And Now, Meerkats Practice Security
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Meerkat pups practicing for guard duty, from ZooBorns.
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:23:02pm |
Awwwww! Click the link and look at all the cute baby monkeys!
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Occasional Reader Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:23:07pm |
Meerkats are loosed upon the world...
-W. B. Yeats
(well, almost)
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:23:21pm |
Are these meerkats on Earth? What about the Cylons?
We need a Battlestar Galactica thread. Or is it too early for those of you on the west coast?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:23:24pm |
"dissolves in a puddle from overwhelming cuteness*
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:24:30pm |
They'll never be security guards if they can't master the flaming hoop jump.
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:24:52pm |
ahhhhhhhhhh...the FNDT. Finally.
Thanks, Charles!
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jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:24:53pm |
re: #4 Kosh's Shadow
Are these meerkats on Earth? What about the Cylons?
We need a Battlestar Galactica thread. Or is it too early for those of you on the west coast?
I'm on season 4 DVD's, no spoilers.........
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:25:15pm |
"Sandra ... Let me look in your eyes! Let me! I know you can't resist my charms!"
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:26:33pm |
re: #7 Sharmuta
They'll never be security guards if they can't master the flaming hoop jump.
Another Israeli war crime - failure to provide flaming hoops, thus depriving Hamas of the battlefield environment they trained for. Quick - fax The Hague.
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:27:06pm |
re: #10 karmic_inquisitor
Practicing guard duty or interrupted romantic interlude? You be the judge.
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rumcrook Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:28:13pm |
they remind me of an old frieze carving of some of the last ceasars of the roman empire when it was split up amongst 4 different rulers who vowed to be allied. they were holding each other as a sign of compatriatism, but it looked like they were holding each other in fear of the future becuase they were at the end times of the roman empire.
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:28:52pm |
re: #6 karmic_inquisitor
You are zee corned beef to me, I am zee cah-bahge to you!
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Opilio Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:29:27pm |
And just when they start to think this security stuff is easy, a bully appears and taunts the little ones...
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:29:55pm |
Someone asked in a thread, two back, who God was talking to when he said "Let us make man in our image..."
I read the thread (an hour ago, granted), didn't see an answer. I thought, wow, a year or two ago the poster would have gotten 10 to 15 good, intelligent, thoughtful answers to that question. The only responses were snark, ribbing, sarcasm.
What happened? zombie said the other day that the quality of the comments had gone downhill at LGF. Is it the newer system, with the Ajax? This chatroom-speed forum, tending to make people post without putting a lot of thought into their posts, so that they can get their comments in while staying at the head of the wave? I see more typos since this change, as well...many more.
Did everyone leave, who had the knowledge and inclination to answer such questions?
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:30:22pm |
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:30:24pm |
re: #6 karmic_inquisitor
Look at me. I am not kidding. Obama won the election!
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:31:44pm |
re: #19 ArmyWife
Look at me. I am not kidding. Obama won the election!
ARRGGGHHH! [runs screaming from the room! NO NO!]
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:33:12pm |
My ex-cat Daisy was obsessed with a show called "Meerkat Manor". I'd just turn it on and let her watch for hours.
/RIP, Daisy.
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Adrenalyn Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:33:26pm |
re: #17 Taqiyyotomist
Someone asked in a thread, two back, who God was talking to when he said "Let us make man in our image..."
I read the thread (an hour ago, granted), didn't see an answer. I thought, wow, a year or two ago the poster would have gotten 10 to 15 good, intelligent, thoughtful answers to that question. The only responses were snark, ribbing, sarcasm.
What happened? zombie said the other day that the quality of the comments had gone downhill at LGF. Is it the newer system, with the Ajax? This chatroom-speed forum, tending to make people post without putting a lot of thought into their posts, so that they can get their comments in while staying at the head of the wave? I see more typos since this change, as well...many more.
Did everyone leave, who had the knowledge and inclination to answer such questions?
God said, Abraham give me a son
Abe said men you must be puttin' me on
God said it can very easily done
Down on Highway 61
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victor_yugo Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:34:18pm |
Cry "Havoc!" and let loose the meerkats of war!
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Adrenalyn Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:34:55pm |
re: #19 ArmyWife
Look at me. I am not kidding. Obama won the election!
I feel like dinging you down for that slap of reality
but it is Friday night and I just can't do it captain.....
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:34:56pm |
re: #23 Adrenalyn
God said, Abraham give me a son
Abe said men you must be puttin' me on
God said it can very easily done
Down on Highway 61
Ah, Bob Dylan. There's no other singer quite like him.
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HelloDare Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:35:04pm |
That's the fox trot. Don't let them fool you.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:35:12pm |
re: #17 Taqiyyotomist
Someone asked in a thread, two back, who God was talking to when he said "Let us make man in our image..."
I read the thread (an hour ago, granted), didn't see an answer. I thought, wow, a year or two ago the poster would have gotten 10 to 15 good, intelligent, thoughtful answers to that question. The only responses were snark, ribbing, sarcasm.
What happened? zombie said the other day that the quality of the comments had gone downhill at LGF. Is it the newer system, with the Ajax? This chatroom-speed forum, tending to make people post without putting a lot of thought into their posts, so that they can get their comments in while staying at the head of the wave? I see more typos since this change, as well...many more.
Did everyone leave, who had the knowledge and inclination to answer such questions?
I'd have to go look up the answer, but I'm too busy watching Battlestar Galactica.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:35:34pm |
re: #25 Adrenalyn
I feel like dinging you down for that slap of reality
but it is Friday night and I just can't do it captain.....
Then give me warp speed, Mr. Scott.
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jaunte Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:35:54pm |
re: #27 HelloDare
The way the one on the right is leading, it looks like a tango move.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:35:57pm |
re: #17 Taqiyyotomist
Someone asked in a thread, two back, who God was talking to when he said "Let us make man in our image..."I read the thread (an hour ago, granted), didn't see an answer.
I'm not a theologian so that's above my pay grade. We don't have many bible quoting contests here anymore. I don't see that as a bad thing but that's just me.
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victor_yugo Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:35:58pm |
re: #26 Dark_Falcon
Ah, Bob Dylan. There's no other singer quite like him.
Thank God for the little things.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:36:12pm |
re: #23 Adrenalyn
God said, Abraham give me a son
Abe said men you must be puttin' me on
God said it can very easily done
Down on Highway 61
If I hear this, I must be a Cylon.
(From an earlier season, not a spoiler)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:36:17pm |
re: #17 Taqiyyotomist
The Hebrew word for God used in that scripture is plural; it is commonly referred to as the plurality of majesty.
I just didn't feel like fighting about religion. I can't offer proof, religion being what it is, and I'm pretty secure in my faith, so it's just squabbling from that point on out.
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Adrenalyn Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:36:24pm |
re: #26 Dark_Falcon
Ah, Bob Dylan. There's no other singer quite like him.
Yes, but I like Johnny Winter's version better
plus, he's from the 'hood
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:36:44pm |
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jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:36:59pm |
re: #17 Taqiyyotomist
Someone asked in a thread, two back, who God was talking to when he said "Let us make man in our image..."
I read the thread (an hour ago, granted), didn't see an answer. I thought, wow, a year or two ago the poster would have gotten 10 to 15 good, intelligent, thoughtful answers to that question. The only responses were snark, ribbing, sarcasm.
What happened? zombie said the other day that the quality of the comments had gone downhill at LGF. Is it the newer system, with the Ajax? This chatroom-speed forum, tending to make people post without putting a lot of thought into their posts, so that they can get their comments in while staying at the head of the wave? I see more typos since this change, as well...many more.
Did everyone leave, who had the knowledge and inclination to answer such questions?
God in Christian theology is a trinity or triune, some believe in . 3 in 1, Father, Son and Spirit. The "us" is the 3 in 1 God speaking plural, but with a singular image.
Some denominations hold that God is three persons, distinct from one another.
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:37:07pm |
re: #18 Dark_Falcon
It's from a blog called F*ck You, Penguin.
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Adrenalyn Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:37:38pm |
re: #38 jcm
God in Christian theology is a trinity or triune, some believe in . 3 in 1, Father, Son and Spirit. The "us" is the 3 in 1 God speaking plural, but with a singular image.
Some denominations hold that God is three persons, distinct from one another.
ah, but they caught the last train for the coast..........
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victor_yugo Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:38:29pm |
re: #17 Taqiyyotomist
The royal plural is not just an Indo-European concoction.
And, as a Hebrew student put it to me, "'Elohim' is no more plural for ending in '-im' than is 'Zeus' for ending in '-s'."
(I can vouch for the former, but not the latter; I'm not well-studied in Semitic linguistics.)
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:39:03pm |
one of my favorite zoo critters...behind elephants and sea otters
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:39:18pm |
re: #40 Adrenalyn
ah, but they caught the last train for the coast..........
The day the music died.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:40:04pm |
re: #26 Dark_Falcon
Ah, Bob Dylan. There's no other singer quite like him.
I'll be back on that one :)
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ClosetConservative Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:40:19pm |
"Dad! I swear I can explain this..."
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mikeymom Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:40:33pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:41:18pm |
That's not security. That's meerkat love!
[Link: www.evtv1.com...]
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:42:01pm |
Oh, yeah, we were having a caption contest...
"I tell you, he's looking at me funny. I'll wipe that smile right off his face."
"It's not worth it Jim. Why don't we sit back down. I'll buy you another one..."
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:42:15pm |
re: #26 Dark_Falcon
Ah, Bob Dylan. There's no other singer quite like him.
With a voice like sand and glue.
(David Bowie's description)
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:42:31pm |
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:42:39pm |
re: #35 EmmmieG
I was typing up this long post about literal interpretations v. symbolism, the concept of plurality of majesty, and noting we can't prove any of this which is why it's call "faith" and you come along and say it perfectly and succinctly. Thank you.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:43:33pm |
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Kenneth Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:44:05pm |
re: #19 ArmyWife
Look at me. I am not kidding. Obama won the election!
No! You're part of my nightmare too! AAAhhhhh...
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RubyTuesday Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:44:38pm |
re: #17 Taqiyyotomist
God is three Persons in one: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.
Just another thing you take on faith. Not everything has an answer, no matter how we dig and investigate and twist "facts" into something we can understand.
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:44:55pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:45:42pm |
re: #6 karmic_inquisitor
Caption contest.
of all the zoo's in all the world..you had to chose this one..play it again Sam..play it again
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:45:52pm |
re: #55 mikeymom
i HATE that song-sorry
It's a long, complicated song, so I do understand it's not for everyone.
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jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:46:11pm |
re: #57 Sarge1984
I've been away too long.
What's the rooster cam?
It a live web cam of Gaza with audio. And a close neighbor, a noisy round the clock rooster.
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mikeymom Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:46:16pm |
re: #57 Sarge1984
live footage from gaza? roosters, bombs and catewalling calls to prayer.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:46:43pm |
I'll see your pair of meerkats and raise you a pair of mere cats.
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:47:18pm |
re: #53 Dark_Falcon
Another great song. One of my all time favorites.
I remember Don Maclean performing it on (I think) Carson one night and I loved what he said as an intro: "Lots of people want to know what this song means so I'll tell you: to me, this song means that I never have to work again if I don't want to!"
Great tune...
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:47:25pm |
I could spend hours watching the meerkats at the local zoo- they are so cute and playful.
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mikeymom Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:47:47pm |
re: #61 jcm
and boom booms--loved the boom booms! is it up? the cam that is--
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:47:50pm |
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:48:29pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:48:31pm |
re: #61 jcm
It a live web cam of Gaza with audio. And a close neighbor, a noisy round the clock rooster.
FREE THE GAZA ROOSTER!
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:48:38pm |
Has anyone successfully gotten the Gazacam to work tonight?
For me it seems to connect, but then goes dead.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:49:34pm |
re: #47 MandyManners
That's not security. That's meerkat love!
[Link: www.evtv1.com...]
Heck of a lot better than "Muskrat Love"
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:49:44pm |
re: #68 MandyManners
Yes. Well, only one song, Love Can Keep Us Together. Check this out - one to many trips under the knife for dear Toni.
[Link: captainandtennille.net...]
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jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:49:47pm |
re: #67 mikeymom
and boom booms--loved the boom booms! is it up? the cam that is--
The servers are is in Israel, another lizard mentioned the Shabbat.
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:50:00pm |
re: #72 Abu Al-Poopypants
I haven't. I'm worried about my rooster!
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:50:40pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:51:16pm |
re: #75 ArmyWife
Yes. Well, only one song, Love Can Keep Us Together. Check this out - one to many trips under the knife for dear Toni.
[Link: captainandtennille.net...]
The mouth looks funny but, she's still cute.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:51:53pm |
re: #78 MandyManners
Ummmmmm...click the links.
I know, I did not listen, then realized what it must be. I can't do it, Mandy, I cannot listen to the Captain and Tennille. Not even for you!
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Kenneth Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:53:07pm |
re: #57 Sarge1984
Rooster Cam is the webcam somebody is running from Gaza. So called, because the first time it was up, we could hear a rooster crowing. Or maybe it was the call to prayer. Same diff.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:53:32pm |
re: #75 ArmyWife
one to many trips under the knife for dear Toni.
[Link: captainandtennille.net...]
She sings background on Pink Floyd's "The Wall".
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:53:46pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:54:11pm |
re: #77 ArmyWife
I haven't. I'm worried about my rooster!
A hundred years from now the historians will write that most hung out in basements of hospitals and some played on roofs but a lone voice rang out during the war..the lone cry of a rooster throughout the land...He is now stuffed and on display at the Smithsonian.
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mikeymom Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:54:46pm |
better than american pie--in 1967, arlo guthrie did alices rest at marist college, poughkeepsie ny--before he made the big time. it went on for 20-25 min--we were in front row--too funny
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:55:16pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:55:38pm |
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:55:59pm |
re: #88 HoosierHoops
With a small blurb about the crazy displaced Texan residing in Maryland who really thought the bird belonged to her by some strange transatlantic karmic connection.
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jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:56:14pm |
They just won't give it up.....
Fresh evidence of Israeli phosphorus use in Gaza emerges
A woman described how on Tuesday Israeli forces "started to fire phosphorus bombs against the people, of course, they are civilians ..."
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:56:49pm |
re: #90 mikeymom
better than american pie--in 1967, arlo guthrie did alices rest at marist college, poughkeepsie ny--before he made the big time. it went on for 20-25 min--we were in front row--too funny
I think AR always sounds better in front of a live audience because it is first and foremost a (very funny) story.
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swamprat Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:57:31pm |
Dylan;
I've heard new born babes cryin like a mourning dove
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:57:56pm |
re: #90 mikeymom
At work, we have a particularly difficult client that insists on reviewing invoices line by line. We're talking 1,000 page, detailed invoices. When I threw out a remark among my co-workers about circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one, it was depressing how few caught it.
I'm glad I thought twice about a seeing-eye dog remark.
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songbird Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:58:03pm |
re: #91 HoosierHoops
{SongBird}
hope all is well?
Life has been interesting. Mr. Songbird has three job offers in hand in the DC area and drove off early this morning. His start date with one company is next Wednesday. I'll be here until May to finish out my teaching contract and pack out the house. This is the best for us financially as I will get paid through the summer while I'm looking for work and because my daughter is so entrenched in her winterguard program.
I'll miss Mr. Songbird like anything, but it won't be as bad as when he used to be a ships officer.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:59:02pm |
re: #82 CapeCoddah
I know, I did not listen, then realized what it must be. I can't do it, Mandy, I cannot listen to the Captain and Tennille. Not even for you!
It's okay. It can be traumatic for some.
((((((CapeCoddah)))))
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:59:04pm |
re: #98 swamprat
Dylan;
I've heard new born babes cryin like a mourning dove
[Video]
nice...to ignore Dylan is a sin...sweet ballad
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mikeymom Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:59:31pm |
re: #97 CIA Reject
i saw him live in boulder co in-97-or 98--was shocked how old he looked--long grey hair--great concert tho--gee- i looked the same as when i saw him in 67
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 7:59:49pm |
re: #83 songbird
The GAZA ROOSTER might be soup by now!
Nope. I browned then baked him for dinner tonight. Kinda' tough but, mighty tasty.
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Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:00:09pm |
re: #99 Wishing
Good evening Lizards!
Is the rooster back?
No.
[Link: switch3.castup.net...]
[Link: switch434-01.castup.net...]
[Link: switch206-01.castup.net...]
All come up blank.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:00:10pm |
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Wishing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:00:17pm |
re: #105 MandyManners
Nope. I browned then baked him for dinner tonight. Kinda' tough but, mighty tasty.
This borders on sacrilege!
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:00:20pm |
re: #95 jcm
They just won't give it up.....
No, the Guardian won't give up. They'll keep attacking Israel until they go bankrupt. Thankfully, that'll probably be sooner rather than later.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:00:24pm |
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:00:33pm |
re: #104 mikeymom
i saw him live in boulder co in-97-or 98--was shocked how old he looked--long grey hair--great concert tho--gee- i looked the same as when i saw him in 67
Heh. Show business can age you very quickly that's for sure.
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:00:41pm |
Did you guys skip over the UFO link? Some people are nuts out there. They are not spending hour after hour, night after night discussing the rooster like sane, rational people. Oh no! They are seeing UFOs on the Gaza Cam with nary a mention of the great Israeli operative Honco Gaza Rooster Al-capon (Fluffy for short).
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:00:48pm |
re: #105 MandyManners
Nope. I browned then baked him for dinner tonight. Kinda' tough but, mighty tasty.
A light phosphorous sauce, perhaps?
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Wishing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:00:53pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:01:08pm |
re: #101 songbird
Life has been interesting. Mr. Songbird has three job offers in hand in the DC area and drove off early this morning. His start date with one company is next Wednesday. I'll be here until May to finish out my teaching contract and pack out the house. This is the best for us financially as I will get paid through the summer while I'm looking for work and because my daughter is so entrenched in her winterguard program.
I'll miss Mr. Songbird like anything, but it won't be as bad as when he used to be a ships officer.
Well I wish you and mr. songbird jus the very best..
I know the morning crew misses the hell out of you and when things settle down the first cup of Kona coffee is on me..
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songbird Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:01:13pm |
re: #105 MandyManners
Nope. I browned then baked him for dinner tonight. Kinda' tough but, mighty tasty.
Delicious! Palestinian Rooster Roasted
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:01:59pm |
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:02:21pm |
re: #114 Wishing
Yeh, Shabbat break, I guess.
Why would "Palestinians" be observing the Jewish sabbath?
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swamprat Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:02:30pm |
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songbird Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:02:40pm |
re: #115 HoosierHoops
Well I wish you and mr. songbird jus the very best..
I know the morning crew misses the hell out of you and when things settle down the first cup of Kona coffee is on me..
I'm grateful! And always glad for your friendship and company. These next few months won't be the easiest, but I'll be ok.
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Wishing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:02:47pm |
re: #118 Abu Al-Poopypants
Why would "Palestinians" be observing the Jewish sabbath?
I think te cam is actually Israeli-owned, Channel 2.
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jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:04:55pm |
re: #118 Abu Al-Poopypants
Why would "Palestinians" be observing the Jewish sabbath?
The servers for the Cam belong to an Israeli company.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:05:02pm |
re: #88 HoosierHoops
A hundred years from now the historians will write that most hung out in basements of hospitals and some played on roofs but a lone voice rang out during the war..the lone cry of a rooster throughout the land...He is now stuffed and on display at the Smithsonian.
