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Jonathan Coulton: Down Today

Gonna throw a party on the day you go
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Tell me what you think I’ve been doing wrong
I’m too high to hear what you say
Maybe write a letter if it takes too long
I won’t come down today

Found a pretty girl who loves me true
I don’t ask why, and she won’t say
I’m about ten miles over you
I won’t come down today

I just bought a balloon
Me and the girl, takin’ a ride
Float just under the moon
Dumping your things, over the side

If you’re gonna leave, could you let me know?
I won’t try to make you stay
Gonna throw a party on the day you go
I won’t come down today

I just bought a balloon
Me and the girl, takin’ a ride
Float just under the moon
Dumping your things over the side

I might be coming home but I don’t know when
I’m up so high, I might float away
I don’t ever wanna come down again
I won’t come down today
I won’t come down today
I won’t come down… today

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1 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:09:40pm

Good stuff. Nice lyrics. Might make a good traveling song.

2 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:14:51pm

Well, I got to see The Avengers tonight and I will say that if you have the chance, go see it in theaters. If you can find an Imax theater showing it in 3D, even better. Whedon really hit it out of the park with this one.

3 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:16:10pm

re: #2 Targetpractice

Well, I got to see The Avengers tonight and I will say that if you have the chance, go see it in theaters. If you can find an Imax theater showing it in 3D, even better. Whedon really hit it out of the park with this one.

And if you say another word, I end you.

4 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:20:25pm

re: #3 Kragar

And if you say another word, I end you.

Nah, it's cool, I won't give anything away. But I will say that the local theater had an awesome deal going on. For $40, you could not only see all the Marvel movies leading up to The Avengers, but also attend the midnight release.

5 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:26:02pm

re: #4 Targetpractice

Nah, it's cool, I won't give anything away. But I will say that the local theater had an awesome deal going on. For $40, you could not only see all the Marvel movies leading up to The Avengers, but also attend the midnight release.

Kids have got school tomorrow, but we're seeing it in 3d tomorrow night

6 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:26:32pm

re: #5 Kragar

Kids have got school tomorrow, but we're seeing it in 3d tomorrow night

Cool. I think ya'll will really enjoy it.

7 b_sharp  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:27:58pm

The butler did it.

8 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:28:30pm

re: #5 Kragar

Kids have got school tomorrow, but we're seeing it in 3d tomorrow night

I'll have to wait till Saturday. The best 3D showing tomorrow night at Muvico is effectively sold out. But I got good seats for Saturday and it's half-price wine night on Saturday at Nick's Fish Market, so no major loss.

9 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:29:10pm

re: #7 Bill Donk

The butler did it.

Rebecca Gayheart was the killer.

10 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:29:48pm

re: #3 Kragar

And if you say another word, I end you.

Look who thinks he's Bill Compton...

[DF chambers silver round in M1911A1 and waits]

11 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:30:00pm

re: #8 Dark_Falcon

I'll have to wait till Saturday. The best 3D showing tomorrow night at Muvico is effectively sold out. But I got good seats for Saturday and it's half-price wine night on Saturday at Nick's Fish Market, so no major loss.

Our show is at 9, but we're going to get there around 7:30

12 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:33:15pm

I just watched Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Rooney Mara was good, but Noomi Rapace pretty much defined that role.

Are they going to follow up Dragon Tattoo with the other two books with Craig and Mara? Because the first book was really the best of the trilogy.

13 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:35:57pm

re: #3 Kragar

And if you say another word, I end you.

I will bring him back to life.

And then end him again.

14 b_sharp  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:36:56pm

re: #9 Kragar

Rebecca Gayheart was the killer.

With the candlestick in the boudoir.

15 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:37:12pm

re: #11 Kragar

Our show is at 9, but we're going to get their around 7:30

My family has reserved seats, so we don't need to get there early.

16 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:37:21pm

re: #12 Learned Mother of Zion

I just watched Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Rooney Mara was good, but Noomi Rapace pretty much defined that role.

Are they going to follow up Dragon Tattoo with the other two books with Craig and Mara? Because the first book was really the best of the trilogy.

Ugh. My mother wanted me to take her to go see it. One scene in particular had me squirming...

17 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:37:39pm

re: #14 In Your Dreams

With the candlestick in the boudoir.

I ain't goin' near that one!

18 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:38:17pm

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

My family has reserved seats, so we don't need to get there early.

We got preordered tickets, but not seats.

19 b_sharp  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:38:27pm

re: #17 Dark_Falcon

I ain't goin' near that one!

There's your problem.

20 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:38:32pm

re: #2 Targetpractice

Well, I got to see The Avengers tonight and I will say that if you have the chance, go see it in theaters. If you can find an Imax theater showing it in 3D, even better. Whedon really hit it out of the park with this one.

I'll rent it eventually. I just don't like Robert Downey Jr. even in fantasy movies. though, to me, Sherlock is far worse than Ironman. On the gripping hand, I do, really really really, like the modern Captain America.

21 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:39:26pm

re: #20 William Barnett-Lewis

I'll rent it eventually. I just don't like Robert Downey Jr. even in fantasy movies. though, to me, Sherlock is far worse than Ironman. On the gripping hand, I do, really really really, like the modern Captain America.

Cap was my favorite of the bunch, but I'm biased.

22 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:39:48pm

Oh, and remember: the movie doesn't end just because the credits are rolling.

23 b_sharp  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:39:51pm

re: #18 Kragar

We got preordered tickets, but not seats.

I always purchase postordered tickets so I can come in late.

24 Daniel Ballard  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:40:09pm

re: #15 Dark_Falcon
Prometheus. That's the one I'm looking forward to.

25 b_sharp  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:40:42pm

re: #20 William Barnett-Lewis

I'll rent it eventually. I just don't like Robert Downey Jr. even in fantasy movies. though, to me, Sherlock is far worse than Ironman. On the gripping hand, I do, really really really, like the modern Captain America.

Two updings for the Motie reference.

26 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:40:46pm

re: #23 In Your Dreams

I always purchase postordered tickets so I can come in late.

SILENCE!

27 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:41:27pm

re: #24 Daniel Ballard

Prometheus. That's the one I'm looking forward to.

Yeah, that was one of the 3D trailers they had before the movie. And all I'll say is, as much as I wanted to see that movie before, seeing it in 3D has me totally psyched now.

28 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:41:46pm

I'm looking forward to The Dark Knight Rises, but I'm also happy that this is the end for Nolan's Batman work.

29 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:42:49pm

re: #28 Assemble!

I'm looking forward to The Dark Knight Rises, but I'm also happy that this is the end for Nolan's Batman work.

Why so?

30 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:46:17pm

re: #29 Dark_Falcon

Why so?

Because while this hyper-realistic Batman interpretation has made for some good films, I'd like to see them follow Marvel's lead and embrace their roots instead of running away from them.

31 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:46:56pm

re: #30 Assemble!

Because while this hyper-realistic Batman interpretation has made for some good films, I'd like to see them follow Marvel's lead and embrace their roots instead of running away from them.

Didn't Tim Burton do that well enough for you?

32 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:46:58pm

All I want is a Deadpool movie that wont enrage me to the point of madness.

33 b_sharp  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:47:26pm

I came upstairs hoping for bats and all I got are used spider webs.

34 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:48:07pm

re: #32 Kragar

All I want is a Deadpool movie that wont enrage me to the point of madness.

What, you didn't like Zombiepool that Marvel gave us last time?

35 b_sharp  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:48:36pm

re: #32 Kragar

All I want is a Deadpool movie that wont enrage me to the point of madness.

Insanity can be an interesting place to visit, but living there can develop into an addiction.

36 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:49:08pm

re: #34 Targetpractice

What, you didn't like Zombiepool that Marvel gave us last time?

I've blocked it out.

37 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:50:18pm

re: #36 Kragar

I've blocked it out.

Wish I could do that. Yegods, as much as liked the first X-Men outing by Fox and X-Men: First Class, I could do without the three in the middle.

38 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:50:32pm

re: #35 In Your Dreams

Insanity can be an interesting place to visit, but living there can develop into an addiction.

Youtube Video
39 b_sharp  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:51:04pm

We are playing random word salad association aren't we?

40 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:51:17pm

re: #31 Dark_Falcon

Didn't Tim Burton do that well enough for you?

Nah. BTAS did a much better job of that. And its spiritual successor, Arkham City, even better still.

41 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:51:56pm

re: #37 Targetpractice

Wish I could do that. Yegods, as much as liked the first X-Men outing by Fox and X-Men: First Class, I could do without the three in the middle.

You didn't like X2?

42 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:53:14pm

re: #36 Kragar

I've blocked it out.

Oh? You didn't like the idea of taking a character who's best known for running his mouth and then sewing it up for the movie's climax?

Brilliant.

43 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:53:15pm

re: #41 Assemble!

You didn't like X2?

It was alright, but just didn't seem to stand up to the first. And the third should have come with a written apology in the DVD box.

44 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:54:16pm

re: #43 Targetpractice

It was alright, but just didn't seem to stand up to the first. And the third should have come with a written apology in the DVD box.

As a friend of mine puts it, Bryan Singer ruined two movies when he left.

45 bratwurst  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:54:17pm

re: #12 Learned Mother of Zion

I just watched Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Rooney Mara was good, but Noomi Rapace pretty much defined that role.

