3 | cenotaphium Mon, Oct 12, 2009 11:35:43pm |
re: #1 spacejesus
You have more negative karma than posts made. Wow. What have you been doing to piss people off so?
5 | Bagua Mon, Oct 12, 2009 11:37:55pm |
re: #3 cenotaphium
Exactly 30 difference. Well underpar for spacejesus.
Please join me in updinging spacejesus as a subversive act.
7 | shimoda Mon, Oct 12, 2009 11:41:09pm |
Hi all,
I thought I would use this Ocean (Open) thread to put a question out. I noticed that there are some people trained in the noble science of physics here.
I read this in a popular science magazine many years ago and my knowledge of physics has not allowed me to find the answer. So it is still bugging me.
Yes, I know, I have no life.
A spring is tied shut with acid-resistant bands. The whole package is submerged in a bath of acid that dissolves the spring. After one day the spring is completely gone. Question: Where did the energy stored in the spring go?
I know enough physics to think it must be converted to heat in some fashion. But how? Or is this a really simple question for anyone but ignorant me?
9 | Bagua Mon, Oct 12, 2009 11:45:41pm |
10 | ArchangelMichael Mon, Oct 12, 2009 11:51:09pm |
re: #7 shimoda
[Link: www.newton.dep.anl.gov...]
11 | shimoda Mon, Oct 12, 2009 11:58:23pm |
re: #10 ArchangelMichael
[Link: www.newton.dep.anl.gov...]
Ahhh... Thank you! Just as I expected, it becomes heat. But now I got an explanation I could really understand. Excellent site that.
The things you learn here. Gave you an up ding.
///Now I really should give you a down ding as you have robbed my life of meaning. Sort of King Arthur finding The Grail. What would he do then?
12 | Sharmuta Mon, Oct 12, 2009 11:58:24pm |
re: #1 spacejesus
Hey, SpaceJesus! I thought if sometime you felt like visiting 2, you could help them cherry pick comments. I was thinking you could bring them this comment as a cherry pick. Maybe they'll delete you.
13 | Sharmuta Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:00:22am |
re: #1 spacejesus
OK- this time I did that just to see "#1 spacejesus" again.
14 | Gus Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:00:30am |
Well, I can't find Deep Ocean, Vast Sea by Peter Murphy.
So, here's Peter Murphy - Strange Kind Of Love
15 | ArchangelMichael Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:06:52am |
re: #14 Gus 802
Well, I can't find Deep Ocean, Vast Sea by Peter Murphy.
So, here's Peter Murphy - Strange Kind Of Love
I tried to find that a couple of LND Ocean Ts ago. Not a decent version of it to be found anywhere on teh youtoobs.
17 | Gus Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:08:02am |
re: #15 ArchangelMichael
I tried to find that a couple of LND Ocean Ts ago. Not a decent version of it to be found anywhere on teh youtoobs.
Yeah, just a poorly recorded live version. I tried finding an MP3 with no luck.
19 | Sharmuta Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:18:18am |
re: #16 GreenSoccer
Shocker: BBC Wonders If Global Warming Is Real
News Flash for the BBC: Yes- it's real.
20 | Gus Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:21:44am |
21 | freetoken Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:21:45am |
re: #16 GreenSoccer
Prager gets irrational when speaking about AGW.
As for the BBC... it is an intentionally attention grabbing title. The natural variation in temperature over time is well explained... indeed, even Charles had a post on this last week.
22 | Bagua Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:22:02am |
re: #19 Sharmuta
The BBC did not wonder if Global Warming is real. They just said that cooler weather would lead to debate.
23 | freetoken Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:22:44am |
Speaking of Christmas... a warning: You only have 72 more shopping days until Christmas!
24 | Bagua Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:24:21am |
re: #23 freetoken
You just keep flaunting your precocious ability to post MP3s... I'll get you back when I figure it out in 2 or 3 months.
25 | ArchangelMichael Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:25:32am |
re: #17 Gus 802
Yeah, just a poorly recorded live version. I tried finding an MP3 with no luck.
I have an MP3 of it but no place to host it that would be kosher doing so.
26 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:25:55am |
re: #19 Sharmuta
And all the solutions I've heard so far involve the government reaching into the taxpayer's pocket so they can throw more money at it.
/While Al Gore flies in on another learjet to get picked up in a Suburban so he can show up for another speaking appearence.
27 | freetoken Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:26:03am |
re: #24 Bagua
In the meantime... enjoy the music! We've got enough funky Christmas music for every shopping day left...
28 | Gus Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:28:19am |
30 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:32:31am |
re: #29 TheMatrix31
Results are inconclusive, Matrix. They need more of other peoples money to throw at the problem.
31 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:33:56am |
re: #30 Fenway_Nation
Well you know what they say,
The problem with socialism fucking bullshit is that sooner or later, you start to run out of other people's money.
32 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:37:12am |
re: #31 TheMatrix31
That was the Iron Lady herself, if I remember correctly.
And technically that's not true...you could always print some more money when nobody's buying your treasury bills...//
33 | Bagua Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:38:13am |
re: #26 Fenway_Nation
And all the solutions I've heard so far involve the government reaching into the taxpayer's pocket so they can throw more money at it.
/While Al Gore flies in on another learjet to get picked up in a Suburban so he can show up for another speaking appearence.
Strange isn't it? We would slash CO2 emissions if we made Nuclear Power a national priority.
34 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:39:38am |
re: #33 Bagua
NO! Nuclear stuff is bad! We should rid the world of nuclear weapons stuff!
35 | Bagua Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:40:36am |
re: #34 TheMatrix31
Yes, and people, the greenie agenda wants to rid the world of people first and foremost.
36 | freetoken Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:42:30am |
Normally beaches and oceans and lifeguard towers remind me of... Brazil... but since it is a cold and rainy picture an it is rainy here today... no naked babes. Sorry.
However, as a consolation prize:
38 | Bagua Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:48:18am |
39 | Velvet Elvis Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:01:18am |
Richard Thompson -- Beeswing
40 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:13:40am |
Blog updated...not as though there's alot of Red Sox scores to update visitors on.
/Pity party and Not Another New England Sports Blog!
41 | SixDegrees Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:16:23am |
re: #20 Gus 802
Django Reinhardt - Sweet Georgia Brown
[Video]
According to the self-appointed art critics baying about the Thomas piece selected for display at the White House, this Reinhardt piece is plagiarism.
It's awfully pleasant plagiarism, however. /
42 | theheat Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:20:25am |
re: #40 Fenway_Nation
I'm seeing a whole herd of trains. Trains roaming free. Trains traveling in packs. Trains up close in their natural environment. Tune in for Fenway's Trains of the Serengeti. That has a ring to it.
43 | shimoda Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:23:14am |
re: #33 Bagua
Strange isn't it? We would slash CO2 emissions if we made Nuclear Power a national priority.
Here in The Socialist Democratic Republic of Finland we have at the moment four nuclear plants operating. The fifth is under construction and the sixth is being planned.
44 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:25:51am |
re: #42 theheat
I was going to try and make the Iron Horse Roundup a weekly deal (on top of the daily Train of Thought). Alot happened over the late summer and early fall when I didn't have my own blog that I thought I'd try and bring the casual reader up to speed.
45 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:26:34am |
re: #43 shimoda
Here in The Socialist Democratic Republic of Finland we have at the moment four nuclear plants operating. The fifth is under construction and the sixth is being planned.
I for one welcome our nuclear-powered Finnish overlords.
46 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:26:56am |
47 | theheat Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:27:07am |
re: #40 Fenway_Nation
Oh, and I read about the f45 being converted to guest accommodations instead of being scrapped. But I'm curious, what is the actual dollar value of one of those trains to a scrapper? Is it simply metal by the pound, or is there something more valuable? Are any of the engine parts recycled, or is it pure scrap?
I gots to know.
48 | theheat Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:28:11am |
re: #46 TheMatrix31
Looks like fear to me. Judging by all that orange, I'd say they're psyched for Halloween.
/
49 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:28:58am |
re: #48 theheat
Looks like stupidity to me. I can't decide which one's the best!
50 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:32:07am |
re: #47 theheat
I think it's the going rate for metal by the pound plus usable components (frame, trucks, carbody, etc). Turth be told, it's not an aspect I follow that closely. I think alot of the new 'green' genset locomotives actually have trucks and frames from units that were scrapped...the guts and carbody would be all new.
51 | theheat Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:32:16am |
re: #49 TheMatrix31
Let's go with fear, because I can't see any reason Oprah would carry the Olympic torch. If we're simply going to nominate celebrities, I'm going with someone like George Clooney. In a thong, or a bath towel. But no one bothers to consult with me about such things.
52 | Radicchio ad Absurdum Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:33:27am |
re: #51 theheat
Let's go with fear, because I can't see any reason Oprah would carry the Olympic torch. If we're simply going to nominate celebrities, I'm going with someone like George Clooney. In a thong, or a bath towel. But no one bothers to consult with me about such things.
Just dropping in to see whats going on. George Clooney is all I need to see to know to check back later. LOL. G'night.
53 | shimoda Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:33:33am |
re: #45 Fenway_Nation
I for one welcome our nuclear-powered Finnish overlords.
That's good. We will need loyal viceroys when our Atomic Superforces breaks out and takes over the world. Your name has been sent forward, as a prospect, to the correct authorities.
// Just in case
54 | SixDegrees Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:33:42am |
re: #51 theheat
Let's go with fear, because I can't see any reason Oprah would carry the Olympic torch. If we're simply going to nominate celebrities, I'm going with someone like George Clooney. In a thong, or a bath towel. But no one bothers to consult with me about such things.
OK, that's another section of my brain that needs to be excised with the melon baller.
55 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:34:30am |
re: #49 TheMatrix31
Schadenfreude
As bemused as I was by that, I'd much rather see them in white w/blue pinstripes and an interlocking 'NY'...
56 | theheat Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:35:19am |
re: #50 Fenway_Nation
Is it posted anywhere what they paid for it? I used to casually browse those trains for sale ads, and they were pretty pricey. Then, of course, you have to move it from point A to B. I still hope one day to have an old train car for my office, but it's probably cheaper to have a brand new building erected than buy and transport and old train car. Sigh.
58 | theheat Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:36:34am |
59 | theheat Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:37:43am |
re: #58 theheat
Correction: it could also be a homosexual guy thing, now that I think about it.
60 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:39:39am |
re: #56 theheat
Depending on who was doing the selling and what was being sold, the railway would throw in free shipping (along their own rails).
I've seen operable locomotives advertised for sale for as low as $20,000.
61 | theheat Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:42:26am |
re: #60 Fenway_Nation
Depending on who was doing the selling and what was being sold, the railway would throw in free shipping (along their own rails).
And the rust is included in the price?
/rubs hands together like a fly/
62 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:44:52am |
re: #61 theheat
Some of them charge by the rust flakes.
64 | Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:48:42am |
I'm still bummed out by all the longtime ex-Lizards who turned out to be such dirtbags.
Maybe I shouldn't be surprised. I posted at Free Republic for years and that place turned into a seething snake pit.
66 | ArchangelMichael Tue, Oct 13, 2009 1:54:58am |
67 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:02:17am |
Hah! I just read the post where user ralphieboy insisted that the Dan Rather/60 minutes memo were the real deal!
68 | ArchangelMichael Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:06:44am |
re: #67 Fenway_Nation
Hah! I just read the post where user ralphieboy insisted that the Dan Rather/60 minutes memo were the real deal!
That was hilarious. Of all places to do that, he does it here. Charles' response to it was pretty funny too.
69 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:09:28am |
re: #68 ArchangelMichael
What does one do for an encore? Claim that the Al-Hajj photoshop actually left out more smoke over the skies of Beirut?
70 | Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:18:19am |
re: #68 ArchangelMichael
That was hilarious. Of all places to do that, he does it here. Charles' response to it was pretty funny too.
I want to see it. Where is it? (Assuming it hasn't been deleted.)
71 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:19:02am |
re: #70 Alouette
Look in the top 10 comments.
72 | ArchangelMichael Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:27:41am |
re: #70 Alouette
I want to see it. Where is it? (Assuming it hasn't been deleted.)
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
74 | akarra Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:42:39am |
re: #64 Alouette
There are a lot of people on the Internet who have disappointed me. I think one thing that doesn't help is that one almost never has to admit one's wrong on the Internet; there are always sites that provide one extremist viewpoint or another, complete with a host of fabricated evidence or articles that flat-out lie. It's very easy to fall into conspiracy theory and become more hateful.
75 | akarra Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:45:47am |
re: #72 ArchangelMichael
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
Thanks - that was certainly strange reading: I don't really understand how one could visit this site and not know about its role in Rathergate.
76 | SixDegrees Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:48:53am |
re: #59 theheat
Correction: it could also be a homosexual guy thing, now that I think about it.
Speaking of which...
It's just come to my attention, amidst all the manufactured uproar over the art selections for the White House, that one of the artists whose work was selected is:
- Black
- Openly gay
- Still living.
Somehow, this confluence of evil has escaped the notice of the Art Police. Expect to see something like the following at Malkin's site shortly:
"Teh ghey! Teh ghey! It's in the White House!!!"
With pictures of a black person prominently displayed. Torches and pitchforks optional, but suggested.
/
77 | akarra Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:54:37am |
How does the "links" thing work? I just found out about karma, and there was a "links submitted" option. What sort of links do LGF readers usually like?
78 | freetoken Tue, Oct 13, 2009 2:59:41am |
re: #77 akarra
Under the picture at the top of this thread is a label "spin offs" with a triangle. Click on that label and the current list will pop down. Insert text where directed, assign a section from the pulldown menu, and hit "submit".
79 | freetoken Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:00:44am |
re: #77 akarra
BTW, submit any link that trips your trigger... the only thing to remember is that there are persona non-grata sites out there and if you happen to link to a nasty site it might be deleted.
80 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:02:13am |
81 | akarra Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:03:26am |
re: #79 freetoken
Thank you - just submitted an article about artists being persecuted in Russia.
82 | Sharmuta Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:12:17am |
re: #64 Alouette
I'm still bummed out by all the longtime ex-Lizards who turned out to be such dirtbags.
Maybe I shouldn't be surprised. I posted at Free Republic for years and that place turned into a seething snake pit.
It makes me sad too. But I'm really glad that some, like you, have kept their senses.
88 | akarra Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:34:16am |
re: #40 Fenway_Nation
Blog updated...not as though there's alot of Red Sox scores to update visitors on.
/Pity party and Not Another New England Sports Blog!
That linkviewer thing is a lot of fun, and there aren't a lot of sports entries. If you put your link there, I'll vote for it.
89 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:34:23am |
91 | akarra Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:35:14am |
re: #87 RogueOne
Morning - I might be getting away from here for a little bit; got up early so work could actually get done.
92 | Sharmuta Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:35:53am |
re: #87 RogueOne
Hey, Newbie. I gave that comment on the Texas thread a +1 for you since you can't ding. Poor newbies. People have often asked when is it that they're no longer a newbie at LGF. I guess we finally have an answer: when you get your dinger.
94 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:37:12am |
Yesterday when I said I don't watch any cable news programs I lied, a little. I do watch scarborough for about 40mins while I get ready for work because Joe cracks me up. Sharpton is on now, he is such a tool.
95 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:38:10am |
re: #92 Sharmuta
My dinger? Sounds dirty, I like it. And thanks.
96 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:38:26am |
re: #88 akarra
Actually, I put one in for Humor in a blatant bit of self-promotion.
Scroll down to Humor in the category drop-bar and 3 Days...
As far as sports go, my last blog entry was rather dour and- dare I say- whiney?
99 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:41:44am |
re: #86 Spare O'Lake
I figured your link would be about the Libyan who blew up parts of himself at the entrance to that Italian base.
100 | akarra Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:41:50am |
re: #96 Fenway_Nation
Actually, I put one in for Humor in a blatant bit of self-promotion.
