Somebody didn’t get an Erector Set when they were a kid.

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Nuts.

re: #2 wrenchwench

Nuts.

Washer mouth!

re: #3 darthstar

Washer mouth!

Screw you!

What kind of thread is this, anyway?

[24 TPI, maybe?]

I’d love to stick around, but I’ve gotta bolt.

re: #5 wrenchwench

What kind of thread is this, anyway?

[24 TPI, maybe?]

You know, I was desperately trying to think of a ‘thread’ pun. Nicely done.

re: #5 wrenchwench

Those looked like 1/4-20 to me….

re: #4 wrenchwench

Screw you!

Typical wing nut attitude.

We were talking about Detroit earlier. Speaking of steel, how was Pittsburgh able to make it work? What can Detroit learn from that?

I decided today to remove the “Related Pages” fold-down menus — after watching the usage for a couple of weeks it was clear that not many people used those “spinoff links” menus at all, except a few LGF users keeping the feature alive by posting stuff to them. Everyone’s using the LGF Pages indexes or the Featured/Recent Pages listings in the sidebar, and I’d like to encourage that to be the default, in fact.

It cleans up the look a bit, and also lets me get rid of a lot of now-superfluous Javascript code. Any time you can load less code for a web page is a good time.

Zdziebko.

How the hell do you say that?

re: #10 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

We were talking about Detroit earlier. Speaking of steel, how was Pittsburgh able to make it work? What can Detroit learn from that?

not sure, but Pittsburgh is much smaller and has a gorgeous setting for a city scape…not sure that it suffered the massive corporate pullout either…I dig Pittsburgh, a fun town to visit and one of the coolest nighttime scapes in the country

Heh, I guess there just aren’t that many bolt/nut/washer related puns to be had.

re: #14 Slumbering Behemoth

I guess it was a washer huh?

re: #15 BishopX

I guess it was a washer huh?

Mind if I steel that one?

re: #16 Slumbering Behemoth

Mind if I steel that one?

Feel free to bolt with it.

Looks like the editor was nuts, the director was screwed, and the gaffer had to bolt.

re: #18 Rightwingconspirator

I’ll not tolerate such insults. Have at thee, sir! I aim to test your metal!

re: #19 Slumbering Behemoth

Temper, temper.

I also increased the size of the main body text by 5 measly percent.

I’d say that nut was a coarse thread, but this thread is a fine thread indeed.

Hang on now, I didn’t see even one wingnut in that video!

re: #20 Rightwingconspirator

Temper, temper.

You’ll not have me running hot and cold, nor will you quench my fury.

re: #21 Charles

I also increased the size of the main body text by 5 measly percent.

It helps.

re: #21 Charles

Definitely easier on the eyes.

Looks like this might be a cool movie based on the true story of Udday Hussein’s body double….
The Devil’s Double

Guy robbed a store with the sole intent going to jail so he could get healthcare.

OT: Guitarist Leslie West undergoes amputation

One of my favorite guitarists. I’m hoping he stays around a while.

re: #28 recusancy

I guess his bootstraps weren’t long enough.

re: #29 makeitstop

OT: Guitarist Leslie West undergoes amputation

One of my favorite guitarists. I’m hoping he stays around a while.

whoa…I remember West very well….sat right in front of him at CMU, he shared my wine and could not take his eyes off my girlfriend, and he was a very big scary guy

vintage Mountain
Nantucket Sleighride

Also OT, there’s a really creepy parallel between the Arizona Immigration law of 2010 and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1950.

re: #33 windsagio

1850 even, lol.

re: #31 albusteve

whoa…I remember West very well…sat right in front of him at CMU, he shared my wine and could not take his eyes off my girlfriend, and he was a very big scary guy

I saw him often with Mountain. He played things that I hadn’t heard before or since - truly a one of a kind player.

re: #34 windsagio

1850 even, lol.

I was about to say …
I mean, I know I’m old and all.
But I sure don’t recollect any fugitive slave act being in effect …

re: #35 makeitstop

I saw him often with Mountain. He played things that I hadn’t heard before or since - truly a one of a kind player.

he was a beast…playing smooth ballads one minute and shredding the next…he was actually very friendly and easy going, but reminded me of an outlaw biker type dude at the time….wild hair, leather and he just beat the shit out of his guitar…good times…for a diabetic he has done well so far

LGF looks pretty.

“My God. It’s full of stars.”

Thanks for posting ‘Sleighride,’ Steve. It’s been a lot of years since I’ve heard that.

re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

LGF looks pretty.

“My God. It’s full of stars.”

yes, reine is in the house

re: #40 albusteve

Well done.

re: #39 makeitstop

Thanks for posting ‘Sleighride,’ Steve. It’s been a lot of years since I’ve heard that.

me too…like 40

re: #11 Charles

I decided today to remove the “Related Pages” fold-down menus — after watching the usage for a couple of weeks it was clear that not many people used those “spinoff links” menus at all, except a few LGF users keeping the feature alive by posting stuff to them. Everyone’s using the LGF Pages indexes or the Featured/Recent Pages listings in the sidebar, and I’d like to encourage that to be the default, in fact.

It cleans up the look a bit, and also lets me get rid of a lot of now-superfluous Javascript code. Any time you can load less code for a web page is a good time.

Oh. OK. I can take a hint, I guess.

I’m watching the show “Jail”. Do these people really think they can whoop up on the correction officers and think it will end well?

Can’t believe I’m watching this.

re: #12 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Zdziebko.

How the hell do you say that?

I’d like to buy a vowel.

re: #45 darthstar

I’m sure someone here knows how to pronounce it. I’m very curious.

re: #45 darthstar

I’d like to buy a vowel.

That name pales in comparison to record producer Bill Szymczyk.

I still have no idea how to pronounce that one.

re: #47 makeitstop

That name pales in comparison to record producer Bill Szymczyk.

I still have no idea how to pronounce that one.

Sis mick ?? I like to guess.

re: #47 makeitstop

That name pales in comparison to record producer Bill Szymczyk.

I still have no idea how to pronounce that one.

zimski

re: #46 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I’m sure someone here knows how to pronounce it. I’m very curious.

Zibco or Zeebko would be my first guess, with a slight d before the z kind of like an ‘sh’ sound but with more buzz to it. Of course, the bk may be another blend like ‘vshk’…it’s been many, many years since my phonetics classes - but I used to pride myself in being able to correctly pronounce foreign names on first sight.

Henryk Szeryng (shearing)

[Link: www.google.com…]

re: #50 darthstar

Thanks!

re: #49 albusteve

zimski

wrong…
zimzik

re: #53 albusteve

wrong…
zimzik

actually, it’s simzik. Soft on the first syllable, hard on the second.

