June 05, 2010
— Dave in Texas The PRC calls it "The June 4th Incident". We call it "the Tiananmen Square Massacre".
There is no (available to the world) record of the number of protesters killed, but the Soviets estimated 3,000. At the time there was widespread international condemnation expressed against the People's Republic of China for their brutal response to the protests.
You know. The kind of widespread international condemnation that Israel gets a couple of times a week now.
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As damian pointed out, it's the money that the Chinese care about. Freedom isn't even close.
Posted by: NJConservative at June 05, 2010 04:54 AM (LH6ir)
"The imam behind a proposed mosque near Ground Zero is a prominent member of a group that helped sponsor the pro-Palestinian activists who clashed violently with Israeli commandos at sea this week. "
http://tinyurl.com/28rgr7y
Posted by: Tami at June 05, 2010 04:54 AM (VuLos)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 05:02 AM (QVpWo)
I was a mere 17 when I happened to turn on CNN and witnessed the guy standing in front of the tank in that square.
Balls,...... what balls that guy had. A strong lust for freedom will do that to you.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 05:08 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: ed at June 05, 2010 05:15 AM (2scCW)
HA. I posted this while Monty was writing his coffee pot post.
We played Point Counterpoint!
"Jane you ignorant slut".
Posted by: Dave in Texas at June 05, 2010 05:15 AM (Wh0W+)
Posted by: USA at June 05, 2010 05:23 AM (YZISw)
"The imam behind a proposed mosque near Ground Zero is a prominent member of a group that helped sponsor the pro-Palestinian activists who clashed violently with Israeli commandos at sea this week. "
http://tinyurl.com/28rgr7y
We do not see this ending well...
Posted by: The Four Horsement of The Apacolypse at June 05, 2010 05:23 AM (2AwFA)
Also, in that same year we witnessed thousands of East Germans tearing down a physical barrier that had seperated them from their families and fellow countrymen for decades thanks to the efforts of Ronaldus Magnus. What a great time to be alive, magic was in the air, everything was electric.
Now, with the failure and disgrace we have elected to sit in the nations highest seat, not so much.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 05:26 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 05:31 AM (QVpWo)
Posted by: Tominkorea at June 05, 2010 05:34 AM (RcsAG)
Posted by: Ben at June 05, 2010 05:34 AM (DKV43)
No, they trumped democracy. Freedom is something else again. The Chinese middle class had, and has, about as much freedom as we do.
Also, these protestors didn't speak for the majority of Chinese. Somebody obeyed the orders to fire on the crowd. "Somebody" would be the troops. Who were those troops? They were peasants who joined up from rural areas. THAT's the voice of China: believers in the Mandate of Heaven.
So the demonstrators were a minority faction in China, but had the well-wishers of the majority of one of China's biggest rivals (the US, and the West in general).
Normally you just tell a rowdy minority faction "get out of here, you're bothering us", but this bunch chose to challenge the legitimacy of the sovereign authorities. "Some people... you just cain't reach"
Posted by: Zimriel at June 05, 2010 05:35 AM (L8S0x)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 05:36 AM (QVpWo)
We have an example in Yeltsin's Russia, and in China's past history: ineffectual central control, widescale corruption, warlordism, Islamist riots in Chinese Turkestan, and after about five years of this a stronger - and bloodier - reaction against democracy.
The Chinese response was Macchiavellian: thousands dead now to prevent hundreds of thousands dead later
Posted by: Zimriel at June 05, 2010 05:38 AM (L8S0x)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 05:40 AM (QVpWo)
The Russians didn't really believe anything from their media because they knew it was propoganda.
Now the same is happening here, because of the Internet, people can listen to the media and figure out quickly just how controlled it is.
People in the Soviet Union knew about the pravada so didn't anything written in it and sought ways to get the real truth. Now the same is happening here. 2 years ago, I would never have come on a site like Ace's because you know, right-wing crazies, now? I guess call me a patriotic America-loving, freedom-loving right-wing crazy, along with pretty much most of America.
Poor LSM, I don't think they even realise, no one beleives a word they say anymore.
Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at June 05, 2010 05:42 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: Federal Trade Comission at June 05, 2010 05:45 AM (w9bVp)
Posted by: Zimriel at June 05, 2010 09:35 AM (L8S0x)
I rike the cut of your jib and would rike to subscribe to your newsretter if you happen to have one, kind sir.
