Do not think me gentle
because I speak in praise
of gentleness, or elegant
because I honor the grace
that keeps this world. I am
a man crude as any,
gross of speech, intolerant,
stubborn, angry, full
of fits and furies. That I
may have spoken well
at times, is not natural.
A wonder is what it is.
— Wendell Berry
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:32:51pm |
Ah, the warm, cozy atmosphere of the late-night thread. The perfect gathering place for night owls.
Hoot!
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:37:38pm |
I looked at a Droid 3 today.
Looks a lot better than the 2, which is a fine little machine itself.
[Link: www.motorola.com...]
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laZardo Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:37:58pm |
re: #1 Dark_Falcon
Ah, the warm, cozy atmosphere of the late-night thread. The perfect gathering place for night owls.
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laZardo Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:38:45pm |
re: #3 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
I looked at a Droid 3 today.
Looks a lot better than the 2, which is a fine little machine itself.
[Link: www.motorola.com...]
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:40:57pm |
re: #5 laZardo
Ah, Nokia. I used to have an 8801. Those things were built like frikin' tanks.
[Link: www.phonescoop.com...]
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:42:16pm |
re: #4 laZardo
That would be a good karaoke song. [writes down in list]
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laZardo Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:46:16pm |
re: #6 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Mine apparently uses the same kind of charger and battery as the same "basic" phones they design for the rest of the world. Interesting template.
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prairiefire Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:48:37pm |
Thanks for a great blog, Charles! How's the weather in the East?
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:48:48pm |
re: #8 laZardo
Mine apparently uses the same kind of charger and battery as the same "basic" phones they design for the rest of the world. Interesting template.
Probably great for production, too. One less thing to worry about; can sell boatloads of them because demand will be there for more devices, thus for longer.
| 12 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:51:21pm |
Uh, I normally don't notice or mind the ads, but we are currently running one that shows Rick Perry deep-throating a corn dog, and links to isrickperrygay dot com.
Is that supposed to be there?
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:51:50pm |
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:52:25pm |
Ok, going to get a 6 pack and watch _Source Code_. ttyas
| 15 |
jaunte Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:52:46pm |
@wardrobe_oxygen Alison Gary
Tree through corner of bedroom & entirely through closet ceiling. What a way to wake up #irene
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Varek Raith Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:55:57pm |
I was kind of hoping the winds would knock down some of those loose branches in my trees.
But no.
Make me pay someone to get them.
Stupid storm of the century!
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makeitstop Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:56:05pm |
re: #15 jaunte
@wardrobe_oxygen Alison Gary
Tree through corner of bedroom & entirely through closet ceiling. What a way to wake up #irene
That's the type of thing I'm fearing here. We had a sound like something falling on the roof earlier. Maybe we'll get lucky and that'll be it.
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Varek Raith Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:57:47pm |
I guess that's about it for the rain.
[Link: www.wunderground.com...]
| 20 |
prairiefire Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:59:05pm |
re: #17 makeitstop
That's the type of thing I'm fearing here. We had a sound like something falling on the roof earlier. Maybe we'll get lucky and that'll be it.
How strong are the winds? Does it sound like a howl?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Aug 27, 2011 10:59:40pm |
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Kragar Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:00:21pm |
re: #19 Varek Raith
I guess that's about it for the rain.
[Link: www.wunderground.com...]
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makeitstop Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:00:27pm |
re: #20 prairiefire
How strong are the winds? Does it sound like a howl?
Not yet, but it's still early on. We're not supposed to see the bad part until morning.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:01:55pm |
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prairiefire Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:02:35pm |
re: #23 makeitstop
Not yet, but it's still early on. We're not supposed to see the bad part until morning.
I hope it bounces back out to sea.
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Kragar Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:03:15pm |
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jaunte Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:04:13pm |
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jaunte Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:07:24pm |
ryca royce a
2am & just noticed around 30 army dudes in full get-up cross a deserted park ave in formation thru the relentless rain
#likeamovie #irene
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Kronocide Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:08:43pm |
re: #21 Dark_Falcon
You have
trashytaste intastetrashyinmusic.
There, fixed. Garbage is very well polished and produced trashy pop rock. With a hot singer who wears designer dresses and combat boots as well as anybody.
Good band.
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makeitstop Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:09:45pm |
re: #27 prairiefire
I hope it bounces back out to sea.
Nice thought, but I think we're kinda locked in to this thing coming ashore somewhere on LI. Early forecasts had it making landfall in my town, but since yesterday landfall has been moved west.
Not that that's going to make a lot of difference. We're in for a lot of rain and wind, and there are tornado watches up now.
I may be in this thread until the sun comes up or my power goes down, whichever comes first.
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Varek Raith Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:09:58pm |
re: #26 Dark_Falcon
Proper caption: "All right, where's the fish?!"
That bird is one step away from berserker mode.
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Varek Raith Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:13:03pm |
I am seriously tired. Things are winding down here, so I'm going to bed.
Good night all and good luck with Irene.
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jaunte Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:24:44pm |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 27, 2011 11:56:34pm |
re: #12 SanFranciscoZionist
Uh, I normally don't notice or mind the ads, but we are currently running one that shows Rick Perry deep-throating a corn dog, and links to isrickperrygay dot com.
Is that supposed to be there?
The ad
or the corndog??
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:27:21am |
re: #37 makeitstop
Everybody go to bed or something?
I'm in the "something" category
At work, babysitting some satellite transmissions we've taken over due to the storm
| 39 |
prairiefire Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:32:07am |
re: #38 sattv4u2
Keep everybody informed, satt. As best you can. Batten down the hatches!
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Kragar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:37:24am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:38:32am |
re: #39 prairiefire
Keep everybody informed, satt. As best you can. Batten down the hatches!
Not doing much re: the storm per se
What we are doing is restorals for clients that usually put their signals on satellites from both Florida (QVC,, ION Networks,, Globecomm services which have satellite feeds going from the states to europe and South Africa) and broadcasters in New York (doing work for ABC, NBC and FOX right now)
The storm knocks out their ability to transmit cleanly to satellites, so we're contracted to take over for them in situations like this
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:39:40am |
re: #40 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Working on some stuff and watching Netflix
Thats what I used to say to my mother when she said "WHY WERE YOU IN THE BATHROOM SO LONG?"
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:44:19am |
Well, glad I'm not here by myself.
Wind has kicked up outside big-time. My neighbor a couple of yards over has lost a few branches off one of his trees.
Nearly 80,000 people without power, in neighborhoods all around us. I don't know how we still have lights.
(knocks wood)
| 45 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:47:17am |
re: #43 prairiefire
Satellite:
[Video]
heh
The opening scene
Add about 75 more of those (of sizes varying from 18 meters to 3.5 meters) and you'll have an idea of whats right outside my door
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:48:49am |
re: #44 makeitstop
Well, glad I'm not here by myself.
Wind has kicked up outside big-time. My neighbor a couple of yards over has lost a few branches off one of his trees.
Nearly 80,000 people without power, in neighborhoods all around us. I don't know how we still have lights.
(knocks wood)
Yeah ,,, Dads in Boston and thats what I'm worried about for him. Last time I spoke with him (about 10:00 p.m.eastern) he said so far just heavy rain
| 47 |
Kragar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:50:03am |
re: #42 sattv4u2
Thats what I used to say to my mother when she said "WHY WERE YOU IN THE BATHROOM SO LONG?"
My older daughter decided she liked the Tau, so I've been working on getting a battleforce together for the last couple days. Last night, I finished up some Crisis Battlesuits. Tonight, I'm working on some stealth teams.
| 48 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:51:50am |
re: #46 sattv4u2
Yeah ,,, Dads in Boston and thats what I'm worried about for him. Last time I spoke with him (about 10:00 p.m.eastern) he said so far just heavy rain
Last we checked, the rain had actually stopped. But the wind was getting closer to the howl that prairiefire was talking about earlier. Our patio looks like it snowed leaves - it's covered with maple leaves.
Only another 8 or so hours to go. Wee.
/
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:52:11am |
re: #47 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I was with you all the way up to My older daughter decided she liked
After that, not so much!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:53:14am |
re: #48 makeitstop
Last we checked, the rain had actually stopped. But the wind was getting closer to the howl that prairiefire was talking about earlier. Our patio looks like it snowed leaves - it's covered with maple leaves.
Only another 8 or so hours to go. Wee.
/
Where are you, if I may ask?
(trying to gauge how long it is till it's passed Boston)
| 51 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:54:31am |
re: #50 sattv4u2
Where are you, if I may ask?
(trying to gauge how long it is till it's passed Boston)
South Shore of Long Island, about 45 miles out from NYC.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:55:08am |
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Kragar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:55:16am |
re: #49 sattv4u2
I was with you all the way up to My older daughter decided she liked
After that, not so much!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:56:51am |
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:57:08am |
Lights are dimming. Might not be online much longer....
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Kragar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:00:39am |
| 57 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:05:45am |
| 58 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:09:16am |
LIPA reports 100K homes without power. We're still good....
| 59 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:09:42am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:13:07am |
re: #58 makeitstop
LIPA reports 100K homes without power. We're still good...
Hell,, around here in the "winter', half an inch of snow knocks out twice as many homes ,,, AND ,, school is called off for a week !!
(I am not exaggerating, btw)
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Kragar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:16:17am |
re: #60 sattv4u2
Hell,, around here in the "winter', half an inch of snow knocks out twice as many homes ,,, AND ,, school is called off for a week !!
(I am not exaggerating, btw)
We only get school called off here if there are fires.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:19:31am |
re: #61 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
We only get school called off here if there are fires.
Just buy asbestos suits for all the kids
Problem solved
| 63 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:20:53am |
Why do I have little scenes from Family Guy running through my head?
