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1 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 1:59:27pm

That’s my pal Lenny Castro playing percussion.

2 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:01:19pm

Now we’re rockin’!

3 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:02:27pm
4 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:02:40pm

I love his tone.

5 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:03:14pm

Lenny did a lot of gigs with Al Jarreau. Worked with him many times. Awesome percussionist.

6 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:04:14pm

On Saturdays, I troll the Greenwald cult while listening to Joe Bonamassa.

7 thedopefishlives  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:04:34pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

On Saturdays, I troll the Greenwald cult while listening to Joe Bonamassa.

What do you listen to when trolling the Greenwald cult on the rest of the week?

8 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:05:37pm

Sick, haha.

9 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:05:58pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

On Saturdays, I troll the Greenwald cult while listening to Joe Bonamassa.

Could life get any better?

10 makeitstop  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:06:04pm

You forgot the nod to Whitesnake, from ‘Still Of The Night.’ It starts at about 6:20.

11 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:07:34pm

Doubtless Putin & Co is cooking something up right now.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Obama that Russia reserves the right to protect its interests if there is violence in eastern Ukraine or Crimea - @CBCAlerts
end of alert

12 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:08:09pm

A guy just walked past my office window speaking Russian. I think I need to freshen up the tinfoil.

13 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:09:12pm

re: #10 makeitstop

It starts with Jeff Beck too.

14 thedopefishlives  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:09:55pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

A guy just walked past my office window speaking Russian. I think I need to freshen up the tinfoil.

Whoever thought that remaking Red Dawn with Koreans as the antagonist clearly was not a prognosticator.

15 makeitstop  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:09:57pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

It starts with Jeff Beck too.

Right. ‘Ain’t Superstitious.’

16 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:10:24pm

Youtube Video

17 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:10:32pm

PUTIN TO OBAMA: Here’s Why We’re Intervening In Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin spoke to Barack Obama on the phone Saturday to explain why Russia was sending troops to Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.

The Russian government released a statement on the phone call, which was translated into English by Breaking News Wire.

18 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:10:35pm

Last Saturday the Russian Winter Olympics were still going on.

Things sure do change in a hurry.

19 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:11:14pm

re: #18 b.d.

Last Saturday the Russian Winter Olympics were still going on.

Things sure do change in a hurry.

This would’ve happened weeks ago if those damned Olympics hadn’t gotten in Putin’s way.

20 Interesting Times  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:11:32pm

re: #3 Lidane

Could I hit you up for a bit of local knowledge? :) There’s a conference in Austin in June I’ll probably be attending in June. Anything special I should know about the area around the Austin Convention Center? I’m not sure yet where I’ll be staying; the Hilton across from the Center is already sold out :(

21 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:12:16pm

Political director of CBS:

22 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:12:48pm

re: #11 Justanotherhuman

Doubtless Putin & Co is cooking something up right now.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Obama that Russia reserves the right to protect its interests if there is violence in eastern Ukraine or Crimea - @CBCAlerts
end of alert

A summary of what Russia wants:

2200 GMT: The UNSC meeting is now closed - A quick analysis — Russia has finally spelled out exactly what its given justification for invading Crimea is. According to their logic:

The EU, the UK, and the US incited the protests and fueled the revolt.

Yanukovych signed a deal with the opposition politicians that would keep him in power until, at least, early elections in December.

The “armed militants” broke this agreement by taking over government buildings, therefore:

Yanukovych is the legitimate leader of Ukraine and the people in charge are radicals, “Kiev,” the catchphrase for these radicals ho are now running the country, is sending provocateurs to takeover government buildings in Crimea (interjection — there is literally no evidence that this is true). Therefore:

The government of Crimea has asked Russia to send troops to restore order, and Russia has done so unilaterally because the West helped conspire to remove a democratically-elected government and put these radicals in charge.

The bottom line: the international community needs to help remove the radicals and enforce the February 21st agreement (which, by the way, would require reinstating Yanukovych back as President).

If this is not done, Russian troops will defend Crimea, and possibly attack Kiev to make it happen.

That’s it? Seems reasonable to me.

//

23 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:14:37pm

I’d take this one with a grain of salt but….
Ukraine’s Navy refuses orders from Kiev, defects to Russia
I think “defect” is the wrong term here but refusing orders from Kiev fits in with earlier statements from Crimean government officials.

24 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:15:43pm

re: #21 Lidane

Political director of CBS:

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Was he doing an interview with CBS instead of attending the cabinet meeting?

25 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:16:26pm
26 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:16:27pm

re: #22 NJDhockeyfan

OT:

Happy birthday!

27 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:17:13pm

re: #22 NJDhockeyfan

If this is not done, Russian troops will defend Crimea, and possibly attack Kiev to make it happen.

Is that a direct quote?

28 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:18:13pm

re: #26 wrenchwench

OT:

Happy birthday!

Thanks!
Mom just called me :)

29 thedopefishlives  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:18:25pm

re: #22 NJDhockeyfan

A summary of what Russia wants:

That’s it? Seems reasonable to me.

//

Because of COURSE the West provoked these “radicals” to action. After all, we know from Snowwald that Premier Putin can do no wrong.

30 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:18:40pm
No joke: Stephen Colbert’s not a fan of Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing, the political satirist tells a packed house at the closing RSA Conference keynote speech.

snip

“Why, if Snowden was concerned with letting us know how we are spied on, why did he let us know how we spy on other countries? I think we should spy on other countries,” Colbert said. Snowden, he said, should be taken to court over the espionage charges.

news.cnet.com

31 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:18:48pm

For no particular reason, here’s the code that displays a tweet in a popup dialog:

$('body').on('click', 'a.tweetpop', function() {
	var m = [];
	if (m = $(this).attr('href').match(/(?:https?:)?\/\/twitter\.com\/(?:#!\/)?(?:\w+)\/status(?:es)?\/([^\/?]*).*/i)) {
		var msg = $(LGF.dialogs.lgfmessage).addClass('tweeted').blockIt();
		twttr.widgets.createTweet(m[1], msg[0]).then(function(element) {
			setTimeout(function() {
				msg.centerDialog().fadeTo(300, 1);
			}, 300);
		});
		return false;
	}
	return true;
});

That’s not quite everything you need to do it, but that’s the actual code that runs when you click a link like this one.

32 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:19:54pm

Nice stuff. Made me pause what I was listening to but now I’m back to the Aztec Camera greatest hits. Depressing remembering how long it’s been since I first bought “High Land, Hard Rain”

33 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:20:12pm

re: #20 Interesting Times

Could I hit you up for a bit of local knowledge? :) There’s a conference in Austin in June I’ll probably be attending in June. Anything special I should know about the area around the Austin Convention Center? I’m not sure yet where I’ll be staying; the Hilton across from the Center is already sold out :(

There are a lot of hotels close to the ACC. There is a Courtyard Marriott in walking distance, along with a Residence Inn, and an Omni nearby. There are others, but I can’t remember them offhand.

My personal recommendation would be The Driskill. It’s a bit pricy, but it’s a historical hotel here in Austin, and it’s really nice. It’s in walking distance of the convention center, it has a great bar, and they have decent food.

