Overnight Baby Rhino

Some of Iowa’s top Republican campaign contributors, unhappy with their choices in the developing presidential field, are venturing to New Jersey in hopes they can persuade first-term Gov. Chris Christie to run. The entreaty is the latest sign of dissatisfaction within the GOP over the crop of candidates competing for the chance to run against President Barack Obama in 2012.

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boxhead Mon, May 9, 2011 1:22:52am

re: #6 freetoken

Especially with the President, and especially in Texas:

Disgruntled Texas Republicans await Obama’s visit

Interesting…. I don’t agree with New York getting a shuttle instead of Texas. Was New York even involved with the program?

And I am also curious over the denial of Federal aid for the wild fires. Is there some threshold regarding monetary damages?

But I would think that the Pres would not be that welcome by Texas GOP lawmakers even if the above were not issues.

Irenicum Mon, May 9, 2011 1:28:01am

Such a dastardly cute little RINO! I bet he passed comprehensive healthcare coverage in Massachusetts!

Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 1:29:57am

re: #6 freetoken

Especially with the President, and especially in Texas:

Disgruntled Texas Republicans await Obama’s visit

The first line reads:

WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama will Texas on Tuesday,[…]

Tomorrow on every wingnut blog: BHO illegally raising taxes this tuesday!

Irenicum Mon, May 9, 2011 1:42:17am

All I can say, in light of last night’s interview, President Obama rocked! And I watched it twice. I mean, damn! I’m proud of him and our country. We got the job done in getting rid this evil bastard. As the president said, anyone who disputes how we got it done needs to have his head examined. He needed to be dead. And President Obama got er done. I’m glad for that.

Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 1:44:47am

re: #8 boxhead

Interesting… I don’t agree with New York getting a shuttle instead of Texas. Was New York even involved with the program?

And I am also curious over the denial of Federal aid for the wild fires. Is there some threshold regarding monetary damages?

But I would think that the Pres would not be that welcome by Texas GOP lawmakers even if the above were not issues.

I don’t think the feds should be hostile to Texas, if that’s what’s going on. I haven’t followed these stories so I couldn’t say.

Having lived there I don’t believe that many Texans would really appreciate any federal help should they get it. When it is something they want they have a mighty sense of entitlement and when it is something they don’t agree with it’s time to split from the union. But if it is within the law I think we should help them, appreciated or not.

boxhead Mon, May 9, 2011 1:46:46am

re: #11 Irenicum

amen… I sent the video link to my Right leaning friends hoping they will see what I see. No one is perfect and certainly not Pres Obama. But damn if his description of the effort and hard work done by so many was not as close to perfect as it gets. He looked as Presidential as anyone ever.

boxhead Mon, May 9, 2011 1:50:13am

re: #12 prononymous

I don’t think the feds should be hostile to Texas, if that’s what’s going on. I haven’t followed these stories so I couldn’t say.

I would be extremely petty and juvenile. I would be very disappointed if this was so.

boxhead Mon, May 9, 2011 1:52:08am

re: #14 boxhead

I would be extremely petty and juvenile. I would be very disappointed if this was so.

“It would” not “I would”…. arrrr I wish Charles would allow editing… typos at 1:51 AM happen.. :)

Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 1:53:21am

re: #14 boxhead

Indeed, me as well. Even if they don’t appreciate it, we should help our citizens equally.

Irenicum Mon, May 9, 2011 1:53:23am

re: #13 boxhead

Exactly. He was hard ass in this interview. I mean, seriously? Calm, cool, collected, but dead serious about getting the job done. Gotta luv no drama Obama.

boxhead Mon, May 9, 2011 1:56:13am

re: #17 Irenicum

Exactly. He was hard ass in this interview. I mean, seriously? Calm, cool, collected, but dead serious about getting the job done. Gotta luv no drama Obama.

lol…. he can be a bit dramatic, but I believe he REALLY cares about USA and tries hard to be as honorable as possible.

boxhead Mon, May 9, 2011 1:58:52am

Good night all….. need to stop with the computing… :)

Irenicum Mon, May 9, 2011 1:59:26am

re: #18 boxhead

Yep. I just wish my ideological friends on the far right would see this. But sadly political idolatry, both left and right, tends to blind us. Ugh.

Irenicum Mon, May 9, 2011 2:00:44am

re: #19 boxhead

Ditto. Can’t believe I’m up right now. Gotta luv insomnia.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 2:43:38am

If there’s a light on? I can’t sleep. Wife got up at five, has to leave for work at seven. Turns on bathroom light, opens door, goes downstairs for 15 minutes. She knows how much it bothers me and absolutely refuses to change anything about her morning routine to help me out in this matter.

Her middle initial is C. That stands for Cheryl. Certainly not Courtesy.

Frackin’ Grrr.

Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 2:59:56am

re: #22 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I know how you feel. I wish the sun would stop coming up when I’m about to go to sleep. :(

freetoken Mon, May 9, 2011 3:03:51am

MP3 Audio

freetoken Mon, May 9, 2011 3:19:53am

MP3 Audio

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 3:20:46am

re: #23 prononymous

Yeah, but I don’t get mad at the sun. This totally pisses me off. She’s off this afternoon at three and can sleep after that all she wants. I may work until midnight tonight.

Does she give a shit? NOOOooo!

Fortunately? I’m not bitter.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 3:23:21am

re: #24 freetoken

re: #25 freetoken

You play such great music. Thanks.

Can you tell us who/what when you list these? Unless there is a reason that you don’t.

researchok Mon, May 9, 2011 3:26:50am

Morning, all

freetoken Mon, May 9, 2011 3:31:23am

re: #27 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Well thanks, but I just play what I’m listening to at this time of night as I explore the net.

First one was by Debussy - it’s a rerun from a few weeks ago but it is good night music.

The second is a little known piece by Satie called “Gnossienne N.3” as orchestrated by Poulenc.

I came across the latter while I was (and still am) searching for a very very well known piece whose name I’ve forgotten, which I heard tonight on a TV show.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 3:33:14am

re: #29 freetoken

Thought I recognized the Debussy. Is that Gary’s cousin?

The other? No idea.

Thanks again.

researchok Mon, May 9, 2011 3:35:04am

re: #27 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

re: #25 freetoken

You play such great music. Thanks.

Can you tell us who/what when you list these? Unless there is a reason that you don’t.

The music has become a part of my AM routine

researchok Mon, May 9, 2011 3:36:35am

re: #30 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Thought I recognized the Debussy. Is that Gary’s cousin?

The other? No idea.

Thanks again.

His French cousin

freetoken Mon, May 9, 2011 3:37:17am

re: #31 researchok

I use it to wind down before I catch some sleep, to try and calm away the angst from reading all the asininity on various blogs and news items.

researchok Mon, May 9, 2011 3:38:13am

re: #33 freetoken

I use it to wind down before I catch some sleep, to try and calm away the angst from reading all the asininity on various blogs and news items.

That must take a whole lot of music

freetoken Mon, May 9, 2011 3:39:53am

re: #34 researchok

That must take a whole lot of music

Fortunately the internet has millions of recordings just a touch away!

researchok Mon, May 9, 2011 3:42:45am

re: #35 freetoken

Fortunately the internet has millions of recordings just a touch away!