Scroll down to Humor in the category drop-bar and 3 Days...
As far as sports go, my last blog entry was rather dour and- dare I say- whiney?
It was pretty funny, thanks for sharing! + 1.
I wonder what category poems would go - books? Culture? Hmm.
101 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:42:54am |
102 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:43:29am |
re: #96 Fenway_Nation
Actually, I put one in for Humor in a blatant bit of self-promotion.
Scroll down to Humor in the category drop-bar and 3 Days...
As far as sports go, my last blog entry was rather dour and- dare I say- whiney?
Tell me, oh green monster of the urban boglands: Is it true that Obama has won the rouge footcoverings MVP award?
103 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:45:09am |
re: #102 Spare O'Lake
Obama might have beaten Zach Greinke for the AL Cy Young. AND Lincecum for the NL.
He's fucking awesome.
104 | soxfan4life Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:45:11am |
re: #101 TheMatrix31
I liked the little crawl on the bottom where it said the Republicans want to fight the fires with tax cuts.
105 | soxfan4life Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:46:12am |
re: #103 TheMatrix31
Obama might have beaten Zach Greinke for the AL Cy Young. AND Lincecum for the NL.
He's fucking awesome.
Don't forget about him winning the triple crown, batting average, RBI's and HR's as well.
106 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:47:35am |
re: #105 soxfan4life
Don't forget that he went back in time and averaged a triple-double in basketball. The Big O? Not Oscar Robertson.
107 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:47:39am |
re: #102 Spare O'Lake
Nah...they need to wait and see which team will win the World Series so 0bama can be named that teams MVP.
108 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:49:16am |
re: #105 soxfan4life
Those will go quite nicely with all those gold gloves he's going to win this year at shortstop, center field, catcher and pitcher.
109 | Sharmuta Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:51:30am |
re: #95 RogueOne
My dinger? Sounds dirty, I like it. And thanks.
One morning, a few months after the dinger was coded, MandyManners showed up one morning and said:
I TURNED ON MY DINGER!
It was classic.
110 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:52:20am |
SNIP
Authorities said the man appeared to be acting alone, and Affini denied initial media reports that the man had shouted "Out of Afghanistan!" He said the man had shouted something in Arabic, but that it was not clear what.
Some of the 2,800 troops that Italy has deployed in Afghanistan are based in the army barracks that was targeted, Affini said.
SNIP
111 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:54:23am |
re: #99 MandyManners
I figured your link would be about the Libyan who blew up parts of himself at the entrance to that Italian base.
Nah, nothing so exciting as that. This guy just got a citation for storing volatile substances in his garage (with a box thrown in for good measure).
Whassup Mandy?
112 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:54:35am |
Do you think Tim Thomas has a shot at the Vezina again, soxfan4life? Or does president 0bama have it sewn up within the first week of the NHL season?
113 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:55:17am |
Abdul-Jawad, a divorced father of four, was arrested in August after discussing his premarital sexual encounters, showing off his pick-up techniques and displaying some sex toys and lubricants on a Lebanese TV program.
SNIP
A court official said that, on top of the lashings and jail sentence, Abdul-Jawad's phone and car would be confiscated and he would be banned from traveling after completing his term.
SNIP
114 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:55:43am |
re: #111 Spare O'Lake
Nah, nothing so exciting as that. This guy just got a citation for storing volatile substances in his garage (with a box thrown in for good measure).
Whassup Mandy?
I am. Barely. Coffee.
115 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:57:50am |
re: #112 Fenway_Nation
First week? He had it sewn up 11 days into training camp!
116 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:03:29am |
You've lost that hoping feeling...
The Fatah Party memorandum, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, accuses the United States of backing off from its demands that Israel freeze settlement construction and failing to set a clear agenda for new Mideast peace talks.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the Oct. 12 document reflected Abbas's own views or was intended to be leaked as Fatah's attempt to pressure President Barack Obama to bear down harder on Israel.
SNIP
117 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:04:41am |
Fox is reporting that the Pentagon is ordering lotsa' bombs that can be used under ground.
118 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:06:31am |
The ding thing was my idea. Yes, me. Little ole' me. "I had an idea once, but it died of lonliness."
re: #92 Sharmuta
I guess we finally have an answer: when you get your dinger.
We should call it "Earning your dings!"
Heh.
120 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:07:15am |
re: #116 MandyManners
Oh my...this must overlap with iceweasel's 'Criticism of 0bama from the left' that she mentioned earlier.
121 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:07:40am |
re: #113 MandyManners
Abdul-Jawad, a divorced father of four, was arrested in August after discussing his premarital sexual encounters, showing off his pick-up techniques and displaying some sex toys and lubricants on a Lebanese TV program.SNIP
A court official said that, on top of the lashings and jail sentence, Abdul-Jawad's phone and car would be confiscated and he would be banned from traveling after completing his term.
SNIP
I guess they didn't like it that Abdul shot Jawad on TV.
124 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:09:34am |
125 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:09:45am |
re: #118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Diggin' the new avatar, FBV
127 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:10:37am |
128 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:10:58am |
re: #123 laZardo
Hey there, laZardo! We were wondering if you were still above water...
129 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:11:21am |
re: #125 Fenway_Nation
That's mah face! That's mah name!
130 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:12:43am |
re: #123 laZardo
Hey man! Charles set up a new rule last night. You have to have fifty comments before you are allowed to up or down ding comments, threads, etc.
131 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:13:14am |
Dunn's (BHO's by proxy) attack on Fox a warning to others who want to get up in his face?
132 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:13:41am |
re: #126 MandyManners
I have no idea.
Meh...my guess is that it's a laundry list of third world despots and thugs that 0bama hasn't acquiesced to quick enough.
/that is, when we're not done crippling our own economy with cap and trade or forking over American GI's to the International Criminal Court
133 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:13:49am |
re: #130 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Hey man! Charles set up a new rule last night. You have to have fifty comments before you are allowed to up or down ding comments, threads, etc.
Will that bring blueherron up to the surface?
135 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:15:20am |
re: #133 MandyManners
It's the general idea, I think. People register, never comment, just run around being "mad dingers". Gonna be hard to do that now.
137 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:16:51am |
re: #132 Fenway_Nation
Meh...my guess is that it's a laundry list of third world despots and thugs that 0bama hasn't acquiesced to quick enough.
/that is, when we're not done crippling our own economy with cap and trade or forking over American GI's to the International Criminal Court
I imagine it's a hissy fit over Netanyahu's refusal to change his mind about defending Israel.
138 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:17:19am |
re: #131 MandyManners
Dunn's (BHO's by proxy) attack on Fox a warning to others who want to get up in his face?
Thin-skinned pansies sucking up to the sycophants of the thinnest-skinned pansy of them all.
Did SNL have another 0bama skit that CNN could fact-check?
139 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:17:42am |
re: #135 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
It's the general idea, I think. People register, never comment, just run around being "mad dingers". Gonna be hard to do that now.
I know what it's about. I was just wondering if that twit had 50 posts yet.
140 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:18:15am |
re: #138 Fenway_Nation
Thin-skinned pansies sucking up to the sycophants of the thinnest-skinned pansy of them all.
Did SNL have another 0bama skit that CNN could fact-check?
I missed that one.
141 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:19:03am |
re: #139 MandyManners
Which twit? blueherron? Goddamnedfrank?
142 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:19:39am |
Oh, my goodness. Beck's telling people to check out Cloward and Piven.
Dude, we did that months and months ago, just like we did with Van Jones and BHO's narcissism.
143 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:20:05am |
re: #141 Fenway_Nation
Which twit? blueherron? Goddamnedfrank?
The former. All I know about the latter is that odious nic.
144 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:20:41am |
re: #140 MandyManners
Me too...but apparently CNN 'fact-checked' a Saturday Night Live skit depicting 0bama after Rio won the 2016 Olympic bid
145 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:22:28am |
I got downdinged by him, too...
blueherron was an enthusiastic downdinger of my comments about the whole Sgt Crowley/Skip Gates deal...
146 | Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:24:20am |
re: #139 MandyManners
I know what it's about. I was just wondering if that twit had 50 posts yet.
It actually has 16 whole posts.
147 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:24:47am |
re: #144 Fenway_Nation
Me too...but apparently CNN 'fact-checked' a Saturday Night Live skit depicting 0bama after Rio won the 2016 Olympic bid
Gee. Did CNN fact-check Tina Fey when she was smearing Palin? Yes, that's a rhetorical question.
148 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:25:32am |
re: #146 Alouette
It actually has 16 whole posts.
Thanks. I looked but I couldn't find it. I probably didn't spell it/space it correctly.
149 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:25:35am |
re: #147 MandyManners
You mean Palin DIDN'T actually say that you can see Russia from her house?!?!?!?!?!
/
150 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:27:54am |
re: #145 Fenway_Nation
I got downdinged by him, too...
blueherron was an enthusiastic downdinger of my comments about the whole Sgt Crowley/Skip Gates deal...
151 | Bloodnok Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:28:03am |
re: #145 Fenway_Nation
I got downdinged by him, too...
blueherron was an enthusiastic downdinger of my comments about the whole Sgt Crowley/Skip Gates deal...
I think blueherron is fine. It's political, not personal. I don't see a personal agenda with him/her. The up and downdings are very consistent across party lines. But I can see why it stinks to be on the receiving end of downdings. Perhaps if he/she could have just laid off on them a bit.
152 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:28:14am |
re: #147 MandyManners
Gee. Did CNN fact-check Tina Fey when she was smearing Palin? Yes, that's a rhetorical question.
Like I said- hypersenstive thin-skinned pansies.
153 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:29:02am |
re: #151 Bloodnok
I've never seen that fucking guy/whatever post.
154 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:29:53am |
re: #149 TheMatrix31
You mean Palin DIDN'T actually say that you can see Russia from her house?!?!?!?!?!
/
Another smear is in October's Vanity Fair, the article by Levi Johnston, in which the little fucker claimed that Palin couldn't even shoot a gun.
155 | Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:30:04am |
Two and a half hours until I leave for Ben Gurion airport. It was a great vacation. I did a little sightseeing, a whole bunch of helping my daughter and spoiling the grandkids rotten.
For souvenir shopping, I admired the items in the overpriced tourist shops, and then ordered what I wanted online from the Zionist Mall at 2/3 the price.
156 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:31:10am |
re: #154 MandyManners
I suspect Cato will be pleasuring himself repeatedly with that issue.
157 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:32:10am |
re: #151 Bloodnok
I think blueherron is fine. It's political, not personal. I don't see a personal agenda with him/her. The up and downdings are very consistent across party lines. But I can see why it stinks to be on the receiving end of downdings. Perhaps if he/she could have just laid off on them a bit.
My findings are different. I've seen him/her ding down conservatives consistently.
158 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:32:29am |
159 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:33:18am |
re: #155 Alouette
Two and a half hours until I leave for Ben Gurion airport. It was a great vacation. I did a little sightseeing, a whole bunch of helping my daughter and spoiling the grandkids rotten.
For souvenir shopping, I admired the items in the overpriced tourist shops, and then ordered what I wanted online from the Zionist Mall at 2/3 the price.
Have a safe and pleasant flight!
How long is a flight from there to here? Stop-overs?
160 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:33:50am |
re: #156 Fenway_Nation
Not the image I'd like to have with me today.
161 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:36:53am |
Interesting that Dunn attacked Fox two days before the Senate finance committee is to vote on the socialization of health care insurance.
162 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:37:39am |
G'nite all!
Have a good trip back, alouette...
163 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:37:58am |
re: #151 Bloodnok
I think blueherron is fine. It's political, not personal. I don't see a personal agenda with him/her. The up and downdings are very consistent across party lines. But I can see why it stinks to be on the receiving end of downdings. Perhaps if he/she could have just laid off on them a bit.
Perhaps a smelly sock?
165 | reine.de.tout Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:38:51am |
re: #163 Spare O'Lake
Perhaps a smelly sock?
naw, I've seen blueherron make a few posts. I think he/she just hasn't quite found a "voice" yet. We'll be hearing from him/her.
166 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:41:07am |
re: #163 Spare O'Lake
Perhaps a smelly sock?
If you have the time and motivation, you might want to check out her/his co-dingers.
167 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:42:59am |
re: #161 MandyManners
Interesting that Dunn attacked Fox two days before the Senate finance committee is to vote on the socialization of health care insurance.
I wish the WH was as tough on Iran, the Taliban, and our other enemies as they are on Fox News.
168 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:43:13am |
re: #161 MandyManners
Interesting that Dunn attacked Fox two days before the Senate finance committee is to vote on the socialization of health care insurance.
She was hoping to help make it a Dunn deal.
169 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:43:29am |
re: #112 Fenway_Nation
Do you think Tim Thomas has a shot at the Vezina again, soxfan4life? Or does president 0bama have it sewn up within the first week of the NHL season?
Well a Stanley Cup would help his cause - unless Obama has won that too.
170 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:45:40am |
re: #167 njdhockeyfan
I wish the WH was as tough on Iran, the Taliban, and our other enemies as they are on Fox News.
Gee, are you saying that BHO is choosing the wrong enemies?
171 | Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:46:41am |
re: #159 MandyManners
Have a safe and pleasant flight!
How long is a flight from there to here? Stop-overs?
We're flying from Tel Aviv to Philadelphia, then from Philadelphia to Detroit with just enough time to pick up our baggage, go through customs, re-check our bags and get the connecting flight. That's assuming the flight from Israel is ON TIME.
I have this thing about getting to the airport really early, ever since I missed a flight out of La Guardia and the fecking airline would not rebook our ticket for less than $600, so we ended up renting a car to drive home.
There's not the same excitement to ending a vacation as there is starting it, but I'm still looking forward to my own bed, my own shower, my own kitchen.
172 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:46:49am |
re: #168 Spare O'Lake
She was hoping to help make it a Dunn deal.
Maybe BHO said, "Anita focus other than socialized health care insurance".
173 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:48:01am |
re: #171 Alouette
We're flying from Tel Aviv to Philadelphia, then from Philadelphia to Detroit with just enough time to pick up our baggage, go through customs, re-check our bags and get the connecting flight. That's assuming the flight from Israel is ON TIME.
I have this thing about getting to the airport really early, ever since I missed a flight out of La Guardia and the fecking airline would not rebook our ticket for less than $600, so we ended up renting a car to drive home.
There's not the same excitement to ending a vacation as there is starting it, but I'm still looking forward to my own bed, my own shower, my own kitchen.
Sounds like an all-day/half-night endeavor.
176 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:50:43am |
re: #147 MandyManners
Oh shoot! I had an epiphany of sorts going back to CNN fact-checking the 0bama skit.
Last year, Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin was supposedly dead-on and hilarious. I think CNN aired some highlights to prove their point.
One year later, CNN is fact-checking an 0bama skit and round up all kinds of beltway talking heads to reassure those of us that hadn't seen it that 'It wasn't really that funny'...
177 | Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:51:40am |
re: #173 MandyManners
Sounds like an all-day/half-night endeavor.
Well, we gain 9 hours on the return flight because of the time difference.
178 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:52:32am |
re: #176 Fenway_Nation
Oh shoot! I had an epiphany of sorts going back to CNN fact-checking the 0bama skit.
Last year, Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin was supposedly dead-on and hilarious. I think CNN aired some highlights to prove their point.
One year later, CNN is fact-checking an 0bama skit and round up all kinds of beltway talking heads to reassure those of us that hadn't seen it that 'It wasn't really that funny'...
Are you saying that Fox isn't the only MFM outlet that is biased?
Quick, pass the smelling salts before I swoon.
179 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:52:44am |
re: #177 Alouette
Well, we gain 9 hours on the return flight because of the time difference.
And they say there's no such thing as a time machine!
