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Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 4:44:10 pm PDT

Here’s an open thread for a late Thursday afternoon. Posts have been a bit light today, because I’ve been working on Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch site to restore it from an accidental nuking. If you were wondering—no, the site wasn’t hacked. But great googly moogly, was it ever a mess. Still is, actually; the restoration isn’t finished.

By now, of course, you’ve all heard that Mama Moonbat has been nominated for the worthless, debased Nobel Peace Prize.

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1 pat  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:45:25pm

Gee. Wish I had one of them peace prizes.

2 brent  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:46:44pm

I just wish someone would invite dynamite, something really useful. Could blow the prize, the Nobel family, and Ma Bat back to where they came from.

Hate to end a sentence with a preposition, but it makes me so disgusted. On.

3 Laffer Curve  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:46:48pm

#1 Pat

Gee. Wish I had one of them peace prizes.


I think they're hading them out in the parking lot behind my office building.

4 Ringo the Gringo  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:47:26pm

Arafat, Jimmy Carter and Cindy Sheehan.

Perfect.

5 the_accidental_admin  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:47:31pm

The prize hasn't been worth a crap since Arafish won it.

6 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:47:33pm

Anyone can have a peace prize. All you need to do is get nominated by a judge or academic, and get enough people to think that you're anti-US or anti-Bush, and voila!

My complete take on Sheehan is here.

7 deadbackpacker  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:47:46pm

If cindy moonbat sheehan wins God save us all. It really means the prize is worthless.

8 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:49:21pm

Linky to the nomination process.

9 DesertSage  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:50:09pm

She hasn't brought me any peace.
Who the hell nominated her anyhow?

10 6patrick6  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:51:18pm

Carter and Arafuk proved that the Nobel Prize is useless and meaningless.

She-hag scores the hat trick.

11 Beagle  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:51:36pm

Why not Nasrallah, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, or Kim Jong Il for the Nobel Prize?

12 Da Coyote  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:52:18pm

Wow. A Noble Peace Price (nomination)...should she win it it'll be about as meaningful as a degree from Columbia University.

13 find your violent jihadi on ebay!  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:52:47pm

I am seriously, deeply hoping they award a Nobel to Cindy Sheehan. I swear it here, I will personally donate $1,000 to whatever charity they want if they award the Nobel to Cindy. It will be the ultimate "outing" of the corrupt, pointless, Euro-narcissitic, arrogant, and most of all patronizing joke that is the Nobel Prize.

I am upping my offer to $2,500. I would gladly pay it to see Cindy Sheehan win a Nobel Prize.

Note to Nobel Committee: If you decide not to pick Cindy, may I recommend you award an organizational peace award to the E.U.?

14 6patrick6  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:53:33pm

The She-hag doesn't even meet the Nobel qualifications! Oh well, in typical L3 fashion, if the rules can't be followed, bend or ignore the rules.

15 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:53:46pm

#7 deadbackpacker:

The prize is already worthless if you consider that the IAEA won for stopping nuclear proliferation (valid only if you don't mind the AQ Khan network discovered by the Proliferation Security Initiative, Libya (ditto), Iran, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea. Oh, and Pakistan and India years back.

Or the UN, which sat on its hands during the Rwanda genocide, the Congo wars (ongoing) resulting from Rwanda, Sudan civil war/Darfur genocide, Serbia/Kosovo, etc.

And that's just for the past couple of years. One doesn't have to go back to Arafat winning to realize the Prize is meaningless... though Arafat winning should be the red flag showing that the prize jumped the shark.

16 Lepanto  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:54:14pm

If Cindy Sheehan wins, the Nobel prizes will have officially declared themselves worthless.

Come to think of it, are there actually any award ceremonies that actually award people who deserve it?

The Oscars love Jihadists.
The Pulitzer folks love Stalin.
The Nobel committee loves Arafat.

Conservatives need to come up with their own awards.

17 storagemanager  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:54:35pm
Web shows Iraqis joining forces with al-Qaida
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO, Egypt

A Web video posted late Thursday showed Iraqi insurgents conducting a traditional ritual to join forces with tribal chiefs under an umbrella group that includes al-Qaida.

The two-minute video shows six men wearing long white robes and headdresses, sitting in a circle on the floor. They reach out and dip their hands into a bowl of liquid simultaneously.

The footage was stamped with the emblem of the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of insurgent groups that include al-Qaida in Iraq.

All the figures in the video have their faces concealed, and they do not identify themselves or their factions

.
[Link: www.jpost.com...]

18 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:55:59pm

Hey Charles, why is the search engine over at Jihad Watch so screwy? If you start a search, get some results, and then try another search too soon afterward, it says it is still working on the first search.

19 DesertSage  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:56:12pm

#11 Beagle

Why not Nasrallah, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, or Kim Jong Il for the Nobel Prize?

Because this is the year of the woman. I don't think the people you named are women...

...I could be wrong because I don't think Cindy is either.

20 find your violent jihadi on ebay!  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:56:19pm

# 2 Brent

Hate to end a sentence with a preposition, but it makes me so disgusted. On.

I just get such a kick out of the wit here on LGF.

21 bp sf  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:56:37pm

Then , there are those like Charlene Bowie.

Mother of fallen Marine urges support of military

[Link: app.com...]

G-d bless Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Cosgrove III and Mrs. Bowie.

22 mjc  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:57:12pm

The nomination is meaningless.

When Bill Handel (pbuh) was working to make sure Dookie Williams got his just desserts, he arranged to have himself nominated for the peace prize for his own tireless efforts on behalf of humanity.

With any luck he'll beat out Mamma Moonbat.

ps. Cindy, it's 00:14:59.

23 Dar ul Harb  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:57:55pm

#17, storagemanager

The two-minute video shows six men wearing long white robes and headdresses, sitting in a circle on the floor. They reach out and dip their hands into a bowl of liquid simultaneously.

The Jihad ...you're soaking in it!

24 z  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:58:22pm

A Diabolical Dialogue

Heres a link to a funny faux interview written by Ed Cline. Its a "brash" journalist in a no-holds-barred interview with a completely honest islamist! I posted the whole thing before, and I learned that that is an LGF no no. So now that I've learned my lesson, click the link and enjoy.

25 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 2:59:31pm

Hey, if they nominate Crips founder and mass murderer Tookie Williams for the Nobel Peace Prize twice, award it to the likes of Le Duc Tho, Henry Kissinger, Yasser Arafat, and Jimmuh Carter, why not Mama Moonbat?

The prize has become a joke over the past few decades. I hope they give it to Sheehan so we can finally declare the Peace Prize completely lame.

26 Fjordman  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:01:24pm
Hey Charles, why is the search engine over at Jihad Watch so screwy? If you start a search, get some results, and then try another search too soon afterward, it says it is still working on the first search.

I've had the same problem.

27 Dar ul Harb  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:01:29pm

(For those too young, here's the pop culture reference.)

28 mjc  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:01:35pm

#17, storagemanager

The two-minute video shows six men wearing long white robes and headdresses, sitting in a circle on the floor. They reach out and dip their hands into a bowl of liquid simultaneously.

I heard about a fraternity initiation which sounds a great deal like this.

29 nonic  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:02:01pm

Nominated by whom? How does that work? Can I nominate my gardener? Or my dog groomer? Where do I get the forms?

30 M. Bensson-Levi  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:02:57pm

#9 DesertSage

Who the hell nominated her anyhow?

Possibly Ward Churchill...or Cornel West, or any of a number of Lx3 academic shitferbrains.
According to the link provided by Lawhawk at #9, the list goes on ad nausium...as does Sheehag, and the Prize.

31 thedopefishlives  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:03:39pm

If opposing the BusHitler gets her a Nobel Peace Prize, then shouldn't my work opposing the Clintonista get me one? It's not fair, I tell you, not fair!

/sarc

32 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:03:46pm
33 Magma Gramma  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:04:33pm

I just suffered through an hour of free publicity and book pushing by Opera. She bowed to Frank Rich and soaked up every word he said. There were people in the audience who did not agree but she was enthralled with his far left sp point of view. An hour she gave him, a whole hour and also recommended his book. She has such power. Is it any mistake that she had him on her show before mid-term elections?

MG

34 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:04:49pm

I think the nominators are secretly selected individuals from what I understand.

35 Live_Free_Or_Die~!  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:05:38pm

OT but WTF is this... Canada troops battle 10-ft Afghan marijuana plants... It is an Al Reuters article and claims that

"General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense staff, We tried burning them with white phosphorous -- it didn't work. We tried burning them with diesel -- it didn't work. The plants are so full of water right now ... that we simply couldn't burn them,"

Dang and here I was always told that water was the last thing you wanted to try and extingush white phosphorous with because it caused it to burn hotter.

Gee do you think maybe a weed whacker or brush hog might do the trick quicker and easier?

Sorry for no link but the URL was about 200 characters long

36 realwest  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:06:59pm

Huh, I can't get the page that Charles linked to, to open up for me.
In any event, on Fox News, they mentioned she said she's been nominated. THe nobel prize committee had
"no comment".

37 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:07:29pm
38 storagemanager  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:08:39pm

Hagar gave birth to Ismael...Who became Islam...

His vows are lightly spoken,
His faith is hard to bind,
His trust is easy boken,
He fears his fellow-kind.
The nearest mob will move him
To break the pledge he gave --
Oh, a Servant when he Reigneth
Is more than ever slave!
39 Cindy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:08:42pm

RE: NORTH KOREA
Cross Posting.
Fyi.

[Link: www.freerepublic.com...]

40 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:09:27pm

#35 Live_Free_Or_Die~!
Send me a ticket and some Yes albums and I'll take care of it. I have my own lavalamp.

42 Sardonicus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:11:21pm

So what is so wonderful about her recipe for peas.

43 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:12:51pm
Dang and here I was always told that water was the last thing you wanted to try and extingush white phosphorous with because it caused it to burn hotter.

