Fezzig? Are there rocks ahead?

If there are, we all be dead.

Rocky shore in that picture.
Watch your step!

I wanna jump...into the endless sea.

re: #1 Sharmuta

Fezzig? Are there rocks ahead?

If there are, we all be dead.

INconceivable!

re: #4 LudwigVanQuixote

INconceivable!

re: #1 Sharmuta

That Vizzini, he can *fuss*.

Fuss, fuss... I think he like to scream at *us*.

Jeez...can't help but think about Samoa right now. IIRC, Pago Pago on American Samoa would be shielded from any tsunamis by the mountainous interior, but I haven't heard any assesment of the Damages from Western Samoa or American Samoa.

/Has actually set foot in Pago Pago.

re: #6 Slumbering Behemoth

No more rhyming! I MEAN IT!
Anybody want a peanut?

Here comes science... BOO! [Link: www.allmusic.com...]

But why is there a man next to the dinosaur? Have TMBG been going to creationist museums?

re: #6 Slumbering Behemoth

That Vizzini, he can *fuss*.

Fuss, fuss... I think he like to scream at *us*.

And you were so slobbering drunk you couldn't buy brandy!

re: #10 Sharmuta

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

re: #11 Slumbering Behemoth

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

Wait til I get going.

re: #11 Slumbering Behemoth

Acid King YES! Have I mentioned that I love the Melvins?
And, have you heard about Shrinebuilder?
brain = explode

re: #7 Fenway_Nation

Damn dude, I almost didn't recognize you with that new makeover. Warn a Lizard, will ya.
/

A fun definition,,,

FLAG CASE: (The last line must be said while snapping to attention and saluting...) Flag Case: n. A person who is so sexually repellant that the only way one could conceive of having sex with them, would be in the event of nuclear holocaust or similar catastrophe, and them being the only fertile mate availible, one would wrap them in the flag and "Do it for America!"

Oh...this comes as a complete shock.

Pervy child-predator director demands release of arrested pervy child-predator director.

Wonder if Victor Silva was able to sign the petition.

re: #13 Lawrior

Not heard of Shrinebuilder, and there is something wonky going on that keeps me from playing that song there.

How's about some Peruvian Doom?

The recording ain't so great, but you can get the idea.

Later tonight (Wednesday), the Empire State Building will be lit up in red and yellow to recognize the "birthday" of Communist China. Are you fucking kidding me?

re: #14 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh...that? It's my new side project for when I'm not working on Fenway & The Behemoth- Extreme Avatar Makeover!

/Thought the B&M Railway logo was a tad appropriate since the last week has been more or less a trainwreck for the Red Sox.

re: #18 I Need A Bigger Gun

Linky?

re: #16 Fenway_Nation

Oh...this comes as a complete shock.

Pervy child-predator director demands release of arrested pervy child-predator director.

Wonder if Victor Silva was able to sign the petition.

Is Hollywood so tight-knit that not signing it could be a black mark? I'm not defending this at all, just wondering if it's a simple case of people lacking balls. I'm having a really hard time understanding why people are sticking up for this guy.

re: #18 I Need A Bigger Gun

Down Ding on the wonderful idea.

re: #18 I Need A Bigger Gun

Why are you shocked?

re: #18 I Need A Bigger Gun

"I for one welcome our insect Maoist overlords"

-Kent Brockman

re: #17 Slumbering Behemoth

I like that.

Empire State Building will be red tomorrow. If you remind me tomorrow, I'll take a picture to prove it.

Ok, I need to get to sleep, as tomorrow is another big day of trying to make sense of our tax code. Goodnight, lizards.

re: #23 TheMatrix31

*sigh* I guess I'm not...

re: #20 Slumbering Behemoth

Saw it on Greta van Lockjaw's show tonight.

re: #25 Lawrior

re: #18 I Need A Bigger Gun

Gotta wonder what Google will do to mark the occasion...

re: #18 I Need A Bigger Gun

Later tonight (Wednesday), the Empire State Building will be lit up in red and yellow to recognize the "birthday" of Communist China. Are you fucking kidding me?

Technically we are not enemies, in fact, we are major trading partners.

re: #19 Fenway_Nation

Fenway & The Behemoth- Extreme Avatar Makeover!

Two gallons of tequila, two cartons of non-filters, a beat up truck held together with duct tape and sheer, spiteful will, and two crazy Lizards hell bent on fucking shit up!

Forget your daughters, hide your hookers! Your avatar will never be the same.

re: #29 Bagua

Technically we are not enemies, in fact, we are major trading partners.

Indeed, our trading relationship is a cornerstone in the world economy.

A love letter to Anne Coulter...
[Link: worshiptheglitch.com...]

re: #25 Lawrior

fuck

I get diplomatic relations and what not, but why? What point is there in lighting up an iconic American building to commemorate the founding of a communist nation. What color will it be lit up to commemorate the Cuban Communist Revolution?

Who or what is behind this? Does the owner have some lucrative business connection in China that he/she wants to flatter?

re: #30 Slumbering Behemoth

Your avatar will never be the same.

My avatar reveals all change, yet it is always the same.

re: #29 Bagua

Technically we are not enemies, in fact, we are major trading partners.

I don't really care that they are a trading partner of ours. The ChiComs are still our enemies.

And it doesn't fucking matter. You do NOT light up one of the beacons of our whole country in commemoration of one of the most brutal countries/regimes in history.

re: #35 I Need A Bigger Gun

re: #36 TheMatrix31

Now now...it's not so bad if you're willing to overlook Mao's bloody rise to power and subsequent purges, The Cultural Revolution, the Tianamen Square Massacre and the ongoing crackdowns against the Uighurs or Falun Gong practitioners...///

And if you don't overlook it, the MSM, government and multinational corporations will.

re: #36 TheMatrix31

And it doesn't fucking matter. You do NOT light up one of the beacons of our whole country in commemoration of one of the most brutal countries/regimes in history.

Sooo... are you suggesting that it should become government property? Because you know it's privately owned and they can do whatever the hell they want with it, right?

Since y'all seem interested in China, put up a spin-off link on China and Nigeria. Seems like a Chinese company is negotiating to buy 1/6 of Nigeria's oil reserves.

re: #35 I Need A Bigger Gun

I don't really care that they are a trading partner of ours. The ChiComs are still our enemies.

When was the last time The U.S. and China openly traded rounds? Competitors on the world market, surely. Enemies? Not at the moment. Former allies? Yes.

re: #36 TheMatrix31

And it doesn't fucking matter. You do NOT light up one of the beacons of our whole country in commemoration of one of the most brutal countries/regimes in history.

