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My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.
— J. Paul Getty
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joncelli Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:21:57pm |
Bah. I’d sooner hit oil than get up early. Though I can stay up late just fine, night owl that I am.
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devnulled Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:22:18pm |
J. Paul Getty Jr was on my paper route back in the 90’s.
I never got a tip and man was that one long driveway.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:23:37pm |
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:23:49pm |
re: #10 Killgore Trout
Snowing heavily in Portland.
we got some snow on the Sandias this morning!….we are dry babies tho
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ladycatnip Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:24:05pm |
#10 Kilgore Trout
Beautiful scenery you have in Oregon.
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Ojoe Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:24:06pm |
Olive Oil.
Peanut Oil.
Sunflower Seed Oil.
Canola Oil.
Diesel Oil.
3 in 1 Oil.
Bacon fat.
Castor Oil.
Crisco.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:24:16pm |
re: #10 Killgore Trout
Snowing heavily in Portland.
Did you have any snow yesterday?
/ snowed here last night
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turn Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:24:41pm |
Well I guess this administration is doomed to fail then, at least on that strike oil part that is.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:24:41pm |
re: #14 ladycatnip
#10 Kilgore Trout
Beautiful scenery you have in Oregon.
NM is not chopped liver either
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Devil's Advocate Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:24:42pm |
You’d be better watching ESPN to get informed on Politics than CBS News
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Kragar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:24:45pm |
Well, got the word that I wont be getting that promotion. Like I said, they wanted someone in the east coast office they can grab at a moments notice. At least I got the recognition of being reccomended and wont have to deal with the headaches with no pay raise.
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Cathypop Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:24:57pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:25:14pm |
re: #15 Ojoe
Olive Oil.
Peanut Oil.
Sunflower Seed Oil.
Canola Oil.Diesel Oil.
3 in 1 Oil.
Bacon fat.
Castor Oil.
Crisco.
Soybean oil
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:25:24pm |
re: #17 turn
Well I guess this administration is doomed to fail then, at least on that strike oil part that is.
doing the rhumba at 3am is NOT working late
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Nevergiveup Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:25:24pm |
I off in a few minutes to have a steak, scotch and beer, and then see Anne Coulter debate Bill Mahar at Radio City Music Hall. I got a feeling my pal and I are going to be in the distinct minority. If I shout out something about LGF, think Coulter will know it?
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:25:28pm |
Raining here, some sleet, supposed to change to snow just to make driving really fun later!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:25:29pm |
re: #21 Cathypop
I used to live in Pflugerville. Had a heckuva fun time trying to order things over the phone.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:25:32pm |
re: #16 FurryOldGuyJeans
We had a dusting last night.
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Nevergiveup Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:25:57pm |
re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Well, got the word that I wont be getting that promotion. Like I said, they wanted someone in the east coast office they can grab at a moments notice. At least I got the recognition of being reccomended and wont have to deal with the headaches with no pay raise.
Congrats!
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Kragar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:26:13pm |
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:26:29pm |
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Cathypop Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:26:37pm |
re: #27 EmmmieG
I used to live in Pflugerville. Had a heckuva fun time trying to order things over the phone.
I love the different ways people try to pronounce it
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:26:52pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:27:04pm |
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gmsc Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:27:26pm |
gmsc’s money tips #19:
You often hear that buying and holding for the long term in stock market investing is important. Buy why is it so important?
JLP drives the point home visually in the AllFinancialMatters post Why the Long-Run is so Important When Investing in Stocks.
Starting from 1926, and going up to 2006, we first see 1-year returns, some of which are up, and some of which are down, just as you would expect.
The changes are next given for 5-year returns (1926-1931, then 1927-1932, and so on), and there are startlingly fewer down times! If you think the difference there is amazing, wait until you see the 10- and 20-year return graphs!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:27:37pm |
re: #35 Cathypop
I love the different ways people try to pronounce it
My family had a lot of fun with it. Do you live in Puh-flugerville?
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:27:50pm |
Sunny and pleasant here in L.A. What else is new. Get’s frigging monotonous after a while……..
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:27:59pm |
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Kragar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:28:03pm |
re: #31 Nevergiveup
Congrats!
Taking it as a blessing in disguise. The last guy left a real mess and now it wont be my job to clean it up. I almost feel sorry for the poor bastard they picked. I imagine he’ll be gone within 6 months. He’s already in over his head.
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Kragar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:28:25pm |
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Nevergiveup Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:28:48pm |
Even More Diplomacy: As “Real IRA” Murders Two and Promises “New Wave of Attacks,” Obama to Fete Ex-IRA Chief on St. Patrick’s Day
—Ace
Insult the British PM and then buddy up with the IRA. He’s on a hot streak.
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turn Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:28:55pm |
re: #24 albusteve
doing the rhumba at 3am is NOT working late
Well that’s 2 out of 3 then, 67% and way more than Biden’s 30% chance of failure predicition.
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:29:07pm |
re: #43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Taking it as a blessing in disguise. The last guy left a real mess and now it wont be my job to clean it up. I almost feel sorry for the poor bastard they picked. I imagine he’ll be gone within 6 months. He’s already in over his head.
You’re talking the Pres, right?
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:29:24pm |
re: #41 LGoPs
Sunny and pleasant here in L.A. What else is new. Get’s frigging monotonous after a while……..
it will get hot this summer….unfortunately
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Nevergiveup Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:29:28pm |
re: #43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Taking it as a blessing in disguise. The last guy left a real mess and now it wont be my job to clean it up. I almost feel sorry for the poor bastard they picked. I imagine he’ll be gone within 6 months. He’s already in over his head.
And then maybe you’ll be there to pick up the pieces?
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ReneeJoy Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:29:40pm |
Does anyone know what the fair trade blurb on the side of my Newman’s Own Coffee box means? On first glance, it sounds like something I might be against :P
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J.S. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:29:46pm |
re: #28 Killgore Trout
Snow drifts are now around 3 feet in some places — this morning minus 37 Celsius (that’s factoring in the wind chill), otherwise a balmy minus 27.
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:30:09pm |
re: #45 Nevergiveup
Even More Diplomacy: As “Real IRA” Murders Two and Promises “New Wave of Attacks,” Obama to Fete Ex-IRA Chief on St. Patrick’s Day
—Ace[Link: ace.mu.nu…]
Insult the British PM and then buddy up with the IRA. He’s on a hot streak.
Do you think Brown will notice?
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UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:30:11pm |
Anybody here own a Kirby vacuum cleaner? I can only find bags for them online and I aint paying that much money for sweeper bags. Any suggestions?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:30:46pm |
re: #55 UberInfidel67
Anybody here own a Kirby vacuum cleaner? I can only find bags for them online and I aint paying that much money for sweeper bags. Any suggestions?
Buy a new bagless vacuum. ;)
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Nevergiveup Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:31:05pm |
re: #54 A Kiwi Infidel
Do you think Brown will notice?
He might, since they just killed 2 British Soldiers didn’t they?
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:31:14pm |
PZ Meyers get hatemail from WND reader…..
I get email
I’d like nothing more than to break every tooth out of your head, one by one; then poke your fucking eyeballs out and shove them straight-up your tightly-puckered asshole.
Go fuck yourself, pinhead jerk.
….
I hate fags, atheists, muslims, illegal aliens, anti-American malcontents such as pinheaded communist professors (that’s to say, 97.6% of them, including you), etc…. I’m the most absolute hate-filled mother fucker you’ll ever find or meet, Myers.Did you see the news of the random church shooting of the church pastor with a .45 in St. Louis? I’m sure you and your ilk celebrated. It’s funny how these things just happen out of the blue.
/Feel the love
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:31:24pm |
re: #53 J.S.
Snow drifts are now around 3 feet in some places — this morning minus 37 Celsius (that’s factoring in the wind chill), otherwise a balmy minus 27.
can’t quote Celsius without the conversion equation…
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:31:25pm |
re: #24 albusteve
doing the rhumba at 3am is NOT working late
I thought it was a Samba line…still…no class.
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UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:31:50pm |
re: #56 FurryOldGuyJeans
Actually, I had one that I thought was great. Then the damn thing stopped picking up. I am not in a position to buy a new one right now. This Kirby was given to me and works great but damn finding the bags is harder than finding a moderate muslim. lol
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gmsc Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:31:55pm |
re: #53 J.S.
Snow drifts are now around 3 feet in some places — this morning minus 37 Celsius (that’s factoring in the wind chill), otherwise a balmy minus 27.
Don’t worry about converting that to Fahrenheit, folks - at that cold a temperature, Fahrenheit and Celsius are roughly the same (exactly the same at -40).
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:31:57pm |
re: #55 UberInfidel67
Anybody here own a Kirby vacuum cleaner? I can only find bags for them online and I aint paying that much money for sweeper bags. Any suggestions?
Dump it and buy a little japanese sukkymoto. Much more economical.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:31:59pm |
re: #55 UberInfidel67
Anybody here own a Kirby vacuum cleaner? I can only find bags for them online and I aint paying that much money for sweeper bags. Any suggestions?
Kirby’s suck…get rid of it
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:32:12pm |
re: #35 Cathypop
I love the different ways people try to pronounce it
My sister lives in Pflugerville….
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:32:40pm |
re: #61 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I thought it was a Samba line…still…no class.
maybe I’ll get a ding for ‘rhumba’….cool word
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:33:02pm |
re: #55 UberInfidel67
Anybody here own a Kirby vacuum cleaner? I can only find bags for them online and I aint paying that much money for sweeper bags. Any suggestions?
Go to Sears and buy a kenmore.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:33:07pm |
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wrenchwench Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:33:23pm |
re: #55 UberInfidel67
Anybody here own a Kirby vacuum cleaner? I can only find bags for them online and I aint paying that much money for sweeper bags. Any suggestions?
The guy down the street has ‘em 3 bags for $6.99. How much are they on the internet?
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:33:24pm |
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Ojoe Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:33:35pm |
re: #69 joncelli
Not sure. But designs highly constrained by requirements often converge.
Really BBL now.
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:33:44pm |
re: #57 Nevergiveup
He might, since they just killed 2 British Soldiers didn’t they?
Silly, I mean the snub from O by feting the EX ira geezer. I am not that stupid to believe Brown isnt aware that two of his troops have killed. Or are you just being a pain in the ass? Warming up for that Coulter debate are we?
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Dreader1962 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:34:28pm |
More indications of Saudi Arabia’s respect for women - will Hillary Clinton even comment on this?
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:34:30pm |
Speaking of rising early…….3 old guys are sitting on the porch comparing ailments.
First one says “Every morning I have to pee real bad but I stand over the toilet for half an hour for just a few drops”
Second guys says “That’s nothing. Every morning I have to poop real bad but I sit on the toilet for an hour until just a couple of little rabbit pellets come out”
Third guys says “Every morning at 6:00 AM I shit like a pig. And every morning at 7:00 AM I piss like a racehorse”
The other two respond “What the hell’s wrong with that. What are you complaining about?”
Third guys says “Cause I don’t wake up till 8:00 AM!”
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ladycatnip Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:34:32pm |
#18 albusteve
#14 ladycatnip
#10 Kilgore Trout
Beautiful scenery you have in Oregon.
NM is not chopped liver either
NM is a different kind of beautiful, more of a magnificent beautiful. What little we’ve seen of Oregon seems to be green and lush beautiful.
My husband and I are learning all things Oregon, as our daughter lives there now. She does go stir crazy every once in a while being surrounded by hordes of Obamites. Most of the population where she lives seems to be pretty left of center.
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kingkenrod Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:35:00pm |
Anyone see this report at TheHill.com?
Obama takes sharp turn on foreign policy
This part caught my eye. It’s Zbigniew Brzezinski counseling Obama not to trust the Israelis (“intrested parties”), particularly regarding Iran:
Brzezinski, who said armed conflict with Iran would “absolutely devastate the historical legacy of the Obama administration,” also said that U.S. policy shouldn’t be influenced by the policies of “interested parties.”
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UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:35:01pm |
re: #75 wrenchwench
If you buy 11 bags, they are only 8 bucks each. WTH? I wish I could find the reusable one that it says it offered. But it is an old vacuum…..I gotta invest in another one. I liked my bagless because I could actually see that stuff was being sucked up. Oh well, gotta wait a bit to get another one. *sigh*
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:35:31pm |
re: #76 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I’ll ding ya, dawlin.
heh…only kidding…but actually I’m working on rhumbatrons and the O’rhumba…maybe down the road
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Golem Akbar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:35:40pm |
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Kragar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:35:56pm |
re: #50 Nevergiveup
And then maybe you’ll be there to pick up the pieces?
At this point, I’m not taking on any new job duties without a pay increase. This promotion was set 2 weeks after we all took a 5% pay cut and they basically just wanted to load up more duties on me. I knew they probably wouldn’t pick me due to my being in CA vice Virginia, so I played politics and accepted going into the pot for the promtion. I won in my book. Got recognized by senior management, showed willingness to accept responsibilities, etc. Now I figure I’ve strengthened my hand in later contract negotiations and promotions. Already had a couple managers daying they would make it up to me later.
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:36:21pm |
re: #80 Dreader1962
More indications of Saudi Arabia’s respect for women - will Hillary Clinton even comment on this?
