I saw on Fox yesterday morning that Obama is going to take over higher education.

Gimme some sugar, baby.

re: #2 JasonA

Gimme some sugar, baby.

I was considering responding, but I have no idea how…

Rollin… rollin… rollin…

re: #3 SteveMcG

I was considering responding, but I have no idea how…

And I’m starting to consider that you’ve never seen Army of Darkness.

re: #5 JasonA

And I’m starting to consider that you’ve never seen Army of Darkness.

So I guess it’snot a book, huh?

re: #6 SteveMcG

So I guess it’snot a book, huh?

90’s pop culture, with such gems as:

Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I’ve got news for you pal, you ain’t leadin’ but two things, right now: Jack and shit… and Jack left town.

Shopping for beater cars on craigslist. THE DESCRIPTIONS ARE AMAZING [Link: portland.craigslist.org…]

re: #9 WindUpBird

Shopping for beater cars on craigslist. THE DESCRIPTIONS ARE AMAZING [Link: portland.craigslist.org…]

That’s delightful.

re: #10 SanFranciscoZionist

A friend of mine needs cheap wheels. I seriously live for this stuff, it’s so much fun to shop for bad cars. Anyone can walk into a dealership! Going out to Molalla where some bearded guy in overalls is showing you his rusted out Dodge Step-side, that’s a great afternoon!

Just staggered home from the bar, where one of the local lefties made a fine job of missing the point when I mentioned something about the “Teabonics” thread from earlier today. I hadn’t realised how racist it is to suggest that ebonics is somehow inferior to the Queen’s English.

re: #6 SteveMcG

So I guess it’snot a book, huh?

Evil Dead 2 is a better film, btu Army of Darkness still holds wonderful memories :D

re: #12 WindUpBird

A friend of mine needs cheap wheels. I seriously live for this stuff, it’s so much fun to shop for bad cars. Anyone can walk into a dealership! Going out to Molalla where some bearded guy in overalls is showing you his rusted out Dodge Step-side, that’s a great afternoon!

Back in the day, and from Chicago to NYC to Hollywood, I always had great luck with cars that cost less than $200.00. May they rest in peace.

LGF Graveyard Shift:

freetoken
goddamnedfrank
Obdicut
ozbloke
reine.de.tout
ryannon
WindUpBird

re: #16 ryannon

I don’t think that is possible any more, out here in California. Yeah, might find something for $200, but then you need to spend $$$ to get it to pass inspection.

re: #17 ryannon

re: #19 freetoken

Freetoken:

re: #18 freetoken

I don’t think that is possible any more, out here in California. Yeah, might find something for $200, but then you need to spend $$$ to get it to pass inspection.

Let’s see: A sweet little Nash Ramber; a VW convertible (that blew up on the Massachusetts Turnpike; a ‘53 Chevvy convertible that made it up and down Highway 1 before the brakes went out….

Yeah, it was a long time ago, but it was fun :-)

re: #20 ryannon

I’ve been watching Flying Down to Rio via Netflix, making me want for the good old days …

Interesting film in some ways - besides Astaire being billed 5th on the list of stars he steals the show. Also, it was made just before the morality code kicked in the Hollywood productions so it is loaded with suggestive language.

re: #22 freetoken

I’ve been watching Flying Down to Rio via Netflix, making me want for the good old days …

Interesting film in some ways - besides Astaire being billed 5th on the list of stars he steals the show. Also, it was made just before the morality code kicked in the Hollywood productions so it is loaded with suggestive language.

Those good old days were a little before my good old days - and in retrospect, I’m not sure they were that good. Sure, stuff was cheaper, jobs were plentiful and - believe it or not - no one had ever heard of crack cocaine or meth labs, but it was several decades before the digital and IT revolution. Everything was kind of slow. We were in the middle of some kind of warp, like the trough of a wave, waiting for something that would actually give us the impression of going somewhere. That’s just about the time I bailed from the States - with the idea of taking a little six-month look-around the planet to see what was happening. The months went by and life was suddenly so great that there was no question of going back.

Lessons in non-violent protest - CNN feature

Added On April 4, 2010
A pivotal civil rights battle was lost in history, until now. CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield talks with Andrew Young.

T minus 26 minutes.

STS-131 - NasaTV

And as time in Paris (where I finally decided to dig in) passed, life got shittier and shittier in ways you people would find difficult to even imagine. I’ve managed to more or less re-establish myself professionally and socially, but hanging on to one’s sanity amongst the French - who are losing theirs as they collide head-on with reality - has been an epic battle.

It’s not as if I could have been a contender if I had stayed in the States - with the energy I invested in just staying alive here, I could have been the fucking President.

And maybe that’s the moral of the story, and your ultimate good luck.

Providence works in mysterious ways.

re: #26 ryannon

And as time in Paris (where I finally decided to dig in) passed, life got shittier and shittier in ways you people would find difficult to even imagine. I’ve managed to more or less re-establish myself professionally and socially, but hanging on to one’s sanity amongst the French - who are losing theirs as they collide head-on with reality - has been an epic battle.

It’s not as if I could have been a contender if I had stayed in the States - with the energy I invested in just staying alive here, I could have been the fucking President.

And maybe that’s the moral of the story, and your ultimate good luck.

Providence works in mysterious ways.

Are your relatives or ancestors from France?

re: #17 ryannon

LGF Graveyard Shift:

freetoken
goddamnedfrank
Obdicut
ozbloke
reine.de.tout
ryannon
WindUpBird

At 2am, I’m really just getting started ;-)

re: #24 Gus 802

There were a lot of heroes, both sung and unsung from that period - and battles being fought in places like Saint Augustine that never got a whole lot of media coverage….

The last time I saw John Lewis, he looked like a kid. But with the same gravitas and the same way of speaking truth to power….

Range is green, weather is green, all emergency landing sites are green.

re: #16 ryannon

Back in the day, and from Chicago to NYC to Hollywood, I always had great luck with cars that cost less than $200.00. May they rest in peace.

I had a yellow 1978 Toyota Corolla that cost me about $300, it often refused to start without clicking the ignition about 90 times but the engine pulled strong for the three years I owned it, right up to when I sold it for a hundred bucks to a coworker. :D

re: #29 ryannon

There were a lot of heroes, both sung and unsung from that period - and battles being fought in places like Saint Augustine that never got a whole lot of media coverage…

The last time I saw John Lewis, he looked like a kid. But with the same gravitas and the same way of speaking truth to power…

Lewis is indeed a pillar and an eye to a time in history we should never forget. Knowing that it happened within my lifetime makes it more poignant. But no one should ever forget.

I can’t fathom what would drive a man to pour acid into a swimming pool (that was for white’s only at the time) because he found black people in the pool.

re: #27 Gus 802

Are your relatives or ancestors from France?

No, but after three years of travel and the gradual unwinding of my young and clueless American core, my instincts of self-preservation were pointing me in that direction. I’d spent a little time in Paris before setting out, and it had always both perplexed me and (sometimes) just tied me in knots. I figured (dimly) that a place with so much powerful ju-ju - and I had been in some incredible places around the world before orbiting back to Paris - was something I needed to master if I was ever going to get myself together again…

I was right - but I had no idea of how hard it would be (essentially fighting myself every inch of the way) or the price I would have to pay (the ‘death’ of the person who I had been).

STS-131 launch.

About 6 minutes out.

NASA TV. There’s a 2 minute delay on this.

What’s shakin’ Lizards?!

My wife (the diabetic) bought a big ole chocolate bunny for me for Easter!

My wife (the diabetic) ate my big ole chocolate bunny last night in the middle of the night because (her sugar got low, and she tends to binge eat when her sugar gets low)…

(If she would have bought me a bowling ball, she would have drilled it to fit her fingers)

How are y’all?

re: #32 Gus 802

Lewis is indeed a pillar and an eye to a time in history we should never forget. Knowing that it happened within my lifetime makes it more poignant. But no one should ever forget.

