Breaking: WI Man Arrested for Plotting to Kill Abortion Doctor

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Just coming across the wires from Madison, Wisconsin: Feds: Wis. man planned to kill abortion doctor.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Marshfield man who planned to kill abortion providers in Madison this week was thwarted on the eve of the intended attack when his gun accidentally fired in a motel room, leading to his arrest for reckless endangerment, according to a federal complaint filed Thursday.

Ralph Lang, 63, confessed his intentions to investigators, saying his goal was “to lay out abortionists because they are killing babies,” the complaint said. He was charged with attempting to injure or intimidate a person who provides reproductive health services. He was scheduled for an initial appearance Friday. …

Lang had a history of targeting Planned Parenthood buildings. Court documents said he was arrested in 2007 outside a Madison branch, telling officers that everyone in the building deserved to be executed and that police were failing in their jobs by not carrying out the executions.

He told authorities he bought the .38 caliber gun about two years after his arrest “to help end abortion.”

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555 comments
1 windsagio  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:47:39pm

from the mention last thread:

I kind of have the impression that we’re gonna have more of that rather than less over the next few years. They’re feeling cornered.

2 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:48:15pm

heh…what a freaking dumbass
Darwin?

3 jamesfirecat  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:48:37pm

Dang, I was just getting into a good argument over in the last thread now everyone is gonna be all glad handing and backslapping over here!

4 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:50:01pm

I think it’s well past “high time” when we start treating these people, their collaborators, and their enablers for the terrorists they are.

Quite frankly, I wouldn’t mind seeing them share space with their Jihadi counter parts at Gitmo.

/Okay, I would mind, but only a little

5 jaunte  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:50:33pm

“Marshfield roulette”

6 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:50:34pm

Ding Dong/Dr Pepper overdose…ideology creates these bots

7 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:51:19pm

Local News article:

[Link: host.madison.com…]

8 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:51:50pm

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

If this is a correct definition, this guy shouldn’t have had or gotten a gun. Just an overview on my part, sorry.

9 Targetpractice  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:52:14pm

re: #4 Slumbering Behemoth

I think it’s well past “high time” when we start treating these people, their collaborators, and their enablers for the terrorists they are.

Quite frankly, I wouldn’t mind seeing them share space with their Jihadi counter parts at Gitmo.

/Okay, I would mind, but only a little

I’d mind, but I would like to see how the pro-torture crowd would react to the suggestion that this fellow be subjected to waterboarding to determine if he’s a “lone wolf” or if this was a team effort.

10 austin_blue  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:52:43pm

Probably practicing his Quick Draw in the hotel room. Idiot.

11 researchok  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:53:08pm

re: #3 jamesfirecat

Dang, I was just getting into a good argument over in the last thread now everyone is gonna be all glad handing and backslapping over here!

It’s the work of Harold Camping.
//

12 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:53:09pm

re: #9 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

I’d mind, but I would like to see how the pro-torture crowd would react to the suggestion that this fellow be subjected to waterboarding to determine if he’s a “lone wolf” or if this was a team effort.

Nay. Dude is a nutball. He would give up a motive with a badge of honor.

13 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:53:23pm

next up…Right Wing Cleansing Battalions
if one guy can’t get it done then we need a full armed assault

14 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:53:45pm

re: #9 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

I would mind as well. I’m just getting sick of these terrorists and needed to vent a little.

15 Targetpractice  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:55:50pm

re: #14 Slumbering Behemoth

I would mind as well. I’m just getting sick of these terrorists and needed to vent a little.

As am I. Unfortunately, my worst fear is that these nutbars are only going to get worse as we go into ‘12, and possibly into a second Obama term.

16 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:57:22pm

re: #8 Cannadian Club Akbar

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

If this is a correct definition, this guy shouldn’t have had or gotten a gun. Just an overview on my part, sorry.

It would be interesting to know how he got it. Private sales between individuals are, essentially, unregulated though according to federal law if you have reason to suspect that someone does not have the legal right to possess then you are forbidden to sell to them. I do not, however, know of any prosecutions for that.

Wisconsin does have it’s own background check for handguns ($13 to the state!) and a 48 hour waiting period. Any attempt to purchase at an FFL by someone with a felony record will get bounced. Saw them get asked to “delay” a fellow from leaving till an LEO could get there once :D

17 Lidane  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:57:39pm

re: #14 Slumbering Behemoth

I would mind as well. I’m just getting sick of these terrorists and needed to vent a little.

He’s just a disturbed “lone wolf”. You know, like the guy who killed Dr. Tiller, or Eric Robert Rudolph, or the nutbars that threaten and intimidate people who work in abortion clinics.

Don’t you ever listen to talk radio? These people aren’t terrorists. They’re just individual freaks acting out. =P

18 austin_blue  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:57:52pm

re: #15 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

As am I. Unfortunately, my worst fear is that these nutbars are only going to get worse as we go into ‘12, and possibly into a second Obama term.

Last night, during American Idol, Pointy Boots (and Good Hair) was on Fox mentioning that running for president “is tempting”.

I’m telling you, he’s going to do it.

19 andres  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:58:13pm

re: #4 Slumbering Behemoth

I think it’s well past “high time” when we start treating these people, their collaborators, and their enablers for the terrorists they are.

Quite frankly, I wouldn’t mind seeing them share space with their Jihadi counter parts at Gitmo.

/Okay, I would mind, but only a little

That’s against the law. Jihadists might prefer waterboarding to hanging out with these guys. :P

/ Just kidding!

20 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:58:36pm

These people are not good Christians, and they’re even worse Americans. I want them off my planet NOW!

21 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:59:40pm

re: #16 wlewisiii

I was looking for a felony arrest.

22 Lidane  Thu, May 26, 2011 6:59:41pm

re: #18 austin_blue

Last night, during American Idol, Pointy Boots (and Good Hair) was on Fox mentioning that running for president “is tempting”.

I’m telling you, he’s going to do it.

Please let him run. The sooner it gets him the hell out of Austin and into the land of political irrelevance, the better.

He’s polling in single digits here. WTF makes him think anyone else would want him for POTUS?

23 Targetpractice  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:00:58pm

re: #18 austin_blue

Last night, during American Idol, Pointy Boots (and Good Hair) was on Fox mentioning that running for president “is tempting”.

I’m telling you, he’s going to do it.

You’d think he’d follow Scott’s example and avoid such a run, considering that he’s polling lower than a snake’s balls and would be a walking example of all that is wrong with the GOP’s “answers” to our current economic problems. But, then again, I also said that Sarah wouldn’t run…

24 jaunte  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:01:06pm

re: #22 Lidane

The ‘Perry flirting with secession’ opposition ad pretty much writes itself.

25 Stanghazi  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:01:09pm

Gah. I keep typing, then deleting. I’ll just read.

John Cole just tweeted back to charles ” culture of life!!”

26 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:01:25pm

re: #8 Cannadian Club Akbar

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

If this is a correct definition, this guy shouldn’t have had or gotten a gun. Just an overview on my part, sorry.

Assuming his prior 2007 arrest resulted in a felony conviction, reckless endangerment is what he’s been arrested with now, for discharging a gun in a motel room. Since his prior arrest was outside a clinic it was probably for trespassing or suchlike.

27 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:01:32pm

news flash!…
“rogue USAF major general and committed GOP supporter, orders B-52 airstrikes on Oklahoma Planned Parenthood Clinics….airburst ordnance was used to mock tornado damage, meteorologists claim”

28 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:01:48pm

What really pisses me off is this biznich calls himself a righty. Well, guess I might need an extra pinky.

29 jamesfirecat  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:02:39pm

re: #22 Lidane

Please let him run. The sooner it gets him the hell out of Austin and into the land of political irrelevance, the better.

He’s polling in single digits here. WTF makes him think anyone else would want him for POTUS?

Wait… are we talking about Rick Perry… The guy who said that he wanted Texas to secede from the Union?

Its like one of those classic “If I can’t have you nobody will” situations in reverse!

30 freetoken  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:03:20pm

Perhaps the threat of The Sarah entering the race has sped up some of the undecideds?


Bachmann hints strongly at a 2012 run

It wasn’t an announcement, exactly, but an announcement of an announcement, which sounded pretty close to the same thing.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), whose flirtation with running for president has generated strong buzz among conservative activists in Iowa, told reporters Thursday night that she plans an “all-important announcement which will happen in the month of June, which I am pleased to tell you tonight will be made in Iowa. And I can also tell you that announcement will be made in the city where I was born, in Waterloo.”

[…]

Oh yeah… bring it baby, bring it.

Bachmann vs. Palin vs. Paul vs. Cain in an Iowa GOP debate this fall - the Democrats couldn’t have planned it better.

31 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:03:35pm

re: #26 goddamnedfrank

Assuming his prior 2007 arrest resulted in a felony conviction, reckless endangerment is what he’s been arrested with now, for discharging a gun in a motel room. Since his prior arrest was outside a clinic it was probably for trespassing or suchlike.

A felony conviction should (or does here) result in being forbidden to carry a fire arm.

32 jamesfirecat  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:04:09pm

re: #27 albusteve

news flash!…
“rogue USAF major general and committed GOP supporter, orders B-52 airstrikes on Oklahoma Planned Parenthood Clinics…airburst ordnance was used to mock tornado damage, meteorologists claim”

What the f*** is this?

33 freetoken  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:04:31pm

The great historical question to come out of the 2012 Presidential race will be this: Was Waterloo the GOP’s “Waterloo”?

34 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:04:50pm

re: #31 Cannadian Club Akbar

A felony conviction should (or does here) result in being forbidden to carry a fire arm.

I took it that the .38 was not legal

35 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:04:55pm

Justified… I don’t think that word means what these guys think it means.

36 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:06:16pm

re: #34 albusteve

I took it that the .38 was not legal

Saturday Night Special?

37 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:07:02pm

These guys don’t exist in a vacuum. I expect the usual suspects to be involved.

38 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:07:23pm

re: #31 Cannadian Club Akbar

A felony conviction should (or does here) result in being forbidden to carry a fire arm.

That’s what I’m saying, you’re assuming his prior arrest resulted in a felony conviction when that almost never happens for offenses like trespassing. Reckless endangerment is what he’s been charged with now.

39 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:07:37pm

re: #35 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Justified… I don’t think that word means what these guys think it means.

They should learn the word Douche, or moon pie daddy.

40 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:08:44pm

re: #36 Cannadian Club Akbar

Saturday Night Special?

as per CCA, the guy was a felon, and I can’t imagine he could own a pistol legally

41 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:09:38pm

re: #38 goddamnedfrank

That’s what I’m saying, you’re assuming his prior arrest resulted in a felony conviction when that almost never happens for offenses like trespassing. Reckless endangerment is what he’s been charged with now.

Misread about the 2007 arrest. Thought that is when he was arrested for reckless endangerment.

42 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:09:42pm

re: #38 goddamnedfrank

That’s what I’m saying, you’re assuming his prior arrest resulted in a felony conviction when that almost never happens for offenses like trespassing. Reckless endangerment is what he’s been charged with now.

I assumed the prior involved a weapon…I’m not up to speed I guess

43 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:10:42pm

re: #42 albusteve

I assumed the prior involved a weapon…I’m not up to speed I guess

Me thinks he just got arrested for being an idiot in 2007.

44 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:11:08pm

re: #42 albusteve

I assumed the prior involved a weapon…I’m not up to speed I guess

The prior involved him saying some creepy shit to the cops, but as far as I can tell that’s all.

45 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:12:41pm

re: #44 goddamnedfrank

The prior involved him saying some creepy shit to the cops, but as far as I can tell that’s all.

I wish the story had a link to his prior.

46 JamesWI  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:13:06pm

re: #30 freetoken

Perhaps the threat of The Sarah entering the race has sped up some of the undecideds?

Bachmann hints strongly at a 2012 run

Oh yeah… bring it baby, bring it.

Bachmann vs. Palin vs. Paul vs. Cain in an Iowa GOP debate this fall - the Democrats couldn’t have planned it better.

From the way they’ve acted since taking control of the House (going after the real problems that are affecting this country….that is, PBS, NPR, and Planned Parenthood), to Paul Ryan’s ridiculous budget, and the total laughing-stocks they’re going to be running for President, it’s like they really want to turn this into a Democrat-only government for the next few generations. They are well on their way there.

47 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:13:29pm

re: #44 goddamnedfrank

The prior involved him saying some creepy shit to the cops, but as far as I can tell that’s all.

I’ve done that myself

48 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:14:30pm

re: #47 albusteve

I’ve done that myself

not creepy, but totally belligerent

49 Bubblehead II  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:14:56pm

Lizards, Sorry to go OT so fast. But I have a problem

Charles, Who changed it and why did they do so without consulting me?

50 Charles Johnson  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:15:56pm

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the right wing’s demonization of Planned Parenthood should not be surprised by this arrest.

This is where the rhetoric leads.

51 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:16:54pm

re: #50 Charles

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the right wing’s demonization of Planned Parenthood should not be surprised by this arrest.

This is where the rhetoric leads.

Words mean things.

52 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:16:58pm

re: #36 Cannadian Club Akbar

Saturday Night Special?

Well, aside from the fact that there is no such thing (it’s a bogus term really, but that’s for another day) what Steve is suggesting is that it was simply an illegally owned .38 special revolver. It could have been a straw purchase for example.

53 Lidane  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:17:58pm

re: #51 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Words mean things.

Pfft. That’s only when libruls say things, don’tcha know.

54 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:18:22pm

re: #52 wlewisiii

Well, aside from the fact that there is no such thing (it’s a bogus term really, but that’s for another day) what Steve is suggesting is that it was simply an illegally owned .38 special revolver. It could have been a straw purchase for example.

I’ve know a Saturday Night Special to have 2 barrels on top of each other and small enough to stick it in a boot.

55 Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:18:54pm

It’s reached the point where more and more of the right wing feel justified in acting out an extremist position. In this case, that since ‘abortion is murder’, it’s ok to kill murderers. You don’t need a lot of people to feel this way to effectively intimidate and terrorize other people. And as the Anti Abortion crowd remains silent, or gives tepid ‘denouncements’ from one side of their mouth while still shouting that ‘abortion is murder’ and that ‘abortion doctors are murderers’, the fanatics are emboldened and that the ends justify the means.

As the Quote says (or close enough), “In order for Evil to succeed, Good just has to do nothing.” As the Anti-Abortion crowd sits on their hands as Abortion Doctors are terrorized and murdered, They give implicit support and comfort to those who commit those acts. This can not continue.

56 Charleston Chew  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:19:13pm

re: #15 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

As am I. Unfortunately, my worst fear is that these nutbars are only going to get worse as we go into ‘12, and possibly into a second Obama term.

30 years from now new recruits to the Secret Service will refer to the old-timers who served during the Obama administration as the “Greatest Generation” because they had to face the extraordinary challenge of dealing with all sorts of kooks coming out of the woodwork.

And the old-timers will talk about how easy the new guys have it because even though the President’s a gay black Jewish woman, everyone in America’s basically cool with that.

Oh, and the old-timers will also reminisce about that time “the beast” got stuck in Ireland.

57 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:19:36pm

My Dad is a big Maddow fan…Loves her…And he was born in Marshfield
I’m expecting a phone call from him tomorrow…
Dad: You will not believe this!
What’s that Pops?
Dad: They caught a nutcase in Marshfield
You don’t say?

58 jaunte  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:19:51pm

Unclear on the concept.

Lang also said he traveled to Madison last week with the gun but did not shoot anybody because he “was not 100% in sync with God.”


[Link: www.jsonline.com…]

59 prairiefire  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:20:12pm

re: #56 Charleston Chew

The wee streets of Ireland were too wee.

60 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:20:16pm

Bulls are playing well.

61 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:21:13pm

re: #59 prairiefire

Great. Now I have to pee.

62 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:21:22pm

re: #60 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Bulls are playing well.

they are, they have to
great D so far

63 Kid A  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:21:59pm

So murder equals pro-life? Makes sense.
//////

64 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:22:05pm

re: #60 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Bulls are playing well.

Cool. The matadors really suck this year.
/

65 Lidane  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:22:37pm

re: #30 freetoken

Bachmann vs. Palin vs. Paul vs. Cain in an Iowa GOP debate this fall - the Democrats couldn’t have planned it better.

I’m stocking up on popcorn now. The fail will be hilarious to watch.

66 Targetpractice  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:22:56pm

re: #50 Charles

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the right wing’s demonization of Planned Parenthood should not be surprised by this arrest.

This is where the rhetoric leads.

Which surprises nobody who remember Homeland Security’s report on right-wing extremism, published back in ‘09.

67 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:22:57pm

re: #63 Kid A

So murder equals pro-life? Makes sense.
///

Someone killed chicken. I ate the chicken. Good analogy!!!
///

68 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:23:25pm

GOP anti-abortion fervor hits fever pitch

Republicans have made no secret of their opposition to the legality of abortion. In fact, between their resurgence last November and the end of March, they proposed 916 measures in 49 state legislatures relating to reproductive rights, health, and access, according to the Guttmacher Institute. So much for “Jobs, jobs, jobs.”

In South Dakota, the GOP has tripled the pre-abortion waiting requirement, from 24 to 72 hours- the longest in the country. This would have a negative impact on women in the mostly rural state who already often have to take time off from work to travel to a clinic. In addition, it is now required that the woman meet with an abortion crisis counselor in the interim. These crisis centers are often run by pro-life groups to discourage women from seeking abortions.

That pales in comparison to a North Dakota bill that would expand the definition “of justifiable homicide” to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus- therefore legalizing the killing of abortion providers. While it passed out of the House Committee, it was shelved following a national outcry.

69 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:24:43pm

This just paged…

Priest appointed by pope to handle reforms relating to the pedophilia scandal is…

… a fucking pedo!

Damn it! These people make me wish there really was a Hell.

70 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:25:43pm

really a monster sunset in ABQ…a real classic tonight

71 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:25:44pm

re: #54 Cannadian Club Akbar

I’ve know a Saturday Night Special to have 2 barrels on top of each other and small enough to stick it in a boot.

“Saturday Night Special” was a term invented to demonize small and inexpensive firearms that were predominantly owned by poor people for self & home protection. These could be two shot derringers as you suggest but more often were very low cost revolvers in .22, .32 & .38 or semi-autos made in the same calibers (.380 in place of .38 special) and often made of zinc or pot metal to keep the cost even lower. Most of these had very short life expectancies but were generally never fired unless in extreme situations. The GCA of 1968 made importing such illegal and only a few manufacturers in America continued (Lorcin, Ravin & the rest of the “Ring Of Fire” makers out west). Banning them probably lowered some suicide and accident rates at the cost of disarming those least able to afford better defenses.

72 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:26:06pm

re: #50 Charles

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the right wing’s demonization of Planned Parenthood should not be surprised by this arrest.

This is where the rhetoric leads.

Terrorist enablers.

