The Tallest Man on Earth in a Tiny Desk Concert

So I could stay the king you see
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Just a great little Tiny Desk concert by The Tallest Man on Earth, who’s from Sweden and really isn’t very tall.

Swedish native, Kristian Matsson, a.k.a. The Tallest Man on Earth, plays a few tracks from his debut album “Shallow Grave.”

The Gardener

I sense a runner in the garden
Although my judgements known to fail
Once built a steamboat in a meadow
Cos I’d forgotten how to sail

I know the runner’s going to tell you
There ain’t no cowboy in my hair
So now he’s buried by the daisies
So I could stay the tallest man in your eyes, babe

I sense a spy up in the chimney
From all the evidence I’ve burned
And I guess he’ll read it in the smoke now
And soon to ashes I’ll return

I know the spy is going to tell you
It’s not my flag up in the pole
So now he’s buried by the lilies
So I could stay forever more in your eyes, babe

I sense a leak inside my phone now
From all the lies that I have told
I know he has your private number
And soon he’ll make that vicious call

I know the leak is going to tell you
There ain’t no puppy in your leash
So now he’ll fertilize the roses
So I could stay the king you see
In your eyes, babe

Well now we’re dancing through the garden
And what a garden I have made
And now that death will grow my jasmine
I find it soothing I’m afraid

Now there is no need for suspicion no no
There ain’t no fraud kissing your hand
I won’t be lying when I tell you
That I’m a gardener I’m a man
In your eyes babe

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115 comments
1 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:09:28pm

ZooBorns: Giraffe

2 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:11:47pm

The Tallest Man on Earth is a real nut! Check out his answer to the question about why he became a performer.

Writes great songs and plays great guitar though.

3 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:14:28pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

The Tallest Man on Earth is a real nut! Check out his answer to the question about why he became a performer.

Writes great songs and plays great guitar though.

He’s only 5’-7”. //

4 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:17:13pm
5 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:17:29pm

re: #3 Gus

He’s only 5’-7”. //

Hey, I was that tall once.

6 A Mom Anon  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:18:22pm

For the guitar players here:
I got my son a Gibson Maestro acoustic guitar before he went off to school in October. It’s an inexpensive one, less than 100 bucks. One of the bridge pins broke and I am having trouble figuring out the size and what type to get to replace them. The ones on it now are plastic and they all appear to be brittle, it’s only a matter of time before they all break. Calling Gibson didn’t go well, their phone lines were so full of noise I couldn’t understand any of the recorded messages to lead me to a live human. I looked at several online stores (Musician’s Friend, Guitar Center, even Amazon) and there seem to be different sizes and materials and I can’t figure out what size to get. Any help you could give would be great, the kid misses having his guitar at school.

7 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:20:37pm

re: #5 b_sharp

Hey, I was that tall once.

Benjamin Button is that you?

8 FemNaziBitch  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:21:31pm

Have to feed my dogs.

bbl

9 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:23:52pm

re: #6 A Mom Anon

For the guitar players here:
I got my son a Gibson Maestro acoustic guitar before he went off to school in October. It’s an inexpensive one, less than 100 bucks. One of the bridge pins broke and I am having trouble figuring out the size and what type to get to replace them. The ones on it now are plastic and they all appear to be brittle, it’s only a matter of time before they all break. Calling Gibson didn’t go well, their phone lines were so full of noise I couldn’t understand any of the recorded messages to lead me to a live human. I looked at several online stores (Musician’s Friend, Guitar Center, even Amazon) and there seem to be different sizes and materials and I can’t figure out what size to get. Any help you could give would be great, the kid misses having his guitar at school.

stewmac.com

stewmac.com

Edit: LGF doesn’t like the format of Stewmac’s URL. You might have to select and paste into your address bar.

Cheap = ivoroid
Expensive and tough = TUSQ.

10 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:24:08pm

re: #7 Gus

Benjamin Button is that you?

I got better.

11 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:25:23pm

Oh look. Nutcase sues NASA.