34 chadu  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:20:16pm

re: #3 Lidane

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“Greivances.”

Am I the only one thinking that this whole Ukraine/Russia thing could be cleared up if Festivus came early this year?

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35 chadu  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:22:19pm

re: #23 Killgore Trout

I’d take this one with a grain of salt but….
Ukraine’s Navy refuses orders from Kiev, defects to Russia
I think “defect” is the wrong term here but refusing orders from Kiev fits in with earlier statements from Crimean government officials.

Moist.

36 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:22:48pm

re: #27 Killgore Trout

Is that a direct quote?

In so many words. This is just getting uglier by the hour.

37 nines09  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:24:28pm

I made sure I finally see Joe live. Got great tickets to see him in May in Scranton Pa in May. Missed SRV. Not missing Joe. He’s a human jukebox and an immense talent that plays on his terms.

38 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:25:21pm


I bet there was some strong language said during that phone call.

39 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:26:15pm
40 Targetpractice  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:26:41pm

re: #36 NJDhockeyfan

In so many words. This is just getting uglier by the hour.

I think it’s quickly putting to rest the idea that this is going to end with Crimea. Putin is pretty much presenting the West with an ultimatum: Put Yanuk back in power and ensure he stays there until he can steal the election in December, or Russia will simply conquer Ukraine and install Yanuk back in power.

41 TedStriker  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:27:42pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

A guy just walked past my office window speaking Russian. I think I need to freshen up the tinfoil.

You have an office?

///

42 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:27:46pm

re: #33 Lidane

Oh! I just thought of another hotel — The W. I have friends that would stay there when they’d fly in to Austin for work. They always spoke highly of it. It’s downtown near the Austin City Limits venue and in walking distance of the Convention Center. There are a lot of shops and restaurants around it, so that would be a solid choice too.

44 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:30:50pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

A guy just walked past my office window speaking Russian. I think I need to freshen up the tinfoil.

Do you live near Sebastopol?

Some Russian troops may not have read their orders too closely.

//

45 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:33:55pm

re: #38 NJDhockeyfan

[Embedded content]


I bet there was some strong language said during that phone call.

46 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:34:08pm

re: #43 NJDhockeyfan

Readout of President Obama’s Call with President Putin

Meeting cancelled

The United States will suspend upcoming participation in preparatory meetings for the G-8.

47 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:34:56pm

Hahahahahahaha.

The 1st sentence really is all that you need to read to get the gist of this article.

The novelist and essayist Andrew O’Hagan spent the better part of a year working as Julian Assange’s ghostwriter, before Assange’s inattention and ambivalence about writing a book at all sabotaged the project.

nymag.com

48 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:36:51pm

What Are NATO’s Articles 4 and 5?

49 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:37:17pm

Heh:

50 thedopefishlives  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:37:23pm

re: #40 Targetpractice

I think it’s quickly putting to rest the idea that this is going to end with Crimea. Putin is pretty much presenting the West with an ultimatum: Put Yanuk back in power and ensure he stays there until he can steal the election in December, or Russia will simply conquer Ukraine and install Yanuk back in power.

To which the President replied, “Everybody likes me more than you at this point. Try me.”

51 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:43:40pm

AP tones down it’s Epic Global Smackdown Cagefight rhetoric
Analysis: Limited US, European options in Ukraine

Almost seems plagiarized from the CSM article I linked to earlier although I didn’t spot any direct quotes.

52 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:45:26pm
53 Targetpractice  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:50:04pm

re: #52 Lidane

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Ballsy fuckers.

54 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:50:16pm

Interesting page I just posted: iOS Security: Apple Makes It Impossible for Government Agencies to Spy on Your iCloud.

Apple has some very advanced cryptographic options in their iCloud setup that should make it impossible for basically anyone to get into your account without the master password.

55 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:50:56pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

What Are NATO’s Articles 4 and 5?

Under Article 4, any member state can convene a meeting of NATO members to “consult” when it feels its independence or security are threatened. In practice, it has rarely been used and sends a strong political symbol to the greater world that NATO is concerned about a particular situation.

Article 5 is known as the “one-for-all and all-for-one” article, the keystone of NATO as an organization. It states that an “armed attack” against one member is an attack against all and sets in motion the possibility of collective self-defense.

rferl.org

56 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:51:51pm

re: #55 Justanotherhuman

Under Article 4, any member state can convene a meeting of NATO members to “consult” when it feels its independence or security are threatened. In practice, it has rarely been used and sends a strong political symbol to the greater world that NATO is concerned about a particular situation.

Article 5 is known as the “one-for-all and all-for-one” article, the keystone of NATO as an organization. It states that an “armed attack” against one member is an attack against all and sets in motion the possibility of collective self-defense.

rferl.org

Yep, these are the ones that might get invoked if NATO takes action.

57 thedopefishlives  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:55:48pm

re: #54 Charles Johnson

Interesting page I just posted: iOS Security: Apple Makes It Impossible for Government Agencies to Spy on Your iCloud.

Apple has some very advanced cryptographic options in their iCloud setup that should make it impossible for basically anyone to get into your account without the master password.

Wow. That made my head spin, and I have a decent level of security knowledge. Apple has architected a rather innovative solution for privacy protection.

58 Chrysicat  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 2:59:03pm

Only in hindsight I probably should have said ‘Russian-to-German dictionary’.

59 ObserverArt  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:00:18pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

It starts with Jeff Beck too.

Truth!

I was ready for him to come right out of that lick into ZZ.

60 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:02:08pm

Nice to see that CNN told Don Lemon to stay at home and let the grown ups handle today’s broadcasts.

61 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:05:33pm

re: #60 b.d.

Nice to see that CNN told Don Lemon to stay at home and let the grown ups handle today’s broadcasts.

Looking at his twitter feed he is out getting plowed at Madri Gras.

Excused absence.

62 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:06:51pm

Russian Military Troopes in Balaklava | Sevastopol | Crimea

Youtube Video

63 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:10:34pm

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation in Ukraine, March 1, 2014.

(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

flickr.com

64 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:13:09pm

Deputy Secretary-General: Statements
New York, 1 March 2014 - Deputy Secretary-General’s briefing to the Security Council meeting on Ukraine

un.org

65 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:16:06pm
66 Bubblehead II  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:17:22pm

Looks like the Wife’s 91 Civic is going to be getting a new (salvage) engine. Just got off the phone with the Honda repair shop and the cylinders and pistons are shot. $3,000.00 or so in parts and labor to fix. Asked how much to change the engine out if I could find one. $1,100. The local salvage yard has a complete engine with 157k miles (almost half of what’s on the old one) on it for $460.00. If it checks out after they pull it next week, she will be back on the road again with out leaving a plume of smoke behind her.

67 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:19:24pm

re: #66 Bubblehead II

Looks like the Wife’s 91 Civic is going to be getting a new (salvage) engine. Just got off the phone with the Honda repair shop and the cylinders and pistons are shot. $3,000.00 or so in parts and labor to fix. Asked how much to change the engine out if I could find one. $1,100. The local salvage yard has a complete engine with 157k miles (almost half of what’s on the old one) on it for $460.00. If it checks out after they pull it next week, she will be back on the road again with out leaving a plume of smoke behind her.