Are they going to follow up Dragon Tattoo with the other two books with Craig and Mara? Because the first book was really the best of the trilogy.

You are certainly right about the other books (especially the last one), but it does seem that the stars are under contract and ready to go:

[Link: wegotthiscovered.com...]

I would like to recommend that you or anyone else who enjoys there books also check out the remarkable novels of Norway's Jo Nesbø.

46 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:54:28pm

re: #42 Assemble!

Oh? You didn't like the idea of taking a character who's best known for running his mouth and then sewing it up for the movie's climax?

Brilliant.

ImnotgoingtolistentothisImnotgoingtohearthisnowImnotgoingtolistentothisImnotgoingtohearthisnowImnotgoingtolistentothisImnotgoingtohearthisnow

47 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:54:56pm

re: #40 Assemble!

Nah. BTAS did a much better job of that. And its spiritual successor, Arkham City, even better still.

BTAS?

48 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:55:51pm

Also amazing how Emma Frost is a young kid in Wolverine, in the 70's, and a full grown adult in the 60's.

49 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:56:03pm

re: #47 Dark_Falcon

BTAS?

Batman: The Animated Series.

50 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:57:04pm

re: #48 Assemble!

Also amazing how Emma Frost is a young kid in Wolverine, in the 70's, and a full grown adult in the 60's.

Retcon a-go-go.

51 freetoken  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:57:41pm

Scored some good sized loquats today. Funny thing is, though, that I have found it to be almost universally true of all loquat trees that those that bear the largest fruit don't have the better flavors.

Some good trees around here, among the older neighborhoods. The new developments eschew fruit trees in favor of palms; not a good trade-off IMO.

52 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 8:58:12pm

re: #49 Assemble!

Batman: The Animated Series.

Well, that's surely true. It was quite dark while still allowing a certain amount of 'over-the-top'.

53 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:02:09pm

re: #51 freetoken

Wow. You changed your pic.

54 freetoken  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:02:32pm

re: #53 Assemble!

It's a work in process.

55 Daniel Ballard  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:03:33pm

How these guys make these huge movies so well just amazes me. A friend gives me his Cinematographers Guild magazines. I read a discourse about mirror splitting vs trying to match lenses for stereo-photography aka 3d. Then ya got the whole 48 frame 60 frame thing going on. The look of movies is changing like when color came out. It will take audiences a year or two to adjust.

I can see where film makers get addicted to the work. Heck my little thriller short PreView is a challenge. This weekend I shoot the most complicated scene I ever tried. 6 people total. And it's already a lot of moving parts. Rental gear like rails and monitor. (Hopefully) two Canon 7D's. A boom and mic with a board to feed audio to my camera. A person with a reflector, a focus puller and a cameraman. Then 2 in the cast. All for what will likely be 30 seconds or so of a three minute film. But it's a ball to do. Really fun.

56 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:03:42pm

re: #41 Assemble!

You didn't like X2?

Surprises me as well. X3 was weaker & the Wolverine movie is like Aliens 3 & 4 (it never happened) but 2 was actually pretty good for a spandex movie. Though nothing will ever top X1 & wolverine's questions on the costumes :LOL:

57 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:04:10pm

re: #30 Assemble!

Because while this hyper-realistic Batman interpretation has made for some good films, I'd like to see them follow Marvel's lead and embrace their roots instead of running away from them.

ಠ_ಠ

Not sure if trolling or oblivious.

58 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:04:55pm

re: #55 Daniel Ballard

How these guys make these huge movies so well just amazes me. A friend gives me his Cinematographers Guild magazines. I read a discourse about mirror splitting vs trying to match lenses for stereo-photography aka 3d. Then ya got the whole 48 frame 60 frame thing going on. The look of movies is changing like when color came out. It will take audiences a year or two to adjust.

I can see where film makers get addicted to the work. Heck my little thriller short PreView is a challenge. This weekend I shoot the most complicated scene I ever tried. 6 people total. And it's already a lot of moving parts. Rental gear like rails and monitor. (Hopefully) two Canon 7D's. A boom and mic with a board to feed audio to my camera. A person with a reflector, a focus puller and a cameraman. Then 2 in the cast. All for what will likely be 30 seconds or so of a three minute film. But it's a ball to do. Really fun.

The people who've seen the Hobbit footage at 48fps have not come back with glowing reviews...

59 dragonath  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:04:58pm

re: #40 Assemble!

The late 90s WB cartoons were awesome. And everybody forgets about Histeria which was a really good show.

60 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:06:51pm

re: #57 Spongebath Squaredance

ಠ_ಠ

Not sure if trolling or oblivious.

Hm?

61 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:08:56pm

re: #40 Assemble!

Nah. BTAS did a much better job of that. And its spiritual successor, Arkham City, even better still.

As much as it scares me to say this, that remains the best version of Batman in any moving media. The movies & TV shows are nowhere near as good as that cartoon show. I think the most important thing to remember is that Harley Quinn is now a part of the full official continuity. No other TV/Movie only character is.

62 Daniel Ballard  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:09:36pm

re: #58 Assemble!

Heh, that's what I had in mind when I said audiences will have to adjust. Let's remember that was unfinished footage. The new formats will take some time to dial in. They may need to light differently for 48 or 60 fps. We are not used to crisp moving edges onscreen. I noticed a bit of the same weirdness when I first got my HD TV. Sports looked better but a bit weird for a while.

63 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:09:44pm

re: #59 Be Zorch, Daddio

The late 90s WB cartoons were awesome. And everybody forgets about Histeria which was a really good show.

You know what? Gargoyles was the motherfucking bomb yo.

64 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:10:56pm

re: #62 Daniel Ballard

Heh, that's what I had in mind when I said audiences will have to adjust. Let's remember that was unfinished footage. The new formats will take some time to dial in. They may need to light differently for 48 or 60 fps. We are not used to crisp moving edges onscreen. I noticed a bit of the same weirdness when I first got my HD TV. Sports looked better but a bit weird for a while.

Whenever I see the 120hz tvs in Best Buy I can't help but cringe. I don't know if I'll ever get used to that.

65 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:11:58pm

re: #58 Assemble!

The people who've seen the Hobbit footage at 48fps have not come back with glowing reviews...

This is the modern equivalent to the super wide screen silliness of the late 50's.

Cinerama anyone?

66 dragonath  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:12:34pm

I... never really watched Gargoyles... :o

67 Daniel Ballard  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:13:01pm

re: #64 Assemble!

Whenever I see the 120hz tvs in Best Buy I can't help but cringe. I don't know if I'll ever get used to that.

The Lammle theater near me has 4k projectors. Much more immersive 2d or 3d.

68 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:13:08pm

re: #61 William Barnett-Lewis

As much as it scares me to say this, that remains the best version of Batman in any moving media. The movies & TV shows are nowhere near as good as that cartoon show. I think the most important thing to remember is that Harley Quinn is now a part of the full official continuity. No other TV/Movie only character is.

*clears throat*

69 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:13:50pm

re: #66 Be Zorch, Daddio

I... never really watched Gargoyles... :o

IMMOLATE HIM!

70 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:14:33pm

re: #57 Spongebath Squaredance

ಠ_ಠ

Not sure if trolling or oblivious.

Seriously, though, I'm not putting these movies down at all, I'm very happy we've gotten these stories, but I want them to switch gears. Nolan's universe is a place where half of Batman's own rogue's gallery wouldn't fit, nevermind other DC heroes. It feels more like a dark Mission Impossible than Batman to me at times.

Oh, and the gravelly voice has got to go. I swear, it's like Nolan heard people complain about it and said "Oh yeah? Fuck you, here's Bane!"

71 dragonath  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:15:05pm

re: #65 William Barnett-Lewis

I was looking at one of the Golden Books that was written when that movie was released. The projection system used THREE projectors!

72 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:15:31pm

re: #64 Assemble!

Whenever I see the 120hz tvs in Best Buy I can't help but cringe. I don't know if I'll ever get used to that.

Was just remarking to my sister the other day while we were at Wal-Mart that the sharper the picture gets, the harder it gets to take things seriously. Something about being able to see virtually life-like images on a 2D plane seems to set off warning signals in the back of my head.

73 prairiefire  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:15:39pm

re: #70 Assemble!

Yeah, the voice is worse.

74 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:15:53pm

re: #66 Be Zorch, Daddio

I... never really watched Gargoyles... :o

Well, if you've ever watched Star Trek: The Next Generation then you've at least heard most of the voices...

75 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:16:30pm

re: #68 Targetpractice

*clears throat*

Huh. Never heard of that one before. Learn something new. Probably due to the fact that I know the Marvel mythology much better than the DC mythology.

76 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:17:01pm

re: #68 Targetpractice

*clears throat*

Heh. Kind of reinforces his point. Paul Dini knows what he's doing.

77 dragonath  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:18:09pm

Paul Dini...! I have one of the Jingle Belle comics he did which is good fun.

78 prairiefire  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:19:36pm

re: #76 Assemble!

"Sherlock" starts again on Sunday night!

79 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:19:41pm

OK, I never heard a ukulele that I liked before.

80 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:19:47pm

re: #75 William Barnett-Lewis

Huh. Never heard of that one before. Learn something new. Probably due to the fact that I know the Marvel mythology much better than the DC mythology.

I had to look her up to remember her when I saw it mentioned on another site that she was one of only two characters to make the jump from the DCAU to the comics themselves.

