*snore*

What’s everyone’s opinion on such and such and whatnot?
/

The John Yoo stalker brigade chickened out on their promise to break the law today.

re: #2 Dan G.

What’s everyone’s opinion on such and such and whatnot?
/

I hate whatnot.

re: #4 Sharmuta

I figured that you would; being a consistent girl an all.

re: #1 FurryOldGuyJeans

I’ll see your *snore* and raise you an *achoo!*

Good Evening Lizards! Hope is everyone tonight?
What a beautiful day today…Got some good sun…
How is everyone?

The last survivor of the Titanic has passed away.

re: #4 Sharmuta

I hate whatnot.

Try the whatnot with some lovely hot fudge.

re: #2 Dan G.

What’s everyone’s opinion on such and such and whatnot?
/

Such I am for, such I am opposed to, and whatnot is beneath even contempt.

re: #7 HoosierHoops

Good and productive day, here.

re: #8 Sharmuta

Sad. But, her heart will go on.

re: #4 Sharmuta

I hate whatnot.

Whatnotist.

re: #8 Sharmuta

The last survivor of the Titanic has passed away.

Her Titanic stories always seemed so juvenile.

re: #10 FurryOldGuyJeans

That is a unique and untenable perspective, but I respect your right to espouse it.

I would sure hate to be LeBron James today.

re: #16 Racer X

Sigh.

I’m looking for something constructive to do, so I decide to try and locate the hidden leak that is draining the spa.

I pull off the redwood skirting and the main pumps are dry, no leaks. Darn. Must be another pump somewhere. Naturally I can’t find the manual so I proceed around the tub removing the panels. Finally locate another pump on the far side of the tub from the main pump. Sure enough, it is gushing water, and when I pull the offending line I discover that a washer has gone due to age.

It is a special washer. Odd size, funny profile. I’m going to have to call the manufacturer tomorrow and order new washers.

Not a real problem, just another aggravation.

Ah lovely day for a picnic on the steel beach at sea!

re: #16 Racer X

I never realized that “Racer X’s” (the char., not you) mask looks like upside-down briefs.

re: #2 Dan G.

I’m anti-skub personally.

re: #16 Racer X

I would sure hate to be LeBron James today.

I’d like his checking account…
/King James acted like a child last night

re: #15 Dan G.

That is a unique and untenable perspective, but I respect your right to espouse it.

Easy for you to say.

re: #21 wiffersnapper

You would be you star-belly.

re: #22 HoosierHoops

I’d like his checking account…
/King James acted like a child last night

I didn’t get to see the post-game interviews. What happened?

As a young poet, Cui Weiping was not much interested in politics. But she says she could never shake the image of her husband returning home on a June night 20 years ago, his pants mottled with the blood of people shot by the Chinese army.

Now Cui is speaking out, trying to rescue the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement and its violent end from a powerful government heavily invested in suppressing their very mention.

With the approach Thursday of the 20th anniversary of “six-four,” Chinese shorthand for the June 4 crackdown date, this Beijing Film Academy professor feels a duty to remember.

I have not forgotten.

re: #22 HoosierHoops

I’m a fan, and I agree. I also imagine that he was heart broken. Cleveland will have to get him support.

Dwight Howard was magnificent in his response to the LeBron thang. Very gentlemanly.

re: #18 razorbacker

I’m looking for something constructive to do, so I decide to try and locate the hidden leak that is draining the spa.

I pull off the redwood skirting and the main pumps are dry, no leaks. Darn. Must be another pump somewhere. Naturally I can’t find the manual so I proceed around the tub removing the panels. Finally locate another pump on the far side of the tub from the main pump. Sure enough, it is gushing water, and when I pull the offending line I discover that a washer has gone due to age.

It is a special washer. Odd size, funny profile. I’m going to have to call the manufacturer tomorrow and order new washers.

Not a real problem, just another aggravation.

Teflon washer?

nvm, just rambling. It always feels nice when you actually find where the problem was!

re: #6 abbyadams

I’ll see your *snore* and raise you an *achoo!*

Be glad I am no longer gassy, I’d have to “double down” otherwise.

re: #25 Racer X

I didn’t get to see the post-game interviews. What happened?

James stomped off the court and didn’t shake the hands of any player..He never spoke to the Media last night…
This goes on his record forever…poor sport

re: #26 Sharmuta

I still get chills when I see this.

re: #29 FurryOldGuyJeans

That you behind the gassy knoll?

Ive been having so much fun with my old drum sequencer.