Posted by: Hu Jintao at June 05, 2010 05:46 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 05:48 AM (QVpWo)
Posted by: robotgossip at June 05, 2010 05:49 AM (EiH7n)
Daniel Pearl's head was sawed off by radical Islamic murdering bastards.
Obama says that Daniel Pearl was "silenced".
I'm sensing a pattern here.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at June 05, 2010 05:51 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Federal Trade Comission at June 05, 2010 05:54 AM (w9bVp)
Posted by: LincolnTf at June 05, 2010 05:55 AM (7EDH5)
Posted by: Michael Collins at June 05, 2010 05:59 AM (I+7Zv)
Posted by: Michael Collins at June 05, 2010 06:01 AM (I+7Zv)
They were liberals and got what they deserved -- Posted by: Michael Collins
No - the protesters were anti-communist and anti-government.
That's the opposite of the defined American "liberal".
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at June 05, 2010 06:06 AM (0fzsA)
mediaite has scrubbed the entire Helen Thomas incident from its site.
Posted by: Ben at June 05, 2010 09:34 AM (DKV43)
I just visited and they still have an article about her disgusting comments. Some libtard in the comments section is trying to change the topic from how bad her comments were to the proper definition of Semite.I just checked google news -- a whopping 56 news articles about her comments.
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 06:07 AM (7+pP9)
American unions pay people to sit in rooms and do nothing. American unions have work rule books that are thousands of pages thick, filled with anti-competitive demands that will force any business out of business.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at June 05, 2010 06:08 AM (0fzsA)
has anyone ever compared and contrasted the Chinese protesters to the Kent State protesters? Probably done a thousand times, I suppose.
Anyway, the conclusions are obvious.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 06:09 AM (FAI37)
If the Chinese want to "unionize" (good luck! the government already control everything) then they should. But don't be a ridiculous left-wing tool and compare the rights of the Chinese worker to the spoiled over-paid leisure class here in America.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at June 05, 2010 06:14 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 06:15 AM (wOtDN)
Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Professional Debate Team at June 05, 2010 06:16 AM (erIg9)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 06:18 AM (QVpWo)
Posted by: Michael Steele at June 05, 2010 06:21 AM (w9bVp)
Anyway, the conclusions are obvious.
Commies are only happy when the tanks are in the streets?
Posted by: Leonid Brezhnev at June 05, 2010 06:24 AM (2AwFA)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 06:25 AM (QVpWo)
Posted by: bilal at June 05, 2010 06:26 AM (yhNte)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 06:28 AM (QVpWo)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 06:30 AM (0pYSi)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 06:31 AM (wOtDN)
The Kent State protesters had reason to believe that the American people at large would be sympathetic to armed protest. It had, after all, worked for them in Columbia and Cornell. The Tiananmen protesters saw the liberalisation of China relative to the early 1970s. They bet that the Chinese people were like their friends in the "international community" - i.e., American idealists, and would be sympathetic to a peaceful sit-in.
In both cases, their ideals - if implemented - would have brought down disaster.
In both cases, they hit the limit of the authorities' tolerance.
Posted by: Zimriel at June 05, 2010 06:31 AM (L8S0x)
Posted by: fluff o' nutta at June 05, 2010 06:31 AM (4Kl5M)
@51
96% of messnbc readers are obviously stone cold racists.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 10:27 AM (0pYSi)
Hold out your hand and close your eyes....
Posted by: Jenine Garafalo at June 05, 2010 06:33 AM (2AwFA)
Communism good
Capitalism bad
Jews historically like capitalism regardless of what trolls say
Associate jews with capitalism
Jews bad
OK, now we have established in the libtard mind that jews are bad because they are capitalists. I guess this thought stands alone or coincides with your enemy is my friend idea. That's the only explanation I can come up with for the love of islamists from the left? They don't exactly embody thier advertised values except I do think they embody their deep desires; tyranny, enslavement, hatred of Christianity, subjugation of classes including women, and a desire to return the economies of the world to the 6th century.