Tom Tucker: "Let's go to Ollie who is facing down the hurricane!! Ollie"?
Ollie: "It raining"!!!!
Tom Tucker: "Great insight, Ollie"!!!
Morning honcos.
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Kragar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:23:11am |
re: #63 Cannadian Club Akbar
Why do I have little scenes from Family Guy running through my head?
Tom Tucker: "Let's go to Ollie who is facing down the hurricane!! Ollie"?
Ollie: "It raining"!!!
Tom Tucker: "Great insight, Ollie"!!!Morning honcos.
| 65 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:23:17am |
BREAKING NEWS
Stores see run on storm supplies
Actual headline in the Boston Globe
Thank you, Captain Obvious!
[Link: www.boston.com...]
| 66 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:25:16am |
re: #64 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Well, THAT helped to make the scenes in my head go away!
/
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Kragar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:27:32am |
re: #66 Cannadian Club Akbar
Well, THAT helped to make the scenes in my head go away!
/
Maybe this will help
| 68 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:27:38am |
re: #65 sattv4u2
BREAKING NEWS
Stores see run on storm supplies
Actual headline in the Boston Globe
Thank you, Captain Obvious!
[Link: www.boston.com...]
I know down here, if a storm got within 300 miles of hitting, you couldn't even get near a Subway samich place. Apparently if you don't eat it, it can be used as a flotation device.
| 69 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:29:54am |
re: #67 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You know the person who wrote that song prolly loves Seth McFarland.
| 70 |
Kronocide Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:31:57am |
If this hurricane was because God is pissed at all this sorta gay stuff, does that mean they're now 'homocanes?'
| 72 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:41:26am |
I just went out to see what was happening. Wow.
Rain is coming in sheets out of the east. The wind is very steady and blowing like crazy. Waiting for the next advisory to see how close this thing is.
Shit's getting real.
| 73 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:44:59am |
re: #72 makeitstop
Next time you go out, extent your arms out to the side. Let the wind push you around a bit.
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:48:54am |
re: #73 Cannadian Club Akbar
Next time you go out, extent your arms out to the side. Let the wind push you around a bit.
Nope. The closest I'm getting to outside is my covered porch. I might be sleep-deprived but I'm not stupid.
| 75 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:56:13am |
re: #74 makeitstop
Here's your update.
[Link: www.nhc.noaa.gov...]
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA NORTHWARD TO SAGAMORE BEACH MASSACHUSETTS...
INCLUDING DELAWARE BAY...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...LONG ISLAND
SOUND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND...
MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET
| 76 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 1:57:05am |
re: #75 Cannadian Club Akbar
Here's your update.
[Link: www.nhc.noaa.gov...]A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA NORTHWARD TO SAGAMORE BEACH MASSACHUSETTS...
INCLUDING DELAWARE BAY...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...LONG ISLAND
SOUND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND...
MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET
Thanks, I was wondering what was going on outside.
///
| 77 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:06:36am |
re: #74 makeitstop
Nope. The closest I'm getting to outside is my covered porch. I might be sleep-deprived but I'm not stupid.
CCA wishes he could say the same!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:08:58am |
re: #73 Cannadian Club Akbar
Next time you go out, extent your arms out to the side. Let the wind push you around a bit.
heh.. thats what I have a wife for!
| 79 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:11:02am |
re: #77 sattv4u2
CCA wishes he could say the same!
Har. The other coast here got just enough winds to push up a nice surf. So, ignore those red flags on the beach and enjoy!!!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:13:48am |
re: #79 Cannadian Club Akbar
Har. The other coast here got just enough winds to push up a nice surf. So, ignore those red flags on the beach and enjoy!!!
SURFS UP, DUDE
| 81 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:14:12am |
re: #79 Cannadian Club Akbar
Har. The other coast here got just enough winds to push up a nice surf. So, ignore those red flags on the beach and enjoy!!!
Darwin Award nominees:
[Link: www.orlandosentinel.com...]
| 85 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:19:16am |
re: #81 Cannadian Club Akbar
Darwin Award nominees:
[Link: www.orlandosentinel.com...]
Lawsuit against New Smyrna by the surviving families in 5,4,3,2,,,,,
| 86 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:19:23am |
re: #84 sattv4u2
still!
Closer to it. I can remember boring college classes that didn't drag on as long as this.
| 87 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:20:26am |
re: #86 makeitstop
Closer to it. I can remember boring college classes that didn't drag on as long as this.
Geezz,,,,
hell,,, if we're THAT boring ,, you could just ask us to try harder
| 88 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:20:58am |
re: #87 sattv4u2
Geezz,,,
hell,,, if we're THAT boring ,, you could just ask us to try harder
Not you! This damned storm.
| 89 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:24:08am |
Okay ,,, ,we've just stepped through the Looking Glass
Iran tells Syria to recognize demands
Iran, Syria’s closest ally, called on the government in Damascus to recognize its people’s “legitimate’’ demands yesterday
| 90 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:24:26am |
re: #89 sattv4u2
Okay ,,, ,we've just stepped through the Looking Glass
Iran tells Syria to recognize demands
Iran, Syria’s closest ally, called on the government in Damascus to recognize its people’s “legitimate’’ demands yesterday
[Link: www.boston.com...]
| 91 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:24:49am |
Now you know there is some idiot somewhere thinking to himself "They made fun of my Y2K ravioli surplus. And now we have this storm! Who's laughing now!! I'm living the dream"!!! (then he realizes he forgot to buy a can opener)
Heh.
| 92 |
Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:27:48am |
Did the storm get cancelled? It's really quiet here.
| 93 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:29:59am |
re: #92 Obdicut
Did the storm get cancelled? It's really quiet here.
It's going pretty nuts out here on LI.
For some reason, I'd feel better if it was light outside. I realize it wouldn't help at all, but it would help if I could see WTF was going on.
| 94 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:30:04am |
re: #92 Obdicut
Did the storm get cancelled? It's really quiet here.
Due to budget cuts, it's been scaled down to two kids throwing water balloons at each other!
| 95 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:30:32am |
re: #92 Obdicut
Did the storm get cancelled? It's really quiet here.
Yes it was cancelled. But we do have a nice parting gift for you. Should be there in a couple hours.
/
| 96 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:31:02am |
re: #94 sattv4u2
Due to budget cuts, it's been scaled down to two kids throwing water balloons at each other!
I'll take it. At least maybe they'd listen if I told them to get off my lawn.
| 97 |
Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:33:56am |
re: #93 makeitstop
Huh. Weird. It's very, very quiet here in the middle of Manhattan. Not a ton of wind.
I expect that'll change soon enough.
| 98 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:35:11am |
re: #97 Obdicut
Huh. Weird. It's very, very quiet here in the middle of Manhattan. Not a ton of wind.
I expect that'll change soon enough.
Yup ,, as soon as the politicians get in to their offices this morning!
| 99 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:35:56am |
re: #97 Obdicut
Huh. Weird. It's very, very quiet here in the middle of Manhattan. Not a ton of wind.
I expect that'll change soon enough.
For a while here it was all wind, no rain. Then I checked around 5:00 and it was pouring rain.
And now there's a tornado warning up until 11:00. Great.
| 100 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:37:26am |
re: #97 Obdicut
Huh. Weird. It's very, very quiet here in the middle of Manhattan. Not a ton of wind.
I expect that'll change soon enough.
If you decide to go looting, grab me a "I (heart) NY" Tshirt. Mine is getting old and tattered. And some beer.
| 101 |
Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:38:26am |
re: #99 makeitstop
Hey, you mentioned you play in a live karaoke band or something, right? Where does that go down at?
| 102 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:39:15am |
re: #100 Cannadian Club Akbar
If you decide to go looting, grab me a "I (heart) NY" Tshirt. Mine is getting old and tattered. And some beer.
Thats WHY it's "old and tattered"!
| 103 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:39:49am |
re: #101 Obdicut
Hey, you mentioned you play in a live karaoke band or something, right? Where does that go down at?
Arlene's Grocery on Stanton St, between Orchard and Ludlow. They play Mondays and Fridays, I'm in every Friday through October.
| 104 |
Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:42:51am |
re: #103 makeitstop
Cool. I'll have to come see you some Friday soon.
| 105 |
OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:44:28am |
re: #97 Obdicut
Huh. Weird. It's very, very quiet here in the middle of Manhattan. Not a ton of wind.
I expect that'll change soon enough.
Calm before the storm?
| 106 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:44:58am |
re: #104 Obdicut
Cool. I'll have to come see you some Friday soon.
Let me know ahead of time. I'll guest you and a friend if I know you're coming.
| 107 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:46:07am |
re: #103 makeitstop
Arlene's Grocery on Stanton St, between Orchard and Ludlow. They play Mondays and Fridays, I'm in every Friday through October.
Next time you're there, can you pick me up some bread, milk, butter,, and oh, a box of those cookies I like!!
| 108 |
Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:46:12am |
re: #105 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Calm before the storm?
I think I've just already gotten used to a rather high level of background wind and rain.
It's so funny looking out there and seeing the little X's of tape on windows, like Amish hex signs. Magical thinking.
| 109 |
Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:47:01am |
re: #106 makeitstop
Let me know ahead of time. I'll guest you and a friend if I know you're coming.
Are you guys an all-request band, or do you have a set list, or what?
I cannot sing at all, by the way. I can scream really loud, but not sing.
| 110 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:47:54am |
re: #107 sattv4u2
Next time you're there, can you pick me up some bread, milk, butter,, and oh, a box of those cookies I like!!