Rhawn Joseph is an advocate of directed panspermia and has developed his own hypothesis. He believes life did not originate on Earth but was transplanted to Earth by “cosmic seeds” encased in space debris 700 million years after the formation of the Earth. He claims that these genetic seeds filled with DNA contained the genetic instructions for the metamorphosis of all life, including woman and man. He also rejects the neo-Darwinian synthesis, instead replacing it with a form of non-Darwinian evolution which he describes as a “pre-determined evolutionary metamorphosis” which is pre-programmed in DNA of all life on earth.

Joseph has published a number of fringe papers on panspermia with Rudolph Schild[wp] in the Journal of Cosmology. He writes he is an atheist and he often spends much time defending an infinite universe against the Big Bang model, he is also a critic of abiogenesis which he says is not only false but actually a religious belief not rooted in science. Joseph also claims that the Big Bang is a religious belief routed in the Genesis account of the Bible and unsupported by cosmological evidence. Joseph’s views on the origin of life and evolution can be found in his controversial book Astrobiology: The Origins of Life and the Death of Darwinism published in 2001. In the book he claimed that “Contrary to Darwinism… the evidence now clearly indicates, that the evolution of life had been genetically predetermined and precoded…”, he also heavily criticized abiogenesis and supported panspermia.

12 Bubblehead II  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:27:20pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

The Tallest Man on Earth is a real nut! Check out his answer to the question about why he became a performer.

Writes great songs and plays great guitar though.

What is up with the clamp on the neck. Why is he changing the acoustics of the strings? Honest question.

13 wrenchwench  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:27:36pm

Some very nice, very young people just came in and got my signature on a petition to get the Democratic candidate on the ballot to run in the primary and then BEAT STEVE PEARCE in the general election. (He’s my Personhood Teabagger congressperson.)

Yay!

14 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:28:36pm

Nutter is very nutty.

15 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:29:10pm

I can spot these guys from a mile away. The second I saw “suing NASA” I knew we were looking at some psychopath.

16 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:30:01pm
17 wrenchwench  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:31:44pm

re: #16 Gus

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800 pound of paint. (I took the tour once.) (Also,that’s where I used to fix the bikes they rode around in the factory.)

18 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:32:02pm

More nuttery from NASA suing nutcase.

In 1957, a scientist who completed his medical training in Nazi-occupied Poland, and who was funded by the Rockefeller foundation, injected 300,000 Central African men, women, and children, with an experimental polio vaccine — a vaccine that contained a deadly AIDS-like virus, monkey HSIV. Years later, Central Africa would become “Ground Zero” for the AIDS/HIV epidemic…

19 dog philosopher  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:33:46pm

re: #12 Bubblehead II

What is up with the clamp on the neck. Why is he changing the acoustics of the strings? Honest question.

isn’t that just a capo?

20 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:35:10pm

Some people shouldn’t be allowed within 500 miles of brain scans. These self made “neuro-scientists” are the latest cache of pseudo-science charlatans.

21 Kragar  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:36:40pm
22 Bubblehead II  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:36:47pm

re: #19 dog philosopher

isn’t that just a capo?

Beats the F*** out of me. Charles is the expert, not me.

23 dog philosopher  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:37:53pm

re: #22 Bubblehead II

Beats the F*** out of me. Charles is the expert, not me.

capo:

en.wikipedia.org

24 blueraven  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:38:32pm

re: #22 Bubblehead II

Beats the F*** out of me. Charles is the expert, not me.

It is a capo

25 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:39:39pm

re: #12 Bubblehead II

What is up with the clamp on the neck. Why is he changing the acoustics of the strings? Honest question.

Haha, when I read the “clamp on the neck”, I read it as “clamp on his neck” and wondered WTF? Kinky, I know.

