One can, however, become a blue-skinned superman by staying in the middle of a large chain reactor and concentrating hard on willing the various parts of the body back into existence afterward.

/and i'll look down and whisper, "hurrr."

Congratulations to all you fucking nutters who blew up the Republican party.

It's awfully hard to blame the leftists for being leftists. The Commies and the Socialists will always do their thing, and we used to be able to stop them. Not anymore, thanks to you children who decided to "punish" the Republican Party by withholding your votes in 2006 and 2008.

At least you can comfort yourselves with the knowledge that you maintained your precious ideological purity. You sent the Democrats to the White House, and the Republicans to the nut house.

Enjoy the Poor House.

Fully is the word,
Human is the goal.
Painlessly is the word,
Christmas is the goal.

And with the posting of this thread, It's time for me to get to bed. Night, all.

re: #4 Dark_Falcon

Good night!

Iceman On The Beach (remix)

Good night Lizards. Sweet dreams.

re: #7 beekiller

g' nite...

Auschwitz Sign Recovered; 5 Arrested.

oliver willis tweets:

Black man discovers his new HP computer is racist. No, really.

Is this some kind of hoax?

re: #10 iceweasel

oliver willis tweets:

[Video]Is this some kind of hoax?

Reflectivity.

re: #11 Gus 802

The face tracking software might be filtering for color... more so than for contrast.

re: #12 freetoken

The face tracking software might be filtering for color... more so than for contrast.

I like the part about how he hopes his wife doesn't see the video.

Over at Hot Air, they are not too happy about Ben Faust Nelson.

Or Judas Iscariot Nelson.

Or Judas Iscariot Benedict Arnold Nelson.

Some of the Hot Air people are upset.

re: #14 SanFranciscoZionist

Yes, I made a quick trip over there... pretty vile place.

Some of them are threatening to kill other Hot Air people.

re: #13 SanFranciscoZionist

re: #12 freetoken

re: #11 Gus 802

How could they not betatest it on anyone who wasn't white??? I'm gobsmacked.
Major HP fail.

BTW, some very amusing reactions to health care coming in over twitter. I'll put together a list-- hysterical conspiracy theories are being propagated via #tcot and #gop, and lefties are using those hashtags to taunt the black helicopter types. I just saw one that said 'everytime a wingnut cries, an american gets health care.'
(I bet something similar is happening with moderate lefties mocking moveOn types too)

re: #17 SanFranciscoZionist

Just to copy the post for posterity:

If any of you moderators want’s to send me the ip address of simplesimon to the e-mail I registered this account to I will track him down and take care of him. Consider it a gift.

He won’t ever be a problem on this or any other site again. Or to any person anywhere in the world.

The Ronin Edge on December 21, 2009 at 2:37 AM

As I said before, pretty vile place. Their out to outdo the Freepers in ugliness.

pimf "they're"

Some of the Hot Air people are just being weird. I don't get this one.

Some dork on TCOT thinks the Scozzafava campaign is still going on.

re: #13 SanFranciscoZionist

I like the part about how he hopes his wife doesn't see the video.

Life imitates art? This was the premise for an entire episode of Better Off Ted, where facial tracking software was installed to make employees more productive by opening doors for them, flushing toilets, turning on drinking fountains and so on. Except it didn't recognize blacks.

The corporation's first response, rather than admitting fault and fixing the software, was to install separate drinking fountains for blacks. This didn't go over well, so they hired white homeless people to follow the blacks around and trigger the sensors. Some of these folks were almost immediately turned into slaves, running errands and holding places in line for their black masters...

Great show. Tuesday evenings. ABC, I think.

re: #22 Gus 802

Some dork on TCOT thinks the Scozzafava campaign is still going on.

Much like the Korean War, it may never end. Whatisname took back his concession.

re: #24 SanFranciscoZionist

Much like the Korean War, it may never end. Whatisname took back his concession.

Impeach Truman!

/

re: #23 SixDegrees

Life imitates art? This was the premise for an entire episode of Better Off Ted, where facial tracking software was installed to make employees more productive by opening doors for them, flushing toilets, turning on drinking fountains and so on. Except it didn't recognize blacks.

The corporation's first response, rather than admitting fault and fixing the software, was to install separate drinking fountains for blacks. This didn't go over well, so they hired white homeless people to follow the blacks around and trigger the sensors. Some of these folks were almost immediately turned into slaves, running errands and holding places in line for their black masters...

Great show. Tuesday evenings. ABC, I think.

Actually, I've had automatic toilets not 'recognize' me if I was wearing a dark top. You'd think they'd be able to figure this out by now.

re: #25 Gus 802

Eisenhower was a communist sympathizer!

Evidently the GOP doesn't realize:

re: #26 SanFranciscoZionist

Actually, I've had automatic toilets not 'recognize' me if I was wearing a dark top. You'd think they'd be able to figure this out by now.

I'm not entirely convinced the video isn't a prank.

RSMcCain is still awake!

rsmccain @ExposeLiberals Political Psychosis [Link: xxxx...] Madness Takes Its Toll in Senate #tcot [] PLZ ReTweet
half a minute ago from web

It's 3:08 AM there.

Some of the Hot Air people are mad because someone said the Founding Fathers owned slaves.

Some of the Hot Air people seem confused about the origins of the guillotine, which is odd, considering that the Terror should be one of their chief talking points against the Left.

Excellent:

kali77 good night #tcot, I am sorry your children will be able to get insurance now if they have a pre existing condition. 1 minute ago from web

Yeah, too bad that people with pre-existing condition will now be able to get health insurance.

Yep.

Some of the Hot Air people are getting really weird.

We're doomed to be Communists for IONS!!!!111!!

re: #34 SanFranciscoZionist

Some of the Hot Air people are getting really weird.

I'm telling you. This will prove to be supremely entertaining.

re: #34 SanFranciscoZionist

Some of the Hot Air people are getting really weird.

Just a note on this fixation with HA and other such sites: as entertaining and disturbing as such comments are, driving a whole bunch of eyeballs over there is counterproductive. Their advertising rates are determined in part by how many visitors they receive, so constant linking can wind up making them more money, at least in the short run. That's why Charles so often links to page caches, which they get no credit for.

LOL:

Dhummi LDC's and socialist/communist nations rooting for the demise of US and death of capitalism yet expect US to fund everything. MORONS! #TCOT

Some of the Hot Air people are sad.

re: #37 SixDegrees

Just a note on this fixation with HA and other such sites: as entertaining and disturbing as such comments are, driving a whole bunch of eyeballs over there is counterproductive. Their advertising rates are determined in part by how many visitors they receive, so constant linking can wind up making them more money, at least in the short run. That's why Charles so often links to page caches, which they get no credit for.