Good luck

68 Amory Blaine  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:20:46pm

Nathan Deal: Tighten Access To Hospital Emergency Rooms

Gov. Nathan Deal has often called on Congress to reconsider the Affordable Care Act. But on Monday evening, he pushed his former Washington colleagues to revisit a separate health care law that fewer politicians openly critique.

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act is a 1986 law that requires hospitals to provide emergency health care treatment to anyone who needs it, regardless of citizenship or their ability to pay. It’s provided life-saving care to countless people, but it’s also strained hospital resources and turned emergency rooms into the first stop, instead of a last resort, for some.

“If they really want to get serious about lowering the cost of health care in this country, they would revisit another federal statute that has been there for a long time,” Deal told a crowd of dozens at a University of Georgia political science alumni gathering. “It came as a result of bad facts, and we have a saying that bad facts make bad law.”

69 thedopefishlives  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:20:59pm

re: #66 Bubblehead II

Looks like the Wife’s 91 Civic is going to be getting a new (salvage) engine. Just got off the phone with the Honda repair shop and the cylinders and pistons are shot. $3,000.00 or so in parts and labor to fix. Asked how much to change the engine out if I could find one. $1,100. The local salvage yard has a complete engine with 157k miles (almost half of what’s on the old one) on it for $460.00. If it checks out after they pull it next week, she will be back on the road again with out leaving a plume of smoke behind her.

Hope the salvage engine checks out. I’ve always wanted to monkey around with engine changes, but currently both of the Fishmobiles are in active use and I don’t have the cash to play. I’m hoping I don’t wind up having to perform one out of necessity.

70 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:21:08pm

re: #62 NJDhockeyfan

Russian Military Troopes in Balaklava | Sevastopol | Crimea

[Embedded content]

Still no markings on vehicles and uniforms.

71 Bubblehead II  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:23:01pm

re: #67 b.d.

Good luck

Thanks. She loves that car and really didn’t like the idea of having to get rid of it. Beside, I can salvage parts off of the old engine to have on hand for spares. Alternator and such. I will defiantly check to see if the head is still serviceable as it just had a valve job done on it last summer.

72 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:23:43pm
73 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:23:53pm

re: #70 Killgore Trout

Still no markings on vehicles and uniforms.

They’ve been flown in from Russia I think. CNN asked one of them today and he told her he was Russian.

74 piratedan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:24:44pm

re: #68 Amory Blaine

Nathan Deal: Tighten Access To Hospital Emergency Rooms

so much for the GOP methodology of “who needs Obamacare, just go to the ER!”

somebody must have clued in Nathan that the reason that paying customers pay 60.00 for an emesis basin is because you milk those customers that can pay….

75 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:27:05pm

re: #72 Lidane

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Ukraine Finds Its Forces Are Ill Equipped to Take Crimea Back From Russia

the Ukrainian military has only a token force in the autonomous region of Crimea — a lightly armed brigade of about 3,500 people, equipped with artillery and light weapons but none of the country’s advanced battle tanks, said Igor Sutyagin, a Russian military expert at the Royal United Services Institute in London. The forces also have only one air squadron of SU-27 fighters deployed at the air base near Belbek.

A senior NATO official said that Ukraine’s small naval fleet, which was originally part of the Black Sea Fleet, had been boxed in by Russian warships.

76 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:27:11pm

re: #71 Bubblehead II

I had a ‘91 Acura Legend that had a used engine put in it after the previous owner never changed the oil. I got an extra 150k out of it, the engine was going fine when I kissed it goodbye.

77 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:27:39pm

Now we’re talking. Fuck this ‘deeply concerned’ shit. Hit him where it hurts, in the pocketbook.

78 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:27:58pm
79 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:28:24pm

re: #73 NJDhockeyfan

They’ve been flown in from Russia I think. CNN asked one of them today and he told her he was Russian.

Daily beast had a good article about them. They’re not really military, they’re contractors like the Russian version of Blackwater.

80 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:30:20pm

re: #78 Lidane

[Embedded content]

Venezuela?

Thailand?

Turkey?

Bahrain?

Oh, Ukraine…

81 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:30:56pm

re: #80 wrenchwench

I think he means Crimea.

82 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:32:46pm

Yep. He’s talking about Crimea:

83 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:33:10pm

re: #81 Lidane

I think he means Crimea.

Which is still part of Ukraine?

84 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:34:44pm

it’s still snowing, very, very fine powder. Not good for nuttin’.

you?

85 Bubblehead II  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:36:09pm

re: #76 b.d.

I had a ‘91 Acura Legend that had a used engine put in it after the previous owner never changed the oil. I got an extra 150k out of it, the engine was going fine when I kissed it goodbye.

Well that is one of the things I like about Honda’s. They do have well designed and robust engines. But like anything else. They do wear out over time.

86 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:36:24pm

re: #83 wrenchwench

Which is still part of Ukraine?

I thought it was autonomous.

87 Bubblehead II  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:37:53pm

re: #86 Lidane

I thought it was autonomous.

It is was.

88 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:38:44pm
89 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:39:27pm

I wonder what Condi thinks of all this.

90 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:40:25pm

re: #89 FemNaziBitch

I wonder what Condi thinks of all this.

She’s probably glad she doesn’t have to deal with fuckwits like Sarah Palin giving her advice on how to handle Putin.

91 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:40:46pm

LOL! Isn’t lying considered a sin in the Russian Orthodox Church?

92 sagehen  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:41:32pm

re: #62 NJDhockeyfan

Russian Military Troopes in Balaklava | Sevastopol | Crimea

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Memorializing Events in the Battle of Balaclava, October 25, 1854
Written 1854

Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
‘Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns’ he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

‘Forward, the Light Brigade!’
Was there a man dismay’d ?
Not tho’ the soldier knew
Some one had blunder’d:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley’d & thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash’d all their sabres bare,
Flash’d as they turn’d in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
All the world wonder’d:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro’ the line they broke;
Cossack & Russian
Reel’d from the sabre-stroke,
Shatter’d & sunder’d.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
While horse & hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro’ the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder’d.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

93 Chrysicat  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:41:41pm

re: #88 NJDhockeyfan

Good. If Russia really intends to do this, they do have to become a pariah state.

It’s just too bad that China will probably still do biz with ‘em…

94 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:41:46pm

re: #91 NJDhockeyfan

LOL! Isn’t lying considered a sin in the Russian Orthodox Church?

[Embedded content]

These guys are so old school …

95 Bear  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:41:55pm

re: #89 FemNaziBitch

I imagine “Thank G I am out of this”.

96 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:42:17pm

re: #90 Lidane

She’s probably glad she doesn’t have to deal with fuckwits like Sarah Palin giving her advice on how to handle Putin.

I was thinking something similar.

Still she is a resource on the area.

97 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:44:43pm

Fox News starting their propaganda against Hillary.

So predictable.

98 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:45:20pm

re: #91 NJDhockeyfan

LOL! Isn’t lying considered a sin in the Russian Orthodox Church?