26 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:39:45pm

re: #6 A Mom Anon

For the guitar players here:
I got my son a Gibson Maestro acoustic guitar before he went off to school in October. It’s an inexpensive one, less than 100 bucks. One of the bridge pins broke and I am having trouble figuring out the size and what type to get to replace them. The ones on it now are plastic and they all appear to be brittle, it’s only a matter of time before they all break. Calling Gibson didn’t go well, their phone lines were so full of noise I couldn’t understand any of the recorded messages to lead me to a live human. I looked at several online stores (Musician’s Friend, Guitar Center, even Amazon) and there seem to be different sizes and materials and I can’t figure out what size to get. Any help you could give would be great, the kid misses having his guitar at school.

BTW, I’ve used plastic (ivoroid) for years and they seldom break.

When he restrings the guitar he has to make sure the ball is below the bridge plate in the groove before the pins are pushed in. The pins should have their groove against the bridge groove when they are inserted.

Once the pin is in, the string should be snugged up so the ball is against the pin and still below the plate.

27 makeitstop  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:40:46pm

re: #12 Bubblehead II

What is up with the clamp on the neck. Why is he changing the acoustics of the strings? Honest question.

It’s a capo. It changes the key of the guitar without having to re-tune it.

28 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:41:22pm

re: #22 Bubblehead II

Yes, it’s just a capo, for transposing the key.

29 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:41:52pm

re: #22 Bubblehead II

Beats the F*** out of me. Charles is the expert, not me.

It’s a capo and it’s used to raise the pitch of the guitar so bar chords aren’t needed. Gives a more open sound.

30 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:42:25pm
31 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:42:44pm

re: #22 Bubblehead II

Beats the F*** out of me. Charles is the expert, not me.

The capo is for use *only* on guitar necks.

32 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:42:57pm

Got this funny message over at Breaking News:

Justin Bieber Toronto assault charge
13m
Editor’s note: Ahead of his expected legal appearance in Toronto, here’s a reminder that you can ‘mute’ all Justin Bieber news on our app. (Or any other irksome topic) - Tom

33 dog philosopher  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:45:01pm

re: #31 b_sharp

The capo is for use *only* on guitar necks.

??

please don’t tell anyone about the chicken

34 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:45:29pm

I’m an aspiring poet/lyricist and I wonder if anyone else can explain to me why so many pop songs follow the ABAB or ABCB rhyme pattern? Are four line stanzas of that nature simply more comfortable musically or are those just the best for strong lyrical flow?

When I write, I’m a big perfectionist on flow. I like my lyrics/poetry to be smooth.

35 Bubblehead II  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:45:52pm

re: #23 dog philosopher

capo:

en.wikipedia.org

re: #24 blueraven

It is a capo

Thanks LIzards. The day wasn’t a total loss. I learned something new,

36 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:45:54pm

re: #9 b_sharp

stewmac.com

stewmac.com

Edit: LGF doesn’t like the format of Stewmac’s URL. You might have to select and paste into your address bar.

Cheap = ivoroid
Expensive and tough = TUSQ.

I tweaked that regex code so your links now work.

37 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:45:56pm

re: #30 Charles Johnson

Welcome, hatchlings.

/

38 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:46:09pm

re: #33 dog philosopher

??

please don’t tell anyone about the chicken

I wouldn’t dare.

39 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:46:19pm

So many nutters in this world. Used to think it would get better but the reverse is true. We’re getting more pseudo-science of every sort and from all sides of the political spectrum.

40 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:46:48pm

re: #39 Gus

So many nutters in this world. Used to think it would get better but the reverse is true. We’re getting more pseudo-science of every sort and from all sides of the political spectrum.

Thank you, Internet!

/

41 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:47:28pm

I’ll bet the mayor’s brother owns the wrecker service.

Cars left abandoned on surface streets in Leeds towed, owners charged a fee (updated)

blog.al.com

LEEDS, Alabama — Cars abandoned on surface streets in Leeds were towed last night to wrecker lots at the city’s request and owners will have to pay a fee to retrieve them.

“Leeds Police Chief Byron Jackson said cars were towed from Scott City Hill, Parkway Drive and Faye Street. Jackson said no cars were towed from Interstate 20 because Leeds city police do not operate there.

