1 | SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Jul 25, 2012 8:50:58pm |
I can't believe he didn't marry the excellent horse-like lady.
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
3 | jaunte Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:11:48pm |
There may be the beginnings of a sequel of sorts to Black Widow, here.
4 | austin_blue Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:20:26pm |
My attorney was lying in the bathwater listening to Jefferson Airplane and tripping on acid when he yelled at me "It's White Rabbit! Throw the cassette player into the bathtub at the climax! I want to get as high as I possibly can!"
5 | Kragar Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:23:31pm |
re: #4 austin_blue
My attorney was lying in the bathwater listening to Jefferson Airplane and tripping on acid when he yelled at me "It's White Rabbit! Throw the cassette player into the bathtub at the climax! I want to get as high as I possibly can!"
Look, there's two women fucking a polar bear.
7 | Kragar Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:26:41pm |
9 | jaunte Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:29:51pm |
re: #8 Gus
Don't go near the elevator, man, that's just what they want us to do. Trap us in a steel box, take us down to the basement.
10 | simoom Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:30:08pm |
I'm guessing this is another story from the same UK Telegraph interview with those two Romney foreign policy team advisers who were responsible for the "Anglo-Saxon heritage" idiocy.
David Cameron 'angered US conservatives' with 'unprecedented' election-year embrace of Barack Obama
David Cameron has failed to build alliances with the Republican Party and angered American conservatives with his "unprecedented" election-year embrace of Barack Obama, advisers to Mitt Romney have complained.
Seems a little odd to be criticizing/attacking the foreign leader who's about to host a meeting with your candidate, but what do I know.
11 | Kragar Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:32:38pm |
re: #9 jaunte
Don't go near the elevator, man, that's just what they want us to do. Trap us in a steel box, take us down to the basement.
With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he'll never know.
12 | freetoken Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:32:47pm |
re: #10 simoom
Given that the supposedly "conservative" Tories are well more "socialist" than many in the US Democratic party, it's not surprising that the UK ruling elites see the American Republican party as something of a throwback.
13 | Mich-again Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:33:26pm |
re: #10 simoom
I wonder if the alleged "adviser" was just one of the rabble of RWNJ bloggers Mitt met with.
14 | Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:34:15pm |
This anti-cow tipping sign could have been designed better. twitpic.com/abthyk— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) July 26, 2012
15 | freetoken Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:34:23pm |
re: #13 Mich-again
Swaine is sticking by his story that the advisor is part of Romney's advising team.
18 | freetoken Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:42:36pm |
re: #16 simoom
That's a sheep silhouette isn't it?
I think the sign doesn't mean what some people think it means...
19 | simoom Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:44:42pm |
re: #13 Mich-again
I wonder if the alleged "adviser" was just one of the rabble of RWNJ bloggers Mitt met with.
The Telegraph's background attribution was "two Romney advisers" that are members of his "foreign policy advisory team," so probably not:
[Link: abcnews.go.com...]
Coinciding with Mitt Romney's arrival in London for a six day foreign trip, The Telegraph reported two Romney advisers, later characterized as members of "the foreign policy advisory team," said President Obama could not fully understand the "Anglo-Saxon heritage" between the U.S. and Britain.
20 | Mich-again Wed, Jul 25, 2012 9:54:08pm |
re: #19 simoom
maybe in this list then ..
Foreign Policy and National Security Advisory Team
(announced Oct. 6, 2011) Special advisors Cofer Black - Christopher Burnham - Michael Chertoff - Eliot Cohen - Norm Coleman - John Danilovich - Paula Dobriansky - Eric Edelman - Michael Hayden - Kerry Healey - Kim Holmes - Robert Joseph - Robert Kagan - John Lehman - Walid Phares - Pierre Prosper - Mitchell Reiss - Daniel Senor - Jim Talent - Vin Weber - Richard Williamson - Dov Zakheim. also regional and functional working groups. (added Nov. 29, 2011) Congresswoman ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart and former Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart.
Maybe one of them is a anglo saxophonist?
21 | simoom Wed, Jul 25, 2012 10:03:14pm |
re: #20 Mich-again
Also, potentially, John Bolton:
[Link: abcnews.go.com...]
Though he is not listed as an official member of Romney’s foreign-policy and national-security advisory team, former U.N. ambassador and prominent neoconservative John Bolton has been identified in media reports as an influential policy voice in Romney’s circle.
22 | dragonath Wed, Jul 25, 2012 10:06:42pm |
This is lame, even for Romney:
The ad’s suggestion that the Fisker loan was a reward to a political supporter also falls flat. The program was approved initially by the Bush administration.
23 | Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jul 25, 2012 10:30:29pm |
re: #4 austin_blue
My attorney was lying in the bathwater listening to Jefferson Airplane and tripping on acid when he yelled at me "It's White Rabbit! Throw the cassette player into the bathtub at the climax! I want to get as high as I possibly can!"
Was this bathtub in the same hotel as the bar with the Lizard people?
24 | goddamnedfrank Wed, Jul 25, 2012 11:05:09pm |
Asked in an interview with NBC News whether a citizen should be able to buy “6-thousand rounds off the internet,” Romney responded, “Well this person shouldn’t have had any kind of weapons and bombs and other devices and it was illegal for him to have many of those things already.”ABC News has confirmed that all four weapons used by the alleged shooter were legally purchased, as was the ammunition.
A spokeswoman for Romney said the candidate was referring to the bombs in the alleged shooter’s apartment when he suggested illegality of some of the weapons.
This guy is some special brand of weaselly dumbshit.
25 | freetoken Wed, Jul 25, 2012 11:12:39pm |
re: #24 goddamnedfrank
This guy is some special brand of weaselly dumbshit.
Politics, and especially American politics, is about a politician telling his intended constituents exactly what they want to hear. Romney is going for the NRA vote, so expect him to say exactly what they want to hear.
It's very rare for a politician to have the guts to look at the people he wants to have vote for him and tell them what he knows they don't want to hear.
26 | freetoken Wed, Jul 25, 2012 11:34:22pm |
An encore here - Edita Gruberova does her thing:
27 | dragonath Wed, Jul 25, 2012 11:40:39pm |
28 | engineer cat Wed, Jul 25, 2012 11:40:47pm |
re: #26 freetoken
An encore here - Edita Gruberova does her thing:
[Embedded content]
nice... my opera idn't too good... is that from strauss' ariadne?
29 | freetoken Wed, Jul 25, 2012 11:46:23pm |
re: #28 engineer cat
nice... my opera idn't too good... is that from strauss' ariadne?
It's an interpretation of a Saint-Saens piece.
30 | Kragar Wed, Jul 25, 2012 11:53:56pm |
Here is some epic metal rock opera
31 | freetoken Wed, Jul 25, 2012 11:57:58pm |
32 | Kragar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 12:02:24am |
Ronnie James Dio 1964 - Che Tristezza Senza Te
33 | freetoken Thu, Jul 26, 2012 12:32:07am |
Hey, look what came across the transom yesterday:
Walmart “Christmas In July” Statewide Canned Food Drive
Which reminds me....
No, it's not too early to shop, as there are only 151 more days until Christmas.
37 | freetoken Thu, Jul 26, 2012 1:46:22am |
Now for a bit of Vaughan Williams, his Fantasy on a theme by Thomas Tallis:
38 | Kragar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 1:49:03am |
Ronnie Dio And The Prophets - Everybody's Got A Dance
39 | Kragar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 1:53:31am |
40 | researchok Thu, Jul 26, 2012 2:14:12am |
re: #37 freetoken
The word 'grand' comes to mind
44 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 5:53:44am |
Good morning Lizardia!
Light overcast and warm in Philadelphia.
Local sports talk appears to be concentrating on football with training camps opening and to a degree have already written off the Phillies. (Meanwhile, the Pirates remain in contention in their division...)
One local sports talk radio bomb-tosser who also does a column in the free Metro paper every week did a vindictive and typically snide takedown on Joe Paterno. Bully calling someone else a bully. Strange that he never spoke up for this before Paterno was dead. :p
Otherwise, things are calm and in a rut. But some vacation time next week since I have to go to Pittsburgh for a conference - so I am taking an extra few days off to go visiting some old haunts.
45 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 5:58:34am |
re: #44 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
a vindictive and typically snide takedown on Joe Paterno.
I can imagine pissing on a grave will reach Olympian Proportions there by the time college football season kicks off
46 | Flounder Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:03:30am |
Dexter actress goes missing:
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
I hope they find her.
47 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:05:36am |
re: #45 sattv4u2
a vindictive and typically snide takedown on Joe Paterno.
I can imagine pissing on a grave will reach Olympian Proportions there by the time college football season kicks off
There has been less than I thought. That this writer/radio guy advocated nuking the program entirely for 2-3 years last week was no surprise. It's part of his MO as bomb-thrower to make semi-outrageous proclamations in order to stir up callers. (For example he wrote partway through last football season that he wanted the Eagles to lose their last 5-6 games so that they would then fire their head coach.)
So that he wrote this column was not that surprising. That most of it revolved around "I'm glad something finally took down this cranky and arrogant bully that noone would face" was surprising. And some pathetic glee was Paterno was now "an average Joe" and no longer the coach with the most wins was pretty stupid. That part of the NCAA penalty was pure window dressing, only impressive to stat wonks and people riding band wagons.
48 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:05:41am |
re: #46 Tommy's cone of shame
Dexter actress goes missing:
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
I hope they find her.
unharmed and safe
49 | CuriousLurker Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:06:49am |
Hey Destro, WTH is up with the serial down-dings on Bob's Pages? Lame.
50 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:07:33am |
re: #49 CuriousLurker
Hey Destro, WTH is up with the serial down-dings on Bob's Pages? Lame.
COOOBBBBRRRAAAA!
52 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:10:17am |
re: #47 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
There has been less than I thought.
True, but the "outsiders" (non-Pennsyvanians) have been harsher
So that he wrote this column was not that surprising
As you stated, it's this guys MO
That part of the NCAA penalty was pure window dressing
Totally agree. It changes history. Those games were played and won. It doesn't "hurt" Joe Pa right now. I could almost see it if he were still alive,, almost. What of all the players that participated
"Son,, I'm going to show you a video of a game dad played in, but not really!!"
53 | simoom Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:11:48am |
The overseas trip is off to an excellent start I see:
Romney backtracks on criticism of London Olympics
US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney tried on Thursday to calm a row over unflattering comments he made about the London Olympics, as he met a series of British political leaders.
The Republican former governor of Massachusetts jetted in with wife Ann on Wednesday for a three-day trip which will take in the opening ceremony and a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron.
But he caused a storm in Britain when he said in a television interview aired Wednesday that there were "disconcerting" reports about London's Olympic preparations, and questioned whether Britons were behind the Games.
...