I can’t fathom what would drive a man to pour acid into a swimming pool (that was for white’s only at the time) because he found black people in the pool.

That man could not fathom what would drive four blacks to trespass into a white’s only swimming pool.

It was reciprocal incomprehension, and often tragic.

re: #33 ryannon

No, but after three years of travel and the gradual unwinding of my young and clueless American core, my instincts of self-preservation were pointing me in that direction. I’d spent a little time in Paris before setting out, and it had always both perplexed me and (sometimes) just tied me in knots. I figured (dimly) that a place with so much powerful ju-ju - and I had been in some incredible places around the world before orbiting back to Paris - was something I needed to master if I was ever going to get myself together again…

I was right - but I had no idea of how hard it would be (essentially fighting myself every inch of the way) or the price I would have to pay (the ‘death’ of the person who I had been).

Ju-ju, art, cultures, music, architecture, and so on. I know it has it’s own set of problems but I imagine it would be fascinating place to start over.

CNN Live feed of STS-131 Launch

NasaTV is choking on me… anybody got it?

re: #39 freetoken

NasaTV is choking on me… anybody got it?

Click #38!

re: #35 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What’s shakin’ Lizards?!

My wife (the diabetic) bought a big ole chocolate bunny for me for Easter!

My wife (the diabetic) ate my big ole chocolate bunny last night in the middle of the night because (her sugar got low, and she tends to binge eat when her sugar gets low)…

(If she would have bought me a bowling ball, she would have drilled it to fit her fingers)

How are y’all?

Just trading late-night stories and waiting for a space-launch….

The usual shit.

1:15

re: #40 Gus 802

got the CNN feed…

re: #21 ryannon

My first car was my dads 1963 Chevy pick up truck, three on the tree used three quarts of oil per day. A lovely primer red, too.

Amazing that I got laid in that truck… but I did.

re: #44 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My first car was my dads 1963 Chevy pick up truck, three on the tree used three quarts of oil per day. A lovely primer red, too.

Amazing that I got laid in that truck… but I did.

What’s amazing is that we’re still around to tell the tale….

Go, go, go! I still love these.

re: #13 barflytom

It is elitist to imply that the message of Tea Party protestors is inferior to Obama’s Ivy-league English…and just plain ludicriss.

/

re: #33 ryannon

Also wanted to add that is something I always wanted to do. Or at least I thought it would happen on a domestic level by moving to San Francisco and later Denver. It never really happened for me. I never had the discipline and am the ultimate procrastinator. I before I finally fell into a permanent state of cynicism and fatalism regarding my life I had dreams of Europe (either Austria or France although French would be easier for me since I have a grasp on Spanish).

re: #46 Gus 802

Go, go, go! I still love these.

Think I read yesterday that we have more chicks in space than any time in history. That’s pretty cool.

Chiiicks iiin Spaaace!

Morning, all. Today is Pasquetta, Little Easter, in Italy. It’s sort of a National Goof-off Day and the beginning of the picnic season.

re: #49 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Think I read yesterday that we have more chicks in space than any time in history. That’s pretty cool.

Chiiicks iiin Spaaace!

I think that was a movie.

/

Donovan McNabb is a Redskin.

“Dogs and cats living together. MASS HYSTERIA!”

re: #46 Gus 802

I remember getting up early to watch the first shuttle launch. Plan was to meet with friends at a house for a party… I went in the wrong direction, but finally got to the right place just in time for the launch.

Is this the last Discovery launch? I am not sure of the details of this year’s finally.

re: #48 Gus 802

Also wanted to add that is something I always wanted to do. Or at least I thought it would happen on a domestic level by moving to San Francisco and later Denver. It never really happened for me. I never had the discipline and am the ultimate procrastinator. I before I finally fell into a permanent state of cynicism and fatalism regarding my life I had dreams of Europe (either Austria or France although French would be easier for me since I have a grasp on Spanish).

Don’t be hard on yourself: we do what we have to do, and I’m not sure I would have found the strength or resources to take the road you took. As far as I’m concerned, it was less a conscious choice, as in “Ok, I’m going to trade in my old life for a new one” as much as a colossal series of trial-and-errors and blind luck, since half the time I couldn’t see where I was going or even why.

In retrospect, I’d say that the severity of the treatment was in line with the state of my soul - and that’s saying a lot for an anonymous forum. I could also say that it was the price to pay for where I wanted to get to, which is a somewhat less dramatic way of putting it, but just as true.

re: #53 freetoken

I remember getting up early to watch the first shuttle launch. Plan was to meet with friends at a house for a party… I went in the wrong direction, but finally got to the right place just in time for the launch.

Is this the last Discovery launch? I am not sure of the details of this year’s finally.

Looks like final for Discovery will be STS-133.

The STS-133 crew members are Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt, Tim Kopra and Nicole Stott.

Discovery will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier 4 and critical spare components to the International Space Station. This will be the 134th and final shuttle flight and the 36th shuttle mission to the station.

STS-134 will actually be the 2nd to last shuttle mission.

re: #55 Gus 802

Thanks.

So Discovery will have 1 more flight left, as well as the other remaining 2 shuttles.

Interesting that the wiki article mentions Beggs’ triskaidekaphobia. He may have been on to something.

If there are only 134 flights, then the first two digits are Begg’s magic number, while the last digit “4” is the East Asian number for bad luck.

Irony anybody?

I’m sure this Butler coach guy gets carded if he buys beer.

I remember standing in the schoolyard talking about the launch the night before of one early Sputniks with a little dog inside, Laika was her name I believe.

Seems like yesterday and a movie of someone else’s life simultaneously.

Enjoy Spring

Old Dragon

Beautiful night launch seen from the west coast, with binoculars.

The boosters came off before hitting sunlight so all that could be seen were the yellow booster flames fading, but then Discovery came into daylight with an enormous expanding trail behind. A pencil thin line from the exhausts at a slightly different direction from the main cloud, much like a comet.

Sad I won’t see that again.

re: #56 freetoken

Thanks.

So Discovery will have 1 more flight left, as well as the other remaining 2 shuttles.

Interesting that the wiki article mentions Beggs’ triskaidekaphobia. He may have been on to something.

If there are only 134 flights, then the first two digits are Begg’s magic number, while the last digit “4” is the East Asian number for bad luck.

Irony anybody?

Yeah, I don’t think there’s any way of getting around the first two digits of 13. Don’t know why they did that but it looks like they’ve gone out of sequence before.

re: #60 Gus 802

Even if they call it the 14th floor? Your are on the 13th floor of a building.

Just cause you name something something else, it does make it the something that you named it, it is still the something else…

Something like that.

re: #56 freetoken

Thanks.

So Discovery will have 1 more flight left, as well as the other remaining 2 shuttles.

Interesting that the wiki article mentions Beggs’ triskaidekaphobia. He may have been on to something.

If there are only 134 flights, then the first two digits are Begg’s magic number, while the last digit “4” is the East Asian number for bad luck.

Irony anybody?

I would make a comment about reading meanings where there are none, but I won’t.

re: #61 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Even if they call it the 14th floor? Your are on the 13th floor of a building.

Just cause you name something something else, it does not make it the something that you named it, it is still the something else…

Something like that.

FTFM

re: #61 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Even if they call it the 14th floor? Your are on the 13th floor of a building.

Just cause you name something something else, it does make it the something that you named it, it is still the something else…

Something like that.

Exactly. It’s just a number. They could change 2013 to 2012A and it would still be 2013. I never understood superstitions.

re: #17 ryannon

LGF Graveyard Shift:

freetoken
goddamnedfrank
Obdicut
ozbloke
reine.de.tout
ryannon
WindUpBird

The times have changed indeed.

