Corruption?!?!? NO!?!?!?

Red

grr... forgot /sarc tag

But, #1! Woohoo!

Red

Go, Bloggers , Go!

Charles, you should try and get on their link list at EU Ref!

Red

Well, gnite all, glad to see some good reading to polish off the nite!

Red

tell it to mike wallace, he has friends in high places

CAIR hosts Mearsheimer and Walt in D.C. I kid you not.

where's the link to Zombie's excellent report yesterday?

seems this Green Helmut Guy deserves a place right next to Mother Teresa in the anals of history ...or at least a Man of The Year cover shot on Time.

/farkaked

OT...but I'm going to bed soon, and I just wanted to say--

Most of our troubles date from the Munich Olympic Massacres of Jewish Athletes in 1972.

World...what you sow, you shall reap.

NOW is the time for Germans, French, Brits, and others to realize that just because you aren't Jewish doesn't mean that you won't be murdered and blown up.

In other words, get a CLUE now, before it's too late. Anti-Americanism and antisemitism won't save you. You need to step up to the plate and help to save civilization. The headchoppers are coming for you too.

#7 Bubbaman

I think I am going to be ill. I am not much of a protester. I have too many productive things to do than stand somewhere and chant and hold banners, but this is really too much. CAIR, Mearsheimer and Walt, and the National Press Club just scream "By all that is Holy, Protest Me!"

If anyone gets in contact with Mearsheimer and Walt, can you ask them about my $100 Challenge. They never responded. (In all fairness, I didn't hear a peep from Juan Cole, Norman Finkelstein, Noam Chomsky, or Tony Judt either.)

OT
What virulent, relentless, soulless lying scumbags.

this uruknet.info site just seems exceedingly vile... oh well - just can't ever seem to get used to the enormity of the lies...

"The Central Global Threat of Violence: The Axis of Aggression, the United States and Israel
Torture, Death and Devastation
Edward S. Herman"

EU was almost condescendingly fair, removing any contentions that absolutely could not be proved beyond contention.

And even so, the whole body of work is a crushing blow the the power of the same media that has been suggesting for years that we "fuck off and die".

(Sorry, I don't know how to politely express the extent of my disgust. I was fooled for so many years.)

And if you weren't, why didn't you speak out? The answer is that you weren't aware just like I wasn't. We've had a pre-conditioned "Sunday Morning" msm belief system that the media would never lie to us.

How many times have these asses laughed and smoked doobies at parties, and had great sex with dubious females while laughing at our laudable but naive belief systems?

You think I'm pissed? That doesn't come close to how I feel. I feel raped in the brain.

Fuck you msm, you freak bastards. You day is done. You are diseased beyond description.

One word. Devastating.

That was an incredible indictment. Bravo!

guilty as charged

This sort of can pass for a media related question... I just switched from mac to PC and want to uninstall some spyware... is it necessary to use the safe mode for this? I was reading some blogs about a particular one and they said to do it in the safe mode, is that a rule for all uninstalls? thanks

Just saw the re-run of the Brit Hume story on zombie's expose' of the Lebanese ambulance bombing.

WAY TO GO, ZOMBIE!

/just don't forget your peeps :-)

14 RBGDJ:

Those Greeks kinda said it best when they came up with the very quotable line, "Who will watch the Watchers?" (I can't do the Latin). Smart guys.

Along with "Trust, but verify", we just *can't* have our heads in the sand, and Uncle Walter and Chet & David, and (especially!) Dan have to be watched, watched, and watched some more. Too much public trust in what these guys represent. Too much potential for mischief or worse.

Remember, "The price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance".

JAFLW

/Boy, I'm just Mr. Quote tonight, aren't I?

This EU Referendum thing is like my ambulance exposé times 50. They had several people working on it for a month! Thorough? You haven't seen thorough til you've seen this.

If I was the MSM, I'd be sweatin' right about now.

Wow. Another nail in the MSM coffin. It is still not easy to see the pictures.

#19 Just Another Four-Letter Word

Romans, not Greeks. The Greeks said "Who will do the Sheep."

#17 Teacake:

Yes, you should always get rid of viruses/trojans/bho's, worms, and other malignancies in Safe Mode. Don't forget to turn off the System Recovery on Boot option. Better yet, boot the machine in DOS mode if you are skilled enough and kill it that way. NOT for the faint-hearted, I might add.

I fought with a brand-spankin-new virus (javanet.exe) that got on two of my servers yesterday and brought the network to its knees. It took me until 1:30 in the morning to smash the little bastard - just like cockroaches it kept respawning, respawning, respawning. Finally figgerd it out, and the second one took only ten minutes. If I find the 'tard that wrote it, they're HISTORY!

I can dream, can't I?

JAFLW

#22 Pat:

Oops - you're right. It's all Greek to me...

JAFLW

#14 really grumpy big dog johnson
How many times have these asses laughed and smoked doobies at parties, and had great sex with dubious females

Well, at least they weren't having dubious sex with great females.

Some things just can not be tolerated.

Zombie
Way to go! The normals need it slow, with lots of pictures. You have the patience and brains. Your model will spread, to Europe, then to China, and finally to Africa. Keep it up.

#10 Promethea

If only they'll listen. Brits and Germans seen to be getting a bit better day by day. But not enough. Rest of the Old europe is hopeless.

Hank Williams has weighed in on this too

#8 So?

where's the link to Zombie's excellent report yesterday?

Look at top of this page - 3rd item (currently) under Fauxtography Scandal updates:

zombie

Thank you for noticing my concern. You are high are my list of heroes, and we will be celebrating your great contributions when the bell tolls.

And toll it will.

23 Just Another Four-Letter Word

I discovered ewido tonight and it found 102 infected things... 100 were cookies. Norton found zero and The the other which I don't remember the name found 1 trojan but I was unable to get rid of it. The ewido was done in safe mode and quarinteened all of them. But if I just want to do a regular uninstall of the other programs that seem to be usesless, do I just uninstall or safe mode?

Don't know how to do dos at the moment.
The system restore is already clicked off, do I just keep it that way? I read on that site someone sugessted to boot on and off the system restore.

As long as I got someone who will talk PC... I can't find the brightness adjustment area... looked all over the control panel. The brightness is giving me a headache. lol

#30 really grumpy big dog johnson

zombie

Thank you for noticing my concern

I am inspired by your incendiary anger/enthusiasm amalgam. A potent combination. Nothing so leads to gumption as fury.

the truth is usually out there somewhere,...available to those who seek it,..obscured from those who dont really care,..or who dont care enough to make the effort,...

its great that these resources are here and elsewhere for those who are motivated enuogh to come here looking for it,...the other side makes inroades by slapping people upside their heads with faux info every minute,, every hour every day, every day after day,...

people are coming around a little though,...arent they?

#17 Teacake!
I just switched from mac to PC

Why in Jehosephat's name would you do such a thing?

Looks like LGF (Zombie and Charles etc)is like David bringing the giants to their knees with a good dose of reality and a little bit of ball crushing.

Hey Zombie! My experience with mac has been they fall apart so easily, not built very well at all. Also, I had older macs with system 9 and for 600 I got a beautiful laptop that an apple would have been 2000.

The only setback for me are the viruses that I didn't worry about with mac.

#31 Teacake:

Zombie's right, ya know...

Our considered advice would be to turn the PC off and leave it off. That'll fix your problems! Go back to the Mac. Or, if you want to be dain-bramaged (like me!), go with Linux.

Ahhh, Linux. Don't fear the penguins...

JAFLW

#39 Just Another Four-Letter Word - well until I start barber school next month it will be a couple of years till I make an actual living. I might be one of the few Jews on the planet who doesn't have access to that secret bank account. This pc is really nice... acer aspire. I really like it. And its pretty.

So anyone know how I can dim the screen brightness? it isn't in the apperance panel

Teacake(If that really is your name?(obscure Dr Strangelove reference))

Go Apple.

Hey Pat... obscure Dr Strangelove reference - didn't know that. Actually I've been working on a novel for over 10 years, since I'm not the best writer --- and my character's cat's name is teacake... her dog... canasta. lol

Too late to go back.

you folks been sleeping well lately?...just curious,...i have been a little too wrapped up in all of this,...feeling like i need to be plugged in to my info feed 24-7 for fear of missing anything,...

my girlfriend is like minded but she wonders why i get on the computer instead of snugglin up with her sometimes and i just kind of play it off...

am i a playa?