I’ve come to really appreciate these orchestral pieces

Just the right AM serving

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 3:46:05am

re: #29 freetoken

Just read Debussy’s Wiki, (It’s how I learn)

He was a flipping cad.

freetoken Mon, May 9, 2011 3:46:41am

re: #37 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just read Debussy’s Wiki, (It’s how I learn)

He was a flipping cad.

He was French.

researchok Mon, May 9, 2011 3:46:43am

re: #37 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just read Debussy’s Wiki, (It’s how I learn)

He was a flipping cad.

Married to Claire du Lune.
/

Obdicut Mon, May 9, 2011 3:47:17am

re: #36 researchok

Here’s another great part of the internet:

[Link: www.archive.org…]

[Link: www.freeotrshows.com…]

I love those guys.

researchok Mon, May 9, 2011 3:49:14am

re: #40 Obdicut

Here’s another great part of the internet:

[Link: www.archive.org…]

[Link: www.freeotrshows.com…]

I love those guys.

Great link!

Bookmarked for my afternoon break.

researchok Mon, May 9, 2011 3:53:31am

Check these out

OTR.Network Library

RadioLovers.com - Where Old Radio Shows Live Again

Archive

Something new I an obsess over.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 3:55:02am

Interesting the places that the internetz take you when you’re just snooping around.

Toni Tennille? Captain and Tennille? Sang back up on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” and was a main back up for Elton John (most notably “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me”). She and her husband also played keyboards for the Beach Boys.

I did not know that.

Obdicut Mon, May 9, 2011 4:03:00am

re: #43 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My favorite thing about the internet quickly became fact-checking. All those urban legends or just partial stories i’d heard, I could check out.

Vicious Babushka Mon, May 9, 2011 4:03:45am

re: #4 SanFranciscoZionist

Shan’t.

I’m researching necklaces shaped like Palestine.

Got some at the Zionist Mall.

sattv4u2 Mon, May 9, 2011 4:04:19am

re: #43 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Interesting the places that the internetz take you when you’re just snooping around.

Thank God you don’t know my real name!!

Oh,,, wait ,, you do ,,,

damn!

Varek Raith Mon, May 9, 2011 4:05:28am

re: #46 sattv4u2

Interesting the places that the internetz take you when you’re just snooping around.

Thank God you don’t know my real name!!

Oh,,, wait ,, you do ,,,

damn!

Everyone does.
Mt. Sat Tv 4u2.

Vicious Babushka Mon, May 9, 2011 4:09:46am

Wings held on to win last night. For some reason I could not find the game on TV.

Vicious Babushka Mon, May 9, 2011 4:12:48am

re: #45 Alouette

Got some at the Zionist Mall.

Here’s another one.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 4:16:07am

re: #48 Alouette

The Mavericks squeaked one out also.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 4:21:36am

Morning all!

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 4:22:08am

re: #50 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The Mavericks squeaked one out also.

Not much of a squeak. The Lakers went out like punks.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 4:24:02am

re: #52 RogueOne

I mistakenly thought that Bynum was Artest. I need to apologize to the thug for mistaking him for a thug.

Obdicut Mon, May 9, 2011 4:27:53am

re: #53 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It was an ugly final game for Jackson. He deserved better.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 4:28:06am

re: #53 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I mistakenly thought that Bynum was Artest. I need to apologize to the thug for mistaking him for a thug.

I miss Artest. He’s a great player and everyone knows it’s only a matter of time before he snaps and does something stupid.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 4:28:34am

re: #54 Obdicut

It was an ugly final game for Jackson. He deserved better.

Shame for Jackson; you’re right.

Let’s just hope my Celtics can keep the momentum.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 4:28:45am

re: #54 Obdicut

It was an ugly final game for Jackson. He deserved better.

Getting swept and stomped in your last series is a lousy way to retire.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 4:30:09am

re: #55 RogueOne

I was watching that Detroit/Pacer’s game in a Karaoke bar when the “brawl” broke out. Slowly everything in the bar shut down (even the music) and people just stared at the screen in amazement.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 4:33:34am

re: #58 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I was watching that Detroit/Pacer’s game in a Karaoke bar when the “brawl” broke out. Slowly everything in the bar shut down (even the music) and people just stared at the screen in amazement.

That game and Larry Bird ruined the pacers for the better part of a decade.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 4:33:36am

re: #58 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

As much as I dislike him, I can’t imagine Kobe doing anything like that.

Ericus58 Mon, May 9, 2011 4:35:25am

re: #48 Alouette

Wings held on to win last night. For some reason I could not find the game on TV.

A most exciting comeback, loved it!
I was able to watch it on, had several choices.
Back to Hockeytown!

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 4:37:17am

re: #59 RogueOne

What is Larry doing so wrong?

My favorite player of the last 20 years? Reggie Miller (not the best player, but my favorite).

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 4:40:36am

Morning, everyone. Afternoon here. Sunny and windy in Scotland.

Osama bin Laden Aided by Rogue Elements of Pakistani Intelligence, Says Government Official

Not that we were in any doubt about that, but there it is.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 4:41:31am

re: #63 iceweasel

Hmmm. I wonder if anyone had the code name “Rogue 1”.

Just wondering.
/

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 4:43:06am

re: #64 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hmmm. I wonder if anyone had the code name “Rogue 1”.

Just wondering.
/

Obama’s secret service code name is Renegade, IIRC.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 4:44:26am

re: #65 iceweasel

Obama’s secret service code name is Renegade, IIRC.

Sigh… I guess it’s not anymore! Thanks Scottie….

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 4:45:43am

re: #66 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sigh… I guess it’s not anymore! Thanks Scottie…

How are you doing, FBV? I hope yesterday went well for you. I know you must miss your mom.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 4:46:21am

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What is Larry doing so wrong?

My favorite player of the last 20 years? Reggie Miller (not the best player, but my favorite).

He’s made exactly 1 good pick during his tenure, Granger. He got rid of the only decent coach they’ve had since Larry Brown, Rick Carlisle, who seems to be doing pretty well in Dallas. And to top it off he all but blamed the ownership this last week for all the teams problems. I’d like to see him go this off season.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 4:47:21am

re: #64 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hmmm. I wonder if anyone had the code name “Rogue 1”.

Just wondering.
/

My stock answers to just about everything…”I didn’t do it” and “I’ve never met that girl in my life”.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 4:47:49am

re: #67 iceweasel

It actually was okay, thank you. The ramp up was harder. I mourn Mom, but feel so sorry for Dad. He’s dating a very nice lady and is very happy. That cushions the blow dramatically.

They’re going to get married. At 77 you don’t have a lot of time to date around.

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 4:48:04am

re: #69 RogueOne

My stock answers to just about everything…”I didn’t do it” and “I’ve never met that girl in my life”.

Slapped by any bridesmaids lately? /

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 4:49:06am

re: #70 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It actually was okay, thank you. The ramp up was harder. I mourn Mom, but feel so sorry for Dad. He’s dating a very nice lady and is very happy. That cushions the blow dramatically.