No, actually the best way to store white phosphorus is underwater. That is typically how you do it in the lab (I'm a chemistry student). The stuff ignites in contact with air. Red phosophorus, a different allotrope is doesn't have that property and is preferred most of the time when needing some P for synthesis.

44 Clutch  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:13:06pm

Mother, mother moonbat,
I have heard you squall
Wanted to smack with a cluebat
When you were protesting on The Mall
You and Ted Rall
You and Ted Rall

Heard you switch your story
You were told just what to think
By them awful Commie-whore traitors
That call themselves Code Pink
Them bitches stink
Commie bitch stink.

I've seen you on protests for more 'n 52 weeks
Hangin'g with hippies, moonbats and traitous freaks,
Smilin' n' whinin',
Hunger-strike dinin'
You're down to rock-bottom again,
Blow away in the wind,
You big waste of skin...

"A Conservative Looks At Sheehan"

apologies, Mr. Buffett...

45 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:15:02pm

OT:

Did you know today was the 6th anniversary of the attack on the USS Cole? I didn't, until I read this post at The Jawa Report.

46 rona58  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:15:28pm

Anybody want a good laugh?

47 Cartman  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:15:33pm

Thanks, Charles. Robert Spencer's site is very important. We (you) are all part of a greater purpose. Awesome that you have the tech expertise to help. Not to mention this vehicle here, that runs over the lies perpetuated in the troubled time we live in. Much respect passed your way, Charles.

48 MandyManners  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:16:41pm

If I had the money, I'd start MyOwnTube on which everything this side of kiddie-porn and snuff films would show.

49 Terp Mole  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:17:07pm

Elsewhere in wacademia, Congressman Peter King confronts Stoney Brook moonbats;

Congressman Peter King Talks, Students Protest

Amidst a background of protesters chanting, “Dethrone Peter King,” the Long Island Congressman stood before over 100 students, faculty, and community members yesterday in the Humanities building to speak on matters of homeland security, ranging from the war in Iraq to the New York Times reporting of NSA surveillance.

“I strongly support the Patriot Act,” said Peter King, the Republican congressman who is chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. “We are engaged in a life and death struggle between civilizations.”
---
Approximately ten minutes into Congressman King’s speech, his words were interrupted by a crowd of 60 protestors gathered outside in the lobby chanting, “Hey! Ho! Peter King has got to go!” The protestors had surrounded the back doors and front doors of the lecture hall, both of which were locked and attended by officers of the University Police Department.

Before the event started, numerous protestors and students who appeared to be attending the event for class were blocked from entering the event, initially by the event's organizers, and then eventually by the University Police Department. While all available seats were filled, the room capacity was listed at 122 and there were only four people in the standing section at the top of the room.

“We’re here to send a message that Peter King is not welcome on this campus,” said Jim McAsey, an organizer with the Long Island group Jobs with Justice. Members of Stony Brook’s Social Justice Alliance also participated and contributed to the organization of the protest.

More here.

50 itellu3times  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:17:23pm

So what if Cindy Sheehan wins a Nobel?

Rachel Corrie is already a Saint!

Gives Cindy something to work towards ...

51 Harry Tuttle  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:18:27pm
...I’ve been working on Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch site to restore it...

Charles you are supposed to be like the grand lizard, do you actually edit scripts and look at log files and all that stuff like us worker bees have to do?

Ok, vi or emacs then? I have to know.

HT

52 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:18:54pm

#47 Cartman

Yes, I want to echo Cartman's comments. We appreciate all your work on Jihad Watch, Charles. It is an indispensible site.

53 rona58  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:19:09pm

Melanie Morgan is coming out soon with a book about Mother Sheehan - an excerpt from the blurb: "She figuratively spat on her son’s sacrifice and everything he stood for as she blamed President Bush for his death, and called the Islamo-Fascists who murdered her son “freedom fighters.”
It should be a good read, since Mel (a talk show host from San Francisco) loves digging up dirt.

54 katemaclaren  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:20:40pm

In the Daily Mail today

Headline for story:
Schoolgirl arrested for refusing to study with non-English pupils
Last updated at 22:34pm on 12th October 2006

un-friggin-believable.

55 hornet  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:21:35pm

The insanity continues regarding the West appeasing and arming the ""palestinians""!

[Link: www.israelnn.com...]

Islam can win only because many in the West are totally deceived. Aaaarghh!

56 pegcity  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:22:05pm

Yasser Arch Terrorist Arafat won a nobel prize.

Nuff said.

57 zonekeeper  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:22:08pm

51,

Don't know about Charles, but here, its vi!

58 katemaclaren  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:22:44pm

#54 reference
They called the other students Asian. Well, we know what that means, don't we.

59 Bubbaman  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:23:10pm

I nominate Wafa Sultan...

A lone voice in the wilderness of Islame.

60 Earth2moonbat  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:23:12pm

#51 Harry Tuttle

There's always notepad...

/Ducks...

61 zonekeeper  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:26:03pm

54, its time to take out institutions like that, wholesale. That is nothing BUT thought policing, legislating what we can say and think. And the liberals are trying to do that here. Most people in this country will fight it, but with it already infecting our teaching institutions and judicial system, its going to be a very tough fight.

62 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:26:42pm

Where does Cindy think Peace comes from?


A week before the battle of Bull Run Sullivan Ballou, a Major in the 2nd
Rhode Island Volunteers, wrote home to his wife in Smithfield.

July 14,1861
Camp Clark, Washington DC

Dear Sarah:

The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days - perhaps tomorrow. And lest I should not be able to write you again I feel impelled to write a few lines that may fall under your eye when I am no more.

I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know how American Civilization now leans upon the triumph of the government and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing - perfectly willing - to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this government, and to pay that debt.

Sarah, my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me with mighty cables that nothing but omnipotence can break; and yet my love of Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly with all those chains to the battlefield. The memory of all the blissful moments I have enjoyed with you come crowding over me, and I feel most deeply grateful to God and you, that I have enjoyed them for so long. And how hard it is for me to give them up and burn to ashes the hopes and future years, when, God willing, we might still have lived and loved together, and see our boys grown up to honorable manhood around us.

If I do not return, my dear Sarah, never forget how much I loved you, nor that when my last breath escapes me on the battle field, it will whisper your name...

Forgive my many faults, and the many pains I have caused you. How thoughtless, how foolish I have sometimes been!...

But, 0 Sarah, if the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they love, I shall always be with you, in the brightest day and in the darkest night... always, always. And when the soft breeze fans your cheek, it shall be my breath, or the cool air your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by.

Sarah do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait for me, for we shall meet again...



Sullivan Ballou was killed a week later at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.

63 bweep  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:26:44pm

#35 Live_Free_Or_Die~!
Any Afghan caught growing fields of marijuana should have to sit there with a gun at their head until they've smoked every last leaf.

64 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:27:27pm

Idiot moonbat professor from UM Duluth on O'Reilly just now. He's one of them scholars for truth idiots.

O'Reilly handled him well, but I'd just as soon he didn't have him on.

Glad Lisa Ling is up next. Grr...

65 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:28:04pm
66 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:28:04pm

Oh, and, good evening lizards.

67 Perplexed  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:30:16pm

Ah, St Pancake, preserves be upon us. Grease our forks and knives with melted butter. May we have and endless stream of fresh fruit and whipped cream.

Cindy might wake up one day and discover she's made an incredible amount of bad life decisions, but hey, she probably won't.

68 wanumba  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:30:42pm

Time for a conservative award. Knew the Noble committee were despicable turds when they gave Arafat the Peace Prize. They've had a number of years to show they were otherwise, but when they bragged that they gave Carter the award, who'd been slobbering after it shamelessly for years, for the express reason to diss President Bush, they proved they remained despicable turds. Carter, that bitter, ego-stricken husk, should have thrown it back at them, saying that he wouldn't accept it under those conditions, but nooo. He had his moment and blew it.

69 hornet  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:30:47pm

From time to time, individual MPS get it in the UK.

[Link: www.israpundit.com...]

This story will not be covered by NYT, BBC, UK Guardian, Toronto Star or CBC...ie LLL/MSM.

70 AlexMartinez  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:33:30pm

hic, is it fndt

71 MandyManners  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:34:45pm

#66 Noam Sayin'

Howdy.

72 Midwestprof  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:35:02pm
...because I’ve been working on Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch site to restore it from an accidental nuking.

Hey, Charles...I thought you had a great big stack of books to read.

73 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:35:51pm

Medusa in Myth

Medusa was a terrible monster who had laid waste to the country. She was once a beautiful maiden whose hair was her chief glory, but as she dared to vie in beauty with Athena, the goddess deprived her of her charms and changed her beautiful ringlets into hissing serpents. She became a cruel monster of so frightening an aspect that no living thing could behold her without being turned into stone. All around the cavern where she dwelt might be seen the stony figures of men and animals which had chanced to catch a glimpse of her and had been petrified with the sight. Perseus, favored by Athena and Hermes, the former of whom lent him her shield and the latter his winged shoes, approached Medusa while she slept, and taking care not to look directly at her, but guided by her image reflected in the bright shield which he bore, he cut off her head and gave it to Athena, who fixed it in the middle of her Aegis.

74 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:36:12pm

As long as we're throwing some links around, I'm browsing Bill Whittle's blog. His latest post is from July, ahem, but it's an entertaining read.

75 Magma Gramma  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:36:28pm

Cindy Sheehan was a CCD teacher at St. Mary's in Vacaville, CA when 2 of my grandchildren were enrolled in the after school religious program. Thank God they escaped being taught by her but what a close call! She went from CCD teacher to a moonbat. Poor Casy and how dare a mother glory in fame when it involves the death of a son and boy has she gloried! Nobel Prize...this is a joke, right? I mean really, it IS a joke, please tell me it's a joke.

76 wrenchwench  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:36:35pm

A sad note: Baldemar Huerta is gravely ill. He is better known as Freddy Fender.