In an interview with NBC News in London on Wednesday, Romney had said more pessimistically it was "hard to know just how well it will turn out."
"There are a few things that were disconcerting," he said."The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials -- that obviously is not something which is encouraging."
British border officials on Wednesday called off a 24-hour walkout by immigration staff scheduled for Thursday.
Romney even called into question whether the British people as a whole were supportive of the event.
"Do they come together and celebrate the Olympic moment? That's something which we only find out once the Games actually begin," he said.
Cameron insisted that Britons would be behind the Games, despite the country facing an economic downturn, and said the big turnout for the Olympic torch relay around the country showed the national spirit."I think we'll show the whole world not just that we come together as a United Kingdom, but also we're extremely good at welcoming people from across the world," he told a press conference at the Olympic Park on Thursday.
"I'll obviously make those points to Mitt Romney, I'm looking forward to our meeting later today."
Romney's Olympic eye is keener than most. The multimillionaire former businessman and investor was called in to head the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City after preparations were marred by scandal.
But his comments on London's readiness were greeted with scorn in the British press.
...
Romney has a personal connection with the London Games. His wife co-owns the horse Rafalca, which will compete in Olympic dressage.
Her husband however sounded on NBC like he knew little about competitive dressage, which in London marks its 100th year as an Olympic sport.
"I have to tell you. This is Ann's sport. I'm not even sure which day the sport goes on," he said. "She will get the chance to see it, I will not be watching the event."
54 | Mattand Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:14:10am |
re: #44 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
Good morning Lizardia!
Light overcast and warm in Philadelphia.
Local sports talk appears to be concentrating on football with training camps opening and to a degree have already written off the Phillies. (Meanwhile, the Pirates remain in contention in their division...)
One local sports talk radio bomb-tosser who also does a column in the free Metro paper every week did a vindictive and typically snide takedown on Joe Paterno. Bully calling someone else a bully. Strange that he never spoke up for this before Paterno was dead. :p
Otherwise, things are calm and in a rut. But some vacation time next week since I have to go to Pittsburgh for a conference - so I am taking an extra few days off to go visiting some old haunts.
Wasn't Cataldi by any chance, was it?
55 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:15:51am |
re: #53 simoom
In an interview with NBC News in London on Wednesday, Romney had said more pessimistically it was "hard to know just how well it will turn out."
"There are a few things that were disconcerting," he said.
"The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials -- that obviously is not something which is encouraging."
He's absolutely correct
The Brits have had inquiries into the security problems.
[Link: stream.wsj.com...]
CNN has (and is still) running stories about it
[Link: edition.cnn.com...]
London's Olympic security headache
Just GOOGLE Olympic Security Concerns
[Link: www.google.com...]
56 | Obdicut Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:17:49am |
re: #55 sattv4u2
There's lots of things that one could say that are perfectly correct, but are completely undiplomatic. Wannabe presidents are supposed to know this shit.
57 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:18:34am |
re: #52 sattv4u2
There has been less than I thought.
True, but the "outsiders" (non-Pennsyvanians) have been harsher
So that he wrote this column was not that surprising
As you stated, it's this guys MO
That part of the NCAA penalty was pure window dressing
Totally agree. It changes history. Those games were played and won. It doesn't "hurt" Joe Pa right now. I could almost see it if he were still alive,, almost. What of all the players that participated
"Son,, I'm going to show you a video of a game dad played in, but not really!!"
Haven't seen (or looked to be honest) for much opinion on the subject. Living in the sphere of influence of Penn State Football there is a lot of careful stepping around going on.
The PSU boosters are distraught and still coming to grips with things I think. The boosters of their rivals (of which category I fall into) are taking some secret glee in this - but also do not think this downfall was in any way worth the cost that led to it. So there is a cloud of mourning, betrayal, and denial hanging about the region still I think.
Outside of that I am sure people see things in a much clearer light. Not being part of the "the cult" or in its area of influence it is easier to see that the gravity of the crimes outweigh the other considerations and thus believe that it is obvious that the penalties are deserved and that the community should be forcefully moving to correct the situation and ensure that it never ever happens again.
58 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:19:02am |
re: #56 Obdicut
There's lots of things that one could say that are perfectly correct, but are completely undiplomatic. Wannabe presidents are supposed to know this shit.
So should sitting Presidents
59 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:19:07am |
60 | simoom Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:20:07am |
re: #55 sattv4u2
Right, but Romney is not there in a managerial capacity to remind everyone about how well he ran the SLC Olympics at the expense of the current one -- he's there in a diplomatic capacity. Obviously telling the Brits they're F'ing it all up and they lack Olympic spirit is a particularly spectacular bit of failed diplomacy and that's why he's trying to walk it back at every stop he's making.
61 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:23:02am |
Heading to Georgia's "Wine Country" today with Wifey
Should we take a vineyard tour/ wine tasting or go see a couple of the old gold mines
decisions decisions!!!
62 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:23:21am |
re: #60 simoom
Right, but Romney is not there in a managerial capacity to remind everyone about how well he ran the SLC Olympics at the expense of the current one -- he's there in a diplomatic capacity. Obviously telling the Brits they're F'ing it all up and they lack Olympic spirit is a particularly spectacular bit of failed diplomacy and that's why he's trying to walk it back at every stop he's making.
But tact is a peon skill.
63 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:24:24am |
re: #61 sattv4u2
Heading to Georgia's "Wine Country" today with Wifey
Should we take a vineyard tour/ wine tasting or go see a couple of the old gold mines
decisions decisions!!!
See gold mines with a glass of wine.
Win-win.
64 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:24:57am |
re: #61 sattv4u2
Heading to Georgia's "Wine Country" today with Wifey
Should we take a vineyard tour/ wine tasting or go see a couple of the old gold mines
decisions decisions!!!
What's the weather like? Assuming the gold mines are underground cool and damp on a hot and muggy day might be more enjoyable than being above ground. Or you need to find a winery partially built into an old gold mine...
65 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:26:34am |
re: #63 Varek Raith
See gold mines with a glass of wine.
Win-win.
Lessee
Gold mine, they take you down to the caverns (walking all the way) and you have to actually pan for your own gold then walk all the way back up
Vineyard,, you sit on a porch overlooking the scenery, they bring you glasses of wines and cheese
umm,,decision made!!
66 | Obdicut Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:26:43am |
re: #60 simoom
It's kind of telling that Romney often seems to think that the best way to promote himself is through negative comparisons.
68 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:28:05am |
re: #64 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
What's the weather like? Assuming the gold mines are underground cool and damp on a hot and muggy day might be more enjoyable than being above ground. Or you need to find a winery partially built into an old gold mine...
Leaving the high 90's of suburban Atlanta to go to the mid to high 80's of the Georgia foothills (and less humid)
69 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:30:59am |
re: #65 sattv4u2
Lessee
Gold mine, they take you down to the caverns (walking all the way) and you have to actually pan for your own gold then walk all the way back up
Vineyard,, you sit on a porch overlooking the scenery, they bring you glasses of wines and cheese
umm,,decision made!!
Will there be banjo music?
(My experience of rural Georgia is getting a little outside of Athens back in the mid-80s to hit a BBQ place with my brother. An interesting experience.)
70 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:32:27am |
re: #69 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
Will there be banjo music?
(My experience of rural Georgia is getting a little outside of Athens back in the mid-80s to hit a BBQ place with my brother. An interesting experience.)
LOL
Co-worker has the T-Shirt
"Paddle Faster, I Hear Banjo Music"
No, Dahlonega Georgia is more Napa Valley-ish than Deliverance-ish
71 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:36:29am |
re: #70 sattv4u2
LOL
Co-worker has the T-Shirt
"Paddle Faster, I Hear Banjo Music"
No, Dahlonega Georgia is more Napa Valley-ish than Deliverance-ish
The world does have its various oddities.
I visited my brother down in Lubbock, Texas in 1990 or so when he got married. We also went and visited a winery near there. Not the sort of land you'd expect to find one. (Then again there are alligator farms in Colorado.)
72 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:38:10am |
re: #71 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
The world does have its various oddities.
I visited my brother down in Lubbock, Texas in 1990 or so when he got married. We also went and visited a winery near there. Not the sort of land you'd expect to find one. (Then again there are alligator farms in Colorado.)
True. It's funny how we have a mental "label" for an entire region
73 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:41:14am |
re: #70 sattv4u2
LOL
Co-worker has the T-Shirt
"Paddle Faster, I Hear Banjo Music"
No, Dahlonega Georgia is more Napa Valley-ish than Deliverance-ish
Have you been to Westville? Learn to make your own wine and everything else you need (like bricks).
[Link: www.westville.org...]
74 | Interesting Times Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:43:47am |
If Rafalca is a true Romney, she's lying about the other horses now. "That mare wants to take everyone else's oats."— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) July 26, 2012
75 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:44:10am |
re: #73 Decatur Deb
Have you been to Westville? Learn to make your own wine and everything else you need (like bricks).
[Link: www.westville.org...]
Yes
Son had a weekend soccer tourney in Warner Robbins. Monday morning we headed there (about an hours drive), spent the night and most of the next day before heading home
Really cool!
76 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:50:41am |
So, I bought a house.
(Now there's more SPACE to put more STUFF. I think I'd better BUY more STUFF. Then I can fill up all of the SPACE so I feel like there's no SPACE to put STUFF so I can BUY another HOUSE to have more SPACE to put STUFF)
77 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:54:08am |
re: #76 erik_t
So, I bought a house.
(Now there's more SPACE to put more STUFF. I think I'd better BUY more STUFF. Then I can fill up all of the SPACE so I feel like there's no SPACE to put STUFF so I can BUY another HOUSE to have more SPACE to put STUFF)
CONGRATS!!!!
re: "stuff"
We moved 3 times (Boston to North Carolina to Boston to Georgia) in a 14 month span
The 1st move we went to a smaller place forcing us to box a bunch of "stuff" and store it.
Here we are, 2 moves and 12 years later and most of the "stuff' is still in the original boxes either in our attic or the garage!!
78 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:54:23am |
re: #75 sattv4u2
Yes
Son had a weekend soccer tourney in Warner Robbins. Monday morning we headed there (about an hours drive), spent the night and most of the next day before heading home
Really cool!
Wife did a dulcimer fest there. (I liked it much more when I had to haul her dulcimer. Now she's into steel drum.)
79 | Obdicut Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:57:24am |
re: #78 Decatur Deb
I liked it much more when I had to haul her dulcimer.
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
80 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:58:01am |
re: #77 sattv4u2
The couches-atop-a-Civic is the part I'm most looking forward to...
81 | darthstar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:58:05am |
re: #78 Decatur Deb
Wife did a dulcimer fest there. (I liked it much more when I had to haul her dulcimer. Now she's into steel drum.)
Love a good dulcimer jam.