Most brutal? All hyperbole aside, I am not at all enthusiastic about the owner(s) of the Empire State Building commemorating the formation of any communist state. It just doesn't seem right.

re: #39 freetoken

They've been very busy in that regard. Especially in Africa.

Even Darfur.

re: #18 I Need A Bigger Gun

Later tonight (Wednesday), the Empire State Building will be lit up in red and yellow to recognize the "birthday" of Communist China. Are you fucking kidding me?

Dear God. Links, please!

re: #36 TheMatrix31

And it doesn't fucking matter. You do NOT light up one of the beacons of our whole country in commemoration of one of the most brutal countries/regimes in history.

The building is now a light house? I think you have it confused with something else. It's just a tall building, the Chinese are a friendly nation.

re: #43 Bagua

the Chinese are a friendly nation

Unless you're a Tibetan or Uighur.

re: #38 JasonA

Sooo... are you suggesting that it should become government property? Because you know it's privately owned and they can do whatever the hell they want with it, right?

No, but I expect more of the owners of that property.

re: #40 Slumbering Behemoth

They were/are pretty fuckin' brutal.

BTW, I'm surprised there is so much commotion over the Empire State building thing... the news came out a few days ago and it didn't generate much heat.

And, back to Africa:

Oprah magic for Man of God

Nigerian author Uwem Akpan, who is a Jesuit priest, said he was “humbled” that his debut collection of short stories was chosen by influential U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey for her book club.

[...]

“Don’t forget that Jesus was a priest and a poet.”

[...]

Hmmm... I don't remember reading that in the Bible... need to ask SJ next time he is online.

re: #43 Bagua

They light it up for a whole bunch of shit.

I'm sure Malkin and Beck will get right on this outrage.

re: #42 davinvalkri

Headbanging Lizard Lawrior provided this link earlier.

re: #44 Fenway_Nation

Unless you're a Tibetan or Uighur.

The Chinese may counter that the Indians and the Africans have had a less than joyous history with friendly America, need I continue?

re: #48 Bagua

I don't care what they do. I couldn't give a SHIT less actually.

I don't like buildings in my country being lit up in colors supporting the Eid and Communist regimes, and that's all I know or care to say about it.

re: #49 Slumbering Behemoth

Headbanging Lizard Lawrior provided this link earlier.

...what a bizarre set of events to commemorate. That's all I'm going to say on the internet that's not going to get me banned.

re: #50 Bagua

You're talking history, I'm talking current events.

re: #51 TheMatrix31

How about Christmas lights? Or Diwali?

re: #40 Slumbering Behemoth

Well let's see...as I recall, the last time we traded rounds with the ChiComs was during the Korean War. That doesn't mean we aren't enemies, in one sense or another. How many times did we trade rounds with the Russians during the Cold War? Never directly. But does that mean the Russians weren't our enemies then?

here's a good late night read:
[Link: www.newsmax.com...]
SPOILER:nothing to do with oceans, china, or oprah

re: #25 Lawrior

Holy crap a Phoenix Wright fan!

OBJECTION! Everybody is...objectionable!

re: #55 I Need A Bigger Gun

The Communist Threat.

re: #46 freetoken

SpaceJesus is such an amazing poet that you don't even realize you're reading poetry. Yeah... He's that good.

re: #54 Bagua

Don't know what Diwali is. Christmas is okay. I mean, yeah for normal religious people, Christmas is actually religious, but there's also the non-religious, commercial mystique that incorporates the green/red, so lighting it up in those colors is fine.

re: #45 TheMatrix31

They were/are pretty fuckin' brutal.

No argument there, but there have been many worse. Please do not mistake this as an apologia nor a defense.

As others have stated, the building is private property, they can light it up for whatever they want. I don't like it. I don't think it's appropriate to favorably commemorate the founding of any communist state, but I guess that is their right.

I don't like it, but I'm not going to lose my shit over it.

re: #60 TheMatrix31

But you excluded Eid, it's a holiday.

re: #62 Bagua

And what are the Eid 'colors'?

At this late hour of the night, I just had a profound realization.

I just read a refresher on "Under the Tuscan Sun." (I can't yet figure out why I like Diane Lane, knowing that she's married to Josh Brolin. *yuck*) It's about a writer who re-finds herself after impulsively buying a fixer-upper in a place she knows nothing about. Once word gets out that she knows how to prepare a small feast, people start helping her to get the house in order...

This cinnamon sweetbread I've been making has gotten nothing but rave reviews.

I CAN GET HELP WITH (just about) ANYTHING, WITH A LOAF OR TWO.

...anything but rent, utilities, or taxes...

Although, if it's car trouble, a 12-pack of beer might be a better idea. Ah, what the heck, a 12-pack plus a loaf of cinnamon bread.

re: #56 checked08

here's a good late night read:
[Link: www.newsmax.com...]
SPOILER:nothing to do with oceans, china, or oprah

From that article:

Skilled, military-trained, nation-builders would replace accountability-challenged, radical-left commissars.

We build nations? No, this would be the prelude to "Civil War: the Sequel."

re: #61 Slumbering Behemoth

No argument there, but there have been many worse. Please do not mistake this as an apologia nor a defense.

As others have stated, the building is private property, they can light it up for whatever they want. I don't like it. I don't think it's appropriate to favorably commemorate the founding of any communist state, but I guess that is their right.

I don't like it, but I'm not going to lose my shit over it.

Of course not. I'm not losing my shit over it either, it's just wrong and annoying.

re: #62 Bagua

Eid is a religious one though, and a major part of a religion that has really disgusting extremists which perpetrated mass murder just a few miles away from the ESB.

I don't think it has a commercial non-religious aspect to it, lol.

Either way, whatever.

re: #56 checked08

here's a good late night read:
[Link: www.newsmax.com...]
SPOILER:nothing to do with oceans, china, or oprah

...do we really want to be associated with advertising a coup attempt? Come on, san checks, people.

re: #55 I Need A Bigger Gun

Is Germany, Italy, or Japan still our enemy now?

Everyone knew what was going in Korea, but both sides pretended not to know in order to prevent further escalation. We were also fighting Russians in Korea, and pretended not to know for the same reason.

I asked, when was the last time we openly exchanged rounds with China.

Things change. China was once a staunch ally of the U.S., that changed. They secretly fought against us for a time. That changed. China's gov't was devoted to a communist economy. That is changing. Perhaps not fast enough for my tastes, but it is happening.

Shit...looks like I was wrong about Pago Pago.

re: #63 Fenway_Nation

And what are the Eid 'colors'?

In Turkey they use red and white, for both the national holidays and religious. The Eiffel Tower for example was lit red and white with a crescent and star to honour Turkey.

re: #56 checked08

From your link:

Officers swear to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Unlike enlisted personnel, they do not swear to “obey the orders of the president of the United States.”