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 06:33 AM (8CY9V)
helen thomas is smart reporter you stupid american cheez from a can fatasses
Posted by: bilal at June 05, 2010 06:33 AM (yhNte)
Posted by: Federal Trade Commission at June 05, 2010 06:34 AM (w9bVp)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 06:35 AM (8CY9V)
Posted by: robotgossip at June 05, 2010 06:36 AM (EiH7n)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 06:38 AM (QVpWo)
Posted by: Michael Steele at June 05, 2010 06:39 AM (w9bVp)
Posted by: Just Another Peacful Leftist at June 05, 2010 06:39 AM (wOtDN)
You know. The kind of widespread international condemnation that Israel gets a couple of times a week now.
Dave, there you go again, being an optomist. 
You know. The kind of widespread international condemnation that Israel gets hourly, now.
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at June 05, 2010 06:40 AM (hYOFI)
Posted by: bilal at June 05, 2010 10:26 AM (yhNte)
I know this was tongue in cheek. But it reminded me of how tired I am of the "america is fat" mantra from the euro-trash and the libtards. America is fat because they can be. We have food to eat and cars to drive which run on relatively inexpensive gas. We also drive because America is large-we don't have to live and work on top or each other.
Someone was just telling me last night that the entire world of the merchant marine crews want to be on american ships because they are the only ones that provide enough food.
I'm suspicious of this pro-skeleton agenda and the food police. I tend to think it's a ploy to get americans used to not having "plenty" and having govt mandated "enough".
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 06:40 AM (8CY9V)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 05, 2010 06:42 AM (yhNte)
Posted by: CMS2004 at June 05, 2010 06:43 AM (DlVI/)
74 No. But I'm guessing he's jealous? I think he has been on here before with the same ridiculous crap
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 06:46 AM (8CY9V)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 10:35 AM (8CY9V)
My father commanded the Ohio Nat Guard unit that was relieved by the unit that did the shooting. The guys that came in had just spent several days putting down a prison riot, IIRC. They were tired. No excuses, but the old man was afraid it was going to go bad while he was there. The hippies were throwing rocks, chunks of sharpened rebar, shit like that.
There was some dipshit that made a career of being shot in the hand there that came to speak at Miami U while I was there. In the Q and A I asked him if he was one of the people that tried to kill my dad with a piece of sharpened steel. He stuttered something stupid while I was booed by the audience. Then I asked him if he ever got a job. The advice that there was a barber right here in town was drowned in a chorus of applause, oddly, as the folks with common sense out shouted the hippies.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at June 05, 2010 06:50 AM (SWcPw)
Posted by: robotgossip at June 05, 2010 06:50 AM (EiH7n)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 06:53 AM (8CY9V)
@herr
Then I asked him if he ever got a job.
I think he is an under secretary in homeland security....something to do with deploying the national guard. Barry is loyal to his friends and fellow travelers ya know.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 06:54 AM (0pYSi)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 07:01 AM (8CY9V)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 07:08 AM (0pYSi)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 07:10 AM (8CY9V)
@89
I'm sure Russia and Venezuela will happily curtail their off shore drilling as well...you know, to be fair and all. Oh, wait...
Windmills will save the world!!!
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 07:13 AM (0pYSi)
Herr, and Delta
boyz. keep it up, and we'll be visiting you fellas in the re-ed camps 
I'm hearing they have a special wing set up for AOS commenter's. No word on the accommodations for bloggers, still checking.
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at June 05, 2010 07:18 AM (hYOFI)
I'm getting the impression that you support the crushing of the Movement and the murder of thousands by the Reds.
I know that I can't be reading that right, unless you're actually Tom Friedman.
Posted by: damian at June 05, 2010 07:18 AM (4WbTI)
In effect, it was the last dying gasp of Maoism, and the birth of the somewhat chaotic freewheeling (economically) authoritarian oligarchy (politically) they have today.
With 20 years hindsight (as bad as it seemed at the time), this is when China took a major step in its developmental evolution.
Historically, revolts don't happen so much under ultra-repressive regimes because internal state apparatus is very efficient at squashing dissent in its infancy, they happen when those regimes loosen up a bit and things start to improve (thus demonstrating to the populace that things can get better), but aren't improving as fast as the populace thinks they should.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at June 05, 2010 07:24 AM (v3wzP)
Herr, and Delta
boyz. keep it up, and we'll be visiting you fellas in the re-ed camps
I'm hearing they have a special wing set up for AOS commenter's. No word on the accommodations for bloggers, still checking.
