Countdown to Barrack bottom...

Why do I even bother getting up in the morning?
Seriously!

Isn't NYT a pro-terrorist site?

The FBI must be short on moles. Moles to infiltrate the FBI, I mean.

well, the FBI contacted me and asked if I wanted to work in their counter-terrorist ideology and dirty tricks unit, but then again I'm sure they contacted many of the posters here with the same offer...

Maybe they're looking for dissatisfied imams.

re: #5 FriarsTale

Ssshhh.

Mmmm, irony.

/remembers when anti-Israel banners showed up when visiting pro-Israel sites on DeviantArt...

re: #3 Hengineer

Isn't NYT a pro-terrorist site?

Does a cat have a climbing gear?

"FBI Still Advertising on Pro-Terrorist Sites"

Everyone focuses on the Pro Terrorists sites. I'm sure they are a lot of talented amateurs out there as well.

re: #10 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

"FBI Still Advertising on Pro-Terrorist Sites"

Everyone focuses on the Pro Terrorists sites. I'm sure they are a lot of talented amateurs out there as well.

*rimshot*

Help Wanted : Islamist Moles

Do you hate America?
Enjoy travel, taqiya and the mass murder of Westerners?

If so, the FBI might just be the place for you.

/ ( do I need it?)

"The FBI is advertising for recruits in a publication which proclaims the innocence of an alleged Iraqi spy accused of lying ... to the FBI"

You can't make this sh*t up!

Depressing. F- it. It's lunch time.

Gonna try to force myself to sleep now. z_z

And hopefully I won't wake up as confused as I am now.

re: #6 MandyManners

Maybe they're looking for dissatisfied imams.

This is probably just about what they are doing, and maybe, just maybe, it's working? Just a thought.

re: #17 itellu3times

This is probably just about what they are doing, and maybe, just maybe, it's working? Just a thought.

A very good possibility IMO.

He ( al-Hanooti ) believed justice would be served if only more people knew the real story of what was going on in Iraq.

and he sent Baghdad Jim McDermott and David " pit yorkie" Bonior over to tell the story

Let's see here...

Bizarro World Bonds: Guaranteed to lose money for you.
Check.

Bizarro World FBI: Us advertise on Pro-U.S. sites, only want patriots.
Check.

Guess I'm still on planet Earth.

This seems appropriate to me. Could I infiltrate wacko groups like these? Not a chance. You've got to get people close to the action. Could people that you recruit in this fashion be "double-agents"? Absolutely. Managing these sorts of problems are what the spying game is all about.

This book does little to assure the reader of the FBI's probity or competence.

I am crossing my fingers that they are simply looking at where the IP's come from when folks show an interest. When you want to catch a mouse, make a noise like cheese.

re: #17 itellu3times

This is probably just about what they are doing, and maybe, just maybe, it's working? Just a thought.

I'm trying hard to keep that in mind lest I go bat-shit bonkers.

F.ormer
B.a'athist
I.nsurgent

The need traitors to the Jihadi cause, as well as informants. thye're just getting the contact info out there.

/whistling

re: #24 MandyManners

I'm trying hard to keep that in mind lest I go bat-shit bonkers.

Try to keep telling yourself that it's a glue trap, and stay sane.
btw: I'm not sure if you saw this. Twelve of them. Twelve islamic countries use the 'crescent' in their flags.

re: #6 MandyManners

Maybe they're looking for dissatisfied imams.

or they're just advertising for the jihadists or wanna-be jihadists who thinks maybe it'd be better to hide "within" the FBI, so they apply. They're easier to track them when you know where they are. :)

re: #28 unrealizedviewpoint

They're easier to track them when you know where they are. :)

OT:

Where do the billions go exactly?

re: #30 WrathofG-d

OT:

Where do the billions go exactly?

What's the country code for Switzerland?

re: #31 Nevergiveup

the currency code is CHF

If our situation was not so dire, I would laugh at this.

re: #32 chicagodudewhotrades

the currency code is CHF

What does that stand for? " Can Hide Funds "?

Divide and Conquer.

as simple as that.

re: #27 ec marm

Try to keep telling yourself that it's a glue trap, and stay sane.
btw: I'm not sure if you saw this. Twelve of them. Twelve islamic countries use the 'crescent' in their flags.

Hmmm...only one uses a crescent that is facing to the left, the direction of the crescents in the OSHA poster. Thank you. I'll bookmark it. (I've deleted about 20-30 today, out of about 2,450.)

The "impoverished" Phakestinians suffer the never ending humiliation of having to wait in traffic, after a long relaxing weeking in the "West Bank's" RESORT!

JERICHO, West Bank - The ordeal unfolds weekly in this oasis of palms and bright flowers: After bike tours and picnics and a few hours away from the tensions of daily life, Palestinian visitors get stuck in a chaotic traffic jam at an Israeli army checkpoint as they leave the West Bank's only resort.

re: #34 Nevergiveup

The European Union has been cracking down on it's nationals moving money into the Swiss and Liechtenstein banking systems. Of course, maybe if the EU taxes weren't so high their citizens wouldn't have to try and hide their money in foreign bank accounts, but hey at least they only work 35 hour a week

re: #28 unrealizedviewpoint

or they're just advertising for the jihadists or wanna-be jihadists who thinks maybe it'd be better to hide "within" the FBI, so they apply. They're easier to track them when you know where they are. :)

Let's just hope that they KNOW who they are.

Just tell me when the FBI advertises in this magazine.

re: #40 MandyManners

Hey Mandy, what did you think of Freddie Friendship a few threads up?

re: #41 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey Mandy, what did you think of Freddie Friendship a few threads up?