The oath of the enlisted does not expire with the commission.

Fail on point 1, fail entirely.

re: #66 TheMatrix31

Of course not. I'm not losing my shit over it either, it's just wrong and annoying.

Sorry Lizard, it was not my intent to imply that you were losing your shit over it. I made a general statement that was not meant to apply to you directly.

re: #70 Fenway_Nation

Shit...looks like I was wrong about Pago Pago.

You're not the only one. I also heard the forecasts, and the ensuing reality. Don't feel bad about it.

re: #68 davinvalkri

but perry isnt advertising or advocating

America isn’t the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. That it has never happened doesn’t mean it wont. Describing what may be afoot is not to advocate it.

see? wrote a disclaimer and everything

re: #69 Slumbering Behemoth

Is Germany, Italy, or Japan still our enemy now?

Apparently some enemies are never to be made peace with. I posted a video that explains the idea above.

re: #75 checked08

but perry isnt advertising or advocating

see? wrote a disclaimer and everything

All the same, what makes the American democracy so interesting is that nobody even considers a coup if their interests lose the election. That's been going on since 1796. The very idea that a respected newspaper columnist should want to discuss the possibility of a coup during one presidency is a bit disquieting.

re: #71 Bagua

You answered the question I never asked about Turkey, but not the one about the 'colors' of Eid...

Are there any 'official' colors for Eid?

Well good evening, Lizardia. It's morning over here in sunny Tzefat.

The only disadvantage of this great vacation is that I'm 10 hours ahead of LA, which means that for most of the day I get the overnight thread, and the first post of the day shows up here at about 7 or 8 PM.

re: #69 Slumbering Behemoth

Well, we rebuilt Germany and Japan (and to a lesser extent, Italy). And even if we hadn't, none of them have the economic leverage, or the military might, to threaten us. On the other hand, the ChiComs do. Okay, things do change. But I still don't trust them.

re: #74 victor_yugo

I thought the epicenter was to the west of American Samoa, but after looking at this map, it's more to the south...which means that Pago Pago would've borne the brunt of any subsequent tsunami (on top of whatever damage was caused by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake).

re: #32 LudwigVanQuixote

I love that one. In small doses, I can like Henry.

re: #63 Fenway_Nation

And what are the Eid 'colors'?

Green.

re: #78 Fenway_Nation

I'm pretty sure its green.

re: #82 theheat

I love that one. In small doses, I can like Henry.

OMG! teHheat has teHavatar!

re: #78 Fenway_Nation

You answered the question I never asked about Turkey, but not the one about the 'colors' of Eid...

Are there any 'official' colors for Eid?

The "Prophet's" favorite color was green. Infidels are not allowed to wear green. When the Ottomans occupied Palestine, they attacked non-Muslims who dared to wear green.

If the number of Muslims in Ireland increases, you will see some serious seething on St. Patrick's Day.

re: #78 Fenway_Nation

You answered the question I never asked about Turkey, but not the one about the 'colors' of Eid...

Are there any 'official' colors for Eid?

Red and White, lights and fireworks are used in Turkey to celebrate Eid, that answered your question.

re: #78 Fenway_Nation

You answered the question I never asked about Turkey, but not the one about the 'colors' of Eid...

Are there any 'official' colors for Eid?

Here's a picture.

As you might imagine, Malkin and Company were tearing their hair out over this when it started.

re: #85 Fenway_Nation

Yup. I thought I'd stop being such a "default" brown shoe and add a little color to my profile. Looks like yours changed, too. I like that one.

re: #88 SixDegrees

I didn't like it either, and I'm no Malkin/Beck/whoeveryouwant supporter.

So, does it make me a bad person because I don't trust the ChiComs or the Russians? Just wonderin'...

About the Empire State Building...

This really is a madeup controversy. They light it up for everything, and I do mean everything. Here's a partial list from last year of some of the lighting changes and what they commemorate:

8/29/2008 - 09/01/2008 Blue/White/Blue Muscular Dystrophy Association, Jerry Lewis MDA National Labor Day Telethon
09/02/2008 - 09/04/2008 White/White/White ESB Lighting
09/05/2008 - 09/07/2008 Yellow/Yellow/Yellow United States Tennis Association, Finals Weekend
09/08/2008 - 09/09/2008 White/White/White ESB Lighting
09/10/2008 Pink/Pink/White Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, City in Pink
09/11/2008 Red/White/Blue In Memory of September 11
09/12/2008 - 09/18/2008 White/White/White ESB Lighting
09/19/2008 - 09/21/2008 Yellow/Red/Black 51st Annual Steuben Day Parade
09/22/2008 - 09/29/2008 White/White/White ESB Lighting
09/30/2008 - 10/01/2008 Green/Green/Green Eid-al-Fitr
10/02/2008 White/White/White ESB Lighting
10/03/2008 - 10/05/2008 Blue/Blue/White Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Walk to Cure Diabetes
10/06/2008 - 10/09/2008 White/White/White ESB Lighting
10/10/2008 - 10/13/2008 Red/White/Green Columbus Day
10/14/2008 - 10/15/2008 White/White/White ESB Lighting
10/16/2008 Yellow/Yellow/Yellow Afterschool Alliance, Lights on Afterschool
10/17/2008 - 10/19/2008 Purple/Orange/White Cat Fanciers' Association, CFA-Iams Cat Championships
10/20/2008 Orange/Orange/White Food Bank NYC, NYC Goes Orange
10/21/2008 White/White/White ESB Lighting
10/22/2008 Purple/Red/Red Gabrielle's Angel Foundation, Gabrielle's Gala
10/23/2008 White/White/White ESB Lighting
10/24/2008 - 10/26/2008 Purple/Purple/White Alzheimer's Association, Memory Walk

re: #89 theheat

Yup. I thought I'd stop being such a "default" brown shoe and add a little color to my profile. Looks like yours changed, too. I like that one.

Shhh...it's an image of a white guy brandishing a firearm. Don't call DHS!!//

re: #91 I Need A Bigger Gun

So, does it make me a bad person because I don't trust the ChiComs or the Russians? Just wonderin'...

Hey, relax, man, I wish China had been handed to Hong Kong instead of the other way around, and I'm ethnically part-Chinese (though it doesn't really matter). You're fine.

re: #86 Alouette

If the number of Muslims in Ireland increases, you will see some serious seething on St. Patrick's Day.

God help any heretic who dares challenge the right to wear green on the Feast of Naomh Pádraig.

And God help LFG.

re: #92 iceweasel

I want to see it lit up in something black and silver to commemorate the April 1933 release of King Kong. A film classic, and still one of the best horror shows of all time.

re: #96 theheat

I want to see it lit up in something black and silver to commemorate the April 1933 release of King Kong. A film classic, and still one of the best horror shows of all time.