I guess I should be glad I'm not playing at the club around the corner - the one called Pianos/i>.
| 111 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 2:51:11am |
re: #109 Obdicut
Are you guys an all-request band, or do you have a set list, or what?
I cannot sing at all, by the way. I can scream really loud, but not sing.
We have about 250 songs on the list. Audience members sign up, come up on stage and off we go.
It really is a lot of fun. A lot of those who get up can't really sing, but once they're on stage with us it doesn't matter.
OTOH, there are some people who get up and just amaze me with their talent. We had one guy last week who was a Wall St.-looking type. He meekly got up on stage and then rocked 'Welcome To The Jungle' to death. That happens a lot.
| 112 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sun, Aug 28, 2011 3:02:05am |
| 113 |
Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 3:02:32am |
re: #111 makeitstop
Yeah, I'm constantly amazed by the voices some of my friends are packing. They're often amazed by just how loud I can scream when I want to.
| 114 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 3:03:14am |
MYFOXNY.COM - A local news reporter from Washington, D.C. ended up getting covered in what is probably the remnants of raw sewage as he delivered live hurricane reports from Ocean City, Md.
[Link: www.myfoxny.com...]
Dumbass.
| 115 |
makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 3:04:20am |
re: #114 Cannadian Club Akbar
MYFOXNY.COM - A local news reporter from Washington, D.C. ended up getting covered in what is probably the remnants of raw sewage as he delivered live hurricane reports from Ocean City, Md.
[Link: www.myfoxny.com...]
Dumbass.
You could not pay me enough money to do some of the things they make TV reporters do.
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 3:07:34am |
re: #115 makeitstop
You could not pay me enough money to do some of the things they make TV reporters do.
You couldn't pay me to deliver the chopped up, sensationalist, manipulative, idiotic crap they report, either.
"Scientists have cured cancer!" (Reality, scientists have shown the efficacy of a drug against one form of cancer at early stages in mice)
"Doubt about global warming!" (Reality: anti-science weirdos have doubts not founded in any fact or reason.)
"People hate Obamacare!" (Reality: people like every individual proposal inside the health care legislation.)
Etc. etc.
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 3:18:24am |
Perry must be driving his handlers nuts. They're trying to dial back the crazy, but Perry keeps cranking it back up.
KEYES: But should states-rights supporters be worried that, as governor you said that Social Security is not something that falls in the purview of the federal government, but in your campaign, have backed off that?
PERRY: I haven’t backed off anything in my book. Read the book again, get it right. Next question.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Aug 28, 2011 3:44:35am |
re: #111 makeitstop
Live karaoke band! Fucking awesome :D :D I'm a karaoke junkie
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Aug 28, 2011 3:59:51am |
re: #117 makeitstop
Perry must be driving his handlers nuts. They're trying to dial back the crazy, but Perry keeps cranking it back up.
This is a brilliant tactic: he is counting on the fact that the bulk of his supporters do not spend a lot of time reading anything except the Bible...
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Aug 28, 2011 4:32:00am |
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William of Orange Sun, Aug 28, 2011 4:35:42am |
Breaking!
Another Norwegian suspect arrested. Translated from the Dutch Telegraaf Newspaper.
Oslo police arrested a 33-year old man on Friday, after police officers found multiple weapons, ammunition and explosives inside his house. Also found were two police uniforms. This was confirmed by a spokesman this Sunday.
The man allegedly threatened one or more persons. More information about that was not published. The man lives in or close to the city of Hönefoss.
The man was convicted in the nineties before for possession of weapons and the sale of them to right wing extremists and the possession of police uniforms. The man has said that his Nazi past is behind him.Officially there has not been established a connection between him and the terrorist attack for which Anders Behring Breivik is in custody.
Source. (In Dutch)
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Flounder Sun, Aug 28, 2011 4:38:37am |
Could be worse, we could be living in Tripoli
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 4:45:55am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 4:46:36am |
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Flounder Sun, Aug 28, 2011 4:50:18am |
re: #124 sattv4u2
With Obdi as backup...didn't know you were a sceamer Obdi!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 4:50:47am |
re: #125 Shropshire_Slasher
With Obdi as backup...didn't know you were a sceamer Obdi!
dammit
coffee
nose
EXIT!
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 4:51:58am |
re: #125 Shropshire_Slasher
With Obdi as backup...didn't know you were a sceamer Obdi!
I'm even a certified pig hollerer.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 4:53:10am |
re: #127 Obdicut
I'm even a certified pig hollerer.
That's a skill I could have used on some of the "Ladies Nights" I've been to.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 4:55:22am |
re: #128 Cannadian Club Akbar
That's a skill I could have used on some of the "Ladies Nights" I've been to.
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Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:13:03am |
Good morning from windy and rainy Philadelphia. Mainly light rain in a heavy wind at the moment. Can see a pedestrian on the street every so often. Very little to no vehicle traffic - even compared to any other Sunday morning.
And we can report that the Schuylkill Expressway is clear (at least down here in Center City.)
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:14:04am |
re: #130 oaktree
Good morning from windy and rainy Philadelphia. Mainly light rain in a heavy wind at the moment. Can see a pedestrian
on the streetblow by my window every so often. Very little to no vehicle traffic - even compared to any other Sunday morning.And we can report that the Schuylkill Expressway is clear (at least down here in Center City.)
And her little dog, too!!
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:19:56am |
re: #130 oaktree
You beat me to it this morning. I just put my bags of ice into my cooler so that I will have cold soda today. Everything seems to be okay.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:20:58am |
re: #132 PhillyPretzel
You beat me to it this morning. I just put my bags of ice into my cooler so that I will have cold soda today. Everything seems to be okay.
Only if there's beer next to that soda.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:21:21am |
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Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:21:58am |
re: #133 Cannadian Club Akbar
Only if there's beer next to that soda.
One of the reasons to develop at least some taste for red wine is that it doesn't have to be heavily chilled. ;)
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:22:07am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:22:50am |
re: #135 oaktree
One of the reasons to develop at least some taste for red wine is that it doesn't have to be heavily chilled. ;)
That and red wine goes great with SlimJims.
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Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:23:10am |
What is this "soda" you speak of? I grew up on the side of the hazy line where it is referred to as "pop" when speaking of carbonated sugar product in the generic sense.
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Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:23:53am |
re: #137 Cannadian Club Akbar
That and red wine goes great with SlimJims.
You know there has to be a site somewhere that matches wine to the typical "redneck" food products.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:24:11am |
re: #138 oaktree
Seltzer. No sugar, calories or flavors. Just clean refreshment.
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Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:24:54am |
re: #140 PhillyPretzel
Seltzer. No sugar, calories or flavors. Just clean refreshment.
Probably the way to go. Can sterilize wounds with it as well.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:25:04am |
re: #138 oaktree
What is this "soda" you speak of? I grew up on the side of the hazy line where it is referred to as "pop" when speaking of carbonated sugar product in the generic sense.
No, no. If you go to a store and a friend says "you want a coke" and you say "yes" they ask "OK, what kind".
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:27:56am |
re: #139 oaktree
You know there has to be a site somewhere that matches wine to the typical "redneck" food products.
I'm betting the food and the wine are both served out of boxes.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:29:52am |
re: #139 oaktree
You know there has to be a site somewhere that matches wine to the typical "redneck" food products.
Actually...
[Link: answers.yahoo.com...]
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:30:54am |
Don't laugh I told a nurse that I love to drink seltzer and she insisted that there was sugar in it. "All sodas have sugar. It is what makes the bubbles."
Some folks no matter their education level are ignorant.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:31:15am |
This pig's foot is sensational but this Merlot is pure piss!!!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:31:58am |
re: #145 PhillyPretzel
Don't laugh I told a nurse that I love to drink seltzer and she insisted that there was sugar in it. "All sodas have sugar. It is what makes the bubbles."
Some folks no matter their education level are ignorant.
By all means, give her sharp objects to stick in you.
/
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Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:33:22am |
re: #146 Cannadian Club Akbar
This pig's foot is sensational but this Merlot is pure piss!!!
I am not drinking any **** Merlot!
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:39:45am |
Actually some wines in boxes (sealed in a plastic container) are pretty good. It is the air that makes wine turn to vinegar.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:41:16am |
re: #149 PhillyPretzel
Actually some wines in boxes (sealed in a plastic container) are pretty good. It is the air that makes wine turn to vinegar.
I'm pretty sure it was the wine that turned my uncle into a telephone pole!
/
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:55:18am |
Darn. My dad lost power. I think I may have some of the contents of his refridgerator in mine.
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:55:40am |
A very great man is dead.
The Man Who Took Down the KKK, Stetson Kennedy, has died
This dude was brave as hell.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:03:56am |
re: #151 PhillyPretzel
Darn. My dad lost power. I think I may have some of the contents of his refridgerator in mine.
I lost power too
It started happening right around the time I turned 40, and it's been downhill ever since!
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:07:21am |
Greets and saluts from a sleepless and thoroughly soggy NYC metro area. Lots of rain here - upwards of 6-7 inches, and we may get another couple of inches before it's done.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:09:33am |
re: #140 PhillyPretzel
Seltzer. No sugar, calories or flavors. Just clean refreshment.
Perrier and Faygo make sparkling water in different fruit flavors.
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BishopX Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:10:32am |
Just checking in from the Boston metro area, we're getting some pretty big gusts of winds, but not much water or sustained winds. Disappointing so far.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:10:40am |
re: #155 Alouette
Yes. And Vintage also had fruit flavors too.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:10:51am |
re: #155 Alouette
Perrier and Faygo make sparkling water in different fruit flavors.
blech
Straight club soda for me (with perhaps a twist of lemon or lime)
Can't tell you the last time I had a carbonated beverage other than that
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:12:30am |
re: #156 BishopX
Just checking in from the Boston metro area, we're getting some pretty big gusts of winds, but not much water or sustained winds. Disappointing so far.