And, in the park memoralizing the place where the U.N. once stood, there is a plaque telling his story. Kinda' like that in Red Dawn.
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songbird Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:05:22pm |
re: #119 swamprat
When I am in downtown Engle, I will remember you.
Keep singing.
Thanks! "How can I keep from singing"
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:05:33pm |
re: #121 Wishing
I think te cam is actually Israeli-owned, Channel 2.
Really?
Hard to imagine that there's an infidel TV station in downtown Splodeydope City.
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:05:45pm |
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:05:57pm |
Well this certainly answers a lot of questions, now doesn't it? Our world may be a giant hologram.
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Sheepdogess Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:06:06pm |
Peace and love in the world of nature....
Meerkats are the loveable stars of natural history films and a mere mention conjures up images of them sitting on their haunches and looking furtively around the African savannah.
But the image of caring creatures on endless sentry duty to protect their young and family is overturned today by Cambridge University scientists who have revealed how meerkat society is riven by jealousy, murder and cannibalism.
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:07:13pm |
re: #108 Wishing
This borders on sacrilege!
And, lands four-square on delicious!
Nummy num num.
*SQUAWK*
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:08:28pm |
re: #113 OldLineTexan
Gives white sauce a new twist, eh?
Shake and Bake, too, if you know what I mean.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:08:58pm |
re: #133 Sarge1984
Gives white sauce a new twist, eh?
Shake and Bake, too, if you know what I mean.
Did Jon Cary halp?
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:09:05pm |
when Slim went down for the last time...
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Kenneth Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:09:11pm |
His reading this year included a heavy dose of history -- including David Halberstam's "The Coldest Winter," Rick Atkinson's "Day of Battle," Hugh Thomas's "Spanish Civil War," Stephen W. Sears's "Gettysburg" and David King's "Vienna 1814." There's also plenty of biography -- including U.S. Grant's "Personal Memoirs"; Jon Meacham's "American Lion"; James M. McPherson's "Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief" and Jacobo Timerman's "Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number."Each year, the president also read the Bible from cover to cover, along with a daily devotional.
Bush read more books last year than I did. And he held down a somewhat more demanding job. I guess he doesn't waste as much time on LGF...
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:09:28pm |
re: #113 OldLineTexan
A light phosphorous sauce, perhaps?
Nope. A tomato sauce with onions, garlic, bell peppers, and a few other things, mixed with long-grained rice, corn and black beans. Some tomato juice.
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Wishing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:09:29pm |
re: #129 ArmyWife
Well this certainly answers a lot of questions, now doesn't it? Our world may be a giant hologram.
That just gave me a headache. Thanks.
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:09:32pm |
re: #120 songbird
I'm grateful! And always glad for your friendship and company. These next few months won't be the easiest, but I'll be ok.
Best of luck! My son wasn't deployed to afganistan a couple weeks ago..Thet sent him to Japan..I am the happiest dad in the world..After seeing all those pictures off his thumb drive of Fallujah..We were just a nervous wreck..Godessoftheclassroom prayer list has some real power...
When he comes home he gets out and is going to be a cop..which is great cause i can get my speeding tickets taken care of../
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:09:54pm |
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Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:10:14pm |
re: #123 Wishing
...or, the building was bombed.
I wonder about that. The Israelis were modifying the Gaza skyline.
Maybe the optics looked like a weapon system.
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Wishing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:10:28pm |
re: #130 Sheepdogess
Peace and love in the world of nature....
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
Mohammedan merkats? Who would have thought!
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:11:29pm |
re: #138 jcm
Who cares about Sam? Where is Fluffy's online petition?
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:12:01pm |
re: #137 Kenneth
Bush read more books last year than I did. And he held down a somewhat more demanding job. I guess he doesn't waste as much time on LGF...
See, BO will be a better prez because he'll have way more time to devote to the job!
////////////////////////
But seriously, how long can it take to read "Prairie Fire" anyway?
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:12:27pm |
I'm just joking! I would NEVER consider hurting that rooster! He's an innocent.
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x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:12:27pm |
re: #123 Wishing
Anyone have a Roostercam link that works? Mine no worky.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:12:32pm |
In case anyone's in need of a Gaza Rooster fix...
Here's some footage of Allah Akbar bang-bang-bang-bang-doodle-doo.
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:12:39pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:12:45pm |
re: #148 CIA Reject
See, BO will be a better prez because he'll have way more time to devote to the job!
////////////////////////But seriously, how long can it take to read "Prairie Fire" anyway?
not long once you have it memorized
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songbird Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:12:49pm |
re: #142 HoosierHoops
Best of luck! My son wasn't deployed to afganistan a couple weeks ago..Thet sent him to Japan..I am the happiest dad in the world..After seeing all those pictures off his thumb drive of Fallujah..We were just a nervous wreck..Godessoftheclassroom prayer list has some real power...
When he comes home he gets out and is going to be a cop..which is great cause i can get my speeding tickets taken care of../
Ha Ha! Watch that lead foot!
Let Goddess know what I'm up to if I don't get on in the morning.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:13:31pm |
re: #155 albusteve
Wish I could give you a Chicago upding for that.
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:13:47pm |
re: #149 MandyManners
I'm just joking! I would NEVER consider hurting that rooster! He's an innocent.
LOL
and that is a rarity in those parts...
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:14:03pm |
re: #127 Abu Al-Poopypants
Really?
Hard to imagine that there's an infidel TV station in downtown Splodeydope City.
They're not all fucking savages. I wonder if the owners/operators aren't computer geeks who would make excellent elected officials one day there.
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songbird Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:14:25pm |
re: #149 MandyManners
I'm just joking! I would NEVER consider hurting that rooster! He's an innocent.
Why not? I would
/Songbird is a rooster killah! Literally!
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jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:14:29pm |
re: #149 MandyManners
I'm just joking! I would NEVER consider hurting that rooster! He's an innocent.
Innocent? The hens might disagree.
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:15:21pm |
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jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:15:29pm |
re: #163 x-wing
Thanks, any idea if it's for good or what?
Worrying about Honco Rooster till it comes back up.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:15:34pm |
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:15:39pm |
re: #149 MandyManners
I'm just joking! I would NEVER consider hurting that rooster! He's an innocent.
He was delicious.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:15:42pm |
re: #162 jcm
Innocent? The hens might disagree.
they're females...it's what they do like all females
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JHW Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:16:41pm |
Anyone else ever seen this movie? It's one of the most intense war movies I've ever seen. The producers must have raided every museum in Europe to come up with the period equipment. The scene of a Finnish soldier jamming Russian tank treads with a block of wood is historically true. I believe the complete movie is on YouTube now.
Talvisota....The Winter War , Russia vs. Finland 1939
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:17:10pm |
re: #142 HoosierHoops
When he comes home he gets out and is going to be a cop..which is great cause i can get my speeding tickets taken care of../
My father did that, turned a few years as an MP into his lifetime career. We are having his retirement banquet tomorrow and I've been going through old pictures as such.
I found his letter of recommendation from his CO to the state police, and what almost looks like a rejection letter from the police saying that they aren't really hiring but they'll accept applications, and warnings that they are very strict about height, weight, and the picture.
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:17:13pm |
re: #156 songbird
Ha Ha! Watch that lead foot!
Let Goddess know what I'm up to if I don't get on in the morning.
Will do..You know at xmas dinner at my brothers i said i always wished i had visited DC.. He goes you went there! no way! nope been alot of places..never been to DC.. I will someday find a reason to visit DC..
Send pics Songbird! LOL
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Salem Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:17:26pm |
So O'Reilly says that plane splashing down with no fatalities is a true miracle, huh? Well, what the frack do you call the plane's engines being taken out by seagulls, Bill? A holy boo-boo? Or is God just into showboating? Pfft...
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songbird Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:18:51pm |
re: #172 HoosierHoops
Will do..You know at xmas dinner at my brothers i said i always wished i had visited DC.. He goes you went there! no way! nope been alot of places..never been to DC.. I will someday find a reason to visit DC..
Send pics Songbird! LOL
I will. Come and visit, if you get a chance, too. We plan to have an extra room for visitors.
Maybe I'll stop by to see you in May as we drive across the country with our rental truck! Have to stop in Indy anyways for my brother and sis!
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stevieray Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:19:27pm |
I see someone mentioned the great "F*ck You, Penguin" site. Here is the yin to FYP's yang, "Animals Who Need Big Kisses".
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:20:14pm |
re: #160 songbird
Why not? I would
/Songbird is a rooster killah! Literally!
At times this past week, I've thought about the scene in Gone with the Wind in which the house servant chased down the rooster after Sherman did his evil deed in Georgia.
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:20:50pm |
This almost begs for a Photoshop: two tiny, pathetic skeletons clinging to each other, with the headline: "And Now, Meerkats Survive on Social Security"
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Kenneth Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:20:59pm |
re: #151 avanti
IDF, almost done
When the ceasefire does come, I urge my fellow LGFers to consider carefully what has been accomplished. Israel has decisively won this phase of the war. Hamas, and by extension, Iran, has lost a major battle. But this will not be the final battle. More will come. But please do not fall into the trap of believing what hams & Iran & their sycophants in the Western MSM will inevitably start crowing, that Hamas won. They have not. Don't let them pretend they have.
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:21:19pm |
re: #177 MandyManners
At times this past week, I've thought about the scene in Gone with the Wind in which the house servant chased down the rooster after Sherman did his evil deed in Georgia.
"....even if you is the last chicken in Atlanta!"
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:22:29pm |
re: #179 Kenneth
What bothers, no, actually scares me, is that Hussein will occupy the White House. I do not trust him, even for a nano-second.
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dak Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:22:38pm |
OT
Here is a suspicious photo of a "weapon system" exploding above a mosque. Here's the link
Obviously counter-measure flares, but I wonder if the Mosque was photoshopped later. Charles?
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:23:28pm |
re: #102 MandyManners
It's okay. It can be traumatic for some.
((((((CapeCoddah)))))
Thanks for the understanding!
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:23:54pm |
re: #173 Salem
So O'Reilly says that plane splashing down with no fatalities is a true miracle, huh?
It was skill on the part of the pilot (and probably the co-pilot).
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Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:24:07pm |
re: #174 Salem
Satan's seagulls strike again!
Seagulls?
I had heard that it was brought down by the Geese of Gozer the Gozerian.
Maybe I heard wrong.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:24:19pm |
Hey y'all - how is everyone on this cold evening?
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:24:43pm |
I am off to bed - if the roostercam comes back up, wave to Fluffy for me, please.
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dak Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:25:05pm |
these many flares happen when you either dump everything (as in some tests) or the EW system malfuncions and dumps everything for ya
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:25:20pm |
re: #175 songbird
I will. Come and visit, if you get a chance, too. We plan to have an extra room for visitors.
Maybe I'll stop by to see you in May as we drive across the country with our rental truck! Have to stop in Indy anyways for my brother and sis!
That's true..you have family here..My niece knows of your sister but doesn't know her personally..Thanks for the web site..
Try to be in Indy around race weekend..My Company runs a suite out at the track on fast friday and would love to see you out at the track for the day..And there is a free concert...Free food and beer..fast cars..what's not to like?
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:25:29pm |
re: #188 ArmyWife
Fluffy?! We've now named the rooster?! LOL!
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:25:33pm |
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jaunte Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:25:49pm |
re: #182 dak
This one's interesting.
[Link: ca.news.yahoo.com...]
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:26:08pm |
re: #187 realwest
Hey y'all - how is everyone on this cold evening?
Hey RW we're COLD here 8 degrees outside.
As BO would say "This is not the Virginia I knew..."
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:26:43pm |
re: #182 dak
That's not a suspicious weapon system. That's white phosphorus. It is typically deployed as an air burst so the phosphorus gets a greater spread, producing a better smokescreen. The mosque might be 'shopped in, but that's how WP is usually set to go off for a screen.
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formercorpsman Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:26:46pm |
re: #181 NY Nana
I still for the life of me, and almost every day think to myself, where did this guy come from?
If you really get down to brass tacks, this guy has no significant background, no real accomplishments, and no substantial voting record.
Seriously, how the hell does someone like this get elected to run the country?
It is surreal.
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:26:58pm |
re: #187 realwest
Hey y'all - how is everyone on this cold evening?
Good evening Realwest! Hope you are feeling well tonight my friend..
I watched a really funny movie today..Tropic Thunder..
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dak Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:27:03pm |
the launching platform looks like a Chinook, or as you Yanks call'em, a CH-47 (Prolly a Ch47D)
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:27:26pm |
re: #192 J.D. Hey {J.D.} It's cold by you? Really?
Wow.
Going down to 5 degrees here in the Southland!
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:27:38pm |
re: #185 Abu Al-Poopypants
Pilot Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III is, IMHO, the biggest hero of all...read his CV.
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avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:27:39pm |
re: #182 dak
OT
Here is a suspicious photo of a "weapon system" exploding above a mosque. Here's the link
Obviously counter-measure flares, but I wonder if the Mosque was photoshopped later. Charles?
It's well behind and to the left of the Mosque.
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dak Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:28:03pm |
Nope, not white phosphorus. Aircraft flares. WP is.... White! Lotsa smoke, etc
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:28:39pm |
re: #193 dak
Sure as hell this one must be a photoshop
I don't know if it's a photoshop or not. It appears to show a white phosphorus shell exploding in an airburst, which is a legitimate use of the stuff. It looks like a telephoto shot, so distances are foreshortened. It's hard to tell if it's directly over a mosque or not, not that it matters any.
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Salem Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:28:44pm |
re: #186 Syrah
Seagulls?
I had heard that it was brought down by the Geese of Gozer the Gozerian.
Maybe I heard wrong.
Oh yeah.... I don't know where I got seagulls from. You know, I've heard some say that it's a good thing that the crash didn't happen at night, reasoning that it would be dangerously cold out on that wing waiting for rescue. But I got to thinking, the pilot wouldn't have been able to see the river at night. And there wouldn't be geese flying at night anyway!
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:28:44pm |
re: #194 jaunte
This one's interesting.
[Link: ca.news.yahoo.com...]
there you have it...cheezy catch phrase disconnect...guy probably cant even pronounce what his placard says...
the MSM is my dire enemy
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:29:15pm |
re: #195 CIA Reject
Good Lord - y'all are at 8 degrees in Virginia already?! What are they anticpating for a low tonight/tomorrow morning?
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:29:35pm |
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:29:44pm |
re: #200 realwest
Hey {J.D.} It's cold by you? Really?
Wow.
Going down to 5 degrees here in the Southland!
Well, coldish means [mumbling] 50°.
But I was back up north Tues. and Wed. and it was COLD with SNOW!
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Kenneth Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:30:04pm |
re: #181 NY Nana
Me too. I'm worried he will resurrect Hamas and save them from annihilation. If he elevates them by opening US contacts, he will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. And he's vane enough to do it.
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songbird Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:30:12pm |
re: #190 HoosierHoops
That's true..you have family here..My niece knows of your sister but doesn't know her personally..Thanks for the web site..
Try to be in Indy around race weekend..My Company runs a suite out at the track on fast friday and would love to see you out at the track for the day..And there is a free concert...Free food and beer..fast cars..what's not to like?
sounds great! Here's the myspace for my sister's band God Made Robots.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:30:41pm |
re: #198 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops! Yeah, other than a tad cool, I'm feeling ok, you? Didja see that on DVD?
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jaunte Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:30:45pm |
re: #206 albusteve
"Yes We Can." Is that Catalan, or Arabic, or Spanish?
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dak Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:31:31pm |
...I may be wrong about the chopper, can't tell with my gear. But there is something very wrong with the pic
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:31:39pm |
re: #208 realwest
Good Lord - y'all are at 8 degrees in Virginia already?! What are they anticpating for a low tonight/tomorrow morning?
Tonight's low is expected to be 2, count 'em, 2 degrees. Low 20's for a high tomorrow then a heat wave starts Sunday- goin' all the way up to 36!
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:31:40pm |
re: #180 Sharmuta
"....even if you is the last chicken in Atlanta!"
UP-DING!
I love that movie.
She and Rhett were really suited for each other. They should've had more patience. Rhett let his wounded male ego get in the way.
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:32:08pm |
re: #203 dak
No, white phosphorus. Note the burst that the "flares" come from. The shell bursts, the fragments continue the path. The bright glow of the phosphorus, the copious smoke trails. 10 years of calling fire, I know WP when I see it.
And it still excites me.
/pull string, gun go boom!
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:32:20pm |
re: #210 J.D.
Ah ha! 50 degrees actually is kinda "cool" where you are but certainly not cold! Whereabouts were you for the real cold and snow?
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Kenneth Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:32:29pm |
re: #182 dak
That's only a white phosphorus shell laying down a smoke screen onto a target. Makes a pretty picture.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:32:42pm |
re: #216 jaunte
"Yes We Can." Is that Catalan, or Arabic, or Spanish?
it's bullshit in any language...grown men looking like students on someone elses dime...disgusting
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:33:01pm |
re: #213 Kenneth
Me too. I'm worried he will resurrect Hamas and save them from annihilation. If he elevates them by opening US contacts, he will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. And he's vane enough to do it.
I feel exactly the same as you do...but would use words that will be [deleted].
I dread next Tuesday, just dread it.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:33:03pm |
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avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:33:22pm |
re: #185 Abu Al-Poopypants
It was skill on the part of the pilot (and probably the co-pilot).
But perhaps God guided the pilot after the geese misstep, kinda a "oh shit" moment. Now it would have been cooler if he would have zapped the plane down on the runway, but he might have felt that was too showy since he's laid off those kind of tricks for a few 1000 years. One trick like that and this agnostic would be in church Sunday.
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x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:33:27pm |
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:33:40pm |
re: #207 dak
I mean it looks sooooooooo fake
Fake or not, it doesn't appear to show the IDF doing anything bad. Smoke shells and flares have been a part of warfare for a long time. There is a war going on.
If the photo purported to depict the IDF doing something evil and nefarious, I'd be more willing to accept the possibility of fakery. But that particular shell-burst looks pretty innocuous to me.
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:33:56pm |
re: #216 jaunte
"Yes We Can." Is that Catalan, or Arabic, or Spanish?
It is, I believe, called bullshit.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:34:09pm |
re: #224 NY Nana
yep, Tuesday's gonna be interesting
///
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:34:10pm |
re: #218 CIA Reject Well we're supposed to get to 5 degrees by morning and MAY break 30 tomorrow - WTH is going on with the weather - TV weatherfolks are saying this is the coldest its been in N.C. in decades!
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Buster Bunny Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:34:23pm |
re: #196 Sarge1984
That's not a suspicious weapon system. That's white phosphorus. It is typically deployed as an air burst so the phosphorus gets a greater spread, producing a better smokescreen. The mosque might be 'shopped in, but that's how WP is usually set to go off for a screen.
Almost sure its fauxtography. First, the trails are night trails and not day trails. How can you tell the difference? Simple .. the night trails are dark at their base .. they arent white or light grey (an example derived from reflectivity. Second, for a set of trails, just remember that these are white phosporous (the same stuff used in flash powder circa turn of the century photos) What do you know about a flash cam? if you have a set of intense brightness you get reflectivity (which is the precise reason that the IDF uses it in the first place) It lights up stuff like nothing else. Underneath this lil scene there is nothing resembling reflectivity. Not on the mosque, not on the ground (its dark !) or on any of the buildings in the background.