Teacake, brightness on a PC, is control panel to appearance to screen(or some such shit)

Looked at apparence and didn't find the sucker. Damn... i'll ask the ex computer guy tomorrow. thanks anyhow.

Teacake,
Isn't there a button located somewhere on your monitor? One that controls contrast, brightness, etc? Look for it. Push it.

/Experience level reached.

my girlfriend is like minded but she wonders why i get on the computer instead of snugglin up with her sometimes and i just kind of play it off...

She should be grateful that your interest is not another person. I would love to have her problem... but you do eventually ?

#47 Shaky Louie - on the moniter? I'll have a look. That would be great. Near the volume?

Don't see anything like that.

Teacake!,
Where it is depends on what kind of monitor you have. Some have buttons, some have knobs so, I don't know. But, good luck!

/*snort* He said "knobs"! Heh!

Yeah, heheh!

Found it sort of... not the options I had with apple, but its not so bright now. Like a foggy morning.

zombie,

I have a file I'd like to send you, if you plan to do an analysis of the 1996 ambulance incident.

Check your email.

#53 Dar ul Harb
zombie,

I have a file I'd like to send you, if you plan to do an analysis of the 1996 ambulance incident.

Check your email.

Like I said on the previous thread where you were analyzing the 1996 videos, I just don't have time to do it:

Sadly, I don't have time to blog about this 1996 stuff. I tossed it in Charles' lap like an unwanted hot potato, but he isn't convinced it's fake, so (understably) doesn't want to make a thread out of it.

As a result, if you're gonna wanna see your great analysis blogged further, you're going to have to do it yourself!

#54, zombie

Could you at least host the image for me?

I wanted to do a post at LGC colloquium, but Blogger turned the animated GIF into a PNG!

I'll be glad to do the writing if someone is willing to host the videos and that GIF.

Here's a non-animated preview of the image I'd like to have hosted...

well, no one disputes that plenty of these photos were staged. the question i have is whether that's the only way Hezbolloids would let journalists film there, or if a bunch of journalists actively sympathized with them themselves.

will skim the whole report later if i have time.

certainly Qana was blown out of proportion by some -- though i can't remember if they said it was actually a Hezbollah stronghold or not. or if other Israeli bombardments had a similar impact and Hezbollah/sympathetic Lebanese just picked this one for propaganda purposes.

though, it was aggravating watching one news report at a bombed area, where an angry guy said in Arabic "Does this look like Hezbollah?" then later, in the same damn report, some other shmuck used that "We are all Hezbollah" line.

zombie: Maybe you've seen this already, found it by linking around EU Referendum:

In Defense of War Photographers
While some criticism is warranted, the current controversy over manipulated or staged pictures from Lebanon has been fueled by speculative, unfounded, or politically-driven charges that have tainted all of the brave photographers who cover conflict in the Middle East.
[Link: www.editorandpublisher.com...]

In Defense of War Photographers: Part II
When rightwing bloggers made largely unfounded charges against photographers in Lebanon, some in the profession responded at a leading site. Wrote one veteran photog who had covered the killings at Qana: "I want to put a stop to these incendiary rumors right now."
...Since my first column, the same blogs are in a tizzy over the "zombietime" site proving that the July 23 incident, in which two Red Cross ambulances were hit from the air by the Israelis, never happened. Needless to say, there is no such proof, and my favorite line comes near the end when the writer observes "Israel already admitted to carrying out the attack," adding dryly that this is "an interesting point."
[Link: www.editorandpublisher.com...]

#7 Bubbaman

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/22/06) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that all the available spaces for a panel discussion on "The Israel Lobby and the U.S. Response to the War in Lebanon" at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., have been reserved.

Yeah and how many jooos representing Israel's side do ya think were actually invited?..

Hank against phony photojournalism!

#44 bluegrass

Ditto

#17 teacake!

I just switched from mac to PC and want to uninstall some spyware... is it necessary to use the safe mode for this?

#31 teacake!

But if I just want to do a regular uninstall of the other programs that seem to be usesless, do I just uninstall or safe mode?

For regular uninstalls of software apps that you simply don't need or want, (and which are not malware), you should be using the Add/Remove Programs tool (found under Start/Settings/Control Panel -for w98se, anyway). IIRC, that will not run in safe mode, but requires the normal windows environment.

Many of the good anti-viral/trojan/spyware apps/tools will work fine in normal mode OR in safe mode. But in safe mode, they generally have a better chance of detecting and defeating malware, because most of the usual windows components are not yet running, and (usually) the malware isn't yet running either.

Most windows apps will not run in safe mode. This is true even for some good anti-malware apps.

Some malware detection/removal tools provide an option to run once at next startup. This can be the next-best thing to running that tool in safe mode, as it gets to run ahead of most of windows stuff.

Hope that helps.

You know, I'm beginning to wonder if the Media isn't fair and balanced...

Hey, thanks anyway, zombie!

I got the image to work via Photobucket!

#63 abolitionist to Teacake
Agree.

And then get rid of resource eating Norton and get free or premium AVG. Better updates and it finds bugs that Norton and others OFTEN miss.

AVG
Ad-Aware
SpyBot S & D
Spyware Blaster

the free fabulous four, IMHO.

#64 Amalie

Hey Amalie. How's it going? Shhh... don't tell anyone about the media!

#54 zombie:

This has no doubt been posted before, but for some who may not have seen it:

Here's a photojournalist forum (lengthy) that discusses the Lebanese photo staging. Scroll halfway down to find this entry, dated Aug. 13 (this guy really takes them on throughout the forum):

The basic difference between bloggers and journalists is that journalists get paid for writing and shooting – though some of the blogs, like LGF, actually generate a fair amount of revenue. If you bother to read some of the blogs involved in this story, you’ll see that a number of images suggested to have been "staged" have been shown, to the contrary, to be accurate
news by other bloggers. Instead of just one editor who relies on your word that the story
is accurate, bloggers get fact-checked by thousands of readers and other bloggers. By its nature blogging is interactive and letters to the editor aren’t edited. Charles Johnson’s LGF has way more credibility than the editors of the NYT, and when he gets something wrong, he puts the correction on the front page, not buried.
[Link: www.lightstalkers.org...]

A history of fauxtography (it's nothing new-check out Abraham Lincoln).

Digital Tampering in the Media, Politics and Law
Photography, of course, lost its innocence many years ago. In as early as the 1920s, shortly after the first commercially available camera was introduced, Stalin had his enemies "air-brushed" out of photographs.

...This nearly iconic portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is a composite of Lincoln's head and the Southern politician John Calhoun's body.
[Link: www.cs.dartmouth.edu...]

To the people of the middle east... We will not abandon your quest for freedom.

Why in the hell are there still dictators in this world?

Fight them.

New Zealand: No negotiations for Fox journalists

The prime minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, is echoing American remarks today, saying her country will not negotiate with the militants holding two Fox News journalists. New Zealander Olaf Wiig and American Steve Centanni remain held after their abduction 10 days ago in Gaza, appearing for the first time Wednesday in a hostage video.
"New Zealand doesn't offer money" to release hostages, Clark tells the Associated Press. She is also announcing a boost to the country's resources in the region, adding a senior police official.

Also:
* pacifist NZ starts beefing up the military.
* alQaeda had a hand in the Fatah kidnappings

Just like the Toshiba execs who sold our nuclear sub technology to the Russians. Makes me want to buy Starrett instead!
Japan police arrest 5 Mitutoyo execs over nuclear devices: report
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

China jails NYT researcher for fraud
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

I feel for this guy, but there's lots of evidence to support the charge of fraud at the NYT.

The only real picture I see is Green Helmet Guy with Liver Spots on his arm.

I suggest Green Helmet Guy lay-off the alcohol and drugs. If not the liver spots will spread.

Ok, Green Helmet Guy lay-off the Formaldehyde!

Cigarettes soaked in embalming fluid have most recently emerged as a form of date-rape drug. The cigarettes, commonly known as "fry" cigarettes, are tobacco or marijuana cigarettes dipped in embalming fluid. The fluid is a compound of formaldehyde, methanol, ethyl alcohol or ethanol, and other solvents. Sometimes, the compound used in the "fry" cigarettes is PCP.

See: Fry cigarettes

zombie,

If you're still around - a story for you.

Last night I was sitting with my 17 year old daughter, watching foxnews, and as soon as Brit Hume began reporting your Red Cross piece I said, "Hey! That's zombie's story!" I started to explain "zombie" to meannastyteenager but she interrupted me, saying...

"Oh, I know who zombie is!"