Mornin' Deb, everyone else.
82 | darthstar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:58:44am |
re: #80 erik_t
The couches-atop-a-Civic is the part I'm most looking forward to...
Want to borrow my Smart Car?
83 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:58:48am |
84 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:59:30am |
85 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 6:59:39am |
re: #82 darthstar
Want to borrow my Smart Car?
If you had two smart cars you could put the couch between them and make a catamaran.
86 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:00:20am |
87 | lawhawk Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:00:37am |
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. I'm surprised Iran took as long as it did to blame Israel for the bombing in Bulgaria that killed a bunch of Israelis at the airport as an inside job. Israel has laid blame on Iran/Hizbullah.
Meanwhile, Iran has reportedly launched the first domestically built oil tanker, which is designed to help Iran circumvent sanctions against the country. The tanker was purchased by Venezuela.
And all while Israel and most of the Middle East is focused on Iranian designs on the region, there are growing concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood among Sunni-majority Gulf-state regimes. They're worried about being overthrown.
Some of this is a by-product of the Arab Spring, but there are legitimate concerns about the MB and their designs on power in various countries in the region. The Saudis helped quell protests in Bahrain to prop up the regime there, in part because of concerns about Iranian influence backing the protesters. The existing regimes don't want to see their power questioned, let alone diminished (either through agreed-upon changes/liberalization, or by open questioning of authority protests/insurrections, etc.). They're as much about preserving the status quo, even though the situation is hardly ideal for those living under these regimes or for the policies they support domestically or abroad.
And complicating all this? Syria and the ongoing civil war there. The violence continues unabated and there's no sign the situation will improve anytime soon. Assad's goons and Alawite dominated militias continue their vengeance against opposition militias giving still more fuel to a sectarian conflict. That's on top of Assad's military continuing operations against rebel-held strongholds in Aleppo and Damascus neighborhoods.
88 | lawhawk Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:01:21am |
re: #76 erik_t
Congrats, and bonus points for the Carlin reference.
89 | darthstar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:01:25am |
re: #86 erik_t
Does it have a roof rack?
No, but I have soft straps I put on it for my surfboard, which might actually be a few inches longer than the car.
90 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:02:31am |
re: #89 darthstar
No, but I have soft straps I put on it for my surfboard, which might actually be a few inches longer than the car.
hell. my arms are a few inches longer than the car ,,,, and I have short arms!!
91 | darthstar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:04:04am |
Not to change the subject, but I like the fact that Mitt Romney seems to think people speculating about how dishonest he was with his taxes is better for him than people simply knowing that he got away with almost paying nothing for a couple of years. "People will think I'm evil if they know the truth about me." is a new one in Presidential races.
Tough qs for Mitt in Manchester.(And I don't mean Great Britain.)Thunder from Right on Romney's refusal to disclose.bit.ly/P2RvuI— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) July 26, 2012
92 | A Mom Anon Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:05:55am |
re: #90 sattv4u2
Little Debbie snacks did a promo a year or so ago. They painted a fleet of Smart Cars to look just like little chocolate cupcakes,complete with the little white curly-q frosting design on top.
93 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:06:27am |
re: #89 darthstar
No, but I have soft straps I put on it for my surfboard, which might actually be a few inches longer than the car.
Sounds like my canoe situation.
94 | darthstar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:07:09am |
Oh, dear...this is good news. Sorry, Romney.
Dow Jones average jumps 240 points after European Central Bank vows to keep the euro intact - @AP— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) July 26, 2012
95 | simoom Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:09:32am |
re: #91 darthstar
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Heh, it being the Union Leader I thought it would be amusing to see how many comments it would take before someone posted the popular RW standby about Pres. Obama needing to release his college transcripts first. The answer is three:
Jason Czekalski said:
Romney should refuse to turn over anything else until Obama releases his education records.
July 26, 2012 6:43 am
96 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:12:23am |
97 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:12:36am |
re: #95 simoom
Heh, it being the Union Leader I thought it would be amusing to see how many comments it would take before someone posted the popular RW standby about Pres. Obama needing to release his college transcripts first. The answer is three:
If I were Obama and the prevailing mood was that my college bullshit from twenty years ago was more relevant to the Presidency than Romney's tax returns from last fucking year, you know, I'd take a perverse sort of pride in that.
98 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:12:40am |
re: #95 simoom
Heh, it being the Union Leader I thought it would be amusing to see how many comments it would take before someone posted the popular RW standby about Pres. Obama needing to release his college transcripts first. The answer is three:
HE ONCE GOT A C IN INTRODUCTORY PSYCH AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BARRY HUSSAIN OBUMMER
99 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:13:23am |
re: #96 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
In old GDR, couch carry Trabant!
;)
The rarely-seen Trabant joke auto-upding rule is in effect.
100 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:15:29am |
I'm certainly no fan of North Korea (the regime, not the poor people that are under it's yoke), but they were rightfully mad about this
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
North Korea women footballers protest over flag gaffe
North Korea's Olympic women's football team walked off the pitch for an hour at their opening London 2012 match tonight after organisers mistakenly introduced the players using South Korea's flag.
I know it's probably nothing more than a simple key-stroke error by someone who wasn't paying proper attention to his/her job, but still
101 | William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:15:54am |
re: #76 erik_t
So, I bought a house.
(Now there's more SPACE to put more STUFF. I think I'd better BUY more STUFF. Then I can fill up all of the SPACE so I feel like there's no SPACE to put STUFF so I can BUY another HOUSE to have more SPACE to put STUFF)
May your finances be up to stuff... ///
102 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:16:56am |
re: #100 sattv4u2
I'm certainly no fan of North Korea (the regime, not the poor people that are under it's yoke), but they were rightfully mad about this
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
North Korea women footballers protest over flag gaffe
North Korea's Olympic women's football team walked off the pitch for an hour at their opening London 2012 match tonight after organisers mistakenly introduced the players using South Korea's flag.I know it's probably nothing more than a simple key-stroke error by someone who wasn't paying proper attention to his/her job, but still
Yeah, I thought that was a pretty obvious one *not* to get wrong.
A bit like having the USA team running out under the old USSR flag in the 70s. "Hey, they're similar abbreviations!"
103 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:17:03am |
Mah brain! Mah brain! Well, it's still working this morning. Sort of.
104 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:17:33am |
re: #99 erik_t
The rarely-seen Trabant joke auto-upding rule is in effect.
Pulled some duty at an old MiG base near Erfurt after the wall came down. The Trabi's were piled about 12 high along the roadside. Apparently they don't melt down or bio-degrade.
105 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:18:04am |
re: #102 iossarian
Yeah, I thought that was a pretty obvious one *not* to get wrong.
A bit like having the USA team running out under the old USSR flag in the 70s. "Hey, they're similar abbreviations!"
Whoever was running the video board probably just typed in Korea and then hit the wrong one for the flag insert
106 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:18:31am |
re: #104 Decatur Deb
Pulled some duty at an old MIG base near Erfurt after the wall came down. The Trabi's were piled about 12 high along the roadside. Apparently they don't melt down or bio-degrade.
To break down, one must first be up. To degrade, one must first be... grade.
107 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:19:05am |
re: #104 Decatur Deb
Pulled some duty at an old MiG base near Erfurt after the wall came down. The Trabi's were piled about 12 high along the roadside. Apparently they don't melt down or bio-degrade.
OR ,, they were being prepared to be used as a high rise condo development!
108 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:19:21am |
re: #94 darthstar
Oh, dear...this is good news. Sorry, Romney.
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Cameron giving Romney some pointers on how to plunge your country into a double-dip recession: yfrog.com/oc5plkzkj— Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 26, 2012
109 | Flounder Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:19:26am |
Thursday's daily dose of business 101 with John Crudele
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
He even threw in a Ron Paul to boot!
110 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:20:17am |
re: #107 sattv4u2
OR ,, they were being prepared to be used as a high rise condo development!
Wonder what their blaubuch value is now.
111 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:21:22am |
112 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:22:40am |
113 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:22:56am |
re: #108 Gus
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Yeah, the UK economy is screwed right now.
And all because a bunch of super-rich posh boys decided that the way to get out of a depression was to cut social services and hand the savings over to their chums!
A scenario which has no chance of occurring here, thank god.
/
114 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:23:35am |
re: #104 Decatur Deb
Pulled some duty at an old MiG base near Erfurt after the wall came down. The Trabi's were piled about 12 high along the roadside. Apparently they don't melt down or bio-degrade.
Duroplast
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
Heh. Not metal. Doesn't biodegrade (normally), but it's edible. I wonder how many wags have suggested breaking it down into kibble and feeding it to the poor.
115 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:24:37am |
re: #112 Decatur Deb
Heh. Worth more than my Rover.
[Link: www.hemmings.com...]
1989,,,This is a very nice Trabant with only 32,000 miles
driven by a little babushka only on Sundays
116 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:25:02am |
re: #114 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
Duroplast
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
Heh. Not metal. Doesn't biodegrade (normally), but it's edible. I wonder how many wags have suggested breaking it down into kibble and feeding it to the poor.
Yeah. IIRC, the body was a composite somewhat similar to a billiard ball.
117 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:26:02am |
re: #113 iossarian
Yeah, the UK economy is screwed right now.
And all because a bunch of super-rich posh boys decided that the way to get out of a depression was to cut social services and hand the savings over to their chums!
A scenario which has no chance of occurring here, thank god.
/
Hang on. I think Milton put his foot in his mouth...
David Cameron hits back at Mitt Romney over London 2012 doubts
118 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:26:41am |
re: #117 Gus
Hang on. I think Milton put his foot in his mouth...
David Cameron hits back at Mitt Romney over London 2012 doubts
Damn Soviet Union!
/Romney adviser
120 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:29:03am |
If Romney apologizes to David Cameron for his suggest London is not prepared for the Olympics, do we count that as apologizing for America?— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) July 26, 2012
The Caucus: New Olympic Event: Cameron vs. Romney nyti.ms/NL4wvQ— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 26, 2012
122 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:29:17am |
Okey Dokey then
As stated above, headed to Georgias wine country today
Was looking at the attractions in the town/ area
The #23 attraction is the Dahlonega DAIRY QUEEN!!
Be still, my heart!
123 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:31:42am |
re: #117 Gus
Hang on. I think Milton put his foot in his mouth...
David Cameron hits back at Mitt Romney over London 2012 doubts
"Do they come together and celebrate the Olympic moment? And that's something which we only find out once the Games actually begin. It is hard to know just how well it will turn out," said Romney.
Can't wait until he gets to Ben Gurion.
124 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:35:18am |
re: #123 Decatur Deb
"Do they come together and celebrate the Olympic moment? And that's something which we only find out once the Games actually begin. It is hard to know just how well it will turn out," said Romney.
Can't wait until he gets to Ben Gurion.
