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1 Cap'n Magic  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:26:31pm

Indeed, a great song. During the time this song was released, I was sliding into a serious depression-this was one of the many songs of the period that got me through it.

2 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:36:09pm

re: #1 Cap’n Magic

Indeed, a great song. During the time this song was released, I was sliding into a serious depression-this was one of the many songs of the period that got me through it.

Depressions suck. Thankfully, there is a lot of music out there that can help temporarily.

3 TooManyJens  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:41:11pm

Thank you for reminding me that I didn’t have a copy of Don’t Dream It’s Over. I’ve remedied the oversight. I remember seeing Crowded House perform it at the WOMAD festival in Chicago in 1993. A thunderstorm was just starting, and the wind was blowing everything around like crazy, and this song was playing. It’s a good memory.

Cap’n Magic, I will always have a soft spot for the movie version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer because it was the only thing that made me smile the entire summer I was 20, when I was in a serious depression of my own. Funny the things that get us through. Glad you’re doing better now.

4 Charles Johnson  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:42:35pm

Another great song from this concert:

5 Political Atheist  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:44:10pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Nice, thanks! Now my vacation is officially ON.
Cold beer at the pool, all good lizards welcome.

6 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:45:50pm

re: #5 Daniel Ballard

Nice, thanks! Now my vacation is officially ON.
Cold beer at the pool, all good lizards welcome.

I’d love to but my teleporter is out for repairs.
Last time it was used it turned my younger brother into a Paulian.

7 Political Atheist  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:46:25pm

re: #6 b_sharp

Damn another case of an unexpected fly in the machine…

8 Charles Johnson  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:48:22pm

And another classic song from that concert:

9 Charles Johnson  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:49:16pm

Neil Finn cannot write a bad song.

10 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:51:01pm

Thanks much for this one, Charles, it’s a long-time ‘like’ of mine.

11 Political Atheist  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:53:08pm

re: #10 Dark_Falcon

Agreed.

How are ya dude? Sales good?

12 TooManyJens  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:54:11pm

Suddenly I am just DYING to have this song as DLC for Rock Band. Damn it.

13 darthstar  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:55:23pm

My wife’s a big fan of the Finn boys. She’s taken me to some Crowded House shows in recent years…always a good time.

14 Decatur Deb  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:56:06pm

Something of an eventful week. Seems to be ending better than it started.

15 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 5:58:10pm

Every time I listen to this song I am forced to think about an old HS friend who introduced me to the band. Sadly, he is rotting in San Quentin for a myriad of very bad offenses I won’t enumerate here.

16 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:00:23pm

Thanks! Good music to have on while reloading. Perhaps a little Dire Straits later on, too.

17 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:07:06pm

Did you guys know the geeks are still downstairs?

They’re talking Linux, of all things.

18 Decatur Deb  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:08:19pm

re: #17 b_sharp

Did you guys know the geeks are still downstairs?

They’re talking Linux, of all things.

Aqui se habla Penguinista.

19 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:08:33pm

re: #11 Daniel Ballard

Agreed.

How are ya dude? Sales good?

Got a sale today that I did not expect till next month. Boosted my commission bracket for a good-sized jump in my pay check.

But like 9 months ago, my success is marred: My sister is ill this evening and had to go to the emergency room. She should be OK, but I’m going to be worried till I know what’s wrong.

20 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:10:56pm

re: #19 Dark_Falcon

Got a sale today that I did not expect till next month. Boosted my commission bracket for a good-sized jump in my pay check.

But like 9 months ago, my success is marred: My sister is ill this evening and had to go to the emergency room. She should be OK, but I’m going to be worried till I know what’s wrong.

I hope she’s OK.

21 Political Atheist  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:11:11pm

re: #19 Dark_Falcon

May she recover quickly and completely. Family is our core.

22 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:13:13pm

re: #16 William Barnett-Lewis

Thanks! Good music to have on while reloading. Perhaps a little Dire Straits later on, too.

There is always time for a little Dire Straits!
:)

23 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:15:53pm

re: #22 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

There is always time for a little Dire Straits!
:)

Agreed:

24 Randall Gross  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:16:53pm

A rarity

25 erik_t  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:19:38pm

re: #17 b_sharp

Did you guys know the geeks are still downstairs?

They’re talking Linux, of all things.

What, too good for us now?!

26 goddamnedfrank  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:20:01pm

Children throwing tantrums:

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, which tracks healthcare issues, 17 states have made no significant progress towards establishing an exchange or rejected the idea. Most of them voted for Republican candidates during the 2008 elections that brought Obama, a Democrat, to power.

Another 18 states are studying their options, leaving only 15 that have taken concrete steps to establish an exchange, Kaiser said.

Some health experts fear that many of the states holding off now will wait until the November elections in the hope Republicans will win control of the White House or Congress and repeal the law.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced on Thursday that he intended to do just that and other Republican governors, including Sam Brownback of Kansas, expressed similar views.

27 Killgore Trout  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:21:03pm

NRO: Why Roberts Was Right
The Tea Party is long over and the wingnuts are waking up to headaches and nausea.
/”It seemed like a good idea at the time”

28 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:21:11pm

re: #22 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

There is always time for a little Dire Straits!
:)

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Oh, yeah, I know that version. I do think that was one of their finest moments. Always loved “Telegraph Road” too.

29 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:21:14pm

re: #23 Dark_Falcon

Agreed:

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And more Dire Straits in honor of the current East Coast weather.

30 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:24:32pm

re: #25 erik_t

What, too good for us now?!

Uhh … oh look, a squirrel.

31 Decatur Deb  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:25:29pm

Not quite Dire Straits, from Local Hero.

The USAF band played this at JFK’s funeral.

32 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:27:20pm

re: #27 Killgore Trout

NRO: Why Roberts Was Right
The Tea Party is long over and the wingnuts are waking up to headaches and nausea.
/”It seemed like a good idea at the time”

Beran is very much in the minority on NRO with that opinion, but that National Review posted it means that NR is still a place where disagreement can be occur without rage being spewed while remaining conservative. Many is the right-of-center site that should take a lesson from that, but few are the sites that will.

33 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:28:34pm

re: #25 erik_t

What, too good for us now?!

Just trying a little irony. Everyone here knows I’m a giant computer geek.

34 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:31:47pm

re: #31 Decatur Deb

Not quite Dire Straits, from Local Hero.

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The USAF band played this at JFK’s funeral.

Always loved the Main Theme from that movie. Going Home.

The movie was a delightful bit of wistfulness with a very bittersweet ending.

35 Stan the Demanded Plan  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:32:34pm

re: #26 goddamnedfrank

Children throwing tantrums:

And CA, we are waaaay ahead as usual.

36 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:34:01pm

re: #31 Decatur Deb

Not quite Dire Straits, from Local Hero.

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The USAF band played this at JFK’s funeral.

My brother has a lot of Knopler’s later solo material. Worth a listen.

And Mark having a lot of fun.


(I love the lyrics mixed with the upbeat and jumpy rhythms.)
37 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:34:58pm

re: #32 Dark_Falcon

Beran is very much in the minority on NRO with that opinion, but that National Review posted it means that NR is still a place where disagreement can be occur without rage being spewed while remaining conservative.

Assuming he doesn’t suddenly find himself “exploring opportunities elsewhere” come Monday.

38 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:35:23pm

re: #33 b_sharp

Just trying a little irony. Everyone here knows I’m a giant computer geek.

Not until you have a VAX or PDP-11 in your garage & have had to get Three-Phase power installed before you can run it… ;)

39 Decatur Deb  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:35:59pm

re: #34 William Barnett-Lewis

Always love the Main Theme from that movie. Going Home.

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The movie was a delightful bit of wistfulness with a very bittersweet ending.

“I’d make a good Gordon, Gordon.”

40 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:36:44pm

re: #36 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

My brother has a lot of Knopler’s later solo material. Worth a listen.

And Mark having a lot of fun.

[Embedded content]


(I love the lyrics mixed with the upbeat and jumpy rhythms.)

Mark’s stint with Chet pushed Mark’s playing quite a distance. My wife has everything Mark has done (as far as I know).

41 erik_t  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:37:19pm

Reformatting when somewhat inebriated: always a brilliant decision.

42 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:39:02pm

re: #38 William Barnett-Lewis

Not until you have a VAX or PDP-11 in your garage & have had to get Three-Phase power installed before you can run it… ;)

I learned several languages on a VAX, and beginning Assembler on a PDP-11, but I don’t have a garage.

Or the opportunity to buy old mainframes/minis.

43 Stan the Demanded Plan  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:39:40pm

re: #41 erik_t

Reformatting when somewhat inebriated: always a brilliant decision.

Hey I just watched the vid of sister Sarah stroking out on Greta yesterday. We all make bad decisions.

44 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:39:55pm

re: #41 erik_t

Reformatting when somewhat inebriated: always a brilliant decision.

Sounds like there’s a story there.

45 erik_t  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:40:40pm

re: #44 b_sharp

Sounds like there’s a story there.

Continuation thereof. Let’s see where we end up!

(yes I made backups, as I am not turboderp)

46 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:41:02pm

re: #37 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire

Assuming he doesn’t suddenly find himself “exploring opportunities elsewhere” come Monday.

That won’t happen. A disagreement about judicial discretion that remains within the “zone of decency” won’t get you fired from NR.

47 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:41:48pm

re: #39 Decatur Deb

“I’d make a good Gordon, Gordon.”

Damn. I need to rent that again. Exquisite movie.

48 Decatur Deb  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:41:56pm

re: #46 Dark_Falcon

That won’t happen. A disagreement about judicial discretion that remains within the “zone of decency” won’t get you fired from NR.

The comments were almost universally condemning, though mostly well-spelled.

49 Decatur Deb  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:42:23pm

re: #47 William Barnett-Lewis

Damn. I need to rent that again. Exquisite movie.

Everyone in the family has a copy.

50 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:49:43pm

How is the evening going all?

51 Decatur Deb  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:50:21pm

re: #50 ggt

How is the evening going all?

Hideously mellow.

52 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:50:43pm

re: #50 ggt

How is the evening going all?

Big fight going on.

53 Kragar  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:51:16pm

Its almost 7 and my delivery still has not arrived. I can’t say I’m happy about that.

54 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:51:30pm

re: #51 Decatur Deb

Hideously mellow.

Shhh.

55 Decatur Deb  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:52:29pm

re: #52 b_sharp

Big fight going on.

“Is Local Hero a great movie?”
vs.
“Is Local Hero the greatest movie?”