77 christheprofessor  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:37:49pm

#70 alexmartinez

Hic, the tndt (hint: fall break)...

78 looking closely  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:38:22pm

#35

What, they haven't heard of machetes?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the only thing it takes to get nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize is a letter of nomination from someone in academia.

Surely *SOMEONE* on this board could nominate Charles for that award!

(hint. . .)

79 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:38:44pm

76 wrenchwench

That's a shame about Freddy. He's from my favorite place in the whole world, Corpus Christi.

80 Bob in Breckenridge  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:38:51pm

Noam, to say O'Reilly handled him well was an understatement. He chewed up the ignorant LLL professor and spit him out.

And the loser claimed he was a USMC officer (I'd love to see his service record and talk with the soldiers who served with the POS), but O'Reilly said who cares and that he is a disgrace to the Marines Corps.

81 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:38:53pm

Hiya, Mandy.

Say, you folks probably know this, but maybe some people don't realize that Victor Hanson has a blog over at pajamasmedia?

82 looking closely  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:39:48pm

Oh, by the way, let's not forget that Missy Cindy already won this years most prestigious award.

83 RedPepper  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:40:14pm

I think the last Nobel that I cared about was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ...

84 AlexMartinez  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:40:28pm

How's everyone tonight?

85 Silhouette  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:42:17pm

This is interesting. It is from a story (on the right sidebar) about a study on poverty. They first did not deduct medical expenses, and when they did, they estimated millions more people were living in poverty.

But the interesting part is here:

When researchers deducted the medical costs from total household resources in 11 Asian countries, millions more people fell below the internationally accepted poverty threshold of $1 per head per day

Using that threshold, how many in the US live in poverty?

86 AlexMartinez  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:43:07pm

Gosh I need to show ole Mel Gibson how to drunk drive

87 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:43:11pm

#83 RedPepper 10/12/2006 05:40PM PDT

I think the last Nobel that I cared about was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ...

We were just discussing him the other night.

88 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:44:12pm

I met Freddy Fender at the Mill City Music Festival in Minneapolis back in the 90s. Sat next to him in backstage catering as we chomped on steaks. A great guy - real normal (high compliment for performers).

89 mpax  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:44:45pm

I hope she wins. The prize has become such a joke it would be fitting.

90 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:45:09pm

Noam

Hi Noam ~

Did you ever get to see Jeff Buckley?

91 So?  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:45:54pm

[Link: apnews.myway.com...]

China & Russia Oppose Sanctions


Did The cold war ever end or did it just go underground puling the wool over everyone's eyes. These 2 countries continue to undermine the USA through their surrogates & proxies. China with countries like N. Korea. Russia with Iran and its ilk. They've smiled for years all the while sharpening their sabers.

92 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:46:07pm
Surely *SOMEONE* on this board could nominate Charles for that award!

I'm thinking Pulitzer.

93 z  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:47:08pm

Heads up to Boston LGF'ers:

Robert Spencer is going to be hosting a three day lecture series in Boston soon, I think starting October 20. Part of it will be held at the Boston World Trade Center Amphitheater. I'm not sure, but I think you have to register.

"Join us for a special conference to discuss "The Jihad Against the West." A distinguished panel of Middle East experts has been assembled to answer the most important questions of our time. While the experts will answer these complex questions from diverse points of view, they all agree on one thing: the real threat is Islamic totalitarianism and the right response necessitates engaging in a principled, ideological battle to defend the West from the jihad declared against it."

94 carridine  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:47:20pm

Sidney Sheen?

Oh, yeah, the person who peddled cow manure, standing atop the son's grave, urinating...

I know this person. Deserves the "No Bull Piss Prize!"

95 mattm  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:47:39pm

It should be renamed the Nobel no war by the West but every one else can attack the West prize.

96 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:47:50pm

Noam

Are you sure Charles would like to be nominated for an award? He seems to be kind of shy and unassuming.

97 donkeybites  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:48:20pm

#27

I must be old, cuz I remember Madge the Manicurist.

Totally unrelated, but I love the way (NOT!) USA Today puts quotes around the word miracle in a story on a nun from Indiana:

There are nuns and there are nuns. And then there's the Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin. She brought Catholic education to Indiana, endured an overbearing bishop and is believed responsible for at least two "miracles" after her death.

98 MSMediacritic  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:48:29pm

Hi Amalie/So?/Noam/Anybody else I'm too lazy to scroll up to see.

I propose that the Nobel Peace Prize committee be dissolved, drawn, and quartered. And then tarred and feathered.

99 wrenchwench  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:49:17pm

#79 Amalie

That's a shame about Freddy. He's from my favorite place in the whole world, Corpus Christi.

That's where he is right now. They usually say "resting comfortably" but they're only saying "resting." The poor man. He's had quite a ride, though.

100 z  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:49:19pm

Actually, now that I'm looking at it, you do have to register but you can register the same day. But the tickets are kind of expensive, but I'll bet it will be worth it.


"A registration table will be located outside the WTC Amphitheater, beginning at 8 AM on Saturday, October 21. Personnel will be available to hand out event tickets for pre-registered attendees and to process same-day registrations."

101 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:49:36pm

We've heard of the North Korean soldiers taunting the South Koreans over the DMZ.

The South Koreans should have a barbeque, with a big sign "Everyone in South Korea Eats Like This". Make sure the smells are heading north.

102 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:49:43pm

#90 Amalie

Jeff Buckley was scheduled to appear at The Cabooze in Mpls. in early June of 1997, IIRC. A friend was promoting that show, so I probably would have been around that night, and probably met him, too.

103 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:49:54pm

98 MSMedia Critic

Hi! I was just thinking I was, yet, again, making invisible posts.

:D

104 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:51:21pm

#99 wrenchwench 10/12/2006 05:49PM PDT

#79 Amalie

That's a shame about Freddy. He's from my favorite place in the whole world, Corpus Christi.
That's where he is right now. They usually say "resting comfortably" but they're only saying "resting." The poor man. He's had quite a ride, though.

This is true. I've seen Freddy sing a few times. I was surprised to see he was still alive.

105 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:52:15pm

I don't want to be responsible for destroying anyones keyboard, so you may not want to read the following...simply because some things once seen cannot become unseen..
Is is possible Condy Sheehan "sleeping" her way into the inner circles of Leftwing Lunacy?
Just a thought...

106 christheprofessor  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:52:27pm

#101 Kosh

Heh.

Israel should do the same...

107 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:52:47pm

#96 Amalie

I'd like to see him get nominated, though. I'd also like to see him win, and the liberal elite recoil in horror as Charles tells them to shove it up their @$$.

Ah, cripes. Scott Ritter on O'Reilly now.

108 MSMediacritic  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:53:11pm
#103 Amalie 10/12/2006 05:49PM PDT
98 MSMedia Critic

Hi! I was just thinking I was, yet, again, making invisible posts.

:D



Amalie,

I can see right through you!

109 christheprofessor  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:53:31pm

#97 donkeybites

Madge "Your fingers are soaking in it" the Manicurist?

110 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:53:40pm

#105 Galactacus 10/12/2006 05:52PM PDT

I don't want to be responsible for destroying anyones keyboard, so you may not want to read the following...simply because some things once seen cannot become unseen..
Is is possible Condy Sheehan "sleeping" her way into the inner circles of Leftwing Lunacy?
Just a thought...

OH MY GOD! MY BRAIN! MY BRAIN!

111 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:54:40pm
112 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:55:26pm

#107 Noam Sayin' 10/12/2006 05:52PM PDT

#96 Amalie

I'd like to see him get nominated, though. I'd also like to see him win, and the liberal elite recoil in horror as Charles tells them to shove it up their @$$.

That sounds good but Galactacus just killed my Imagination with his post about Cindy sleeping her way to the bottom of the LLL innercircle.

113 Beagle  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:55:43pm

#96 Amalie

Are you sure Charles would like to be nominated for an award? He seems to be kind of shy and unassuming.


That's just one of his identities.
I searched for the post on a regular search engine and that came up before LGF.

But some people aren't happy.

114 _remembertonyc  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:56:54pm

This Cindy Sheehan?

[Link: www.freerepublic.com...]

The one who fantasizes and speaks publicly about killing the president of the United States?

Yeah ... she's their idea of Nobel Peace prize material

115 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:57:15pm

#111 buzzsawmonkey

Hah! You almost never see a Ray Milland/Rosie Greer reference these days.

116 carridine  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:57:38pm

#101 Kosh's: ROFLMAO!

That's good! Working the KorCom problem '64-68, we got some of our best intell as the govt/army responded to the floods and famines.

ALWAYS yearly floods and famines.

Its a Communist dictatorship, the Comrades Central Committee CANNOT inspire people to excel at food production FOR THE STATE, so...

The North Koreans STARVE! The Army eats a bit better than the masses, but has little gas or fuel for trucks, tanks or planes... no practice, little movement...

Yeah, waft some BBQ upwind, big sign, and heaping portions, juice drizzling down their chins as they grinningly, leisurely ingest tasty BBQ...

117 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:57:59pm
#110 Amalie 10/12/2006 05:53PM PDT
#105 Galactacus 10/12/2006 05:52PM PDT
Is is possible Condy Sheehan "sleeping" her way into the inner circles of Leftwing Lunacy?
Just a thought...

OH MY GOD! MY BRAIN! MY BRAIN!


Lizard Down! Lizard Down! Oh my God Wot have I done?!?! MEDIC! Get over here! MEDIC!

118 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:58:16pm
119 MandyManners  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:58:31pm

#105 Galactacus

Oh, great. Where's the freakin' brain bleach? That might not work. Do I need mental napalm?

120 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:58:34pm

113 Beagle

The first link is from... hardee har har..

Conservative Singles

121 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:59:02pm

#105 galactacus

For the love of all that is holy, why inflict the thought of that on anyone? I declare that statement in violation of the Geneva Conventions on Torture. /snark

122 Killian Bundy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 3:59:35pm
great googly moogly

Well, they don't have Nanook Rubs It, so Montana will have to do.