She’s a diplomat, of course she will notice, she will just keep her mouth shut. What needs to happen is for Fox to grill her for an opinion.
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Kenneth Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:36:24pm |
Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, made the announcement on Saturday as she met with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seeking to enlist Turkish help in moving forward the Middle East peace process.Mr Obama’s visit to Turkey will be an opening step in his long-standing promise to improve relations with the Muslim world. The visit, which will follow the G20 summit in London on April 2, is expected to coincide with the Second Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations, due to be held in Istanbul on April 6 and 7. The forum seeks to “address some of the ongoing tensions and divides across cultures and religions”.
Obama will speak at the Alliance of Civilizations?
Oh. Fuck.
The Alliance of Civilizations, upon which Annan banks so much faith, was established by Spain’s socialist government and by Turkey’s government, which is run by an Islamic party. Its members include former Iranian President Mohamed Khatami, South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Turkish Minster of State Mehmet Aydin, Federico Mayor, president of the Foundation for a Culture of Peace and representing Spain, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, wife of the Emir of Qatar and Chair of the Qatar Foundation, and former French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine. A High-Level Group has been set up to draft a practical action plan, which is due to be submitted to the UN Secretary-General at the end of his term in December 2006. Annan appointed his long-time Pakistani deputy, Iqbal Riza, as Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for the Alliance of Civilizations - not a very clean start for this organization considering the fact that Riza previously had been embroiled in the oil-for-food scandal for allegedly shredding many UN documents that would have been useful in the independent investigation of the scandal.
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Dr. Shalit Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:36:38pm |
re: #52 ReneeJoy
Does anyone know what the fair trade blurb on the side of my Newman’s Own Coffee box means? On first glance, it sounds like something I might be against :P
ReneeJoy -
Think of it as a minimum wage for the “Juan Valdezes” of the world.
-S-
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:36:48pm |
re: #78 jcm
Clear and sunny here in the South Sound south of Tacoma, for now. I am not very sure it won’t decide to start snowing later.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:36:58pm |
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:37:09pm |
re: #82 ladycatnip
#18 albusteve
NM is a different kind of beautiful, more of a magnificent beautiful. What little we’ve seen of Oregon seems to be green and lush beautiful.
My husband and I are learning all things Oregon, as our daughter lives there now. She does go stir crazy every once in a while being surrounded by hordes of Obamites. Most of the population where she lives seems to be pretty left of center.
cool…enjoy yourself…NM is totally donk…they are everywhere
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:37:15pm |
re: #83 kingkenrod
Anyone see this report at TheHill.com?
Obama takes sharp turn on foreign policy
This part caught my eye. It’s Zbigniew Brzezinski counseling Obama not to trust the Israelis (“intrested parties”), particularly regarding Iran:
Wasn’t this ‘expert’ one of Carter’s advisor’s as well?
/
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yma o hyd Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:37:50pm |
re: #45 Nevergiveup
Even More Diplomacy: As “Real IRA” Murders Two and Promises “New Wave of Attacks,” Obama to Fete Ex-IRA Chief on St. Patrick’s Day
—Ace[Link: ace.mu.nu…]
Insult the British PM and then buddy up with the IRA. He’s on a hot streak.
WTF!
That is indeed deeply insulting - especially as neither he nor Gerry Adams have found words of compassion for the killed soldiers.
But hey, parties for ex-terrorists are fine with PB0 - state dinner for a PM, not so much.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:38:00pm |
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:38:06pm |
re: #80 Dreader1962
More indications of Saudi Arabia’s respect for women - will Hillary Clinton even comment on this?
All cultures are equivalent. It’s not right or wrong, just different, and we need to respect the difference.
/L3
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:38:37pm |
re: #87 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
you’re time will come….it is Written…
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yma o hyd Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:38:46pm |
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:38:51pm |
re: #96 FurryOldGuyJeans
I’ll take any good news I can find.
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J.D. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:38:58pm |
re: #97 jcm
All cultures are equivalent. It’s not right or wrong, just different, and we need to respect the difference.
/L3
RightO!
“Who are we to judge?”
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:39:17pm |
re: #94 LGoPs
Wasn’t this ‘expert’ one of Carter’s advisor’s as well?
/
According to Nevergiveup, you havent been watching.
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wrenchwench Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:39:26pm |
re: #84 UberInfidel67
If you buy 11 bags, they are only 8 bucks each. WTH? I wish I could find the reusable one that it says it offered. But it is an old vacuum…..I gotta invest in another one. I liked my bagless because I could actually see that stuff was being sucked up. Oh well, gotta wait a bit to get another one. *sigh*
A Kirby is a lot like a Schwinn Varsity. They do the job adequately-to-very well, they weigh a ton, and they will not die. If you wait for one to die to replace it, you’ll have that vac for a long time. On the other hand, it will certainly last until you can afford a new one.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:39:53pm |
re: #100 Killgore Trout
I’ll take any good news I can find.
I prefer accurate news to good news. This is just some dressed up hucksterism.
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Sharmuta Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:39:56pm |
re: #92 Killgore Trout
I think we’ll keep seeing a down trend until 2010 and that we’re headed back to Carter era levels with the Dow around 2000.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:39:58pm |
re: #100 Killgore Trout
I’ll take any good news I can find.
“hi…this is the Dairy Barn!…when can you start work for us?”
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ladycatnip Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:40:32pm |
#80 Dreader1962
More indications of Saudi Arabia’s respect for women - will Hillary Clinton even comment on this?
40 lashes will kill a 75 year-old woman. And of course Hillary will keep her mouth shut, as her husband’s administration was in bed with the Saudi’s just like every other admin is.
This is sickening.
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:40:32pm |
re: #99 yma o hyd
We, the British people, will notice!
Make sure you are “in his face” IF, I repeat IF, Zero turns up at Downing street.
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Shug Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:41:07pm |
re: #80 Dreader1962
More indications of Saudi Arabia’s respect for women - will Hillary Clinton even comment on this?
hey, they wanted to give her 80 lashes. This is progress
/National organization of ( liberal ) women
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wrenchwench Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:41:22pm |
re: #93 albusteve
cool…enjoy yourself…NM is totally donk…they are everywhere
Southern New Mexico and Eastern Oregon are more conservative than Western Oregon and Northern New Mexico. Follow the cattle, I guess.
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yma o hyd Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:41:31pm |
re: #83 kingkenrod
Anyone see this report at TheHill.com?
Obama takes sharp turn on foreign policy
This part caught my eye. It’s Zbigniew Brzezinski counseling Obama not to trust the Israelis (“intrested parties”), particularly regarding Iran:
He’s already speaking of PB0 ‘historic legacy’, when the bloke has been in office for less than two months?
Are they all nucking futz?
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:41:33pm |
re: #108 ladycatnip
#80 Dreader1962
40 lashes will kill a 75 year-old woman. And of course Hillary will keep her mouth shut, as her husband’s administration was in bed with the Saudi’s just like every other admin is.
This is sickening.
I hate the MSM with every bone in my body
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WriterMom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:41:52pm |
re: #100 Killgore Trout
I’m having a good hair day. Do you feel better now?
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Shug Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:42:40pm |
Which country will declare war first on America during the Obama administration?
N Korea
Russia
China
Iran
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Sharmuta Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:43:44pm |
re: #116 ploome hineni
do we impeach this POSUTS yet?
He hasn’t done anything that rises to an impeachable offense.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:43:45pm |
re: #106 Sharmuta
The bottom now looks like 6,000. We might hit 5,000 if there’s more bank toubles. I expect us to flounder for the next year or two at current levels (give or take a 1,000 points or so).
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kingkenrod Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:44:13pm |
re: #94 LGoPs
Wasn’t this ‘expert’ one of Carter’s advisor’s as well?
/
Yes. What I find interesting is the appeal to presidential ego as foreign policy. Why would a foreign policy advisor have to resort to this type of manipulation? Because he can’t make the argument any other way? Because he knows it will work with Obama?
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:44:28pm |
re: #112 wrenchwench
Southern New Mexico and Eastern Oregon are more conservative than Western Oregon and Northern New Mexico. Follow the cattle, I guess.
lack of water will make one more self reliant I think…the one thing leads to another…Santa Fe is full of CA transplants…they have no clue about NM…none
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yma o hyd Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:44:37pm |
re: #109 A Kiwi Infidel
Make sure you are “in his face” IF, I repeat IF, Zero turns up at Downing street.
Heh.
Downing Street is fenced off so that terrorists can’t harrass our PM, or tourists take photos of him emerging from No10 …
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J.S. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:44:49pm |
re: #60 albusteve
to covert Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply Celsius number (say, -37) by 1.8 and add 32 degrees. Hence, minus 37 becomes minus 34 Fahrenheit, while minus 27 C. becomes minus 16.6 Fahrenheit.
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Kenneth Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:44:49pm |
re: #115 WriterMom
You and your oppressive Zionist hair rays!
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WriterMom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:44:59pm |
re: #121 ploome hineni
Aren’t the only things that can get him out ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’?
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HippieforLife Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:45:07pm |
re: #43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Taking it as a blessing in disguise. The last guy left a real mess and now it wont be my job to clean it up. I almost feel sorry for the poor bastard they picked. I imagine he’ll be gone within 6 months. He’s already in over his head.
You are referring to the O, right? He is soooo over his head and way beyond his pay grade.
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Sharmuta Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:45:45pm |
re: #120 Killgore Trout
We have two years still until republicans have the chance to win seats in Congress to control this spending- and who knows if they will win (I think they stand a good chance). With over 20 months to go until that point, I think we could go below 5000 or even 4000. God help us if fiscal sanity doesn’t return to Washington in 2 years.
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WriterMom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:45:50pm |
re: #113 yma o hyd
Yid, is the British press having a field day with Sucky Tacky PresentsGate?
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Lincolntf Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:46:00pm |
re: #117 Shug
Which country will declare war first on America during the Obama administration?
N Korea
Russia
China
Iran
Texas.
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:46:04pm |
re: #117 Shug
Which country will declare war first on America during the Obama administration?
N Korea
Russia
China
Iran
We’ve been at war with Iran since Nov. 4, 1979. We just need to get caught up on world events.
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Kenneth Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:46:07pm |
re: #125 J.S.
Multiply by 2, subtract 10% and add 32. That’s easier to do in your head.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:46:22pm |
re: #125 J.S.
to covert Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply Celsius number (say, -37) by 1.8 and add 32 degrees. Hence, minus 37 becomes minus 34 Fahrenheit, while minus 27 C. becomes minus 16.6 Fahrenheit.
I know…I was a nurse once…it seemed pompous to post the math…thanks tho :)
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Dianna Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:46:39pm |
re: #121 ploome hineni
incompetence and ignorance?
Disastrous as those are, I fear they are not high crimes and misdemeanors.
Though they ought to be.
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Golem Akbar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:46:45pm |
re: #118 WriterMom
That Zib is a real asshole.
Actually, if Obama would grow a pair, and handle Iran properly, there’d be no reason for Israel to take action. If he did, Obama would become a true American hero, despite his politics. I doubt he’ll do it, however.
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:46:49pm |
re: #80 Dreader1962
More indications of Saudi Arabia’s respect for women - will Hillary Clinton even comment on this?
Christ, you can’t bring your elderly aunt bread without being tortured and imprisoned? And this is a sure death sentence for the woman. Filthy minded animals.
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brookly red Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:47:27pm |
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Sharmuta Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:47:27pm |
I think 0bama should resign if he’s so damned tired and shocked by the level of work he has crossing his desk everyday. He should have thought of that before he ran for office.
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:47:38pm |
re: #110 ploome hineni
the old slut deserved it, imagine, she was breast feeding 24 yr old
how sick
Ploome, you have read this wrong. As part of her defence she claimed that she had breastfed the nephew as a baby and that this established a maternal bond that allowed her to associate. The prosecution didnt buy it.
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WriterMom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:48:03pm |
re: #138 Golem Akbar
Obama grow a pair? Handle Iran properly? Be a hero?
HAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA good one.
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Golem Akbar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:48:22pm |
re: #127 WriterMom
Aren’t the only things that can get him out ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’?
I just hope and pray that the loyal opposition (Republicans, namely) can get their collective acts together and win back congress. Easier than impeachment. imho
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Shug Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:48:31pm |
re: #80 Dreader1962
More indications of Saudi Arabia’s respect for women - will Hillary Clinton even comment on this?
It said they were arrested by the religious police after delivering the bread.
wink wink
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:48:35pm |
re: #130 Sharmuta
We have two years still until republicans have the chance to win seats in Congress to control this spending- and who knows if they will win (I think they stand a good chance). With over 20 months to go until that point, I think we could go below 5000 or even 4000. God help us if fiscal sanity doesn’t return to Washington in 2 years.
One year and 8 months, Sharm, every second counts.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:48:38pm |
re: #130 Sharmuta
We have two years still until republicans have the chance to win seats in Congress to control this spending- and who knows if they will win (I think they stand a good chance). With over 20 months to go until that point, I think we could go below 5000 or even 4000. God help us if fiscal sanity doesn’t return to Washington in 2 years.
right…what a tightrope…we need those seats bad…what is BOs strategy? to get it going right before the elections?…then there is ACORN and the media….man o man
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:48:45pm |
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WriterMom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:49:09pm |
re: #141 Sharmuta
Michelle would SCRUNCH HIS NUTS if he didn’t get to the White House.