Uh, this is kinda boring.

re: #55 Stanley Sea

wanna get in a fight about apple?

re: #55 Stanley Sea

Uh, this is kinda boring.

Where would jesus drill?
oh…not that kind of boring…never mind.

re: #56 windsagio

(the label OR the computer manufacturer!)

re: #55 Stanley Sea

Uh, this is kinda boring.

No, you’re boring!
/the first rule of “Fight Thread”…

re: #59 Slumbering Behemoth

No, you’re boring!
/the first rule of “Fight Thread”…

You’re such a commie you’d suppress a sneeze.

re: #56 windsagio

wanna get in a fight about apple?

No thanks!

re: #58 windsagio

(the label OR the computer manufacturer!)

Fiona

re: #60 darthstar

You’re such a commie you’d suppress a sneeze.

Ha! Never heard that one before.

re: #62 darthstar

Fiona

Whatever happened to her?

Oh, did you see the new pix of Gaga? Blue pubic hair.

re: #64 Stanley Sea

Whatever happened to her?

Oh, did you see the new pix of Gaga? Blue pubic hair.

I’m still getting over the black & white wig in the ‘Edge Of Glory’ video.

re: #64 Stanley Sea

Do tell >

Sir David Attenborough, ladies and gentlemen.

re: #55 Stanley Sea

Uh, this is kinda boring.

only to boring people
ahaha!

re: #63 Slumbering Behemoth

Ha! Never heard that one before.

Just made it up…kind of proud of myself for not saying ‘fart’ to tell you the truth… :)

re: #64 Stanley Sea

Whatever happened to her?

Oh, did you see the new pix of Gaga? Blue pubic hair.

Bluebic hair? Cool!

re: #64 Stanley Sea

Whatever happened to her?

Oh, did you see the new pix of Gaga? Blue pubic hair.

extra boring
supremo boring
the ultimate boredom

re: #69 darthstar

Just made it up…kind of proud of myself for not saying ‘fart’ to tell you the truth… :)

Oh, good on ya. I’d go with nazi or fascist in future iterations, but that’s just me.

re: #70 darthstar

Bluebic hair? Cool!

Damn…it was just her armpit hair she showed off…

Really, that’s NOT pubic.

Well, well.
ATF acting director may resign over gun operation

Too little, too late.
[Link: www.cnn.com…]
Washington (CNN) — Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is expected to resign under pressure, perhaps in the next day or two, in the wake of the controversy over Operation Fast and Furious, two senior federal law enforcement sources said Monday.

re: #73 darthstar

We should Sue SS for false advertising.

re: #72 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh, good on ya. I’d go with nazi or fascist in future iterations, but that’s just me.

You know Koala Bear sphincters are shaped like a swastika, right? I read that here a few days ago.

re: #74 Rightwingconspirator

Well, well.
ATF acting director may resign over gun operation

Too little, too late.
[Link: www.cnn.com…]
Washington (CNN) — Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is expected to resign under pressure, perhaps in the next day or two, in the wake of the controversy over Operation Fast and Furious, two senior federal law enforcement sources said Monday.

what a gigantic funking mess…and not a word concerning it here…simply unbelievable, a monumental blunder

re: #74 Rightwingconspirator

Well, well.
ATF acting director may resign over gun operation

Too little, too late.
[Link: www.cnn.com…]
Washington (CNN) — Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is expected to resign under pressure, perhaps in the next day or two, in the wake of the controversy over Operation Fast and Furious, two senior federal law enforcement sources said Monday.

I was just going to Page that. How high do you think it will go? If holder knew anything about it, it wouldn’t look good for him, but this thing is so stupid, he couldn’t have….

re: #66 windsagio

Do tell >

Ah google it. That was the limit of my contribution of denigrating LGF. I’ll stop now.

Ooops, Holder

re: #74 Rightwingconspirator

Operation “Fast and Furious”? WTF? We’ve got Vin Diesel fans in positions of power?

re: #67 Slumbering Behemoth

Sir David Attenborough, ladies and gentlemen.

Oh that is awesome.

re: #80 wrenchwench

Ooops, Holder

You holder…she bites.

re: #78 wrenchwench

I was just going to Page that. How high do you think it will go? If holder knew anything about it, it wouldn’t look good for him, but this thing is so stupid, he couldn’t have…

Holder knew…if he didn’t his people are out of control…he should resign
I’ve read many articles about this epic fuck up

re: #73 darthstar

Damn…it was just her armpit hair she showed off…

Really, that’s NOT pubic.

Don’t make me find the photo.

re: #85 Stanley Sea

Don’t make me find the photo.

I’m sure it’s quite lovely…please share.

re: #86 darthstar

I’m sure it’s quite lovely…please share.

On second thought…I don’t want people thinking I’m an actual politician.

I started it, I end it.

re: #74 Rightwingconspirator

Well, well.
ATF acting director may resign over gun operation

Too little, too late.
[Link: www.cnn.com…]
Washington (CNN) — Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is expected to resign under pressure, perhaps in the next day or two, in the wake of the controversy over Operation Fast and Furious, two senior federal law enforcement sources said Monday.

ATF is a strange world all to itself and it only got worse after the creation of “homeland security”. Sheesh. Give Alcohol to Commerce, Tobacco to the FDA & Firearms to the FBI already.

re: #88 Stanley Sea

Looks like a Tribble.

re: #89 wlewisiii

ATF is a strange world all to itself and it only got worse after the creation of “homeland security”. Sheesh. Give Alcohol to Commerce, Tobacco to the FDA & Firearms to the FBI already.

Who gets the Explosives? Department of Energy?

/

re: #88 Stanley Sea

that’s more a blue merkin tho :p

(It may stop, but it never ends!)

re: #88 Stanley Sea

I started it, I end it.

I’d be more inclined to look if Gaga had the talent god gave to, well, even Britney Spears. Heck, Madonna in her weird moments is still easier to deal with.

re: #78 wrenchwench

How do you get either an agency so out of control as to do that without top level permission, or with it? It’s awful either way. I’m not impressed by Holder anyway, so I’ll admit I hope this bounces him right out. What a cluster F. re: #78 wrenchwench

Please do Page it. Somebody besides an LGF resident gun nut really should . :-)>

re: #76 darthstar

Incidentally, I actually used to know a gal who always suppressed her sneezes. Surprisingly disturbing and uncomfortable to witness. I thought for sure her brains would come shooting out of her ears.