Oh, OK. I'm just reading over there, and, throwing out the occasional tidbit. Can stop.

re: #37 SixDegrees

Given that Drudge now lists HotAir, as well as FreeRepublic, under his list of "news" sites, I suspect that the traffic sent HA's way by links in LGF comments is down in the noise.

The MM/Beck wing of the American body politic is now well self-defined and self-referring. Fortunately they are a minority of Americans. IMO the big loser in this is the GOP as it is now the farthest away from its origins as it has ever been.

re: #29 SixDegrees

I'm not entirely convinced the video isn't a prank.

Yeah, me too.

re: #41 freetoken

Given that Drudge now lists HotAir, as well as FreeRepublic, under his list of "news" sites, I suspect that the traffic sent HA's way by links in LGF comments is down in the noise.

The MM/Beck wing of the American body politic is now well self-defined and self-referring. Fortunately they are a minority of Americans. IMO the big loser in this is the GOP as it is now the farthest away from its origins as it has ever been.

They're all a bunch of dorks. D.O.R.K.S.

James Dobson

LOL

re: #35 Gus 802

We're doomed to be Communists for IONS!!!111!!

Win. Can I steal that?

re: #45 iceweasel

Win. Can I steal that?

Sure can.

TCOT the supreme butthurt!

re: #46 Gus 802

Sure can.

TCOT the supreme butthurt!

Lol-- watch the tcot, tag, butthurt coming up!

re: #34 SanFranciscoZionist

Some of the Hot Air people are getting really weird.

Interesting, as I have gone down this thread, there seems to be more interest in other blogs than LGF.

I like LGF, I like to spend my blog time here, Hot Air must enjoy all the publicity they get.

OmahaConservative on Hot Air wants everyone to send Ben Nelson a three dollar donation.

Well, actually, he wants everyone to send him thirty dimes, but...something tells me this is going to be even less effective than mailing rock salt to Olympia Snowe.

re: #46 Gus 802

Sure can.

TCOT the supreme butthurt!

Senate also approved production of this "soylent green" stuff. Way 2 keep eyes on the ball, #tcot

heh.
Also:

RT @Kirkland1244 I'm surprised #tcot didnt notice amendment giving Alaska back to the Russians and revoking Palin's citizenship.

RT @Dasani_01: Don't worry #tcot you too will receive health care in the FEMA camps! #tcot #hcr #P2 #GOP #rwnj

re: #48 Walter L. Newton

Interesting, as I have gone down this thread, there seems to be more interest in other blogs than LGF.

I like LGF, I like to spend my blog time here, Hot Air must enjoy all the publicity they get.

How's that? Charles has made direct links to them before. Unless you've seen otherwise I think the norm has been set. No?

re: #48 Walter L. Newton

Interesting, as I have gone down this thread, there seems to be more interest in other blogs than LGF.

I like LGF, I like to spend my blog time here, Hot Air must enjoy all the publicity they get.

It's the middle of night, Walter. If you guys were posting more, I'd be reading you.

I can only assume the people at HA are actually computer generated facsimiles designed for other's enjoyment. I clicked all the links and found the death threat for simplesimon bizarrre. I never read what simplesimon wrote, if one of you has seen the deathworthy prose, can you repost it here?

re: #48 Walter L. Newton

Interesting, as I have gone down this thread, there seems to be more interest in other blogs than LGF.

LGF is not a biosphere sealed off from the rest of the world.
We are noting and commenting on the reaction to the health care vote, as evidenced on, for example, HotAir and #tcot.

re: #53 Jolo5309

I can only assume the people at HA are actually computer generated facsimiles designed for other's enjoyment. I clicked all the links and found the death threat for simplesimon bizarrre. I never read what simplesimon wrote, if one of you has seen the deathworthy prose, can you repost it here?

I'm not certain, but I believe 'simplesimon' is a lib there. If he is who I'm thinking of, the deathworthy prose could have been something as simple as "this bill is a great thing".

re: #51 Gus 802

How's that? Charles has made direct links to them before. Unless you've seen otherwise I think the norm has been set. No?

What do you mean "how's that." My point is very clear. I didn't say there was anything "wrong" with linking to Hot Air, did I? No, of course not. All I said it's interesting that Hot Air gets so much publicity here.

I like LGF, I really don't care about Hot Air.

Yep. TFK rules are history. Get over it.re: #56 Walter L. Newton

What do you mean "how's that." My point is very clear. I didn't say there was anything "wrong" with linking to Hot Air, did I? No, of course not. All I said it's interesting that Hot Air gets so much publicity here.

I like LGF, I really don't care about Hot Air.

I know. Well, we pick on Hot Air here. That's a fact. They deserve it too.

re: #52 SanFranciscoZionist

It's the middle of night, Walter. If you guys were posting more, I'd be reading you.

Ok, I see.

re: #55 iceweasel

Or even "I think the bill is good for the United States"?

You gotta love death threats for being taken seriously.

re: #57 Gus 802

Yep. TFK rules are history. Get over it.

I know. Well, we pick on Hot Air here. That's a fact. They deserve it too.

Where are you getting all this from. I didn't say anything about "picking" on Hot Air. And what are "tfk rules." You are certainly extrapolating far beyond anything I am stating.

What's wrong?

Obama wants unemployment. He wants us to be slaves to government. CALHOUN. #tcot #teaparty

Nice. is that calhoun bit some sort of secessionist reference?

re: #61 iceweasel

Nice. is that calhoun bit some sort of secessionist reference?

I'm guessing so.

re: #60 Walter L. Newton

Where are you getting all this from. I didn't say anything about "picking" on Hot Air. And what are "tfk rules." You are certainly extrapolating far beyond anything I am stating.

What's wrong?

Just having fun. I'm saying that things have changed.

I'm tired again. Going to sleep. Hope to wake up well.

re: #64 SanFranciscoZionist

I'm tired again. Going to sleep. Hope to wake up well.

Later SFZ.

re: #64 SanFranciscoZionist

I'm tired again. Going to sleep. Hope to wake up well.

feel better!

re: #63 Gus 802

Just having fun. I'm saying that things have changed.

I'm not having fun. What has changed? Seriously, I'm missing something here because I have NO idea what you are talking about.

Sorry, that's ok, have fun. My problem, not yours, you're fine. Enjoy.

re: #67 Walter L. Newton

I'm not having fun. What has changed? Seriously, I'm missing something here because I have NO idea what you are talking about.

Sorry, that's ok, have fun. My problem, not yours, you're fine. Enjoy.