Guitar therapy hasnt been doing much good lately.

re: #31 Dan G.

I still get chills when I see this.

I do too. The Tiananmen Square massacre was the single most personally political shaping event of my life. I will never forget.

re: #30 HoosierHoops

James stomped off the court and didn’t shake the hands of any player..He never spoke to the Media last night…
This goes on his record forever…poor sport

Wow!

I turned the game off with a few minutes left. That is too bad. It certainly lowers my opinion of him.

exciting playoff at Colonial

a three way.

re: #28 Hengineer

Teflon washer?

nvm, just rambling. It always feels nice when you actually find where the problem was!

I’m betting silicone.

It is surprising how simply this thing is made. It’s an old tub, so it is just a tub, a heater, a control panel, and a sealed box that, when grasped with a wet hand, will strongly encourage you to find another place to rest your hand.

re: #33 justdanny

Ive been having so much fun with my old drum sequencer.

[Video]

Guitar therapy hasnt been doing much good lately.

Cool

re: #29 FurryOldGuyJeans

Be glad I am no longer gassy, I’d have to “double down” otherwise.

I don’t give a “rip” how you’re feeling. :-)

Today is my granddaughter Sarah’s 3rd birthday. She was born in Safed, Israel, 2 weeks after the passing of my mother-in-law, Sarah Shaindel, of blessed memory.

Happy Birthday Sarah! Love you tons! (Can’t wait to see you in September, cupcake)

re: #30 HoosierHoops

James stomped off the court and didn’t shake the hands of any player..He never spoke to the Media last night…
This goes on his record forever…poor sport

What a brat!

re: #24 Dan G.

them’s fightin’ words

The comments at Ace of Spades about the Tiller murder are just as bad as Free Republic.

I can’t believe how much of this stuff is on the right-wing blogs.

Allahpundit apparently closed comments on his “news links” thread for this at Hot Air, and they haven’t put up a front page post. They’re afraid of what will happen, and from the evidence at other sites, they should be.

re: #31 Dan G.
I sat stunned and transfixed watching that on tv, untill the feed was cut. What an amazing ‘margin’ that was in modern history.

re: #40 Alouette

Happy Birthday Sarah!

re: #37 razorbacker

I once accidentally hosed the wiring on an above ground spa… I touched the water for a whole second of unpleasantness.

re: #16 Racer X

I would sure hate to be LeBron James today.

he feels the same way I bet….he better man up pretty quick here

re: #35 Racer X

Wow!

I turned the game off with a few minutes left. That is too bad. It certainly lowers my opinion of him.

You have an opinion of him? C’mon, they’re kids who get paid bucketloads of money to act spoilt and pick fights while a crowd cheers them on.

re: #43 Charles

The comments at Ace of Spades about the Tiller murder are just as bad as Free Republic.

I can’t believe how much of this stuff is on the right-wing blogs.

Allahpundit apparently closed comments on his “news links” thread for this at Hot Air, and they haven’t put up a front page post. They’re afraid of what will happen, and from the evidence at other sites, they should be.

thread

re: #40 Alouette

Happy Birthday Cupcake.

re: #43 Charles

Check patdollard.com and you’ll see similar drivel unfortunately.

re: #43 Charles

The comments at Ace of Spades about the Tiller murder are just as bad as Free Republic.

I can’t believe how much of this stuff is on the right-wing blogs.

Allahpundit apparently closed comments on his “news links” thread for this at Hot Air, and they haven’t put up a front page post. They’re afraid of what will happen, and from the evidence at other sites, they should be.

Let me know when Freerepublic puts up a new thread about LGF, so I can go there for my “flounce” (or “Magnus Opus” as they are called on FR)

If I put up my own thread Long Live Charles and LGF, that would be a Suicide by ZOT as they call it.

re: #46 Dan G.

I once accidentally hosed the wiring on an above ground spa… I touched the water for a whole second of unpleasantness.

unpleasantness? Oh c’mon you know you were seeing fireworks!

////

re: #40 Alouette

Today is my granddaughter Sarah’s 3rd birthday. She was born in Safed, Israel, 2 weeks after the passing of my mother-in-law, Sarah Shaindel, of blessed memory.

Happy Birthday Sarah! Love you tons! (Can’t wait to see you in September, cupcake)

Happy Birthday, Sarah!
re: #50 Cathypop

Happy Birthday Cupcake.