56 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:52:41pm

I’m really pissed because I have nothing to get pissed about.

57 Kragar  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:52:52pm
58 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:53:11pm

re: #51 Decatur Deb

Hideously mellow.

Good Me too! I had a terribly high anxiety week and really need to chillax.

re: #52 b_sharp

Big fight going on.

do I want to know?

re: #53 Kragar

Its almost 7 and my delivery still has not arrived. I can’t say I’m happy about that.

What does the doctor say?

59 Targetpractice  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:53:33pm

re: #50 ggt

How is the evening going all?

Hot and humid.

Thank God global warming isn’t happening, I’d hate to think of what it’d be like there.///

60 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:54:23pm

re: #50 ggt

How is the evening going all?

Miserable with the sinus infection, but otherwise not so bad. Listening to Dire Straits eating biscuits with tea while the Feline Overlords sleeps off some yummy cooked chicken breast.

61 jaunte  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:54:29pm

re: #55 Decatur Deb

“Is Local Hero a great movie?”
vs.
“Is Local Hero the greatest movie?”

“Whose baby is that?”

62 Kragar  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:55:06pm

re: #56 b_sharp

I’m really pissed because I have nothing to get pissed about.

“I think all right thtinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary, decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not! And I’m sick and tired of being told that I am.”

63 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:55:50pm

re: #59 Targetpractice

Hot and humid.

Thank God global warming isn’t happening, I’d hate to think of what it’d be like there.///

We had a really nasty, yet very sort, storm here today. I was driving when it started and thunder clapped so loud I actually jumped in the seat. I NEVER DO that.

Been doing my Neti Pot regularly since all this weather started. I don’t want a sinus infection.

64 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:56:26pm

re: #60 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Miserable with the sinus infection, but otherwise not so bad. Listening to Dire Straits eating biscuits with tea while the Feline Overlords sleeps off some yummy cooked chicken breast.

Feel better soon! Did you get some cooked chicken breast too or do you just get biscuits?

65 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:57:06pm

re: #62 Kragar

“I think all right thtinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary, decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not! And I’m sick and tired of being told that I am.”

Frankly, I’d annex the Sudetenland.

66 Decatur Deb  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:57:20pm

re: #61 jaunte

“Whose baby is that?”

“You know I’m a cash man, Gordon.”

67 goddamnedfrank  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:57:44pm
68 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:58:01pm

re: #64 ggt

Feel better soon! Did you get some cooked chicken breast too or do you just get biscuits?

Cook got some of the chicken as well. As some has been saved in the fridge for later. Plus a few biscuits for tomorrow morning as well.

69 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:59:08pm

re: #68 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Cook got some of the chicken as well. As some has been saved in the fridge for later. Plus a few biscuits for tomorrow morning as well.

It just seems a bit backwards —usually the Feline Overlord prefers the biscuits and leaves the cooked chicken scraps for the human.

LOL

70 Targetpractice  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 6:59:51pm

But yeah, other than the “joy” of roasting in my own juices, it’s a pretty good Friday. Doing all the mental gymnastics to figure out which physical ones I’m gonna need to do tomorrow to prepare for my vacation. I’ve reached the point where I can no longer put off the 12 hr car trip to visit my grandmother. After all these years, I now understand why my father used to dread such trips.

71 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:01:03pm

re: #70 Targetpractice

But yeah, other than the “joy” of roasting in my own juices, it’s a pretty good Friday. Doing all the mental gymnastics to figure out which physical ones I’m gonna need to do tomorrow to prepare for my vacation. I’ve reached the point where I can no longer put off the 12 hr car trip to visit my grandmother. After all these years, I now understand why my father used to dread such trips.

UGH! Forced Family Fun —driving to it as well!!!

(((Targetpractice))))

72 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:01:42pm

re: #69 ggt

It just seems a bit backwards —usually the Feline Overlord prefers the biscuits and leaves the cooked chicken scraps for the human.

LOL

He insisted on and got some biscuit too. He likes them, but poultry is slighter preferred.

73 Targetpractice  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:03:02pm

re: #71 ggt

UGH! Forced Family Fun —driving to it as well!!!

(((Targetpractice)))

Thanks. I don’t dread visiting the family, just the drive. Oh, and the fact that it’s the technological boonies, where cable internet and wireless are still those “new-fangled” devices that are as rare as hen’s teeth.

74 PhillyPretzel  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:03:17pm

re: #72 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

I hope you feel better soon. Sinus problems are not fun especially in the summer.

75 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:03:54pm

Brat Puppy really needs to have his slippers removed. It is too hot to have all that fuzz on his feet and in between his pads —not to mention the dirt they carry in them!!!

I managed to get one mostly trimmed the other day and he was protesting so loudly, I stopped. Tonite, hubby and I together tried to finish the other 3 and it was no use. I’ll have to take him to the groomer.

I just can’t do it.

The other two, of course, just lay down and let me groom to my heart’s content —clippers, sissors, Dremel —whatever.

76 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:07:14pm

re: #74 PhillyPretzel

I hope you feel better soon. Sinus problems are not fun especially in the summer.

I either caught it from a friend last weekend, or something I’m allergic to bloomed - probably a grass of some kind. Hopefully things will clear out in the next day or so. Rest, fluids, and some light exercise should help.

Then comes graveyard shift for 2-3 days on Monday…

77 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:12:02pm

I just watched the first game of the 2012 CFL season, and our team beat the crap out of the TiCats.

It feels good.

78 Stan the Demanded Plan  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:12:40pm

re: #57 Kragar

Romney Misstates Own DREAM Act Position

Dude, I’m thinking is stupid and propped up by his legacy & money. Hmmm fucking deja vu.

79 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:18:52pm

hmm. How about a reference to knees?

80 Targetpractice  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:18:57pm

Note to self: as bad as wingnuts are, the willfully ignorant are far worse. The former I can just write off, but the latter just make me lose further faith in my fellow man.

81 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:19:47pm

Incoming!
[Link: www.weather.com…]

82 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:20:53pm

re: #81 Varek Raith

Incoming!
[Link: www.weather.com…]

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

83 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:21:10pm

Here come the winds…

84 goddamnedfrank  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:22:18pm

re: #57 Kragar

Romney Misstates Own DREAM Act Position

There’s some quality snark in the comments:

He’d forget his dick if Ann didn’t keep it in a cold-storage unit.

85 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:22:26pm

re: #83 Varek Raith

Here come the winds…

Duck.

86 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:22:28pm

We are having a lightening storm right now.

Loud booms!

87 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:22:39pm

re: #85 b_sharp

Duck.

Duck

88 TedStriker  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:22:59pm

re: #87 ggt

Duck

Goose!

89 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:23:22pm

re: #87 ggt

Duck

Taped.

90 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:24:00pm

re: #88 SunshineSuperman

Goose!

Winner!!!!

You get one internets.

91 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:24:11pm

105 today.
This ought to help.

92 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:24:54pm

re: #91 Varek Raith

105 today.
This ought to help.

and how do the undead prefer their temperatures?

93 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:25:19pm

re: #82 Varek Raith

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

Yikes. Be safe.

94 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:25:30pm

re: #92 ggt

and how do the undead prefer their temperatures?

Cold.

95 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:31:04pm
96 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:33:07pm

Power flickering.

97 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:33:33pm

re: #96 Varek Raith

Power flickering.

Yeah, but you are probably causing that.

98 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:33:34pm

re: #96 Varek Raith

Power flickering.

Mind wandering.

99 Decatur Deb  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:34:40pm

Miss Nina Simone

100 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:35:07pm

I’m off to play more on Photoshop,

maybe back
maybe not

be safe everyone!

101 goddamnedfrank  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:38:59pm

re: #57 Kragar

Romney Misstates Own DREAM Act Position

Also, I’d like a clarification:

“The Governor was referring to his long held position that young illegal immigrants brought here as children who serve in the military should be able to obtain legal permanent residence and that we should staple a green card to the diploma of every eligible student visa holder who graduates from one of our universities with an advanced degree in math, science, or engineering,” Williams said. “He simply misspoke in this interview.”

By “advanced degrees” I assume he means Masters and Ph.D’s, correct? About 8% of the population has those and that’s before you start weeding out all the non-science, math and engineering degrees. These degrees are a real accomplishment, they aren’t handed out in boxes of Cracker Jack and are in serious demand by our job market yet he won’t even allow this route to be available to illegal aliens brought here as children, WTF? No, for them it’s military service or nothing.

Has it occurred to Mitt that there are plenty of well educated illegal aliens brought here as children who are contributing to our society but simply aren’t qualified for military service? So far I see him offering them no path, not even to residency.

102 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:49:24pm

Lots of sirens now.

103 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:49:49pm

On another note, today is Oriana Fallaci’s birthday, or would be of course.

104 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:51:03pm

re: #102 Varek Raith

Lots of sirens now.

Basement.

105 HappyWarrior  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:52:33pm

re: #101 goddamnedfrank

Also, I’d like a clarification:

By “advanced degrees” I assume he means Masters and Ph.D’s, correct? About 8% of the population has those and that’s before you start weeding out all the non-science, math and engineering degrees. These degrees are a real accomplishment, they aren’t handed out in boxes of Cracker Jack and are in serious demand by our job market yet he won’t even allow this route to be available to illegal aliens brought here as children, WTF? No, for them it’s military service or nothing.

Has it occurred to Mitt that there are plenty of well educated illegal aliens brought here as children who are contributing to our society but simply aren’t qualified for military service? So far I see him offering them no path, not even to residency.

I really think he flat out doesn’t want to understand the complexities of the situation. I myself am ineligible to serve in the military due to a heart condition. I would be one of the “fuck you, you’re gone” in Mitt’s eyes. He really is a piece of work when it comes to empathizing with the hopes and dreams of other people who aren’t just like himself.

106 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:53:44pm

re: #104 b_sharp

Basement.

That’s where my pc is. Nice and cool. And safe.

107 HappyWarrior  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:57:16pm

You gotta love how Romney thinks military service should be the only solution to those people in that situation when he himself tucked tail and went to France after protesting in favor of the draft. He really has no shame. Sorry for getting so angry but man the guy’s arrogance and sheer boldface hypocrisy angers the hell out of me. In my experience, the children of immigrants are some of the most proud Americans you’ll ever meet and Romney wants to send many of them home to lands they’ve never known.

108 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:58:08pm

Discovered via Nurse Jackie, Season 3

109 b_sharp  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:58:23pm

re: #106 Varek Raith

That’s where my pc is. Nice and cool. And safe.