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yma o hyd Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:49:32pm |
Can’t help meself, just have to quote this:
‘Shocks often happen in sevens, but no one would have predicted that the top four favourites would get knocked out in the quarter-finals. England lost in sudden-death extra time to Samoa; South Africa were beaten by Argentina and, to the delight of the crowd, many of whom were wearing Barack Obama T-shirts and chanting “Yes We Can”, Kenya destroyed Fiji, the defending champions, 26-7. The American President’s election was taken as a sign that miracles can happen by his father’s countrymen, but the miracles belonged to Wales.
Not since Samson had his hair cut has Delilah caused such an upset in the Middle East. To the music of Tom Jones being sung round the 40,000-seat stadium, Wales, rated as 80-1 outsiders, showed the heart to keep fighting when more established teams faltered.’
(Sevens heaven helps boost Olympic bid)
((Did you know that the USA won the Olympic Gold Medal in Rugby, in 1924? Its been struck off the Olypic sports list ever since …))
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J.S. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:49:40pm |
re: #136 albusteve
Hey, Furry there demanded the formula…(Kenneth has an easier method, though)…(unfortunately, doesn’t change the temperatures here…seasonal average is minus 1…)
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Golem Akbar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:49:59pm |
re: #143 WriterMom
Obama grow a pair? Handle Iran properly? Be a hero?
HAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA good one.
I know, that’s just one hair short of a miracle…
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nyc redneck Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:50:09pm |
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Russkilitlover Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:50:12pm |
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Sharmuta Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:50:12pm |
re: #137 Dianna
Disastrous as those are, I fear they are not high crimes and misdemeanors.
Though they ought to be.
I don’t think they should be- I think the electorate should get a clue. Perhaps this will help them since it seems buyers remorse is picking up.
Gross negligence might rise to an impeachable offense however.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:50:28pm |
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:50:36pm |
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:50:44pm |
re: #150 WriterMom
Michelle would SCRUNCH HIS NUTS if he didn’t get to the White House.
Nothing left to scrunch, as we see by his foreign policy. Pretty sure he was required to sign them over to her on their wedding day.
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WriterMom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:51:12pm |
re: #159 A Kiwi Infidel
You are acting like a mime-but I KNOW WHAT YER THINKIN.
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:51:39pm |
re: #149 FrogMarch
You Honco. We got bupkis here in CO.
Spread the snow around! Bush and Rove, give Obama the weather machine!
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WriterMom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:51:51pm |
re: #160 CapeCoddah
She crushed him with her MUSCULAR, LEAN ARMS.
/isn’t she fabulous!
/she’s on the cover of “O” magazine with Oprah!
/PUKES ONTO KEYBOARD
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yma o hyd Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:52:11pm |
re: #131 WriterMom
Yid, is the British press having a field day with Sucky Tacky PresentsGate?
They did - but the killing of the two soldiers by RIRA (thats ‘Real IRA’) terrorists in Northern Ireland has wiped that story from the papers. Its the main subject which occupies our minds today.
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Shug Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:52:11pm |
I wonder when Obama is scrunched into the fetal position crying every night if he wishes he could climb into a time machine and head back 2 years, and stay a senator?
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WriterMom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:52:45pm |
re: #166 yma o hyd
Yes of course-a horrible thing. My prayers to their families. Just awful.
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Kenneth Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:52:58pm |
re: #156 WriterMom
My way is x by 2 and add 30.
That’s not very accurate.
100C x 2 = 200 + 30 = 230F (wrong answer)
100C x 2 =200 - 20 = 180 +32 = 212F (correct answer)
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:53:00pm |
re: #158 albusteve
where are you if I may ask?
Boulder, CO. Home of Boulder High School, CU, Ward Churchill and rocks and things.
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Golem Akbar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:53:18pm |
re: #155 Russkilitlover
Both places are magnificent and truly awesome. Even if they were the product of a not-very-nice person!
True on both accounts. We just visited the Getty Villa, and it is absoutely gorgeous. Love to take visitors there. And the Getty Museum has one of the best views in all of Southern California.
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:53:30pm |
re: #161 WriterMom
You are acting like a mime-but I KNOW WHAT YER THINKIN.
Do you. I am just blessed that I live in NZ and not in a barbaric state like Saudi Arabia. Those bastards will get their’s in due course.
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Russkilitlover Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:53:53pm |
re: #166 yma o hyd
They did - but the killing of the two soldiers by RIRA (thats ‘Real IRA’) terrorists in Northern Ireland has wiped that story from the papers. Its the main subject which occupies our minds today.
What’s up with that? Haven’t had time to check out news sources today and hadn’t heard of this. N. Ireland has seemed so quiet, of late. Or maybe just unreported?
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:54:16pm |
re: #170 FrogMarch
Boulder, CO. Home of Boulder High School, CU, Ward Churchill and rocks and things.
CO was my home state for a great six tears…Aurora
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:54:38pm |
re: #163 WriterMom
She crushed him with her MUSCULAR, LEAN ARMS.
/isn’t she fabulous!
/she’s on the cover of “O” magazine with Oprah!
/PUKES ONTO KEYBOARD
She needs those muscles to carry his pair, and her pair around, and they have some huge ones.
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:55:04pm |
re: #170 FrogMarch
Boulder, CO. Home of Boulder High School, CU, Ward Churchill and rocks and things.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:55:07pm |
re: #171 Golem Akbar
True on both accounts. We just visited the Getty Villa, and it is absoutely gorgeous. Love to take visitors there. And the Getty Museum has one of the best views in all of Southern California.
I have bro…very nice real estate
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WriterMom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:56:06pm |
re: #169 Kenneth
ACK. So, if it’s 20 C, how much is that in F?
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yma o hyd Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:56:10pm |
re: #168 WriterMom
Yes of course-a horrible thing. My prayers to their families. Just awful.
Indeed.
But the former IRA terrorist-turned-politician will be feted by PB0 on St Patrick’s Day …
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KingKenrod Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:56:40pm |
2010 will be too late. And there’s no way the GOP picks up a majority in the Senate - there are only 17 Dems up for re-election in the Senate in 2010, and 19 GOP. No way the GOP picks up 8 seats (9 if Franken wins).
The GOP would have to pick up ~30 seats in the House, that’s a tall order as well - certainly possible though.
Even if the GOP takes all of Congress, Obama will stop any effort to fix things.
The best strategy is to lean on the blue dog Senators and House districts hard, prevent any more damage from taking place NOW. The GOP should be channeling all their energies there.
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:56:55pm |
re: #169 Kenneth
That’s not very accurate.
100C x 2 = 200 + 30 = 230F (wrong answer)
100C x 2 =200 - 20 = 180 +32 = 212F (correct answer)
You are correct but as a rough rule of thumb x 2 +30 comes close enough espcially at more realistic temps, e.g., 20C by my calc becomes 70F while in actuality I think it’s 68F. Close enough for me to know whether I need a sweater or a parka…..
:)
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:57:01pm |
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Sharmuta Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:57:09pm |
re: #167 Shug
I wonder when Obama is scrunched into the fetal position crying every night if he wishes he could climb into a time machine and head back 2 years, and stay a senator?
For me, one of the silver linings is he’s already hit the pinnacle at a young age. By running and winning, he’s stunted his political career- there is nowhere else to go but down.
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:57:16pm |
re: #162 jcm
Spread the snow around! Bush and Rove, give Obama the weather machine!
After Katrina, Rove put the cloud seeding machine in storage.
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:57:27pm |
Shocka:
UN’s Procurement Business is Managerial Disaster, Report Reveals
foxnews.com
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brookly red Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:57:40pm |
re: #170 FrogMarch
Boulder, CO. Home of Boulder High School, CU, Ward Churchill and rocks and things.
My sister used to have a house directly beneath one of the Flat Irons… & yes she did vote for O.
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IslandLibertarian Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:57:48pm |
re: #178 WriterMom
Tf = (9/5)*Tc+32; Tc = temperature in degrees Celsius, Tf = temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
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joncelli Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:58:21pm |
re: #180 KingKenrod
It would also be good if they could recruit some blue dogs to cross the aisle. Even one or two in the Senate and a handful in the House would have a psychological effect.
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bulwrk Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:58:41pm |
I think Obama is pushing stem cell research in the hopes that one day they will be able to clone him a pair of nuts.
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:58:45pm |
Crap… here comes the snow. Had just about enough snow for the season.
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WriterMom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 1:59:03pm |
re: #181 LGoPs
That’s what I thought-just for temperature comparison, roughly.
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:00:38pm |
Watching “Midway”. The good old days when we were a sleeping giant, not a paper tiger.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:00:46pm |
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yma o hyd Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:01:06pm |
re: #173 Russkilitlover
What’s up with that? Haven’t had time to check out news sources today and hadn’t heard of this. N. Ireland has seemed so quiet, of late. Or maybe just unreported?
Actual terrorist attacks have not been taking place, but the IRA have been doing private accts of terrorism, a bit like the Taliban, relly, while their former commanders are sitting in Parliament and governing Northern ireland with the Protestant parties.
The Chief of the Northern ireland Police has been warning of incresed danger, and has asked for a special Army anti-terrorist group to be sent to NI. That was just before the weekend - and then this attack happened.
Gerry Adams, one of the former IRA chiefs, ahd he enrve to suggest that if the police hadn’t asked for the special army unit, this wouldn’t have happend - as if!
Here’s a link to the latest report:
timesonline.co.uk
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Kenneth Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:01:14pm |
A good story about a Canadian hero,
The Life [And Death] Of Erin Doyle
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:01:41pm |
re: #190 CapeCoddah
Crap… here comes the snow. Had just about enough snow for the season.
I love snow. Grew up in it. Learned how to drive in it. Don’t have any here in SOCAL but the other good thing for you is…..spring is right around the corner.
I really miss the change of seasons here in CA.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:01:49pm |
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:01:54pm |
re: #174 albusteve
CO was my home state for a great six tears…Aurora
cool. I’ve lived here, Denver metro, and in Northern CO.
Grew up here - but originally from WI.
I’ve driven to NM a few times - Taos and Santa Fe. I have never been down to Albuquerque.
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:02:09pm |
re: #178 WriterMom
ACK. So, if it’s 20 C, how much is that in F?
Type the follow in Google
20C to F
20 degrees Celsius = 68 degrees Fahrenheit
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nyc redneck Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:02:33pm |
it’s disgusting the way shep gushes when he mentions o in the news.
he is positively giddy.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:02:34pm |
re: #166 yma o hyd
They did - but the killing of the two soldiers by RIRA (thats ‘Real IRA’) terrorists in Northern Ireland has wiped that story from the papers. Its the main subject which occupies our minds today.
And our Messiah-King wants to coddle and cozy up to people such as the RIRA. Just frakkin’ great.
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Kenneth Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:02:49pm |
re: #178 WriterMom
ACK. So, if it’s 20 C, how much is that in F?
Double it, subtract 10% and add 32…
20 x 2 = 40 -10% = 36 +32 = 68
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:03:10pm |
re: #199 jcm
Type the follow in Google
20C to F
20 degrees Celsius = 68 degrees Fahrenheit
Which is the temp here, today. Coffee break, BBIAW
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:03:21pm |
re: #198 FrogMarch
cool. I’ve lived here, Denver metro, and in Northern CO.
Grew up here - but originally from WI.
I’ve driven to NM a few times - Taos and Santa Fe. I have never been down to Albuquerque.
I’ll do you a coupla tacos if you show up….ABQ is heaven on earth
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Kenneth Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:03:38pm |
re: #199 jcm
Type the follow in Google
20C to F
20 degrees Celsius = 68 degrees Fahrenheit
You can’t do that in your head very easily. The point is to use a simple mental conversion technique.
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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:04:05pm |
re: #201 FurryOldGuyJeans
And our Messiah-King wants to coddle and cozy up to people such as the RIRA. Just frakkin’ great.
You are an heretic!
/
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:04:12pm |
re: #200 nyc redneck
it’s disgusting the way shep gushes when he mentions o in the news.
he is positively giddy.
Makes me think he wants to be WH Press Secretary when Gibbs has his brain blowout.
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:04:13pm |
re: #192 CapeCoddah
Watching “Midway”. The good old days when we were a sleeping giant, not a paper tiger.
Good story but I was disappointed in the technical aspects of the movie. Like using footage of modern day carriers for the American ships. And the aerial footage used many of the wrong kinds of aircraft. Kind of ruined it for me but I realize that I’m probably an exception on that kind of minutiae and probably sound petty……..
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:05:02pm |
re: #206 A Kiwi Infidel
You are an heretic!
/
Proudly if it means we have less time to suffer under the spell of Obamaism.
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:05:11pm |
re: #196 LGoPs
I love snow. Grew up in it. Learned how to drive in it. Don’t have any here in SOCAL but the other good thing for you is…..spring is right around the corner.
I really miss the change of seasons here in CA.
I could not live happily without the change of seasons, even with the interminable snow this year. The spring bulbs are already breaking surface, and some trees are just starting to show buds… it is coming, but taking it’s own sweet time!
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:05:37pm |
re: #179 yma o hyd
Indeed.