/Frank also did Crossfire almost exactly 20 years ago

123 Midwestprof  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:00:32pm

#91 So?

China & Russia Oppose Sanctions

One of Billy-boy Clinton's outstanding achievements was to grant Most Favored Nation status to China. It's about time we think about revoking China's Most Favored Nation status: "MFN status can be withdrawn from China in several ways: (1) by appropriate direct legislation enacted through regular legislative process; (2) by using the specific means provided in the Trade Act of 1974 for denying MFN status to a NME country that had it restored under that law, i.e., by the fast-track enactment of a joint resolution disapproving the mid-year annual renewal of the Jackson-Vanik waiver authority with respect to China, if such renewal is recommended by the President, or (3) by the President's failure to recommend such renewal with respect to China in the first place (e.g., for noncompliance with the Jackson-Vanik requirements)."

124 BenZacharia  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:01:01pm

98 MSMediacritic

Hi Amalie/So?/Noam/Anybody else I'm too lazy to scroll up to see.

I propose that the Nobel Peace Prize committee be dissolved, drawn, and quartered. And then tarred and feathered.

When you sissys finish with the namby bamby crap then we'll start the real humiliation that will have Condi shrieking.

125 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:01:04pm

113 Beagle

From your Link:


The reason Glenn is defending Charles, the Executive Editor of Little Green Footballs, is because much of the readership at LGF hold deeply racist sentiments, especially towards Arabs and Muslims.

Frequently readers post comments with racial slurs such as “[bigoted word]” and “[bigoted word]s,” racist anecdotes, castration, charges of a low intellect, wiping their rear with the Koran, calls for a new crusade, violence towards and mass murder of all Muslims, the destruction of Islam and white supremacist-esque language like “It’s time we asserted our culture” and “moral and cultural superiority.” It seems that liberals are now by definition terrorists and labeled as such. They speak of Arabs and Muslims in much the same ways that a racist southerner would speak of blacks in the 1950s.


Beagle..

I've been outed!

126 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:02:15pm

#117 Galactacus 10/12/2006 05:57PM PDT


#110 Amalie 10/12/2006 05:53PM PDT
#105 Galactacus 10/12/2006 05:52PM PDT
Is is possible Condy Sheehan "sleeping" her way into the inner circles of Leftwing Lunacy?
Just a thought...
OH MY GOD! MY BRAIN! MY BRAIN!


Lizard Down! Lizard Down! Oh my God Wot have I done?!?! MEDIC! Get over here! MEDIC!

Too late. You killed my Imagination. :{

127 Arashi  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:02:21pm

Why does anyone think the Nobel Peace Prize is actually worth anything anymore? It feels like an overglorified "who's the best liberal" contest. Let's just change it to the Liberal Peace Prize and get it over with.

128 hayseed  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:03:03pm

a thread i posted the other day on the bbc muslim board.

Amish vs muslim reactions to the murder of children.


[Link: www.bbc.co.uk...]

129 Beagle  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:03:41pm

#125 Amalie

calls for a new crusade


Church attendance has been slackening. It's one way to attract more people.

130 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:04:23pm

#118 buzzsawmonkey 10/12/2006 05:58PM PDT

#112 Amalie

That sounds good but Galactacus just killed my Imagination with his post about Cindy sleeping her way to the bottom of the LLL innercircle.

Oh, come on. The possibilities are endlessly amusing, especially if you start thinking in threesomes.

Have you thought about working for the CIA Torture Squads?

131 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:04:33pm

Ah, North korea might have the bomb (still debatable), but they sure as heck don't have a whole lot of electricity...

132 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:05:56pm

#129 Beagle 10/12/2006 06:03PM PDT

#125 Amalie

calls for a new crusade

Church attendance has been slackening. It's one way to attract more people.

Which reminds me. I heard on the news today that a priest was beheaded in Iraq for the "remarks" the Pope made.

Need to go look.

133 Catttt  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:06:11pm

Speaking of accidental nukings - as someone who has crashed a hard drive - disaster recovery backup is a good thing, but you still get teased forever.

134 Charles  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:06:20pm

Harry Tuttle: emacs, for about 20 years now. Starting using it on an Atari computer.

But when I don't have to use a terminal, BBEdit is the bomb.

135 MandyManners  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:06:44pm

Cindy, Dinnerjacket and Babs.

Who has the whip?

136 christheprofessor  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:07:18pm

#131 lawhawk

But...but... Bill Clinton gave them nuclear technology so they could produce electricity.

Hmmm...

137 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:07:47pm

I remember Malkin reading Sheehans Blog entry on Hotair once, and had never heard Cindys voice before but thought Michelle was doing a great impression of a Moonbat, then a month or so later I watched another Hotair video of Sheehan catching hell at a Book signing and finally heard here...and Whatdyaknow? She sounds just like Michelle Malkins impression of her.
The Peace Prize is a joke now, who nominates these people?..the Huffzbullah Hemmorhoids of the Huffington Newsletter?

138 tridroid97  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:08:58pm

#119 Mandymanners

Mental Floss...

139 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:09:13pm

South Parker Truther Episode, both longer and shorter versions from links on Ace of Spades.

140 Cartman  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:09:27pm

#166 carridine

The people of NK are literally living a hell on earth. No freedom, no joy...little or no food. A miserable existence. I pray that they will soon realize that they've been cheated, raped and robbed courtesy of a tiny little man, flush with ego and evil intent. All in the name of the blatant falsehood labled "solidarity".

141 AmazonMom  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:09:28pm

ROP strikes again... they've proven the pope's statement were wrong by kidnapping and killing an Orthodox priest.

142 jaynumber13  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:09:31pm

This is kinda old, but I just remembered this:

There is no 9/11 conspiracy you morons.

Kind of crass, but very funny.

Now we're expected to believe that the same government that was able to commit the largest terrorist operation in history--with military precision no less--is suddenly too incompetent to sniff out and shut down a little website set up by some college losers within days, if not minutes of its creation? The US government has the capability to monitor every electronic communication made anywhere in the world, yet we're expected to believe that they wouldn't be able to nix this kid long before his video ever became popular?

I win. There is no conspiracy. Eat my sh*t, losers.

143 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:09:36pm
144 slaphappy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:11:36pm

Hey,,regarding nobel peace prize thingy´s... I just got one for 25 cents at wally-world (walmart)...Hey,,,wow...so did my son...wow!..to cool...(slaps head)

noble piece prize=priceless?

cindy she-he=worthless!

145 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:11:56pm

Cindy, Rosie and Mr.Noodles from Sesame St.
...somebody Stop me...

146 slaphappy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:13:30pm

and cindy aint no noble piece...(puking)

147 HeatherRadish  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:15:12pm
Frequently readers post comments with racial slurs such as “Arab” and “Muslims,”

Those are "slurs"?

What words are we supposed to use to describe followers of Mohammed from the Middle East?

148 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:15:32pm

Charles - check this out

Iraq priest 'killed over pope speech'

Thursday 12 October 2006, 21:42 Makka Time, 18:42 GMT
A policeman stands guard with his weapon while guarding Our Lady of Flower Roman Catholic church in central Baghdad
The relatives of a Christian priest who was kidnapped and beheaded in Iraq have said that his Muslim captors had demanded his church condemn the pope's recent comments about Islam and pay a US$350,000 ransom.

They were speaking as more than 500 people attended a memorial service on Thursday for father Amer Iskender after his decapitated body was found in an industrial area of the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday.

Iskender was a priest at the St. Ephrem Orthodox church in Mosul.

[Link: english.aljazeera.net...]

149 Killian Bundy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:15:46pm
#145 Galactacus

...somebody Stop me...

Calm down.

/it'll be okay

150 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:16:16pm

#136 christheprofessor:

Ah, there's the rub. Electricity also is quite useful in weapons production - including enrichment of uranium and plutonium extraction.

151 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:16:17pm

#142 Jay... that premise was basically lifted from Penn and Teller, among others. Just the same...

#131 Lawhawk - I love that satellite photo. It didn't dawn on me until recently that all that bull$#!+ with the Yongbyong Agreed Failure™ was for nuclear power generation. And there we are. Northern Minnesota is brighter than all of NorKor.

152 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:16:34pm

Can you believe it? The only site that carried the story of the murdered priest in Iraq was on Al-Jazeera?

153 carridine  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:18:22pm

#140 Cartman: CONCUR YR ANALYSIS!

I listened in on a poor NorK soldier freezing to death, and was moved to tears! Unable to help, unable to even admit/acknowledge it was happening, as he was denied permission to come in out of the bitter, sub-Siberian cold...

They ARE in a living hell, scrabbling for grains of rice, eating dead babies (after eating all the dogs, cats, rats they could catch and kill)...

Cindy! YOU think America is bad? DO YOU?

GO to North Korea!

154 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:18:23pm
Christians flee Iraq

The news of the priest's murder came as the leader of an Iraqi Christian group said that more than 35,000 Iraqi Christians have fled to Syria to escape the violence in their country.

Christians are leaving because of individual threats from Muslim extremists and the general deterioration of security in Iraq, Emmanuel Khoshaba, the Syrian Orthodox head of the Assyrian and Democratic Movement, said on Thursday.

Christians are frequently attacked by Muslims in Iraq.
Islamic groups have carried out several car bomb attacks on churches and Christian areas.

Christian women have also been kidnapped in large numbers, and on other occasions been killed for not following Islamic social and dress codes.

Khoshaba's figure indicates an increase of 75 per cent from the 20,000 Iraqi Christians who were said to have moved to Syria in 2004, the year after US-led forces invaded Iraq and began the conflict.

Christians made up around three per cent of Iraq's pre-war population 26 million people.

155 HeatherRadish  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:20:30pm

#145 Galactacus

Cindy, Rosie and Mr.Noodles from Sesame St.