Now THAT would be cool!

re: #93 Fenway_Nation

My lips are sealed. No one will know about the beast that lives in your belly.

re: #78 Fenway_Nation

You answered the question I never asked about Turkey, but not the one about the 'colors' of Eid...

Are there any 'official' colors for Eid?

Taking about general colour combinations I must say that the white colours can be use with any of the dark colours and black can be used with any of the light colours. Other than these the colour combination of every dark colour with its light shades also gives a pretty look. Except these, combination of red and black is also very popular, especially in winter season while in summer it is not advisable to choose the combination of red and black.
Some other popular colour combinations are:

* Orange and black
* yellow and red
* white and black
* turquoise and pink
* forest green and pink
* yellow and cream
* Dark blue and white
* Dark blue and white
* Maroon and white
* Maroon and yellow
* For tops liquid metallic colours are always in
* Purple and yellow
* Except these combination of forest green and red is also very nice.

Eid color combinations

Eid Color Greeting Cards

It appear the colours adapt and change.

re: #80 I Need A Bigger Gun

But I still don't trust them.

Not saying you should. I don't. But they are not our enemies. They aren't our allies either. We are trading partners, however. This builds a mutual interest, which may lead to better things for both our nations, and better relations.

Pick up what Penn puts down here.

re: #92 iceweasel

Apparently they do light it up for just about anything.

Quick quiz: Which one of these organizations is directly responsible for the deaths of millions?

A) The US Tennis Association
B) The Cat Fancier's Association
C) The Alzheimers Association Memory Walk
D) The Communist Party of China

re: #97 iceweasel

I did a poster of that as a project about a million years ago as a tribute to the Deco movement. Came out ubercool.

re: #99 Bagua

It's what keeps the Arabic-language greeting card industry afloat, apparently.

re: #101 Fenway_Nation

Apparently they do light it up for just about anything.

Quick quiz: Which one of these organizations is directly responsible for the deaths of millions?

A) The US Tennis Association
B) The Cat Fancier's Association
C) The Alzheimers Association Memory Walk
D) The Communist Party of China

A: The US Tennis Ass'n.

Check here for one example.

re: #92 iceweasel

It's just something that's annoying along the lines of Google's stupid banners yet not putting things up for Sept 11, July 4, Vets Day, Memorial Day, etc.

re: #95 victor_yugo

God help any heretic who dares challenge the right to wear green on the Feast of Naomh Pádraig.

And God help LGF.

Is that what you meant?

re: #90 TheMatrix31

I didn't like it either, and I'm no Malkin/Beck/whoeveryouwant supporter.

Then you must not approve when they light it up for Easter or Christmas or Hannukah, either.

Here's a whole list of lighting events to get outraged over, a veritable cornucopia of outrage. Just passed - the Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary commemoration. A film that celebrates a wizard. Which is a kind of witch. Which makes this a celebration of Satanism! Want more proof? Look what color they lit the building up in!! They're devil worshippers! Commie lovers! And they lit it up in pink once, so they're probably promoting gays, too!

Those evil bastards!

/

re: #95 victor_yugo

Never mind St. Patrick's Day- could you imagine the reaction if some terrorists had designs on St. James Gate?

re: #105 TheMatrix31

It's just something that's annoying along the lines of Google's stupid banners yet not putting things up for Sept 11, July 4, Vets Day, Memorial Day, etc.

Yeah, that's about where I stand to. Nothing to get really worked up for, but...you know...in another world...maybe...

re: #107 SixDegrees

Stretch.

re: #91 I Need A Bigger Gun

So, does it make me a bad person because I don't trust the ChiComs or the Russians? Just wonderin'...

Of course not. Not in my estimation. But please don't become a victim of hyperbole.

re: #101 Fenway_Nation

Apparently they do light it up for just about anything.

Quick quiz: Which one of these organizations is directly responsible for the deaths of millions?

A) The US Tennis Association
B) The Cat Fancier's Association
C) The Alzheimers Association Memory Walk
D) The Communist Party of China

China. like it or not, is one of our allies. It's also a major world historical event that's being commemorated.
Islam, like it or not, is one of the major world religions.

I don't have an issue with this. If people are upset over the commemoration of China, I suggest they pour that energy into political activism demanding that the Obama admin recognise China's human rights abuses-- rather than being angry about the colour of the lights on the ESB.

One is a worthy political endeavour; the other is a Faux News--Malkin--Beck style bullshit freakout of the day.

re: #91 I Need A Bigger Gun

So, does it make me a bad person because I don't trust the ChiComs or the Russians? Just wonderin'...

Now it is distrust, above they were "the enemy," and you were objecting to some minor public gesture. Now you feel questioning this implies you are "a bad person."

I posted a video of my impression already.

re: #112 iceweasel

One is a worthy political endeavour; the other is a Faux News--Malkin--Beck style bullshit freakout of the day.

I really hope that's not the retort every single time someone's pissed about something over the next few years. It got really annoying when people kept randomly throwing in Bill O'Reilly references as putdowns during my support for things during the last administration...

re: #114 TheMatrix31

Ya Iceweasal, Stop boxing us in with your logic.

re: #114 TheMatrix31

I really hope that's not the retort every single time someone's pissed about something over the next few years. It got really annoying when people kept randomly throwing in Bill O'Reilly references as putdowns during my support for things during the last administration...

It's not a putdown at all. I'm recommending ways to channel anger into political activism that can have an impact, rather than causing one to drown in a rising tide of frothy indignation.

I pointed the same sort of things out to 'teh left' too, from 2000 onwards, btw.

OMG - they not only light it up for Hannukah, but also had a special Salute to Israel display back in May!

Those bastards! Celebrating the Jooos! What must the Palestinians think of such an insult?

re: #115 Bagua

Ya Iceweasal, Stop boxing us in with your logic.

Heh. Hi Bagua. You seem in rare form today! I've favourited that vid, btw. I suspect it will come in handy.

What's been happening here? Any notable flounces, meltdowns, etc?

re: #117 SixDegrees

What must the Palestinians think of such an insult?

Ooops..what's this? My giveadamn is in the shop.

re: #119 Fenway_Nation

Ooops..what's this? My giveadamn is in the shop.

Heh.

Oh God, here comes the sarcasm. Come on, guys.

re: #118 iceweasel

Heh. Hi Bagua. You seem in rare form today! I've favourited that vid, btw. I suspect it will come in handy.

What's been happening here? Any notable flounces, meltdowns, etc?

So far just the "frothy indignation" but give it time, as they say,
Rome wasn't destroyed in a day.

Gotta wonder how different the world would've been if 50 years ago it was Mao saying something along the lines of 'To get rich is glorious' or 'No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat'...