81 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:20:37pm

re: #78 prairiefire

"Sherlock" starts again on Sunday night!

I know! I can finally stop being pissed off over last season's cliffhanger!

82 Daniel Ballard  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:24:57pm

re: #81 Assemble!

I know! I can finally stop being pissed off over last season's cliffhanger!

Did you say cliffhanger?
Netflix believed to be working on ‘Jericho’ revival

Can't help it, I'm a fan of that abused series.

83 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:26:13pm

re: #82 Daniel Ballard

Did you say cliffhanger?
Netflix believed to be working on ‘Jericho’ revival

Can't help it, I'm a fan of that abused series.

Same here. Though, now that I've read some of the "Season Three" comics, I'm not sure if I'd like where a revival takes the series.

84 Mocking Jay  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:26:50pm

I swear, Battleship looks like it's premier should be on a Saturday night on the SyFy channel.

85 dragonath  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:26:58pm
Youtube Video

*sigh*

86 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:30:22pm

re: #84 Assemble!

I swear, Battleship looks like it's premier should be on a Saturday night on the SyFy channel.

Yup.

87 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:30:44pm

Next up, Uew Boll's "Mousetrap"

88 deadletterboy  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:31:30pm

I've gotta say, as a JoCo fan, you really missed your chance to post a certain song of his on May 1st.

NSFW

Youtube Video
89 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:31:56pm

re: #87 Kragar

Next up, Uew Boll's "Mousetrap"

...

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

/

90 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:32:55pm

re: #89 Targetpractice

...

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

/

They were 4 creatures driven mad by famine.

Micheal Bay presents "Hungry Hungry Hippos"

91 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:34:44pm

re: #90 Kragar

They were 4 creatures driven mad by famine.

Micheal Bay presents "Hungry Hungry Hippos"

With Baysplosions aplenty?

92 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:34:57pm

re: #78 prairiefire

"Sherlock" starts again on Sunday night!

k, I've heard the chatter. Is it PBS?

93 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:36:39pm

re: #90 Kragar

They were 4 creatures driven mad by famine.

Micheal Bay presents "Hungry Hungry Hippos"

What? GM gave cars for "Hungry Hungry Hippos"? Will wonders never cease?

94 engineer cat  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:45:55pm

that's one hell of a sweet tone that guy gets outta that ukelele

must be a top end instrument

95 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:45:56pm

re: #90 Kragar

They were 4 creatures driven mad by famine.

Micheal Bay presents "Hungry Hungry Hippos"

Please don't give him any ideas.

96 Digital Display  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:51:05pm

re: #79 Dancing along the light of day

OK, I never heard a ukulele that I liked before.

Ukuleles are great for when you get stranded on a deserted Island..
it beats an accordion by far..And if there were only one Tuba player on the Island..That person within weeks would probable meet his fate in a tragic coconut accident.

97 engineer cat  Thu, May 3, 2012 9:59:19pm

4 creatures driven mad by famine
6 hands with no faces
17 strange years with empty summers
12 directions that go nowhere
9 incalculable cryptic hens
11 spring flowers with their text erased
10 words desperate to stop deceiving
1 heart wandering wordlessly desperate lost and torn

98 Varek Raith  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:01:58pm

Uwe Boll is the greatest director in existence.

99 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:03:29pm

re: #98 Varek Raith

Uwe Boll is the greatest director in existence.

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

/

100 prairiefire  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:04:46pm

re: #92 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012

k, I've heard the chatter. Is it PBS?

Yes, set in modern day London. Watson is a blogger.

Night, lizards. Luv this place!

101 Varek Raith  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:05:04pm

re: #99 Targetpractice

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

/

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102 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:07:58pm

re: #101 Varek Raith

Image: tumblr_lhkb17x6m91qds5ix.gif

So you found video of Chris Loech Tweeting, so what? ;)

103 Varek Raith  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:09:40pm

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104 Kronocide  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:34:41pm

OMG.

105 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:39:26pm

I'm having the most fun!!!

My design for Autism Awareness on cafepress.

Just sharing my photoshop fun.

106 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:40:34pm

re: #104 Kronocide

[Embedded content] OMG.

HE LAUNCHED IT ON CINCO DE MAYO TO GET THE HISPANIC VOTE!

107 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:45:29pm

re: #104 Kronocide

[Embedded content] OMG.

It's also Tammy Wynette's birthday. By the way.

108 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 10:48:07pm

re: #107 SanFranciscoZionist

It's also Tammy Wynette's birthday. By the way.

Its worse than we thought:

1964 – The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.

109 HappyWarrior  Thu, May 3, 2012 11:04:00pm

Okay I'm convinced now that Jim Hoft is just some prankster out there having us all for a ride. Really, it's not that May 5th is a Saturday but no it's Marx's birthday and that's why Obama is starting. What a crazy load of shit. Marx's birthday isn't even a sacred day in Marxist circles. Hoft needs to get a life.

110 Kronocide  Thu, May 3, 2012 11:04:15pm

2011 Former U.S. Olympic champion Carl Lewis is granted a place on the ballot for the Democratic primary election for a New Jersey Senate seat
2011 In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Court rules that same-sex couples receive the same rights of existing civil unions
2010 After serving twenty-one terms, U.S. Representative, Democrat, and Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Dave Obey, announces he will not run for re-election
2000 Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon
1998 Federal court rules President Clinton does not have executive privilege in the Lewinsky case so he must testify
1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful
1996 "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances
1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship
1996 Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe
1995 Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
1994 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances
1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections
1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
1992 Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
1991 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1990 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02
1990 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren
1990 Paul Hogan and Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia
1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York
1988 Eugene Marino installed as 1st black U.S. archbishop
1987 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1986 Hall of Fame and Museum announced to be built in Cleveland
1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational
1984 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4
1983 Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead
1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 16th and final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge
1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police stormed the building
1979 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4
1979 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
1979 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II
1976 Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24
1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
1975 A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs)
1974 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1973 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4
1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
1971 "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 5 performances
1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (New York City)
1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
1969 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3
1969 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
1966 Borussia Dortmund wins 6th Europe Cup II
1966 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
1965 1st large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1964 Separatists riot in Quebec

111 HappyWarrior  Thu, May 3, 2012 11:07:00pm

re: #110 Kronocide

2011 Former U.S. Olympic champion Carl Lewis is granted a place on the ballot for the Democratic primary election for a New Jersey Senate seat
2011 In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Court rules that same-sex couples receive the same rights of existing civil unions
2010 After serving twenty-one terms, U.S. Representative, Democrat, and Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Dave Obey, announces he will not run for re-election
2000 Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon
1998 Federal court rules President Clinton does not have executive privilege in the Lewinsky case so he must testify
1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful
1996 "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances
1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship
1996 Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe
1995 Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
1994 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances
1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections
1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
1992 Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
1991 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1990 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02
1990 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren
1990 Paul Hogan and Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia
1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York
1988 Eugene Marino installed as 1st black U.S. archbishop
1987 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1986 Hall of Fame and Museum announced to be built in Cleveland
1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational
1984 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4
1983 Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead
1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 16th and final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge
1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police stormed the building
1979 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4
1979 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
1979 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II
1976 Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24
1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
1975 A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs)
1974 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1973 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4
1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
1971 "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 5 performances
1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (New York City)
1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
1969 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3
1969 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
1966 Borussia Dortmund wins 6th Europe Cup II
1966 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
1965 1st large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1964 Separatists riot in Quebec

Obviously he did it to celebrate the last episode of Married With Children. It makes about as much sense as Dimmy's Marx B-day theory. But then again we're talking about a man who ignores all evidence that J.T Ready was a far rightist and makes him out to be a leftist because of one thing.

112 Targetpractice  Thu, May 3, 2012 11:10:07pm

re: #110 Kronocide

1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV

Truly a sad day for America.

//

113 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, May 3, 2012 11:16:19pm

whoa! We have thunder so loud the house creaked!

114 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, May 3, 2012 11:49:50pm

re: #113 ggt

Quick, hide in the bed, with your head under the pillow!

115 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, May 3, 2012 11:55:24pm

Won't matter, Feline Overlord will see me no matter where I hide.

Too funny, yes this is my cat. They offer a shower curtain. How would you like to see this in the morning when you walk into the bathroom???

ROTFLAMO. way overpriced.

116 Kragar  Thu, May 3, 2012 11:57:48pm

re: #115 ggt

Won't matter, Feline Overlord will see me no matter where I hide.

Too funny, yes this is my cat. They offer a shower curtain. How would you like to see this in the morning when you walk into the bathroom???

ROTFLAMO. way overpriced.

Image: ceiling_cat.jpg

117 Gretchen G.Tiger  Fri, May 4, 2012 12:04:00am

re: #116 Kragar

Image: ceiling_cat.jpg

ROTFLAMO!

Now I am going to bed, in a dark room with no holes in the ceiling --LOL!

118 Kragar  Fri, May 4, 2012 12:23:04am

re: #117 ggt

ROTFLAMO!

Now I am going to bed, in a dark room with no holes in the ceiling --LOL!

Image: demotivational-posters-under-your-bed1.jpg

119 freetoken  Fri, May 4, 2012 1:11:41am
MP3 Audio
120 researchok  Fri, May 4, 2012 1:27:10am

Morning, all

121 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 1:44:10am

re: #12 Learned Mother of Zion

I just watched Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Rooney Mara was good, but Noomi Rapace pretty much defined that role.