Thinking ahead, smart.

110 austin_blue  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 7:59:48pm

What a great pop song. The Finn brothers are craftsmen. What a shame they mix like oil and water.

111 austin_blue  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:07:34pm

re: #107 HappyWarrior

You gotta love how Romney thinks military service should be the only solution to those people in that situation when he himself tucked tail and went to France after protesting in favor of the draft. He really has no shame. Sorry for getting so angry but man the guy’s arrogance and sheer boldface hypocrisy angers the hell out of me. In my experience, the children of immigrants are some of the most proud Americans you’ll ever meet and Romney wants to send many of them home to lands they’ve never known.

Yeah, but Mittens was special! His daddy was a Governor!

112 austin_blue  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:13:03pm

re: #106 Varek Raith

That’s where my pc is. Nice and cool. And safe.

Well, that squall line has passed. Still with us?

Oh, and can you send some of that our way? Getting brutal again down here…

113 Targetpractice  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:13:59pm

I’ve about reached the point in arguing with Dittoheads and Fox News junkies over the F&F “scandal” that I fear only jamming knitting needles in my ears will relieve the pain, or at least overshadow the pain that I already feel building between my temples.

Seriously, the intellectual laziness on display is mind-boggling. When did “They only refuse when they have something to hide” override logic and evidence in an investigation? And that lack of evidence is evidence in itself?

114 TedStriker  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:14:05pm

re: #111 austin_blue

Yeah, but Mittens was special! His daddy was a Governor!

Mitt isn’t even fit to carry his father’s jockstrap, so to speak; the man is a vacillating worm, saying anything to further his quest for the White House, even if that means throwing his own legacy as MA governor (MassCare) under the bus and attacking the ACA (which is basically MassCare writ large).

A person without integrity isn’t worth a damn…

115 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:14:55pm

re: #112 austin_blue

Well, that squall line has passed. Still with us?

Oh, and can you send some of that our way? Getting brutal again down here…

Yeah, it’s gone. Stuff on the deck is kind of gone too. XD

116 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:19:18pm

re: #104 b_sharp

Basement.

This. NOW!
edit: Good to see I’m late & the only problem is deck stuff,

117 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:21:26pm

Let’s see. Grill moved a foot. Numerous plants moved/knocked over. Table on its side. Numerous small branches all over the yard. Neighbor’s trashcan in my front yard.

Fun.

118 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:23:44pm

re: #117 Varek Raith

You’re safe, that’s the most important part!

119 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:25:59pm

True.
The worst damage was two or so years ago. A severe storm knocked the top 20 feet of a tree into my front yard.

120 austin_blue  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:28:58pm

re: #117 Varek Raith

Let’s see. Grill moved a foot. Numerous plants moved/knocked over. Table on its side. Numerous small branches all over the yard. Neighbor’s trashcan in my front yard.

Fun.

Meh. Good thunderstorm. Your car is not reduced to Ever So Dently by hail and your windows are intact.

Again, can you please send some of that our way? Oh, and to C Springs. Their fire is not as nasty as our Bastrop fire last Labor Day weekend (+/- 1950 homes destroyed), but nasty nonetheless.

121 austin_blue  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:29:50pm

re: #114 SunshineSuperman

Mitt isn’t even fit to carry his father’s jockstrap, so to speak; the man is a vacillating worm, saying anything to further his quest for the White House.

A person without integrity isn’t worth a damn…

Yeah, but how do you really feel?

122 jaunte  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:45:40pm

Matthew Davis, former MIGOP spokesman who suggested it’s time for “armed insurrection, hired as MLive op-ed contributor

123 jaunte  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:48:30pm
124 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:49:42pm

re: #120 austin_blue

Meh. Good thunderstorm. Your car is not reduced to Ever So Dently by hail and your windows are intact.

Again, can you please send some of that our way? Oh, and to C Springs. Their fire is not as nasty as our Bastrop fire last Labor Day weekend (+/- 1950 homes destroyed), but nasty nonetheless.

Did get some rain in Chicagoland today. Not all that much, but it rained for an hour and a half, and we needed it.

125 dragonath  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:57:09pm

Feeling numismatically inclined tonight, I’ve been looking at some pictures of American coins. A few things I’ve noticed:

1) Lady Liberty has practically disappeared off of American coinage from the 40s on. Now all common coins have some dead guy on them.

2) Somewhere in the 20s or 30s, coinage shifted from being naturalistic to something heraldic. Dammit, I want this eagle back, not the sorta fascistic looking one that’s on the modern Quarter.

3) I’m sure some guy at the mint is worried about coins wearing down to illegibility, but I wish there were more high relief coins like Buffalo nickle. The indian looked better once he got good and worn down.

4) I’m not really feeling the new reverse on the Lincoln Cent. It’s.. kind of corny.

126 jaunte  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:06:31pm

re: #125 Be Zorch, Daddio

I remember reading somewhere recently that the decline in quality of numismatic sculpture had something to do with trying to get longer use out of the coins. I wouldn’t mind seeing the design of the Buffalo nickel brought back. This Indian head coin design would probably wear well, too: [Link: store.nwtmint.com…]

127 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:07:06pm

Weather starting to roll into Philly from the south and southwest. Lightning flashes, but no rain yet. Still 88F or so outside.

128 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:08:05pm

re: #125 Be Zorch, Daddio

Feeling numismatically inclined tonight, I’ve been looking at some pictures of American coins. A few things I’ve noticed:

1) Lady Liberty has practically disappeared off of American coinage from the 40s on. Now all common coins have some dead guy on them.

2) Somewhere in the 20s or 30s, coinage shifted from being naturalistic to something heraldic. Dammit, I want this eagle back, not the sorta fascistic looking one that’s on the modern Quarter.

3) I’m sure some guy at the mint is worried about coins wearing down to illegibility, but I wish there were more high relief coins like Buffalo nickle. The indian looked better once he got good and worn down.

4) I’m not really feeling the new reverse on the Lincoln Cent. It’s.. kind of corny.

We should learn from Canada and just eliminate the penny at this point.

129 Targetpractice  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:14:31pm

And now we’re under a severe thunderstorm warning. Thanks, Varek.

130 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:16:55pm

Cloud-to-cloud lightning arc at the front as it rolls in here. No surface wind, though a few gusts have started to appear in the last few minutes. (I have a high, 15th story view looking west.)

131 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:24:07pm

1.2 million without power, several fatalities.

132 freetoken  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:25:25pm

re: #125 Be Zorch, Daddio

4) I’m not really feeling the new reverse on the Lincoln Cent. It’s.. kind of corny.

Agree with the back of the new penny. It threw me for a loop first time I saw it. Shields have been used before, on stamps too, but it just doesn’t feel quite right. At least the Lincoln Memorial reverse fit with the obverse in the previous penny.

133 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:26:41pm

[Link: www.nbcwashington.com…]

The storms produced hurricane-force winds in excess of 80 mph. Gusts of 82 mph were reported in the Reston area.

134 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:29:35pm

re: #133 Varek Raith

[Link: www.nbcwashington.com…]

Yikes. Hopefully the storms aren’t as bad up here.

135 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:31:36pm

Anemometer picked up 77mph on my deck.
It’s also now broken.

136 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:32:33pm

re: #135 Varek Raith

Anemometer picked up 77mph on my deck.
It’s also now broken.

Stay safe, Varek. Might be a good time to log off and shut down to protect your PC.

137 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:34:19pm

re: #136 Dark_Falcon

Stay safe, Varek. Might be a good time to log off and shut down to protect your PC.

It passed us.
[Link: www.nbcwashington.com…]

138 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:35:22pm

It’s nearly in the Atlantic now.
Fast derecho is fast.

139 Varek Raith  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:37:10pm

I was in the basement the whole time listening to the crazy winds.

140 freetoken  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:39:49pm

This is kind of neat:

“This is our Planet” – another amazing time-lapse video of Earth from the International Space Station

This latest video comes to us by the way of Tomislav Safundžić who pieced together images from the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center.

141 dragonath  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:40:13pm

re: #126 jaunte

I don’t think coin sculpture and engraving is what it really used to be. Even on dollar bills, there’s a lot of detail (clouds, architecture, patterns) that has been excised from more modern pressings. It’s as if within a century the images of our currency have changed from Greek classicism to a model of Roman efficiency.

re: #132 freetoken

I had a discussion with someone when it came out. We both agreed it was missing some kind of class… I think what helped a lot of the old coins is that people back then were great at coming up with with cool, compelling fonts.

The type on the new penny looks too uniform to me, as if someone tacked it on with Photoshop.

142 freetoken  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:43:45pm

That video is in HD and looks really nice full screen.

143 jaunte  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:56:28pm

re: #140 freetoken

Beautiful.

144 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 9:57:48pm

Since Freetoken’s here, let’s put an entry in the ‘stars without makeup’ file. Yep, its you-know-who.

145 freetoken  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:04:08pm

re: #144 Dark_Falcon

Kim is an attractive woman even without all the Hollywood makeup (and I note in that picture she is still wearing make-up, contra the story). But, she doesn’t like her thighs/butt - pretty common complaint from women. I always tell them to go into weight lifting - squats and deadlifts - but most women are afraid of doing that, often having misconceptions about how muscles grow.

146 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:05:02pm

re: #125 Be Zorch, Daddio

Feeling numismatically inclined tonight, I’ve been looking at some pictures of American coins. A few things I’ve noticed:

1) Lady Liberty has practically disappeared off of American coinage from the 40s on. Now all common coins have some dead guy on them.

2) Somewhere in the 20s or 30s, coinage shifted from being naturalistic to something heraldic. Dammit, I want this eagle back, not the sorta fascistic looking one that’s on the modern Quarter.

3) I’m sure some guy at the mint is worried about coins wearing down to illegibility, but I wish there were more high relief coins like Buffalo nickle. The indian looked better once he got good and worn down.

4) I’m not really feeling the new reverse on the Lincoln Cent. It’s.. kind of corny.

I have the strangest quarter. It’s from 1991 and it’s in the most perfect condition I’ve EVER seen a coin. I’ve gotten shiny new coins from the bank before, but I just found this one in my pocket last month. The edges are crisper than any coin I’ve ever had, and the surface seems absolutely polished. I can’t imagine what the story is behind this coin.