The Health Care bill passed on a procedural vote. We're just goofing on the Archie Bunkerisms.

Man, I have really got to stop reading the comments at the rabid wingnut sites, it is just too damn depressing. They honestly seem to look forward the end of civilization and the rule of law. Someone needs to take away their F.P.S. video games or something until they come back to reality.

re: #69 ausador

Man, I have really got to stop reading the comments at the rabid wingnut sites, it is just too damn depressing. They honestly seem to look forward the end of civilization and the rule of law. Someone needs to take away their F.P.S. video games or something until they come back to reality.

My nephew suffers from that...

One thing that always strikes me with regards to those that want society to end. Chances are, they will not end up winners, they will end up fly food...

Wow, now I went back and read upread and find out my comment is actually on topic for once...talk about dumb luck. :)

We need something better on VDARE and Michelle Malkin.

re: #53 Jolo5309

I can only assume the people at HA are actually computer generated facsimiles designed for other's enjoyment. I clicked all the links and found the death threat for simplesimon bizarrre. I never read what simplesimon wrote, if one of you has seen the deathworthy prose, can you repost it here?

Oh here we go: this is what earned simplesimon a death threat:
(yes, he is the token lib there, and in response to someone from NE shrieking about how Ben Nelson is judas, he dared to say this:)

Blah, blah, blah. You can’t even be bothered to join your fellow cornhusking zeroes for their little protest today. Well played, internet patriot!

I guess pointing out that someone is an internet patriot warrants a death squad of internet ninjas.

re: #73 iceweasel

Remind me not to post on HA.... ever.

I am a Canadian, so I am pretty much walking lockstep with Che to them.

re: #73 iceweasel

The ugly-o-sphere could use a good dose of Christmas music... alas, I know of no ugly-wing blog that has a webmaster with the html-fu of Charles...

re: #74 Jolo5309

Remind me not to post on HA... ever.

I am a Canadian, so I am pretty much walking lockstep with Che to them.

You don't want to post there. I love a good argument and I have no problem with being outnumbered, but simplesimon has to have some kind of problem of his own to be stirring up that hornet's nest:

You real americans need to stop whining! You guys lost – BADLY, in 06 and 08. Your opinions dont matter. Your america is long gone.

Enjoy!

simplesimon on December 20, 2009 at 11:28 AM

Predictably, they are losing their minds.

re: #76 iceweasel

That bit by simplesimon is a brilliant piece of trolling. I doff my cap to him.

And now i go to bed, since I get up in 4 hours.

re: #76 iceweasel

I have an account over there, but have never posted. It is not under this nom de plume, though those familiar with my writing here could probably spot me if I posted over there.

re: #41 freetoken

Given that Drudge now lists HotAir, as well as FreeRepublic, under his list of "news" sites, I suspect that the traffic sent HA's way by links in LGF comments is down in the noise.

The MM/Beck wing of the American body politic is now well self-defined and self-referring. Fortunately they are a minority of Americans. IMO the big loser in this is the GOP as it is now the farthest away from its origins as it has ever been.

I'm just sayin', is all.

Me, I don't even want to be part of their noise.

I see that Washington, DC passed a gay marriage bill with an overwhelming majority the other day, and the mayor has said he'll sign it.

Because of the peculiarities of DC's charter, the measure now must be approved by the US Congress. This is normally a rubber stamp procedure, but as might be expected this is already generating considerable heat.

It's also not clear where this will leave Clinton's Defense of Marriage Act.

re: #80 SixDegrees

I see that Washington, DC passed a gay marriage bill with an overwhelming majority the other day, and the mayor has said he'll sign it.

Because of the peculiarities of DC's charter, the measure now must be approved by the US Congress. This is normally a rubber stamp procedure, but as might be expected this is already generating considerable heat.

It's also not clear where this will leave Clinton's Defense of Marriage Act.

Bring Obama under more pressure to fulfill his promises to the gay community in re: DOMA and DADT, is my guess. (altho Obama went back on the campaign promises on DOMA and defended it in the spring, I think)

I did my annual Chirstmas Trip To The Mall yesterday. I always make it a point to go to the mall the weekend before Christmas. I pick up stocking stuffers and gag gifts, and generally spend my time trying to be nice to the clerks. If you've worked retail during the holidays, you know those people are on their last nerve at this point, and sometimes a kind, smiling customer can make all the difference.

Anyway, I've gotta say: the mall was dead for this time of year. There didn't seem to be any more traffic than on any normal Sunday - typically a slow day anyway. Plenty of parking, most stores had no more than a couple of people in them, no crowds in the hallways.

Not a good sign for retailers, at least at the brick and mortar level.

My bold prediction is that retail sales will be down significantly this year.

re: #81 iceweasel

Bring Obama under more pressure to fulfill his promises to the gay community in re: DOMA and DADT, is my guess. (altho Obama went back on the campaign promises on DOMA and defended it in the spring, I think)

I don't think the President acts on DC matters; I think it's purely Congressional. But I might be wrong.

re: #82 SixDegrees

Anyway, I've gotta say: the mall was dead for this time of year. There didn't seem to be any more traffic than on any normal Sunday - typically a slow day anyway. Plenty of parking, most stores had no more than a couple of people in them, no crowds in the hallways.

Not a good sign for retailers, at least at the brick and mortar level.

My bold prediction is that retail sales will be down significantly this year.

I'm sure you're right. Add to it the major snowstorms keeping people on the east coast at home, who would have shopped -- and on the last weekend before xmas too. Isn't this the biggest sales weekend, or the second biggest after Black friday? Disaster.

re: #82 SixDegrees

The last time I went to the mall was about 1992. I started at one end, hit all the stores I needed and walked straight through to the other side. Walked around the outside of the mall to get back to my car. Now my local mall is a hang out for 2 gangs: Young punks asses and elderly people.

re: #83 SixDegrees

I don't think the President acts on DC matters; I think it's purely Congressional. But I might be wrong.

Oh, I don't know if he does or doesn't; I just mean that it is going to increase pressure from gay rights groups in general about DOMA, regardless of the final outcome in DC. They weren't at all happy about the lack of action on DADT and DOMA in May and June, and other progressives essentially told them to shut up and quit whining until health care was in the bag. (That was the sentiment I saw a lot).
There was a sort of grudging agreement by them to wait on the issue. This will likely bring it to the boil again.

Morning Lizards.

About to hit the road up north for Christmas. Going to Roanoke to pick up my MIL (hi FBV!) then on to Ohio for Christmas with my SIL and her family.

re: #85 Cannadian Club Akbar

The last time I went to the mall was about 1992. I started at one end, hit all the stores I needed and walked straight through to the other side. Walked around the outside of the mall to get back to my car. Now my local mall is a hang out for 2 gangs: Young punks asses and elderly people.