Okay, this is in the running for best kitteh video ever.

re: #78 wrenchwench

Wow I sure messed up the format on that post.

re: #94 Rightwingconspirator

Please do Page it. Somebody besides an LGF resident gun nut really should . :-)>

Done.

re: #95 Slumbering Behemoth

Incidentally, I actually used to know a gal who always suppressed her sneezes. Surprisingly disturbing and uncomfortable to witness. I thought for sure her brains would come shooting out of her ears.

suppressing a sneeze will make your blood pressure spike off the scale…consider it dangerous

re: #43 Alouette

Oh. OK. I can take a hint, I guess.

No, not just you, by any means - there were a few others still posting with the old method too! And you’re still very welcome to continue posting Pages, of course.

re: #98 wrenchwench

Well done. I’m off to my commute see you all just a bit later. With the BBQ lit and a cold one in hand.

re: #94 Rightwingconspirator

While Holder is hardly the best AG ever, in my lifetime I can easily remember several that I consider far worse on both side of the political fence.

re: #96 makeitstop

Okay, this is in the running for best kitteh video ever.

[Video]

Stolen and shared…

re: #40 albusteve

yes, reine is in the house

{{steve}}

re: #102 wlewisiii

While Holder is hardly the best AG ever, in my lifetime I can easily remember several that I consider far worse on both side of the political fence.

the Fairy has landed!

re: #105 albusteve

the Fairy has landed!

Did Alberto Gonzales ever find a job or is he really THAT unemployable that he could only be hired by Bush?

re: #99 albusteve

suppressing a sneeze will make your blood pressure spike off the scale…consider it dangerous

It just doesn’t look healthy. And I never thought someone suppressing a sneeze would look as disturbing as it does. It’s like the visual equivalent of nails on a chalk board.

re: #99 albusteve

suppressing a sneeze will make your blood pressure spike off the scale…consider it dangerous

It is dangerous.

LOL, re-watching the Seth Myers take down of Trump.

re: #106 darthstar

Did Alberto Gonzales ever find a job or is he really THAT unemployable that he could only be hired by Bush?

how would I know?….who cares about him?…oh yeah, I get it….the shiny object

More info on suppression of sneezes - not good to do.

Now, covering your nose & mouth when you sneeze is NOT the same as suppressing it!

re: #93 wlewisiii

I must protest, that Lady GaGa, all the other stuff aside, is substantially more talented than most of the Spearsesque Idoru ‘talents’. She can actually sing without Protools, and can also actually write (which is how she got her start, actually).

She just likes to be a freak and media spectacle, which gives people the wrong idea.

re: #108 reine.de.tout

It is dangerous.

nice one….blow a weak artery in your brain and it’s light out

re: #112 windsagio

I must protest, that Lady GaGa, all the other stuff aside, is substantially more talented than most of the Spearsesque Idoru ‘talents’. She can actually sing without Protools, and can also actually write (which is how she got her start, actually).

She just likes to be a freak and media spectacle, which gives people the wrong idea.

Agreed…I watched her Monster’s Ball on HBO recently…(it was on so many times I finally decided to catch a few minutes)…she doesn’t lip synch, and she’s actually got some decent songs (though most is a bit too pop for me)…and apparently she isn’t too shy to say she likes to fuck.

re: #112 windsagio

I must protest, that Lady GaGa, all the other stuff aside, is substantially more talented than most of the Spearsesque Idoru ‘talents’. She can actually sing without Protools, and can also actually write (which is how she got her start, actually).

She just likes to be a freak and media spectacle, which gives people the wrong idea.

She is much more talented than Britney, etc.

re: #108 reine.de.tout

It is dangerous.

My aunt cracked a rib while sneezing, waaay back when.

When I feel a sneeze coming on, I face forward and sit up straight. The last time I sneezed with my head turned to the side, I damn near broke my neck.

re: #109 Stanley Sea

I thought O actually did a better job that night than Seth tho’,

re: #112 windsagio

I must protest, that Lady GaGa, all the other stuff aside, is substantially more talented than most of the Spearsesque Idoru ‘talents’. She can actually sing without Protools, and can also actually write (which is how she got her start, actually).

She just likes to be a freak and media spectacle, which gives people the wrong idea.

I giant talent, she dwarfs ordinary humans

re: #116 Slumbering Behemoth

ouch.

re: #114 darthstar

re: #115 reine.de.tout

re: #105 albusteve

the Fairy has landed!

No fairy, Steve. Worse - Edwin Meese.

re: #117 windsagio

I thought O actually did a better job that night than Seth tho’,

[Video]

All while the Bin Laden hit was going down.

re: #118 albusteve

I know man, all real talented musicians are at least 60 years old!

re: #119 windsagio

Of course I am exaggerating a bit, but it sure hurt like hell. And the pain lasted for the entire day.

re: #121 wlewisiii

No fairy, Steve. Worse - Edwin Meese.

ha!
good one

re: #117 windsagio

I thought O actually did a better job that night than Seth tho’,

[Video]

Oh the opening video is so classic. Thanks for posting!

re: #64 Stanley Sea

Whatever happened to her?

Oh, did you see the new pix of Gaga? Blue pubic hair.

Weird Al Gaga parody

re: #43 Alouette

Oh. OK. I can take a hint, I guess.

By the way, you’ve tried the LGF Pages bookmarklet, haven’t you? It’s a lot easier to post with that, instead of cutting and pasting the individual fields…

re: #126 Stanley Sea

Its amazing how thinskinned and pissy Trump actually is in either of those clips tho ><

re: #117 windsagio

I thought O actually did a better job that night than Seth tho’,

[Video]

And Osama was being killed at the moment. CRAZY cool.

re: #128 Charles

By the way, you’ve tried the LGF Pages bookmarklet, haven’t you? It’s a lot easier to post with that, instead of cutting and pasting the individual fields…

That’s fer damn sure.

re: #112 windsagio

I must protest, that Lady GaGa, all the other stuff aside, is substantially more talented than most of the Spearsesque Idoru ‘talents’. She can actually sing without Protools, and can also actually write (which is how she got her start, actually).

She just likes to be a freak and media spectacle, which gives people the wrong idea.

I’ll put that in the agree to disagree column. Let’s just say that if I’m in the mood for that kind of pop, I wouldn’t turn to either Britney or Gaga.

re: #123 windsagio

I know man, all real talented musicians are at least 60 years old!

what makes you say that?….there is a huge pool of extremely talented music people out there, but they are not disciples of pop media entertainment…pay attention

re: #130 Stanley Sea

re: #122 prairiefire

Which is even crazier, I keep forgetting that part.

re: #128 Charles

By the way, you’ve tried the LGF Pages bookmarklet, haven’t you? It’s a lot easier to post with that, instead of cutting and pasting the individual fields…

It’s bookmarked now. :)

re: #121 wlewisiii

No fairy, Steve. Worse - Edwin Meese.