“A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.”…

Just read that. There is some truth in that.

re: #65 TheMatrix31

The times have changed indeed.

Oil’s up! That’s actually good news.

re: #56 freetoken

Thanks.

So Discovery will have 1 more flight left, as well as the other remaining 2 shuttles.

Interesting that the wiki article mentions Beggs’ triskaidekaphobia. He may have been on to something.

If there are only 134 flights, then the first two digits are Begg’s magic number, while the last digit “4” is the East Asian number for bad luck.

Irony anybody?

The Silla Hotel in Seoul had neither 4th nor 13th floors.

North Korea executed two senior economic officials last month - not one as previously reported - over a botched currency revamp that forced markets to close temporarily and fuelled social tensions, a media outlet that specialises in the North has reported.

The communist North redenominated its won in December as part of efforts to fight inflation and reassert control over its burgeoning market economy.

SNIP

re: #67 Gus 802

LOL awesome.

re: #70 MandyManners

North Korea executed two senior economic officials last month - not one as previously reported - over a botched currency revamp that forced markets to close temporarily and fuelled social tensions, a media outlet that specialises in the North has reported.

SNIP

To encourage the others.

Lotsa’ food for me, not so much for thee.

Kim Jong-Il has hosted a dinner party for the new Chinese ambassador to North Korea, state media said Sunday, amid reports the reclusive leader was set to visit Beijing.

The dinner on Saturday was attended by top North Korean military and party officials, the country’s official Korean Central News Agency said. When Kim appeared with new Chinese ambassador Liu Hongcai, “all the participants warmly welcomed him with highest tribute”, it said. “They expressed the steadfast will of the parties and peoples of the two countries to further develop and consolidate generation after generation,” the agency said.

SNIP

re: #72 Decatur Deb

To encourage the others.

Watch out, Timmy G!

re: #72 Decatur Deb

To encourage the others.

Maybe one day we’ll wake up and find out they all executed each other. Then the next day North Korea announces that they’ve finally surrendered.

/

re: #68 Gus 802

Oil’s up! That’s actually good news.

I guess if you don’t buy much gas…

re: #69 Decatur Deb

The Silla Hotel in Seoul had neither 4th nor 13th floors.

Yes it did. They just didn’t call them the 4th nor 13th floors.

There has been a series of explosions in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar, close to the US consulate.

US officials confirmed that the consulate was the target of the attack.

Plumes of smoke were seen over the area and several buildings were said to have collapsed. Reports said a protracted gun battle followed the blasts.

A BBC correspondent in Islamabad says the scene is still chaotic and it is not known how many people have been killed or injured.

SNIP

re: #76 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I guess if you don’t buy much gas…

True. But the theory is that if it goes up that means they’re banking on the economy being better in the future. A flattening would be a better alternative. However, if it goes down that means they’re projecting bad times ahead. We’ll see what happens.

re: #79 Gus 802

I fill up my vehicle three to four times per week. 19 gallons per fill up. 25cent gas increase costs me a thousand dollars.

re: #77 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Yes it did. They just didn’t call them the 4th nor 13th floors.

Yep. Just stand outside the building and count with one eye closed. “1, 2, 3, 4…well, it looks like your 5th floor is really the 4th floor.”

re: #77 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Yes it did. They just didn’t call them the 4th nor 13th floors.

No elevator buttons. If you slept on 4 or 13 you could check out but you could never leave.

A South Korean warship is rushing to the area where Somali pirates hijacked a South Korean oil tanker with 24 crew members aboard, the military said on Monday.

The 300,000-tonne Samho Dream was seized on Sunday, on its way from Iraq to the US state of Louisiana with a crew of five South Koreans and 19 Filipinos.

A South Korean destroyer, which was in the Gulf of Aden on anti-piracy operations, has been ordered to move to waters off Somalia, a Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman said.

SNIP

re: #82 Decatur Deb

4 or 13 is the Hotel California.

rollin… rollin… rollin…

we’re still a movin…

/nice little aftershock, that one…

re: #85 freetoken

Dang! Still? Tell it to STOP!

The map is beginning to look crowded:

[Link: earthquake.usgs.gov…]

re: #84 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

4 or 13 is the Hotel California.

Nah. The Hotel California was a hotel in Vicenza IT used by the GIs on travel orders—they loved the name.

re: #86 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The earth does sleep.

re: #80 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I fill up my vehicle three to four times per week. 19 gallons per fill up. 25cent gas increase costs me a thousand dollars.

I usually get around 5 bucks but that changed to 8 bucks over the years. Sometimes I’ll pull up and see something like $60 from the last person at the pump and think, “damn.”

I hear you though. It’s a gamble and it’s one sided from the oil speculators. In theory it means better economic futures. But at the same time people like you get hit. Another thing that gets hit almost immediately is food prices.

re: #89 freetoken

The earth does sleep.

Fitfully, sometimes.

Time for some PT. I’m thinking of rigging a laptop holder to the exercise bike. BBL

re: #86 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Dang! Still? Tell it to STOP!

There have been over 250 quakes measured over 1.0 in the square region that I linked above, since the 7.2 yesterday afternoon!

Add five more to that list:

[Link: earthquake.usgs.gov…]

Members of the far-Right AWB threatened vengeance after he was beaten to death in a dispute with two farm workers over unpaid wages.

Police said he was attacked to the head with a machete and a club in his bed at his farm outside Ventersdorp, North West province, on Saturday night.

Two men, aged 21 and 15, have been charged with murder and will appear in court on Tuesday.

Andre Visagie, the AWB’s secretary-general and a leading candidate to succeed Mr Terreblanche as head of the organisation, said the party was planning its response.

“The death of Mr Terreblanche is a declaration of war by the black community of South Africa to the white community that has been killed for ten years on end,” he said.

SNIP

re: #90 Gus 802

45 dollars per fill up.

Morning all

The Palestinian people will celebrate the Holy Fire vigil next year in Jerusalem, the “eternal capital” of the Palestinian state, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Saturday night.

SNIP

He said the Palestinian Liberation Organization was the trusted body to declare a state, in coordination with the international community.

SNIP

Meanwhile, Hamas called on Fayyad to stand trial for telling Ha’aretz in remarks published at the weekend that he intends to declare a Palestinian state in the summer of 2011 and to build infrastructure to absorb Palestinian refugees into the state.

The group said that with his remarks, Fayyad had effectively given up on the ‘right of return’ to 1948 borders.

Local Indy paper yesterday, found via Politico:

Orszag: [Link: www.indystar.com…]
Vs.
Mitch Daniels: [Link: www.indystar.com…]

Mitch beats him down and steals his lunch money.

Fecking Cuba and the stupid Raul Castro. I admit, I thought there was hope but these idiots just can’t never stop being, well, idiots.

Castro: Cuba won’t ‘give in to blackmail’

Havana, Cuba (CNN) — Faced with international criticism over hunger-striking dissidents, President Raul Castro on Sunday said Cuba refused to give in to blackmail and accused the United States and Europe of launching “the most ferocious” media campaign against the island nation in decades.

“We will never give in to blackmail, from any country or group of countries, no matter how powerful,” he said in a nationally televised speech.

The United States and Europe have stepped up pressure on Cuba to release political prisoners and improve its human rights record.

Jailed dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo died in February after a prolonged hunger strike. Guillermo Farinas, another government opponent, launched a hunger strike from his home shortly afterwards to demand the release of political prisoners.

In his speech to an annual meeting of the Union of Communist Youth on Sunday, Castro accused the United States and Europe of “hypocritically holding up the flag of human rights.”

He called both Zapata Tamayo and Farinas common criminals who were manipulated by foreign powers.

Cuba says there are no political prisoners on the communist island. They say dissidents are being paid by enemy governments to destabilize the country.