Take a shot with a flash camera .. and have someone take a photo of you taking that shot. Note how bright everything else will be. Then go back to this photo and laugh.
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Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:34:23pm |
re: #205 Salem
Oh yeah.... I don't know where I got seagulls from. You know, I've heard some say that it's a good thing that the crash didn't happen at night, reasoning that it would be dangerously cold out on that wing waiting for rescue. But I got to thinking, the pilot wouldn't have been able to see the river at night. And there wouldn't be geese flying at night anyway!
It would have been better had the incident not happened at all. All in all, it was a good end to a bad thing.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:34:34pm |
re: #219 MandyManners
UP-DING!
I love that movie.
She and Rhett were really suited for each other. They should've had more patience. Rhett let his wounded male ego get in the way.
wrong...he was hounded away by her petty insecurities and self centered narcissism...what a bitch
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:35:05pm |
re: #215 realwest
Hey Hoops! Yeah, other than a tad cool, I'm feeling ok, you? Didja see that on DVD?
No i rented it on line..and I press play again and am going to write some lines down...Funny funny movie..
It's deadly cold here...Taking the dog out is a real drag...I need to potty train him
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:35:41pm |
re: #229 dak
Looks like the same mosque, but that's still WP, not flares.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:35:45pm |
re: #220 Sarge1984
Hey Sarge! "pull string, gun go boom!" LOL! Where are y'all watching the live action?
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:36:10pm |
re: #221 realwest
Lexington, Kentucky...drove up and had flip flops on when got there at 6 AM and unloaded the car Wednesday morning. The coldest temp was 9°. Not much snow, though...just enough! You managing to stay warm?
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dak Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:36:14pm |
Hre's that shell again
looks like that weapns systems missed that Mosques after all!
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:36:27pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:37:22pm |
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Buster Bunny Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:37:34pm |
For anyone who is about to try to correct me with the fact that the stuff used turn of the century was magnesium .. both were used but WP was abandoned @1909 because it didnt go out nicely and used to start fires that didnt go out well either. Magnesium powder was used all the way up to the invention of the flash bulb.
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:37:39pm |
re: #231 outsidephilly
I will be hiding under the bed. And the worst of it is that all the local and national channels are starting up with worshipping The One.
I wish they still had test patterns, so help me.
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:37:39pm |
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Kenneth Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:38:02pm |
re: #224 NY Nana
Tuesday won't be so bad. Wednesday is when the shit starts...
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:38:15pm |
Just went upstairs and checked, we have Ø° here in the Boston area.
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:38:21pm |
re: #232 realwest
Well we're supposed to get to 5 degrees by morning and MAY break 30 tomorrow - WTH is going on with the weather - TV weatherfolks are saying this is the coldest its been in N.C. in decades!
I think it's the incoming administration. They'll be sucking everything else out of the country over the next four years so why not start with the heat!
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:38:29pm |
re: #236 HoosierHoops
Well if y'all learn to "potty train" your dog please tell us how! What kinda dog do you have?
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Sheepdogess Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:39:29pm |
re: #181 NY Nana
Yep.
Ayers.
Wright.
His creepy wife.
Farrakan.
Ayers, Ayers, Ayers, educator, early education.
Slow and steady, steady and slow. That's the only way to go.
Glock by my side.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:39:31pm |
re: #237 jaunte
Hey juante! In that second photo, doesn't that woman have "dead" eyes?
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:39:41pm |
re: #246 NY Nana
Not ONLY worshiping, how about all the 'stuff' . . . , stuff like framed posters, blankets . . . UGH
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:39:49pm |
re: #246 NY Nana
I will be hiding under the bed. And the worst of it is that all the local and national channels are starting up with worshipping The One.
I wish they still had test patterns, so help me.
[Video]
Do you know anyone with Photoshop skills? Get them to make a test pattern with Obama's image in it. Needless to say, it should have a built-in leftward tilt.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:40:35pm |
This is how it is done:
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the Governor's Mansion in Springfield , Illinois: One from Chicago, another from Tennessee , & a third from Kentucky .
They all go with (Unnamed Politican) to examine the fence.
The Tennessee contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well", he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Kentucky contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, 'I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me.'
The Chicago contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to and whispers, '$2,700.' Incredulous, (Unnamed Politicvan) whispers back, 'You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?'
The Chicago contractor whispers back, '$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire that guy from Kentucky to fix the fence.'
'Done!' replies (Unnamed Politican).
And that my friends, is how it all works in Illinois politics ! ! !
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:41:02pm |
re: #233 Buster Bunny
No, white phosphorus isn't used for illumination. That's a whole 'nuther shell, and it has a parachute.
I'm not arguing whether the photo is shopped or not. I'm saying that's a white phosphorus shell airburst. And, based on personal experience, that's how it would look at that time of day, too. The fragments don't provide a lot of illumination, at least nothing tactically meaningful. Once it hits the ground and continues to burn, it seems to provide a lot of illumination, mostly because of the reflection in the smoke. A lot like high beams in fog.
What I'm saying is that the photo isn't of flares to confuse anti-aircraft missiles, it's really WP.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:41:44pm |
re: #205 Salem
And there wouldn't be geese flying at night anyway!
I hear canada geese flying at night all the time. Last week, in fact, when I took out the trash at 1 AM. There was a flock flying overhead.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:41:46pm |
re: #241 J.D.
Yeah, I'm staying warm, but we gotta turn the heat on and off cause thermostat doesn't work (in spite of what Landlord says) and I may wind up pulling an all nighter just so mom doesn't freeze tonight!
But geez, 9 in Lexington?! OMG!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:42:16pm |
Hello Night Lizards! It's the same in Near Iowa.
I love those meercats!
How are you-all and what are we talking about?
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Buster Bunny Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:42:22pm |
re: #256 Alberta Oil Peon
Do you know anyone with Photoshop skills? Get them to make a test pattern with Obama's image in it. Needless to say, it should have a built-in leftward tilt.
I'm good with photoshop. But I do other stuff. If you want a pic of fighting in Gaza with a semi naked obama in a dress with fake boobs and a kaffiyeh, I'm your man. You want something politically incriminating .. hire a professional :)
I can also give Obama bigger boobs :)
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:42:33pm |
re: #240 realwest
I'm not watching the live action, RW. I'm happily on the couch nestled away in the mountains in Colorado with a glass of dead Hamilton wine.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:42:38pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:42:46pm |
re: #235 albusteve
wrong...he was hounded away by her petty insecurities and self centered narcissism...what a bitch
He couldn't keep his dick in his pants!
She was a young, young lady--still a TEEN--when all of that happened. He was a much older man. They both came from privileged back-grounds. While she was still a mere child, he was bozzing and whorin' and gamblin'. His family finally turned him out.
His honor came back to him when he decided to fight after leaving her--with Prissy and Melly and her new-born child--on the road back to Tara. She took them all home and resurrected Tara.
Sir, you misjudged Scarlett.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:42:49pm |
re: #201 NY Nana
Pilot Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III is, IMHO, the biggest hero of all...read his CV.
Speaking of the amazingly talented Captain, is it just me, or does anyone else notice that all the idiotic newscasters keep calling him "Chelsea"? It is driving me nuts.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:42:56pm |
re: #265 ggt
Hello Night Lizards! It's the same in Near Iowa.
I love those meercats!
How are you-all and what are we talking about?
talking about how we dread Tuesday's events
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:43:22pm |
re: #235 albusteve
wrong...he was hounded away by her petty insecurities and self centered narcissism...what a bitch
Don't you go fuckin' around wit' mah Mizz Scahlett!
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:43:28pm |
re: #247 J.D.
Say, is Al gonna be in D.C. for the inaugaration? Would I be bad if I said I hope he is?!
:)
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Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:43:33pm |
re: #232 realwest
Well we're supposed to get to 5 degrees by morning and MAY break 30 tomorrow - WTH is going on with the weather - TV weatherfolks are saying this is the coldest its been in N.C. in decades!
Sunspots. (Or more specifically, the lack thereof.)
Sol is in a quite period.
The sun drives the climate.
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:43:43pm |
re: #197 formercorpsman
I still for the life of me, and almost every day think to myself, where did this guy come from?
If you really get down to brass tacks, this guy has no significant background, no real accomplishments, and no substantial voting record.
Seriously, how the hell does someone like this get elected to run the country?
It is surreal.
It kinda reminds me of the initial over-the-top adoration we sometimes profess for the Hero of the Day. Someone we'd not heard of the day before writes a great article or makes a really statement on TV, and suddenly there are posts, mostly tongue-in-cheek, saying, "So and So for President!"
We know we're not really serious. But the silly leftists heard a guy they barely know give a cool speech and elected the great unknown to the office of bloody President of the United States of America.
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:44:01pm |
re: #264 realwest
It always seems to surprise people that Kentucky gets very cold and very hot. And in Lexington, it's windy.
Needless to say I am glad to be back home!
Sorry about your thermostat. Sounds like it could be a looooooong night!
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:44:35pm |
re: #268 ggt
Hangin' in there! Thanks for askin'
And you?
Doing fine, although, the days are way too short . . . ,
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:44:50pm |
re: #250 CIA Reject
Yeah, but with all the Dems talk during '09 and '10, there will be LOTS of hot air circulating, fer shure!
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:45:17pm |
re: #187 realwest
Hey y'all - how is everyone on this cold evening?
3 degrees here. Thank God there is no wind.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:45:17pm |
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:45:28pm |
re: #274 realwest
I second that emotion! LOL! How cold is it going to be, anyway?
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Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:45:40pm |
re: #220 Sarge1984
10 years of calling fire, I know WP when I see it.
/too bad it's frowned upon as a direct fire round
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Buster Bunny Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:46:02pm |
re: #277 NY Nana
/I am multi-lingual.
This Christina Del Basso in Big Brother 9 in Italy has me wanting to learn another language. Google her, she is .. mega !
I'm watching it just for her !
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:46:02pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:46:20pm |
re: #273 MandyManners
Don't you go fuckin' around wit' mah Mizz Scahlett!
she had a nice butt...otherwise a airbelle
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:46:32pm |
re: #269 MandyManners
He couldn't keep his dick in his pants!
She was a young, young lady--still a TEEN--when all of that happened. He was a much older man. They both came from privileged back-grounds. While she was still a mere child, he was bozzing and whorin' and gamblin'. His family finally turned him out.
His honor came back to him when he decided to fight after leaving her--with Prissy and Melly and her new-born child--on the road back to Tara. She took them all home and resurrected Tara.
Sir, you misjudged Scarlett.
hmmmm. Scarlett was married (in the book) more than once before Rhett and had children with her previous husbands. She weren't no innocent babe.
Not that I have a clue how this topic started or what the previous posts have been about . . .
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:47:24pm |
re: #263 Abu Al-Poopypants
Yep, them Canadian geese have night vision goggles, I reckon - and maybe even radar!
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Salem Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:47:39pm |
re: #234 Syrah
It would have been better had the incident not happened at all. All in all, it was a good end to a bad thing.
Well, one thing is for sure, you don't have to believe in miracles to appreciate the amazing outcome.
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:48:06pm |
re: #256 Alberta Oil Peon
Do you know anyone with Photoshop skills? Get them to make a test pattern with Obama's image in it. Needless to say, it should have a built-in leftward tilt.
I think I am going to have to keel you for even mentioning an image of The One! ;)
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:48:17pm |
re: #272 outsidephilly
talking about how we dread Tuesday's events
I plan on ignoring it, just like I ignored all the previous inauguration days.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:48:20pm |
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spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:48:25pm |
re: #269 MandyManners
He couldn't keep his dick in his pants!
She was a young, young lady--still a TEEN--when all of that happened. He was a much older man. They both came from privileged back-grounds. While she was still a mere child, he was bozzing and whorin' and gamblin'. His family finally turned him out.
His honor came back to him when he decided to fight after leaving her--with Prissy and Melly and her new-born child--on the road back to Tara. She took them all home and resurrected Tara.
Sir, you misjudged Scarlett.
I read that book for the first time last year. Filled in a whole lot of gaps in my Americana knowledge.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:48:43pm |
re: #259 ggt
This is how it is done:
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the Governor's Mansion in Springfield , Illinois: One from Chicago, another from Tennessee , & a third from Kentucky .
They all go with (Unnamed Politican) to examine the fence.
The Tennessee contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well", he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Kentucky contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, 'I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me.'
The Chicago contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to and whispers, '$2,700.' Incredulous, (Unnamed Politicvan) whispers back, 'You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?'The Chicago contractor whispers back, '$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire that guy from Kentucky to fix the fence.'
'Done!' replies (Unnamed Politican).
And that my friends, is how it all works in Illinois politics ! ! !
Boston, too.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:48:57pm |
re: #294 ggt
I plan on ignoring it, just like I ignored all the previous inauguration days.
same here...it all means nothing..what's the big deal
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:49:01pm |
re: #267 Sarge1984
Ah, no, I thought there was a webcam coverage like we've had for 3 or 4 nights now - well, dawn, mornings there!
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:49:49pm |
re: #285 Killian Bundy
Nasty stuff. It has its uses, though. Great smoke, great incendiary, great psychological weapon. Not as lethal as regular high explosive in an air burst, but mix high explosive air burst with WP on a fuel depot and you've got a real winner.
In real direct fire, it wouldn't be safe for the gun bunnies. Waaaaaayyyyy too close.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:50:13pm |
re: #294 ggt
I plan on ignoring it, just like I ignored all the previous inauguration days.
I am sick of hearing what Michelle's gonna wear, etc., yet, mostly, I am annoyed with all the Obama trinkets for sale in the stores!
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Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:50:14pm |
re: #283 Abu Al-Poopypants
I thought it was the eeevil SUVs.
We drive the eeevil SUVs and if we don't drive them enough, Sol drives our climate smack dab into an ice age.
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Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:50:16pm |
Evening all. Freezing my * off up here along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Is it Spring yet?
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:50:35pm |
re: #289 albusteve
she had a nice butt...otherwise a airbelle
Name your Second, sir. We wil meet at dawn.
*flouncing off in a peeved huff*
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:50:44pm |
re: #280 realwest
Yeah, but with all the Dems talk during '09 and '10, there will be LOTS of hot air circulating, fer shure!
More global warming! LOL!
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:51:05pm |
re: #303 Irish Rose
Evening all. Freezing my * off up here along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Is it Spring yet?
Yes!
Hope it helped.
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Buster Bunny Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:51:10pm |
17/477 is genuine without question. Lighting and conditions match so that the two are in sync.
The earlier photo doesnt match up with lighting. Simple as that.
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formercorpsman Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:51:14pm |
re: #276 Silhouette
Yeah, pretty much. He is the caricature of their guilt, the one who wipes their sins away.
It departs from reality, as they have departed from reality.
I would really like to know, just what is the content of his character? It is my right to know.
It makes me ill, to see so many our my fellow citizens act as sheep for the slaughter by utilizing such a flimsy criteria in order to cast a vote.
I am not far from Valley Forge, and it is colder than a witch's tit right now. Looking back, knowing literally just 45 minutes away that hallowed ground at one time soaked up the bloodied feet of men who marched for the freedom to think critically, and determine their own destiny, makes me ill looking at how we have squandered this privilege.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:51:18pm |
re: #296 spirochete
I read that book for the first time last year. Filled in a whole lot of gaps in my Americana knowledge.
Sometimes fiction fits.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:51:21pm |
re: #301 outsidephilly
I am sick of hearing what Michelle's gonna wear, etc., yet, mostly, I am annoyed with all the Obama trinkets for sale in the stores!
Hey, it's an opportunity for trinket makers to make money. More power to 'em.
I'll never fault anyone for trying to make an honest living.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:51:31pm |
re: #303 Irish Rose
Evening all. Freezing my * off up here along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Is it Spring yet?
Its 11 degrees here.
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Salem Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:52:03pm |
re: #263 Abu Al-Poopypants
I hear canada geese flying at night all the time. Last week, in fact, when I took out the trash at 1 AM. There was a flock flying overhead.
A flying flock? Really?
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BlueCanuck Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:52:13pm |
re: #303 Irish Rose
Nope, another three months to go. Doing the same here on the Lake Ontario shore line. Bright side, too cold too snow right now. Down side, beard freezing when outside longer then two minutes.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:52:21pm |
re: #291 realwest
Yep, them Canadian geese have night vision goggles, I reckon - and maybe even radar!
One time I was standing in the driveway talking to my brother and a huge flock flew over and all of a sudden we heard stuff hitting his car. We ducked into the garage just in time. They dropped their ordnance right directly over us and his car and the driveway looked like someone hit us with a falafel bomb.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:52:21pm |
re: #275 Syrah
Hi Syrah - crap, I thought it was Al Gore! Nevermind my #274 then!
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:52:23pm |
re: #309 formercorpsman
it is colder than a witch's tit right now
One of my grandmother's favorite sayings.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:52:34pm |
re: #301 outsidephilly
I am sick of hearing what Michelle's gonna wear, etc., yet, mostly, I am annoyed with all the Obama trinkets for sale in the stores!
anybody that pays more than just passing attention to this event needs their head examined...go chop wood or dig some rock and roll...this phony obsession is annoying
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:52:37pm |
re: #303 Irish Rose
Evening all. Freezing my * off up here along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Is it Spring yet?
It's Summer in Brazil.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:53:07pm |
re: #312 ggt
Hey, it's an opportunity for trinket makers to make money. More power to 'em.
I'll never fault anyone for trying to make an honest living.
Okay, I'll give the money maker some slack . . . , its seeing his face every where I turn that's makin' me want to gag!
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:53:22pm |
re: #278 J.D.
Well it won't be all that long when the heats off - cold air has a way of waking ya up!
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Buster Bunny Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:00pm |
re: #301 outsidephilly
I am sick of hearing what Michelle's gonna wear, etc., yet, mostly, I am annoyed with all the Obama trinkets for sale in the stores!
What sickens me is that there are already sections of certain communities that think this post-inauguration is a licence to ask for handouts.
Wait .. and watch this space.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:06pm |
re: #301 outsidephilly
I am sick of hearing what Michelle's gonna wear, etc., yet, mostly, I am annoyed with all the Obama trinkets for sale in the stores!
There was an ad for the Franklin Mint's 0bama coin during BSG.
I misread it as the Frakking Mint.
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:14pm |
re: #303 Irish Rose
Evening all. Freezing my * off up here along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Is it Spring yet?
Can't wait to see the clover in the yard..
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:16pm |
re: #309 formercorpsman
I am not far from Valley Forge, and it is colder than a witch's tit right now. Looking back, knowing literally just 45 minutes away that hallowed ground at one time soaked up the bloodied feet of men who marched for the freedom to think critically, and determine their own destiny, makes me ill looking at how we have squandered this privilege.
And for our freedom to determine our destiny.
Days like this are great times to wonder how cold it was for them that winter.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:17pm |
re: #304 MandyManners
Name your Second, sir. We wil meet at dawn.
*flouncing off in a peeved huff*
I'll wrap you up in cellophant...I'm a lethal arbiter...go eat a Twinkie and think it over
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:22pm |
re: #323 realwest
Well it won't be all that long when the heats off - cold air has a way of
wakingkeeping ya up!
There.
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avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:22pm |
re: #275 Syrah
Sunspots. (Or more specifically, the lack thereof.)
Sol is in a quite period.
The sun drives the climate.