They’re going to get married. At 77 you don’t have a lot of time to date around.

I saw your comment about your dad and updinged it! I think that’s great.

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 4:51:07am

BBIAB. Have a great day, lizards!

Achilles Tang Mon, May 9, 2011 5:01:42am

Morning. I came across this on google news this morning.

Roger. L. Simon

Wasn’t Charles involved with Pajamas Media once, or do I have it confused with something else?

This Roger. L. should rename himself “L. Roger. Simon” for effect, just to enhance the asshole image.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 5:15:58am

re: #71 iceweasel

Slapped by any bridesmaids lately? /

I’ve even tried the “It’s not what it looks like!” when caught red-handed and pants down. Didn’t work but I tried.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 5:16:40am

re: #74 Naso Tang

Every time I see that Roger and his hats? I think of this Roger and this hat.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 5:17:37am

re: #75 RogueOne

With her hair up in curlers
And her pants to her knees.
Siiigned… Just married…

-John Prine

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 5:19:45am

I had the best damn avatar yesterday and somone stole it before Mother’s day was over. Me sad.

I guess that’s what I get for linking it before-hand.

Linker beware!

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 5:21:07am

re: #77 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My roommates gf hated me. I was in my bedroom with a nice young lady and she called my gf and told her she was planning a surprise for me and my roommate and told her to swing by. It was a surprise alright.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 5:25:21am

re: #79 RogueOne

Well, Mr. Debussy…

(reference from earlier)

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 5:31:46am

Cairo tense after religious clashes
[Link: english.aljazeera.net…]

Egyptian troops are out in force in central Cairo after weekend riots left 12 people dead and more than 200 injured.
Clashes between Muslims and Copts have raised fears that more sectarian strife could erupt in the country which remains under military rule three months after former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 5:37:35am

Syria Reportedly Detains Hundreds In Fresh Raids
[Link: www.npr.org…]

A rights activist said Syrian security forces are conducting house-to-house raids across the country, detaining hundreds of people as part of a widening crackdown on anti-government protests.

Rami Abdul-Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the arrests are zeroing in on the demonstrations’ organizers and participants.

Monday’s raids were focused on the central city of Homs, the coastal city of Banias, some suburbs of the capital Damascus and villages around the southern flashpoint city of Daraa, he said.

The continued crackdown suggests that President Bashar Assad’s autocratic regime is determined to crush the uprising by force and intimidation, despite rapidly escalating international outrage and a death toll that has topped 630 civilians since the unrest began in mid-March, according to rights groups.

Activists reported that a 12-year-old boy died amid gunfire and shelling from tanks and security forces that rattled Homs on Sunday. They said authorities also arrested a 10-year-old boy, apparently to punish his parents, and filed charges against a leading opposition figure who is suffering from cancer.

Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 5:39:03am

Sorry fellow male lizards, as I have said before, we are redundant. :(

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 5:43:58am

re: #75 RogueOne

I’ve even tried the “It’s not what it looks like!” when caught red-handed and pants down. Didn’t work but I tried.

You have the best stories. :)

garhighway Mon, May 9, 2011 5:50:06am

re: #7 freetoken

And, it looks like Iowa GOP deep-pocket donors are not pleased with the choices they’ve seen so far:

Top Iowa Republican donors court New Jersey Gov. Christie to run for president in 2012

Morning all. It is a gorgeous morning here in NYC. (They have been few and far between this spring, so we are liking it.)

Remember the Fred Thompson boomlet in 2008? I wonder who will be this cycle’s Fred Thompson?

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 5:50:49am

re: #84 iceweasel

It was an ugly scene, lots of screaming, them taking turns beating on me while I was trying to get my clothes on…..getting busted blows.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 5:51:21am

re: #85 garhighway

Morning all. It is a gorgeous morning here in NYC. (They have been few and far between this spring, so we are liking it.)

Remember the Fred Thompson boomlet in 2008? I wonder who will be this cycle’s Fred Thompson?

I’m afraid it’s going to be Daniels but I’m still holding out hope.

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 5:53:07am

re: #85 garhighway

Morning all. It is a gorgeous morning here in NYC. (They have been few and far between this spring, so we are liking it.)

Remember the Fred Thompson boomlet in 2008? I wonder who will be this cycle’s Fred Thompson?

Hard to say, given that we have people like Sideshow Sarah this year.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 5:53:29am

re: #85 garhighway

If Christie decides to jump in I can imagine the “I’m not ready to be president” soundbite running in ads 24/7

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 5:54:29am

re: #86 RogueOne

It was an ugly scene, lots of screaming, them taking turns beating on me while I was trying to get my clothes on…getting busted blows.

It sounds ugly, but so does your roommate”s girlfriend. I never know what to do in those situations, but why was it her business?

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 6:02:47am

re: #90 iceweasel

It sounds ugly, but so does your roommate”s girlfriend. I never know what to do in those situations, but why was it her business?

She hated me and a lot of it was my own fault. In my younger years if I knew someone didn’t like me, which happened a lot, I’d go out of my way to poke ‘em. Plus, I was always dragging my roommate into trouble. Paybacks are a bitch I guess.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 6:03:58am

Is Gus now offline until the move is completed?

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 6:05:58am

re: #92 RogueOne

Is Gus now offline until the move is completed?

He was breaking down his computer in the morning, which may be right now. I think he isn’t going to be online til he’s done moving which will be a few days at least.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 6:08:49am

re: #93 iceweasel

He was breaking down his computer in the morning, which may be right now. I think he isn’t going to be online til he’s done moving which will be a few days at least.

I hope he enjoys his new digs. I was only in Denver for 6 months and I still think about moving there every so often. He’ll still have some mountains in the background, unlike Indiana where the only view is miles of corn, so that might take the sting out of it a bit.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 6:10:45am

This is a battle Ahmad can’t win:

Ahmadinejad fights rare public battle with Iran’s leader
[Link: edition.cnn.com…]

On Sunday, Ahmadinejad denied reports that Amirifar had been accused of “sorcery.”

According to Iran’s state-run Press TV agency, Ahmadinejad said: “Those who accuse the government of being influenced by superstitions are ‘joking.’”

But as recently as last Friday, the crowd at the state-sanctioned prayer service in Tehran chanted “death to opponents of the supreme leader.”

Long-time observers of Persian politics saw the chant, which was broadcast on state radio, as a warning to the embattled president.

iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 6:10:48am

re: #94 RogueOne

I hope he enjoys his new digs. I was only in Denver for 6 months and I still think about moving there every so often. He’ll still have some mountains in the background, unlike Indiana where the only view is miles of corn, so that might take the sting out of it a bit.

I hope he does too. He was in Denver for a very long time so any move is a big change. I’m going to miss seeing him here in the mornings— not sure when he’ll have net access again. He’s a great guy.

I don’t think he’ll be in phone contact while he’s moving but I’ll definitely be talking to him when he’s settled.

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 6:19:55am

This is from yesterday but I hadn’t seen it:

Alleged rape victim flees Libya
[Link: edition.cnn.com…]

Eman al-Obeidy, who garnered worldwide attention for her vocal rape allegations against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, says she has fled Libya, fearing for her safety.

