne. He and Ghadaffi had issues.

I can imagine.

You know, I think anyone sane would have issues with Gh-Q-K man.

Which is the proper spelling today -Thursday?

452 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:51:48pm

Hello Crimestoppers!

453 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:52:30pm

re: #448 Gus 802

I’m pretty sure that’s the concept. That there inclusion would “empower” and provide a medium in which to change.

And it’s naive.

EMPOWER! Yes, that is the correct word.

Yes, naive —we really, No, STUPID!

454 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:52:44pm

re: #445 brookly red

head em up, & move em out.

Basically, you get to be on the Human Rights Council whether you actually believe in human rights or not, which seems a little off to be, but the UN has their own way of doing things.

455 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:53:24pm

re: #454 SanFranciscoZionist

Basically, you get to be on the Human Rights Council whether you actually believe in human rights or not, which seems a little off to be, but the UN has their own way of doing things.

Diplomats.

I could never be a diplomat.

456 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:53:26pm

re: #418 Walter L. Newton

Now you’re loosing me… I never watched a single episode of that show.

That show is one of the single biggest reasons I’m glad to no longer have a tv in the house. An utter classic example of “with friends like that” that I’d rather my son not see.

457 What, me worry?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:53:42pm

re: #443 jaunte

A couple of stories from Benghazi:

Just when I was getting used to the K spelling.

(It’s practically a science, I tell’s ya.)

458 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:53:45pm

Here’s the gig. Our representatives, and that includes the UN Ambassador to the US, should not be engaged in secret ballots when they are in fact engaged in policy that impact the citizens of the United States. That does not sound like the tradition in which our nation was established. More to the point there is something distinctly un-democratic about a secret ballot by a US Ambassador. I want to know how they vote.

459 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:55:27pm

re: #457 marjoriemoon

ABC News reports there are 112 ways to spell the name and spells it as Moammar Gaddafi for their own articles. According to this piece, the Library of Congress has 72 alternate spellings for the Libyan strongman’s name.


Now there’s something to bandy about.

460 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:55:38pm

re: #457 marjoriemoon

Just when I was getting used to the K spelling.

(It’s practically a science, I tell’s ya.)

“Man Whose Name Has Many Spellings” would be is Native American name.

461 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:56:12pm

re: #459 jaunte

Now there’s something to bandy about.

How come there is never a “C”?

462 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:56:18pm

re: #456 wlewisiii

That show is one of the single biggest reasons I’m glad to no longer have a tv in the house. An utter classic example of “with friends like that” that I’d rather my son not see.

I’m from New York. I despised that show… only saw pieces of it. The show suggested that New Yorkers were the biggest bunch of back-stabbing self centered assholes in the world. I didn’t like that. We’re not.

463 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:56:43pm

re: #454 SanFranciscoZionist

Basically, you get to be on the Human Rights Council whether you actually believe in human rights or not, which seems a little off to be, but the UN has their own way of doing things.

Well just a note to parents: if your child is living in Tudor City- they are hooking. On the bright side the are the best at what they do.

464 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:57:13pm

re: #461 ggt

43 of the spellings are considered too dangerous to pronounce for people with sore throats.

465 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:57:29pm

re: #453 ggt

EMPOWER! Yes, that is the correct word.

Yes, naive —we really, No, STUPID!

Their none inclusion into the UNHCR would only lead to their further disempowerment which in the end would only lead to further human rights violations by the member nation. Because afterall, it is a well known that the leading cause of human right violation is a form of cultural chauvinism and/or imperialism subjected on the violating nation.

//

466 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:58:06pm

From the West Wing pilot episode, as regards the spelling of Mr. K-Q-G:

“Seventeen across is wrong… You’re spelling his name wrong…. What’s my name? My name doesn’t matter. I’m just an ordinary citizen, who relies on the Times crossword for stimulation. And I’m telling you that I’ve met the man twice and I’ve recommended a pre-emptive Exocet missile strike against his air force, so I think I know how… They hang up on me every time.”

467 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:59:42pm

re: #466 SanFranciscoZionist

From the West Wing pilot episode, as regards the spelling of Mr. K-Q-G:

“Seventeen across is wrong… You’re spelling his name wrong… What’s my name? My name doesn’t matter. I’m just an ordinary citizen, who relies on the Times crossword for stimulation. And I’m telling you that I’ve met the man twice and I’ve recommended a pre-emptive Exocet missile strike against his air force, so I think I know how… They hang up on me every time.”

I’ll ask my Mom, if his name is used in the NYTimes or any Crossword puzzle, there is probably a standard spelling used.

:)

468 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:59:49pm

re: #464 jaunte

43 of the spellings are considered too dangerous to pronounce for people with sore throats.

The problem is that the sound doesn’t really exist in English, so you end up sort of approximating.

469 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:00:19pm

Our biased Western value system in which we castigate nations allegedly violating human rights is largely caused by our own culturally inculcated ethnocentrism.

//

470 Firstinla  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:00:59pm

re: #451 ggt

Just abbreviate it GKQ and cover alll the bases

471 What, me worry?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:01:09pm

re: #454 SanFranciscoZionist

Basically, you get to be on the Human Rights Council whether you actually believe in human rights or not, which seems a little off to be, but the UN has their own way of doing things.

Maybe our government doesn’t want to piss off oil rich nations, especially ones with crazed leaders, because there’s a lot more than Libya we could criticize. I’m also pretty sure the HRC wouldn’t know about Human Rights if it hit em in the face looking at that list.

Another good reason to get off oil as much as possible.