Not sun spots, nor climate change just a Alberta Clipper bringing in cold weather to part of the country. Sun spots don't just pick of the US to effect.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:31pm |
re: #282 CapeCoddah
3 degrees? Didn't someone upthread say Boston was at 0 already? Y'all are in for a cold night!
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Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:32pm |
re: #314 Salem
A flying flock? Really?
They do fly at night.
Noisy honking bastards.
Ive heard them here flying at night.
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:37pm |
Some Gone With the Wind trivia:
The famous scene of the fleeing of Atlanta with the towering inferno was actually the studio burning the set of King Kong's giant wall. They used two stand ins to run across at a distance. You can also see the actress covering her face, not to protect herself, but to disguise the fact they hadn't yet cast the role of Scarlett so she was protecting the integrity of the film at that point too. Not a scene they could easily reproduce.
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:54:51pm |
re: #286 Buster Bunny
Sorry, I can understand some Italian mainly because Spanish is nearly my second language, as I was an exchange student in Mexico City in 1954...thus any romance language is one that I can pick up enough words of to cobble together a short explanation of what was said!
However, a translator I am not! But I can also do a mean Boston accent (my hometown) and a Brooklyn accent, as I went through nurses training there, lived there for a few years, and met NY Grampa there.
My Yiddish you may not want to hear! ;)
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:55:01pm |
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:55:04pm |
re: #319 albusteve
anybody that pays more than just passing attention to this event needs their head examined...go chop wood or dig some rock and roll...this phony obsession is annoying
I'm gonna spend most of my day working out, lounging in the hot tub, whatever it takes that keeps me away from a TV, radio.
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songbird Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:55:18pm |
Good night, all. I've got a little more German Vocabulary to study before I collapse.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:55:36pm |
re: #332 realwest
3 degrees? Didn't someone upthread say Boston was at 0 already? Y'all are in for a cold night!
How you doin' RW? Other than cold?
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spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:55:40pm |
Anybody see Obama's "major speech" on economics today?
Based out of a two year old factory in Ohio that produces steel products, he toured then spoke to the crowd. I still do not find him eloquent or inspiring. I never really have. He sounds like a numbers guy. He covered many statistics, said fewer um's than usual, and seems not to have a feel for when to pause so the crowd can cheer and clap. Funny enough, after he was done, he turned around to shake hands with the crowd. There was one female cheesing it up and smiling, but I swear, all the other hands he shook, the people were dismissive, looking away and definitely not smiling.
It was humorous listening to him laud the two (count 'em, 2) jobs the factory hired "just last week". This guy is not eloquent, I don't know where that comes from.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:56:01pm |
re: #325 Buster Bunny
What sickens me is that there are already sections of certain communities that think this post-inauguration is a licence to ask for handouts.
Wait .. and watch this space.
oh yeah, ya got that right!
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:56:10pm |
re: #284 J.D.
Last forecast I saw was for low - very low thirties with snow flurries. But it's D.C. right off the Chesapeake Bay so ya can never really tell; it could be a LOT colder and snowier!
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:56:21pm |
re: #295 MandyManners
That's not even a reason why I love you!
Stop trying to make me cry!
/Want me to teach you how to swear?
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:56:49pm |
re: #326 Kosh's Shadow
There was an ad for the Franklin Mint's 0bama coin during BSG.
I misread it as the Frakking Mint.
Frakkin works for me!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:57:35pm |
re: #344 NY Nana
Stop trying to make me cry!
/Want me to teach you how to swear?
In Yiddish? yes!
;)
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:57:57pm |
re: #341 spirochete
This guy is not eloquent, I don't know where that comes from.
Oh, good. It's not just me.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:58:00pm |
re: #297 CapeCoddah
The Big Ditch? Or Dig or tunnel - whatever the hell they call that stupid tunnel in Boston?
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formercorpsman Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:58:00pm |
re: #328 Silhouette
I am trying to get my kids interested in the Revolutionary time period.
They have done all the school trips, and we have visited plenty of places too.
It is important for me to make sure they understand all of the luxeries they have are not automatic.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:58:23pm |
it's a chilly 50deg in the central valley of the Rio Grande....what gives?..I hope the greens soften up by tomarrow....pass the sunscreen please...
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:58:26pm |
re: #332 realwest
3 degrees? Didn't someone upthread say Boston was at 0 already? Y'all are in for a cold night!
It is a bit nippy. The mastiff asked for his coat to go out and pee. He really did ask.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:58:30pm |
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:58:52pm |
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:59:00pm |
re: #343 realwest
Well, next thing Al will have to do is redefine "warm" and "cold". But as long as the MSM is around, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:59:25pm |
re: #303 Irish Rose
Hey Rose! Lord, I sure hope this isn't Spring! How cold are y'all?
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TheMatrix31 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 8:59:40pm |
re: #303 Irish Rose
Evening all. Freezing my * off up here along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Is it Spring yet?
It's summer here in LA.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:00:04pm |
re: #350 albusteve
it's a chilly 50deg in the central valley of the Rio Grande....what gives?..I hope the greens soften up by tomarrow....pass the sunscreen please...
Smack! You call 50 chilly?! Come on up to Chicago, it's -4 up here.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:00:58pm |
re: #349 formercorpsman
I am trying to get my kids interested in the Revolutionary time period.
They have done all the school trips, and we have visited plenty of places too.
It is important for me to make sure they understand all of the luxeries they have are not automatic.
WHAT?...explain yourself dad...what planet are YOU from?...where's my iPOD?
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:01:15pm |
re: #348 realwest
The Big Ditch? Or Dig or tunnel - whatever the hell they call that stupid tunnel in Boston?
You mean the massive cluster fuck, Big Dig?
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:01:21pm |
re: #311 Sarge1984
No problem Sarge! But were you watching on a live WebCam?
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:01:31pm |
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formercorpsman Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:01:52pm |
It's late, my feet are cold, my wife is in bed, I think it is time for me to go warm them up underneath her legs while she is sleeping.
Goodnight.
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spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:02:01pm |
re: #349 formercorpsman
My daughter read Johnny Tremain for a project this year. Great intro to discussions of the forefathers.
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avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:02:02pm |
re: #356 TheMatrix31
It's summer here in LA.
Enough already, I have a friend in California telling me how nice it is out there, Send me a little of that warm weather over here. :)
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:02:42pm |
re: #358 Dark_Falcon
Smack! You call 50 chilly?! Come on up to Chicago, it's -4 up here.
BWAAA hahah ooooffff....where's my sandles? I'm goin out...see you at the pool amigo!
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:02:58pm |
re: #349 formercorpsman
I am trying to get my kids interested in the Revolutionary time period.
They have done all the school trips, and we have visited plenty of places too.
It is important for me to make sure they understand all of the luxeries they have are not automatic.
Do you go to the Brandywine area?
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:03:02pm |
re: #348 realwest
The Big Ditch? Or Dig or tunnel - whatever the hell they call that stupid tunnel in Boston?
Massachusetts is every bit as corrupt as Illinois. They have just not as blatant about it, until now. It is getting ridiculous.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:03:05pm |
re: #316 Abu Al-Poopypants
"They dropped their ordnance right directly over us and his car and the driveway looked like someone hit us with a falafel bomb."
ROTFLMAO! And that, uh, ordnance ain't easy to clean off, neither!
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formercorpsman Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:03:13pm |
re: #364 spirochete
Thanks, I will definitely put that on the list.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:03:18pm |
re: #329 albusteve
I'll wrap you up in cellophant...I'm a lethal arbiter...go eat a Twinkie and think it over
Fiddle-dee-dee! You don't scare me.
*flouncing off again with a mildly interesting twirl of the skirt*
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:03:31pm |
re: #346 ggt
In a few seconds, I will enrich your vocabulary!
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Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:03:40pm |
Feeling a bit pissed off tonight, suffering from saleus interuptus.
I have a beautiful vintage accordion that I'm selling on EBay, made by one of the most sought-after accordion makers in the world. I've owned it for years and it's been stored it in a climate controlled environment all of this time.
Took it out yesterday to set up the EBay listing.... ran through all the buttons keys and switches, and it sounded beautiful.
I picked it up tonight to play a couple of tunes, though, and I'll be damned if two of the treble reeds aren't buzzing.
I have a mailbox full of inquiries tonight from interested buyers, but it looks like I'll have to pull down the auction, open it up and do a repair job on the reeds before I can sell it.
/irritated
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formercorpsman Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:04:06pm |
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:04:19pm |
re: #363 formercorpsman
It's late, my feet are cold, my wife is in bed, I think it is time for me to go warm them up underneath her legs while she is sleeping.
Goodnight.
nighty, night! See ya tomorrow, right?
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:04:29pm |
re: #337 Silhouette
Speaking of, where is OR?
He was around earlier today.
I'm hoping things go well for him.
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:05:00pm |
re: #349 formercorpsman
I am trying to get my kids interested in the Revolutionary time period.
They have done all the school trips, and we have visited plenty of places too.
It is important for me to make sure they understand all of the luxeries they have are not automatic.
It sounds like you are in a good location. We need to do the family trip to Jamestowne/Williamsburg/Yorktown. I want to do it justice, so we'll need a week at least.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:05:06pm |
re: #332 realwest
3 degrees? Didn't someone upthread say Boston was at 0 already? Y'all are in for a cold night!
According to Bill Ayers' website, we lost a degree.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:05:35pm |
re: #334 Sharmuta
Some Gone With the Wind trivia:
The famous scene of the fleeing of Atlanta with the towering inferno was actually the studio burning the set of King Kong's giant wall. They used two stand ins to run across at a distance. You can also see the actress covering her face, not to protect herself, but to disguise the fact they hadn't yet cast the role of Scarlett so she was protecting the integrity of the film at that point too. Not a scene they could easily reproduce.
GWTW and The Wizard of Oz in the same year.
Amazing.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:05:59pm |
re: #376 formercorpsman
Been there many times.
Cool spot.
Sad Hugo's Inn is no longer there though.
We do live in a great area, don't we?
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formercorpsman Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:06:03pm |
Ok, now it is goodnight.
Perhaps tomorrow night. (My wife thinks I have an online girlfriend)
Take it easy folks.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:06:11pm |
re: #382 Abu Al-Poopypants
According to Bill Ayers' website, we lost a degree.
Who looks at that website? Why would you go there?
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:06:13pm |
re: #309 formercorpsman
You are so right my friend
I am not far from Valley Forge, and it is colder than a witch's tit right now. Looking back, knowing literally just 45 minutes away that hallowed ground at one time soaked up the bloodied feet of men who marched for the freedom to think critically, and determine their own destiny, makes me ill looking at how we have squandered this privilege.
jus totally squandered it. And betrayed the memories of all who served subsequently everywhere in the World.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:06:16pm |
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:06:43pm |
re: #375 Irish Rose
most sought-after accordion makers in the world.
Words I didn't know that went together.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:07:18pm |
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:07:27pm |
re: #336 jaunte
Sounds like a description of a man or a woman in Gaza.
Regardless, those eyes just are dead.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:07:33pm |
re: #386 formercorpsman
Ok, now it is goodnight.
Perhaps tomorrow night. (My wife thinks I have an online girlfriend)
Take it easy folks.
I'm not your girlfriend? I thought I was . . . .
///
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:08:00pm |
re: #379 J.D.
Something wrong with OR?
I'm not speaking out of turn when I say that he lives in the D.C. area.
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Sarge1984 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:08:02pm |
re: #361 realwest
No, I wasn't. I like the highlights from the Gaza webcam, but don't have the patience for the live feed. And I haven't heard of a live feed from any of the fire bases yet.
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Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:08:09pm |
re: #331 avanti
Not sun spots, nor climate change just a Alberta Clipper bringing in cold weather to part of the country. Sun spots don't just pick of the US to effect.
Thats right. The whole planet feels it.
Space scientists are scratching their heads, trying to explain why the sun remains eerily quiet despite being at a time when sunspots should be becoming more frequent.
The sun passed the low point of its 11-year cycle of sunspot activity last year.
(View large close-up image of the Sun from Friday, June 13, showing the solar surface continues to be mainly free of sunspots.)
“It continues to be dead,” said Saku Tsuneta with Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory while attending a solar conference in Montana.
Scientists there said they don’t believe the lack of sunspots means that an event known as the Maunder Minimum is beginning.
That phenomenon produced a lack of sunspots for 50 years in the 17th century, resulting in what is referred to as the “Little Ice Age.”
Periods of inactivity are normal for the sun, but the current spot-free period has gone on much longer than usual.
This cycle is just simply “off to a slow start,” said NASA solar physicist David Hathaway.
But another solar scientist, Oleg Sorokhtin, of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, believes the solar drought is an indication that Earth will ender a period of cooling.
He makes that prediction based on past trends and early records. Sorokhtin points out that whatever influences human activity is having on the climate is a “drop in the bucket” compared to the rapid cooling that could occur due to an inactive solar period.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:08:10pm |
re: #374 NY Nana
In a few seconds, I will enrich your vocabulary!
Are there any easy one syllable curses?
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:08:12pm |
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:08:25pm |
re: #337 Silhouette
Brazil.
.
.
.
.
Just kidding - no idea - but he said he had a four day weekend earlier so maybe he did go to Brazil!
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:08:51pm |
re: #373 MandyManners
Fiddle-dee-dee! You don't scare me.
*flouncing off again with a mildly interesting twirl of the skirt*
get back here and argue with me!...I'm not done boasting!
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:08:59pm |
re: #394 MandyManners
I'm not speaking out of turn when I say that he lives in the D.C. area.
Oh. Yeah. I knew that. At least that's what he says. I thought something might be wrong. ?
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:09:24pm |
re: #396 Syrah
All right, who gave the sun Clearasil? Someone fess up.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:09:53pm |
re: #398 CapeCoddah
I don't know why a weather service would name their site the same as a terrorist organization, though.
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Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:10:07pm |
re: #355 realwest
Hey Rose! Lord, I sure hope this isn't Spring! How cold are y'all?
13 degrees and falling like a rock, with winds on the increase and wind chills tonight expected to reach a balmy -20.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:10:13pm |
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:10:15pm |
re: #390 Silhouette
Words I didn't know that went together.
"A gentleman is a man who knows how to play the accordion*... and doesn't!"
* OK, I know it was originally about the bagpipes, but it seemed to fit
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:10:27pm |
re: #404 Abu Al-Poopypants
I don't know why a weather service would name their site the same as a terrorist organization, though.
Me either. We probably don't want to know.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:10:45pm |
re: #401 J.D.
Oh. Yeah. I knew that. At least that's what he says. I thought something might be wrong. ?
didnt even want to talk guns...very unusual
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:10:50pm |
re: #341 spirochete
"It was humorous listening to him laud the two (count 'em, 2) jobs the factory hired "just last week". This guy is not eloquent, I don't know where that comes from."
Um, his life of privilige?
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spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:11:09pm |
re: #384 MandyManners
I collect old diaries. I had one from (i think) 1937. She very mundane, basic daily things, work, her boss, glasses of milk, mending. But at one point she wrote that she just had to read GWTW as everyone was talking about it and it'd be interesting to read about life "with the darkies".
I stopped collecting them because I found it was just as much fun to find the descendants and return them. Not a good way to build a collection!
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BlueCanuck Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:11:25pm |
re: #362 NY Nana
Powers back. Luckily I wasn't affected by it.
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:11:53pm |
re: #409 albusteve
didnt even want to talk guns...very unusual
That is odd!
How about Adriana Lima? Or What's-Her-Name?
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wee fury Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:12:01pm |
re: #349 formercorpsman
'My Brother Sam is Dead' by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier is a good revolutionary read for youngsters. I recommend it.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:12:10pm |
re: #351 CapeCoddah
LOL! I believe you - good thing ya gave it to him or he'd a DEMANDED IT! LOL!
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:12:21pm |
re: #412 BlueCanuck
Powers back. Luckily I wasn't affected by it.
You lost your power? For how long?
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:13:12pm |
re: #357 outsidephilly
Why thank you very much! How are ya doing this evening - I mean other than freezing your butt off?
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:13:23pm |
Just teasing about the accordian, Irish Rose. Hope you find your problem and it's and easy fix.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:13:24pm |
re: #400 albusteve
get back here and argue with me!...I'm not done boasting!
Why, sir, I do believe you need some punch. Would you be so kind to let me bring you a cup?
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:13:24pm |
re: #413 J.D.
That is odd!
How about Adriana Lima? Or What's-Her-Name?
I think his girlfriend hijacked him unexpectedly...
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:13:38pm |
re: #414 wee fury
'My Brother Sam is Dead' by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier is a good revolutionary read for youngsters. I recommend it.
Why would anyone wanna read a book when they could spend their time in LGF comment threads?
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avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:13:45pm |
re: #396 Syrah
Might be why 2008 was the coolest in 8 years, but still in the top 10 warmest since 1880. 2009 might be cooler still, but no way to know yet.
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Macker Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:14:24pm |
Remember "Death To All Juice"? Well, one protester makes a startling admission to the Juice...
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:14:42pm |
re: #417 realwest
freezing at 11 degrees? HA! Tomorrow's gonna be 18, can't wait!
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:14:52pm |
re: #415 realwest
LOL! I believe you - good thing ya gave it to him or he'd a DEMANDED IT! LOL!
Well, the conversation went like this:
Finnbar: Woof.
Me: Gotta go weewees buddy?
Finnbar: Woof.
I open the door, he sticks his nose out, and backs up into the house.
Me: Want your coat, Buddy?
Finnbar: WOOF
I put his coat on, he goes out.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:14:52pm |
re: #401 J.D.
Oh. Yeah. I knew that. At least that's what he says. I thought something might be wrong. ?
Just a $100,000,000.00 party for CBBHO.
What possibly could go wrong?
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Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:15:02pm |
Just teasing about the accordian, Irish Rose.
Heh, I know that... I'm used to it :).
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:15:08pm |
re: #349 formercorpsman
Hey my friend - have you taken 'em to Independence Hall? And if not, y'all better get 'em their quick - a couple of decades ago they sold off part of it for a ...........parking lot! NO JOKE.
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:15:44pm |
re: #427 MandyManners
Just a $100,000,000.00 party for CBBHO.
What possibly could go wrong?
He's going to that?
Bless his heart.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:15:45pm |
re: #352 outsidephilly
Cool! We're gonna learn Yiddish swear words?
A friend of mine used to say his father had a Yiddish saying for slow drivers, those who took to long to start moving at traffic lights.
It was, in English, "He stands like a penis at a wedding"
But he didn't know it in Yiddish. Any lizards?
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:16:23pm |
re: #354 J.D.
Well, even though they did win the Fiskie, I'm not so sure they're gonna convince folks to wear shorts in this kinda weather! LOL!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:16:24pm |
re: #428 Irish Rose
Heh, I know that... I'm used to it :).
Probably the leathers covering the reeds. Or the whole reed block is loose. Either way, a little wax will fix it. But you probably know that.
| 434 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:16:28pm |
So y'all, just what do you think we're gonna be talkin' about on Tuesday? Should we avoid annoying topics?
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:16:43pm |
re: #419 MandyManners
Why, sir, I do believe you need some punch. Would you be so kind to let me bring you a cup?
why yes I believe so...Hawaiian?
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wee fury Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:16:59pm |
re: #421 Abu Al-Poopypants
Why would anyone wanna read a book when they could spend their time in LGF comment threads?
:-)
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:17:27pm |
re: #428 Irish Rose
Heh, I know that... I'm used to it :).