Elmo's at that party somewhere.

*shudder*

156 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:21:07pm

Who nominates Nobel Prize contestants?

[Link: nobelprize.org...]

157 religion of bacon  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:21:32pm

Frequently readers post comments with racial slurs such as “Arab” and “Muslims,”

For the millionth time, Muslims are not a "race."

btw, is "goatf***er" a slur?

158 yesandno  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:22:30pm

Only the Fiskie retains its stringent rules over who can be nominated, who can win.

Therefore it is the only quality award given out these days that truly is a representation of what the people want along with evaluating the recipient's qualifications against long established criteria.

There is nothing Noble about the Nobel Peace prize any more. But the Fiskie is still Friskie...

159 honest scrutiny  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:22:32pm

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]
General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal
The head of the British Army says UK forces in Iraq make security problems worse and wants them to leave soon.

goodbye, england

160 Earth2moonbat  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:22:34pm

#131 lawhawk

That may explain why they didn't put elivators in that 93-storey hotel that was never finished. Need too much rectricity.

161 Arashi  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:23:17pm

I saw someone's name on here, and was just reminded--one of the social science professors at my college had a picture of "The Indispensable Noam Chomsky" on their door. Seriously.

And I had a lovely "being American is horrible" lesson today in Anthropology, too. Oi. It's so hard not to say anything when the professor says that, apparently, being reliant upon one's self as opposed to always relying on others is a BAD and HORRIBLE thing.

162 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:23:25pm
163 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:23:29pm

OT...
How realistic would it be to send hundreds of thousands of disposable cell-phones,with one simple 'Talk' button into North Korea in order to make contact with and perhaps foment an underground movement prepared to organize the people once we cut the head off of the snake?
I've been thinking this through and it seems that a proper Psy-Ops operation would be able to disperse them over the country attached to helium filled balloons...
When you begin to think about it all sorts of scenarios begin to present themselves.Call me crazy, and it has been said a few times, but I see this as a real possibility.

164 donkeybites  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:23:46pm

#109 Madge "Your fingers are soaking in it" the Manicurist?

That's the one!That was in reference to post #23. The only other Madge that comes to mind is Guy Ritchie's wife, whom I really don't want to think about.

OK, back to work...

165 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:25:04pm

Another shock:

Al-Jazeera Interview:


Ex-Mossad chief says Hezbollah lost war
By Christopher True

Thursday 05 October 2006, 20:27 Makka Time, 17:27 GMT

Efraim Halevy was head of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence and special operations agency, from 1998 to 2002. On leaving he assumed the role of national security adviser to Ariel Sharon, Israel's former prime minister, resigning a year later.

He played a significant role in negotiating Israel's peace deal with King Hussein of Jordan, the bringing of Ethiopian Jews to Israel and Israel's response to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

In the first of a two-part interview he discusses failures in Israel's preparedness for the country's invasion of Lebanon earlier this year and how he believes Hezbollah lost the subsequent war. Next week Aljazeera.net will publish Mr Halevy's views on Palestine, the Middle East road map and Iran's nuclear programme.

[Link: english.aljazeera.net...]

166 HeatherRadish  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:26:29pm

#157 religion of bacon

btw, is "goatf***er" a slur?

As long as the goat isn't underage it's a private matter between goat and f***er.

Celebrate diversity!

167 tankdemon  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:27:00pm

157 Religion of Bacon-

btw, is "goatf***er" a slur?

"Goatf***er" is not a bad thing if the said "goatf**er" is a democrat, but if you allow a Republican to so much as e-mail a goat, then things get to be problematic.

168 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:28:29pm

I nominate Nodrog for a Fiskie. Or at least an honorable mention.

Can I do that?

169 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:28:41pm

Email a goat?

Hey, little goat, whatcha wearing?

170 chubby vegan  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:28:56pm

The peace prizes should mostly only be given out posthumously. How many winners (there have been some for sure) lived long enough to see if their activities actually brought about positive results.

Literature, Physics, Math, Economics, etc. These awards certainly can represent a body of work that can be recognized within someone's lifetime; but take many, many years to acheive. But Peace?

I simply can not stomach this woman's name being linked with someone like Mother Theresa. Mother Theresa did more each day to show peace than that woman will ever accomplish if she lives for three lifetimes.

171 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:28:57pm
172 Noam Sayin'  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:29:36pm

#161 Arashi

BOO!

-the overfed, long-haird, leaping Noam.

173 Beagle  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:30:15pm

#161 Arashi

And I had a lovely "being American is horrible" lesson today in Anthropology, too. Oi. It's so hard not to say anything when the professor says that, apparently, being reliant upon one's self as opposed to always relying on others is a BAD and HORRIBLE thing.


Don't forget private charitable contributions. When they say we're stingy remember that's just goverenment aid as a percentage of GNP. Not really fair to compete with Luxembourg in that category.

Warren Buffett

174 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:30:52pm

172 Noam

LOL ~

175 Earth2moonbat  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:31:41pm

#169 Amalie

Just don't IM the goat. Goats keep records...

176 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:31:52pm

Although many NKoreans may not be able to read, they can speak the language. If they were to find a phone with a simple to understand card attached to it that explains not to use the phone or even approach it if anyone is close by, I think it would be the beginning of a plan...even better...cellphones with camera features so that 'We' would be able to determine if it is safe to give further instructions in how best to conceal the phone for later use.
C'mon...anyone wit me on this?

177 Kenneth  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:32:06pm

I'm not saying there's anything to this, but Adam Ganahn, the Al Qaeda spokes-twerp, grew up on goat farm.

So far the goats have not denied the rumours that young Adam used to f*ck them.

Film at 11:00

178 leftout  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:32:19pm

#62 Amalie 10/12/2006 05:26PM PDT

I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know how American Civilization now leans upon the triumph of the government and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing - perfectly willing - to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this government, and to pay that debt.


Wow, what a blessed and beautiful command of the English language our forefathers possessed.

If our public schools spent less time teaching the youth of America to hate the president and America itself, they might have time to teach truely valuable skills like speaking and writing the English language.

Mr. Ballou's eloquent elegy expresses a spirit of couragous self-sacrifice that is unknown to the "peace" activists and traitors of contemporary America like Shehag.

179 lawhawk  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:33:15pm

#160 earth2moonbat:

I've read that the hotel in question was never completed because there were issues with the structural integrity and that the DPRK thought about fixing it, but it would cost too much. Didn't even get windows, let alone elevators. Estimates that it would cost $300 million or something like that to fix. So, instead they built a more conventional hotel elsewhere in the city.

180 AmazonMom  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:33:18pm

#148...

Yeah, the sad thing is the priest wasn't even Roman Catholic.

Pathetic.

181 Mr Krabs  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:34:00pm

Just when I didn't think the 5th-column leftists couldn't creep me out any more than they do, I see this interview with Daniel Ellsberg ( 3rd link down)

[Link: www.abc.net.au...]


I had heard of this 'pentagon whistleblower' before, and I wasn't sure if he was a serious person, or an LLL. Then, half way through he combines the words Nazis, Fuhrer, and American President into the same scentence. BINGO!

182 Prester John  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:34:05pm

There's something else besides the Reid real estate scheme that's not being reported by the MSM, namely the fact that all the active services met their recruiting goals for Fiscal Year 2006.

I guess it's too much to expect them to mention the fact that despite all the efforts of the Left and Academia there are still enough young men and women willing to serve their country in time of war.

183 tankdemon  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:34:07pm

163 Galactus

Given the average life span of a cell phone battery, the balloon drop had better lead to a pretty quick revolution.

Re- NoK Nukes- those who say that we need direct talks with NoK are totally wrong. What we need is direct talks with China. If you have a dog mess up your yard, you don't talk to the dog to get it cleaned up, you talk to the guy holding the leash.

184 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:34:38pm

#175 Earth2moonbat 10/12/2006 06:31PM PDT


#169 Amalie

Just don't IM the goat. Goats keep records...

.

Did you get arrested?

185 anotherindyfilmguy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:36:12pm

Charles-how about starting up a "Lizardly Films" clone of youtube/ifilm etc?

Had first sale of "Some Kind of Justice" on Amazon today!

Dvd can also be picked up directly through [Link: www.customflix.com...] same price as Amazon but tastier for the seller...

Trailer and some cuts from the blooper reel can be found at [Link: www.youtube.com...] along with a recent 5 minute short.

186 Arashi  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:36:42pm

#172 Noam Sayin'

Yup, it was you. LOL.

There was also, oddly enough, a discussion on how Americans tend to look forward as opposed to dwelling on the past, even in things like childbirth. You know, baby showers could be harmful, in case it ends up in a miscarriage. God forbid Americans are optimistic and hopeful about their own futures. It's actually depressing to go to these lectures and hear all this crap every Tuesday and Thursday. Painful. Heck, today the professor even said that, as a nation, unless we make some big changes, we won't have a future to look forward to--BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING, mind you. It was all I could do to not chuck my notebook at the teacher (that and I throw like a girl--probably because I am a girl).

Anyone got any tips to survive this liberal dream of a class? I'm going nuts here.

187 Terp Mole  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:37:01pm

Allah reports;

Khaled Sheikh Mohammed beheaded Daniel Pearl

...Once KSM was taken into custody in March 2003, a comparison of the hands shown in the video and KSM’s own hands, along with other evidence, confirmed the FBI’s suspicions. Then, under interrogation, KSM confessed, national security officials told TIME, admitting without remorse that he personally severed Pearl’s head and telling interrogators he had to switch knives after the first one “got dull.”

188 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:37:32pm

#178 leftout 10/12/2006 06:32PM PDT

#62 Amalie 10/12/2006 05:26PM PDT

I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know how American Civilization now leans upon the triumph of the government and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing - perfectly willing - to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this government, and to pay that debt.

Wow, what a blessed and beautiful command of the English language our forefathers possessed.
If our public schools spent less time teaching the youth of America to hate the president and America itself, they might have time to teach truely valuable skills like speaking and writing the English language.