Did the UK, Switzerland or Norway speak against Libya?

472 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:01:17pm

re: #469 Gus 802

Our biased Western value system in which we castigate nations allegedly violating human rights is largely caused by our own culturally inculcated ethnocentrism.

//

Sprechen sie Moonbat?

473 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:01:39pm

Coming up next! Simulacra.

//

474 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:02:05pm

re: #471 marjoriemoon

Maybe our government doesn’t want to piss off oil rich nations, especially ones with crazed leaders, because there’s a lot more than Libya we could criticize. I’m also pretty sure the HRC wouldn’t know about Human Rights if it hit em in the face looking at that list.

Another good reason to get off oil as much as possible.

Did the UK, Switzerland or Norway speak against Libya?

Dunno.

Maybe Canada did. They’re good about stuff like that, for all the good it does.

475 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:02:28pm

re: #459 jaunte

ABC News reports there are 112 ways to spell the name and spells it as Moammar Gaddafi for their own articles. According to this piece, the Library of Congress has 72 alternate spellings for the Libyan strongman’s name.



Now there’s something to bandy about.

I spell is ‘Shitbag’.

476 jaunte  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:02:54pm

re: #475 NJDhockeyfan

113!

477 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:03:22pm

re: #469 Gus 802

Our biased Western value system in which we castigate nations allegedly violating human rights is largely caused by our own culturally inculcated ethnocentrism.

//

And a lust for their natural resources masquerading as diplomatic reason.

/

478 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:03:31pm

re: #472 SanFranciscoZionist

Sprechen sie Moonbat?

I have a rule of thumb. If I can’t make heads-or-tails out of a sentence, it is usually Whacko™.

I think every sentence should be easily diagrammed! Where is the verb?

479 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:03:43pm

re: #472 SanFranciscoZionist

Sprechen sie Moonbat?

Comes from years of observing. I also used to listen to radical Temple U radio.

480 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:04:29pm

re: #478 ggt

I was told there would be no grammar.

481 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:05:19pm

re: #471 marjoriemoon

Did the UK, Switzerland or Norway speak against Libya?

The UK & Switzerland are freezing his money.

482 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:06:24pm

re: #480 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I was told there would be no grammar.

I wasn’t told that.

483 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:06:39pm

re: #481 NJDhockeyfan

The UK & Switzerland are freezing his money.

Welp. He’s fucked.

484 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:07:47pm

re: #482 ggt

I wasn’t told that.

I had four years of Grammar I.

485 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:07:55pm

re: #481 NJDhockeyfan

The UK & Switzerland are freezing his money.

How much actual cash have they in their freezer now? Mubarek, GKQ, and who else?

Who get’s this money, who get’s the interest?

I see an opportunity …

486 What, me worry?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:08:06pm

re: #481 NJDhockeyfan

The UK & Switzerland are freezing his money.

That might be now, but that article you quoted was from May 2010 when Libya came on the Council.

487 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:08:13pm

re: #484 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I had four years of Grammar I.

I had 8 years of nuns.

488 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:08:21pm

re: #481 NJDhockeyfan

Duhuude.

489 prairiefire  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:08:22pm

re: #480 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I was told there would be no grammar.

I have it in writing there will be no math.

490 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:08:41pm

re: #489 prairiefire

I have it in writing there will be no math.

CAn I have a copy of that?

491 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:08:56pm

re: #487 ggt

Gotta go see the Penguin.

492 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:08:57pm

re: #478 ggt

I have a rule of thumb. If I can’t make heads-or-tails out of a sentence, it is usually Whacko™.

I think every sentence should be easily diagrammed! Where is the verb?

I remember back in the 80s people used to throw around ipso facto, quid pro quo and de facto a lot. Oh, and ramifications.

493 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:09:16pm

re: #465 Gus 802

Their none inclusion into the UNHCR would only lead to their further disempowerment which in the end would only lead to further human rights violations by the member nation. Because afterall, it is a well known that the leading cause of human right violation is a form of cultural chauvinism and/or imperialism subjected on the violating nation.

//

Yep, i think we can agree on one thing Obama did wrong. We should never have had anything to do with the “new” UN human right panel.

Meet the new boss…

494 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:09:34pm

re: #485 ggt

How much actual cash have they in their freezer now? Mubarek, GKQ, and who else?

Who get’s this money, who get’s the interest?

I see an opportunity …

This would hardly be their first such opportunity.

495 Randall Gross  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:10:03pm

blearrrghg. Coming up for air after several hours of surfing for a 7.1 av receiver that’s reasonably flexible and reasonably priced. Doesn’t seem to exist, but I’ll continue looking tomorrow since Frankenputer’s antique 5.1 sound amp is on its last legs. [Frankenputer is my media computer… an old PC with excellent vid card plugged into the big screen and the net…]

The two big contenders out there are Yamaha and Pioneer, but does anyone have recommendations for something that’s not going to cost an arm and a leg? (needs USB and at least three HDMI inputs for Frankenputer and my various still and video cameras)

496 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:10:24pm

re: #493 Dark_Falcon

Yep, i think we can agree on one thing Obama did wrong. We should never have had anything to do with the “new” UN human right panel.

Meet the new boss…

Just as bad as the old one. Heck, China’s on the UNHRC.

497 prairiefire  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:11:08pm

re: #490 ggt

CAn I have a copy of that?

Sure, its on a little yellow post it note I stuck on my computer.

498 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:11:44pm

Thank God and The Dow Chemical Company (or whichever corporation)

for CELLCLAY.

I just checked a piece that is drying and it’s wondermus.