But the former IRA terrorist-turned-politician will be feted by PB0 on St Patrick’s Day …
But we should use Ireland as a model of peace for the Mideast!
/gah
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yma o hyd Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:05:57pm |
Gotta go, Lizards - we’re not on Daylight Saving Time yet, and Madame thinks its time I paid some attention to her!
Seeya tomorrow, all being well!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:06:31pm |
re: #211 Alouette
But we should use Ireland as a model of peace for the Mideast!
/gah
Capone Era Chicago would be just as useful a model.
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:07:00pm |
re: #176 jcm
Yes. They are in my basement.
To complete the collection - I have my sights on this one next.
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:07:26pm |
re: #205 Kenneth
You can’t do that in your head very easily. The point is to use a simple mental conversion technique.
Head? Do MATH in my head………
/
My favorite trick is do the sales tax in my head and hand the cashier exact change before they ring up the purchases.
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:07:35pm |
re: #208 LGoPs
Good story but I was disappointed in the technical aspects of the movie. Like using footage of modern day carriers for the American ships. And the aerial footage used many of the wrong kinds of aircraft. Kind of ruined it for me but I realize that I’m probably an exception on that kind of minutiae and probably sound petty……..
I usually pick out that stuff too, but, they were kind of limited in the available props. Some footage may not have been de-classified when this movie was shot. Just a good story.
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:07:55pm |
re: #210 CapeCoddah
I could not live happily without the change of seasons, even with the interminable snow this year. The spring bulbs are already breaking surface, and some trees are just starting to show buds… it is coming, but taking it’s own sweet time!
Not me. I’d love to live in the tropics.
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Killian Bundy Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:07:59pm |
Found: The source of … belly-button lint
A chemist in Vienna has taken the term “navel gazing” to its logical extreme and guaranteed himself a curious epitaph: Unraveler of the mysteries of belly-button lint.
Georg Steinhauser discovered that there is a certain type of body hair responsible for directing lint into the navel. The researcher spent three years studying 503 pieces of schmutz from his own belly button, then published his conclusions in the journal Medical Hypotheses under the title, “The nature of navel fluff.”
Among other gems, the article notes: “Accordingly, and to the author’s personal experience, navel lint seems to be a phenomenon that affects primarily male adults.”
Steinhauser found that hairs around the belly button have a scaly structure that pulls fibers from clothing and then directs those fibers—along with dead skin, fat, sweat and dust—into the belly button.
/kind of like a black hole
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Lincolntf Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:08:20pm |
re: #210 CapeCoddah
Hi CapeCoddah. Don’t know if I mentioned this before, but I’ve gone to the Cape every year of my life (minus a few in the Army). Right off 6A in Brewster, we have a cottage. It’s my Mother’s now (her father bought the lot, built the house), and will eventually belong to me and my sibs. I even lived there (winter and all) for 16 months.
Anyway, I love the Cape.
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:08:27pm |
re: #214 FrogMarch
Yes. They are in my basement.
To complete the collection - I have my sights on this one next.
O H M Y G O D ! ! !
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Ojoe Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:08:37pm |
Just ordered my tomato seeds for the garden. The seed company says their business has tripled from last year.
BBL
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:09:07pm |
re: #217 Soona’
Not me. I’d love to live in the tropics.
Well if Al Gore is right, your wish may come true….wherever you live.
/ :)
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eschew_obfuscation Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:09:12pm |
re: #218 Killian Bundy
Found: The source of … belly-button lint
/kind of like a black hole
Except you can see it ….. naked singularity?
/pun intended
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:09:17pm |
re: #204 albusteve
I’ll do you a coupla tacos if you show up….ABQ is heaven on earth
Home made cooking, Albu style? I’m there. ;-)
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:09:30pm |
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:09:34pm |
re: #217 Soona’
Not me. I’d love to live in the tropics.
LOL, I would go batty within 6 mos. I have a very strong bond with home. I would panic if we had to move off of Cape Cod.
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J.D. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:09:38pm |
re: #218 Killian Bundy
An answer at long last.
We can now all sleep better at night.
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Mr Spiffy Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:09:40pm |
re: #33 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Venezulean Beaver Cheese
had to down ding you for the mental image
Thugo’s mom comes to mind
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:10:43pm |
re: #218 Killian Bundy
Found: The source of … belly-button lint
/kind of like a black hole
This was probably some government funded study.
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:11:08pm |
re: #218 Killian Bundy
Found: The source of … belly-button lint
/kind of like a black hole
A chemist in Vienna has taken the term “navel gazing” to its logical extreme and guaranteed himself a curious epitaph: Unraveler of the mysteries of belly-button lint.
If he were an American he could’ve gotten a government grant to fund his study……
/
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:11:14pm |
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Killian Bundy Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:11:16pm |
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:11:23pm |
re: #219 Lincolntf
Hi CapeCoddah. Don’t know if I mentioned this before, but I’ve gone to the Cape every year of my life (minus a few in the Army). Right off 6A in Brewster, we have a cottage. It’s my Mother’s now (her father bought the lot, built the house), and will eventually belong to me and my sibs. I even lived there (winter and all) for 16 months.
Anyway, I love the Cape.
Me too, Linc, I would not be happy anywhere else. You are lucky to have that legacy left to you. Few who do appreciate that anymore, they sell as fast as they can.
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:11:52pm |
re: #229 FurryOldGuyJeans
This was probably some government funded study.
Beat me by 25 seconds……damn
:)
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:12:22pm |
re: #226 CapeCoddah
LOL, I would go batty within 6 mos. I have a very strong bond with home. I would panic if we had to move off of Cape Cod.
Have you been to the tropics and stayed for a time?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:12:50pm |
re: #234 LGoPs
Beat me by 25 seconds……damn
:)
Perverted minds work quicker than great minds, I say. ;)
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:13:10pm |
re: #235 Soona’
Have you been to the tropics and stayed for a time?
Are you going OT (Off Tropic) here?……..
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jorline Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:15:41pm |
re: #33 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Venezulean Beaver Cheese
Got you covered, I dinged you up Krager.
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:15:41pm |
re: #220 jcm
O H M Y G O D ! ! !
Here’s a better picture of our Saggy-boob electric penis - sculpture.
(scroll down)
/Michelangelo would be proud.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:16:35pm |
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Sharmuta Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:16:47pm |
Belligerent chimp proves animals make plans
A canny chimpanzee who calmly collected a stash of rocks and then hurled them at zoo visitors in fits of rage has confirmed that apes can plan ahead just like humans, a Swedish study said Monday. Santino the chimpanzee’s anti-social behavior stunned both visitors and keepers at the Furuvik Zoo but fascinated researchers because it was so carefully prepared.
According to a report in the journal Current Biology, the 31-year-old alpha male started building his weapons cache in the morning before the zoo opened, collecting rocks and knocking out disks from concrete boulders inside his enclosure. He waited until around midday before he unleashed a “hailstorm” of rocks against visitors, the study said.
Be nice to your pets.
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:17:08pm |
re: #235 Soona’
Have you been to the tropics and stayed for a time?
NO, been to Florida, hated it and could not wait to get home. It’s weird, almost a phobia with me. I have loved and appreciated where I was fortunate enough to be born and raised since I was old enough to understand my surroundings. It is such a special and unique place and I know every square inch of it by heart. Most of my school mates left like their hair was on fire after graduation. Now, they want to come home, because they realize what they left, but are locked out of the market.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:17:14pm |
re: #239 FrogMarch
Here’s a better picture of our Saggy-boob electric penis - sculpture.
(scroll down)/Michelangelo would be proud.
OK, that’s just about the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen.
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debutaunt Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:18:01pm |
re: #241 Sharmuta
Belligerent chimp proves animals make plans
Be nice to your pets.
Jane Goodall left some stuff out.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:18:46pm |
re: #241 Sharmuta
Belligerent chimp proves animals make plans
Be nice to your pets.
Makes me think I should go feed the noisy cat pestering me at this very moment.
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karmic_inquisitor Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:19:28pm |
Just had a fun interaction with an Obamaton neighbor.
I had noticed last week that she had removed a few of her BDS bumper stickers recently.
She just called to see if my son could do some babysitting. So after taking care of all that I asked her what she did with her bumper stickers and that if she still had them could I have one of them.
I giver her a lot of sh*t and she gives it back, so she suspected something and asked “OK - which one?”
“The one that reads ‘If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention!”
“Ummm - why?”
“Well I thought I’d put it on my truck, but I would change the words.”
“How?”
“If you’re not angry, you probably aren’t employable.”
She actually laughed.
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:19:35pm |
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ladycatnip Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:20:26pm |
Vampire Found in Mass Grave in Venice.
Reminds me of how our government does the vampire thingy to the good citizens of our country. We can we put our bricks?
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:20:44pm |
re: #243 reine.de.tout
OK, that’s just about the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen.
and it was only $50,000 dollars. money well spent, if you ask me.
//////////////
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:20:59pm |
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:21:09pm |
re: #248 Soona’
How can I go OT on an open thread?
I’m just kidding…..lame joke about Off Tropic……
:)
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:21:23pm |
re: #239 FrogMarch
Here’s a better picture of our Saggy-boob electric penis - sculpture.
(scroll down)/Michelangelo would be proud.
The SBEP would be a good FNDT discussion subject.
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ladycatnip Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:22:16pm |
#249
Ooops. Last sentence should be: where can we put our bricks?
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Jack Burton Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:22:16pm |
re: #241 Sharmuta
Belligerent chimp proves animals make plans
Be nice to your pets.
It’s only a matter of time before they are on horseback with rifles saying “The only good human, is a dead human!”
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:22:19pm |
re: #250 FrogMarch
and it was only $50,000 dollars. money well spent, if you ask me.
//////////////
hopefully municiple art contracts will suffer under the BO regime…as for NM all the art you see scattered around is SW folk art…very cool indeed
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:22:55pm |
re: #239 FrogMarch
Here’s a better picture of our Saggy-boob electric penis - sculpture.
(scroll down)/Michelangelo would be proud.
ROFLMAO!……
Scroll past the SBEP lizards, it’s worth it……..
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Dianna Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:23:11pm |
re: #249 ladycatnip
Vampire Found in Mass Grave in Venice.
Reminds me of how our government does the vampire thingy to the good citizens of our country. We can we put our bricks?
Montague Summers wrote about corpses eating their shrouds. I believe it was in The Vampire in Europe. The technical term was “corporophagy.”
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:23:17pm |
re: #252 LGoPs
I’m just kidding…..lame joke about Off Tropic……
:)
20 lashes with a wet noodle for that excuse of a pun. ;)
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rawmuse Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:23:51pm |
re: #239 FrogMarch
Here’s a better picture of our Saggy-boob electric penis - sculpture.
(scroll down)/Michelangelo would be proud.
Please tell me that taxpayers were not charged for that thing.
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Kragar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:23:56pm |
re: #228 Mr Spiffy
had to down ding you for the mental image
Thugo’s mom comes to mind
Had to down ding you for not getting an obvious Monty Python reference
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Lincolntf Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:24:02pm |
re: #249 ladycatnip
When will the bloodsuckers in the media start sticking their necks out and get to the bottom of this bloody “vampire” thing? It’s driving me batty.
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J.D. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:24:06pm |
All Seven Republicans on Senate Intel Committee Protest Freeman Appointment
As noted earlier, Senator Snowe was the one Republican from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence whose name did not appear on a draft letter to Dennis Blair expressing serious concerns about his appointment of Charles Freeman to head the National Intelligence Council. However, an email from Snowe’s office confirms that “Senator Snowe does intend to sign onto the letter.”
At what point does some editor at the New York Times or Washington Post become so embarrassed by their paper’s silence on this that they feel compelled to actually send a reporter to cover what may be the most controversial appointment to the Obama administration’s national security apparatus?
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:24:10pm |
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:24:27pm |
re: #260 rawmuse
Please tell me that taxpayers were not charged for that thing.
The taxpayers should not have to LOOK at that thing, never mind paying for it.
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Sharmuta Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:24:56pm |
re: #255 ArchangelMichael
It’s only a matter of time before they are on horseback with rifles saying “The only good human, is a dead human!”
Maybe a sympathetic scientist will rescue a few of us and test us for our mental abilities.
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Dave the..... Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:25:40pm |
For those who know successful businessman Jeno Paulucci, his path to success was to drop out of school, raise early, and work hard. Last I heard, he still gets up between 4 and 5 am each day, even though he’s about 90 years old.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:26:06pm |
re: #258 Dianna
Montague Summers wrote about corpses eating their shrouds. I believe it was in The Vampire in Europe. The technical term was “corporophagy.”
Just reminded me of what sarcophagus means in Greek, [dead] flesh eater.
/ now back to your regularly scheduled thread.
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ladycatnip Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:26:47pm |
#258 Dianna
Montague Summers wrote about corpses eating their shrouds. I believe it was in The Vampire in Europe. The technical term was “corporophagy.”
Thanks for the info - it’s fascinating.
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:27:07pm |
re: #266 Sharmuta
Maybe a sympathetic scientist will rescue a few of us and test us for our mental abilities.
…or not.
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:27:24pm |
re: #253 jcm
The SBEP would be a good FNDT discussion subject.
FNDT? remind me what that is, I’m rusty.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:27:35pm |
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Jack Burton Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:28:26pm |
re: #266 Sharmuta
Maybe a sympathetic scientist will rescue a few of us and test us for our mental abilities.