Y'know...instead of muddling through the invasion of Tibet, Cultural Revolution, Tianamen Square Massacre etc etc...to come to conclusions along those lines.

Oh joy...looks like 0bama's State Department is finally ratcheting up the tough rhetoric in the Middle East:

U.S. urges Israel to probe Gaza crimes to boost peace

re: #121 TheMatrix31

Oh God, here comes the sarcasm. Come on, guys.

I don't mean you when I'm talking about frothy indignation. Just the usual suspects who merchandise it. Be cool, Matrix!

re: #124 Fenway_Nation

Here it is:

Empire State Goes Green for Muslim Holiday Eid

re: #126 Bagua

Probably using the same template for Earth Day or St. Patrick's Day.

re: #127 Fenway_Nation

Probably using the same template for Earth Day or St. Patrick's Day.

Yes, the lighting fixtures were made in China as well, so there is something here to froth up over for all.

Jesus Christ. Did people see this yesterday? NewsMax columnist calling for a military coup to "solve the Obama problem?"

There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America's military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the "Obama problem." Don't dismiss it as unrealistic.

America isn't the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. That it has never happened doesn't mean it wont. Describing what may be afoot is not to advocate it.

[...]

Will the day come when patriotic general and flag officers sit down with the president, or with those who control him, and work out the national equivalent of a "family intervention," with some form of limited, shared responsibility?

Imagine a bloodless coup to restore and defend the Constitution through an interim administration that would do the serious business of governing and defending the nation. Skilled, military-trained, nation-builders would replace accountability-challenged, radical-left commissars. Having bonded with his twin teleprompters, the president would be detailed for ceremonial speech-making.

Military intervention is what Obama's exponentially accelerating agenda for "fundamental change" toward a Marxist state is inviting upon America. A coup is not an ideal option, but Obama's radical ideal is not acceptable or reversible.

[Link: mediamatters.org...]

Freeper reaction:

[Link: www.freerepublic.com...]

re: #92 iceweasel

About the Empire State Building...

This really is a madeup controversy. They light it up for everything, and I do mean everything. Here's a partial list from last year of some of the lighting changes and what they commemorate:

Will they light it up for my grandson's bris? Or do they only light up for a bunch of money?

re: #130 iceweasel

Did you also know Obama is an enemy of humanity? Of course this requires military intervention.

//

re: #130 iceweasel

Wow...those people are fucking stupid.

Newsmax, like American Thinker, has become home to those who otherwise couldn't get published for one or another good reason.

Now Newsmax righter calling for coup... it figures.

re: #119 Fenway_Nation

Ooops..what's this? My giveadamn is in the shop.

Leave it there. That shit is out-of-date dino-ware. Get with the new shit, bro.

re: #131 Alouette

Are you still in the Holy Land, Alouette?

re: #133 TheMatrix31

Wow...those people are fucking stupid.

No, it's worse...

John L. Perry, a prize-winning newspaper editor and writer who served on White House staffs of two presidents, is a regular columnist for Newsmax.com.

[Link: www.newsmax.com...]

Ever see one of those times that a nic and a post meshed just perfectly?...

re: #18 I Need A Bigger Gun

Later tonight (Wednesday), the Empire State Building will be lit up in red and yellow to recognize the "birthday" of Communist China. Are you fucking kidding me?

Oh yeah.

[Link: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...]
re: #132 theheat

Did you also know Obama is an enemy of humanity? Of course this requires military intervention.

//

[Link: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...]

re: #139 Bagua

AND he's a nirther!

"A president that has lost his way that badly, that has no ability to see the image of God in these little fellow human beings, if he can't do that right, then he has no place in any station of government and we need to realize that he is an enemy of humanity," Franks said.

Franks' speech was recorded by the liberal group People for the American Way.

In an interview with the Washington Independent after the speech, Franks also renewed a call for Obama to produce a copy of his birth certificate to end the questions by "birthers" who doubt the president's birthplace. Franks said he had once considered filing a lawsuit to get it, but did his own investigation and became convinced that the president was born in the United States.

Haley called the controversy a "silly debate" and said it is "ridiculous that the president doesn't just produce [the birth certificate] and make it go away." In the interview, Franks implied that the president might be trying to hide something else.

"Probably, Barack Obama could solve this problem and make the birthers, you know, back off, by simply showing us his long-form birth certificate," Franks said. "That'd solve the problem. There's some other issue, I don't know what it is, that he doesn't want people to see the birth certificate on."

re: #132 theheat

Did you also know Obama is an enemy of humanity? Of course this requires military intervention.

//

Fine. But is he an Enemy of Reality?

re: #131 Alouette

Will they light it up for my grandson's bris? Or do they only light up for a bunch of money?

They'll light it when they get enough requests, even without money. Maybe we can all write in for you! :)
Mazel tov, btw!

re: #141 Slumbering Behemoth

That is some unappealing music. That whole ugly people yelling in anger thing with gross closeups doesn't do it for me. I must be getting old. Looks about as appetizing as this shitfest of a movie. Maybe they scored it?

re: #143 theheat

That is some unappealing music.

Says you. I'm getting "old", and I still dig the fuck out of hardcore metal.

Meh. To each their own.

The Moving Finger writes, and having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all your tears wash out a Word of it.

-Omar Khayyam

re: #144 Slumbering Behemoth

Hey, go with it. There are a lot of people that like that type of music, my son included. He listens to stuff I honestly think is painful.

Just don't tell me you have a mullet and drive a Camaro ;-)

re: #146 theheat

unless it's a really cool vintage Camaro.

/added

re: #146 theheat

Just don't tell me you have a mullet and drive a Camaro ;-)

WHAT!?! You need to go way back to David Lee Roth's Van Halen for that kind of thing.

And just what the hell is wrong with GM cars!?!

/fake indignation

re: #147 theheat

unless it's a really cool vintage Camaro.

/added

Bitchin' Camaro

(lousy video tho)

When I took "Driver's Ed" in high school... the "Student Driver" car was a Camaro.

Yeah. I took driver's ed in a Camaro.

re: #149 iceweasel

Mmm... Rich Kid Punk.

re: #151 Slumbering Behemoth

My son is a (serious) guitarist. Plays in a super heavy metal thrash band (I paid for classical guitar lessons, the little son of a bitch!) anyhoo...

Bunch of upper middle class kids singing angry. I asked him once, "What are you guys so angry about?"

He said, "I know. Right?"

re: #148 Slumbering Behemoth

Hey, I used to have a vintage Camaro. And I saw DLR live back when he still had hair and wore assless chaps. I'm a dinosaur.

re: #152 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just hope they don't sing "blame the parents" songs and embarrass you. Did you son get tattoos, too?

re: #153 theheat

I preferred Van Hagar.

