Been fighting the Internet all day; if it isn’t bad routers on our DB server’s network, it’s unexplained Apache crashes. And if it isn’t unexplained Apache crashes, it’s buggy jQuery plugins. And if it isn’t buggy jQuery plugins, it’s … OK, I’ll stop now.
Here’s some really nice finger-picking from Maneli Jamal to soothe our troubled brows. “Adapt and Accept,” indeed.
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freetoken Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:11:27pm |
A promise is only as good as someone keeps it:
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b_sharp Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:13:53pm |
Charles have you thought of moving to nginx instead of Apache?
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engineer cat Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:24:38pm |
did somebody rosin all the internet hamsters?
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Gus Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:24:57pm |
#Romney VP Candidate Paul Ryan with "some girls rape easy" lawmaker, Roger Rivard. #SeeThePattern #p2 #tlot #Obama twitter.com/Gus_802/status...— Gus (@Gus_802) October 11, 2012
#Romney VP Candidate Paul Ryan with "legitimate rape" lawmaker, Todd Akin. #SeeThePattern #p2 #tlot #Obama twitter.com/Gus_802/status...— Gus (@Gus_802) October 11, 2012
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engineer cat Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:30:01pm |
re: #4 Gus
Ryan Claims His Entire Past Life Is Photoshop By Democrats
will only stand by lies told since beginning of this week
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Gus Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:31:12pm |
re: #6 engineer cat
Ryan Claims His Entire Past Life Is Photoshop By Democrats
will only stand by lies told since beginning of this week
Yeah. They just showed up by accident. What is it with all these photo bombers? //
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Killgore Trout Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:36:51pm |
re: #5 Gus
Fear not! These are only pictures.
Rapey Ryan!
At least Mitt only wants to kill big bird. I fear Ryan has other plans.
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Gus Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:37:43pm |
re: #8 Killgore Trout
Rapey Ryan!
At least Mitt only wants to kill big bird. I fear Ryan has other plans.
Mmmm hmmmm.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:39:13pm |
Because we need a music break, ok, well not really.
I just put an article about Rivard on my fb, I missed that one today.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:41:06pm |
More to make you smile, if you haven't already seen this.
I'm not just pimping my Post. This is worth watching the whole thing. At one point they point the camera at the asshole and the look on his face is priceless. He knows he is getting his ass ripped.
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freetoken Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:42:46pm |
re: #10 ggt
Because we need a music break, ok, well not really.
We probably do... I'm still working my way through French choral pieces, yet another I'll post later tonight.
Saint-Saens is the antidote to Honey Boo Boo.
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freetoken Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:45:31pm |
Looks like it will rain tomorrow. We certainly need it, after all those hot and very dry days during September.
The loquats are pushing up their panicles now, and a good rain right now will carry them through until the winter rain season.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 10, 2012 6:46:57pm |
re: #12 freetoken
We probably do... I'm still working my way through French choral pieces, yet another I'll post later tonight.
Saint-Saens is the antidote to Honey Boo Boo.
No Honey Boo Boo in my world. I saw a reference to it and somehow my brain went into IGNORE mode.
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engineer cat Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:11:00pm |
Math Boy Takes On Blue Collar Hero In Testosterone Charged Attitude Fest
"the truth, crushed to earth, rises again more phoney than a glass eye"
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freetoken Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:20:17pm |
The amazing (though I am now too numb to be actually amazed) ability of our population to accept lies simply because they are repeated often enough, by the "media" (that is, all sorts of sources), is demonstrated once again:
California voters only have themselves to blame for soaring pump prices
If Californians want to know who's to blame for sky-high gas prices, they need to look in the mirror.
Faced with a price spike over the past week that saw stations charging well over $5 a gallon, California drivers have been asking who's behind the recent surge. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., late Friday demanded that the Federal Trade Commission investigate the cause of the price spike.
“Paying hundreds of dollars to fill your tank every time you go to the pump is untenable,” she said in a statement that pointed to “malicious and manipulative trading activity” as a likely source of the surge. California's Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday took steps to try to ease the shortage that has driven up pump prices.
Any investigation into the cause of the temporary price surge wouldn’t take long, say oil industry analysts.
For years, California's gasoline supply chain has been tighter than just about every state except Hawaii, leaving motorists vulnerable to even minor crimps in the supply chain. That, along with the second-highest gasoline tax [sigh] in the country, is why it costs more to fill up in California than it does elsewhere in the U.S.
And the reasons are almost entirely the result of policies and regulations enacted at the behest of California's voters.