180 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:52:54am |
re: #176 Fenway_Nation
The Colbert Report is generally funnier than SNL no matter who the latter targets. :B
181 | Bloodnok Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:53:06am |
re: #157 MandyManners
My findings are different. I've seen him/her ding down conservatives consistently.
That's what I implied. It's just ideological differences. Nothing more.
182 | Tats66 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:53:07am |
Old news already I know, but the deadline for the Peace Prize was only 2 weeks after the Big "O" became prez??? I heard thats like giving Dakota Fanning a Lifetime Achievement Award...
183 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:54:42am |
*Sigh* Back in a few... said on my heart defect blog that I was looking for the H1N1 shot, and the anti-vaxers are coming out!
/Hey, it's a page view!
184 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:54:42am |
re: #177 Alouette
Well, we gain 9 hours on the return flight because of the time difference.
I'd need multiple doses of Valium. I don't fly at all.
185 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:55:47am |
re: #167 njdhockeyfan
We need somebody to protect us from the news channels and talk show hosts, since lord knows our tiny little minds can't comprehend something like changing the channel or shutting off the TV.
186 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:56:53am |
re: #181 Bloodnok
That's what I implied. It's just ideological differences. Nothing more.
At times, a a political agenda becomes a personal agenda after repeated down-dings of conservative Lizards.
187 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:57:33am |
re: #182 Tats66
Old news already I know, but the deadline for the Peace Prize was only 2 weeks after the Big "O" became prez??? I heard thats like giving Dakota Fanning a Lifetime Achievement Award...
Who?
(I know...I know...that's the point.)
188 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:57:36am |
re: #178 MandyManners
Are you saying that Fox isn't the only MFM outlet that is biased?
Quick, pass the smelling salts before I swoon.
I'm just bemused the lengths to which they'll go to shield their man from criticism and stire while saying with a straight face that their unbiased.
189 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:58:03am |
re: #183 SteveC
*Sigh* Back in a few... said on my heart defect blog that I was looking for the H1N1 shot, and the anti-vaxers are coming out!
/Hey, it's a page view!
On a science blog? Go get 'em.
191 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:58:58am |
re: #185 Fenway_Nation
We need somebody to protect us from the news channels and talk show hosts, since lord knows our tiny little minds can't comprehend something like changing the channel or shutting off the TV.
Or, weighing various bits of information and making up our own minds.
192 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:59:46am |
re: #188 Fenway_Nation
I'm just bemused the lengths to which they'll go to shield their man from criticism and stire while saying with a straight face that their unbiased.
It's second nature--they don't have to give it any thought.
193 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:00:00am |
BTW...how many super-mega Global Warming induced hurricanes has the southeastern USA been hit with this year?
/just askin'
195 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:01:11am |
re: #193 Fenway_Nation
BTW...how many super-mega Global Warming induced hurricanes has the southeastern USA been hit with this year?
/just askin'
Silly boy. Bush/Chenney/Rove are gone.
196 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:01:27am |
re: #191 MandyManners
Or, weighing various bits of information and making up our own minds.
"I can't wait until I'm old enough to feel ways about things"
Philip J Fry- Futurama
197 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:02:55am |
re: #193 Fenway_Nation
BTW...how many super-mega Global Warming induced hurricanes has the southeastern USA been hit with this year?
/just askin'
None, because it would be elitist for America to have all the super-mega Global Warming induced hurricanes to itself.
So we got two. ;_;
198 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:03:46am |
re: #197 laZardo
Obama's even redistributing the hurricanes! WOW!
199 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:05:08am |
Morning lizards. We had a hard freeze here in the wild north country and it's COLD. Good to have a job in a building with lots of heat.
200 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:06:25am |
re: #194 freetoken
Honestly, I think the last time I watched FOX for a sustained period was the requisite 'Hapless weatherperson standing in path of oncoming hurricane' coverage of Hurricane Rita making landfall.
/has nothing to do with the fact that the 'solutions' I've heard to AGW involve government sliding their hands into our pockets and helping themselves to more money. Honest!
201 | Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:06:25am |
re: #184 MandyManners
I'd need multiple doses of Valium. I don't fly at all.
Ambien and Benadryl work for me.
202 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:07:40am |
re: #193 Fenway_Nation
BTW...how many super-mega Global Warming induced hurricanes has the southeastern USA been hit with this year?
/just askin'
Obama just won the Intergalactic Climate Award.
203 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:08:19am |
re: #196 Fenway_Nation
"I can't wait until I'm old enough to feel ways about things"
Philip J Fry- Futurama
Bite my shiney, metal ass.
204 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:09:00am |
re: #201 Alouette
Ambien and Benadryl work for me.
I had to be drugged from the moment I got out of bed the day of a flight.
206 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:11:39am |
OK...I think I'm off to bed for real this time!
Have a good return trip, Alouette!
Stay dry, LaZardo!
207 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:12:31am |
re: #206 Fenway_Nation
Thanks, and weet dreams!
/whatever weet means, i suspect it's a certain combo...
208 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:13:15am |
re: #205 MandyManners
Grayson just might be a one-term wonder.
In addition to his out-right lies against the Republicans, he refused to answer a constituent's question at his town-hall meeting last night, saying that he was there to discuss health care and not politics.
211 | Sheila Broflovski Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:15:34am |
re: #204 MandyManners
I had to be drugged from the moment I got out of bed the day of a flight.
The flight coming over was not so bad. I watched that Tom Hanks Vatican movie (it sucked), ate the airline dinner (it also sucked, but not as bad as the movie), and then the Ambien and the Benadryl both kicked in at the same time.
I also have some Xanax for this flight.
212 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:20:19am |
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, also said the counterinsurgency strategy pursued by McChrystal is "really critical." She said the American people don't have the stomach to stay in Afghanistan for another 10 years, but that the mission there is in "serious jeopardy" and Obama has an obligation to follow his commander's advice.
"I don't know how you put somebody in who was as crackerjack as General McChrystal, who gives the president very solid recommendations, and not take those recommendations if you're not going to pull out," Feinstein said on ABC's "This Week."
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
!3,000 support troops...13000 more targets imo
and so far no explanation of his nine month dither and what he expects from this micro surge...all too predictable
213 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:21:16am |
re: #212 albusteve
I don't know how you put somebody in who was as crackerjack as General McChrystal
RACSI- oh wait
/ q;
214 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:23:23am |
re: #212 albusteve
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, also said the counterinsurgency strategy pursued by McChrystal is "really critical." She said the American people don't have the stomach to stay in Afghanistan for another 10 years, but that the mission there is in "serious jeopardy" and Obama has an obligation to follow his commander's advice.
"I don't know how you put somebody in who was as crackerjack as General McChrystal, who gives the president very solid recommendations, and not take those recommendations if you're not going to pull out," Feinstein said on ABC's "This Week."
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
!3,000 support troops...13000 more targets imo
and so far no explanation of his nine month dither and what he expects from this micro surge...all too predictable
I never thought in my life I'd say to myself "I agree with Senator Feinstein". Pays to keep an open mind.
215 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:23:42am |
re: #214 Leonidas Hoplite
I never thought in my life I'd say to myself "I agree with Senator Feinstein". Pays to keep an open mind.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
217 | Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:24:51am |
re: #211 Alouette
The flight coming over was not so bad. I watched that Tom Hanks Vatican movie (it sucked), ate the airline dinner (it also sucked, but not as bad as the movie), and then the Ambien and the Benadryl both kicked in at the same time.
I also have some Xanax for this flight.
Had a buddy flying from Sydney to Hawaii. He had been prescribed ambien and the doc told him to take one and if he wasn't sleepy after about an hour to take a second one. He took a second one after an hour and the next thing he knew the flight attendant was violently shaking him telling him he had to get up and off the plane!
He doesn't remember clearing customs and his wife (who picked him up) said he was like a zombie. He went home and slept for 18 hours.
So maybe just one ambien...
218 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:25:27am |
hmm, I made a post from my blackberry as a little test to see if it could be done and it registered on my Opera mini browser as posted. Yet, I don't seem to see it now on my laptop. Can we not post from mobiles?
219 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:27:36am |
"What he lays out is a battle plan to use the FCC to threaten stations' licenses with whom they do not agree with politically, and now he's at the FCC waiting to take their calls," Motley told FOXNews.com. "This is not about serving the local interest, it's about political opposition."
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
the attack on Fox may be a small part of a bigger battle...this could be bad, Mark Lloyd appears to be a hard core leftist
220 | reine.de.tout Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:27:54am |
re: #218 RogueOne
hmm, I made a post from my blackberry as a little test to see if it could be done and it registered on my Opera mini browser as posted. Yet, I don't seem to see it now on my laptop. Can we not post from mobiles?
I can post from iPhone.
221 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:29:00am |
re: #214 Leonidas Hoplite
I never thought in my life I'd say to myself "I agree with Senator Feinstein". Pays to keep an open mind.
I guess it does...I see this as a small step backwards and Feinstein is exactly right...yowza!
222 | Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:31:36am |
re: #176 Fenway_Nation
Oh shoot! I had an epiphany of sorts going back to CNN fact-checking the 0bama skit.
Last year, Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin was supposedly dead-on and hilarious. I think CNN aired some highlights to prove their point.
One year later, CNN is fact-checking an 0bama skit and round up all kinds of beltway talking heads to reassure those of us that hadn't seen it that 'It wasn't really that funny'...
Here's what Best of the Web had to say about Wolf Blitzer's fact checking SNL:
Fact-Check This, Wolf!
"CNN has become the butt of a running joke meme on Twitter for its lame fact-check criticism of the Saturday Night Live skit which lampooned President Obama for making too many promises that he has yet to keep," reports blogger D.K. Jamaal. Here are some examples:
@DefiantKembro 'El Nino' is not Spanish for "the Nino" #CNNFactCheck
@EnasYorl "Wayne's World" was not really a public access cable show. #CNNfactcheck
@ArielAkiva The superfans were not actually having heart attacks. #cnnfactcheck
@thecomeback After checking every river in America, we have not been able to find a motivational speaker living in a van. #CNNfactcheck
@jeffdobbs: Over half of Saturday Night Live is NOT ON SATURDAY NIGHT for Eastern time zone. Outrage. #CNNFactCheck
@jkfecke In fact, Blue Öyster Cult never included a cowbell player named Gene Frenkle--the musician didn't exist. #CNNFactCheck
@mikehassinger: This just in: "Toonces the driving cat" not real cat, can't even DRIVE! #CNNFactCheck
We noted the CNN/PolitiFact.com "fact check" yesterday, but this latest development has us nervous. We have it on good authority that not everything on Twitter is true. Who will fact-check the fact-checkers of the fact-checkers?
223 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:33:06am |
And in a public and videotaped panel in 2008, Lloyd called Hugo Chavez’s government the result of “really an incredible revolution…a democratic revolution.” As a result of his triumph, Lloyd argued that “the property owners and the folks who were then controlling the media rebelled,” with the result that Chavez and his cadre had to move and close their media outlets down. Then he said the US sought to oust him, but Chavez came back stronger than ever, “and had another revolution,” and then “started to take the media very seriously in his country.” Viewing Chavez’s totalitarian actions favorably, Lloyd implied that opponents of the right-wing media should do the same here.
wow...stunning
224 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:33:32am |
re: #222 rwdflynavy
"Don't Fear The Reaper" didn't actually require more cowbell. #CNNFactCheck
225 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:33:47am |
re: #220 reine.de.tout
Thanks, I'm trying again. It seems to be stopping short of posting for some reason. When it reloads the page after I hit the "post" button it's keeping my comments in the comment box. It must be something on my end but it seems to work on other sites so I'll have to do some digging I guess.
/IOU +1
226 | Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:34:45am |
A very good piece in the WSJ today about Obama and the Nobel prize.
227 | Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:35:12am |
re: #224 laZardo
"Don't Fear The Reaper" didn't actually require more cowbell. #CNNFactCheck
That's a lie!!! I've got a fever...
228 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:36:54am |
Militiawomen parade for celebrations
I love the go-go boots & mini skirts. Are those Hello Kitty patches on the shoulders?
229 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:37:11am |
"Fox seems to relish the controvercy"...no shit Sherlock
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
230 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:38:37am |
re: #228 njdhockeyfan
Militiawomen parade for celebrations
I love the go-go boots & mini skirts. Are those Hello Kitty patches on the shoulders?
If not for the assault rifles they could be early 70's flight attendants
231 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:40:52am |
re: #230 Leonidas Hoplite
If not for the assault rifles they could be
early 70'sNorth Korean flight attendants
q;
232 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:41:37am |
re: #231 laZardo
No, now, if that were the case, they would still have the assault rifles. Haven't you seen any of the kung fu movies where the flight attendant is the evil chick in disguise?
233 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:42:03am |
re: #189 MandyManners
On a science blog? Go get 'em.
The day is starting off pretty good and I didn't want to harsh my own buzz. So I just said that we'd have to disagree about H1N1 shots.
I have decided that it would probably be for the best to skip the SC state fair this year.. I always have a great time, but 500,000 people in the same space (over 20 days) is probably a bit risky. Especially since the shots aren't here yet.
234 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:43:50am |
re: #232 thedopefishlives
Yeah, which means Lil Kim can afford to have his flight attendants' machine guns built-in.
/Austin Powers reference
235 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:45:53am |
re: #234 laZardo
Yeah, which means Lil Kim can afford to have his flight attendants' machine guns built-in.
/Austin Powers reference
To be fair, I've never really been a fan of Austin Powers. But sharks with frickin' laser beams? Awesome.
237 | The Left Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:53:09am |
Good Morning lizards. For those who have trouble filling their USDA recommended allowances of dairy today, here's some cheese-- and a little juice.
Warning: may cause illness if taken internally.
238 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:53:39am |
re: #229 albusteve
Yeah, yesterday I said they need to learn to pick their fights better...
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
240 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:57:10am |
re: #238 RogueOne
Yeah, yesterday I said they need to learn to pick their fights better...
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Democrats always shaft the gay community
241 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:58:05am |
re: #226 rwdflynavy
Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, who won the Peace Prize in 1931, was a Goodist. In 1910 he wrote that "to suppose that men and women into whose intellectual and moral instruction and upbuilding have gone the glories of the world's philosophy and art and poetry and religion . . . are to fly at each others' throats to ravage, to kill, in the hope of somehow establishing thereby truth and right and justice is to suppose the universe to be stood upon its apex."
Well, I guess the world has has been standing on it's apex for at least 6,000 years.
/
242 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:58:31am |
Seven-Year-Old Ohio Boy Tackled by Deer While Playing Football
WINTERSVILLE, Ohio — A 7-year-old Ohio boy playing a game of backyard football was tackled by a deer.
Brandon Hiles says he encountered the charger — and not the kind from San Diego — when the ball rolled into woods while he was playing with friends Saturday in Wintersville, about 125 miles east of Columbus. The boy says the buck ran at him and flipped him with its horns, leaving bruises and a gash.
A 9-year-old pal, Wyatt Pugh (pyoo), beat the deer with a stick to make it go away.
Wintersville Police Officer Art Fowler Jr. says there were actually two bucks in the area gearing for a fight, and Brandon was attacked when he inadvertently got between them.
243 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:59:02am |
Good News/Bad News this week:
Bad News: A young (17) lady needing a heart/lung transplant got word that they were going to take her down to the OR Sunday night - it was time! Lots of excitement, as you can imagine. But they brought her back just a couple of hours later. The team bringing the organs in said that they were having problems with the lung, and the surgeon called it off. :(
Good News: The heart was PERFECT, and someone else got it. Whomever that is, hopefully they will do well!
Bonus Good News: The 17 year old is taking the waveoff pretty good, she says that it will be her turn soon!
244 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:59:19am |
re: #240 albusteve
Democrats always shaft the gay community
They better watch out. This could send them down a rocky road.