Mr. Ballou's eloquent elegy expresses a spirit of couragous self-sacrifice that is unknown to the "peace" activists and traitors of contemporary America like Shehag.

Yes, there are so many levels to this letter and how it applies to today. This man also showed great love, for his wife, for his country, and for the principles we hold so dearly. Contrast this to Cindy, the semi-illiterate woman who prostitutes her son's sacrifice for her own gain.

189 Pro-Bush Canuck  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:38:07pm

Charles:

The following is leaking on your site. It appears to be SiteMeter, and not LGF itself.

Leaks in window 0x4545a00:
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190 engineboss  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:38:08pm

#105 galactus et al Any one who would sleep with Cindy Sheehan is just too lazy to...ah...do it themselves

191 froghat  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:40:03pm

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

LONDON - Britain's new army chief called for a withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, warning that the military's presence there only exacerbates security problems, according to an interview published Thursday.

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Gen. Richard Dannatt described British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Iraq policies as "naive," declaring that while Iraqis might have welcomed coalition forces following the ouster of Saddam Hussein, the good will has since evaporated after years of violence.

The British military should "get ourselves out sometime soon because our presence exacerbates the security problems," Dannatt said in an interview with the Daily Mail released on the tabloid's Web site. "Whatever consent we may have had in the first place" from the Iraqi people "has largely turned to intolerance," he was quoted as saying.

The British government has not yet set a timetable for the departure of its 7,500 troops from Iraq.

The Defense Ministry responded to the interview by saying: "We have a clear strategy in Iraq. We are there with our international partners in support of the democratically elected government of Iraq, under a clear U.N. mandate."

Blair's office referred all questions to the Defense Ministry.

Dannatt's comments are certain to infuriate Blair, who is President Bush's key ally in the Iraq war. It is highly unusual for a sitting British military commander to publicly criticize the government's foreign policy. Dannatt took over as army commander in late August.

Britain's involvement in Iraq has proved highly controversial from the outset. Millions protested on the streets in the lead up to the war in 2003, while high profile cabinet ministers have quit the government as a result of Blair's support for the U.S.-led action.

192 carridine  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:40:08pm

#178 Leftout: HEAR, HEAR!
(And, that IS eloquent!)


#183 Tankdemon: Eggs Ackley! Bring all guns to bear on the leash-yankers! USS Pueblo was captured by/FOR the ChiCom!

They are STILL America's enemy!

193 MandyManners  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:40:10pm

#149 Killian Bundy

TELETUBBIES!

My son was by the computer and he had a blast with that site. I had to arm-wrestle him to get the keyboard.

194 JustAVoter  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:40:52pm

Wow.

You know it's bad when even the BBC points out the Lancet numbers are bogus...

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

195 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:40:56pm
183 tankdemon 10/12/2006 06:34PM PDT
163 Galactus

Given the average life span of a cell phone battery, the balloon drop had better lead to a pretty quick revolution.


That would be why I would suggest using video-telephony to establish those that would be capable of recieving a 'follow-up' delivery of a hand-cranked battery charger, flown in with remote controlled 'carriers'...an Idea this big shouldn't be nipped in the bud because of battery life.This makes sense.~kookooo~ If only to me...

196 Terp Mole  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:41:05pm

Michelle Malkin says remember the Cole.

197 LSD  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:41:40pm

Breaking OT: *CAIR Candidate Hides Behind "Islamophobia" and Debate with Shawn Steel

Steel was unapologetic for his earlier comments and reiterated his belief that Dalati, 41, was "consorting with extremist organizations." "He spends more of his waking hours worrying about Palestinian martyrs, about supporting Hezbollah against Israel and America and imposing Sharia law than he does about more mundane, city-oriented issues," ... "It's not secret, he's made no attempt to hide it." Steel said Dalati's supporters were intentionally misconstruing his concerns about the candidate to cloud the issue. "They're using the race card shamelessly," ... "It's not fair and it's not accurate and they're hiding his political beliefs." ..

198 Mike_W  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:42:11pm

#75 Magma Gramma

"Cindy Sheehan was a CCD teacher at St. Mary's in Vacaville, CA when 2 of my grandchildren were enrolled in the after school religious program. Thank God they escaped being taught by her but" .

That is a disturbing image, indeed.

199 Beagle  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:43:04pm

#186 Arashi

Anyone got any tips to survive this liberal dream of a class? I'm going nuts here.


Nothing legal or moral.

It's a cover painting which looks like a pipe. Skip deconstructionism.

200 LSD  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:43:32pm

Protest Of CAIR Candidates In Florida Saturday

On Saturday, October 14, 2006, Americans Against Hate (AAH) will be leading a protest against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Minnesota Candidate for U.S. Congress Keith Ellison, and Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Davis. The protest will be taking place at the Southwest Focal Point Senior Center, in Pembroke Pines, Florida, which is playing host to a CAIR sponsored event featuring Ellison as Keynote Speaker.
The reason for the protest is to call attention to the fact that both Ellison and Davis have accepted campaign donations from CAIR officials. According to records, Keith Ellison received contributions from CAIR's National Executive Director Nihad Awad and CAIR's Government Affairs Director Corey Sawyer. As well, according to records, Jim Davis has received a contribution from the Communications Director of CAIR-Florida Ahmed Bedier.

AAH calls this a conflict of interest and a betrayal of the voters, as CAIR has been linked to convicted terrorists, terrorist acts and terrorist groups overseas. CAIR was incorporated in June of 1994 by three leaders of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), a Hamas front co-founded by the number two leader in Hamas today, Mousa Abu Marzook. Two of CAIR's former representatives are currently serving jail time for conducting terrorist activities with groups connected to Hamas and Al-Qaeda. And CAIR is currently the defendant in a lawsuit for the murder of an FBI Agent who was killed during the 9/11 attacks.

201 Killian Bundy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:44:56pm
#189 Pro-Bush Canuck

Charles:

The following is leaking on your site.

Lower the lifeboats.

/every Lizard for themselves

202 Arashi  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:45:43pm

#199 Beagle

LOL, yeah, same here, hence why I'm looking for help. I'm already debating putting a post-it note over Chomsky's picture with something not nice scrawled on it...since it's perfectly removeable, think it counts as vandalism?

203 carridine  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:47:14pm

#176 - Galactacus: better yet, MASS DROP hundreds of thousands of fake phones, with the same instructions; AND a few thousand WORKING phones...

The paranoid, xenophobic control-hungry Communists in Pyongyang would literally explode with rage!

It would force Lil Kim's hand, that's for sure!

204 rickl  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:47:50pm
#161 Arashi

And I had a lovely "being American is horrible" lesson today in Anthropology, too. Oi. It's so hard not to say anything when the professor says that, apparently, being reliant upon one's self as opposed to always relying on others is a BAD and HORRIBLE thing.


Well, see, self-reliance is bad because not everyone is equally self-reliant. Some individuals are better at it than others.

It's so much better is everybody is equally dependent on the collective.

/sarc

205 Amalie  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:51:16pm

The best part about having liberal professors.. they are so easily flustered. Challenge them every opportunity. Always be armed with facts.

206 itellu3times  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:53:05pm

Being still registered as democrat, I came home today to a message that Bubba will be appearing tomorrow at UCLA for a yes on 87 rally ... but I wiped the message before taking down the number for more details.

I may be on campus tomorrow for other purposes, and can just imagine the trail of fresh slime that will still be present.

207 carridine  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:53:16pm

#203 Galactacus: On second thought, think it through again!

NorKs are beaten down, physically weak, spiritually cowed even if terribly hungry...

They would probably turn in the phones en masse and curry favor (or an extra 500 grams of food ration!) from the govt...

No, freedom MUST begin within, so trust the North Korean humans, THEY will yearn for freedom when they're ready to EARN it!

208 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:53:21pm
203 carridine 10/12/2006 06:47PM PDT
#176 - Galactacus: better yet, MASS DROP hundreds of thousands of fake phones, with the same instructions; AND a few thousand WORKING phones...

The paranoid, xenophobic control-hungry Communists in Pyongyang would literally explode with rage!

It would force Lil Kim's hand, that's for sure!


My first concern would be for the lives of the citizens that would be at risk for being suspected of having one of these phones...the most vital part of this plan is the means by which they can be 'Caller' can be quickly identified as being 'At-Risk'. Millions of phones would simply mean Kim Ill would kill Millions of people, I think.
The toughest part of this plan is that these'Phones' would have to originate within China in order for the air current to disperse them effectively...
Please keep thinking about this plan.
Lizardoid Brains..ACTIVATE!

209 Killian Bundy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:53:27pm
#193 MandyManners

My son was by the computer and he had a blast with that site. I had to arm-wrestle him to get the keyboard.

Well the, for sure, don't go here.

/I've sent trolls there and some never came back

210 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:53:58pm

Damn! Another phony veteran?

I guess if this guy isn't real, the Dems are still having trouble finding a real soldier to endorse them.

211 Da_Beerfreak  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:53:59pm

I for one wish her the best of luck and hope she wins the worthless and debased Nobel Peace Prize. I love it when the moonbats fall for their own propaganda, to paraphrase the great W. S. Churchill. ‘Never have so many been misled for so long by so few.’

212 Arashi  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:56:14pm

Problem is, Amalie, that this professor doesn't seem the type. She goes off on the liberal talking points, yes, but she's actually nice. So it's rather subversive.

I already diverted one of her "lessons." We were comparing American culture to Bushmen tribe culture (sharing vs. being selfish jerks, being humble vs. being egotistical morons, etc), and she asked which culture was better. It was, obviously, an exercise on not being ethnocentric, and she wanted someone to say America rocked and the Bushmen were worse off. I, realising this, decided to say, "Neither is better. They both fit their own situation (etc etc)..." She looked annoyed with me, then asked another student what they thought. The guy pointed back at me and said, "I agree with her."