Getting stuck in a cage with someone who looks like Linda Harrison might be a perk as well.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:28:39pm |
re: #271 FrogMarch
FNDT? remind me what that is, I’m rusty.
/ squirts FrogMarch liberally with WD-40
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ladycatnip Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:28:50pm |
#268 FurryOldGuyJeans
Just reminded me of what sarcophagus means in Greek, [dead] flesh eater.
What a great analogy for our new admin.
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:29:14pm |
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:29:51pm |
re: #260 rawmuse
Please tell me that taxpayers were not charged for that thing.
yep. and we weren’t even asked.
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J.D. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:30:35pm |
re: #274 FrogMarch
Senator Snowe needs to go.
It says she’s going to sign it, so let’s keep her for at least long enough to do that.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:31:12pm |
re: #260 rawmuse
Please tell me that taxpayers were not charged for that thing.
But of course they were, and without having a vote or even any input regarding it.
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:31:28pm |
re: #280 FrogMarch
yep. and we weren’t even asked.
You boobs got shafted!
I should make fun of you look what we paid $250K for.
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rawmuse Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:31:40pm |
re: #265 CapeCoddah
The taxpayers should not have to LOOK at that thing, never mind paying for it.
Now that the NEA has been restored somewhat, prepare yourselves for a barrage of “art” and “music” so hideous that there is absolutely no possibility for it to have been otherwise created, other than by the taxpayer.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:32:04pm |
re: #282 J.D.
It says she’s going to sign it, so let’s keep her for at least long enough to do that.
Senators make me ill..the worst of the worst…I hate the feds
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:32:28pm |
re: #256 albusteve
hopefully municipal art contracts will suffer under the BO regime…as for NM all the art you see scattered around is SW folk art…very cool indeed
*I think ugly are will flourish. after all, we are spending money we don’t have on all sorts of things - why not add ugly art to the tax payer tab!
*Obama(D) logic.
I think SW art is wonderful in the SW setting. Timeless.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:33:05pm |
re: #249 ladycatnip
Vampire Found in Mass Grave in Venice.
Reminds me of how our government does the vampire thingy to the good citizens of our country. We can we put our bricks?
From your link:
Borrini says his study details the earliest grave to show archaeological “exorcism evidence against vampires”.
Someone call Bobby Jindal!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:33:35pm |
re: #284 jcm
You boobs got shafted!
I should make fun of you look what we paid $250K for.
What’s even worse is people WERE asked what they wanted and this is what the majority wanted.
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:34:04pm |
re: #285 rawmuse
Now that the NEA has been restored somewhat, prepare yourselves for a barrage of “art” and “music” so hideous that there is absolutely no possibility for it to have been otherwise created, other than by the taxpayer.
Yes, we have been heading down that road for a long time. Lots of disgusting poop that should not be seen publicly, under the guise of “Art”. It is reprehensible. There is no common decency, just plain right and wrong anymore, and that will help kill our civilization.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:34:28pm |
re: #285 rawmuse
Now that the NEA has been restored somewhat, prepare yourselves for a barrage of “art” and “music” so hideous that there is absolutely no possibility for it to have been otherwise created, other than by the taxpayer.
With the sole intent of offending as many people as possible.
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Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:35:19pm |
Oh, crap. My day just went all to hell. A company that I had applied for just called and let me know that the position I was interviewed for was filled. Made the top 3 out of 200 apps. Still unemployed. @#$#@&^**&%$^&*((()))(*&^%^%%. Need I say any more?
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:35:50pm |
re: #291 FurryOldGuyJeans
With the sole intent of offending as many people as possible.
And daring anyone to object.
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:36:00pm |
re: #287 FrogMarch
*I think ugly are will flourish. after all, we are spending money we don’t have on all sorts of things - why not add ugly art to the tax payer tab!
*Obama(D) logic.I think SW art is wonderful in the SW setting. Timeless.
I think it’s even more beautiful if my tax dollars didn’t pay for any of it. But knowing that much of SW art is made in very liberal enclaves like Santa Fe, NM, I have my suspicions.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:36:05pm |
re: #287 FrogMarch
*I think ugly are will flourish. after all, we are spending money we don’t have on all sorts of things - why not add ugly art to the tax payer tab!
*Obama(D) logic.I think SW art is wonderful in the SW setting. Timeless.
right…otoh I was up in Chicago a few yrs ago and there were all these life sized plastic cows scattered around the Loop…they were all different postures and paint schemes just standing on the sidewalks etc…it was hilarious and the people loved them…they were temporary of course but they were a winner
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:36:48pm |
re: #292 Steve
Oh, crap. My day just went all to hell. A company that I had applied for just called and let me know that the position I was interviewed for was filled. Made the top 3 out of 200 apps. Still unemployed. @#$#@&^**&%$^&*((()))(*&^%^%%. Need I say any more?
As bad as the news is, at least they took the time to call you and let you know. When I was job searching I never got a return call after an interview, ever.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:36:54pm |
re: #273 ArchangelMichael
Getting stuck in a cage with someone who looks like Linda Harrison might be a perk as well.
I’ll also take her updated version, Estella Warren, from the 2001 remake of Planet of the Lip Gloss Apes.
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:36:59pm |
re: #284 jcm
You boobs got shafted!
I should make fun of you look what we paid $250K for.
250K for some tires. at the dump. wow.
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DEZes Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:37:18pm |
re: #239 FrogMarch
Art has been replaced with full blown stupidty, sad.
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rawmuse Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:37:26pm |
re: #290 CapeCoddah
Think about it, if you had to actually SELL a piece of art, then you would have make it appealing, at least on some remote level.
A grant to create the art means that you have no such restriction, you have free rein to create the most repulsive thing you can imagine, and the artists do, and even try to out-repulsive one another. This is evident everywhere. Entire artistic movements have been founded on it.
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:37:35pm |
re: #292 Steve
Oh, crap. My day just went all to hell. A company that I had applied for just called and let me know that the position I was interviewed for was filled. Made the top 3 out of 200 apps. Still unemployed. @#$#@&^**&%$^&*((()))(*&^%^%%. Need I say any more?
Sorry to hear that. Hang in there…….next time hopefully you’ll be #1…..
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:38:03pm |
re: #295 albusteve
right…otoh I was up in Chicago a few yrs ago and there were all these life sized plastic cows scattered around the Loop…they were all different postures and paint schemes just standing on the sidewalks etc…it was hilarious and the people loved them…they were temporary of course but they were a winner
We did that here in DC with pandas, and then with donkeys and elephants (“party animals” was the theme).
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:38:09pm |
re: #289 FurryOldGuyJeans
What’s even worse is people WERE asked what they wanted and this is what the majority wanted.
*THUD*
At least we weren’t asked if we wanted old loader tires with painted hubs called art in a dump.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:38:12pm |
re: #298 FrogMarch
250K for some tires. at the dump. wow.
But they were painted in bright colors and had a sound system to project animal noises.
/ liberal group think
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Killian Bundy Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:38:42pm |
Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes
A 75-year-old widow in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail for mingling with two young men who are not close relatives, drawing new criticism for the kingdom’s ultraconservative religious police and judiciary.
The woman’s lawyer told The Associated Press on Monday that he would appeal the verdict against Khamisa Sawadi, who is Syrian but was married to a Saudi. The attorney, Abdel Rahman al-Lahem, said the verdict issued March 3 also demands that Sawadi be deported after serving her sentence.
He said his client, who is not serving her sentence yet, was not speaking with the media, and he declined to provide more details about the case.
The newspaper Al-Watan said the woman met with the two 24-year-old men last April after she asked them to bring her five loaves of bread at her home in al-Chamil, a city north of the capital, Riyadh.
/Sharia law straight out of the 7th century, what’s not to like?
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:38:56pm |
re: #296 FurryOldGuyJeans
As bad as the news is, at least they took the time to call you and let you know. When I was job searching I never got a return call after an interview, ever.
Same here. Makes it very hard to learn lessons from interviewing because you never have feedback. Was it something I said, or failed to say. Was it my deoderant…..sheesh.
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Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:38:56pm |
re: #285 rawmuse
Now that the NEA has been restored somewhat, prepare yourselves for a barrage of “art” and “music” so hideous that there is absolutely no possibility for it to have been otherwise created, other than by the taxpayer.
I hope that they do not come up with another building (art) that looks like this Scroll down a bit to see the ugly monstrosity.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:39:28pm |
re: #303 jcm
*THUD*
At least we weren’t asked if we wanted old loader tires with painted hubs called art in a dump.
Read the article again. “You” were asked, last paragraph:
King County says it could have used the money for art in a park, but when they consulted the community, at meetings, and even at schools, this is what people wanted.
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:39:30pm |
re: #295 albusteve
right…otoh I was up in Chicago a few yrs ago and there were all these life sized plastic cows scattered around the Loop…they were all different postures and paint schemes just standing on the sidewalks etc…it was hilarious and the people loved them…they were temporary of course but they were a winner
We have the same thing here in Okla. City. Many of the cows are permanent now.
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:40:01pm |
re: #295 albusteve
right…otoh I was up in Chicago a few yrs ago and there were all these life sized plastic cows scattered around the Loop…they were all different postures and paint schemes just standing on the sidewalks etc…it was hilarious and the people loved them…they were temporary of course but they were a winner
I remember seeing those many years ago during a summer trip to Chicago. I’m not into modern art but I actually thought the cows were kinda cool.
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J.D. Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:40:09pm |
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:40:30pm |
re: #294 Soona’
I think it’s even more beautiful if my tax dollars didn’t pay for any of it. But knowing that much of SW art is made in very liberal enclaves like Santa Fe, NM, I have my suspicions.
I’m not sure where the art comes from has any bearing on whether it’s taxpayer funded
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UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:40:33pm |
I remembered: There is this tiny dumpy little store in the town next to me that fixes vacuum cleaners. They carry the Kirby bags! And they are cheap too. Thank God for old tiny dumpy stores. lol
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:40:39pm |
re: #298 FrogMarch
250K for some tires. at the dump. wow.
Tires in dump a pile of boobs…….
Makes me want to……
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:41:03pm |
re: #300 rawmuse
Think about it, if you had to actually SELL a piece of art, then you would have make it appealing, at least on some remote level.
A grant to create the art means that you have no such restriction, you have free rein to create the most repulsive thing you can imagine, and the artists do, and even try to out-repulsive one another. This is evident everywhere. Entire artistic movements have been founded on it.
Well, I would not fit in too well then, because I would need to be proud of my work, and not be ashamed to have anyone see it. I would rather take a long walk off of a short pier than put my name on something like that. I would stay starving if being a disgusting git (that English insult seems to fit best) was my only road to fame.
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Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:42:10pm |
re: #296 FurryOldGuyJeans
As bad as the news is, at least they took the time to call you and let you know. When I was job searching I never got a return call after an interview, ever.
That impressed me very much. I will be looking at their job postings in hopes another position opens up. I would have been working M to F 8 to 5 with weekends off. This after working a every other weekend on a two week rotating schedule for the last 18 years and nights to boot. 1730 to 0600.
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USBeast Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:42:17pm |
I sincerely hope everybody is having a better day than I am. Last night my soon to be ex called me up with the joyous news that the computer I built for her and our kids “was screwing up”. I drove out there this morning, picked up the tower and brought it home. Upon examination I determined that the problem was the video card and took it to my nearby and neighborly computer shop for confirmation of my diagnosis. Diagnosis confirmed. New video card that will handle the game “Oblivion”: $162. (Yes, I know I could have found it cheaper on line, but I needed it now.)
Now comes the part that really sucks. My soon to be ex is in no position to take a financial hit like this and I knew it when I was writing the check, so I will see repayment in dribs and drabs if at all. What really, really sucks is that that money was earmarked to buy myself a new motherboard and processor. I was going to order it today.
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brookly red Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:42:27pm |
re: #285 rawmuse
Now that the NEA has been restored somewhat, prepare yourselves for a barrage of “art” and “music” so hideous that there is absolutely no possibility for it to have been otherwise created, other than by the taxpayer.
Oooooh, I want to do an installment of giant Obama portraits over looking public spaces… it’s like totaly green & all I need is about 400 million, to start. Where do I apply?
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rawmuse Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:43:32pm |
I love art, and my house is full of art works. I surround myself with art. Most of my friends are artists, even if part time. We all have to sell our art to make a living. That means somebody has to, you know, LIKE it.
That is why I hate to see art mocked, as is done by these idiots that write for grants to the NEA, and to a greater extent, to the academics who fund them.
It pisses me off on a very visceral level.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:43:45pm |
re: #318 USBeast
You did it for the kids, not the ex.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:43:59pm |
re: #302 Occasional Reader
We did that here in DC with pandas, and then with donkeys and elephants (“party animals” was the theme).
there is a lighter side to all of it…we need some fun once in a while…I love to visit DC but as a tourist I have no clue as to the mindset of the citizens there…seems to me what you decribe is a good thing, minus some milti-million dollar cost
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Dianna Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:44:48pm |
re: #288 Occasional Reader
Someone call Bobby Jindal!
But it’s not excorcism. It’s laying.
Frankly, I’m surprised the corpse wasn’t headless and staked through the heart.