245 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 5:59:40am |
re: #242 njdhockeyfan
Seven-Year-Old Ohio Boy Tackled by Deer While Playing Football
Nooo, not bambi! There was obviously an avoidable misunderstanding!
246 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:00:24am |
re: #240 albusteve
Democrats always shaft the gay community
Well, somebody's got to say it...
Not That There's Anything Wrong With That!
247 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:00:27am |
re: #244 njdhockeyfan
They better watch out. This could send them down a rocky road.
or a slippery slope.
249 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:01:33am |
re: #242 njdhockeyfan
Seven-Year-Old Ohio Boy Tackled by Deer While Playing Football
Sign that deer! We need a middle linebacker!
250 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:03:09am |
251 | Pianobuff Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:04:00am |
re: #176 Fenway_Nation
Oh shoot! I had an epiphany of sorts going back to CNN fact-checking the 0bama skit.
Last year, Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin was supposedly dead-on and hilarious. I think CNN aired some highlights to prove their point.
One year later, CNN is fact-checking an 0bama skit and round up all kinds of beltway talking heads to reassure those of us that hadn't seen it that 'It wasn't really that funny'...
Slightly off-topic but not exactly - Have you seen the Celebrity Jeopardy clip with Wolf Blitzer going deeper and deeper into the hole, getting his ass destroyed by Andy-what's-his-name-Conan's-old-sidekick?
Wolf actually looks like a SNL skit of Celebrity Jeopardy in that one. I doubt CNN will fact-check it though.
There is a reason they are called talking heads.
252 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:04:41am |
Do all those men who espouse "avoidable misunderstandings" never have the urge to hit something? I have to wonder? Have they never been young men?
253 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:04:55am |
re: #250 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
There's a bunch of youtubes deer attacks man things.
They can be bad asses.
Yeah, but mostly if you get in between them and their kids, or (as in the article) if they're spoiling to fight each other and you get in the way. My in-laws live in the middle of a deer woods, and have herds come frolicking through their yard all the time. They're usually pretty mild-mannered as long as you do nothing but watch from a safe distance.
254 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:06:05am |
For one of Big Labor's biggest players -- the SEIU, whose members are mostly health-care workers -- it was a dream come true. A vast influx of government money -- and with it, government influence -- to private hospitals would create jobs for many SEIU locals and give a major leg up in organizing many "shops" that are now non-union.
but then...
The tax hits especially hard at unionized contract employees -- construction workers, musicians, etc. -- who change employers often, and so often buy insurance through their union. The "Cadillac" tax falls first on the insurance providers -- so these "self-insured" unions would actually take the hit.
looks like the Baucus bill has some problems with financing...could be interesting
258 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:09:37am |
re: #254 albusteve
For one of Big Labor's biggest players -- the SEIU, whose members are mostly health-care workers -- it was a dream come true. A vast influx of government money -- and with it, government influence -- to private hospitals would create jobs for many SEIU locals and give a major leg up in organizing many "shops" that are now non-union.
Hmmm...
Obama Leads SEIU Chant After Vowing to ‘Paint the Nation Purple’
"That's how we built political power on the south side of Chicago."
259 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:10:54am |
When the subject of Obama as a “peacemaker” comes up, people like Mary seem to think that the answer is to be nice and talk to people and the problem will go away. This is known as “mirroring,” and it is the blind spot that most people bring to negotiations — the idea that our opponents want the same things we do. In Afghanistan we are dealing with an enemy who insists on praying to Allah multiple times a day, who believes that women are subhuman, that homosexuals be killed on sight (preferably by crushing them under falling walls — look it up) and that any criticism of Allah, his Prophet (PBOH) or his clerics is punishable by beating or death. That is their IRREDUCIBLE CORE BELIEF SYSTEM and for that they are willing to die. We, on the other hand, believe in fundamental human dignity for all, the right to worship or not as we see fit, the right of women and homosexuals to live lives as equal members of society, and the fundamental right to say whatever we damn well choose. Those in turn are OUR IRREDUCIBLE CORE BELIEF SYSTEMS for which SOME of us are willing to fight and die.
260 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:12:03am |
re: #259 ggt
One of the few occasions on which Rush is right: I often copy his saying, "It's impossible to negotiate with people whose only demand is to kill you."
262 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:13:23am |
re: #235 thedopefishlives
To be fair, I've never really been a fan of Austin Powers. But sharks with frickin' laser beams? Awesome.
Sea Bass. Mutated Sea Bass.
264 | akarra Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:14:26am |
re: #226 rwdflynavy
Thank you for that link! It did a very nice job explaining the general mindset of those who give the prize; I think a nice complement to your article might be Jay Cost's analysis - "How is this a Farce?"
I have some thoughts of my own about the Nobel; I was looking for right-wing commentators who would be critical but not over the top, and I think I found one: "A Quick Note on President Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize"
265 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:14:33am |
re: #258 njdhockeyfan
Hmmm...
Obama Leads SEIU Chant After Vowing to ‘Paint the Nation Purple’
"That's how we built political power on the south side of Chicago."
which is a total disaster...a war zone...nice snag
266 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:15:20am |
re: #263 ggt
I'd like to meet the Dalai Lama.
267 | The Left Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:15:55am |
269 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:18:06am |
re: #267 iceweasel
Doin' well. Thinking up some interesting things for my upcoming thesis, and gonna design a global warming poster involving a flood ("great timing," my teacher said without sarcasm) for a class project.
And yeah, I do find that North Korean fightin' squirrel cartoon really funny. Beats Bambi that's for sure. :3
270 | Pianobuff Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:18:53am |
Oooops.
'Embarrassing' Incident in Gulf of Suez
German Ship Transporting Arms for Iran
US troops boarded a German-owned freighter in early October and found eight containers full of ammunition, allegedly headed to Syria from Iran. The shipment is in violation of a UN weapons embargo and has become a source of chagrin in Berlin.
An "embarrassing affair," is how one German diplomat described it. The official could also have added: potentially damaging to trans-Atlantic relations.
In an operation reported on by SPIEGEL over the weekend, US soldiers entered the freighter Hansa India in the Gulf of Suez at the beginning of October and discovered seven containers full of 7.62 millimeter ammunition suitable for Kalashnikov rifles. An eighth container was full of cartridges suitable for the manufacture of additional rounds. The incident is particularly awkward for Berlin as the Hansa India is registered to the Hamburg-based shipping company Leonhardt & Blumberg.
271 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:19:02am |
272 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:19:29am |
273 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:20:59am |
I hate mornings. Do you think I could hire someone to infuse me with coffee 2-3 hours before I wake-up?
274 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:22:05am |
re: #270 Pianobuff
I'll say. AK-47/74/etc. guns and ammo are cheap as chips and the Germans are shipping it anyway? HURR.
275 | Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:22:13am |
276 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:23:05am |
re: #264 akarra
Was out in hills of Nepal doing Afghan research today...came back and saw Obama had won Nobel. Would be less surprising to meet a Yeti.
277 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:23:28am |
re: #275 rwdflynavy
Yup. With frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads!
278 | The Left Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:23:35am |
re: #268 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Good morning.
Hey there, you sexy bastard. Here's a little something-something to start your day off right.
279 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:23:42am |
re: #273 ggt
I hate mornings. Do you think I could hire someone to infuse me with coffee 2-3 hours before I wake-up?
Michael Jackson's doctor is looking for a new gig, I hear...!
280 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:24:14am |
re: #277 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Yup. With frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads!
in bed
281 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:24:41am |
Additionally, the CBO predicted that if health care costs for employers decrease, companies would use the savings to increase wages and drive up taxable income in the country. The additional taxes on those wages would add $13 billion to the Treasury.
interesting...the favorable report last week by the CBO with regard to the costs of the Baucus bill was touted by the donks...so now how can they dismiss this little thing about tort reform?
282 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:24:50am |
Polemarchus: Well, you must either prove stronger than we are, or you will have to stay here.Socrates: Isn’t there another alternative, namely, that we persuade you to let us go?
Polemarchus: But could you persuade us, if we won’t listen?
Glaucon: Certainly not
I thought that was, actually, pretty good. Don't know about the link tho.
285 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:26:14am |
287 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:28:46am |
re: #270 Pianobuff
Oooops.
'Embarrassing' Incident in Gulf of Suez
German Ship Transporting Arms for Iran
so Germany violates a Security Council Resolution...what's a few million rounds of AK ammo, no big deal...now a nuke would be a rush to discover
288 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:29:10am |
re: #287 albusteve
so Germany violates a Security Council Resolution...what's a few million rounds of AK ammo, no big deal...now a nuke would be a rush to discover
SSDD
290 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:30:30am |
Fireplace is "on". Critters are loving it.
291 | Pianobuff Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:30:35am |
re: #287 albusteve
so Germany violates a Security Council Resolution...what's a few million rounds of AK ammo, no big deal...now a nuke would be a rush to discover
About the same thing as farting in an elevator and being found the culprit as I suspect it will play out in the real world.
292 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:30:46am |
"There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another."
- Edouard Manet
Beautiful time of year in the Shenandoah Valley.
293 | Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:33:49am |
A good opinion piece about God versus Science.
God vs. Science Isn't the Issue Seldom do we act as if life has no moral component...
294 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:34:32am |
re: #292 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
"There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another."
- Edouard ManetBeautiful time of year in the Shenandoah Valley.
Yes it is! My kids love playing in the leaves.
295 | Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:34:45am |
re: #292 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
"There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another."
- Edouard ManetBeautiful time of year in the Shenandoah Valley.
FBV, I'm jealous. Can't wait to get back up there. Will be in town for Thanksgiving. Maybe we can meet at the Backcreek Grill for a beer.
296 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:37:03am |
ACORN became skilled at moral gangsterism, shaking down governments and corporations for larger and larger amounts, making ever more ridiculous demands. (A former worker said on the show she became disillusioned when she realized ACORN was asking Sherwin-Williams for $1 billion as reparations for having manufactured lead-based paint. The money, of course, would go into ACORN's coffers.)
did anyone see the ACORN gig on Fox?
297 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:38:12am |
re: #293 rwdflynavy
A good opinion piece about God versus Science.
God vs. Science Isn't the Issue Seldom do we act as if life has no moral component...
I thought this book was revealing. Saints and Madmen.
298 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:38:40am |
Baird threatens 'no' vote on health bill if not given 72 hours to read it
One House Democrat is threatening to vote against his party's health reform bills if lawmakers are not given adequate time to read the bill.
Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.), one of the Democrats to sign onto an effort to require a 72-hour window for a bill to be posted online before a vote in Congress, said he might vote against a healthcare reform bill if that principle is not honored.
Baird told the Lewis County Chronicle that he would "absolutely" consider voting against a health bill if lawmakers are not afforded a 72 hour window.
299 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:40:07am |
Obama is dissing the Dalai Lama because of China?
I am so confused.
300 | Sergeant Major Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:40:19am |
13,000 instead of 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan...wouldn't want to send the 40,000 his top General requested. Less troops= more deployments and more time away from our families... but I guess thats what we signed up for//
301 | FrogMarch Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:41:35am |
Even The Nation finds Obama and his administration to be whiners?
It's official. Whiners indeed.
The Obama administration really needs to get over itself.
First, the president and his aides go to war with Fox News because the network maintains a generally anti-Obama slant.
Then, an anonymous administration aide attacks bloggers for failing to maintain a sufficiently pro-Obama slant.
These are not disconnected developments.
rtwt...
303 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:42:26am |
re: #281 albusteve
I think the CBO is a little confused as to what dictates labor costs. Increased profits by a company don't equate to a higher wage scale. The cost of labor is determined by the same factors that control the cost of materials, i.e. the market.
304 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:44:48am |
re: #301 FrogMarch
Even The Nation finds Obama and his administration to be whiners?
It's official. Whiners indeed.
rtwt...
image trumps substance...BO is losing it everywhere he turns
305 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:45:17am |
re: #303 RogueOne
I think the CBO is a little confused as to what dictates labor costs. Increased profits by a company don't equate to a higher wage scale. The cost of labor is determined by the same factors that control the cost of materials, i.e. the market.
I wonderd about that too! A CEO with extra money doesn't increase wages, he may hand-out bonuses. I think is more likely he would take on new endeavors and therefore make more jobs.
306 | FrogMarch Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:45:19am |
re: #301 FrogMarch
Even The Nation finds Obama and his administration to be whiners?
***
2. Presidents are supposed to rise above their own partisanship and engage with a wide range of media -- even outlets that are hard on their administrations.
In fact, presidents should go out of their way to accept invites from media that can be expected to poke, prod and pester them. The willingness to take the hits suggests that a commander-in-chief is not afraid to engage with his critics. It also reminds presidents, who tend to be cloistered, that there are a lot of Americans who get their information from sources that do not buy what the White House press office is selling.
307 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:45:40am |
re: #301 FrogMarch
"Have you seen Fox News!? Those guys are part of the reason the world still hates us after Bush!"
/wait for it...wait for it...
308 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:46:22am |
re: #299 ggt
Huh? Sorry just woke up 1st cup of coffee in hand.
309 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:47:16am |
re: #308 rightwingconspirator
Huh? Sorry just woke up 1st cup of coffee in hand.
see by #263.
1 cuppa isn't nearly enough.
310 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:47:59am |
Hey everybody. Back online for real (i.e. not iPhone) for the first time since Sunday.
Haku loves his new home.
And so do I.
311 | Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:48:39am |
I have to start my day.
Have a great one, Lizards!
312 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:50:03am |
re: #311 ggt
Thanks great lik. I watch the Dalai & the US carefully.
313 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:50:58am |
re: #303 RogueOne
I think the CBO is a little confused as to what dictates labor costs. Increased profits by a company don't equate to a higher wage scale. The cost of labor is determined by the same factors that control the cost of materials, i.e. the market.
the premise is that if you reduce the cost of litigation, wages will rise
314 | FrogMarch Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:51:04am |
re: #304 albusteve
image trumps substance...BO is losing it everywhere he turns
Obama's at his best in eternal campaign mode. Health care reform will defeat this nation, but oddly, the dems assume the feather in the cap talking point might help him win another election. If only the insubordinate ingrates would see the light.
315 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:52:15am |
re: #310 Cato the Elder
Hey everybody. Back online for real (i.e. not iPhone) for the first time since Sunday.
Haku loves his new home.
And so do I.
turned a new leaf eh?...good for you and the pooch
316 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:52:43am |
Sprinklewatch! I mean Eyewitness news STORMWATCH. If its the usual, we are worrying a lot about a little. I hope. Wish our foothill burn zone people well. Any of us from up above the 210 fwy?
317 | Achilles Tang Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:55:25am |
re: #11 shimoda
Ahhh... Thank you! Just as I expected, it becomes heat. But now I got an explanation I could really understand. Excellent site that.
The things you learn here. Gave you an up ding.
///Now I really should give you a down ding as you have robbed my life of meaning. Sort of King Arthur finding The Grail. What would he do then?
Interesting problem. However the answers given are not the whole story, IMHO.
The band holding the spring is itself a spring. When the spring disappears, the band will contract releasing its heat energy. That is easier to imagine if we visualize the band as not completely compressing the spring, so we can clearly imagine it compressing when the spring is gone.
What the ratios between the two materials are I don't know for sure, but in principle I would guess that it should be 50/50
318 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:56:25am |
re: #314 FrogMarch
Obama's at his best in eternal campaign mode. Health care reform will defeat this nation, but oddly, the dems assume the feather in the cap talking point might help him win another election. If only the insubordinate ingrates would see the light.
furiously working on a new definition of public option...there is a vote in the senate finance committee tomorrow I think...all his campaigning for this legislation has distorted the issue more than anything imo
319 | FrogMarch Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:57:33am |
re: #307 laZardo
"Have you seen Fox News!? Those guys are part of the reason the world still hates us after Bush!"