[Embedded content]

Sure, but they’re more worried about crossing Putin. You can confess your sins to the clergy at any time. Avoiding gunfire aimed at you is another matter.

99 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:45:37pm
100 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:45:47pm

National Archives released documents today from the Clinton admin.

101 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:46:18pm

re: #97 FemNaziBitch

Fox News starting their propaganda against Hillary.

So predictable.

Haven’t they been listening to Rand Paul? Bill Clinton is clearly a much more important target in 2014.

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102 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:46:38pm

When Putin was a little boy, do you think he wanted to be a cowboy when he grew-up —Just like GWB?

103 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:47:58pm

Well, why didn’t know this page existed?

104 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:49:33pm

WWII buffs:
files relating to Russian espionage in the USA and penetration of the Manhattan Project

105 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:50:08pm

re: #99 Gus

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I live the Oval Office and I love the desk but that Briefing Room hallway needs a serious makeover. The red and gold is too much, they need to tone that down some.

106 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:51:10pm

Little late for this Pierre:

107 Amory Blaine  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:54:16pm

re: #105 Killgore Trout

I think the couches are fugly. They look like Biden scored them outside a frat house.

108 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:54:24pm

re: #99 Gus

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Huh, he pulls that off well.
/

109 Chrysicat  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:54:32pm
110 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:54:39pm

re: #107 Amory Blaine

I think the couches are fugly. They look like Biden scored them outside a frat house.

Because he did.

111 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:54:54pm

In Putin’s calculus, U.S. needs Russia more than Russia needs the U.S.

Putin, analysts say, doesn’t seem concerned about a looming breakup with Washington - he’s confident there’ll be no U.S. military intervention and has decided to weather any other potential consequences.

Olga Oliker, a Russia specialist and senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation research center in Washington, said the tug-of-war over Ukraine is part of a bigger divergence: competing visions from Washington and Moscow over the ideal future for Russia.

“We think what’s good for Russia is stability in the neighborhood, economic growth,” Oliker said. “But Russia, or at least Vladimir Putin, thinks what’s most important is that Russia is taken seriously, and that a strong Russia is one that sticks to its guns and gets what it wants.”

In the case of the Ukraine, analysts say, it’s likely that Putin will do just that. The United States and its allies could impose economic sanctions, kick Russia out of the G-8 forum for industrialized democracies and issue stern condemnations, but none of that is likely to sway Putin.

By his math, the U.S. and its allies need Russia more than Russia needs them. Russia exports natural gas to Europe, is the world’s third-largest military spender, and wields veto power on the United Nations Security Council. As an ally of President Bashar Assad, Russia has made itself instrumental in talks on how to resolve the Syrian civil war. Russia is also a key player in the mammoth effort to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal under an agreement that saved the Obama administration from making good on threats of a military strike and one of the six nations negotiating with Iran over that country’s nuclear program.

112 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:55:00pm
113 Amory Blaine  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:55:35pm

re: #110 Varek Raith

Strapped to the roof of his Trans Am.

114 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:56:06pm

re: #107 Amory Blaine

I think the couches are fugly. They look like Biden scored them outside a frat house.

The building is a museum —it has to look like one.

115 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:56:14pm

re: #110 Varek Raith

Because he did.

He got double secret probation for it

116 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:56:27pm

re: #111 Killgore Trout

Boy is he ever wrong.

117 thedopefishlives  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:57:07pm

re: #116 Varek Raith

Boy, is he ever wrong.

Shhh. We’re supposed to be fearing the Russian bear here.

118 jaunte  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:58:21pm

re: #103 FemNaziBitch

Nice photo collection at that site.

Western Wall, Jerusalem 1929:
flickr.com

119 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 3:59:51pm
120 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:00:15pm

Apparently that pic is leading to some disgruntlement. Hence my Tweets…

121 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:00:55pm
122 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:01:28pm

Paul Carr has a good article over at Pando taking down today’s Greenwald post.

No amount of Twitter smears or online bluster or cries of “old news!” will stop us reporting the facts about Pierre Omidyar and First Look, or examining what they mean for the future of journalism.

Should Glenn Greenwald ever find himself curious as to what his boss is up to, he can rest assured the answers will always be found right here on Pando.

pando.com

123 thedopefishlives  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:01:31pm

re: #120 Gus

Apparently that pic is leading to some disgruntlement. Hence my Tweets…

The phone isn’t red enough.

124 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:02:06pm

re: #123 thedopefishlives

The phone isn’t red enough.

Needs moar drones.

125 TedStriker  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:02:49pm

re: #119 Gus

re: #121 Gus

I think those drapes go good with the Resolute desk…that’s just me though.

126 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:03:05pm

re: #121 Gus

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Can you put him in a hoodie?

127 jaunte  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:04:06pm

re: #120 Gus

Apparently that pic is leading to some disgruntlement.

That strange moment when the president some wail about as a fascist dictator is suddenly not enough of a strong man to satisfy.

128 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:05:37pm


lol

129 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:06:41pm

re: #120 Gus

Apparently that pic is leading to some disgruntlement. Hence my Tweets…

We have a case of Get Off My Lawn syndrome going on.

130 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:06:46pm

re: #128 wrenchwench

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lol

Edward R. Morrow reduced to 140 characters.

131 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:07:10pm

I like 10 Downing street. It looks like another shitty row house and when the PM has something to say he just goes out on the stoop and starts talking.

132 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:07:41pm
133 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:07:52pm

I couldn’t possibly care less what the President wears while he talks on the phone to Vladimir Putin.

134 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:08:02pm

re: #131 Killgore Trout

I like 10 Downing street. It looks like another shitty row house and when the PM has something to say he just goes out on the stoop and starts talking.

Notice he never does that until the milk float drops off the cream.

135 jaunte  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:08:06pm

Some people need to remember that Nixon may have had a coat and tie on, but he got drunk in the Oval office.

136 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:08:35pm

Are they crossing the streams?

137 TedStriker  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:08:36pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

I couldn’t possibly care less what the President wears while he talks on the phone to Vladimir Putin.

Precisely…it’s Saturday, for Pete’s sake.

138 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:08:47pm

re: #135 jaunte

Some people need to remember that Nixon may have had a coat and tie on, but he got drunk in the Oval office.

And bombed Cambodia.

139 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:09:07pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

I couldn’t possibly care less what the President wears while he talks on the phone to Vladimir Putin.

He wasn’t dressed like Rambo! Obama’s a wimp!

Of course, if he’d a actually been wearing something more “manly”, the nutters would have said he’s trying too hard.

140 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:09:08pm

But then, I’m a hippie, so whaddoIknow?

141 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:09:10pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

I couldn’t possibly care less what the President wears while he talks on the phone to Vladimir Putin.

Shoulda had his Crocs up on the desk.

142 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:09:37pm
143 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:10:12pm

re: #141 wrenchwench

Shoulda had his Crocs up on the desk.

Should have worn red flannel PJs and held a cup of hot chocolate, just to troll them.

144 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:10:47pm

re: #143 Decatur Deb

Shopuld have worn red flannel PJs and held a cup of hot chocolate, just to troll them.

A smoking jacket and meerschaum pipe.