(snip)

“Speaking to Fox 6, Leeds Mayor David Miller said the fees are going to the wrecker service, not the city. Miller said while the towing inconvenienced the drivers, hundreds were served by having the cars cleared from the road.”

42 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:47:31pm

re: #36 Charles Johnson

I tweaked that regex code so your links now work.

Thank you sir.

StewMac should not put commas in their URLs.

Edit: I just went back and looked. It wasn’t the comma, it was the slash b.

43 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:48:34pm

re: #39 Gus

So many nutters in this world. Used to think it would get better but the reverse is true. We’re getting more pseudo-science of every sort and from all sides of the political spectrum.

Entertainment is all around us. We just have to be observant and ready to laugh.

44 EPR-radar  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:48:47pm

re: #39 Gus

So many nutters in this world. Used to think it would get better but the reverse is true. We’re getting more pseudo-science of every sort and from all sides of the political spectrum.

I still remember being amazed the first time I read Velikovsky. How could so much nonsense fit between the covers of a book?

He would have done well in the Internet Age

45 makeitstop  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:49:27pm

re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m an aspiring poet/lyricist and I wonder if anyone else can explain to me why so many pop songs follow the ABAB or ABCB rhyme pattern? Are four line stanzas of that nature simply more comfortable musically or are those just the best for strong lyrical flow?

When I write, I’m a big perfectionist on flow. I like my lyrics/poetry to be smooth.

To quote Todd Rundgren:

‘The great thing about songwriting is that no one can tell you you’re doing it wrong.’

46 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:49:30pm

47 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:50:09pm

re: #44 EPR-radar

I still remember being amazed the first time I read Velikovsky. How could so much nonsense fit between the covers of a book?

He would have done well in the Internet Age

You need to move on to Walt Brown and his Hydroplate theory.

48 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:50:16pm

re: #45 makeitstop

To quote Todd Rundgren:

‘The great thing about songwriting is that no one can tell you you’re doing it wrong.’

Also, I have no desire to write pop songs, so I guess I’m creatively free. :P

49 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:51:09pm

re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg

Also, I have no desire to write pop songs, so I guess I’m creatively free. :P

Make sure no lines rhyme.

50 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:51:45pm

re: #49 b_sharp

Make sure no lines rhyme.

And please don’t use, “for you and I”.

51 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:51:49pm

WHO IS THIS WOMAN? SHE LOOKS MENTALLY DISABLED.

52 dog philosopher  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:52:29pm

re: #42 b_sharp

Thank you sir.

StewMac should not put commas in their URLs.

comma comma

53 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:53:05pm

re: #51 Pie-onist Overlord

WHO IS THIS WOMAN? SHE LOOKS MENTALLY DISABLED.

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She will remind you that she is “Judge Jeanine Pirro” of Faux News.

54 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:53:53pm

re: #49 b_sharp

Make sure no lines rhyme.

I know if I put my mind to it
I know I could find a good rhyme here.

55 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:54:05pm

re: #53 Justanotherhuman

She will remind you that she is “Judge Jeanne Pirro” of Faux News.

I have no idea who the fuck that is. Some kind of Republican “Housewives of New Jersey”?

56 Kragar  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:54:19pm

re: #52 dog philosopher

comma comma

, , , , ,

57 dog philosopher  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:54:38pm

re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m an aspiring poet/lyricist and I wonder if anyone else can explain to me why so many pop songs follow the ABAB or ABCB rhyme pattern? Are four line stanzas of that nature simply more comfortable musically or are those just the best for strong lyrical flow?

When I write, I’m a big perfectionist on flow. I like my lyrics/poetry to be smooth.

imho musical and poetic forms tend to be highly conventional until everything just gets too boring and somebody breaks the mould

58 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:54:39pm

re: #51 Pie-onist Overlord

She looks like a Stepford Wife or something.

59 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:55:12pm

re: #55 Pie-onist Overlord

I have no idea who the fuck that is. Some kind of Republican “Housewives of New Jersey”?