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'

:-) !

morning all

Jewels! :-)

hullo Little old lady...was dus?

#77 littleoldlady

That's good to know :).

Jewels,

S.O.S.

And you? How was your vacation?

Gen Con was a blast. Got into an All day Toruney of Flames of War (WWII minis) and spoke with many game designers while there as well as trying outa lot of new games. I sorely needed the break

#78 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Morning Jewels. How's Israel today? Olmert ousted yet?

Good morning (afternoon?) IndianTiger. :-)

Will your kids be named Dhimmi?
[Link: www.enterstageright.com...]

The term "dhimmi" ("dh" pronounced as "Z") means "protected," and describes the status of non-Muslims who are allowed live under conditions that render them inferior to their Muslim conquerors. This term will, no doubt, be new to many readers; it is a term that every American should understand fully.
Dan Simmons has provided a very readable, and highly enlightening introduction to "dhimmi" in his April 2006 Message from Dan. This is a must read for every American.
Few Americans comprehend the magnitude of the war that was declared on American, February 23, 1998. Osama bin Laden's fatwa announced to the world that:
`We -- with God's help -- call on every Muslim who believes in God and wishes to be rewarded to comply with God's order to kill the Americans and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it,''
This declaration of war hardly made news in 1998. September 11, 2001 did make the news, and Osama bin Laden's name became a household word. But Americans who believe that the war against terrorism is, or should be, focused on bin Laden and his tiny band of extremists, fail to comprehend the real enemy, which must destroy the concept of freedom in order to survive.
American values, arising from the principles of freedom, have collided head-on with the principles of Islam. The Shia branch of Islam cannot coexist with American values or the principles of freedom. It is not at all certain that the Sunni branch of Islam can coexist, with either American values, or the Shia vision of what Islam should be. Terrorism is the tactic of choice for both Islamic branches involved in this collision of ideas.
This struggle between Islamic values and Western values of individual freedom will continue for years, perhaps throughout the century, as Dan Simmons suggests in his message. Should American forces leave Iraq before a unity government is formed and functioning, the struggle in the streets of Baghdad will be brief, and then spread to the streets of Islam's most hated enemies.

*pokes the thread*

14-really grumpy etc.. Yeah. that says it for me. The cynicism.

#17 Teacake! 8/24/2006 09:38PM PDT
This sort of can pass for a media related question... I just switched from mac to PC and want to uninstall some spyware... is it necessary to use the safe mode for this? I was reading some blogs about a particular one and they said to do it in the safe mode, is that a rule for all uninstalls? thanks

Teacake, if I may jump in here and add a couple of things to the overall good advice you have gotten so far?

If you aren't already behind a hardware firewall, get behind one-- it's called "home networking" nowadays, or what we from the Dawn of Time called LAN-- local area network.

If your problems are stubborn, join a forum and get help- one I recommend is

spyware info

gonna crawl undera rock...headache

Feel better, Jewels!

psst! Mikey?

Back (way back!) when I was in school, we had a system for deciding whether and how long we should stick around waiting for the teacher to show up to a class.

If an instructor hadn't appeared within 15 minutes of the beginning of class, we were out of there.

Full professors merited 20 minutes.

Do they still do that stuff in college?

/Mikeymode on

Crap! Late again! Good morning Dead Thread.

/Mikeymode off

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

#92littleoldlady

Good morning!

I went to a small, private women's college. My professors (all Ph.D.s) were never late. One winter, after an 8" snowfall, my chemistry professor cross-county skied to class.

Good morning, Goddess!

I went to Temple U., which back then had in excess of 40,000 students.

Anarchy prevailed! :-)

(Nevertheless, we still knew which profs were boffing which students, and why they were late to class...)

Sorry, folks. Had 9 AM meeting that lasted until 5:40 PM. No escape.

Good morning, people.

Just announced on the NYT radio station, first reports coming in of an Air Lingus (sp?) plane evacuated in Ireland due to terrorist threat.

Good Morning & Happy Friday LGF'ers!

The trust we placed in the MSM... it is OVER.

# 96 nonic

Plane landed, passengers deplaned, baggage inspected, no explosives found.

Italian Apartheid

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

the northeastern Italian city of Padua has ... ... built a three-meter steel wall around a problem-plagued housing project, to separate its residents from the surrounding neighborhood of new office blocks and stylish villas. Anchored well underground to deter burrowing, the wall encircles the homes of some 1,500 immigrants. Many are illegal, most from sub-Saharan Africa.

The police checkpoint and surveillance cameras at the single entrance to the Serenissima project on Via Anelli suggest a prison. Police control access and have stepped up raids on the apartments inside, on at least one recent occasion arresting illegal immigrants.

Mayor Flavio Zanonato of the Democrats of the Left party says he was prompted to act by neighbors of the housing project, who complained about violence and crime. Many Paduans reached the end of their tether one night in July, when the project spawned a terrifying machete-and-crowbar fight that raged for several hours between Moroccan and Nigerian gangs.

Inside the wall, flapping laundry and satellite dishes festoon the buildings, according to the newspaper Le Figaro, and men play cards and soccer in a courtyard throughout the day.

Hey! It's kitten picture break time! Isn't she a little cupcake?

[Link: jpeg-pile.tripod.com...]

How to know you're having a bad flight.

Mike C
Morning,

anybody else notice gas prices have fallen like a rock.
289 down to 265 in 2 weeks.

I guess the end of the world helped.

Not to mention Ford and others are going to shut 10-15 truck and SUV plants.

ibm

Grr. Just answered that across the street.

Mike,

"When we got back to the terminal we still couldn't leave. We were told police were coming on in case we started a riot."

Another passenger Peter Sidebottom, 57, added: "Tensions were rising and one woman was abusing the staff. Another passenger said if she didn't shut up she'd punch her teeth in."

Oh crap lo

Seven hours to let air out of a tire.

# 103 Addendum

However, for the benefit (?) of those who don't cross the street,

It’s all part of our Eeee-vil oil industry conspiracy. Bwahaha !

Mike,
sorry,
dont punch my teeth out.

lo

And aside from ibm, whereinhell'd everybody go ?

#107 Mike C.

And aside from ibm, whereinhell'd everybody go ?

probably getting kids ready for school.

can you believe I am 60 yrs old and taking a kid to school.

life is tough.
lo.

# 108 ibm

That's insane.

Meanwhile, I had lunch, but I think I'll wander up to the 5th floor lounge and get a nosh. (Drop-out from the Littleoldlady University of Yiddish here) Back in a bit.

Good Morning Lizards:

I guess this is the dead thread today.

Mike C. I'm glad you made it back to the grindstone in China again. Gee, you are putting serious miles on that Metro.

Gas prices dropped a dime overnight in Bloomington, Illinois. Pump price is down to $2.77 a gallon today. Interesting how those who were yelling price fixing and market manipulation a year ago when refineries were shutting down, got nothing to say on the topic now.

#77 littleoldlday

OMG! zombie is BOB DYLAN?

/whodathunk

#14 really grumpy big dog johnson

{hug}

I know it is generally forbidden-but you seem to need one.

In lieu of drunken, doobie, journalist filled hack sex parties of course. Can't help you there...

Singing...

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...won't you be mine, won't you be mine...won't you be me neighbor

?

Wow... very lively this morning. Wake up everyone it's Friday !

Sports note:

With all my years of playing and watching baseball, I'd thought Id' seen it all. Then last night during the Sox - Tigers game I saw something new.

Tigers hitter Sean Casey hit a line drive off the 3rd basemans glove that continued out into left field for a single. Thinking the ball was caught, Casey just stands there by home plate. The Sox left fielder fielded the single and threw all the way to first base for the out.

That play was bad baseball on several counts. First, Casey should not be peaking at the ball after he hit it, he should have been running to first base on contact until his 1st base coach told him to stop. Second, even if he thought the ball was caught by the 3rd baseman he still should have kept running until the umpires told him he was out. And last, even at that, a turtle with bad feet should have been able to make it to first base in time once Casey saw the ball rolling in the outfield. I've seen grandmothers in walkers move faster than that. Geez Casey, go on a diet a drop a few pounds. How embarassing.

I AM ZOMBIE

Tigers hitter Sean Casey hit a line drive off the 3rd basemans glove that continued out into left field for a single. Thinking the ball was caught, Casey just stands there by home plate. The Sox left fielder fielded the single and threw all the way to first base for the out.

Where was his pinch runner?

roflol

#115 ibm

I AM ZOMBIE

No you're not. Wrong shoe size.