How is it closer to the city?
(if you'll recall, I'm originally from Everett and my dads still there,,, as of late yesterday he was having intermittent phone problems, and so far this morning I haven't been able to get through)
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:17:46am |
re: #159 sattv4u2
How is it closer to the city?
(if you'll recall, I'm originally from Everett and my dads still there,,, as of late yesterday he was having intermittent phone problems, and so far this morning I haven't been able to get through)
Did ya ever think that maybe he just doesn't want to talk to you?
///
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BishopX Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:18:03am |
re: #159 sattv4u2
I'm in Arlington at the moment. Brookline and Boston got enough rain for flash flood warnings yesterday. So the hurricane should just be icing on the cake. Everything I'm reading says gusts up to 50 mph but only an inch or two of rain.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:20:40am |
re: #160 Cannadian Club Akbar
Did ya ever think that maybe he just doesn't want to talk to you?
///
Yeah,, about 45 years ago when I became a teenager!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:20:58am |
re: #161 BishopX
I'm in Arlington at the moment. Brookline and Boston got enough rain for flash flood warnings yesterday. So the hurricane should just be icing on the cake. Everything I'm reading says gusts up to 50 mph but only an inch or two of rain.
thanks
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:21:44am |
re: #162 PhillyPretzel
We're still getting hammered with heavy rains... monsoon rains...
There's ton of flooding throughout the region, speed restrictions on bridges, flooding and closures throughout region.
Hoboken has tons of downed trees and downed lines, but they are prepping to shut down the power to Hoboken so as to carry out repairs once weather conditions improve.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:22:42am |
My friend in Vermont said it's been raining for a while and they expect the worse tonight.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:22:59am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:23:53am |
re: #166 Cannadian Club Akbar
My friend in Vermont said it's been raining for a while and they expect the worse tonight.
I don't believe that
No, not about the expected worse rain
I don't believe that you have a friend!
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BishopX Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:25:18am |
re: #164 sattv4u2
Here's a handy live map of reported power outages:
[Link: www1.nationalgridus.com...]
So far the only power outages seem to be outside 128.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:28:14am |
re: #170 BishopX
Here's a handy live map of reported power outages:
[Link: www1.nationalgridus.com...]
So far the only power outages seem to be outside 128.
Thanks
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:28:36am |
North Tunnel (NJ Bound) Holland Tunnel closed due to flooding. No ETA on reopening of that or any of the subways.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:28:50am |
re: #170 BishopX
Here's a handy live map of reported power outages:
[Link: www1.nationalgridus.com...]
So far the only power outages seem to be outside 128.
wow,,, Rhode Island, huh!
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:30:43am |
re: #172 lawhawk
SEPTA service is suspended until noon today. [Link: www.septa.org...]
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:32:10am |
East River is now officially overtopping and coming on to South Street, and there are underground conduits that are also flooding - and that may also flood the subways in that area.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:33:59am |
re: #175 lawhawk
East River is now officially overtopping and coming on to South Street, and there are underground conduits that are also flooding - and that may also flood the subways in that area.
My local TV station said ya'll are supposed to get some big waves. Double digit sizes.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:34:54am |
re: #176 Cannadian Club Akbar
My local TV station said ya'll are supposed to get some big waves. Double digit sizes.
WHOO HOOO!!!
[Link: www.google.com...]
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:41:34am |
re: #176 Cannadian Club Akbar
The Rockaways and South Shore of Brooklyn and Staten Island are getting them. The ocean has flooded the Rockaways area, and it's a good thing the evacuations were called for there.
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:43:56am |
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Aug 28, 2011 6:59:47am |
Greetings from soggy suburban Hartford, CT. People in my town are beginning to lose power, but so far we still have electricity.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:00:43am |
re: #180 Obdicut
Eye of the storm over me now. Very calm.
I think it's more like the tail end, according to the Weather Channels Map In Motion
Nothing behind whats over you now
[Link: www.weather.com...]
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:02:14am |
re: #178 lawhawk
The Rockaways and South Shore of Brooklyn and Staten Island are getting them. The ocean has flooded the Rockaways area, and it's a good thing the evacuations were called for there.
Stay safe. I know its going to be a bad day for you New Yorkers. If the rest of us catch any trolls, we'll put them on ice till the storm passes, so you can share in the roast.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:02:51am |
re: #181 _RememberTonyC
Greetings from soggy suburban Hartford, CT. People in my town are beginning to lose power, but so far we still have electricity.
Yeah ,and thanks a pantload
We've been busting our asses here since early yesterday morning bailing Bristols ass out of the fire!!!
/
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:04:15am |
Good morning, everyone. This message goes out to everyone except Wolf Blitzer...I hope he gets blown up to Newfoundland.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:05:38am |
re: #184 sattv4u2
Yeah ,and thanks a pantload
We've been busting our asses here since early yesterday morning bailing Bristols ass out of the fire!!!
/
Are you doing it out of the goodness of your heart, or are you getting paid?
/
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:05:43am |
re: #185 darthstar
Did you see this?
What A D*ck! Man Flashes Weather Channel Cameras In Virginia Beach
[Link: www.mediaite.com...]
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:05:52am |
re: #183 Dark_Falcon
Stay safe. I know its going to be a bad day for you New Yorkers. If the rest of us catch any trolls, we'll put them on ice till the storm passes, so you can share in the roast.
They're better if you leave them out in the sun and let 'em bloat a little.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:06:49am |
re: #187 RogueOne
Did you see this?
What A D*ck! Man Flashes Weather Channel Cameras In Virginia Beach
[Link: www.mediaite.com...]
Was the dick in question small, large or Fabulous?
/non-bigoted gay joke
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:08:31am |
re: #189 Dark_Falcon
The reporters expression while he's berating people for not taking the storm seriously and trying not to laugh at the same time. Classic.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:08:50am |
re: #188 darthstar
They're better if you leave them out in the sun and let 'em bloat a little.
Ew. You have to gut a troll promptly, in order to keep their flesh from being corrupted by their acidic bile. Eat a troll left out like that and you'll soon suffer from the Bad Craziness. Actually, your troll-eating preferences explain a lot about you, darth.
/
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:09:05am |
Can someone tell me how an "LGF Pages" post goes from being a recent page to a featured page?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:09:48am |
re: #186 _RememberTonyC
Are you doing it out of the goodness of your heart, or are you getting paid?
/
I get paid whether Bristol needs us or not!
I have to be here regardless
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:10:42am |
re: #193 sattv4u2
I get paid whether Bristol needs us or not!
I have to be here regardless
Atta boy! What extra work do you need to do to keep the "WWL" on the air?
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:11:21am |
re: #187 RogueOne
Did you see this?
What A D*ck! Man Flashes Weather Channel Cameras In Virginia Beach
[Link: www.mediaite.com...]
I love that. This one is still my favorite "on the spot weather report" though...
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:11:48am |
Instapundit is dreaming that the hurricane will destroy Obama.....
ROGER KIMBALL: More irenic thoughts, or Obama as Dukakis.
A friend with a sense of humor sent me this reassuring story: “Obama Takes Charge at Hurricane Center.” “Now you can sleep well tonight,” he said. Hardly that. I mean really: does he look like a man who has a clue about what to do? Ponder the official NOAA name plate emblazoned with “Barack Obama President of the United States.” Why does that seem ridiculous? After all, he isthe President of the United States. Maybe it’s because it put me in mind of that iconic image of Mike Dukakis in his tank. Anyway, if it failed to be reassuring, it did introduce a welcome moment of levity.
Funny how often people with no sense of humor manage to do that.
UPDATE: From Skip Press on Facebook: “Funny how Hurricane Irene was slowing down, then Obama took over the hurricane center and it sped up.” He’s got the magic touch!
Meanwhile, I note that at least Dukakis looked like he was having fun in the tank.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:12:12am |
re: #193 sattv4u2
I get paid whether Bristol needs us or not!
I have to be here regardless
Severe flooding in Bristol ... I am so glad my vacation began yesterday.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:12:13am |
re: #192 _RememberTonyC
Can someone tell me how an "LGF Pages" post goes from being a recent page to a featured page?
I would think it is Charles's choice. I've had a couple make the jump. Could also be related to the subject of the day/relevance to current events, etc.
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Four More Tears Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:12:42am |
Have... faith?
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:13:21am |
re: #192 _RememberTonyC
Can someone tell me how an "LGF Pages" post goes from being a recent page to a featured page?
They can be promoted manually. I think Charles is working on a feature to automatically promote pages by using updings but I don't know if that's active yet.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:13:32am |
re: #191 Dark_Falcon
Ew. You have to gut a troll promptly, in order to keep their flesh from being corrupted by their acidic bile. Eat a troll left out like that and you'll soon suffer from the Bad Craziness. Actually, your troll-eating preferences explain a lot about you, darth.
/
You actually eat them? I just hang them on the fence as a warning to others.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:15:11am |
What's going on in NYC with the weather?
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:15:25am |
re: #198 Cannadian Club Akbar
I would think it is Charles's choice. I've had a couple make the jump. Could also be related to the subject of the day/relevance to current events, etc.
I was thinking that it is not an actual move by Charles since some of mine have made the jump in the early morning in the east, when CJ is probably still asleep. I wonder if he has "super users" that he deputizes?
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:16:25am |
re: #190 RogueOne
The reporters expression while he's berating people for not taking the storm seriously and trying not to laugh at the same time. Classic.