Housewives of Westchester County, NY. Close enough.

60 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:56:43pm

re: #52 dog philosopher

comma comma

Do you have any idea how much that hurt.

Neil Sedaka?

61 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:57:15pm

I’m off to sleep for a very short few hours…bbl

62 dog philosopher  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 4:58:38pm

re: #60 b_sharp

Do you have any idea how much that hurt.

Neil Sedaka?

will it help if i let you have the chicken?

63 makeitstop  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:00:25pm

re: #51 Pie-onist Overlord

WHO IS THIS WOMAN? SHE LOOKS MENTALLY DISABLED.

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Former Westchester County DA. She was going to run against Hillary for the Senate seat but pulled an Epic Fail at the presser announcing her candidacy - she left the first page of her speech at home.

Currently a shrieking head somewhere on Fox News.

64 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:01:01pm

re: #62 dog philosopher

will it help if i let you have the chicken?

Only if the monkey comes with it.

65 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:01:34pm
66 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:02:45pm

I’m going to change my mind about switching the whole site to HTTPS, after checking things out a lot more today. With embedded content from ads and videos and all of that kind of stuff from external sites, it’s really not feasible to run LGF entirely in HTTPS mode. I can only secure the content I directly control, and stuff like MSNBC videos, for example, will load content from lots of non-secure HTTP connections, and that reassuring padlock icon never shows up. There are some other technical reasons too.

Instead I’m going to stick with the original plan and run only the stuff that handles sensitive data with HTTPS, like the registration, confirmation, account settings and sign-in scripts, and continue following the current best practices for security otherwise.

67 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:04:10pm

Meanwhile, the Mighty Greenwald is still ranting about this. Been at it all day.

68 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:05:20pm
69 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:05:53pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

I’m going to change my mind about switching the whole site to HTTPS, after checking things out a lot more today. With embedded content from ads and videos and all of that kind of stuff from external sites, it’s really not feasible to run LGF entirely in HTTPS mode. I can only secure the content I directly control, and stuff like MSNBC videos, for example, will load content from lots of non-secure HTTP connections, and that reassuring padlock icon never shows up. There are some other technical reasons too.

Instead I’m going to stick with the original plan and run only the stuff that handles sensitive data with HTTPS, like the registration, confirmation, account settings and sign-in scripts, and continue following the current best practices for security otherwise.

I had a sneaking hunch that the law of unintended consequences and the complexity of interrelated systems would gang up and make what would be, in my mind, a fairly straight forward but picky-detail oriented process into one that no longer seemed like as good an idea.

RBS

70 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:06:20pm

Wow, I thought everyone was watching on the Internet.. : )

Obama’s State of the Union attracts 33.3 million viewers, fewest since 2000

washingtonpost.com

71 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:06:21pm

re: #67 Charles Johnson

Meanwhile, the Mighty Greenwald is still ranting about this. Been at it all day.

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Is James Clapper Greenwald’s nom de plume?

72 Pie-onist Overlord  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:07:34pm

HURR HURR!!!! UNLESS YOU ARE TEH WOMENS OR TEH GHEY, THEN WE WILL CONTROL ALL YOUR LIFE!!!1!!!!

73 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:10:21pm

re: #71 Pie-onist Overlord

Is James Clapper Greenwald’s nom de plume?

No, GG is butthurting from this:

James Clapper Suggests Journalists Could Be Edward Snowden’s ‘Accomplices’

huffingtonpost.com

He’s Director of National Intelligence.

74 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:11:55pm

re: #71 Pie-onist Overlord

Is James Clapper Greenwald’s nom de plume?

Clapper is superhero Greenwald’s nemesis.

75 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:12:16pm

re: #51 Pie-onist Overlord

WHO IS THIS WOMAN? SHE LOOKS MENTALLY DISABLED.

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76 wrenchwench  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:12:54pm

For reals?