Baseball ? Bah Humbug... I'm waiting for college football to start up.

"How 'Bout Them Dawgs!"

I left without saying goodbye.

Goodbye! :-)

Have leave to get my mom back to her place Down the Shore. She's been staying with me for a week after having been in the hospital for a week. She's not entirely better, but I think I'd best get her back home before I murder her.

Dead is worse than sick!

/actually I can't believe we lasted THIS long in the same house without any blood spilling

Good day, ALL!™

USS Cole Skipper Off Promotion List
Associated Press - August 22, 2006

WASHINGTON - Nearly six years after the deadly terrorist attack on the USS Cole, the Navy has decided that the officer who was skipper of the ship is not qualified for a promotion that had been in limbo since 2002.

The attack killed 17 Sailors and nearly sank the destroyer in Aden harbor, Yemen. A Navy investigation concluded in 2001 that Cmdr. Kirk Lippold and his crew probably could not have prevented the attack and should not be punished.

But in a written statement Monday, the Navy said Secretary Donald C. Winter concluded after reviewing the matter that Lippold's actions before the attack on Oct. 12, 2000, "did not meet the high standard" expected of commanding officers.

Based on that assessment, Winter determined that Lippold was "not the best and fully qualified for promotion to the higher grade" of captain, said a Navy spokesman, Cmdr. David Werner.

A Navy promotion board had selected Lippold for promotion to captain in 2002 but he was not confirmed by the Senate, and his status had been in limbo since then. Winter decided to strike Lippold's name from the promotion list, meaning he will remain at his current rank of commander. If he chooses to stay in the Navy he will become eligible to be considered again for promotion early next year, Navy officials said.

Lippold currently is serving on the staff of the top Navy officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, at the Pentagon. The Navy said Lippold was withholding comment on Winter's decision until he and his Navy lawyer review it fully.

The top Navy officer when the Cole attack occurred, Adm. Vern Clark, said after the Navy's investigation was concluded, "There is a collective responsibility. We all in the chain of command share responsibility for what happened on board USS Cole."

"The investigation clearly shows the commanding officer of the Cole did not have the specific intelligence, the focused training, the appropriate equipment and on-scene security support to effectively prevent or deter such a determined, such a pre-planned assault on this ship," Clark said on Jan. 19, 2001.

Mayor Nagin reconfirms what a low class moron he truly is.

On a tour of the decimated Ninth Ward, Nagin tells Pitts the city has removed most of the debris from public property and it’s mainly private land that’s still affected – areas that can’t be cleaned without the owners' permission. But when Pitts points to flood-damaged cars in the street and a house washed partially into the street, the mayor shoots back. "That’s alright. You guys in New York can’t get a hole in the ground fixed and it’s five years later. So let’s be fair."

And then there is the requisite race-baitng in the article:

"I think you are looking at basically a town that will be a playground for the rich for the next 40 years," Leonard Moore, a professor of African-American history at Louisiana State University, tells Pitts. "I look at the post-Katrina piece as a game of musical chairs….Once the music gets turned off, the white folks have a place to sit down, a place to sleep, a place for their children to go to school. We’re going back to a trailer."

Oh please.

Shriekers and Fleas ?

"The investigation clearly shows the commanding officer of the Cole did not have the specific intelligence, the focused training, the appropriate equipment and on-scene security support to effectively prevent or deter such a determined, such a pre-planned assault on this ship," Clark said on Jan. 19, 2001.

Is it just me, or do those items listed reflect poorly not on Lippold, but on the adminstration at that time?

You know, thinking about the race baiting I mentioned in my #122, I think that kind of off the wall comment is getting to be like calling someone a "Nazi". Once someone drops to that level in their communications, it's a signal that they are out of actual facts and support for their view and are now just flinging garbage.

#122 3 wood

Same old words, same old tune. Just a different intrument.

I see in the news that John Mark Karr is back in Colorado. Can we just hang this guy for being terminally creepy and save ourselves the coming circus?

Good verse on your profile mama winger.

#125 3 wood

"School bus" Nagin and his type have to continually race bait in order to stay in power.

Hey AI, you are slow on the draw this morning. You should have about 4 links up aready.

#128 Praxeus

I like it becuase it pretty well sums things up, eh? :)

121 American Infidel 8/25/2006 04:35AM PDT
GOOD MORNING LIZARDOIDS ! ! !

and a special shout out to the members of the Shrieker's Club and Fleas

Say what?

littleold...

My wifffeee is tending towards driving me crazy since she came home from the nursing home. But i'll take that ofver the alt.

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Please let them keep him.

[Link: media.guardian.co.uk...]

MP George Galloway is presenting his TalkSport phone-in show from Beirut this weekend, in what the station claims is the first such live broadcast from a war zone.

Chances are that that bin Laden is in Pakistan.

U.S. intelligence officials say Osama bin Laden is likely hiding in Pakistan, and the former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit says the United States will have to be "extraordinarily lucky" to get the al Qaeda leader.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the hunt, said the thinking that bin Laden is in Chitral is based in part on trees that are peculiar to that region that can be seen in a 2003 video of bin Laden walking in a mountainous region.

In addition, the official said, the conclusion that bin Laden is in Chitral is based on the length of time it takes for bin Laden's audiotapes to make their way to news outlets like Al-Jazeera when he comments on important events, such as the death of al Qaeda in Iraq leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It took three weeks for bin Laden's reaction to appear on the world's television screens.

News outlet? Try propaganda arm. Try terrorist whore.

Well done Mr. North.

From the link:

Finally, has there since been a cover-up by the agencies and other media organisations which produced or used the material, and a sustained campaign by them either to ignore the issue or neutralise criticism? Once again, the answer has to be yes.

Once again the denials rather than investigation.

The media has shown beyond a shadow of a doubt they aren't interested in the truth.

Morning y'all from a sunny but cool (64 degrees, going up to 90 degrees) Charlotte, N.C.! How is everyone today?

Man, my computer is running like molasses in January this morning.

Remember that news item from a couple of days ago, regarding wackos suing the UK for letting the US ship arms thru their ports? Well, this seems to be the end of that nonsense.

Court: Human rights group can't sue over arms shipments

By Ben Murray, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, August 25, 2006

A British human rights group lost its bid to sue government agencies for aiding alleged breaches of international law by allowing purported U.S. arms shipments through the United Kingdom, a London court decided Wednesday.

The England-based Islamic Human Rights Commission was seeking to bring the suit before the United Kingdom’s High Court.

The group, representing members of England’s Lebanese community, accused two government agencies and the secretary of state for defence of “acts of aiding and abetting grave and serious violations of international humanitarian law,” according to a release issued by the IHRC.

The group alleged that munitions purportedly flown from the U.S. to Israel through U.K. airports, including RAF Mildenhall, were used in breach of international law. U.S. Air Force base officials won’t confirm whether arms are being shipped through Mildenhall.

Osama Daneshyar, a lawyer representing the IHRC in the case, said the suit was largely derailed by a court requirement to prove that bombs moved through the U.K. were used inappropriately in Lebanon.

“In truth, how are you going to prove that?” he said.

The group has the option to appeal the decision but likely will not continue to litigate, he said.

The verdict was delivered on the same day a group of activists protesting similar allegations of arms shipments organized a rally at the gates of RAF Mildenhall.

#133 AI
You still beating that dead horse? Well, you enjoy yourself on that.

The only poster I have seen name that other blog around here is jehu, but he seems to have moved past that whole issue as well.

#114 3wood

Not "legging out" batted balls is one reason I cannot watch the crybaby millionaire$ anymore.

Did this laziness start with "Neon Deion"?

I enjoyed the Little League game last night on ESPN. They hustle and run on contact.

#138 realwest

Hope all's well in the Carolinas.

Ever send Bloomberg that postcard? He'll need an address for your final NYC tax bill.

Where's everyone, at Minyan?

HEAD SHRIEKER...

name change?

Dancin' with myself, whoa-ho-ho-ho, whoa ho a ho, whoa ho a ho.

#141 bp

Yep, Casey should be fined and sit on the bench for a week. For a hot second I thought I was watching Manny Rameriz with the Red Sox.

One intersting side note though, I had thought the slowest human beings afoot in the world were Paul Konerko of the White Sox tied with all the wide receivers on the Bears roster. But now I know they are in second to Casey.

Did USA used these bombs and better against Bin Laden and his "civilians"?

[Link: israelnn.com...]