Farinas has been in the hospital in recent days, receiving food intravenously.

Seems like they did a good job of destabilizing their own country on their own. Even to the point of the former USSR ignoring them. After this I think I’ll put Cuba on “gaze mode.”

Morning Lizards.

So one of the dogs started barking like crazy. I looked out the window where my chickens are ranging and thought ‘How did that chicken get so big…oh wait…?” Looks like a huge wild turkey has decided to visit and is hanging around with the flock. :D

They were empty, you idiots.

Taliban armed with petrol bombs and rockets attacked a terminal in northwest Pakistan on Monday, torching eight tankers used to supply fuel to Nato forces in Afghanistan, officials said. Dozens of fighters launched the attack at Zakha Khel in the tribal district of Khyber before dawn, local administration chief Shafeerullah Wazir told AFP.

The tankers had recently returned from supplying Nato troops in Afghanistan, where around 126,000 foreign troops are trying to help the Western-backed government put down a nearly nine-year Taliban insurgency.

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Why would one waste warm wonderful weekends whittling wet wood? Good Morning LGF.

Sean Hannity’s charity, “Freedom Alliance”, down graded by 50% by charity watchdog group:[Link: www.charitynavigator.org…]

This is so interesting to watch. The hens don’t seem to care about the turkey but the rooster isn’t too happy. He’s strutting like crazy and spreading his wings and crowing at it. The turkey is just ignoring it.

re: #66 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Michael Chabon’s book of essays, “Manhood For Amateurs”, has some great insights on fatherhood. Very good read.

Ash: Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This… is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart’s top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That’s right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It’s got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That’s right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?

Old Woman: I’ll swallow your soul!
Ash: Come get some.

Share this quote
Ash: Lady, I’m afraid I’m gonna have to ask you to leave the store.
Possessed woman: Who the hell are you?
Ash: Name’s Ash.
[cocks rifle]
Ash: Housewares.

Ash: Good, Bad, I’m the guy with the gun.

Great overnight quote Charles!!!

It’s a trick. Get an axe.

Here comes the Hammer!

re: #102 MandyManners

Taliban turds torched tenantless tankers?

Morning Honcos!!

re: #109 Spare O’Lake

Taliban turds torched tenantless tankers?

How are you today, Mr. Alliteration?

re: #109 Spare O’Lake

Taliban turds torched tenantless tankers?

Touchy, aren’t they?

re: #110 Cannadian Club Akbar

Morning Honcos!!

‘Sup?

*Click*…. wait.
*Click*…. wait.

I hate internet lists presented as slideshows!

Working ‘til mid evening has really messed up my sleep pattern. I’m not going to bed ‘til 2 and 3 AM. This is not good.

David Shuster in trouble again with MSNBC:

[Link: www.mediabistro.com…]

MSNBC bad boy David Shuster may be on his third strike.

Shuster won’t be on the air today for his 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. shows, according to MSNBC insiders. Whether he returns before his contract expires in December is up for debate.

Shuster’s last appearance was at 10 a.m. Friday. MSNBC boss Phil Griffin pulled him from his 3 p.m. gig after learning, via The New York Observer, that the anchor had recently shot a pilot for CNN without having informed his bosses.

Griffin, vacationing in Florida, ripped Shuster a new one over the phone, network sources say. A repeat performance is expected today in the office.

re: #111 MandyManners

How are you today, Mr. Alliteration?

Middlin’, my most magnetic Mandy.
You?

re: #116 RogueOne

David Shuster in trouble again with MSNBC:

[Link: www.mediabistro.com…]

If no one watches, will anyone care?
/

CNN is making me feel all stabby. These medical activists are all moaning (and all agreeing with each other, no debate at all) about how we need to protect grown, able-bodied adults from prescription drugs. I don’t mean it’s just a bad idea to die like Michael Jackson, but that the government needs to be involved, overseeing everyone at all times, for our safety. Doctors cannot be trusted to prescribe meds for patients without some benevolent overseer, for our safety. Then they went on and on about all the 27 year old actors who are “victims”.

(Adjusting my best, foil lined Hamburg Libertarian hat) imho there’s no such thing as an able bodied 27 year old grown man who needs protection from the goverment. If some hollywood millionaire wants to kill himself slowly, that’s very sad, but not the government’s problem. “Freedom” means letting other adults be stupid.

Griffin, vacationing in Florida, ripped Shuster a new one over the phone, network sources say. A repeat performance is expected today in the office.

Anyone selling tickets to this event? Will popcorn be available?

re: #115 Cannadian Club Akbar

Working ‘til mid evening has really messed up my sleep pattern. I’m not going to bed ‘til 2 and 3 AM. This is not good.

What’s mid-evening?

re: #117 Spare O’Lake

Middlin’, my most magnetic Mandy.
You?

Finer than a frog’s hair split three ways.

re: #121 MandyManners

What’s mid-evening?

‘til 10-10:30, home at 11ish.

re: #119 keloyd

Then they went on and on about all the 27 year old actors who are “victims”.

Obviously the answer to this sad and sorry state is legislation banning all 27 year olds from being actors. If you are an actor at 25 or 27… well, just look at it as an enforced vacation.

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re: #80 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just to go back and forth to work (60+ mile round trip,,,sometimes as many as 6 days a week), I thought about gettingt one of these

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re: #119 keloyd

But, but, the gubment knows what’s best!!
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re: #125 sattv4u2

Just to go back and forth to work (60+ mile round trip,,,sometimes as many as 6 days a week), I thought about gettingt one of these

Image: smart-car-1.jpg

In Atlanta? With that traffic? I promise to come to your funeral.

re: #115 Cannadian Club Akbar

Working ‘til mid evening has really messed up my sleep pattern. I’m not going to bed ‘til 2 and 3 AM. This is not good.

How dya think I feel. I work from 10 p.m. till 10 a.m., Add an houd commute each way. That leaves 11 a.m. till 9 p.m. for sleep, family time and chores. I have NO idea when I’m supposed to sleep. I do know I never string a good 8 hours in a row

Spring Break, Day 6: I’ve done more laundry since The Kid’s been out of school than I can shake a stick at. This morning I started three loads before the sun came up. bbiab

re: #127 Cannadian Club Akbar

In Atlanta? With that traffic? I promise to come to your funeral.

My commute isn’t bad. Never on 85/ 285/ 75, and never during rish hour

re: #130 sattv4u2

My commute isn’t bad. Never on 85/ 285/ 75, and never during rish RUSH hour

Off to work outdoors in the sun, enjoy the rest of your day folks.

re: #128 sattv4u2

How dya think I feel. I work from 10 p.m. till 10 a.m., Add an houd commute each way. That leaves 11 a.m. till 9 p.m. for sleep, family time and chores. I have NO idea when I’m supposed to sleep. I do know I never string a good 8 hours in a row

If I get 6 I’m good. But I can’t sleep past 9 AM. Regardless of when I go to bed.:(

re: #129 MandyManners

Spring Break, Day 6: I’ve done more laundry since The Kid’s been out of school than I can shake a stick at. This morning I started three loads before the sun came up. bbiab

Does the laundry care if you shake a stick at it or not? Do the whites come out whiter, the colors more vibrant? Is it easier than NOT shaking a stick at it? Does it take more time !?!?!

Alright. Just got back from chasing this turkey off. This turkey ended up being evil and having an ulterior motive for it’s visit. It tried to steal my chickens.

re: #7 JasonA

Behold, my BOOMSTICK!

re: #133 Cannadian Club Akbar

If I get 6 I’m good. But I can’t sleep past 9 AM. Regardless of when I go to bed.:(

When I get home at 11, I usually lay down shortly after. I get 3-3 1/2 hours then. At 7 p.m. I go take my 1 1/2 hour power nap

re: #135 Jadespring

Alright. Just got back from chasing this turkey off. This turkey ended up being evil and having an ulterior motive for it’s visit. It tried to steal my chickens.