77 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:12:55pm

79 Lancelot Link  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:14:53pm

Hey! I just got a “microsoft service scam” phone call.
Look out for it!

wired.co.uk

Fortunately for me, I’m not using microsoft, so I was able to deliver the line
“You, sir, are a filthy scammer!”

80 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:15:45pm

Trying to get up the motivation to tear into really cleaning up behind my desk, redoing the wiring (with labels this time), figuring out what that old computer in the corner has in it, and if it’s worth keeping.

RBS

81 klys  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:19:31pm

re: #79 Lancelot Link

Hey! I just got a “microsoft service scam” phone call.
Look out for it!

wired.co.uk

Fortunately for me, I’m not using microsoft, so I was able to deliver the line
“You, sir, are a filthy scammer!”

Microsoft really doesn’t do unsolicited service calls.

It makes it really easy to figure out the scammers.

82 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:20:02pm

re: #69 RealityBasedSteve

I had a sneaking hunch that the law of unintended consequences and the complexity of interrelated systems would gang up and make what would be, in my mind, a fairly straight forward but picky-detail oriented process into one that no longer seemed like as good an idea.

RBS

I actually have it pretty close to running entirely in HTTPS mode — except for all that embedded content. If I didn’t need to include videos and audio and other stuff that comes from other sites, it would be pretty easy. But what fun would that be?

83 Bubblehead II  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:20:31pm

Night lizards.

84 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:20:52pm

re: #76 wrenchwench

For reals?

[Embedded content]

It always snows up there. That’s a beeg mountain.

85 dog philosopher  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:21:18pm

re: #81 klys

Microsoft really doesn’t do unsolicited service calls.

It makes it really easy to figure out the scammers.

in my experience microsoft does not actually communicate with humans in any way

86 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:21:21pm
87 klys  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:21:51pm

re: #85 dog philosopher

in my experience microsoft does not actually communicate with humans in any way

As my husband is a former employee …yes, yes, that’s probably true.

88 SteveMcGazi  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:24:10pm

re: #31 b_sharp

The capo is for use *only* on guitar necks.

And NJ politics:
democraticunderground.com
I saw a different story somewhere else calling Christie’s aides “capos” but here ya go.

89 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:25:35pm

Bloomberg’s viral misquote

“We did not develop this medicine for Indians,” Dekkers said Dec. 3. “We developed it for western patients who can afford it.”

That quote sounded a little too perfectly evil, and I couldn’t find the original anywhere online. So I asked Bayer whether Bloomberg had it wrong. They did.

Here’s what Dekkers actually said, at a Financial Times conference that day, on a panel called “Buffering the Pharma Brand: Restoring Reputation, Rebuilding Trust” (the above link leads to video of the panel and the relevant part starts at about 19:00 in):

“Is this going to have a big effect on our business model? No, because we did not develop this product for the Indian market, let’s be honest. We developed this product for Western patients who can afford this product, quite honestly. It is an expensive product, being an oncology product.

Now you might say this is a distinction without a difference, but obviously the first comes across quite a bit more callously than the second. The difference in tone is the difference between a lightning bug and lightning.

The context of a quote is critical too, and Dekkers here was specifically responding to a question about whether India’s ruling would hurt Bayer’s business prospects. This is not to excuse the chairman’s Kinsley gaffe, or for that matter Big Pharma’s business practices, but the impact of what he said is diluted when you see the real quote.

90 SteveMcGazi  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:26:14pm

re: #205 Killgore Trout

Putin puts the squeeze on Ukraine: Russia to await new Ukraine government before fully implementing rescue-Putin

Actually from the last thread, but where does Putin think he is, NJ?

91 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:27:37pm
92 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:28:46pm

Here’s a handy little bit of mod_rewrite code you can put in an .htaccess file to always redirect specific pages to the HTTPS versions. This is what I use to make sure nobody accesses these pages in non-secure mode:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule (lgf-account-settings\.php|lgf-user-reg\.php|lgf-confirm\.php|lgf-login\.php)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
93 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:28:59pm
94 Justanotherhuman  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:29:12pm

On Wednesday, 19:00, in Tbilisi, in front of the former Parliament Building on Rustaveli Ave., Georgian citizens conducted a peaceful demonstration to support Ukraine.