Al-Obeidy told CNN that she crossed into Tunisia on Thursday with the help of a defecting military officer and his family.

She said she left Tripoli in a military car, wearing a head cover that hid everything except one eye.

Al-Obeidy said she entered at the Dahibah border crossing disguised “in the local manner” and was not challenged. She described the trip from Tripoli as “very tiring.”

Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 6:21:46am

re: #92 RogueOne

Is Gus now offline until the move is completed?

Where’s he moving to?

RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 6:22:17am

re: #98 Killgore Trout

CA. drawing a blank on the locality.

100

Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, May 9, 2011 6:23:03am

Morning Honcos.

101

Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, May 9, 2011 6:27:11am

Sent my resume to a new restaurant opening soon in regards to a management position. Got a response back after 15 minutes. But then again, I just jinxed it.:)

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Political Atheist Mon, May 9, 2011 6:27:31am

re: #95 RogueOne
Did you see this page linked to Haaretz? Not that I expect them to have a good read on Iran…
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 6:33:26am

re: #101 Cannadian Club Akbar

Sent my resume to a new restaurant opening soon in regards to a management position. Got a response back after 15 minutes. But then again, I just jinxed it.:)

You make your own destiny. But I wish you good luck none the less. :)

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RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 6:33:43am

re: #102 Rightwingconspirator

Did you see this page linked to Haaretz? Not that I expect them to have a good read on Iran…
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

Anything that makes him uncomfortable is fine with me. This story is going around too:

Iran: Several Wounded In Clashes Between Khamenei, Ahmadinejad Supporters
[Link: www.eurasiareview.com…]

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jc717 Mon, May 9, 2011 6:35:31am

A day late, but still very cute:
Ten Cute Animal Moms!

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 6:35:31am

Image: VWuwQ.jpg

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Political Atheist Mon, May 9, 2011 6:46:17am

Question-Is Wired helping or hurting with this series?

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RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 6:49:03am

Thank you Illinois and S. Carolina:

Online retailer Amazon repays Indiana sales tax policy
[Link: www.indystar.com…]

Amazon.com is planning to open a third large distribution center with hundreds of jobs in tax-friendly Indiana, finding refuge from other states that have attempted to force the online retail giant to collect sales tax.

Seattle-based Amazon is announcing today that it plans to open a 900,000-square-foot Internet order fulfillment center in Indianapolis this summer but gave few other details. It declined to disclose the facility’s precise location.

Company officials said the facility will create hundreds of jobs. That figure could go higher, considering that an existing Amazon fulfillment center in Whitestown has 1,200 full-time workers. Another in Plainfield opened with 350.

I helped with the steel work on the one in Whitestown. It’s a massive building, 600k sq. ft.

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Semper Fi Mon, May 9, 2011 6:52:53am

re: #108 RogueOne

Thank you Illinois and S. Carolina:

Online retailer Amazon repays Indiana sales tax policy
[Link: www.indystar.com…]

I helped with the steel work on the one in Whitestown. It’s a massive building, 600k sq. ft.

Hundreds of new tax payers. I like it.
Good morning all..

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RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 6:55:08am

re: #107 Rightwingconspirator

Question-Is Wired helping or hurting with this series?

Knowledge is Power.

The More You Know!

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reine.de.tout Mon, May 9, 2011 6:55:18am

re: #106 Killgore Trout

Image: VWuwQ.jpg

hahaha!
Now, that’s funny!

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RogueOne Mon, May 9, 2011 7:17:20am

I know it’s Drudge but this is funny:

SHOCK PHOTO: TSA LOOKING FOR ‘POOP BOMBS?’
[Link: desmond.yfrog.com…]

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garhighway Mon, May 9, 2011 7:35:10am

Today, from Krugman:

[Link: www.nytimes.com…]

sample:

The past three years have been a disaster for most Western economies. The United States has mass long-term unemployment for the first time since the 1930s. Meanwhile, Europe’s single currency is coming apart at the seams. How did it all go so wrong?

Well, what I’ve been hearing with growing frequency from members of the policy elite — self-appointed wise men, officials, and pundits in good standing — is the claim that it’s mostly the public’s fault. The idea is that we got into this mess because voters wanted something for nothing, and weak-minded politicians catered to the electorate’s foolishness.

So this seems like a good time to point out that this blame-the-public view isn’t just self-serving, it’s dead wrong.

The fact is that what we’re experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. The policies that got us into this mess weren’t responses to public demand. They were, with few exceptions, policies championed by small groups of influential people — in many cases, the same people now lecturing the rest of us on the need to get serious. And by trying to shift the blame to the general populace, elites are ducking some much-needed reflection on their own catastrophic mistakes.

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Obdicut Mon, May 9, 2011 7:36:54am

re: #113 garhighway

And until they take accountability, the economy will continue to suck for the middle class and the poor.

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 7:37:23am

Hot Air wingnuts are outraged….
Quit wasting time on ObamaCare rollbacks, says … Allen West?
The Tea Party’s over.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 7:40:30am

The “Karma window” looks different under FF4. Or did Charles change it?

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 7:41:45am

re: #116 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The “Karma window” looks different under FF4. Or did Charles change it?

I think that’s Firefox. I’m not digging the latest update.

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reine.de.tout Mon, May 9, 2011 7:42:29am

re: #116 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The “Karma window” looks different under FF4. Or did Charles change it?

Mine looks the same.
I’m not crazy about firefox.

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 7:46:08am

Gingrich announcing 2012 bid on Wed.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 7:46:48am

re: #117 Killgore Trout

Yeah… me neither. But nothing’s really messed up. Gonna leave it for a bit. I’ll probably get used to it.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 7:49:22am

re: #119 Killgore Trout

The list of losers is expanding quickly.

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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 9, 2011 7:49:45am

re: #117 Killgore Trout

I think that’s Firefox. I’m not digging the latest update.

I’ve heard too many negatives to go anywhere near FF4. I went to Chrome instead and find it a much more pleasant experience. Fast and stable - who’da thunk?

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 7:51:16am

re: #122 wlewisiii

One more person on the Apple wagon. Killin’ more Chinese programmers. Hope you’re satisfied with your smug self.
/

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 7:53:11am

I listened to Elton John’s “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy” this morning on youtube. The whole album is there. Studio version. Album cover (one of the best ever!) is the video.

Boy, what a great way to start off a week.

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garhighway Mon, May 9, 2011 7:54:36am

re: #121 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The list of losers is expanding quickly.

SNL did a nice faux debate with the unannounced this past Saturday night.

Bobby Moynihan as Newt.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 7:59:41am

Snicker…

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Semper Fi Mon, May 9, 2011 8:03:20am

re: #124 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I listened to Elton John’s “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy” this morning on youtube. The whole album is there. Studio version. Album cover (one of the best ever!) is the video.

Boy, what a great way to start off a week.

I’ll listen to Elton a little later today. Yesterday, while the mighty Lakers were taking it on the chin, I listened to Cat Stevens “Tea for the Tillerman” I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed him.