20” diameter circle about 1/8 ” thick and it’s just soooo perfect for what is needed.

499 prairiefire  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:12:15pm

re: #495 Thanos

Hope you are careful on the roads, Thanos. School is closed for us tomorrow. eiyeeeieee…

500 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:12:35pm

re: #492 Gus 802

I remember back in the 80s people used to throw around ipso facto, quid pro quo and de facto a lot. Oh, and ramifications.

I don’t remember that. But, I don’t remember much of the 80’s.

501 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:12:37pm

re: #495 Thanos

blearrrghg. Coming up for air after several hours of surfing for a 7.1 av receiver that’s reasonably flexible and reasonably priced. Doesn’t seem to exist, but I’ll continue looking tomorrow since Frankenputer’s antique 5.1 sound amp is on its last legs. [Frankenputer is my media computer… an old PC with excellent vid card plugged into the big screen and the net…]

The two big contenders out there are Yamaha and Pioneer, but does anyone have recommendations for something that’s not going to cost an arm and a leg? (needs USB and at least three HDMI inputs for Frankenputer and my various still and video cameras)

You try…

[Link: www.newegg.com…]

502 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:12:43pm

So much for hoping the UN would be successful tomorrow:

Split UN rights council may scupper Libya inquiry


GENEVA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an urgent session on Libya this Friday at the request of Western and Latin American nations, who are pushing for an international investigation into the killings of protesters.

But with a majority of Asian and African nations — backed by Russia, China and Cuba — declining to support a draft resolution, diplomats said it was likely to be heavily watered down and perhaps not passed at all at the emergency meeting.

The UN never misses a chance to fail.

503 Randall Gross  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:13:23pm

re: #499 prairiefire

Hope you are careful on the roads, Thanos. School is closed for us tomorrow. eiyeeeieee…

I drove in Alaska for 20 yrs and only had to call a wrecker once, I just have to worry about the other drivers.

504 What, me worry?  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:13:51pm

re: #496 Gus 802

Just as bad as the old one. Heck, China’s on the UNHRC.

There’s a whole lot of nations on there that have serious human rights violations. China, UGANDA for cripes sake, CUBA, CUBA??!! Holy cow.

We’re on there to keep our eye on them and that’s it. For what that’s worth, I have no idea.

505 prairiefire  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:14:00pm

“Be careful out there, folks.”
Hillstreet Blues

506 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:14:28pm

re: #497 prairiefire

Sure, its on a little yellow post it note I stuck on my computer.

As long as it’s admissible in court. .. YOu got it signed right? initialed at least? dated?

507 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:16:07pm

Took one of the boys to a family art night. We were supposed to make little clay Hopi “storytellers,” which are mostly mother-type sculptures with little babies.

Well, I didn’t want to make a mother sculpture, and neither did my son, but in the book they showed a few other options. I chose to make an owl with a couple of owlets, and he decided on a cactus.

The cactus had to have an open mouth (that’s why they’re story tellers). He got that far. Then he added a few other options. Then a few more. I looked over.

“So…it’s a demon cactus now?”

“Yeah. That’s its baby. It doesn’t care about the baby. And it’s just a demon now.”

I thought the teacher would look at us funny, but she thought it was adorable and took a picture.

Maybe the art world just gets twisted senses of humor.

508 Randall Gross  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:16:08pm

re: #499 prairiefire

Hope you are careful on the roads, Thanos. School is closed for us tomorrow. eiyeeeieee…

Also thanks for the concern, you be careful too :)

509 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:16:26pm

re: #491 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Gotta go see the Penguin.

Not me, I did my time.

510 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:18:25pm

re: #509 ggt

Not me, I did my time.

AND, I taught CCD (or whatever it is called these days) for a year.

BTW, our parish nun told me that Limbo has NOT been discontinued.

511 Randall Gross  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:18:26pm

re: #501 Gus 802

You try…

[Link: www.newegg.com…]

Thanks!

512 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:18:31pm

re: #502 NJDhockeyfan

So much for hoping the UN would be successful tomorrow:

Split UN rights council may scupper Libya inquiry

The UN never misses a chance to fail.

But with a majority of Asian and African nations — backed by Russia, China and Cuba…

Who as always want to “reserve the right” to do what Libya’s doing now.

513 brookly red  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:18:43pm

re: #505 prairiefire

“Be careful out there, folks.”
Hillstreet Blues

You lose!
Ill street blues.

514 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:19:37pm

re: #511 Thanos

Thanks!

Pricey. I “searched within” for USB and only came up with this…

[Link: www.newegg.com…]

515 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:25:38pm

Meanwhile Israel responds to attacks from Jimmy Carter’s friends…

IAF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza; 1 dead, 3 injured

“I do not suggest that anyone test the State of Israel’s resolve,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Hamas on Thursday, a day after two Grad-model Katyusha rockets slammed into Beersheba for the first time since Operation Cast Lead over two years ago.

On Thursday night, the Israel Air Force struck Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian news reports said the attack had been against a car and that one person was killed and three wounded. The IDF said the targets were linked to Hamas and had been involved in terrorist activity.

Shortly after the rockets smashed into Beersheba on Wednesday night, the IAF bombed targets throughout the Gaza Strip, including launchers the Islamic Jihad had used to fire the rockets. Three members of the rocket- firing cell were wounded.

Later that night, the IAF again bombed a number of Hamas targets, causing extensive damage. The targets included tunnels, weapons factories and military outposts.

Netanyahu said he had instructed military forces to respond to the rocket attack on Beersheba immediately, forcefully and without hesitation.