I've done all my main shopping over the Internet for several years now, but I always go to the mall anyway, as noted. With all the shopping pressure removed, I actually kind of like the holiday buzz.

But traffic is down noticeably this year over anything I've seen in the recent past.

I expect we'll see another round of layoffs shortly, as retailers calculate their balance sheets.

re: #87 rwdflynavy

Morning Lizards.

About to hit the road up north for Christmas. Going to Roanoke to pick up my MIL (hi FBV!) then on to Ohio for Christmas with my SIL and her family.

You do know it actually snows up there, right? Morning.

BTW-- as predicted, the right wing reaction to HCR is to conspiracy monger about it being 'rammed through', the lateness of the hour, and in general give the impression that it's all very sneaky and sinister-- at least, if the WSJ opEd is anything to go by:

Change Nobody Believes In
A bill so reckless that it has to be rammed through on a partisan vote on Christmas eve.

Sample quote:

The rushed, secretive way that a bill this destructive and unpopular is being forced on the country shows that "reform" has devolved into the raw exercise of political power for the single purpose of permanently expanding the American entitlement state.

About what I expected.

re: #89 Cannadian Club Akbar

You do know it actually snows up there, right? Morning.

Yea, we were supposed to leave yesterday! Delayed due to the snow.

BBL

re: #87 rwdflynavy

Morning Lizards.

About to hit the road up north for Christmas. Going to Roanoke to pick up my MIL (hi FBV!) then on to Ohio for Christmas with my SIL and her family.

Safe driving and happy holidays!

re: #86 iceweasel

Oh, I don't know if he does or doesn't; I just mean that it is going to increase pressure from gay rights groups in general about DOMA, regardless of the final outcome in DC. They weren't at all happy about the lack of action on DADT and DOMA in May and June, and other progressives essentially told them to shut up and quit whining until health care was in the bag. (That was the sentiment I saw a lot).
There was a sort of grudging agreement by them to wait on the issue. This will likely bring it to the boil again.

Could be. It'll certainly stir up the nutballs, which is fine by me at this point; they're increasingly marginalizing themselves anyway. One pastor, commenting on the DC bill, said something along the lines of it being a victory for Satan in his attempt to destroy America by cutting off it's head...or something. He was a little hard to follow.

re: #90 iceweasel

How can something be "secretive" when it has been discussed for months in public, is the main news item for domestic news, and will now go to conference with the House in what will be the most publicized political scene for the coming month?

re: #88 SixDegrees

As far as I am concerned, "the mall" is a relic of a pallid culture, devoid of life and a monument to a crass materialism, the manifestation of a synthetic belief system born of envy.

re: #94 freetoken

How can something be "secretive" when it has been discussed for months in public, is the main news item for domestic news, and will now go to conference with the House in what will be the most publicized political scene for the coming month?

I know. I predicted downthread that the predominant rightwing meme on this would be that it's passage was 'secretive', 'rushed', and they'd focus on it being done 'in the dead of night'. (they will also focus on the 'partisan' nature of the bill).
Reality isn't a barrier to them. Reality would remind them of your points above, remind them that the republicans were dtermined to vote in a block against it, regardless of what was or was not in it, and the 'lateness of the hour' is due to republican delays (and fun little tricks like 'forgetting' their voting cards and the like in order to delay votes. )

Never mind. This is all a giant surprise, rushed through in the dead of night during a snowstorm, all to trick the American people. (this will be the wingnut meme, you betcha--that and focusing on the so-called partisan nature of the vote).

Egypt raises alert as Hamas plans to protest new Gaza barrier

Egypt security forces along the border with the Gaza Strip have raised their readiness level over a Hamas rally planned for Monday, organized to protest the a new underground barrier, Israel Radio quoted a Sinai-based German news agency as saying on Sunday.

The barrier, which is to be comprised of enormous slates of steel, reaching deep into the ground, is meant to aid security forces in preventing cross-border smuggling tunnels.

On Saturday, security officials said Gazans shot at Egyptians installing the underground metal barrier meant to seal cross-border smuggling tunnels.

re: #97 Sharmuta

Egypt raises alert as Hamas plans to protest new Gaza barrier

Did anyone like the UN complain about this? Could you imagine if the US even hinted at doing something like this on the southern border?

Jack Bauer interrogates Santa..

Iran braces for protests as 'up to 1m' attend funeral of reformist cleric

Hundreds of thousand of mourners, many chanting anti-government slogans, reportedly gathered in the Iranian city of Qom for the funeral today of leading reformist cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.

Defying a heavy presence of security forces the funeral became a rallying point for further protests against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

re: #98 Cannadian Club Akbar

Did anyone like the UN complain about this? Could you imagine if the US even hinted at doing something like this on the southern border?

Amazing, isn't it? Where are the condemnations of Egypt from other countries?

re: #101 Sharmuta

Amazing, isn't it? Where are the condemnations of Egypt from other countries?

In the end it will be Israel's fault.

Who, when they saw the open thread quote, at first thought it was from "The Velveteen Rabbit"?

Iran's "Men in Hijabs"

"The initiator of this incident was not the opposition but the government showing a picture of a leader of the protest movement wearing the hijab, as if he was hiding and trying to run away," he said. "They were trying to say 'We are the manly Revolutionary Guard and you are all sissies hired by Westerners.' In other words it was supposed to serve the government in their psychological warfare against the opposition."

"But the opposition said 'Fine if we are sissies, then we are all sissies, but we have no hang ups or inhibitions and we support equal rights for women'," Dr Pardo said. "So it may seem like a stunt but it's actually a major challenge to the regime."

"You have to understand the background," he added. "Using dress as a tool of repression or asserting a central authority is common across the Middle East and particularly in Iran. As such, taking off the hijab has been seen as a symbol of freedom in Iran since the beginning in the mid-19th century and this has been constant both before and after the Islamic revolution. So what we are seeing today on these websites is the use of women as a symbol of freedom and the beginning of a process of resistance to this new Islamic regime."

One does not become fully human painlessly.

— Rollo May

Teh stupid, it burns!

= Anon.

NPR reports:

The hot fashion items for this season? Short skirts, tight jeans with long boots, and short jackets for cold days.

That may not sound exceptional, or even very trendy, but this is the fashion forecast from Baghdad, where the climate for more revealing women's wear has been steadily improving. Many Iraqi women say it is a sign of returning security and freedom after years of war and sectarian tensions.