147 freetoken  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:06:51pm

Carville straight up:

On creationism:

Carville says that the Louisiana legislature’s support for creationist legislation is “one of the most painful things that I’ve ever seen.” He writes: “Some of these people think the universe is five thousand years old and they say it with a straight face. If somebody had an explanation saying why they thought the earth was five thousand years old, there’s only two possible explanations: you’re really stupid or you’re really cynical and trying to get really stupid people’s votes.”

148 prairiefire  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:11:27pm

re: #146 SteveMcG

We just got HI quarters to complete our maps./ geek off

149 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:12:47pm

I normally don’t post spews from the Stalkers “Blogmocrasy” site, but this one is so bad it needs to be recorded. Stalker “Zimriel” uses a thread on ‘Holocaust amnesia’ (which is actually a worthy topic if discussed sanely) to put out a blast of racism that would be right at home on Stormfront. He actually voices support for South Africa’s old policy of apartheid in two comments that must be seen to be believed (no link, since its the Stalkers):

Zimriel
39 | June 29, 2012 8:13 pm

I don’t much approve of throwing the Boers under the bus.

Apartheid was how the Boers ensured their survival. Israel, also, does what it needs to survive, using very similar methods. Otherwise it is “kill the farmer kill the Boer”.

The survival of the civilised peoples in both regions also turns out to ensure the prosperity of those they live amongst. Otherwise, Zimbabwe.

Yes, Israel is an apartheid state. That is *why* she is deserving of our support.
reply | quote

Zimriel
40 | June 29, 2012 8:17 pm

Raping Western women is also what black South Africans do, by the way.
reply | quote

John Derbyshire would be happy to meet this fellow.

150 jaunte  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:13:20pm
151 jaunte  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:15:58pm

Derecho of June 29, 2012

ANN ARBOR (June 29, 2012) An intense storm called a derecho with long lived straight line winds passed to the south of the area today. The Disaster Mapping weblog entry 6/29/2012 Derecho has a good summary of the impact to the power grid from storm, which had knocked out power to over 3 million people as of 11:45 p.m from Indiana all the way to DC. Wind gusts of over 90 miles per hour were clocked in some areas as the storm blew through.
[Link: vielmetti.typepad.com…]

152 prairiefire  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:20:32pm

re: #150 jaunte


UA MAU KE EA O KAĀINA I KA PONO

We met a cousin this visit who works at the state capital building. [Link: www.hawaiiweb.com…]
We get a tour next visit!

153 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:21:14pm

re: #145 freetoken

Miles in the sand at the beach do wonders for the legs & butt. Much more fun than squats.

154 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:29:01pm

re: #150 jaunte


UA MAU KE EA O KAĀINA I KA PONO

Looks likes he’s rolling islands like dice. “C’mon 7! Oh rats, Maui!”

155 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:31:17pm

re: #153 Dancing along the light of day

Miles in the sand at the beach do wonders for the legs & butt. Much more fun than squats.

How does a giraffe squat? ;)

156 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:33:26pm

re: #153 Dancing along the light of day

Miles in the sand at the beach do wonders for the legs & butt. Much more fun than squats.

I’ve always done legwork. I love the squats. Probably done less than fifty bench presses in my life. I always thought that bench presses and curls were all for show. If you don’t have the legs, you can’t move crap. Since I wear jeans all the time, nobody knew I had any strength. I have these really skinny arms but I weigh 260 pounds. So when I played on the line in intramural football, everybody else would laugh, but I had leverage those bench pressers couldn’t dream of. Those guys were helpless. Anyway, the point (there was a point when I started, IIRC) was that a woman’s legs are key to her figure. So many women have these skinny legs that just rob their body of any curvature. Time out, Charlie Watts on Jimmy Fallon

157 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:34:32pm

OMG, he almost smiled!

158 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:36:06pm

Night folks. Weather still rolling through but just seeing lightning in the distance, not much rain or wind in close.

159 dragonath  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:37:34pm

re: #146 SteveMcG

Might be an escaped Proof coin?

The Alabama state quarter is cool. It features Helen Keller, socialist!

160 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:40:35pm

re: #159 Be Zorch, Daddio

Might be an escaped Proof coin?

T Alabama state quarter was cool. It features Helen Keller, socialist!

Would make sense. It’s the surface that’s so remarkable. It would make sense that it didn’t get the edges broken by rolling around with a couple hundred of its fellow coins in processing.

161 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:42:49pm

You know every time I see some wingnut rehash the 57 states thing from the President, I’m tempted to ask how many state quarters the mint has put out.

162 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:43:33pm

And how’s by mein scaly drugi this fine evening?

It’s been a while - months and months, I would imagine - since last i was here.

163 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:48:07pm

I see that numismatics have been discussed tonight.

Allow me to recommend, for those with the time, the acquisition of large quantities of quarters from the bank. every once in a while, one will find a silver quarter in there.

Coinstar - it’s like a mining operation.

164 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:49:03pm

re: #156 SteveMcG

Back to the important stuff: Women look good with all kinds of shapes, (the hottest woman in my bio class wasn’t necessarily the sleekest or curviest, but she had the most awesome smile) but as far as I’m concerned, from a purely aesthetic perspective, you can’t have the hips without the legs, and you can’t have curves without the hips, and the shoulders just don’t look right if the woman’s too skinny.

165 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:49:56pm

re: #163 Guanxi88

What would a silver quarter be worth?

166 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:50:13pm

re: #165 SteveMcG

What would a silver quarter be worth?

Stupid question!

167 Kragar  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:50:34pm

I did not receive my package today.

They have awoken a sleeping dragon.

168 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:50:37pm

www.coinflation.com

The melt-value on a quarter would be something like 3 or 4 bucks.

169 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:52:18pm

re: #168 Guanxi88

For silver?!?

170 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:52:30pm

re: #164 SteveMcG

Yep - all the curves gotta be there.

All women are beautiful; curves only add to the appeal.

To quote Wolfman jack: “If you got the curves, I got the angles, baby.”

171 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:52:54pm

re: #169 SteveMcG

For silver?!?

We;;, silver coinage is alloyed - usually about 90% silver.

172 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:53:43pm

re: #155 Dark_Falcon

How does a giraffe squat? ;)

We don’t. Miles in the sand is more interesting, any way!

173 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:55:29pm

re: #172 Dancing along the light of day

We don’t. Miles in the sand is more interesting, any way!

I don’t doubt it. I tend to prefer firmer ground, but not concrete or asphalt. A path cover with small wood chips works best, I find. Firm enough, but still easy on the feet.

174 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:57:03pm

re: #170 Guanxi88

Yep - all the curves gotta be there.

All women are beautiful; curves only add to the appeal.

To quote Wolfman jack: “If you got the curves, I got the angles, baby.”

In another class, there was a lady who wore a head to toe cover. You could only see her eyes. But I just loved to watch her walk. She absolutely glided everywhere he went, and the sheet just flowed along behind her. The name of the atire is just escaping me, please forgive me.

175 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:58:59pm

re: #172 Dancing along the light of day

We don’t. Miles in the sand is more interesting, any way!

I never liked the sand because it always made my knees sore. I guess the way the sand would yield allowed my lower extremities to get out of alignment.

176 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:59:27pm

re: #174 SteveMcG

The suggestion is even more appealing than the sight.

177 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:00:40pm

re: #176 Guanxi88

The suggestion is even more appealing than the sight.

Especially when you’ve just about seen it all.

178 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:01:31pm

re: #177 SteveMcG

No one has seen it all; and, truthfully, a certain form of modesty can be even more attractive than the most explicit display of the feminine form.

179 Kragar  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:02:29pm

re: #178 Guanxi88

No one has seen it all; and, truthfully, a certain form of modesty can be even more attractive than the most explicit display of the feminine form.

180 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:04:32pm

re: #174 SteveMcG

In another class, there was a lady who wore a head to toe cover. You could only see her eyes. But I just loved to watch her walk. She absolutely glided everywhere he went, and the sheet just flowed along behind her. The name of the atire is just escaping me, please forgive me.

It’s called an ‘Abaya’ with the veil being called a ‘niqāb’.

Saying you found anything good in any woman wearing those means you are a pathetic worshiper of ISLAM and support inflicting SHARIA ON REAL AMERICANS!!!11

/Pam “Shrieking Harpy” Geller

181 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:06:46pm

re: #149 Dark_Falcon

I normally don’t post spews from the Stalkers “Blogmocrasy” site, but this one is so bad it needs to be recorded. Stalker “Zimriel” uses a thread on ‘Holocaust amnesia’ (which is actually a worthy topic if discussed sanely) to put out a blast of racism that would be right at home on Stormfront. He actually voices support for South Africa’s old policy of apartheid in two comments that must be seen to be believed (no link, since its the Stalkers):

John Derbyshire would be happy to meet this fellow.

The trick is to oppress people for centuries and then sell yourself as the underdog…

182 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:06:54pm

re: #180 Dark_Falcon

You know, I don’t think it escaped me, I just didn’t know it to begin with! Thanks.

183 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:09:38pm

re: #179 Kragar

[Embedded content]

I had remembered a loony tunes line “Now I’ve seen everything”, but then the cat blows his brains out, so I didn’t link to it.

184 SteveMcG  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:11:16pm

Well, I guess it’s time to put the little Mrs. in her pressure suit. Think snow!

185 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:12:30pm

re: #181 Expand Your Ground

The trick is to oppress people for centuries and then sell yourself as the underdog…

Yes, it truly is a mystery as to why Xhosas and Zulus don’t like Afrikaners very much. It could have something to do with the Afrikaners being in the habit of trying to take the land and cattle of those peoples and then forcing their men to work in white-owned mines. But that was just something that had to be done to allow for the growth of civilization and the natives are just being barbarians if they get mad about it.

/dripping

186 Kragar  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:14:44pm

re: #185 Dark_Falcon

Yes, it truly is a mystery as to why Xhosas and Zulus don’t like Afrikaners very much. It could have something to do with the Afrikaners being in the habit of trying to take the land and cattle of those peoples and then forcing their men to work in white-owned mines. But that was just something that had to be done to allow for the growth of civilization and the natives are just being barbarians if they get mad about it.

/dripping

They didn’t even know about Jesus before Europeans showed up. You think they would have been more grateful.
///

187 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:18:26pm

re: #186 Kragar

They didn’t even know about Jesus before Europeans showed up. You think they would have been more grateful.
///

Nor did they understand the moral value of working 16-hour shifts in an underground mine…

all for their benefit, of course…

////////////////////

188 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:29:08pm

re: #185 Dark_Falcon

Not to be obtuse, but apartheid gave preference to whites in all fields.

That included the mines.