Now … where’s my cupcake?

re: #44 justdanny

I’m of the opinion that this event should be nationally memorialized here in the U.S. as well.

re: #48 Hengineer

You have an opinion of him? C’mon, they’re kids who get paid bucketloads of money to act spoilt and pick fights while a crowd cheers them on.

that’s hockey…spoilt yes, throw a punch and you’re done in the NBA

re: #52 Alouette

Let me know when Freerepublic puts up a new thread about LGF, so I can go there for my “flounce” (or “Magnus Opus” as they are called on FR)

If I put up my own thread Long Live Charles and LGF, that would be a Suicide by ZOT as they call it.

They would assume its a mockery thread.

re: #43 Charles

The comments at Ace of Spades about the Tiller murder are just as bad as Free Republic.

I can’t believe how much of this stuff is on the right-wing blogs.

Allahpundit apparently closed comments on his “news links” thread for this at Hot Air, and they haven’t put up a front page post. They’re afraid of what will happen, and from the evidence at other sites, they should be.

Good for AP.

New season of Ice Road Truckers starts tonight.

re: #18 razorbacker

Not a real problem, just another aggravation.

such as these are considered luxury problems…..
“my BMW has….”
“my granite counter tops are …”
“my ex wives have…..”

and mine?
“I just got back from surfing the local break 6 blocks from my condo, and now I have to take the GF shopping.”

The rest of you, go do something constructive.

re: #54 reine.de.tout
What kind do you want?!

re: #38 Bloodnok

I compose these drum pieces that go on for days! For no other reason than to occupy my little creative mind. I dont share them. Although I have tried to play guitar over them, like here,

I really suck at guitar, but like I said, its a kind of therapy for me.

re: #33 justdanny

Nice! I have an old drum machine around here somewhere too. From the sound of it mine is old that yours.

re: #61 Cathypop

What kind do you want?!

any kind you’ve got.
I’m not cupcake-specific, every cupcake I’ve ever had has been great.

re: #31 Dan G.

I still get chills when I see this.

Whack-o right-wing protester…….must have been a Tea Party or sumpthin’!

re: #59 Fenway_Nation

New season of Ice Road Truckers starts tonight.

Meh.

“Ice Road Truckers” is no “Dangerous Catch.”

re: #55 Dan G.

A modern demonstration of “Give me liberty or give me death.”

SpaceJesus is in the top ten comments.
Whats the temperature in hell today?

re: #41 Cathypop

What a brat!

I remember as a little kid my mom playing baseball with us kids..I threw a tantrum and my mom took me aside and threaten to kick my ass if I ever did that again…And the look in her eyes..She wasn’t kidding…
He was a poor sport…

re: #65 IslandLibertarian

Huh?

re: #43 Charles

The comments at Ace of Spades about the Tiller murder are just as bad as Free Republic.

I can’t believe how much of this stuff is on the right-wing blogs.

Allahpundit apparently closed comments on his “news links” thread for this at Hot Air, and they haven’t put up a front page post. They’re afraid of what will happen, and from the evidence at other sites, they should be.

You should know that its a different kind of world today, as the right splinters all to hell. Im so happy youre here, Charles. And so suprised how well your ideas dovetail with many of mine, even throgh all of the changes the last few years.

re: #43 Charles

How they pulled the plug after only a few comments.

re: #63 Killgore Trout

Nice! I have an old drum machine around here somewhere too. From the sound of it mine is old that yours.

You stink.

re: #67 Dan G.

A modern demonstration of “Give me liberty or give me death.”

20 years later, and I’m still moved to tears.

re: #66 Last Mohican

Meh.

“Ice Road Truckers” is no “Dangerous Deadliest Catch.”

Obviously that’s what I meant.

“Dangerous catch” would be only somewhat exciting, but not as exciting as the deadliest one.

re: #62 justdanny
pretty sweet stuff!

re: #64 reine.de.tout

any kind you’ve got.
I’m not cupcake-specific, every cupcake I’ve ever had has been great.

Don’t have any cupcakes right now. How about an oatmeal cookie? There fresh from the oven.

re: #63 Killgore Trout

mine is older thatn yours.

You stink.

What happened to Rawmuse?

re: #73 Bloodnok

Heh, ya beat me.

re: #56 albusteve

that’s hockey…spoilt yes, throw a punch and you’re done in the NBA

Wasn’t Lebron James involved in that fight in the stands though? When some guy in the crowd chucked something at him?

I will never forget

re: #68 DEZes

A couple of degrees warmer than when avanti broke into the top 10.

re: #74 Sharmuta

I’m seriously considering plastering the walls within my building on campus with reminders on the 4th. Perhaps that pic, with Pat Henry’s quote.

re: #77 Cathypop

Don’t have any cupcakes right now. How about an oatmeal cookie? There fresh from the oven.