Musta' missed it. I've been moving furniture, flipping mattresses, washing comforters and otherwise kicking Spring cleaning into high gear today.

re: #36 MandyManners

Hmmm...only one uses a crescent that is facing to the left, the direction of the crescents in the OSHA poster. Thank you. I'll bookmark it. (I've deleted about 20-30 today, out of about 2,450.)

You're forgetting that there are three crescents in the OSHA logo, two face left, one faces right.

. Perhaps Director Mueller enjoys opening the Arab American News just to see the smiling face of a Special Agent above the photo and hagiography of the latest alleged jihadi conspirator to be arrested.

What happened to their recruitment efforts at BYU? Nothing like a bunch of white, educated, moral FBI agents. I guess that stopped in the 70's or so.

re: #45 father_of_10

What happened to their recruitment efforts at BYU? Nothing like a bunch of white, educated, moral FBI agents. I guess that stopped in the 70's or so.

the FBI was recruiting at law schools for awhile there in the late 1980s. seemed like a smart move. I wonder if they still do...

Meanwhile, I hear the Philly PB has started a recruiting drive at various "Free Mumia" sites.

re: #46 Vergeltung

the FBI was recruiting at law schools for awhile there in the late 1980s. seemed like a smart move. I wonder if they still do...

They probably got kicked out with the military.

re: #43 ec marm

You're forgetting that there are three crescents in the OSHA logo, two face left, one faces right.

Maybe I need new glasses but, I don't see the one facing to the right. Help?

re: #42 MandyManners

Oh, sorry. I thought you'd enjoy it.

Again... [Link: www.tubearoo.com...]

re: #47 Iron Fist

,

They all only get one practice shot at the suicide bombing thing, so how do the talented amatures ever make it to the pros?

Terrorism is really all about the coaches. Any idiot can blow himself up. Its the guys who get them there you got to watch for.

I am too like a "typical white person" for the FBI to be interested in hiring me.

Oh yeah, being moronic will really help to stop Jihadism.

re: #51 MandyManners

Maybe I need new glasses but, I don't see the one facing to the right. Help?

You might need to change your monitor's color settings. It's on the left part of the O, and its only a slightly different shade of blue form the background.

re: #31 Nevergiveup

I'm sure that a lot of money does head to the Alps, but I am wondering about a different angle.

The Fords, Kennedy's, Rockefeller's and a lot of other wealthy families have set up elaborate trust funds. If I understand this correctly, they've been able salt away vast sums of money and reduce their tax exposure setting up these trust funds. After all, it ain't inexpensive to keep Teddy the Swimmer all liquored up on single malt.

Is there an index that lists or tabulates the growth in Trust Fund growth? Could this be seen as a belweather for what kinda shit is about to hit the fan? There are lot of newly wealthy folks out there, wonder where there money is heading to?

Just a thought.

re: #52 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh, sorry. I thought you'd enjoy it.

Again... [Link: www.tubearoo.com...]

Oh, yeah. Got it bookmarked. Gimme' an "F!"

re: #49 buzzsawmonkey
That's just so totally repellent to me. How anyone could gloat over a man's death - much less a man who marched FOR Civil Rights in the VERY EARLY DAYS could be so vilified speaks volumes about those "artists" and those who commented on the "Art".

re: #56 zmdavid

You might need to change your monitor's color settings. It's on the left part of the O, and its only a slightly different shade of blue form the background.

Oh, wow! I see it! It's bizarre! Three crescents on an official government poster. How many pillars of Islam? Three or five?

re: #58 MandyManners

Oh, yeah. Got it bookmarked. Gimme' an "F!"

U is for Unity
C is for Caring
K is for Kindness

Heh!

re: #50 Nevergiveup

They probably got kicked out with the military.

I remember rocking with the commies in the "American Lawyers Guild" over just such a thing. same old smelly hippes in the ALG, and they wanted the armed forces off campus, yadda yadda. I ripped them a gaping new one in a letter to the editor of the law school's paper.

they did not like me much after that. heh. did a similar thing when Abbie Hoffman (accompanied by a much younger and less famous (then) Ron Kuby) came to speak at the school at the request of the smelly hippies (I went to school in MASS, so, that probably answers a few questions right there). the topic was the evilness of the CIA.

Me and a couple of like-minded fellow students again did much damage. I heard Abbie whisper under his breath "shit, I thought this was supposed to be massachusetts man!" when the more vocal among us started chanting "answer the question", when I asked him WTF was he talking about and was he advocating the abolition of the CIA.

Ah,...fond memories... :)

re: #59 realwest

An argument over CH cost me a good friend last night. He called CH a racist. I called bullshit on it. I called on him to account for his statement. He could not. He walked out. I did not sleep at all last night. His wife and mine are (were) pals. But that tore it.

I just changed my avatar to one reflecting my current status and it isn't working! Darn!

Wait . . . I'm wrong. It worked.

re: #69 father_of_10

Congratulations!

It's sweet! My brothers are all jealous.

re: #67 father_of_10

did you clear your browser cache? won't shoiw until you do, IIRC.

O/T

Just in from Reuters (I'm cherrypicking, of course):

Gallup Survey Reports what 1.3-billion Muslims Think

While admiring Western values, many Muslims feel they are not respected by the West and that the values the West espouses, such as democracy, are only given lip service when it comes to applying them in the Muslim world.

A recent example was the 2006 election in the Palestinian territories, which the Islamist movement Hamas won in a free and fair poll. The United States and Israel have since done much to ignore the result and try to push Hamas out of office.