Had a half-uncle who was considered ‘coloured’ under the old system who lived there. a refugee from the war, he thought a British colony would be a safe bet.

189 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:30:10pm

re: #187 Expand Your Ground

Nor did they understand the moral value of working 16-hour shifts in an underground mine…

all for their benefit, of course…

///

Why, they only had to find a one-in-1,000,000 larger than normal diamond if they wanted to leave early. Not hard at all. They were just lazy!

///

(Note: The few black miners would did in fact find large diamonds did indeed have their ‘labor tax’ considered ‘paid in full’ for the find.)

190 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:31:25pm

re: #189 Dark_Falcon

So, at what point would one consider the sins of the National Party paid in full? again, not a trolling question, but a practical one - there’s majority rule in the old RSA, after all.

191 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:32:11pm

re: #188 Guanxi88

Not to be obtuse, but apartheid gave preference to whites in all fields.

That included the mines.

Had a half-uncle who was considered ‘coloured’ under the old system who lived there. a refugee from the war, he thought a British colony would be a safe bet.

I know. I just posted that to slap at the hateful Stalker who posted approvingly about apartheid. What he wrote was some hateful as to beggar belief that even the Stalkers let those two posts stay up.

192 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:33:04pm

re: #191 Dark_Falcon

meh. nostalgia.

People don’t get it - apartheid didnt work for anyone involved. It defies human nature.

193 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:33:28pm

re: #190 Guanxi88

So, at what point would one consider the sins of the National Party paid in full? again, not a trolling question, but a practical one - there’s majority rule in the old RSA, after all.

I do not know. I’ve never considered it a question I have enough background knowledge about to answer.

194 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:34:11pm

re: #192 Guanxi88

meh. nostalgia.

People don’t get it - apartheid didnt work for anyone involved. It defies human nature.

people would insist that it fully reflected human nature. the races separate and the “superior” races in charge…

195 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:34:14pm

re: #193 Dark_Falcon

I mean, Afrikaners are spooked something fierce, but then again, so’s everyone else.

ANC werent Boy Scouts, Mandela notwithstanding.

196 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:34:51pm

re: #194 Expand Your Ground

And they’d be wrong, of course.

There’s no superior race.

Unless you mean the Japanese.

It;s true - just ask them.

197 FemNaziBitch  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:37:08pm

Anyone awake?

Actually, just a drive-by hoping everyone has a good night.

nytol!

198 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:37:16pm

I’ve been puzzled by the whole ‘racialist” thing, anyway.

I have run across a few of them in my time, and they just sort of assume that i belong to their race, purely on the basis of appearance. Which is foolish, as, according to some of them, I am precisely exactly what’s wrong with the West.

It;s just odd; if race were so important, you’d think they’d be better at detecting it.

199 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:38:15pm

re: #195 Guanxi88

I mean, Afrikaners are spooked something fierce, but then again, so’s everyone else.

ANC werent Boy Scouts, Mandela notwithstanding.

“I was just standing there, photocoyping pages from my sister’s diary and she just started freaking out for NO REASON!”

“We just came over, took over 90% of the land and cattle, forced people to do slave labor, and they got militant on us FOR NO REASON!”

200 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:40:09pm

re: #199 Expand Your Ground

Not every Afrikaner did such things, nor did their ancestors.

For that matter, nor did every single “white” approve of the regime in the bad old days of the RSA.

Like everything else that involves real human beings, and not mere political caricatures, the situation there was and is far more complicated.

201 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:42:04pm

Example - my great-uncle, a Jewish refugee from Poland, was a Communist.

Now, according to the National Party, he was a ‘coloured,” and, politically, and enemy of the State.

Now, comes ANC rule, and he’s sort of left in the lurch.

Where does he go?

202 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:45:56pm

re: #199 Expand Your Ground

“I was just standing there, photocoyping pages from my sister’s diary and she just started freaking out for NO REASON!”

“We just came over, took over 90% of the land and cattle, forced people to do slave labor, and they got militant on us FOR NO REASON!”

That still doesn’t justify “necklacing”; nothing could justify such a horrible method of killing. The ANC’s cause was just, but they sometimes used vile means to in its pursuit.

203 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:47:00pm

re: #202 Dark_Falcon

Not sure that their ‘cause’ was anything other or more than to serve as a proxy of the Soviets.

204 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:48:13pm

Old RSA was sorta like Spain in the Civil War - ideally, both sides should have lost.

205 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:54:56pm

It’s going to be fun to see how Rodan AKA Dorkus addresses his racist commentator. If he has any sense, he and his fellow moderators’ll ban ‘Zimeril’ from both Stalker blogs for life and delete the offending posts. But if they ignore those posts or make excuses for them, then the Stalkers will have earned this song:

206 Guanxi88  Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:56:46pm

In other news:

1) South Texas is hotter than Hell this time of year;
2) For all that, folk keep moving here; and
3) A/C is one of the the minimum requirements for life here, comparable to irrigation in the ancient Babylonian days.

207 Guanxi88  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:00:07am

One of the fun things to do, for those who are able, is to make an experiment of one’s life.

Me? I’m trying to see how and whether I can live on less than one week’s pay every month.

It’s not as hard as it sounds, by the way.

208 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:01:46am

re: #205 Dark_Falcon

It’s probably Reginald Perrin again. sigh.

209 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:02:43am

re: #207 Guanxi88

One of the fun things to do, for those who are able, is to make an experiment of one’s life.

Me? I’m trying to see how and whether I can live on less than one week’s pay every month.

It’s not as hard as it sounds, by the way.

I used to live down at the bottom of a winding gravel road on Oak Creek near Sedona, AZ (back before it was overrun by New Agers and land developers) and used to practice driving it without brakes.

Just in case the brakes failed, like Orr from “Catch-22” always crash landing to practice just in case he had to some day…

210 Guanxi88  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:04:17am

re: #209 Expand Your Ground

Never hurts to practice for such eventualities.

Provided one’s paranoia does not overcome one’s sensibilities, it is possible to be prepared for nearly anything.

211 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:04:30am

re: #208 Dancing along the light of day

It’s probably Reginald Perrin again. sigh.

No, I don’t think it is. He is many things, but I’ve never heard him utter that sort of racism, not even to try to slime someone. He hates the Stalkers and goes after them the wrong way, but I don’t think he’d stoop this low.

212 dragonath  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:04:50am

re: #183 SteveMcG

Aha! Warner Bros. did a version of Horton and the Egg where the same line is used, cartoon suicide to go along with your Dr. Seuss!

And now, something wholesomely weird:

213 Kragar  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:06:50am

Didn’t realize it, but the Netflix copy of Hellboy is the director’s cut. Bunch of scenes I hadn’t seen before.

214 freetoken  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:23:25am
215 Guanxi88  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:28:13am

Jeez! A tough crowd tonight.

(Crickets)

Off to slumber.

216 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:33:14am

re: #215 Guanxi88

Jeez! A tough crowd tonight.

(Crickets)

Off to slumber.

Ditto.

217 prairiefire  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:40:19am

re: #196 Guanxi88

Sometimes I ask my japanese american husband who died and made you the sun god emperor?

218 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:43:54am

re: #217 prairiefire

Sometimes I ask my japanese american husband who died and made you the sun god emperor?

The Japanese patently refuse to let archaeologists dig in the tombs of their ancient emperors.

Ostensibly out of respect for the dead demi-gods interred there, and partially, it is said out of fear that research would clearly indicate that these guys originally came from Korea…

219 prairiefire  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:47:52am

re: #218 Expand Your Ground

Ha, or Okinawa.

220 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 12:57:54am

This is how we did it in 1971 in Australia.

Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock

Apologies, I know it might be a bit too early for some, and a bit late for others.

221 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 1:02:09am

Daddy Cool - Come Back Again

222 researchok  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 1:05:42am

Morning, all

223 researchok  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 1:09:37am

re: #214 freetoken

Another example of timeless music- and lyrics

224 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 1:29:10am

Knocking On Heavens Door

Andrew Durant was one of Australia’s Most Talented Songwriters and Member of 1970s Adelaide band Stars.

Sadly he died of cancer in May 1980 at age 25.
In a wonderful tribute, Australia’s Best Rock Musicians performed in a concert at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre August 19th 1980.
Andrews death was a terrible shock to the Australian Music Industry.

It generated huge support - raising lots of money for cancer research.
The event brought together Andy’s Stars band mates with guests Jimmy Barnes, Renee Geyer, Ian Moss, Don Walker, Richard Clapton, Broderick Smith and many more.

This still remains one of Australian Rock Music’s Finest Moments and Acclaimed as the most Moving and Spontaneous Australian Concert ever staged.

225 freetoken  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 2:22:04am
226 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 2:43:54am

re: #223 researchok

Another example of timeless music- and lyrics

Aussie Rock band Cold Chisel’s lead guitarist Ian Moss and piano player Don Walker’s version of Georgia (live 1983)

227 freetoken  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 3:19:31am

Jessye Norman:

228 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 3:23:44am

so FT, do you live in Europe, ae you an insomniac or do you have an auto-feed music poster?

229 freetoken  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 3:59:58am

re: #228 Expand Your Ground

230 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 4:25:47am

so you live in california and are currently asleep and dreaming while your auto-DJ posts songs. got it.

231 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 5:29:10am

Good morning lizards!

Holy fucking shit! Last night’s storm put out my power 23 hours ago, no electricity or phone. I saw all kinds of trees down on the way in to town and 2 people were killed in Charlottesville last night. The lightening and heavy winds were all over last night, no rain.

232 Decatur Deb  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 5:38:22am

re: #231 NJDhockeyfan

Good morning lizards!

Holy fucking shit! Last night’s storm put out my power 23 hours ago, no electricity or phone. I saw all kinds of trees down on the way in to town and 2 people were killed in Charlottesville last night. The lightening and heavy winds were all over last night, no rain.

What’s the baud rate on your semaphore flag modem?

233 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 5:38:26am
234 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 5:40:11am

re: #232 Decatur Deb

What’s the baud rate on your semaphore flag modem?

I’m at work and we have power here. There is no power a block away.

235 Eventual Carrion  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 5:51:47am

re: #232 Decatur Deb

What’s the baud rate on your semaphore flag modem?

The speed of light

236 sattv4u2  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 5:52:01am

re: #234 NJDhockeyfan

I’m at work and we have power here. There is no power a block away.

Fight the power!

237 Decatur Deb  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 5:55:03am

re: #235 RayFerd

The speed of light

E/Speed of Elbow.