Citizens brought candles to pay tribute to the activists who died for the freedom of Ukraine and sang the Anthem of Ukraine together.

Youtube Video

95 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:31:32pm

re: #90 SteveMcGazi

Actually from the last thread, but where does Putin think he is, NJ?

Moscow on the Hudson.

96 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:32:00pm

re: #93 Gus

Snow in Florida - according to Wiki - happened 20 times in 20th century (average once every five years, though it tended to come in bunches. Already 14 times since 2000 (again, in bunches).

97 CuriousLurker  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:32:30pm

re: #55 Pie-onist Overlord

I have no idea who the fuck that is. Some kind of Republican “Housewives of New Jersey”?

re: #63 makeitstop

Former Westchester County DA. She was going to run against Hillary for the Senate seat but pulled an Epic Fail at the presser announcing her candidacy - she left the first page of her speech at home.

Currently a shrieking head somewhere on Fox News.

Yeah, she also served as an ADA, DA, and judge in Westchaster County.

Her ex, Albert Pirro, has been in trouble with the law more than once, and the more sordid aspects of their marriage pretty much guaranteed she’d never have a successful political career—at least not in NY.

Marriage
Jeanine Ferris married Albert Pirro in 1975. They had a son and daughter together. In 2000, Pirro’s husband was convicted of federal tax evasion and conspiracy, which was seen to possibly hurt her legal and political career prospects. In the midst of her 2006 State Attorney General campaign, Pirro revealed that she was the subject of a federal investigation into whether she illegally taped her husband’s conversations in order to catch him committing adultery. The couple announced they were splitting up in November 2007 and finalized their divorce in 2013.

en.wikipedia.org

98 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:33:22pm
99 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:33:38pm

Progressives excited that Obama’s capitalist agenda has been foiled….

Sen. Reid Not Inclined to Put Fast Track Bill for Trade Agreements on the Floor.

Senator Harry Reid has come a long way. He was heavily criticized here over the years, but he has stepped up big time recently. First, refusing to put the Iran sanctions (and handover of our war power to Israel) bill on the floor. Second, he is indicating that he won’t put the legislation for fast track for the TPP and European deal on the floor
….
Without fast track, those deals likely will not pass. :-) This is a good thing. The trade deals have accelerated income inequality. We don’t need new ones.

100 RealityBasedSteve  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:34:15pm

The die has been cast, the ship has sailed, the gonkulators have been fribbed. I’m shutting down and doing at total desk rehab. If I’m not back in 2 days, send a search party out to my last known location. I’ll be heading due

101 SteveMcGazi  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:34:42pm

re: #97 CuriousLurker

Yeah, she also served as an ADA, DA, and judge in Westchaster County.

Her ex, Albert Pirro, has been in trouble with the law more than once, and the more sordid aspects of their marriage pretty much guaranteed she’d never have a successful political career—at least not in NY.

I think if you are going to put up info that is negative to somebody’s image you shouldn’t source wikipedia.

102 wrenchwench  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:35:14pm

Uh oh. Middle brother talking Snowden on FB. I’m afraid that he’s a dudebro. I do not want confirmation.

103 Gus  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:35:45pm
104 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:36:21pm

re: #103 Gus

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I love her sunglasses.

105 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:38:49pm

Iran brushes off Obama’s comments about hindering Iran’s nuclear program
Exclusive: Iran’s Zarif says Obama remarks for ‘domestic consumption’

Zarif said in exclusive comments to CNN that such statements by the White House and the State Department are meant for a domestic audience.


“It doesn’t matter how the Americans try to spin it for domestic consumption. When it comes to Iran, it does matter,” he said.

106 wrenchwench  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:40:27pm

Watch it twice. (I’m on the 5th viewing so far.)

Youtube Video

Later, lizards.