“We are determined to defend our citizens and we will not tolerate the shelling of our cities and our civilians,” he said Thursday during a press conference with visiting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. “No country would agree to this. Israel, too, does not accept this and will act accordingly to defend its citizens.”

516 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:26:33pm

re: #515 NJDhockeyfan

Meanwhile Israel responds to attacks from Jimmy Carter’s friends…

IAF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza; 1 dead, 3 injured

It still amazes me that they have to justify their desire to live.

517 schnapp  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:26:47pm

Just found out about this thing called the Darwin Awards. Only go to it if you like black humour! Some of it’s not funny, but some people are just so fkn stupid you have to laugh. Here’s my favourite:
Living on Zionist Time

In most parts of the world, the switch away from Daylight Saving Time proceeds smoothly. But the time change raised havoc with Palestinian terrorists this year.

Israel insisted on a premature switch from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time to accommodate a week of pre-sunrise prayers. Palestinians refused to live on “Zionist Time.” Two weeks of scheduling havoc ensued. Nobody knew the “correct” time.

At precisely 5:30pm on Sunday, two coordinated car bombs exploded in different cities, killing three terrorists who were transporting the bombs. It was initially believed that the devices had been detonated prematurely by klutzy amateurs. A closer look revealed the truth behind the explosions.

The bombs had been prepared in a Palestine-controlled area, and set to detonate on Daylight Saving Time. But the confused drivers had already switched to Standard Time. When they picked up the bombs, they neglected to ask whose watch was used to set the timing mechanism. As a result, the cars were still en-route when the explosives detonated, delivering the terrorists to their untimely demises.


Chlorinating the gene pool!

518 reine.de.tout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:30:02pm

Evenin’ all.
Am I late?

I’ve had a week:
1. Injured cat
2. Sick kid
3. Dead washing machine, sitting here since 10 a.m. half-full of soapy water that won’t drain, and sopping wet soapy clothes I haven’t yet decided what to do with.
4. Excited about my next glass project, trying to get it together, supplies are hard to find, believe it or not, and my pattern is off, I have to go get an expert’s opinion tomorrow (I hope)
5. Need to paint a room and I’ve finally decided on a color; have to get paint, etc.
6. Need to find the tent for daughter’s camping trip, when the promised tent from one of the others has apparently been discovered to have been stolen and is therefore not available.
AND
7. It’s raining but the dog wants to go out anyhow. pfft.

I can’t call the repairman about the washing machine because whatever I do, I will NOT ask the right questions or order the right work, so I really need to just wait ‘til the Roi is home and can deal with it.

So, how is everyone else doing?

519 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:30:07pm

re: #487 ggt

I had 8 years of nuns.

Dude, nuns have powers.

O_O

520 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:30:09pm

Libya: Col Gaddafi’s son ‘in hiding on Venezuelan island’

Orlando Fernandez Medina said sources within the Venezuelan government had told him that one of Col. Gaddafi’s sons arrived on the island of Margarita around two days ago.

The claim, if shown to be true, could explain why William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said on Monday that he had reason to believe Col. Gaddafi himself was heading to Venezuela as protests against his regime threatened to topple him from power.

“The caller to the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry was Gaddafi’s son and not Gaddafi,” said Mr Medina, a former governor of the state of Lara in northwestern Venezuela.

521 reine.de.tout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:31:18pm

re: #519 laZardo

Dude, nuns have powers.

O_O

It’s the whole eyes in the back of the head thing.
My dad had those powers too.

522 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:31:30pm

re: #511 Thanos

Thanks!

Pioneer - 5.1-Ch. 3D Pass Through A/V Home Theater Receiver

Best Buy… 300 bucks. New!

Has USB and HDMI

523 reine.de.tout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:31:51pm

NJD, you’re back!
Great.

524 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:32:23pm

Ok, WTF?

Reid Takes On Old West, Says Time To Ban Brothels

Will gambling be next?

525 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:32:55pm

re: #523 reine.de.tout

NJD, you’re back!
Great.

Thank you! I guess I’m not as much of a dick as first thought.

526 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:33:25pm

Libyan Rebels Repel Qaddafi’s Forces Near Tripoli

Rebels seeking to overturn the 40-year rule of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi repelled a concerted assault by his forces on Thursday on cities close to the capital, removing any doubt that Libya’s patchwork of protests had evolved into an increasingly well-armed revolutionary movement.

The series of determined stands by rebel forces on Thursday — especially in the strategic city of Zawiyah, near important oil resources and 30 miles from the capital, Tripoli — presented the gravest threat yet to the Libyan leader. In Zawiyah, more than 100 people were killed as Colonel Qaddafi’s forces turned automatic weapons on a mosque filled with protesters, a witness said. Still, residents rallied afterward.

527 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:33:47pm

re: #515 NJDhockeyfan

Meanwhile Israel responds to attacks from Jimmy Carter’s friends…

IAF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza; 1 dead, 3 injured

Now, How do you properly spell Netanyahu’s first name?

Is this a new fad?

528 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:34:00pm

re: #522 Gus 802

Pioneer - 5.1-Ch. 3D Pass Through A/V Home Theater Receiver

Best Buy… 300 bucks. New!

Has USB and HDMI

[Link: www.pioneerelectronics.com…]

529 reine.de.tout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:34:01pm

re: #525 NJDhockeyfan

Thank you! I guess I’m not as much of a dick as first thought.

Just aggravating at times.
but hey, we all have our purpose in life, eh?

530 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:35:39pm

re: #518 reine.de.tout

Evenin’ all.
Am I late?