By the way, name, brand of the accordion, specs?
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:17:44pm |
re: #360 CapeCoddah
Yep, that's it - the Big Dig! Hey how's it going with that? They ever figure out how to keep the ceiling from falling down?
| 439 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:18:11pm |
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Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:18:40pm |
re: #433 Walter L. Newton
Probably the leathers covering the reeds. Or the whole reed block is loose. Either way, a little wax will fix it. But you probably know that.
I suspect the latter.
Just really don't wanna have to go in there....
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:18:45pm |
re: #429 realwest
Hey my friend - have you taken 'em to Independence Hall? And if not, y'all better get 'em their quick - a couple of decades ago they sold off part of it for a ...........parking lot! NO JOKE.
cool place...and the Liberty Bell too...Philly has it's merits and I just recalled both of them...
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ciaospirit Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:19:21pm |
re: #354 J.D.
Well, next thing Al will have to do is redefine "warm" and "cold". But as long as the MSM is around, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
A San Fran guy called into the Levin show and said he was at the posh Pacific Hotel in Monterey where they were holding a conference funded by George Soros and others. The topic was "How to Integrate Climate Change into your Museum and School Curriculums." About 200 educators were in attendance.
Notice they don't call it global warming anymore. Because it's a lie. So they change the name to continue the lie. Why didn't Soros do us all a favor and lose all his money in the so called Wall Street meltdown?
| 443 |
Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:19:26pm |
OT: (How can you be "OT" when the 'topic' is a picture of some overhyped weasels? But I digress...)
There was a photoshop contest at Fark tonight. This is the source picture. Here's my entry.
I was late, so I went for the dumb humor rather than the quality.
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:19:34pm |
re: #432 realwest
Well, even though they did win the Fiskie, I'm not so sure they're gonna convince folks to wear shorts in this kinda weather! LOL!
I would be willing to bet that if Obama wore them and the MSM admired his doing so, his adoring fans would wear them, too.
| 445 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:19:36pm |
re: #421 Abu Al-Poopypants
Why would anyone wanna read a book when they could spend their time in LGF comment threads?
Good point.
After seeing Bush's lists, I've decided to keep one this year. I started last year, but four months into it my laptop and cell were stolen. Valuable lesson: don't back up one to the other, then leave both of them in the car...
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:19:40pm |
re: #441 albusteve
cool place...and the Liberty Bell too...Philly has it's merits and I just recalled both of them...
Have you been to the Constitution Center yet?
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:20:09pm |
re: #430 J.D.
He's going to that?
Bless his heart.
I don't know if he's going to it. He's in D.C., and it will be all around him.
But, I stop here.
| 448 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:20:19pm |
NYT's Inauguration Hypocrisy: Bush Chided in 2005, but Obama Free to Party
At a time when the United States is fighting two wars and faces a severe recession and huge budget deficits, the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president is estimated to cost $45 million. Bush's 2004 inauguration cost roughly $40 million. But though the figures are similar, there's been a major shift in the tone of coverage at the New York Times.
While the Times spent much of January 2005 making clear its disapproval of Bush extravagantly celebrating his inauguration during wartime, that concerned tone is conspicuously absent from the Times in January 2009, although the country is not only still at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also in danger of a deep recession. The difference? Perhaps because this time, it's the Times's favored candidate who is readying to assume the highest office.
/well that's fair, right?
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:20:27pm |
re: #439 outsidephilly
Is that as good as a V-8 smack?
not sure...dont wanna know really...bluster will get you a fat lip sometimes...I like my lips
| 450 |
BlueCanuck Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:20:34pm |
re: #416 outsidephilly
I didn't lose power but a large section of our city was without power for about 24 hours. From ten last night to ten tonight. Affected something like 100,000 to 200,000 people. Flooded breaker apparently. But our furnace did go down sometime last night. Fixed now. Good thing for polar fleece track pants and a polar fleece housecoat. :)
| 451 |
x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:20:49pm |
re: #439 outsidephilly
Is that as good as a V-8 smack?
If you're into pain, then yes, it is better;>}
//
| 452 |
Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:20:56pm |
re: #428 Irish Rose
Now, me, I like a good bagpipe band. It's the Scotch-Irish blood.
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:21:01pm |
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dak Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:21:13pm |
Yeah, the ol' who's the coldest city contest.
Listen up, you pansies. Check out Winnipeg weather. Then STFU. you all live in Florida compared to it.
'Cept ND. They earned the right to complain.
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:21:23pm |
re: #397 ggt
Are there any easy one syllable curses?
Ha! 4 Jews, 8 opinions! We are wordy, to say the least.
The word 'daughter in law' can be a one syllable word to a lot of mothers if we say it a certain way, very fast!
And I don't have the Yiddish for it. ;)
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:21:23pm |
re: #442 ciaospirit
A San Fran guy called into the Levin show and said he was at the posh Pacific Hotel in Monterey where they were holding a conference funded by George Soros and others. The topic was "How to Integrate Climate Change into your Museum and School Curriculums." About 200 educators were in attendance.
Notice they don't call it global warming anymore. Because it's a lie. So they change the name to continue the lie. Why didn't Soros do us all a favor and lose all his money in the so called Wall Street meltdown?
Yes. Climate change. If we get global warming, it is climate change. If we get an ice age, it is climate change.
| 457 |
Steve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:22:13pm |
Meerkat photo caption:
Hussein, we have made it to paradise. We are both martyrs. Now let us go find our .... Wait where are the virgins. Hussein, why are you holding me and smiling at me like that.....
My apologies to the meerkats.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:22:31pm |
re: #446 outsidephilly
Have you been to the Constitution Center yet?
yes...we were pinned for two hours by random Mach10 fire...or was it an AR?...I forget
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:22:33pm |
re: #450 BlueCanuck
I didn't lose power but a large section of our city was without power for about 24 hours. From ten last night to ten tonight. Affected something like 100,000 to 200,000 people. Flooded breaker apparently. But our furnace did go down sometime last night. Fixed now. Good thing for polar fleece track pants and a polar fleece housecoat. :)
WoW! That's tough to even read - what caused the breaker to be flooded out?
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Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:22:39pm |
re: #422 avanti
Might be why 2008 was the coolest in 8 years, but still in the top 10 warmest since 1880. 2009 might be cooler still, but no way to know yet.
We shall see.
There was a sunspot drought during the little ice age.
The Little Ice Age was a period from 1300 to 1850 A.D. when the Northern Hemisphere experienced colder than normal temperatures.
Some scientists say that a major volcanic eruption in 1258 A.D. and another in 1600 A.D. helped cool temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere. The coldest period of the Little Ice Age is attributed to lower than normal solar energy.
From 1410 to the 1720s the cooling had a strong effect on some areas. During that time, access to Greenland was largely cut off by ice. At the same time, canals in Holland routinely froze solid, glaciers advanced in the Alps, and sea-ice increased so much that no open water was present in any direction around Iceland in 1695.Unusually low solar activity, indicated by little or no sunspot activity, between 1645 and 1715 likely triggered the Little Ice Age in Europe and North America. During this event, known as the Maunder Minimum, astronomers observed only about 50 sunspots over a 30-year period as opposed to a more typical 40-50,000 spots. The sun normally shows signs of variability, such as its eleven-year sunspot cycle. Within that cycle, it goes from a minimum to a maximum period of activity represented by a peak in sunspots and flare activity.
During those periods of low solar activity, levels of the sun's ultraviolet radiation decrease which can significantly impact ozone formation in the Earth's stratosphere. A lag time of 10-30 years allowed for the climate system to be affected by an increased ozone layer that altered the heating of the oceans. Diminished jet stream winds caused by a dimmer sun created cold land temperatures by reducing the movement of warm Pacific air to America and warm Atlantic air to Europe. During this shift, winter temperatures cooled as much as 2 to 4 degrees F - enough to freeze rivers and alter agriculture, economy, disease, etc.
It may only be a coincidence . . .
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:23:00pm |
re: #435 albusteve
why yes I believe so...Hawaiian?
I do believe that I am not quite sure of that word.
*slight unfurlling of the fan*
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:23:03pm |
re: #412 BlueCanuck
Powers back. Luckily I wasn't affected by it.
Great! And in the dead of winter, it must have been wicked. I am sooo glad that you weren't in the affected area.
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:23:24pm |
re: #398 CapeCoddah
Link was to a site called The Weather Underground and it just showed a digital thermometer - sorta like a car's speedometer!
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dak Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:23:37pm |
We're all happy up here, becaue it warmed up to -22C as a MAXIMUM today, first friggin time in.... don't remember.
So tell me all about how cold it is in Mississippi, or Alabamy.
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Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:24:02pm |
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:24:06pm |
re: #453 CIA Reject
geez, I sure do miss those good ole commercials . . . . . .
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:24:30pm |
re: #438 realwest
Yep, that's it - the Big Dig! Hey how's it going with that? They ever figure out how to keep the ceiling from falling down?
So far, the death toll still stands at 1. I forbade my drivers to use that tunnel system in company cars when it first opened. (there are many ways around it) My guys thought I was nuts. Hubby is in the construction trade, roads and bridges, he told me never to use it, he knew what was going on. My guys think I am clairvoyant now. At least they don't bitch and whine about not being able to use it anymore. The Ted Williams tunnel going into Logan airport is fine, though.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:24:49pm |
re: #462 MandyManners
I do believe that I am not quite sure of that word.
*slight unfurlling of the fan*
do you recognize the term 'hick'?....fetch me a shank of Rooster....please
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:25:01pm |
re: #448 Killian Bundy
I heard the same story, but that Obama's total was $100 million, not $45 million. I wonder why the difference?
I'll be there is $55 million somewhere that IS being spent, but falls under a different budget, like increased police force, etc.
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ciaospirit Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:25:11pm |
re: #427 MandyManners
Just a $100,000,000.00 party for CBBHO.
What possibly could go wrong?
Now over 150 million. But, remember, we must all sacrifice in these hard economic times, worst since the Great Depression.
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jorline Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:25:13pm |
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:25:22pm |
re: #456 Kosh's Shadow
Yes. Climate change. If we get global warming, it is climate change. If we get an ice age, it is climate change.
I must be getting old because I remember when we used to call "climate change" "weather".
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:25:26pm |
re: #405 Irish Rose
OY! We're getting down to 5 degrees here in North Carolina - ya know, the SOUTHLAND - and that's without windchill! Gack!
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Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:25:42pm |
re: #452 Silhouette
Now, me, I like a good bagpipe band. It's the Scotch-Irish blood.
I can play the smallpipes :).
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:25:51pm |
re: #464 realwest
Link was to a site called The Weather Underground and it just showed a digital thermometer - sorta like a car's speedometer!
Saw it after Abu told me it was a joke!
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BlueCanuck Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:26:12pm |
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:26:16pm |
re: #465 dak
We're all happy up here, becaue it warmed up to -22C as a MAXIMUM today, first friggin time in.... don't remember.
So tell me all about how cold it is in Mississippi, or Alabamy.
Can't imagine livin' in temps like that . . . . .
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Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:26:25pm |
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avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:26:26pm |
re: #442 ciaospirit
Notice they don't call it global warming anymore. Because it's a lie. So they change the name to continue the lie. Why didn't Soros do us all a favor and lose all his money in the so called Wall Street meltdown?
From the EPA web site:
"The phrase 'climate change' is growing in preferred use to 'global warming' because it helps convey that there are changes in addition to rising temperatures."
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jorline Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:26:28pm |
re: #473 jorline
Now this will me you sick.
NEW SONG IS OBAMA TRIBUTE: 'YES WE CAN'...Let's try this again.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:27:02pm |
re: #474 CIA Reject
I must be getting old because I remember when we used to call "climate change" "weather".
nowdays old is four years ago...
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:27:26pm |
re: #412 BlueCanuck
Hey Blue - I didn't even know your power was out up there! How long was it out for?
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:28:07pm |
my AC isnt working properly...have to make a note of that...
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CIA Reject Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:28:11pm |
re: #467 outsidephilly
geez, I sure do miss those good ole commercials . . . . . .
True classics- many are funny as all heck. I think I'm going thru some type of regression as a defense mechanism against the incoming administration.
Sitting here sipping bourbon and listening to '40s music on XM while looking for old commercials and video clips...
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:28:19pm |
re: #469 CapeCoddah
So far, the death toll still stands at 1.
I was listening to the Steve Leveille show on WBZ1030AM when that happened. A limo driver called in and started talking about it before any news organizations were on the scene. This past Christmas week WBZ canned Steve and replaced him with some syndicated McTalkShow crap. Now Boston has no local news coverage from midnight until 5.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:28:43pm |
re: #478 BlueCanuck
24 hours, that's rough! What a major inconvenience!
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:28:46pm |
re: #420 albusteve
Lord, I hope not - O.R. is still, technically, a newlywed, iirc!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:29:13pm |
Hey, what's the latest news about our favorite seagull on the Gaza cam? I haven't heard anyone talking about him.
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ciaospirit Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:29:16pm |
re: #481 avanti
From the EPA web site:
"The phrase 'climate change' is growing in preferred use to 'global warming' because it helps convey that there are changes in addition to rising temperatures."
Until they have to cover that lie.
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jorline Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:29:26pm |
I hate when this happens...again, grab the barf bag.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:29:42pm |
re: #470 albusteve
do you recognize the term 'hick'?....fetch me a shank of Rooster....please
Fetch it yourself, sir.
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J.D. Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:30:14pm |
re: #494 jorline
How nice he got it done before they lock him up.
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dak Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:30:20pm |
re: #479 outsidephilly
Been doing it for 40 frikkin years, and it still pisses me off. It's supposed to keep the riff-raff out, but if you've watched the anti-Jew demonstrations in Toronto and elsewhere, even the riff-raff is getting tougher. Guess I gotta move NW some more. Pretty soon I'll be hitting Alaska.
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:30:25pm |
re: #481 avanti
From the EPA web site:
"The phrase 'climate change' is growing in preferred use to 'global warming' because it helps convey that there are changes in addition to rising temperatures."
Well, that's one way to spin it, alright.
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Tigger2005 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:30:29pm |
If Hamas wore meerkat suits while firing rockets, Israel would be in big trouble.
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jorline Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:30:38pm |
re: #493 outsidephilly
oh, no we can't . . .
It's been one of those days...you'll be better off not watching it.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:30:58pm |
re: #488 Abu Al-Poopypants
I was listening to the Steve Leveille show on WBZ1030AM when that happened. A limo driver called in and started talking about it before any news organizations were on the scene. This past Christmas week WBZ canned Steve and replaced him with some syndicated McTalkShow crap. Now Boston has no local news coverage from midnight until 5.
Yup, you can usually find a chauffeur on scene before news trucks. There are lots of us.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:31:30pm |
re: #490 realwest
Lord, I hope not - O.R. is still, technically, a newlywed, iirc!
no shit?...well I'll be a monkeys uncle...he mentioned a girlfriend the other day...past tense I guess...I'm generally not that nosey but I'm miffed he didnt respond to my gun question a while back :) I'll get over it
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Neo Con since 9-11 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:31:41pm |
re: #442 ciaospirit
Why didn't Soros do us all a favor and lose all his money in the so called Wall Street meltdown?
Because Soros short sells meaning
selling borrowed shares to drive down the price so they can then be bought back cheaply
In other words he makes billions by, robbing other investors. All that money that disappeared from your 401k went to George.
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x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:31:50pm |
re: #491 Walter L. Newton
Hey, what's the latest news about our favorite seagull on the Gaza cam? I haven't heard anyone talking about him.
Linky no worky.
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:32:14pm |
re: #431 Kosh's Shadow
A friend of mine used to say his father had a Yiddish saying for slow drivers, those who took to long to start moving at traffic lights.
It was, in English, "He stands like a penis at a wedding"
But he didn't know it in Yiddish. Any lizards?
A slow driver in Boston? Surely you jest!
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:32:35pm |
re: #444 J.D. Well I sure as hell hope he does then! Serve 'em all right!
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:32:42pm |
re: #507 NY Nana
A slow driver in Boston? Surely you jest!
Apparently, you have never driven thru Chinatown!
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Cheeseland Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:33:01pm |
re: #194 jaunte
This one's interesting.
[Link: ca.news.yahoo.com...]
It has a cousin picture from the protest.
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:33:16pm |
re: #484 NY Nana
unbelievable . . . , people in philly wouldn't be very happy if something like that happen, that's for sure!
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Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:33:18pm |
What's the deal with Hannity's "Lib-er-al Translation" segment, where he shows clips of Bonkeys and then shows a snarky caption as a "translation" of what they're really saying?
/his new show's been on for a week and he's already turned into a third grade, working on his best Keith Olbermann imitation
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avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:33:37pm |
re: #471 Silhouette
I heard the same story, but that Obama's total was $100 million, not $45 million. I wonder why the difference?
I'll be there is $55 million somewhere that IS being spent, but falls under a different budget, like increased police force, etc.
Obama is paying 45 million, raised by donations, the other 50 million by the District and feds. The city expects 700 million to a billion in extra tourist dollars over the 4 days. You can't get a room anywhere nearby and we have signs in Annapolis warning of traffic problems, and I'm 50 miles away.
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Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:33:49pm |
Speaking of musical instruments:
Charles is a guitarist... anyone here know what he plays?
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:34:25pm |
re: #501 jorline
It's been one of those days...you'll be better off not watching it.
Ya know, its stuff like that that's really gettin' on my nerves
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:34:31pm |
re: #515 Irish Rose
Speaking of musical instruments:
Charles is a guitarist... anyone here know what he plays?
Guitar?
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spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:34:36pm |
re: #515 Irish Rose
Speaking of musical instruments:
Charles is a guitarist... anyone here know what he plays?
I thought he was a jazz bassist.
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BlueCanuck Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:34:38pm |
re: #485 realwest
Not mine some other poor souls. I always have a back up some where no matter what. :)
re: #489 outsidephilly
Ummm yeah, you could say that. These were our temps in Fahrenheit for the past 24 hours.
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jorline Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:34:42pm |
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jaunte Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:34:47pm |
re: #510 Cheeseland
Suddenly people everywhere are protesting in English.
Here's a bunch in Pakistan:
[Link: ca.news.yahoo.com...]
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:35:10pm |
re: #503 outsidephilly
How was the show tonight?
Small crowd, but the Denver Post drama critic showed up tonight. He was suppose to be there opening night (last Friday), but cancelled. Reviews do help (well, good ones) and there should be no reason for this show to get slammed.
Westword (the alternative paper, like the New York Observer) was there opening night and she gave us a really good review, which is unusual, because they usually see are stuff as too mainstream.
But tickets sales are picket up for the rest of the run. Jan/Feb are the slowest months in theatre in our area, for what ever reasons.
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:35:21pm |
re: #515 Irish Rose
Speaking of musical instruments:
Charles is a guitarist... anyone here know what he plays?
Last I read he has been on something like 29 albums..plays jazz guitar..bet he has a mean collection.
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ryannon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:35:40pm |
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Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:35:46pm |
Compton school is named for Barack Obama, a first in California
First there were Obama T-shirts and bumper stickers. Now there's a Compton charter school named after the president-elect.
The former Qued Charter Elementary School changed its name to the Barack Obama Charter School earlier this week. The original name was always intended as a placeholder -- "Qued" is a mash-up of "quality" and "education" -- and parents at the school overwhelmingly wanted the school to be named after Obama.