Just because you elect someone doesn't make it right - I call this Chamberlain Syndrom, the belief that any duly-elected government has the right to do what it pleases free of criticism from outsiders. If Israel elected some fanatical right-wing party whose sole missions was the eradication of every man, woman and child in Gaza and the West Bank, I think we'd hear a little hue and cry from those areas about it.

That is exactly what I had to do. Thanks.

re: #68 Iron Fist

,

Five. And then the secret Pillar, Jihad, that binds them all together.

Like the Nine Rings, eh?

re: #73 Lance

While admiring Western values,

does the article happen to mention what western values they admire?

re: #57 BulgarWheat

That was a excellent question about trust funds. I actually wrote it down because now I want to look into it. I know that University trust funds have to release quarterly (4 times a year) statements that list their top investments, not sure about trusts funds for individuals/families. I'll send out some emails to a couple of my trader friends and see if I can get some answers

re: #75 MandyManners

Like the Nine Rings, eh?

and a partridge in a pear tree!

re: #78 sattv4u2

and a partridge in a pear tree!

Partridges are halaal.

re: #79 MandyManners

Partridges are halaal.

not to mentionn tastey, if prepared properly

re: #80 sattv4u2

not to mentionn tastey, if prepared properly

What next? The slaughter of the peace bird, the dove?

Gotta' go buy some more cleanin' stuff. Later, Lizards.

1. The software that places some banner ads is, well, stupid software. I see Muslim dating sites on banner ads at Frontpage all the time. People think computers are smart. They are actually very stupid. the algorithms that determine what ad to place on a site can't tell a positive mention of a thing from negative mentions. It just sees relevant words and places an ad. If software is placing these ads, it's nothing the FBI is doing

2. If 1 is not the case, keep these next two points in mind: Nothing beats a native speaker. While there is a potential to get double-agents, an earnest FBI agent who speaks native Arabic or Farsi can save ones butt. There are metaphors, turns of phrase, and all that don't translate exactly. Did Abdul just order Akeem to kill Akbar, or just to intimidate him? How would Abdul phrase what he said in either case? If the term that usually means "intimidate" in this context has come to mean "kill," can a native speaker along with a linguist make that case, so that the FBI wiretap can be used in the case against Abdul?

3. We have all seen campaigns where the point was to create an ad, and dare certain hostile media entities to run it. What would it say if the site refused to carry the FBI ad? Isn't this another way for the FBI to say, "we're watching you...?"

re: #82 MandyManners

What next? The slaughter of the peace bird, the dove?

Gotta' go buy some more cleanin' stuff. Later, Lizards.

dove ,,, feh ,,, in the city, the same bird is called a pigeon !

re: #77 chicagodudewhotrades

I'd be very interested in finding out what you discover.

As always, follow the money. If the trust funds start "gettin' busy" in the near future, a lot of people may be taking moves to protect their money.

Might be something to look into, but on a much smaller scale.

re: #83 RememberSekhmet?

I think that those may be Google ads. And when you agree to run them, you have no control of the what are in the ads.

re: #86 buzzsawmonkey

Now, now. No squabbling.

I'll let that one fly

re: #24 MandyManners

I'm trying hard to keep that in mind lest I go bat-shit bonkers.

Or maybe it's the Federal Bureau of Islam.

Occasional Reader? You out there?

re: #57 BulgarWheat

I'm sure that a lot of money does head to the Alps, but I am wondering about a different angle.

The Fords, Kennedy's, Rockefeller's and a lot of other wealthy families have set up elaborate trust funds. If I understand this correctly, they've been able salt away vast sums of money and reduce their tax exposure setting up these trust funds. After all, it ain't inexpensive to keep Teddy the Swimmer all liquored up on single malt.

Is there an index that lists or tabulates the growth in Trust Fund growth? Could this be seen as a belweather for what kinda shit is about to hit the fan? There are lot of newly wealthy folks out there, wonder where there money is heading to?

Just a thought.

There is a special provision in the Tax Code that was written in such a way that the only trust that qualifies is the Kennedy family trust. Saves them tons of money. It was quietly inserted in the Tax Code in the late 1940's by a Senator who was a friend of Joe Kennedy, Sr.

I have a serious question. Before going to our softball game last week I accidentally grabbed my 18-beer cooler instead of the big one. One of the other guys also brought beer. I forgot about the 6 in the back of my Explorer (SUV! HAHAHA, environmental wackos!) and they got warm.

Will these beers be OK now that they've been re-refrigerated or are they hosed because they got warm?

A guy goes to the Post Office to apply for
a job.
The interviewer asks him, "Have you been in the service?"
Yes," he
says. "I was in the armed forces for three years."
The interviewer says,
"That will give you extra points toward employment" and then
asks, Are you
disabled in any way?"
The guy says,"Yes, 100%. A mortar round exploded near
me and blew my testicles off."
The interviewer tells the guy, "OK" I can hire
you right now. The hours are from
8:00 AM till 5:00 PM
You can
start tomorrow. Come in at 10:00 AM.
The guy is puzzled and says, "If the
hours are from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM , then
why do you want me to come in at
10:00 AM"?
"This is a government job", the interviewer says. "For the first
two hours we stand around scratching our balls. No point in you coming in for
that..."

re: #92 rwmofo

Go ahead and drink 'em. Worst that could happen is you'll enjoy your beers.

re: #77 chicagodudewhotrades

That was a excellent question about trust funds. I actually wrote it down because now I want to look into it. I know that University trust funds have to release quarterly (4 times a year) statements that list their top investments, not sure about trusts funds for individuals/families. I'll send out some emails to a couple of my trader friends and see if I can get some answers

Charitable trusts have to provide information concerning their assets, expenditures, and other items, such as who gets compensation and how much. The annual form is a 990.