I’ve had a week:
1. Injured cat
2. Sick kid
3. Dead washing machine, sitting here since 10 a.m. half-full of soapy water that won’t drain, and sopping wet soapy clothes I haven’t yet decided what to do with.
4. Excited about my next glass project, trying to get it together, supplies are hard to find, believe it or not, and my pattern is off, I have to go get an expert’s opinion tomorrow (I hope)
5. Need to paint a room and I’ve finally decided on a color; have to get paint, etc.
6. Need to find the tent for daughter’s camping trip, when the promised tent from one of the others has apparently been discovered to have been stolen and is therefore not available.
AND
7. It’s raining but the dog wants to go out anyhow. pfft.

I can’t call the repairman about the washing machine because whatever I do, I will NOT ask the right questions or order the right work, so I really need to just wait ‘til the Roi is home and can deal with it.

So, how is everyone else doing?

about like yours …

531 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:35:41pm

re: #527 ggt

Now, How do you properly spell Netanyahu’s first name?

Is this a new fad?

I heard there are 112 ways to spell his name.
//

532 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:36:31pm

re: #525 NJDhockeyfan

Thank you! I guess I’m not as much of a dick as first thought.

We love you.

//Note that this sidesteps the amount of dick question.

533 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:36:44pm

re: #521 reine.de.tout

It’s the whole eyes in the back of the head thing.
My dad had those powers too.

Did you see the movie “Doubt” with Meryl Streep? The whole eyes-in-the-back-of-the-head thing is explained.

Very good movie BTW.

534 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:36:49pm

re: #518 reine.de.tout

Evenin’ all.
Am I late?

I’ve had a week:
1. Injured cat
2. Sick kid
3. Dead washing machine, sitting here since 10 a.m. half-full of soapy water that won’t drain, and sopping wet soapy clothes I haven’t yet decided what to do with.
4. Excited about my next glass project, trying to get it together, supplies are hard to find, believe it or not, and my pattern is off, I have to go get an expert’s opinion tomorrow (I hope)
5. Need to paint a room and I’ve finally decided on a color; have to get paint, etc.
6. Need to find the tent for daughter’s camping trip, when the promised tent from one of the others has apparently been discovered to have been stolen and is therefore not available.
AND
7. It’s raining but the dog wants to go out anyhow. pfft.

I can’t call the repairman about the washing machine because whatever I do, I will NOT ask the right questions or order the right work, so I really need to just wait ‘til the Roi is home and can deal with it.

So, how is everyone else doing?

My suggestion is use something to scoop the water out. This part will be tedious. When it gets low enough, scoop the clothes out, take them to the bathtub and wring them out.

You can then hang them dry, and when the washer is working again, wash them. If you leave it, you’ll have mold.

Just what I would do.

(Of course, I don’t get this problem. I get a helpful child adding detergent to the dryer. Have you ever tried to get the detergent out of the dryer. You have to get every last speck, or it will dry all over your wet clothes, and you’ll itch.)

535 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:36:50pm

re: #527 ggt

Now, How do you properly spell Netanyahu’s first name?

Is this a new fad?

Huh?

536 reine.de.tout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:37:58pm

re: #533 ggt

Did you see the movie “Doubt” with Meryl Streep? The whole eyes-in-the-back-of-the-head thing is explained.

Very good movie BTW.

I did see the movie, and enjoyed it a LOT more than I thought I would. Very good movie, as you say.

And my condolences on having a week like mine. I’m about to go crazy, pull my hair out, etc etc etc.

537 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:38:01pm

re: #535 SanFranciscoZionist

Huh?

Benjamin or Binyamin?

538 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:38:10pm

re: #533 ggt

Did you see the movie “Doubt” with Meryl Streep? The whole eyes-in-the-back-of-the-head thing is explained.

Very good movie BTW.

I couldn’t make up my mind about it.

539 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:38:42pm

re: #535 SanFranciscoZionist

Huh?

Benjamin or Binyamin?

540 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:39:08pm

re: #539 ggt

Benjamin or Binyamin?

GMTA

541 sagehen  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:39:17pm

re: #532 SanFranciscoZionist

We love you.

//Note that this sidesteps the amount of dick question.

On the internet, everybody’s dick is 9”.

542 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:39:27pm

re: #538 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I couldn’t make up my mind about it.

You could flip a coin.

543 Randall Gross  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:39:31pm

re: #522 Gus 802

Pioneer - 5.1-Ch. 3D Pass Through A/V Home Theater Receiver

Best Buy… 300 bucks. New!

Has USB and HDMI

What chaps my hide is that all of them have special cradles sold separately for IPhones , or Sirius radio antennas, etc…

I should figure out the pin outs on the connectors and start selling cheap adapters…. grrrr

544 Randall Gross  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:39:49pm

Time for some sleeps

545 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:40:18pm

re: #541 sagehen

On the internet, everybody’s dick is 9”.

Really?, mine is 6’ Tall.

/////I have a wonderful husband, reallly! Just couldn’t resist.

546 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:40:34pm

re: #540 laZardo

GMTA

So true …

547 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:40:47pm

re: #537 laZardo

Benjamin or Binyamin?

His name is Binyamin, but he spent a number of years in the States growing up—that’s where he gets that American accent in English from—and he used ‘Benjamin’ there, and still does when he’s abroad in the English-speaking world.

548 reine.de.tout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:41:14pm

re: #534 EmmmieG

What I’ll do tomorrow, is wring out the clothes and take them to the neighbor’s house for a rinse cycle. She wasn’t home today, so it will just have to wait ‘til tomorrow. My dryer works, so that’ll be OK. And I can hold out for a week without doing laundry. Not easily, but it can be done.