/wait for it...wait for it...
Bush hate dies hard.
320 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:57:58am |
Reuters:
Recession over, unemployment seen at 10 percent
Really?
321 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 6:59:07am |
re: #219 albusteve
Have you seen these links about Lloyd?
[Link: www.fcc.gov...]
[Link: www.freepress.net...]
[Link: www.lunch.com...]
[Link: www.sourcewatch.org...]
Praise for Chavez
[Link: www.rushlimbaugh.com...]
323 | FrogMarch Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:01:34am |
re: #318 albusteve
furiously working on a new definition of public option...there is a vote in the senate finance committee tomorrow I think...all his campaigning for this legislation has distorted the issue more than anything imo
If the reality doesn't fly - just change the words around and keep reality hidden behind new and improved talking-point tested semantics.
Whatever they come up with, they will say "it will save money" - but it won't. This thing is going to cost everyone, dearly.
324 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:02:41am |
re: #321 MandyManners
Have you seen these links about Lloyd?
[Link: www.fcc.gov...]
[Link: www.freepress.net...]
[Link: www.lunch.com...]
[Link: www.sourcewatch.org...]
Praise for Chavez
[Link: www.rushlimbaugh.com...]
only the Limbaugh gig, I should have posted it...I've learned alot this morning already...thanks for the links, I'm reading them now
325 | John Neverbend Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:03:36am |
re: #11 shimoda
Sort of King Arthur finding The Grail. What would he do then?
Go and study the major outstanding unproved theorems in mathematics.
326 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:04:35am |
327 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:06:42am |
Baltimore Schools Embrace Anti-Meat Movement with ‘Meatless Mondays’
The first graders lining up for lunch at Arlington Elementary School in Baltimore, Md., on Monday could pick a cheese sandwich or cheese lasagna and a bowl of mixed vegetables or broccoli. They could not, however, have meat for lunch now that cafeterias throughout the school district have adopted "Meatless Mondays."
Mellissa Mahoney, a chef and dietitian with the school district, said the idea started as part of a themed-approach to planning lunches for the school year. She said the plan changed after representatives from the Meatless Monday movement approached Mahoney and Food Services Director Tony Geraci.
“They met with us over the summer, before we even launched the new menu,” Mahoney told CNSNews.com. She said at first they didn’t realize that Meatless Monday is a national and international movement with ties to extreme animal rights activists. “We know now what they do, and we have collaborated with them,” Mahoney said.
The people promoting the Meatless Monday movement range from former Beatle Paul McCartney to liberal commentators and the Johns Hopkins Center for A Livable Future.
328 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:07:05am |
re: #321 MandyManners
Have you seen these links about Lloyd?
Praise for Chavez
[Link: www.rushlimbaugh.com...]
Geeze! Mark Lloyd, Rush Limbaugh, and Glen Beck all on the same transcript. Truly a Black Hole of Bad Craziness.
329 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:07:47am |
re: #324 albusteve
only the Limbaugh gig, I should have posted it...I've learned alot this morning already...thanks for the links, I'm reading them now
The link about the media reform conference will show you that one of his co-panelists was Medea Benjamin. One of the others useta' be a propandist for Castro.
330 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:09:54am |
re: #329 MandyManners
The link about the media reform conference will show you that one of his co-panelists was Medea Benjamin. One of the others useta' be a propandist for Castro.
Good point. Benjamin is still a extreme-left tool, though at least she got a much needed facelift recently.
331 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:10:17am |
re: #327 njdhockeyfan
Baltimore Schools Embrace Anti-Meat Movement with ‘Meatless Mondays’
She said at first they didn’t realize that Meatless Monday is a national and international movement with ties to extreme animal rights activists. “We know now what they do, and we have collaborated with them,” Mahoney said.
Is she saying that she and the school district AGREE with the goals and beliefs of those extreme animal rights' activists?
332 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:10:55am |
re: #331 MandyManners
She said at first they didn’t realize that Meatless Monday is a national and international movement with ties to extreme animal rights activists. “We know now what they do, and we have collaborated with them,” Mahoney said.
Is she saying that she and the school district AGREE with the goals and beliefs of those extreme animal rights' activists?
That's just what I was wondering. Although to be honest, it wouldn't surprise me sometimes. There are some school districts that are really... OUT THERE.
333 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:10:57am |
re: #330 Dark_Falcon
Good point. Benjamin is still a extreme-left tool, though at least she got a much needed facelift recently.
Still? As if there were any chance she'd change...
334 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:11:02am |
re: #321 MandyManners
Did you happen to see the rush interview on the Today show? I saw part 1 (thanks to [Link: althouse.blogspot.com...] ). I'll wait until someone posts part 2 online to view, but part 1 was actually kinda funny.
335 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:11:39am |
re: #328 Dark_Falcon
Geeze! Mark Lloyd, Rush Limbaugh, and Glen Beck all on the same transcript. Truly a Black Hole of Bad Craziness.
Have you read the links?
336 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:11:46am |
re: #333 MandyManners
Still? As if there were any chance she'd change...
The more things change...
/...the more I need a drink.
337 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:13:07am |
re: #334 RogueOne
Did you happen to see the rush interview on the Today show? I saw part 1 (thanks to [Link: althouse.blogspot.com...] ). I'll wait until someone posts part 2 online to view, but part 1 was actually kinda funny.
Limbaugh doesn't concern me here. It's the never-before created post of "diversity officer" at the FCC and the man chosen to fill it. I think the post was created for the man.
338 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:14:55am |
re: #332 thedopefishlives
That's just what I was wondering. Although to be honest, it wouldn't surprise me sometimes. There are some school districts that are really... OUT THERE.
What's down the pike? Curriculum that tells the kiddies that they are evil for eating meat at home? For having pets?
"Dick and Jane, Gaia cried when you bought your puppy, Spot."
339 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:15:01am |
re: #329 MandyManners
The link about the media reform conference will show you that one of his co-panelists was Medea Benjamin. One of the others useta' be a propandist for Castro.
I see that...lots of good surfing there
340 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:15:17am |
341 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:17:11am |
re: #339 albusteve
I see that...lots of good surfing there
It's very *ahem* interesting.
Keep in mind that the man is a true believer that the media--privately owned businesses--need reform.
342 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:18:48am |
re: #341 MandyManners
It's very *ahem* interesting.
Keep in mind that the man is a true believer that the media--privately owned businesses--need reform.
yes, reform by govt intervention...right outa the playbook
this really sucks
343 | FrogMarch Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:19:38am |
re: #326 njdhockeyfan
hmm.
When Hillary makes a proclamation - usually the opposite is true. Back when she was a US senator, she would deny running all the time.
344 | FrogMarch Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:20:02am |
re: #341 MandyManners
It's very *ahem* interesting.
Keep in mind that the man is a true believer that the media--privately owned businesses--need reform.
Venezuela style reform?
345 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:20:03am |
This might get interesting. I hope there is someone there with a video camera.
DC: Muslim Coalition to Host Interfaith Hearing on Health Care
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, October 14, the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of major national Islamic organizations, will host an "Interfaith Hearing About Universal Health Care" on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
The hearing, which will include presentations by Christian, Muslim, Jewish,
and Buddhist leaders and by members of Congress, is designed to mobilize
support for "genuine health care reform."...Speakers at the interfaith hearing will include:
-- Rev. Walter Fauntroy, Pastor, New Bethel Baptist Church
-- Ibrahim Ramey, Director, Human and Civil Rights Division - MAS Freedom
-- Hilary Shelton, Director, NAACP Washington Bureau
-- Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
-- Rev. Kaz Nakata, Ekoji Buddhist Temple
-- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
-- Rev. Louisa Davis, Coordinator, Greater Washington Allies in Reconciliation
-- Rabbi Benyamin Biber, Machar, Washington, D.C.
-- Lavanya Sithanandam M.D., Board Member, South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)AMT is an umbrella organization that includes American Muslim Alliance (AMA), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), MAS-Freedom, Muslim Student Association-National (MSA-N), Muslim Ummah of North America (MUNA), and United Muslims of America (UMA). Its observer organizations include American Muslims for Civic Engagement (AMCE), Islamic Educational Council of Orange County (IECOC), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC).
346 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:20:40am |
re: #338 MandyManners
What's down the pike? Curriculum that tells the kiddies that they are evil for eating meat at home? For having pets?
"Dick and Jane, Gaia cried when you bought your puppy, Spot."
ID-heads get criticized, and rightly so, for trying to inject their beliefs into the classroom. Shouldn't we hold other belief systems to the same standard?
347 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:20:46am |
re: #334 RogueOne
Did you happen to see the rush interview on the Today show? I saw part 1 (thanks to [Link: althouse.blogspot.com...] ). I'll wait until someone posts part 2 online to view, but part 1 was actually kinda funny.
RogueOne, I've got a image that might make a good avatar for you.
348 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:21:02am |
re: #342 albusteve
yes, reform by govt intervention...right outa the playbook
this really sucks
Look for buzzwords such as "diversity" and "local control".
350 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:22:09am |
re: #344 FrogMarch
Venezuela style reform?
More along the lines of the Fairness Doctrine although he and his cohorts don't use that phrase. They use words such as "diversity" and "local control".
351 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:23:49am |
re: #345 njdhockeyfan
This might get interesting. I hope there is someone there with a video camera.
DC: Muslim Coalition to Host Interfaith Hearing on Health Care
Kucinich? Will he be giving the inter-planetary visitors' POV?
352 | Pianobuff Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:24:37am |
Dollar Reaches Breaking Point as Banks Shift Reserves
Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Central banks flush with record reserves are increasingly snubbing dollars in favor of euros and yen, further pressuring the greenback after its biggest two- quarter rout in almost two decades.
Policy makers boosted foreign currency holdings by $413 billion last quarter, the most since at least 2003, to $7.3 trillion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Nations reporting currency breakdowns put 63 percent of the new cash into euros and yen in April, May and June, the latest Barclays Capital data show. That’s the highest percentage in any quarter with more than an $80 billion increase.
World leaders are acting on threats to dump the dollar while the Obama administration shows a willingness to tolerate a weaker currency in an effort to boost exports and the economy as long as it doesn’t drive away the nation’s creditors. The diversification signals that the currency won’t rebound anytime soon after losing 10.3 percent on a trade-weighted basis the past six months, the biggest drop since 1991.
“Global central banks are getting more serious about diversification, whereas in the past they used to just talk about it,” said Steven Englander, a former Federal Reserve researcher who is now the chief U.S. currency strategist at Barclays in New York. “It looks like they are really backing away from the dollar.”
353 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:25:10am |
re: #346 thedopefishlives
ID-heads get criticized, and rightly so, for trying to inject their beliefs into the classroom. Shouldn't we hold other belief systems to the same standard?
Some would argue that vegetarianism/veganism is not a belief system per se, merely a life-style choice.
354 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:25:11am |
re: #335 MandyManners
Have you read the links?
Yep, I've read them. I don't like the guy either, but getting info on him via a dialog between Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck seems a poor source. Your other links were good, but those two have serious craziness problems, Beck much more than Limbaugh.
355 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:25:39am |
356 | vxbush Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:26:05am |
re: #350 MandyManners
More along the lines of the Fairness Doctrine although he and his cohorts don't use that phrase. They use words such as "diversity" and "local control".
And how can a multi-national corporation that has news arms be able to deal with "local control" and still be profitable? It can't.
Morning, everyone. Migraine today. Lots of lurking planned.
357 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:27:27am |
Palestinians say hopes in Obama 'evaporated'
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House of caving in to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and backing off a demand to freeze Jewish settlement.
Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party also accused the U.S. of failing to set a clear agenda for a new round of Mideast peace talks, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday.
"All hopes placed in the new U.S. administration and President Obama have evaporated," the document said. Obama "couldn't withstand the pressure of the Zionist lobby, which led to a retreat from his previous positions on halting settlement construction and defining an agenda for the negotiations and peace."
Whine, whine, whine...
358 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:27:30am |
re: #353 MandyManners
Some would argue that vegetarianism/veganism is not a belief system per se, merely a life-style choice.
Either way, it's a personal decision and not something that should be taught in classrooms, except in a discussion about dietary needs. In such a case, it could be presented realistically, with its attendant deficiencies (lack of animal protein).
359 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:27:56am |
re: #354 Dark_Falcon
Yep, I've read them. I don't like the guy either, but getting info on him via a dialog between Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck seems a poor source. Your other links were good, but those two have serious craziness problems, Beck much more than Limbaugh.
Oh for pity's sake. That link is one of five. The one to the conference about media reform holds a lot more information about what the man believes than the last one.
360 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:28:19am |
re: #347 Dark_Falcon
What makes you think I'm a star wars nerd? Actually, I'm an old school dork:
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
361 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:28:55am |
re: #356 vxbush
And how can a multi-national corporation that has news arms be able to deal with "local control" and still be profitable? It can't.
Morning, everyone. Migraine today. Lots of lurking planned.
Profit is of neglibile consideration to those who want to reform the MFM.
362 | vxbush Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:29:12am |
re: #360 RogueOne
What makes you think I'm a star wars nerd? Actually, I'm an old school dork:
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
If you were truly a Star Wars nerd, your nic would be RedFive.
363 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:30:20am |
re: #347 Dark_Falcon
There should have been a sarcasm tag on my last response. I appreciate you lookin out for a newb
/+1
364 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:30:29am |
re: #354 Dark_Falcon
Yep, I've read them. I don't like the guy either, but getting info on him via a dialog between Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck seems a poor source. Your other links were good, but those two have serious craziness problems, Beck much more than Limbaugh.
you doubt he said those words?...apparently it was on tape
365 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:30:39am |
re: #358 thedopefishlives
Either way, it's a personal decision and not something that should be taught in classrooms, except in a discussion about dietary needs. In such a case, it could be presented realistically, with its attendant deficiencies (lack of animal protein).
You cannot have those discussions in a first grade class because the students just don't have the capacity to understand. But, they can understand that the school is delibertely leaving out meat on Mondays.
366 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:32:34am |
re: #362 vxbush
My star wars knowledge is so thin I had to look that up.
368 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:35:09am |
re: #154 MandyManners
Another smear is in October's Vanity Fair, the article by Levi Johnston, in which the little fucker claimed that Palin couldn't even shoot a gun.
And I believe him.
Levi may not know squat about most things, but I'm betting he can spot a poor shot when he sees one.
Can't wait for November and the book threads. "Sarah Pulls Trigger."
369 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:35:57am |
re: #364 albusteve
you doubt he said those words?...apparently it was on tape
I believe the tape, my reaction was about finding an alternative presentation of the tape without the craziness that is Glen Beck.
370 | FrogMarch Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:35:59am |
re: #350 MandyManners
More along the lines of the Fairness Doctrine although he and his cohorts don't use that phrase. They use words such as "diversity" and "local control".
Venezuela lite. ;-)
371 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:36:00am |
re: #327 njdhockeyfan
Baltimore Schools Embrace Anti-Meat Movement with ‘Meatless Mondays’
...what the kiddies really go for is the testless Tuesdays.
373 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:36:52am |
re: #371 DaddyG
...what the kiddies really go for is the testless Tuesdays.
Witless Wednesdays have been on the calendar for decades.
374 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:38:00am |
re: #368 Cato the Elder
We've had this argument before, Cato. I maintain that Levi Johnston is an utterly unreliable source. He is the personification of Runaway Butthurt.
375 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:38:15am |
376 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:38:18am |
re: #373 Cato the Elder
Which is better than Tube steak thursday since it gets you put on the sex offender registry.
377 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:38:25am |
White House attacks Price Waterhouse study...is PW chopped liver, or are they cooking the books for political reasons?...or could they be legit?
[Link: blog.heritage.org...]