NY Times: US Investigating Legality of Israeli Cluster-Bomb Use
09:34 Aug 25, '06 / 1 Elul 5766

(IsraelNN.com) The US State Department is investigating whether Israel used American-made rockets armed with cluster bombs in Lebanon, and whether such use violated agreements with the US, The New York Times reported.

Officials who are not names in the report said the investigation would probably not lead to sanctions against Israel, but is seemingly intended to help the Bush administration deflect criticism from Arab governments over its support of IDF actions in Lebanon.

According to the report, the State Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls opened the investigation after reports of three types of American cluster bombs emanated from southern Lebanon this week.

Israel has not said whether it used the bombs in the Re-Engagement War, but the report says an agreement reached in the 70s stipulates that the bombs only be used against “organized Arab armies and clearly defined military targets.”

I'll just tell myself a joke then.

What do they call it when after 45 years you forget you were a proud member of the Nazi party?

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Waldheimer's disease.

I crack myself up.

#142 bp_sf is now bp_nj - oh yeah, I sent him a postcard ok. And I almost sure that I put my new addy on it as well! LOL!
How are you this morning?

Just ducky, thx!

Damn glad to be alive and above ground.

Jints-Jets tonite!

#149 bp_sf is now bp_nj - "I crack myself up."
First you're dancing with yourself at this ridiculous hour of the morning and then you crack yourself up. Didn't I warn you about drinking the water straight from the tap in New Jersey?!?

American Infidel ...unmedicated sociopaths

So they only want medicated sociopaths to post?

Wow.

What a piece of WORK.

Thank you very much Richard and Co.

Crude oil prices edge up in anticipation of bad weather.

Crude-oil futures rallied on Friday as forecasters said a tropical depression over the Atlantic has the potential to reach the Gulf of Mexico and disrupt production.
October-dated crude-oil contracts were up $1.16, or 1.6%, at $73.52 a barrel in electronic trading. Other petroleum contracts also rose, with gasoline futures up 4.6 cents at $1.9075 a gallon and heating oil up 2.6 cents at $2.055 a gallon.

To any conspiracty theorists out there, notice this is caused by world market dynamics, not some imaginary oil company hegemony plot.

I've been waiting to hear that world wide supplies of gasoline have plummented since Wednesday. That was the day my Daughter #2 bought her first car, and I don't think she has had her foot off of the gas pedal since. First day she spent $36 in gas driving to various malls to get a $10 pair of earings.

Chirac says 15,000 Peacekeepers 'EXCESSIVE"..

But, but , , , wasn't that the agreement?

[Link: hosted.ap.org...]

American Infidel (#133),

Ahhh no, I am too busy deciding on whether or not I should post information about how certain Lizardoids that have decided to come here and ACTIVELY RECRUIT/POACH posters from LGF to another blog, which shall remain nameless...

After all the times you've condemned the rest of us for being too much of cowards to "name the enemy" we find out that YOU don't have the WILL.

lolol...

3 wood

How are the SouthSiders doing? I ask because I never pay attention to them.

And yes I know the Cubs are on the Titanic. :)

#158 mama winger - good morning to you! Of course 15,000 is excessive by French standards - they expect the ROE to include and mean, duck, get out of the way or provide sites from which Hezbollah can fire its rockets and missles.
God I hate the French.
Hey, any further word from Little Winger? I keep him, you and all of our troops in my prayers every night.

CANCELLATION OF NEW JERSEY LABOR DAY MEGA-DISASTER

But after Ernesto menaces Gulf, Florence or Nodrog still a East Coast Potential Mega-Disaster

Well, if you missed it yesterday, I believe my idea from Sunday that a major hurricane would menace the Carolinas, New Jersey, New York and New England for the Labor Day Weekend was probably wrong.

Still image of Debbie, heading West-Northwest, to eventually recurve, while next potential NYC Mega-Disaster storm approaches the Coast of Africa. A potential Hurricane Florence disaster would be the weekend after Labor Day, and an even bigger system in Africa, the potential Hurricane Nodrog, would be three to four days after that.

Soon to be Tropical Storm Ernesto in the Caribbean, faces some unfavorable shear for a couple of days, but probably survives to menace somewhere from La Pesca, MX to Mobile, AL

European Community model says New Orleans is threatened. Canadian says Mobile/Pensacola area

Various tropical models on one map, showing general agreement next 3 days on a W-NW track towards Cuba or the Yucatan

#162 realwest

Yeah, yesterday I got an email from him. "Ma, what do you think of this computer? It looks pretty good, and I can get a big discount thru the Army. But first I want your opinion. Do you think this will meet my needs? PS - I already bought it."

Kids. :)

Poll: Majority wants Olmert out

Reserve duty soldiers, bereaved parents visit Golda Meir's tomb

A caravan of soldiers on reserve duty and bereaved parents on Friday morning planned a visit to the tomb of former Prime Minister Golda Meir on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem to protest the government's failures in the war with Hizbullah and called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign.

Protest organizers Moshe Moskal and Asi Davidoff said that "the prime minister should learn from Golda Meir and not wait until the disapproval of the public, that is currently so rampant in the country, shamefully dismisses him following his failure."

Yup, this is why Olmert is officially the worst PM Israel has ever had. He passed Begin and Meir fast, and now tops it by his refusal to resign, even though he lacks any kind of popular support.

Have you ever read any of David Irving's stuff?

If you like this post, you'll love that.

The Auschwitz gas chambers were 'staged', you know..

I really love these two sentences on EU Referendum blog:

"Their tactics have been both predictable and wearyingly familiar. Instead of addressing our substantive points, they have concentrated on details, picking on our errors and false starts, arguing that such flaws irredeemably damage our case. Others have branded us "right-wing", "pro-Israeli" or simply "conspiracy theorists", as if that could explain away the evidence we have gathered."

The first is a fair description of the tactics of Holocaust deniers and EU Referendum's Qana analysis. As to the second sentence - is the writer trying to claim that he is not pro-Israeli? - and why does anyone need to explain the evidence unless they feel that such 'details' 'irredeemably damage their case'?

Another similar set of deniers are the Chinese Gov re the 'Tiananmen Square' massacre. They are liable to start off by stating that noone died in the square - correct but irrelevant, as the mass killings happened on the streets leading to the square. Thus also the Holocaust deniers. A favorite tactic is to encourage someone in an audience to talk about or refer to a text which mentions either soap made from human fat; lampshades made from skin; or gas chambers at Dachau.

There is (I think) no evidence for the historic existence of any of these. (The first is a myth(?), the second an invention of British propaganda(?), the third an occasional muddled memory.

Thus it is that EUR starts by stating that it is somehow dishonest to say that the bomb fell in Qana (pop: 10,000) rather than the tiny hamlet up the road. I've certainly "lied" everytime I've ever told anyone where I live or was brought up: I tend to refer to the nearby city, not my postal address.

The rest of the material follows the lines of Holocaust denial: The Aushwitz buildings were 'staged', ie, rebuilt. 'SO WHAT?' is the universal cry. This is irrelevant to the facts of history, and does not in fact attempt to challenge them. Thus with EUR and LGF's reporting of Israeli bombing.. looking for propaganda amidst the facts not for the facts amidst the propaganda.

Of what significance to subsequent analysis is it that Goebbels said that 250,000 people died at Dresden? None, unless your theme is the narrow one of Goebbels' tactics.

What does it mean that Aushwitz originally bore a sign incorrectly stating 4 million had died on the spot? Nothing.

It is indeed true that the current Chinese Government is using the Nanking massacre for propaganda purposes and even staging 'patriotic' anti-japanese protests. Does this lessen that most hideous crime?

All the 'severed hands' photos from Leopold's Congo, history's gravest crime, were clearly staged: So what?

The numbers dead at 'Qana' have been revised downward: what's your point?

What legitimate purpose can be served by giving higher priority to the propaganda than the dead?

Aug 25, 4:46 AM EDT

Pakistan withholds terror suspects' info

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON
Associated Press Writer


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Two weeks after an alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound airliners was thwarted in Britain, Pakistani authorities have screwed tight the faucet that had trickled intriguing details from their investigation.

Mystery surrounds the role played by "key suspect" Rashid Rauf, a Briton with dual Pakistani nationality who has family ties to a notorious Pakistani militant. Pakistani authorities allege Rauf communicated between an al-Qaida mastermind in Afghanistan and the plotters in Britain.

Britain has yet to confirm al-Qaida's involvement in the plans to bomb as many as 10 U.S.-bound aircraft. On Wednesday, it released Rauf's brother Tayib without charge. The Home Office in London refused to say Thursday whether it was still seeking Rashid Rauf's extradition.