John Mitchell!

he became the only US Attorney General ever to be convicted of illegal activities.

re: #127 Alouette

Weird Al Gaga parody

[Video]

She kinda pissed me off with her treatment of Weird Al.

She insisted upon hearing the entire finished song of his parody - and after he spent the money to record it, she said no to his releasing it.

She does love her control, though. Anyone who takes her picture in concert has to sign the rights to the photos over to her. That’s a little extreme, IMO.

re: #128 Charles

By the way, you’ve tried the LGF Pages bookmarklet, haven’t you? It’s a lot easier to post with that, instead of cutting and pasting the individual fields…

I must have missed this. Is it on the Pages home?

re: #132 wlewisiii

It’s a definite style that you might not like for sure. I’m not actually that partial to her music myself, but damn is talent talent.

re: #137 makeitstop

She kinda pissed me off with her treatment of Weird Al.

She insisted upon hearing the entire finished song of his parody - and after he spent the money to record it, she said no to his releasing it.

She does love her control, though. Anyone who takes her picture in concert has to sign the rights to the photos over to her. That’s a little extreme, IMO.

she loves her fans (money) eh?
what a crude joke

re: #136 wrenchwench

John Mitchell?!

re: #137 makeitstop

What?!? Who the hell says “no” to the great Weird Al?

re: #137 makeitstop

seems like a really bad move too, a Weird Al parody would reach places that her music would never normally get to at all (see: Amish Paradise)

re: #141 windsagio

I played Joni Mitchell all the time for my daughter when she was a baby. My little activist in training.

re: #135 Alouette

It’s bookmarked now. :)

You should drag that link off the page into your browser’s bookmark bar - then you can click it while you’re on a news site and have some of the fields filled in automatically.

re: #142 Slumbering Behemoth

What?!? Who the hell says “no” to the great Weird Al?

only a no talent, narcissistic, media pooch

re: #144 prairiefire

the secret is that they’re actually the same person. She spent 10 years in deep cover to take Nixon down.

Here’s the Help page for the LGF Pages bookmarklet:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

re: #141 windsagio

John Mitchell?!

[Video]

No, John Mitchell. And a few others…

re: #144 prairiefire

I played Joni Mitchell all the time for my daughter when she was a baby. My little activist in training.

Court and Spark is one of the all time great records…her grand opus

While I was looking Joni up on youtube, this came up, and is damn cute:

re: #148 Charles

Here’s the Help page for the LGF Pages bookmarklet:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

Ah, thank you. I didn’t realize there was any autofill possible. I’ve just been doing mostly cut & paste.

re: #117 windsagio

I thought O actually did a better job that night than Seth tho’,

[Video]

OMG, loving this!

re: #151 windsagio

While I was looking Joni up on youtube, this came up, and is damn cute:

[Video]

I love Johnny Cash, and that song. But not Miss Mitchell. There, I said it.

re: #154 wrenchwench

Aww, why not? Just not your style?

re: #154 wrenchwench

I love Johnny Cash, and that song. But not Miss Mitchell. There, I said it.

no surprise…to each his own…
I often marvel at how many people think John Hiatt is just another singer

“I always thought our house was haunted cause nobody said Boo to me.”

“I never did get what I wanted, now I get what I need.”
[Link: www.lyricsfreak.com…]

re: #156 albusteve

no surprise…to each his own…
I often marvel at how many people think John Hiatt is just another singer

See, I could (and do) listen to Hiatt all day.

I don’t know why I don’t like Mitchell. I might learn something if I figured it out. But the incentive to try is very low.

Led Zeppelin meets Elvis…

re: #158 wrenchwench

Man, isn’t that the way tho’?

WUB has been trying to get me to like Mastodon for the last 3 years, but again, there’s not much motivation to learn to like something you don’t.

re: #159 ausador

Led Zeppelin meets Elvis…

[Video]

Oh, yeah! I remember buying the first Dread Zep LP. Fun stuff.

The new Celtic Pink Floyd is almost as much fun:

re: #158 wrenchwench

See, I could (and do) listen to Hiatt all day.

I don’t know why I don’t like Mitchell. I might learn something if I figured it out. But the incentive to try is very low.

aside from two records that I thought were terrific, the rest is pretty vanilla, and she is a notorious bitch

re: #161 wlewisiii

I’ve been listening to the More soundtrack almost nonstop lately:

re: #116 Slumbering Behemoth

My aunt cracked a rib while sneezing, waaay back when.

When I feel a sneeze coming on, I face forward and sit up straight. The last time I sneezed with my head turned to the side, I damn near broke my neck.

I’ve pulled muscles in my back, so badly that I nearly fell to the ground after the sneeze.

And the force of that is multiplied if you try to suppress it. Good grief.
GO AHEAD AND SNEEZE, PEOPLE! _{remember to cover your mouth & nose}

re: #148 Charles

Here’s the Help page for the LGF Pages bookmarklet:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

Really really lame question. But the reason I don’t post pages anymore. I cannot get the bookmarklet to drag & drop in Vista. Yes, I’m on Vista. Long story. I have been bummed for 7 months now.

re: #165 Stanley Sea

Really really lame question. But the reason I don’t post pages anymore. I cannot get the bookmarklet to drag & drop in Vista. Yes, I’m on Vista. Long story. I have been bummed for 7 months now.

Which browser are you using?

The rounded corners on the YouTube links are nice, but maybe they’re jamming up the Spy. When I click on one there, I get a white YouTube screen and no more Spy updates (except thin lines stacking up at the top).

It’s just me, isn’t it.

Firefox.

re: #167 wrenchwench

Just tested it, same for me (on Chrome)

re: #167 wrenchwench

The rounded corners on the YouTube links are nice, but maybe they’re jamming up the Spy. When I click on one there, I get a white YouTube screen and no more Spy updates (except thin lines stacking up at the top).

It’s just me, isn’t it.

Firefox.

Should be fixed already…

Everything seems to be working well here.

re: #166 Charles

Which browser are you using?

Chrome. Maybe that’s it, I don’t completely understand chrome’s bookmarks etc.

re: #169 Charles

Should be fixed already…

damn, you move fast!

re: #169 Charles

Should be fixed already…

Yes indeed!

re: #171 Stanley Sea

Chrome. Maybe that’s it, I don’t completely understand chrome’s bookmarks etc.

I don’t either which is why I don’t use chrome…the extra speed is not worth it

re: #171 Stanley Sea

Chrome. Maybe that’s it, I don’t completely understand chrome’s bookmarks etc.