Well, it's hard to be convincing about how miserable it is in your Helly Hansens when your have a bunch of guys hopping about behind you in their bermuda shorts.
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Four More Tears Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:16:32am |
re: #203 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
What's going on in NYC with the weather?
All clear here in Westchester. At least in my immediate area.
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:16:38am |
re: #195 darthstar
I love that. This one is still my favorite "on the spot weather report" though...
[Video]
Sometimes I love people
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:17:30am |
re: #207 RogueOne
If I were "endowed" as such, I would not be "flashing" a freakin' TV camera.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:18:01am |
re: #203 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
What's going on in NYC with the weather?
Looks to be at the tail end of it
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:18:21am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:18:41am |
re: #209 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If I were "endowed" as such, I would not be "flashing" a freakin' TV camera.
What/who would you be flashing?
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:20:50am |
re: #205 darthstar
Well, it's hard to be convincing about how miserable it is in your Helly Hansens when your have a bunch of guys hopping about behind you in their bermuda shorts.
Which reminds me of this classic:
Michelle Kosinski in Canoe
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:21:58am |
re: #214 RogueOne
Which reminds me of this classic:
Michelle Kosinski in Canoe
[Video]
She's an idiot. So are her producers. And those guys have my beer.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:22:21am |
re: #209 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If I were "endowed" as such, I would not be "flashing" a freakin' TV camera.
Yes you would.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:24:58am |
re: #214 RogueOne
Which reminds me of this classic:
Michelle Kosinski in Canoe
[Video]
Wow...the water's all the way up to the bottom of her canoe! Was that Jesus in waders with the beer?
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:35:35am |
Morning Lizards!
How's life on the Right Coast? Everyone still here?
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:37:23am |
re: #196 Killgore Trout
Instapundit is dreaming that the hurricane will destroy Obama...
Funny how often people with no sense of humor manage to do that.
UPDATE: From Skip Press on Facebook: “Funny how Hurricane Irene was slowing down, then Obama took over the hurricane center and it sped up.” He’s got the magic touch!
Meanwhile, I note that at least Dukakis looked like he was having fun in the tank.
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:37:38am |
Well, the area that Kosinski was putting on that act is under water once again - and far more seriously.
Along with the rest of the rivers in the region:
[Link: water.weather.gov...]
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:39:18am |
re: #220 lawhawk
Well, the area that Kosinski was putting on that act is under water once again - and far more seriously.
Along with the rest of the rivers in the region:
[Link: water.weather.gov...]
minor flooding in Mah Suffern, but none in Ram Suffern.
Are those really the names of towns?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:41:19am |
re: #222 ggt
minor flooding in Mah Suffern, but none in Ram Suffern.
Are those really the names of towns?
I'm Suffren,,, after the night at work I'm having!!
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:43:25am |
re: #196 Killgore Trout
Instapundit is dreaming that the hurricane will destroy Obama...
Funny how often people with no sense of humor manage to do that.
UPDATE: From Skip Press on Facebook: “Funny how Hurricane Irene was slowing down, then Obama took over the hurricane center and it sped up.” He’s got the magic touch!
Meanwhile, I note that at least Dukakis looked like he was having fun in the tank.
So now Instapundit bashing Obama for doing his job. Sick refusal to credit a man with anything. The main effect this has on me is to make me sympathetic to Obama. I'm still highly unlikely to vote for him, but I do see him doing his job the right way in this crisis and I am sorry he has to endure these barbs.
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:44:56am |
re: #222 ggt
That's the Mahwah River, with meter readings in Suffern NY and Ramsey NJ. Ramsey is downstream from Suffern.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:46:05am |
re: #225 lawhawk
That's the Mahwah River, with meter readings in Suffern NY and Ramsey NJ. Ramsey is downstream from Suffern.
Mah Suffern sounds like a place women go to have give birth.
:0
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:46:45am |
Have a great day all!
I have to do something productive today.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:47:07am |
re: #213 Obdicut
That shows rain, not wind.
Trust me
The worst is over
I'm at work seeing live shots from up and down the coast for ABC, NBC and FOX
yes, there will be some residual rain on and off, and you'll get a steady wind with an occasional gust but the tail end of the storm itself is upon you, not they eye
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:50:43am |
re: #228 sattv4u2
Trust me
The worst is over
I'm at work seeing live shots from up and down the coast for ABC, NBC and FOX
yes, there will be some residual rain on and off, and you'll get a steady wind with an occasional gust but the tail end of the storm itself is upon you, not they eye
Good to hear.
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:50:45am |
re: #228 sattv4u2
Dude, I know the worst is over. I've lived through hurricanes before. But the radar image is deceptive, and people shouldn't start going out now. In fact, that's really freaking dangerous.
And yes, when I wrote that, the eye really was passing over me, not the tail end. You're wrong.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:51:01am |
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:51:24am |
The worst is over as far as the rain and wind is concerned.
The flooding is far from over.
Major flooding is expected in the next few days, and it may be a week or more before rivers return to their banks.
For example, the Passaic River at Little Falls:
[Link: water.weather.gov...]
Raritan River at Bound Brook:
[Link: water.weather.gov...]
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:51:49am |
re: #230 Obdicut
Dude, I know the worst is over. I've lived through hurricanes before. But the radar image is deceptive, and people shouldn't start going out now. In fact, that's really freaking dangerous.
And yes, when I wrote that, the eye really was passing over me, not the tail end. You're wrong.
Tell that to all the people I'm seeing milling around Times Square ,,, in shorts and T-Shirts
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:52:17am |
re: #231 sattv4u2
Downdinged for being wrong, as usual.
And again: For anyone tempted to go outside just because the eye has reached us, don't. Wait until they've had a chance to check trees, clean up any glass, etc. etc.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:52:22am |
re: #230 Obdicut
Dude, I know the worst is over. I've lived through hurricanes before. But the radar image is deceptive, and people shouldn't start going out now. In fact, that's really freaking dangerous.
And yes, when I wrote that, the eye really was passing over me, not the tail end. You're wrong.
Well, with the way you get into political discussions and then proceed to use facts, it fits that you'd be in the eye of the storm.
/compliment
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:53:37am |
People should be glad that Irene ended up a tropical storm and did not devastate the East Coast as a Cat 1 or higher. They thwarted a bullet. However, historically this area has been walloped in the past. Some day in the future whether near or far the East Coast will be hit with a substantial hurricane resulting in the loss of many lives and widespread damage.
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:54:16am |
re: #235 Dark_Falcon
Kindness. I'm just glad this wasn't worse than it was. My parents have lost power in rural Connecticut and are concerned about how long they'll be without power, but no big trees have fallen over. The weeping willow has lost a few more branches.
I was in that house for Hurricane Gloria, and that blew down a lot of big trees. As a kid, it was tons of fun afterwards to explore those mini-caves and instant ponds, left by the cavity of the root system as the tree fell over.
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:55:01am |
re: #236 Gus 802
There might be other hurricanes forming as we speak. The media may get to flagellate themselves into more disaster-lusting orgasms soon.
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:57:06am |
re: #238 Obdicut
There might be other hurricanes forming as we speak. The media may get to flagellate themselves into more disaster-lusting orgasms soon.
One has already formed - Jose - but it looks small thus far.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 7:59:24am |
re: #239 Gus 802
One has already formed - Jose - but it looks small thus far.
Maybe we should check his papers before letting him into the country!!
///
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:00:32am |
re: #233 sattv4u2
Tell that to all the people I'm seeing milling around Times Square ,,, in shorts and T-Shirts
It's warm and it's raining and they're tourists. Of course they're out in Times Square in shorts...next week they'll be back in Ohio in their letterman jackets and Old Navy jeans sitting on the hood of their PT Cruiser talking about how they "rode out a hurricane" and that "it was pretty intense, but they weren't scared"...in fact, "it was just a big rain storm when you think about it."
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:01:08am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:01:09am |
re: #239 Gus 802
One has already formed - Jose - but it looks small thus far.
And looks like it's going north. But there is a mess coming off from Africa.
[Link: www.baynews9.com...]
Jose is Tropical Track 2
Mess is Tropical Track 3
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:01:12am |
Fairfield NJ evaucations underway as Passaic River rises - that's just upstream from Wayne and Little Falls; Paterson, Fair Lawn, Lodi, Clifton, are downstream - and all should expect significant flooding.
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:01:13am |
re: #238 Obdicut
There might be other hurricanes forming as we speak. The media may get to flagellate themselves into more disaster-lusting orgasms soon.
Don't get me started on the media. The news media is in the business of selling fear. Fear creates viewership and generates revenue. Fear sells. Yesterday I was reading an article that quoted a geographer. I don't get my meteorology or climate information from a geography professor but either a meteorologist or a climatologist.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:02:04am |
re: #243 Cannadian Club Akbar
And looks like it's going north. But there is a mess coming off from Africa.
[Link: www.baynews9.com...]Jose is Tropical Track 2
Mess is Tropical Track 3
Mess is a perfect name for a Hurricane.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:02:55am |
re: #246 Dark_Falcon
Mess is a perfect name for a Hurricane.
Hurricane Mess would be a good name for a band.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:03:14am |
re: #239 Gus 802
One has already formed - Jose - but it looks small thus far.
OMG!!1 The brown people are using hurricanes to kill Real Americans so they can invade us!!!11
BBT
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:03:29am |
re: #238 Obdicut
There might be other hurricanes forming as we speak. The media may get to flagellate themselves into more disaster-lusting orgasms soon.