Rauf, in his mid-20s, is the only one among the at least seven suspects arrested in Pakistan to have been named. He is being interrogated at a high-walled Pakistani intelligence headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad.

It's unclear if he or the other suspects have been charged with any offense.

The lack of transparency is characteristic of terror cases in Pakistan, which has netted most of the top al-Qaida figures captured since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America. It contrasts with the legal process pursued in Britain, where despite tight control on information from the investigation, authorities named two dozen suspects soon after their arrest Aug. 10.

So far, British authorities have charged 11: eight with conspiracy to murder and preparing to commit terrorism, and three others with lesser offenses, including failing to disclose information.

Under Pakistani law, authorities can hold any terror suspect for up to a year without charge. Such a detention must be approved by a panel of judges. In practice, suspects in the custody of intelligence agencies have little or no recourse to the law.

OT- tomorrow we take Baby Joshua to the church for the ritual bath that turns him into a Catholic.

Today, he laughed when I showed him himself in the mirror. I don't know if a 3 month old understands the concept of mirrors. His 5 year old brother makes him laugh to.

Have a great day Geepers, I luvs you no matter how much you hate me

...
No way...I am the hated one

And now, in Entertainment News . . .

Aug 24, 9:54 PM EDT

NYC officials want new 'Survivor' pulled

By SARA KUGLER
Associated Press Writer

New 'Survivor' Divides Tribes by Race

NEW YORK (AP) -- As CBS prepares to launch a new season of the hit reality show "Survivor," this time featuring teams divided by race, enraged city officials are saying it promotes divisiveness and are calling for the network to reconsider.

"The idea of having a battle of the races is preposterous," City Councilman John Liu said Thursday. "How could anybody be so desperate for ratings?"

For the first portion of the 13th season of "Survivor," which premieres Sept. 14, the contestants competing for the $1 million prize while stranded on the Cook Islands in the South Pacific will be divided into four teams - blacks, Asians, Latinos and whites.

American Infidel (#167),

I don't want to receive accolades, as you did the other day, for POACHING.

What accusation are you attempting to make against me?

Good Morning One and All!

Happy Summer Friday to my American Infidel neighbor!

Very warm, more humid. Potentially severe thunderstorms this afternoon/evening.

Hope you have your umbrella =)

#170 storemanager

I don't hate you. Not at all.

Friday Joke #2

A guy walks into a bar and sees a gorgeous woman nursing a drink.Walking up behind her he says, “Hi, there, good lookin’? How’s it going?”

Having already downed a few power drinks, she turned around, faced him, looked him straight in the eye and said, . . .“Listen up, buddy. I screw anybody, any time, anywhere, your place, my place, in the car, front door, back door, on the ground, standing up, sitting down, naked or with clothes on, dirty, clean … it just doesn’t matter to me. I’ve been doing it ever since I got out of college and I just flat-ass love it.”

Eyes now wide with interest, he responded, “No kidding. I’m a lawyer, too. What firm are you with?”

Ape

Your point is...?

Man wakes up with pants, $3,500 missing in Vineland
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
By COLLEEN P. DUNN
Staff Writer

VINELAND -- A 48-year-old man woke up Sunday morning unable to remember how he got into bed, what happened the night before or where his pants went.

[Link: www.nj.com...]

OT:

I joined Chabad emmisaries, who provided aid and assistance to scores of families afflicted by terrorism, whether in lethal Katyusha rocket attacks or loved ones, sons, brothers and fathers killed and wounded in fighting against Hizbullah in Lebanon.

I will try to post moving (it was quite wrenching just to photograph this series of stills and video...) video clips as well, on Saturday night (IST)...

Dave
[Link: betbender.blogspot.com...]

BBIAW y'all!

#116 ape

What legitimate purpose can be served by giving higher priority to the propaganda than the dead?

The legitimate point is found in the title to his report: the corruption of the media.

The media carry water for a known terrorist organization, willfully allowing themselves to be directed while filming staged scenes wholly for propaganda purposes. And then they withhold from their viewers the fact that their reports were staged.

The media actively try to support the terrorist contention that Israel is to blame for the deaths, when in fact the blame belongs squarely on the shoulders of the terrorists who hide and launch attacks from heavily populated civilian areas.

Do you think that this is an acceptable practice by a profession that is supposed to objectively report reality?

# 120 mama winger

That f'ing sucks. The guy got douched by his command, and he's been selected to be cast off the back of the sleigh to slow down the wolves.

176 mama winger 8/25/2006 05:41AM PDT
#170 storemanager

I don't hate you. Not at all

thank you

mamawinger ~

Happy Friday to you!

I'm keeping you and Little Winger in my nightly prayers - and I've noticed that I tend to fall asleep now with "Little Wing" playing in my head.

One of my favorite songs =)

#148 AI

I did not see that, but let them. Who cares?

Did you see my discussion on this kind of stuff last week with jehu? We are in WWIII now and I don't have time to be distracted by these silly side issues anymore. I have learned a lot of lessons in 20 some years of being in senior management, and one of those lessons is this. No matter what you do, if you are making a difference you will always have some people throwing rocks at you and criticising. The point is, are you going to let that distract you and stop you from moving forward? Or are you going to nod politely, and press on towards the important goal?

As much as I disagree with some of your views on things, you do a valuable job here of researching and linking to some very good information. I have complimented you on that in the past. I have also defended you at times. Are you going to let yourself get distracted from that important work here and get caught up in silly stuff with others? If so, I think that is a mistake.

We need all the good minds we can get here working on this war. You are one of them. At times, I do think you have let yourself get too "out there", you have been asked once or twice to cool it, you have, and I have complimented you on your getting back in focus.

Don't get caught up in personal issues with other people. What I don't think you may realize, is when one does that, others turn off and move on, and you lose credibility in their eyes.

Let's work to raise the quality of discourse here and let others who want to throw rocks go off to where ever they want to go. Let Charles take care of any issues related to other blogs. As I have said before, we have some great minds at work here. Let's be known here for having a high quality of thought and research to our posts.

The stakes are too high not to.

Okay?

# 132 BenZ

Good to see you back. Many have been worried about you and yours.

AI...rock on...you are heard

#181 bp_sf is now bp_nj

My in-laws used to live in Vineland. Screwy town, glad they moved to Millville.

Friday Morning "Sven, Olie and Lena" joke: For all you scandihoovians out dere, and others who yust like to laff at us :)

On their honeymoon trip, Ole and Lena were approaching Minneapolis when Ole put his hand on Lena's knee. Lena giggled and said: "Ole, You can go furder den dat, don't cha know?" So Ole put the pedal to the metal and drove to Duluth

Richard North and all of those who assisted and submitted tips to him have done a great service to the community. By exposing bias and the true agenda of media moguls perhaps one of the giants will get back to the business of reporting accurately.

It could happen *wink*.

Bloggers are making a corrupt industry accountable. What an amazing job you all do - swim with the sharks and come up with the trophy fish!

I read and reread EU Referendums expose' and followed his updates from the get-go. Great job Richard!

#188 3 wood
Excellent post ~

Amen
Amen
Amen

# 169 Ed

That was nice. Thanks.

American Infidel ~

Can someone please go to UMMAH NEWS and tell me if they get a blank page as I do?!?

Yes, I do, too.

AI...rock on...you are heard

Yes, she is heard! And yes, she rocks!

#185 Mike C

Yep. "You didn't do anything wrong, but we're going to punish you anyway."

I have to sell everything and find another place to live in another state...damn...realwest...you have my respect...this is a pain...lol

#193 mama winger
UFF DAH!

LOL!

#160 mama winger

How are the SouthSiders doing? I ask because I never pay attention to them.

Leaking oil bad. I think the pitching staff is exhausted. That, plus the Sox caught every break imaginable last year and then some, and this year that is not happening. Good chance they will not make the playoffs.

This is a silly thought, but i'm at work in a silly mood today. I'm just wondering if the French "peacekeepers" heading to Lebanon are planning on setting up a MIME field on the border?

# 177 bp_sf

Heh.

#187 Chicago Blue

Why, that's very sweet. Aw... thanks!

My aunt and uncle live off Clark and Foster. Are you anywhere near there? Andersonville area.

#194 The Albatross ~

Bloggers are making a corrupt industry accountable. What an amazing job you all do - swim with the sharks and come up with the trophy fish!...

Great job Richard!

Amen!

The MSM must be sweating.