When I drag to what I think is the bookmark area I get a new blank page, like I’m ready to post it. Not a bookmark. ?

re: #174 albusteve

I found I liked the bookmarks better once I got used to them. It took a while tho >>

re: #171 Stanley Sea

Chrome. Maybe that’s it, I don’t completely understand chrome’s bookmarks etc.

OK, try this - look in the View menu and make sure “Always Show Bookmarks Bar” is checked. The bar that appears when you do this is where you should drag the link to.

Later, lizards.

Play nice, and…

Image: funny-pictures-amen-an-srsly.jpg

You all remember my financial aid people? Five months after I sign on, they finally tell me what paperwork they need. A month later—today—they write to tell me that they’re totally redoing their system, I need to fill out another ISIR, but don’t worry about the spring session, they’re forgiving the tuition for that (nevermind the living expenses I desperately need as I do this career transition).

So, new ISIR, please, and we’ll get back to you at some point in the future…

SIX MONTHS.

re: #179 SanFranciscoZionist

You all remember my financial aid people? Five months after I sign on, they finally tell me what paperwork they need. A month later—today—they write to tell me that they’re totally redoing their system, I need to fill out another ISIR, but don’t worry about the spring session, they’re forgiving the tuition for that (nevermind the living expenses I desperately need as I do this career transition).

So, new ISIR, please, and we’ll get back to you at some point in the future…

SIX MONTHS.

Six months, and a few free courses, but not a penny in living expenses or textbook money, or for tech needs.

re: #177 Charles

Ugh, not worth your time, I cannot find the view menu!!!

re: #179 SanFranciscoZionist

Ok that’s seriously messed up.

The cynic in me thinks somebody somewhere is saying ‘wow we just saved a few grand!’

re: #182 windsagio

Ok that’s seriously messed up.

The cynic in me thinks somebody somewhere is saying ‘wow we just saved a few grand!’

They didn’t. They’re paying out of pocket the loan money I would have given them for the classes. That’s the INSANE part.

re: #171 Stanley Sea

Chrome. Maybe that’s it, I don’t completely understand chrome’s bookmarks etc.

I love Chrome. Faster & far more stable for me on OS X. Yes, the bookmarks are annoyingly slightly different but to me that was a small price.

re: #168 windsagio

Just tested it, same for me (on Chrome)

Same here but from my profiles “recent comments” I can no longer make you tube videos play when I’m trying to figure what the hell I said or posted the previous night when I was blackout drunk. All you tube videos now show up as a blank white screen.

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re: #181 Stanley Sea

Ugh, not worth your time, I cannot find the view menu!!!

check the toolbar at the top of your screen

re: #183 SanFranciscoZionist

so its more ‘lol efficiency!’

re: #181 Stanley Sea

Ugh, not worth your time, I cannot find the view menu!!!

Ah, the PC version. OK, do this instead - click the little wrench icon at the far right of the top bar, then click “Options” in the menu.

In the window that pops up, check the box labeled “Always show the bookmarks bar”.

re: #187 windsagio

so its more ‘lol efficiency!’

My mother refers to the people in the fin aid office as ‘the lorises’.

re: #184 wlewisiii

I love Chrome. Faster & far more stable for me on OS X. Yes, the bookmarks are annoyingly slightly different but to me that was a small price.

I should just be brilliant and watch a tutorial. They’re out there. I’m lazy.

re: #189 SanFranciscoZionist
I have a few terms for the Financial Aid people that are not printable, much less mentionable.

re: #188 Charles

Ah, the PC version. OK, do this instead - click the little wrench icon at the far right of the top bar, then click “Options” in the menu.

In the window that pops up, check the box labeled “Always show the bookmarks bar”.

THANK YOU! It works!

Amazing how I loved the bookmarklet, it is really amazing. And to do it manually when I couldn’t anymore was just bleh.

Oh boy, I will be paging again!

re: #189 SanFranciscoZionist

My mother refers to the people in the fin aid office as ‘the lorises’.

Ya know, I missed you discussing your career change. Kudos!

re: #193 Stanley Sea

Ya know, I missed you discussing your career change. Kudos!

I didn’t talk about it here much…still not totally ready…but I’m looking to move out of the classroom, and into counseling. This program was a step into that, but damnitall…

re: #194 SanFranciscoZionist

I didn’t talk about it here much…still not totally ready…but I’m looking to move out of the classroom, and into counseling. This program was a step into that, but damnitall…

Stay on it, SFZ. WE all know you’ll get where you want to be!

re: #194 SanFranciscoZionist
You are going to do very well in your new career. I get a good feeling about that. :)

re: #194 SanFranciscoZionist

I didn’t talk about it here much…still not totally ready…but I’m looking to move out of the classroom, and into counseling. This program was a step into that, but damnitall…

Hang tough. I have a girlfriend (out of touch for awhile) but she went and got the degree for counseling. She’s doing great last I heard.

Hang tough, you will be so good at it.

re: #195 Dark_Falcon

re: #197 Stanley Sea

re: #196 PhillyPretzel

Thanks, guys. This was just a rough day—starting my summer school gig—and I got home and saw this and more or less lost my mind.

re: #192 Stanley Sea

THANK YOU! It works!

Groovy.

re: #198 SanFranciscoZionist

I still wish they’d just tap you to run the Earth’s diplomacy.

re: #199 Charles

Groovy.

Now I have to find my first non-Gaga page.

Looking.

re: #200 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I still wish they’d just tap you to run the Earth’s diplomacy.

Snacks. Snacks are essential.

re: #202 SanFranciscoZionist

Oh! You’re Joe Pesci in need of a Snickers?
/
(That commercial is funny)

And over at CNN, we have commentator Fareed Zakaria musing about revising the US Constitution. you’d expect an article like that to generate a lot of comments, and you’d be right. The comment thread has over 1000 comments. They range from ones rebutting Zakaria’s suggestions about changing the Senate and Electoral College like this:

Rick House

While the electoral college suggestions are not without merit, your suggestion about the Senate shows your total lack of understanding of how (and why) the Senate exists. Please do some research before you display your ignorance.
The House of Representatives is the portion of Congress which represents (to a degree) the “one-man-one-vote” idea. The number of Representatives are based on population numbers. A small state, like Rhode Island, doesn’t have as much representation (and thus, as much power) as a more populous state. There is no way a smaller state could block any legislation of larger states. The Senate is designed specifically to prevent such “mob rule”. Each state, no matter the size, must come to accords on equal footing. Therefore, a minority of populous states cannot push legislation which is detrimental to smaller states. So you need to do some more research. I (personally) think you should retract your comments and publish your new understanding of the Constitution.