There will be other hurricanes. It's been a couple of years since the media got to get this excited over one. And because it was a glancing blow all the way up the eastern seaboard, the media now has their wet dream scenario...a Cat 5 on the same path as Irene. That'll be worth a Peabody to someone.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:05:03am |
re: #218 ggt
The winds are out of the west now. We might get some sun today.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:05:08am |
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:07:13am |
re: #247 Cannadian Club Akbar
Hurricane Mess would be a good name for a band.
Is there a bad name for a band?
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:07:47am |
re: #254 darthstar
Bad Name For A Band would be a stupid band name. Good for pretentious math rockers.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:08:01am |
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:08:07am |
re: #254 darthstar
bad name for a band. bunny slippers?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:08:37am |
re: #255 Obdicut
Bad Name For A Band would be a stupid band name. Good for pretentious math rockers.
There is a band named No Need For A Name.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:10:07am |
re: #258 Cannadian Club Akbar
There is a band named No Need For A Name.
heh,, there's a restaurant in Boston called The No Name Restaurant
[Link: nonamerestaurant.com...]
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:10:40am |
re: #257 PhillyPretzel
bad name for a band. bunny slippers?
But "Bunny Slippers and the Wet Nipples of Invention" would be a great band name.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:11:11am |
re: #259 sattv4u2
heh,, there's a restaurant in Boston called The No Name Restaurant
[Link: nonamerestaurant.com...]
What's it called?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:11:58am |
re: #259 sattv4u2
heh,, there's a retaurant in Boston called The No Name Restaurant
[Link: nonamerestaurant.com...]
There is one in Canada (that's where I saw it) named Jack Asstor's. The tor's letters don't work on the neon sign and the sign below it says "Sorry, we're open".
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RadicalModerate Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:12:59am |
The northeast coastal area got very lucky because of two things: First - the brief landfall in North Carolina took a lot of energy out of the storm - the dropping from a borderline cat 3 to a mid-level cat 1 is no minor change. Second, the cold front that moved into the area right as the hurricane made New Jersey/New York landfall lowered regional air temperatures as well as caused shear to the storm bands - thus causing loss of organization for the winds.
If those two events hadn't happened the way that they did, this could have been much worse for the area.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:15:07am |
And on that note, have to go set up for the afternoon guys feeds
Lessee,,,Irene,,, baseball,, Irene,,, soccer,,,, Irene,,,WNBA ,,, Irene
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:16:34am |
re: #262 Cannadian Club Akbar
Actually, the name is Jack Astor's. Jack Astor's.
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:18:50am |
It's still going to be a mess though. Expect the final bill to be in the billions. Flooding is still occurring.
On a side note. NOAA never reported this as a "perfect storm" of any sort. That was the creation of the news media which is populated with what seems to be a lot of fashion design majors.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:21:37am |
re: #266 Cannadian Club Akbar
Just googled it...looks like your average bar and grill.
We've got this place in Half Moon Bay called the Flying Fish - used to be a beat up shack of a place...never ate there...apparently they had good fish tacos. Last night we went to their new location - fish tacos were actually quite good. And they have a full bar. What I liked about the place though was that they kept their menu simple. Fish tacos, grilled or fried fish & chips, and some fish burritos/wraps. Obviously, they want to stay with the formula that made them successful enough to move into a building with actual windows.
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:22:05am |
re: #267 Gus 802
My wife noted yesterday that every time I say the word 'Fashion', I say it like it's something I've barely heard of and kind of don't believe exists.
And yeah, that's what the news reminds me of now. It's all got the same flavor as celebrity news now.
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:22:11am |
Morning, Lizards...
It looks like we made it through the night with no significant damage here. I fell asleep at about 6:30 and woke up to the phone ringing.
Thanks to the Lizards who baby-sat my panicky ass all night. I do appreciate it.
And the phone call that woke me up was from my friend who had all his vintage guitars stolen. We're meeting up early this week - I'm going to build him a web site with pictures and info on all the stolen guitars. It's the least I can do for the guy.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:22:42am |
re: #258 Cannadian Club Akbar
There is a band named No Need For A Name.
Justin Bieber Death Cult
Progeria
Anna Bollocks and The Steroids
Haiku Syllable
Ronald McDachau
etc
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:22:47am |
re: #267 Gus 802
It was bad enough. I have power and my sister has power; my dad has no power. This is not going to be fun. He called me about 45 minutes ago to tell me that he is okay and that he is calling PECO to tell them he still does not have power.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:24:20am |
re: #271 negativ
An all girl band called "Shaved Bieber" would be funny.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:25:18am |
re: #270 makeitstop
And the phone call that woke me up was from my friend who had all his vintage guitars stolen. We're meeting up early this week - I'm going to build him a web site with pictures and info on all the stolen guitars. It's the least I can do for the guy.
He should also make up a list of what was stolen and take it to all the local guitar stores and pawn shops.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:25:56am |
re: #273 darthstar
An all girl band called "Shaved Bieber" would be funny.
They'd have to be Japanese.
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:26:29am |
re: #272 PhillyPretzel
It was bad enough. I have power and my sister has power; my dad has no power. This is not going to be fun. He called me about 45 minutes ago to tell me that he is okay and that he is calling PECO to tell them he still does not have power.
Yep. It was a rather strong tropical storm. It's supposed to suck. Yesterday I was telling my sister that one of the other worst aspects of the storm will be power outages. In some locations it may last for a couple of weeks depending on how swiftly they can get crews out to downed power lines and repairing flooded transformer vaults.
People need to remember though that hurricanes and tropical storms are part of the "lifes blood" of the Earth. Without these storms, even with the devastation it brings, life would not be as it is on this planet.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:26:58am |
re: #274 Killgore Trout
He should also make up a list of what was stolen and take it to all the local guitar stores and pawn shops.
I think the cops probably do that. At least the pawn shops. But give them pics if possible. And check over Craig's List and Ebay.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:27:01am |
re: #272 PhillyPretzel
It was bad enough. I have power and my sister has power; my dad has no power. This is not going to be fun. He called me about 45 minutes ago to tell me that he is okay and that he is calling PECO to tell them he still does not have power.
Recording: "We are aware of your outage. Due to the high volume of calls, an operator may not be available. Power is expected to be restored to your area between 8am and 2pm on Thursday. If power hasn't been restored by between 6pm and 10pm on Friday, please call back during normal business hours."
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:28:43am |
re: #274 Killgore Trout
He should also make up a list of what was stolen and take it to all the local guitar stores and pawn shops.
He should also visit all of his friends' houses. Someone knew he had vintage guitars.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:30:12am |
re: #280 PhillyPretzel
Something like that. :)
Before we bought this house, we lived up in the Santa Cruz mountains and lost power three or four times each winter. Finally bought a generator for the last year we lived there.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:31:07am |
The Liquid Bomb Plot is on NatGeo. They're showing surveillance footage of the douchebags. Holy crap!! They were on these guys!!
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:31:23am |
re: #281 darthstar
My dad's neighbor is an engineer. He will help dad get one.
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:32:48am |
re: #274 Killgore Trout
He should also make up a list of what was stolen and take it to all the local guitar stores and pawn shops.
Yep. He has the list written out. I'll be putting it into an Excel file and sending it round to all my music store friends.
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:33:55am |
NYC MTA expecting lengthy recovery, no ETA on resumption of subway service.
It remains unlikely that the city's mass transit system will be back to full-speed for the Monday morning commute, officials said, although they said the damage might have been far worse if the agency had not taken the highly unusual action of preemptively shutting down the entire system.
Many of the low-lying train yards and bus depots expected to be affected by the storm are now underwater, officials said, including subway yards in Coney Island and Upper Manhattan. Subways and buses were removed from those yards on Saturday and stored elsewhere so they would not be damaged by water.
"The actions that we took were the right ones," said Jeremy Soffin, a spokesman for the authority. Had the trains and buses not been removed, "you'd have an enormous problem," he added.
The agency is waiting for high winds to die down before sending workers onto the subway system's elevated tracks to look for damage. And the 13 underwater subway tunnels, where officials expected some degree of flooding, have not been examined yet either, officials said.
The Metro-North Railroad, which serves the suburbs of New York and Connecticut, is reporting problems. The entire New Haven Line is currently without power due to electrical shutdowns in Connecticut. And the railroad's New Canaan branch has lost power because of a tree collapsing onto overhead electrical wires used to run the trains.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:38:47am |
re: #270 makeitstop
my friend who had all his vintage guitars stolen.
It is difficult to convey to normal, sane people who aren't guitar fetishists the abject depravity that stealing a vintage guitar represents.
If your friend finds the culprit, let me know. I may or may not have:
* an unused warehouse in an area where loud noises and bad smells aren't particularly noteworthy
* a dentist's chair
* 37 years of bottled-up anger
* a robust imagination
* a deep appreciation for guitars.
Note: if they're all Telecasters, then never mind.
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:42:19am |
re: #288 negativ
It is difficult to convey to normal, sane people who aren't guitar fetishists the abject depravity that stealing a vintage guitar represents.
If your friend finds the culprit, let me know. I may or may not have:
* an unused warehouse in an area where loud noises and bad smells aren't particularly noteworthy
* a dentist's chair
* 37 years of bottled-up anger
* a robust imagination
* a deep appreciation for guitars.Note: if they're all Telecasters, then never mind.
Right there with you. I take a very dim view of people who steal other people's gear.
He had a few Strats, but no Teles as far as I know. He had a lot of one-offs (NAMM guitars, prototypes) and vintage Japanese guitars (Ibanez Artists), as well as Les Paul Customs, Juniors, Standards.
Over $50K worth of stuff. I'm hoping the unique nature of a lot of the guitars will make them easier to track down.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:42:53am |
Andy Borowitz:
#IRENE: The White House is without power, but that has nothing to do with the weather.