The new look can be found at the clothing shop of Ali Mohammed, a 25-year-old entrepreneur whose customers are young women, many of them college students. Mohammed boasts that his fashion line is for the modern Iraqi woman, not what he deprecatingly calls "classic designs for classic ladies."

Israel holds crucial meeting on prisoner swap

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top ministers on Monday debated whether to approve an emotionally charged deal to trade 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held by Gaza militants for more than three years.

Netanyahu and six ministers had met three times on Sunday, including a session that lasted late into the night. With the group divided over the proposed deal, Netanyahu could well bring the final decision to a vote in his full Cabinet.

At a protest tent outside the prime minister's official residence, dozens of demonstrators carried cardboard cutouts of the captured soldier, 23-year-old Sgt. Gilad Schalit, and urged Cabinet ministers to wrap up an agreement.

Byron York, again with the 'middle of the night' meme:

Who's responsible for the Senate's middle-of-the-night vote?

Yeah, I think it's fair to say this will be the official wingnut meme.

re: #98 Cannadian Club Akbar

Did anyone like the UN complain about this? Could you imagine if the US even hinted at doing something like this on the southern border?

Southern border? You assume a lot Canadian Club.

re: #109 Decatur Deb

Southern border? You assume a lot Canadian Club.

I live in Florida. My southern border is the Caribbean.:)

re: #110 Cannadian Club Akbar

Actually, the Florida Straights. My bad...

Is this really where the GOP should be spending political capital?

Heated debate again over 'War on Christmas' claims

Republican Rep. Henry Brown of South Carolina introduced a resolution this month asking that the House express support for the use of Christmas symbols and traditions and frown on any attempt to ban references to the holiday.

"Each year, I could see a diminishing value of the spiritual part of Christmas," Brown said. "It would seem like another group would go from the Christmas spirit to the holiday spirit."

"What I'm afraid of -- if we don't bring some kind of closure to this continuous change, then in 20 years it will almost be completely different from what we see today ... and so we would lose the whole emphasis of what the very early beginnings of Christmas was all about."

So far, the resolution has one Democrat and 72 Republicans as co-sponsors. The House hasn't taken it up, but the chamber adopted similar resolutions in the past.

One does not become fully human painlessly.

— Rollo May

Just ask your mother.

re: #113 Sharmuta

Just ask your mother.

That's the reason I buy my mom chocolate on my birthday.

Off to a short work day. BBL.

re: #112 Sharmuta

Is this really where the GOP should be spending political capital?

Heated debate again over 'War on Christmas' claims

We need to hunt down that lone DINO and ride him out of town on a sleigh.

Oliver Willis?! *snicker* Who gives a crap what that smear artist says?

re: #117 Sharmuta

Oliver Willis?! *snicker* Who gives a crap what that smear artist says?

Meh, it's something funny. You'll note I haven't quoted his political analysis. Trust me, I'm not endorsing him for that.

Iran cleric's mourners protest against government

Tens of thousands of Iranian mourners turned the funeral procession of the country's most senior dissident cleric into an anti-government protest Monday, chanting "death to the dictator" and slogans in support of the opposition amid heavy security.

Witnesses said security forces clamped down in Iran's holy city of Qom where massive crowds streamed in for the funeral rites for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who died Sunday at age 87.

One opposition Web site reported clashes outside Montazeri's home between security forces and mourners, who threw stones. Iranian authorities have barred foreign media from covering the rites, and witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of arrest.

re: #118 iceweasel

Let us know when rodan cracks a funny.

re: #120 Sharmuta

Let us know when rodan cracks a funny.

i doubt that will happen. Either that he would ever say anything funny, or that I'd be reporting on anything he says.

BTW--as I have now mentioned twice, I suspect that vid OW is tweeting is some kind of hoax or prank, which he appears to believe is true.

This is the quietest hour I've ever noticed on LGF. Is it clock or calendar?

I know this has been linked already:

Polish police recover Auschwitz gate sign, damaged

But I wanted to point out this, because I know a lot of us are wondering:

Police said it was too soon to say what the motive for the theft was but they are investigating whether the Nazi memorabilia market may have played a part. The suspects do not have known neo-Nazi or other far-right links, Rokita said.

re: #122 Decatur Deb

This is the quietest hour I've ever noticed on LGF. Is it clock or calendar?

Both. Mondays at this time are always very slow anyway. IMO monday 4am-8am est is always slowest-- slower than the other days of the week at this time.

re: #122 Decatur Deb

This is the quietest hour I've ever noticed on LGF. Is it clock or calendar?

Maybe it's because there are 9 people here.

10

re: #124 iceweasel

re: #125 Sharmuta

Yeah. I'm trying to keep from burning out, but haven't yet figured out a "best" time across the week and timezones.

re: #126 Sharmuta

10

Probably 11 now. I cant sleep.

re: #126 Sharmuta

10

Mine goes to 11.

re: #129 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Mine goes to 11.

Baker's minyan.

Who wants to guess who lost the bet in this picture...
(second picture down)

re: #128 ArchangelMichael

Probably 11 now. I cant sleep.

Why not? All ok?

re: #130 Decatur Deb

I think I'm gonna call you "Deb Dude".

re: #132 iceweasel

Why not? All ok?

I need to find something other than energy drinks to mix "stuff" with when I go out.

re: #131 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Who wants to guess who lost the bet in this picture...
(second picture down)

Some good humor in the comments.

re: #134 ArchangelMichael

I need to find something other than energy drinks to mix "stuff" with when I go out.

Somebody did some "Jaeger Bombs"!

re: #136 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Somebody did some "Jaeger Bombs"!

Well not tonight but I'm no stranger to them.

re: #134 ArchangelMichael

Nothing worse than energetic drunks.

The Second Funniest Thing I've Read Today:

Iran nuclear negotiator calls for atomic arms ban

re: #139 Sharmuta

That's almost the only rational purpose in building an inadequate nuke arsenal.

re: #134 ArchangelMichael

I need to find something other than energy drinks to mix "stuff" with when I go out.

You're a very naughty boy.

re: #134 ArchangelMichael

I need to find something other than energy drinks to mix "stuff" with when I go out.

Try juice. Why not get nutrients with your alcohol?

re: #141 iceweasel

Sorry I missed it. I have been trying to get into work early so I'm not a regular LNDT fixture like I was. Since I have become single again, I'm trying to go out and do real life things, hence my dilemma this evening.

re: #142 Sharmuta

Try juice. Why not get nutrients with your alcohol?

"Food makes me sick."
-The Waco Kid

re: #142 Sharmuta

Try juice. Why not get nutrients with your alcohol?