I know. Heresy.

re: #155 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I liked them both. Sammy was the more versatile lead singer, of the two. But nobody can replace Diamond Dave in his heyday as the most outrageous front man.

re: #154 theheat

Just hope they don't sing "blame the parents" songs and embarrass you. Did you son get tattoos, too?

Oh, only all over.

re: #157 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I feel your pain. Mine started with one, then got another on the other arm, and so on. Great looking kid - tall and looks like a model - and he decides to get ink all over himself. Mr.Heat knew before I did, and didn't want to tell me, because he knew I'd stroke out. Ugh.

re: #152 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It's the thing. You can't do punk/thrash without anger. If you haven't got a real reason, you need to make one up. Extra points to your son for seeing through the bullshit.

re: #154 theheat

Let's see...

The word "EQUALITY" (each letter formed from an animal) across the abdomen.

Some face on his right pec.

His grandmother (High school picture) on his upper left arm. His grandfather (firing a bazooka from his army days) right below her.

Ankle to knee on Right leg, Dali-esque images...

And his back he has a tattoo of ... I DON'T KNOW! I REFUSE TO LOOK ANYMORE!

But, at least he has the sense to not have a single tattoo that is visible if he puts on a long sleeve shirt and a pair of pants. He does that? I kill him.

Bounce, not flounce.

Later Lizards.

re: #156 theheat

I liked them both. Sammy was the more versatile lead singer, of the two. But nobody can replace Diamond Dave in his heyday as the most outrageous front man.

I'll just jump right in here with this link.

re: #159 Slumbering Behemoth

College graduate, European History Major. He is with a bunch of upper middle class kids who are actually angry, and he laughs right in their faces about it.

But, he is pretty well known around the state from the musicians of his style.

He's a grounded bastard, that's for sure.

re: #162 MandyManners

Mandy! How you doin'? How's the Kid?

re: #160 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

But, at least he has the sense to not have a single tattoo that is visible if he puts on a long sleeve shirt and a pair of pants. He does that? I kill him.

Ah. Mine did the same thing. Where he works they aren't supposed to have any tattoos that show with a long sleeved shirt.

We went out for dinner one night, and he rolled up his sleeves to show me the latest ink, and I about puked. I told him the least he could do is get one that says MOM, but he rolled his eyes and started laughing. Perish the thought! His are some weird symbolic thing I don't get - something to do with Black Label Society, plus some other crap. He said he designed them himself, and thought I'd be proud, since my day job is in the art world., which he enjoys mocking at every opportunity.

Can't say I was proud. I thought it was all pretty dreadful. I could have designed something better, but I can't bring myself to do it.

re: #164 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Mandy! How you doin'? How's the Kid?

I'm happy 'cause he's well and GOING BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY.

re: #165 theheat

Black Label Society?

re: #165 theheat

My son's pet peeve with tattoos are the Asian characters on Anglos.

re: #166 MandyManners

So it was H1N1?

re: #167 MandyManners

Yup. He loves Zakk Wylde. Goes to see them any chance he gets.

re: #168 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Especially all the ones where the characters don't translate. A lot of web sites show celebrities that get tattoos, and they're misspelled, or the characters mean something other than what they were intended to represent. It's like cakewrecks.com, 'cept tattoos.

re: #169 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So it was H1N1?

Yep. The clinic attached to his pediatrician's office has an on-site lab.

He's gonna' be very behind but, his teacher is happy to work with me to help me get him back up to speed.

re: #170 theheat

Yep.

re: #171 MandyManners

Whoa! Bad stuff. Glad to hear he's doing better.

re: #173 theheat

Whoa! Bad stuff. Glad to hear he's doing better.

Thanks! It's been almost a week. A very long week.

re: #168 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My son's pet peeve with tattoos are the Asian characters on Anglos.

I share that peeve myself. Also, bad things can happen:

19-year-old Charlene Williams who paid a Dorset tattooist £10 for a Chinese tattoo that she was told said 'mum', has discovered to her horror that the tattoo in reality reads "friend from hell".

Charlene's father had long joked that the tattoo actually said 'chicken chow mein' but the young woman didn't learn the true meaning of the tattoo on her back until a passing Chinese woman read it and started yelling, "evil, evil, very bad."

[Link: www.mirror.co.uk...]

re: #174 MandyManners

So, how are other things going? 'wink wink nudge nudge'...

re: #170 theheat

You do know, that to me, that is like sending me a porn link...

My wife just walked into the room and said, "What are you looking at?"

I said "Pictures of cakes."

She said, "Why aren't you wearing pants?"

I said, "I really like cake."

re: #177 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It always comes down to who's still wearing pants, doesn't it?

Unless it's a red meat cake, you're still A-OK in my book.

Ok, a friend of mine who is extremely into the body art community told me this story and I thought it was an urban legend, but I just found it...

the gold goes not to a victim but to an artist. Andy Sakai, an award-winning tattoo artist, was tired of seeing sacred Japanese words, symbols of his heritage, inked on random white people. So he used their blissful ignorance to make an everlasting statement. Any time a customer came to Sakai’s home studio wanting Japanese tattooed on them, he modified it into a profane word or phrase.

Prank Tattoo Lettering: The Artists RiotPitt junior Brandon Smith wanted a tattoo that proclaimed his manliness, so he decided to get the Chinese characters for “strength” and “honor” on his chest. After 20 minutes under the needle of local tattoo artist Andy Sakai, he emerged with the symbol for “small penis” embedded in his flesh.

Kerri Baker, a Carlow College freshman, paid $50 to have the symbols for “beautiful goddess” etched above her belly button, but when she went into Szechuan Express Asian Noodle Shop sporting a bare midriff, the giggling employees explained to her that the tattoo really said, “Insert General Tso’s Chicken Here!” “I don’t even like General Tso’s!” Baker sobbed. “I’m a vegetarian!”

Sakai was imprisoned. But you know what, this is NOT the end of the story. He had his inmates as prank targets. Using a tattoo gun fashioned out of a sharpened paper clip, dental floss, and a ballpoint pen taped to a plastic spork, the disgruntled prisoner has drawn Black Panther Party symbols on white supremacists, written CRIPS 4 EVA on rival gang members, and left dozens of hardened criminals with butterflies, fairies, and unicorns permanently etched in their skin.

"I wanted a stack of skulls on my back,’ said murderer Jimmy Drake, “and that Asian prick gave me a giant Winnie the Pooh!”

Many prisoners ask for spider webs on their elbows to signify time spent in jail. Sakai’s webs have hidden messages in them such as, “F*ck Cops,” “I Swallow,” and “Salad Tosser.”