I hear he's also an expert on cookies.
126 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:37:46am |
Looks as if Romney isn't the only American concerned about London's Olympic security
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
127 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:38:21am |
“We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. Of course it’s easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere,”
-- Cameron striking back at Romney
...an allusion to Salt Lake City, which hosted Games that Mr. Romney oversaw.
128 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:40:11am |
re: #126 sattv4u2
Looks as if Romney isn't the only American concerned about London's Olympic security
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Romney's also worried about the Soviet Union.
129 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:40:38am |
re: #128 Varek Raith
Romney's also worried about the Soviet Union.
Well, Putin is trying to get the band back together!!
130 | gwangung Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:41:02am |
re: #127 Gus
“We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. Of course it’s easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere,”
-- Cameron striking back at Romney...an allusion to Salt Lake City, which hosted Games that Mr. Romney oversaw.
Bet that'll do a lot for Anglo Saxon relations.
131 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:43:26am |
The Soviet Union is...
bereft of life, bloodless, bought the farm, breathless, buried, cadaverous, checked out, cold, cut off, deceased, defunct, departed, done for, erased, expired, extinct, gone, gone to meet maker, gone to reward, inanimate, inert, late, lifeless, liquidated, mortified, no more, not existing, offed, out of one's misery, passed away, perished, pushing up daisies, reposing, resting in peace, spiritless, stiff, unanimated, wasted
Any questions?
132 | Eventual Carrion Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:44:02am |
re: #130 gwangung
Bet that'll do a lot for Anglo Saxon relations.
Oral sex.
Rmoney: Fuck you!
Cameron: Yeah, well fuck you too!
133 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:44:26am |
re: #130 gwangung
Bet that'll do a lot for Anglo Saxon relations.
I love it. Romney goes to England and has another "7-11 cookie moment."
134 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:44:45am |
135 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:45:10am |
How Romney's campaign would make Breitbart proud: bit.ly/PMvhlo #AngloSaxon— The National Memo (@NationalMemo) July 26, 2012
136 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:45:17am |
137 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:45:25am |
David Horowitz warns Charles Darwin & the Muslim Brotherhood are behind everything bad in the world bit.ly/Pvjw2e— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) July 26, 2012
138 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:46:05am |
139 | dragonath Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:46:18am |
re: #96 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
The old GDR had possibly the worst named drink ever:
140 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:47:17am |
“Also worth noting,” the e-mail read, “they both discussed their mutual love of Kit Kat bars.”
Dorks.
141 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:48:05am |
re: #140 Gus
“Also worth noting,” the e-mail read, “they both discussed their mutual love of Kit Kat bars.”
Dorks.
142 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:48:55am |
re: #137 Gus
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George Soros, who is an evil man, who has evil designs on this country, once said, he said he aspired to be the conscience of mankind. He knows that he’s a corrupt businessman who has caused a lot of pain and so he redeems himself by being the champion of the progressive future. That’s what it does for them. If you look at history you will see that all these ‘isms’—communism, socialism, naturalism—they all emerge after Darwin, that is after the decline of organized religion. They replace the religious vision of a redemption in the next life with a communist vision with a redemption in this life, and that is why they are so bloody dangerous.
148 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:52:58am |
150 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:53:44am |
re: #144 Gus
Horowitz: Anthony Weiner is a Jew.
What is with these people and their obsession with labeling everyone. Weiner's Jewish, so fucking what?
151 | Killgore Trout Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:55:00am |
Factcheck.org on yesterday's bombshell Bain revelation: Bain: Still ‘No Evidence
The Obama campaign says a new Associated Press story backs up its claims that Mitt Romney “did not leave [Bain Capital] when he says he did,” and that he’s responsible for “American jobs that were outsourced” by Bain-controlled companies after February 1999. We don’t think so.
...
Is Romney to some degree responsible for decisions made by others in his absence? We’ll leave questions like that to pundits, and voters. But based on the facts, there’s still nothing to show that Romney made the decisions the Obama campaign claimed he did.
152 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:55:25am |
re: #150 iossarian
What is with these people and their obsession with labeling everyone. Weiner's Jewish, so fucking what?
Guess it fits into Horowitz's plan, er blackboard, or notebook...
Delusions. Sounds like he used to drop acid or something. Maybe he's mixing up his flashbacks with his current imagination.
153 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:55:38am |
From an ABC report on the Romney visit, apparently before the Olympic security exchange:
"While I'm on foreign soil, I'm very careful not to be critical of my own government's policies," Romney said. "I would be even more remiss if I were to be critical to any other government's policies. I will instead look forward to an exchange of ideas."
[Link: abcnews.go.com...]
154 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:55:53am |
re: #150 iossarian
What is with these people and their obsession with labeling everyone. Weiner's Jewish, so fucking what?
[using Pam-illogic]
Huma Abedin hasn't been honor-killed for marrying a Joo.
Therefore, it must be part of the Master Islamic Plan!
[/Pam-illogic]
155 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:55:56am |
I think Horowitz's problem is that, because he lives in this fucked-up world where he blindly follows religious regulations that he doesn't really question or indeed understand, he assumes that everyone else must do that as well.
YOU ARE A MUSLIM THEREFORE YOU ALWAYS USE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO OPEN TINS OF CAT FOOD
156 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:56:54am |
157 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:57:03am |
re: #151 Killgore Trout
Factcheck.org on yesterday's bombshell Bain revelation: Bain: Still ‘No Evidence
Which still leaves Romney trying to distance himself from an alleged post-Romney Bain Capital. Still not seeing that are you? What's wrong with Bain after he left?
158 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:57:24am |
re: #151 Killgore Trout
Factcheck.org on yesterday's bombshell Bain revelation: Bain: Still ‘No Evidence
Is Romney to some degree responsible for decisions made by others in his absence? We’ll leave questions like that to pundits, and voters.
Way to stick to your guns, factcheck.org!
159 | Killgore Trout Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:57:28am |
160 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:58:24am |
re: #159 Killgore Trout
Outrage!
You will note that factcheck is now refusing to directly answer the question as to whether Romney is responsible for Bain decisions in the period 1999-2002.
You would have thought, if they thought the answer was "no", they would just say so.
161 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:59:03am |
re: #157 Gus
What's wrong with Bain after he left?
Nothing, from what I can see
Just like before he left, they had some successful ventures, they had some that didn't pan out
163 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:00:16am |
re: #161 sattv4u2
What's wrong with Bain after he left?
Nothing, from what I can see
Just like before he left, they had some successful ventures, they had some that didn't pan out
Romney's a weasel. Fact.
164 | Killgore Trout Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:00:23am |
re: #160 iossarian
You will note that factcheck is now refusing to directly answer the question as to whether Romney is responsible for Bain decisions in the period 1999-2002.
You would have thought, if they thought the answer was "no", they would just say so.
It's hard to prove a negative. He may have been making the decisions at Bain but there's no proof that he did.
165 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:00:32am |
re: #161 sattv4u2
What's wrong with Bain after he left?
Nothing, from what I can see
Just like before he left, they had some successful ventures, they had some that didn't pan out
40% of their profits came from companies that tanked under the debt that Bain loaded onto them.
In one case, they were taking money out while the company was laying people off and filing for bankruptcy.
But in any case, all you really need to know is that Romney thinks being associated with that period is so toxic, that he'll do anything to avoid acknowledging that his signature is all over the various legal filings and agreements.
166 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:00:43am |
re: #160 iossarian
You will note that factcheck is now refusing to directly answer the question as to whether Romney is responsible for Bain decisions in the period 1999-2002.
Funny that.
167 | dragonath Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:00:49am |
Wow, Romney shook some pretty good responses out of the usually terrible comments at the Telegraph. A sample:
He prefers to criticise our culture rather than privatised and corporate incompetents charging millions for very little and the corrupt political system that advances their interests over the nation's. But that is Romney's culture in a nutshell : all for the super-rich via corporate domination of society.
This man represents everything that is wrong with the world today: happy to put the interests of huge corporations and the global elites in front of the needs of ordinary people in his own country, let alone ours.
Romney took over Salt Lake after rampant sleeze, corruption, etc were unmasked amongst the organisers. With a huge injection of federal money he did help to ensure the games ran according to schedule, so deserves credit, but brought a different level of sleeze by giving contracts to friends, firms he owned and political contributors.
His wife's show horse is also participating here in London, but whatever his previous connections, he has no business flying over to cast aspersions about our preparedness. What a toad.
Bringing people together!!
169 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:01:57am |
re: #164 Killgore Trout
It's hard to prove a negative. He may have been making the decisions at Bain but there's no proof that he did.
You could easily prove a negative in this case: come up with the guys who did make the decisions and signed off on them.
They've had weeks and no-one from Bain has come forward to claim responsibility.
That is pretty damning to anyone who isn't viewing this with a preconceived idea of Romney's innocence.
170 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:02:57am |
re: #160 iossarian
You will note that factcheck is now refusing to directly answer the question as to whether Romney is responsible for Bain decisions in the period 1999-2002.
You would have thought, if they thought the answer was "no", they would just say so.
Is Romney to some degree responsible for decisions made by others in his absence? We’ll leave questions like that to pundits, and voters.
Unless there is hard evidence thats an opinion. I don't think FactCheck is an editorial site
171 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:03:07am |
re: #164 Killgore Trout
It's hard to prove a negative. He may have been making the decisions at Bain but there's no proof that he did.
Yeah, that SEC paperwork sure puts a wrench in the gears!
172 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:04:04am |
re: #160 iossarian
You will note that factcheck is now refusing to directly answer the question as to whether Romney is responsible for Bain decisions in the period 1999-2002.
You would have thought, if they thought the answer was "no", they would just say so.
Ha! Good one and true. Factcheck does not provide any proof that Romney did not have any influence. Yet Romney remains in the SEC documents.
173 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:04:10am |
Good morning lizards!
Strange things are going on with my kids. One of my daughters fainted last Friday in Tennessee while we were fishing off my uncle's boat dock. She fell into the water and I had to pull her out. She was probably under the water of 20 or 30 seconds but is fine. She doesn't remember being in the water.
Last night my other daughter fainted in the kitchen. They both are 10.
174 | dragonath Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:04:32am |
Mr Leader? Did Mitt Romney forget Ed Miliband's name?
Mitt Romney follows gaffe over Britain's readiness to hold Olympic games by appearing to forget name of Labour leader
Hehe
175 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:04:57am |
Has Mitt apologized yet?— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 26, 2012
176 | gwangung Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:05:01am |
re: #170 sattv4u2
Is Romney to some degree responsible for decisions made by others in his absence? We’ll leave questions like that to pundits, and voters.
Unless there is hard evidence thats an opinion. I don't think FactCheck is an editorial site
Which is, of course, why they awarded four Pinnochios to the Obama campaign.