Buy a BB gun. Will make it go away without actually hurting it.

re: #135 Jadespring

re: #138 Cannadian Club Akbar

Buy a BB gun. Will make it go away without actually hurting it.

Buy a roasting pan and some cranberry sauce!

re: #127 Cannadian Club Akbar

In Atlanta? With that traffic? I promise to come to your funeral.

Had to drive to Birmingham, Alabama in the Mid 1980’s to see my Cardiologist. It was 12 degrees (in South Carolina!) the day we left… driving through Atlanta later that morning, we saw an entire sheet of ice peel off of a truck and crash onto a car behind it - scared the crap out of us. Neither the truck or the car slowed down or reacted in any way.

/What the hell was that? Dunno. Keep going.

After one day of baseball, the Red Sox are in first place and the Yankees are in the cellar with the worst record in the majors (OK, nobody else has played yet — it still sounds good).

re: #141 sattv4u2

After one day of baseball, the Red Sox are in first place and the Yankees are in the cellar with the worst record in the majors (OK, nobody else has played yet — it still sounds good).

Doesn’t matter. The Rays are gonna win it all.

Ah well ,,,, gotta go shower and take my son to the orthodontist.

re: #143 sattv4u2

Ah well ,,, gotta go shower and take my son to the orthodontist.

I bet if you asked him, he’d rather shower and let you go to the orthodontist!

Happy Cinco de April….. I’m a month early :-P

Holy shit!! The super hot traffic girl from the local TV station just posted on FB that she is now single!! I still have no shot.:(

re: #134 sattv4u2

Does the laundry care if you shake a stick at it or not? Do the whites come out whiter, the colors more vibrant? Is it easier than NOT shaking a stick at it? Does it take more time !?!?!

You got sumpin’ agin’ sticks?

re: #135 Jadespring

Alright. Just got back from chasing this turkey off. This turkey ended up being evil and having an ulterior motive for it’s visit. It tried to steal my chickens.

Why?

re: #148 MandyManners

Why?

Because chickens taste like, well, chicken.
/

re: #144 SteveC

I bet if you asked him, he’d rather shower and let you go to the orthodontist!

Him taking a shower costs me more than the ortho visit. At 15, he’d discovered the joys of a long Long LONG hot shower {smirk}

A suicide attacker has killed at least two police officers in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, in the latest in a series of such bombings.

Shortly after the first attack, a car bomb was detonated in the same place in the town of Karabulak, officials said.

Forty were killed by a twin attack on Moscow’s Metro system last week, and another North Caucasus republic, Dagestan, has also been targeted.

The Kremlin blamed Islamists from the North Caucasus for the earlier attacks.

Russian media reports have published images of a woman they say carried out one of the attacks in Moscow, saying she was from Dagestan.

Police officials said the bombings in Ingushetia had targeted an interior ministry building.

A statement from investigators said the suicide attacker had detonated explosives as a car full of police officers was entering the compound at 0820 local time (0420 GMT).

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re: #135 Jadespring

Alright. Just got back from chasing this turkey off. This turkey ended up being evil and having an ulterior motive for it’s visit. It tried to steal my chickens.

We had about 20-30 wild turkeys on our property when I was growing up. One summer when I was still in college, I was working at the local apiary and got home to find the turkeys up by the house…one of them eating the dog’s food from his bowl (the dog, a Golden, was sleeping). I grabbed a shotgun, went out into the yard, and shot that little bastard (he weighed about 6-8 lbs. Then I cleaned him, seasoned him, and threw him in the oven.

A few hours later, my parents got home, smelled food cooking, and said, “Oh, you’re making dinner!” It was quite tasty, too….even if it was out of season.
At one point during dinner, my mom said, “Where did you get this turkey?”
I said, “In our yard.”
She said, “You shot one of my turkeys!” (she considered them her pets)
I said, “Yeah, he was eating my dog’s food!” Dad laughed, mom not so much.

Good morning, everyone.

re: #152 darthstar

Excellent!!!

re: #141 sattv4u2

After one day of baseball, the Red Sox are in first place and the Yankees are in the cellar with the worst record in the majors (OK, nobody else has played yet — it still sounds good).

Heh…I was thinking that last night. Well said.

re: #148 MandyManners

Why?

I dunno why. Maybe it’s part of wild turkey farm animal liberation force. (funded by Peta).

Seriously though. I stopped watching them for a bit and the next thing I knew when I looked was that the turkey was wandering off into the bush and half the chickens were following it.

I wish I had video taped it. The whole thing was pretty funny.

re: #146 Cannadian Club Akbar

Holy shit!! The super hot traffic girl from the local TV station just posted on FB that she is now single!! I still have no shot.:(

Email her a dinner invitation and your lizardoid karma!

re: #153 Cannadian Club Akbar

Excellent!!!

My oldest brother and I did this kind of thing often. Turkeys, geese, deer, whatever. The joys of growing up in a rural area.

Meanwhile in Waziristan, ..

A stepped-up campaign of American drone strikes over the past three months has battered Al Qaeda and its Pakistani and Afghan brethren in the tribal area of North Waziristan, according to a mid-ranking militant and supporters of the government there.

The strikes have cast a pall of fear over an area that was once a free zone for Al Qaeda and the Taliban, forcing militants to abandon satellite phones and large gatherings in favor of communicating by courier and moving stealthily in small groups, they said.

The drones, operated by the C.I.A., fly overhead sometimes four at a time, emitting a beelike hum virtually 24 hours a day, observing and tracking targets, then unleashing missiles on their quarry, they said.

The strikes have sharpened tensions between the local tribesmen and the militants, who have dumped bodies with signs accusing the victims of being American spies in Miram Shah, the main town in North Waziristan, they said.

The impact of the drone strikes on the militants’ operations — on freedom of movement, ability to communicate and the ease of importing new recruits to replace those who have been killed — has been difficult to divine because North Waziristan, at the nether reaches of the tribal area, is virtually sealed from the outside world.

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re: #155 Jadespring

It was just getting an offering for the local foxes.

re: #156 The Sanity Inspector

Email her a dinner invitation and your lizardoid karma!

Ya know what? I thought about it. After being out of work for so long (but working now) I kinda have nothing to lose. And weirder things have happened. I did leave her a comment, though.

re: #127 Cannadian Club Akbar

In Atlanta? With that traffic? I promise to come to your funeral.

There are still signs in Atlanta where I-285 is still labeled as “Atlanta Bypass”

re: #149 Cannadian Club Akbar

Because chickens taste like, well, chicken.
/

Turkeys are omnivores?

re: #155 Jadespring

I dunno why. Maybe it’s part of wild turkey farm animal liberation force. (funded by Peta).

Seriously though. I stopped watching them for a bit and the next thing I knew when I looked was that the turkey was wandering off into the bush and half the chickens were following it.

I wish I had video taped it. The whole thing was pretty funny.

Suicidal chickens?

re: #162 MandyManners

Turkeys are omnivores?

I hate labels. Maybe they are just hungry.
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rollin… rollin… rollin…

it’s never stoppen…

re: #159 darthstar

It was just getting an offering for the local foxes.

Or maybe all the coyotes around here. I can just see it now. A secret meeting in the light of the full moon with the head coyote and the head turkey discussing a compromise, “Okay, you bring us chickens to eat and we will agree to leave you and yours alone.”

Ugh…shit like this always pisses me off. 17 miles off course? Don’t you idiots have GPS?

A Chinese-registered ship that ran aground Saturday off the coast of Australia was more than 17 miles off course when it ended up on a shoal in the Great Barrier Reef, prompting concerns of an oil spill near the world’s largest coral reef system, a maritime safety spokesman said Monday.