73 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:26:07pm

re: #58 jaunte

Lang also said he traveled to Madison last week with the gun but did not shoot anybody because he “was not 100% in sync with God.”


Allahu Ackbar

74 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:26:07pm

I must get some vittles and hit the sack. See ya’ll when the coffee is fresh.:)

75 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:27:12pm

re: #70 albusteve

really a monster sunset in ABQ…a real classic tonight

Congratulations. I won’t see the fiery orb for a week or so.

76 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:27:24pm

re: #64 Cannadian Club Akbar

Cool. The matadors really suck this year.
/

What do you mean?…

77 Targetpractice  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:27:39pm

re: #69 Slumbering Behemoth

This just paged…

Priest appointed by pope to handle reforms relating to the pedophilia scandal is…

… a fucking pedo!

Damn it! These people make me wish there really was a Hell.

So, after decades of letting the wolves guard the various hen houses, the Church’s idea of “reform” is appointing another wolf to oversee the new system.

This is some seriously sad shit.

78 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:28:09pm

re: #76 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What do you mean?…

Is that dude eating jerky?

79 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:28:39pm

Alrighty. Now I am really out.

80 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:29:05pm

re: #78 Cannadian Club Akbar

Jerky’s eating him.

81 albusteve  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:29:35pm

re: #75 Killgore Trout

Congratulations. I won’t see the fiery orb for a week or so.

there is such a thing as orbed out

82 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:29:40pm

re: #69 Slumbering Behemoth

This just paged…

Priest appointed by pope to handle reforms relating to the pedophilia scandal is…

… a fucking pedo!

Damn it! These people make me wish there really was a Hell.

No—As I read it, it’s two different people. The priest is in one of the adviser’s parishes. but so are a couple thousand or so other priests.

83 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:30:35pm

re: #75 Killgore Trout

Congratulations. I won’t see the fiery orb for a week or so.

But the eye of Sauron sees all.

84 Robert O.  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:31:32pm

…and if the media was even-handed about it, this man would be labelled a “Christian terrorist”.

85 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:32:24pm

re: #77 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Sad, corrupt, evil, and worthy of treatment I dare not utter here.

These people live in mansions and palaces, living like kings above the law, growing wealthier and wealthier on the backs of the faithful. And when they get caught committing these heinous crimes, it’s never their fault. It’s the hippies’ fault, or the gays’ fault, or the secularists’ fault.

I am sick to death of it, and if I had my way….

Well, I respect this blog to much to say what I’m really thinking right now.

86 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:34:18pm

re: #64 Cannadian Club Akbar

Cool. The matadors really suck this year.
/

SMACK! Sorry I’ve been out. I was working on something.

87 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:34:19pm

re: #84 Robert O.

…and if the media was even-handed about it, this man would be labelled a “Christian terrorist”.

I don’t recall every up-dinging a post that I abhorred, until now.

88 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:35:00pm

re: #82 Decatur Deb

No—As I read it, it’s two different people. The priest is in one of the adviser’s parishes. but so are a couple thousand or so other priests.

Not appointed by the pope then, is what you’re saying. Sorry, my bad.

This stuff infuriates me, and I am guilty of jumping the gun.

89 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:35:05pm

re: #85 Slumbering Behemoth

Check my 82 and the page text.

90 Kid A  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:35:39pm

Memo to ESPN: 150,000 repeats of Buster Posey getting trucked at home plate is enough. Thanks! Regards, Taste.

91 freetoken  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:36:08pm

re: #87 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

We are assuming that he is indeed “Christian” and not some other kind of religious zealot. It’s probably a good assumption, but there are others.

92 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:37:47pm

re: #88 Slumbering Behemoth

Not appointed by the pope then, is what you’re saying. Sorry, my bad.

This stuff infuriates me, and I am guilty of jumping the gun.

Yeah—still the same old suck though. The pope is not likely ever to have heard of the priest—same, but less so for the archbishop. His relation to a parish priest is like that of a two-star to a staff sergeant.

93 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:38:38pm

re: #89 Decatur Deb

Oh snap. I’m such a dumb ass. Sorry everyone. It was not my intention to be misleading.

94 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:38:40pm

re: #87 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Dammit! Ever.

95 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:38:47pm

re: #91 freetoken

We are assuming that he is indeed “Christian” and not some other kind of religious zealot. It’s probably a good assumption, but there are others.

The old fashioned “HE HATES THESE CANS” type of sociopath?

96 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:40:04pm

re: #93 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh snap. I’m such a dumb ass. Sorry everyone. It was not my intention to be misleading.

Still was a failure to know and control the priests in his ranks. Perhaps it will make the advisor a little more diligent.

97 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:41:24pm

re: #92 Decatur Deb

Thanks again. I’m so embarrassed. If you could see my face right now, it would look like a baboons ass. In more ways than one.

98 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:42:55pm

re: #95 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Clever.

99 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:43:20pm

S’ok—at least your link wasn’t malware.

100 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:45:46pm

re: #97 Slumbering Behemoth

Thanks again. I’m so embarrassed. If you could see my face right now, it would look like a baboons ass. In more ways than one.

Don’t be hard on yourself. You just didn’t understand the situation, you’re being dishonest.

101 Targetpractice  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:45:59pm

re: #95 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The old fashioned “HE HATES THESE CANS” type of sociopath?

Yeah, we seem to have an overabundance of those since ‘08. And, despite all appearances, none of them are right-wing extremists./

102 jamesfirecat  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:46:36pm

re: #101 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Yeah, we seem to have an overabundance of those since ‘08. And, despite all appearances, none of them are right-wing extremists./

Are you telling me that I had best secure my antique can collection somewhere safe?

103 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:49:03pm

re: #100 Dark_Falcon

I just like to “mea culpa” like a mo-fo when I make a mistake like that. I don’t want my fuck up to reflect badly on anyone else.

104 Targetpractice  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:49:13pm

re: #102 jamesfirecat

Are you telling me that I had best secure my antique can collection somewhere safe?

It’d be the prudent course.

105 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:50:12pm

re: #102 jamesfirecat

Are you telling me that I had best secure my antique can collection somewhere safe?

Participating in Right wing groups, spouting right wing talking points and attacking right wing targets are well know left wing extremist tactics.

106 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:52:57pm

re: #101 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Yeah, we seem to have an overabundance of those since ‘08. And, despite all appearances, none of them are right-wing extremists./

I’ve been to OSH, Home Depot, Lowe’s and a variety of other garden centers. You’d think with the near miraculous over abundance of Liberal Plants we’ve been hearing about these last couple of years that I could find at least one in stock somewhere. But no, not a one.

107 hugh59  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:53:14pm

re: #4 Slumbering Behemoth

I think it’s well past “high time” when we start treating these people, their collaborators, and their enablers for the terrorists they are.

Quite frankly, I wouldn’t mind seeing them share space with their Jihadi counter parts at Gitmo.

/Okay, I would mind, but only a little

Abortion clinic bombers are terrorists. People who assist them are criminals. But don’t blame everyone in the anti-abortion movement. But I think that some people would consider anyone who speaks out against abortion to be an “enabler.”

I can remember back in the days when there were abortion clinic bombings. People were blaming the Christian Coalition even though the CC was speaking out against the violence and was cooperating with the FBI and police in trying to find the bombers.

Let’s go after the bombers and other criminals.

108 freetoken  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:53:40pm

Bratfart sez: It’s all Beck’s Fault!!

Andrew Breitbart blames Glenn Beck for Shirley Sherrod scandal

109 Targetpractice  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:54:56pm

re: #108 freetoken

Bratfart sez: It’s all Beck’s Fault!!

Andrew Breitbart blames Glenn Beck for Shirley Sherrod scandal

“I just edited the tape, they’re the ones who showed it to everybody!”

110 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:55:24pm

re: #103 Slumbering Behemoth

I just like to “mea culpa” like a mo-fo when I make a mistake like that. I don’t want my fuck up to reflect badly on anyone else.

I know, I’m the same way.

111 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:55:46pm

re: #108 freetoken

Bratfart sez: It’s all Beck’s Fault!!

Andrew Breitbart blames Glenn Beck for Shirley Sherrod scandal

The vipers are fanging each other, I see.

112 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:56:31pm

re: #108 freetoken

They’re eating their own now, eh?

Youtube Video
113 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:57:14pm

re: #111 Dark_Falcon

The vipers are fanging each other, I see.

More of a vicious gumming in their cases.

114 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 7:58:36pm

re: #106 Slumbering Behemoth

I’ve been to OSH, Home Depot, Lowe’s and a variety of other garden centers. You’d think with the near miraculous over abundance of Liberal Plants we’ve been hearing about these last couple of years that I could find at least one in stock somewhere. But no, not a one.

Looking for a liberal succulent?

115 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:00:24pm

re: #114 Gus 802

Um… no. There’s a street downtown where I go for that. I mean, where I hear some people go for that.

116 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:00:42pm

re: #113 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

More of a vicious gumming in their cases.

Not really. Glenn Beck has injected his venom into the Republican body politic more than once. He’s a snake.

117 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:01:29pm

re: #115 Slumbering Behemoth

Um… no. There’s a street downtown where I go for that. I mean, where I hear some people go for that.

We call that the Tenderloin around here.

//

118 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:02:36pm

re: #114 Gus 802

Looking for a liberal succulent?

Liberal succulent

Image: 36274c039ed227e6f5bc23be9fe841f9.jpg

119 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:04:49pm

re: #117 Gus 802

We call that the Tenderloin around here.

//

Tender loins? You’re picking the wrong succulent. Or maybe, just the right one.

120 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:04:57pm

re: #118 Decatur Deb

Liberal succulent

Image: 36274c039ed227e6f5bc23be9fe841f9.jpg

There’s a fungus among us.

121 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:04:58pm
A Marshfield man who planned to kill abortion providers in Madison this week was thwarted on the eve of the intended attack when his gun accidentally fired in a motel room, leading to his arrest for reckless endangerment, according to a federal complaint filed Thursday.

No, it didn’t. He accidentally fired his gun by virtue of having his boogerhook on the bang switch.

May seem like a minor quibble to non-crazy people, but it’s a pet peeve of mine. I contend that a large reason for both the fascination with and apprehension of firearms derives from their portrayal in news media as unpredictable devices with a mind of their own, and portrayal in movies as magic talismans that blow people through glass windows and cause a car to explode when $ActionHero fires a round at the gas tank.

122 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:06:23pm

re: #118 Decatur Deb

Look at those evil things. They just scream “Commie/Fascist/Atheist/Jihadist/Darwinists”.

123 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:06:26pm

re: #117 Gus 802

We call that the Tenderloin around here.

//

Quite a rough place, if you believe the stories.

124 Varek Raith  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:06:38pm

Back when American cartoons kicked ass.

Youtube Video
125 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:06:56pm

re: #119 Slumbering Behemoth

Tender loins? You’re picking the wrong succulent. Or maybe, just the right one.

The other white meat.

In other news. Looks like another cold night. Oh joy.

126 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:07:09pm

Something bad health-wise in South Korea. Really hope it’s an isolated groups of events.

A second woman dies of a mystery virus, reported to be similar to pneumonia, in South Korea.

127 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:08:48pm

re: #123 Dark_Falcon

Quite a rough place, if you believe the stories.

I never found out. First time I ever passed by the place I just thought it was g-r-o-s-s.

128 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:09:58pm

Ugh. Getting the double spinning wheels and seeing my posts twice. Oh what a joy technology can be sometimes. I need my own iPhone and wireless connection. In any even this beats having to hang out at some coffee shop.

130 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:10:47pm

re: #127 Gus 802

I never found out. First time I ever passed by the place I just thought it was g-r-o-s-s.

Hi Gus..Hope you are doing well

131 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:11:23pm

re: #124 Varek Raith

Back when American cartoons kicked ass.

[Video]

This one was way better:

Youtube Video
132 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:11:54pm

re: #124 Varek Raith

Back when American cartoons kicked ass.

[Video]

Decent enough. Of course, in retrospect I find it funny that the villains facing good guys with a fighter or helicopter always build some superweapon and never go for the simple plan of luring the good guys into a SAM trap.

133 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:11:57pm

re: #126 ProLifeLiberal

Should clarify. This is a Wikipedia summary of a news article.

134 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:12:18pm

re: #130 HoosierHoops

Hi Gus..Hope you are doing well

Hey Hoops. Doing as best as I can. ;) How are you?

135 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:12:27pm

re: #129 Ojoe

Towercam gloaming, the San Gabriel Mountains of California, Pacific time zone.

I keep looking at those, and they never seem to gloam while I’m watching.

136 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:13:04pm

re: #132 Dark_Falcon

I f***ing hated SAMs in Ace Combat. Never rage quit, but I would start swearing and yelling like Cid Highwind (Firecat knows what I’m talking about).

137 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:13:22pm

re: #124 Varek Raith

Feh.

Youtube Video
138 Varek Raith  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:13:48pm

re: #136 ProLifeLiberal

I f***ing hated SAMs in Ace Combat. Never rage quit, but I would start swearing and yelling like Cid Highwind (Firecat knows what I’m talking about).

As do I :)

139 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:14:01pm

re: #134 Gus 802

Hey Hoops. Doing as best as I can. ;) How are you?

Survived the Tornadoes in Oklahoma.. Good to see you again

140 jamesfirecat  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:14:37pm

re: #124 Varek Raith

Back when American cartoons kicked ass.

[Video]

As much as I love the principle of a cartoon show about two furry felines taking down crime while flying around in a kickass two person jet… it is worth pointing out that American Cartoons still kick ass…

(Yes I’m a brony get over it…)

141 austin_blue  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:16:56pm

re: #130 HoosierHoops

Hi Gus..Hope you are doing well

How’s the game going, Hoops?

142 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:17:09pm

re: #139 HoosierHoops

Survived the Tornadoes in Oklahoma.. Good to see you again

Oh yeah. That was pretty intense. Caught a few reports on the news. Weird having two major tornado events occurring almost back to back. Been rather calm west of Continental Divide or Denver. Just seems like a long and rather chill at times Spring.

143 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:17:58pm

re: #141 austin_blue

How’s the game going, Hoops?

The Heat won the series
Heat vs. Mavs for the world Championship

144 Varek Raith  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:18:29pm

re: #139 HoosierHoops

Survived the Tornadoes in Oklahoma.. Good to see you again

No wicked withes?
/

145 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:18:50pm

re: #136 ProLifeLiberal

I f***ing hated SAMs in Ace Combat. Never rage quit, but I would start swearing and yelling like Cid Highwind (Firecat knows what I’m talking about).

I’m not as hostile to SAMs. Being talk and heavily-built as I am, I identify more with the crews who use them than the pilots.

146 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:19:23pm

re: #124 Varek Raith

Back when American cartoons kicked ass.

[Video]

You rang?

Youtube Video
147 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:19:25pm

How’s about some Weiner?

Youtube Video
148 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:20:04pm

Oh yeah. That new bridge at the Hoover Dam is pretty lame. You can’t see squat driving through it. It just has these high concrete walls.

149 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:22:40pm

re: #142 Gus 802

Oh yeah. That was pretty intense. Caught a few reports on the news. Weird having two major tornado events occurring almost back to back. Been rather calm west of Continental Divide or Denver. Just seems like a long and rather chill at times Spring.

It was terrifying here..Spinning clouds overhead..Hail…Destruction and lives lost…I’ve never seen anything like it in my life..Talked to the folks at the Moose lodge and they shrugged their shoulders.. Life in tornado alley

150 austin_blue  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:23:44pm

re: #142 Gus 802

Oh yeah. That was pretty intense. Caught a few reports on the news. Weird having two major tornado events occurring almost back to back. Been rather calm west of Continental Divide or Denver. Just seems like a long and rather chill at times Spring.

The jet stream is dipping *way* south this spring. Cold in west and mid-central US. Lots of lifties in the atmosphere further south, with beaucoups moisture pumping in from the Gulf. Ideal environment for big ass super cells and clusters. When you have an environment where cumulonimbus cells reach 65,000 feet, which has been common this spring, mayhem ensues. And it’s still May. We’ll get at least one more major outbreak, maybe two.

Heavy Weather.

151 freetoken  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:23:53pm

re: #148 Gus 802

You took the southern route between California and Denver?

152 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:24:13pm

re: #147 Killgore Trout

That guy could have been a stand up comedian in another universe.

153 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:25:40pm

re: #148 Gus 802

Oh yeah. That new bridge at the Hoover Dam is pretty lame. You can’t see squat driving through it. It just has these high concrete walls.

They want you on the tour, AKA Pay-Per-View.

154 Lidane  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:25:54pm

re: #146 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Youtube Video
155 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:28:15pm

re: #151 freetoken

You took the southern route between California and Denver?

More or less. Went through Vegas to see a friend. Then up through crazy Bakersfield and up into my secret location on the SFO flight path. Was tempted to see the Grand Canyon but I needed (need) to budget myself here. Was kind of disappointed that Edwards AFB was also “walled off”.

156 austin_blue  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:28:34pm

re: #154 Lidane

[Video]

Good gawd, Homegirl, WTF was that?

((I don’t have cable))

157 Lidane  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:29:29pm

re: #156 austin_blue

Good gawd, Homegirl, WTF was that?

((I don’t have cable))

One of the funniest cartoons of the last few years: Invader Zim

158 Varek Raith  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:29:31pm

re: #156 austin_blue

Good gawd, Homegirl, WTF was that?

((I don’t have cable))

Awesomesauce is what it is.

159 Stanghazi  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:29:40pm

OMG, my internet is BACK. Fucking A. And fuck this asshole 62 year old MALE who has some sort of investment in Abortion.

160 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:29:58pm

re: #149 HoosierHoops

It was terrifying here..Spinning clouds overhead..Hail…Destruction and lives lost…I’ve never seen anything like it in my life..Talked to the folks at the Moose lodge and they shrugged their shoulders.. Life in tornado alley

Was it really a mile wide? I’ve never been through a tornado of any sort. Did go through some black skies and a lot of anvil clouds in North Dakota about 20 years ago. That was kind of… spooky.

161 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:30:03pm

re: #154 Lidane

[Video]

Youtube Video
162 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:30:48pm

re: #158 Varek Raith

Awesomesauce is what it is.

Youtube Video
163 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:32:15pm

re: #150 austin_blue

The jet stream is dipping *way* south this spring. Cold in west and mid-central US. Lots of lifties in the atmosphere further south, with beaucoups moisture pumping in from the Gulf. Ideal environment for big ass super cells and clusters. When you have an environment where cumulonimbus cells reach 65,000 feet, which has been common this spring, mayhem ensues. And it’s still May. We’ll get at least one more major outbreak, maybe two.

Heavy Weather.

It’s making things quite cold here in Chicagoland. But it should be around 60 tomorrow, and sunny. And that’s good because my dad and I are going to a Cubs game. One of the managers at work lucked into a tickets package, so the office is closing for Memorial Day weekend at noon and a bunch of us are going to the game. We can each bring someone. and I’m bringing my dad. I’d invite my best friend, but he’s a Sox fan of the Cubs-hating variety.