Private trusts, as for a family or an individual, do not have to make any public disclosures.

re: #91 Son of the Black Dog

I'm wondering about Trust Funds across the board.

re: #82 MandyManners

What next? The slaughter of the peace bird, the dove?

Gotta' go buy some more cleanin' stuff. Later, Lizards.

You're from Tennessee, you should know all about dove season.

There have been no terror attacks in the US since 9/11.

/FBI

(what the hell did you expect?)

re: #98 Ben Hur

"Nice" avatar Ben.

re: #99 WrathofG-d

"Nice" avatar Ben.

I think it's sad!

My fiance and I watched "Ben Hur" yesterday after we heard the news on the radio.

re: #98 Ben Hur

Oy-you really did do a virtual shiva!

re: #89 itellu3times

Federal Bureau of Islam

Good one!

re: #100 incanus

I guess instead of "nice" I should have said: "fitting".

re: #92 rwmofo

I have a serious question. Before going to our softball game last week I accidentally grabbed my 18-beer cooler instead of the big one. One of the other guys also brought beer. I forgot about the 6 in the back of my Explorer (SUV! HAHAHA, environmental wackos!) and they got warm.

Will these beers be OK now that they've been re-refrigerated or are they hosed because they got warm?

short answer is that if it's domestic swill you won't notice the difference, but if it's a fine beer, you probably will. that make sense? :)

re: #105 buzzsawmonkey

It will make no difference whatsoever.

We'll all come over and do a taste test - where are ya?

The advertising image is located on the news site, not the FBI's so they're not using the image to gather anything. Sadly, the link itself appears to go through the arab news site as well, so it's unlikely that the FBI is able to gather any information about click-throughs. They're totally dependent upon whatever arabamericannews.com provides them. So the utility of this ad for anything other than straight-up advertising is driven by the specifics of the FBI's information exchange with arabamericannews.com.

re: #106 debutaunt

refridgerated shipping and keeping beer cold is a gimmick. As long as they are still intact, they can be cooled back down.

Had soft drinks explode from the heat in Vegas once. But, didn't try to drink 'em.

re: #108 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

refridgerated shipping and keeping beer cold is a gimmick. As long as they are still intact, they can be cooled back down.

Had soft drinks explode from the heat in Vegas once. But, didn't try to drink 'em.

I burned my hand on the car door handle in Las Vegas in July. It's a tad warmish there in the summertime.

re: #109 debutaunt

WOOt! You had a hot hand in Vegas?

Absolut issues apology for ad showing Mexico in possession of the US Southwest

By a remarkable coincidence, the apology came shortly after consumer boycott calls.

The FBI has been severely screwed up since the Clinton-Reno machine got their fingers in there. Now it's right up there with the State Department for agencies that need a through house cleaning.

re: #108 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Speaking of beer, Sam Adams is recalling a bunch because of problems at one of its bottling facilities.

re: #111 Occasional Reader

Absolut irony.

re: #111 Occasional Reader

Absolut issues apology for ad showing Mexico in possession of the US Southwest

By a remarkable coincidence, the apology came shortly after consumer boycott calls.

Too late, I'm still not drinking their shit.

re: #113 lawhawk

Speaking of beer, Sam Adams is recalling a bunch because of problems at one of its bottling facilities.

I volunteer to help them dispose of the stuff

re: #111 Occasional Reader

Its interesting that they were able to acknowledge that a Southwest United States in the hands of Mexico was something that Mexicans would consider "more ideal".

Isn't that just a right wing, anti-immigrant, hyped up theory from racists?
/

re: #113 lawhawk

I met a guy once in a bar who worked for a company that makes beer bottles. Was an interesting conversation. No joke there. Just was enlightening.

re: #106 debutaunt

We'll all come over and do a taste test - where are ya?

Thanks to all you beer-drinking extremists for the quick and insightful feedback. I've been destroying brain cells since the 70s and have forgotten a lot of good information - except: "Don't marry a dumb-ass because you can't reason with stoopid people. It doesn't matter how hot she was."

We play softball in Plano Thursday nights - then drink beer. Spring is here. Birds are crappin - dawgs are yappin and life is good.

It's just Bud-Lite, so even if they were no good it wouldn't have broken me. I'm a little perturbed that my homies like light beer, but, oh well.

re: #96 BulgarWheat

I'm wondering about Trust Funds across the board.

Charitable trusts (and/or foundations) are completely different animals from trusts for a family or individual. Charitable trusts have to make disclosures, private trusts do not. Charitable trusts pay no taxes, providing they stay within certain guidelines. Private trusts pay federal (and state) income taxes on essentially the same basis as individuals. Private trusts are about keeping control of money or assets, they don't do anything to reduce taxes. (Obviously there are exceptions to everything in the tax code, but that's the simple answer.)

It seems like the President has been pushing hard on the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement today. He is sending it to Congress and they have 90 days to do something with it. I'm wondering what his motivation is. Does he truly want to help Colombia, does he truly believe in free trade (i do) or does he want to give McCain a campaign issue? Or , is it a combo of all 3 reasons? Just wondering

re: #116 incanus

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Absolut is rubbish Vodka. Personally I'd rather a bottle of Kalashnikov myself. but this really makes me think twice about even looking at it. And I've been spreading the word about not drinking it

re: #114 lawhawk

LOL

re: #116 incanus

Too late, I'm still not drinking their shit.

I recommend Titos from Austin Texas

Screw the russians and frogs.
screw the mexicans

Titos handmade vodka : austin tejas

re: #111 Occasional Reader

Absolut issues apology for ad showing Mexico in possession of the US Southwest

By a remarkable coincidence, the apology came shortly after consumer boycott calls.