Apple Inc., trying to revive demand for tablet-style computers with its iPad, said it sold more than 300,000 of the devices on the first day of their debut weekend.

The number includes preorders, sales at Apple stores and deliveries to channel partners, the company said in a statement today. Users downloaded more than 1 million iPad applications from Apple’s site and bought more than 250,000 electronic books from its online store during the first day.

The product builds on the success of Apple’s iPhone and iPod, staking out the middle ground between smartphones and laptop computers. Apple is betting the design is enticing enough that consumers are willing to pay a premium over low-cost notebooks. Rivals such as Microsoft Corp. have failed to turn tablet computers into popular consumer devices.

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re: #165 freetoken

rollin… rollin… rollin…

it’s never stoppen…

rawhide!

re: #169 darthstar

rawhide!

I was thinkin’ Limp Bizcit.

re: #165 freetoken

Nothing up here…

re: #170 Cannadian Club Akbar

I was thinkin’ Limp Bizcit.

Sounds like a personal problem.

Claire Smedley almost killed her lover during sex — with her enormous breasts.

In an exclusive video interview, she revealed how Steven usually loved being smothered by her breasts.

“This time, he started flailing around a bit, but I assumed it was because he was so excited, so I kept going,” she said.

“A few minutes later I noticed he’d stopped moving.”

By then, sales assistant Steven, also 27, was still and appeared to not be breathing.

re: #169 darthstar

re: #171 Rightwingconspirator

… r… a… w… h… i… d… e…

Another 5.0 aftershock rolled through. The map is overfilled:

[Link: earthquake.usgs.gov…]

re: #174 freetoken

Not a scientific opinion-It will seem strange if the NW track of activity does not wind up including LA in the next week or so. But there is nearly no activity on the LA Basin fault structure.

re: #174 freetoken

re: #171 Rightwingconspirator

… r… a… w… h… i… d… e…

Another 5.0 aftershock rolled through. The map is overfilled:

[Link: earthquake.usgs.gov…]

Wow…I hadn’t looked at the map since last night…you’ve been rollin’ indeed.

re: #175 Rightwingconspirator

The USGS hasn’t made a statement yet, but I expect there wasn’t as much horizontal slippage as vertical.

When the Salton Sea floor opens up and the water spirals down the drain… then, then you’ll know you Angelinos are toast.

re: #173 MandyManners

In an exclusive video interview, she revealed how Steven usually loved being smothered by her breasts.

I’m watching the movie Bollywood/Hollywood on Netflix, and your article’s statement reminds me of a scene in there.

re: #151 MandyManners

I’m a bit dubious about whether “Islamist” is the right word for what’s going on here. Both sides routinely target the civilian population. Also, the Chechens seem “Muslim” to the degree that the Russian military or Putin seem “Christian”, i.e. not much. The only moral or tactical difference is that one side has more power, more capital, and more options. One side kills civilians with tanks; the other has angry, desperate, widows who feel they have nothing to lose.

During WW2, in the event of a German occupation of Britain, even Churchill had made plans for the British public to be issued grenades and make strategic use of “voluntary death”. The motto for the campaign they never had to carry out, with typical dry English wit - “you can always take one with you.”

re: #173 MandyManners

Claire Smedley almost killed her lover during sex — with her enormous breasts.

Useless without pictures.

re: #180 Mad Al-Jaffee

Useless without pictures.

How was the date?

Arms exports to Venezuela may reach as much as $5 billion, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday according to Russian news agencies, a few day after he traveled to the country.

Putin visited Venezuela late last week to meet with President Hugo Chavez and pledged to sell more weapons to the country but gave no concrete figures.

“Our delegation has just returned from Venezuela, and the total volume of orders may exceed $5 billion,” Putin was quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency as saying on Monday.

Russia on Friday agreed to lend Venezuela up to $2.2 billion for the new arms deals.

Hugo Chavez’s government has already bought more than $4 billion in Russian weapons since 2005, including helicopters, fighter jets and 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles.

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re: #178 freetoken

I’m watching the movie Bollywood/Hollywood on Netflix, and your article’s statement reminds me of a scene in there.

Oh, really? Do tell.

*cocks eyebrow*

re: #177 freetoken

Either that or Lex Luthor has been *real* busy.

re: #180 Mad Al-Jaffee

Hi, Mad. You have a very strong fan club on LGF!

re: #181 Cannadian Club Akbar

How was the date?

That didn’t take long!

Kind of meh. We got along well, but I don’t know, I just wasn’t feeling it. It was one of those first dates where I could tell there probably wouldn’t be more. No complaints though. It was a good confidence boost to actually have a woman want to go out with me.

re: #185 prairiefire

Hi, Mad. You have a very strong fan club on LGF!

Thanks. I wish the fan club was at my gig on Saturday. Pretty small audience (I think because of Easter), but we still had a good time.

re: #179 keloyd

I’m a bit dubious about whether “Islamist” is the right word for what’s going on here. Both sides routinely target the civilian population. Also, the Chechens seem “Muslim” to the degree that the Russian military or Putin seem “Christian”, i.e. not much. The only moral or tactical difference is that one side has more power, more capital, and more options. One side kills civilians with tanks; the other has angry, desperate, widows who feel they have nothing to lose.

During WW2, in the event of a German occupation of Britain, even Churchill had made plans for the British public to be issued grenades and make strategic use of “voluntary death”. The motto for the campaign they never had to carry out, with typical dry English wit - “you can always take one with you.”

I’d never heard that about Churchill.

re: #180 Mad Al-Jaffee

Useless without pictures.

It’s a family paper.

It’s here!

re: #179 keloyd

The Chechen Islamists are just as into the jihad as their coreligionists elsewhere in the world. The younger of the two female suicide bombers whose identity was released a couple of days ago belies the point that this was a woman who became radicalized only after her husband was killed by the Russians.

She was busy getting her photo taken with her husband posing with guns at the ready. She was already radicalized long before her husband was killed by the Russians from what I have seen about her situation.

re: #157 darthstar

My oldest brother and I did this kind of thing often. Turkeys, geese, deer, whatever. The joys of growing up in a rural area.

Good morning all,

We called out of season deer Mountain Salmon where I grew up.

re: #192 Macha

Good morning all,

We called out of season deer Mountain Salmon where I grew up.

I’m gonna guess you’re not a member of PETA.
/

re: #191 lawhawk

However, a lot of Chechen fighters are not very Islamist at all.

The strife and unrest is certainly great breeding ground for Islamic radicalism. Nobody knows how to foment resistance like the Russians do.

re: #182 MandyManners

That’s $5billion dollars the US defense industry doesn’t get to make.

Good morning, folks.

I loved “Army of Darkness”. Heck, I love just about all of Sam Raimi’s films. I even got a nice chuckle out of “Drag Me to Hell”, which wasn’t a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but it was just “Sam Raimi” enough to keep me entertained.

re: #196 MrSilverDragon

I read a book about film making and it had a chapter on Sam Raimi. Pretty cool.

re: #196 MrSilverDragon

Good morning, folks.

I loved “Army of Darkness”. Heck, I love just about all of Sam Raimi’s films. I even got a nice chuckle out of “Drag Me to Hell”, which wasn’t a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but it was just “Sam Raimi” enough to keep me entertained.

I rather liked Drag Me to Hell. It certainly wasn’t Oscar worthy by any stretch of the imagination, but for a campy horror flick I think it was spot on. Great gross-out scenes when the girl is getting attacked by the crazy gypsy lady, and a quality ending as well. Sure it’s no Evil Dead, but then again what is?

Heh…a childish prank, but funny all the same.

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re: #195 darthstar

That’s $5billion dollars the US defense industry doesn’t get to make.

It’s ok, we all know that the Government has never created a job. That would just be $2 billion dollars of failed stimulus.