As to the kid adding detergent - whoa. I get it.

I once told my father-in-law that if he wanted to wash his hats, he should put them in the dishwasher instead of the washing machine.

So I come back into the house an hour or so later, and he’s standing at the dishwasher with a mop, water and suds are EVERYWHERE, he’s run the dishwasher like 5 times and it’s still putting out excess suds - turns out he used laundry detergent in the dishwasher. I really didn’t think I had to specify that he should use dishwasher detergent in the dishwasher, but apparently I should have.

549 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:41:27pm

re: #542 ggt

You could flip a coin.

I tried playing “Doubt: the Game” instead.

Youtube Video
550 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:41:34pm

Libyan: Qaddafi forces shoot hospital patients


A resident of the increasingly violent Libyan capital of Tripoli told CBS Radio News Thursday that armed supporters of Muammar Qaddafi, the country’s longtime leader, have stormed into hospitals to shoot wounded demonstrators and take dead bodies to an unknown location.

“They go in with guns into hospitals,” said the resident, identified only as Adel to protect his safety. “They take the bodies that are dead. In some hospitals, they have shot the wounded. This is true. I know it’s very strange for the States, but this is happening today in Tripoli.”

Because the situation in Libya is growing more dangerous day by day and reporting from the country is difficult for Western journalists, the statements Adel made to CBS Radio News could not be independently verified.

In one example of the violence in Libya, Adel said he saw 62 protesters killed and about 100 more wounded in Tripoli’s Green Square Tuesday.

“They’re putting the bodies on half pickup trucks, and they’re taking them somewhere we don’t know yet because they don’t want these bodies to go into hospitals,” Adel said.

That’s not the only action being taken to cover up what is happening in the capital, Adel said. Armed pro-government supporters Thursday were forcing people to help clean up parts of downtown Tripoli and paint buildings.

“There are some streets where he’s using the people in the houses; if they don’t go out, he will shoot them with gunpoint to do that,” Adel said.

Horrifying to say the least.

551 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:41:51pm

re: #547 SanFranciscoZionist

His name is Binyamin, but he spent a number of years in the States growing up—that’s where he gets that American accent in English from—and he used ‘Benjamin’ there, and still does when he’s abroad in the English-speaking world.

Can we just pick one spelling for journalism purposes?

552 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:43:39pm

re: #549 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I tried playing “Doubt: the Game” instead.


[Video]

Sega Genesis?

553 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:44:04pm

re: #548 reine.de.tout

What I’ll do tomorrow, is wring out the clothes and take them to the neighbor’s house for a rinse cycle. She wasn’t home today, so it will just have to wait ‘til tomorrow. My dryer works, so that’ll be OK. And I can hold out for a week without doing laundry. Not easily, but it can be done.

As to the kid adding detergent - whoa. I get it.

I once told my father-in-law that if he wanted to wash his hats, he should put them in the dishwasher instead of the washing machine.

So I come back into the house an hour or so later, and he’s standing at the dishwasher with a mop, water and suds are EVERYWHERE, he’s run the dishwasher like 5 times and it’s still putting out excess suds - turns out he used laundry detergent in the dishwasher. I really didn’t think I had to specify that he should use dishwasher detergent in the dishwasher, but apparently I should have.

If you get really desperate—laundromat.

554 sagehen  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:44:06pm

re: #551 ggt

Can we just pick one spelling for journalism purposes?

No.

“Just one spelling” is for people whose native language uses the same alphabet as the journalists writing about him.

555 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:44:08pm

re: #550 NJDhockeyfan

Libyan: Qaddafi forces shoot hospital patients

Horrifying to say the least.

oh Dear, that is triple-plus bad.

556 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:44:16pm

re: #551 ggt

Can we just pick one spelling for journalism purposes?

Bebe!

557 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:44:18pm

re: #551 ggt

Can we just pick one spelling for journalism purposes?

Sure, go for it. I just call him Bibi.

(True story: when he was first elected, the American Left reacted as though he were Pol Pot, and the end was nigh. I was on the phone with a college friend who was freaking out, and I said, “Hon, no matter what your e-mail lists are telling you, Bibi is really not going to be that big a change.”

She said, “You call him BIBI?”

558 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:46:15pm

re: #557 SanFranciscoZionist

Sure, go for it. I just call him Bibi.

(True story: when he was first elected, the American Left reacted as though he were Pol Pot, and the end was nigh. I was on the phone with a college friend who was freaking out, and I said, “Hon, no matter what your e-mail lists are telling you, Bibi is really not going to be that big a change.”

She said, “You call him BIBI?”

Better than BaBa?

559 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:47:09pm

re: #558 ggt

Better than BaBa?

My mother works with a woman who was a high school friend of Yoni Netanyahu’s. She says that Bibi was a complete pain in the ass, always wanting to tag along places with his brother and his friends.

560 reine.de.tout  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:47:48pm

re: #553 EmmmieG

If you get really desperate—laundromat.

Have you tried to find a laundromat lately?

There isn’t one, at least where I am. That was my first thought today, but I couldn’t locate one near enough to make it worth my while traveling to it rather than waiting for my neighbor to get home. May end up at daughter’s dorm laundry room, if nothing else. I figure letting those clothes soak in soapy water all night will get them good and clean.

Kindle is calling, just wanted to stop by and say hello, and I hope you all have a great evening and that you do NOT have a week like the one I just had!