They really shot themselves in the foot, and they'e continuing to reload.
177 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:05:14am |
re: #173 NJDhockeyfan
Good morning lizards!
Strange things are going on with my kids. One of my daughters fainted last Friday in Tennessee while we were fishing off my uncle's boat dock. She fell into the water and I had to pull her out. She was probably under the water of 20 or 30 seconds but is fine. She doesn't remember being in the water.
Last night my other daughter fainted in the kitchen. They both are 10.
Doctor.
178 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:05:42am |
re: #170 sattv4u2
Is Romney to some degree responsible for decisions made by others in his absence? We’ll leave questions like that to pundits, and voters.
Unless there is hard evidence thats an opinion. I don't think FactCheck is an editorial site
So, as an informed voter, you have a range of opinions to choose from to answer the question: was Romney making decisions at Bain between 1999 and 2002?
The most pro-Romney position is now: "there's not enough evidence to say".
The most anti-Romney position is now: "yes, clearly he did, look, he signed all of these SEC filings and other forms, and several people at Bain have said that he attended meetings and at the very least negotiated his massive (and massively complex) severance package"
So the truth is presumably somewhere in between. It certainly can't be "he definitely wasn't involved".
179 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:05:54am |
180 | Usually refered to as anyways Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:06:20am |
re: #173 NJDhockeyfan
Good morning lizards!
Strange things are going on with my kids. One of my daughters fainted last Friday in Tennessee while we were fishing off my uncle's boat dock. She fell into the water and I had to pull her out. She was probably under the water of 20 or 30 seconds but is fine. She doesn't remember being in the water.
Last night my other daughter fainted in the kitchen. They both are 10.
Thoughts and good wishes for you and your family.
181 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:06:31am |
182 | blueraven Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:06:40am |
re: #173 NJDhockeyfan
Good morning lizards!
Strange things are going on with my kids. One of my daughters fainted last Friday in Tennessee while we were fishing off my uncle's boat dock. She fell into the water and I had to pull her out. She was probably under the water of 20 or 30 seconds but is fine. She doesn't remember being in the water.
Last night my other daughter fainted in the kitchen. They both are 10.
Yikes...get them to a doctor. Maybe they contracted a virus of some sort. Its probably nothing serious, but still.
184 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:07:26am |
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
We still have the SEC documents. Next!
185 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:07:31am |
186 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:07:55am |
187 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:09:09am |
Retroactive retirement.
Nope, not trying to hide anything here.
188 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:09:11am |
189 | Decatur Deb Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:10:11am |
re: #173 NJDhockeyfan
Good morning lizards!
Strange things are going on with my kids. One of my daughters fainted last Friday in Tennessee while we were fishing off my uncle's boat dock. She fell into the water and I had to pull her out. She was probably under the water of 20 or 30 seconds but is fine. She doesn't remember being in the water.
Last night my other daughter fainted in the kitchen. They both are 10.
Are they in a heat environment that is radically worse than home? Sometimes that's all it takes. Good that they're seeing the doc anyways.
190 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:10:25am |
re: #187 Varek Raith
Retroactive retirement.
Nope, not trying to hide anything here.
I still haven't heard anyone outside of the campaign or the media able to say 'retroactive retirement' with a straight face. It's breathtakingly bold, and by 'bold' I of course mean offensively stupid and profoundly dishonest.
191 | The Questionable Timing of a Flea Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:11:27am |
re: #173 NJDhockeyfan
Good morning lizards!
Strange things are going on with my kids. One of my daughters fainted last Friday in Tennessee while we were fishing off my uncle's boat dock. She fell into the water and I had to pull her out. She was probably under the water of 20 or 30 seconds but is fine. She doesn't remember being in the water.
Last night my other daughter fainted in the kitchen. They both are 10.
Doctor is the right call, just in case.
Best wishes.
192 | Schadenfreude 'r' Us Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:11:52am |
re: #173 NJDhockeyfan
Good morning lizards!
Strange things are going on with my kids. One of my daughters fainted last Friday in Tennessee while we were fishing off my uncle's boat dock. She fell into the water and I had to pull her out. She was probably under the water of 20 or 30 seconds but is fine. She doesn't remember being in the water.
Last night my other daughter fainted in the kitchen. They both are 10.
Virus, environmental toxin (or allergy), or even heat exhaustion, if you're in really hot weather. Good that they're seeing their doctor, and my best wishes for both of them.
193 | Killgore Trout Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:12:17am |
re: #190 erik_t
I still haven't heard anyone outside of the campaign or the media able to say 'retroactive retirement' with a straight face. It's breathtakingly bold, and by 'bold' I of course mean offensively stupid and profoundly dishonest.
CNN's guy who write the Fortune article explained it quite well. It's not that difficult to understand.
195 | lawhawk Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:12:46am |
re: #173 NJDhockeyfan
Hopefully it's nothing serious, but let the doctors check them both out. Good luck with them.
196 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:13:25am |
Yep, skipped right over the SEC stuff.
Shocka!
197 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:13:28am |
re: #173 NJDhockeyfan
Good morning lizards!
Strange things are going on with my kids. One of my daughters fainted last Friday in Tennessee while we were fishing off my uncle's boat dock. She fell into the water and I had to pull her out. She was probably under the water of 20 or 30 seconds but is fine. She doesn't remember being in the water.
Last night my other daughter fainted in the kitchen. They both are 10.
gatorade!
198 | blueraven Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:15:25am |
If Mitt Romney was staying on to gain leverage for his severance package, does anyone believe he didn't have some say over investment management and acquisitions?
199 | Obdicut Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:15:41am |
re: #193 Killgore Trout
CNN's guy who write the Fortune article explained it quite well. It's not that difficult to understand.
Yep. He took a leave of absence, while not appointing any interim officers because he expected to return. He continued to have full legal and fiscal responsibility, signing off on all deals. Later, when he decided he wasn't going to come back, he arranged for that leave of absence to turn into a retirement. Why he backdated it to 1999 is kind of a mystery, since he'd continued to take his salary and hold those positions through 2002. That's the bit that he hasn't even really attempted to explain, though it's probably some fiscal advantage for him to have done so.
So, it's much what it looks like; a privileged level of switcherooing that the ordinary person couldn't ever hope to take advantage of, available only to those who own their own company and can do such shenanigans.
200 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:17:35am |
re: #195 lawhawk
Hopefully it's nothing serious, but let the doctors check them both out. Good luck with them.
My wife is going have get blood work and give them a total checkup.
201 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:19:18am |
Still listening to the audio version of The Power Broker by Robert Caro. The book is making me sick to my stomach. If it was an hard copy I might have thrown it across the room several times by now.
LBJ had nothing on Robert Moses.
HUMANS!!!!
203 | A Mom Anon Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:23:02am |
re: #200 NJDhockeyfan
Best wishes to them,and you too. Nothing scarier than when the kids have some sort of health issue. Hopefully it's just this crazy heat.
204 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:25:24am |
re: #178 iossarian
So, as an informed voter, you have a range of opinions to choose from to answer the question: was Romney making decisions at Bain between 1999 and 2002?
Another option could be that between 1999 and 2002 he ran both the Olymipics (incredibly complex undertaking) as well as Bain (a multi billion dollar multi national empire) and did both remarkebly well
Hell,,,after that being President of one country should come easy!!
/
205 | gwangung Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:28:22am |
re: #204 sattv4u2
So, as an informed voter, you have a range of opinions to choose from to answer the question: was Romney making decisions at Bain between 1999 and 2002?
Another option could be that between 1999 and 2002 he ran both the Olymipics (incredibly complex undertaking) as well as Bain (a multi billion dollar multi national empire) and did both remarkebly well
Hell,,,after that being President of one country should come easy!!
/
I think you're making better arguments than Romney is, himself.
206 | lawhawk Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:28:48am |
re: #201 ggt
What's amazing is that Moses was able to accumulate all that power in the first place, and each time he expanded his power, that gave him added incentive to gain still more.
IE: went from heading the NYC parks department to the state parks to the highway departments to link the state parks to the city, then bridges to link each to the other. It's why he was a master building, but his vision was spectacularly lacking re: mass transit. And his influence was so widespread that it affected transportation practices for decades thereafter (and still) around the US.
Mass transit options are finally being incorporated in many places in a serious and integrated fashion, but the costs are huge.
207 | Obdicut Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:28:52am |
re: #204 sattv4u2
So, as an informed voter, you have a range of opinions to choose from to answer the question: was Romney making decisions at Bain between 1999 and 2002?
Another option could be that between 1999 and 2002 he ran both the Olymipics (incredibly complex undertaking) as well as Bain (a multi billion dollar multi national empire) and did both remarkebly well
/
Could be. But Romney is denying that vociferously. Also, since most of the records of his time at the Olympics were destroyed, it's hard to really judge that, too-- aside from his proficiency in getting government funding, of course.
208 | Interesting Times Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:29:51am |
re: #200 NJDhockeyfan
My wife is going have get blood work and give them a total checkup.
Didn't you have a fainting spell yourself either last year or the year before? Was the cause ever found?
209 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:30:13am |
210 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:30:14am |
re: #205 gwangung
I think you're making better arguments than Romney is, himself.
All his campaign has to do is send me a blank check and I'll keep em coming!
211 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:31:25am |
re: #208 Interesting Times
Didn't you have a fainting spell yourself either last year or the year before? Was the cause ever found?
Menopause!
/
212 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:32:10am |
re: #204 sattv4u2
So, as an informed voter, you have a range of opinions to choose from to answer the question: was Romney making decisions at Bain between 1999 and 2002?
Another option could be that between 1999 and 2002 he ran both the Olymipics (incredibly complex undertaking) as well as Bain (a multi billion dollar multi national empire) and did both remarkebly well
/
I think that would indeed be a good explanation of what happened. It accounts for a lot of the facts that we have available, and it makes a lot of sense.
It's a shame that Romney is running away from this explanation. Apart from that it's a winner.
213 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:32:53am |
re: #206 lawhawk
What's amazing is that Moses was able to accumulate all that power in the first place, and each time he expanded his power, that gave him added incentive to gain still more.
IE: went from heading the NYC parks department to the state parks to the highway departments to link the state parks to the city, then bridges to link each to the other. It's why he was a master building, but his vision was spectacularly lacking re: mass transit. And his influence was so widespread that it affected transportation practices for decades thereafter (and still) around the US.
Mass transit options are finally being incorporated in many places in a serious and integrated fashion, but the costs are huge.
He also managed to take over public housing --anything that had federal money attached to it basically. He got all the FDR Program money that came to NY, it seems and managed to make sure that NY got more than most.
I have to wonder how much of the eventual race relations issues were the result of his "urban planning".