"It comes on the eve of a vote that will reduce the industry's profits," Douglass told TPMDC. "It is hard to take it seriously. The analysis completely ignores critical policies will lower costs for those who have insurance, expand coverage and provide affordable health insurance options to millions of Americans who are priced out of today's health insurance market or are locked out by unfair insurance company practices."
378 | KansasMom Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:39:12am |
re: #373 Cato the Elder
Witless Wednesdays have been on the calendar for decades.
Right along with Thoughtless Thursdays.
379 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:39:13am |
re: #369 Dark_Falcon
I believe the tape, my reaction was about finding an alternative presentation of the tape without the craziness that is Glen Beck.
I believe you can find it in the link about the conference for media reform.
380 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:39:49am |
re: #338 MandyManners
What's down the pike? Curriculum that tells the kiddies that they are evil for eating
meat at home? For havingpets?"
Tee hee
381 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:40:43am |
re: #369 Dark_Falcon
I believe the tape, my reaction was about finding an alternative presentation of the tape without the craziness that is Glen Beck.
don't be ridiculous...
382 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:40:48am |
re: #353 MandyManners
Some would argue that vegetarianism/veganism is not a belief system per se, merely a life-style choice.
I was born an omnivore. I knew at a young age I liked meat. It is a part of my DNA. I tried eating more vegetables but after a while I stumbled into a B-B-Q joint and ordered a full slab of baby back ribs with a side of Brunswick stew. It was at that moment I knew I had to be true to myself.
383 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:41:18am |
re: #327 njdhockeyfan
Baltimore Schools Embrace Anti-Meat Movement with ‘Meatless Mondays’
That's silly. Fridays would make more sense, IMHO. It would make at least two groups of people happy then.
384 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:42:48am |
385 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:43:03am |
386 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:43:20am |
387 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:43:34am |
re: #379 MandyManners
I believe you can find it in the link about the conference for media reform.
Thank you, Mandy.
388 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:44:45am |
Have you all seen the new BHO flag on e-bay?
389 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:44:47am |
re: #374 Dark_Falcon
We've had this argument before, Cato. I maintain that Levi Johnston is an utterly unreliable source. He is the personification of Runaway Butthurt.
He's the personification of Damn I Got Off Easy. He's a schmuck. But I wouldn't wish Palin family membership on my worst enemy.
And I don't believe everything in that article is made up. A lot of it has the loud ring of truth.
390 | acwgusa Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:45:34am |
re: #377 albusteve
White House attacks Price Waterhouse study...is PW chopped liver, or are they cooking the books for political reasons?...or could they be legit?
[Link: blog.heritage.org...]
"It comes on the eve of a vote that will reduce the industry's profits," Douglass told TPMDC. "It is hard to take it seriously. The analysis completely ignores critical policies will lower costs for those who have insurance, expand coverage and provide affordable health insurance options to millions of Americans who are priced out of today's health insurance market or are locked out by unfair insurance company practices."
The White House has to attack PWC. They can't attack the CBO and the Joint Comittee on Taxation. Three reports from three different groups corrobating the same story isn't good for ObamaCare plan.
391 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:46:56am |
392 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:47:40am |
According to this Flannery bloke who was interviewed on CBC this morning, the biggest obstacle to dealing with CO2 is not the USA, not China or India, not Europe, and not Russia.
The biggest problem in the entire world is ...(drumroll)...CANADA!
What a major tool.
393 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:47:52am |
re: #382 DaddyG
I was born an omnivore. I knew at a young age I liked meat. It is a part of my DNA. I tried eating more vegetables but after a while I stumbled into a B-B-Q joint and ordered a full slab of baby back ribs with a side of Brunswick stew. It was at that moment I knew I had to be true to myself.
The Kid kinda' freaked out the next time I served a pork roast after he saw one of the feral pigs killed.
394 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:47:57am |
re: #385 Dark_Falcon
How am I being ridiculous?
if you believe the tape is legit, what difference does it make where the source is?...it's about Lloyd not Beck...you are splitting hairs
395 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:48:06am |
So how goes the war on teh krazies? re: #388 njdhockeyfan
I pledge alleigence to the flag of Obama and to the nation among nations for which it stands. Several constitient groups under the state, diverse with all for one and one for all.
If the Obama kids are smart they will lock in contracts on the branding of merchandise now to avoid future lawsuits like the King family just avoided.
396 | reine.de.tout Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:48:16am |
re: #383 Honorary Yooper
That's silly. Fridays would make more sense, IMHO. It would make at least two groups of people happy then.
ha! Absolutely.
I think the "meatless monday" business is just silly. My parents taught us how to roll our eyes and laugh off such silliness, and I've taught my kid the same thing.
But it's probably good to remember that "meatless" does not necessarily mean "protein-less".
397 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:48:51am |
re: #390 acwgusa
The White House has to attack PWC. They can't attack the CBO and the Joint Comittee on Taxation. Three reports from three different groups corrobating the same story isn't good for ObamaCare plan.
"we're surrounded!"
398 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:49:00am |
399 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:49:08am |
re: #393 MandyManners
Tell 'em it was a stray dog that died of old age. /
401 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:49:55am |
re: #382 DaddyG
This place would be a great rehab center for vegans.
[Link: www.gatesbbq.com...]
/burnt ends, mmm
402 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:49:59am |
403 | acwgusa Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:50:31am |
re: #397 albusteve
"we're surrounded!"
"What were Custer's Last Words at the Little Big Horn, Alex?"
/S
404 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:50:36am |
re: #365 MandyManners
You cannot have those discussions in a first grade class because the students just don't have the capacity to understand. But, they can understand that the school is delibertely leaving out meat on Mondays.
While agreed, I guess I'm just wondering if that sort of thing should be the school's call or not. As a parent, I would rather be able to instruct my kid(s) in such a way myself, rather than having the school endorse it.
405 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:51:05am |
re: #387 Dark_Falcon
Thank you, Mandy.
You're welcome. There's a bit of stuff there but the linkage system is quite good.
Speaking of Beck and Limbaugh and the crazinness, have you Googled Anderson and Fernandes, two of his co-panelists? I wouldn't be surprised if they have posters of Che in their homes.
406 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:51:58am |
407 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:52:01am |
re: #389 Cato the Elder
He's the personification of Damn I Got Off Easy. He's a schmuck. But I wouldn't wish Palin family membership on my worst enemy.
And I don't believe everything in that article is made up. A lot of it has the loud ring of truth.
I disagree, respectfully.
408 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:52:45am |
re: #404 thedopefishlives
While agreed, I guess I'm just wondering if that sort of thing should be the school's call or not. As a parent, I would rather be able to instruct my kid(s) in such a way myself, rather than having the school endorse it.
I'd pack a lunch for my child that day. Two ham and cheese sandwiches.
409 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:53:04am |
One gay man, two lesbians, a three-legged cat and a poisoned curry plot
A gay man tried to poison his lesbian neighbours by putting slug pellets into their curry after he was accused of kidnapping their three-legged cat.
410 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:54:46am |
Rush is right
When he says the Dems calling him the leader of the republican party is an attempt to discredit the republicans. He might be right when he says it elevates him and says in reference to his success "thank God for my enemies".
411 | acwgusa Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:55:08am |
re: #409 njdhockeyfan
One gay man, two lesbians, a three-legged cat and a poisoned curry plot
Damn, Jerry Springer is hurting for guests lately, isn't he?
412 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:56:47am |
re: #409 njdhockeyfan
One gay man, two lesbians, a three-legged cat and a poisoned curry plot
He got a little curried away.
413 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:57:00am |
re: #409 njdhockeyfan
I don't care if you're gay or straight...
414 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:57:13am |
16 more posts and I get my dinger. I had one for a few minutes yesterday and now I miss it. If you folks can keep this "overnight" thread going the rest of the day I might just make it.
415 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:57:24am |
re: #409 njdhockeyfan
One gay man, two lesbians, a three-legged cat and a poisoned curry plot
My goodness, this is happening all over the country.
416 | Semper Fi Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:58:05am |
Good Morning Lizards,
Looks like it wants to rain.
417 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:58:14am |
re: #414 RogueOne
16 more posts and I get my dinger. I had one for a few minutes yesterday and now I miss it. If you folks can keep this "overnight" thread going the rest of the day I might just make it.
Keep going then. Hell, make a parody or two.
418 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:58:22am |
here's the skinny on the senate finance committee vote on the Baucus plan...it's not a done deal yet, but imo all hell will break loose if it does not pass
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
419 | acwgusa Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:58:55am |
re: #413 laZardo
I don't care if you're gay or straight...
Not unless you take the public park to dinner and movie first.
///
420 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:58:55am |
421 | Semper Fi Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:59:46am |
422 | mj Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:01:19am |
Obama Attempts To Delay Iranian Sanctions Bill
Legislators are growing increasingly frustrated with President Barack Obama's seeming unwillingness to pull the trigger on an Iran sanctions package that is already locked and loaded. The American public should be frustrated, too.
The Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (IRPSA), if enacted, would put the squeeze on foreign oil companies that currently help the Mullahs refine petroleum, as well as the insurance companies that underwrite this trade. If the sanctions work, they could stem the flow of 30 to 40 percent of Iranian oil, since the Mullahs don't actually have sufficient refining capacity to meet their domestic needs. In short, IRPSA could deal a fiscal body blow to Iran and destabilize the regime, as a means to derail its nuclear ambitions.
So, why are Democrats like Senators Chuck Schumer (NY) and Chris Dodd (CT) unhappy? The same reason why Republicans are...
...The problem, according to congressional staffers and think tankers who have been following the legislation, is that Obama appears ambivalent – caught somewhere between his call for dialogue and insisting that an Iranian nuclear weapon is "unacceptable..."
www.jewishpolicycenter.org/1464/obama-attempts-to-delay-iranian-sanctions-bill
423 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:01:25am |
re: #416 Semper Fi
You in L.A.? Foothills?
424 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:02:06am |
re: #413 laZardo
I don't care if you're gay or straight...
You're not allowed to have sex in a cemetery, either, but I've done that.
None of the people around us seemed to mind.
425 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:02:07am |
re: #409 njdhockeyfan
Headline News crawl...
Lesbian Lovers Bust Boy Toy Who Vandalized Vindaloo Over Tripod Tabby
426 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:02:22am |
re: #422 mj
Heh. It always hurts dictatorships when you go for their coffers.
428 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:03:42am |
re: #420 thedopefishlives
Not even if you are by yourself.
NO PDA. well handholding is pretty tame but I get tired of long liplocks on the subway, in the park... And not at your Pride Parade!!!
429 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:03:47am |
re: #326 njdhockeyfan
First real good news of the day. To keep this going, hopefully we'll see the following headlines next,
Glenn Beck removed from air, cited as too stupid for TV.
GOP finds common sense, tells Ron Paul to f*** off.
God tells creationists to STFU.
Hey, I can dream, can't I?
430 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:04:02am |
re: #424 Cato the Elder
You're not allowed to have sex in a cemetery, either, but I've done that.
None of the people around us seemed to mind.
"Around" you?! Dude! not in the crypt!
431 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:05:15am |
re: #430 DaddyG
"Around" you?! Dude! not in the crypt!
As long as it was with a live person, I don't care.
432 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:05:24am |
re: #429 Honorary Yooper
Gold hits $650...
433 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:05:40am |
re: #417 Honorary Yooper
I think withholding dingers from noobs should be added to the expanded hate crimes bill since it's obviously discriminatory. I think I'll send my rep an email and see if he'll look into it for me.
/15
434 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:05:49am |
re: #413 laZardo
I don't care if you're gay or straight...
That's why they have public washrooms, silly.
435 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:06:08am |
re: #424 Cato the Elder
You're not allowed to have sex in a cemetery, either, but I've done that.
None of the people around us seemed to mind.
436 | albusteve Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:06:10am |
re: #422 mj
Obama Attempts To Delay Iranian Sanctions Bill
www.jewishpolicycenter.org/1464/obama-attempts-to- delay-iranian-sanctions-bill
whoa!...too bad the links are not highlighted...the Wafflemaster
437 | Semper Fi Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:07:19am |
re: #423 Rightwingconspirator
You in L.A.? Foothills?
Normally at the coast but presently in Las Vegas. Friends say it did rain in Ventura last night with more expected tonight.
438 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:07:47am |
I looked for the story about Clinton and Lavrov (the Russian FM) in JPost but the page said it's overloaded.
439 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:07:59am |
440 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:08:05am |
re: #424 Cato the Elder
You're not allowed to have sex in a cemetery, either, but I've done that.
None of the people around us seemed to mind.
That is a grave transgression.
441 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:08:43am |
re: #440 Spare O'Lake
Now your just being cryptic.
442 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:09:05am |
443 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:09:13am |
re: #432 Rightwingconspirator
Gold hits $650...
What? Last I looked, it reached a high of 1040 a troy ounce the other day.
444 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:09:18am |
445 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:09:32am |
446 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:09:45am |
re: #424 Cato the Elder
You're not allowed to have sex in a cemetery, either, but I've done that.
None of the people around us seemed to mind.
That's cold.
447 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:10:03am |
re: #437 Semper Fi
Its Stormwatch all over local news. We'll see. Hoping for a light sprinkle. K barriers and sandbags all up above the 210 fwy. Cabins up the 2 evacuated.
448 | subsailor68 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:10:19am |
Morning all! Been gone a week, mainly because I was having major vascular surgery on my right leg. A stint and a bypass. It appears that you can't eat new york steak, prime rib, and various other delicious foods for fifty-odd years without plugging up some tubing.
I went into our local hospital on Wednesday at noon, and six hours later found myself in the ICU. I stayed there one night, and had a second in a private room. I had a number of meals during my stay.
Here's the thing:
My surgeon, an old golfing pal, is one terrific doctor. Probably the best vascular surgeon in the state. To the administration: Will he have a practice after the health care legislation is passed? Sure hope so; he saved my life, and says he'd like to save a helluva lot more before he's done.
The hospital folks - from RN's to CNA's - were wonderful. The hospital itself is only a year old, and every room is a private room. The food service is contracted, and each patient gets a menu and can order any time during the day or night. And, they call up if you don't order, to make sure you don't miss out. Oh yeah, the public comes to the hospital to eat in the dining room, because the food is absolutely terrific. To the administration: Will my hospital still be here after the health care legislation is passed? Sure hope so, because it's not only a major employer here, but is a real model for how a hospital should be run.
Finally, to the administration: If the proposed health care legislation had been passed before I had this procedure, would I have been able to have it? I'm 59, have private health insurance. Would my health insurance have been one of those policies you define as "gold plated"? Would I have lost it as you taxed it out of existence? And the big question: Would I still have the ability to have this procedure under the "public option" that will have replaced my insurance?
If your answer to any of the questions above is "no", please take your proposed health care legislation and shove it up your...
449 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:12:24am |
re: #447 Rightwingconspirator Were gearing up for round two of the floods here in the ATL metro. I'll be taking the laptop home fully expecting the roads to be flooded in areas. (And the critics said praying for rain wouldn't work).
451 | Danny Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:12:55am |
re: #368 Cato the Elder
And I believe him.
Levi may not know squat about most things, but I'm betting he can spot a poor shot when he sees one.
She may not be a good shot but I'd say she knows how to shoot.
452 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:12:56am |
re: #448 subsailor68
Morning all! Been gone a week, mainly because I was having major vascular surgery on my right leg. A stint and a bypass. It appears that you can't eat new york steak, prime rib, and various other delicious foods for fifty-odd years without plugging up some tubing.
I went into our local hospital on Wednesday at noon, and six hours later found myself in the ICU. I stayed there one night, and had a second in a private room. I had a number of meals during my stay.
Here's the thing:
My surgeon, an old golfing pal, is one terrific doctor. Probably the best vascular surgeon in the state. To the administration: Will he have a practice after the health care legislation is passed? Sure hope so; he saved my life, and says he'd like to save a helluva lot more before he's done.