238 sattv4u2  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 5:57:00am

re: #235 RayFerd

The speed of light

The speed of smell

(h/t Ron White)

239 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 5:57:06am

re: #237 Decatur Deb

E/Speed of Elbow.

Elbow greased lighning?

240 Eventual Carrion  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 5:58:25am

re: #237 Decatur Deb

E/Speed of Elbow.

dr = c / E


So, we have data rate equal to speed of light divided by elbow speed. I’m sure I am missing a variable somewhere in that equation.

241 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:04:53am
242 Obdicut  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:07:43am

re: #241 Expand Your Ground

wuthering heights in semaphore?

The excellent QI doing an episode on Flotsam and Jetsam, which starts with International Maritime Flags.

243 lawhawk  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:18:31am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Here’s a map that shows just what the PPACA law (aka Affordable Care Act/Obamacare/HCR) would mean.

It highlights which states have the lowest and highest rates of insureds. For those states with low percentages of uninsureds, the law will have a minimal effect because you’re already covered (note that MA has one of the lowest rates; TX highest). Those states that have high rates of uninsureds will be able to significantly reduce that figure.

244 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:23:54am

You mean that Obamacare will make more states look like Massachusetts? Ohmigod! It must be stopped by electing Romney!!!

245 sattv4u2  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:32:30am

Hmmmm,,

Egypt’s New President Vows to Win Release of World Trade Center Plotter

[Link: news.yahoo.com…]

246 lawhawk  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:35:41am

re: #245 sattv4u2

He’s got his constituency to think of. It’s no surprise he’d say that he’d want to see Rahman released. Not going to happen.

247 Obdicut  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:36:40am

re: #246 lawhawk

They can let him out at the same time as Pollard and piss off a diametrically different group of people for balance.

248 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:40:07am

re: #246 lawhawk

He’s got his constituency to think of. It’s no surprise he’d say that he’d want to see Rahman released. Not going to happen.

Agreed it’s not going to happen. Even as hollow populist rhetoric it’s still troubling.

249 Eventual Carrion  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:40:28am

re: #246 lawhawk

He’s got his constituency to think of. It’s no surprise he’d say that he’d want to see Rahman released. Not going to happen.

Yeah. Sounds like politicking to me.

250 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:41:30am

re: #248 Killgore Trout

Agreed it’s not going to happen. Even as hollow populist rhetoric it’s still troubling.

I seem to remember that the USA went to war to help spread democracy in that part of the world…in Egypt we got democracy without US military intervention.

251 sattv4u2  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:47:34am

re: #248 Killgore Trout

Agreed it’s not going to happen. Even as hollow populist rhetoric it’s still troubling.

my point with the ‘hmmm”

252 sattv4u2  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:47:53am

and on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons!

253 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:50:01am

Maybe we could send them Lynne Stewart instead.

254 Eventual Carrion  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 6:53:09am

re: #252 sattv4u2

and on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons!

I’m outta here too. Head over to dads and replace the fuel line on the weedwacker.

255 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 7:13:42am

Mali Islamists destroy holy Timbuktu sites

Al Qaeda-linked Mali Islamists armed with Kalashnikovs and pick-axes began destroying prized mausoleums of saints in the UNESCO-listed northern city of Timbuktu on Saturday in front of shocked locals, witnesses said.

The Islamist Ansar Dine group backs strict sharia, Islamic law, and considers the shrines of the local Sufi version of Islam idolatrous. Sufi shrines have also been attacked by hard-line Salafists in Egypt and Libya in the past year.

“They have already completely destroyed the mausoleum of Sidi Mahmoud (Ben Amar) and two others. They said they would continue all day and destroy all 16,” local Malian journalist Yeya Tandina said by telephone of the 16 most prized resting grounds of local saints in the town.

256 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 7:19:44am

re: #255 Killgore Trout

Mali Islamists destroy holy Timbuktu sites

Fully in keeping with the First Commandment…

257 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 7:32:50am

I met an elderly couple from Syria last night. He has 2 brothers still in Syria, one in Damascus and one in Homs.

258 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 7:44:14am

Eastern US storms leave 5 dead and 2 million without power following day of triple-digit temperatures

WASHINGTON – A strong storm system across the eastern United States caused five fatalities and wiped out power to more than 2 million people.

There were four reported deaths in Virginia, including a 90-year-old woman asleep in bed when a tree slammed into her home, a police spokeswoman said Saturday. Another man was killed by a falling tree while watching the storm from his deck and a woman died after she, too, was hit by a falling tree after she got out of her car to observe a downed tree. Both those deaths occurred in Albermarle County, Va. A fallen tree also killed a man driving in Maryland.

In addition, a park police officer was injured by an uprooted tree in the northern Virginia county, and an 18-year-old man was struck by a power line, Jennings said. He was in stable condition after receiving CPR, she said.

Widespread power outages were reported from Indiana to New Jersey, with the bulk of the service interruptions concentrated on Washington, D.C., and the surrounding areas. Earlier Friday, the nation’s capital reached 104 degrees — topping a record of 101 set in 1934.

More than 20 elderly residents at an apartment home in Indianapolis were displaced when the facility lost power due to a downed tree. Most were bused to a Red Cross facility to spend the night, and others who depend on oxygen assistance were given other accommodations, the fire department said.

259 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 7:55:48am

U.N. publishes report on Iran arms trade with Syria

(Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council committee has published a report on Iranian sanctions violations, including shipments of weapons to Syria in breach of a U.N. ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic.

The Security Council has imposed four rounds of sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt its nuclear enrichment program, which the United States, European Union and their allies suspect is at the heart of a weapons program. Iran rejects the allegation and refuses to halt what it says is a peaceful energy program.

The report appeared on the committee website on Thursday, diplomats told Reuters on Friday. The report, which Reuters reported on last month, said that Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments.

Iran, like Russia, is one of Syria’s few allies as it presses ahead with a 16-month-old assault on opposition forces determined to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

What, no strongly worded letter?

260 Mattand  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:14:05am

Governor Christie signed off on NJ’s budget last night. I’ll let the first two paragraphs of the article speak for themselves:

TRENTON - Gov. Christie signed a $31.7 billion budget bill Friday for the coming fiscal year, but not before he cut $361 million in Democratic-backed initiatives, including measures that would have provided more money for legal services to the poor, aid for low-income students aiming for college, and a tax credit for low-wage earners.

The Republican governor instead diverted those funds to the state’s surplus, doubling it to $648 million. He wants Democrats to cut taxes and said he would fight them on the issue all summer.

So now we know how he’s going to pay for the income tax cut. On the backs of the poor, working poor, and students.

Said it before, say it again: these are the details the rest of the country doesn’t hear about this guy when Fox News talks him up anoints him our next POTUS.

261 allegro  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:21:59am

re: #260 Mattand

Governor Christie signed off on NJ’s budget last night. I’ll let the first two paragraphs of the article speak for themselves:

So now we know how he’s going to pay for the income tax cut. On the backs of the poor, working poor, and students.

Said it before, say it again: these are the details the rest of the country doesn’t hear about this guy when Fox News talks him up anoints him our next POTUS.

And coming from a guy who took a helicopter to his son’s baseball game and a limousine to drive him the 100 yards from the ‘copter to the freaking stands. What a guy.

262 allegro  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:25:41am

Oh my, someone will soon be under the hose. The little chihuahua next door is rolling happily in what I think is cat poop. (My boys were considering that action earlier - fortunately I stopped them in time.) Puppy perfume to him but to his mom and dad… ew.

263 darthstar  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:31:52am

re: #262 allegro

Speaking of little dogs…I met this gal at the pet store yesterday and fell in love. No, I didn’t adopt her, but if she was available, it would have been tempting. She’s about 1/5 the size of my cat. And my two dogs would find they had a new master most likely.

Image: 283701_10151012213888024_363277292_n.jpg

264 Mich-again  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:36:47am

re: #250 Expand Your Ground

I seem to remember that the USA went to war to help spread democracy in that part of the world…in Egypt we got democracy without US military intervention.

That was the whole plan. After Iraq the rest would fall from within.

265 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:37:44am

Morning all!

Is it any better today?

266 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:39:18am

re: #262 allegro

Oh my, someone will soon be under the hose. The little chihuahua next door is rolling happily in what I think is cat poop. (My boys were considering that action earlier - fortunately I stopped them in time.) Puppy perfume to him but to his mom and dad… ew.

Day before yesterday I was riding my bike home and the two annoying chihuahuas from across the street started harassing me. I whipped out my pepper spray, which never seems to hurt a dog, but always stops them and makes them walk away. Well, this time, they stopped, sniffed the pepper spray on the ground, and resumed barking and following me. They wanted more! Suddenly I realized; Chihuahuas, of course! Pepper spray is like catnip to them!

I need a new weapon.

267 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:40:47am

re: #258 NJDhockeyfan

Eastern US storms leave 5 dead and 2 million without power following day of triple-digit temperatures

Man, those uprooted trees are seriously pissed!

On a Mature Note: I hope power is restored soon, it’s too hot. There will be more deaths from the heat if not.

268 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:41:46am

re: #266 wrenchwench

Day before yesterday I was riding my bike home and the two annoying chihuahuas from across the street started harassing me. I whipped out my pepper spray, which never seems to hurt a dog, but always stops them and makes them walk away. Well, this time, they stopped, sniffed the pepper spray on the ground, and resumed barking and following me. They wanted more! Suddenly I realized; Chihuahuas, of course! Pepper spray is like catnip to them!

I need a new weapon.

Have you tried making friends with them?

269 Mattand  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:41:57am

re: #261 allegro

And coming from a guy who took a helicopter to his son’s baseball game and a limousine to drive him the 100 yards from the ‘copter to the freaking stands. What a guy.

I’m almost willing to spot him the limo ride. The guy has a serious weight problem. I don’t like his politics, but I don’t want to see him have a heart attack, either.

270 darthstar  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:42:06am

re: #264 Mich-again

That was the whole plan. After Iraq the rest would fall from within.

I got sick of all the ‘spreading democracy’ rhetoric back in 2003. You can’t spread democracy like creamy peanut butter. It’s more like the chunky stuff that’s been in the refrigerator for six months and is a little dried out. The harder you try to spread it the more you tear up the bread.

271 allegro  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:43:14am

re: #263 darthstar

I was never a great fan of teeny little dogs until we kinda inherited a very sick little girl from a friend quickly deteriorating from MS. Li’l Jojo quickly disabused us of any little yappy dog prejudices. She was a funny as hell little 4 pounder who completely stole my big tough jock husband’s heart.