Absolut Israel

Eating Absolut Crow.

OT: More torch protests

By the time it reached the Arc de Triomphe and descended the Champs-Elysées, the torch was once again carried by an athlete but was barely visible from the heavily guarded pavement amid a dense escort of officers and police vans. A helicopter circled above as a mix of tourists, cheering supporters waving Chinese flags and protesters responding with chants demanding "freedom" for Tibet crowded behind metal barriers lined by paramilitary police officers. A small truck decorated in the Olympic logo and carrying a percussion band was almost inaudible.

Why the scare quotes?

The Absolut backlash is really a remarkable story about consumer power. I love it.

re: #96 BulgarWheat

You are wondering about trust funds? I can't even get my zionist check!

If you haven't tried Patron (tequila), you're missing out. That's some smooth stuff.

re: #123 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

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heh =)

It is awful vodka.

re: #117 Shug

I volunteer to help them dispose of the stuff

Careful Shug, it's the crunchy beer.

re: #126 Shug

Screw the russians and frogs.

As to the "frog" bit, keep in mind that Grey Goose was actually founded by an American.

(As for screwing the Russians... well, there was this one lovely young lady named Lina... but I digress.)

re: #132 rwmofo

If you haven't tried Patron (tequila), you're missing out. That's some smooth stuff.

MMM, Patron. I enjoy both Gold and Reposado. Silver, not so much though it's an ok margarita.

I also like 1800 Anejo.

Hmm (cough cough) I feel sick, better go home.

re: #111 Occasional Reader

Absolut issues apology for ad showing Mexico in possession of the US Southwest

By a remarkable coincidence, the apology came shortly after consumer boycott calls.

The boycott should continue.

re: #134 debutaunt

Careful Shug, it's the crunchy beer.

That's called "fiber", and it's good for ya! Nothing like some ground-up glass to keep you regular.

/do not attempt this at home

#98 Ben Hur

A very nice and respectful touch, sir.

re: #137 wolfie

The boycott should continue.

It should, and it is not like there aren't plenty of satisfactory alternatives out there.

We talking beer? Schlitz is back - the beer that made Milwaukee famous. Schlitz.

Not a big vodka drinker, but I do like Grey Goose. The most amazing vodka I've tried, though, at the recommendation of former LGFer Jheka, was Stolichnaya Elite. Incredibly smooth. But it goes for like $67 a bottle... no thanks.

re: #129 incanus

OT: More torch protests

Why the scare quotes?

Those darned Tibetans are alway pushing people around.

re: #141 mama winger

Schlitz is back - the beer that made Milwaukee famous

I'm not sure "famous" is the right word.

There is no good reason to drink Schlitz.

re: #130 WriterMom

The Absolut backlash is really a remarkable story about consumer power. I love it.

I'm going to take up not drinking vodka.

re: #140 Nevergiveup

It should, and it is not like there aren't plenty of satisfactory alternatives out there.

I will boycott it- but I don't drink (just don't tell them that)

Beer AND Vodka!~ Wow ! I hit the jackpot! Just bought a bottle of Svedka - Absolut was marked down but I ignored it.

re: #146 madisonsfriend

I will boycott it- but I don't drink (just don't tell them that)

We can make up some protest signs that are blank.

re: #120 rwmofo

A brew master writes on skunking beer.

A key paragraph:

This photochemical reaction is the only cause of skunked beer. Warm storage, while damaging to the flavor of beer, does not skunk it. Cycling the temperature of beer from warm to cold and back again is also not implicated. Storing beer in the dark is the simple way to prevent skunking.

re: #146 madisonsfriend

I will boycott it- but I don't drink (just don't tell them that)

Well we will have to put you down as a rock hard protest.

re: #133 incanus

Stopped buying absolut years ago. I only buy American vodka now.

re: #144 Occasional Reader

I'm not sure "famous" is the right word.

There is no good reason to drink Schlitz.

Remember Laverne and Shirley? They worked in the Schotz brewery in Milwaukee - a takeoff on Schlitz.

Damn, I'm finally on LGF at the front end of a thread (instead of 200 comments behind), and everyone else is out to lunch. Bummer

re: #118 WrathofG-d

Its interesting that they were able to acknowledge that a Southwest United States in the hands of Mexico was something that Mexicans would consider "more ideal".

Isn't that just a right wing, anti-immigrant, hyped up theory from racists?
/

Good point!
And what about all the Mexican-Americans (and there are many of them) who definitely want to be under US sovereignty, who know only too well how much better our system is, who came here because of that? ...Not even to mention the many Mexican-Americans who have given their lives serving their country, by which I mean the USA. I spit on Absolut, just as I spit on La Raza, etc.

re: #144 Occasional Reader

I'm not sure "famous" is the right word.

There is no good reason to drink Schlitz.

I might accept "someone crapped in the well" as a reason ...

re: #124 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Haven't really drank Absolut since college (which was apparently the last time that their ad campaign was worth anything).

re: #37 WrathofG-d

The "impoverished" Phakestinians suffer the never ending humiliation of having to wait in traffic, after a long relaxing weeking in the "West Bank's" RESORT!

"After nightfall Friday, cars stretched for nearly half a mile from the Jericho checkpoint, which leads to the four-lane Dead Sea-Jerusalem highway. At times, cars stood three wide at the head of the line as some drivers tried to squeeze ahead of others. Dust and exhaust fumes mixed with honking horns.

Sounds like your typical day on the Edens Expressway in Chicago. Better call the U.N.

re: #144 Occasional Reader

I'm not sure "famous" is the right word.