People’s own proposals such as:

Oldmanriver

I think Zakaria was just asking us to think about it rather than as a serious proposal. What if we would re write our constitution how would it be different from the one we have. think about this

1 Keep the bill of rights and/or change them so that everyone has equal protection under the law
2 Get rid of representitive government altogether
3 Using current technology every voter would be given the chance to vote on new laws.
4 Laws and ammendments could be recommended but in order to et them to a vote there would have to be some sort of process which a certain percentage of voters would have to agree that its good enough to vote on. The supreme court or some other body would have to review the law in question before it came to a vote. The bill would have to be in language that everyone could understand, not lawyereze. Have experts come in to answer questions about how proposed bill would expect to change things. Then let the public decide.
5. This would reduce corruption because there would be so many people voting you couldnt bribe all of them. It would eliminate earmarks and pet projects because the bill would have to stand up to national oversite. You would have fewer tax breaks and special concerns for select buisnesses as well. There would be less horse trading to get bills signed into law.
6. You could keep the executive branches and judicial branches the same to keep the checks and balances.

Problems with this:
Would enough people vote to make it worthwhile?
Would enough people be willing to educate themselves on a subject before voting?
How would you make it so that it does not just become a tyranny of the majority?
What would rules for advertising for or against a bill be set up?
Can you set up a voting system secure enough that a smart hacker could not change the number of yes or no votes?

This is just an idea…I think Mr Zakaria was wanting our opinion on how we would change things if we could.
June 20, 2011 at 3:21 pm |

Through posts of people pushing things like “NationalPopularVote.com” to outright DERP!s like this last Alex Jones-inspired missive:

Eric

Zakaria is a globalist, he wants a world government, this is why he wants to “change” the constitution. Don’t fall for the world of this traitor.

[Link: www.prisonplanet.com…]
June 20, 2011 at 1:03 pm | Reply

re: #204 Dark_Falcon

And over at CNN, we have commentator Fareed Zakaria musing about revising the US Constitution. you’d expect an article like that to generate a lot of comments, and you’d be right. The comment thread has over 1000 comments. They range from ones rebutting Zakaria’s suggestions about changing the Senate and Electoral College like this:

People’s own proposals such as:

Through posts of people pushing things like “NationalPopularVote.com” to outright DERP!s like this last Alex Jones-inspired missive:

For CNN comments, the couple you posted are downright Solomonic.

Damnit…I missed Keith’s comeback show…but it replays at 8pm so I’ll watch it after dinner.

re: #204 Dark_Falcon

Over the past couple of years I’ve been of the growing opinion that we ought to get rid of the Senate. It is an outdated institution. Rather, replace them with a Board of Governors (made up literally of all the governors of the States) whose function would be to sit only for the really big stuff: constitutional amendments, impeachments, confirming USSC candidates, etc.

Then, increase the House to 535 members to allow for the growth in population, give voting rights to the the Reps from DC and any other territory, in order to be truly a representative form of government.

We can keep the electoral college, but now it would be 535+50 and the increased size would probably keep things on the even keel.

If you like Sister Sarah you will skip my new page.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

Thanks Charles, I’m back with a vengeance.

re: #204 Dark_Falcon

I’m not so sure about revising the constitution, but I would certainly like to see the number of representatives raised, preferably by a factor of ten or so. The US federal governments is currently one of the least representative in the world (numerically at least, I think it reflects the sentiments of the American people considerably better than countries such as China or Russia). Right now there is roughly one congressional representative per 650,000 people (roughly, there is a disparity of more than 400,000 between the largest and smallest district). This makes it hard for the representatives to actually get a feeling for what their constituents want.

re: #207 freetoken

Over the past couple of years I’ve been of the growing opinion that we ought to get rid of the Senate. It is an outdated institution. Rather, replace them with a Board of Governors (made up literally of all the governors of the States) whose function would be to sit only for the really big stuff: constitutional amendments, impeachments, confirming USSC candidates, etc.

Then, increase the House to 535 members to allow for the growth in population, give voting rights to the the Reps from DC and any other territory, in order to be truly a representative form of government.

We can keep the electoral college, but now it would be 535+50 and the increased size would probably keep things on the even keel.

I actually like the Seante and its Anti-Majoritarianism. I feel it does in fact protect the people of the smaller states from being bossed around too much by those states with large populations. Given the sheer diversity of America, strong anti-majority checks are needed.

re: #200 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I still wish they’d just tap you to run the Earth’s diplomacy.

The State Department or NSA?

re: #205 Decatur Deb

For CNN comments, the couple you posted are downright Solomonic.

I wanted to showcase those showing some actual thought. We post plenty of the DERP! that people put out on comment threads, and I wanted to go in a different direction on that post (while still making clear the DERP! was there).

re: #210 Dark_Falcon

Given the sheer diversity of America, strong anti-majority checks are needed.

However, does the Senate actually do that today, in a way that is productive for the country in the long term?

When in doubt herpa derp historical revisionism!
GOP Isolationist? No, Just More Jacksonian

There is obviously an opening right now for a GOP presidential candidate to articulate a strong, coherent foreign policy vision consistent with basic conservative priorities. Republicans have not nominated a genuine isolationist for president since 1936. They will not nominate one in 2012. In the end, the winning GOP foreign policy stance will be a muscular, unapologetic one of American leadership and peace through strength. Bet on it.

re: #214 Killgore Trout

Pat Buchanan gambled that if he stayed around long enough he’d come back in style.

Pardon me but I’m off to hoard incandescent light bulbs before the zombies arrive,

re: #214 Killgore Trout

When in doubt herpa derp historical revisionism!
GOP Isolationist? No, Just More Jacksonian

Victoria Jacksonian?

re: #210 Dark_Falcon

it’s almost as if smaller, lightly populated GOP controlled states who constantly rack up government handouts would wither and die in their own sick without an outsized influence in the Senate!

re: #160 windsagio

Man, isn’t that the way tho’?

WUB has been trying to get me to like Mastodon for the last 3 years, but again, there’s not much motivation to learn to like something you don’t.

you sorta dig some of the Hidden Hand I was playing you, which is arguably even cooler :D

I love this phrase: Know Hope

From last week, the people in Iran have not given up.

And the cite Charles left after it started going loony has now progressed to full-fledged conspiracism. Pajamas Media ran an article by Bob Owens accusing Obama of orchestrating Operation: Fast and Furious as a deliberate failure to advance the cause of gun control. No link to PJM, of course and Google has not yet cached it, but here are some choice excerpts (or should that be ex-DERPS):

The most damning revelations coming out of the hearings on Operation Fast and Furious held by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are the unmistakable indications that the program was never designed to succeed as a law enforcement operation at all.