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lawhawk Mon, May 9, 2011 8:04:15am

re: #126 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Youtube Video

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Semper Fi Mon, May 9, 2011 8:04:36am

re: #124 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I listened to Elton John’s “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy” this morning on youtube. The whole album is there. Studio version. Album cover (one of the best ever!) is the video.

Boy, what a great way to start off a week.

“Tea for the Tillerman”: the album

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lawhawk Mon, May 9, 2011 8:07:03am

re: #117 Killgore Trout

Funny, but I think the FF4 is much more stable than 3; haven’t tried chrome though to compare. Wont ever go back to IE if I can help it though. IE sucks the light fantastic.

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 8:07:24am

re: #121 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The list of losers is expanding quickly.

Hopefully the upcoming 2012 defeat will wake up the Republicans. They are no longer a serious political party. It’ll be interesting to see where they go from here but they need a new direction.

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iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 8:08:15am

re: #130 lawhawk

Funny, but I think the FF4 is much more stable than 3; haven’t tried chrome though to compare. Wont ever go back to IE if I can help it though. IE sucks the light fantastic.

Upding just for sucks the light fantastic— hilarious!

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Semper Fi Mon, May 9, 2011 8:09:14am

I must say, coffee sure is good this morning. Picked up some 100% KONA. On my third cup and I’m already spoiled.

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lawhawk Mon, May 9, 2011 8:10:55am

re: #133 Semper Fi

When Bonnie goes to buy coffee, she buys crap. But don’t tell me about the coffee… pass a cup over here!

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garhighway Mon, May 9, 2011 8:12:28am

re: #131 Killgore Trout

Hopefully the upcoming 2012 defeat will wake up the Republicans. They are no longer a serious political party. It’ll be interesting to see where they go from here but they need a new direction.

I read a thread at Redstate last week. It was one that crapped on AGW, saying that conservatives should deny that it is “science”, and should try to reclassify it as “faith”.

The comments thread was interesting, as someone tried to inject some rationality (and “science”!) into the conversation. He (I assume it was a “he”, but who knows) was unfailingly polite and civil, and was quite on point, but they shut him down anyway. Apparently the place needs to remain hermetically sealed, keeping all science and rationality out.

That’s the kind of crap the GOP has to get past if it wants back to the grownup table.

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 8:14:40am

Pakistan Denies U.S. Access to Osama bin Laden’s Compound, Wives

Pakistan is denying U.S. investigators access to Osama bin Laden’s compound and the wives who lived there with him, a rebuke to the U.S. that is escalating tensions between the two allies in the wake of the raid that killed the al Qaeda leader.

Pakistan’s prime minister today spoke publicly for the first time since the operation about the raid and rejected accusations that Pakistani officials aided bin Laden, who had been hiding in Pakistan for several years.

Gaining access to bin Laden’s compounds and his wives are among the United States’ key demands to Pakistan and officials say the denial is another disappointment from Pakistan.

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Romantic Heretic Mon, May 9, 2011 8:16:47am

re: #22 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

If there’s a light on? I can’t sleep. Wife got up at five, has to leave for work at seven. Turns on bathroom light, opens door, goes downstairs for 15 minutes. She knows how much it bothers me and absolutely refuses to change anything about her morning routine to help me out in this matter.

Her middle initial is C. That stands for Cheryl. Certainly not Courtesy.

Frackin’ Grrr.

Suffer from the same problem, although it’s lack of drapes rather than my wife that causes the problem. I got a blindfold. Works great.

Get a cloth one rather than nylon. Nylon gets stiff quick with sweat.

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 8:16:56am

re: #135 garhighway

That’s the kind of crap the GOP has to get past if it wants back to the grownup table.

It’s going to be really difficult to re-educate the base. This crap has been around a very long time.

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Romantic Heretic Mon, May 9, 2011 8:18:38am

re: #36 researchok

I’ve come to really appreciate these orchestral pieces

Just the right AM serving

I was listening to Gregorian chants over breakfast this morning. iTunes has a streaming radio station that offers nothing but.

Perfect for when I’m dragging my ass.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 8:19:03am

re: #137 Romantic Heretic

I have one, but as restless sleeper? By morning I am wearing it like a bra.

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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, May 9, 2011 8:20:25am

re: #140 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I have one, but as restless sleeper? By morning I am wearing it like a bra.

So, put on a bra and wear it like a blindfold.:)

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Semper Fi Mon, May 9, 2011 8:20:29am

re: #134 lawhawk

When Bonnie goes to buy coffee, she buys crap. But don’t tell me about the coffee… pass a cup over here!

Wish I could. I’m transitioning away from the practice of splashing with coffee creams, etc., too many calories, so the black coffee cannot be bitter. Then I’ll reduce down to the normal stuff. That’s the plan anyway.

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lawhawk Mon, May 9, 2011 8:20:58am

re: #136 Killgore Trout

Between the rock and hard place - if Pakistan admits that they were working close with the US; the Islamists get pissed (and the nationalists only slightly less so); if Pakistan admits that they were in the dark and the US carried out the raid without Pakistani knowledge, the nationalists get pissed (and the Islamists remain pissed).

I suspect that those at the top in the Pakistani government really didn’t know bin Laden was there. But that doesn’t mean that others in the Pakistani military or ISI didn’t know he was there. There are also reports and rumblings that bin Laden and other al Qaeda dropped misleading evidence to keep the ISI and military off their trail.

Either way, it looks like the US opsec on the mission meant that the Pakistanis were in the dark up until the mission was already well underway.

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 8:21:36am

I’m really dreading putting in my fence this afternoon. Despite numerous conversations with the neighbor showing him exactly where each post is going to be placed I’m pretty sure he’s going to be surprised when he sees it.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 8:26:12am

re: #143 lawhawk

Also looks like either fifty ways it goes, Islamists and Nationalists are pissed.

So, what the hell? Do what is right.

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Romantic Heretic Mon, May 9, 2011 8:28:47am

re: #122 wlewisiii

I’ve heard too many negatives to go anywhere near FF4. I went to Chrome instead and find it a much more pleasant experience. Fast and stable - who’da thunk?

Switched back to Safari when I got my new computer, a 21 inch iMac. Had problems with Safari on my previous computer, a five year old iMac, but they seem to have cleared up with the new one.

Love the Magic Mouse, although it seems to be a battery hog.

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Political Atheist Mon, May 9, 2011 8:28:51am

re: #144 Killgore Trout

How did those conversations go? Was he/she really skeptical or unhappy?

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 8:29:03am

re: #144 Killgore Trout

My new neighbor put up a fence for his back yard. In doing so? Blocked off a large triangle of my yard, now I can’t get a mower into the area. He’s mowing it. He put a gate up on his side, for that purpose.

Made the fence much more palatable.

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garhighway Mon, May 9, 2011 8:32:12am

re: #148 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My new neighbor put up a fence for his back yard. In doing so? Blocked off a large triangle of my yard, now I can’t get a mower into the area. He’s mowing it. He put a gate up on his side, for that purpose.

Made the fence much more palatable.