There is no good reason to drink Schlitz.

well, the article she pointed to talks about them renewing the old recipe. I know my beer, but even I was schocked to learn that at one time it was the best selling beer in the USA. I would have never guessed that.

beers like that remind me of my childhood; taking a sip form Dad's can of PBR, Schlitz, etc., while he was cutting the lawn. making an awful face as if I drank poo. then asking for another sip! :)

re: #155 buzzsawmonkey

BTW, there are a few old Schlitz saloon buildings left in Chicago, with a big bas-relief of the Schlitz logo up somewhere near the cornice.

Like this one:

re: #143 debutaunt

Those darned Tibetans are alway pushing people around.

Especially at airports...

JAFLW

re: #151 Sharmuta

Stopped buying absolut years ago. I only buy American vodka now.

I bought some a few years ago and was impressed at the headache and the incredible feeling that a cat had sh-t in my mouth. YUCK.

If I drink vodka these days it's Grey Goose, but I'm not much of a vodka drinker.

re: #162 just another four-letter word

Especially at airports...

JAFLW

Must have taken a brand new vow.

re: #163 incanus

What brand did that to you?! Have you tried Shakers? Also- there is a Canadian brand called Iceberg- almost as good as Grey Goose, and less expensive.

re: #96 BulgarWheat

I'm wondering about Trust Funds across the board.

Damn-near bled mine dry.

re: #149 Onslow

A brew master writes on skunking beer.

A key paragraph:

This photochemical reaction is the only cause of skunked beer. Warm storage, while damaging to the flavor of beer, does not skunk it. Cycling the temperature of beer from warm to cold and back again is also not implicated. Storing beer in the dark is the simple way to prevent skunking.

Now kids, this is what we call an expert response (although I totally appreciated the others). And don't forget, booze makes us smarter (another bonus of being an infidel).

Thank ya. Thank ya very much - EP.

re: #159 buzzsawmonkey

Wrath! You're back!

Wrath was sentenced to dig ditches for Boss Kean...but now he has his mind right.

re: #84 sattv4u2

dove ,,, feh ,,, in the city, the same bird is called a pigeon !

Wel, just poop.

re: #160 Vergeltung

beers like that remind me of my childhood; taking a sip form Dad's can of PBR, Schlitz, etc., while he was cutting the lawn. making an awful face as if I drank poo. then asking for another sip! :)

Hamm's Beer commercial

re: #166 MandyManners

Too much of the Paris Hilton lifestyle for you. You flew in a chartered G5, I flew coach.

You drank Champagne. I drank beer.

re: #163 incanus

I bought some a few years ago and was impressed at the headache and the incredible feeling that a cat had sh-t in my mouth. YUCK.

If I drink vodka these days it's Grey Goose, but I'm not much of a vodka drinker.

Tito's Vodka is Made in Texas.

It's a fantastic replacement for leftist loony liberal Aztlanic Swedish dishwater.

re: #165 Sharmuta

What brand did that to you?! Have you tried Shakers? Also- there is a Canadian brand called Iceberg- almost as good as Grey Goose, and less expensive.

LOL, Absolut did. (I see where the confusion crept in, sorry about that).

I'll have to give Shakers a try!

re: #89 itellu3times

Or maybe it's the Federal Bureau of Islam.

lalalalalalalalalalalalaaa

I can't heaaarrr yooouuu.

Empress of Denial or, an eternal optimist?

re: #172 OldLineTexan

It's a fantastic replacement for leftist loony liberal Aztlanic Swedish dishwater.

You talkin' about me again?

re: #152 mama winger

Remember Laverne and Shirley?

Nope, never heard of it.

Oh... you mean Lavoyne and Shirley...

re: #107 klowery

The advertising image is located on the news site, not the FBI's so they're not using the image to gather anything. Sadly, the link itself appears to go through the arab news site as well, so it's unlikely that the FBI is able to gather any information about click-throughs. They're totally dependent upon whatever arabamericannews.com provides them. So the utility of this ad for anything other than straight-up advertising is driven by the specifics of the FBI's information exchange with arabamericannews.com.

I have no idea what you just said but, it doesn't sound good for our side.

I guess it's time to remind folks of the "official" beer of LGF - Porkslap Pale Ale (if only in name - the taste wasn't nearly satisfactory).

re: #176 buzzsawmonkey

There are maybe five or six of them left in Chicago, that I've seen, mostly on the near Northwest Side.

near northwest - I'm trying to think what neighborhood that is

re: #141 mama winger

We talking beer? Schlitz is back - the beer that made Milwaukee famous. Schlitz.

Mayor Barrett of Milwaukee officially named today "Beer day" in honor of the first legal shipments of bear 75 years ago.

re: #170 mama winger

that was neat. I wonder when it first aired on TV.

re: #182 Creeping Eruption

Mayor Barrett of Milwaukee officially named today "Beer day" in honor of the first legal shipments of bear 75 years ago.

I heard that. Beer Day in Milwaukee. It doesn't get more middle America than that.

I've read that if you run so-so vodka through a charcoal filter a few times, it tastes like ultra-premium vodka. Never tried it, though.

re: #168 DesertSage

Wrath was sentenced to dig ditches for Boss Kean...but now he has his mind right.

At least he didn't have to go in the Hole.

re: #183 Vergeltung

that was neat. I wonder when it first aired on TV.

I'm not sure - maybe I can find out. I remember those commercials from when I was a little girl, so at least from the '50's.

re: #172 OldLineTexan

Tito's Vodka is Made in Texas

I fear that vodka made in Texas would fall into the same category as hot sauce made in New York City.

re: #152 mama winger

I just turned on the Cubs game for 5 minutes. They were leading 7 - 0 when I turned onthe radio. The score was 7 - 5 when I turned it off.