Are they going to follow up Dragon Tattoo with the other two books with Craig and Mara? Because the first book was really the best of the trilogy.

Heh. Watched it 2 days ago.

COINCIDENCE?///

I wonder, are the Swedish originals better as to merit re-watching of the 1st part.

122 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 1:47:47am

re: #98 Varek Raith

Uwe Boll is the greatest director in existence.

I imagine a person who has seen all his movies would say that.../

125 Aye Pod  Fri, May 4, 2012 2:45:21am

re: #58 Assemble!

The people who've seen the Hobbit footage at 48fps have not come back with glowing reviews...

It looks like it has been shot on video, ie utter crap.

But hey, the 'daytime soap' look is modern and futuristic and it may take us a couple of years to adjust./

126 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 2:46:25am

re: #125 Aye Pod

It looks like it has been shot on video, ie utter crap.

But hey, the 'daytime soap' look is modern and futuristic and it may take us a couple of brain surgeries to adjust./

ftfy

127 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 3:26:07am

Oh damn, Mariano Rivera tore his ACL. Probably a career-ending injury.

He was one of the greats.

128 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 3:54:31am

re: #124 May Day! May Day!

Image: obamabidenbumpersticker.jpg

Excellent article, outlining the reason Occupy can have no good lasting influence. As long as the BB provocateurs are tolerated, Occupy becomes nothing more than a street gang with a higher level of tag lines.

That even ignores the fact that BB itself, the visible part, is sometimes nothing more than a handy way for the police and rw operatives to infiltrate and discredit the entire progressive effort.

Black Bloc is a costume any hero or villain can wear off-the-rack.

(Picked up the wrong link--shooting for 123.)

129 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 3:59:17am

A Bin Laden raid special on MSNBC, I hear it's worth watching, with exclusive stuff.

130 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 4:01:33am

re: #129 May Day! May Day!

Seems to be it:

[Link: video.msnbc.msn.com...]

131 Varek Raith  Fri, May 4, 2012 4:03:45am

re: #127 Obdicut

Oh damn, Mariano Rivera tore his ACL. Probably a career-ending injury.

He was one of the greats.

That sucks.

132 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 4:04:27am

re: #130 May Day! May Day!

Seems to be it:

[Link: video.msnbc.msn.com...]

Called it out to my wife in the TV room. Seems our commie/hippie household doesn't get MSNBC.

133 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 4:49:54am

re: #132 Decatur Deb

Finished watching. A well-made program.

134 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:04:22am

re: #133 May Day! May Day!

I've seen a bunch (well, a few) of these articles over the last couple of weeks:

Free Pussy Riot
[Link: www.thenation.com...]

135 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:05:39am

re: #134 RogueOne

Free Pussy Riot

Punctuation: as crucial as ever./

136 sattv4u2  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:06:14am

re: #134 RogueOne

I've seen a bunch (well, a few) of these articles over the last couple of weeks:

Free Pussy Riot
[Link: www.thenation.com...]

At work, we provide a live feed 24/7 of a Russian news station and that story (with videos) is on it every hour

137 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:06:34am

re: #135 May Day! May Day!

Punctuation: as crucial as ever./

Wal-Mart is having a sale

138 sattv4u2  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:07:34am

re: #135 May Day! May Day!

re: #136 sattv4u2

At work, we provide a live feed 24/7 of a Russian news station and that story (with videos) is on it every hour

along with (or related too) another story of topless (young) women protesting with signs that read "we are not prostitutes"

139 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:08:39am
Now we have a growing movement to defend secularism, which wasn’t there even a month ago.

Just as much, we have a movement to move towards theocracy.

140 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:08:46am

re: #138 sattv4u2

Someone has to get the important news out there, you're doing gods work man!

141 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:09:50am

re: #137 RogueOne

Obamney looks like Ahnold.

142 sattv4u2  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:10:15am

re: #140 RogueOne

Someone has to get the important news out there, you're doing gods work man!

MSNBC Video
143 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:12:52am

re: #142 sattv4u2

I saw that this morning. (My spouse watches the Today Show) What's up with David Gregory's lip?

144 sattv4u2  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:14:01am

re: #143 RogueOne

I saw that this morning. (My spouse watches the Today Show) What's up with David Gregory's lip?

The lipstylist must have called in sick this morning

145 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:25:54am

re: #138 sattv4u2

re: #136 sattv4u2

along with (or related too) another story of topless (young) women protesting with signs that read "we are not prostitutes"

If it's cold enough for earmuffs, it's too cold for topless. Basic protest skills.

146 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:27:33am

re: #124 May Day! May Day!

Image: obamabidenbumpersticker.jpg

I have a friend who goes to Talladega every year for the race. Last year someone (probably his dad) scraped his anti-obama "LOL" sticker off his truck. This year he took a stack of stickers with him:

Image: obama_trickle_up_poverty_bumper_sticker-p128393000968733530z74sk_400.jpg

147 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:29:10am

re: #146 RogueOne

Wow, what an asshole.

148 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:29:18am

re: #146 RogueOne

LOL, what an idjit.

149 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:29:26am

re: #145 Decatur Deb

Party pooper. When done by the right crowd, topless protests against The Man are always appropriate. Cold weather be damned!

150 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:30:11am

re: #147 Obdicut

re: #148 May Day! May Day!

Nah, his dads an ok guy. He shouldn't have torn off someones bumper sticker but it's all in good fun.

151 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:31:36am

re: #150 RogueOne

re: #148 May Day! May Day!

Nah, his dads an ok guy. He shouldn't have torn off someones bumper sticker but it's all in good fun.

Wife has put Obama/Biden stickers on the van. It's time for a new paintjob anyway.

152 sagehen  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:35:34am

Bad jobs report --

only 115,000 new jobs for April.

Sucks.

153 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:36:16am

re: #151 Decatur Deb

His family is a trip. His dad was a UAW union rep and his uncle (who lived right next door) tried to operate his own conspiracy radio show from his basement. Every time he'd fire up his radio the tv's in the surrounding houses would all go blank. The county cops finally made him take his equipment down.

154 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:37:51am

re: #153 RogueOne

His family is a trip. His dad was a UAW union rep and his uncle (who lived right next door) tried to operate his own conspiracy radio show from his basement. Every time he'd fire up his radio the tv's in the surrounding houses would all go blank. The county cops finally made him take his equipment down.

County Cop Conspiracy, man.

155 sattv4u2  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:42:08am

And on that note, the long quiet drive to work beckons

156 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:45:27am

re: #152 sagehen

Bad jobs report --

only 115,000 new jobs for April.

Sucks.

add this chart:

Real Disposable Personal Income Per Capita Growth:
Image: USrealdisposablepersonalincomegrowth.png.png

...and it all adds up to a tight election. It could come down to one state...Virginia (maybe Ohio).

157 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:51:57am

re: #156 RogueOne

And it comes down to voters actually believing that the GOP has any sort of economic plan. I don't think the bad economy will hurt Obama as much as it's hurt other incumbents in the past, because the GOP has been so blatant, so obvious in their obstructionism and their complete lack of desire to help the country improve while Obama is president.

I do think people are tired of politics-by-hostage-taking in the way the GOP is doing. On the other hand, the GOP still is hostage-taking, so people may vote for them to pay the ransom, as it were. Long-term, a bad choice, but I can understand if people do it.

158 iossarian  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:54:14am

re: #157 Obdicut

GOP 2012:

Vote for us!

We won't do a fucking thing for the economy.

But at least you'll get some anti-abortion bills out of it.

159 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 5:56:26am

re: #158 iossarian

GOP 2012:

Vote for us!

We won't do a fucking thing for the economy.

But at least you'll get some anti-abortion bills out of it.

I think it's more "If you just get that black Democrat out of the white house, we'll stop being so insane and actually address problems and issues. Really, we promise. You can trust us."

They want the US to be a one-party country, basically. They no longer make a pretense of believing it's healthy to have multiple parties or views.

160 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:00:43am

Sunnyland Slim's "Johnson Machine Gun".

Youtube Video

For those of you who don't know Sunnyland, he's probably one of the best blues pianists you've never heard of.

161 sagehen  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:01:09am

re: #156 RogueOne

add this chart:

Real Disposable Personal Income Per Capita Growth:
Image: USrealdisposablepersonalincomegrowth.png.png

...and it all adds up to a tight election. It could come down to one state...Virginia (maybe Ohio).

Virginia, where ultrasounds mean women voters are lined up 60-40 for Obama?

Ohio, where GM just opened a plant?

Suddenly I'm less worried.

162 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:08:48am

re: #161 sagehen

I think VA is going to be a tough pickup for Romney, OH not so much. Looking at the 2008 results I would bet any state Obama won by ~5% will be toss-ups this time around. If everything remains the same through November, Romney is going to have a tough time but it's definitely do-able.

163 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:09:41am

Tentative deal reached allowing Chen into U.S.
[Link: www.cbsnews.com...]

BEIJING - The U.S. and China forged the outlines of a deal Friday to end a diplomatic standoff over legal activist Chen Guangcheng, with Beijing saying he may apply to go abroad for study and Washington saying he has been offered an American fellowship.

After three days of fraught, behind-the-scenes and emotional calls by Chen from a guarded hospital room, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said progress had been made in granting the activist's wish to take his family abroad.