That’ll do!
and thanks!

re: #79 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What happened to Rawmuse?

Good Question..I miss him..Must be busy working

re: #69 HoosierHoops

I remember as a little kid my mom playing baseball with us kids..I threw a tantrum and my mom took me aside and threaten to kick my ass if I ever did that again…And the look in her eyes..She wasn’t kidding…
He was a poor sport…

Your mom is my moms twin. They had the look of death.

re: #55 Dan G.

I couldnt agree more. Everything we stand for, live for, fight for, was captured by that movement. Its as much us as we are. ;)

re: #75 Last Mohican

Obviously that’s what I meant.

“Dangerous catch” would be only somewhat exciting, but not as exciting as the deadliest one.

faux ….studio animation…c’mon

re: #60 IslandLibertarian

Oh, hell yeah.

A ‘problem’ with a spa? Please. ‘Tis an aggravation.

A ‘problem’ is when my wife is sick. A ‘problem’ is when an ice storm drops a tree on the house. A ‘problem’ is when the medications no longer work and you know that you’re about to lose a loved one.

But a spa ‘problem’? No.

re: #66 Last Mohican

Meh.

“Ice Road Truckers” is no “Dangerous Catch.”

I watched two episodes of that yesterday. It’s interesting but for some reason it’s almost like a game show with the competing truckers. It gets a little snarky and gossipy at time and they keep repeating that the “ice is only 38 inches thick and can break through at any moment” over and over again.

re: #81 Hengineer

Wasn’t Lebron James involved in that fight in the stands though? When some guy in the crowd chucked something at him?

Ron Artest..The Malice at the Palace fight…I watched that live on TV…

Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit said he had deleted comments trashing me, but then he posted this:

Charles Johnson is scouring the comments here.
Please don’t give him or the Left any ammunition.

And sure enough, more hate comments followed, not deleted.

re: #84 Dan G.

I’m seriously considering plastering the walls within my building on campus with reminders on the 4th. Perhaps that pic, with Pat Henry’s quote.

Two pics, the tanks and the Goddess. Do it. I’m behind you 100%.

re: #70 Dan G.

re: #70 Dan G.

sarcastic inappropriate jab at the “only whackos protest” crowd….
way overt the top….
mea culpa……

re: #81 Hengineer

Wasn’t Lebron James involved in that fight in the stands though? When some guy in the crowd chucked something at him?

don’t know…I hope not…there have been some doozies tho….that’s civil crime right there…one does NOT go into the stands

re: #83 Fenway_Nation

A couple of degrees warmer than when avanti broke into the top 10.

That cold huh?

re: #94 Sharmuta

I’ll let you know how it goes/went if I can do it.

re: #76 wiffersnapper

Thanks. But I should never be confused with a real musician. As if that would be a problem. Im overly creative and underly capable of expressing it well.

re: #95 IslandLibertarian

Yea, bad choice. I appreciate your acknowledgment of that.

re: #79 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What happened to Rawmuse?

Last comment by him at: Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:41:45 pm

re: #92 HoosierHoops

Ron Artest..The Malice at the Palace fight…I watched that live on TV…

there it is….some heavy stuff came down from that dustup

Just for the record, I didn’t “scour” any comments at Gateway Pundit. The site popped up in a blog search at Google for posts about the Tiller murder, and I clicked through.

I didn’t have to “scour” anything. They were right there with one click.

Later all, I’ve got a munchkin to attend to.

WTH?

May 29, 2009
Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology [from editing entries]
Posted: 03:47 PM ET

The collaborative online encyclopedia Wikipedia has banned the Church of Scientology from editing the site. The Register reports Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee, or ArbCom, voted 10 to 0 in favor of the ban, which takes effect immediately.

Wikipedia’s innovative free-encyclopedia draws upon the knowledge of millions of users to create and edit articles on every conceivable topic. Edits appear immediately and do not undergo any formal peer-review process.

Wikipedia officially prohibits use of the encyclopedia to advance personal agendas – such as advocacy or propaganda and philosophical, ideological or religious dispute – but the open format makes enforcing such policies difficult.

re: #99 justdanny

Thanks. But I should never be confused with a real musician. As if that would be a problem. Im overly creative and underly capable of expressing it well.