#201 Babba Zee

Uff Da indeed! Good morning :)

#208 Fjordman
after sweating comes plotting a way to stop us
(the blogosphere I mean)

204 beblebrox
Look here's the French Peacekeepers in action:
[Link: www.wlkf.com...]

211 BabbaZee 8/25/2006 05:59AM PDT
#208 Fjordman
after sweating comes plotting a way to stop us
(the blogosphere I mean)

TRUTH is not always heard...But always Marchs on.

American Infidel,

You must have missed my post about your accusations at #167:

I don't want to receive accolades, as you did the other day, for POACHING.

Can you back this claim up, or is it just one more of your baseless lies against other LGFers.

# 199 mama winger

It pisses me off, and I never even served. He operated under his command's ROE, and now he's being flushed down the toilet for obeying orders. What, the military doesn't have enough problems that we need to crucify people for obeying orders ? I yam disgustipated.

Morning Mamma and everyone else here...

If any of you missed this one it's an interesting read:

August 24, 2006, 6:55 a.m.

Russian Footprints
What does Moscow have to do with the recent war in Lebanon?

By Ion Mihai Pacepa

[Link: article.nationalreview.com...]

#212 BabbaZee

Ahhh, the crack Jerry Lewis Division, I see...

#214 storagemanager
Hey little red caboose how are you feeling with the lung?

#218 beblebrox
Ahhahaaa gah...eww~
LOL~

Hezbolla didn't win by Amir Taheri

Initially Hezbollah had hesitated between declaring victory and going into mourning for its "martyrs." The latter course would have been more in harmony with Shiite traditions centered on the cult of Imam Hussain's martyrdom in 680 A.D. Some members of Hezbollah wished to play the martyrdom card so that they could accuse Israel, and through it the U.S., of war crimes. They knew that it was easier for Shiites, brought up in a culture of eternal victimhood, to cry over an imagined calamity than laugh in the joy of a claimed victory.

Politically, however, Hezbollah had to declare victory for a simple reason: It had to pretend that the death and desolation it had provoked had been worth it. A claim of victory was Hezbollah's shield against criticism of a strategy that had led Lebanon into war without the knowledge of its government and people. Mr. Nasrallah alluded to this in television appearances, calling on those who criticized him for having triggered the war to shut up because "a great strategic victory" had been won.

The tactic worked for a day or two. However, it did not silence the critics, who have become louder in recent days. The leaders of the March 14 movement, which has a majority in the Lebanese Parliament and government, have demanded an investigation into the circumstances that led to the war, a roundabout way of accusing Hezbollah of having provoked the tragedy. Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has made it clear that he would not allow Hezbollah to continue as a state within the state. Even Michel Aoun, a maverick Christian leader and tactical ally of Hezbollah, has called for the Shiite militia to disband.

# 215 Geepers

You do know that those brick imprints on your face are going to be slow to heal, yes ?

219 BabbaZee 8/25/2006 06:03AM PDT
#214 storagemanager
Hey little red caboose how are you feeling with the lung?

hey...my new slogan...is whistle while you breath...fine..lol

Hezbollah Didn't Win
Arab writers are beginning to lift the veil on what really happened in Lebanon.

BY AMIR TAHERI

The way much of the Western media tells the story, Hezbollah won a great victory against Israel and the U.S., healed the Sunni-Shiite rift, and boosted the Iranian mullahs' claim to leadership of the Muslim world. Portraits of Hassan Nasrallah, the junior mullah who leads the Lebanese branch of this pan-Shiite movement, have adorned magazine covers in the West, hammering in the message that this child of the Khomeinist revolution is the new hero of the mythical "Arab Street."

Probably because he watches a lot of CNN, Iran's "Supreme Guide," Ali Khamenei, also believes in "a divine victory." Last week he asked 205 members of his Islamic Majlis to send Mr. Nasrallah a message, congratulating him for his "wise and far-sighted leadership of the Ummah that produced the great victory in Lebanon."

By controlling the flow of information from Lebanon throughout the conflict, and help from all those who disagree with U.S. policies for different reasons, Hezbollah may have won the information war in the West. In Lebanon, the Middle East and the broader Muslim space, however, the picture is rather different. ...

Morning all,

Dreary overcast day in NJ, t-stroms expected.

Maybe ctp might enjoy this.

Just saw these guys on Fox and Friends.

Has it all. Music, women, hillbillies and football, in no particular order.

I think this song just came out. It will be a hit. In western PA, at least.

Geez, a PIMF on my first post of the day. Ominous sign: t-storms.

#216 Mike C

I yam disgustipated.

As am I. Like I said, the fault that they found with the commander seems to be more the fault of adminstration policies at the time. Fall guy. How about we demote Bill? Take away his pension?

spit

VDH
Mr. Bush’s Communication Problem
It’s not him; it’s what he’s supposed to be communicating.

In the Ancient peoples were extremely sophisticated, you fools! department:

Revealed: world's oldest computer

Helena Smith
Sunday August 20, 2006
The Observer

It looks like a heap of rubbish, feels like flaky pastry and has been linked to aliens. For decades, scientists have puzzled over the complex collection of cogs, wheels and dials seen as the most sophisticated object from antiquity, writes Helena Smith. But 102 years after the discovery of the calcium-encrusted bronze mechanism on the ocean floor, hidden inscriptions show that it is the world's oldest computer, used to map the motions of the sun, moon and planets.

'We're very close to unlocking the secrets,' says Xenophon Moussas,an astrophysicist with a Anglo-Greek team researching the device. 'It's like a puzzle concerning astronomical and mathematical knowledge.'

Known as the Antikythera mechanism and made before the birth of Christ, the instrument was found by sponge divers amid the wreckage of a cargo ship that sunk off the tiny island of Antikythera in 80BC. To date, no other appears to have survived.

'Bronze objects like these would have been recycled, but being in deep water it was out of reach of the scrap-man and we had the luck to discover it,' said Michael Wright, a former curator at London's Science Museum. He said the apparatus was the best proof yet of how technologically advanced the ancients were. 'The skill with which it was made shows a level of instrument-making not surpassed until the Renaissance. It really is the first hard evidence of their interest in mechanical gadgets, ability to make them and the preparedness of somebody to pay for them.'

For years scholars had surmised that the object was an astronomical showpiece, navigational instrument or rich man's toy. The Roman Cicero described the device as being for 'after-dinner entertainment'.

But many experts say it could change how the history of science is written. 'In many ways, it was the first analogue computer,' said Professor Theodosios Tassios of the National Technical University of Athens. 'It will change the way we look at the ancients' technological achievements.'
[Link: observer.guardian.co.uk...]

The muse-eum (original use of the world, a place where one muses) in Alexandria burned to the ground with all the knowledge of the ancient world inside it...we truly have no idea just how advanced they were

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

BabbaZee ~

Warm greetings to you =)

J.D. ~

Congrats on the Hat Tip and I hope you had a
Happy Birthday!

mamawinger ~

Andersonville area.

Nope, but I know the neighborhood well.

153 AI good stuff
And so — I’m with Rushdie and Amis as I read all the sympathetic coverage in the liberal press about the poor, puzzled Muslims who feel that they are being picked on in airports and flights. If the parents of the young men who are attracted to this murderous martyrdom have lost control of their sons, then they must shoulder part of the blame. If the Muslims who choose to live in our society, with all its so-called tempting freedoms, do not protest against those who wish to destroy it, then how can they expect our tolerance? Why are the moderates not, in their hundreds and thousands, standing outside those mosques that are known to preach hatred, shouting “Not in our name” down their megaphones or “One, two, three, four, no more terror anymore”?

And where are the voices of the ordinary mothers and daughters and aunts from the Muslim community saying, “Enough. No more violence. No more deaths”, as did all those courageous women who helped to bring peace to Ireland? And if they, our Muslim sisters, are mute slaves to — or, worse, themselves in thrall to — the siren call of the death-wish culture, is there any hope for the rest of us?

#224 storagemanager
Good!

#221 ctp
Great article, huh?
:D

Yo Chi-Blue love to the Mutt

#225 J.D.

Hey, got outta my head! ;)

#226 jwf

Thanks... My kind of music! (and the scenery was quite nice, too)...

Good Morning again y'all - Can't tell ya what the weather is like here in Charlotte, cause my MSNBC weather page states (as it did last night, too) "Data Unavailable" but it looks and feels really nice outside.
Hope everyone is doing fine.

Mike C. I see you arrived safe and sound! Hope your flight wasn't too unpleasant!