The hospital folks - from RN's to CNA's - were wonderful. The hospital itself is only a year old, and every room is a private room. The food service is contracted, and each patient gets a menu and can order any time during the day or night. And, they call up if you don't order, to make sure you don't miss out. Oh yeah, the public comes to the hospital to eat in the dining room, because the food is absolutely terrific. To the administration: Will my hospital still be here after the health care legislation is passed? Sure hope so, because it's not only a major employer here, but is a real model for how a hospital should be run.
Finally, to the administration: If the proposed health care legislation had been passed before I had this procedure, would I have been able to have it? I'm 59, have private health insurance. Would my health insurance have been one of those policies you define as "gold plated"? Would I have lost it as you taxed it out of existence? And the big question: Would I still have the ability to have this procedure under the "public option" that will have replaced my insurance?
If your answer to any of the questions above is "
noyes", please take your proposed health care legislation and shove it up your...
Slight correction for accuracy.
453 | gregb Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:12:58am |
re: #3 cenotaphium
You have more negative karma than posts made. Wow. What have you been doing to piss people off so?
I pitched an idea for a company once for an anti-social, social network. Instead of friends lists you had enemies lists modeled after F***dcompany.com. It was a way to disclose your hates and dislikes. My friend said that the person who had the most likes and dislikes at the same time cwould be featured as the anti-christ.
It didn't get funded at the height of the social networking bubble because of the legal ramifications of the business model.
455 | truth stick Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:13:11am |
Slightly off-topic but not exactly - Have you seen the Celebrity Jeopardy clip with Wolf Blitzer going deeper and deeper into the hole, getting his ass destroyed by Andy-what's-his-name-Conan's-old-sidekick?Wolf actually looks like a SNL skit of Celebrity Jeopardy in that one. I doubt CNN will fact-check it though.
[Video]There is a reason they are called talking heads.
I kept waiting for Wolf for fall back to Sean Connery's answer on SNL, of Your Momma Alex, but it never came
457 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:16:03am |
re: #451 Danny
She may not be a good shot but I'd say she knows how to shoot.
Thank you for proving my point for me. That video shows her having to be instructed how to shoulder a rifle.
Moose-huntin' mama? I don't think so.
458 | gregb Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:16:18am |
re: #448 subsailor68
Glad to hear you're okay. I hear a red wine chaser though helps with those fine foods.
459 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:16:20am |
From Yahoo Answers:
Girlfriend found weird vids I made?
Before going out with my girlfriend I was kind of obsessed with her. I took pictures I had of her and scanned them into a japanese program that creates a 3d model of her which you can then ummm... have your way with. Ahem.
I made about 50 different videos with this software, most of them were of her making love and performing oral sex on a 3d model of myself, and sometimes multiple versions of me. Others involved machines...you get the idea.
I eventually worked up the courage to talk to her and we ended up hitting it off and are now a couple, the problem is that she used my computer and ended up finding the vids even though they were buried inside multiple folders. Of course she was pretty freaked out, especially since the titles of the vids were needlessly crude on my part. She said she had to leave and needs some time alone.
If the program had options for making cuddling on the couch and walking through a park while holding hands videos there would have been far more of those, I hope she doesnt think that I view her as some kind of sexual object because I truly do love herHow can I smooth this over with her?
WTF?
460 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:17:24am |
re: #452 Dark_Falcon
Slight correction for accuracy.
Give the guy a break. He's probably still a bit logy from all the good post-op drugs.
462 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:18:11am |
re: #448 subsailor68
"Yes to all your questions, because your insurer will try to find every loophole to throw you out, and a public healthcare service, having no profit motive, will still treat you either way! America even has a plentiful supply of machines, facilities and doctors to stop waiting lines!"
///
/to be honest, I do wish that were true. Unfortunately the public and private bureaucracies at hand will prevent that from happening, let alone working smoothly.
463 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:18:47am |
re: #460 Cato the Elder
Give the guy a break. He's probably still a bit logy from all the good post-op drugs.
I did not mean my correction in a hostile manner. There was no snark, just an attempt to ensure his point was made.
464 | Semper Fi Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:19:08am |
re: #447 Rightwingconspirator
Its Stormwatch all over local news. We'll see. Hoping for a light sprinkle. K barriers and sandbags all up above the 210 fwy. Cabins up the 2 evacuated.
Those areas have been hard hit w/fires. Lots of rain won't be nice. Maybe all will be clear by my return Friday unless a storm-track is filling in.
465 | subsailor68 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:19:14am |
re: #452 Dark_Falcon
Slight correction for accuracy.
Hi Dark! I'm still a little groggy from the general, LOL! I probably wasn't as clear as I should have been. The three questions I was referring to were:
On my doctor:
Will he have a practice after the health care legislation is passed?
On our hospital:
Will my hospital still be here after the health care legislation is passed?
On my procedure:
Would I still have the ability to have this procedure under the "public option" that will have replaced my insurance?
That's why I wrote "if the answer to any is no",
Sorry if I overcomplicated things!
;-)
466 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:19:20am |
re: #456 efuseakay
I remember someone linked to the Life collection(?) some months back. Also they're having a 70th anniversary WWII documentary on the National Geographic Channel with loads of colorized footage.
/on a side note, is that the Fullmetal Alchemist homunculus logo? :B
467 | Danny Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:19:34am |
re: #457 Cato the Elder
Thank you for proving my point for me. That video shows her having to be instructed how to shoulder a rifle.
Moose-huntin' mama? I don't think so.
It's a training demonstration.
468 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:21:24am |
re: #456 efuseakay Stunning. These contemporary photos fascinate me. It is amazing how such an evil ideology was sold as idealistic and patriotic to the German people and the world for so long.
469 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:21:51am |
470 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:21:51am |
re: #465 subsailor68
Hi Dark! I'm still a little groggy from the general, LOL! I probably wasn't as clear as I should have been. The three questions I was referring to were:
On my doctor:
Will he have a practice after the health care legislation is passed?On our hospital:
Will my hospital still be here after the health care legislation is passed?On my procedure:
Would I still have the ability to have this procedure under the "public option" that will have replaced my insurance?That's why I wrote "if the answer to any is no",
Sorry if I overcomplicated things!
;-)
Your're fine, sub. Glad to see you're feeling better.
471 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:22:04am |
Top 10: Hottest Historical Women
During Women’s History Month, we’d like to celebrate an aspect of historical females often overlooked by historians: their hotness. Powerful women throughout history have used their beauty as well as their intelligence to get ahead. It’s something successful modern women continue to do today. Here we will explore the history of hot and resourceful women and celebrate them the best way we know how: with a top 10 list.
The women on our list are ranked not only by beauty, but their historical significance and their effect on the men of their time. To be considered, they have to be dead and mentioned in history classes. We’ve excluded entertainers because there are already too many of those lists. Besides, we didn’t need them. Our list is political, royal, literary, and stands up to any celebrity list on the sexy scale.
472 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:22:17am |
re: #464 Semper Fi
Yes, I have family and friends there. The station fire was a bitch. I'll be up there with my 40D at the debris basins and or making sand bags. If anything poignant or spectacular I'll post a link to my photoblog. Enjoy Vegas.
473 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:22:27am |
474 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:23:13am |
John Kerry was a great "Goose Hunter" IIRC.
475 | The Sanity Inspector Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:23:35am |
Morning, lizards. Wakey, wakey!
476 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:23:43am |
re: #469 MandyManners
Some are terrifying in that they are mundane.
477 | subsailor68 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:23:44am |
re: #460 Cato the Elder
Give the guy a break. He's probably still a bit logy from all the good post-op drugs.
Hi Cato!! Missed you while I was gone - heck, missed everyone. Oh yeah, the post-op drugs are a lovely little set of round, oblong, other interesting shapes in a variety of pleasing colors!
478 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:23:56am |
re: #459 njdhockeyfan
Heh. Perhaps she can purchase a Japanese program where you can hire a lawyer to file a restraining order?
479 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:24:22am |
480 | Semper Fi Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:25:07am |
re: #448 subsailor68
Morning all! Been gone a week, mainly because I was having major vascular surgery on my right leg. A stint and a bypass. It appears that you can't eat new york steak, prime rib, and various other delicious foods for fifty-odd years without plugging up some tubing.
I went into our local hospital on Wednesday at noon, and six hours later found myself in the ICU. I stayed there one night, and had a second in a private room. I had a number of meals during my stay.
Here's the thing:
My surgeon, an old golfing pal, is one terrific doctor. Probably the best vascular surgeon in the state. To the administration: Will he have a practice after the health care legislation is passed? Sure hope so; he saved my life, and says he'd like to save a helluva lot more before he's done.
The hospital folks - from RN's to CNA's - were wonderful. The hospital itself is only a year old, and every room is a private room. The food service is contracted, and each patient gets a menu and can order any time during the day or night. And, they call up if you don't order, to make sure you don't miss out. Oh yeah, the public comes to the hospital to eat in the dining room, because the food is absolutely terrific. To the administration: Will my hospital still be here after the health care legislation is passed? Sure hope so, because it's not only a major employer here, but is a real model for how a hospital should be run.
Finally, to the administration: If the proposed health care legislation had been passed before I had this procedure, would I have been able to have it? I'm 59, have private health insurance. Would my health insurance have been one of those policies you define as "gold plated"? Would I have lost it as you taxed it out of existence? And the big question: Would I still have the ability to have this procedure under the "public option" that will have replaced my insurance?
If your answer to any of the questions above is "no", please take your proposed health care legislation and shove it up your...
Is this a Texas hospital? I've heard similar about a hospital in Katy, TX. Totally different from my experiences.
481 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:26:35am |
re: #456 efuseakay
Stunning photographs. As DaddyG said, it is amazing how this hate-filled ideology managed to captivate the average German for so long. May they be a warning as to the temptations of evil.
It looks as though this is taken from the Life collection published months ago.
482 | vxbush Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:27:18am |
re: #481 Honorary Yooper
Stunning photographs. As DaddyG said, it is amazing how this hate-filled ideology managed to captivate the average German for so long. May they be a warning as to the temptations of evil.
It looks as though this is taken from the Life collection published months ago.
I continue to be amazed at how Germany turned the Roman iconography and Holy Roman Empire imagery into its hateful ideology.
483 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:27:21am |
re: #476 laZardo
Some are terrifying in that they are mundane.
And, it evokes Arendt's banality of evil.
484 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:28:51am |
re: #468 DaddyG
Stunning. These contemporary photos fascinate me. It is amazing how such an evil ideology was sold as idealistic and patriotic to the German people and the world for so long.
It's a good warning that evil can come dressed up in idealism and patriotism, and that people can be swept up in the evil due to that.
485 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:28:53am |
re: #368 Cato the Elder
Looks to me she can shoot just fine, not used to the red dot sight or the M4. I'll bet she is far more accustomed to a light bolt action field rifle with a regular scope. Notice she does not flinch when the gun near her goes off. New shooters almost always do that.
486 | Semper Fi Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:29:10am |
re: #472 Rightwingconspirator
Yes, I have family and friends there. The station fire was a bitch. I'll be up there with my 40D at the debris basins and or making sand bags. If anything poignant or spectacular I'll post a link to my photoblog. Enjoy Vegas.
That's hard work. Careful.
487 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:30:49am |
re: #483 MandyManners
And, it evokes Arendt's banality of evil.
A nation of miserable sheep led to act as monsters.
488 | subsailor68 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:31:25am |
re: #480 Semper Fi
Is this a Texas hospital? I've heard similar about a hospital in Katy, TX. Totally different from my experiences.
HI Semper Fi! Yes sir, it is. We live up in the Hill Country, and what the heck, I'll give myself away. The hospital is Peterson Hospital in Kerrville. It's a year old, and is built next to the Peterson Regional Ambulatory Care Center. Most folks have everything done at the ACC, which is a really pleasant place. And the hospital is terrific as well.
489 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:31:47am |
re: #485 Rightwingconspirator
I was thinking the same thing. There is a big difference in shooting a hunting rifle and a military assault weapon. In basic they taught us to put our nose right against the charging handle, at first I thought they were screwing with us to teach us a lesson by busting our noses.
490 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:32:21am |
re: #485 Rightwingconspirator
Looks to me she can shoot just fine, not used to the red dot sight or the M4. I'll bet she is far more accustomed to a light bolt action field rifle with a regular scope. Notice she does not flinch when the gun near her goes off. New shooters almost always do that.
Good point. Also, the Army always does a training session like that before they allow someone to fire one of their rifles. The weight of the evidence is that Sarah Palin does know how to shoot, is a good mother, but does not know how to conduct herself on the national stage, and would be a failure as a presidential candidate.
491 | Danny Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:32:24am |
re: #479 Cato the Elder
Exactly.
[Link: www.thesun.co.uk...]
C'mon Cato, don't trash the only remaining thing left for me to admire about her. :)
492 | MandyManners Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:33:41am |
re: #487 Spare O'Lake
A nation of miserable sheep led to act as monsters.
I don't think they were all sheep.
493 | avanti Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:35:36am |
Morning Lizards. I noticed the American Family Association is pushing hard with the GOP to defeat the bill that would add sexual ornamentation to the hate crimes laws with race, and religion.
By reading their spin on the law with all the distortions, no one would vote for the bill.
i.e.:
Thought crimes bill
Pedophile protection bill
"Politically incorrect thoughts about homosexual behavior will result in enhanced criminal sanctions under this law."
"In fact, such laws actively discriminate against heterosexual Christians who are victims of crime, since they will get less legal protection than homosexual victims."
494 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:36:24am |
re: #492 MandyManners
I don't think they were all sheep.
No, not all. Obviously the Nazi heirachy was not sheep, but a fair number of average Germans were. They followed it for the idealism and the patriotism. A few led the flock, and a few saw the Nazi regime for what it was. Most kept quiet and approved by their silence.
495 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:36:46am |
re: #491 Danny
[Link: www.thesun.co.uk...]
C'mon Cato, don't trash the only remaining thing left for me to admire about her. :)
Oh, all right! ;^)
496 | Pianobuff Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:37:15am |
re: #493 avanti
Morning Lizards. I noticed the American Family Association is pushing hard with the GOP to defeat the bill that would add sexual ornamentation to the hate crimes laws with race, and religion.
What is that?
497 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:37:33am |
re: #494 Honorary Yooper
No, not all. Obviously the Nazi heirachy was not sheep, but a fair number of average Germans were. They followed it for the idealism and the patriotism. A few led the flock, and a few saw the Nazi regime for what it was. Most kept quiet and approved by their silence.
And it could happen here.
498 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:37:59am |
re: #493 avanti
Morning Lizards. I noticed the American Family Association is pushing hard with the GOP to defeat the bill that would add sexual ornamentation to the hate crimes laws with race, and religion.
But I like driving my Volvo! It feels manly!
499 | Ben Hur Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:38:09am |
Russell Simmons: God Will Destroy Us If We Don’t Follow Barack
Republicans are doomed to wander the Earth...
500 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:40:11am |
re: #493 avanti
Morning Lizards. I noticed the American Family Association is pushing hard with the GOP to defeat the bill that would add sexual ornamentation to the hate crimes laws with race, and religion.
So now Gays and Lesbians have to wear bells, flashing lights, and Mistletoe? Who's behind this? BigChristmas?
501 | Pianobuff Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:40:36am |
502 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:41:10am |
503 | tradewind Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:41:16am |
Dammit, let's just hope the Nobel Effect isn't already taking hold . The engines are probably warming up in Israel as we speak, and you could hardly blame them.
So glad we played nice with Russia. They'll fall right in line now and support us to the max.
///
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
504 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:41:46am |
505 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:42:37am |
I think Avanti used the spellcheck wrong.
507 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:43:05am |
re: #499 Ben Hur
Russell Simmons: God Will Destroy Us If We Don’t Follow Barack
Republicans are doomed to wander the Earth...