Oh yeah! Herr is in for bad time in the camps! Who is this Delta person you speak of?
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at June 05, 2010 07:24 AM (2AwFA)
Posted by: Little King Barry at June 05, 2010 07:27 AM (FcR7P)
@Charlie Gibson
Me, beeyotch.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 11:25 AM (0pYSi)
Maybe I was not clear.
re: Oh yeah! Herr is in for bad time in the camps! Who is this Delta person you speak of?
What are you trying to say
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at June 05, 2010 07:33 AM (2AwFA)
Wouldn't surprise me one bit.
You mean the thousands of little incidents per year about disgruntled peasants?
It'll just get worse as this "recovery" falters and even China cannot hide that their soon-to-be boom is going to be bust.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 07:35 AM (9hSKh)
@101
I'm trying to say that I've always wanted to call Charlie Gibson a beeyotch. Thanks for giving me the chance, if only in sock form.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 07:38 AM (0pYSi)
Turkish PM wants to sail to Gaza. WTF happened to Turkey? Oh, they've been waiting for a weak US president.
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 05, 2010 07:38 AM (yhNte)
I'm trying to say that I've always wanted to call Charlie Gibson a beeyotch. Thanks for giving me the chance, if only in sock form.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 11:38 AM (0pYSi)
That's brave talk from someone wearing a woolen simulacrum jenine grafalo on their hand!
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at June 05, 2010 07:40 AM (2AwFA)
#104
Turkey acts with impunity because they know Obama will pardon them on Thanksgiving.
(I'm here all night, try the veal...or the turkey.)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 07:41 AM (0pYSi)
It'll just get worse as this "recovery" falters and even China cannot hide that their soon-to-be boom is going to be bust.
you've got my attention. It's going to be damned ugly when they call in their debts.
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at June 05, 2010 07:44 AM (hYOFI)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 05, 2010 07:48 AM (yhNte)
Anybody remember the site?
Can anybody post a new link?
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 07:51 AM (7+pP9)
Such weighty negotiations usually require pitchforks and torches, duh!
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at June 05, 2010 07:52 AM (2AwFA)
Now who's up for some lesbian-themed bondage?
We are, we are; I get the strap-on, jackboots and brown-shirt, and Elena does bottom.
Posted by: Helen Thomas and Elena Lagan at June 05, 2010 07:52 AM (GXLjK)
Turkey acts with impunity because they know Obama will pardon them on Thanksgiving.
(I'm here all night, try the veal...or the turkey.)
Heh. Here's a $20 and some advice - don't quit your day job,
.
At least the Turkish PM backed down - for now. IIRC, there might be some more boats next week trying to break the blockade and they might be escorted by the Turkish Navy.
Only time will tell.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 07:55 AM (9hSKh)
Thanks.
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 08:00 AM (7+pP9)
Jan - We shot down two Libyan MIGs
MAR - Union kills Eastern Airlines rather than negotiate
- GHWB shows his liberal colors by banning import of mean "assault weapons".
- Exxon Valdeze Oil Spill
- Bush's nominee for Defense Sec Borked by Demoncraps - first cabinet shoot down in 30 years.
July - First Nintindo Game Boy released
Sep - Hurrican Hugo blows in and takes off part of my roof
Oct - SF/Oak earthquake collapses Bay Bridge
Dec - US invades Panama, Clint Eastwood writes script, Noriega hardest hit.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 08:01 AM (6taRI)
I wonder why there's never a big any public debate here about firing government workers and cutting back compensation packages.
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at June 05, 2010 11:52 AM (2AwFA)
Because it would take a ready, willing, and able Congress to radically alter the rules of the Civil Service Commission and there would be a firestorm of protest. First and foremost, every person employed by the US Government should be employed at will, and subject to termination just as in the private sector.It will take a wholesale change in Congress with citizen legislators in place to change this decades long concept. Same goes for College tenure. Fuck all of 'um and make them subject to the same rules as the civil work force.
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 08:02 AM (v1gw3)
@Vic
You in Charleston?