/after all, he's the greatest President-elect in the history of this country
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:36:00pm |
re: #514 avanti
Obama is paying 45 million, raised by donations, the other 50 million by the District and feds. The city expects 700 million to a billion in extra tourist dollars over the 4 days. You can't get a room anywhere nearby and we have signs in Annapolis warning of traffic problems, and I'm 50 miles away.
Tomorrow his train is coming through the Delaware Valley area, UGH!
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:36:35pm |
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avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:36:48pm |
re: #499 Alberta Oil Peon
Well, that's one way to spin it, alright.
Well, it is the EPA under Bush, don't blame me.
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jorline Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:36:48pm |
re: #516 outsidephilly
Ya know, its stuff like that that's really gettin' on my nerves
We'll four years of every has been writing Obama love ballads.
*spit*
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Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:36:57pm |
Charles 'Icarus' Johnson, guitar
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BlueCanuck Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:37:23pm |
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Outrider Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:37:29pm |
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ryannon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:37:33pm |
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jorline Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:38:03pm |
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:38:16pm |
re: #478 BlueCanuck
Me too. But my heart went out to those poor people that were. the areas affected are mostly lower income people, but a lot of back ups were put in place.
I know the area, and was sitting here last night just feeling guilty re complaining that the heat in our apartment building was lousy.
And that the lights were out at Honest Ed's? The size of the area affected was incredible. I think that the city did an excellent job in getting it repaired in 24 hours. When that happens in NYC? It can take days.
IIRC, the pipe affected was about 110 years old?
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Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:38:54pm |
re: #515 Irish Rose
Speaking of musical instruments:
Charles is a guitarist... anyone here know what he plays?
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BlueCanuck Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:39:49pm |
re: #541 NY Nana
*sigh* Just another causality of our cities aging infrastructure. That's all.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:40:00pm |
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:40:04pm |
re: #531 jorline
We'll four years of every has been writing Obama love ballads.
*spit*
I grew up among guys who sang three part harmony on the street corners of South philly . . . . , can't imagine any of the guys singing a barak love ballad - ICK!
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:40:29pm |
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:40:32pm |
re: #469 CapeCoddah
Uh, I don't want to sound callus or anything, but the death toll stands at just 1? Hell more folks got killed on the ole Brooklyn-Queens expressway every Saturday night.
Is it open to traffic and is it used very much?
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Outrider Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:41:18pm |
re: #526 Killian Bundy
Compton school is named for Barack Obama, a first in California
/after all, he's the greatest President-elect in the history of this country
and Madame Tussaud has already made Obamas for the European and the US museums of wax.
Gag on this one. ;-)>
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spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:41:43pm |
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:41:53pm |
re: #472 ciaospirit
Are you kidding me? A $150 MILLION for the Inaugaration? How in the hell could they spend so much?!
| 551 |
Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:41:57pm |
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:42:02pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:42:37pm |
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avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:43:17pm |
re: #527 outsidephilly
Tomorrow his train is coming through the Delaware Valley area, UGH!
Every election, about half the country is excited, the other half things the world will end. It's my turn to be excited. I got through the last 8 years without a scratch, I hope you'll do the same, but I've felt your pain before and made it through.
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spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:43:25pm |
re: #551 Irish Rose
Damn!
OK, thats' it... we need an LGF band.
I would volunteer but I think I may be outclassed here. Where's Dorian?
| 556 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:43:29pm |
re: #542 Killian Bundy
Peanuts compared to a Killgore restored cello. Wanna buy one? I'm really hurting for cash.
| 557 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:43:33pm |
re: #482 jorline
Hey jorline - give it another try!
Or don't bother, come to think of it!
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Outrider Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:43:38pm |
re: #550 realwest
Are you kidding me? A $150 MILLION for the Inaugaration? How in the hell could they spend so much?!
surely there must be poor people that could have used it for food and heat? ;-)>
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:44:13pm |
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:44:34pm |
re: #543 BlueCanuck
*sigh* Just another causality of our cities aging infrastructure. That's all.
My area has been spending lots of dollars on rebuilding the philly suburbs infrastructure. And after seeing what happen in your area, I'm glad to see my tax dollars being well spent!
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:45:09pm |
re: #511 outsidephilly
No one anywhere, and in the dead of winter, and the hottest part of the summer are when these blackouts usually happen.
We are on the Atlantic coast, and have an emergency pack at the ready, in case. I am a diabetic, on insulin, and that really needs to be kept cold, in the frig. I have a pack to put it in, just in case.
I think that everyone should have an emergency pack, and a battery radio, cell phone charger (they make them..they use a battery), non-perishable foods, and any medication at the ready. Flashlights and lanterns, also.
And if there is a baby involved, or a toddler? A seperate one!
| 562 |
jorline Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:45:27pm |
re: #557 realwest
Hey jorline - give it another try!
Or don't bother, come to think of it!
How are you RW? The big chill hit Charlotte yet?
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ryannon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:45:28pm |
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Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:46:01pm |
re: #556 Killgore Trout
Peanuts compared to a Killgore restored cello. Wanna buy one? I'm really hurting for cash.
/what the [expletive deleted] would I do with a cello?
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:46:08pm |
re: #494 jorline
ROFL! Boy George sings it? LOL! LOL! Bet he made it before Obama made his comments about propostion 8 in California!
And no, I didn't listen to it, either.
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avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:46:29pm |
re: #550 realwest
Are you kidding me? A $150 MILLION for the Inaugaration? How in the hell could they spend so much?!
The sent out weekly e-mails asking for money, guess they got plenty. It'll be a mini boom for our economy, bigger then the bicentennial.
| 567 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:46:29pm |
re: #554 avanti
Every election, about half the country is excited, the other half things the world will end. It's my turn to be excited. I got through the last 8 years without a scratch, I hope you'll do the same, but I've felt your pain before and made it through.
Did you feel a sickening knot in you stomach? Did you feel like the a lunatic was running the asylum?
| 568 |
CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:46:31pm |
re: #547 realwest
Uh, I don't want to sound callus or anything, but the death toll stands at just 1? Hell more folks got killed on the ole Brooklyn-Queens expressway every Saturday night.
Is it open to traffic and is it used very much?
1 So far. It is a young system. When they built the bridge across the Charles river, they found that the concrete support structure had voids in it, because the concrete contractor sent many batches of old concrete, leftover stuff that should have been dumped. This was AFTER the bridge had been completed. (The contractor was arrested). The whole tunnel system ('cept the Ted Williams tunnel) leaks like a sieve, the water pours in in sheets. God only knows what is coming. All I know is it will not be pretty. There WILL be a cataclysmic failure at some point, without a shadow of a doubt. Not a question of if, just when.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:46:35pm |
re: #558 Outrider
surely there must be poor people that could have used it for food and heat? ;-)>
pull up articles from '05 and see how the left howled in indignation at the cost GWBs party...what hypocrits...spit
| 570 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:47:10pm |
I had to step-away. Is it still the FNDT?
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mich-again Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:47:43pm |
I wonder how many versions of human civilization have pestered these meerkats.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:47:46pm |
re: #564 Killian Bundy
/what the [expletive deleted] would I do with a cello?
resell it bro...think ahead
| 573 |
jorline Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:47:47pm |
re: #565 realwest
ROFL! Boy George sings it? LOL! LOL! Bet he made it before Obama made his comments about propostion 8 in California!
And no, I didn't listen to it, either.
Smart man you are, RW. ;)
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:48:13pm |
re: #547 realwest
Uh, I don't want to sound callus or anything, but the death toll stands at just 1? Hell more folks got killed on the ole Brooklyn-Queens expressway every Saturday night.
Is it open to traffic and is it used very much?
Yes, it is open to the public, and it is crowded. Romney shut it down for inspection after the woman was killed. It was down for about 6 mos, IIRC.
| 575 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:48:18pm |
re: #556 Killgore Trout
I used to play cello in high school.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:48:25pm |
re: #569 albusteve
pull up articles from '05 and see how the left howled in indignation at the cost GWBs party...what hypocrits...spit
It's been awful warm in these parts, eh?
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outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:48:40pm |
re: #561 NY Nana
No one anywhere, and in the dead of winter, and the hottest part of the summer are when these blackouts usually happen.
We are on the Atlantic coast, and have an emergency pack at the ready, in case. I am a diabetic, on insulin, and that really needs to be kept cold, in the frig. I have a pack to put it in, just in case.
I think that everyone should have an emergency pack, and a battery radio, cell phone charger (they make them..they use a battery), non-perishable foods, and any medication at the ready. Flashlights and lanterns, also.
And if there is a baby involved, or a toddler? A seperate one!
And those are the scenarios that flash through my mind . . . , even watching the Hudson plane ordeal caused me to cringe, BIG TIME!
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realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:48:52pm |
re: #510 Cheeseland
LOL! And they were "professionally" printed signs, too! LOL!
| 579 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:49:20pm |
Oh boy, Hannity's also got a "Hate Hannity Hotline". And he's so proud of it he's going to favor us with some of the inevitable obscene highlights.
/bring back Skeletor, this is downright childish
| 580 |
Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:49:50pm |
re: #514 avanti
Obama is paying 45 million, raised by donations, the other 50 million by the District and feds.
Where "the District and feds" is you and me, of course. Taxpayer money.
The original complaint about the media bias still holds. The press had stories all over tsk-tsking over Bush spending $40 million, but not a peep condemning as wasteful the $50 million in taxpayer money (and $95 million overall) by Obama.
| 581 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:50:11pm |
re: #513 J.D. No, really, it's ok to say it out here! LOL!
At least it'll keep 'em from reproducing!
| 582 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:50:54pm |
re: #576 Walter L. Newton
It's been awful warm in these parts, eh?
I need to get my ice machine fixed...
| 583 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:50:55pm |
re: #580 Silhouette
Where "the District and feds" is you and me, of course. Taxpayer money.
The original complaint about the media bias still holds. The press had stories all over tsk-tsking over Bush spending $40 million, but not a peep condemning as wasteful the $50 million in taxpayer money (and $95 million overall) by Obama.
And I wonder just why that is . . .
////
| 584 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:50:57pm |
re: #561 NY Nana
No one anywhere, and in the dead of winter, and the hottest part of the summer are when these blackouts usually happen.
We are on the Atlantic coast, and have an emergency pack at the ready, in case. I am a diabetic, on insulin, and that really needs to be kept cold, in the frig. I have a pack to put it in, just in case.
I think that everyone should have an emergency pack, and a battery radio, cell phone charger (they make them..they use a battery), non-perishable foods, and any medication at the ready. Flashlights and lanterns, also.
And if there is a baby involved, or a toddler? A seperate one!
We have two weeks of food and water plus emergency supplies. Check the stock every few months. WHen the electricity went out for three days, we didn't need to dig into it but it was very reassuring.
| 585 |
avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:51:00pm |
re: #567 outsidephilly
Did you feel a sickening knot in you stomach? Did you feel like the a lunatic was running the asylum?
Nope, I was disappointed, but felt like giving the guy a chance. I never felt hated, or ill, matter a fact, right after 9-11, I felt the country had made the right choice.
| 587 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:51:51pm |
re: #577 outsidephilly
And those are the scenarios that flash through my mind . . . , even watching the Hudson plane ordeal caused me to cringe, BIG TIME!
I carry with me at ALL times, a all-band receiver (radio) that is about the size of a pack of cigarettes. It can tune from .1khz to 2.3ghz. The only bands blocked are cell phones.
So basically, it will tune to just about any audio source you imagine you would need for information.
I started carrying it with me, in my briefcase and car on 9-12-2001.
| 588 |
NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:52:03pm |
re: #469 CapeCoddah
Ahh, the Big Dig...I was sick at what they were doing, and how they changed a whole neighborhood forever with a pork barrel project from hell....
I have not been in the area for years to see the final results, nor, to be truthful, do I want to.
| 589 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:52:15pm |
re: #515 Irish Rose
He's played on 29 albums - all jazz/fusion and mostly rhythm - but he is HOT. Ya can look him up in Wiki under Charles Foster Johnson - he also used the name Icarus Johnson for a while.
| 590 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:52:38pm |
re: #564 Killian Bundy
/what the [expletive deleted] would I do with a cello?
That's not me business. You got cash or not?
| 591 |
_RememberTonyC Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:52:40pm |
a silver lining from the economic meltdown:
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
arab investors lost $2.5 trillion ...
how sad ... /
| 592 |
mich-again Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:53:01pm |
re: #579 Killian Bundy
Hannity is a buffoon. If he ever had an original thought it would die of loneliness. Blah blah blah look at me.
| 593 |
Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:53:07pm |
| 594 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:53:31pm |
re: #579 Killian Bundy
Oh boy, Hannity's also got a "Hate Hannity Hotline". And he's so proud of it he's going to favor us with some of the inevitable obscene highlights.
/bring back Skeletor, this is downright childish
but youre watching...he's counting on you and even moved you to an opinion...now others are gonna rush over there to see what the fuss is all about...way to go...did you really fall for it?
| 596 |
So? Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:53:57pm |
SUGGESTION:
Remember when Charles posted Plan 9 fro Outer Space a few weeks back?
How about Friday at the movies night? A different movie every Friday. Just to end the week, unless there is breaking news.
| 597 |
Silhouette Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:53:58pm |
re: #526 Killian Bundy
"Qued" is a mash-up of "quality" and "education" -
There is something really funny about using a fake word to mean "quality" and "education."
| 598 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:54:14pm |
re: #518 spirochete
No, but he played Rhythm guitar for Stanley Clarke - ya oughta get "School Days" CD - really hot stuff.
| 599 |
Irish Rose Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:54:34pm |
re: #589 realwest
He's played on 29 albums - all jazz/fusion and mostly rhythm - but he is HOT. Ya can look him up in Wiki under Charles Foster Johnson - he also used the name Icarus Johnson for a while.
Yep, I knew all this ;).
| 600 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:54:37pm |
| 601 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:54:52pm |
re: #585 avanti
Nope, I was disappointed, but felt like giving the guy a chance. I never felt hated, or ill, matter a fact, right after 9-11, I felt the country had made the right choice.
I hear ya, however, I have a very unsettling feeling about the days/years ahead; not just the near future but the impact my kids, grandkids, great-grandkids will endure because of O's hopenchange mindset.
| 602 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:56:14pm |
re: #524 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops - Charles once said out here - in response to some jackass moonbat - sorry to repeat myself - that he has two Platinum CD's and One Gold CD hanging on his wall.
| 603 |
So? Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:56:19pm |
| 604 |
avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:56:31pm |
re: #580 Silhouette
Where "the District and feds" is you and me, of course. Taxpayer money.
The original complaint about the media bias still holds. The press had stories all over tsk-tsking over Bush spending $40 million, but not a peep condemning as wasteful the $50 million in taxpayer money (and $95 million overall) by Obama.
When you are right you are right, the press is silent this time . It is a very big party indeed, but the area can use the extra billion from the Obama fans. Here in Annapolis there are four bars booked for the faithful Tuesday evening, I'll be in one and toss a beer for you and hope they he rules from the center.
| 605 |
NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:57:48pm |
re: #577 outsidephilly
And those are the scenarios that flash through my mind . . . , even watching the Hudson plane ordeal caused me to cringe, BIG TIME!
I saw it on local TV a few minutes after it happened. All the local programs interrupted their regular programming, and even the news at 5PM was still all about it. I sat here holding my breath...
A true miracle. For once, everything went well, and if it were Friday, instead of Thursday? The Hudson River would be even colder...the pilot? Just phenomenal.
And re the subject of blackouts? NYC is a mess, and the power grids here are so overloaded...
| 606 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:58:23pm |
re: #600 albusteve
One of my favorite guys to buy from is a Welsh guy with a stutter. You haven't been strong armed until you've been needled by a stuttering Welshman. It's quite an experience.
| 607 |
So? Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:58:43pm |
re: #596 So?
SUGGESTION:
Remember when Charles posted Plan 9 fro Outer Space a few weeks back?
How about Friday at the movies night? A different movie every Friday. Just to end the week, unless there is breaking news.
I really should re-read my posts before I press send.
Remember when Charles featured the movie Plan 9 from Outer Space a few weeks back? How about a Friday Night at the Movies night? A different movie every Friday. Unless there is important news to attend to.
| 608 |
ryannon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:58:50pm |
Has it been said here earlier? If not,
R.I.P.
Andrew Wyeth
a great American painter
[Link: images.google.com...]
| 609 |
jorline Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:59:46pm |
The Ambian is kicking my rear...time for bed, Lizards.
| 610 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:59:51pm |
re: #605 NY Nana
I saw it on local TV a few minutes after it happened. All the local programs interrupted their regular programming, and even the news at 5PM was still all about it. I sat here holding my breath...
A true miracle. For once, everything went well, and if it were Friday, instead of Thursday? The Hudson River would be even colder...the pilot? Just phenomenal.
And re the subject of blackouts? NYC is a mess, and the power grids here are so overloaded...
My grandson has type 1 diabetes. I keep extra supplies at my house just in case . . .
| 612 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 9:59:57pm |
re: #606 Killgore Trout
One of my favorite guys to buy from is a Welsh guy with a stutter. You haven't been strong armed until you've been needled by a stuttering Welshman. It's quite an experience.
HA!...o jeez
| 613 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:00:19pm |
SAM THE SHAM AND THE PHARAOS
| 614 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:00:27pm |
| 615 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:00:27pm |
re: #590 Killgore Trout
That's not me business. You got cash or not?
Yeah ,I still got some cash left after last year.
/but I get my cello for free
| 616 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:01:45pm |
re: #598 realwest
No, but he played Rhythm guitar for Stanley Clarke - ya oughta get "School Days" CD - really hot stuff.
Just listened to some off Amazon.
Was it Stanley Clarke that did a new fusion album recently...some futuristic name...Vertigo or Vertua or something...about 2002ish?
| 617 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:01:58pm |
re: #542 Killian Bundy
How'd you know he plays a Tom Anderson guitar?!
| 618 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:01:59pm |
| 619 |
CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:02:17pm |
re: #588 NY Nana
Ahh, the Big Dig...I was sick at what they were doing, and how they changed a whole neighborhood forever with a pork barrel project from hell....
I have not been in the area for years to see the final results, nor, to be truthful, do I want to.
The only good thing about it, Nana, is that it brought that raised monstrosity down that divided the North End. On the surface, it is much nicer, brings back the continuity to the North End.
| 621 |
avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:02:46pm |
re: #601 outsidephilly
I hear ya, however, I have a very unsettling feeling about the days/years ahead; not just the near future but the impact my kids, grandkids, great-grandkids will endure because of O's hopenchange mindset.
I get that, change can be a scary thing, especially if you think the change will be for the worse. Like every voter, I'll share in the credit or blame for my choice and you'll have another chance to make the sale. From my prospective, your guy screwed up and cost you a shot this time, my guy might return the favor.
| 622 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:02:51pm |
Video of US Airways ditching on the Hudson.
Left side of the frame, starting at about 1:58
| 623 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:02:52pm |
bed time for me . . . , the sun'll come up tomorrow (what's the next line to that song?)
| 624 |
NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:02:57pm |
re: #584 spirochete
We have two weeks of food and water plus emergency supplies. Check the stock every few months. WHen the electricity went out for three days, we didn't need to dig into it but it was very reassuring.
I totally forgot the water, and also a manual can opener...I agree with you, and we do check the supplies.
I just hope that it never is needed.
| 625 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:03:00pm |
re: #616 spirochete
Just listened to some off Amazon.