164 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:11:37am

re: #162 RogueOne

I think VA is going to be a tough pickup for Romney, OH not so much. Looking at the 2008 results I would bet any state Obama won by ~5% will be toss-ups this time around. If everything remains the same through November, Romney is going to have a tough time but it's definitely do-able.

Wish I had the optimism of the Intrade bettors (60-40). Right now it looks so close to 50-50 that guessing is meaningless.

165 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:15:01am

re: #164 Decatur Deb

My theory is based on the idea that Obama won't do quite as well and Romney won't do as bad (as McCain) as they did in '08. I think those assertions are pretty safe bets. How much of a swing that is is really just a big guess but if it's only a 2% swing it puts a lot of states back in play. Not enough for Romney to win, but enough to make it real close.

166 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:17:58am

Why do I always forget how much the Violent Femmes rule?

Youtube Video
Youtube Video
167 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:19:58am

re: #166 Obdicut

I keep a lot of their stuff on my phone. I wanted:

Youtube Video

to be our first dance at our wedding but my spouse nixed it pretty quick. (She has massive hands and even bigger feet)

168 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:20:17am

re: #164 Decatur Deb

Wish I had the optimism of the Intrade bettors (60-40). Right now it looks so close to 50-50 that guessing is meaningless.

As a thought on that idea, there is an interesting piece on NPR that suggests that people's approval of Obama is higher than it seems: [Link: www.npr.org...]

After examining presidencies going back to Dwight Eisenhower, and figuring out both the expected and actual voter-approval ratings for those White House occupants, Sides concluded that Obama is actually outperforming the favorability rating history would predict.

Honestly, I'm more worried about the future of my state right now and Obama can do little to prevent Scooter from destroying even more jobs and schools.

169 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:21:36am

re: #165 RogueOne

My theory is based on the idea that Obama won't do quite as well and Romney won't do as bad (as McCain) as they did in '08. I think those assertions are pretty safe bets. How much of a swing that is is really just a big guess but if it's only a 2% swing it puts a lot of states back in play. Not enough for Romney to win, but enough to make it real close.

I'm going to work and donate as though we are losing. Both candidates and their staffs seem too professional for the insane gaffes that the primary opponents showed. In the end it might be decided by the cost of Halloween candy.

170 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:21:52am

re: #166 Obdicut

Why do I always forget how much the Violent Femmes rule?

[Embedded content]

I can still remember the one decent AM station in Eau Claire when I was growing up. Heard "Blister in the Sun" on that one morning and was shocked something that good could come from Milwaukee.

171 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:23:11am

re: #169 Decatur Deb

I'm also under the impression that the repubs are going to take the senate and keep the house. That means that while I'm not "rooting" for Obama to win, I am hoping he does.

172 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:24:39am

re: #168 William Barnett-Lewis

As a thought on that idea, there is an interesting piece on NPR that suggests that people's approval of Obama is higher than it seems: [Link: www.npr.org...]

Honestly, I'm more worried about the future of my state right now and Obama can do little to prevent Scooter from destroying even more jobs and schools.

Don't know the NPR (Sides) piece. Nate Silver published a similar article a couple days ago. (So similar it might have been a collaboration.)

173 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:25:09am

re: #115 ggt

Won't matter, Feline Overlord will see me no matter where I hide.

Too funny, yes this is my cat. They offer a shower curtain. How would you like to see this in the morning when you walk into the bathroom???

ROTFLAMO. way overpriced.

How about picture of cat curled up sleeping on a rung and labeled:
BAN FELINE LAND MINES

:)

BTW, Feline Overlord here scheduled for vet visit in 1/2 hour. What he doesn't know...

174 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:30:04am

re: #172 Decatur Deb

Ahh.. The Sides piece was published in Silver's NYT blog.

175 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:30:11am

Rough day in Chicago:

10 shot since noon Thursday
[Link: www.chicagotribune.com...]

Ten people were shot Thursday afternoon and night and another person was cut by shattering glass as he fled gunfire, police said.

Two of the shooting victims died - they were killed on the 9000 block of South Racine Avenue about 5:05 p.m., police said.

A 19-year-old man was shot by someone who approached him on a bicycle about 10:57 p.m. in the 100 block of West 103rd Place, police said. He was shot in the leg and is in good condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said.

Five people were shot on the 6300 block of South Wolcott Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood about 10:45 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

Two 16-year-old girls were among the five shot. One is in serious condition at Mount Sinai Hospital – she was shot in the thigh and groin area. The other teen suffered a graze wound to her arm. A 19-year-old man was shot in the back and is in serious condition at Stroger Hospital. Two 21-year-old men are in good condition at St. Bernard Hospital – one was shot in the finger and the other was shot in the leg.

176 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:33:36am

BIAB. Time to get dude to school.

177 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:34:30am

re: #174 Decatur Deb

Ahh.. The Sides piece was published in Silver's NYT blog.

Can you post a link to it? Thx.

178 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:35:28am

re: #177 William Barnett-Lewis

Can you post a link to it? Thx.

'Tis

[Link: fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com...]

179 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:35:53am

Morning.

180 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:36:15am

Rep. Zach Wyatt (R) on HB2051

Youtube Video
181 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:45:38am

Off to move some tomatoes and beans around. BBL

182 Daniel Ballard  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:53:27am

Good morning from SoCal. Way upthread we were talking movies. I found this at Wired, good interview with James Cameron about "5d". Interesting stuff.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

183 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 6:54:15am

HuffPo version of the jobs report:

Unemployment Rate Falls To 8.1 Percent As People Give Up On Looking For Work
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

While the U.S. unemployment rate in April was the lowest it's been in more than three years, the unemployed may simply be falling off the government's radar.

Unemployment fell to 8.1 percent in April, the lowest since January 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday morning. But the decline was mainly due to 342,000 people leaving the labor force, meaning the BLS had stopped counting them as unemployed. The number of employed people in the nation actually fell by 169,000.

The labor-force participation rate -- the percentage of the work-age population either working or looking for work -- dropped to 63.6 percent, the lowest since December 1981.

paired with this from CNN:

The 86 million invisible unemployed
[Link: money.cnn.com...]

184 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:10:11am

The headline is slightly misleading:

Colorado Bear Killed After Falling From Tree
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

BOULDER, Colo. — Authorities say a bear tranquilized on a Colorado campus last week and widely viewed in photos as it fell from a tree has been killed by a car.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say the black bear was struck on U.S. 36 around dawn Thursday.

Spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill tells the Boulder Daily Camera that officials positively identified the animal as the bear that caused the stir by an ear tag placed on him after the brush with authorities at the University of Colorado.

Images of the 280-pound bear, its arms and legs akimbo as it fell April 26, were widely viewed in newspapers and online.

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185 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:19:06am

Anyone who actively seeks out the endorsement of Joe Arpaio should have this happen to them:

GOP candidate loses backing over Obama birth claims
[Link: content.usatoday.com...]

A congressional candidate who cast doubts about President Obama's birth certificate has lost the support of the major newspaper in his district.

The Charlotte Observer has rescinded its endorsement of Republican Jim Pendergraph, a leading candidate seeking to replace retiring Rep. Sue Myrick , R-N.C.

Pendergraph, a former Mecklenburg County sheriff, fell out of favor with the newspaper when he sided with Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has investigated the authenticity of Obama's birth certificate.

"I have reason to be suspicious," Pendergraph told the Charlotte newspaper, a few days after he was endorsed by Arpaio. "But I don't know. I haven't seen the facts. I think there's a lot of smoke and generally when there's smoke there's got to be fire somewhere."

186 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:21:50am

Yeah.

187 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:23:05am

Copy that.

188 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:23:11am

NYPD officers refusing to identify themselves.

[Link: gothamist.com...]

189 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:23:44am

re: #188 Obdicut

NYPD officers refusing to identify themselves.

[Link: gothamist.com...]

Heroes!

//

190 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:24:45am

re: #187 Gus

Just silly. OK, that can be newsworthy in itself, but castigating those choose not to make it frontpage? Beh.

191 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:25:42am

re: #190 May Day! May Day!

Just silly. OK, that can be newsworthy in itself, but castigating those choose not to make it frontpage? Beh.

Barely. Just one paper? Seriously? What are all papers required to report in the same manner? Sorry but that sounds like the requirements of a cult.

192 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:25:56am

re: #190 May Day! May Day!

How come I can never follow what you and Gus are talking about?

193 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:26:21am

re: #191 Gus

Barely. Just one paper? Seriously? What are all papers required to report in the same manner? Sorry but that sounds like the requirements of a cult.

Make that Communist China.

194 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:26:34am

re: #188 Obdicut

[UPDATE] Deputy Commissioner Browne emails us to say that the woman, Kathryn Robinson, was charged with criminal possession of stolen property and petit larceny. We're attempting to contact Robinson to get her take on the arrest.

Didn't realize larceny laws were classified by height. She is kind of tiny though.

195 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:26:52am

re: #192 Obdicut

How come I can never follow what you and Gus are talking about?

That's because we're both foreigners.

//

196 lawhawk  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:27:06am

Wanna buy the coolest boat on the block? It's going cheap, but you'll never be able to actually use it because the government's asking you to scrap it.

. "Our only disposition option is dismantling and recycling."

Which means if you submit the highest bid, you won't be taking the 118-foot-long, 499-ton Sea Shadow for a three-hour tour with Gilligan and the Skipper.