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272 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:43:51am

re: #268 ggt

Have you tried making friends with them?

Yeah, they’re not into that. Their people parents are very irresponsible, and the dogs are practically feral.

273 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:43:54am

re: #258 NJDhockeyfan

Eastern US storms leave 5 dead and 2 million without power following day of triple-digit temperatures

I just registered the power loss in D.C.

Is this the first time in history that Washington D.C has lost it’s Power? Actually, it’s a rather nice example of how things are supposed to be. The People have the Power, right?

274 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:44:42am

re: #272 wrenchwench

Yeah, they’re not into that. Their people parents are very irresponsible, and the dogs are practically feral.

food (bribery)?

275 Mattand  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:45:00am

re: #266 wrenchwench

Day before yesterday I was riding my bike home and the two annoying chihuahuas from across the street started harassing me. I whipped out my pepper spray, which never seems to hurt a dog, but always stops them and makes them walk away. Well, this time, they stopped, sniffed the pepper spray on the ground, and resumed barking and following me. They wanted more! Suddenly I realized; Chihuahuas, of course! Pepper spray is like catnip to them!

I need a new weapon.

LOL! When we got our dog (a boxer), we invested in some sour apple spray to keep him from chewing on chair legs. Our inaugural application was met with him happily licking the stuff off of the dining room chairs.

It all worked out for the best, though. We have a crab apple tree in the backyard. He loves ‘em. Turns out dog treats do grow on trees.

276 darthstar  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:45:24am

re: #273 ggt

I just registered the power loss in D.C.

Is this the first time in history that Washington D.C has lost it’s Power? Actually, it’s a rather nice example of how things are supposed to be. The People have the Power, right?

Power to the people! Unless the Republicans take over…then we’ll be back to another few years of Power to the peep hole!

277 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:46:58am

re: #274 ggt

food (bribery)?

There’s nothing worse than encouraging a dog to chase bikes.

278 Mattand  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:49:11am

re: #277 wrenchwench

There’s nothing worse than encouraging a dog to chase bikes.

I actually got lucky with that. Captain Needy loves to run along side of me when I’m on the bike. Just me, though. No interest in any other cyclist.

It’s great when he needs some exercise and I’ve been putting off his walks.

279 darthstar  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:53:15am

re: #266 wrenchwench

Day before yesterday I was riding my bike home and the two annoying chihuahuas from across the street started harassing me. I whipped out my pepper spray, which never seems to hurt a dog, but always stops them and makes them walk away. Well, this time, they stopped, sniffed the pepper spray on the ground, and resumed barking and following me. They wanted more! Suddenly I realized; Chihuahuas, of course! Pepper spray is like catnip to them!

I need a new weapon.

Compressed air…comes in little cans at pet food stores. Dogs hate it. I bought a can to stop the dogs from barking when they bark too much…just one hiss stops Fozzie in his tracks and he goes outside to wait for me to put the can down. Banjo, if he’s excited, will keep barking and look at me as if to say, “Stop spraying that, it’s annoying and I’m saying hi to mom!”

280 allegro  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:56:40am

re: #266 wrenchwench

Day before yesterday I was riding my bike home and the two annoying chihuahuas from across the street started harassing me. I whipped out my pepper spray, which never seems to hurt a dog, but always stops them and makes them walk away. Well, this time, they stopped, sniffed the pepper spray on the ground, and resumed barking and following me. They wanted more! Suddenly I realized; Chihuahuas, of course! Pepper spray is like catnip to them!

I need a new weapon.

Have you ever turned your bike around and chased them back? That actually worked for me with one dog who I swore sat there all day waiting for me to ride my bike past. Freaked him right out.

281 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 8:59:09am

re: #278 Mattand

I actually got lucky with that. Captain Needy loves to run along side of me when I’m on the bike. Just me, though. No interest in any other cyclist.

It’s great when he needs some exercise and I’ve been putting off his walks.

That is lucky. When I was a kid I had my dog come with me on a bike ride, and the next thing I knew, she was chasing motorcycles. Had to unteach that ASAP. Dogs and bikes can be a treacherous combo. I knew a guy in Portland who was killed when a friendly little ragmop dog ran out to play with him, went in front of him and caused him to crash, and he died of a head injury. Another friend suffered a dislocated shoulder when a big friendly dog tried to greet him as he rode down the street. And I’ve seen some people try to bring their dogs on a bike ride by holding a leash. One tug on the handlebar and that quickly comes to an end.

Some people have great canine biking companions, though.

282 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:01:36am

re: #280 allegro

Have you ever turned your bike around and chased them back? That actually worked for me with one dog who I swore sat there all day waiting for me to ride my bike past. Freaked him right out.

I’ve done that before with other dogs, but to no avail with these two. They back into their own territory until I turn around again. At least they’ve never bitten me.

The really bad dogs will often turn around if you pick up a rock, or even pretend to pick up a rock.

283 allegro  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:01:57am

re: #281 wrenchwench

My riding companion, the above Li’l Jojo, rode in a hand-painted wicker basket attached to the handlebars. She was queen of the road. Only way to do it.

284 Mattand  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:04:57am

re: #281 wrenchwench

That is lucky. When I was a kid I had my dog come with me on a bike ride, and the next thing I knew, she was chasing motorcycles. Had to unteach that ASAP. Dogs and bikes can be a treacherous combo. I knew a guy in Portland who was killed when a friendly little ragmop dog ran out to play with him, went in front of him and caused him to crash, and he died of a head injury. Another friend suffered a dislocated shoulder when a big friendly dog tried to greet him as he rode down the street. And I’ve seen some people try to bring their dogs on a bike ride by holding a leash. One tug on the handlebar and that quickly comes to an end.

Some people have great canine biking companions, though.

All true. We don’t go to far from the house, for much of what you cite above.

The Soulsucker did have a fascination with motorcycles when he was a pup. Seems to have outgrown it. Didn’t know it was a dog thing.

285 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:11:10am

re: #284 Mattand

All true. We don’t go to far from the house, for much of what you cite above.

The Soulsucker did have a fascination with motorcycles when he was a pup. Seems to have outgrown it. Didn’t know it was a dog thing.

Chasing Prey seems to be basic dog instinct. The problem is they will chase anything —cars, bikes, leaves, tennis balls.

286 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:15:13am

re: #283 allegro

My riding companion, the above Li’l Jojo, rode in a hand-painted wicker basket attached to the handlebars. She was queen of the road. Only way to do it.

Big dogs can ride in a trailer. They even make special dog trailers.

287 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:16:49am

re: #279 darthstar

Compressed air…comes in little cans at pet food stores. Dogs hate it. I bought a can to stop the dogs from barking when they bark too much…just one hiss stops Fozzie in his tracks and he goes outside to wait for me to put the can down. Banjo, if he’s excited, will keep barking and look at me as if to say, “Stop spraying that, it’s annoying and I’m saying hi to mom!”

Not the same stuff I (supposedly) clean my computer with? Is it noisier than the cleaning-type compressed air?

288 allegro  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:19:23am

re: #286 wrenchwench

Big dogs can ride in a trailer. They even make special dog trailers.

That is very cool! I’ve long thought that a doggie side car would be fun.

289 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:21:03am

re: #288 allegro

That is very cool! I’ve long thought that a doggie side car would be fun.

Here’s a sidecar model.

290 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:21:34am

I knew a little girl that had a little dog.
She also had a little wheelchair.
The little wheelchair had a little box that protected her little feet.
The little dog rode in the little box.

It was very cute.

291 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:22:29am
292 allegro  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:26:09am

re: #289 wrenchwench

Here’s a sidecar model.

Wench, you are trying real hard to get me to spend more money on my pooches, arncha? That is too cool. My spaniel would totally get off on that.

293 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:26:45am

Why Mitt didn’t get his retraction…

Romney vs. The Post on outsourcing

So Romney may not have done anything personally to ship U.S. jobs overseas before he left Bain in 1999, and the offshoring trend did accelerate after he left.

But Bain knowingly and far-sightedly made strategic investments, with Romney at the helm, in these pioneering outsourcing firms in the late 1990s, which grew into some of the largest outsourcing and offshoring companies in the world. And Romney and Bain shared in their profits while he was chief executive and after he left. Whether that’s good or bad depends on your politics.

294 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:28:58am

re: #292 allegro

Wench, you are trying real hard to get me to spend more money on my pooches, arncha? That is too cool. My spaniel would totally get off on that.

And you’d ride your bike more, and need new tires, and a tune up….

295 allegro  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:32:01am

re: #294 wrenchwench

And you’d ride your bike more, and need new tires, and a tune up…

Not to mention a new riding outfit for the dog so he would look too cool in his doggie side car. He’s already got doggles for sticking his head out of the car window, but a visor would be an essential for bike riding.

296 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:33:22am

re: #295 allegro

Not to mention a new riding outfit for the dog so he would look too cool in his doggie side car. He’s already got doggles for sticking his head out of the car window, but a visor would be an essential for bike riding.

We’ll need pics!

297 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:40:21am

re: #296 wrenchwench

We’ll need pics!

For later bribery?

298 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:51:42am

re: #265 ggt

Morning all!

Is it any better today?

Yes. I’m rested with a sinus infection rather than tired and having a sinus infection. O_o

299 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 9:52:26am

re: #266 wrenchwench

Day before yesterday I was riding my bike home and the two annoying chihuahuas from across the street started harassing me. I whipped out my pepper spray, which never seems to hurt a dog, but always stops them and makes them walk away. Well, this time, they stopped, sniffed the pepper spray on the ground, and resumed barking and following me. They wanted more! Suddenly I realized; Chihuahuas, of course! Pepper spray is like catnip to them!

I need a new weapon.

I suggest a lynx or puma.

300 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:02:07am

re: #299 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

I suggest a lynx or puma.

Last week I thought of hiring a falconer.

301 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:03:29am

re: #300 wrenchwench

How about taking another way home?

302 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:09:32am

re: #301 PhillyPretzel

How about taking another way home?

They’re directly across the street from where I live. I can go up either end of the gravel driveway. They live right between the ends.

303 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:13:49am

re: #302 wrenchwench

They’re directly across the street from where I live. I can go up either end of the gravel driveway. They live right between the ends.

I doubt a squirtgun with just water would work. You’d need to add something to it that they don’t like the smell of.

I used to spray my porch with a bleach/water solution after the neighborhood cats started spraying there to “claim” the nearby catnip patch. But I wouldn’t want to actually spray an animal directly with such a mix.