164 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:32:57pm

re: #159 Stanley Sea

And fuck this asshole 62 year old MALE who thinks he has some sort of investment in Abortion.

FTFY

165 Lidane  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:33:44pm

re: #161 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Youtube Video
166 austin_blue  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:34:41pm

re: #157 Lidane

One of the funniest cartoons of the last few years: Invader Zim

Ah, the Serenity of cartoons. Killed before its time.

167 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:36:14pm

Hoover Dam

Water level is rather low.

168 austin_blue  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:37:54pm

re: #160 Gus 802

Was it really a mile wide? I’ve never been through a tornado of any sort. Did go through some black skies and a lot of anvil clouds in North Dakota about 20 years ago. That was kind of… spooky.

Most tornados are spikes or ropes which are f-1s and f-2s. When you get something a mile wide it is a “wedge”, “big wedge”, or “maxi-wedge”. Those are f-4s and f-5s.

With those, you are either lucky or dead.

169 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:38:32pm

re: #167 Gus 802

Hoover Dam

Water level is rather low.

For now,

Record Snowpacks Could Threaten Western States

Thanks to a blizzard-filled winter and an unusually cold and wet spring, more than 90 measuring sites from Montana to New Mexico and California to Colorado have record snowpack totals on the ground for late May, according to a federal report released last week.

Those giant and spectacularly beautiful snowpacks will now melt under the hotter, sunnier skies of June — mildly if weather conditions are just right, wildly and perhaps catastrophically if they are not.

Fear of a sudden thaw, releasing millions of gallons of water through river channels and narrow canyons, has disaster experts on edge.

“All we can do is watch and wait,” said Bob Struble, the director of emergency management for Routt County in north-central Colorado. The county’s largest community, Steamboat Springs, sits about 30 miles from the headwaters of the Yampa River, a major tributary of the Colorado River that has 17 feet of snow or more in parts of its watershed.

170 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:39:29pm

re: #167 Gus 802

Dam, is that recent? When was the dam time the water was that dam low.

/I know, I know. Sometimes I can’t keep my inner child quiet.

171 Varek Raith  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:39:58pm

re: #170 Slumbering Behemoth

Dam, is that recent? When was the dam time the water was that dam low.

/I know, I know. Sometimes I can’t keep my inner child quiet.

Dam it Jim! I’m a doctor not an engineer!

172 Kronocide  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:40:17pm

re: #167 Gus 802

Hoover Dam

Water level is rather low.

My love can be bigger than the Hoover Dam
My love can hide behind a grain of sand

173 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:40:41pm

re: #170 Slumbering Behemoth

Dam, is that recent? When was the dam time the water was that dam low.

/I know, I know. Sometimes I can’t keep my inner child quiet.

Yep. I took that last week on the 17th.

174 Velvet Elvis  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:41:03pm

re: #168 austin_blue

Most tornados are spikes or ropes which are f-1s and f-2s. When you get something a mile wide it is a “wedge”, “big wedge”, or “maxi-wedge”. Those are f-4s and f-5s.

With those, you are either lucky or dead.

I don’t get why there’s such a national interest in tornadoes all of a sudden. We’ve been having them for years and we just call it “spring.”

175 Kronocide  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:41:18pm

Guy walks into a bar, tells a girl “I have a dick joke but it’s kinda long.”

She says “I have a pussy joke, but you’ll never get it.”

176 austin_blue  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:41:40pm

re: #163 Dark_Falcon

It’s making things quite cold here in Chicagoland. But it should be around 60 tomorrow, and sunny. And that’s good because my dad and I are going to a Cubs game. One of the managers at work lucked into a tickets package, so the office is closing for Memorial Day weekend at noon and a bunch of us are going to the game. We can each bring someone. and I’m bringing my dad. I’d invite my best friend, but he’s a Sox fan of the Cubs-hating variety.

Shit, dude, we’ve already hit 100 and are under “exceptional drought” conditions.

[Link: www.drought.unl.edu…]

I’d *love* me some sweater weather!

177 Varek Raith  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:42:40pm

re: #175 BigPapa

Guy walks into a bar, tells a girl “I have a dick joke but it’s kinda long.”

She says “I have a pussy joke, but you’ll never get it.”


BUUURRRNNN.
Lol

178 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:43:10pm

re: #168 austin_blue

Most tornados are spikes or ropes which are f-1s and f-2s. When you get something a mile wide it is a “wedge”, “big wedge”, or “maxi-wedge”. Those are f-4s and f-5s.

With those, you are either lucky or dead.

Wedge is what I meant. Well, it was developing or at least I thought it was. Anvil of course means the tops. Lots of people, truckers, etc., started hunkering down but we decided to high tail it out of the area and drove across North Dakota in a day.

179 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:44:12pm

re: #176 austin_blue

Shit, dude, we’ve already hit 100 and are under “exceptional drought” conditions.

[Link: www.drought.unl.edu…]

I’d *love* me some sweater weather!

I know. I was just noting what the dip does up north. I want it back to normal too. Let the cold air stay in Canada, where it belongs. :)

180 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:45:07pm

re: #173 Gus 802

I would have loved to tour the Hoover Dam before the water was released, just to take in the true scale of such a project first person.

A different age. Can you imagine trying to get a project like that off the ground in this day and age? Hell, we can’t even get a little local, high speed rail project going these days.

181 Varek Raith  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:45:12pm

Rofl.

Youtube Video
182 austin_blue  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:46:17pm

re: #172 BigPapa

My love can be bigger than the Hoover Dam
My love can hide behind a grain of sand

Channeling the bastard brothers of Norman Petty and Charles Hardin, are we?

183 CarleeCork  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:46:18pm

Why isn’t this conspiracy to commit murder????

184 Targetpractice  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:46:54pm

re: #167 Gus 802

Hoover Dam

Water level is rather low.

Gets too much lower, you’ll be able to spot the B-29 resting at the lake’s bottom.

185 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:47:55pm

re: #184 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Gets too much lower, you’ll be able to spot the B-29 resting at the lake’s bottom.

Shh, you trying to piss off the Boomers?

186 Stanghazi  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:48:12pm

re: #173 Gus 802

Are you No Cal or So Cal now?

187 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:48:31pm

re: #186 Stanley Sea

Are you No Cal or So Cal now?

No Cal

188 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:49:33pm

re: #184 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Gets too much lower, you’ll be able to spot the B-29 resting at the lake’s bottom.

Really? Cause if it’s even semi-intact this would be a great time for a retrieval op.

189 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:51:39pm

re: #180 Slumbering Behemoth

I would have loved to tour the Hoover Dam before the water was released, just to take in the true scale of such a project first person.

A different age. Can you imagine trying to get a project like that off the ground in this day and age? Hell, we can’t even get a little local, high speed rail project going these days.

It’s like everything is run by a city council these days. Meeting upon meetings. Studies upon studies. Community hearings that never end. Everyone throwing their two cents in. One year we’re going back to the moon and the next year the project is canceled. We’ve lost that “can do” attitude. Kick the tires and light the fire and let’s get this show on the road! Nope, won’t happen and everything will continue to take forever and a day to accomplish. Then when it’s finally completed — if it’s ever completed — it’s over designed and over budget.

190 Stanghazi  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:51:50pm

re: #187 Gus 802

No Cal

Oh bummer. But enjoy.

191 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:53:04pm

Archaeologists Find 17 Pyramids, 1K Tombs, 3K Settlements Using Online Satellite Images

Exceeding the discovery of 2,000 new archaeological sites using Google Earth, scientists have now found 17 Egyptian pyramids, 1,000 tombs and 3,000 Nile Delta settlements previously lost to sand and time.

The tech-happy group from the University of Alabama purchased imagery online from orbiting satellites and used image-filtering software to identify the locations, which they spot-checked and test-excavated in person.

Pulling down images from a satellite orbiting at a height of 400 miles but which can capture objects less than a yard across, the scientists used infrared imaging to highlight differences in soil density.

192 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:53:21pm

re: #188 Dark_Falcon

Really? Cause if it’s even semi-intact this would be a great time for a retrieval op.

Not that bird, DF.

[Link: sanctuaries.noaa.gov…]

193 CarleeCork  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:53:37pm

I wasn’t aware that physicians that perform abortions are “fair game” just like covert CIA agents?

194 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:55:08pm

re: #189 Gus 802

Also, there are an awful lot of regulations and regulatory committees in place now that weren’t present back in that day. I think it would be near impossible for a project of that scale to begin legally.

Not going on a Paul Bot deregulation screed, mind you. Just sayin’.

195 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:55:42pm

re: #192 wlewisiii

Not that bird, DF.

[Link: sanctuaries.noaa.gov…]

That’s one tough airplane…

The huge bomber hit the water at an indicated airspeed of 230 miles per hour. The contact with the lake immediately tore three of the four engines off the plane. The pilot managed to wrestle the bomber back into the air and then ditch; all members of the crew managed to get out alive before the B-29 sank.

196 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:58:54pm

re: #193 CarleeCork

Well, they’re evil, you know. And not just everyday, kick a puppy, steal from the poor evil, but straight from hell, demon possessed, satanic evil. So of course that makes them fair game. Gawd’s will, and all that.
/

197 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 26, 2011 8:59:08pm

re: #193 CarleeCork

I wasn’t aware that physicians that perform abortions are “fair game” just like covert CIA agents?

LOL, nice.

Here’s to you Mrs. Wilson-Plame, Heaven holds a place for those betrayed. Hey hey hey.

198 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:02:55pm

G’night all.

199 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:03:15pm

:trying his best Professor Farnsworth impersonation:

Good news, everyone!

200 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:03:17pm

re: #183 CarleeCork

Why isn’t this conspiracy to commit murder???

Conspiracy, by definition, involves more than one person.

201 austin_blue  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:03:21pm

Night folks. Glad we didn’t kick the guts out of each other a couple of threads back. Civilized drinking establishment we have here. Nice. I’ll have an Anchor porter.

Sleep well.

202 Gus  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:03:55pm

I’m going to find me a pack of smokes. Believe it or not I can get them cheaper than I was getting them in Denver. Back later and if not have a good one.

203 freetoken  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:04:05pm

re: #169 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

If it were not for that record snowpack in the mountains of the Colorado river basin then Las Vegas would be seeing a dramatic water rationing program late in this year. Because of the abnormal rain event in winter (the so called river of rain that washed in from the Pacific) and the large snowpack, doomsday for Lake Mead is probably pushed back by a year.

204 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:05:57pm

re: #195 Gus 802

That’s one tough airplane…

It was intended to succeed the B-17. Given that it was expected to be hit by 20mm cannon, it was built to stand up to a hammering. Boeing built well.

205 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:09:53pm

ISOLATED INCIDENT!!!11ty!

Fucking assholes.

206 CarleeCork  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:10:17pm

re: #200 goddamnedfrank

Conspiracy, by definition, involves more than one person.


Excuse me. He should have been charged with intent to commit murder.

The charge of attempting to injure or intimidate a person who provides reproductive health services is bullshit.

207 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:10:30pm

re: #188 Dark_Falcon


Woot! We can react the Second Battle of Hoover Dam as seen on Fallout: New Vegas.

I found a song for the Tea Party and the Socons. From Portal 2:

You’ve got your
Short sad
Life left
That’s what I’m counting on.
I’ll let you get right to it.
Now, I only want you gone.

208 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:11:30pm

re: #206 CarleeCork

Excuse me. He should have been charged with intent to commit murder.

The charge of attempting to injure or intimidate a person who provides reproductive health services is bullshit.

1. He’s white.
2. He’s Xian.
3. It’s Wisconsin.

209 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:13:54pm

re: #200 goddamnedfrank

Conspiracy, by definition, involves more than one person.

These types of terrorists cover their tracks well. Usually. It may well turn out he, like Roeder, was not acting alone.

210 freetoken  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:15:19pm

re: #200 goddamnedfrank

Conspiracy, by definition, involves more than one person.

Him and …. God???

/just sayin’

211 freetoken  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:17:07pm

So, I’m watching the big NASA Kepler press conference from this week and it strongly reinforces my idea that most scientists should not be allowed to do press conferences. NASA needs to hire professional speakers/interlocutors and just have the scientists show up to answer any questions.

212 CarleeCork  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:19:05pm

re: #200 goddamnedfrank

Conspiracy, by definition, involves more than one person.

God damn you Frank!
//////////

213 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:21:27pm

re: #210 freetoken

Him and … God???

And as we all know, everything He does or commands is Good and Just and without Blame. So it’s obvious the only option is to acquit.

214 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:22:22pm

re: #212 CarleeCork

“He already has, Carlee. He already has”.

215 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:23:15pm

Ludwig was right. The Stalkers are using his nic to post over there, and using their Twitter Strawman of him too. They can’t actually win arguments with the real thing, so they’ve made a fake Ludwig to spew at.

[waves to the Stalkers]

216 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:24:03pm

re: #211 freetoken

I’d volunteer, if the position came with a booze and hookers stipend.

217 Stanghazi  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:24:07pm

Re: Sister Sarah. Follow Andrew Halcro’s blog. He’s an Alaskan Republican who has called her out on her lies over and over and over.

[Link: www.andrewhalcro.com…]

Leave it to the delusion filled administration lackies of former Governor Sarah Palin to try and rewrite history to make their former boss look good and their own incompetence seem anything but.

In a video clip of a soon to be released propaganda piece that will attempt to reframe the former governor’s half term, former Palin officials try and rewrite the legal history behind the battle with Exxon over their Pt. Thomson oil & gas leases.

He is one to follow.

Sister Sarah in Going Rogue disparaged him as an effeminate limo driver. He responded so hilariously.

Youtube Video
218 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:24:37pm

re: #209 Slumbering Behemoth

These types of terrorists cover their tracks well. Usually. It may well turn out he, like Roeder, was not acting alone.

I agree, unfortunately proving it is a bitch.
re: #210 freetoken

Him and … God???

He and God had syncing issues, see jaunte’s #58. Maybe God was telling him not to be an asshole and he just wouldn’t listen.

re: #212 CarleeCork

God damn you Frank!
///

Too late, I come pre-damned, past life as a fig tree and all that.

re: #206 CarleeCork

Excuse me. He should have been charged with intent to commit murder.

The charge of attempting to injure or intimidate a person who provides reproductive health services is bullshit.

Luckily this guy’s itchy trigger finger and inability to just shut the fuck up is curtailing his plans nicely.

219 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:25:47pm

Who needs a Preview button? It’s my hot body, I do what I want!

220 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:26:56pm

re: #218 goddamnedfrank

I agree, unfortunately proving it is a bitch.
re: #210 freetoken

Too late, I come pre-damned, past life as a fig tree and all that.

re: #206 CarleeCork

Luckily this guy’s itchy trigger finger and inability to just shut the fuck up is curtailing his plans nicely.

That’s the good news about many would-be terrorists: they don’t understand the need for operational security, plus they’re not right in the head and thus they get caught. It’s the ones who know how to keep quiet till they’re ready that you really have to worry about.

221 Kronocide  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:28:37pm

Where is it in the Bible one is justified to shoot doctors again?

222 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:29:58pm

re: #215 Dark_Falcon

Ludwig was right. The Stalkers are using his nic to post over there, and using their Twitter Strawman of him too. They can’t actually win arguments with the real thing, so they’ve made a fake Ludwig to spew at.

[waves to the Stalkers]

A few days ago I got top billing at the Diary of Dildo…I never thought a blog would be so upset about my postings…What dumb-asses
You better do better than that stalkers cause you make lame look bad

223 mangymutt  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:30:00pm

Hello all.

This is my first post after lurking for almost a year. Sorry to go ot but I just wanted to say that I quit smoking after 12 years of being a pack a day guy. My doctor gave me some killer meds that killed my craving for nicotine, and I think I can deal with the mental cravings also(tootsie roll pops).

Wish me luck

224 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:30:02pm

re: #221 BigPapa

Where is it in the Bible one is justified to shoot doctors again?

Right after it says the Earth is only 5000 years old, next to the part where it goes over how Global Warming and Evolution are myths, and right before it says how Jesus was a Republican.

225 freetoken  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:30:24pm

re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth

I’d volunteer, if the position came with a booze and hookers stipend.

Sorry, not available.

OTOH, if you’re interested in luggage boys you might apply to volunteer at you local pro-family organization…

226 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:30:42pm

re: #221 BigPapa

Where is it in the Bible one is justified to shoot doctors again?

Wyomings 30:06.

227 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:30:55pm

re: #218 goddamnedfrank

I agree, unfortunately proving it is a bitch.

There’s proving, then there’s willingness to investigate. I have no proof, but I suspect a great deal of this terrorist crap gets overlooked due to sympathetic feelings.

228 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:31:09pm

Ominous development in Mexico:

Mexican officials seize ‘narcotank’

Authorities in Jalisco, Mexico, recently seized this tricked-out 2011 Ford F-150 Super Duty truck, above, that had been transformed by drug gang members into an obviously DIY armored vehicle. The steel-plated “Z Monster,” as the truck was called, could fit 20 men and was outfitted with a rotating machine gun turret.

Drug gangs are crafting armored “narcotanks” in order to battle the Mexican military—and each other. Security forces complain they’re battling gangs that are better armed than they are. In Colombia, gangs have been caught using homemade submarines, and other cartels use ultra-light airplanes to transport drugs to the United States without grabbing the attention of the Border Patrol. The L.A. Times’ Daniel Hernandez reports that The Zetas and Gulf cartels wear military-style uniforms, making them “indistinguishable from actual soldiers” and confusing the locals.

Note the shield surrounding the machine gun mount. That’s a sign the drug gangs thought ahead. APC (this thing is an armored personnel carrier, not a tank) machine gunners are prime targets for snipers and smart fighting forces add shield to their machine gun mounts to keep their gunners alive.

229 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:33:22pm

re: #222 HoosierHoops

A few days ago I got top billing at the Diary of Dildo…I never thought a blog would be so upset about my postings…What dumb-asses
You better do better than that stalkers cause you make lame look bad

They can’t help it. The hate impels them to climb the Stupid Tree, climbing even higher before reaching the top. Once there, they proceed to fall and hit every branch on the way down.

230 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:34:03pm

re: #221 BigPapa

Where is it in the Bible one is justified to shoot doctors again?

It’s right there between the part about dragging gays to their death and rendering Caesar to make candles.

231 Velvet Elvis  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:34:14pm

re: #228 Dark_Falcon

Is it wrong that I kinda want one?

232 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:34:18pm

re: #228 Dark_Falcon

Ominous development in Mexico:

Mexican officials seize ‘narcotank’

Note the shield surrounding the machine gun mount. That’s a sign the drug gangs thought ahead. APC (this thing is an armored personnel carrier, not a tank) machine gunners are prime targets for snipers and smart fighting forces add shield to their machine gun mounts to keep their gunners alive.