"The ex-Sea Shadow shall be disposed of by completely dismantling and scrapping within the U.S.A. Dismantling is defined as reducing the property such as it has no value except for its basic material content," read the conditions on the GSA auction site.

That seems to have dampened the interest of evil madmen bent on world domination. (The Sea Shadow is said to be the inspiration for the villain's vessel in the 1997 James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies.")

The GSA website reports only 10 bidders so far, with the top bid at $139,100. Bidding started at $10,000.

197 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:28:19am

re: #195 Gus

That's because we're both foreigners.

//

and commies. NTTAWWT.

198 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:30:16am

re: #192 Obdicut

How come I can never follow what you and Gus are talking about?

This.

199 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:31:49am

re: #198 Gus

Oh, just Clumsy dropping another bot-turd.

200 Sheila Broflovski  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:33:04am

re: #199 Obdicut

Oh, just Clumsy dropping another bot-turd.

I used to actually read the Camera site but stopped after they started spamming everywhere.

201 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:34:17am

Dramatic Mouse!

202 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:34:17am

re: #200 Learned Mother of Zion

Yeah, often the articles are unobjectionable, but the method of delivery is just arrogant and annoying.

203 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:34:48am

re: #201 Gus

Very angry mouse

204 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:37:43am

re: #202 Obdicut

Yeah, often the articles are unobjectionable, but the method of delivery is just arrogant and annoying.

I did it because of the spam and because singling out the Washington Post here on what's probably either an oversight is ridiculous. I mean seriously. Trying to micro-manage these papers like this is a bit obsessive. The Washington Post has a real mix of writers.

205 sagehen  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:38:26am

re: #196 lawhawk

Wanna buy the coolest boat on the block? It's going cheap, but you'll never be able to actually use it because the government's asking you to scrap it.

Why don't they just dismantle it themselves? Call it training, or punishment, or physical conditioning...

206 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:39:42am

re: #204 Gus

I was wondering how someone could have posted 1400 pages but zero comments. Now I know.

207 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:40:12am

This is actually kind of awesome. One of my browser tabs is playing Tom Waits and I can't figure out which one it is.

208 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:41:38am

re: #204 Gus

What would happen if somebody of the same stature was covered acc. to their demanded standards but with a politically different message? Would they post a condemnation instead?

In any case, acc. to a recent story they posted from a purported Syrian-American life under Assad has been fine. They really should stick to one line on that.

209 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:44:49am

Good morning lizards!

Philly went down again to the powerful NJ Devils last night. It took another overtime to win which makes it more exciting to watch.

210 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:46:48am

Oh brother:

Who's funding Vets for a Strong America, and how does it spend its money? There's no way to know. The group is registered as a 501(c)4—a "social welfare" group that can engage in political activities without disclosing its donors.
-- Adam Weinstein

211 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:52:44am

I see 5 featured pages from the same poster.

212 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:55:02am

re: #210 Gus

Oh brother:

Who's funding Vets for a Strong America, and how does it spend its money? There's no way to know. The group is registered as a 501(c)4—a "social welfare" group that can engage in political activities without disclosing its donors.
-- Adam Weinstein

I put his Linkedin on your page.

[Link: www.linkedin.com...]

213 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:55:38am

re: #212 Decatur Deb

I put his Linkedin on your page.

[Link: www.linkedin.com...]

Saw that. Thanks. Another Rovian scum bucket.

214 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 4, 2012 7:57:41am

Ugh...

Man makes anti-Semitic announcement on Belgian train

Distasteful prank – Belgian train passengers were surprised on Thursday when the loudspeaker system suddenly announced: "Welcome to the train to Auschwitz. All Jews are asked to get off in Buchenwald."

Belgium's national railway company later condemned the announcement, which was heard at 4:51 pm on a train traveling from Brussels to Namur.

215 Interesting Times  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:02:14am

[Link: romney140.tumblr.com...]

216 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:03:30am

Back from the vet visit.

Feline Overlord is doing better. Glaucoma-like condition in the right eye is clearing up. Blood pressure and eye pressure back down to normal. So we're dialing back the meds a bit and he gets another check-up next week.

Have to see how long it takes for the blood to clear out of the pupil now.

217 sattv4u2  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:08:56am

re: #216 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Always tough when our pets have a medical issue

Hope all turns out well

218 The Left  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:11:26am

re: #215 Interesting Times

[Embedded content] [Link: romney140.tumblr.com...]

Awesome.

219 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:12:05am

Dazed and confused? Rep. Pete Stark’s confounding gaffe on Solyndra: no, it’s not a car maker

CA East Bay Rep. Fortney “Pete” Stark, 80, identified Fremont-based Solyndra — perhaps the nation’s most notorious solar energy firm and a lightening rod in the 2012 election — as a car manufacturer in his editorial board meeting this week with the San Francisco Chronicle.

...Asked about his views on new policies regarding Silicon Valley and high tech, including Solyndra, the Congressman said: “I wish I had enough expense allowance to get one of those new “S’s” that Solyndra’s going to make down there, the electric car..my 10 year old (son) is after me. He no longer wants a Porsche. He wants dad to have an “S” sedan,’ Stark said. “They sound wild. They run $60,000-$90,000.”

Heh.

220 iossarian  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:18:10am

re: #219 NJDhockeyfan

Dazed and confused? Rep. Pete Stark’s confounding gaffe on Solyndra: no, it’s not a car maker

Heh.

Cost to society of confusing Solyndra with Tesla - minimal.

Cost to society of confusing Iraq with a country that possesses weapons of mass destruction: several trillion dollars.

221 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:21:28am
222 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:22:12am

Oh look. Something about a Nike pro-surf contest made it to the top of the featured pages already.

223 Obdicut  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:23:07am

re: #222 Gus

... and?

224 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:23:33am

re: #223 Obdicut

... and?

And? What do you think? I'm bitching.

225 wrenchwench  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:30:07am

re: #208 Ser Day! Ser Day!

I left you a belated and inadequate response on a dead Page. Don't know whether you saw it...

226 dragonfire1981  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:34:29am

re: #221 Gus

[Embedded content]

From the Billboard FAQ on Heartland's site:

2. Why did Heartland choose to feature these people on its billboards?

Because what these murderers and madmen have said differs very little from what spokespersons for the United Nations, journalists for the “mainstream” media, and liberal politicians say about global warming. They are so similar, in fact, that a Web site has a quiz that asks if you can tell the difference between what Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, wrote in his “Manifesto” and what Al Gore wrote in his book, Earth in the Balance.

The point is that believing in global warming is not “mainstream,” smart, or sophisticated. In fact, it is just the opposite of those things. Still believing in man-made global warming – after all the scientific discoveries and revelations that point against this theory – is more than a little nutty. In fact, some really crazy people use it to justify immoral and frightening behavior.

Of course, not all global warming alarmists are murderers or tyrants. But the Climategate scandal and the more recent Fakegate scandal revealed that the leaders of the global warming movement are willing to break the law and the rules of ethics to shut down scientific debate and implement their left-wing agendas.

Scientific, political, and public support for the theory of man-made global warming is collapsing. Most scientists and 60 percent of the general public (in the U.S.) do not believe man-made global warming is a problem. (Keep reading for proof of these statements.) The people who still believe in man-made global warming are mostly on the radical fringe of society. This is why the most prominent advocates of global warming aren’t scientists. They are murderers, tyrants, and madmen.

Wow.

Anyone mind if I do a page on this or has someone beaten me to it already?

227 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:34:57am

re: #224 Gus

And? What do you think? I'm bitching.

"Huh...I hadn't made the connection" -- Mr. Obvious.

Youtube Video
228 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:35:57am

It's almost noon on the East coast. The political day is already at the half way point. Get cracking.

229 Interesting Times  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:37:10am

re: #226 dragonfire1981

Anyone mind if I do a page on this or has someone beaten me to it already?

It was posted on ThinkProgress less than an hour ago, and it doesn't look like anyone's paged it. Go ahead. I like this comment someone left at the original page:

Joseph Stalin believed in gravity. Do you?

230 The Left  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:38:00am

re: #228 Gus

It's almost noon on the East coast. The political day is already at the half way point. Get cracking.

It's practically dinner time here already. I hate the time difference when it comes to LGF, we miss all the fun night time hours.

Not that you morning people aren't cool... //

231 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:38:34am

re: #228 Gus

How about non-political but relevant...

Video of Seau's grieving mother is agonizing, but we all need to see it
[Link: www.cbssports.com...]

Junior Seau is gone, but his mother is here and heartbroken. There is video of her torment after her son's suicide, and it is devastating to watch -- but please do. Here it is.

As the short video unfolds, Luisa Seau cries and rambles and repeats herself and screams at her dead son and at her living God. She thanks the strangers who have congregated outside Junior Seau's home, where police say he shot himself in the chest Wednesday. Her hands flail in the air, at her chest, at nobody. She is facing the sort of thing a parent should never face, the death of a child, and she is facing it without the least of answers. This wasn't a murder or a car collision or an accidental fall.

Junior Seau did this on purpose. Her son. Killed himself. On purpose.

With a single pull of a trigger, 43-year-old Junior Seau ended his own personal battle -- and started one for those who loved him.

Did you see Luisa Seau's reaction to the news? Have you seen the video? Here it is. Watch it. Have your kids watch it. Have your kids' friends watch it. Let them see what suicide does to the living.