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Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:45:13pm |
re: #318 USBeast
I sincerely hope everybody is having a better day than I am. Last night my soon to be ex called me up with the joyous news that the computer I built for her and our kids “was screwing up”. I drove out there this morning, picked up the tower and brought it home. Upon examination I determined that the problem was the video card and took it to my nearby and neighborly computer shop for confirmation of my diagnosis. Diagnosis confirmed. New video card that will handle the game “Oblivion”: $162. (Yes, I know I could have found it cheaper on line, but I needed it now.)
Now comes the part that really sucks. My soon to be ex is in no position to take a financial hit like this and I knew it when I was writing the check, so I will see repayment in dribs and drabs if at all. What really, really sucks is that that money was earmarked to buy myself a new motherboard and processor. I was going to order it today.
This will come back in mega good luck for you. Bigger and better motherboard for you;-)
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:45:16pm |
re: #306 LGoPs
Same here. Makes it very hard to learn lessons from interviewing because you never have feedback. Was it something I said, or failed to say. Was it my deoderant…..sheesh.
Do you have any tattoos on your face or forehead?
/had to ask
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:45:18pm |
re: #318 USBeast
“The kids need to play video games” US, I would have told her you could not afford it now. Video game withdrawal is no good excuse.
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cagney Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:45:32pm |
A lesson to learn that signs are put up for a reason.
A tourist returning from hiking along the Great Wall of China decided to take a short cut by jumping down onto ‘wasteland’ - and was instantly killed when he landed in the jaws of a tiger.
Two friends who had been walking with the 20-year-old man, named only as Guo, stared in horror as the tiger clamped its jaws around his throat and then dragged the mauled body away.
The three men, who had been walking along the Great Wall near Beijing, decided there would a quicker way back to the starting point if they jumped from the ancient structure and cut through some bushland.
What they didn’t know was that the bushy area was part of the Siberian tiger’s enclosure at the Badaling Wildlife World.
As they jumped down the tiger immediately pounced and Guo was the
unlucky victim.
….
…
The two men told police they had seen signs around the enclosure warning of predatory animals, the Beijing Times newspaper reporter.
But they said they did not believe the warnings because there was no
sign of any animals.
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:45:41pm |
re: #308 FurryOldGuyJeans
The put it out for bid, a community group of “involved” citizens picked it. It was not voted on. The transfer station in question is 10 blocks from my house.
I submitted a proposal for the project….
to be Titled Ron Sims (King Co. Exec) to the Taxpayers.
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jjmckay1216 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:45:45pm |
re: #322 albusteve
Grew up in DC, left and have never wanted to return
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Dianna Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:45:46pm |
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:45:47pm |
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:45:56pm |
re: #320 rawmuse
I love art, and my house is full of art works. I surround myself with art. Most of my friends are artists, even if part time. We all have to sell our art to make a living. That means somebody has to, you know, LIKE it.
That is why I hate to see art mocked, as is done by these idiots that write for grants to the NEA, and to a greater extent, to the academics who fund them.
It pisses me off on a very visceral level.
That’s why I don’t look to public funds for the plays I have written, want to write and any of the initial productions that have been done.
One show I even spent 6000 of my own money (even though I didn’t have to) to make sure it got on the boards with what I thought was the necessary production quality.
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Sharmuta Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:46:08pm |
Minn. Senate race leaves voters tired of law drama
What lasts longer than a Minnesota winter? The struggle to choose the nation’s 100th senator.
More than four months after Election Day, Minnesota voters are only marginally closer to knowing whether Democrat Al Franken or Republican Norm Coleman will represent them in Washington.
The stakes go beyond Minnesota: Franken would put Democrats in position to muscle their agenda through with barely any Republican help, and he could be a difference-maker on the federal budget and a proposal giving labor unions a leg up on management when organizing.
Last week, Coleman and his lawyers floated the notion of setting aside last fall’s election if the judges can’t settle it with confidence. It would take a change in Minnesota law for a new election.
Wouldn’t a new election be fun? ///
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:46:51pm |
re: #330 jjmckay1216
Grew up in DC, left and have never wanted to return
I really like it here, despite it being liberal governotopia.
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FrogMarch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:47:04pm |
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Jimmah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:47:29pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:48:04pm |
re: #329 jcm
The put it out for bid, a community group of “involved” citizens picked it. It was not voted on. The transfer station in question is 10 blocks from my house.
I submitted a proposal for the project….
to be Titled Ron Sims (King Co. Exec) to the Taxpayers.
That so sounds like Ron Sims & Co. As corrupt as Pierce County is, King County is parsecs and lightyears ahead.
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jjmckay1216 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:48:06pm |
re: #335 Occasional Reader
found other places like Colorado much more to my liking. currently in gillette, wyo and it is even cool
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debutaunt Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:48:08pm |
re: #334 Sharmuta
It would be so nice to count actual ballots meant for each candidate this time.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:48:11pm |
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Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:48:19pm |
re: #306 LGoPs
Same here. Makes it very hard to learn lessons from interviewing because you never have feedback. Was it something I said, or failed to say. Was it my deoderant…..sheesh.
Part of my problem is that I do not interview well. But this I know. I just need to keep working on it.
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gregg Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:48:30pm |
Tent cities in Sacramento. And the battle begins, which party can make a name stick? Obamavilles or Bushvilles, or…?
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:48:45pm |
re: #339 jjmckay1216
found other places like Colorado much more to my liking. currently in gillette, wyo and it is even cool
Come back to us Jim. :)
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:48:50pm |
re: #318 USBeast
I sincerely hope everybody is having a better day than I am. Last night my soon to be ex called me up with the joyous news that the computer I built for her and our kids “was screwing up”. I drove out there this morning, picked up the tower and brought it home. Upon examination I determined that the problem was the video card and took it to my nearby and neighborly computer shop for confirmation of my diagnosis. Diagnosis confirmed. New video card that will handle the game “Oblivion”: $162. (Yes, I know I could have found it cheaper on line, but I needed it now.)
Now comes the part that really sucks. My soon to be ex is in no position to take a financial hit like this and I knew it when I was writing the check, so I will see repayment in dribs and drabs if at all. What really, really sucks is that that money was earmarked to buy myself a new motherboard and processor. I was going to order it today.
One of the hidden joys of marriage.
//
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:49:07pm |
This company isn’t going to get any bailout money:
Kleptocracy t-shirts from Despair, Inc.
(I have no connection with the company, but like their work)
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Kragar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:49:33pm |
re: #341 albusteve
re: #311 J.D.
very nice….it’s a relief and fun to look at….municiple art doesn’t need to always be some metaphysical expression of inner torture or whatever…animals work for me
I’ve found conveyor belts leading past murals of Mediterrean scenes which then lead into rotating knives do the trick.
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:49:35pm |
re: #339 jjmckay1216
found other places like Colorado much more to my liking. currently in gillette, wyo and it is even cool
But can you get a decent lowfat soy beluga caviar no foam latte there?
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Jimmah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:49:47pm |
re: #328 cagney
Ok, I’m now crossing off ‘surprise unarmed attack’ from my list of anti-tiger strategies.
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jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:50:31pm |
re: #338 FurryOldGuyJeans
That so sounds like Ron Sims & Co. As corrupt as Pierce County is, King County is parsecs and lightyears ahead.
At we won one in the State Supreme Court, big parts of Sims’ Critical Areas Ordinance got tossed. CAO limited what property owners could do with their property.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:50:59pm |
re: #339 jjmckay1216
found other places like Colorado much more to my liking. currently in gillette, wyo and it is even cool
I know Gillette…some tough country up there…Wyoming is my next favorite state other NM…some fine people up your way
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:51:08pm |
re: #347 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I’ve found conveyor belts leading past murals of Mediterrean scenes which then lead into rotating knives do the trick.
Sorry. We’ll need to find an architect who is a Freemason.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:51:33pm |
re: #351 albusteve
I know Gillette…some tough country up there…Wyoming is my next favorite state other NM…some fine people up your way
And what are we in Golden, Colorado, chopped bull balls?
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Dianna Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:51:54pm |
re: #332 Occasional Reader
Then someone call Hugh Hefner!
Heh.
I think it’s more a Penthouse thing. Gross and waaaay over the top.
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Kragar Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:51:59pm |
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Russkilitlover Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:52:02pm |
re: #292 Steve
Oh, crap. My day just went all to hell. A company that I had applied for just called and let me know that the position I was interviewed for was filled. Made the top 3 out of 200 apps. Still unemployed. @#$#@&^**&%$^&*((()))(*&^%^%%. Need I say any more?
I was unemployed for 6 months. This happened several times per week. Don’t get discouraged. Remember, because of Equal Opportunity Employment regulations, company MUST post jobs, even if it’s pre-ordained that the position is filled.
Keep your attitude POSITIVE!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:52:16pm |
re: #350 jcm
At we won one in the State Supreme Court, big parts of Sims’ Critical Areas Ordinance got tossed. CAO limited what property owners could do with their property.
Too bad the rumor of Ron Sims being tapped for a position in the administration turned out to be false.
Or maybe it is best Sims is kept with his fingers in the KC pie instead of the one nation-wide.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:52:23pm |
re: #347 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I’ve found conveyor belts leading past murals of Mediterrean scenes which then lead into rotating knives do the trick.
heh…get some rest bro
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jjmckay1216 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:52:27pm |
re: #344 Walter L. Newton
wish i could, but radio there is not hiring :(
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:53:20pm |
re: #353 Walter L. Newton
And what are we in Golden, Colorado, chopped bull balls?
not yet, but keep trying :)
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Afrocity Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:53:57pm |
With everything going on in Chicago such as, floods, corrupt politicians ands pastors being shot to death by crazy lyme disease ridden citizens, The Chicago Tribune always stays on top of things with ground breaking news coverage:
Found: The source of … belly-button lint
Vienna chemist says hairs around navel pull fibers, other matter in—Rex W. Huppke
March 9, 2009A chemist in Vienna has taken the term “navel gazing” to its logical extreme and guaranteed himself a curious epitaph: Unraveler of the mysteries of belly-button lint.
Georg Steinhauser discovered that there is a certain type of body hair responsible for directing lint into the navel. The researcher spent three years studying 503 pieces of schmutz from his own belly button, then published his conclusions in the journal Medical Hypotheses under the title, “The nature of navel fluff.”
Among other gems, the article notes: “Accordingly, and to the author’s personal experience, navel lint seems to be a phenomenon that affects primarily male adults.”
Steinhauser found that hairs around the belly button have a scaly structure that pulls fibers from clothing and then directs those fibers—along with dead skin, fat, sweat and dust—into the belly button.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:54:20pm |
re: #359 jjmckay1216
wish i could, but radio there is not hiring :(
Well, considering the big shake up with the print media here recently, I’m with you, an on air job in Wy. is better than no job in Denver.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:54:58pm |
re: #361 Afrocity
With everything going on in Chicago such as, floods, corrupt politicians ands pastors being shot to death by crazy lyme disease ridden citizens, The Chicago Tribune always stays on top of things with ground breaking news coverage:
They are not on top of it. That story is almost a week old.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:55:00pm |
My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.
Did Getty know that secret to success before he did well?
/haven’t skimmed the thread, hope no one’s used it already
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USBeast Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:55:07pm |
re: #321 FurryOldGuyJeans
You did it for the kids, not the ex.
Yes, of course. They need a computer for their schoolwork. What burns is that I built that computer specifically so it could handle the role playing game “Oblivion” which my stepson had bought not knowing the system requirements. I was hounded on an almost daily basis to spend money I did not have. A bonus at work finally enabled me to do the upgrade. That was last year. To have it fail now when I’d at long last scraped up the shekels to upgrade my computer…well it burns, that all…it burns.
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:55:49pm |
re: #325 Soona’
Do you have any tattoos on your face or forehead?
/had to ask
No, although sometimes I feel like I have a sexual appendage sticking out of my forehead.
/ :)
Reminds me of a great Tide (detergent) commercial where a shlub is interviewing for a job and all the hiring guy sees is the stain on his pocket and ‘blah, blah, blah blah”
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pilots wife Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:56:02pm |
re: #353 Walter L. Newton
I grew up in Golden! Still have the Colorado Native sticker on my van—folks here in NC just don’t get it.
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DEZes Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:57:28pm |
re: #361 Afrocity
A Chemist hmmmm?
Could explain a lot, take a few hits and play with your belly button.
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Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:57:31pm |
re: #356 Russkilitlover
I was unemployed for 6 months. This happened several times per week. Don’t get discouraged. Remember, because of Equal Opportunity Employment regulations, company MUST post jobs, even if it’s pre-ordained that the position is filled.
Keep your attitude POSITIVE!
Positive is good. Just hurts when I have 3 kids wife and a house payment. Good news is the only thing I owe on besides my house is a 5500.00 credit card bill.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:57:39pm |
re: #361 Afrocity
With everything going on in Chicago such as, floods, corrupt politicians ands pastors being shot to death by crazy lyme disease ridden citizens, The Chicago Tribune always stays on top of things with ground breaking news coverage:
With such crack investigative services such as that is it any wonder why O is now POTUS?
Afternoon, beautiful lady. :) Feeling better now?