Looks like we need to bring Killdozer out of retirement.

233 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:34:40pm

Listening to this right now on the ole Bang & O ipod player…

Youtube Video

Turmed my wife on to my old neighbor, Merle, and she’s taken a liking to his younger singing voice…

234 CarleeCork  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:35:01pm

re: #223 mangymutt
Luck dear, I’ve been smoke free for five years. It gets easier!

235 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:35:11pm

re: #231 Conservative Moonbat

Is it wrong that I kinda want one?

I just want its contents.

236 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:35:43pm

re: #223 mangymutt

Good luck. The quitting part is easy. It’s the “never starting up again” part that’s a real mother fucker.

237 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:35:55pm

re: #224 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Right after it says the Earth is only 5000 years old, next to the part where it goes over how Global Warming and Evolution are myths, and right before it says how Jesus was a Republican.

Verily the Son did ride in on the back of a a great velociraptor, cutting taxes with a roundhouse kick while holding two blazing nines held sideways, and said unto the sinning healthcare providers, “eat it bitches!”

-From the Book of Norris 4:27

238 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:36:42pm

re: #229 Dark_Falcon

They can’t help it. The hate impels them to climb the Stupid Tree, climbing even higher before reaching the top. Once there, they proceed to fall and hit every branch on the way down.

Who the hell reads every post here then makes a blog about it?
It’s a sickness I guess

239 CarleeCork  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:36:50pm

re: #237 goddamnedfrank
Chuck me….

240 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:37:06pm

re: #236 Slumbering Behemoth

Good luck. The quitting part is easy. It’s the “never starting up again” part that’s a real mother fucker.

I love it when people write “mother fucker”…quoted for beauty.

241 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:38:05pm

re: #231 Conservative Moonbat

Is it wrong that I kinda want one?

No, it’s not wrong. It’s easy to imagine your self behind the wheel of that beast. Yuppie cuts you off in his SmartCar, you just run it over.

/I am entirely kidding about that last part. I would never do that.

242 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:38:14pm

re: #239 CarleeCork

Chuck me…

Don’t use the name of Norris in vain…it will Chuck you up.

243 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:38:17pm

re: #237 goddamnedfrank

Verily the Son did ride in on the back of a a great velociraptor, cutting taxes with a roundhouse kick while holding two blazing nines held sideways, and said unto the sinning healthcare providers, “eat it bitches!”

-From the Book of Norris 4:27

Image: also-this-photograph-of-jesus-helping-a-baby-dinos-8969-1236784374-24.jpg

244 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:38:36pm

re: #223 mangymutt

Hello all.

This is my first post after lurking for almost a year. Sorry to go ot but I just wanted to say that I quit smoking after 12 years of being a pack a day guy. My doctor gave me some killer meds that killed my craving for nicotine, and I think I can deal with the mental cravings also(tootsie roll pops).

Wish me luck

Good Luck.

245 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:38:47pm

re: #233 darthstar

Well, well. Do wonders never cease? A commie/hippie/liberal who likes old school Country. I’m gonna go outside and see if the moon has turned blood red.
/

246 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:38:54pm

re: #243 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Image: also-this-photograph-of-jesus-helping-a-baby-dinos -8969-1236784374-24.jpg

He’s not helping it…he’s taking it to a memorial day bbq!

247 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:39:58pm

re: #245 Slumbering Behemoth

Well, well. Do wonders never cease? A commie/hippie/liberal who likes old school Country. I’m gonna go outside and see if the moon has turned blood red.
/

Merle Haggard lived three cattle-guards down the road from my parents when I was growing up (we lived at the 2nd cattle guard off the freeway)…went to high school with his son Noel.

I grew up listening to both kinds of music - Country AND Western.

248 SpaceJesus  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:41:06pm

dinosaurs rule

249 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:41:24pm

re: #240 darthstar

Tu Madre says you could just type my name and it would accurately fit the bill. And quite well, at that.

/Bad Behemoth, bad!

250 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:41:30pm

re: #246 darthstar

He’s not helping it…he’s taking it to a memorial day bbq!

Image: Raptor_Jesus_by_Taylor1320.jpg

251 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:42:02pm

re: #248 SpaceJesus

dinosaurs rule

Image: 4162010103910AM_holy_shit_this_is_awesome.jpg

252 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:43:29pm

re: #251 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Image: 4162010103910AM_holy_shit_this_is_awesome.jpg

If dinosaurs had lasers, Jesus never would have made it up the hill with his cross. I’m sure I read that on Wikipedia somewhere, and if I didn’t, I’ll put it there.

253 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:43:54pm

re: #246 darthstar

He’s not helping it…he’s taking it to a memorial day bbq!

Nope, that’s done with trolls, not dinosaurs. Velociraptor’s were pretty bad-ass, while trolls are just lame.

254 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:43:59pm

re: #249 Slumbering Behemoth

Tu Madre says you could just type my name and it would accurately fit the bill. And quite well, at that.

/Bad Behemoth, bad!

My mother would be offended. I’m amused thinking about it.

255 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:44:20pm

re: #253 Dark_Falcon

Nope, that’s done with trolls, not dinosaurs. Velociraptor’s were pretty bad-ass, while trolls are just lame.

But they tasted just like chicken!

256 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:44:47pm

An oldie but one of my favorites, painting of Bea Arthur “Killing Machine.”

257 CarleeCork  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:44:56pm

re: #242 darthstar

Don’t use the name of Norris in vain…it will Chuck you up.


re: #255 darthstar

But they tasted just like chicken!


But what does chicken taste like?

258 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:45:05pm

re: #251 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The thread improves.

259 SpaceJesus  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:45:15pm

re: #256 goddamnedfrank

brandon bird is awesome

260 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:45:26pm

re: #257 CarleeCork

re: #255 darthstar


But what does chicken taste like?

Eucharist.

261 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:45:50pm

re: #251 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Image: 4162010103910AM_holy_shit_this_is_awesome.jpg

Dino Riders. I remember that from back in the late 80’s. I had a bunch of those figures, though I mostly had the evil Rulons. In toys, I tended to root for the bad guys. I don’t do that in real life, unless being a Republican counts. ;)

262 SpaceJesus  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:46:12pm

somebody buy me this:

[Link: www.geekosystem.com…]

263 CarleeCork  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:46:32pm

re: #260 darthstar

Eucharist.


What if I’m not Catholic?

264 SpaceJesus  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:46:43pm

re: #261 Dark_Falcon

republicans on dinosaurs

265 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:46:43pm

re: #258 Slumbering Behemoth

The thread improves.

This is one of those times when Charles logs in to post an overnight thread, reads the last twenty posts, slaps himself on the forehead, and says, “Fuck it…I’m going to bed.”

266 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:46:57pm

re: #263 CarleeCork

What if I’m not Catholic?

Matzo.

267 CarleeCork  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:47:44pm

re: #266 darthstar

Matzo.


LOL I just slapped my forehead! Fuck it.

268 SpaceJesus  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:48:08pm

Image: dinosaur-palin.jpg

269 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:48:25pm

And yes, I can Godwin a dinosaur thread.

Image: n81011207_37487114_5004.jpg

270 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:49:19pm

re: #264 SpaceJesus

republicans on dinosaurs

SMACK!

271 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:50:00pm

re: #256 goddamnedfrank

That guy/gal paints some hilariously absurd shit.

Not the same artist, but in a similar vein.

272 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:52:02pm

re: #271 Slumbering Behemoth

That guy/gal paints some hilariously absurd shit.

Not the same artist, but in a similar vein.

The dead Leonardo Ninja Turtle is a nice touch.

273 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:52:05pm

re: #271 Slumbering Behemoth

That guy/gal paints some hilariously absurd shit.

Not the same artist, but in a similar vein.

Love the dead Orc by her feet…that’s a children’s toy I’d buy for friends.

274 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:52:33pm

re: #261 Dark_Falcon

Dino Riders. I remember that from back in the late 80’s. I had a bunch of those figures, though I mostly had the evil Rulons.

You know what I had back in the late 80’s?

Loose girlfriends, and lots of ‘em.
/

275 SpaceJesus  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:52:37pm

re: #273 darthstar

dude that’s leonardo

276 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:52:56pm

re: #272 goddamnedfrank

The dead Leonardo Ninja Turtle is a nice touch.

OH, that’s Leonardo? I thought it was an Orc or some kind of mythical beast. I hate the fuckin’ ninja turtles, so yeah…it is a nice touch.

277 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:53:12pm

re: #275 SpaceJesus

dude that’s leonardo

Better still.

278 SpaceJesus  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:53:52pm

no way ninja turtles rule

279 SpaceJesus  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:54:15pm

leonardo was the least cool tho

280 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:54:52pm

re: #279 SpaceJesus

leonardo was the least cool tho

fucker deserved to die…glad Strawberry Shortcake took him out…seems fitting.

281 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:55:13pm

re: #279 SpaceJesus

leonardo was the least cool tho

I liked Donatello and Raph

282 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:55:57pm

re: #280 darthstar

A fantastic feast. Turtle for dinner and shortcake for desert. :wink wink nudge nudge:

283 Targetpractice  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:56:54pm

”’Breach hull, all die.’ Even had it underlined!”

284 freetoken  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:58:13pm

re: #278 SpaceJesus

Jesus was a ninja.

285 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:58:15pm

re: #283 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

”’Breach hull, all die.’ Even had it underlined!”

MST3k, when Crow decided to dig his way to Earth.

286 CarleeCork  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:58:24pm

Good night all, I wish you all moist lizard eggs.

287 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:59:21pm

Space, Space, I’m in Space. (at least one of you know what I’m referring too).

Youtube Video
288 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 9:59:43pm

re: #282 Slumbering Behemoth

A fantastic feast. Turtle for dinner and shortcake for desert. :wink wink nudge nudge:

I heard she’d do anything if you pulled out a can of whipped cream.

289 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:01:08pm

Oi.

290 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:02:08pm

re: #283 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

”’Breach hull, all die.’ Even had it underlined!”

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!

291 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:02:25pm

re: #284 freetoken

Jesus was a ninja.

He was also a bang up auto mechanic.

Youtube Video

And he could’ve play guitar better than Hendrix.

Youtube Video
292 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:02:38pm

re: #290 Dark_Falcon

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!

WRONG!

293 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:05:01pm

re: #287 ProLifeLiberal

Good thing I just finished that, or I would be kicking your ass for not using the *SPOILER ALERT* tag.

294 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:06:18pm

re: #293 Slumbering Behemoth

Oops sorry. My mom found this absolutely hilarious in its WTFiness.

295 engineer cat  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:09:03pm

WTFiness

a commodity in all too abundant supply these days

296 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:10:41pm

re: #293 Slumbering Behemoth

Good thing I just finished that, or I would be kicking your ass for not using the *SPOILER ALERT* tag.

Help me deal with the trolls instead. They’re howling like monkeys and flinging poo, too. I say we have some fun:

Ratko Mladic got captured today! Serbia helped to redeem itself by grapping that murderous thug!

[gets popcorn and then stands back to watch the frenzy.]

297 makeitstop  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:11:09pm

re: #294 ProLifeLiberal

Oops sorry. My mom found this absolutely hilarious in its WTFiness.

Yeah. I was losing it just watching.

298 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:13:43pm

re: #294 ProLifeLiberal

Oops sorry. My mom found this absolutely hilarious in its WTFiness.

Dear god…I hope you’re not letting your mom read my posts…I’ll have to put on some underwear.

299 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:15:01pm

re: #294 ProLifeLiberal

What I’d really love to see is Valve release a level builder to the gaming community so that gamers can create their own Portal puzzles.

Sure, you’d probably have a lot of assholes create a ton of “Tomb of Horrors” type puzzles, but within that I’d bet you’d find some incredibly creative and challenging puzzles.

300 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:16:27pm

re: #298 darthstar

Dear god…I hope you’re not letting your mom read my posts…I’ll have to put on some underwear.

Or not. Depends on what kind of mom she is.
/!eM nioJ

301 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:17:26pm

re: #299 Slumbering Behemoth

What I’d really love to see is Valve release a level builder to the gaming community so that gamers can create their own Portal puzzles.

Sure, you’d probably have a lot of assholes create a ton of “Tomb of Horrors” type puzzles, but within that I’d bet you’d find some incredibly creative and challenging puzzles.

Acerak does not look kindly on dissing his tomb

302 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:18:32pm

re: #300 Slumbering Behemoth

Or not. Depends on what kind of mom she is.
/!eM nioJ

Whoo-hoo! Happy dance! - wait…the dogs and the wife disapprove of my dancing nekkid in front of the windows.

303 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:20:15pm

re: #301 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

That crusty old bone pile can shove an Orc sock in it! Cheatin’ mother fucker.

304 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:21:30pm

re: #301 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Acerak does not look kindly on dissing his tomb

D&D actually has a sequel out for that, which offers the players a chance to destroy Acerak forever.

As a note, the final part of the sequel does indeed take place in the Tomb of Dead Gods and does indeed feature an aspect of Orcus, from which I derived the character of Dorkus to mock Stalker ‘Daedalus’ AKA Rodan.

305 darthstar  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:21:40pm

re: #303 Slumbering Behemoth

That crusty old bone pile can shove an Orc sock in it! Cheatin’ mother fucker.

I love it when people write “mother fucker”…quoted for beauty.

(I think I’m repeating myself, so I’ll call it a night)…play nice, everyone.

306 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:23:49pm

re: #303 Slumbering Behemoth

That crusty old bone pile can shove an Orc sock in it! Cheatin’ mother fucker.

I earned my DM’s undying hatred simply by uttering these words upon finally meeting Acerak.

“I use my Rod of Resurrection.”

307 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:24:37pm

re: #296 Dark_Falcon

Help me deal with the trolls instead. They’re howling like monkeys and flinging poo, too. I say we have some fun:

Ratko Mladic got captured today! Serbia helped to redeem itself by grabbing that murderous thug!

[gets popcorn and then stands back to watch the frenzy.]

PIMF

308 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:24:39pm

re: #304 Dark_Falcon

D&D actually has a sequel out for that, which offers the players a chance to destroy Acerak forever.

As a note, the final part of the sequel does indeed take place in the Tomb of Dead Gods and does indeed feature an aspect of Orcus, from which I derived the character of Dorkus to mock Stalker ‘Daedalus’ AKA Rodan.

Played the first scenario, DMd a party thru most of the second before they died poorly.

309 laZardo  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:24:47pm

Philippine Congress still going over the Reproductive Health Bill. For those just tuning in, the bill is intended to subsidize the cost of contraceptives in order to make them more available to the poor (who would have extremely high birth rates as it is.)

It is not intended to be a magic bullet to our poverty as it is a way to halt the birth rate and make further economic reforms more manageable.

Contraceptives are legal in the Philippines, however their use is highly frowned upon by the dominant local Catholic Church. Through the use of technical lingo they have even “automated excommunication,” something not taken very lightly in this deeply religious country.

In any event I need something to prevent me from punching something or unleashing my infamous paint roller.

310 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:25:05pm

re: #306 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I earned my DM’s undying hatred simply by uttering these words upon finally meeting Acerak.

“I use my Rod of Resurrection.”

What did that do?

311 laZardo  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:25:37pm

re: #310 Dark_Falcon

What did that do?

There’s a rule in the book. Number 34, I think.

312 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:25:57pm

re: #308 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Played the first scenario, DMd a party thru most of the second before they died poorly.

Couldn’t make it past the City That Waits, huh? ;)

313 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:27:29pm

re: #305 darthstar

I love it when people write “mother fucker”…quoted for beauty.

(I think I’m repeating myself, so I’ll call it a night)…play nice, everyone.

It is a beautiful thing, isn’t it?

314 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:34:02pm

re: #312 Dark_Falcon

Couldn’t make it past the City That Waits, huh? ;)

Yeah, they got wiped out. I was nice though, I let them keep partial XP, removed all the gear they had found thru the scenario and let them write it off as just a dream and keep their characters for the next campaign.

315 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:39:24pm

re: #314 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Yeah, they got wiped out. I was nice though, I let them keep partial XP, removed all the gear they had found thru the scenario and let them write it off as just a dream and keep their characters for the next campaign.

Cool. [SPOILER] It’s a tough fight and it ends with a battle against the Tortured Visage, who is too powerful for the players under most conditions.

The City That Waits was banished to the Shadowfell after it broke a pact with Orcus. He banished it and left its residents to die in misery, never again seeing the sun. The amalgam of their damned souls is a monster called the Tortured Visage. Think of it as as an amalgam of the commenters at Fox News. :D

316 Kragar  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:41:57pm

re: #315 Dark_Falcon

Cool. [SPOILER] It’s a tough fight and it ends with a battle against the Tortured Visage, who is too powerful for the players under most conditions.

The City That Waits was banished to the Shadowfell after it broke a pact with Orcus. He banished it and left its residents to die in misery, never again seeing the sun. The amalgam of their damned souls is a monster called the Tortured Visage. Think of it as as an amalgam of the commenters at Fox News. :D

Actually, it was called The Vestige

317 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:49:35pm

re: #316 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Actually, it was called The Vestige

Opps, sorry. Still like Fox’s comment posters, though.

Good Night, All.

318 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 26, 2011 10:50:37pm

I really try not to hate at a distance, but this evil cretin certainly makes it hard. He has earned a measure of it from me for quite some time now.

Youtube Video

Just over twenty years old, but it’s not hard to see a good many parallels between the garbage in that video and the rhetoric of modern Teahadis. Not shocking, really.

319 windsagio  Thu, May 26, 2011 11:23:32pm

re: #318 Slumbering Behemoth

One of the better games and intros from the PSX

Youtube Video
320 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, May 26, 2011 11:26:42pm

New Page up:

Peer reviewed cognitive science study finds deficiencies hardwired in conservative brains.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

I’m actually not joking.

321 laZardo  Thu, May 26, 2011 11:47:20pm

re: #319 windsagio

The best way to end the 1990s.

Youtube Video

The last race in the game actually “ends” on 1 January 2000, too.

322 ReamWorks SKG  Thu, May 26, 2011 11:52:58pm

re: #148 Gus 802

I like it the dam bridge!

I was just there about 6 mo ago.

Image: 2816031288_2f29913479_b.jpg

323 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, May 27, 2011 12:18:08am

re: #17 Lidane

He’s just a disturbed “lone wolf”. You know, like the guy who killed Dr. Tiller, or Eric Robert Rudolph, or the nutbars that threaten and intimidate people who work in abortion clinics.

Don’t you ever listen to talk radio? These people aren’t terrorists. They’re just individual freaks acting out. =P

And he probably was a pot-smoker.

324 Kragar  Fri, May 27, 2011 12:23:13am

re: #323 ralphieboy

And he probably was a pot-smoker.

and that he possibly once read or remarked about Karl Marx.