An unexpected ending to the usual depressing set-piece. Over 100 miners rescued after being trapped for a week in a flooded Chinese mine. A nice change of pace from the usual narrative, from the Land Of Disposable Labor.

re: #200 drcordell

It’s ok, we all know that the Government has never created a job. That would just be $2 billion dollars of failed stimulus.

The gubment should open a factory and make shirts. And everyone could wear the shirts.
Then open a factory and make shoes. And everyone could wear the shoes.
Then open a factory making pants and everyone….

re: #194 Obdicut

However, a lot of Chechen fighters are not very Islamist at all.

The strife and unrest is certainly great breeding ground for Islamic radicalism. Nobody knows how to foment resistance like the Russians do.

Do you have a link for that assertion?

re: #195 darthstar

That’s $5billion dollars the US defense industry doesn’t get to make.

Considering the previous $4,000,000,000.00 Chavez spent on Russian arms, make that $9,000,000,000.00.

But, that’s not the point. We wouldn’t sell arms to Chavez.

re: #198 drcordell

I rather liked Drag Me to Hell. It certainly wasn’t Oscar worthy by any stretch of the imagination, but for a campy horror flick I think it was spot on. Great gross-out scenes when the girl is getting attacked by the crazy gypsy lady, and a quality ending as well. Sure it’s no Evil Dead, but then again what is?

I practically fell out of my chair laughing when the goat talked. That, and the “return of the cat” scene. Hilarious!

re: #204 MandyManners

But, that’s not the point. We wouldn’t sell arms to Chavez.

That was exactly my point.

re: #200 drcordell

It’s ok, we all know that the Government has never created a job. That would just be $2 billion dollars of failed stimulus.

Are the companies from which Chavez is buying the arms private or public?

re: #205 MrSilverDragon

I practically fell out of my chair laughing when the goat talked. That, and the “return of the cat” scene. Hilarious!

I love the “Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head” scene in Spiderman 2. What other director would put a scene like that in an action movie?

I think everyone just needs to chill… relax… and go to Philly (can’t believe I just wrote that)… /

A policy change by prosecutors and judges will eliminate criminal prosecution of persons caught with small amounts of marijuana, according to a report on Philly.Com.

The report said the city’s new district attorney and the state Supreme Court are making the change to try to alleviate a backlog of cases in the city’s court system. Persons found to be in possession of a about an ounce or less of marijuana will pay a fine but not be given a criminal record.

re: #206 darthstar

That was exactly my point.

Are you suggesting that we should sell them to Chavez? To a fucking Commie dictator who’s hell-bent on sowing mayhem in his region?

re: #207 MandyManners

Are the companies from which Chavez is buying the arms private or public?

I have no idea, private I would assume. My point was simply that the types of people who breathlessly rant against the stimulus package are often the first to attack any cuts in defense spending, as if they’re any different fundamentally.

re: #204 MandyManners

Considering the previous $4,000,000,000.00 Chavez spent on Russian arms, make that $9,000,000,000.00.

But, that’s not the point. We wouldn’t sell arms to Chavez.

More political interference with the free market system. I blame this on Obama the commie.

//s

re: #211 drcordell

I have no idea, private I would assume. My point was simply that the types of people who breathlessly rant against the stimulus package are often the first to attack any cuts in defense spending, as if they’re any different fundamentally.

Who’s defense spending? Ours or Chavez’s? I’m not getting your point.

re: #203 MandyManners

I’m using “Islamist” in the modern meaning of “Wanting a government based on Islam”.

I think the rejection of Umarov’s claim to an Emirate by so many Chechen politicians and military leaders, who want to see a return of th Republic, demonstrates that very well.

And even Umarov rejects Wahabism.

However, I expect the influence of the Islamic Radicals to grow there as the conflict continues, since it’s something that breeds well in dark and bloody places.

re: #212 garhighway

More political interference with the free market system. I blame this on Obama the commie.

//s

I don’t think you understand. Putin has sold military hardware worth $9,000,000,000.00 to Chavez. He’s also loaned them $2,000,000,000.00 to buy arms.

re: #209 lawhawk

I think everyone just needs to chill… relax… and go to Philly (can’t believe I just wrote that)… /

Well, unfortunately alot of those laws aren’t as clear cut as they seem. New York State has effectively decriminalized small amounts of marijuana as well. The problem is, you’re completely at the whim of the arresting officer and the local DA. My girlfriend’s sister was busted with like, half a gram of bud in her glovebox in rural NY last year. Should have just been a quick ticket and fine, no big deal. Except the local authorities saw it fit to arrest her and charge her with a more serious possession offense. So she was forced to pony up $1,500 for a lawyer to attend her arraignment etc.

re: #210 MandyManners

Are you suggesting that we should sell them to Chavez? To a fucking Commie dictator who’s hell-bent on sowing mayhem in his region?

No, dear…I was simply being ironic. Of course we won’t sell weapons to Chavez…now.

Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This… is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart’s top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That’s right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It’s got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That’s right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?

re: #213 MandyManners

Who’s defense spending? Ours or Chavez’s? I’m not getting your point.

Our defense spending.

re: #214 Obdicut

I’m using “Islamist” in the modern meaning of “Wanting a government based on Islam”.

I think the rejection of Umarov’s claim to an Emirate by so many Chechen politicians and military leaders, who want to see a return of th Republic, demonstrates that very well.

And even Umarov rejects Wahabism.

However, I expect the influence of the Islamic Radicals to grow there as the conflict continues, since it’s something that breeds well in dark and bloody places.

Do you have a link backing up that claim?

re: #217 darthstar

No, dear…I was simply being ironic. Of course we won’t sell weapons to Chavez…now.

Have we ever sold weapons to him? Link?

re: #219 drcordell

Our defense spending.

We don’t sell weapons to fucking Commie dictators.

re: #218 Varek Raith

When you bought it did you next ask where the Prozac isle was?
/

re: #222 MandyManners

We don’t sell weapons to fucking Commie dictators.

Dictators, yes.

Commie dictators, no.

re: #220 MandyManners

Sure.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

[Link: www.rferl.org…]

He’s an Islamist, or thinks that he can gain more power by pretending to be one, and he’s an Israel-hater, but not a Wahabist.

And, like I said, a lot of other Chechen leaders rejected him when he declared the Emirate, and want the Republic back.

re: #222 MandyManners

We don’t sell weapons to fucking Commie dictators.

No, just right-wing dictators, Islamic fundamentalists and insurgent groups.

re: #221 MandyManners

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk…]

Looks like we banned it in 2006. So we did, most likely, sell before then.

He wasn’t so dictatorial before then, though. But well on his way.

re: #225 Obdicut

Sure.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

[Link: www.rferl.org…]

He’s an Islamist, or thinks that he can gain more power by pretending to be one, and he’s an Israel-hater, but not a Wahabist.

And, like I said, a lot of other Chechen leaders rejected him when he declared the Emirate, and want the Republic back.

Thanks to the Russians, it’s been a long, long time.

Except for the Islamists, I feel for the Chechens and Ingush.

BTW, one need not be a Wahibist in order to blow shit up.

Just gonna’ drop the rope before I rip a few new ones.

re: #227 Obdicut

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Looks like we banned it in 2006. So we did, most likely, sell before then.

He wasn’t so dictatorial before then, though. But well on his way.

But Chavez is a good guy!! Danny Glover said so!!
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re: #229 MandyManners

Just gonna’ drop the rope before I rip a few new ones.

in bed?

re: #230 Cannadian Club Akbar

But Chavez is a good guy!! Danny Glover said so!!
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We certainly like him enough to keep buying as much oil as we can from him.

re: #232 drcordell

We certainly like him enough to keep buying as much oil as we can from him.