I think alot of people have that same problem.

re: #82 Sharmuta
See. Thats us. We were there in them.

re: #93 Charles

Rude and confused priorities, if you ask me.

re: #94 Sharmuta

The hydroponics article won’t be done today. I’m only half finished and burned out already. It’s a real challenge to describe this so people will understand. Illustrations would make life a lot easier. You can be the test case to see if I can describe this properly. If you can scrape up an extra 50-60 bucks I’d love you to try and build one.

re: #99 justdanny

It happens even to the musically inclined such as myself (not tooting my own horn by any means). Can never express it that well.

re: #101 callahan23

Thanks. I saw people talking of personal music stuff and thought of him. Hope he’s okay and making some tunes.

Jim’s not concerned with decency, but rather Charles and the left not getting ammunition. Confused priorities.

re: #103 Charles

It’s not like those comments are rare. No scouring required.

re: #91 Gus 802

Yeah, I find “Ice Road Truckers” to be totally ineffective at creating any interest at all.

There are two main points that are supposed to make us care. The first is that it’s very, very, very cold out there. Staggeringly cold. But you can’t communicate that on TV. It’s not cold at all, here in my living room. Maybe they should ask all viewers to take a bath in icewater before they tune in, just so we have a better sense of what’s going on.

The other thing is that it’s possible that the ice could crack, and the truckers could fall through to their doom. The thing is, that doesn’t usually happen. So basically, what you have is some guys driving trucks back and forth, and they made a show about it.

re: #102 albusteve

there it is….some heavy stuff came down from that dustup

That was the year the Pacers would have won the world Championship..They were unbeatable..That fight destroyed their season

re: #109 Killgore Trout

Last time I was in Sam’s Club, they had a hydroponics setup for sale for about $100 IIRC.

From The Times
May 30, 2009
Facebook reunites mother with long-lost son
Simon de Bruxelles

A woman whose three-year-old son was abducted and taken to live in Hungary has been reunited with him 27 years later after finding his name on Facebook.

Avril Grube last saw Gavin when his father took him on an outing to Blackpool Zoo. That was in 1982.

Instead of going to the zoo, however, Joseph Paros took the boy to Budapest in defiance of a court order.

re: #106 Cathypop

Its frustrating. I write and draw and design and play and I never feel satisfied that Im getting to the core of the idea.

Ive been close a few times and felt so satisfied. So unburdened. Theres one guitar video where I got close. But sharing it might make me look at it more critically. So unlike other videos, I wont point a link to it.

re: #101 callahan23

Last comment by him at: Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:41:45 pm

{Callahan}
Does this day find you well?

re: #114 Last Mohican

Yeah, I find “Ice Road Truckers” to be totally ineffective at creating any interest at all.

There are two main points that are supposed to make us care. The first is that it’s very, very, very cold out there. Staggeringly cold. But you can’t communicate that on TV. It’s not cold at all, here in my living room. Maybe they should ask all viewers to take a bath in icewater before they tune in, just so we have a better sense of what’s going on.

The other thing is that it’s possible that the ice could crack, and the truckers could fall through to their doom. The thing is, that doesn’t usually happen. So basically, what you have is some guys driving trucks back and forth, and they made a show about it.

That’s about the size of it. It’s OK and interesting to watch once in a blue moon but that’s about it. The Greatest Catch seems more interesting and it’s a far more dangerous profession.

You ever watch the PBS series “Carrier?” It’s on HULU — the whole 10 hours. Fascinating intimate view of like on the USS Nimitz.

Apropos of nothing, just snapped a cool picture of a rainbow arching right over the spire of the Old North Church in Boston, which I can see clearly out my bedroom window (it’s only a block or two away and is the spot from which Paul Revere saw the famous lanterns). It looks like the the rainbow is emanating from the very top like a beacon straight down.

And, of course, I realize I left my camera’s USB cable at my mother’s house the last time I went home so I can’t see how it turned out for at least a few weeks. ACK!

re: #120 Gus 802

That’s about the size of it. It’s OK and interesting to watch once in a blue moon but that’s about it. The Greatest Catch seems more interesting and it’s a far more dangerous profession.

You ever watch the PBS series “Carrier?” It’s on HULU — the whole 10 hours. Fascinating intimate view of life on the USS Nimitz.

PIMF

I am really just sick at this moment. Folks flying off the deep end cheering on a cold blooded killer on one hand, and then on the other hand folks all hot and bothered that their rights are being trampled on because the government wants correspondence in writing- and on the eve of the Tienanmen Square massacre. Makes me think they have no idea what rights violations really are.

re: #120 Gus 802

You ever watch the PBS series “Carrier?” It’s on HULU — the whole 10 hours. Fascinating intimate view of like on the USS Nimitz.