561 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:49:03pm

re: #560 reine.de.tout

Have you tried to find a laundromat lately?

There isn’t one, at least where I am. That was my first thought today, but I couldn’t locate one near enough to make it worth my while traveling to it rather than waiting for my neighbor to get home. May end up at daughter’s dorm laundry room, if nothing else. I figure letting those clothes soak in soapy water all night will get them good and clean.

Kindle is calling, just wanted to stop by and say hello, and I hope you all have a great evening and that you do NOT have a week like the one I just had!

We have a few in our area. Nice ones too! My husband, wonderful man that he is, did the dirty deed when our washer went out. Took our son with. He said he was quite impressed with the one he used.

562 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:49:22pm

re: #559 SanFranciscoZionist

My mother works with a woman who was a high school friend of Yoni Netanyahu’s. She says that Bibi was a complete pain in the ass, always wanting to tag along places with his brother and his friends.

Damn kids!

563 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:49:24pm

re: #549 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I tried playing “Doubt: the Game” instead.

Dammit, I just lost. :C

564 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:49:42pm

We have a laundromat about 5 minutes from our house.

It has machines big enough to do a sleeping bag, which is why I know about it.

565 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:49:42pm

Gaddafi murders many more people than Mubarak and the world is like “we’ll get back to you on Tuesday.”

566 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:50:25pm

I’m still trying to fathom “shooting people in hosptials”.

WTF? Not even remotely able to defend themselves.

567 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:51:37pm

re: #565 Gus 802

Gaddafi murders many more people than Mubarak and the world is like “we’ll get back to you on Tuesday.”

What spelling is used on Tuesdays?

I agree, I think the international community is going to get seriously fired-up over this one. Friday prayers are going on soon, might be interesting to see what the Muslim world has to say tomorrow.

568 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:51:43pm

re: #565 Gus 802

Gaddafi murders many more people than Mubarak and the world is like “we’ll get back to you on Tuesday.”

Somewhere between three and five million people have died from war-related causes in the Congo over the last decade. The pink slips pile up on the world’s desk.

569 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:52:25pm

re: #565 Gus 802

Gaddafi murders many more people than Mubarak and the world is like “we’ll get back to you on Tuesday.”

They will have their cute little meeting at the UN tomorrow, sign a strongly-worded letter, and take the rest of the day off. I am expecting a lot by saying they will sign that letter.

570 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:52:35pm

re: #566 ggt

I’m still trying to fathom “shooting people in hosptials”.

WTF? Not even remotely able to defend themselves.

Didn’t Hamas do the same thing when they took Gaza?

571 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:53:09pm

re: #568 SanFranciscoZionist

Somewhere between three and five million people have died from war-related causes in the Congo over the last decade. The pink slips pile up on the world’s desk.

Well, yeah. Once again though here we (and I include the rest of the world) have a chance to do the right in the here and now and instead everyone’s taking their sweet ass time so to speak.

572 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:53:15pm

re: #570 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Didn’t Hamas do the same thing when they took Gaza?

That was Israel’s fault!
//

573 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:53:19pm

re: #559 SanFranciscoZionist

My mother works with a woman who was a high school friend of Yoni Netanyahu’s. She says that Bibi was a complete pain in the ass, always wanting to tag along places with his brother and his friends.

“Yoni” is just not a name I would want to be called.

:0

574 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:54:17pm

re: #573 ggt

“Yoni” is just not a name I would want to be called.

:0

The Israeli diminutive of David is ‘Dudu’.

We try to warn Israelis who come to States.

575 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:54:29pm

re: #570 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Didn’t Hamas do the same thing when they took Gaza?

I know. I just can’t fathom it.

the Depts of Human Inhumanity is beyond me.

576 sagehen  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:54:55pm

re: #565 Gus 802

Gaddafi murders many more people than Mubarak and the world is like “we’ll get back to you on Tuesday.”

1. Egypt is a client state, we trained their army, our generals are phone buddies with their generals. We have actual influence. This is not true of Libya.

2. Egypt is a high-value tourist destination. All the western nations would like to be able to continue sending tourists there. This is not true of Libya.

577 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:55:47pm

re: #574 SanFranciscoZionist

The Israeli diminutive of David is ‘Dudu’.

We try to warn Israelis who come to States.

Have you asked a Russian what “Yep” means in Russian?

578 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:56:15pm

re: #577 EmmmieG

Have you asked a Russian what “Yep” means in Russian?

Nope.

579 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:56:24pm

re: #576 sagehen

1. Egypt is a client state, we trained their army, our generals are phone buddies with their generals. We have actual influence. This is not true of Libya.

2. Egypt is a high-value tourist destination. All the western nations would like to be able to continue sending tourists there. This is not true of Libya.

I know. That’s all true. But it’s still wrong not to act more swiftly.

580 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:56:26pm

re: #577 EmmmieG

Have you asked a Russian what “Yep” means in Russian?

LOL!

581 Kragar  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:56:41pm

For all those people with hard names

Youtube Video
582 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:56:41pm

re: #578 SanFranciscoZionist

Nope.

I am, however, given to understand that ‘Nasrallah’ in Russian means ‘she took a dump’.

583 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:56:50pm

The UK and the Swiss are in the process of cutting off Mo’s bank accounts. He has lots of money in the US too. Will we freeze that money as well?

Libya has billions in US banks: cable

Libya holds billions of dollars in US bank accounts, according to a confidential US diplomatic cable, which casts light on the global span of the country’s oil wealth.

According to a 2010 message from the US embassy in Tripoli, obtained by WikiLeaks, Libya’s sovereign wealth fund holds $32 billion in cash and “several American banks are each managing $300-500 million.”