Was it Stanley Clarke that did a new fusion album recently...some futuristic name...Vertigo or Vertua or something...about 2002ish?
'Schools Out' is an awsome piece of work...way cool
| 626 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:03:16pm |
re: #555 spirochete
Dorian was banned a couple of weeks ago.
| 627 |
mich-again Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:03:43pm |
re: #605 NY Nana
It was amazing. My first thought was wow. those are some badass pilots to pull that off.
| 628 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:03:59pm |
| 629 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:04:09pm |
re: #623 outsidephilly
bed time for me . . . , the sun'll come up tomorrow (what's the next line to that song?)
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun.
| 630 |
Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:04:32pm |
re: #616 spirochete
Just listened to some off Amazon.
Was it Stanley Clarke that did a new fusion album recently...some futuristic name...Vertigo or Vertua or something...about 2002ish?
Vertu. Never heard it, though. I saw him at Symphony Hall 3-4 years ago (I think) with Bela Fleck (banjo) and Jean-Luc Ponty (violin).
| 631 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:04:38pm |
re: #559 albusteve
Yup and he doesn't talk very much about the days when he played guitar, either!
:)
| 632 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:04:40pm |
re: #624 NY Nana
I totally forgot the water, and also a manual can opener...I agree with you, and we do check the supplies.
I just hope that it never is needed.
thanks for reminding me to check my stash - good night, sleep tight . . . .
| 633 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:04:47pm |
re: #626 realwest
Dorian was banned a couple of weeks ago.
WTF? Missed that, what happened? Briefly.
| 635 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:05:48pm |
re: #629 Walter L. Newton
Did you have a good show tonight?
| 636 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:05:50pm |
re: #562 jorline Well we're going down to 5 degrees by morning! I reckon that's a big enough damn chill for me!
| 637 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:05:52pm |
re: #617 realwest
How'd you know he plays a Tom Anderson guitar?!
Well, I'm either making it up, psychic, or he said so.
/which one do you think it is?
| 638 |
So? Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:06:02pm |
| 639 |
avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:06:10pm |
re: #627 mich-again
It was amazing. My first thought was wow. those are some badass pilots to pull that off.
Must have been Republicans. :) ( Sorry the devil made me say that, and I've had a few beers)
| 640 |
mich-again Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:06:53pm |
re: #636 realwest
Well we're going down to 5 degrees by morning! I reckon that's a big enough damn chill for me!
That would be a heat wave around here. Dude, it is cold.
| 641 |
So? Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:07:16pm |
| 642 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:07:30pm |
| 643 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:07:34pm |
re: #635 outsidephilly
Did you have a good show tonight?
Hi, I posted this answer in 503...
Small crowd, but the Denver Post drama critic showed up tonight. He was suppose to be there opening night (last Friday), but cancelled. Reviews do help (well, good ones) and there should be no reason for this show to get slammed.
Westword (the alternative paper, like the New York Observer) was there opening night and she gave us a really good review, which is unusual, because they usually see are stuff as too mainstream.
But tickets sales are picket up for the rest of the run. Jan/Feb are the slowest months in theatre in our area, for what ever reasons.
| 644 |
NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:07:56pm |
re: #567 outsidephilly
Did you feel a sickening knot in you stomach? Did you feel like the a lunatic
waswill be running the asylum?
Yes...in just 3 more days.
| 645 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:08:08pm |
re: #630 Abu Al-Poopypants
Vertu. Never heard it, though. I saw him at Symphony Hall 3-4 years ago (I think) with Bela Fleck (banjo) and Jean-Luc Ponty (violin).
I was jamming with some folks in Concord, Mass. and I met a guitarist and bassist who were involved with the project somehow. I forget the names. I did buy the album. It was overprocessed and didn't have much soul, as I recall. I think the world could use a fusion revival.
| 646 |
So? Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:08:30pm |
| 647 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:08:59pm |
re: #631 realwest
Yup and he doesn't talk very much about the days when he played guitar, either!
:)
that's cool with me...I'm just a poster
| 648 |
outsidephilly Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:09:03pm |
re: #643 Walter L. Newton
Hi, I posted this answer in 503...
Small crowd, but the Denver Post drama critic showed up tonight. He was suppose to be there opening night (last Friday), but cancelled. Reviews do help (well, good ones) and there should be no reason for this show to get slammed.
Westword (the alternative paper, like the New York Observer) was there opening night and she gave us a really good review, which is unusual, because they usually see are stuff as too mainstream.
But tickets sales are picket up for the rest of the run. Jan/Feb are the slowest months in theatre in our area, for what ever reasons.
I go to the small theaters in my area, frequently! Its so cool to 'talk' to you, a stage actor!
| 649 |
NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:09:15pm |
re: #632 outsidephilly
thanks for reminding me to check my stash - good night, sleep tight . . . .
I hope that you will never need it!
G'nite, sweet dreams.
| 650 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:09:28pm |
re: #631 realwest
Yup and he doesn't talk very much about the days when he played guitar, either!
:)
Does he still play?
| 651 |
Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:09:53pm |
| 652 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:10:04pm |
| 653 |
mich-again Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:10:11pm |
It is so cold the snow just crunches under feet and car tires. None of it has melted in weeks, it just keeps getting more and more pulverized.
| 654 |
ciaospirit Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:10:33pm |
re: #604 avanti
When you are right you are right, the press is silent this time . It is a very big party indeed, but the area can use the extra billion from the Obama fans. Here in Annapolis there are four bars booked for the faithful Tuesday evening, I'll be in one and toss a beer for you and hope they he rules from the center.
He gave his speech in Ohio from a wind turbine factory for God's sake. He's appointing liberals and lib wackos all over the place. Emanuel, Clinton, Browner, Chu. Centrists? You've got to be kidding.
| 655 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:11:13pm |
re: #652 albusteve
woops...yes...Schools Out!...what the hell?
Sounds like you found your stash, huh?
| 656 |
freetoken Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:11:22pm |
re: #643 Walter L. Newton
Congratulations on getting some attention... now let's hope that will turn into ticket sales.
| 657 |
So? Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:11:47pm |
re: #651 Abu Al-Poopypants
How about the original artist?
Saw him live about 8 years ago...pretty boring show except for that song.
| 659 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:12:06pm |
re: #642 ggt
great song --why don't you like it?
it's just a subpar money maker....way beneath Claptons talents...he wished he'd never recorded it for all the damage it did...no link...it's on the record tho somewhere
| 660 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:12:35pm |
| 661 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:12:43pm |
re: #655 Walter L. Newton
Sounds like you found your stash, huh?
slide over here dude...check this out...Ha!
| 662 |
CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:13:12pm |
Goodnight, everyone! Stay warm! Hubby should have the bed nice and toasty by now!
| 663 |
freetoken Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:13:16pm |
re: #654 ciaospirit
Emanuel, Clinton, Browner, Chu. Centrists? You've got to be kidding.
Emanuel may be a party hack... but by "Chu" I assume you mean the DoE nominee? I've always thought Chu was very pragmatic.
| 664 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:13:42pm |
| 665 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:13:51pm |
re: #616 spirochete
I don't honestly know - I liked Fusion a lot back in the late 70's or so, haven't really listened to it much since!
| 667 |
So? Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:14:38pm |
One day I'd like to see Jean Luc-Ponty and Abu Al-Poopypants playing together.
I think a poster with those two names on it would become a collector's item.
Nite!
| 668 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:15:09pm |
re: #657 So?
Saw him live about 8 years ago...pretty boring show except for that song.
there you have it...he and Cale have a long and prosperous relationship
| 669 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:15:54pm |
re: #633 jcm Basically he got pushed to where he said to expel all Muslims from the USA. Bang, gonski.
| 670 |
So? Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:17:02pm |
re: #666 spirochete
Just ordered School Days on Amazon.
I have it on vinyl, it's in the closet next to Imaginary Voyage by Jean-Luc (Picard) Ponty... I could have sent it to you.
N0 I wouldn't have....it's a classic album. I love his first just called Stanley Clarke
(red cover as I recall--in the closet as well)
| 671 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:17:07pm |
re: #661 albusteve
So, I know everyone has probably read this before, but it is making the email rounds again, and, you know, I think it's funny. File under: Remember when. . .
koala was sitting in a gum tree...... smoking a joint.
When a little lizard walked past, looked up and said,
'Hey Koala! What are you doing?'
The koala said, 'Smoking a joint; come up and have some.'
So the little lizard climbed up and sat next to the koala ,
where they enjoyed the weed.
After a while the little lizard said that his mouth was dry
and that he was going to get a drink from the river.
The little lizard was so stoned that he leaned too far
over and fell into the river.
A crocodile saw this, swam over to the little lizard, and helped him to the side. Then he asked the little lizard, 'What's the matter with you?'
The little lizard explained to the crocodile that he was sitting smoking a joint with the koala in the tree, got too stoned, and then fell into the river while taking a drink.
The crocodile said that he had to check this out, walked into the rain forest, and found the tree where the koala was sitting finishing a joint. The crocodile looked up and said, 'Hey you!'
So the koala looked down at him and said,
'Shiiiiiiiiiiit, duuuuuude.....
How much water did you drink?!'
| 673 |
NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:17:09pm |
re: #627 mich-again
It was amazing. My first thought was wow. those are some badass pilots to pull that off.
I still shudder thinking of what might have been. And there was a baby and sibling on board...the pilot is an incredible man. He managed to avoid the GW Bridge, and at the beginning of rush hour, no less. If, G-d forbid, that had been, it would have been a disaster of massive proportions, just unthinkable. And the almost instant action of the First Responders was simply incredible, along with others who were on the ferries that went right to the spot. They hope to get the plane out of the river in the AM...both engines fell off, which they say was what they are supposed to do.
| 674 |
x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:17:56pm |
re: #663 freetoken
Emanuel may be a party hack... but by "Chu" I assume you mean the DoE nominee? I've always thought Chu was very pragmatic.
How about Browner at EPA? I here she was a board member for some Socialist wacko group, that just happened to flush her profile out of their web-site,and down the memory hole?
| 675 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:18:27pm |
re: #669 realwest
Basically he got pushed to where he said to expel all Muslims from the USA. Bang, gonski.
That'll do it.....
| 676 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:18:31pm |
re: #666 spirochete
Just ordered School Days on Amazon.
buckle up...it's a very good record...the 'Dancer' is just really cool imo
| 677 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:18:39pm |
re: #669 realwest
Basically he got pushed to where he said to expel all Muslims from the USA. Bang, gonski.
I do remember that. That night I had a dream that Islam "disappeared". Like it never existed. We had armies over there and no one could remember why they were there. Lots of people started moving to the eastern mediterreanean coast and couldn't understand why they hadn't been there before.
I was the only one who remembered.
| 678 |
avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:19:00pm |
re: #663 freetoken
Emanuel may be a party hack... but by "Chu" I assume you mean the DoE nominee? I've always thought Chu was very pragmatic.
I think they are, and apparently, so do the Republicans since they are sailing through the confirmation hearing. i recall the fears of far left nominees, but nary a unkind comment about the bulk of them by Congress.
| 679 |
Mich-again Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:19:29pm |
re: #665 realwest
I saw Return to Forever at the Chicago Theatre in '83. Blew me away.
| 680 |
So? Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:19:43pm |
re: #671 ggt
So, I know everyone has probably read this before, but it is making the email rounds again, and, you know, I think it's funny. File under: Remember when. . .
koala was sitting in a gum tree...... smoking a joint.
When a little lizard walked past, looked up and said,
'Hey Koala! What are you doing?'The koala said, 'Smoking a joint; come up and have some.'
So the little lizard climbed up and sat next to the koala ,
where they enjoyed the weed.
After a while the little lizard said that his mouth was dry
and that he was going to get a drink from the river.
The little lizard was so stoned that he leaned too far
over and fell into the river.A crocodile saw this, swam over to the little lizard, and helped him to the side. Then he asked the little lizard, 'What's the matter with you?'
The little lizard explained to the crocodile that he was sitting smoking a joint with the koala in the tree, got too stoned, and then fell into the river while taking a drink.The crocodile said that he had to check this out, walked into the rain forest, and found the tree where the koala was sitting finishing a joint. The crocodile looked up and said, 'Hey you!'
So the koala looked down at him and said,
'Shiiiiiiiiiiit, duuuuuude.....
How much water did you drink?!'
FUNNY! Thx. Nite again.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:19:58pm |
re: #677 spirochete
I do remember that. That night I had a dream that Islam "disappeared". Like it never existed. We had armies over there and no one could remember why they were there. Lots of people started moving to the eastern mediterreanean coast and couldn't understand why they hadn't been there before.
I was the only one who remembered.
sounds like a good Sci-Fi plot.
;0
| 682 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:20:24pm |
re: #671 ggt
ROTFLMAO! I never did see that before! Thanks ggt!
| 683 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:21:18pm |
re: #682 realwest
The email version has pictures --crocodile is big and fat. Makes me laugh every time.
| 684 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:21:30pm |
re: #671 ggt
So, I know everyone has probably read this before, but it is making the email rounds again, and, you know, I think it's funny. File under: Remember when. . .
koala was sitting in a gum tree...... smoking a joint.
When a little lizard walked past, looked up and said,
'Hey Koala! What are you doing?'The koala said, 'Smoking a joint; come up and have some.'
So the little lizard climbed up and sat next to the koala ,
where they enjoyed the weed.
After a while the little lizard said that his mouth was dry
and that he was going to get a drink from the river.
The little lizard was so stoned that he leaned too far
over and fell into the river.A crocodile saw this, swam over to the little lizard, and helped him to the side. Then he asked the little lizard, 'What's the matter with you?'
The little lizard explained to the crocodile that he was sitting smoking a joint with the koala in the tree, got too stoned, and then fell into the river while taking a drink.The crocodile said that he had to check this out, walked into the rain forest, and found the tree where the koala was sitting finishing a joint. The crocodile looked up and said, 'Hey you!'
So the koala looked down at him and said,
'Shiiiiiiiiiiit, duuuuuude.....
How much water did you drink?!'
heh...good tale
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NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:21:56pm |
re: #645 spirochete
I was jamming with some folks in Concord, Mass.
We lived not that far away, in the 1960's, in Lexington. I am from Brighton and Newton originally, but have lived in NY for most of my life.
| 686 |
realwest Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:22:38pm |
Well y'all - got my thermal blanket, Duvet and athletic socks - I'm headed to bed to try to sleep!
Hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.
Good night, all.
| 687 |
CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:22:40pm |
I was checking out the headlines before I go to bed, and found this. The O really thinks he is something special. "Obama refuses to give up Blackberry".
All correspondence by a president is supposed to be kept on record. Yu know that is not gonna happen, as he is the one. The rules do not seem to apply to him.
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
| 688 |
Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:22:55pm |
re: #675 jcm
He wasn't "pushed"- he freely posted his comments.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:23:26pm |
re: #677 spirochete
I do remember that. That night I had a dream that Islam "disappeared". Like it never existed. We had armies over there and no one could remember why they were there. Lots of people started moving to the eastern mediterreanean coast and couldn't understand why they hadn't been there before.
I was the only one who remembered.
In a few weeks, no one will remember why we're there; we'll have been brainwashed. Islam will still be around, though, and will remind us.
Oh wait, that already happened; enough people forgot during the election.
We'll get reminded, though.
Good night lizards.
| 690 |
esch Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:23:59pm |
re: #687 CapeCoddah
Eh, would it be racist to just call him President BlackBarry?
| 691 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:24:24pm |
re: #679 Mich-again
I saw Return to Forever at the Chicago Theatre in '83. Blew me away.
indeed...super group without a doubt
| 692 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:24:56pm |
"We will kill Bin Laden, we will crush al-Qaeda," Barack Obama
"My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him," he said. "But if we have so tightened the noose that he's in a cave somewhere and can't even communicate with his operatives then we will meet our goal of protecting America."
I'm thinking either he's lower expectation, or learning from the PBDs.
| 693 |
avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:25:06pm |
re: #674 x-wing
How about Browner at EPA? I here she was a board member for some Socialist wacko group, that just happened to flush her profile out of their web-site,and down the memory hole?
You heard wrong :
"Carol Browner, who was also EPA head under Bill Clinton, served on the Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which is run by the Socialist International.
"This doesn't exactly make Browner the next V.I. Lenin, however. In fact, the commission is about as mainstream as it gets. Its co-chairs are former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and Goran Persson, the former prime minister of Sweden. Other members include Hilary Benn, the UK's secretary of state for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, former Polish President Aleksandr Kwasniewski (who, as President Bush would likely remind us, provided troops for the invasion of Iraq) and Martin Torrijos, the president of Panama."
| 694 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:25:49pm |
re: #687 CapeCoddah
Remember when Hillary decided to elude her security and drove around town with a friend? I can imagine that Blackberry makes them nervous because they're not sure what kind of stunts he can pull with it.
| 695 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:26:56pm |
| 696 |
Kragar Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:29:51pm |
Man, I'm worn out. Daughter's birthday today. Did the family stuff today and party for her with her friends tomorrow. I just want to hide, lol.
| 697 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:30:06pm |
re: #688 Sharmuta
He wasn't "pushed"- he freely posted his comments.
That's true of all us we must exercise self control, this a public place. I post what I think, but choose my words carefully.
| 698 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:30:09pm |
re: #679 Mich-again
I saw Return to Forever at the Chicago Theatre in '83. Blew me away.
| 700 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:32:04pm |
| 701 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:32:16pm |
| 702 |
avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:33:22pm |
re: #687 CapeCoddah
I was checking out the headlines before I go to bed, and found this. The O really thinks he is something special. "Obama refuses to give up Blackberry".
All correspondence by a president is supposed to be kept on record. Yu know that is not gonna happen, as he is the one. The rules do not seem to apply to him.
I like that he can keep it, no need to be in a bubble as long as it meets the record keeping requirements:
"If the president were using a BlackBerry, the requirement would be that we be able to store those messages and retain them for future use," Sharon Fawcett, director of presidential libraries at the National Archives, said at a news conference in Washington on Friday.
| 703 |
Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:33:33pm |
re: #697 jcm
That's true of all us we must exercise self control, this a public place. I post what I think, but choose my words carefully.
I do too.
What happened is dorian made a very controversial comment (I think it was later deleted- not sure) that sparked a few people questioning him, and it got more heated from there ending in dorian being shown the door.
| 704 |
Aye Pod Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:33:44pm |
re: #669 realwest
Basically he got pushed to where he said to expel all Muslims from the USA. Bang, gonski.
Utter bullshit. Try and force anyone who doesn't believe that to say it! Sorry, but your pal there was an extremist who couldn't keep his gob shut about it, despite warnings from Charles.
| 705 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:34:04pm |
| 706 |
x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:34:37pm |
re: #693 avanti
If they were so mainstream, why was all evidence of her being there scrubbed off the web-site?
Seems to be a recurring theme with alot of people connected to That One™.
| 707 |
Neo Con since 9-11 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:35:29pm |
re: #687 CapeCoddah
I was checking out the headlines before I go to bed, and found this. The O really thinks he is something special. "Obama refuses to give up Blackberry".
All correspondence by a president is supposed to be kept on record. Yu know that is not gonna happen, as he is the one. The rules do not seem to apply to him.
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
From the link:
"If I'm doing something stupid, somebody in Chicago can send me an email and say, 'What are you doing?'