The lesson went on, but the prof. was quite obviously annoyed. My brother, also a lizardoid, said he would've said something to the effect of, "America RAWKS! PWNED~!" Alas, I'm not so brave.

213 Magma Gramma  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:57:42pm

Galactus...You have hit upon an absoletly perfect scenario. Let's drop 6 hundred thousand prepapid cellphones all over north Korea. Perhaps you have not seen Lisa Ling's disguised trip into North Korea which is being show on TV this week. It was on the O lady (who I won't watch anymore after today's show and no one has commented on it so I guess you all have real lives) and tonight on O'Reilly but not nearly in as much detail as on the O lady's show. National Geographic is going to show the whole thing, I think soon (someone got a TV Guide?) Galactus, you are a genius and I do actually mean this. Our government won't do it "officially" but what if some rich person would? I think the results would be fabulous except for the fact that most of the people actually don't know what a cell phone is? I'm not funny or glib like so many of you pundits but I can tell you that there are NO cell phones in North Korea. Anyhow, Galactus, you are still a genius. Keep thinking, like you have to send instructions in Korean with the phones and then, since they all worship the dear leader, tell them they won't get in trouble dialing but then you'd have to give them numbers to dial. Just some thoughts.

MG

214 blue sky  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:58:40pm

#208 Galactacus

I'm fascinated by your devious plan. Perhaps the phones could be armed to automatically insert a microchip receiver into the listener's head.

215 slotgun  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:59:05pm

That award should provide her with enough cash to pay off the long-term pawnshop loan she had to take to buy the headstone for her son's grave . . .

216 MandyManners  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 4:59:44pm

#209 Killian Bundy

He never liked Barney.

I still remember the SNL skit in which Shaq played basketball with Barney. He beat the snot out of the purple dinosaur.

217 carridine  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:02:54pm

#212 Arashi: Next time, try this approach:

"Well, when we consider that there is almost $1 BILLION in FREE GRANTS to be given out DAILY in America, and a HUGE number of institutions and libraries and other HELPING ORGANIZATIONS designed to effectively get help to Americans who need it, and (shrugging innocently) not even CONSIDERING the many governmental agencies available from we, the people FOR we, the people, it certainly appears that America has a significant commitment to helping...

And then there's Foreign Aid..."

and smile shyly, and sit down!

218 Da_Beerfreak  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:04:03pm
#213 Magma Gramma 10/12/2006 06:57PM PDT
Galactus...You have hit upon an absoletly perfect scenario. Let's drop 6 hundred thousand prepapid cellphones all over north Korea.
[Snip]

The problem with this is that cell phones have to have a network of “cells” to work with; I don’t think such a network exists in North Korea.

219 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:05:09pm

I'm not talking about phones with a number pad, I'm talking one button..they pick it up, look at the 'comic strip' card attached that explains that if ANYONE may have seen them pick it up to destroy it instantly or risk dying...but If they are alone, push the button and they will be speaking to a Korean with intructions on what to do next. This doesn't require a 'Rish Person' it requires a cellphone Company that creates these'disposable' cellphones...there is a odel that the battery is actually made out of Paper,although I am not sure it would support Video technology, which would be required to ascertain whether or not its a Soldeir or a Villager that is speaking...
This can be done...and must be considered if we are to Lop the head off of this monster and have some sort of structure of people to spread the word of What the Hell is happening...

220 Arashi  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:06:17pm

Genius, Carridine, genius. I swear, I need a playbook or something for responses to her rantings. I feel bad, because she seems nice, but...oi.

221 blue sky  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:08:20pm

#214

Friend or foe would be unable to avoid broadcasts of the truth. To the la-bore-atory...Ahahaha. AHAHAHA. AHAHAHA. Cough, cough, gulp.

222 Da_Beerfreak  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:15:56pm
#219 Galactacus 10/12/2006 07:05PM PDT
I'm not talking about phones with a number pad, I'm talking one button..
[Snip]

There is still the problem that the radio signal produced by a typical cell phone is low power UHF, this will only travel a few miles. What is called line of sight, 10 to 20 miles. There has to be some way to relay this signal to cover any great distances either ‘cell towers’ or satellites.

223 BenZacharia  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:21:50pm

147 HeatherRadish

Frequently readers post comments with racial slurs such as “Arab” and “Muslims,”

Those are "slurs"?

What words are we supposed to use to describe followers of Mohammed from the Middle East?

Arabs aren't the problem. Arabs can be Christian, Buddhists, atheists, agnostics even converts to Judaism.

So referring to the trouble makers based on tribe/nation/race is spurious.

224 gtiness  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:22:30pm

Seriously, what has mama moonbat done to bring peace to even one inch of planet earth?

...

225 carridine  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:22:57pm

#220 Arashi: Best of all, its TRUE!

I earn my daily bread getting people to CLICK on links to FREE GRANTS...

America IS a land of opportunity, largesse, abundance and goodness.

That the Bush tribes have NOT the technical expertise NOR the abundance (profit saved ABOVE the subsistence level) to help their neighbors or themselves, speaks eloquently to the ability of American culture TO EARN MORE than is needed to barely survive!

And IF that profit is wrong, ask your professor firmly, but politely, to CHANGE HER LIFE in accordance with her professed beliefs: ie, have the courage of her convictions, give up ALL INCOME and LABOR-SAVING DEVICES, and live hand-to-mouth, NOW!

226 blue sky  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:24:06pm

Hellooo. (blogecho)
Is everyone watching South Park?!

227 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:26:24pm
222 Da_Beerfreak 10/12/2006 07:15PM PDT

#219 Galactacus 10/12/2006 07:05PM PDT
I'm not talking about phones with a number pad, I'm talking one button..
[Snip]
There is still the problem that the radio signal produced by a typical cell phone is low power UHF, this will only travel a few miles. What is called line of sight, 10 to 20 miles. There has to be some way to relay this signal to cover any great distances either ‘cell towers’ or satellites.


..So...a dedicated Com-Link would be Impossible? a Satellite dedicated to this task would be a small price to pay for the results that it would achieve...
Here is the phone that I would use
This is the plan...I cannot think of another way.

228 Arashi  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:26:58pm

Yeah. The woman is a PhD (lots of money right there, naturally). She talks about having lived with various Native American tribes, but definitely never in want. It's rather hypocritical.

With that, I have classes tomorrow, so I'm going to go sleep on my lovely plush bed and nice quilt in my heated house safe from the cold. Go America. Hah.

229 christheprofessor  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:30:50pm

#228 Arashi

The woman is a PhD (lots of money right there, naturally).

Sorry, doesn't work like that...

230 Arashi  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:34:24pm

#229 christheprofessor

Education in this country costs money, that's the simple fact. Tuition for an undergrad is insanely expensive. PhDs are at LEAST equivalent. I'm not saying there's not a lot of effort involved (even my professor has admitted that she's a "doing" person, always busy and having to do something), but there's also a lot of money involved in the additional four years of schooling. When many can't afford the initial four years, to add another is a lot.

Nothing against all PhDs or anything. But some, like her, act like it makes them a better person because they took the extra effort and spent the extra money to get the letters. Sorry, you're not a better person just because you're a PhD. But anyway. No insults meant to anyone.

231 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:37:14pm

I am not happy with the how quickly a thread can die at LGF. This place has the best collection of minds contained within one Blog and I think it is sad we are not able to maintain a cohesive train of thought to focus upon solutions for Huge Problems...I think it's time for LGF to consider presenting itself in a manner allows some form of collective 'attacking' of an issue without it being flushed down the Turlet.
of course..even if nothing changes...I am happy to Stay the Course...because I love this place.

232 christheprofessor  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:38:04pm

#230 Arashi

My only complaint was the generalization...

233 Ward Cleaver  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:38:40pm

Charles, you're so nice to keep Robert's site going.

Doesn't he have some kind of backup, and a disaster recovery plan?

234 big L  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:39:55pm

22 mjk "Tookie"

235 Da_Beerfreak  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:39:58pm
#227 Galactacus 10/12/2006 07:26PM PDT

222 Da_Beerfreak 10/12/2006 07:15PM PDT
#219 Galactacus 10/12/2006 07:05PM PDT

I'm not talking about phones with a number pad, I'm talking one button..
[Snip]

There is still the problem that the radio signal produced by a typical cell phone is low power UHF, this will only travel a few miles. What is called line of sight, 10 to 20 miles. There has to be some way to relay this signal to cover any great distances either ‘cell towers’ or satellites.

..So...a dedicated Com-Link would be Impossible? a Satellite dedicated to this task would be a small price to pay for the results that it would achieve...
Here is the phone that I would use
This is the plan...I cannot think of another way.

I like you basic ideal, the devil is in the details. I don’t have a link for it but a few years back there was someone that wanted to drop radios in to North Korea that were set to receive only one frequency that was then used to broadcast into North Korea via short wave. This was only one-way broadcasting and I don’t know if the attempt was really made to get the radios dropped into North Korea.

236 Da_Beerfreak  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:43:39pm
#231 Galactacus 10/12/2006 07:37PM PDT
I am not happy with the how quickly a thread can die at LGF. This place has the best collection of minds contained within one Blog and I think it is sad we are not able to maintain a cohesive train of thought to focus upon solutions for Huge Problems...I think it's time for LGF to consider presenting itself in a manner allows some form of collective 'attacking' of an issue without it being flushed down the Turlet.
of course..even if nothing changes...I am happy to Stay the Course...because I love this place.

Word

237 BenZacharia  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:45:36pm

231 Galactacus

They all died at the same time tonite. Everyone with cable is watching the truther epi of SP.

238 idigscotch&scotchburiesme  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:48:40pm

Well great googly moogly I'm back home with only 235 posts to catch up on in this thread. Lasted till 380somfin' this mornin' B-4 I went into left hand of the home page hell. Even my back button wouldn't take me back to the home page. Think I'll go pour a nice dram-o-single-malt afore i start.