232 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:40:10am

More gruesome news coming out of Syria...

Inside Syria's crackdown: 'I found my boys burning in the street'

Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International's senior crisis adviser, was in Syria for 10 days during the second half of April. Rovera has worked at Amnesty International for 20 years and has extensive experience of working in conflict zones, including Libya, South Sudan, Ivory Coast and Gaza. Here she reports some of the first-hand accounts of the brutal crackdown by the Syrian regime against its people.

"Soldiers came to our home and took my son. Later, as I was peering out of the window I saw soldiers line up eight young men standing facing the wall with their hands tied at the back and shoot them. Then they put the bodies in the back of a pick-up truck and left. I don't know if the men were all dead or injured. At that point I did not know that one of the men was my son. His body was found with other bodies at a school not too far from our home."

A relative of another man, who was also killed that day told me: "Members of the military security came to the house of our relatives, where we were staying and asked for our ID and did not find any problem; we were not wanted. Then one of the soldiers looked at my relative's cell phone and found a pro-revolution song. They took him outside … A neighbour told me the soldiers had shot him and then taken him to a nearby house; I went there and found him injured. He had been shot in the ear and neck but was still breathing. Some neighbours helped to carry him to the car and three of them took him to a field hospital (normal hospitals have long been out of bounds to people injured by the army/security forces) but on the way there they were stopped by soldiers and were killed. Their bodies were later found at a school, except the body of my relative who had been taken back to the house where he had previously been left for dead. They had finished him off with an additional shot to the head."

The horror stories coming out of there are hard to believe.

233 Interesting Times  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:40:39am

re: #226 dragonfire1981

You should also point out on your Page that the US military accepts the scientific consensus on Climate Change. Therefore, the subhuman, filthy little Oil/Tobacco shillls at Heartland are comparing American men and women in uniform to the very mass murderers and terrorists who killed/injured their brethren.

234 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:44:17am

re: #230 Millicent Islam

It's practically dinner time here already. I hate the time difference when it comes to LGF, we miss all the fun night time hours.

Not that you morning people aren't cool... //

Morning! Yeah, I need more coffee. Drones!

235 lawhawk  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:45:50am

re: #228 Gus

Rutgers University is being considered for a merger/reorganization by Gov. Christie, but the school's problems are more basic. Students have to pay $1,000 in mandatory fees to prop up the athletic program - more than any other school and once again highlights whether schools should be focusing on athletics at a time when costs are sapping academics.

236 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:46:00am

OK. I can stop whining now. ;)

237 darthstar  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:47:27am

Mornin' all. Happy Friday. Going to stay home with the dogs, take them to the beach, and paint a couple of rooms...should be good fun.

238 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:47:31am

re: #235 lawhawk

Rutgers University is being considered for a merger/reorganization by Gov. Christie, but the school's problems are more basic. Students have to pay $1,000 in mandatory fees to prop up the athletic program - more than any other school and once again highlights whether schools should be focusing on athletics at a time when costs are sapping academics.

College athletics is used to perpetuate a military sub-culture. More or less. But that plays a strong part in the emphasis by of athletics in education by the government. They want strong soldiers and officers.

239 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:47:52am

re: #238 Gus

College athletics is used to perpetuate a military sub-culture. More or less. But that plays a strong part in the emphasis by of athletics in education by the government. They want strong soldiers and officers.

And of course... It makes a few people in the colleges very wealthy.

240 The Left  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:48:21am

re: #237 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)

Mornin' all. Happy Friday. Going to stay home with the dogs, take them to the beach, and paint a couple of rooms...should be good fun.

What colours are you painting them? Jimmah and I will be repainting soon...

241 lawhawk  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:50:30am

re: #238 Gus

Rutgers is an odd case. It had a middling athletic program until Greg Schiano came in and turned around the football program. They did well for a few years - they spent tons on the football program, built/expanded the stadium, and then had a single down year where the team sucked, and the revenues dropped. The team rebounded, but now Schiano's coaching in the NFL.

No idea if the team will be good going forward, but the costs are going to be borne by students who can ill-afford the costs at the state school regardless.

Schiano and the rest of the folks who set the school on this trajectory aren't there to be held accountable.

242 darthstar  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:51:40am

re: #240 Millicent Islam

What colours are you painting them? Jimmah and I will be repainting soon...

Primer White. One room is pinkish (was a girl's bedroom) and the other is blue (was a boy's bedroom) from when we bought the house...last year. Finally at a point where we're ready to start decorating it to our tastes...wanted to settle in first before starting projects and get used to it. So I'm putting a base coat on the two smaller bedrooms which will make it easier for my wife to pick colors as she'll hate the stark white look.

243 sattv4u2  Fri, May 4, 2012 8:54:24am

re: #241 lawhawk

Schiano and the rest of the folks who set the school on this trajectory aren't there to be held accountable.
Those that set the school on that trajectory aren't the football coach/ athletic director(s)

They are the board of regents, the president/ chancellor/ dean(s) of the universitys. They bring IN the (high profile) football coaches to get then to that level, but the decision isn't made at the coaching level

244 Simply Sarah  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:00:35am

re: #235 lawhawk

Rutgers University is being considered for a merger/reorganization by Gov. Christie, but the school's problems are more basic. Students have to pay $1,000 in mandatory fees to prop up the athletic program - more than any other school and once again highlights whether schools should be focusing on athletics at a time when costs are sapping academics.

I thought the whole excuse for why schools invested so much time, energy, and money in their athletics programs was that they were supposed to revenue generators (Or, at least, the big ones like football/basketball)? If students are being forced to pay large fees to keep the football program afloat, that flies in the face of that entire line of reasoning.

245 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:02:14am

re: #235 lawhawk

Rutgers University is being considered for a merger/reorganization by Gov. Christie, but the school's problems are more basic. Students have to pay $1,000 in mandatory fees to prop up the athletic program - more than any other school and once again highlights whether schools should be focusing on athletics at a time when costs are sapping academics.

Is that over the four years, or per year?

That's nearly a quarter of what my school charges for tuition for the entire year.

246 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:03:30am

re: #242 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)

My spouse and SiL are leaving next week to visit their folks for almost 10 days. I'm going to redo the kitchen while they're gone. We've been making plans (the wife has already picked the colors) but I'm going to surprise her and do it while I have time. What she doesn't know is I'm going to tear out part of a load bearing wall and install a bar between the kitchen and dining room. Plus, I have a new dishwasher and stove stashed at the shop just waiting to be put in. I'm going for serious brownie points here.

247 sattv4u2  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:03:32am

re: #244 Simply Sarah

I thought the whole excuse for why schools invested so much time, energy, and money in their athletics programs was that they were supposed to revenue generators (Or, at least, the big ones like football/basketball)? If students are being forced to pay large fees to keep the football program afloat, that flies in the face of that entire line of reasoning.

They're revenue producers until they're not!

Rutgers was never one that was, but they decided to give Division 1 football a try and brought in Schiano (et al) to try to get them there. As LawHawk stated, a down year brought down attendance/ revenue/ TV money. Someplace like Duke, a perennial basketball powerhouse can withstand "A" down year. The networks will still schedule them as a drawer and their attendance won't dwindle

248 The Left  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:04:14am

re: #246 RogueOne

My spouse and SiL are leaving next week to visit their folks for almost 10 days. I'm going to redo the kitchen while they're gone. We've been making plans (the wife has already picked the colors) but I'm going to surprise her and do it while I have time. What she doesn't know is I'm going to tear out part of a load bearing wall and install a bar between the kitchen and dining room. Plus, I have a new dishwasher and stove stashed at the shop just waiting to be put in. I'm going for serious brownie points here.

Whoa! what a good hubby!

249 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:05:41am

re: #246 RogueOne

My spouse and SiL are leaving next week to visit their folks for almost 10 days. I'm going to redo the kitchen while they're gone. We've been making plans (the wife has already picked the colors) but I'm going to surprise her and do it while I have time. What she doesn't know is I'm going to tear out part of a load bearing wall and install a bar between the kitchen and dining room. Plus, I have a new dishwasher and stove stashed at the shop just waiting to be put in. I'm going for serious brownie points here.

You're going to tear out a load bearing wall? Is that a good idea?

When my mother tore out a wall, she made sure it wasn't load bearing, first.

250 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:06:32am

re: #248 Millicent Islam

I need easy points where I can get 'em! In one week I can gather enough positive points that I'll still be in the plus column no matter how much of a pain in the ass I am the rest of the year. "Proper Planning" and all that.

251 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:08:03am

Zoo keeper licks constipated monkey's bum for an HOUR to dislodge peanut

A zoo keeper went above and beyond the call of duty after licking a constipated monkey's bum for an hour.

Zhang Bangsheng stepped up for the gruesome task when the cute Francois' leaf monkey ate a peanut which was too big to pass through its digestive system.

As three-month-old animal was too small for medication, the 50-year-old keeper, who works at Wuhan Zoo in China, set to work.

He first washed the monkey's bum, then he licked it with his tongue for 60 minutes.

After an hour had passed, the monkey finally passed the peanut through its pooper.

Zhang said he "laughed with satisfaction" when the nut finally materialised.

I don't know, maybe it's just me but I think a soft wet cloth would have done the trick.

252 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:08:29am

re: #249 Mostly sane, most of the time.

You're going to tear out a load bearing wall? Is that a good idea?

When my mother tore out a wall, she made sure it wasn't load bearing, first.