If he has blocked your access to that piece of your land and is exerting control over it, and if he does that in an undisputed way for a long enough time (the time period varies by state) then he gains ownership of it.

It’s called adverse possession. You need to make clear to him that you retain ownership of that space and get him to concede the point.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 8:32:12am

re: #139 Romantic Heretic

I was listening to Gregorian chants over breakfast this morning. iTunes has a streaming radio station that offers nothing but.

Perfect for when I’m dragging my ass.

Nothing gets me excited about the day like a “Gregorian Chant”?

Not really. But, I did want to be the first person in history to type that sentence.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 8:32:56am

re: #149 garhighway

If he has blocked your access to that piece of your land and is exerting control over it, and if he does that in an undisputed way for a long enough time (the time period varies by state) then he gains ownership of it.

It’s called adverse possession. You need to make clear to him that you retain ownership of that space and get him to concede the point.

It’s steep and unusable. He can have it.

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 8:35:10am

re: #147 Rightwingconspirator

How did those conversations go? Was he/she really skeptical or unhappy?

He went on google maps and was convinced that the property line was 8-10 feet off so he demanded we pay $600 to have it surveyed. I think he was disappointed when the survey results showed the property line was exactly where I told him. He didn’t object to the fence until yesterday when he said he wouldn’t be chipping in for the fencing I already bought because it “didn’t add anything” for him.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 8:37:12am

re: #152 Killgore Trout

Good fences make good neighbors.

In this case? Sounds extra true for you.

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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 9, 2011 8:38:36am

Prime Minister Is Defiant as Pakistan Outs C.I.A. Agent

In an address to Parliament, Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani on Monday defended Pakistan’s spy agency and indirectly criticized the United States for Osama Bin Laden’s presence in Pakistan.

The prime minister’s statement was expected to give an accounting of what Pakistan knew about the Qaeda leader’s presence in Pakistan, but instead centered on how the raid by the United States was a breach of Pakistani sovereignty. He warned that a repeat of such a raid to capture other high profile terrorists could be met with “full force.”

What an asshole. Obama should call him and tell him to blow it out his ass.

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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 9, 2011 8:39:54am

re: #153 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Next time you are in my area lets have lunch again. I found a great new Greek restaurant down the street. You will love it.

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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 9, 2011 8:42:11am

The ISI is about to publicly look bad again:

Pakistan spy agency’s alleged role in Mumbai terrorist attacks to be revealed

The apparent involvement of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), Pakistan’s premier spy agency, in international attacks carried out by Islamic militants is to be revealed in a trial starting next week in the US.

A former member of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a violent Pakistan-based extremist group with close links to the Pakistani military, is expected to tell a court in Chicago that ISI officers were complicit in the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, in which more than 160 people died.

The trial comes at a critical time, with relations between Islamabad and Washington at a new low following the death of Osama bin Laden.

The hearings could acutely embarrass the ISI, which is suspected by many in the US and elsewhere of protecting the man responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

The trial is also likely to fuel pressure in the US for the high levels of financial aid to Pakistan to be cut.

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 8:46:29am

re: #156 NJDhockeyfan

The ISI is about to publicly look bad again:

Pakistan spy agency’s alleged role in Mumbai terrorist attacks to be revealed

Bin laden’s death is helpful but by itself is a relatively small affair. I think the real benefit will be the light in shines on Pakistan. They’ve been a destabilizing the region and the world (AQ Kahn) for a very long time. They’re probably worse than Iran.

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 8:47:42am

I’m unfollowing Breitbart on twitter. Retweeting his insults gets really boring.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 8:53:58am

Talk about a “seven year itch”…

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 8:56:41am

re: #116 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The “Karma window” looks different under FF4. Or did Charles change it?

I think I have been using FF4 (beta) since I first registered. A while back I sent Charles a note about the different style of the karma boxes compared to the rest of the site’s popups.

But if it is just something to do with FF4 he probably thought I was crazy or something. Heh.

Now I’m running FF 6.0a1. But it still looks the same. Besides the occasional crash from being early beta, I’m liking it so far.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 8:59:59am

re: #160 prononymous

Not that I ever check Karma…

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Stanghazi Mon, May 9, 2011 9:01:06am

Morning. I missed the 60 minutes interview last night. Reading your comments now. Amazing.

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kirkspencer Mon, May 9, 2011 9:03:00am

re: #151 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It’s steep and unusable. He can have it.

No, not without a challenge. If you really don’t want it, ask him to purchase it from you and get that purchase registered.

The problem with adverse possession comes when you or whomever you pass it along to want to sell your house and property. Adverse posession at that point becomes a deed and title issue. It will eventually get resolved but it will take some time and money, usually when you don’t have one or the other.

If you don’t have the time and money now and he won’t pay for it, challenge the possession. Talk to an attorney about methods of doing so as what will work varies from state to state (and you should know your options in advance).

Trust me, letting him have it without challenge amounts to an easy now/more expensive later choices, even if you WANT him to have the property.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:03:53am

re: #156 NJDhockeyfan

Dude. I just clicked your blue nic. Holy crap, that’s awesome!

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Stanghazi Mon, May 9, 2011 9:05:41am

Ice! go to chat!

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 9:05:53am

re: #161 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Not that I ever check Karma…

I can’t help it. :(

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iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 9:06:44am

re: #165 Stanley Sea

Ice! go to chat!

okie dokie. Give me a sec. :)

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:07:22am

re: #163 kirkspencer

We’re only going to be here for another year or two. Possession will take a lot longer than that, IIRC. I was kidding.

We’ve talked about it. He doesn’t want it either. But didn’t want to build fence on my property.

just wish he’d have said something before he built the damn fence, I could’ve given him an easement to connect to my fence and that way we wouldn’t have two fences running parallel to each other. Could’ve saved him money and aggravation.

Well, not exactly parallel… three feet separates them on one end and fifteen feet at the other end… hence the triangle.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:12:00am

re: #165 Stanley Sea

Ice! go to chat!

“So. There I was. Covered in baby oil…”

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albusteve Mon, May 9, 2011 9:12:01am

re: #158 Killgore Trout

I’m unfollowing Breitbart on twitter. Retweeting his insults gets really boring.

good for you

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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 9, 2011 9:13:12am

re: #164 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Dude. I just clicked your blue nic. Holy crap, that’s awesome!

I laugh every time I watch it. “Puttin’ on the foil!”

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 9, 2011 9:15:02am

Test

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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 9, 2011 9:15:50am

re: #168 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

… three feet separates them on one end and fifteen feet at the other end… hence the triangle.

Sounds like a good place to hide the bodies. ;)

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:16:38am

re: #171 NJDhockeyfan

I laugh every time I watch it. “Puttin’ on the foil!”

“Want some?”
Reggie: “Uh.. no thanks…”

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:17:07am

re: #172 EmmmieG

Test

FAIL!

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iceweasel Mon, May 9, 2011 9:18:51am

re: #169 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

“So. There I was. Covered in baby oil…”

Stop hacking my email account, dammit! /

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 9, 2011 9:20:16am

re: #175 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

FAIL!