I hope you have a lot of asprin for this year.

re: #180 lawhawk

I guess it's time to remind folks of the "official" beer of LGF - Porkslap Pale Ale (if only in name - the taste wasn't nearly satisfactory).

that was a cool site, very funny. the weiss beer they featured in one part looked tempting.

re: #122 chicagodudewhotrades

It seems like the President has been pushing hard on the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement today. He is sending it to Congress and they have 90 days to do something with it. I'm wondering what his motivation is. Does he truly want to help Colombia, does he truly believe in free trade (i do) or does he want to give McCain a campaign issue? Or , is it a combo of all 3 reasons? Just wondering

I may be wrong, but I think he really wants this. Bush has had, IMHO, an excellent rapport with Colombia. The only thing previous admins have (seemingly) cared about is stopping the drug traffic. Allowing for overstatement, Clinton didn't care if FARC was terrorizing Colombians, murdering them in the 10's of thousands; all he cared about was the drug traffic. Bush...noticeably after 9/11... has shifted American policy in Colombia by concentrating on FARC as a terrorist organization, which it emphatically is. His priority has been to help Colombians stop the FARC's attacks on Colombians, period. He has shifted the perspective by seeing the drug traffic as a income source for terrorists, rather than as the main thing.
For the first time in ages, American policy in Colombia has been clear-sighted and in line with Colombia's chief concerns. The results have been very, very good.
Bush is determined to follow up with economic help based on a free-market approach, rather than by cash payments of "foreign aid." This is also what the current president of Colombia (a fantastic guy, BTW) wants.

re: #187 buzzsawmonkey

Maybe Bucktown, maybe Andersonville, maybe Old Irving, maybe Wicker Park. I lose track of all these new-fangled names anyway; it was so easier when you could just call them "the slums."

HA! My family is from Andersonville - near Swedish Covenant hospital, North Park college, and of course the great Swedish bakery on Clark Street. It used to be nice - now it has gone thru some changes. Lots of the Swedes moved to the burbs.

re: #189 Son of the Black Dog

I fear that vodka made in Texas would fall into the same category as hot sauce made in New York City.

Hey, there are excellent firearms made in Belgium, so why the heck not?

re: #185 Occasional Reader

I've read that if you run so-so vodka through a charcoal filter a few times, it tastes like ultra-premium vodka. Never tried it, though.

before, or after, you put the steaks on. and, is the fire lit yet? or after?

re: #190 3 wood

I just turned on the Cubs game for 5 minutes. They were leading 7 - 0 when I turned onthe radio. The score was 7 - 5 when I turned it off.

I hope you have a lot of asprin for this year.

Piles. I have rented a storage facility in fact. :)

re: #192 wolfie

Agreed--Bush really wants this, and has aligned with Uribe, an ally.

re: #175 mama winger

You talkin' about me again?

I wouldn't dare.

re: #159 buzzsawmonkey

Wrath! You're back!

What did I miss?

re: #194 Occasional Reader

Hey, there are excellent firearms made in Belgium, so why the heck not?

But are they made in the French speaking part of Belgium?

It's a reasonable idea...if they are recruiting DOUBLE agents!

And if so, what's wrong with the tried and trusted honeytrap?

re: #199 Ben Hur

Ben Hur - are you in mourning?

re: #185 Occasional Reader

I've read that if you run so-so vodka through a charcoal filter a few times, it tastes like ultra-premium vodka. Never tried it, though.

The dudes on Mythbusters did that experiment, and it was thouroughly busted.
I will have to say, that one time, many years back, someone handed me a beer in a cup, and it was so good I had to ask the brand. Schlitz. From a keg.

re: #171 BulgarWheat

Too much of the Paris Hilton lifestyle for you. You flew in a chartered G5, I flew coach.

You drank Champagne. I drank beer.

Nah. I drank Basil. You drank Jack. (Is it just me or, does that sound strange?)

re: #168 DesertSage

Wrath was sentenced to dig ditches for Boss Kean...but now he has his mind right.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAA

re: #188 mama winger

I'm not sure - maybe I can find out. I remember those commercials from when I was a little girl, so at least from the '50's.

I love 1950s TV. some great shows. me and my oldest daughter what The Rifleman everynight on Encore Westerns. Great shows, great values. ah, the good old days... :)

re: #189 Son of the Black Dog

I fear that vodka made in Texas would fall into the same category as hot sauce made in New York City.

Infidel! Blasphemer!

/I keel you, yadda yadda

re: #194 Occasional Reader

Hey, there are excellent firearms made in Belgium, so why the heck not?

DARK CHOC GLOCK?

re: #207 Vergeltung

I love 1950s TV. some great shows. me and my oldest daughter what The Rifleman everynight on Encore Westerns. Great shows, great values. ah, the good old days... :)

We have the entire Rifleman series on Video. Dweebs, we be. :)

re: #209 debutaunt

DARK CHOC GLOCK?

Nope, Glock is Austrian; FN Herstal is Belgian.

re: #197 Occasional Reader

Agreed--Bush really wants this, and has aligned with Uribe, an ally.

And let lizards not forget that the very agent of Stan, Hugo Chavez, has identified Colombia as "the Israel of Latin America." If that ain't reason to love Colombia, what is?!

re: #202 mama winger

Ben Hur - are you in mourning?

Virtual Shiva.

re: #200 Son of the Black Dog

But are they made in the French speaking part of Belgium?

I don't know. But there are some excellent decongestants made in the Phlegmish part of Belgium.

re: #211 Occasional Reader

Nope, Glock is Austrian; FN Herstal is Belgian.