215 | sattv4u2 Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:35:24am |
216 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:35:31am |
re: #206 lawhawk
What's amazing is that Moses was able to accumulate all that power in the first place, and each time he expanded his power, that gave him added incentive to gain still more.
IE: went from heading the NYC parks department to the state parks to the highway departments to link the state parks to the city, then bridges to link each to the other. It's why he was a master building, but his vision was spectacularly lacking re: mass transit. And his influence was so widespread that it affected transportation practices for decades thereafter (and still) around the US.
Mass transit options are finally being incorporated in many places in a serious and integrated fashion, but the costs are huge.
His addiction to power was so great, I have to wonder how many women (or boys) he raped. So far, the author hasn't mentioned any extra-curricular activity.
217 | The Questionable Timing of a Flea Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:35:52am |
Texas Congressman Pete Olson Is Here to Defend Honor of America, Capitalism, Ladies’ Purse Parties
“If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” – President Obama, Roanoke, VA on July 13, 2012
Mr. President, I fundamentally disagree. In our capitalist system, businesses are created by an individual or group of individuals who have an idea for a product or service that others will want to purchase and, yes, so they can make a profit. This fundamental truth of our opportunity society is what built America, not government, bureaucrats, or mass armies of community organizers.
Indicator we're fucked, #2425: the number of passionate responses written in response to a deceptively-edited quote.
Devoid of ethics...or profoundly ignorant?
218 | lawhawk Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:36:40am |
re: #213 ggt
Well, he did rip apart older established communities where immigrant populations and lower income populations used as a springboard to more affluent areas, replacing those "slums" with high rise developments. That was seen as a more economical, enlightened, and efficient use of those parcels. Yet, even though you can get more people to live in a given area with more amenities, it destroyed a sense of community there - and those kinds of problems devolved into the drug den culture that took over many of the projects here in NYC and those based on the apartment complex setup elsewhere.
Urban development has come around to a lower density integrated housing scheme - low to mid rises that blend into their surroundings, rather than standing apart. The results have been a much lower crime rate and improved social and economic outcomes.
219 | dragonath Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:37:35am |
re: #213 ggt
Sadly, an example that too many urban planners wished to emulate. They never saw a parking garage that they didn't like, or better yet, his Judge Doom toll schemes.
Another reason why I like Nelson Rockefeller for forcing him outta power.
220 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:38:43am |
re: #218 lawhawk
Well, he did rip apart older established communities where immigrant populations and lower income populations used as a springboard to more affluent areas, replacing those "slums" with high rise developments. That was seen as a more economical, enlightened, and efficient use of those parcels. Yet, even though you can get more people to live in a given area with more amenities, it destroyed a sense of community there - and those kinds of problems devolved into the drug den culture that took over many of the projects here in NYC and those based on the apartment complex setup elsewhere.
Urban development has come around to a lower density integrated housing scheme - low to mid rises that blend into their surroundings, rather than standing apart. The results have been a much lower crime rate and improved social and economic outcomes.
And the idea that whole communities are not isolated from the amenities of the city by the lack of public transportation or huge blocks of concrete that impossible to cross on foot.
221 | GunstarGreen Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:39:22am |
re: #217 The Ghost of a Flea
Texas Congressman Pete Olson Is Here to Defend Honor of America, Capitalism, Ladies’ Purse Parties
Indicator we're fucked, #2425: the number of passionate responses written in response to a deceptively-edited quote.
Devoid of ethics...or profoundly ignorant?
Really, it's not even that so much, it's the number of passionate responses that are completely ignorant of how society has enabled them to be the "rugged individualists" that they think they are. They all take so many things for granted -- the education they receive, the roads that bring customers to their door, the federal subsidies for the people that make the raw materials that are used in construction of their product, etc.
It's the same phenomenon as all the Wal-Mart and Wendy's middle-managers that like to talk about "Going Galt" -- they're not producers of any sort, and nobody will miss them when they're gone, but boy howdy do they love to imagine that Atlas Shrugged was all about them.
222 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:39:26am |
re: #217 The Ghost of a Flea
in a Romney commercial they show "average people" and "small business owners" being offended (not the gilchrist ad) after seeing the edited quote, not the whole quote. In other words it's pure deceptiveness on the part of Romney.
223 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:41:15am |
re: #219 Fred Galt
Sadly, an example that too many urban planners wished to emulate. They never saw a parking garage that they didn't like, or better yet, his Judge Doom toll schemes.
Another reason why I like Nelson Rockefeller for forcing him outta power.
Ah yes, the ongoing politics of construction jobs . . .
225 | lawhawk Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:41:56am |
re: #219 Fred Galt
Rockefeller had his own grand designs on NYS - he was a builder of epic proportions in his own right.
Among the projects he championed or backed: Empire State Plaza and the World Trade Center.
227 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:45:22am |
And the Empire State Building was almost broke --they had to get FDR to fill it?
Urban Planning seems to be more about proving dick size than the needs of people.
228 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:55:07am |
re: #131 Varek Raith
The Soviet Union is...
Any questions?
It's kicked the bucket, it's shuffled off its mortal coil, rung down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!
229 | Kronocide Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:55:59am |
Romney: the first Dressage President
Punning is now open.
Romney is in a tight Horse Race with Obama.
230 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:56:45am |
We normally don't hear of scandals from China:
The wife of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai has been charged with the murder of UK businessman Neil Heywood, state news agency Xinhua says.
Gu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun, employed at Mr Bo's home, were "recently" prosecuted by a Chinese court, Xinhua said, without giving further details.
Mr Heywood was found dead in a hotel in Chongqing on 15 November 2011.
The apparent murder of Mr Heywood triggered Mr Bo's downfall in a scandal that has rocked Chinese politics.
Local officials initially said Mr Heywood died of excessive drinking, but the government announced in April it was investigating Mr Bo's wife in connection with the case.
The two accused have been charged with intentional homicide by the Hefei Municipal Procuratorate (state prosecutor's office) in the eastern province of Anhui.
Britain welcomed the news, saying it was "glad to see" China is continuing the investigation into Mr Heywood's death.
And there is more!
231 | dragonath Thu, Jul 26, 2012 8:58:24am |
Pre Moses-era, places where the public met were some of the grandest buildings of all. I wonder how much of a hand he had in changing the psychology of all that.
I have a theory that perhaps respect for public transportation, and perhaps respect for the federal government's role is bound up in what you can see of it on a local level. Pittsburgh is a really good example- giant classical styled federal buildings that are made out of granite. At least someone had confidence in the reserve system!
Public buildings, like park offices and post offices were built like brick you-know-whats all the way up to the 50s. It seems that increasingly from Eisenhower forward a lot of things slated for the public became second rate.
232 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:02:01am |
re: #229 Kronocide
Romney: the first Dressage President
Punning is now open.
Romney is in a tight Horse Race with Obama.
It's just not a good image for an American Politician to have the same hobbies as the British Royal Family.
I don't begrudge Ann and her horses. Dressage isn't easy. Mastering those horses is an accomplishment. But, it could have been handled so much better --using her horses and experience for charity or other MS patients or their kids and having lots of photo ops.
233 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:03:40am |
re: #231 Fred Galt
Pre Moses-era, places where the public met were some of the grandest buildings of all. I wonder how much of a hand he had in changing the psychology of all that.
I have a theory that perhaps respect for public transportation, and perhaps respect for the federal government's role is bound up in what you can see of it on a local level. Pittsburgh is a really good example- giant classical styled federal buildings that are made out of granite. At least someone had confidence in the reserve system!
Public buildings, like park offices and post offices were built like brick you-know-whats all the way up to the 50s. It seems that increasingly from Eisenhower forward a lot of things slated for the public became second rate.
Yes, there seems to be a real Bauhaus type of theme to public buildings --don't spend the public money frills and unnecessary brick-a-brac. Ugly, ugly, ugly. Not even good Bauhaus.
235 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:06:49am |
re: #231 Fred Galt
Pre Moses-era, places where the public met were some of the grandest buildings of all. I wonder how much of a hand he had in changing the psychology of all that.
I have a theory that perhaps respect for public transportation, and perhaps respect for the federal government's role is bound up in what you can see of it on a local level. Pittsburgh is a really good example- giant classical styled federal buildings that are made out of granite. At least someone had confidence in the reserve system!
Public buildings, like park offices and post offices were built like brick you-know-whats all the way up to the 50s. It seems that increasingly from Eisenhower forward a lot of things slated for the public became second rate.
Also, after WWII, there was a change in building codes. IIRC, the realization that one could have vast spans of open space in a building with steel beams, negated the reason for a lot of the fluff and design--there were no pillars anymore, so no reason to have ornate capitals and fluting etc. Engineers took control of a lot, who unlike architects, didn't have aesthetics in mind.
236 | Usually refered to as anyways Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:07:46am |
237 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:09:03am |
re: #208 Interesting Times
Didn't you have a fainting spell yourself either last year or the year before? Was the cause ever found?
They don't know for sure but called it a seizure and now I have to take a pill twice a day.
238 | Flounder Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:11:48am |
Ironworkers are almost as crazy as linemen
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
239 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:12:02am |
Mexico's National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) said it had imposed the fine against HSBC due to its "non-compliance with anti-money laundering systems and controls".
HSBC Mexico issued a statement acknowledging that it failed to report 39 suspicious transactions and had been late in reporting 1,729 others.
"HSBC Mexico recognises it failed to strictly comply with banking regulations, and with the standards that regulators and clients expect of our institution," it said.
I don't know, do you think following the money makes more sense than following the guns?
240 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:13:35am |
North Korea flag mix-up to go down in Olympic history as major insult
A video before the North Korea-Colombia Olympic women's soccer game Wednesday showed the South Korean flag. In the history of Olympic host nation embarrassments, it's a whopper.
Heh.
241 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:13:42am |
re: #238 Tommy's cone of shame
Ironworkers are almost as crazy as linemen
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
I remember seeing footage of them throwing the hot metal joiner pieces to each other (rivets?) I always wondered if they dropped any, and what kind of impact it would have by the time it hit the ground.
242 | Flounder Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:16:17am |
re: #241 ggt
Ah, the good old days. Dropped rivets don't hurt much, thats what hard hats are for. We sometimes will dredge up old rivets under bridges. Up here rivets don't fare well against salt, being swapped out with bolts.
243 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:17:53am |
PA thanks IOC for refusing Munich victims memorial
The Palestinian Authority has thanked the International Olympic Committee [IOC] for refusing to allow a minute's silence at the opening ceremony in London to mark the 40th anniversary of the murder of 11 Israeli athletes in the Munich Games.
Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestinian Football Union, sent a letter to IOC Chairman Jaques Rogge thanking him for his position, the PA's official news agency, Wafa, reported Wednesday.