No, I succeeded in what I set out to do.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:20:52am

re: #177 EmmmieG

No, I succeeded in what I set out to do.

Congrat’s then! Have an avatar ding, on me!

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:22:14am

I really should be mowing the grass, but I am sooo close to a big karma moment, I just can’t leave!

*blink*

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CuriousLurker Mon, May 9, 2011 9:22:35am

If anyone’s interested. I just posted a page about an article that discusses concern about the Muslim Brotherhood from the perspective of Arab governments in the Gulf region:

Muslim Brotherhood in the Gulf: An attempt to steal the show

It was a good read. For everyone’s sake, I hope they get it right.

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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, May 9, 2011 9:23:06am

re: #179 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I really should be mowing the grass, but I am sooo close to a big karma moment, I just can’t leave!

*blink*

Ding whore. Boo!!!

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 9, 2011 9:23:24am

re: #178 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Congrat’s then! Have an avatar ding, on me!

On facebook this week, everyone was changing to a picture of them wtih their mother.

I wanted to put as my statsu:
I win. Sorry, you can’t top this picture.

Some of my sisters hadn’t seen it.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:25:34am

re: #182 EmmmieG

It’s my favorite, that’s for damn sure.

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albusteve Mon, May 9, 2011 9:25:58am

the guitar farm…never have seen anything like this
[Link: earlytoday.wordpress.com…]

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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 9, 2011 9:26:02am

re: #182 EmmmieG

On facebook this week, everyone was changing to a picture of them wtih their mother.

I wanted to put as my statsu:
I win. Sorry, you can’t top this picture.

Some of my sisters hadn’t seen it.

I was wondering what I’ve been missing by not having a Facebook page.

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 9, 2011 9:26:34am

There. Now go mow the lawn.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:27:10am

YAY! I shall celebrate with the ritual circumcision of the grass.

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albusteve Mon, May 9, 2011 9:27:26am

re: #184 albusteve

the guitar farm…never have seen anything like this
[Link: earlytoday.wordpress.com…]

try again….guitar farm
[Link: online.wsj.com…]

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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, May 9, 2011 9:27:36am

re: #185 NJDhockeyfan

I was wondering what I’ve been missing by not having a Facebook page.

This morning I had 70+ FB friends. I dropped 40 of them before coming here. Meh.

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 9, 2011 9:28:18am

re: #185 NJDhockeyfan

I was wondering what I’ve been missing by not having a Facebook page.

My siblings posting family pictures from the 70’s.

Long discussion between my baby brother and me about whether Jay-Z’s version of Forever Young is better, or Alphaville’s.

Extended conversation between three people in my life that don’t know each other about grammar and chocolate.

The cute thing my nephew said yesterday.

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 9, 2011 9:28:53am

re: #189 Cannadian Club Akbar

This morning I had 70+ FB friends. I dropped 40 of them before coming here. Meh.

To get that low I would have to disown cousins.

Wouldn’t that make the next family reunion fun.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:28:58am

re: #188 albusteve

That’s cool.

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albusteve Mon, May 9, 2011 9:29:12am

Chris Wallace: Why Is It Legal To Shoot Unarmed Bin Laden In The Face, Yet We Cannot Waterboard?

[Link: www.mediaite.com…]

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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, May 9, 2011 9:29:19am

re: #191 EmmmieG

To get that low I would have to disown cousins.

Wouldn’t that make the next family reunion fun.

I dropped my sister.

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lawhawk Mon, May 9, 2011 9:29:41am

re: #179 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ding’d ya to get you out the door! /

And that got me checking a few things and found I’m closing in on 50k karma and 7,000 pages at LGF. That’s on top of closing in on 10,000 blog posts on my own blog, and ever so slowly creeping towards 1 million hits on the blog (which is not all that spectacular since it’s been up and running since 2005 or so).

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:31:15am

re: #188 albusteve

Even a better story, Steve. Thanks.

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 9, 2011 9:31:58am

re: #194 Cannadian Club Akbar

I dropped my sister.

My sisters are funny, clever writers.

And they have cute kids.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 9, 2011 9:32:32am

re: #195 lawhawk

I can’t get Charles to set up an FBV to Lawhawk “auto-ding”… so you’re several thousand short from me.

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Flounder Mon, May 9, 2011 9:32:46am

Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow

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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, May 9, 2011 9:34:25am

Alrighty, gonna take a nap. Eating 9 chocolate chip mini muffins make you sleepy. Who knew? See ya’ll tomorrow.

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 9:34:48am

re: #199 Shropshire_Slasher

Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow

Because I have a lot of procrastination planned for tomorrow…

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Kragar Mon, May 9, 2011 9:34:57am

Libya: Hundreds feared dead as migrant boat capsizes

Several hundred people are feared to have drowned off Libya, after a boat carrying some 600 refugees trying to reach Europe broke up at sea on Friday.
The UN’s refugee agency said 16 bodies, including two babies, had been found.

UNCHR has said all ships using the Mediterranean should be ready to assist such vessels, as thousands continue to flee North Africa in inadequate boats.

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rwdflynavy Mon, May 9, 2011 9:34:57am

Howdy Honcos!

I’ve been rather light on the posting due to a lack of access to LGF at work. The problem seems to have worked itself out and now I’m back.

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 9, 2011 9:35:59am

re: #202 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Libya: Hundreds feared dead as migrant boat capsizes

Vietnam.

Haiti.

Cuba.

There’s only so much misery that human beings can take.

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lawhawk Mon, May 9, 2011 9:36:37am

re: #198 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Well, at least that means I have to try harder to get your approvals.

Either that or I’ve got way too much free time.

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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, May 9, 2011 9:39:55am

re: #185 NJDhockeyfan

I was wondering what I’ve been missing by not having a Facebook page.

As a rule, I limit my FB contacts to people I know from Real Life (TM) and wish to remain in social (and not just virtual) contact with.

And it is handy for communicating with friends and relatives who live on different continents.

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 9:41:47am

re: #203 rwdflynavy

Howdy Honcos!

I’ve been rather light on the posting due to a lack of access to LGF at work. The problem seems to have worked itself out and now I’m back.

I have an encrypted tunnel waiting on my home machine for instances just like this. Firewall? What firewall?

Not that I want to work for anyone else ever again. >:(

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Kragar Mon, May 9, 2011 9:44:52am

I love when nutballs try to reason things out.

Bryan Fischer on the May 21sters

There are other significant problems with Camping’s theory. One is that his biblical chronology is quite confused. His entire theory is grounded on the date for the flood of Noah, but his math is just simply wrong here. He has the Flood dated to around 4900 BC, but simple addition from the chronological data given to us in Genesis 5 yields a date of 2586 BC or thereabouts for Noah’s deluge. So he’s only off by about 2300 years. And that’s just for starters.

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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, May 9, 2011 9:50:13am

re: #208 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I love when nutballs try to reason things out.

Bryan Fischer on the May 21sters

And they wonder why theocracy is a governmental model that died out in the Middle Ages…

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rwdflynavy Mon, May 9, 2011 9:50:20am

re: #207 prononymous

I have an encrypted tunnel waiting on my home machine for instances just like this. Firewall? What firewall?