Oh and 21 years ago the Detroit Pistons won their 1st title. My Denver Broncos got crushed in the Super Bowl, and an earthquake interrupted the World Series between two bay area teams.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 08:05 AM (0pYSi)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 08:06 AM (Zplqc)
Sep - Hurrican Hugo blows in and takes off part of my roof
Oct - SF/Oak earthquake collapses Bay Bridge
Nov - Black Hawaiian snorts first line of coke and declares America evil
Dec - US invades Panama, Clint Eastwood writes script, Noriega hardest hit.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 12:01 PM (6taRI)
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 08:07 AM (v1gw3)
I am in the North-Central part of the State but Hugo was doing damage all the way up through Charlotte. It was a unique storm. It was a hurrican spawned tornado that got me.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 08:08 AM (6taRI)
@fish
Now that was funny right there. Pretty sure he was a veteran of the cocaine process by that time though. heh
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 08:08 AM (0pYSi)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at June 05, 2010 08:12 AM (H0HL3)
20. Anhui Province Cihu Chemical Industry District (°²»ÕÊ¡´Èºþ»¯¹¤Ô°Çø) built a underground pipe to discharge wastewater into the Yangtze River. The wastewater sometimes is black, gray, dark red, or yellow, wastewater from different chemical factories has different colors
dear lord !! Smelts aka Delta couldn't breed here. or live here
I'll gladly send them our EPA is it possible to over-regulate there?
sorry Delta, couldn't resist.
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at June 05, 2010 08:13 AM (hYOFI)
@128
Thats ok. Thanks to Obumble the Merciful sticking it to those stupid Klownafornia farmers I've got a great set up and all I need right here.
Posted by: Delta Smelt sock for Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 08:15 AM (0pYSi)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 08:16 AM (OkT2m)
Maybe this is it? Amazing shit, and I do mean shit.
It's no wonder they've destroyed American manufacturing.
Posted by: Upscale Community Organizing Thought Criminal at June 05, 2010 11:54 AM (IhHdM)
I can smell the Chicoms from my front porch.
Posted by: Sarah Palin at June 05, 2010 08:17 AM (SBISO)
Posted by: Frank G at June 05, 2010 08:18 AM (4X0aT)
Oh boy...never ever listen to Pelousi. Next thing you know she'll tell you that God told her to tell you to follow your dreams.
This move isn't going to end well.
Obama: Time to move forward
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 08:18 AM (9hSKh)
And Ed at HotAir? Our new homie. Ban'em Eddie.
We are all about compromise, especially if you agree with us.
Posted by: Federal Trade Comission at June 05, 2010 09:54 AM (w9bVp)
See...? They get it.
Posted by: b+rry at June 05, 2010 08:19 AM (SBISO)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 12:16 PM (OkT2m
hmmm.. Have not checked on Moronette accommodations at re-ed camps.
i'll get right on that.
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at June 05, 2010 08:19 AM (hYOFI)
Posted by: robotgossip at June 05, 2010 08:21 AM (EiH7n)
Posted by: Hezbollah at June 05, 2010 08:22 AM (SBISO)
But it reminded me of how tired I am of the "america is fat" mantra from the euro-trash and the libtards.
Wasn't there a story recently that Europe (and especially Germany) now leads the US in obesity rate?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2010 08:23 AM (imD7p)
You probably got within 5 or 10 miles of my house.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 08:27 AM (6taRI)
This.
FKOTUS burbling about "removing calories from the marketplace" is FKOTUS trying to engineer a food shortage.
There's only 40 million people on food stamps (if she wants to engineer the calories they're allowed to purchase with gov't money, I'm OK with that...I suspect if you limited them to specific non-processed foods those numbers would drop a lot.)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 08:29 AM (OkT2m)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 08:30 AM (OkT2m)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 12:16 PM
Could we just go to second world country status first or do we have to skip the amenities and go straight to third world?
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at June 05, 2010 08:30 AM (H0HL3)
Posted by: robotgossip at June 05, 2010 08:32 AM (EiH7n)
O/T -- A must see poll from MSNBC.
Thanks RushBabe...I voted. But I wonder how long it is before msnbc "disappears" the poll.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 05, 2010 08:38 AM (JRbEP)
There's only 40 million people on food stamps (if she wants to engineer the calories they're allowed to purchase with gov't money, I'm OK with that...I suspect if you limited them to specific non-processed foods those numbers would drop a lot.)
that's been done, already. a story about a woman , trying to buy whole milk, with her teat card. couldn't do it...the gov't only lets her have 1% and yeah, I heard her complain about it. seriously doubt she'd find employment ...the only person to blame , then, is the person in the mirror wait, there is that evil private sector thingy.