Funny...sad, but funny.
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:43:35am |
re: #288 negativ
You forgot the pair of pliers and a blowtorch... double if it's an early Strat.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:47:47am |
Ugh...FEMA news conference where the director has to defend FEMA from teabagger reporter questions about how money is spent. And now we go on to the body count...why did I turn on the TV?
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:54:50am |
re: #292 darthstar
Ugh...FEMA news conference where the director has to defend FEMA from teabagger reporter questions about how money is spent. And now we go on to the body count...why did I turn on the TV?
Hot Air commenters are railing against Obama and FEMA now, I can't tell exactly what they upset about but they seem pissed.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:57:12am |
re: #293 Killgore Trout
Hot Air commenters are railing against Obama and FEMA now, I can't tell exactly what they upset about but they seem pissed.
They're just making shit up. Fox will pick it up and by Tuesday half of the country will be calling this Obama's Katrina. They'll find some crackers who lost their trailer and turn them into folk heroes oppressed by the man.
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:02:01am |
re: #294 darthstar
They're just making shit up. Fox will pick it up and by Tuesday half of the country will be calling this Obama's Katrina. They'll find some crackers who lost their trailer and turn them into folk heroes oppressed by the man.
...
"Hurricane" Irene was a false flag operation orchestrated by Barack HUSSEIN Obama along with FEMA as an operation for the eventual overthrow of the AMERICAN government and traditional AMERICAN values and the creation of a BOLIVARIAN SOCIALIST STATE!!11ty This we merely a test on how the SHEEPLE can be manipulated and corralled like livestock for that day which shall soon come!11ty
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:03:35am |
re: #295 Gus 802
They'll say Obama only was concerned because it might hit New York, that FEMA is paying attention to liberal areas and not conservative ones, etc. etc.
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:03:46am |
"Hurricane" Irene was an inside job!!11ty --
Alex JonesRush Limbaugh
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jaunte Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:03:46am |
re: #293 Killgore Trout
The storyline developing seems to be that the government cried wolf (to scare everyone into paying more tax!), we don't need FEMA or any federal weather service, and golf is bad:
"Delaware was pounded by Hurricane Irene on Saturday night, but Vice President Biden got in one last round of golf in his home state before the heavy stuff started coming down, Fox News has learned."
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:04:41am |
re: #296 Obdicut
They'll say Obama only was concerned because it might hit New York, that FEMA is paying attention to liberal areas and not conservative ones, etc. etc.
Of course. You know. Like South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. Those are all "liberal areas".
//
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:08:43am |
@Gus_802 Gus
We now await the response from the #Wingnut - #TeaParty - #Republican - Industrial-Complex (tm) regarding #Irene and #Obama response.
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Four More Tears Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:10:01am |
Hurricane damage on 14th Street. Your text to link...
unspeakableaxe 26 mins
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Randall Gross Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:10:02am |
re: #293 Killgore Trout
Hot Air commenters are railing against Obama and FEMA now, I can't tell exactly what they upset about but they seem pissed.
It's funny -- I mentioned the power outages to my winger dad last night, he went right to dissing Obama. It's the kneejerk wingnut response now:
Act of God / World Event / Fly poops on windowsill= Diss Obama!
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Randall Gross Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:12:10am |
re: #302 Thanos
I'm conditioning him slowly -- whenever he goes into bile bucket on Obama mode I find an excuse to stop the conversation/chat/chain and move on. Eventually he'll get to the point that he keeps it in check. Maybe by 2017 or so....
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Four More Tears Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:12:10am |
Obama left millions of Americans at the mercy of the sensationalist mainstream media!
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theheat Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:12:15am |
re: #289 makeitstop
Way before Al Gore created the internet (bad joke, I know) I had all my horse gear stolen from my home; a lot of it collectible and irreplaceable. I wish back then I could have put up photos online to track it down. The value wasn't $50k, but close enough.
Oddly enough, about a month ago I saw a piece show up on eBay I recognized as mine. I ended up bidding on it, but the bid went too high. I had to resign myself to just "let it go." Again.
But heaven help anyone who ever tries to rob me again. I'd make Marcellus Wallace look like an apprentice in training. I have no patience or empathy or anything else for that shit.
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:14:01am |
re: #302 Thanos
It's funny -- I mentioned the power outages to my winger dad last night, he went right to dissing Obama. It's the kneejerk wingnut response now:
Act of God / World Event / Fly poops on windowsill= Diss Obama!
Meanwhile, you know they're all seething because the Obama administration got out in front of the whole thing and stayed there. And I wouldn't doubt that they were wishing for this to be a Katrina-like event so they could hammer Obama over it.
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:14:51am |
“How many warnings do you think you’re going to get, and how many warnings do you deserve? This hurricane that is coming thorough the East Coast, for anyone who’s in the East Coast and has been listening to me say ‘Food storage!’ ‘Be prepared!’ ‘Be somebody that can help others,’ you’ve heard me say this for years. People have made fun of me. That’s fine, I don’t care. I’ve been telling you, ‘Don’t be in a panic situation.’ If you’ve waited, this hurricane is a blessing. It is a blessing. It is God reminding you — as was the earthquake last week — it’s God reminding you you’re not in control. Things can happen. Be prepared and be someone who can help others so when disaster strikes, God forbid, you’re not panicking.”
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:19:59am |
re: #308 prairiefire
Fashion:
[Video]
Bowie never came out and said it, but that song is his obtuse take on politics. A lot of it fits today's political climate - especially the 'goon squad' bit. Describes the wingnuts to a tee.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:21:27am |
re: #309 makeitstop
Bowie never came out and said it, but that song is his obtuse take on politics. A lot of it fits today's political climate - especially the 'goon squad' bit. Describes the wingnuts to a tee.
We are the goon squad and we're coming for you, Derp! Derp!
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NJDhockeyfan Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:22:33am |
Just a fly-by post.
I saw this last night while changing channels on different coverage of the storm. A reporter gets covered in raw sewage sea foam.
Yuck!
MYFOXNY.COM - A local news reporter from Washington, D.C. ended up getting covered in what is probably the remnants of raw sewage as he delivered live hurricane reports from Ocean City, Md.
WTTG-TV reporter Tucker Barnes was providing live updates for stations around the country as a wall of what he described as sea foam poured over him.
Barnes was on the boardwalk as Hurricane Irene hit the coast of Maryland
He noted that he had immersed himself in organic material. That "organic material" was most likely the effects of raw sewage pouring into the water during the storm.
"It doesn't taste great," he said.
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Four More Tears Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:22:38am |
Jesus...
Man Wanted in Multiple Hurricane Homicides
An active duty soldier allegedly shot at least one person in Virginia, one person in Bucks County, and a police officer, authorities say
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:23:27am |
Lots of train yards are flooded.
1/2 of my wife's med school class is going to miss the first day of classes, and maybe more. The transport system is really messed up. Glad this wasn't worse.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:25:19am |
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:25:43am |
re: #312 JasonA
Jesus...
According to friends on Facebook, that guy is on the loose somewhere in the vicinity of my old home town. Hopefully they get him soon.
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:25:53am |
Where fashion meets hurricanes:
• "My eyes must certainly be deceiving me. You look fabulous — and I'm not talking the makeup." Brownie replied: "I got it at Nordstroms. ... Are you proud of me?"
• "If you'll look at my lovely FEMA attire, you'll really vomit. I am a fashion god."
• After Brownie's appearance with President Bush at a post-Katrina press conference, the press aide spotted an emergency: "Please roll up the sleeves of your shirt, all shirts. Even the president rolled his sleeves to just below the elbow. ... You just need to look more hardworking. ... ROLL UP THE SLEEVES."
Michael Brown and George W. Bush's FEMA responses and emails during hurricane Katrina.
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A Man for all Seasons Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:26:25am |
re: #313 Obdicut
Lots of train yards are flooded.
1/2 of my wife's med school class is going to miss the first day of classes, and maybe more. The transport system is really messed up. Glad this wasn't worse.
Glad you made it out safe...
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:27:36am |
re: #318 HoosierHoops
I didn't go anywhere. Things never really got that bad here. That cold front really helped, as did it making that early landfall.
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Kronocide Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:27:48am |
Irene could have been much worse, but American politics can't really get much worse when popular pundits say really stupid and hateful shit.
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darthstar Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:28:21am |
re: #314 negativ
Fucking magnets...
In 1997, US Secretary of Defense William Cohen made the following statement at a well-attended conference on weapons of mass destruction, “Others (terrorists) are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves….So, there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations…It’s real, and that’s the reason why we have to intensify our own (counterterrorism) efforts.”
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:30:11am |
More details here: Police: Army captain kills 4, wounds 2 officers
Looks like a domestic situation.
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bratwurst Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:31:59am |
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:32:10am |
re: #322 Killgore Trout
More details here: Police: Army captain kills 4, wounds 2 officers
Looks like a domestic situation.
Shooting at cops. And...
Egland is believed to have returned a week ago from his third tour of duty overseas.
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A Man for all Seasons Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:33:01am |
re: #319 Obdicut
I didn't go anywhere. Things never really got that bad here. That cold front really helped, as did it making that early landfall.
Let me rephrase that.. Glad you are safe...
Here in Oklahoma we get tornadoes out of the blue or 80mph straight line winds with Hail the size of golf balls..
The highest wind speed ever recorded in history on the the face of the earth was right here.. And people are proud of it..
They are ate up with Weather here..:)
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:34:22am |
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:41:06am |
All system's normal at my parent's house in Ocean County, NJ. Uncle north of there has no power. Another uncle in Brooklyn just has a roof leak.