Not that I want to work for anyone else ever again. >:(

My system at work is provided by Navy Marine Corps Intranet. They just got IE 7 recently…

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Kragar Mon, May 9, 2011 9:52:55am

re: #209 ralphieboy

And they wonder why theocracy is a governmental model that died out in the Middle Ages…

“And that, my liege, is how we know the earth is banana shaped.”

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 9:53:02am

re: #210 rwdflynavy

My system at work is provided by Navy Marine Corps Intranet. They just got IE 7 recently…

The tunnels I use are browser agnostic so any version of IE (hurl) works fine.

But the navy probably wouldn’t appreciate you tunneling through their firewall. Heh.

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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 9, 2011 9:54:24am

German TV: Bin Laden killed by ‘Star Trek’ terrorists

Sometimes our eyes are wide shut. In moments when we think we see one thing, we see quite another.

This often happens when our emotions are high and our thinking faculties subdued.

Sympathy, therefore, must be ladled toward the German news station N24, which was extremely keen to tell the world about last week’s killing of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six.

Unfortunately, in its haste to offer a SEAL logo, someone at the station actually mustered the logo of the “Star Trek” Maquis Special Operations Seals Team VI—a bunch of nasty little 24th century terrorists.

We should all be indebted to the crack team at TrekMovie.com which managed to root out this story, originally reported by Germany’s Bildblog.

The folks at TrekMovie even persuaded a German friend to translate part of the N24 presenter’s text. It reportedly included the words: “They don’t have the skull in their emblem for nothing.”

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rwdflynavy Mon, May 9, 2011 10:03:14am

re: #212 prononymous

The tunnels I use are browser agnostic so any version of IE (hurl) works fine.

But the navy probably wouldn’t appreciate you tunneling through their firewall. Heh.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that would violate my terms of service agreement!

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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, May 9, 2011 10:03:31am

re: #213 NJDhockeyfan

German TV: Bin Laden killed by ‘Star Trek’ terrorists

Heard on the radio in Germany that a judge in Hamburg is bringing charges against Chancellor Angela merkel for stating that she was “happy” to hear that OBL was dead.

Seems the judge does not find that politicians should be making such statements in public…

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 10:06:40am

re: #215 ralphieboy

Is it normal in Germany for judges to bring charges? Seems like it would be a conflict of interest or something…

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b_sharp Mon, May 9, 2011 10:08:09am

re: #165 Stanley Sea

Ice! go to chat!

Being told to go to chat is cool. I usually get told to go to hell.

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 9, 2011 10:12:22am

re: #45 Alouette

Got some at the Zionist Mall.

Gorgeous. Someday I will have spending money, and then I am going to go bananas at the Zionist Mall.

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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, May 9, 2011 10:12:57am

re: #216 prononymous

Is it normal in Germany for judges to bring charges? Seems like it would be a conflict of interest or something…

Newspaper Arivle I read says that he is charging her for “approving of a criminal act” which is an offense under German law.

Good thing we still have our Freedoms in America…

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 10:16:34am

re: #219 ralphieboy

Besides the whole freedom of speech element, I was thinking it wouldn’t be right for the person bringing charges to be the same individual judging guilt or innocence.

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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 9, 2011 10:16:40am

re: #215 ralphieboy

Heard on the radio in Germany that a judge in Hamburg is bringing charges against Chancellor Angela merkel for stating that she was “happy” to hear that OBL was dead.

Seems the judge does not find that politicians should be making such statements in public…

There has been some batshit crazy news coming out of Germany lately.

Pro-Hamas Israel-Hate Fest in Germany

A German city funded and hosted a pro-Hamas “The Return Generation Knows the Way” conference Saturday, complete with Nazi terminology and incitement for suicide bombings.

The Hamas-linked anti-Israel Palestine Return Center in London, which has become a de facto center for Hamas and other radical Muslim groups, hosted the confab that in the words of the American Jewish Committee, has the single aim of “the denial of the existence of the State of Israel.”

…The Hamas conference in the city of Wuppertal also has adapted the Nazi slogan of the “final solution,” which referred to the death machine that gassed, butchered and starved 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, and has twisted it around to promote a “final solution” for foreign Arabs allegedly claiming Israel as home.

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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, May 9, 2011 10:18:03am

re: #220 prononymous

Besides the whole freedom of speech element, I was thinking it wouldn’t be right for the person bringing charges to be the same individual judging guilt or innocence.

I assume he would not be allowed to rule on the case, he just brought charges.

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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 9, 2011 10:19:16am

re: #221 NJDhockeyfan

There has been some batshit crazy news coming out of Germany lately.

Pro-Hamas Israel-Hate Fest in Germany

So… there is freedom of speech in germany.

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 10:19:32am

re: #222 ralphieboy

Your probably right.

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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, May 9, 2011 10:21:02am

re: #224 prononymous

Your probably right.

I’ve been trying to ignore the entire discussion of OBL’s killing, both right and left.

He is dead and he is clam food now, so let’s get on with things…

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 10:21:28am

Texas Republicans complain they’re not getting enough Federal money…
Grumpy Republicans await Obama in visit to Texas

The refusal by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to give Texas disaster status, and the federal aid that goes with it, follows on the state’s ongoing fights with the administration. The state and the Environmental Protection Agency have been battling over permitting under the Clean Air Act — the federal agency even took over some state functions — and NASA’s surprising decision not to give Houston, home to the Johnson Space Center, a retired space shuttle, opting instead to send them to California, Florida and New York.

“You can almost make the case the administration has a vendetta against Texas,” said Republican Rep. Michael Burgess.

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Killgore Trout Mon, May 9, 2011 10:22:49am

re: #226 Killgore Trout

Perry, who in April 2009 famously suggested Texas might secede from the union, last week was urging federal action to help the state fight wildfires.

“It is not only the obligation of the federal government, but its responsibility under law to help its citizens in times of emergency,” he said.

Heh

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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, May 9, 2011 10:24:43am

I guess they want Obama to show up and say “I’m from the federal government and I’m here to help you!”

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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 9, 2011 10:26:30am

re: #228 ralphieboy

I guess they want Obama to show up and say “I’m from the federal government and I’m here to help you!”

“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
~ Ronald Reagan

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 10:28:36am

re: #228 ralphieboy

I guess they want Obama to show up and say “I’m from the federal government and I’m here to help you!”

Actually the plan is to hide out in limestone caverns and pray while the federal government handles the problem. Then when they come out they can claim it was a miracle and pretend they didn’t need help from anyone.

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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, May 9, 2011 10:29:02am

re: #229 NJDhockeyfan

“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
~ Ronald Reagan

I was even more ironically amused when we sent the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan to Japan to provide tsunami relief…

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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Mon, May 9, 2011 10:31:57am

Though the limestone caverns in Texas are nearly a religious experience, IMO.

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CuriousLurker Mon, May 9, 2011 10:44:43am

re: #229 NJDhockeyfan

“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
~ Ronald Reagan

“I’m from the government and I’m here to help,” sounded pretty damned good in the aftermath of 9/11, but that’s just me.

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