There is still a lot of sugar in that though, but it is not nearly as bad as Red Bull, Monster, or Rockstar I guess.

re: #145 ArchangelMichael

Oh and cheaper too...

re: #143 ArchangelMichael

Sorry I missed it. I have been trying to get into work early so I'm not a regular LNDT fixture like I was. Since I have become single again, I'm trying to go out and do real life things, hence my dilemma this evening.

Blog wasted from a low dive. We won't snicker.

re: #145 ArchangelMichael

There is still a lot of sugar in that though, but it is not nearly as bad as Red Bull, Monster, or Rockstar I guess.

Well- if you want sugar free, start drinking straight shots. :p

When?

re: #143 ArchangelMichael

Sorry I missed it. I have been trying to get into work early so I'm not a regular LNDT fixture like I was. Since I have become single again, I'm trying to go out and do real life things, hence my dilemma this evening.

You're missed, but going out and interacting in the real world is an excellent idea-- one many netizens could do more of. I have this theory it would reduce online hostility and aggression. In some cases, anyway. With or without the alcohol. :-)

re: #144 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Steady as a rock."
"Yah but I shoot with this hand."

lol

re: #149 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Seriously, I can't get over how LGF is political discussion plus really excellent youtube clips. No kitties or stuff like that. I bookmark about one a day.

re: #152 Sharmuta

lol

"Finally we're alone... Have you ever seen a crisp, 50 dollar bill?"

That's more of an obscure movie reference that I think no one might get.

re: #153 suchislife

There are some seriously keen minds here. Some I agree with, some I don't, but I appreciate the intellect.

Ooops! I farted.

re: #154 ArchangelMichael

Don't think I've ever seen anyone quote Caddyshack II.

Now, that's a bad-ass eagle.

re: #157 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Don't think I've ever seen anyone quote Caddyshack II.

That's the only line in the movie worth quoting as far as I remember. I think the woman he said it to was Sharon Stone in an uncredited cameo.

Daybreak in CST. If it gets to 50 f. today, I'm laying shingles.

The Death Panels Lie comes home to roost?

Backlash boots Palin from hospital fundraising

Palin has brought the American health care debate to Canada and it is causing a storm of controversy as concerned hospital supporters have protested her appearance to raise money for two local institutions in April.

The former vice-presidential candidate was supposed to speak at a fund-raising event for the Juravinski Cancer Centre and St. Peter’s Hospital in Hamilton. But a backlash of negative publicity cancelled those plans.

The Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation received about 60 angry calls and e-mails from residents since the event was announced last week. About 10 people said they would not be donating to any event in which Palin has a role.

Saw Avatar.

Visuals Amazing. The landscape awesome.

The story, the most boring going native, noble savage, evil white man, innocent native type fantasy you don't have to imagine because you have seen it 100 times.

If there is anything that annoys me it is the casting. Did Cameron really have to cast all the big simple, happy natives with African and Native American voices? Really? Is this where he is in the 21st century. Especially, since they were speaking an invented language (cool points) why did he need his cat people with tails to be "authentic" "minorities," the second in quotes since among earthlings (the presumed group invading the natural planet) in fact whites are a minority which does not seem to register with Cameron.

I can see angles from the so called right and left both arriving at the conclusion that the plot of Avatar is as poorly conceived as the technology is mastered in minute detail.

re: #153 suchislife

Lumbar Kitteh?

I can haz kittehs?

re: #160 Decatur Deb

Daybreak in CST. If it gets to 50 f. today, I'm laying shingles.

Who's "Shingles"?

re: #150 iceweasel

You're missed, but going out and interacting in the real world is an excellent idea-- one many netizens could do more of. I have this theory it would reduce online hostility and aggression. In some cases, anyway. With or without the alcohol. :-)

I have seen more concerts/live shows in the past 2 months than I have in the past 6 years.

Namely:

and

Apparently no one filmed and/or put videos of them on YT from here.

re: #164 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Who's "Shingles"?

Shingles is a harsh mistress.

re: #162 tokyobk

So... you are saying they stole the plot from "Jetsons, The Movie"?

re: #167 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So... you are saying they stole the plot from "Jetsons, The Movie"?

Dances with Wolves and the Smurfs.

re: #166 Decatur Deb

Shingles is a harsh mistress.

At least you didn't say "blowing bubbles".

re: #168 ArchangelMichael

Dances with Wolves and the Smurfs.

[finger]

First Cartman, now Cameron. But not all Smurfs can dance. Believe me!

re: #9 SixDegrees

Auschwitz Sign Recovered; 5 Arrested.

Yes I saw that. They say they will put it back in place. Maybe instead they should put up a replica and place the original in the museum.

re: #171 Sharmuta

First Cartman, now Cameron. But not all Smurfs can dance. Believe me!

NSFW

re: #165 ArchangelMichael

I have seen more concerts/live shows in the past 2 months than I have in the past 6 years.

Namely:

[Video]
(Again in San Diego, not SLC)Apparently no one filmed and/or put videos of them on YT from here.

Excellent!
I'm glad you're going out. :-)

Speaking of which-- I have a plane to meet.

Have a lovely day, everyone, and I hope all your Festivas wishes come true.

Shalits neither 'optimistic, nor pessimistic' on Hamas deal

The parents of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit met Monday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as senior cabinet ministers broke from their fourth consecutive meeting on a proposed deal with Hamas to see the soldier freed after three years in captivity.

Noam Shalit, father of the abducted soldier, said following the meeting that the prime minister had given the family no new updates regarding the deal.

"There's no drama here, I have nothing new to say," said the elder Shalit. "The process is ongoing and should end soon.... We heard nothing new. [Netanyahu] updated us as much as he could. I am still not optimistic, nor am I pessimistic." The "forum of seven" ministers were to continue deliberating the possible prisoner exchange deal on Monday afternoon at 4 P.M.

Some states 'held climate talks to ransom': Brown

Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday accused countries of holding the UN climate summit to ransom as bitter recriminations swirled over the outcome of the negotiations.

Summit host, Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, admitted leaders had been left with too much to do by their negotiators while Britain said the meeting had lurched into farce and pointed the finger of blame at China.

Brown warned that lessons must be learned from the way the negotiations were carried out.

"Never again should we face the deadlock that threatened to pull down those talks. Never again should we let a global deal to move towards a greener future be held to ransom by only a handful of countries," he said.

While Brown refrained from naming countries, his climate change minister Ed Miliband said China had led a group of countries that "hijacked" the negotiations which had at times presented "a farcical picture to the public".

re: #174 iceweasel

Excellent!
I'm glad you're going out. :-)

Speaking of which-- I have a plane to meet.

Have a lovely day, everyone, and I hope all your Festivas wishes come true.