145 jamesfirecat  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:10:57pm

Well congrats to me, I just beat XCOM enemy unknown on normal difficulty, and I only did one reload based on events happening that the game should have clarified In a tutorial /manual honestly (burning cars are going to explode).

Would be happy to tell the story of the last turn of the game if anyone wants to hear…

146 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:11:00pm


Typical. Always thinking about their penis.

147 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:11:15pm

re: #118 jaunte

Nice photo collection at that site.

Western Wall, Jerusalem 1929:
flickr.com

Yes, the whole series is good.

148 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:11:46pm

He could have been wearing scuba gear and a tutu. I still wouldn’t care.

149 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:12:07pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

A smoking jacket and meerschaum pipe.

Stroking a Persian.

150 TedStriker  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:12:26pm

re: #146 Gus

Typical. Always thinking about their penis.

Wait…aren’t pretty much all chaps “assless”?

Just sayin’…

151 Dr Lizardo  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:12:44pm

re: #149 Decatur Deb

Stroking a Persian.

Yes! In one of the grey Nehru suits; that would be epic.

152 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:13:11pm

re: #150 TedStriker

Wait…aren’t pretty much all chaps “assless”?

Just sayin’…

Some of the chaps here in Alabama have prodigious asses.

153 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:13:31pm
154 TedStriker  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:13:33pm

re: #151 Dr Lizardo

Yes! In one of the grey Nehru suits; that would be epic.

With his head shaved bald…

155 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:13:41pm

re: #150 TedStriker

Wait…aren’t pretty much all chaps “assless”?

Just sayin’…

You tell him. //

156 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:13:44pm

re: #140 Charles Johnson

But then, I’m a hippie, so whaddoIknow?

long-hair … .

Does anyone know what time it is?

157 Bubblehead II  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:13:51pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

A smoking jacket and meerschaum pipe.

Nah, since the rwnj considered him a pot smoking hippy how about a bong a package of Doritos?

158 jaunte  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:14:05pm

re: #150 TedStriker

Wait…aren’t pretty much all chaps “assless”?

Just sayin’…

This guy’s chaps are never without an ass.

159 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:16:28pm

160 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:16:39pm

161 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:18:04pm

Why do we have british speaking people (accented) on our news channels?

Has anyone ever explained this to me, because I seem to have forgotten.

162 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:19:19pm

re: #161 FemNaziBitch

Why do we have british speaking people (accented) on our news channels?

Has anyone ever explained this to me, because I seem to have forgotten.

Cheap foreign labor?

163 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:19:39pm

Is it easier for old people to hear?

Fox is on in the background —noticing the obvioius dumbing down of their broadcast in a new way tonite.

It is really for the mild to moderate dementia market.

164 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:21:02pm

re: #161 FemNaziBitch

Why do we have british speaking people (accented) on our news channels?

Has anyone ever explained this to me, because I seem to have forgotten.

Moves more Grey Poupon.

165 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:21:48pm

re: #157 Bubblehead II

Nah, since the rwnj considered him a pot smoking hippy how about a bong a package of Doritos?

PIZZA ROLLS!

166 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:23:55pm

re: #164 Decatur Deb

Moves more Grey Poupon.

But it has to be this because UK regional or Austraylyun just won’t do:

“Received Pronunciation

Received Pronunciation is the closest to a “standard accent” that has ever existed in the UK. Although it originally derives from London English, it is non-regional. You’ve probably heard this accent countless times in Jane Austen adaptations, Merchant Ivory films, and Oscar Wilde plays. It emerged from the 18th- and 19th-Century aristocracy, and has remained the “gold standard” ever since.”

dialectblog.com

167 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:24:33pm
168 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:25:44pm

re: #166 Justanotherhuman

But it has to be this because UK regional or Austraylyun just won’t do:

“Received Pronunciation

Received Pronunciation is the closest to a “standard accent” that has ever existed in the UK. Although it originally derives from London English, it is non-regional. You’ve probably heard this accent countless times in Jane Austen adaptations, Merchant Ivory films, and Oscar Wilde plays. It emerged from the 18th- and 19th-Century aristocracy, and has remained the “gold standard” ever since.”

dialectblog.com

I think it is now known as the official language of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

169 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:26:12pm

re: #166 Justanotherhuman

But it has to be this because UK regional or Austraylyun just won’t do:

“Received Pronunciation

Received Pronunciation is the closest to a “standard accent” that has ever existed in the UK. Although it originally derives from London English, it is non-regional. You’ve probably heard this accent countless times in Jane Austen adaptations, Merchant Ivory films, and Oscar Wilde plays. It emerged from the 18th- and 19th-Century aristocracy, and has remained the “gold standard” ever since.”

dialectblog.com

Sounds like the “Standard Midwest” of the Huntley-Brinkley anchoring days.

170 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:28:21pm
171 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:28:54pm

What does it mean when a 50+ yo man starts posting the entirety of song lyrics from high school on fb?

172 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:29:04pm

re: #169 Decatur Deb

Sounds like the “Standard Midwest” of the Huntley-Brinkley anchoring days.

And David Brinkley was born in NC. I was born in SC but got rid of my southern accent by the time I was 10. Living in Buffalo and being made fun of helped. : )

173 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:29:41pm

re: #171 FemNaziBitch

What does it mean when a 50+ yo man starts posting the entirety of song lyrics from high school on fb?

He’s unemployed?

174 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:30:40pm

re: #167 Gus

Personally, I blame Obama for the far-away crisis that has nothing to do with the U.S. and is older than the U.S. constitution.

Too facile. It involves us because we granted ‘assurances’ to get Ukraine to shred its nukes. Simple justice says we should give a proportional number of warheads to the Euromaidan kids. They’ll figure out what to do with them.

175 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:31:24pm

Crimea by New Yorker:
PUTIN GOES TO WAR

In a recent Letter from Sochi, I tried to describe Putin’s motivations: his resentment of Western triumphalism and American power, after 1991; his paranoia that Washington is somehow behind every event in the world that he finds threatening, including the recent events in Kiev; his confidence that the U.S. and Europe are nonetheless weak, unlikely to respond to his swagger because they need his help in Syria and Iran; his increasingly vivid nationalist-conservative ideology, which relies, not least, on the elevation of the Russian Orthodox Church, which had been so brutally suppressed during most of the Soviet period, as a quasi-state religion supplying the government with its moral force.

176 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:31:42pm

re: #173 Justanotherhuman

He’s unemployed?

I think you got it!

177 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:31:50pm

re: #166 Justanotherhuman

But it has to be this because UK regional or Austraylyun just won’t do:

“Received Pronunciation

Received Pronunciation is the closest to a “standard accent” that has ever existed in the UK. Although it originally derives from London English, it is non-regional. You’ve probably heard this accent countless times in Jane Austen adaptations, Merchant Ivory films, and Oscar Wilde plays. It emerged from the 18th- and 19th-Century aristocracy, and has remained the “gold standard” ever since.”

dialectblog.com

Reminds me. I saw a very funny movie on Netflix the other night: Cockneys vs. Zombies. Definitely free of Received Pronunciation, except for a simpering yuppie who gets it pretty early.
The film is a zombie spoof set in London’s East End, with a gang of hapless criminal wannabes teaming up with the residents of a a retirement home to resist a zombie apocalypse. Bond girl Honor Blackman (“Pussy Galore”) plays one of the feisty seniors. She was 87 when the film was made in 2012.