Filed under: If it's not true, it ought to be.
[Link: www.tattooique.com...]

re: #176 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So, how are other things going? 'wink wink nudge nudge'...

Huh?

re: #180 MandyManners

Didn't I see recently that you had a date?

Then I see something (IIRC) yesterday warm and fuzzy wanting a baby?...

Or was I on the "crack"?

re: #179 iceweasel

That story is so funny it's hard to believe. You have to admit, the tattoo artist has a wicked sense of humor. If I ever get a tattoo I'm drawing it myself, just to be sure. But I really don't see that happening...

re: #179 iceweasel

Snopes says Hoax. But, I sooo want that to be true.

But just like the story from the Battle of Hastings where the middle finger was "invented" for "eff you"... IT DOESN'T MATTER! IT IS A GREAT STORY!

Good morning folkses!

re: #183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

re: #182 theheat

Heh. Yeah...I just checked snopes myself and it says hoax. I always assumed it was a hoax because it was too good to be true. (Also, why would a japanese artist automatically know the correct chinese characters to put on someone to say "Insert general tso's chicken here"... )

It's really funny though. I wish it were true. Hee.

re: #181 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Didn't I see recently that you had a date?

Then I see something (IIRC) yesterday warm and fuzzy wanting a baby?...

Or was I on the "crack"?

Ooh, the guy I met a few weeks ago. Well, that's not accurate. I've known of him for a while but, we'd not been properly introduced. We've e-mailed a bit but with The Kid being sick, my focus has not been on my love life. He's busy being retired at 43.

As for the baby thing, well, who wouldn't get the warm-and-fuzzies after seeing him?

re: #186 MandyManners

Nah... all newborn babies look like a cross between E.T. and Winston Churchill to me.

re: #186 MandyManners

RETIRED AT 43? CHING!

Or does that mean unemployed?
/

re: #186 MandyManners

Cute little baby.

But he'll grow up and probably get tattoos. That's what they do. Ingrates.

//

re: #187 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Nah... all newborn babies look like a cross between E.T. and Winston Churchill to me.

*whack*

Alouette's grandson doesn't, and neither did The Kid. The Kid was delivered under crash-forceps conditions so he didn't have the squished-in Yoda-look that many vaginal-birth babies do.

re: #188 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey, you think Mandy's only after the money? Nah.
//

re: #190 MandyManners

My kids were both c-section babies. They never go out the door. They always use the window.

re: #188 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

RETIRED AT 43? CHING!

Or does that mean unemployed?
/

Nah. He's owned car dealerships and a brokerage for ages. He spends his time collecting rare pipes and African and Asian antiques and fishing in Hawaii. Well, the fishing part gets cut down a bit when his daughter is in school but, they get there whenever possible. He's also a nut about cooking--he has a greenhouse to grow his fresh stuff year-round. He makes his own pasta and tells me that his pesto is to die for.

re: #193 MandyManners

If you turn out not to be interested in him?

I AM!

re: #191 theheat

With all due respect, fuck Kanye West, the ill-mannered asshole.

re: #192 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My kids were both c-section babies. They never go out the door. They always use the window.

That's major surgery. Golly. I thought I had it rough post-partum.

re: #195 MandyManners

Agreed. He's a douche of the highest order. But I did like that song when it came out. It's sad all that talent is wrapped up in such a jackass.

re: #194 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

If you turn out not to be interested in him?

It's the pasta, right? And, the yellow-fin tuna?

re: #198 MandyManners

He just sounds dreamy.

re: #197 theheat

Agreed. He's a douche of the highest order. But I did like that song when it came out. It's sad all that talent is wrapped up in such a jackass.

I wonder if shame creeps into his mind in the dark of nght.

re: #199 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

He just sounds dreamy.

Dark sandy hair with sparkling blue eyes. Or, does his having one section of his kitchen devoted to Herr Krupp get you going?

re: #200 MandyManners

If it doesn't, it should. But I don't think I want to know what all he does at night.

My e-mail thingy is back in working order.

re: #202 theheat

If it doesn't, it should. But I don't think I want to know what all he does at night.

I hope Beyonce gave him an ass-chewing for what he did at the VMA.

re: #204 MandyManners

Even if she didn't, she owned him so bad it was righteous. I only kinda liked her before, but after that I loved her.

Earthquake: Magnitude 7.9 - SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

This was about 45 minutes ago, 0516 CDT. Epicenter is in shallow water just offshore.

re: #206 Shiplord Kirel

Another one?

re: #206 Shiplord Kirel

According to this map, Padang is near the center and would have had a very strong shake.

Padang is a city of about 750,000. Likely we won't know of the effects for a little while.

Yesterdays seemed very mild, then about ten hours later I read that "villages have disappeared"...

We humans think we bad? We ain't shit. Mother Nature is boss.

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1026Z 30 SEP 2009

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... A REGIONAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDONESIA / INDIA / THAILAND / MALAYSIA

FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1016Z 30 SEP 2009
COORDINATES - 0.9 SOUTH 99.9 EAST
LOCATION - SOUTHERN SUMATRA INDONESIA
MAGNITUDE - 7.7

EVALUATION

EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A
DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI AND SOMETIMES A DESTRUCTIVE REGIONAL
TSUNAMI ALONG COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A THOUSAND
KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AREAS FURTHER FROM THE
EPICENTER COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR
UNUSUAL COASTAL CURRENTS.

HOWEVER - IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS
WATCH IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AUTHORITIES IN
THE REGION SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS
POSSIBILITY. THE WATCH WILL NOT EXPAND TO OTHER AREAS OF THE
INDIAN OCEAN UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED TO WARRANT SUCH
AN EXPANSION.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
———————————————— —————— ——————
INDONESIA PADANG 0.9S 100.1E 1022Z 30 SEP
SIBERUT 1.5S 98.7E 1103Z 30 SEP
BENGKULU 3.9S 102.0E 1125Z 30 SEP
SIMEULUE 2.5N 96.0E 1136Z 30 SEP
BANDA ACEH 5.5N 95.1E 1227Z 30 SEP
BANDAR LAMPUNG 5.7S 105.3E 1251Z 30 SEP
BELAWAN 3.8N 98.8E 1531Z 30 SEP
INDIA GREAT NICOBAR 7.1N 93.6E 1236Z 30 SEP
THAILAND PHUKET 8.0N 98.2E 1400Z 30 SEP
KO PHRA THONG 9.1N 98.2E 1444Z 30 SEP
KO TARUTAO 6.6N 99.6E 1512Z 30 SEP
MALAYSIA GEORGETOWN 5.4N 100.1E 1546Z 30 SEP
PORT DICKSON 2.5N 101.7E 1918Z 30 SEP

ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT AS MORE INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION...THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY

Check out this "gif"...

re: #205 theheat

Even if she didn't, she owned him so bad it was righteous. I only kinda liked her before, but after that I loved her.