I'll have to add a few columns and a beam to shore everything up which I already have ready. That's partly why I'm keeping it a surprise, cutting big holes in the floors and walls would just make her nervous.

I'm also planning on going all Tim Allen with the new stove. I have a friend forming me a new top and I'm going to add a couple new burners to it. Better she not know.

253 dragonfire1981  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:09:21am

Got the page up:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Looks like Elizajane beat me to it though while I was working on formatting mine.

254 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:11:39am

re: #253 dragonfire1981

Got the page up:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Looks like Elizajane beat me to it though while I was working on formatting mine.

Yours has more cow bell. ;)

255 Shropshire_Slasher  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:11:54am

re: #246 RogueOne

I will bring my hammer
YAY!

256 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:12:00am

re: #252 RogueOne

I'll have to add a few columns and a beam to shore everything up which I already have ready. That's partly why I'm keeping it a surprise, cutting big holes in the floors and walls would just make her nervous.

I'm also planning on going all Tim Allen with the new stove. I have a friend forming me a new top and I'm going to add a couple new burners to it. Better she not know.

I used a piece of LVL to support a load bearing wall one time. That worked great and looked good.

257 wrenchwench  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:12:05am

re: #253 dragonfire1981

Got the page up:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Looks like Elizajane beat me to it though while I was working on formatting mine.

We should have fast-Paging contests. Oh, wait. Maybe we just did.

258 dragonfire1981  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:12:35am

re: #254 Gus

Yours has more cow bell. ;)

Coming from someone who I consider to be the King of all Pages, that's high praise.

Thanks!

259 HappyWarrior  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:13:44am

re: #253 dragonfire1981

Got the page up:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Looks like Elizajane beat me to it though while I was working on formatting mine.

I commented on both of yours. What a bunch of dicks the HL are.

260 Shropshire_Slasher  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:13:49am

7 P's
Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance

261 dragonath  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:14:28am

re: #244 Simply Sarah

Schiano sure used Rutgers for all it was worth. As a condition of employment, he even persuaded the school to build his residence on what should have been protected wetlands.

262 dragonfire1981  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:15:28am

re: #257 wrenchwench

We should have fast-Paging contests. Oh, wait. Maybe we just did.

Since everyone pages independently, it's more like two reporters at different newspapers doing the same story.

263 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:15:39am

Heartland Institute shows to be the trash that they really are and have always been. Low life scum.

264 lawhawk  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:15:56am

re: #245 Mostly sane, most of the time.

It's per year.

265 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:17:01am

re: #256 NJDhockeyfan

I had a 10' section of a 10" I-beam left over and plenty of pipe to fabricate the columns. I'm only taking out about 8' and my stuff is all bolt together so I don't even need help getting it in. If all goes well I would expect to be able to get it finished and ready to paint in just a couple of days.

266 Decatur Deb  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:18:01am

re: #265 RogueOne

I had a 10' section of a 10" I-beam left over and plenty of pipe to fabricate the columns. I'm only taking out about 8' and my stuff is all bolt together so I don't even need help getting it in. If all goes well I would expect to be able to get it finished and ready to paint in just a couple of days.

(screenshot)

267 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:18:10am

re: #260 Tommy's cone of shame

7 P's
Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance

I've always heard just 5 P's ....Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance. I say it so often I have my SiL saying it.

268 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:18:35am

re: #266 Decatur Deb

(screenshot)

HA! Now you've gone and jinxed me

269 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:22:16am

Esquire...

In Which Wind-up Willard Romney Charms the 'Base'
By Charles P. Pierce

It seems that they rolled out the Romneybot 2.0 for a meeting with some of the true conservative cognoscenti, intelligentsia, and pudding-fondlers. OK, all things considered, I can see him having to meet with the crew from NRO or even Human Events. But, god help us, this guy? Or this guy? Corndog and Buttmissile from Minnesota? These are the people you have to charm to be the Republican nominee? If this meeting wasn't held in a belfry, I'm going to be the most disappointed guy in town.

Check out the links in the quote... to LGF.

270 Shropshire_Slasher  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:23:09am

I love that positive wholesome feeling right before I undertake a very large project.
Then the shite hits the fan.

271 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:23:42am

Hitler was a coke head?

Medical reports show Adolf Hitler used cocaine, suffered extreme flatulence

Adolf Hitler was apparently a coke head, doped up on 28 medications while suffering from “uncontrollable flatulence.”

It’s a whole other side to the Nazi dictator, whose condition was revealed in medical documents now up for grabs online from Alexander Historical Auctions of Stamford, Conn. Bidding for the papers, which include X-ray copies of Hitler’s skull and sketches of the inside of his nose, ends Tuesday and Wednesday.

The U.S. military commissioned the medical reports provided by Hitler’s personal doctors, said Bill Panagopulos, president of Alexander Autographs.

Among the more surprising notes, he said, was that the “Mein Kampf” madman used powdered cocaine extensively to soothe his sinuses and throat, and was also prone to passing gas.

Hitler was treated with pills containing strychnine, a poison, “which probably explains his stomach pains,” Panagopulos told the Daily News.

Hitler also used chamomile plants as a “cleansing enema,” the reports said.

And when it came to revving up his libido, he was injected with “extracts” from young bull testicles, as noted by Dr. Theodore Morrell.

272 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:24:49am

re: #269 Gus

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

;)

273 Shropshire_Slasher  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:25:15am

re: #271 NJDhockeyfan

I know they used "meth" or something like that.

274 Gus  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:27:49am

Ah yes. The lovely New York Post:

New York Post Columnist Phil Mushnick Asks Why Jay-Z Doesn’t Change Nets Name to “New York Ni**ers”

Apparently, the New York Post’s Phil Mushnick thought it was clever to write, in reference to Jay-Z’s work as part owner of the New York Nets

275 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:29:14am

re: #270 Tommy's cone of shame

I love that positive wholesome feeling right before I undertake a very large project.
Then the shite hits the fan.

You really never know what's going to happen until you start to tear it out. The wall portion I'm taking out is the door section on the old outer wall (they added a big kitchen and bedroom right before I bought the house) so I know how it should look under the drywall but there's no guarantees. I might get lucky and only need some wood columns and header....but probably not.

276 HappyWarrior  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:29:15am

re: #274 Gus

Ah yes. The lovely New York Post:

New York Post Columnist Phil Mushnick Asks Why Jay-Z Doesn’t Change Nets Name to “New York Ni**ers”

What a douche. Maybe the New York Post should change its name to the New York Piece of Crap.

277 dragonfire1981  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:30:55am

re: #274 Gus

Ah yes. The lovely New York Post:

New York Post Columnist Phil Mushnick Asks Why Jay-Z Doesn’t Change Nets Name to “New York Ni**ers”

Here's the full statement:

As long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call their marketing shots — what a shock that he chose black and white as the new team colors to stress, as the Nets explained, their new “urban” home — why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment? Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N——s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B—-hes or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way!

If I was this guys editor, not only would I not allow this stuff to be printed, I'd quickly show him the door and tell him to not bother coming back.

278 Lidane  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:31:00am

Hola Lizards! May the Fourth be with you!

Today is my final day of class and I'm giving my final in-class presentation ever when we get back from lunch. It's a good day. :)

279 dragonfire1981  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:31:18am

You know I think there's a relatively popular baseball team in New York that wears black and white uniforms...

280 lawhawk  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:34:18am

re: #278 Lidane

May the odds be ever in your favor. /

281 RogueOne  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:35:25am

I mentioned this yesterday:

Lugar pleads for support as poll gives Mourdock edge
[Link: www.indystar.com...]

A new poll shows Treasurer Richard Mourdock building a commanding lead over Sen. Richard Lugar.

The Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll, conducted by two prominent Republican and Democratic pollsters, shows Mourdock with a 48 percent to 38 percent lead over Lugar.

I heard a Lugar ad against Mourdock earlier today that was so over the top it made me laugh. I don't think that was the response they were hoping to get. They accused him of everything they could get in in 30 seconds except hating babies and killing puppies.

282 NJDhockeyfan  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:36:12am

re: #279 dragonfire1981

You know I think there's a relatively popular baseball team in New York that wears black and white uniforms...

Is that the same team that just lost their closer, possibly for ever?

283 lawhawk  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:36:32am

re: #279 dragonfire1981

One that is reeling from the realization that the greatest closer to ever strap on cleats may be done following tearing his ACL last night before the game.

284 HappyWarrior  Fri, May 4, 2012 9:40:02am

re: #283 lawhawk

One that is reeling from the realization that the greatest closer to ever strap on cleats may be done following tearing his ACL last night before the game.

I heard about that that. It sucks. I hate and let me emphasize hate the New York Yankees but Mariano Rivera is the best closer ever and he's done it while being all business and no silly melodrama. As a former Little League closer, I respect the guy immensely. He's also the last to wear number 42 as MLB retired Jackie Robinson's number league round in 1997 but allowed for people who had it at the time to keep wearing it. What's crazy is his last game may have been pitched against my Orioles and I saw his last live at the old stadium in 2008.

285 sattv4u2  Fri, May 4, 2012 10:44:41am

re: #251 NJDhockeyfan

Zoo keeper licks constipated monkey's bum for an HOUR to dislodge peanut

I don't know, maybe it's just me but I think a soft wet cloth would have done the trick.

Not for the monkey, it wouldn't have!!


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