I don’t.

re: #228 MandyManners

I know, Mandy. I was just pointing out that the most important Islamist leader there isn’t a Wahabist, and was himself rejected by many Chechen separatist leaders for declaring the Emirate.

That being said, Islamic Radical support will grow in the region, and Russia will use it as an excuse for horrible things. And the civilians in the region will suffer, no matter what they do.

re: #232 drcordell

Meh, oil is fungible, it makes no difference if you buy directly or not.

re: #233 Cannadian Club Akbar

I don’t.

But somebody is importing Chavez’s oil into the U.S. and paying for it. Doesn’t really matter whether or not you directly buy Citgo gasoline.

re: #209 lawhawk

I think everyone just needs to chill… relax… and go to Philly (can’t believe I just wrote that)… /

Legalize it, tax it and move on.

re: #236 drcordell

But somebody is importing Chavez’s oil into the U.S. and paying for it. Doesn’t really matter whether or not you directly buy Citgo gasoline.

IIRC, stations on the Florida Turnpike had/has Citco. At the end of the contract, the state won’t renew. And 7-11 down here stopped operations with them.

re: #238 Cannadian Club Akbar

IIRC, stations on the Florida Turnpike had/has Citco. At the end of the contract, the state won’t renew. And 7-11 down here stopped operations with them.

Right. But at the end of the day they are still in business in the USA. And I wouldn’t be surprised to find that Venezuelan crude oil made its way into the U.S. oil supply in ways other than Citgo gasoline.

re: #222 MandyManners

We don’t sell weapons to fucking Commie dictators.

AND AREN’T YOU GLAD WE DON’T SELL WEAPONS TO FUCKING COMMIE DICTATORS NOW!!!??

re: #237 ryannon

Legalize it, tax it and move on.

California is going to have its chance coming up in 2010. Even if they manage to legalize through the ballot box, I can’t imagine the Roberts court will have any problem striking that law down immediately. He’s probably already salivating at the thought.

re: #241 drcordell

California is going to have its chance coming up in 2010. Even if they manage to legalize through the ballot box, I can’t imagine the Roberts court will have any problem striking that law down immediately. He’s probably already salivating at the thought.

Kinda like the 9th Circuit court slaps down the will of the people?

Crap. Gotta run. BBL.

The Fox Financial channel was just hyping a survey that shows 46% of TV weathermen and women are global warming skeptics. I guess if that local hot weather gal is a skeptic, that should settle it. BTW, the revaluation came in a interview from a guy from a group called “CO2 is green” who thinks the more CO2 the better.

CO2 is green.

re: #244 avanti

The Fox Financial channel was just hyping a survey that shows 46% of TV weathermen and women are global warming skeptics. I guess if that local hot weather gal is a skeptic, that should settle it. BTW, the revaluation came in a interview from a guy from a group called “CO2 is green” who thinks the more CO2 the better.

CO2 is green.

100% of TV weathermen and woman also got their jobs based on how attractive they are. My father has been a local TV news director for going on 30 years now, and I practically grew up in a TV newsroom. And let me just say, I can count on one hand the number of anchors I’ve met that weren’t self-loving blowhard douchebags.

They really do think reading the TelePrompTer is God’s work. They really do take themselves entirely too seriously. And no, they don’t realize that they are reading the news on TV because of what their face looks like and not the grey matter behind it.

re: #242 Cannadian Club Akbar

Kinda like the 9th Circuit court slaps down the will of the people?

Not really sure what you’re referring to?

“Islam is a religion of knowledge,” the cleric told a television audience. “Unfortunately, some people attempt to use Islam — the religion of knowledge, goodness, and development — wrongly or for their own selfish ends.”

It’s a message that might not appear extraordinary — the virtues and peaceful nature of Islam have long been espoused — until you consider the source. As imam-khatib at Tashkent’s Kukeldash Mosque, Anvar Qori Tursunov enjoys the backing of the Uzbek authorities, making it apparent that his words address not only Islamic adversaries, but perceived enemies of the state itself.

In the ideological vacuum left by the demise of communism, religion reentered the scene in Central Asia. And with officially sanctioned Islam pitted against outside interpretations that authorities do not want to take root, the region’s regimes have deployed clerics like Tursunov in an ongoing battle for influence.

Central Asia’s Islamic history dates back more than a millennium, but for most of the 20th century, the region was part of the Soviet Union, cut off from the rest of the Islamic world. With the fall of the USSR, the newly independent states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan quickly re-embraced their Islamic heritage.

Islamic groups saw fertile recruiting ground in the region, with its 50 million primarily Sunni Muslims. Since making their entrance to the region, they have posed an immense challenge to clerics like Tursunov in thousands of officially registered mosques.

Zeyno Baran, a senior fellow and director for the Center for Eurasian Policy at the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C., says that the governments of Central Asia were unprepared for the arrival of widely divergent religious groups from outside the region.

“Central Asia was perfect ground and many of the governments in Central Asia at the time, including Uzbekistan, did not understand that not all Islamic groups are the same,” Baran says.” They did not know and they did not understand that some of them are radical, some of them have political ideologies.”

Over time, the states of Central Asia tried to strengthen the voice of their official interpretations of Islam by silencing the outsiders. Hizb-ut Tahrir from the Middle East, Tablighi Jama’at from Pakistan, Salafiya from the Arab world, and Nurchilar from Turkey were banned, among other groups.

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mornin’, jokers

And the Gazans are at it again - another kassam attack against Israel, but no casualties reported.

re: #249 lawhawk

And the Gazans are at it again - another kassam attack against Israel, but no casualties reported.

But they’re just harmless pipe bombs!!!!

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re: #248 cliffster

mornin’, jokers

I’m not a joker… I’m a smoker and a midnight toker, though.

Well, I was…

Gazan terrorists looking to unify their tactics and operations against Israel.

The Palestinian factions of the Gaza Strip met on Sunday night to discuss prospects for inter Palestinian reconciliation, as well as a possible truce with Israel, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported on Monday morning.

According to the Arab publication, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Democratic Front all participated in the meeting. Representatives of the West Bank-based Fatah movement had been set to attend, but reportedly issued a last-minute cancellation.

Al-Sharq Al-Awsat quoted Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha as saying the meeting constituted the “first fruits” of a series of inter-Palestinian talks to resolve the situation in the Gaza Strip and lead to the removal of the blockade and “Israeli aggression.” He also reportedly urged the international community to take a stand against Israel’s “threats” and “policies against” the Palestinians.

re: #245 drcordell

Oh Looouuu…

Many of the Arab Christians flocking to holy sites in Israel this Easter Sunday come from neighboring Jordan.

Those who make the trek – and, as part of a broader rise in religious tourism, more are making it every year – risk their professional reputation and their family’s disapproval.

For a country whose 1994 peace treaty with Israel was never accepted at the popular level, receiving an entry stamp, let alone a visa from Israel, is considered “treason” to the Arab cause.

But despite a growing movement to discredit those involved with the “Zionist enemy,” hundreds of Jordanians risk their careers and reputation to complete a pilgrimage to holy sites in Israel’s occupied territories.

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Anti-Normalization activists are determined to crack down on the practice this holiday to bring to light those who have “normalized with the enemy,” according to Muslim Brotherhood and National Anti- Normalization Committee leader Hamzah Mansour.

“This is supporting Zionist efforts to rid the holy lands and Palestine of its inhabitants, and it is forbidden,” he said.

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Here’s a good one if you’re a Toyota fan..

A Deep Dive into Toyota Sudden Acceleration Accident Stats

Several things are striking. First, the age distribution really is extremely skewed. The overwhelming majority are over 55. Here’s what else you notice: a slight majority of the incidents involved someone either parking, pulling out of a parking space, in stop and go traffic, at a light or stop sign.. in other words, probably starting up from a complete stop.