[Video]

Best Christmas song ever. Have a wonderful wedding!

re: #176 Sharmuta

I keep thinking of this...

It was dead on and scary.

re: #176 Sharmuta

Some states 'held climate talks to ransom': Brown

I guess Brown didn't get the Obama memo about the "meaningful agreement...important breakthrough...great step forward...important pact.
Will Obama keep up the phony pretence ad nauseum, or will he too have the honesty and guts to call a spade a spade?

Morning Folks

re: #2 haakondahl

Congratulations to all you fucking nutters who blew up the Republican party.

It's awfully hard to blame the leftists for being leftists. The Commies and the Socialists will always do their thing, and we used to be able to stop them. Not anymore, thanks to you children who decided to "punish" the Republican Party by withholding your votes in 2006 and 2008.

At least you can comfort yourselves with the knowledge that you maintained your precious ideological purity. You sent the Democrats to the White House, and the Republicans to the nut house.

Enjoy the Poor House.

You brought a smile to my face this morning.

re: #181 MandyManners

me too. Mornin' Mandy!

I agree with Chavez? "Cats and dogs living together. Mass hysteria!"

Morning all.

Happy Solstice!

re: #10 iceweasel

oliver willis tweets:

[Video]

Is this some kind of hoax?

HaHaHa! His pc is racist. The guy has a good sense of humor about it but he'd better be careful, that pc might intentionally screw up his online banking, give out his passwords, and post all kinds of horrific stuff on 4Chan about him.

re: #98 Cannadian Club Akbar

Did anyone like the UN complain about this? Could you imagine if the US even hinted at doing something like this on the southern border?

There's a Dec 19th pajamas article by Joseph Puder speculating if Egypt might go the way of Iran (circa '79). He says the parallels are there.

No link provided.

re: #183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I agree with Chavez? "Cats and dogs living together. Mass hysteria!"

That's funny. Reminds me of India changing the name of Bombay. I wonder how long it would take for the entire US-hating world to change the name of every US influenced person, place, or thing?

re: #184 Jadespring

Happy Solstice!

And to you...

re: #187 gregb

I really don't have a problem with it. US folks can call it Angel Falls forever, but they had it named before we saw it.

Everest has its native name... that's cool, too. Bombay had a name before we showed up.

The winter solstice is so depressing - in only six months the days will start getting shorter again.

re: #190 Spare O'Lake

LET THE S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder) COMMENCE!

re: #182 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

me too. Mornin' Mandy!

Good morning, FBV! Did you get any of that pretty white stuff?

re: #190 Spare O'Lake

The winter solstice is so depressing - in only six months the days will start getting shorter again.

LOL. Are you a glass half empty sorta guy? :)

re: #187 gregb

That's funny. Reminds me of India changing the name of Bombay. I wonder how long it would take for the entire US-hating world to change the name of every US influenced person, place, or thing?

If extra terrestrials showed up and called re-named Washington, DC the word that described "Place of incredible corruption" we'd still call it Washington. (at least until we learned how to pronounce it in their language)...

And... I doubt they would say, "Kneel before Zod."

Just sayin'.

re: #192 MandyManners

Good morning, FBV! Did you get any of that pretty white stuff?

Ain'tcha funny.

re: #188 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

And to you...

I hope folks listen to that. Nice.

Idiots in my area have been calling 911 trying to get their streets plowed.

Seriously, hell must be full.

re: #196 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I hope folks listen to that. Nice.

I wish I could. Would take me a hour or so to load it though. :(

re: #193 Jadespring

LOL. Are you a glass half empty sorta guy? :)

I'd rather go thirsty than be disappointed again.
;(

re: #198 Jadespring

George Winston, "Jesu Joy of Men's Desiring", and "The Holly and the Ivy" from the CD "December".

....Let me state the obvious,if I may!
Our elected officials are nothing more than whores!!
....Just move the decimal point!!
[deleted]

re: #201 reloadingisnotahobby

...Let me state the obvious,if I may!
Our elected officials are nothing more than whores!!
...Just move the decimal point!!
[deleted]

At least from a whore you get what you pay for.

re: #200 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

George Winston, "Jesu Joy of Men's Desiring", and "The Holly and the Ivy" from the CD "December".

Both beautiful pieces.

I just turned on the Christmas music channel so maybe they will come on at some point.

Oh.....Good morning all!
I have reiterated the fact that I SUCK at wrapping gifts!!

re: #201 reloadingisnotahobby

I never really understood that one. I mean, it seems to me that people mean either corrupt or a fraud when they call politicians whores. But sex workers are neither. ???

re: #204 reloadingisnotahobby

Oh...Good morning all!
I have reiterated the fact that I SUCK at wrapping gifts!!

I solved that problem by just using gift bags.

Blech. Home sick, and I can't sleep. May as well hang out here, but I'll probably lurk mostly.

re: #204 reloadingisnotahobby

Oh...Good morning all!
I have reiterated the fact that I SUCK at wrapping gifts!!

Can you see what is wrapped?

(my only criteria)

re: #207 vxbush

Blech. Home sick, and I can't sleep. May as well hang out here, but I'll probably lurk mostly.

Yuck. Take care of yourself.

re: #195 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ain'tcha funny.

Ah. Gauging from this and your No. 197, I take it you did get some snow.

Have you built a snowman yet?

re: #202 Spare O'Lake

re: #205 suchislife

Point takin!
My appoligies to any present or past Whores!!
My bad...............

re: #211 reloadingisnotahobby

Not really a criticism! everybody and their sister says it. It's just weird, right?

re: #209 Jadespring

Yuck. Take care of yourself.

{Jade} Thanks.

re: #208 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That's what those little scraps of wrap are for...patchwork!!
;^)

re: #210 MandyManners

Snow is to be enjoyed from this side of the window.

re: #207 vxbush

Blech. Home sick, and I can't sleep. May as well hang out here, but I'll probably lurk mostly.

I had the creeping crud starting Thursday. I hope you get better soon!

interesting peek into the past....some Elvis lore

[Link: www.nypost.com...]

re: #205 suchislife

I never really understood that one. I mean, it seems to me that people mean either corrupt or a fraud when they call politicians whores. But sex workers are neither. ???

"Sex workers" makes them sound like commie ants.

re: #215 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

...So your locked out AGAIN???

re: #216 MandyManners

I had the creeping crud starting Thursday. I hope you get better soon!

{Mandy} Thanks. Now, how do I figure out if I have the creeping crud or the regular sliding crud?

re: #218 Spare O'Lake

Really? How so? Which part makes you think of ants, and which of commies? Again, this is not something I have much of a problem with. Just something I don't get.

re: #210 MandyManners

These are too funny...