I’ve seen an episode or two. Thought it was excellent. Aircraft carriers fascinate me.

re: #40 Alouette

Today is my granddaughter Sarah’s 3rd birthday. She was born in Safed, Israel, 2 weeks after the passing of my mother-in-law, Sarah Shaindel, of blessed memory.

Happy Birthday Sarah! Love you tons! (Can’t wait to see you in September, cupcake)

יום הולדת שמח

re: #115 HoosierHoops

That was the year the Pacers would have won the world Championship..They were unbeatable..That fight destroyed their season

alas the NBA…land of the prima donna..I was at the palace one night when some ass started to heckle John Starks about his white wife….he was coming up court with the ball and the ref actualy called a TO…Piston fans zeroed in on the perp and dragged him out of his seat and up the steps right behind me….security took him away…I was right above the floor and say the heartbreaking look on Starks face when he heard that….I really wanted to (delete) somebody…I liked John and his game….good guy

re: #123 Sharmuta

{Sharmuta}

We have a very spoiled culture, but you already knew that.

Steve Vai gets closer to my creative muse than I can :(

He’s like a musical psychic…

;)

re: #118 justdanny

Some people can do it some can’t. I can picture something but cannot but it on paper in words or drawing. My husband was able to this and it was sometimes a way of releasing something. I just listen to music and find my release.

re: #119 DEZes

{Callahan}
Does this day find you well?

Morning gloomy, evening way better.
Thanks for asking. {DEZes}
How are you doing friend?

NYAH!

Egypt man cuts off his [privates] for love, say police
May. 31, 2009 02:00 PM
Associated Press

CAIRO - A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own [male member] to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported Sunday.

After unsuccessfully petitioning his father for two years to marry the girl, the man heated up a knife and sliced off his reproductive organ, said a police official.

The young man came from a prominent family in the southern Egyptian province of Qena, one of Egypt’s poorest and most conservative areas that is also home to the famed ancient Egyptian ruins of Luxor.

re: #103 Charles

Just for the record, I didn’t “scour” any comments at Gateway Pundit. The site popped up in a blog search at Google for posts about the Tiller murder, and I clicked through.

I didn’t have to “scour” anything. They were right there with one click.

I just glanced through the most recent comments over there. They’re still over the top and the comments about you and LGF are crazy. I’m through with a lot of those blogs. I don’t even bother reading them anymore. They’ve jumped the shark ever since November of last year and their misleading titles and comments are just getting more vile by the day.

re: #130 callahan23

Morning gloomy, evening way better.
Thanks for asking. {DEZes}
How are you doing friend?

Sundays make me feel sad that Monday is coming. ;)

re: #128 justdanny

Jeff Beck clone…that’s cool

re: #123 Sharmuta

I am really just sick at this moment. Folks flying off the deep end cheering on a cold blooded killer on one hand, and then on the other hand folks all hot and bothered that their rights are being trampled on because the government wants correspondence in writing- and on the eve of the Tienanmen Square massacre. Makes me think they have no idea what rights violations really are.

Most Americans today are only the recipients of freedom, never having paid for it with blood and toil.

re: #131 FurryOldGuyJeans

NYAH!

Egypt man cuts off his [privates] for love, say police
May. 31, 2009 02:00 PM
Associated Press

Does this qualify for the Darwin Award?

re: #127 DEZes

{DEZes}. I think I’m going to take a short walk to get some air. I’m just ill thinking of all this.

re: #136 Cathypop

Does this qualify for the Darwin Award?

At least in the running for one. YOUCH!

re: #126 albusteve

alas the NBA…land of the prima donna..I was at the palace one night when some ass started to heckle John Starks about his white wife….he was coming up court with the ball and the ref actualy called a TO…Piston fans zeroed in on the perp and dragged him out of his seat and up the steps right behind me….security took him away…I was right above the floor and say the heartbreaking look on Starks face when he heard that….I really wanted to (delete) somebody…I liked John and his game….good guy

Sickening story…Good on the fans

re: #131 FurryOldGuyJeans

I would do anything for love….

But I won’t do that.

No no no…

re: #116 razorbacker

Hmmm, I’d be interested to see their setup. Most store bought systems are either crazy expensive or too small to be useful.

re: #137 Sharmuta

{DEZes}. I think I’m going to take a short walk to get some air. I’m just ill thinking of all this.