I presume you are trying to avoid escalating this with the neighbors by getting something like local Animal Control involved.

304 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:16:46am

re: #303 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

I doubt a squirtgun with just water would work. You’d need to add something to it that they don’t like the smell of.

I used to spray my porch with a bleach/water solution after the neighborhood cats started spraying there to “claim” the nearby catnip patch. But I wouldn’t want to actually spray an animal directly with such a mix.

I presume you are trying to avoid escalating this with the neighbors by getting something like local Animal Control involved.

Amonia water? I know raccoons hate that smell.

305 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:18:23am

required daily kitteh!

It’s a twofer!

306 Kronocide  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:19:44am

I’d suggest a Bengal Tiger as a walking companion. But that’s just me.

307 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:20:22am

re: #303 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

I doubt a squirtgun with just water would work. You’d need to add something to it that they don’t like the smell of.

I used to spray my porch with a bleach/water solution after the neighborhood cats started spraying there to “claim” the nearby catnip patch. But I wouldn’t want to actually spray an animal directly with such a mix.

I presume you are trying to avoid escalating this with the neighbors by getting something like local Animal Control involved.

You presume correctly. And the dogs are more of an annoyance than a major concern. Other people walking their dogs have more of a problem than I do, and the incessant barking is worse than the bike chasing. The owners are some of the most dysfunctional people I know. No violence, but some incredible stupidity. I’m hoping somebody else calls animal control before I’m moved to do so.

Mainly I thought it was funny how they reacted to pepper spray.

308 abolitionist  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:21:56am

re: #302 wrenchwench

They’re directly across the street from where I live. I can go up either end of the gravel driveway. They live right between the ends.

In daylight, you might try a mirror aimed midway between the sun and the dog(s). [edit] On a bike, you’d want to avoid glass mirrors.

309 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:26:25am

re: #300 wrenchwench

Last week I thought of hiring a falconer.

Speaking of falcons I saw one of the local peregrines flying around while at work on Wednesday. :)

And a nice blog on the red-tail hawks over at the nearby museum.
[Link: sunnydixie.blogspot.com…]

310 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:28:26am

re: #308 abolitionist

In daylight, you might try a mirror aimed midway between the sun and the dog(s). [edit] On a bike, you’d want to avoid glass mirrors.

There’s a unique suggestion! I have a mirror on my helmet, but it’s only about an inch in diameter.

311 Kronocide  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:29:14am

The Conservative Constitutional Scholar Giant is awakened. Who’da thunk we had so many well versed in Constitutionalese?

312 Randall Gross  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:30:27am

Wingnut tweet:

313 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:30:32am

re: #308 abolitionist

In daylight, you might try a mirror aimed midway between the sun and the dog(s). [edit] On a bike, you’d want to avoid glass mirrors.

Varek would have suggested a much larger mirror with a concave surface…
;)

Ammonia-water mix might be ideal. Strong and repelling smell with fairly low injury risk.

314 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:31:56am

re: #309 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Speaking of falcons I saw one of the local peregrines flying around while at work on Wednesday. :)

And a nice blog on the red-tail hawks over at the nearby museum.
[Link: sunnydixie.blogspot.com…]

Nice!

This is supposed to be one of the best birding areas in the country, and I’ve recently acquired a few books to help me ID some birds. It’s more difficult than I anticipated, but also more fun. I’m not going to be one of those list-keepers, though…

315 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:36:03am

re: #311 Kronocide

The Conservative Constitutional Scholar Giant is awakened. Who’da thunk we had so many well versed in Constitutionalese?

In a true democracy, everybody has their own Constitution and does not have to listen to what a bunch of effete, over-educated judges have to say about it…

316 abolitionist  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:36:51am

re: #310 wrenchwench

Some flat mirrors are made of aluminized mylar stretched over a plastic frame. Very light weight. You’d probably have to attach a handle.

317 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:37:20am

re: #314 wrenchwench

Nice!

This is supposed to be one of the best birding areas in the country, and I’ve recently acquired a few books to help me ID some birds. It’s more difficult than I anticipated, but also more fun. I’m not going to be one of those list-keepers, though…

Bird-list for Central Philadelphia:
Pigeon
English Sparrow
Pigeon
Starling
Did I say Pigeon already?
Robin
Red-tail Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Mockingbird
(Though if you get over near the museums or a park you start adding a bunch of small songbirds and finches.)

And I will here express hatred for the idiots who feed the local pigeon flocks every morning. I see you, but do not know who you are.

318 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:39:53am

re: #316 abolitionist

Some flat mirrors are made of aluminized mylar stretched over a plastic frame. Very light weight. You’d probably have to attach a handle.

I don’t think it would be practical on the bike (This is near the apex of a nasty climb, and I’m out of breath by the time I get there) but I’m thinking about what could be done from the porch when they’re barking….

319 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:40:43am

re: #317 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

It is the same list for NE Philly too. :( There are also some bluejays here too. And also a breed of bird called the boo bird. That is when the Eagles or Phillies lose a game or two.

320 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:44:43am

re: #319 PhillyPretzel

It is the same list for NE Philly too. :( There are also some bluejays here too.

Oh. I forgot the crows too. Though after the events this week the corvids are in hiding due to the increased consumption rate.

321 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:46:16am

re: #320 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Oh. I forgot the crows too. Though after the events this week the corvids are in hiding due to the increased consumption rate.

Stone the crows!

322 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:49:48am

Meds! I seriously think the only way the vast majority of people over 30 are going to survive the Brave New World is Meds!

1/2 /:0

If a Black Man in the White House can cause this kind of uproar —what will the future be like when the technologicallyl adept young will be totally living in a different reality than their lawmakers and parents?

Pluto gone! Earth Tilted on it’s Axis? Checkoslovakia gone! Spock feels!

All in my lifetime!

323 wrenchwench  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:50:58am

re: #320 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Oh. I forgot the crows too. Though after the events this week the corvids are in hiding due to the increased consumption rate.

A few years ago West Nile virus cut our raven population down to 25% of what it was. They’re coming back, though. I love watching them play in the sky.

324 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:51:02am

re: #321 Expand Your Ground

Stone the crows!

I had a friend who lived in the country. His evening’s entertainment involved, his porch, a shotgun and crows.

325 prairiefire  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:52:20am

re: #320 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Oh. I forgot the crows too. Though after the events this week the corvids are in hiding due to the increased consumption rate.

We see lots of birds here in K.C. Lately this summer, there are bluebirds which have a glint that sparkles in their blue feathers. There are Blue Herons that have a rookery on one side of the highway and fly over the highway in the afternoon to fish at a nearby residential lake.
I think we’re under a Gulf Stream.

326 prairiefire  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:53:13am

re: #324 ggt

I had a friend who lived in the country. His evening’s entertainment involved, his porch, a shotgun and crows.

The crows around here no which day is trash day and have at the bags when they can.

327 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:56:46am

Ticks! It’s Tick season.

People who don’t have pets are finding they have Ticks!

Stay safe everyone!

328 allegro  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 11:00:04am

re: #325 prairiefire

We’ve got a pair of Louisiana herons (look just like great blues only smaller) that have nested in our “pond” (flood control overflow ditch). The male seems to have become quite fond of my friend and I as we walk our dogs together every evening at 9. He’s either hanging out by my door or hers at the appointed time and he kinda follows us around, staying just beyond the 16 foot reach of the leashes. Dunno why. We’ve grown to love that guy and it’s especially fun when he brings his lady along, too.

329 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 11:07:13am

bbl

330 abolitionist  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 11:09:57am

Sigh. We’ve come so far since the Pennywhistle modem and the Kansas City Standard, but the information age is both a blessing and a curse.

Website offers to delete its information about your arrest — if you pay about $200

As of Thursday afternoon, the website displayed mugshots and personal information for 1,373 people arrested from May 13 through June 10. Many had been caught allegedly driving under the influence, but others had missed court appearances for traffic infractions. Creed, who works alone, said he’s behind on uploading hundreds of additional mugshots.

Creed’s letters, sent to some of the arrestees, said that if they didn’t pay up they would risk having their neighborhood flooded with fliers — complete with mugshots — announcing their arrests. Letters started arriving in mailboxes Saturday.

“We will canvas the neighborhood of someone just released from jail with flyers on every residence, even if they have not gone to trial or been convicted of the crimes brought against them,” the letter said.

Bolding is mine. This will not end well.

331 Mattand  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 11:26:58am

re: #317 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Bird-list for Central Philadelphia:
Pigeon
English Sparrow
Pigeon
Starling
Did I say Pigeon already?
Robin
Red-tail Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Mockingbird
(Though if you get over near the museums or a park you start adding a bunch of small songbirds and finches.)

And I will here express hatred for the idiots who feed the local pigeon flocks every morning. I see you, but do not know who you are.

There was a guy who used to walk around Washington Square feeding pigeons from his mouth. They would land on him like he was St. Francis.

Whatever floats your boat, I guess. Even if it means flirting with psittacosis.

332 Mattand  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 11:28:09am

re: #317 oaktree

Not sure if they’re still there, but there was a pair of bald eagles nesting at the Navy Yard. Literally the first sightings in city limits since Franklin was stomping around Old City.

333 kirkspencer  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 11:43:53am

re: #330 abolitionist

Sigh. We’ve come so far since the Pennywhistle modem and the Kansas City Standard, but the information age is both a blessing and a curse.

Website offers to delete its information about your arrest — if you pay about $200

Bolding is mine. This will not end well.

That comes very close to defamation - criminal slander. Yes, it is true they were arrested, but posting in this fashion raises the implication that they are guilty of the crime and “got away with it”.

334 prairiefire  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 11:45:25am

re: #328 allegro

I think they are smart birds. I stood next to a Great White Heron on the beach at the surf line in St. Petersburg one evening. He was about 4 and 1/2 feet tall, it was like standing next to a person. He even moved toward me a bit and was only about 3 feet away, calmly waiting for a fish to eat. It was amazing.

335 abolitionist  Sat, Jun 30, 2012 11:45:59am

re: #333 kirkspencer

Maybe. I think it’s clearly extortion too.

336 Patricia Kayden  Sun, Jul 1, 2012 9:45:21am

re: #123 jaunte

Powerful photo and story! Those stories need to be featured on NPR, MSNBC, CNN, etc. How can the Repubs be so heartless to want to deny healthcare from people?!! Perhaps I am too Canadian to understand all this fuss about a basically conservative healthcare plan.


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