I've never heard her sing but, I think she has a good character.

EVENING HONCOS!

So I went back this afternoon...

re: #206 Shiplord Kirel

Earthquake: Magnitude 7.9 - SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

This was about 45 minutes ago, 0516 CDT. Epicenter is in shallow water just offshore.

Tsunami watch going out? I wonder if it's connected to the one yesterday.

re: #210 Shiplord Kirel

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Disregard my No. 214, please.

re: #213 laZardo

Here he is! The "do-gooder" is back!

re: #211 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That's some scary shit.

re: #217 theheat

No doubt.

"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"...

Two hundred and thirty thousand dead was the final tally. I wonder what the actual number was...

I hate this earthquake bullshit.

Get me the eff out of Los Angeles, please.

re: #219 TheMatrix31

There are many roads heading east...

re: #220 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Once I have the money to, I will.

Unlike the government, I like to live within my means.

re: #221 TheMatrix31

I dig.

re: #222 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I dig.

YOU! You're the cause of all these quakes. STOP DIGGING.

re: #223 MandyManners

Oops.

The Kid is thrilled to ge able to go back to school. He got up way before schedule.

re: #225 MandyManners

Don't worry. He'll be sick of it again tomorrow.

Fox is reporting that 99 deaths have been reported from yesteday's tsunami in Samoa, and the toll is expected to go higher. Goodness knows what the toll would be without the warning system.

Anything on the quake in Sumatra?

re: #226 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Don't worry. He'll be sick of it again tomorrow.

To a point, he reminds me of my sister in that she went to school to socialize. However, his grades are good and getting better as he learns how to cope with his ADHD.

Good morning lizards, a cold but sunny day on tap here along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

Your double-take headline of the day:

Billionaire Clown Heads for Space Station

re: #229 Irish Rose

If I could afford it, you couldn't keep me off of a space mission.

Or would I just give $20,000,000.00 to some charity. Oh gosh...

re: #229 Irish Rose

Good morning lizards, a cold but sunny day on tap here along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

Your double-take headline of the day:

Billionaire Clown Heads for Space Station

Clowns in space.

There's no way this can be a good thing.

What's next - mimes?

re: #205 theheat

Even if she didn't, she owned him so bad it was righteous. I only kinda liked her before, but after that I loved her.

Very classy lady.

re: #231 SixDegrees

Clowns in space.

There's no way this can be a good thing.

What's next - mimes?

God forbid!

Pigs?

Pigs? and Alice?

Good Morning Lizards. Finally a cool(er) day in Jacksonville. Started off in the 60s with a high of 80 today. Bring the Fall!

Help we don't need?

Bette Midler Warns Glenn Beck Could Set Off a Rwanda-Like Civil War in U.S.

What did Midler compare Beck to? She likened the popular Fox News host to the instigators of the Rwandan civil war, which was the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide where an estimated 800,000 to 1 million lost their lives.

"If you look around at the rest of the world and what this kind of behavior has done, like in Rwanda, where the demagogues got on the radio and fomented all that hate between the Tutsis and the Hutus and the devastation that happened from that, I mean, it's terrifying," Midler said.

According to Midler, that's a possibility in the United States.

"And that could happen, you know, you could turn on a dime," Midler warned. "That could happen here."

This is hysteria and hyperbole, of the same kind that fuels the survivalist right and its current gun and ammo buying spree. The US is not Rwanda. What the crazies ARE likely to instigate is an accelerating outbreak of Tim McVeigh style terrorist violence; bombings, assassinations, etc.; by deranged but well-equipped individuals or very small groups.

re: #237 Shiplord Kirel

If only the actors and musicians would stick to acting and singing...

re: #237 Shiplord Kirel

What a stupid ass.

re: #237 Shiplord Kirel

Help we don't need?

Bette Midler Warns Glenn Beck Could Set Off a Rwanda-Like Civil War in U.S.

This is hysteria and hyperbole, of the same kind that fuels the survivalist right and its current gun and ammo buying spree. The US is not Rwanda. What the crazies ARE likely to instigate is an accelerating outbreak of Tim McVeigh style terrorist violence; bombings, assassinations, etc.; by deranged but well-equipped individuals or very small groups.

Go back to the studio, Bette.

Speaking of Rwanda and the radio, remember what Mark Lloyd, BHO's choice for the new diversity office at the FCC said about it?

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Praise for Chavez

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re: #237 Shiplord Kirel

This is hysteria and hyperbole, of the same kind that fuels the survivalist right and its current gun and ammo buying spree. The US is not Rwanda. What the crazies ARE likely to instigate is an accelerating outbreak of Tim McVeigh style terrorist violence; bombings, assassinations, etc.; by deranged but well-equipped individuals or very small groups.

And sooner rather than later, I fear.

List of speakers at the National Conference for Media Reform in 2008.

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re: #231 SixDegrees

Clowns in space.

There's no way this can be a good thing.

Consider yourself warned.

re: #240 MandyManners

The video or audio is somewhere in here.

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Gotta' git.

Better list of speakers.

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Would someone please find the video of Lloyd speaking at the NCMR in the list of links in No. 240? It MIGHT be in the last one, in which he praises Chavez.

Now, I really gotta' git.

Yet another has-been makes an ass of himself:

Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’

The grand old man of letters Gore Vidal claims America is ‘rotting away’ — and don’t expect Barack Obama to save it
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Last year he famously switched allegiance from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama during the Democratic nomination process for president. Now, he reveals, he regrets his change of heart. How’s Obama doing? “Dreadfully. I was hopeful. He was the most intelligent person we’ve had in that position for a long time. But he’s inexperienced. He has a total inability to understand military matters. He’s acting as if Afghanistan is the magic talisman: solve that and you solve terrorism.” America should leave Afghanistan, he says. “We’ve failed in every other aspect of our effort of conquering the Middle East or whatever you want to call it.” The “War on Terror” was “made up”, Vidal says. “The whole thing was PR, just like ‘weapons of mass destruction’. It has wrecked the airline business, which my father founded in the 1930s. He’d be cutting his wrists. Now when you fly you’re both scared to death and bored to death, a most disagreeable combination.”

Pure projection: It is actually Vidal himself who is rotting away.

re: #249 Shiplord Kirel

The buyer's remorse is hilarious though.

Just turned on the TV for the first time today... Chicago kid being beaten... do people really want to watch that?

I don't get it. I'm imagining it has been shown thousands of times... enough?

re: #251 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I've managed to completely miss that. As long as the prosecutors and jurors don't miss it, I don't need to see it.