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Kronocide Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:44:46am |
re: #323 bratwurst
Oh yeah, Glenn Beck is a GREAT friend of Israel and the Jewish people.
I love the Jewish people, even though they talk a lot. Though they killed Jesus they'll let us know when the Rapture starts so we love em!
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A Man for all Seasons Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:45:33am |
Oh..And Good morning Lizards.. Watched all the morning political shows today.. I got a gift from Oregon yesterday from FED-EX... Another shot glass for my collection.. Deep Blue colored State of Oregon shot glass with the official state logo of 1859...Nice...It is behind glass now..
I really like collecting them from around the world..
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zora Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:45:37am |
re: #315 Killgore Trout
it's odd that they mentioned the hurricane in the headline. everything is not hurricane related.
Bucks County authorities told NBC Philadelphia reporter Steve Highsmith that Egland may have shot his ex-wife, her boyfriend, and a child in Virginia, as well as a Doylestown police officer.
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BishopX Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:49:19am |
re: #331 zora
I think it's the bit about an army captian running around on foot in a hurricane with a rifle and handgun...
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:50:12am |
re: #331 zora
it's odd that they mentioned the hurricane in the headline. everything is not hurricane related.
He'll forever be known as the 'Hurricane Killer' or some such.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:53:19am |
Proof that Obama is using the military to artificially inflate the fatality rates...isn't that right, Mr Neck?
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:56:07am |
Lotsa doubling down going on this morning...
Luap Nor doubles down on the FEMA hate
Rick Parry calls Social Security a 'monstrous lie'
Derp never rests.
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Gus Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:08:00am |
An artist's incendiary painting is his bank statement
Alex Schaefer's depiction of a Chase branch going up in flames drew the attention of L.A. police, who asked if he was a terrorist. He said the work was a metaphor for the havoc banking practices have caused the economy.
Police state.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:08:25am |
re: #335 makeitstop
Lotsa doubling down going on this morning...
Luap Nor doubles down on the FEMA hate
Rick Parry calls Social Security a 'monstrous lie'
Derp never rests.
I'm still waiting for Eric Cantor to tell us which social programs he wants to eliminate to pay for hurricane relief.
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jaunte Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:09:32am |
re: #335 makeitstop
Some of FEMA's reputation as a bad bureaucracy that Ron Paul is generalizing about was created specifically by the heads of the Louisiana Field Office during the Katrina response:
FEMA: Toxic Bureaucracy (2009)
CBS News wanted to speak with Doug Whitmer or Jim Stark, his boss. Stark opened up this morning in Washington. He denied there was any intentional slow down of the recovery process.
Douglas Whitmer out as chief of staff at Louisiana's FEMA office
Whitmer's was the only immediate departure announced by Ward, who arrived in New Orleans on Friday with a "tiger team" from FEMA in Washington to assess the morale of the office after accusations of widespread harassment, discrimination and favoritism surfaced in news reports.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:09:41am |
re: #337 Killgore Trout
I'm still waiting for Eric Cantor to tell us which social programs he wants to eliminate to pay for hurricane relief.
Ron Paul is for abolishing both programs and relief...
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:09:50am |
re: #337 Killgore Trout
And I see the LA Times is linking to Newsmax. What the fuck?
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blueraven Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:10:53am |
re: #334 ralphieboy
Proof that Obama is using the military to artificially inflate the fatality rates...isn't that right, Mr Neck?
His campaign song for Rick Perry is pretty funny
[Link: billybobneck.com...]
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:13:49am |
re: #340 Obdicut
And I see the LA Times is linking to Newsmax. What the fuck?
LA Times keeps a wingnut or two on staff to gin up traffic from wingnuts. The Boston Herald is another paper that writes some outrageously stupid wingnut garbage sometimes because they need the hits.
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:15:34am |
re: #342 Killgore Trout
It's weird. It's like a college also offering a degree in wild-eyed speculation.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:18:19am |
Fox news uncovers another scandal....
CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican Donor; Democrat Competitor Uses Same Wood
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:18:50am |
I read newsmax regularly, not as a source of information but rather to find out wht the Party Line is on any given issue.
I used to read "Pravda" for the same reason.
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:20:19am |
re: #337 Killgore Trout
I'm still waiting for Eric Cantor to tell us which social programs he wants to eliminate to pay for hurricane relief.
Me, too.
I'm sure the fine citizens of New York will tell him that if he wants our money he's perfectly welcome to come up here and try to take it from us.
If he chooses to pick that fight, he's even more stupid than I think he is.
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:28:23am |
Back in '05, LGF had devoted a whole string to contemporary accounts of the 1900 Galveston hurricane. Forced (albeit compensated) labor was used to recover bodies, looters were shot out of hand, "kodak fiends" (photogs taking pictures of nude female bodies) were lynched. This is apparently how Ron Paul wants us to handle such emergencies in the future.
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:31:55am |
re: #345 Killgore Trout
Fox news uncovers another scandal...
CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican Donor; Democrat Competitor Uses Same Wood
Nice that they didn't see fit to mention who the 'Democrat competitor' is. What a joke. ain't no herring like a red herring./
And for the record, Henry J is an asshole. He is wrecking that company single-handedly. I wouldn't buy a new Gibson these days, even if I could afford one.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:33:38am |
re: #348 Shiplord Kirel
If a major US city is seriously hit by a serious natural/man-made catastrophe (serious as in the magnitude of Katrina several times over) we are likely to see scenes like that again. Especially the gangs of militia riding about with assault rifles summarily executing anyone they found guilty or complicit
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:36:15am |
re: #349 makeitstop
So Gibson SG now stands for "Secessionist Governor" and the "Les Paul" model has been renamed the "Ron Paul".
And their patented "Humbucker" pickups have been renamed "AGW is Humbug-er" pickups.
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jaunte Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:39:36am |
re: #345 Killgore Trout
Fox news uncovers another scandal...
CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican Donor; Democrat Competitor Uses Same Wood
Part of their argument seems to be that the DoJ is enforcing "foreign laws," but the Lacey Act seems to cover it.
The Lacey Act provides that it is unlawful for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase any fish or wildlife or plant taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any law, treaty, or regulation of the United States or in violation of any Indian tribal law whether in interstate or foreign commerce.
[Link: www.animallaw.info...]
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makeitstop Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:43:09am |
re: #351 ralphieboy
So Gibson SG now stands for "Secessionist Governor" and the "Les Paul" model has been renamed the "Ron Paul".
And their patented "Humbucker" pickups have been renamed "AGW is Humbug-er" pickups.
I'm not surprised that their headline contains a charge that is mentioned nowhere in the story, or that the commenters are all cranked up about the unnamed 'competitor' who isn't being raided.
Fox News fans are just so goddamn gullible. Fox throws out a questionable story and they all twitch and dance like carnival chickens.
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Kronocide Sun, Aug 28, 2011 10:57:30am |
re: #334 ralphieboy
Proof that Obama is using the military to artificially inflate the fatality rates...isn't that right, Mr Neck?
Billy Bob Neck is satire. He kills me every time. I get him on Facebook and he babbles with the hecklers, most of us play into the satire by responding 'al winger.'
I keep saying 'homocanes!' in deference to Derp Robertson's assertion about SortaGayness.
I love how he films in what seems to be a downstairs basement, that's not by chance....
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Billy Bob Neck Sun, Aug 28, 2011 11:04:11am |
re: #328 BigPapa
Billy Bob Neck : if a government can fake a moon landing, it can fake a storm. And he knows why...
Y'all tell me I'm wrong!
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Billy Bob Neck Sun, Aug 28, 2011 11:05:41am |
re: #354 BigPapa
Billy Bob Neck is satire. He kills me every time. I get him on Facebook and he babbles with the hecklers, most of us play into the satire by responding 'al winger.'
I keep saying 'homocanes!' in deference to Derp Robertson's assertion about SortaGayness.
I love how he films in what seems to be a downstairs basement, that's not by chance...
I'm as real as Jesus, boy
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blueraven Sun, Aug 28, 2011 11:07:26am |
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sun, Aug 28, 2011 11:19:01am |
re: #296 Obdicut
They'll say Obama only was concerned because it might hit New York, that FEMA is paying attention to liberal areas and not conservative ones, etc. etc.
You just don't understand!
Real America is God's Country! We are entitled to the biggest and best of everything FIRST!! Obama has benefitted from all these programs. So he would not understand, either! This is NOT FAIR!
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sun, Aug 28, 2011 11:22:36am |
re: #354 BigPapa
Billy Bob Neck is satire. He kills me every time. I get him on Facebook and he babbles with the hecklers, most of us play into the satire by responding 'al winger.'
Billy Bob's got me listed as a Foul Evil Sodomite. I would not have it any other way, either. Lol we used to have fun with the tcots a couple years ago.
Dumb bigots.
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Kronocide Sun, Aug 28, 2011 11:35:23am |
BBN, is that your or your mother's basement, or a bomb shelter?
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sun, Aug 28, 2011 11:39:51am |
re: #325 HoosierHoops
Let me rephrase that.. Glad you are safe...
Here in Oklahoma we get tornadoes out of the blue or 80mph straight line winds with Hail the size of golf balls..
The highest wind speed ever recorded in history on the the face of the earth was right here.. And people are proud of it..
They are ate up with Weather here..:)
I try and tell people, that "wind sweeping down the plane" is no.joke.
Oh yeah and if you're ever there to visit around October or so, plan for a budget of about $50 for cheap, expendable umbrellas. Because having a nice $40 one snapped up in about a half second makes no sense.
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Billy Bob Neck Sun, Aug 28, 2011 12:02:39pm |
re: #360 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
You is a foul, evil sodomite. And a girl homo, to boot!
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