325 windsagio  Fri, May 27, 2011 12:23:51am

re: #321 laZardo

heh, that was a clever one, hadn’t seen that >

326 Kragar  Fri, May 27, 2011 12:27:13am

Mac`s Supposed Immunity to Security Threats Gone Forever

Over the years, Mac users have been conditioned to believe that their computers were immune from security threats. The folks who went to the Apple Store to get a Mac were told by friends, family and even Apple that they were much safer using a Mac than they would be with a Windows-based computer. And so, over the years, a general sense of complacency has emerged.

But that house of cards came crumbling down as of late when Mac Defender starting making its rounds in the Mac ecosystem. Apple took too long to respond to the issue, and as expected, many of its supporters called it a red herring. But as the number of people who complained about these fake antivirus scams started to pile up, it quickly became clear that it was not a joke. Mac Defender, along with other malicious variants related to it, has become a major problem for Apple users.

The time has come for those folks and all others to acknowledge the simple fact that many security experts have been saying for far too long: Macs are not immune from security threat and users have to protect themselves.

Welcome to the party.

327 windsagio  Fri, May 27, 2011 12:30:43am

re: #326 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

that story or maybe theme is always funny to me; they can’t tell the difference between ‘people just don’t bother’ and ‘superior security’. iPhone hacking too is a terrible problem >

328 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Fri, May 27, 2011 12:38:00am

This cop sure has some explaining to do, he shot a Native American woodcarver in the back four times, and only four seconds after first telling him to drop his knife. Turns out the man was deaf in one ear also. :(

Witnesses said that the man was just starting to look over his shoulder back towards the policeman when he was shot. Where was the immediate threat that justifies this?

Youtube Video

WTF?

329 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 12:43:34am

Revised and updated:

Peer reviewed cognitive science studies find deficiencies hardwired in conservative brains.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

I am having way too much fun. I love science.

330 goddamnedfrank  Fri, May 27, 2011 12:58:37am

re: #326 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Mac`s Supposed Immunity to Security Threats Gone Forever

Welcome to the party.

Um, in order for this attack to work users had to separately download, open and approve the malware. It’s not like a virus or worm, it’s just that some people are stupid and will believe every little pop up window that appears when they’re surfing for warez and porn.

331 laZardo  Fri, May 27, 2011 1:00:26am

re: #328 ausador

…and that girl just keeps on walking?

That cop’s gonna be a sergeant by the end of next month.

332 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, May 27, 2011 1:12:50am

It was an innate, inborn fear of scalping (his grandparents were pioneers) that led him to act so rashly.

/

333 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 1:14:31am

re: #328 ausador

This cop sure has some explaining to do, he shot a Native American woodcarver in the back four times, and only four seconds after first telling him to drop his knife. Turns out the man was deaf in one ear also. :(

Witnesses said that the man was just starting to look over his shoulder back towards the policeman when he was shot. Where was the immediate threat that justifies this?

[Video]WTF?

You know I have a page up about right wing brain deficiencies….

334 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, May 27, 2011 1:16:53am

There is a certain form of linear thinking that leads us to believe that more policemen = more police protection.

That is not necessarily the case, it is a also a matter of the degree of training and the quality of police protection, not just sheer numbers.

335 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:30:16am

re: #107 hugh59

Abortion clinic bombers are terrorists. People who assist them are criminals. But don’t blame everyone in the anti-abortion movement. But I think that some people would consider anyone who speaks out against abortion to be an “enabler.”

I can remember back in the days when there were abortion clinic bombings. People were blaming the Christian Coalition even though the CC was speaking out against the violence and was cooperating with the FBI and police in trying to find the bombers.

Let’s go after the bombers and other criminals.

A person who is opposed, even adamantly opposed to abortion but does not promote or condone violence is not responsible for these killers in any way.

But a lot of people high up the political anti-choice movement (Randall Terry, I’m looking at you) have made a career of whipping up frenzy, blowing the dogwhistles, and looking deeply affronted if anyone suggests they bear some responsibility.

336 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:31:24am

re: #335 SanFranciscoZionist

Have you read Dr. McNinja?

337 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:31:38am

re: #123 Dark_Falcon

Quite a rough place, if you believe the stories.

Believe the stories!

338 laZardo  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:33:15am

re: #335 SanFranciscoZionist

A person who is opposed, even adamantly opposed to abortion but does not promote or condone violence is not responsible for these killers in any way.

But a lot of people high up the political anti-choice movement (Randall Terry, I’m looking at you) have made a career of whipping up frenzy, blowing the dogwhistles, and looking deeply affronted if anyone suggests they bear some responsibility.

It’s still guilty by association if they often refuse to denounce the killers. Silent complicity, as it were. They quietly, inwardly praise their work.

339 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:35:13am

re: #243 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Image: also-this-photograph-of-jesus-helping-a-baby-dinos -8969-1236784374-24.jpg

That picture gets me every time. The little dino looks so content.

340 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:37:36am

re: #336 Obdicut

Have you read Dr. McNinja?

No. Should I?

341 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:38:18am

re: #338 laZardo

It’s still guilty by association if they often refuse to denounce the killers. Silent complicity, as it were. They quietly, inwardly praise their work.

Some, yes. It’s a big bunch of people, and a long road from ‘pro-life voter’ to ‘psycho’.

342 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:38:56am

re: #337 SanFranciscoZionist

Believe the stories!

I used to live in the TL. Right in the heart of it. It was naaa-sty. Guys shooting heroin in the local laundromat. The most repellent prostitutes ever offering unspeakable things.

But: There is a really nice corner store on the corner of Turk and Jones, the G&H grocery, that’s run by an absolute sweetheart of a Palestinian guy. He’s one of those Palestinians who got the hell out and is trying to get the rest of his family out. He has a protracted legal battle with the Israeli government about some land he owned, but he’s not bitter about it, just kind of resigned. He’s a really funny, nice guy who was very good to me when I was down and out.

He expressed a desire once to buy an island, put Hamas and the Kahanists on it, and then wall off that island.

343 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:39:43am

re: #340 SanFranciscoZionist

No. Should I?

Yes. It is friggin’ hilarious.

The art gets way better after the first comic, so don’t be put off.

[Link: drmcninja.com…]

344 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:41:41am

re: #338 laZardo

It’s still guilty by association if they often refuse to denounce the killers. Silent complicity, as it were. They quietly, inwardly praise their work.

That’s going a bit far. There are people who do not approve of homosexuality but do not favor beating up gays or even denying them the right to marry. I don’t approve of Catholicism but I am not for burning them at the stake.

The problem is that America is losing its ability to allow for compromise and a middle ground: the “I disagree with what you say but I will defend your right to say it” attitude. Now it is all about silencing or drowning out any dissenting voices.

345 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 2:53:39am

re: #344 ralphieboy

The tricky part are people who honestly believe that abortion is ‘murder’. While I pretty much think they have the right to express that opinion (though, insofar as murder is defined by the law, they’re kind of committing slander), I also think that opinion helps to fuel the real, actual murder of doctors.

It’s difficult to figure out that line.

346 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, May 27, 2011 3:09:10am

re: #345 Obdicut

Any view that (their interpretation) of Divine Law above the Constitution and civil law, and you have the formula for terrorism.

347 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:07:57am

somebody murdered the thread…

348 researchok  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:10:44am

Morning, all

349 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:13:29am

re: #271 Slumbering Behemoth

That guy/gal paints some hilariously absurd shit.

Not the same artist, but in a similar vein.

That site is blocked here.

350 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:25:18am

re: #339 SanFranciscoZionist

That picture gets me every time. The little dino looks so content.

He got the baby velociraptor, in his hands;
He got the baby velociraptor, in his hands;
He got the baby velociraptor, in his hands;
He got the whole world in his hands.

351 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:32:55am

Yesterday I:
*Had to fax then re-fax stuff for a job.
*Got a call about a temp job that I have to go interview about this morning. Dude said “dress comfy, if I like you, you’ll start”. Which means I’ll be starting. I mean, c’mon, who doesn’t like me?:)
*Applied for a “job” with a guy trying to put together a TV production. He called back and we will be meeting next week.
*Sold a birdbath/statue and put a little cash in my pocket.
*Made dinner for 4.

I need to get a job so I can actually relax. And good morning Honcos.
(And I sent out 1 resume this morning that I am over qualified for and actually want, but want the Antarctica job more)

352 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:33:45am

re: #351 Cannadian Club Akbar

And I have a new place to live for a month or so….

353 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:33:56am

Gosh. You’d think that it being a the Friday before holiday weekend all the Lizards would be perched at their computers this morning.

Youtube Video
354 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:35:50am

re: #351 Cannadian Club Akbar

You could be online there, no?

Change your nic to Cannadian Club Akbar on Ice!

Oh. Wait. Jimmah may not like that.

355 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:35:51am

We’re number 1!!!

356 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:43:32am

Good cop, bad cop?

357 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:47:20am

Another reason to want to move to Antarctica.
[Link: www.washingtontimes.com…]

358 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:49:07am

re: #357 Cannadian Club Akbar

I was thinking that Americans are a good reason to move to Antarctica.

359 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:50:26am

I’m about to put down an absolutely ridiculous amount of money as security deposit on my new apartment.

I really have to build up my credit. I’ve just never been a credit card kind of guy.

360 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:50:57am

re: #356 Cannadian Club Akbar

Another good reason to move to Antarctica.

361 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:52:00am

re: #359 Obdicut

Get a card. Buy your lunch for a month. Pay it off. You’ll be there in no time. “Tis how I did it.

362 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:52:16am

Last night I watched that Natalie Portman movie about the psycho ballerina. It was awesome.

363 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:52:46am

re: #359 Obdicut

Good luck with that. Keep small credit lines and they’ll never be a problem. It’s when they start sending you credit line increases for “infinity dollars” that can become a problem.

364 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:53:56am

re: #361 Cannadian Club Akbar

Yeah, that’s what my wife did, and her credit is fine now.

I was smart not to trust myself with a credit card years ago, though. I’m glad I never got one before now. My credit right now is non-existent. If I’d gotten one back when I was mad and bad, it would be execrable.

365 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:54:44am

re: #363 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Good luck with that. Keep small credit lines and they’ll never be a problem. It’s when they start sending you credit line increases for “infinity dollars” that can become a problem.

That’s how I did it. I worked my way into a Platinum AMEX and a platinum Chase Visa.

366 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:55:19am

re: #362 Alouette

I still haven’t seen it. I will when it comes on HBO, but I like the “make me happy” Natalie more than the “you are making me sad” Natalie.

367 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:58:05am

re: #366 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I still haven’t seen it. I will when it comes on HBO, but I like the “make me happy” Natalie more than the “you are making me sad” Natalie.

This is so *not* a happy movie. In fact it’s a total downer. It shows the total breakdown of a prima ballerina through her grueling lifestyle of rigorous rehearsals and throwing up.

368 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 4:58:28am

re: #366 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I still haven’t seen it. I will when it comes on HBO, but I like the “make me happy” Natalie more than the “you are making me sad” Natalie.

I’m waiting for the “I wanna sleep with CCA” Natalie.
/

369 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:01:14am

re: #367 Alouette

I saw “The Happy Bones” the week that it came out. I am still sad from it.

That’s why I haven’t been in a big hurry to see Black Swan.

370 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:01:52am

Natalie Portman was wonderful in the wonderful “Garden State”.

371 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:06:22am

Uh, um, OK.
[Link: www2.tbo.com…]

372 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:14:05am

re: #359 Obdicut

I’m about to put down an absolutely ridiculous amount of money as security deposit on my new apartment.

I really have to build up my credit. I’ve just never been a credit card kind of guy.

I never really have been either, but they are useful from time to time, in addition to the boost to your credit rating that keeping them active and paid off will give you. I can totally see how people get sucked into problems with them, though; I myself had a bit of trouble paying off my balance after I got laid off last summer. My guiding principle is to never put on my card what I can’t pay off immediately, unless it’s a legitimate emergency like “my car blew up”.

373 lazardo  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:14:12am

re: #344 ralphieboy

That’s going a bit far. There are people who do not approve of homosexuality but do not favor beating up gays or even denying them the right to marry. I don’t approve of Catholicism but I am not for burning them at the stake.

The problem is that America is losing its ability to allow for compromise and a middle ground: the “I disagree with what you say but I will defend your right to say it” attitude. Now it is all about silencing or drowning out any dissenting voices.

The problem is that the middle ground is (seen as?) the cause of the problem - watered-down and ineffective legislation leading to an increasingly bloated bureaucracy. As a result America lags behind most of the rest of the developed world in a number of social factors and modern American conservatives want to bring that back.

I would have to draw an extreme analogy to a forest fire. Water is no longer enough. The only way to stop this fire is to burn everything at its perimeter.

374 lazardo  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:14:34am

re: #373 lazardo

…in a number of social factors and modern American conservatives want to bring that backward.

partial pimf

375 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:20:21am

That’s one big dog you got there…
[Link: www.komonews.com…]

376 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:46:08am

re: #362 Alouette

Last night I watched that Natalie Portman movie about the psycho ballerina. It was awesome.

Glad you liked it.

377 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:48:03am

re: #348 researchok

I put a real disclaimer above my disclaimer on my new page. I’m surprised you couldn’t tell that I was enjoying a laugh. Obviously I don’t see those papers as particularly scientifically compelling. I do however find them humorous and as to the second paper, there is just enough ring of truth for me that I am not going to discount it outright.

378 lazardo  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:50:39am

re: #377 LudwigVanQuixote

I put a real disclaimer above my disclaimer on my new page. I’m surprised you couldn’t tell that I was enjoying a laugh. Obviously I don’t see those papers as particularly scientifically compelling. I do however find them humorous and as to the second paper, there is just enough ring of truth for me that I am not going to discount it outright.

Oh, I thought you were being serious. :P

379 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:53:28am

re: #378 lazardo

Oh, I thought you were being serious. :P

Apparently, Thanos and research thought I might have been. Either that or they thought the humor was in bad taste. Either way, they did raise valid points about the science and I didn’t want anyone thinking that this was serious or to be taken seriously scientifically.

380 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 5:56:51am

re: #379 LudwigVanQuixote

A significant anniversary milestone is coming up for Zedushka and myself this year. What do you think I should get him for a present? I was thinking of a new kiddush cup which I should probably order now before the price of silver goes up again.

What do you think I should get for him that would be appropriate to commemorate this great event?

381 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:00:05am

re: #380 Alouette

A significant anniversary milestone is coming up for Zedushka and myself this year. What do you think I should get him for a present? I was thinking of a new kiddush cup which I should probably order now before the price of silver goes up again.

What do you think I should get for him that would be appropriate to commemorate this great event?

Honestly… A kiddush cup is lovely and many of the things at Zionist mall are. If it were me though, and you can consider this sappy, I would want a knit keepah from my wife.

382 Ericus58  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:09:47am

Seismologists Tried for Manslaughter for Not Predicting Earthquake

[Link: news.yahoo.com…]

” Earthquake prediction can be a grave, and faulty science, and in the case of Italian seismologists who are being tried for the manslaughter of the people who died in the 2009 L’Aquila quake, it can have legal consequences.

The group of seven, including six seismologists and a government official, reportedly didn’t alert the public ahead of time of the risk of the L’Aquila earthquake, which occurred on April 6 of that year, killing around 300 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

But most scientists would agree it’s not their fault they couldn’t predict the wrath of Mother Nature.

“We’re not able to predict earthquakes very well at all,” John Vidale, a Washington State seismologist and professor at the University of Washington, told LiveScience.

Even though advances have been made, the day scientists are able to forecast earthquakes is still “far away,” Dimitar Ouzounov, a professor of earth sciences at Chapman University in California, said this month regarding the prediction of the March 11 earthquake in Japan.”

Man - and I thought we in the U.S. was a litigation happy land. That’s just nutty and irresponsible….

“So Dad, I was thinking about a career in Seismology in Italy….”
“NO!!”

383 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:11:30am

re: #381 LudwigVanQuixote

Honestly… A kiddush cup is lovely and many of the things at Zionist mall are. If it were me though, and you can consider this sappy, I would want a knit keepah from my wife.

By knit kippah, I’m assuming you would like something hand-knit, with your initials. But, Zedushka is a black kippah guy and for a 40th anniversary it has to be something a bit more “chashuv” (special)

384 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:14:05am

Another anniversary gift suggestion, a trip to New York, dinner out with all my kids, and tickets to “Book of Mormon”

385 prairiefire  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:20:20am

Bad news for me today, I’m afraid. One of my best friends since 5th grade has a cancerous mass. I can’t f**king believe it.

386 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:21:16am

re: #385 prairiefire

Bad news for me today, I’m afraid. One of my best friends since 5th grade has a cancerous mass. I can’t f**king believe it.

Sorry to hear. That sucks.

387 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:21:57am

Gotta run.

388 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:28:01am

re: #383 Alouette

By knit kippah, I’m assuming you would like something hand-knit, with your initials. But, Zedushka is a black kippah guy and for a 40th anniversary it has to be something a bit more “chashuv” (special)

Well special is in the eye of the beholder…

If I were going to get something with religious significance from her for a 40th (AND MAZEL TOV) I would want something I would use all the time and without competition.

Yes I meant knit keepah from my wife. When I wore it, I would think of the effort she put into it (and me). Initials would be optional. What would matter would be the love she put into it.

Kiddish cups are funny with me because I have an heirloom one that has been in my family for generations. I can’t imagine one “competing” with it.

What about a text of significance to him that he wants to learn which he could learn in your merit?

389 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:28:23am

re: #385 prairiefire

Bad news for me today, I’m afraid. One of my best friends since 5th grade has a cancerous mass. I can’t f**king believe it.

I am so sorry!

390 Usually refered to as anyways  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:28:39am

re: #384 Alouette

Another anniversary gift suggestion, a trip to New York, dinner out with all my kids, and tickets to “Book of Mormon”

40th Wedding anniversary, congratulations to Zedushka and yourself.
May you have many more.

391 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:33:20am

re: #388 LudwigVanQuixote

What about a text of significance to him that he wants to learn which he could learn in your merit?

I am sure that is something he would love.

392 lawhawk  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:39:37am

re: #383 Alouette

40 years? Most impressive; congrats to you and your mishpacha.

393 prairiefire  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:43:06am

re: #391 Alouette

I am sure that is something he would love.

Congrats on 40 years!

394 darthstar  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:57:05am

Mornin’ everyone…Nate does some of his statistical magic and guess who comes out as a serious contender on the Republican side for 2012?

Herman Cain

Well…once you adjust the numbers for name recognition…Cain is largely unknown in the GOP yet still polls equally with Gingrich, and ahead of Johnson, Paul, Bachmann and the Frothy Mixture dude.

395 lawhawk  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:57:32am

ludwig, this one is for you:

Allergies getting worse in the US, and one of the factors - climate change.

Oh, and among the top 10 worst cities for allergies, that former safe haven of Phoenix. I guess everyone moving there and then demanding to have lawns and all the comforts of their prior climes has led to it turning into an allergy hell.