The snow is gone....no white Christmas for the grandkids!
Tooooo Baddd!;^)

Snowing again where I am but that's normal.

re: #220 vxbush

{Mandy} Thanks. Now, how do I figure out if I have the creeping crud or the regular sliding crud?

Med.com?

re: #223 reloadingisnotahobby

The snow is gone...no white Christmas for the grandkids!
Tooo Baddd!;^)

We got a possible white christmas building up for Colorado, which, if it goes as the weatherman are planning, it will be an outright blizzard for the plains, Kansas east.

They will know more by Wed.

re: #221 suchislife

Really? How so? Which part makes you think of ants, and which of commies? Again, this is not something I have much of a problem with. Just something I don't get.

It's just that I would prefer something a bit more marketable...like "pleasure suppliers" or "carnal satisfaction contractors".

re: #219 reloadingisnotahobby

Good memory.

re: #225 MandyManners

Med.com?

More likely crud.com.

re: #226 Walter L. Newton
We may some but No. Utah gets the brunt!
I'm ok with that!

Be safe and warm Walter!

re: #227 Spare O'Lake

Well it's not a term I made up.
[Link: www.google.com...]

re: #228 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Good memory.

.........It's a gift!!

re: #222 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

These are too funny...

One billion up-dings!

Well, since they didn't get anything binding on the Settled Science in Copenhagen, and the weak agreement they did work up is about as much "law" as yesterdays news, Gordon Brown is calling in the police...

A new global body dedicated to environmental stewardship is needed to prevent a repeat of the deadlock which undermined the Copenhagen climate change summit, Gordon Brown will say tomorrow.

I'm actually pleased with the outcome of Copenhagen. For once self-serving politics have at least delayed a world-wide tragedy... the rape of the west.

re: #229 vxbush

More likely crud.com.

It started with a bacterial infection in my chest then spread to my nose then back to my chest. I went to a weekend clinic yesterday and got steroid shot that did a lot for me.

re: #234 Walter L. Newton

....and Denmark is going to plant thousands of trees
for the Carbon off set!!
...Dogs are rejoicing!!

MANDY!

re: #235 MandyManners

Careful with the Steriods....You'll start sounding like Arnold!!

re: #230 reloadingisnotahobby

We may some but No. Utah gets the brunt!
I'm ok with that!

Be safe and warm Walter!

I will. Technically, I have three weeks off now until I start working on our first show of the 2010 season. I have one concert to run on Jan. 2nd, but other than that, nothing to do at the theatre.

But, I may not even have that job by the new year, since I am going to an interview in an hour for a retail position that is at least minimum wage, full time with benefits and would bring me about 400 dollars more a month than the theatre.

I can't live much longer on the salary I am getting at the theatre, not since they cut it 55 percent in Sept.

re: #239 Walter L. Newton

I still admire the fuck out of you, did you know that?

re: #237 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

MANDY!

Oh, yeah? Define "well-adjusted."

re: #235 MandyManners

It started with a bacterial infection in my chest then spread to my nose then back to my chest. I went to a weekend clinic yesterday and got steroid shot that did a lot for me.

Yuck. Steroids in such limited conditions can be good. I might need to get a small batch myself; I've got a spot in a sinus that keeps getting yucky, but never turns into an infection.

re: #238 reloadingisnotahobby

Careful with the Steriods...You'll start sounding like Arnold!!

Not that kind but, it did give me an incredible boost.

re: #240 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I still admire the fuck out of you, did you know that?

Thank you very much, unless that was meant as more than a man love sort of comment :)

re: #237 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

MANDY!

Perfect. I love these. Love them, love them.

re: #243 MandyManners

Not that kind but, it did give me an incredible boost.

I usually just get one day of energy, but I use it for all its worth.

re: #243 MandyManners

Not that kind but, it did give me an incredible boost.

Want company? (joke, stay well, lousy week to get sick).

re: #242 vxbush

Yuck. Steroids in such limited conditions can be good. I might need to get a small batch myself; I've got a spot in a sinus that keeps getting yucky, but never turns into an infection.

The problem for me is that I cannot swallow pills so everything must come in liquid form or through the end of a needle.

re: #248 MandyManners

The problem for me is that I cannot swallow pills so everything must come in liquid form or through the end of a needle.

You can't swallow pills? A gag reflex issue? How annoying. Even my disabled son can swallow pills, although he has to have applesauce to coat the pill so he can swallow it.

re: #246 vxbush

I usually just get one day of energy, but I use it for all its worth.

I got mine around 5:00 p.m. yesterday but I didn't have any trouble going to sleep. I have an eight-day course of predinsolone to take, too.

This is my first cup of coffee since Wednesday. Yes, I've been too sick to make coffee.

re: #247 Walter L. Newton

Want company? (joke, stay well, lousy week to get sick).

Oh, I'm perfect now. Vx is sick. (Thanks anyway, Walter.)

re: #239 Walter L. Newton

Good luck Walter!!

re: #251 MandyManners

Oh, I'm perfect now. Vx is sick. (Thanks anyway, Walter.)

Ha... vxbush, Mandy is pimping me off on you... LOL.

re: #249 vxbush

You can't swallow pills? A gag reflex issue? How annoying. Even my disabled son can swallow pills, although he has to have applesauce to coat the pill so he can swallow it.

Massive gag reflex. Heck, I can't even pick up a pill to swallow without hyperventilation kicking in.

re: #253 Walter L. Newton

Ha... vxbush, Mandy is pimping me off on you... LOL.

Well, you're welcome to come over, but if you want coffee you have to bring it yourself, as I have no coffeemaker and don't drink coffee. And you should probably bring your own chair, as all the chairs are being used right now.

But sure, come on over. :D

Well it looks like I have a new cat. When we moved in here there was this cat on the property, I expect maybe the previous owners had it, though not sure. It had no interest in going inside and mainly hung out around the barn. It got to the point where he would let you pet him and would hang out with me in the garden. Last couple of winters we made a cozy cat cave in the leanto greenhouse and gave him food. He survived okay.

Two days ago I opened the basement door and the cat dashed inside and hid somewhere in a stack of boxes. Damn. My other cats of course came down to check out this new thing. Yesterday I put some food and water out and he came out. For the first time ever he let me pick him up. He was all purry and cuddly and as much as I tried I just could put him back out into the cold and blowing snow. I'm a big suck. So I made a deal with him. Show me that you'll use a litter box and you can stay in the basement.

Well I just went down and not only was he using the litter box but was hanging out with one of my other cats as if they had known each other forever.

Guess that settles it. Welcome to the family Petey.