244 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:20:35am |
245 | Eventual Carrion Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:20:36am |
re: #242 Tommy's cone of shame
Ah, the good old days. Dropped rivets don't hurt much, thats what hard hats are for. We sometimes will dredge up old rivets under bridges. Up here rivets don't fare well against salt, being swapped out with bolts.
The new bridges they are building around here to replace those terrible open grate bridges are concrete for the most part anymore. Either poured onsite or cast offsite and brought in and set. They learned their lesson about open grate bridges and salt and what it can do to the supports after years of corrosion. But it was still cool walking over an open grate looking down at the water going under you.
246 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:22:36am |
What was the name for the Dragon Tatoo series in the rest of the world --"Men Who Hate Women."?
247 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:23:00am |
re: #232 ggt
honestly I doubt "she" participates much more than watching. This horse is a business investment complete with riders and trainers. Horseback riding may be therapy for those with MS. But i doubt she rides or really does "dressage".
248 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:23:49am |
re: #242 Tommy's cone of shame
Ah, the good old days. Dropped rivets don't hurt much, thats what hard hats are for. We sometimes will dredge up old rivets under bridges. Up here rivets don't fare well against salt, being swapped out with bolts.
But if they hit a pedestrian.
I mean, people die from falling icicles from building roofs in Chicago Winters.
249 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:24:37am |
re: #247 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
honestly I doubt "she" participates much more than watching. This horse is a business investment complete with riders and trainers. Horseback riding may be therapy for those with MS. But i doubt she rides or really does "dressage".
Really? I thought the whole reason she got into horses was for therapy for her MS. Then, well, horses can be rather addictive --worse if you have the money for them.
250 | Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:24:49am |
re: #241 ggt
I remember seeing footage of them throwing the hot metal joiner pieces to each other (rivets?) I always wondered if they dropped any, and what kind of impact it would have by the time it hit the ground.
This has all been pretty well established.
251 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:25:09am |
re: #245 RayFerd
The new bridges they are building around here to replace those terrible open grate bridges are concrete for the most part anymore. Either poured onsite or cast offsite and brought in and set. They learned their lesson about open grate bridges and salt and what it can do to the supports after years of corrosion. But it was still cool walking over an open grate looking down at the water going under you.
that would make me dizzy
252 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:25:12am |
re: #249 ggt
Really? I thought the whole reason she got into horses was for therapy for her MS. Then, well, horses can be rather addictive --worse if you have the money for them.
Yes, I've heard of people who were addicted to horse.
253 | Eventual Carrion Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:27:05am |
255 | lawhawk Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:29:12am |
re: #245 RayFerd
Many of the bridges built in the Depression Era through the 1950s are approaching the end of their projected lifespan, so they need serious work to retrofit and extend their life. At many bridge retrofits/replacements/upgrades, they're replacing the obsolete hot riveted laced ties with bolted box beams. The new structures are more durable, better able to resist seismic loads, and should last longer. Those kinds of upgrades have been done on everything from the SF Bay Bridge to the Throgs Neck and Whitestone Bridges and thousands of bridges in between.
But it also means less money to build new infrastructure (all that money tied up on dealing with the existing stuff).
256 | Killgore Trout Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:29:29am |
Romney’s claims of misspent stimulus money
Thre may be a circumstantial case that the president has provided favors to friends, donors and special interests, whether it’s in the form of appointments, federal investments or beneficial restructuring deals. But no one to date has provided conclusive evidence that proves a direct connection between support and rewards--and as we have noted in the controvery over the exact date of Romney’s departure from Bain Capital, the burden of proof remains on the campaign or organization making such accusations.
...
On balance, the Romney campaign ad earns two Pinocchios.
257 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:29:46am |
re: #249 ggt
It seems to me, and this is just my opinion after working on a horse farm for English Riding for the summer (and having a mother who was a home health aid for MS patients), that someone who has MS is probably not riding a horse in any way that could cause injury such as english riding or dancing such as dressage. Riding to help with balance? Sure. Training a horse to do tricks and jump hurdles? I doubt it.
258 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:30:28am |
re: #256 Killgore Trout
Romney's campaign symbol should be a pinnochio.
259 | lawhawk Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:30:31am |
re: #251 ggt
I have a ring-side seat to the WTC construction, and it's amazing to see what the workers are doing on the high steel day-in and day-out, in all kinds of weather conditions - from super hot to numbing cold.
261 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:31:40am |
re: #255 lawhawk
Many of the bridges built in the Depression Era through the 1950s are approaching the end of their projected lifespan, so they need serious work to retrofit and extend their life. At many bridge retrofits/replacements/upgrades, they're replacing the obsolete hot riveted laced ties with bolted box beams. The new structures are more durable, better able to resist seismic loads, and should last longer. Those kinds of upgrades have been done on everything from the SF Bay Bridge to the Throgs Neck and Whitestone Bridges and thousands of bridges in between.
But it also means less money to build new infrastructure (all that money tied up on dealing with the existing stuff).
Yes, infrastructure is the key to strong markets. It's vital we pay serious attention to the "socialist" public works programs our State and Federal elected critters fight over.
262 | Flounder Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:32:35am |
re: #250 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire
Heavy equipment operators actually do look like that.
263 | Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:33:56am |
re: #257 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
It seems to me, and this is just my opinion after working on a horse farm for English Riding for the summer (and having a mother who was a home health aid for MS patients), that someone who has MS is probably not riding a horse in any way that could cause injury such as english riding or dancing such as dressage. Riding to help with balance? Sure. Training a horse to do tricks and jump hurdles? I doubt it.
MS isn't always what you think. Lots of people have MS and yes, could do those things at some level, maybe even competition level. Sometimes the only symptom is fatigue, so you don't ride a horse on those days. . . .. My husband, his sister and niece have MS. You'd never know it to look at them.
As I understand it, that is why Ann got into horses.
264 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:35:00am |
re: #260 Kronocide
He should have called his horse Tax Credit
Maybe that's what Rafalca means in old Anglo-Saxon.
266 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:35:12am |
267 | allegro Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:35:54am |
re: #256 Killgore Trout
Thre may be a circumstantial case that the president has provided favors to friends, donors and special interests,...
Clearly no evidence at all. I mean, "may be a circumstantial case"? And it gets 2 pinnochios. The Obama campaign uses a direct quote from Romney about how he would be delighted to sign a bill prohibiting abortion completely, and their claim that Romney would support outlawing abortion completely gets a "pants on fire".
No MBF here. No, sir.
268 | Usually refered to as anyways Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:36:43am |
269 | Kronocide Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:37:09am |
re: #264 Learned Mother of Zion
Maybe that's what Rafalca means in old Anglo-Saxon.
Possibly, but I don't have my Anglo Saxon translator handy.
270 | Kronocide Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:42:10am |
Nothing tickles the Irony Funny Bone like an ignorant meathead saying 'Wake Up!'
271 | danarchy Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:42:48am |
re: #238 Tommy's cone of shame
Ironworkers are almost as crazy as linemen
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
Big difference being the guys in the old photo aren't wearing saftey harnesses.
272 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:47:31am |
273 | wrenchwench Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:47:43am |
re: #151 Killgore Trout
Factcheck.org on yesterday's bombshell Bain revelation: Bain: Still ‘No Evidence
From your link:
That’s technically accurate, in the sense that Romney was still “technically in charge,” to quote the Globe’s story. So we put the more recent ads in the category of “accurate but misleading” because they fail to note that there’s no evidence Romney himself made the decisions being criticized.
We take note that the Washington Post‘s Fact Checker, Glenn Kessler, recently wrote that he “may withhold the awarding of Pinocchios” regarding claims made about Bain when the question of truthfulness turns on when Romney left the firm. Kessler restated his finding that “he effectively stopped managing Bain when he left for his Olympics job,” adding that “we cannot definitely prove that Romney did not play a role in Bain deals in 1999.”
We can’t prove that negative either, but our view remains that the burden of proof rests with the candidate making an accusation. We reject any notion that a mere accusation — whether made by the president’s campaign or any other — requires the person being accused to prove innocence.
274 | Daniel Ballard Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:48:00am |
Hello from Los Angeles,
Just to share some good news, the verdict is in from the jury in a federal court where I testified as an expert witness over a couple days. Our side won the liability against the other side. Later I will find out the size of the damages awarded, but my part is said and done. Whew!
275 | wrenchwench Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:49:07am |
re: #269 Kronocide
Possibly, but I don't have my Anglo Saxon translator handy.
You just didn't know you did.
276 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:49:11am |
277 | jaunte Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:50:09am |
re: #266 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Only someone who understands our Anglo-Saxon heritage could piss off the Brits so early into his trip. bit.ly/MLrMuF
— delrayser (@delrayser) July 26, 2012
278 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:52:11am |
Weird message...
Twitter is currently down for .
We expect to be back in . For more information, check out Twitter Status. Thanks for your patience!
279 | lawhawk Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:52:37am |
Today marks the 2d anniversary of the Kalamazoo River oil spill that fouled waters leading to Lake Michigan, and which is the costliest pipeline cleanup project to date.
Wait, you haven't heard about this? Well, that's probably because this particular spill was overshadowed by the BP/Deepwater Horizon/Macondo disaster.
This particular spill dumped a million gallons of tar sands bitumen into the river, and it's fouled a 40 acre stretch of river bottom. The EPA admits that it will be impossible to remove all the oil and cleanup costs continue rising. It's $800 million and rising (and 5 times the cost of cleaning up the next largest spill). A report addressing the failings of the company that owned/operated the pipeline found all kinds of problems, including failing to respond to alarms in a timely fashion: We're talking about staff overseeing the pipeline in the control center in Edmenton, Canada not responding to alarms and waiting 17 hours over three shifts before doing anything, weak regulations and an operator taking advantage of the lack of regulations, the company restarting the pipeline twice despite the rupture, and there was corrosion and cracking in the pipeline, including a section that extended through 84% of the wall thickness of the pipeline before the rupture.
281 | GunstarGreen Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:53:03am |
re: #278 Gus
Weird message...
Not really all that weird, just an amateur programmer forgetting to handle nulls in their code.
284 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:54:22am |
U.N.’s Richard Falk accuses “the organized Jewish community” of crimes against Palestinians
The U.N. Human Rights Council’s Richard Falk is now accusing “the organized Jewish community” of being “responsible for the massive and enduring confiscation of Palestinian land and rights.”
Shocka!
285 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:57:56am |
Two Rockets Fired from Gaza into Southern Israel
Richard Falk was unavailable for comment.
286 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 9:58:43am |
Heavily Edited Romney Video Targets Black Voters, Shows NAACP Audience Applauding
Gee, Romney's lying again.
287 | Obdicut Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:00:10am |
re: #279 lawhawk
And the cause was lack of regulation.
"We saw operator take advantage of weak regulations," Hersman said. "PHMSA was weak overseeing pipeline procedures."