178 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:31:56pm

re: #171 FemNaziBitch

What does it mean when a 50+ yo man starts posting the entirety of song lyrics from high school on fb?

He’s about to buy a 2-seater convertible.

179 andres  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:32:31pm

re: #174 Decatur Deb

Too facile. It involves us because we granted ‘assurances’ to get Ukraine to shred its nukes. Simple justice says we should give a proportional number of warheads to the Euromaidan kids. They’ll figure out what to do with them.

And enough instructions to tell them how to properly point them.

180 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:32:37pm

re: #174 Decatur Deb

Too facile. It involves us because we granted ‘assurances’ to get Ukraine to shred its nukes. Simple justice says we should give a proportional number of warheads to the Euromaidan kids. They’ll figure out what to do with them.

Yeah. That was a policy paper from Max Fisher.

181 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:34:27pm
The legislators in the Russian parliament today parroted those features of modern Putinism. In order to justify the invasion of the Crimean peninsula, they repeatedly cited the threat of Ukrainian “fascists” in Kiev helping Russia’s enemies.

what was it George Orwell (H.G. Wells?) said about fascism?

182 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:36:22pm

re: #181 FemNaziBitch

what was it George Orwell (H.G. Wells?) said about fascism?

It’ll come carrying a shrimp, wrapped in a po’ boy?

183 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:36:23pm
184 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:36:30pm
185 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:37:26pm
186 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:38:09pm

re: #170 Charles Johnson

This is not a side project that he is doing. Pierre writes more on our internal messaging than anyone else. - Jeremy Scahill

187 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:39:17pm

re: #186 b.d.

In an autonomy-guaranteeing sort of way.

188 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:39:50pm

time for some comic relief:


at least, I found it humorous.

189 Amory Blaine  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:40:02pm

It’s a formidable scent.

190 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:40:19pm

re: #187 Decatur Deb

In an autonomy-guaranteeing sort of way.

We better not check this new boss guy out and see what he’s all about…

//

191 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:40:50pm

re: #184 Gus

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an eye bleach warning would have been nice.

192 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:41:18pm

re: #189 Amory Blaine

It’s a formidable scent.

Is strong, like bull.

193 Amory Blaine  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:41:31pm

Pregnancy pants rock!

194 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:41:45pm
195 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:42:39pm
196 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:43:35pm

re: #184 Gus

197 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:43:58pm

re: #194 FemNaziBitch

Fox News Host: I think the Fukushima radiation leak is causing great harm

Another Godzilla marketing tie-in.

(That’s discredited BS from last year.)

198 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:44:25pm

re: #194 FemNaziBitch

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Oh God. ENNews.

199 Amory Blaine  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:45:44pm

re: #195 FemNaziBitch

It astounds me that the WiGOP poll numbers are like a rock. The RW voters are impermeable.

200 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:46:03pm

re: #196 b.d.

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Looks like “employee of the month” at a Volgograd tractor factory.

201 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:48:46pm

re: #200 Decatur Deb

Looks like “employee of the month” at a Volgagrad tractor factory.

This one better?:

202 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:49:05pm

CP24 ‏@CP24 8m

BREAKING: Canada is recalling its ambassador from Moscow over Russia’s military involvement in Ukraine, a statement from the PMO says.

203 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:50:24pm

re: #201 b.d.

This one better?:

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Sultry doorman.

204 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:52:01pm

26 injured after truck drives into local grocery store

jrn.com

It’s gotta be hard getting into a full sized pickup truck when you’re 88, too.

205 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:52:08pm

re: #195 FemNaziBitch

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Aw, just from the majority leadership. Bummer. I’d hoped one of the GOP crooks was going to go visit Blago for a nice long rehab.

206 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:52:34pm

cool graphic could lead to some armchair psych analysis of current events

Let the puns begin

207 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:54:00pm

G-8
G-7
G-6

208 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:54:43pm

Ukraine army on full alert as Russia backs sending troops

bbc.com

“Acting President Olexander Turchynov said he had also stepped up security at key sites, including nuclear plants.

“Russia’s Vladimir Putin requested extra troops to protect Russian interests in Ukraine. It came on a day of pro-Russia rallies in the country.

“The move has been met with alarm from Western leaders.”

209 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:57:27pm
210 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:57:35pm

re: #202 Justanotherhuman

CP24 ‏@CP24 8m

BREAKING: Canada is recalling its ambassador from Moscow over Russia’s military involvement in Ukraine, a statement from the PMO says.

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Why not just suspend Russia from the G8?

Japan - Still at war from WW2 with Russia
US - Condemned Russia
Canada - Condemned Russia
Germany - Condemned Russia
Italy - Condemned Russia
UK - Condemned Russia
France - Condemned Russia

211 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:57:39pm

2:57 AM
Sunday, March 2, 2014 (EET)
Time in Ukraine

212 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:59:06pm

re: #210 b.d.

Why not just suspend Russia from the G8?

Japan - Still at war from WW2 with Russia
US - Condemned Russia
Canada - Condemned Russia
Germany - Condemned Russia
Italy - Condemned Russia
UK - Condemned Russia
France - Condemned Russia

Not like they were a good fit anyways:

The Group of Eight (G8) is a forum for the governments of seven leading industrialized democracies, plus Russia

en.wikipedia.org

213 Dr Lizardo  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 4:59:32pm

re: #209 Gus

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Unlike when Mr. Klitshcko spoke earlier, this I would take a little more seriously. Is it official, from the Ministry of Defense or Chief of Staff?

214 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:00:00pm
215 Dr Lizardo  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:00:25pm

re: #210 b.d.

Why not just suspend Russia from the G8?

Japan - Still at war from WW2 with Russia
US - Condemned Russia
Canada - Condemned Russia
Germany - Condemned Russia
Italy - Condemned Russia
UK - Condemned Russia
France - Condemned Russia

Granted, suspending Russia from the G8 would probably be a little problematic, but I suppose it could be done.

216 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:00:30pm

re: #213 Dr Lizardo

Unlike when Mr. Klitshcko spoke earlier, this I would take a little more seriously. Is it official, from the Ministry of Defense or Chief of Staff?

217 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:01:26pm

re: #215 Dr Lizardo

Granted, suspending Russia from the G8 would probably be a little problematic, but I suppose it could be done.

It would then return to being the G-8.

Or, you could just have a G-8?

Or what about a G-8?

218 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:02:40pm

re: #158 jaunte

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This guy’s chaps are never without an ass.

Czar jokes are so 5 years ago.

219 Dr Lizardo  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:03:06pm

re: #216 Gus

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OK. Unless his FB was hacked, that’s pretty serious.

General mobilization is the prelude to war.

220 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:03:13pm
221 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:04:25pm
222 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:04:56pm
223 Dr Lizardo  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:06:09pm

re: #221 Gus

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Cry havoc and unleash the dogs of war accountants!