Unlike past nationwide gas price spikes, Golden State drivers can't blame their pain at the pump on crude oil prices -- which account for about two-thirds of the cost of a gallon of gasoline. After peaking in May at $105 a barrel, the domestic benchmark price has fallen to $92 as of last week.Oil prices have fallen because there’s plenty of crude to go around, thanks to a slowing global economy and new drilling technologies that have dramatically increased U.S. production. [sigh] After two decades of decline, domestic oil output began rising in 2009 and is expected to continue to grow through 2014, according to the Department of Energy. Crude oil stocks are above the high end of the five-year average for this time of year.
The glut of domestic supply has helped drive down the price of oil based on the domestic benchmark price, known as West Texas Intermediate, compared will oil priced with the global Brent index. Until 2010, the two benchmarks tracked within a few dollars of each other. Today, U.S. refiners enjoy a $20 discount when they pay the domestic benchmark price.
[...]
(1) No Senator, it's not "manipulation" by traders.
(2) Regarding the gasoline "tax" in California, while it might be second highest, it still is only a small fraction of the overall costs, and the difference between the California tax and the national average isn't that great.
(3) No, there has not been a "dramatic" increase in US crude production. After hitting a low in 2005 post-hurricanes, production has increased slightly (about 1MMb/d) as new GoM projects have come on line to make up for depletion, and the high average prices have allowed for production from ND and MT, that is only slightly larger than the declines from the AK North slope. All of this is documented quite well and is not a secret.
(4) California refineries buy Alaska oil, as well as importing from elsewhere, and from local production.
Sigh... stupid NBC.
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Gus Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:21:36pm |
re: #20 freetoken
1. Richmond fire.
2. Electrical fire in the Southland.
3. Pipe problem in NORCAL.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:22:52pm |
re: #4 Gus
[Embedded content]
Are Ryan and Akin on any of the same Committees in the House? If they are, then that would likely mean the tow of them had work-related reason to be together like that.
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Gus Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:23:31pm |
re: #23 Dark_Falcon
Are Ryan and Akin on any of the same Committees in the House? If they are, then that would likely mean the tow of them had work-related reason to be together like that.
Personhood people.
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jaunte Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:24:08pm |
Jeff Flake Promises Not To Sign Tax Pledge He Already Signed
"While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands."
-- Michel-Rolph Trouillot
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freetoken Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:24:23pm |
BTW, the whole "oil" (and that is in quotes because most people use that term inaccurately) thing is a perfect example where various interests, presumed too often to be in conflict, gladly accept the deceit and misconceptions, because it plays into the game.
E.g., Feinstein needs high prices to blame "manipulators". Randian nuts need high prices to blame "regulators".
None of them want to accept the idea of supply and demand, because then they can't play their tunes to their audiences.
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Lidane Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:24:32pm |
RT @milbank: House Republicans, aiming for Obama, blow the CIA's cover in Libya. wapo.st/SSIRRw— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) October 11, 2012
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Lidane Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:26:57pm |
re: #28 Dark_Falcon
Huh?
Akin and Ryan worked together on a Personhood amendment. They're more than just fellow House members. They're ideological equals.
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JamesWI Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:27:09pm |
re: #28 Dark_Falcon
Huh?
They've worked together on anti-abortion bills, is what I believe Gus is getting at. This is why they are together in a picture. Because they are both misogynistic pigs.
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jaunte Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:27:13pm |
re: #20 freetoken
California only has a few refineries in the state that produce their particular blend of gasoline.
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engineer cat Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:29:48pm |
California voters only have themselves to blame for soaring pump prices
coz mama tried
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Gus Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:29:58pm |
re: #28 Dark_Falcon
Huh?
If you're pro-life then you are a purist WRT child birth. A woman gets raped? She carries the baby and lives happily ever after without any government assistance. And so on. The "father" even might get visitation rights. See the men's rights movement.
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bratwurst Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:36:31pm |
re: #28 Dark_Falcon
Huh?
I am sure you don't WANT to be aware of the fact that there is no daylight whatsoever between Akin and Ryan on this issue, but it is reality.
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freetoken Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:37:09pm |
BTW, the "Show Users" button in the Spy version of threads hasn't worked for me (using Chrome on a Mac) going on several days now.
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calochortus Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:38:27pm |
re: #20 freetoken
Apparently CA refineries usually have an excess of gas to sell out of state. The current problems are related to problems at 2 refineries combined with a little panic on the part of oil traders.
I guess we have only ourselves to blame for preferring cleaner air and reduced health consequences from pollution. OK...
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