A quartet of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agents and supervisors turned into whistleblowers to bring the operation down, but only after U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was gunned down in the Arizona desert. Two of the weapons recovered at the scene of Terry’s murder were traced to the operation.

SNIP

And Obama himself has offered the solutions we would expect from a gun prohibitionist:

Faced with a Congress hostile to even slight restrictions of Second Amendment rights, the Obama administration is exploring potential changes to gun laws that can be secured strictly through executive action, administration officials say.

The Department of Justice held the first in what is expected to be a series of meetings on Tuesday afternoon with a group of stakeholders in the ongoing gun-policy debates. Before the meeting, officials said part of the discussion was expected to center around the White House’s options for shaping policy on its own or through its adjoining agencies and departments — on issues ranging from beefing up background checks to encouraging better data-sharing.

Administration officials said talk of executive orders or agency action are among a host of options that President Barack Obama and his advisers are considering.

As there is a pattern of behavior to suggest that Gunwalker was not a botched law enforcement operation, but was instead an effort by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department to carry out a subversive anti-gun policy of the Obama administration, it is pertinent to examine Obama’s past associations with anti-gun groups.

From 1994-2002, Obama was a director of the Joyce Foundation. Joyce is a progressive organization dedicated to “social justice,” and one of their primary areas of advocacy has always been the funding of gun control organizations. Joyce has long attempted to erode Second Amendment rights, and during Obama’s tenure as a director went so far as to try to subvert Second Amendment scholarship. Joyce gave millions to effectively buy law reviews with grants, and then used those reviews to publish only papers that attacked the individual rights interpretation. The goal was to so pervert legal scholarship that the scholarship would affect Supreme Court decisions.

Joyce director Obama, and those surrounding him, internalized fellow Chicagoan Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. While the Joyce plot narrowly failed, it affirmed Alinsky’s strategy of agitating, fanning hostility, and disorganizing the public in order to force radical change.

Note how Owens works the tired Alinsky cliche in there. It’s lame, I know, but I felt it should be shared with the Lizards. Some people just can’t see a governmental FUBAR as a FUBAR, it always has to be a conspiracy.

BTW, Buchanan’s latest article is about this rise of “non-interventionism” and the “freeloaders” in NATO.

re: #213 freetoken

However, does the Senate actually do that today, in a way that is productive for the country in the long term?

I would argue yes, though I can see the counter argument.

re: #221 Dark_Falcon

They will probably, eventually go the way of Alex Jones and WND and the like, for the easy marks fall for that kind of stuff the hardest.

_{BUY GOLD!!}

re: #221 Dark_Falcon

Some people just can’t see a governmental FUBAR as a FUBAR, it always has to be a conspiracy.

Hows that saying go? Oh, yeah…

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

re: #224 freetoken

They will probably, eventually go the way of Alex Jones and WND and the like, for the easy marks fall for that kind of stuff the hardest.

_{BUY GOLD!!}

I know. It’s just sick, that’s all. What actually happened in F&F was bad enough. Why not just use that, instead of trying to spin it into something unprovable? Other than to throw red meat to wingnuts, that is? Which I understand, but think foolish.

Sigh, I’m looking at rehab options. I have two people fighting over who is going to watch my goofy cat, so at least that isn’t a problem.

Meanwhile my alcohol intake has been climbing ever since dad passed, after trying a couple of times I have found I cannot quit without medication. The withdrawl symptoms are very real. :(

Crap, if I leave this place unguarded for a month my brother and sister are going to completely strip it out down to the bare walls without giving the estate a dime in return. Sigh…I really have no choice I guess, I have to do what is right for me. Which right now means becoming sober again and that means rehab…

Mom passing in November and Dad passing in February along with dealing with the estate has been just too much I guess, I need a vacation. I just cannot do this anymore right now, especially while I’m constantly drunk.

Speaking of dumbshit GOP senators from weak states who say dumb shit because they’re dumb, here’s Tom “I tied my own shoes today” Coburn!

[Link: news.discovery.com…]

note the difference between the GOP senator, who probably can’t wipe his own ass without assistance, and the Berkeley researcher who is probably twice this fool’s IQ:

Berkeley computer science professor Pieter Abbeel, one of the researchers behind the project, told me that the towel folding experiment was just a small part of a much broader effort aimed at creating robots that can handle the complexities of real environments. Here’s what he wrote in a rebuttal:

“[I]n order to expand the use of robots beyond manufacturing the machines must be far more sophisticated in terms of their ability to deal with complexity. That’s what our work is all about. Towel folding is just a first, small step towards a new generation of robotic devices that could, for example, significantly increase the independence of elderly and sick people, protect our soldiers during combat, and a host of other applications that would revolutionize our day-to-day lives.”

If this country continues to elect people like Tom Coburn, this country deserves to fail as a country. We elect these fools, and then we wonder why we fall behind in the sciences. Because look! We elected men who are dogshit in human form! What were we expecting?

re: #227 ausador

{{{{{ausador}}}}}

My mother’s passing 15 years ago damn near did me in too.

re: #228 WindUpBird

The whole idea of ‘wasteful research that lacks useful applications’ is a pile of dumb anyways.

A huge giant bizarre steaming pile of dumb.

re: #228 WindUpBird

You know, Tom Coburn is a doctor, an OB/GYN in fact. He’s had to make complex decisions in a short time on many occasions, and by all accounts done well in making those decisions. He’s quite smart and just because he calls government funding of a program wasteful does not make him a moron. Stick making your case and avoid the ad hominum, WUB.

re: #227 ausador

If you are drinking a bunch, don’t think you can quit all at once. I know it looks good on a bumper sticker, but going cold turkey with booze will actually kill you.

re: #231 Dark_Falcon

so its empty and intentionally harmful political posturing instead of stupidity?

I’d almost prefer the dumb.

re: #227 ausador

[Link: www.manateeglens.org…]

re: #227 ausador

Take care of yourself, first. The cat will be cared for and the stuff is only stuff. The fact your siblings might be self centered scavengers doesn’t remedy or make worse your alcohol problem. Get help, and get better. Piss on everything else.

bbiam…

re: #228 WindUpBird

Ok, so I tweeted the article. And, tagged it @TomCoburn.:

GOP Senator Coburn giving cheap shots towards scientists?

Now, if anyone wants to retweet it…. maybe it’ll get the attention of his staff.

re: #235 theheat

Take care of yourself, first. The cat will be cared for and the stuff is only stuff. The fact your siblings might be self centered scavengers doesn’t remedy or make worse your alcohol problem. Get help, and get better. Piss on everything else.