{Afrocity}
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:57:43pm |
re: #342 Steve
Part of my problem is that I do not interview well. But this I know. I just need to keep working on it.
Keep it up……
Take confidence from the fact that you were 3rd in this last selection process. Must’ve impressed a bunch of people for that.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:57:45pm |
re: #367 pilots wife
I grew up in Golden! Still have the Colorado Native sticker on my van—folks here in NC just don’t get it.
Really that’s neat, yea, cool (I really don’t get it, but don’t tell her)
No, just kidding. Come home.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:58:11pm |
re: #367 pilots wife
I grew up in Golden! Still have the Colorado Native sticker on my van—folks here in NC just don’t get it.
there are no mountains in the Carolinas…that may have something to do with it
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jjmckay1216 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:58:34pm |
re: #362 Walter L. Newton
shame about the Rocky. But we all knew that 2 newspapers towns were going away. Heck, radio is going away. Working on internet now
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:58:39pm |
re: #373 albusteve
there are no mountains in the Carolinas…that may have something to do with it
You better duck!
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:58:40pm |
re: #366 LGoPs
No, although sometimes I feel like I have a sexual appendage sticking out of my forehead.
/ :)Reminds me of a great Tide (detergent) commercial where a shlub is interviewing for a job and all the hiring guy sees is the stain on his pocket and ‘blah, blah, blah blah”
Those are commercials that I actually liked. Funny. And true.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:59:30pm |
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Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:59:59pm |
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:00:16pm |
re: #373 albusteve
there are no mountains in the Carolinas…that may have something to do with it
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Silvergirl Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:00:36pm |
re: #313 UberInfidel67
I remembered: There is this tiny dumpy little store in the town next to me that fixes vacuum cleaners. They carry the Kirby bags! And they are cheap too. Thank God for old tiny dumpy stores. lol
Good. I was just getting ready to post this. I’ll do it anyway in case tiny dumpy store is out. Generic Kirby Bags
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Afrocity Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:00:38pm |
re: #370 FurryOldGuyJeans
I am better Furry. I went out to work today and took some photographs.
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capitalist piglet Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:00:38pm |
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:00:44pm |
when I see a creationist thread I just head to the beer store
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:01:22pm |
re: #378 pre-Boomer Marine brat
creationism thread ——————->
I’m stalling as long as I can here before I go there.
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Afrocity Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:01:30pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:01:47pm |
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:02:15pm |
re: #381 Occasional Reader
I’ve crisscrossed that whole land, and it’s really beautiful…I’ll take the hit
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:02:15pm |
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:02:51pm |
re: #384 capitalist piglet
Galloway kisses the ground in Gaza:
[Link: www.jpost.com…]
I have something else Galloway can kiss.
From your link:
“I have entered Palestine many times but the most emotional of these is after the 22-day genocidal aggression against the Palestinian people,” he told reporters.
Fuck you, Galloway, you lying, Jew-hating scumbag.
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goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:03:09pm |
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bulwrk Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:03:29pm |
re: #318 USBeast
Sorry to hear that but if that’s the worst thing that happens to you during your divorce consider yourself lucky.
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CapeCoddah Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:03:33pm |
What the hell… 2 kids missing in Philly, one 3 years old and no Amber alert?
What are these people thinking? This sounds all wrong to me.
foxnews.com
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:03:50pm |
re: #385 albusteve
when I see a creationist thread I just head to the beer store
I’ll just hold down the fort over here. Make sure no trolls come in the back door……
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DEZes Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:03:52pm |
re: #384 capitalist piglet
Galloway kisses the ground in Gaza:
[Link: www.jpost.com…]
I have something else Galloway can kiss.
And not on the cheeks either. ;}
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Amer-I-Can Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:03:54pm |
re: #165 ROPMA
Wow, what mercy…
Now I’m pissed… I was going to go to the gym tonight, but this makes me want to go to the range… decisions, decisions…
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:04:51pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:05:26pm |
re: #384 capitalist piglet
Galloway kisses the ground in Gaza:
[Link: www.jpost.com…]
I have something else Galloway can kiss.
Damn! I was hoping for a photo on him on his knees, bent over.
/was also hoping for the same thing via an IDF gun-camera video
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jjmckay1216 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:05:30pm |
re: #387 Afrocity
we have SNOW! 3-6 inches :)
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:05:57pm |
re: #395 LGoPs
I’ll just hold down the fort over here. Make sure no trolls come in the back door……
I’ll give Charles credit…he likes a good scrap once in a while…come get some!
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:06:12pm |
re: #384 capitalist piglet
I have something else Galloway can kiss.
I’ve got something he can suck on. I won’t say what, so as not to get deleted. Hint: It’s “match grade”.
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:06:14pm |
re: #395 LGoPs
I’ll just hold down the fort over here. Make sure no trolls come in the back door……
And I’ll keep watch on the windows.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:06:34pm |
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brookly red Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:06:35pm |
re: #387 Afrocity
Oh, being right next to the lake I was concerened… hope all is good.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:06:51pm |
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Pilots Wife Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:07:09pm |
Hey, does anyone know—it is illegal for me to mail a tea bag with my check to the IRS this year?
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AlexRogan Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:08:10pm |
re: #318 USBeast
I sincerely hope everybody is having a better day than I am. Last night my soon to be ex called me up with the joyous news that the computer I built for her and our kids “was screwing up”. I drove out there this morning, picked up the tower and brought it home. Upon examination I determined that the problem was the video card and took it to my nearby and neighborly computer shop for confirmation of my diagnosis. Diagnosis confirmed. New video card that will handle the game “Oblivion”: $162. (Yes, I know I could have found it cheaper on line, but I needed it now.)
Now comes the part that really sucks. My soon to be ex is in no position to take a financial hit like this and I knew it when I was writing the check, so I will see repayment in dribs and drabs if at all. What really, really sucks is that that money was earmarked to buy myself a new motherboard and processor. I was going to order it today.
What’s your budget and what CPU/motherboard were you getting? We might be able to help you find a better deal….
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:08:20pm |
re: #398 Occasional Reader
From California
to the New York island?
How about the Gulfstream waters?
/the pretty-colored stuff in the john?
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Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:08:43pm |
re: #395 LGoPs
I’ll just hold down the fort over here. Make sure no trolls come in the back door……
I get the sofa by the fireplace and dibs on the fridg.
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opnion Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:09:54pm |
Ahh, a new ID v Evolution thread just over yonder.
I am sure that a totally civil discussion will ensue.
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Afrocity Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:09:55pm |
re: #400 jjmckay1216
we have SNOW! 3-6 inches :)
Not us…I hope we have seen the last of the white stuff.
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:10:16pm |
re: #407 Pilots Wife
Hey, does anyone know—it is illegal for me to mail a tea bag with my check to the IRS this year?
LOL. What an absolutely brilliant idea. This makes me want to send my taxes by mail instead of electronically.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:10:16pm |
… this land was made for you and me !
/Obama’s theme song
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brookly red Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:10:43pm |
re: #407 Pilots Wife
Hey, does anyone know—it is illegal for me to mail a tea bag with my check to the IRS this year?
Uhhh, not unless they want to call in a hazmat team & make an example of you… funny you can get some slack from the IRS, but the Postal Service, no don’t go there….
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:12:18pm |
re: #409 pre-Boomer Marine brat
How about the Gulfstream waters?
I usually have my Gulfstream’s minibars stocked with Perrier and Evian. You?
/lighting cigar with $100 bill
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Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:12:20pm |
re: #416 brookly red
Uhhh, not unless they want to call in a hazmat team & make an example of you… funny you can get some slack from the IRS, but the Postal Service, no don’t go there….
I done right, how would they know?
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jjmckay1216 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:12:35pm |
re: #414 Soona’
i wonder how many tea bags they will get this tax season. Seems with the current climate, we aren’t the only ones thinking tea party
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albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:12:51pm |
I have stomped across this whole country since my teen years….every inch of it I consider my own turf in a way….and everybody I meet is my brother and my sister…we are all one…surely I’m partial to some places over others but that is just a little bump in the road…the whole country and every one in it I care about…even Walter
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LGoPs Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:13:36pm |
re: #410 Steve
I get the sofa by the fireplace and dibs on the fridg.
Long as you leave the Hostess Cupcakes alone………
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brookly red Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:13:42pm |
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debutaunt Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:13:51pm |
re: #419 jjmckay1216
i wonder how many tea bags they will get this tax season. Seems with the current climate, we aren’t the only ones thinking tea party
Would he be illegal to staple a teabag to the check?
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Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:14:07pm |
re: #415 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Cranky conservative version:
This land is my land
it isn’t your land
You’d better get off
I’ll blow your head off
I’ve got a shotgun
and you don’t got one
This land is private property
| 425 |
UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:14:54pm |
re: #424 Occasional Reader
Where the hell did you dig that one up from? I haven’t heard that since high school. lol lol
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Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:14:56pm |
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debutaunt Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:15:03pm |
re: #424 Occasional Reader
Cranky conservative version:
This land is my land
it isn’t your land
You’d better get off
I’ll blow your head off
I’ve got a shotgun
and you don’t got one
This land is private property
That’s unabomber crazy!
| 428 |
USBeast Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:15:18pm |
re: #393 bulwrk
Sorry to hear that but if that’s the worst thing that happens to you during your divorce consider yourself lucky.
Yeah, I know. Both of my brothers went through a lot hairier battles than I’m having. At some point I will count my blessings, but…(grumble, grumble) not now.
| 429 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:15:32pm |
re: #425 UberInfidel67
Where the hell did you dig that one up from? I haven’t heard that since high school. lol lol
High school?! In my case, grade school. Circa 1975.
| 430 |
albusteve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:15:38pm |
re: #424 Occasional Reader
Cranky conservative version:
This land is my land
it isn’t your land
You’d better get off
I’ll blow your head off
I’ve got a shotgun
and you don’t got one
This land is private property
insufferable….give me your pie
| 431 |
Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:15:55pm |
| 432 |
jjmckay1216 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:16:03pm |
re: #423 debutaunt
as long as u didn’t add water :)
| 433 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:16:04pm |
| 434 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:16:04pm |
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UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:16:17pm |
re: #424 Occasional Reader
Shouldn’t there be a second verse? Something about illegals crossing your private property and destroying it and when you hold them at gunpoint waiting for the BP, they sue you and get your land?
*breath*
| 436 |
Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:16:54pm |
re: #429 Occasional Reader
High school?! In my case, grade school. Circa 1975.
Boy you are a yungun. Graduated HS in 71.
| 437 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:17:01pm |
re: #417 Occasional Reader
I usually have my Gulfstream’s minibars stocked with Perrier and Evian. You?
/lighting cigar with $100 bill
Can I have that $100 bill before it burns past the half-way mark?
| 438 |
UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:18:38pm |
re: #436 Steve
Ok maybe not HIGH school…how about Jr. High? I started school in ‘72. lol
| 439 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:19:14pm |
re: #437 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Can I have that $100 bill before it burns past the half-way mark?
Back! BACK, I say!
Smithers! Release the hounds!
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:19:16pm |
| 441 |
UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:19:47pm |
Now I got all those stupid songs stuck in my head that we changed the words to. Anyone remember Roll roll roll a joint?
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Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:20:35pm |
re: #438 UberInfidel67
Ok maybe not HIGH school…how about Jr. High? I started school in ‘72. lol
Keep up the god work. You might have a career in satirical song writing…. snicker snicker
| 443 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:21:15pm |
re: #441 UberInfidel67
Now I got all those stupid songs stuck in my head that we changed the words to. Anyone remember Roll roll roll a joint?
Glory, glory hallelujah
Teacher hit me with a ruler
I hid behind the door
with a loaded forty-four
and there ain’t no teacher no more
/nowadays, if a kid sang this a SWAT team would surround the building and he’d make “Headline News”
| 444 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:21:16pm |
re: #439 Occasional Reader
Back! BACK, I say!
Smithers! Release the hounds!
| 445 |
UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:21:16pm |
re: #442 Steve
Ha! That would make me the BuzzsawInfidel? I don’t think so : )
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chicagodudewhotrades Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:21:46pm |
re: #310 FrogMarch
The Cow art was cool and was well liked by Chicagoans, including myself. The Chicago Merc. Exchange had a ‘Trader cow’ in front of the building that summer. He was painted in a trader’s jacket and was pretty neat. I patted him on the head every morning as I walked into the CME. When the cow art ended, the CME kept ours and he is now displayed up in the visitor’s gallery
| 447 |
yochanan Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:22:03pm |
file this under DARWIN AWARD WINNER
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goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:22:28pm |
re: #443 Occasional Reader
Glory, glory hallelujah
Teacher hit me with a ruler
I hid behind the door
with a loaded forty-four
and there ain’t no teacher no more/nowadays, if a kid sang this a SWAT team would surround the building and he’d make “Headline News”
Bo kidding! My own child almost got in trouble for singing this in 3rd grade. I sang it in third grade!
| 449 |
USBeast Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:22:44pm |
re: #441 UberInfidel67
Now I got all those stupid songs stuck in my head that we changed the words to. Anyone remember Roll roll roll a joint?