224 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:09:10pm
One explanation comes from David Silverman himself, who submits that “Just as there are many closeted atheists in the church pews, I am extremely confident that there are many closeted atheists in the ranks of conservatives.” It could well be the case that Rand’s extraordinary anti-Christian philosophy slips by mostly unremarked upon because there really is no significant objection to it.

ah!

225 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:09:11pm

re: #214 FemNaziBitch

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The tweet has a much better headline than the Huffpo article. “Known” is the important difference—the map shows where things are known. (Check the Amazon.)

226 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:10:29pm

Good grief.

1 killed, 30 hospitalized after snowy 104-vehicle pileup on I-25 in Denver

denverpost.com

“One person was killed and 30 people were taken to three hospitals with injuries Saturday morning after a giant pileup on Interstate 25.

“Denver police said 104 vehicles were involved in a string of accidents between Logan Street and University Boulevard that occurred as a heavy band of snow moved through town before 11 a.m.

“The northbound interstate was closed for about five hours, reopening at about 3:48 p.m.”

227 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:12:01pm

re: #225 Decatur Deb

The tweet has a much better headline than the Huffpo article. “Known” is the important difference—the map shows where things are known. (Check the Amazon.)

the whole think is kewl!

That map makes it look like the US has been obliterated.

228 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:14:24pm

re: #226 Justanotherhuman

Good grief.

1 killed, 30 hospitalized after snowy 104-vehicle pileup on I-25 in Denver

denverpost.com

“One person was killed and 30 people were taken to three hospitals with injuries Saturday morning after a giant pileup on Interstate 25.

“Denver police said 104 vehicles were involved in a string of accidents between Logan Street and University Boulevard that occurred as a heavy band of snow moved through town before 11 a.m.

“The northbound interstate was closed for about five hours, reopening at about 3:48 p.m.”

Looks the orange car. Fatal.

229 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:15:14pm

re: #216 Gus

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Ugh, I really hope they keep cool. Nobody is coming to their aid if things get worse. They should sit still and not make any sudden movements.

230 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:16:21pm

re: #227 FemNaziBitch

the whole think is kewl!

That map makes it look like the US has been obliterated.

There is a 5-mile wide fossil crater just north of Montgomery, and just over the hill is the town where the only reported US meteorite injury occurred 83 million years later. The Wetumpka crater was only recognized a couple decades ago.

en.wikipedia.org

231 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:16:52pm
232 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:17:24pm

233 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:17:55pm

re: #229 Killgore Trout

Ugh, I really hope they keep cool. Nobody is coming to their aid if things get worse. They should sit still and not make any sudden movements.

Just lie back and think of Rodina? smh

234 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:25:05pm

A friend posted (on fb) a pic of her at Soldier Field tonite.


Why anyone is there, I do not understand.

235 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:25:42pm

re: #234 FemNaziBitch

A friend posted (on fb) a pic of her at Soldier Field tonite.

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Why anyone is there, I do not understand.

Do penguins have knees? : )

236 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:26:14pm

beebees!!!!!

237 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:26:37pm

re: #235 Justanotherhuman

Do penguins have knees? : )

I’m not gonna lift their skirts to find out!

238 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:27:50pm

re: #235 Justanotherhuman

Do penguins have knees? : )

Yes, but they’re backwards.

Scratch that—that’s a Buffalo Wing.

239 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:30:39pm

Not much more than tragedy tonight…

3 musicians crushed in Bolivian Carnival parade

bigstory.ap.org

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian authorities say four people were killed and more than 60 injured when an overloaded metal footbridge collapsed onto a group of musicians marching in the opening parade of Carnival in the highlands city of Oruro.

“Interior Minister Carlos Romero said three of the dead were musicians.

“Dozens were on the bridge when it collapsed and the normally festive, even raucous, parade of colorfully clad musicians and dancers became a funereal march.”

240 Romantic Heretic  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:30:44pm

re: #201 b.d.

This one better?:

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That’s what I think Vlad wants, the Imperial Crown.

241 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:31:05pm
242 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:31:09pm

re: #231 Gus

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Paul pretty much drinks Glenn’s milkshake.

DudeBro war!

243 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:32:13pm

re: #240 Romantic Heretic

That’s what I think Vlad wants, the Imperial Crown.

That’s a pretty sweet crown.

244 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:32:21pm


eh, it’s just inventory, it’s insured …

245 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:32:30pm

re: #240 Romantic Heretic

That’s what I think Vlad wants, the Imperial Crown.

That crown is a work of art, no kidding.

246 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:33:11pm

re: #240 Romantic Heretic

That’s what I think Vlad wants, the Imperial Crown.

Gawd, that is beautiful.

I wouldn’t want to wear it tho, just display it.

247 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:34:04pm

re: #240 Romantic Heretic

That’s what I think Vlad wants, the Imperial Crown.

I’m impressed with the photographer. I can’t even begin to think how to photograph that.

248 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:34:56pm

When it comes to design, the Russians have always known how to make gawdy actually beautiful and tasteful.

249 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:35:12pm

re: #246 FemNaziBitch

Gawd, that is beautiful.

I wouldn’t want to wear it tho, just display it.

Putin can’t wear it, somebody might say it makes him look gay.

250 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:35:31pm

re: #243 b.d.

That’s a pretty sweet crown.

Model for the Matchiabelli perfume bottle, IIRC.

Image: 66384.jpg

251 BeenHereAwhile  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:36:20pm

re: #209 Gus

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So 8 AM Ukraine is 0600 UTC?

252 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:36:47pm

re: #246 FemNaziBitch

I like these better. Then again Elizabeth II has them. search.yahoo.com

253 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:37:06pm

Just lovely.

254 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:37:47pm

re: #253 FemNaziBitch

oh yes. :)

255 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:37:59pm

re: #251 BeenHereAwhile

So 8 AM Ukraine is 0600 UTC?

Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +2 hours

256 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:38:06pm

re: #251 BeenHereAwhile

So 8 AM Ukraine is 0600 UTC?

xkcd.com

257 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:38:24pm

re: #252 PhillyPretzel

much more understated.

258 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:39:14pm

Cold. Snowy. Tired of this shit. I hate winter.

259 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:39:22pm

re: #250 Decatur Deb

Model for the Matchiabelli perfume bottle, IIRC.

Image: 66384.jpg

what about the Crown Royal bourbon bottle? —Oh wait, that is Canadian—no?

260 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:39:36pm

re: #258 Gus

Cold. Snowy. Tired of this shit. I hate winter.

You hate everything.

261 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:40:02pm

re: #260 FemNaziBitch

You hate everything.

Basically. //

262 sagehen  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:40:15pm

re: #171 FemNaziBitch

What does it mean when a 50+ yo man starts posting the entirety of song lyrics from high school on fb?

He just ran into his high school sweetheart at the market, they exchanged numbers… and hot damn but she looks about 30. Must be the facelift and lipo she had done after she got divorced from that bastard who was never good enough for her anyway.

263 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:40:16pm

re: #258 Gus

This is what Philly is looking forward to. Yuck. erh.noaa.gov

264 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:41:03pm

re: #253 FemNaziBitch

Just lovely.