The revelations were made by the fund’s boss Mohamed Layas who said most of the $32 billion was “in bank deposits that will give us good long-term returns.”

As international anger grows over Moamer Kadhafi’s brutal crackdown on protesters, some of those assets abroad could be transformed into targets for international sanctions, if tied to the regime.

While US officials have not specified what steps could be taken against Libya, Washington has recently frozen assets held by Iranian, Zimbabwean and Belorussian officials over rights abuses.

“We have a wide range of tools,” said State Department spokesman Philip Crowley Thursday, noting financial sanctions were one option.

584 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:57:29pm

re: #583 NJDhockeyfan

The UK and the Swiss are in the process of cutting off Mo’s bank accounts. He has lots of money in the US too. Will we freeze that money as well?

Libya has billions in US banks: cable

If we did that it might create an international incident…

585 FemNaziBitch  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:58:02pm

I gotta sleep.

have a great night/morning all!

586 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:58:34pm

While the world watches. It’s like watching My Dinner with Andre.

587 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:59:06pm

re: #584 ggt

If we did that it might create an international incident…

Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

588 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:59:28pm

re: #583 NJDhockeyfan

The UK and the Swiss are in the process of cutting off Mo’s bank accounts. He has lots of money in the US too. Will we freeze that money as well?

Libya has billions in US banks: cable

Depends. Have the oil companies gotten their profits out yet? If yes, freeze. If not, ignore.

589 NJDhockeyfan  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 10:01:17pm

Later lizards, this dick is sleepy and has go to bed now.

590 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 10:02:13pm

North Korea destroys Seoul, South Korea in nuclear attack. UN Security Council to meet next Wednesday to discuss possible actions which may include economic sanctions.

//

591 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 10:07:26pm

re: #590 Gus 802

North Korea destroys Seoul, South Korea in nuclear attack. UN Security Council to meet next Wednesday to discuss possible actions which may include economic sanctions.

//

I vote we replace the entire UN with the boot-to-the-head monks.

592 laZardo  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 10:09:10pm

re: #577 EmmmieG

Have you asked a Russian what “Yep” means in Russian?

Or an Albanian what “car” and “peach” mean in Albanian?

/top gear wisdom

593 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 10:15:37pm

Long day tomorrow. I’m due to be Band Mom again. I’ve been Band Mom all week, along with Camp Mom, and I’m ready to pass the baton to someone else, but can’t do it until after this weekend.

594 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 10:17:04pm

re: #526 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Libyan Rebels Repel Qaddafi’s Forces Near Tripoli

100 murdered in a place of worship. All to sustain the reign of a mad dictator.

The world can be pretty shitty sometimes.

595 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 10:18:59pm

re: #588 wlewisiii

Depends. Have the oil companies gotten their profits out yet? If yes, freeze. If not, ignore.

No, we have any of the Crazy Colonel’s dough, we’ll freeze it.

596 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 10:29:25pm

Goodnight, all.

597 Gus  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 10:30:58pm

Same here. Later folks… Moose Tracks ice cream and Hulu is on the agenda.

598 treasured people  Thu, Feb 24, 2011 10:42:45pm

Here in Israel, all is calm. Rumor has it that Gaddafi is considering seeking asylum here since Israel is the only country in the Middle East that does not have capital punishment, even for murderous convicted terrorists.

599 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Feb 25, 2011 1:42:34am

re: #577 EmmmieG

Have you asked a Russian what “Yep” means in Russian?

It doesn’t really mean anything in Russian, though I know what you’re getting at. In that case it’s better to ask about “yob” (hey there, WUB!).

600 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Feb 25, 2011 1:45:09am

re: #141 Charles

Another movie available for free through Amazon Prime that I highly recommend:

Let the Right One In.

A lot of vampire movies really suck, but this one was an interesting take on the subject, technically very well done from all angles. Watch the subtitled one, the dubbed version loses a lot of the atmosphere.

And at some point it even becomes “Let the sunshibe in!”. Oops, spoiler.

601 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Feb 25, 2011 1:51:25am

re: #1 darthstar

The Human Centipede looks a bit disturbing. Having read the review, I think I’ll leave that one off my must-watch list.

Not really more disturbing than Saw or stuff like that.

602 BongCrodny  Fri, Feb 25, 2011 3:15:50am

re: #138 Walter L. Newton

I was a big time Infocom geek… never solved any of the games, but had a great time trying. I have a number of the rom images and the “Z” engine on my computer, that enable me to play the old games.

The Zork series has been released in public domain and you can get the downloads for the PC legally.

The Zork Trilogy, Zork Zero, Beyond Zork, Infidel, Wishbringer, Hollywood Hijinx, Planetfall, Stationfall, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, A Mind Forever Voyaging, Bureaucracy, The Lurking Horror, Nord and Bert Couldn’t Make Head or Tail of It…

…but my favorite was probably Trinity:

As the game begins, the player’s character is spending a final day of a London vacation in the Kensington Gardens. The evening flight back to the United States is looking increasingly unlikely for a number of unusual reasons. Hordes of nannies are blocking all exits from the Gardens, and the grass actively resists efforts to be walked upon. Worst of all, a gleam on the horizon soon heralds the unwelcome arrival of a Soviet nuclear missile. Time begins to slow as the missile approaches, and with some ingenuity the player’s character finds an incongruous door hovering in mid-air. There’s no telling where it may lead, but it can’t possibly be worse than the alternative of being at ground zero of a nuclear detonation…

—Wikipedia


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