I think some of the problem is that we’re simply not doing as much stuff outdoors as we used to - and then when we’re finally exposed to stuff like pollen, we get allergic reactions. I used to have real bad allergies in the spring, but since moving to the house, they’ve gotten progressively better - still sometimes need otc meds, but nothing as bad as i used to get, probably b/c I spend a lot more time in the garden working on getting it tip-top. If kids are sitting and playing on their computers and not getting outdoors, they’re not getting exposed like they used to. That adds to their long term misery IMO in more ways than one.

396 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:58:32am

re: #395 lawhawk

Funny, that - my allergies have gone in the exact opposite direction. I guess sitting behind a desk 8 hrs a day, 5 days a week, can actually be hazardous to your health.

397 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:59:16am

re: #394 darthstar

Mornin’ everyone…Nate does some of his statistical magic and guess who comes out as a serious contender on the Republican side for 2012?

Herman Cain

Well…once you adjust the numbers for name recognition…Cain is largely unknown in the GOP yet still polls equally with Gingrich, and ahead of Johnson, Paul, Bachmann and the Frothy Mixture dude.

I was just reading that. Cain may be dumber than Palin and he’ll surely implode once people get to know him.

398 darthstar  Fri, May 27, 2011 6:59:48am

re: #395 lawhawk


Oh, and among the top 10 worst cities for allergies, that former safe haven of Phoenix. I guess everyone moving there and then demanding to have lawns and all the comforts of their prior climes has led to it turning into an allergy hell.

Hay fever cures Tuberculosis…film at eleven.
/

399 lawhawk  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:03:08am

re: #398 darthstar

Hay fever cures Tuberculosis…film at eleven.
/

And you’re not wearing any pants. Film at 11.

Youtube Video
400 darthstar  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:03:28am

re: #397 Killgore Trout

I was just reading that. Cain may be dumber than Palin and he’ll surely implode once people get to know him.

Cain’s a business man - like Donald Trump except he didn’t inherit his wealth. Talking about our country like a business is a great strategy - for about fifteen minutes before the metaphor starts to unravel. The US should run like a non-profit, but good luck selling that to the GOP.

401 darthstar  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:04:00am

re: #399 lawhawk

And you’re not wearing any pants. Film at 11.

[Video]

Love that movie.

402 darthstar  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:04:36am

okay…7am…time to run the boys

403 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:10:14am

re: #395 lawhawk

We grow up in too sterile an environment.

Not that people 100 years ago all lived in filth, their houses were tidy but there were most often stalls and stables in or near their houses, and children were much more regularly exposed to dust, dirt and pollen from a very young age.

It the very lack of early exposure that prompts the body to react to every grain of dust or pollen as a potential threat.

404 prairiefire  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:17:03am

re: #395 lawhawk

You are one of the lucky few. The body’s defense against histamines usually weaken over time. Sniff.

405 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:21:52am

re: #403 ralphieboy

I played in the creeks and streams and mucky mud in my childhood. I have no allergies whatsoever.

However, my wife grew up plenty outdoorsy as well, but she has pretty bad allergies. She also grew up in a much more polluted state. I have heard that there is a connection between pollution and allergies, but I don’t know that for certain.

406 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:28:46am

I lived in Phoenix for about five years before I started developing allergies, mostly to the citrus blossoms. Same thing happened when I moved to Europe. I get them from apple blossoms now.

407 lawhawk  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:29:06am

re: #404 prairiefire

Well, I do get bad allergies in the fall - and when the molds go nuts. I think the old place was full of mold, and now I have much less to deal with…

408 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:29:21am

re: #403 ralphieboy

We grow up in too sterile an environment.

Not that people 100 years ago all lived in filth, their houses were tidy but there were most often stalls and stables in or near their houses, and children were much more regularly exposed to dust, dirt and pollen from a very young age.

It the very lack of early exposure that prompts the body to react to every grain of dust or pollen as a potential threat.

I read somewhere that the surest way to avoid allergies is to grow up in a house that has pets, and little brothers.

409 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:30:11am

re: #408 reine.de.tout

I read somewhere that the surest way to avoid allergies is to grow up in a house that has pets, and little brothers.

In other words, little hairy walking balls of filth…

410 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:30:50am

re: #409 ralphieboy

In other words, little hairy walking balls of filth…

heh.
Basically, yeah.

411 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:31:51am

re: #408 reine.de.tout

I’m not sure I could have been dirtier as a child.

I grew up for most of the year in Connecticut, the summer in San Francisco.

In Connecticut, my parents had 9 1/2 acres of mixed light woods and swampland. real swamp yankee territory. I would go and muck about on the weekends from dawn to dusk, and when I got back my mom would literally hose me down before letting me in the house. I loved it.

In San Francisco, things were cleaner but I swam in the ocean every week and went to Golden Gate park almost every day.

I wonder if the mix of such different environments has helped me be allergy free.

It certainly was awesome from my perspective as a kid who loved the outdoors.

412 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:37:29am

re: #411 Obdicut

I’m not sure I could have been dirtier as a child.

I grew up for most of the year in Connecticut, the summer in San Francisco.

In Connecticut, my parents had 9 1/2 acres of mixed light woods and swampland. real swamp yankee territory. I would go and muck about on the weekends from dawn to dusk, and when I got back my mom would literally hose me down before letting me in the house. I loved it.

In San Francisco, things were cleaner but I swam in the ocean every week and went to Golden Gate park almost every day.

I wonder if the mix of such different environments has helped me be allergy free.

It certainly was awesome from my perspective as a kid who loved the outdoors.

Obdi - I did read an article where there was a study one of children in India, and the researchers were expecting to find these kids miserable with allergies. And they found very few allergies, whereas kids growing up in more sterile environments had tons of allergies. The conclusion was something along the lines of - your immune system has a job to perform; and if it is kept from performing the job it was meant to, then it will FIND a way to do SOMETHING. The result: Allergies.

I don’t know enough about how all this works to know how accurate that conclusion is; all I know is that to me, it seems reasonable.

413 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:38:48am

re: #412 reine.de.tout

Yeah, that’s the accepted mainstream medical perspective on it. However, there’s also the twist that being exposed to high doses of something will, eventually, make you allergic. Those women who work at stuffing goose dander into pillows wind up becoming allergic to the dander quite often. So there’s such thing as too much.

It’s all kind of fascinating, especially at the molecular level.

414 Interesting Times  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:41:51am

re: #412 reine.de.tout

re: #413 Obdicut

[Link: abcnews.go.com…]

While widespread distribution of a peanut-based product like Plumpy’nut could pose a danger to allergy-prone children in the United States, that is not a concern on the African continent.

“Food allergy seems far less common in poor countries than in rich countries,” said Briend. “This well-known observation has been explained by different factors, but apparently, crowding and repeated exposure to infections seem to play a role.”

415 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:43:46am

re: #414 publicityStunted

re: #413 Obdicut

[Link: abcnews.go.com…]

but apparently, crowding and repeated exposure to infections seem to play a role.”

In other words, the immune system can work as it’s intended to work; and doesn’t have to make something up.

Very interesting. Not that I would advocate poor housekeeping; but for those of us who aren’t the BEST housekeepers, this means we just might be doing our kids a favor?

416 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:46:08am

re: #411 Obdicut

I’m not sure I could have been dirtier as a child.

I grew up for most of the year in Connecticut, the summer in San Francisco.

In Connecticut, my parents had 9 1/2 acres of mixed light woods and swampland. real swamp yankee territory. I would go and muck about on the weekends from dawn to dusk, and when I got back my mom would literally hose me down before letting me in the house. I loved it.

. .. .

And oh, there was a little bayou that ran behind our neighborhood growing up, and all 3 of my brothers spent most summers doing what you did, mucking about in its general location, and my mom also had to use the hose - and as far as I know, they suffer no allergies. Made for a pretty miserable dinnertime for me, though as I had to sit between them …

417 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:46:33am

re: #415 reine.de.tout

In other words, the immune system can work as it’s intended to work; and doesn’t have to make something up.

Very interesting. Not that I would advocate poor housekeeping; but for those of us who aren’t the BEST housekeepers, this means we just might be doing our kids a favor?

I’m sure the Mrs. Fish will appreciate that. *grin* But in all seriousness, my wife and I have already decided that we’re not going to treat our boy like a china doll. He’s going to be exposed to all sorts of things that most “modern” parents would shudder at, simply because that’s what we did as children and we’re not dead yet.

418 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:49:01am

A somewhat different view of the May 21st non-event, does seem a bit silly when you put it like that…


Image: may21.jpg

419 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, May 27, 2011 7:58:13am

re: #417 thedopefishlives

I grew up sitting three feet in front of a 1963-model color TV set, the ones that spewed radiation.

I would not subject my kids to that, but I understand about letting kids run around and get dirty and dinged up. Any normal healthy kid should not be able to get through a summer without being covered in scratches and bruises.

420 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:02:03am

While we’re on the subject of allergies, does anyone know what caused these life-threatening peanut allergies? The kind where the entire cafeteria and school building has to be totally swept for peanut residue? When I was a kid I never heard of kids dropping dead because someone else ate a peanut butter sandwich on the school bus.

421 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:02:36am

re: #419 ralphieboy

I grew up sitting three feet in front of a 1963-model color TV set, the ones that spewed radiation.

I would not subject my kids to that, but I understand about letting kids run around and get dirty and dinged up. Any normal healthy kid should not be able to get through a summer without being covered in scratches and bruises.

Pretty much this. I am not going to follow my child around with a bottle of hand sanitizer. He will go out and play baseball and roughhouse with neighborhood boys and come home when his mother calls, OR ELSE.

422 lawhawk  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:04:48am

re: #419 ralphieboy

Ah yes… back in the day when televisions and radios were the furniture.

423 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:06:08am

re: #420 Alouette

While we’re on the subject of allergies, does anyone know what caused these life-threatening peanut allergies? The kind where the entire cafeteria and school building has to be totally swept for peanut residue? When I was a kid I never heard of kids dropping dead because someone else ate a peanut butter sandwich on the school bus.

That’s a weird one. I don’t think anyone has found the cause. Some people blame Soy but I strongly suspect preservatives and processed foods might be the cause.

424 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:06:55am

re: #420 Alouette

Some of it may be increased allergy sensitivity due to cleaner environments. But a lot is just better medical reporting, and greater penetration of peanut products, like peanut oil. Once food companies started their mass-creation of food, then there was a lot more crossover of peanuts onto other foods.

425 lawhawk  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:07:15am

If it’s Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, it means that Assad is busy murdering protesters (again).

A total of eight protesters were killed Friday as anti-government demonstrations spread throughout the country. Three protesters were shot dead as live fire was used to disperse hundreds of protesters in the Qatana suburb east of the capital Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Earlier on Friday, Syrian security forces killed four protesters in the southern town of Daal as demonstrations demanding the removal of President Bashar Assad swept the area, residents and activists said.

426 allegro  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:07:25am

I feel so sorry for some of the kids I meet today who have every single minute of their days planned and adult supervised. How awful! They are driven to school even when it’s only a few blocks away and never let out of the front yard for fear of being kidnapped or something. That seems to be a great way to create a generation of paranoid, isolated people who are scared of everything.

427 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:09:15am

re: #426 allegro

I feel so sorry for some of the kids I meet today who have every single minute of their days planned and adult supervised. How awful! They are driven to school even when it’s only a few blocks away and never let out of the front yard for fear of being kidnapped or something. That seems to be a great way to create a generation of paranoid, isolated people who are scared of everything.

I always get annoyed when I’m following a school bus home from school, and it pulls up to a stop, and there’s a squadron of soccer moms waiting to pick up their little munchkins and drive them the 2 blocks up the street to the house. Kids can WALK, you know, and it might help get out some of that energy that parents mistake for ADHD and get them on Ritalin for.

428 lawhawk  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:09:38am

Blast hits United Nations forces’ convoy in Saida, Lebanon, and causes casualties, Lebanese army says. At least 1 Italian UN peacekeeper was killed in the blast on the road leading to Sidon. Four others were wounded.

429 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:13:42am

re: #426 allegro

I feel so sorry for some of the kids I meet today who have every single minute of their days planned and adult supervised. How awful! They are driven to school even when it’s only a few blocks away and never let out of the front yard for fear of being kidnapped or something. That seems to be a great way to create a generation of paranoid, isolated people who are scared of everything.

I’m a little concerned about today’s parenting. It seems every parent I see is glued to a cell phone or texting device and completely ignoring their children.

430 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:18:39am

re: #429 Killgore Trout

I’m a little concerned about today’s parenting. It seems every parent I see is glued to a cell phone or texting device and completely ignoring their children.

It’s so sad to see a wonderful, energetic kid bouncing around, being adorable, and the parent frowning into their blackberry as they ignore them.

Above all, kids crave attention. If you don’t give it to them, they’re going to go nuts.

And helicopter parents don’t really give attention. They fuss and they worry, but they don’t take the time to just be into their kids and how awesome they are.

431 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:26:19am

re: #430 Obdicut

It’s so sad to see a wonderful, energetic kid bouncing around, being adorable, and the parent frowning into their blackberry as they ignore them.

Above all, kids crave attention. If you don’t give it to them, they’re going to go nuts.

And helicopter parents don’t really give attention. They fuss and they worry, but they don’t take the time to just be into their kids and how awesome they are.

Well said.

432 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:26:54am

re: #428 lawhawk

Blast hits United Nations forces’ convoy in Saida, Lebanon, and causes casualties, Lebanese army says. At least 1 Italian UN peacekeeper was killed in the blast on the road leading to Sidon. Four others were wounded.

The Hezzies are testing their boundaries.

433 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:27:35am

re: #432 LudwigVanQuixote

The Hezzies are testing their boundaries.

Let’s give them a state!

434 allegro  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:27:45am

re: #429 Killgore Trout

I’m a little concerned about today’s parenting. It seems every parent I see is glued to a cell phone or texting device and completely ignoring their children.

re: #430 Obdicut

It’s so sad to see a wonderful, energetic kid bouncing around, being adorable, and the parent frowning into their blackberry as they ignore them.

Above all, kids crave attention. If you don’t give it to them, they’re going to go nuts.

And helicopter parents don’t really give attention. They fuss and they worry, but they don’t take the time to just be into their kids and how awesome they are.

I think we’re all generally seeing the same thing. Planning all the activities for kids means they’re out of the way while parents think they’re enriching the kid. In fairness, there’s no way we can know what the relationship is like when they aren’t in our view though. I grew up with my parents telling us to get the heck outa the house and go entertain ourselves outside playing - the “scram!” approach to parenting. But then we always shared family meals in the evening before deciding on what we would watch on the ONE TV we had in the family room or what game we’d play sitting around the kitchen table. I think that entertainment electronics is probably more destructive to family relationships than anything.

435 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:28:30am

re: #433 thedopefishlives

Let’s give them a state!

They already have Lebanon! Too bad they want Israel too.

436 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:29:56am

re: #434 allegro

I think that entertainment electronics is probably more destructive to family relationships than anything.

I think I would disagree from the standpoint that the electronics, in and of themselves, aren’t bad. It’s just that parents use them as a brain-switcher-offer to get the kids out of their hair for a while, when there are far better options like books or good old-fashioned outdoor play. Careful regulation of computer and idiot box time isn’t all bad; that’s how I developed into an ace programmer.

437 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:29:59am

re: #426 allegro

I feel so sorry for some of the kids I meet today who have every single minute of their days planned and adult supervised. How awful! They are driven to school even when it’s only a few blocks away and never let out of the front yard for fear of being kidnapped or something. That seems to be a great way to create a generation of paranoid, isolated people who are scared of everything.

OTOH,,, I see many kids dropped off at the daycare center at 7(ish) in the morning, are picked up there by the school bus, spend from 08:30-04:00 at school, taken back to the day care center till a parent picks them up at 7(ish) ((or later)) at night, taken home, given a bag of fast food for dinner, then placed in front of a TV or video game till bedtime!

438 Political Atheist  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:30:56am

re: #413 Obdicut

Yeah, that’s the accepted mainstream medical perspective on it.
It’s all kind of fascinating, especially at the molecular level.

I was on this well funded white gold study panel. Among other issues it looked at allergy to white gold via the nickel content. Teen age body piercing often triggers the nickel allergy, the #1 most common metal allergy. The nickel in the piercing stud is the issue. But (this is just weird) if younger females, ie pre-puberty are exposed like that they get nickel allergy resistance, an insensitivity. Almost like a vaccine. Also BTW the lighter the skin the more common the sensitivity. Ethnic Danes were the most effected. Latinos not so much. As you say fascinating on a molecular (and genetic) level

BTW-Nowadays we make white gold with palladium for the nickel allergic.

439 Obdicut  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:31:47am

re: #434 allegro

I know plenty of great parents these days. And I know plenty of parents back in the bad old days that ignored the kids or paid no attention to what they actually liked or wanted to do. I’m not sure the quality of parenting has declined, so much as the environment it occurs in has changed so rapidly.

440 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:32:05am

re: #437 sattv4u2

My wife used to nanny for a couple, because both of them worked during the day. She basically saw the baby’s first steps and heard her first words. To me, that would be the most depressing thing ever, knowing that some stranger was more intimate with my kids than I was.

441 RadicalModerate  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:35:25am

Today’s daily “outrageous outrage” looks like it’s coming courtesy of the Daily Fail - President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron are “too elite” to actually have a real barbecue:

That No. 10 barbecue was so fake - not like chicken drumsticks cooked Utley-style, half charred and still bloody in the middle

Here is a man, after all, whose health is so precious that he travels with his own supply of water, checked for contamination and bottled in America.

He could hardly be expected to submit to the perils of a chicken drumstick cooked Utley-style: charred to a crisp on the outside but still bloody in the middle.

No. As we all know, this was a make-believe barbecue, as artificial and rigorously stage-managed as every other set-piece event on the schedule of the President’s state visit.

442 lawhawk  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:36:07am

Former Israeli PM Olmert opines that speeches aren’t enough to get peace.

This coming from the Prime Minister who fumbled and bumbled Operation Cast Lead and the Hizbullah war enabling terrorists on two fronts to strengthen their positions.

Defeating terror groups will help achieve peace.

443 allegro  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:37:06am

re: #441 RadicalModerate

He could hardly be expected to submit to the perils of a chicken drumstick cooked Utley-style: charred to a crisp on the outside but still bloody in the middle.

Ew.

444 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:37:08am

re: #442 lawhawk

Former Israeli PM Olmert opines that speeches aren’t enough to get peace.

This coming from the Prime Minister who fumbled and bumbled Operation Cast Lead and the Hizbullah war enabling terrorists on two fronts to strengthen their positions.

Defeating terror groups will help achieve peace.

Amen.

445 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:38:10am

re: #443 allegro

Ew.

Yeah, I wouldn’t even subject myself to that, and I have a pretty strong stomach.