11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)

[Link: www.uhuh.com...]

Mike C. (#223),

Yeah, well, not so long to heal as people believing American Infidel's false acusations against me.

She likes to talk tough, until she's chalenged, then it's all with the baby talk.

So are you going to offer up any proof of your accusation American Infidel?

#231 Chicago Blue

Andersonville area.

Nope, but I know the neighborhood well.

It used to be almost exclusively Scandinavian back thru the fifties. Many of my relatives were born in Swedish Covenent Hospital. But now the area has a distinctly, well, as the British would say, 'Asian' presence.

#235 J.D.

Yes. N2L e-mailed the link -- were you on that distribution list also?

BabbaZee ~

Yo Chi-Blue love to the Mutt

Awww, you bet! That will make his day!

In today's Hitler update, Venezuelan greaseball Chimpy McChavez, leftwing golden boy, says Israel's actions in Lebanon were genocide and brought up youknowwho's name.

BEIJING (AFP) - Visiting Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has denounced
Israel's recent attacks on Lebanon as "genocide," likening its action to war crimes committed by Germany's Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

"Israel often criticizes Hitler ... but they have done the same thing, perhaps even worse," Chavez told reporters Friday in a briefing during his six-day visit to China.

Denouncing the "fascist attitudes" of Israel, he said: "What has happened was a genocide. They must be brought in front of an international tribunal."

Morning all.

Ah the brothers in arms are at it again. Chavez says Israel's actions worse than Hitler, and Ahmadinejad is more than willing to 'sacrifice' (which really means readily murder) millions of people if it means eliminating Israel.

Gee, Chavez is projecting again, and Ahmadinejad is busy trying to be the next Hitler, Stalin, or Pol Pot all rolled into one.

{LIZARDS}!

What's shaking?

#241 American Infidel

Greek.

{OBI-WAN!}

the leaves on the trees, daddy-o.

# 238 realwest

Nah - no big deal. An hour late leaving Chicago, but that just means you walk back up the terminal and grab another beer. I got no room to complain. And security, new restrictions notwithstanding, moved pretty damned good. People have adapted to that very quickly indeed.

#226 JammieWearingFool

Your assumption is correct. Here in Pittsburgh these guys are getting huge pretty fast.

#249 {BabbaZee}

Ah kin dig it!

How you doing, good looking?

# 240 Geepers

Sancho Panza informs me you'll need this lance.

#235 J.D. and
#243 christheprofessor - Morning to y'all - how are you this beautiful day?

#231 ChicagoBlue
Thanks! I had a very nice day and my kids sent lots and lots and lots and lots of flowers.
:D

#247 Obi-wan - Good morning my friend, hope you're enjoying this great weather too!

#248 BabbaZee - Morning Babba! How are you feeling this morning? Weather decent up by you?

#253 Obi-wan
Oy.
[inserted tired sigh here]
How YOU doin'?

Hey Real -
humid
raining
Bad Babba weather
Hey call Dorothy with my oil can willya?

Today in Barbarian Military History

716 Arab-Barbarian hordes lay siege to Constantinople

1212 Children's Crusaders reach Genoa

1261 Michael VIII Palaeologus captures Constantinople, restoring the Byzantine Empire

1499 Fourth Naval Battle of Sapienza: Turks defeat the Venetians, begin conquest of the Morea

#243 ctp
No. I'm not.
I'm not the world's most reliable e-mailer anyway.
I found it mine own self at Pajamas Media via realclearpolitics.

#255 realwest
Hey there! Still busy with all the moving stuff, I suppose. I know I am. I finally transferred the cars and registered to vote.
How's Mom?

120 Mama Winger and Mike C.

It's worse than you have said. This is pure, unadulterated Bill Clinton Cover-Up extraordinaire still going on. The navy, and this ship's officers, did NOT want to go into that port that day. They didn't need any supplies, they had no reason to go in. Bill Clinton and his secdef Bill Cohen forced the Cole to go into port to try to impress some oil shiek/"president" of Yemen. Period, end of story.

So they forced them to go in against their better judgement, and further, didn't even give them available intel and new procedures they should have used for security because of the available intel. Every one of those sailors families should file wrongful death claims against Bill Clinton and Bill Cohen.

So nobody, nobody can tell me that there aren't still Clinton ass-coverers working at high levels in DOD. They are all over the place still. Probably will be for many more years. Their presence in State has always gone without saying, but the fact that they still exist in DOD and the intelligence and law enforcement agencies horrifies me.

My awakening to the filth that was the Clinton administration started with Blackhawk Down in Somalia, then Khobar Towers, then a crash that killed several men in my husband's squadron...men that got sent by the Clinton admin to do land mine clearing in southern Africa as part of some Clinton/Princess Dianna bullshit feel-good campaign, US embassies, USS Cole.

Not to mention communications and other military secrets sold to Syria and China. Brazen.

#255 realwest

Good morning. Fine, thanks. Was trying to find a link to the Charlotte radar for you, but can't seem to, for some reason...

What's the word today, folks?

I vote for: FINALLY! FRIDAY!

via The Corner...

Celebrating Fauxtography [Michael Rubin]
From the Islamic Republic News Agency today:

Lebanon's Ambassador to Iran Adnan Mansour said here on Wednesday that the Iranian media played a great role in reflecting the crimes of the Israeli regime in its 33-day war against Lebanon. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a photo exhibition called 'Lebanon, Epic of Victory' at the School of Media Studies affiliated to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Mansour stressed the decisive role of media in conflicts. "We are all aware of the very sensitive and decisive role of news and photo (media) during a war," he said, adding that news is an account of information while a journalistic photo displays the comprehensive account of an event.

No one can say the Iranians and their Hezbollah proxies don’t know a thing or two about information warfare. The surprise is that so many Western outlets continue to play along.
Posted at 8:44 AM

Whoops, chores calling - hope to be back in a while.
See y'all!

#264 funky chicken

So they forced them to go in against their better judgement, and further, didn't even give them available intel and new procedures they should have used for security because of the available intel. Every one of those sailors families should file wrongful death claims against Bill Clinton and Bill Cohen.

My word. Horrible. I am so glad you posted this information. I was unaware. At that time, I was not paying much attention. I was naive. Not any longer.

Thank you.

The Zionists Stole Pluto!
Stop Imperialist Hegemonic Planetary Diminishing!
Planetary Size Discrimination is an Intergalactic War Crime!
Science Lied! Pluto Died!

American Infidel (#252),

So once again you admit your little personal attacks are simply lies.

BTW, I am LOVING this current story RE Italy commiting more forces to UNIFIL than France and offering to take command of UNIFIL, resulting in a lame move by France to come at least close and still claim command. I damned near fell out of my chair the firt time I heard it. Quadruple-heh.

Good Morning Lizards! It is coolish and overcast in the Near Iowa area this morning.

How are things in your part of the world?

265 ctp, realwest -

weather.gov will get you anywhere in the country. Just put in the city and state and local forcast and radar comes up. I have my local link in my favorites so I can pull it up instantly.

nhc.noaa.gov will get you to the national hurricane center.

Well, it's pouring now. Do need the rain though.
And that's the forecast thru Tuesday.

Food to eat, things to do. Off to visit some nephews and mom in a bit. Have a nice day, all.

# 130 mama winger

Absolutely.

Another big clue to what a prick billy jeff is was his choice of 4 star generals. Tony McPeak and Wesley Clarke SPIT SPIT twice.

The fallout of the Pluto affair continues...

Widow of Pluto's discoverer 'shook up'

The widow of the astronomer who discovered Pluto 76 years ago said Thursday she was frustrated by the decision to strip it of its planetary status, but she added that Clyde Tombaugh would have understood.

"I'm not heartbroken. I'm just shook up," Patricia Tombaugh, 93, said in a telephone interview from her home in Las Cruces.

Clyde Tombaugh was 24 when he discovered Pluto while working at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., in 1930. He spent months meticulously examining images of the sky, looking for a planet observatory founder Percival Lowell theorized was affecting the orbit of Uranus. Lowell was wrong — Pluto is too small to affect giant Neptune's orbit — but Tombaugh found it anyway.

Tombaugh, who died in 1997, was the only person in the Western Hemisphere to have discovered a planet in our solar system until Thursday, when the International Astronomical Union separated it from the eight "classical planets" and lumped it in with two similarly sized "dwarf planets."

The International Astronomical Union, in its insane desire to erase Pluto's legitmate right to planethood, is trampling on widows now.

Monsters.

Damn them. Damn them to hell.