That will help, fresh air and a fresh perspective.
We will keep your place for ya. ;)

re: #136 Cathypop

Does this qualify for the Darwin Award?

this seems more like an Intelligent Design award

Bwahahahaa!

[Link: www.news-leader.com…]

re: #140 Fenway_Nation

I would do anything for love….

But I won’t do that.

No no no…

don’t let yer Meatloaf!

re: #124 Last Mohican

I’ve seen an episode or two. Thought it was excellent. Aircraft carriers fascinate me.

I saw on clip at Live Leak about the night landings with the Nimitz heaving up to 30 feet. It’s hard to watch sometimes because they follow the lives very closely of those on board — hard in that it deal with a lot of emotions of the young folks on the ship. It deal with all things though from A to Z.

re: #138 FurryOldGuyJeans

Prime reason for lifeguards in the gene pool.

/Typos.

In Haydn commemorative year it’s - mostly Mozart
May. 31, 2009 02:03 PM
Associated Press

VIENNA - Mostly Mozart. Hardly Haydn.

Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago Sunday, and Austria has been officially marking the occasion with hundreds of concerts, exhibitions and other events dedicated to the music and memory of one of the country’s greatest sons.

There is no doubt that Haydn was a giant. The “Father of the Symphony” was also key in developing genres such as the string quartet, the sonata and the concerto. His oratorios are the gold standard. And he was unusually prolific, leaving behind more than 100 major works and hundreds of shorter pieces.

But Haydn has it hard in a country that also gave birth to Amadeus.

re: #140 Fenway_Nation

I would do anything for love….

But I won’t do that.

No no no…

I don’t think he will get needing 72 virgins.

re: #144 Thanos

Bwahahahaa!

[Link: www.news-leader.com…]

That is rich. Thanks for posting that.

re: #133 DEZes

Sundays make me feel sad that Monday is coming. ;)

Mondays are not real days, Mondays are only bright nights.
Now you are free to envy me: tomorrow is Pentecost-Monday which is a holiday in Germany. :-D

re: #131 FurryOldGuyJeans

Always with the one-upsmanship. Could he have been satisfied with cutting his nose off to spite his face? Noooooo. He had to one-up that.

You’d be tempted to speculate on whether drugs or alcohol might have been involved. Course, prolly not, since those are contra-indicated by the prevailing religion.

Well. I wonder if those cushy haram guard jobs are still available?

re: #136 Cathypop

Does this qualify for the Darwin Award?

That guy should get a grip….um, he should have stood firm….
Ah crap, he should have bought a goat.

re: #129 Cathypop

Some people can do it some can’t. I can picture something but cannot but it on paper in words or drawing. My husband was able to this and it was sometimes a way of releasing something. I just listen to music and find my release.

Thats it. The ‘releasing something’. Thats the it. When I was younger playing sports. I could feel that ‘it’ on a good play or hit. And when I use to write poetry I got to ‘it’ a couple of times.

We are the strangest beings. I wonder if penguins worry about releasing ‘it’? I bet not.

re: #149 FurryOldGuyJeans

I don’t think I could Handel news like that.

I argue guitars….here’s an encore…tasty

Me hungry. Me grab club, trek for elk.

Squirrel at cemetery wraps nest in Old Glory
May. 30, 2009 10:07 AM
Associated Press

PORT HURON, Mich. - Squirrel. Thief. Patriot.

A brazen squirrel has been grabbing small American flags placed in a Port Huron, Mich., cemetery and carrying them up to its nest, which now looks as if it’s bedecked in bunting.

re: #156 Fenway_Nation

I don’t think I could Handel news like that.

You could if you were Beethoven the head with it!

re: #141 Killgore Trout

Think dishpan sized, if you’re old enough to remember dishpans.

Prolly grow a nice flower.

re: #159 FurryOldGuyJeans

Squirrel at cemetery wraps nest in Old Glory
May. 30, 2009 10:07 AM
Associated Press

OK….now that’s just nuts.

Is the Port Huron Squirrel an ACORN volunteer?

re: #153 razorbacker

Always with the one-upsmanship. Could he have been satisfied with cutting his nose off to spite his face? Noooooo. He had to one-up that.

Really, it was a form of second circumcision.

re: #159 FurryOldGuyJeans

Squirrel at cemetery wraps nest in Old Glory
May. 30, 2009 10:07 AM
Associated Press

Now there’s something you don’t see every day.

re: #163 Fenway_Nation

Is the Port Huron Squirrel an ACORN volunteer?

freakin rodents…

Just when you think government can’t get any loonier:

Mail deliveries halted when street is made one-way
May. 29, 2009 03:37 PM
Associated Press

YORK, Maine - Residents of Ocean Avenue Extension in York who were upset at the town’s decision to make their street one-way now have a new cause for complaint: the post office’s refusal to deliver their mail.