Want. It matches my green LR. Yes, I’m so granny…

265 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:41:03pm

re: #234 FemNaziBitch

A friend posted (on fb) a pic of her at Soldier Field tonite.

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Why anyone is there, I do not understand.

Outdoors in the cold is the only way hockey even makes a little sense. I’m not a fan of the sport but on the occasions I’ve really enjoyed it, the games were open air like sports should be.

266 Amory Blaine  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:41:10pm

Good times, noodle salad.

267 Ming  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:41:38pm

re: #159 Gus

Looks like all is forgiven for the Bush campaign dragging McCain’s adopted non-white daughter into the 2000 South Carolina primary. And here I thought McCain was a guy who can hold a grudge.

268 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:41:59pm

re: #265 William Barnett-Lewis

Outdoors in the cold is the only way hockey even makes a little sense. I’m not a fan of the sport but on the occasions I’ve really enjoyed it, the games were open air like sports should be.

ah well, it would probably make more sense to me if I still drank and stuff.

269 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:42:35pm

re: #263 PhillyPretzel

This is what Philly is looking forward to. Yuck. erh.noaa.gov

17 days, 22 hours

270 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:43:09pm

re: #259 FemNaziBitch

what about the Crown Royal bourbon bottle? —Oh wait, that is Canadian—no?

Wiki says tribute to George VI, so probably one of the British hats.

271 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:43:33pm
272 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:44:10pm

re: #269 Gus

Spring Philly style. theflowershow.com

273 Stanley Sea  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:44:18pm

re: #245 Justanotherhuman

That crown is a work of art, no kidding.

I went and saw the jewels of the Romanov’s at the San Diego Museum of Art.

It was INSANE. The best tiara ever is the one with yellow diamonds made into bumblebees on these wires, that whenever Alexandra moved her head, they bobbed.

274 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:44:21pm


No more calling it Dryden.

275 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:45:07pm

Damn, Alex is really close to bagging two “gets” in less than a week:

276 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:46:17pm

re: #275 b.d.

Damn, Alex is really close to bagging two “gets” in less than a week:

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Is Tucker Carlson working these days?

277 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:46:22pm

re: #271 wrenchwench

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Well now…

“OH THAT’S DIFFERENT!”

278 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:46:32pm

Finally AP gets it right
Ukraine crisis leads to series of meetings

279 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:46:57pm

re: #271 wrenchwench

Remember this scene? Bush and Putin discussing Russian invasion of Georgia in 08 over beach volleyball at Olympics?

Putin was explaining Atlanta was safe.

280 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:49:37pm
281 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:51:26pm

re: #273 Stanley Sea

I went and saw the jewels of the Romanov’s at the San Diego Museum of Art.

It was INSANE. The best tiara ever is the one with yellow diamonds made into bumblebees on these wires, that whenever Alexandra moved her head, they bobbed.

I’d have this inside my head all the time.

Youtube Video

282 Pie-onist Overlord  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:51:34pm

The Juice Holiday of Purim is coming up: A Two-Day Halloween Where Drinking Is Mandatory. I’m thinking of driving up to Toronto because my son told me that his batch of homemade wine is THE BEST EVER!!!

I can finish the project that I’m working on so I can take a 4-day weekend. Maybe if I promised my boss to bring back some of that homemade wine…

Would I have problems taking a case of wine across the border?

283 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:51:42pm

re: #280 Gus

That looks like it came from a previous Olympic Games.

284 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:52:00pm

I’m not entirely sure what the Ukraine crisis is supposed to lead to at first blush.

Should we just nuke Moscow first then ask questions later?

285 Skip Intro  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:54:20pm

re: #284 Lidane

I’m not entirely sure what the Ukraine crisis is supposed to lead to at first blush.

Should we just nuke Moscow first then ask questions later?

I’m waiting for Dick Cheney to provide us with his deep thoughts. Perhaps this would be the perfect time to attack Iran.

286 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:54:23pm

re: #283 PhillyPretzel

That looks like it came from a previous Olympic Games.

Beijing Olympics: While Georgia burned George W Bush played volleyball

287 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:54:28pm

re: #282 Pie-onist Overlord

The Juice Holiday of Purim is coming up: A Two-Day Halloween Where Drinking Is Mandatory. I’m thinking of driving up to Toronto because my son told me that his batch of homemade wine is THE BEST EVER!!!

I can finish the project that I’m working on so I can take a 4-day weekend. Maybe if I promised my boss to bring back some of that homemade wine…

Would I have problems taking a case of wine across the border?

From Canada to here? There shouldn’t be an issue. Just in case here’s the U.S. Customs page about it:

help.cbp.gov

288 Kragar  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:54:59pm

re: #284 Lidane

I’m not entirely sure what the Ukraine crisis is supposed to lead to at first blush.

Should we just nuke Moscow first then ask questions later?

Better just to nuke every major city. It’ll save us time in the long run.
/////

289 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:55:13pm
290 b.d.  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:55:40pm

Hahahahahaha.

It’s on.

291 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:55:44pm

Gawd, I just figured out what #TAD means.

292 Lidane  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:57:01pm

re: #290 b.d.

Hahahahahaha.

It’s on.

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Ready! Fire! Aim!

293 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:58:43pm

re: #291 FemNaziBitch

::: Shudder ::: Where is the brain bleach?

294 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 5:59:34pm

re: #284 Lidane

I’m not entirely sure what the Ukraine crisis is supposed to lead to at first blush.

Should we just nuke Moscow first then ask questions later?

Stand your peninsula.

295 sagehen  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 6:00:22pm

re: #282 Pie-onist Overlord

What shall be your costume?

296 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 6:00:24pm

re: #62 NJDhockeyfan

Russian Military Troopes in Balaklava | Sevastopol | Crimea

[Embedded content]

Someone has blundered.

297 Ming  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 6:05:15pm

re: #220 FemNaziBitch

I agree, the views of Christian conservatives and Ayn Rand, regarding Jesus, are as opposing as can be.

I suspect that what draws many on the right wing to Ayn Rand is her black-and-white division of humanity into good versus evil, producers versus consumers, makers versus takers. Mitt Romney’s comment about the 47%, “I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives,” is so totally, totally, totally in-tune with countless similar sentiments expressed by Ayn Rand.

Christian conservatives and Ayn Rand are wide apart intellectually. But emotionally, the similarity is very strong: they can barely contain themselves (and don’t) in their contempt for people who, for whatever reason, might need a little help.

298 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 6:06:18pm
299 Pie-onist Overlord  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 6:06:49pm

re: #295 sagehen

What shall be your costume?

That’s a good question. What should it be?

300 Gus  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 6:10:36pm
301 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 6:15:29pm

Gotta run. Can’t even finish listening to this:

Youtube Video

Later, lizards.

302 sagehen  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 6:23:17pm

re: #299 Pie-onist Overlord

That’s a good question. What should it be?

Food: Julia Child, Nigella Lawson, Gordon Ramsey….

Politics: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Michelle Bachman, Ted Nugent….

Miriam (carry a woven basket, containing one of the young overlords…)

303 Bubblehead II  Sat, Mar 1, 2014 6:46:20pm

Night Lizards Sleep well.


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