239 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 5:52:49pm

Let me make this clear...
A Major cell-phone co. produces 2 million cell-phones with a single 'Talk' button.
An 'Entity' sends these phones over into NKorea in Helium filled balloons(Can't airdrop them or send them in with drones, that would be a military act)...Each phone has a photo feature that the 'user' would not be aware of, that would allow Us to see who it is that found it and to ascertain the level of risk that the 'Caller' is in as well as the risk to the entire program.
Once any word of this gets to Kim Ill, people will begin dying in droves simply because of the numbers of people that would just turn them in for 'food' credits, like was mentioned earlier.
For this plan to be conceived requires the belief that within the fire of hell and within the belly of the beast, hope exist.
If America is to ever strike NK Militarily, we would annihilate the Airforce within 30 minutes, the Navy within an hour and all known missile intalations within the first twenty minutes...not to mention the fact that we would have to flood regions by virtue of DAM strikes, that would immobilize most of NK's armored forces...
We can strike hard and swift, but we cannot send troops into North Korea...the only way to discover and hear from voices from inside that North Koreans will trust is to follow my plan.
It's not as crazy as it seems...

240 idigscotch&scotchburiesme  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:01:01pm

O.K. Just went upstairs a little way and must admit my guilt. What does PWNED mean? Humbley (SP) asking of course.

241 Arashi  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:07:15pm

#232 christheprofessor

My bad, then. I didn't mean to offend--I was speaking of this teacher in particular. It's very hypocritical of her to complain about how we spend money on ourselves when she went out and did four more years of expensive schooling. But she could do that because she LIVES in America. It's frustrating to see that kind of hypocritical sense.

So not all PhDs are like that, obviously. I meant her in particular. Again, my apologies. *blush*

And I didn't mean to completely derail the train of thought. I figured that two conversations could go on at once...?

242 BenZacharia  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:10:14pm

pwned gamer term. "your owned" shortened to "owned" typo "pwned" it stuck.

243 BenZacharia  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:12:08pm

239 Galactacus

They would all have to be sat phones.

.

244 3 wood  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:14:51pm

Well, the market's not dead. DOW at new record close.

U.S. stocks rallied Thursday on stronger-than-expected earnings from McDonald's Corp., Costco Wholesale Corp. and Yum Brands Inc, with a batch of new orders for Boeing Co. helping propel the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new closing high.

Looks like people still like eating at McDonalds regardless of the dire warnings about trans fats and such. Hmmm, lets see..., good tasting food served quick and inexpensively. Yeah, sounds like a recipe for sucess to me.

The Boeing performance is key. Air Bus is stumbling, bumbling and fumbling under the mind-numbing red tape inherant in the socialism and management by committee style of Europe. Boeing is picking up business hand over fist due to this since they can react faster to changing market conditions.

The free market system performs well every time it's tried.

The catalyst is basically a slew of better-than-expected earnings in a market where there is already a lot of positive momentum" said Jim Paulsen, chief investment officer at Wells Capital Management.
Much of that momentum is coming from a drop in energy prices, long-term interest rates under 5% and steady jobs growth, he said.

Low interest rates and strong employment is a nice combination to have. This shows that the old Phillips curve theory had some holes in it.

Of course, you won't hear much about the strong economy from the MSM.

245 LanceKates  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:32:34pm

Cindy is up for the nobel peace prize?

for what? not bathing and sitting in front of some ranch screaming "YOu killed by boy, you facist!" ?

Can't she just shut up and go away?

you have your moment of loss and mourning... but at this point, she is past 'dishonoring' the memory of her son and moving into the realm of raping it.

246 LanceKates  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:33:43pm

244 3 wood

yeah, with a republican president, the MSM reports a strong economy about as much as they report about Harry Reid's recent real estate sale.

247 martelbrigade  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:43:57pm

Slightly OT

Has everybody seen the footage of Al Sharpton doing the drug deal? It has been awhile and it wasn't on YT. That bit of film needs to be revived.

248 Dar ul Harb  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:53:46pm

#243,

On the phones for North Korea idea:

I wonder if it would be possible to run a cell phone off electricity generated from compressed air?

Have a tiny generator in the phone, and when you wanted to talk, you'd pressurize a little cylinder with a hand pump first, and the compressed air would turn the turbine to make the electricity you need for the call. No batteries required.

249 idigscotch&scotchburiesme  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:56:49pm

christheprofessor (#232)
Yo dude!

Arashi (#241)
Unsure weather I should jump in, BUT, as my father was fond of saying I graduated from the School of Hard Knocks (SoHK).I have little problem understanding how our over-educated-idgits can try to analyze ( sorry SP ) any situation within their pre-concieved frame-work of thinking and conclude that vast majorities of Americans are too dumb to realize that their nuanced take of whatever situation is the Gospel reveiled. Sometimes up is up,right is right, and those of us that let evil stand with out a fight in defense of His truth are as much to blame as the perpetrators of Satans lies.
I refuse to wear the blinders that society willingly adopts to avoid this harsh reality.
Alas, I feel nearly alone within my circle of contacts. I shall pray for us all.

250 Dar ul Harb  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 6:58:33pm

The cell "towers" could be antennas on balloons or airships near the border.

251 idigscotch&scotchburiesme  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 7:00:16pm

Ben (#242)
Thanks!

252 idigscotch&scotchburiesme  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 7:04:55pm

Dang! Killed another thread?

253 slaphappy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 7:09:56pm

Yes galactacus

I work offshore as a commercial diver all over the globe.. The sat phone/com is the only viable source of making calls when you want and how you want where you want...Of course at $3.75 USD a minute and $1500.00 USD whoppers per phone this could pose a small financial burden...
Also, the link up would not be all that transparent...But hey,,,count me in

/no sarc

254 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 7:22:54pm

There must be a way to send in phones with a dedicated and protected means of contact. C'mon, we are Americans...This is how the new Wars will be won...I don't know if anyone else is thinking about it as much as I am, and I worry that I am, But,this is the way to go if we are serious about saving a prison nation of human beings.
Sat/phones are expensive and cumbersome and therefore would not be sent in to a 'contact' until they are seen as secure.
Submariners use some sort of 'Flash Com' that I think would come into play here...All we need to do is to make contact and feed them information.
That is the achilles heel of NK...information.
Once we have contacted less than a hundred people within this hellhole I trust that the simple fact that they are Human Beings with Brains would play strongly in our favour.

255 Dar ul Harb  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 7:26:32pm

Evidently, for larger scale projects, compressed air energy storage is already in production...

I'm thinking of a phone that could be powered by something the size of a pellet gun CO2 cylinder.

256 Galactacus  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 7:54:11pm
255 Dar ul Harb 10/12/2006 09:26PM PDT
Evidently, for larger scale projects, compressed air energy storage is already in production...

I'm thinking of a phone that could be powered by something the size of a pellet gun CO2 cylinder.


Yeah..thats what I'm talking about. Lizards can solve anything. I had never heard of or conceived of Compressed air generated electricity before this... This thread should be given LIFE...
We can do great things.
My plan is to send in a few waves of disposable cellphones with video-telophony in orderr to establish secure links, Then send in hand cranked battery powered chargers...within a month there must be at least One person we can reach, or linked to, that we can begin the next phase...
This is good...don't let go.

257 new_tommy  Thu, Oct 12, 2006 9:48:00pm

#247 martelbridge

Has everybody seen the footage of Al Sharpton doing the drug deal? It has been awhile and it wasn't on YT. That bit of film needs to be revived.

If I recall correctly, he actually wasn't doing a drug deal, he was providing advice on how to launder drug money. Wasn't he also dressed kind of like a pimp in that video? And to think, this man is supposed to be a "man of faith!"

How anyone can attribute a shred of credibility to this POS after that footage is beyond me. Yet the mass media continues to put him out there as a respectable spokesperson on behalf of the black community.

Disgusting.

258 FrogMarch  Fri, Oct 13, 2006 1:38:06am

worthless, debased Nobel Peace Prize

exactly

259 Harry Tuttle  Fri, Oct 13, 2006 2:21:17am
#134 Charles 10/12/2006 06:06PM PDT

Harry Tuttle: emacs, for about 20 years now. Starting using it on an Atari computer.

But when I don't have to use a terminal, BBEdit is the bomb.

Booya, I once patched command.com with emacs...

That's cool bra!

260 cimom  Fri, Oct 13, 2006 3:28:42am

The Nobel Peace prize is competing with the Idiotarian award.

261 slaphappy  Fri, Oct 13, 2006 3:54:50am

Ya know galactacus...If I remember right, during the cold war, we used Navy hard-hat divers to tap older inter-continental com lines offshore (China sea?). The shill was set up as an international undersea exploration or oils expo. They observed many in state civilian conversations, but had no way of actual communications. I have been involved in fiber optic cable lay including ocean floor splicing. The technology is here now for 2 way communication through these trunk lines. However, higher technology comes higher security.. just sayin...cheers

262 scannit  Fri, Oct 13, 2006 5:56:57am

In the article it stated:
Female candidates, according to a bookmaker, are led by..

So who is this bookmaker?
Is the official list of canidates ever released?

Or is this someones' wishful thinking?

/enquiring minds want to know

263 Lizard by the Bay  Fri, Oct 13, 2006 6:05:33am

So now you can get a Nobel Peace Prize for saying that if you could go back in time you would murder George W. Bush as a baby?

I think her prize should be a stick of Nobel's most famous invention (lit, of course).

264 Gordon  Fri, Oct 13, 2006 7:55:35am
worthless, debased Nobel Peace Prize


Are these people "worthless and debased," Charles?
[Link: www.bloomberg.com...]

Is helping poor Bangladeshis become capitalists and bettering their lives "worthless and debased?"

265 Clutch  Fri, Oct 13, 2006 10:33:18am

Now playing:

"Hoof Hearted" - featuring Nodrog!

[phew, got rank in here all of a sudden...]


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