446 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:38:48am

re: #440 thedopefishlives

My wife used to nanny for a couple, because both of them worked during the day. She basically saw the baby’s first steps and heard her first words. To me, that would be the most depressing thing ever, knowing that some stranger was more intimate with my kids than I was.

I suspect the children growing up with nannies may actually be better off. At least there’s somebody there to pay attention and interact with them.

447 Interesting Times  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:39:28am

re: #443 allegro

re: #441 RadicalModerate

He could hardly be expected to submit to the perils of a chicken drumstick cooked Utley-style: charred to a crisp on the outside but still bloody in the middle.

Ew.

What, you’re not a fan of the Salmonella Surprise? :P

448 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:39:38am

re: #441 RadicalModerate

Today’s daily “outrageous outrage” looks like it’s coming courtesy of the Daily Fail - President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron are “too elite” to actually have a real barbecue:

That No. 10 barbecue was so fake - not like chicken drumsticks cooked Utley-style, half charred and still bloody in the middle

Outrageous!

449 theheat  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:40:36am

re: #441 RadicalModerate

He could hardly be expected to submit to the perils penis of a chicken drumstick cooked Utley-style…

I thought it read penis. I need some sleep.

450 McSpiff  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:40:54am

re: #429 Killgore Trout

I’m a little concerned about today’s parenting. It seems every parent I see is glued to a cell phone or texting device and completely ignoring their children.

I’m more worried about the kids attached to them. I don’t think its safe for kids to have access to the unrestricted level of communications they have.

451 jaunte  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:41:07am

re: #441 RadicalModerate

Tom Utley using his own ignorance of how to barbecue chicken as a way to criticize Obama and Cameron is just idiotic.

452 Four More Tears  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:41:18am

re: #447 publicityStunted

Ew.

What, you’re not a fan of the Salmonella Surprise? :P

It’s almost like they’re proud of not knowing how to cook right.

453 Four More Tears  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:42:25am

re: #452 JasonA

o.O Well that had some odd formatting.

454 theheat  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:43:09am

re: #429 Killgore Trout

This little vixen here at home shot her father with an arrow because he took her cell phone away.

What a little shit.

455 justaminute  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:43:21am

re: #440 thedopefishlives

My wife used to nanny for a couple, because both of them worked during the day. She basically saw the baby’s first steps and heard her first words. To me, that would be the most depressing thing ever, knowing that some stranger was more intimate with my kids than I was.

It is depressing to the mother. In this economy both parents have to work. It was so hard for me to drop my kids off. It was just another layer of guilt. But kids will survive. My mom worked. It was the 1960’s. I resented having to get up during summer vacation and having to go to a sitter when they went to work. I lived through it. I was lucky enough to be able to quit and spend more time with my kids when we started out own business. I don’t know how parents pay for child care for more than one kid now.

456 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:43:56am

re: #450 McSpiff

I’m more worried about the kids attached to them. I don’t think its safe for kids to have access to the unrestricted level of communications they have.

It is certainly going to change our culture. I see very few people going about their daily business and actually experiencing what’s going on around them. I suppose there’s not much that will change that.

457 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:45:13am

re: #441 RadicalModerate

Today’s daily “outrageous outrage” looks like it’s coming courtesy of the Daily Fail - President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron are “too elite” to actually have a real barbecue:

That No. 10 barbecue was so fake - not like chicken drumsticks cooked Utley-style, half charred and still bloody in the middle

I know some people like a rare steak, but who likes rare chicken, unless you’re a fox or a coyote? That’s just disgusting.

458 allegro  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:45:27am

re: #452 JasonA

It’s almost like they’re proud of not knowing how to cook right much of anything.

It seems a hallmark these days.

459 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:45:50am

re: #455 justaminute

See, in my case, I made a promise to my wife that she would not have to work if she didn’t want to. So far, I’ve managed to keep that promise. Maybe I’m just lucky, maybe I’m too frugal or what have you, but I refuse to bring my son up in a home where both parents are away all day.

460 theheat  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:45:53am

re: #455 justaminute

I was lucky enough to be able to quit and spend more time with my kids when we started out own business.

Me too. I was a stay at home mom all but the first year or so, not that Little Heat looks back with any appreciation. I think he thought all moms stayed home with their kids. Ha!

461 RadicalModerate  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:46:45am

re: #451 jaunte

Tom Utley using his own ignorance of how to barbecue chicken as a way to criticize Obama and Cameron is just idiotic.

My thoughts exactly. Just because Utley apparently doesn’t wait for the flames on the barbecue to die down before placing the meat on the grill doesn’t mean that everyone else isn’t lacking in basic grilling skills.

I bet he uses about half a bottle of charcoal starter fluid (or throws a cup of gasoline on) to light his charcoal, too.

462 jaunte  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:46:59am

re: #452 JasonA

What, you’re not a fan of the Salmonella Surprise? :P

It’s almost like they’re proud of not knowing how to cook right.

“Yer high-falutin ‘germ theories’ are just rifling my pay packet and telling me what to do!”

463 McSpiff  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:47:37am

re: #456 Killgore Trout

It is certainly going to change our culture. I see very few people going about their daily business and actually experiencing what’s going on around them. I suppose there’s not much that will change that.

Well, that too. But I’m more thinking of when I was growing up… if you needed to get ahold of someone you used the house phone or the family computer or walked your butt over there. The first two are relatively easy for a parent to at least notice when they’re in use and the third is generally restricted to a couple mile radius till 16.

Just seems like the proliferation of cell phones in the 12-14 year old crowd has given them a way to slip under the radar in a way that wasn’t really possible before. And post the footage of it on facebook.

464 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:50:57am

Drudge’s top story today: Global Economic Rebound Weakens on Quake, Oil Price, European Debt Crisis

Meanwhile in the real world: U.S. stocks open higher on upbeat global view

465 allegro  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:51:37am

re: #463 McSpiff

Just seems like the proliferation of cell phones in the 12-14 year old crowd has given them a way to slip under the radar in a way that wasn’t really possible before. And post the footage of it on facebook.

It also give parents the ability to GPS their little asses 24/7 and make them crazy calling every hour with “where are you? what are doing? who are you with?”

Yeah, I’ve known some seriously overprotective parents.

466 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:52:56am

re: #465 allegro

It also give parents the ability to GPS their little asses 24/7 and make them crazy calling every hour with “where are you? what are doing? who are you with?”

Yeah, I’ve known some seriously overprotective parents.

A parent of a 12-14 y/o SHOULD know where there child is at all times

467 Kronocide  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:54:30am

Seismologists tried for manslaughter for not predicting earthquake

WTF? Not an Onion article, but should be.

468 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:57:52am

By the way, new page up.

Peer reviewed cognitive science studies find deficiencies hardwired in conservative brains.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

disclaimer: This is meant to be a fun post. The possible flaws with the papers I list are real problems. Don’t let my enjoyment of a bit of snark fool you. I am not strongly positing this scientifically as a general result I accept or arguing that you should take it seriously without a very large grain of salt.

That said, I found this very amusing, the papers are real, and there is a fabulous discussion going on with Research OK who actually knows about this stuff.

469 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 8:58:49am

Curbing gov’t union collective bargaining rights

It’s not just for Repub states anymore!!!

Senate limits bargaining rights to save on health costs
[Link: www.boston.com…]

470 McSpiff  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:00:57am

re: #466 sattv4u2

A parent of a 12-14 y/o SHOULD know where there child is at all times

Yes-but-be-reasonable. My best friend growing up was a neighbour. The back yards bordered on each other. There was literally no way to injure yourself or get abducted in the 30 feet between doors. But his mother would find an excuse to call several times a night to make sure he was still there. If your kid is going to the neighbour’s for a movie, calling all pissed off an hour later because you didn’t think he’d be gone so long is pretty much the definition of helicopter parent. Or insanity.

471 justaminute  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:01:05am

re: #460 theheat

Me too. I was a stay at home mom all but the first year or so, not that Little Heat looks back with any appreciation. I think he thought all moms stayed home with their kids. Ha!

My kids did not appreciate it either! I think once they start Jr. High they think they don’t need their parents. But by Jr. High and high school they need a parent at home more than little kids. Little kids have a sitter. Teenagers need a sitter too. You would not believe the trouble that I stopped because I was home when my teenagers got out of school. But boy, did they resent it! Haha After school that is when it seems kids get into the most trouble.

472 RadicalModerate  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:02:18am

Weird news story of the day. No, make that of the week:

Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick ponies

Yes, that’s the actual headline.

473 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:03:33am

re: #470 McSpiff

Yes-but-be-reasonable. My best friend growing up was a neighbour. The back yards bordered on each other. There was literally no way to injure yourself or get abducted in the 30 feet between doors. But his mother would find an excuse to call several times a night to make sure he was still there. If your kid is going to the neighbour’s for a movie, calling all pissed off an hour later because you didn’t think he’d be gone so long is pretty much the definition of helicopter parent. Or insanity.

I’m not disagreeing that there are overprotective parents

What I do take issue with is that a parent should know where there children are

My son (16,, 2 months from 17) goes to his freinds house miles away. If they decide to go to another friends house he’s been asked to call to let us know he’s going from “A” to “B”. Nothing unreasonable about that imho

474 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:03:57am

re: #471 justaminute

My kids did not appreciate it either! I think once they start Jr. High they think they don’t need their parents. But by Jr. High and high school they need a parent at home more than little kids. Little kids have a sitter. Teenagers need a sitter too. You would not believe the trouble that I stopped because I was home when my teenagers got out of school. But boy, did they resent it! Haha After school that is when it seems kids get into the most trouble.

The most common time for teenage pregnancies to begin is 3 pm. Empty house, no parents, available beds, etc.

475 theheat  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:04:57am

re: #472 RadicalModerate

EHV-1 (not Eddie Van Halen for the dyslexic) is a serious and potentially fatal disease that started at a cutting horse competition recently and has spread to several states. There is no vaccine for it.

Most horses in ur area are under voluntary quarantine and several events have been canceled because of it. It’s the seriously bad shit nobody wants their horse to catch.

476 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:05:13am

I raised 9 kids, and when my oldest was 12 (and before and while the youngest 3 were born) I went back to school to earn my degree and then went out to work full time.

The older kids, who were raised by me as a stay at home mom, and the younger ones, who went to day care while I worked, all turned out OK.

Zedushka had to take the little ones to day care since he started work later than I did, and so he had to deal with getting them out of bed and dressed and fed in the morning.

477 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:05:46am

re: #474 EmmmieG

The most common time for teenage pregnancies to begin is 3 pm. Empty house, no parents, available beds, etc.

Yeah,, back in my day when many households had a stay-at-home mom we had to make due with the backseat of a Buick!
/

478 McSpiff  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:05:47am

re: #471 justaminute

My kids did not appreciate it either! I think once they start Jr. High they think they don’t need their parents. But by Jr. High and high school they need a parent at home more than little kids. Little kids have a sitter. Teenagers need a sitter too. You would not believe the trouble that I stopped because I was home when my teenagers got out of school. But boy, did they resent it! Haha After school that is when it seems kids get into the most trouble.

Heh I still remember the day “no more than 6 friends in the house” became the rule… Mom came home to dozens of stoned teenagers lounging inside AND outside the house, with several family sized bags of french fries missing…

Folks really weren’t mad tho. No drugs were visible, nothing was broken or missing, everyone was very respectful of the house. But it was one of those situations that could have gone south very quickly.

479 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:08:07am

re: #426 allegro

I feel so sorry for some of the kids I meet today who have every single minute of their days planned and adult supervised. How awful! They are driven to school even when it’s only a few blocks away and never let out of the front yard for fear of being kidnapped or something. That seems to be a great way to create a generation of paranoid, isolated people who are scared of everything.

EVERY DAY PLANNED out to the second!

Kids need time for play, for daydreaming, for reflection … My daughter had friends who every day had after-school activities until 9 p.m.! We limited her to one after-school activity a year. Just one, she could choose it - dance lessons, girl scouts, whatever. She could pick whatever was most important and interesting to HER, not what was important to US.

480 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:08:23am

re: #476 Alouette

I raised 9 kids, and when my oldest was 12 (and before and while the youngest 3 were born) I went back to school to earn my degree and then went out to work full time.

The older kids, who were raised by me as a stay at home mom, and the younger ones, who went to day care while I worked, all turned out OK.

Zedushka had to take the little ones to day care since he started work later than I did, and so he had to deal with getting them out of bed and dressed and fed in the morning.

Wow, just doing the math that looked like 9 kids in 9 years… Mazel Tov… you guys didn’t mess around.

481 RadicalModerate  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:08:51am

re: #475 theheat

I’m not discounting the severity of the EHV outbreak by any means.
However, the event organizers for this competition should have done the right thing and postponed/cancelled instead of staging the equivalent of a “Monty Python and The Holy Grail” skit, sans banging coconuts.

482 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:10:12am

re: #466 sattv4u2

A parent of a 12-14 y/o SHOULD know where there child is at all times

Yes, BUT there’s a limit.
Having a rule that the kid should call when he changes locations is one thing.
Calling the kid every hour on the hour is another entirely.

483 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:10:46am

re: #440 thedopefishlives

My wife used to nanny for a couple, because both of them worked during the day. She basically saw the baby’s first steps and heard her first words. To me, that would be the most depressing thing ever, knowing that some stranger was more intimate with my kids than I was.

Being a stay at home dad has been quite expensive in many ways but it’s probably one of the most wonderful things I could hope for. To be here every day for him is a real bit of grace in this world.

484 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:11:12am

re: #479 reine.de.tout

We limited her to one after-school activity a year. Just one, she could choose it - dance lessons, girl scouts, whatever.

My parents did the same with me

I opted for hanging-outside-of-the-girls-locker-room

485 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:11:21am

re: #480 LudwigVanQuixote

Wow, just doing the math that looked like 9 kids in 9 years… Mazel Tov… you guys didn’t mess around.

It was 9 kids in 15 years, two were born while I was attending classes, and the youngest right after I graduated.

My daughter has 7 kids, and she’s taking her Master’s at Columbia.

486 McSpiff  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:11:54am

re: #473 sattv4u2

I’m not disagreeing that there are overprotective parents

What I do take issue with is that a parent should know where there children are

My son (16,, 2 months from 17) goes to his freinds house miles away. If they decide to go to another friends house he’s been asked to call to let us know he’s going from “A” to “B”. Nothing unreasonable about that imho

Nope, wouldn’t disagree with that at all. I was given a neighbourhood bubble, and two fixed times a day I was to be home. Any variation in that required a check in. I’d be asked where I was going when I left the house.

And the parents of our little gang figured out early on that universal rules were the most effective. So EVERYONE had to be home at 6 and 12, we’d all be asked where we were going when we left a house, etc. Took away the peer pressure to break the rules too.

487 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:12:08am

re: #482 reine.de.tout

Yes, BUT there’s a limit.
Having a rule that the kid should call when he changes locations is one thing.
Calling the kid every hour on the hour is another entirely.

I agree ,, thats why I stated I KNOW there are over protective parents

But somewhere between over-protective and not knowing where a 12-14 year old is ,,,,,

488 allegro  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:14:04am

re: #476 Alouette

I raised 9 kids, and when my oldest was 12 (and before and while the youngest 3 were born) I went back to school to earn my degree and then went out to work full time.

The older kids, who were raised by me as a stay at home mom, and the younger ones, who went to day care while I worked, all turned out OK.

Zedushka had to take the little ones to day care since he started work later than I did, and so he had to deal with getting them out of bed and dressed and fed in the morning.

I think the kids raised in homes with working-outside-of-the-home parents can benefit greatly from that arrangement. It teaches responsibility and independence.

My mom worked outside most of my growing up years and I loved those couple of hours after school when I had the house to myself. I played the piano so I could practice and pound away on it all I wanted to without bothering anyone. I could also crank up the volume on the stereo. I learned to cook, too being the primary cook in the household during the weekdays. My mom grieved when I went off to college not cuz of seeing her baby fly the nest but losing her live-in chef!

489 Flounder  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:14:18am

re: #476 Alouette
9 kids, God Bless You!

490 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:14:49am

re: #485 Alouette

It was 9 kids in 15 years, two were born while I was attending classes, and the youngest right after I graduated.

My daughter has 7 kids, and she’s taking her Master’s at Columbia.

Wow!

Well permit me to say I am thrilled to hear that.

Good for you and your daughter!

Also stop in to your “scary Jew” thread.

491 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:15:34am

re: #489 Shropshire_Slasher

9 kids, God Bless You!

Doubled

One of my best friends from back home was 1 of 13 kids

He later married a woman who was 1 of 14 kids!

492 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:16:16am

re: #488 allegro

I think the kids raised in homes with working-outside-of-the-home parents can benefit greatly from that arrangement. It teaches responsibility and independence.

My mom worked outside most of my growing up years and I loved those couple of hours after school when I had the house to myself. I played the piano so I could practice and pound away on it all I wanted to without bothering anyone. I could also crank up the volume on the stereo. I learned to cook, too being the primary cook in the household during the weekdays. My mom grieved when I went off to college not cuz of seeing her baby fly the nest but losing her live-in chef!

The older kids had to take care of the younger kids. I also made a point of teaching each kid how to cook his or her favorite meal, and they would be in charge of preparing a family dinner in rotation.

493 albusteve  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:16:34am

parenting was one thing that I thought I was good at…use a nice ash baseball bat to temper my kids, and never had any problems….only one rule growing up….don’t piss me off

494 justaminute  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:17:03am

My son just left to go back to Corpus Christie. He’s meeting his friends and picking up a couple of them. The guys are having a bachelor party in Austin, TX. They are going to float some river and go to a club and spend the night. But now he has to check in with his wife, not his mother. What a relief. I am not the over bearing bad guy now. That’s his wife’s job now. I love it.

495 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:17:51am

re: #494 justaminute

My son just left to go back to Corpus Christie. He’s meeting his friends and picking up a couple of them. The guys are having a bachelor party in Austin, TX. They are going to float some river and go to a club and spend the night. But now he has to check in with his wife, not his mother. What a relief. I am not the over bearing bad guy now. That’s his wife’s job now. I love it.

Whatever you do, don’t see “The Hangover”

496 Flounder  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:18:22am

re: #493 albusteve

Spare the rod spoil the child.
Or as my mom would say, I spoil my kids because I can (she grew up poor in Brooklyn)

497 CarleeCork  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:18:29am

Does anyone else have a problem with parents that let their children stay up too late? I feel like my grandchildren don’t get enough sleep. I voiced my concern and my DIL complained that if she made them go to bed earlier she wouldn’t get to spend enough time with them.

498 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:19:45am

re: #494 justaminute

My son just left to go back to Corpus Christie. He’s meeting his friends and picking up a couple of them. The guys are having a bachelor party in Austin, TX. They are going to float some river and go to a club and spend the night. But now he has to check in with his wife, not his mother. What a relief. I am not the over bearing bad guy now. That’s his wife’s job now. I love it.

driver her ( and by extension, him) nuts

Take her to see the movie Hangover (1 and 2)!!