I have to admit, this sort of amuses me. The contents of the loony bin are getting emptied.
508 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:43:25am |
re: #493 avanti
Sexual Ornamentation? What the hell?
509 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:44:05am |
re: #504 Cato the Elder
Glenn is one of those who will make it possible.
This is where I disagree. I like my Grand Theft Auto and violent movies as much as the next beta male. But video games, hollywood, and 'entertainers' are not going to be 'responsible' for my 'actions'.
He's good...but not THAT good. Or..IS the matrix responsible for Columbine?
510 | avanti Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:44:14am |
re: #498 laZardo
But I like driving my Volvo! It feels manly!
Damn spell checkers fault, but their is in fact, sexual ornamentation, I forget which side the ear ring goes on. I just heard a right thumb ring is a lesbian thing.
511 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:44:40am |
re: #489 RogueOne
Then you found out .223 is a big bb gun as far as recoil goes. I had a heck of a time transitioning from iron sights to red dot. Still horrible at it with a pistol. But some are very, very good
512 | avanti Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:44:53am |
513 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:44:55am |
re: #510 avanti
Damn spell checkers fault, but their is in fact, sexual ornamentation, I forget which side the ear ring goes on. I just heard a right thumb ring is a lesbian thing.
Ever get a Jacob's Ladder?
/also, 16 minutes to Hump Day where I live. :D
514 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:45:08am |
re: #508 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That's what I thought my prince albert was for...
515 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:45:09am |
re: #499 Ben Hur
Russell Simmons: God Will Destroy Us If We Don’t Follow Barack
Republicans are doomed to wander the Earth...
Bad Craziness from the left to go with the Bad Craziness from the left. LGF feels like a island in a sea of Bad Craziness at times.
516 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:45:25am |
re: #497 Cato the Elder
And it could happen here.
Indeed.
Which is why the example of Nazi Germany should be a warning to all, including us, about the attractiveness of evil. The pagentry, the displays, the patriotism, the glamor, the idealism, they're all designed to make an evil and destructive ideology easier to swallow. It roots itself in different ways for different societies; tailors itself for them.
In Germany, it was Naziism. In Chile, it was Pinochet. In Cambodia, it was the Khumer Rouge. And what of us? What might it spring from? Personally, I'd keep my eye on folks like Buchanan and Paul, the far right fringe that seems so en vogue right now. People who claim to love the Constitution but would be willing to trash it in a nanosecond. That's who I'd watch.
517 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:46:03am |
re: #508 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Sexual Ornamentation? What the hell?
They have to wear an insignia on their sleeve of a fruit of their choice...
//
518 | avanti Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:46:20am |
re: #513 laZardo
Ever get a Jacob's Ladder?
/also, 16 minutes to Hump Day where I live. :D
I made one for a science fair, but I'm guessing there is another meaning.
519 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:46:33am |
re: #499 Ben Hur
Russell Simmons: God Will Destroy Us If We Don’t Follow Barack
Republicans are doomed to wander the Earth...
"Or would you know," pursued the Ghost, "the weight and length of the strong coil you bear yourself? It was full as heavy and as long as this, seven Christmas Eves ago. You have laboured on it, since. It is a ponderous chain!"
520 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:47:41am |
re: #518 avanti
I made one for a science fair, but I'm guessing there is another meaning.
521 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:48:16am |
re: #519 SteveC
"Or would you know," pursued the Ghost, "the weight and length of the strong coil you bear yourself? It was full as heavy and as long as this, seven Christmas Eves ago. You have laboured on it, since. It is a ponderous chain!"
Upding for the Charles Dickens quote.
522 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:48:54am |
re: #520 laZardo
I should have listened and Not read that link.
523 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:48:55am |
524 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:49:06am |
re: #521 Dark_Falcon
And an up-ding for your up-ding.
525 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:49:07am |
526 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:49:20am |
re: #511 Rightwingconspirator
Then you found out .223 is a big bb gun as far as recoil goes.
Exactly.
/10
529 | Semper Fi Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:49:56am |
re: #488 subsailor68
HI Semper Fi! Yes sir, it is. We live up in the Hill Country, and what the heck, I'll give myself away. The hospital is Peterson Hospital in Kerrville. It's a year old, and is built next to the Peterson Regional Ambulatory Care Center. Most folks have everything done at the ACC, which is a really pleasant place. And the hospital is terrific as well.
Texans have definitely got something very nice going on with respect to hospitals. Let me clarify. I've had good experiences with hospitals in Burbank, CA; Thousand Oaks, CA; but, you have just validated the outstanding stories I've heard about Texas. Enviable.
530 | avanti Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:51:08am |
531 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:51:13am |
re: #509 Oh no...Sand People!
This is where I disagree. I like my Grand Theft Auto and violent movies as much as the next beta male. But video games, hollywood, and 'entertainers' are not going to be 'responsible' for my 'actions'.
He's good...but not THAT good. Or..IS the matrix responsible for Columbine?
I didn't say he would cause it. He's a Hate Enabler.
The right in this country is trending toward fascism. And all the old enemies will be on the list. Non-whites, gays, people who don't believe in the right gawd - that includes you, Pam - and anyone who thinks Sarah Palin is a tool.
Actually, that last category is new.
532 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:51:15am |
Upding for Avanti - I'm gonna be giggling from now until Christmas!
533 | subsailor68 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:51:44am |
re: #520 laZardo
Sigh. I remember when sexual ornamentation was a Playboy centerfold taped to the dorm room wall. Guess I'm glad I was a child of that era, not this one.
535 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:52:25am |
re: #512 avanti
Ya think ? :)
I guessed it before I read your post.
Either that, or the Avantibot needs a tuning.
537 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:53:53am |
re: #531 Cato the Elder
I didn't say he would cause it. He's a Hate Enabler.
The right in this country is trending toward fascism. And all the old enemies will be on the list. Non-whites, gays, people who don't believe in the right gawd - that includes you, Pam - and anyone who thinks Sarah Palin is a tool.
Actually, that last category is new.
Fascism and guns...what could go wrong!
/
538 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:53:53am |
re: #536 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That reminds me...I have to start looking. D:
539 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:53:59am |
540 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:54:20am |
re: #536 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Who ya humpin' this time?
This is the Philippines...you don't want to know...
/
541 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:54:52am |
re: #539 thedopefishlives
That is, in fact, what she said.
... and that's when the fight started, officer!
542 | subsailor68 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:55:07am |
re: #529 Semper Fi
Texans have definitely got something very nice going on with respect to hospitals. Let me clarify. I've had good experiences with hospitals in Burbank, CA; Thousand Oaks, CA; but, you have just validated the outstanding stories I've heard about Texas. Enviable.
Ah memories! We lived in Encino for about six years, and worked in Century City. IIRC, Century City Hospital (may have another name) is pretty terrific as well. Back then, they pioneered the idea of catering - probably because of the Hollywood community. You could order from places like Spago, and have dinner delivered to your room. (Never needed to confirm that though.)
;-)
543 | Ben Hur Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:55:36am |
I have a stepladder.
It's a very nice stepladder but it's sad that I never knew my real ladder.
-Craig Charles.
544 | gregb Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:57:52am |
I know we're on an ocean kick right now, but the animals are still very cool.
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
545 | avanti Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:57:53am |
re: #535 Cato the Elder
I guessed it before I read your post.
Either that, or the Avantibot needs a tuning.
Time for some famous radio bloopers. I'll start with the baseball announcer as he watched a young couple smooching in the stands. He said:
" I finally figured it out, he's kissing her on the strikes, and she's kissing him on the balls."
547 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 8:59:37am |
re: #545 avanti
Time for some famous radio bloopers. I'll start with the baseball announcer as he watched a young couple smooching in the stands. He said:
" I finally figured it out, he's kissing her on the strikes, and she's kissing him on the balls."
Griffin gets his second double. And if this keeps up, I'll need another one." - Skip Carey, from the days when the Braves were terrible.
548 | gregb Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:04:14am |
re: #459 njdhockeyfan
I wonder if they have Troll of the year awards?
549 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:05:00am |
Favorite Simpson quote: Season 15: Episode 11: Margical History Tour
Homer is Henry the VIII and desires a boy at all costs. (I laughed for an hour straight I believe...)
551 | avanti Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:07:07am |
re: #547 SteveC
Griffin gets his second double. And if this keeps up, I'll need another one." - Skip Carey, from the days when the Braves were terrible.
"Look like Peters, Notre Dame's wide receiver is being carried off the field. Bad break for Notre Dame, looks like they'll have a play the second half with Peters out."
552 | laZardo Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:08:02am |
re: #550 gregb
Note the frequent use of pillar imagery, from the thick bundle of sticks to the rows of shirtless Hitler Youth carrying upright logs.
Clearly the Fascists were compensating for something.
553 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:08:27am |
re: #531 Cato the Elder
The right in this country is trending toward fascism. And all the old enemies will be on the list. Non-whites, gays, people who don't believe in the right gawd - that includes you, Pam - and anyone who thinks Sarah Palin is a tool.
Actually, that last category is new.
Would that make you a Neo-Palintologist?
554 | jvic Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:08:53am |
re: #263 ggt
ire: #299 ggt
Obama is dissing the Dalai Lama because of China?
I am so confused.
An Obama skeptic might point to this:
Non-violence can't tackle terror: Dalai...The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile left the audience stunned when he said "I love President George W Bush." He went on to add how he and the US President instantly struck a chord in their first meeting unlike politicians who take a while to develop close ties.
The Dalai Lama made those remarks close to Inauguration Day 2009.
556 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:11:58am |
557 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:12:34am |
558 | gregb Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:13:34am |
re: #526 RogueOne
As opposed to a shoulder denting turkish over and under?
559 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:14:13am |
560 | Semper Fi Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:14:38am |
re: #542 subsailor68
Ah memories! We lived in Encino for about six years, and worked in Century City. IIRC, Century City Hospital (may have another name) is pretty terrific as well. Back then, they pioneered the idea of catering - probably because of the Hollywood community. You could order from places like Spago, and have dinner delivered to your room. (Never needed to confirm that though.)
;-)
Nor would I as it is quite believable.
I'm glad you're doing well and related your experience. I don't agree with the attempted health care legislation either.
561 | Ojoe Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:14:50am |
What the f'n hell is
sexual ornamentation?
Our legislators are completely bonkers.
562 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:15:31am |
re: #561 Ojoe
What the f'n hell is
Our legislators are completely bonkers.
It's a pink whig...
/ducks under desk..
564 | Dark_Falcon Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:16:35am |
565 | Ojoe Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:16:42am |
re: #562 Oh no...Sand People!
Excellent!
Enhanced penalty for you, should you be caught (in such a wig).
LOL
BBL
566 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:17:51am |
re: #563 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Love those jokes...
When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive.
...so, I took her to a gas station . . .
.. . . and that's how the fight started.
567 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:18:16am |
I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Miller Lite for $14.95. Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for $7.95. I told her the beer would
make her look better than the cold cream at night . . .
.. . . and that's how the fight started.
568 | Ojoe Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:18:36am |
569 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:18:55am |
Last one...
After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's license to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later..
The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt.'
So I opened my shirt, revealing my curly silver hair. She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me,' and she processed my Social Security application.
When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office. She said, 'You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability, too . . '
.. . . and that's how the fight started.
570 | Daniel Ballard Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:19:28am |
re: #553 Spare O'Lake
Its trending toward extremism-Both ways. Polar divisions widening. Seems to me anyway.
572 | Randall Gross Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:21:23am |
Rec'd in email:
I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and all the patients were shouting, '13...13...13.'
The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks, so I looked through to see what was going
on...
Some bastard poked me in the eye with a stick!
Then they all started shouting
'14...14...14'...
573 | subsailor68 Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:22:08am |
My wife asked me if her new dress made her butt look too big.
I said, no, your butt makes that new dress look too small.
And that's how the fight started.
574 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:22:56am |
re: #571 laZardo
Starring in her own game I see...nice.
/
575 | DaddyG Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:23:36am |
It sure didn't take long for some Lizards to start accusing "the other side" of being most like the Nazis.
The far right is making noises like a totalitarian state but the left has made more progress in consolidating government institutions and nationalizing the economy. They do a better job of using the media to get their message out too.
Choose your poison.
576 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:24:14am |
re: #575 DaddyG
It sure didn't take long for some Lizards to start accusing "the other side" of being most like the Nazis.
The far right is making noises like a totalitarian state but the left has made more progress in consolidating government institutions and nationalizing the economy. They do a better job of using the media to get their message out too.
Choose your poison.
Nazi's seem the be the 'in' thing lately...
577 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:24:18am |
"Oh my God. Honey... I just looked in the mirror. I have bags under my eyes, my boobs are sagging, I have stretch marks, my legs are covered in cellulite, and my ass could cover a hundred acre field. Tell me something good about myself."
"Your eyesight is perfect!"
... and that's when the fight started.
578 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:24:29am |
579 | njdhockeyfan Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:24:41am |
Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the boat up to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day.
I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. I cuddled up to my wife’s back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, “The weather out there is terrible.”
My loving wife of 10 years replied, “Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?”
And that’s how the fight started…
580 | Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:25:55am |
re: #575 DaddyG
It sure didn't take long for some Lizards to start accusing "the other side" of being most like the Nazis.
The far right is making noises like a totalitarian state but the left has made more progress in consolidating government institutions and nationalizing the economy. They do a better job of using the media to get their message out too.
Choose your poison.
And personally...I fear 'works' more than 'faith'...for now.
581 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:26:12am |
re: #531 Cato the Elder
I didn't say he would cause it. He's a Hate Enabler.
The right in this country is trending toward fascism.
I'm a little confused. I thought the Tea Party crowds were losers because of the way they tied Obama policies to "fascism" and yet here you are trying to tie the same tag around the neck of conservatives. Is it or is it not wrong to label policy disputes as "fascist"?
582 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:26:39am |
re: #579 njdhockeyfan
Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the boat up to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day.
I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. I cuddled up to my wife’s back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, “The weather out there is terrible.”
My loving wife of 10 years replied, “Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?”
And that’s how the fight started…
So whatever happened to the dog?
583 | RogueOne Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:28:17am |
585 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:29:35am |
re: #575 DaddyG
It sure didn't take long for some Lizards to start accusing "the other side" of being most like the Nazis.
The far right is making noises like a totalitarian state but the left has made more progress in consolidating government institutions and nationalizing the economy. They do a better job of using the media to get their message out too.
Choose your poison.
"Nationalizing the economy."
Piffle.
As for poison, as long as crypto-racism, creationism in schools, gay-bashing and threats to the President are the fashion in the GOP, I don't see myself voting that way ever again. So I guess my poison has been chosen for me.
586 | Cato the Elder Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:30:30am |
re: #581 RogueOne
I'm a little confused. I thought the Tea Party crowds were losers because of the way they tied Obama policies to "fascism" and yet here you are trying to tie the same tag around the neck of conservatives. Is it or is it not wrong to label policy disputes as "fascist"?
I'm not labeling a dispute, I'm describing tendencies. And I see fascism on the right.
587 | SteveC Tue, Oct 13, 2009 9:31:29am |
re: #585 Cato the Elder
"Nationalizing the economy."
Piffle.
As for poison, as long as crypto-racism, creationism in schools, gay-bashing and threats to the President are the fashion in the GOP, I don't see myself voting that way ever again. So I guess my poison has been chosen for me.
It's like the Miranda warning as it applies to church arguments: "You have the right to choose sides. If you choose not to choose a side, one will be chosen for you."
588 | Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, Oct 13, 2009 11:21:30am |
re: #483 MandyManners
And, it evokes Arendt's banality of evil.
Similar pics were posted at another site I spend too much time at. A couple of holocaust deniers came out of the woodwork and were promptly lambasted. These pics can be good for that.