288 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:04:00am |
I join President #Obama in supporting a moment of silence at the #Olympics to honor the Israeli athletes killed in Munich.— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) July 26, 2012
289 | NJDhockeyfan Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:06:33am |
re: #288 Learned Mother of Zion
Members of Congress to Hold Moment of Silence for Munich 11
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a moment of silence for the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches slain by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
“We’re going to give one-minute speeches on the House floor and devote a substantial moment of that to silence on Thursday,” Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said in a conference call with the media on Wednesday. Following that, he and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) will lead a group of lawmakers to the Capital grounds for another moment of silence.
Engel and Lowey are cosponsors of a bill calling on the International Olympic Committee to hold a moment of silence for the Israelis during Friday evening’s opening ceremonies of the London Games. The bill unanimously passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee, but a vote has yet to be scheduled by the full body. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a similar resolution.
“On Friday, millions of people around the world will tune in to the Olympics opening ceremony,” Lowey said. “A minute of silence would be a reminder that we must be constantly vigilant against prejudice, hate and intolerance, and it would pay tribute to the Munich 11 and their families.”
290 | Eventual Carrion Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:06:43am |
re: #287 Obdicut
And the cause was lack of regulation.
Well, that was a Canadian company. Our US companies are much more reliable and trustworthy. After all, our companies are simple folk just trying to make it through life, friendly, courteous, always ready to lend a helping hand to a fellow person. Yes we live in the Land of Goshen thanks to these people, US corporations.
PS: I hear they would give you the bricks off their back to help you out.
291 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:10:47am |
The hits keep on comin' - Romney mentions meeting the head of MI6, which is a no-no: bit.ly/PMQGLx h/t @jonathanwald— Stefan Becket (@stefanjbecket) July 26, 2012
294 | Kragar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:14:32am |
David Horowitz told American Family Association president Tim Wildmon yesterday that Weiner has either “secretly converted to Islam or Huma Abedin has been given a special dispensation to marry a Jew so she can infiltrate our government.” He lamented Republican criticism of attacks on Abedin at a time when Democrats have already been “thoroughly infiltrated and defending the jihadists”:
Horowitz: The inquiry; the fact that Michele Bachmann has been attacked as she has by Republicans, and the two key ones are McCain and John Boehner, is terrible. It’s bad enough that the Democratic Party is thoroughly infiltrated and defending the jihadists, the Islamists. But that the Republican Party should be doing this as well, it’s disastrous.…
Wildmon: Michele Bachmann, the congresswoman from Minnesota is being demonized in the national media and what is happened here is that—and I’ve read about this a year ago or so—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, her right hand person, who is married to disgraced Anthony Weiner—
Horowitz: Anthony Weiner is a Jew. So according to Muslim law, either Anthony Weiner has secretly converted to Islam or Huma Abedin has been given a special dispensation to marry a Jew so she can infiltrate our government.
Horowitz also claimed that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is to blame for the rise of the “dangerous” left because it makes people want to seek change in the world they live in:
296 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:14:58am |
Glad Twitter was able to clear up the reason for the outage: slate.me/MIHKHX twitter.com/Slate/status/2...— Slate (@Slate) July 26, 2012
297 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:15:50am |
Romneybot 6000 has encountered an error and must shutdown.
298 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:16:23am |
299 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:16:40am |
re: #297 Varek Raith
Romneybot 6000 has encountered an error and must shutdown.
Did it also have to take Twitter along?
300 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:16:54am |
MI6 wasn't officially acknowledged until '94, and British protocol is to pretend it doesn't exist. Romney's gaffe is epic.— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) July 26, 2012
301 | allegro Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:18:09am |
re: #291 Gus
Just what we need. Another bumbling president to embarrass the US internationally.
302 | Kragar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:18:42am |
Fischer: 'Muslims are Worshiping a Demon'
Fischer: Allah is an extremely powerful demon. He is a demon God. What Muslims are worshiping is actually a demon. They think they are worshiping God, they’re deceived, they’ve been fooled, so I don’t want to be hard on them, the Muslims have been fooled, they’ve been lied to, they’ve been deceived, they think they are worshiping the true God but they are worshiping a demon-god, this is according to the New Testament. You may disagree with me but there is no question that this is what Christianity teaches. So it’s fine if you take a different view, that’s fine, you’re entitled to your view, this is America; we have freedom of speech and freedom of thought. But from a Christian stand point, from a New Testament stand point, there’s no question that Muslims are worshiping a demon. Allah is a demon God. Remember Jesus himself believed in the existence of Satan, he took Satan very seriously, Satan is a very real being according to the New Testament, he’s out there, not some kind of shadowy, vague, powerless figure but he is the dark ‘prince of the power of the air,’ as the New Testament describes him, so that’s who Muslims are worshiping.
303 | wrenchwench Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:18:49am |
re: #300 Gus
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I hope he doesn't get close enough to the queen to pat her on the head.
304 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:18:54am |
First the Aussies and now the Brits.
Thanks Romney.
305 | lawhawk Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:18:59am |
re: #296 Gus
Someone was drunk while working the Twitter server, causing the outage.
306 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:19:54am |
re: #303 wrenchwench
I hope he doesn't get close enough to the queen to pat her on the head.
"Say. Are these real crumpets or 7-11 crumpets?"
307 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:20:02am |
re: #302 Kragar
Whenever you're called out on a claim, merely continue to state that there is 'no question' that you're correct.
Where have I seen this before?
308 | allegro Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:21:49am |
re: #302 Kragar
Can't we put these guys back on the street corners wearing you're-all-going-to-hell sandwich boards where they belong?
309 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:22:29am |
re: #308 allegro
Can't we put these guys back on the street corners wearing you're-all-going-to-hell sandwich boards where they belong?
Dunce cap not optional.
310 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:26:00am |
311 | Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:26:27am |
re: #291 Gus
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Wasn't he just having a conniption over supposed "leaks" coming from the White House? Wasn't that less than 72 hours ago?
312 | iossarian Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:26:51am |
re: #266 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
"Yeah, I met with the guy who's helping the Syrians assassinate Assad. It's all cool."
"Vote for me, I'll never give away state secrets like that black guy does."
313 | erik_t Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:26:56am |
re: #310 Learned Mother of Zion
I wasn't aware that there were any Muslims who worshipped Bryan Fischer.
A+, would upding again.
314 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:28:29am |
315 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:29:00am |
re: #311 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire
Wasn't he just having a conniption over supposed "leaks" coming from the White House? Wasn't that less than 72 hours ago?
Yeah. Wasn't it one of his advisers. The one that was involved in the Scooter Libby?
One of the Romney aides attacking Obama for leaks used to work for... Scooter Libby! slate.me/OwPWVU— Slate (@Slate) July 25, 2012
316 | Kragar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:29:05am |
Anger Games: Cameron, British Press Pounce On Romney’s Olympics Critiques
Cameron also fired back at Romney’s concerns over security, and suggested British officials were dealing with more complex issues than Romney faced when he ran the show. “We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world,” Cameron said. “Of course it’s easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere.”
Nor did the British press seem to appreciate Romney’s advice. “Mitt Romney questions London’s readiness for Olympic Games,” blared The Guardian, in a story that dwelt on Romney’s criticisms of the Games. The Telegraph couldn’t conceal it’s opinion of Romney’s remarks, writing, “if Mitt Romney doesn’t like us, we shouldn’t care,” and accusing Romney of launching a “charm offensive” that is “devoid of charm and mildly offensive.”
I hear next that the Brits will unleash the Piranha Brothers on Mitt.
317 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:29:40am |
And how can we forget about what the Bush White House did to Valerie Plame.
318 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:31:51am |
Dear President Barack Obama,
Please send the Secret Service to pick up Mitt Romney. He's being a very bad boy.
Thanks,
Britain.
319 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:32:20am |
Fucking Republicans.re: #318 Varek Raith
Dear President Barack Obama,
Please send theSecret ServiceCIA to pick up Mitt Romney. He's being a very bad boy.
Thanks,
Britain.
FTFY
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320 | Schadenfreude 'r' Us Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:32:29am |
re: #302 Kragar
Then I fell at his feet and thought, Surely this is the hour of death, for the Lion (who is worthy of all honour) will know that I have served Tash all my days and not him. Nevertheless, it is better to see the Lion and die than to be Tisroc of the world and live and not to have seen him. But the Glorious One bent down his golden head and touched my forehead with his tongue and said, 'Son, thou art welcome.' But I said, 'Alas, Lord, I am no son of thine but the servant of Tash.' He answered, 'Child, all the service thou hast done to Tash, I account as service done to me.' Then by reason of my great desire for wisdom and understanding, I overcame my fear and questioned the Glorious One and said, 'Lord, is it then true, as the Ape said, that thou and Tash are one?' The Lion growled so that the earth shook (but his wrath was not against me) and said, 'It is false. Not because he and I are one, but because we are opposites -- I take to me the services which thou hast done to him. For I and he are of such different kinds that no service which is vile can be done to me, and none which is not vile can be done to him. Therefore, if any man swear by Tash and keep his oath for the oath's sake, it is by me that he has truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him. And if any man do a cruelty in my name, then, though he says the name Aslan, it is Tash whom he serves and by Tash his deed is accepted. Dost thou understand, Child?' I said, 'Lord, thou knowest how much I understand.' But I said also (for truth constrained me), 'Yet I have been seeking Tash all my days.' 'Beloved,' said the Glorious One, 'unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what they truly seek.'"
--Emeth, the Calormene, describing his encounter with Aslan in The Last Battle
Elementary-school level theology for an elementary-school level argument.
321 | Gus Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:32:57am |
See!! LEFTIES want to have the opposition arrested!!
Proof!!
Hurr hurr.
322 | Varek Raith Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:33:34am |
re: #321 Gus
He's clearly not mature enough to leave the yard.
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323 | Obdicut Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:34:26am |
re: #316 Kragar
I hear next that the Brits will unleash the Piranha Brothers on Mitt.
324 | Kragar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:35:25am |
325 | Obdicut Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:36:26am |
329 | Kragar Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:37:46am |
331 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:40:37am |
re: #329 Kragar
Doug was the really scary one.
The Romney team is set to roll out the Other Other Operation any day now.
332 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:42:43am |
re: #232 ggt
It's just not a good image for an American Politician to have the same hobbies as the British Royal Family.
I don't begrudge Ann and her horses. Dressage isn't easy. Mastering those horses is an accomplishment. But, it could have been handled so much better --using her horses and experience for charity or other MS patients or their kids and having lots of photo ops.
But these are upper class horses. They don't mix with hoi polloi either. Some servants excepted.
333 | Obdicut Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:44:46am |
334 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jul 26, 2012 10:48:22am |
re: #258 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Romney's campaign symbol should be a pinnochio.
The Romneybot 6000 has proven it can be more wooden than any pinnochio ever carved. The superiority of modern technology.
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