499 McSpiff  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:19:47am

re: #491 sattv4u2

Doubled

One of my best friends from back home was 1 of 13 kids

He later married a woman who was 1 of 14 kids!

My dad is from a family of 12, 6 boys and 6 girls. My mom is from a family of 12, 6 girls and 6 boys.

Where it gets weird…

My Dad’s brother married my Mom’s sister. So I have double-first cousins. Genetically we’re like half siblings (according to wikipedia anyways).

500 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:21:00am

re: #498 sattv4u2

driver her ( and by extension, him) nuts

Take her to see the movie Hangover (1 and 2)!!

pimf

501 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:21:33am

re: #499 McSpiff

My dad is from a family of 12, 6 boys and 6 girls. My mom is from a family of 12, 6 girls and 6 boys.

Where it gets weird…

My Dad’s brother married my Mom’s sister. So I have double-first cousins. Genetically we’re like half siblings (according to wikipedia anyways).

Are they from the Ozarks or Appalachia !?!?!

//

502 justaminute  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:22:35am

re: #495 Alouette

Whatever you do, don’t see “The Hangover”

That is the movie my son went to see with his sister last night. But I beleive it was Hangover II. I haven’t seen it, but they were excited to see it.

503 albusteve  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:22:46am

re: #496 Shropshire_Slasher

Spare the rod spoil the child.
Or as my mom would say, I spoil my kids because I can (she grew up poor in Brooklyn)

I don’t recall ever punishing either one of my kids…I yelled at them a few times but never extracted any penalty…I was as loose as goose with them both actually, and just like my own teen years…just give me a rough idea where you’re at…no curfews, no judgments about friends etc….they figured all that out on their own

504 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:23:00am

re: #497 CarleeCork

Does anyone else have a problem with parents that let their children stay up too late? I feel like my grandchildren don’t get enough sleep. I voiced my concern and my DIL complained that if she made them go to bed earlier she wouldn’t get to spend enough time with them.

Couple of factors

Kids ages
What do you consider “late”?
Assuming they are school age, what time do they have to get up?

505 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:23:24am

re: #497 CarleeCork

Does anyone else have a problem with parents that let their children stay up too late? I feel like my grandchildren don’t get enough sleep. I voiced my concern and my DIL complained that if she made them go to bed earlier she wouldn’t get to spend enough time with them.

As a SAHM, by bedtime I am ready to not see their precious little faces until morning.

I couldn’t understand the stories I was seeing about elaborate bedtime routines until I realized that those were working parents.

506 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:23:44am

re: #497 CarleeCork

Does anyone else have a problem with parents that let their children stay up too late? I feel like my grandchildren don’t get enough sleep. I voiced my concern and my DIL complained that if she made them go to bed earlier she wouldn’t get to spend enough time with them.

Kids will go to sleep when they are tired.

I always had such a problem putting my kids to bed. There were always the last bedtime story, the last bathroom trips, the last goodnight kiss, then lights out, and then…the fights.

Now my kids have to go through it when they put their little ones to bed.

507 theheat  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:23:57am

re: #481 RadicalModerate

However, the event organizers for this competition should have done the right thing and postponed/cancelled instead of staging the equivalent of a “Monty Python and The Holy Grail” skit, sans banging coconuts.

Do you have any idea just who is behind this kind of stuff? It’s a regular parade of Palin clones (and predecessors) that plan and run these events. All ‘merican values, flags everywhere, and cowboy church. Be damned if some germ is gonna stop ‘em from showing their patriotism.

508 CarleeCork  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:24:58am

re: #504 sattv4u2
They are 15, 10 and 18 months. They stay up on school nights until about 11 and have to get up and 7. On weekends they will let them stay up all night.

509 darthstar  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:26:47am

This is a good ad.

510 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:27:19am

re: #508 CarleeCork

They are 15, 10 and 18 months. They stay up on school nights until about 11 and have to get up and 7. On weekends they will let them stay up all night.

at 15 and 10 they probably have enough energy for an 8 + hour sleep cycle.

I’m sure the 18 month old gets naps during the day so if he/she is sleeping through the night thats not a problem either

511 McSpiff  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:28:09am

re: #508 CarleeCork

They are 15, 10 and 18 months. They stay up on school nights until about 11 and have to get up and 7. On weekends they will let them stay up all night.

I’d say for the 15 year old that’s reasonable. Or at the very least if you’re nearly old enough to operate a car you should be able to figure out if you’re tired. For the other two… no idea.

512 Lidane  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:28:41am

re: #508 CarleeCork

For the 15 and 10 year olds, staying up to 11 probably isn’t that bad. Sleeping until 7 still gives them a full eight hours of rest. As for the 18 month old, I’d imagine a kid that young would get tired sooner anyhow.

Then again, I’m not a parent.

513 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:29:23am

re: #508 CarleeCork

They are 15, 10 and 18 months. They stay up on school nights until about 11 and have to get up and 7. On weekends they will let them stay up all night.

How much sleep do the parents need? My husband and I are full 8 hour sleepers, so our children are sleep needers, too. (Trust me on this one.)

My sister married one of those mutants who only needs 4-5 hours of sleep. Her children go to bed at 10 and wake up at 6, even as toddlers. If she puts them to bed earlier, they wake up at 4 or 5.

514 CarleeCork  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:29:51am

re: #510 sattv4u2

at 15 and 10 they probably have enough energy for an 8 + hour sleep cycle.

I’m sure the 18 month old gets naps during the day so if he/she is sleeping through the night thats not a problem either


Oh, and I forgot to mention they all have to have TV on when they go to bed. It stays on all night. I guess I’m just old-fashioned, I believe children need more sleep.

515 justaminute  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:29:53am

My kids had a bed time until they were in high school. If they could not get up and get to school they knew that we would gladly reinstate a bed time. I never had a problem with them.

516 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:30:03am

re: #511 McSpiff

I’d say for the 15 year old that’s reasonable. Or at the very least if you’re nearly old enough to operate a car you should be able to figure out if you’re tired. For the other two… no idea.

With my son, it’s been just the other way around. When he was younger, when tired, he’d just fall asleep wherever he was. Downstairs on the couch, a chair, on the floor,,,

Now that he’s 16 (almost 17) he has to be “reminded” that he has school the next day!!

517 albusteve  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:31:05am

both my kids went to bed 8-9 oclock, well into their elementary school years…there were exceptions of course, but a routine was best for everyone, something many parents today simply reject…consistancy is a key element of parenting

518 Lidane  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:31:08am

Gov. Rick Scott Uses Sheriffs To Eject ‘Liberal-Looking’ People From Budget Signing Event In Town Square

What the hell is a “liberal looking” person? Anyone?

519 CarleeCork  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:31:16am

re: #513 EmmmieG
I raised my kids using a Dr. Spock book as my guide.

520 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:31:56am

Army Couple Deploys To Iraq, But Only One Returns

[Link: www.npr.org…]

I can hardly even imagine this story.

521 iceweasel  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:32:13am

re: #518 Lidane

Gov. Rick Scott Uses Sheriffs To Eject ‘Liberal-Looking’ People From Budget Signing Event In Town Square

What the hell is a “liberal looking” person? Anyone?

Birkenstocks?

522 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:33:06am

re: #514 CarleeCork

Oh, and I forgot to mention they all have to have TV on when they go to bed. It stays on all night. I guess I’m just old-fashioned, I believe children need more sleep.

And as stated, 8 + hours at that age seems okay to me, at least from my experience

Lets say you try to put them to bed by 9:30/ 10:00

By 7 am thats approaching 10 HOURS ,, too long for active children, imho

Now,,, if they are having a problem getting UP at the appionted hour (7 am) THEN thats an issue, but you didn’t indicate that they are having that problem

523 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:33:41am

re: #518 Lidane

Gov. Rick Scott Uses Sheriffs To Eject ‘Liberal-Looking’ People From Budget Signing Event In Town Square

What the hell is a “liberal looking” person? Anyone?

You don’t have a mirror in your house!?!?!

//

524 Vicious Babushka  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:34:03am

re: #519 CarleeCork

I raised my kids using a Dr. Spock book as my guide.

You are so lucky they’re not dead.

525 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:34:17am

re: #518 Lidane

Gov. Rick Scott Uses Sheriffs To Eject ‘Liberal-Looking’ People From Budget Signing Event In Town Square

What the hell is a “liberal looking” person? Anyone?

So does that mean I can stand there, clean shaven, high & tight haircut that I learned to like in the Army wearing either my Gander Mountain or maybe my Blaze Orange hunting ball cap and heckle him because I look like a fat ol’ redneck? What a goofus.

526 kirkspencer  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:34:21am

re: #467 BigPapa

Seismologists tried for manslaughter for not predicting earthquake

WTF? Not an Onion article, but should be.

My take is that the root cause isn’t that they didn’t predict, it’s that when asked if the little ones were percursors to a big one they said “No.” They were so insistent that a number of preventive actions weren’t taken, and as a result casualties when the big one happened were a bit largerthan they might have been. Note that’s my take, not the full story.

527 jaunte  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:34:48am

re: #518 Lidane

Gov. Rick Scott Uses Sheriffs To Eject ‘Liberal-Looking’ People From Budget Signing Event In Town Square

What the hell is a “liberal looking” person? Anyone?

Apparently anyone in openly in favor of whooping-cough vaccines for poor mothers.

528 Ericus58  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:34:53am

re: #520 wlewisiii

Army Couple Deploys To Iraq, But Only One Returns

[Link: www.npr.org…]

I can hardly even imagine this story.

Very tragic and sad.

But this incompetence is just not acceptable:
“”I am an Army widower. I don’t think there’s very many of us,” he says. “And when I receive a condolence letter from a high-ranking government official that says, ‘Mrs. Voelz, we’re sorry for the loss of your husband,’ it just makes it seem like nobody knows we exist.”“

529 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:35:43am

re: #513 EmmmieG

How much sleep do the parents need? My husband and I are full 8 hour sleepers, so our children are sleep needers, too. (Trust me on this one.)

My sister married one of those mutants who only needs 4-5 hours of sleep. Her children go to bed at 10 and wake up at 6, even as toddlers. If she puts them to bed earlier, they wake up at 4 or 5.

That was (and is) my daughter.

I brought home this precious baby from the hospital. She took 2 15-minute naps during the day. She would, however, get to sleep at night at a reasonable time, and sleep all night most nights.

530 iossarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:36:01am

re: #521 iceweasel

Birkenstocks?

Muesli in beard.

531 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:36:25am

re: #529 reine.de.tout

That was (and is) my daughter.

I brought home this precious baby from the hospital. She took 2 15-minute naps during the day. She would, however, get to sleep at night at a reasonable time, and sleep all night most nights.

The vodka you put in the nightime bottle helped, huh!

532 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:36:34am

re: #518 Lidane

Gov. Rick Scott Uses Sheriffs To Eject ‘Liberal-Looking’ People From Budget Signing Event In Town Square

What the hell is a “liberal looking” person? Anyone?

You need to make a page of this.

It is yet another chapter in the GOP’s history of “expressing the will of the people” and “upholding the Constitution.”

The corporate cockroaches need more light shined on them.

533 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:36:39am

re: #522 sattv4u2

Here are the webmd guidelines for the amount of sleep children need. Obviously, as I said, individuals vary.

[Link: www.webmd.com…]

534 jaunte  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:36:46am

re: #527 jaunte

Extra ‘in’ for sale, cheep.

535 iceweasel  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:37:41am

re: #530 iossarian

Muesli in beard.

And that’s just the women.

/ need I?

536 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:37:42am

re: #524 Alouette

You are so lucky they’re not dead.

Wow and Damn.

537 CarleeCork  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:38:24am

All I know is I’ve stopped offering my grandma advice unless asked for.

538 iossarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:39:07am

re: #535 iceweasel

And that’s just the women.

/ need I?

Ha ha. They asked the crowd to “put their hands up for the Governor” and then evicted all the women with armpit hair.

539 iossarian  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:39:25am

DIRTY FUCKING HIPPIES

540 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:40:30am

re: #537 CarleeCork

All I know is I’ve stopped offering my grandma advice unless asked for.

The hardest thing you have to consider is that they are your GRANDchildern, not you children
((caveat,, unless of course the parents are doing something obviously harmful))

Did you accept all advice from your mother and mother-in-law when your kid(s) were of that age?

541 Flounder  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:42:09am

re: #539 iossarian
It’s Ok, we got ‘em corralled in Vermont

542 McSpiff  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:43:09am

re: #517 albusteve

both my kids went to bed 8-9 oclock, well into their elementary school years…there were exceptions of course, but a routine was best for everyone, something many parents today simply reject…consistancy is a key element of parenting

I use to babysit for some friends of the family every few weeks, let the parents go out for the evening kind of thing. Kids were probably 8 and 10. I had been doing it for about a year at this point so I was pretty familiar with the bedtime routine. In bed by about 10:30, 11 at my discretion (parents didn’t mind them finishing a movie).

Anyways they were the easiest kids in the world to watch. There was only 1 time they were in any way difficult. It was a friday night, right around 9 o’clock. Simon, the oldest said they had to go to bed. I disagreed. We actually argued about it for about 5 minutes. Eventually I let him win, they both went to bed.

Parents told me the next day he thought it was thursday night, not friday. He REALLY didn’t like his routine being messed with.

543 CarleeCork  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:43:55am

re: #540 sattv4u2

The hardest thing you have to consider is that they are your GRANDchildern, not you children
((caveat,, unless of course the parents are doing something obviously harmful))

Did you accept all advice from your mother and mother-in-law when your kid(s) were of that age?


I was barely 17 when I had my son, I listened when my mother-in-law gave me advice.

544 reine.de.tout  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:44:21am

re: #522 sattv4u2

And as stated, 8 + hours at that age seems okay to me, at least from my experience

Lets say you try to put them to bed by 9:30/ 10:00

By 7 am thats approaching 10 HOURS ,, too long for active children, imho

Now,,, if they are having a problem getting UP at the appionted hour (7 am) THEN thats an issue, but you didn’t indicate that they are having that problem

Yeah, that’s the thing - is the late bedtime creating a problem?

You can’t make anyone fall asleep, until they’re ready to go to sleep. Putting kids to bed earlier than they need to is just getting them out of the way.

My daughter would sometimes be up late chatting with friends on the phone. But she was always up and ready for school on time the next day, and she did well in school. No problems - so there was nothing to deal with. If she had been falling asleep during the day while in class - problem - would have to have been dealt with.

545 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:44:45am

re: #543 CarleeCork

I was barely 17 when I had my son, I listened when my mother-in-law gave me advice.

So that begs the question as to how old your daughter (or dil) is?

546 CarleeCork  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:47:11am

re: #544 reine.de.tout
I raised my children with a routine for bedtime. I still think children need a certain amount of sleep at night and young children need naps. Doctors say that people shouldn’t have TV or radio on at night. It disrupts dream patterns.

Just my opinion.

547 Stanghazi  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:47:20am

re: #520 wlewisiii

Army Couple Deploys To Iraq, But Only One Returns

[Link: www.npr.org…]

I can hardly even imagine this story.

I heard this on my drive in today. Devastating.

548 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:47:44am

re: #544 reine.de.tout

And thats my point

Each child is different. My sons best friend has an older (by 3 years) brother

My son and his best friend function fine on 7-8 hours sleep

His friends brother needs 9+

Same household,, same environment,, different kids!

549 CarleeCork  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:48:54am

re: #545 sattv4u2

So that begs the question as to how old your daughter (or dil) is?


She’s 28 now, she was 18 when she had her 1st child.

550 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:49:32am

re: #549 CarleeCork

She’s 28 now, she was 18 when she had her 1st child.

But the “problem” is now, with her at 28

551 lawhawk  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:53:17am

Obama, Israel, trying to head off train wreck at UN in September - the train wreck being the Palestinians’ incessant calls to declare statehood.

“The United Nations does not have the authority to recognize states,” Mitchell said. Recognition of a state, especially if passed by an overwhelming margin at the UN, would be “very harmful for Israel, for the United States, and not good for the peace process.”

The United States has consistently expressed the opinion that bringing the issue of a Palestinian state to the UN is harmful to the peace process with Israel. Despite this, several countries, have already granted recognition to an independent Palestinian state of their own accord.

In a recent meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned against unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, saying “We do not think that unilateral steps are helpful.”

The way the Middle East conflict is going to end, Mitchell said is “by an agreement in which the United States plays an active and substantive role but an agreement that will be owned by, be the property of, and be the result of negotiation by Israelis and Palestinians.”

The envoy also spoke about the recent reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah, saying “obviously we hope that Abbas and the Fatah Party will win the election, not Hamas.”

Mitchell should know better than most that the Palestinians will more than likely vote along the same lines as the last elections held - Hamas wins Gaza and parts of the West Bank, while Fatah wins elsewhere. Hamas would likely repeat its totals, and again throw the “peace process” into turmoil since Hamas refuses to accept Israel’s very existence, which is a necessary condition for any talks between Israel and the Palestinians to be worth more than the paper they’re printed upon.

552 CarleeCork  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:54:11am

re: #550 sattv4u2

But the “problem” is now, with her at 28


I think the real problem is the guilt she feels about her children being raised by daycare. The “baby” almost always has a runny nose and half the time they don’t strap him in his car-seat.

They tend to buy the kids everything they want, like they are trying to compensate for something.

It’s all I can do to not worry myself sick. But, they are not my children.

553 sattv4u2  Fri, May 27, 2011 9:56:35am

re: #552 CarleeCork

I think the real problem is the guilt she feels about her children being raised by daycare. The “baby” almost always has a runny nose and half the time they don’t strap him in his car-seat.

They tend to buy the kids everything they want, like they are trying to compensate for something.

It’s all I can do to not worry myself sick. But, they are not my children.

So the issue is much deeper than an 8 or 9 (or whatever you deem correct) hour sleep time. Sorry, but we’re now into the “above my payscale” area

554 CarleeCork  Fri, May 27, 2011 10:21:01am

I ran across this and thought some of you might find it interesting.

Most parents underestimate the amount of sleep children should get a day. They need:

Infants: 14 to 15 hours
Toddlers: 12 to 14 hours
Preschoolers: 11 to 13 hours
School-age kids: 10 to 11 hours
Teenagers: 9 to 10 hours

Source: The American Academy of Sleep Medicine

555 Ming  Fri, May 27, 2011 11:08:13am

I wonder how many Tea Partiers would support torturing people who try to kill abortion doctors. After all, if we torture them, we might get useful information! We might prevent a catastrophe! So why not round up these people who target abortion doctors? Could it be because they’re white and Christian? I’m being rather blunt here, but if we torture some Muslim because he might have info about Al Queda, why not also torture some white supremacist in Idaho who might have info about the Aryan Brotherhood?


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