Would be ok for me to email and ask "You are doing something stupid. What are you doing? Why the fuck are you keeping that stupid that Blackberry? If any national security are sent to you on that idiotic device they can easily be intercepted by our enemies. Even worse any potential assassin can easily trace your every movement, and while I didn't vote for you I never want to see our pres. cut down by a bullet.
| 708 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:35:47pm |
re: #703 Sharmuta
I do too.
What happened is dorian made a very controversial comment (I think it was later deleted- not sure) that sparked a few people questioning him, and it got more heated from there ending in dorian being shown the door.
you gotta keep your wits about you...I know...jus sayin...Charles is fair not that you said otherwise
| 709 |
Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:37:31pm |
re: #708 albusteve
you gotta keep your wits about you...I know...jus sayin...Charles is fair not that you said otherwise
Charles is more than fair. I agree with Jimmah- a person doesn't say those things unless they believe them.
| 710 |
BlueCanuck Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:37:36pm |
trying to keep eyes open. failing bad. Night all.
/zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
| 711 |
Abu Al-Poopypants Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:37:39pm |
| 712 |
ryannon Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:38:01pm |
re: #491 Walter L. Newton
Hey, what's the latest news about our favorite seagull on the Gaza cam? I haven't heard anyone talking about him.
Cat.
A mere cat.
/ouch
| 713 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:38:46pm |
re: #707 Neo Con since 9-11
It's also frightening if our leader thinks a bit of advice from back home is more valuable and timely than what his direct advisers would give him. It probably gives some insight into what he thinks of Bush's decisionmaking.
| 714 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:40:20pm |
re: #709 Sharmuta
Charles is more than fair. I agree with Jimmah- a person doesn't say those things unless they believe them.
agreed...I will speak no more about it...I'm uncomfortable with this stuff and I liked Dorian...too bad
| 715 |
avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:40:36pm |
re: #706 x-wing
If they were so mainstream, why was all evidence of her being there scrubbed off the web-site?
Seems to be a recurring theme with alot of people connected to That One™.
If you feel she's a socialist for setting on a board sponsored by a socialist group with lots of mainstream leaders, write your congressman to see if they agree and will block her.
| 716 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:40:36pm |
re: #712 ryannon
Cat.
A mere cat.
/ouch
My Cat Overlord is not pleased.
He is demanding an apology --from me for reading that.
:0
| 717 |
x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:41:52pm |
I was looking for a good Roostercam link and came across skype Iguess.
Big time pro-Hamass. I'm ready to barf.
[Link: switch206-01.castup.net...]
| 718 |
Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:42:39pm |
re: #706 x-wing
A persons opinion of what is pragmatic and what is extreme is dependent on where they themselves stand.
Obama's Administration will be, in my opinion, the most extreme leftist administration this nation has ever seen.
| 719 |
NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:42:51pm |
| 721 |
Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:43:40pm |
re: #714 albusteve
I understand- I had a person I liked go off the rails and get banned a few weeks ago and it was pretty upsetting. But no one made him go off the rails. And Charles has made it very plain it's not welcome here, so, there's really no excuse.
| 722 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:45:33pm |
re: #720 MarineGrunt
gawd...these people seem hopeless...I'm hoping for the best once they are freed from their bloodthirsy, dictatorial overlords...I'm willing to take another chance
| 723 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:46:13pm |
re: #721 Sharmuta
I understand- I had a person I liked go off the rails and get banned a few weeks ago and it was pretty upsetting. But no one made him go off the rails. And Charles has made it very plain it's not welcome here, so, there's really no excuse.
Quite a few of the banned I like(d). Like you said Charles has made it clear, and in most cases they had plenty of warnings from other lizards and Charles.
| 724 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:48:16pm |
re: #721 Sharmuta
I understand- I had a person I liked go off the rails and get banned a few weeks ago and it was pretty upsetting. But no one made him go off the rails. And Charles has made it very plain it's not welcome here, so, there's really no excuse.
none...the rules are clear and the longer I'm here the more sympathetic I become for CJ....I wouldnt want to have to make those decisions...it has to be clear cut...I like everybody so bannings bum me out by nature....
| 725 |
x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:48:29pm |
re: #718 Syrah
I feel the same way. And I'm harping about Browner and what she may or will do. I read some things about her today, I'll get the web site tomorrow, but it doesn't sound good.
Would you like to guess what job title I have at work? (coal fired boiler operator)
And don't get me started with Eric Holder. Gah.
| 726 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:49:20pm |
re: #722 albusteve
gawd...these people seem hopeless...I'm hoping for the best once they are freed from their bloodthirsy, dictatorial overlords...I'm willing to take another chance
Foreign Policy according to JCM. Whack thugocracies till the local people get it right. Make being a Thug a losing proposition.
| 727 |
Rustler Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:50:03pm |
re: #724 albusteve
Yep it's hard on Charles since any non left leaning opinion anyone posts on here is automatically assumed to be Charles' own, he has to ensure noting to overboard is posted.
| 728 |
avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:50:15pm |
re: #707 Neo Con since 9-11
From the link:
"If I'm doing something stupid, somebody in Chicago can send me an email and say, 'What are you doing?'
Would be ok for me to email and ask "You are doing something stupid. What are you doing? Why the fuck are you keeping that stupid that Blackberry? If any national security are sent to you on that idiotic device they can easily be intercepted by our enemies. Even worse any potential assassin can easily trace your every movement, and while I didn't vote for you I never want to see our pres. cut down by a bullet.
I agree the security issue would need to be addressed if it's a problem. Although I do get and send e-mails from his office as do some 20 million others, I don't think they'll add us all to his Blackberry.
He may be POTUS, but the intelligence guys will veto the idea if there are any concerns.
| 730 |
Kragar Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:51:20pm |
re: #726 jcm
Foreign Policy according to JCM. Whack thugocracies till the local people get it right. Make being a Thug a losing proposition.
Yup. Have all the free and democratic elections you wish to have, electing the leaders you feel are best for you.
If we need to kill them, we will and you can try again.
| 731 |
Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:51:21pm |
re: #725 x-wing
I think it bodes ill that so much scandal and controversy surrounds the people that The One has selected to be his partners in power.
| 732 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:52:38pm |
re: #726 jcm
Foreign Policy according to JCM. Whack thugocracies till the local people get it right. Make being a Thug a losing proposition.
they seem to want to do what they are told...I'm not sure I cop to the premiss that all Gazans are worthless...surely many are but in my worls I need them to build my new water parks and resorts....capitalism has a positive effect on simple people
| 733 |
rain of lead Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:52:53pm |
who watched battlestar galactica?
holy frak
dee
starbuck....
helen?
wtf
| 734 |
Neo Con since 9-11 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:53:24pm |
re: #721 Sharmuta
If it is who I think you mean he has gone more off the rails than I thought possible and is now a regular over LGF part duex.
| 736 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:54:08pm |
re: #727 Rustler
Yep it's hard on Charles since any non left leaning opinion anyone posts on here is automatically assumed to be Charles' own, he has to ensure noting to overboard is posted.
it's about integrity and he stands on his principle...otherwise there is no LGF
| 738 |
avanti Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:54:33pm |
re: #718 Syrah
A persons opinion of what is pragmatic and what is extreme is dependent on where they themselves stand.
Obama's Administration will be, in my opinion, the most extreme leftist administration this nation has ever seen.
That's surprising to me given some of the far left guys he could have picked, and the whining from the left about his picks. He even kept Gates and most of his staff. It is, I guess a matter of where you stand.
| 739 |
Sharmuta Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:55:18pm |
re: #737 Neo Con since 9-11
Really? Wow. No- I was talking about someone else.
| 740 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:55:21pm |
re: #727 Rustler
Yep it's hard on Charles since any non left leaning opinion anyone posts on here is automatically assumed to be Charles' own, he has to ensure noting to overboard is posted.
Or anything downright criminal is posted here!
| 742 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:56:25pm |
re: #731 Syrah
I think it bodes ill that so much scandal and controversy surrounds the people that The One has selected to be his partners in power.
Levin had a good half hour rant about that tonight. His picks don't indicate any centrism. Environmental all watermelons, economic all spread the wealthers, his education pick is tied to CAC and Ayers, his HUD pick ACORN.
Not looking good.
| 743 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:56:53pm |
re: #728 avanti
I agree the security issue would need to be addressed if it's a problem. Although I do get and send e-mails from his office as do some 20 million others, I don't think they'll add us all to his Blackberry.
He may be POTUS, but the intelligence guys will veto the idea if there are any concerns.
Who?, exactly, in Chicago does expect to rate his performance? That statement makes him sound like a puppet of a Chicago puppetmaster.
stupid!
| 744 |
x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:57:33pm |
re: #731 Syrah
I think it bodes ill that so much scandal and controversy surrounds the people that The One has selected to be his partners in power.
It really does, but then if you look at the names..90% of them were Clinton people. So I really don't get the hopey changey bullshit that avanti and friends see in this Admin.
/did I mention all the Clinton people?
| 745 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:57:56pm |
| 746 |
Rustler Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:58:23pm |
re: #731 Syrah
He just picked easy bus fodder to blame anything he can't blame on Bush.
| 747 |
Kragar Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:58:31pm |
re: #742 jcm
Levin had a good half hour rant about that tonight. His picks don't indicate any centrism. Environmental all watermelons, economic all spread the wealthers, his education pick is tied to CAC and Ayers, his HUD pick ACORN.
Not looking good.
With a little luck, the back stabbing, scandals, personality cults, and general foul nature of these people will mean they gridlock and do more harm to each other than to the nation.
Trying to see a bright side.
| 748 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 10:58:51pm |
re: #733 rain of lead
who watched battlestar galactica?
holy frak
dee
starbuck....
helen?
wtf
I stopped being able to watch it weekly during the 3rd? season. I've decided to rent/purchase the entire series and watch it all at once. I don't mind spoilers tho.
| 749 |
rain of lead Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:02:17pm |
re: #748 ggt
let's just say tonights show was a hell of a roller coaster and the best they have ever done
| 750 |
Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:02:47pm |
re: #738 avanti
That's surprising to me given some of the far left guys he could have picked, and the whining from the left about his picks. He even kept Gates and most of his staff. It is, I guess a matter of where you stand.
He could have picked people even further to the left. He could still do so. Nothing could stop him at this point. He might have trouble appointing Michael Moore to a high office but then again, its not like the Senate Republicans have either the numbers or even the nads to to seriously oppose anyone that The One would put before them.
Obama's first two years will have no meaningfull restraints. It will be a buckle up and hang on for dear life ride till the first mid-term elections in 2010, and maybe even beyond that till the next Presidential.
| 751 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:03:39pm |
Just gotan email from Amazon saying that John MacLaughlin played on School Days?
| 752 |
x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:03:50pm |
re: #738 avanti
That's surprising to me given some of the far left guys he could have picked, and the whining from the left about his picks. He even kept Gates and most of his staff. It is, I guess a matter of where you stand.
He kept Gates because he hasn't a fucking clue about the Military. This was his best pick, I'll give him that. But keeping Gates was a political move for him. Iraq is very quiet now, and if he picked some moonbat to replace him and chaos ensued, he couldn't blame Bush for it.
So I'll give That One™ credit for that, knowing he only did it to keep a shit stain out of his undies.
| 753 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:03:51pm |
re: #732 albusteve
they seem to want to do what they are told...I'm not sure I cop to the premiss that all Gazans are worthless...surely many are but in my worls I need them to build my new water parks and resorts....capitalism has a positive effect on simple people
I lived in Iran. My observation there: The lives of many people haven't changed a lot in centuries. Sure some of the trappings of modernity creep in, but substantially their lives are much the same as generation before. Who is in power makes little difference, they keep their heads down and survive. They say, vote and do things that make seeing another day, another year more likely. They don't have the safety net we in West have when we speak up and challenge things. Overlay the fatalism of Islam, my life is what Allah wills, who am to question Allah's will?
Gaza looks like that to. A lot of the people aren't good or bad, just trying to make a life for them and their family. Hamas is in power so Hamas get's supported, not out of any fervent belief. Just that not supporting Hamas is unhealthy.
Who knows what would come of really free, fair, and fear free elections.
| 754 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:04:42pm |
re: #748 ggt
I stopped being able to watch it weekly during the 3rd? season. I've decided to rent/purchase the entire series and watch it all at once. I don't mind spoilers tho.
I just started season 4 on DVD from Netflix.
| 755 |
Syrah Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:05:13pm |
re: #746 Rustler
He just picked easy bus fodder to blame anything he can't blame on Bush.
That could well be but I think it is harder to fire Cabnet Appointees then that. They are more like Tar-Babies then Employees.
| 756 |
rain of lead Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:08:20pm |
re: #754 jcm
I just started season 4 on DVD from Netflix.
on tonights show each answer brought 4 more questions
| 757 |
NY Nana Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:09:55pm |
re: #734 Neo Con since 9-11
I almost puked when I saw. Well, he found a place for himself.
G'nite, all. Sweet dreams..and anyone who has temps in single numbers or negative ones? Stay warm!
It is 7 F here now...
/Albore must be in a straightjacket!
| 758 |
Aye Pod Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:11:37pm |
re: #729 Sharmuta
Wow. That eejit seems to think that evolution is supposed to be some kind of rival moral system. I wonder how many times it has been explained to him that it isn't?
| 759 |
spirochete Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:11:58pm |
What is this alternate LGF site people speak of here?
| 760 |
albusteve Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:12:01pm |
re: #753 jcm
I lived in Iran. My observation there: The lives of many people haven't changed a lot in centuries. Sure some of the trappings of modernity creep in, but substantially their lives are much the same as generation before. Who is in power makes little difference, they keep their heads down and survive. They say, vote and do things that make seeing another day, another year more likely. They don't have the safety net we in West have when we speak up and challenge things. Overlay the fatalism of Islam, my life is what Allah wills, who am to question Allah's will?
Gaza looks like that to. A lot of the people aren't good or bad, just trying to make a life for them and their family. Hamas is in power so Hamas get's supported, not out of any fervent belief. Just that not supporting Hamas is unhealthy.
Who knows what would come of really free, fair, and fear free elections.
well said..the west and the Israelis can try to appeal to them...I have a feeling that left alone they will do what they must...I hope that's what you are saying....no PLO or PA or Hamas or Fatah...there is money to be made and maybe thats where it turns...you cant just kill em all or hand em off to somebody else if they're not wanted...it's Israels problem now
| 761 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:12:11pm |
re: #756 rain of lead
on tonights show each answer brought 4 more questions
They are good at that aren't they? I haven't enjoyed a series this much in a long time.
| 762 |
rain of lead Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:14:17pm |
re: #759 spirochete
What is this alternate LGF site people speak of here?
stalker blog
"now go and never speak of this again"
| 763 |
Dustyvet Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:16:33pm |
re: #762 rain of lead
stalker blog
"now go and never speak of this again"
So shall it be written, so shall it be...:)
| 764 |
jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:16:35pm |
re: #760 albusteve
well said..the west and the Israelis can try to appeal to them...I have a feeling that left alone they will do what they must...I hope that's what you are saying....no PLO or PA or Hamas or Fatah...there is money to be made and maybe thats where it turns...you cant just kill em all or hand em off to somebody else if they're not wanted...it's Israels problem now
Left alone to some extent, as long as they act like a civilized place. I really believe in consent of the governed. But in too many places that "consent" is manufactured, coerced, or just plain stolen. Helping these places arrive at ture consent of the governed is the way to go. Sometimes that help will be in the form of a SEAL team or a JDAM.
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:17:33pm |
re: #757 NY Nana
I almost puked when I saw. Well, he found a place for himself.
Doesn't surprise me - in fact I think I told him he was LGF2 bound just before he got whacked. They deserve each other. I hope he exposes them to his unbelievably horrible "music" on a regular basis.
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Neo Con since 9-11 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:19:05pm |
re: #763 Dustyvet
So shall it be written, so shall it be...:)
So say we all! So say we all! So say we all! So say we all! So say we all! So say we all!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:19:17pm |
re: #749 rain of lead
let's just say tonights show was a hell of a roller coaster and the best they have ever done
thanks!
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:24:47pm |
re: #766 Neo Con since 9-11
So say we all! So say we all! So say we all! So say we all! So say we all! So say we all!
The acoustics in here are grand, ain't they...:) I used acoustics while playing billiards...:)
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jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:26:42pm |
re: #771 Maximu§
Hey hey all, looks like vet nite at LGF.
Evening Max! What's the word from Max Jr.?
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:28:20pm |
re: #771 Maximu§
Hey hey all, looks like vet nite at LGF.
Would the owner of the blood hound, please curb your dog...:)
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Maximu§ Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:28:54pm |
re: #772 jcm
Evening Max! What's the word from Max Jr.?
He's at Fort Drum and he learned how to use the snowblower.
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jcm Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:30:00pm |
re: #774 Maximu§
He's at Fort Drum and he learned how to use the snowblower.
LOL! In summer he'd be painting rocks white.
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x-wing Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:30:06pm |
re: #771 Maximu§
Hey hey all, looks like vet nite at LGF.
So, what do you want to do? Drink beer and tell stories, or drink beer and ...whatever ;>}
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Maximu§ Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:30:27pm |
re: #773 Dustyvet
Would the owner of the blood hound, please curb your dog...:)
lol, you old bastard...Am I the only one drunk in here tonnight?
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Maximu§ Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:32:38pm |
Did you guys "John-Wayne" all your M203 rounds? I never could figure out that mickey mouse sight that rotated. I always shot from the hip.
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Rustler Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:38:33pm |
The Kitteh Overlords have demanded the animal meercat be reclassified as wannbecat as its current name makes light of Kitteh Supremacy. Nothing is Merely a Cat.
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Rustler Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:40:02pm |
re: #779 Maximu§
I could use the sights on 203 but perfered john wayning the rounds and never dropped below expert even shooting john wayne style. Usually only used sights for longer range firing.
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redc1c4 Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:44:48pm |
re: #771 Maximu§
Hey hey all, looks like vet nite at LGF.
you going in to get fixed or just dewormed?
/white smoke
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mean Gene Fri, Jan 16, 2009 11:48:48pm |
So, is it just my slow computer tonight or is Gazacam off the air right now?
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Seax Sat, Jan 17, 2009 1:44:09am |
The Meerkat Judoka on the right is actually
half way throught a Harai goshi or is it Hane Goshi ?
Anyway ...the Meerkat on the left is about to eat
tatami his lack of attention.
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right_in_canada Sat, Jan 17, 2009 7:27:23am |
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ciaospirit Sat, Jan 17, 2009 1:23:24pm |
re: #663 freetoken
Emanuel may be a party hack... but by "Chu" I assume you mean the DoE nominee? I've always thought Chu was very pragmatic.
Sorry I missed your post earlier. For one thing, Chu is on the gorbal warming bandwagon. In a big way.
His choice for secretary of energy, the highly respected Nobel laureate Steven Chu, is no fan of fossil fuels. Chu's statements and policy positions suggest that he favors a shift away from one of the nation's — and Houston's — most important and strategic industries. If that is the case, it might be wise to consider how realistic such a shift would actually be.
In speeches, Chu has called fossil fuels the "culprit" in climate change. He says there is a "very pressing need" to find alternatives to gasoline and advocates converting solar energy into automobile fuel. According to the Wall Street Journal, he has called for "gradually ramping up gasoline taxes" (a position Obama has rejected because of the "additional burden" it would place on families). Once, famously, he termed coal "my worst nightmare."
Of course, Chu's positions underscore his larger goal of embracing renewable energy as a strategy for reducing global warming.
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