Uh, like no, my short term…you know that thing that helps you remember things…what were we talking about?
| 450 |
UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:23:18pm |
re: #443 Occasional Reader
Ohhhhhh that would be trouble these days. I remember when my kids were in elementary school and they changed the words to Joy to the World…Barney’s dead…we barbecued his head….don’t worry about the body, we flushed it down the potty…and around and around it goes…
We were at midnight mass singing Joy to the World and I couldn’t stop thinking of that version.
/Juvenile
| 451 |
Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:23:19pm |
re: #441 UberInfidel67
How about:
Propel, propel, propel your craft
easily up the viaduct
gleefully, gleefully gleefully, gleefully,
existance is but and illusion
| 452 |
brookly red Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:23:25pm |
re: #431 Soona’
well if you mail in a tea bag w/a check uhm, they are gonna figure that out… if you just send a tea bag, well maybe or not… but as a rule of thumb, I would not mess with the Feds, unless of course you are willing to go all the way & if so I really don’t want to know about it…
| 453 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:23:54pm |
re: #448 goddessoftheclassroom
Bo kidding! My own child almost got in trouble for singing this in 3rd grade. I sang it in third grade!
Were you ever in third grade?
/*running like hell*
| 454 |
jcm Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:24:10pm |
Obama: Bush Made Me Do It (updated)
Even Obama’s socialism is Bush’s fault. Last Friday a reporter from the New York Times asked President Obama: “Are you a socialist as some people have suggested?”Obama answered, “You know, let’s take a look at the budget — the answer would be no.”
Apparently, the question (and his vapid response) bothered President Obama. The Washington Times reports that Obama later called the NYT reporter from the Oval Office to clarify his response:
“It was hard for me to believe that you were entirely serious about that socialist question,” he told reporters, who had interviewed the president aboard Air Force One on Friday.Opening the unusual presidential call to reporters by saying that there was “just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter,” he said it wasn’t he who started the federal government’s intervention into the nation’s financial system.
“I did think it might be useful to point out that it wasn’t under me that we started buying a bunch of shares of banks. It wasn’t on my watch. And it wasn’t on my watch that we passed a massive new entitlement — the prescription drug plan — without a source of funding. And so I think it’s important just to note when you start hearing folks throw these words around that we’ve actually been operating in a way that has been entirely consistent with free-market principles and that some of the same folks who are throwing the word ‘socialist’ around can’t say the same.” [Emphasis added.
| 455 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:24:29pm |
| 456 |
UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:24:33pm |
re: #449 USBeast
Roll roll roll a joint, pass it down the line
take a toke and hold your smoke
and blow your f’king mind
(row row row your boat)
| 458 |
opnion Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:25:35pm |
re: #447 yochanan
file this under DARWIN AWARD WINNER
[Link: www.chicagobreakingnews.com…]
“Moma always say’s, stupid is as stupid does sir.”
| 459 |
debutaunt Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:26:04pm |
re: #443 Occasional Reader
Glory, glory hallelujah
Teacher hit me with a ruler
I hid behind the door
with a loaded forty-four
and there ain’t no teacher no more
/nowadays, if a kid sang this a SWAT team would surround the building and he’d make “Headline News”
No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher’s dirty looks
| 460 |
Occasional Reader Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:27:40pm |
re: #448 goddessoftheclassroom
Bo kidding! My own child almost got in trouble for singing this in 3rd grade. I sang it in third grade!
My own favorite from grade school (as I’ve posted here before)… and yes, this one WAS made up by kids in my class, and demonstrates a certain aesthetic of the time. This, when we were doing a unit on American History regarding slavery, the Underground Railroad, and including such cultural attributes as the “negro spiritual” (as they were previously known):
Go down, Moses
Way down to Egypt land
Tell old
Pharoah…
[switch to Cossack Dance-style uptempo]
UP YOUR NOSE WITH A RUBBER HOSE! (Hey!)
TWICE AS FAR WITH A CHOCOLATE BAR! (Hey!)
| 461 |
jorline Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:27:47pm |
| 462 |
Dustyvet Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:28:26pm |
| 463 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:29:05pm |
re: #455 goddessoftheclassroom
surrender is the better part of survival
(LOL — that’s certainly one [expletive deleted] cat ! )
| 464 |
UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:29:19pm |
Here’s one my Mom taught me:
Tramp tramp tramp the boys are marching
here comes Hitler at the door
Gimme a loaf of bread
and I’ll hit him over the head
and there wont be any Hitler anymore
Anyone know the origins of that one?
| 465 |
USBeast Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:29:48pm |
re: #462 Dustyvet
Yeah my brother went through 3rd grade 4 times…:)
That’s the equivalent of 12th grade…isn’t it?
| 466 |
Dustyvet Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:31:29pm |
re: #465 USBeast
That’s the equivalent of 12th grade…isn’t it?
I’ll ask him the next time I see him…:)
| 467 |
aboo-Hoo-Hoo Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:31:32pm |
(API- All Phuking Idiots - Washington, D.C.) White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced this morning that President Obama will again be changing the national symbol - this time to a CONDOM - to more accurately reflect the current Administrations political stance. Gibbs elaborated stating, “The CONDOM allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks and gives you a sense of security while your actually being screwed.”
eom - move along.
| 468 |
Soona' Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:31:55pm |
re: #464 UberInfidel67
Here’s one my Mom taught me:
Tramp tramp tramp the boys are marching
here comes Hitler at the door
Gimme a loaf of bread
and I’ll hit him over the head
and there wont be any Hitler anymoreAnyone know the origins of that one?
Poland?
| 469 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:32:15pm |
Once upon a midnight dreary
… as I pondered weak and weary
… … over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore …
(Sing it to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic)
| 471 |
UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:33:39pm |
re: #468 Soona’
For that matter, any other European country. I just wondered if it sprung up from something specific.
| 472 |
Dustyvet Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:34:42pm |
re: #469 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Once upon a midnight dreary
… as I pondered weak and weary
… … over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore …(Sing it to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic)
Friend of mine wants to rewrite that, from the Raven’s point of view…;)
| 473 |
UberInfidel67 Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:35:27pm |
Ha! It wasn’t even about Hitler! Maybe they changed it during the war? Hmmmmmmmm
| 474 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:38:10pm |
re: #472 Dustyvet
Friend of mine wants to rewrite that, from the Raven’s point of view…;)
I LOVE teaching that poem!
| 475 |
Steve Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:40:53pm |
re: #469 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Once upon a midnight dreary
… as I pondered weak and weary
… … over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore …(Sing it to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic)
Once upon a midnight dreary
as I laid beside you weak and weary….
| 476 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:43:16pm |
| 477 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:45:10pm |
re: #472 Dustyvet
Friend of mine wants to rewrite that, from the Raven’s point of view…;)
That’s a poe excuse for ruining a masterpiece!
| 478 |
Pietr Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:51:51pm |
re: #477 pre-Boomer Marine brat
That’s a poe excuse for ruining a masterpiece!
If you’d both stop Raven about it, maybe we could get to that Cask of Amontillado in the basement…..but Nevermore, until then……:>))
| 479 |
Silvergirl Mon, Mar 9, 2009 3:53:46pm |
OT: Sick today, and flipping through channels, I hit upon CNN and heard Wolf Blitzer ask if the honeymoon with Obama is basically over, and Gloria Borger said yes. Roland Martin looked disgruntled. Blitzer also quoted the article from Newsweek that slammed Obama.
Barack Obama is a great pretender. He constantly says he’s doing things that he isn’t, and he relies on his powerful rhetoric to obscure the difference …
Confidence (too little) and uncertainty (too much) are at the core of this crisis. All of Obama’s double-talk threatens to reduce the first and raise the second. Investors and traders have surely noticed the discrepancies between Obama’s words and actions.
| 480 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:02:26pm |
re: #478 Pietr
If you’d both stop Raven about it, maybe we could get to that Cask of Amontillado in the basement…..but Nevermore, until then……:>))
This thread has swung back and forth, back and forth, but’s finally turned into the pits.
| 481 |
goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:08:57pm |
re: #480 pre-Boomer Marine brat
This thread has swung back and forth, back and forth, but’s finally turned into the pits.
| 482 |
Dustyvet Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:14:51pm |
British MP Galloway kisses Gaza ground.
| 483 |
Pietr Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:15:33pm |
re: #480 pre-Boomer Marine brat
This thread has swung back and forth, back and forth, but’s finally turned into the pits.
The pendulum swings again…..still no Amontillado, because the Raven’s still croaking….”Nevermore”.
Did you know that HPLovecraft was a devoted Poe fan-and their lives were similarly screwed up?
| 484 |
Lizard by the Bay Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:18:02pm |
re: #479 Silvergirl
OT: Sick today, and flipping through channels, I hit upon CNN and heard Wolf Blitzer ask if the honeymoon with Obama is basically over, and Gloria Borger said yes. Roland Martin looked disgruntled. Blitzer also quoted the article from Newsweek that slammed Obama.
Has anyone considered the possibility that Obama is such a freakin’ ego case that once the media and many members of his own party start abandoning him, he just might take his ball and go home?
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if one day “The One” decided that even this job is “beneath him”. But if he resigns, it won’t be because he failed America, of course, but because “America failed him”.
| 485 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:20:19pm |
I rue that we’ve turned this into a morgue
| 486 |
UncleRancher Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:20:35pm |
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Pietr Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:21:53pm |
re: #482 Dustyvet
From your link:
The ‘Viva Palestina’ vehicle convoy, bringing medicine, food, clothing and toys, traveled more than 12,000 kilometers, through France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. It also included Ambulances and a fire engine.
Wasn’t it nice of them to bring Hamas new troop/weapon transports?
| 488 |
Dustyvet Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:23:53pm |
re: #487 Pietr
From your link:
The ‘Viva Palestina’ vehicle convoy, bringing medicine, food, clothing and toys, traveled more than 12,000 kilometers, through France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. It also included Ambulances and a fire engine.Wasn’t it nice of them to bring Hamas new troop/weapon transports?
yeah, you can get a whole platoon on a fire truck.
/S
| 489 |
UncleRancher Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:25:42pm |
re: #487 Pietr
From your link:
The ‘Viva Palestina’ vehicle convoy, bringing medicine, food, clothing and toys, traveled more than 12,000 kilometers, through France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. It also included Ambulances and a fire engine.Wasn’t it nice of them to bring Hamas new troop/weapon transports?
Of course the fire engine and ambulance come complete with the costumes, otherwise what good would they be…
| 490 |
Pietr Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:28:05pm |
re: #485 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I rue that we’ve turned this into a morgue
Not to mention murder’ng it, while Masqued, M. Valdemar…Thump, Thump…Thump, Thump..:>))
| 491 |
Dustyvet Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:30:38pm |
re: #490 Pietr
Not to mention murder’ng it, while Masqued, M. Valdemar…Thump, Thump…Thump, Thump..:>))
your going to rue that one…:)
| 492 |
Silvergirl Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:48:41pm |
re: #484 Lizard by the Bay
Has anyone considered the possibility that Obama is such a freakin’ ego case that once the media and many members of his own party start abandoning him, he just might take his ball and go home?
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if one day “The One” decided that even this job is “beneath him”. But if he resigns, it won’t be because he failed America, of course, but because “America failed him”.
Take his ball and go home? Ah, we can dream, can’t we?
| 493 |
Pietr Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:50:27pm |
re: #491 Dustyvet
your going to rue that one…:)
Only by premature burial……..Unless I awaken in the church, and my pounding on the coffin makes the Usher’s fall in fright…..red about that kinda death somewhere…..LOL.
| 494 |
Pietr Mon, Mar 9, 2009 4:54:53pm |
re: #464 UberInfidel67
Here’s one my Mom taught me:
Tramp tramp tramp the boys are marching
here comes Hitler at the door
Gimme a loaf of bread
and I’ll hit him over the head
and there wont be any Hitler anymoreAnyone know the origins of that one?
No-but it sings well to “Jesus loves the little children”…….Think of the start for “Everything is Beautifull”……
| 495 |
Clutch Mon, Mar 9, 2009 5:10:26pm |
Barack Hussein 0bama, the benchmark by which all Epic Failures will be measured against. And will come up short.
| 496 |
noshariaincanada Mon, Mar 9, 2009 5:11:36pm |
Charles,
I just got an idea for a new feature that I think would be useful in reducing spinoff link clutter on LGF.
You know how sometimes you get a half-dozen or more people submitting links to a given story? Sometimes the links are to the same article; sometimes they are to a similar article.
Here’s the idea: add a checkbox next to each spinoff link: this can be called “merge”, “coalesce”, “aggregate”, “similar” or “same” or whatever you like.
The idea is that when a registered lizardoid ticks that checkbox next to multiple links, he/she is indicating that those linked articles are one and the same “story”, and you can use that info to automatically “merge” the links.
| 497 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Mar 9, 2009 6:01:14pm |
re: #305 Killian Bundy
Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes
/Sharia law straight out of the 7th century, what’s not to like?
Honestly, I doubt they did this sort of thing much in the 7th century. This is the result of people desperately trying to ward off the outside world with fundamentalist extremism.
| 498 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Mar 9, 2009 6:02:57pm |
re: #309 Soona’
We have the same thing here in Okla. City. Many of the cows are permanent now.
San Francisco had one of those with hearts, and we kept some. San Jose, I think, did it with sharks. The hearts are very nice, actually. I don’t know if it’s great art, but it’s pretty and dresses up the city a little.
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