Zactly.

re: #228 WindUpBird

it’s not Coburn or a few…it’s massive dysfunction across party lines…a few people can’t fuck things up this bad, it takes a group effort…step away from the partisanship and look at the entire picture…the prime directive of any politician is getting re-elected, they will do anything, or shirk any responsibilty to achieve that goal

re: #232 Cannadian Club Akbar

If you are drinking a bunch, don’t think you can quit all at once. I know it looks good on a bumper sticker, but going cold turkey with booze will actually kill you.

I know, I slowly cut down for a bit to four sixteen ouncers per day, didn’t help when I tried to quit completely though. :(

Migraines, the shakes, and hot flashes/chills, yep still withdrawl, even if it isn’t the DT’s and giant spiders….

re: #239 albusteve

/steve
party doesn’t matter.

Also eggs are always the same despite what you feed the chickens!

/!steve

re: #227 ausador

Sigh, I’m looking at rehab options. I have two people fighting over who is going to watch my goofy cat, so at least that isn’t a problem.

Meanwhile my alcohol intake has been climbing ever since dad passed, after trying a couple of times I have found I cannot quit without medication. The withdrawl symptoms are very real. :(

Crap, if I leave this place unguarded for a month my brother and sister are going to completely strip it out down to the bare walls without giving the estate a dime in return. Sigh…I really have no choice I guess, I have to do what is right for me. Which right now means becoming sober again and that means rehab…

Mom passing in November and Dad passing in February along with dealing with the estate has been just too much I guess, I need a vacation. I just cannot do this anymore right now, especially while I’m constantly drunk.

getting sober can be done, and you can do it….seeing the fight for what it is half the battle….it cannot kill you…you have the strenghth

re: #233 windsagio

so its empty and intentionally harmful political posturing instead of stupidity?

I’d almost prefer the dumb.

No, he may honestly feel the federal government shouldn’t be funding the project. That’s a legitimate position to take. It may be wrong, buts not indecent in any way.

I realize that he isn’t a favorite to many folks here, but I think this deserves mention:

Olbermann’s ‘Countdown’ returns on Current TV

(CNN) — Nearly five months after signing off from MSNBC, left-wing news personality Keith Olbermann returned to the airwaves Monday with the relaunch of his signature “Countdown” show on Current TV.

While known for generally opposing Republicans and supporting Democrats, Olbermann signaled that both parties would be targets in his “Special Comment,” a segment that was also part of his previous show.

“The nation is losing its independence through the malfeasance of one party and the timidity of the other,” he said, according to the show’s blog.

Still, the early take from the inaugural show suggested it would lean left, as evidenced by one segment labeled “Inside the Republican Cult.”

Guests included liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, Daily Kos blogger Markos Moulitsas and John Dean, a former White House counsel to President Richard Nixon and now a conservative critic. Olbermann said he will be a frequent contributor to the show.

Olbermann abruptly left MSNBC in late January after eight years at the news network. In his time there, the former sports news anchor became a favorite of progressives for challenging rivals at Fox News and elsewhere, though he also faced criticism and publicly aired his frustrations with NBC’s management.

re: #232 Cannadian Club Akbar

If you are drinking a bunch, don’t think you can quit all at once. I know it looks good on a bumper sticker, but going cold turkey with booze will actually kill you.

that’s why one uses rehab…it’s a serious medical condition at that point, to clarify

Might be worth the listen:

Rick Perlstein - Is There a Republican War on History?

re: #243 Dark_Falcon

No, he may honestly feel the federal government shouldn’t be funding the project. That’s a legitimate position to take. It may be wrong, buts not indecent in any way.

did you read the article?

it’s a false premise, he’s full of shit, it’s not legitimate, it’s dogshit, he’s dogshit

Your republican party is a sewer

re: #243 Dark_Falcon

And I quote the story:

A U.S. senator has cited three robotics projects as examples of “wasteful” research that lack useful applications and shouldn’t have received government funding.

If we only funded projects that had immediate useful applications we’d be a long ways behind where we are now. The researchers response WUB quoted specifically and completely addresses why that’s dumb.

re: #239 albusteve

it’s not Coburn or a few…it’s massive dysfunction across party lines…a few people can’t fuck things up this bad, it takes a group effort…step away from the partisanship and look at the entire picture…the prime directive of any politician is getting re-elected, they will do anything, or shirk any responsibilty to achieve that goal

I like what Gore Vidal said, the GOP is merely the dumber half of our one-party system

I do think a ton of democrats are involved, look at all the wall street corruption and giveaways being orchestrated and enabled by NY democrats, I just see things in the GOP that are just so blindingly obviously, clearly stupid x_x

I think it’s a massive dysfunction that is really beyond party, it has more to do with the culture of America, we seem to be overall rejecting progress as a country

re: #243 Dark_Falcon

if people thought as Coburn did about NASA, NASA would not exist

That Mendel and his peas, whats the point? He’s not even improving yield!

or if you prefer,

Ah that silly Marie Curie! There’s no useful application for radium research!

re: #248 windsagio

I quote things hoping DF will read them!

Oh well! Guess that didn’t happen!

re: #227 ausador

Sigh, I’m looking at rehab options. I have two people fighting over who is going to watch my goofy cat, so at least that isn’t a problem.

Meanwhile my alcohol intake has been climbing ever since dad passed, after trying a couple of times I have found I cannot quit without medication. The withdrawl symptoms are very real. :(

Crap, if I leave this place unguarded for a month my brother and sister are going to completely strip it out down to the bare walls without giving the estate a dime in return. Sigh…I really have no choice I guess, I have to do what is right for me. Which right now means becoming sober again and that means rehab…

Mom passing in November and Dad passing in February along with dealing with the estate has been just too much I guess, I need a vacation. I just cannot do this anymore right now, especially while I’m constantly drunk.

Take care of yourself first.

re: #251 windsagio

hahahaha

drink to the stupid, I sure am

re: #240 ausador

I know, I slowly cut down for a bit to four sixteen ouncers per day, didn’t help when I tried to quit completely though. :(

Migraines, the shakes, and hot flashes/chills, yep still withdrawl, even if it isn’t the DT’s and giant spiders…

When I went to jail a couple months ago, I was put in medical. They let me out of medical and put me in population and all was fine. Not. I ended up thinking I was in San Diego, NYC and thought I was kidnapped, not to mention the 10 people I thought I killed. I just want to make sure you don’t go cold turkey. Most think it is a good thing and it isn’t. And FWIW, for the 2 weeks before going to jail I did nothing but drink. No food, no water. If it didn’t have CC in it, I didn’t want it. It was my personal bender to end all benders.