York Village Postmaster William Monagle says the traffic change would require the driver to make a left-hand turn, and the Postal Service has a policy of not creating new left-hand turns on its routes.

Monagle told the Portsmouth Herald that the policy is “purely a safety move.”

re: #149 FurryOldGuyJeans

In Haydn commemorative year it’s - mostly Mozart
May. 31, 2009 02:03 PM
Associated Press

Haydn was a genuinely happy person, the sort who brightened up his surroundings. He once said, “Since God has given me a cheerful heart, he will forgive me for serving him cheerfully.”

re: #19 Hengineer

I noticed your avitar, and the ship (T-AO 196). I was in the Navy, back in the early 70s, and served aboad the USS Hassayampa (AO 145), refueling ships in the South China Sea. Is a T-AO a similar type of vessel? It looks similar to “the Hass”, from what I can tell.

re: #167 FurryOldGuyJeans

They also frown on backing up. Our mail service refused delivery at the business i worked at, because exit from the parking lot required backing up and turning around. They stated that it was an “unsafe maneuver”.

So we were forced to put up a curbside box.

Very interesting piece on a mass murderer that is never mentioned as such:
Rachel Carson, environmentalism’s answer to Pol Pot
She was responsible to have banned DDT.

Yesterday would have been her 102nd birthday and I’m sorry I missed it, but my sharp-eyed fellow-traveller David Hinz at The Minority Report celebrated with a lively dance on the old fraud’s grave. He doesn’t mince his words: Rachel Carson - poster girl of the international eco movement - was a “mass murderer” to rival Stalin and Pol Pot.
Was she really responsible for the deaths of as many as 50 million people? That’s just an estimate. …

… In 2006, the WHO tacitly acknowledged its mistake by partially rescinding the ban. “We must take a position based on the science and the data. One of the best tools we have against malaria is indoor residual spraying. Of the dozen or so insecticides WHO has approved as safe for house spraying, the most effective is DDT,” said Arata Kochi of WHO.
Do the utterly misleading “extreme scenarios” posited by Rachel Carson remind you of anyone? Prince Charles, maybe? Al Gore? Dr James Hansen? No surprise if they do. Carson’s bestselling brand of junk science and misanthropic, anti-capitalist doom-mongering has provided the model for the international green movement ever since.

Read the whole article.

re: #141 Killgore Trout

Hmmm, I’d be interested to see their setup. Most store bought systems are either crazy expensive or too small to be useful.

funniest movie evah featuring a hydroponic garden.

Saving Grace, the Movie.

re: #171 callahan23

Very interesting piece on a mass murderer that is never mentioned as such:
Rachel Carson, environmentalism’s answer to Pol Pot
She was responsible to have banned DDT.

Read the whole article.

Heh, I still have some old “Ortho” insecticide in my garage, and clearly on the label it says “CONTAINS DDT!”. I keep it as a memento, and to show it to my liberal friends so they shriek in horror.

The “war on DDT” certainly had some collateral damage……in the tens of millions - the dirty little secret of the “environmental movement” and a perfect example of the law of unintended consequences.

re: #54 reine.de.tout

Now … where’s my cupcake?

Have some cheesecake.

OK, I know I’m late to the discussion. We got back OK from Indy. The race was OK -not my cup of tea, but OK. Personally bummed out by the Cav’s loss to Orlando. But, as Clevelanders, we always have hope for the next team/season. Presently, the Indians are looking a bit iffy. As for the Browns, we’re always optimistic! That’s how Clevelanders are!
Perhaps it’s time for me to give all of you some further insight about my beliefs and points of view. My daily reading, in addition to LGF of course, includes Drudge, Fox News, Fox Nation, Hot Air, IBD editorials, Human Events, American Thinker, American Spectator, Front Page, Townhall, Real Clear Politics, PowerLine, Michelle Malkin, and others. I try to read, absorb, and interpret all views. I am a conservative, I oppose all forms of terrorism, I am pro-life, pro-constitution, pro 2nd Amendment. I voted for McCain because I KNEW that Obama was wrong for this country. I enjoy being a part of this “Lizard” community, at last. Blessings to all!

“Breaking Bad” just ended and it is, imo, the best television drama I have ever seen. Choices and consequences in action.