Fine. I couldn't think of another rhyme.

re: #194 Occasional Reader

Hey, there are excellent firearms made in Belgium, so why the heck not?

Belgium (Herstal), Italy, and the former Czechoslovakia (Brno) being the centers of European firearms excellence.

/Remember, Europeans didn't invent war. They merely perfected it.

re: #196 mama winger

By the way. Your Ryne Sandberg managed Peoria Chiefs are 2-2 this year so far. They have some talent too.

re: #213 Ben Hur

Virtual Shiva.

I thought that might be the case.

So, did Wrath flip out, or what?

Speak to me, Wrath.

re: #217 3 wood

By the way. Your Ryne Sandberg managed Peoria Chiefs are 2-2 this year so far. They have some talent too.

Cool! Do you think Sandberg is looking to move up to managing in the majors?

re: #219 Ben Hur

So, did Wrath flip out, or what?

Speak to me, Wrath.

Wrath had to sit in the naughty chair for a couple of days.

re: #221 mama winger

OHMY That's funny. Not that the whole thing is funny, but MamaWinger THAT was funneee. LOLOLOL.

re: #221 mama winger

Wrath had to sit in the naughty chair for a couple of days.

Why, did he over Jew it?

The most excellent comment I saw about Heston was 'now they can have his gun'.

re: #210 mama winger

We have the entire Rifleman series on Video. Dweebs, we be. :)

Jealous, I am. :)

re: #216 OldLineTexan

Belgium (Herstal), Italy, and the former Czechoslovakia (Brno) being the centers of European firearms excellence.

Ironically enough, since none of the aforementioned have exactly been military juggernauts for a very long time.

The Austrians and Germans are no slouches in the gun design & manufacture biz, either.

re: #226 Occasional Reader

Ironically enough, since none of the aforementioned have exactly been military juggernauts for a very long time.

The Austrians and Germans are no slouches in the gun design & manufacture biz, either.

I agree. Most of Brno's money came from production of German designs. A Brno Mauser from the interwar period is typically built with much more craftsmanship and quality than any other Mauser rifle, although to be fair they were not being bombed at the time.

The Italian firearms (non-military, for the most part) are just amazingly beautiful, and, unlike most Italian cards, superior in use as well.

re: #220 mama winger

Cool! Do you think Sandberg is looking to move up to managing in the majors?

Yep.

I look for him to be managing in Double A next year.

I almost hate to point this out. But the FBI is doing this PHishing for terrorist. These are really smart people.

I am happy that the FBI is doing this, and anyone who isn't is either very myopic or has ZERO experience in counter-intel.

re: #227 OldLineTexan

I agree. Most of Brno's money came from production of German designs. A Brno Mauser from the interwar period is typically built with much more craftsmanship and quality than any other Mauser rifle, although to be fair they were not being bombed at the time.

The Italian firearms (non-military, for the most part) are just amazingly beautiful, and, unlike most Italian cards, superior in use as well.

I have never been overly impressed with any of the European weapons mfgs. I agree that the German/Czech weapons are very capable, but, they are not any more reliable or accurate than American weaponry.

Italians however, nothing beats Italian design. Not in the arts, architecture, food, even wines, and other engineering issues, the Italians shine. Don't know how they do it, but, when Italians set out to make something the best out there, they are hard to beat. (I'm not talking about economy cars now...)

Could this be another case of . . . (gasp) . . . muslims in high places?

Isn't Congress still investigating the NY FBI Arabic translators who were giving out candy to celebrate 9/11? At least I never read of this investigation coming to a conclusion of any sort. What's to investigate this long? Either they did or they didn't.
The FBI, I believe, is an agency with deeply ingrained institutional antisemitism. I doubt anyone will dispute this. They've cooked up the AIPAC case (all developments are hush-hush) that has been going nowhere for years... They refused to hire all Arabic-speaking Jews who offered their services in the wake of 9/11; yet they have an ongoing need for native Arabic speakers. So they have to recruit them _somewhere_, after all.

I am puzzled at the dearth of mentions in this thread of FBI Director Robert Mueller, who -- not only is a supreme putz -- but also appears to be a master at flying under the radar, thereby escaping the hard glare of publicity.

Why this man has been given a virtual carte blanche by the conservative(sic) blogosphere for the past five years is beyond me.

It could be argued that he is largely responsible for 9-11.

And, yet, not a week had passed following 9-11 when Mueller was cautioning us not to act in an anti-Arab or anti-Muslim manner.

The PUTZ! He should have been saying: We vow to get these bastards!

Oh, and President Bush deserves "credit" for having permitted Mueller to remain at his post since the 9-11 fiasco.

Leadership, anyone?

re: #233 TIgger

Isn't Congress still investigating the NY FBI Arabic translators who were giving out candy to celebrate 9/11? At least I never read of this investigation coming to a conclusion of any sort. What's to investigate this long? Either they did or they didn't

Excellent -- and very troubling -- post.

re: #229 gtwais

I almost hate to point this out. But the FBI is doing this PHishing for terrorist. These are really smart people.

I have had this suggested to me previously. I see little in the FBI's track record of the past five years to support your position.

What is your explanation for the fact that the FBI also uses CAIR personnel for training sessions on "Muslim sensitivity training," or some similar dreck?

re: #230 neverquit

I am happy that the FBI is doing this, and anyone who isn't is either very myopic or has ZERO experience in counter-intel.

So, does the FBI also recruit on White Supremacist and La Raza and Communist sites, as well? (Somehow I doubt it.)

The FBI, as is some other govt agencies, is populated by some morons who don't know that it is America that it is supposed to be defending.