107 wrenchwench  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:41:10pm

7th!

108 b_sharp  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:49:56pm

re: #92 Charles Johnson

Here’s a handy little bit of mod_rewrite code you can put in an .htaccess file to always redirect specific pages to the HTTPS versions. This is what I use to make sure nobody accesses these pages in non-secure mode:

[Embedded content]

Thanks for that.

109 CuriousLurker  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:52:31pm

re: #105 Killgore Trout

Iran brushes off Obama’s comments about hindering Iran’s nuclear program
Exclusive: Iran’s Zarif says Obama remarks for ‘domestic consumption’

Surely Agha Zarif doesn’t think Americans are so naive as to be unaware that his remarks are also every bit as much for “domestic consumption” as he claims President Obama’s to be?

110 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:00:39pm

Word has reached me that the next round of episodes in the TV series Revolution will take place in none other than LUBBOCK TEXAS. One of the seekers in the stereotyped quest format has been told (by personified nano-tech no less) that the answers to all his questions can be found in Lubbock. He is instructed to look for a 75 ft concrete cowboy. There is no such structure in Lubbock, though there is one in Canyon, 100 miles away.

111 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:06:03pm

re: #109 CuriousLurker

Surely Agha Zarif doesn’t think Americans are so naive as to be unaware that his remarks are also every bit as much for “domestic consumption” as he claims President Obama’s to be?

Of course most of the statements from the Iranian govt are bullshit. They also have a tendency to say different things for domestic and international audiences. During the interview he says he’s writing the Iranian response to the speech, I looked around a bit but didn’t find it. I think Zaif’s statements to CNN were intended for an international audience, I’m not sure what they’re saying domestically but in this case It’s probably the same.

112 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:09:40pm

Obama remarks unrealistic, unconstructive: Iran

Iran Foreign Ministry has dismissed remarks made by US President Barack Obama concerning Iran and the region as “unrealistic and unconstructive.” The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Wednesday that Obama’s comments on Iran’s nuclear activities show his incorrect understanding of Tehran’s commitment to the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities. She added that the US “illusion” about the effect of its anti-Iran sanctions on Iran’s motivation and willingness to engage in nuclear talks is based on a false understanding of Tehran’s commitment to dispel any doubts about the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities. -

113 CuriousLurker  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:18:51pm

re: #111 Killgore Trout

Of course most of the statements from the Iranian govt are bullshit. They also have a tendency to say different things for domestic and international audiences. During the interview he says he’s writing the Iranian response to the speech, I looked around a bit but didn’t find it. I think Zaif’s statements to CNN were intended for an international audience, I’m not sure what they’re saying domestically but in this case It’s probably the same.

With the ubiquity of social media these days, everything should be assumed to be for is for everyone’s consumption. They may try to filter stuff domestically, but they can’t keep all of it out.

FWIW, they watch everything—or at least they try to. Back in the ’90s, I used to have a friend that worked as a “librarian” at the Iranian mission to the UN. His job was to sit there all day, every day surfing the net looking for chats, blog posts, news articles, etc. that mentioned Iran in any way shape or form, and then enter the info into a database.

No doubt they have more sophisticated methods nowadays, since even a roomful or people surfing day & night would no longer be able to keep up.

114 Mentis Fugit  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:39:54pm

re: #81 klys

Microsoft really doesn’t do unsolicited service calls.

It makes it really easy to figure out the scammers.

When I got one of those calls I just said, “No, I don’t have a problem with my computer,” and I hung up. Team Fortress 2 was calling.

When Frau Fugit got one of those calls she said, “That’s really interesting because my husband works in the IT department for the New Zealand Police,” and they hung up. (I don’t, but you probably guessed that.)

115 BeenHereAwhile  Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:18:07pm

re: #52 dog philosopher

comma comma

re: #60 b_sharp

Do you have any idea how much that hurt.

Neil Sedaka?

“Handy Man”

Jimmy Jones, complete with Triumph TR3.

Youtube Video


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