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at June 05, 2010 08:39 AM (hYOFI)
The Israelis aren't going to mess around next time, especially if the rumors about the Hezzies getting Scuds and chem weaponry from Syria are true.
I'd put at least a 50 KT nuke right in the middle of Damascus .
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 08:40 AM (9hSKh)
"Can Newsmax Save Newsweek?"
The Daily Caller has more on the Newsmax bid for Newsweek LINK
(h/t Douthat)
Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2010 08:41 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 08:42 AM (Zplqc)
Posted by: robotgossip at June 05, 2010 08:43 AM (EiH7n)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 12:40 PM (9hSKh)
Agreed!
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at June 05, 2010 08:44 AM (YVZlY)
I've already called top bunk.
ROOMIE???
49ish..., premeno.
apply within barrack 9 damn, barak, barrack sheeez
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at June 05, 2010 08:46 AM (hYOFI)
Posted by: Zimriel at June 05, 2010 08:48 AM (PKSHu)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 08:54 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 08:54 AM (Zplqc)
I'd put at least a 50 KT nuke right in the middle of Damascus .
Check it out: GROUND ZERO CALCULATOR! Blast radius map calculator. 21kt should be enough to kill most of the roaches in Damascus.
Ehhh fuckit, use megatons, just to be sure.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 08:55 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 08:55 AM (QVpWo)
Posted by: Crusty at June 05, 2010 08:55 AM (qzgbP)
Posted by: JavaJoe Hopperian Sect Level 3 Cleric at June 05, 2010 08:55 AM (e9JZd)
The Al Gore part writes itself - I'll leave that to you. Suffice it to say that the person who wants you to learn to live with less of anything generally won't be giving up their own largesse to lead by example.
Posted by: societyis2blame at June 05, 2010 08:56 AM (7ZyYf)
Wouldn't surprise me one bit.
Supposedly there were huge riots after the earthquake that took out the schools when the Chinese government announced that it would not rescind the one child policy to let those who lost their kids have another child. It was severe enough that the policy was reversed. I'd link but hell if I can remember where I read it (and I'm too lazy to go hunt it down).
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 08:58 AM (r07cb)
Yeah, the figure I read is that something like 10% of the food stamp moneys actually prevent hunger and the rest are just used so they can spend their household money on something else. Trade out the Oscar Meyer and Kraft Singles for beans, rice, and fresh produce, and what are they gonna do with the food stamps? Will drug dealers accept instead of pizza rolls?
"whipping out a wad of hundreds" makes me wonder if they've reported that income to the IRS. I'm a joyless scold like that. But I buy my donuts AND my fresh tomatoes with my aftertax non-welfare income.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 08:58 AM (OkT2m)
Did Obama leave the Waffle House without paying? http://tinyurl.com/282k9js
Waffle House worker survives wild ride on car hood
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at June 05, 2010 09:00 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 09:02 AM (QVpWo)
The demographics you are shoveling are straight out of Lenin. China is a Communist dictatorship because it was taken over by Communists, not because of its economics, social "stratification" or what the hell ever else. I heard the same bullshit in PoliSci 20 years ago about Vietnam, Cuba, Nicaragua and every other country that Marxists had coup'd and junta'd their way into.
The fact that a county has social strife or economic problems makes it ripe for revolution by dedicated groups of Marxist fanatics. Communism isn't some kind of evolutionary step in governance - it's the political equivalent of a virus. Some countries have better "immune systems" but no country is fated to be Communist unless it's allowed to happen (e.g. the virus goes "untreated.")
Posted by: societyis2blame at June 05, 2010 09:03 AM (7ZyYf)
Thanks to Subway, you Americans can now buy your food by the foot. What a country!
I know it's confusing to you. See, here in america we don't have to choose between eating our food or having sex with it.
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 09:03 AM (yt34s)
Nothing good ever happens at Waffle House. Nothing.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 01:01 PM (fx8sm)
Word!
Posted by: Dr. Amy Fn' Bishop at June 05, 2010 09:03 AM (YVZlY)
I traded a pack of waffle house matches off the counter for a drunk guys zippo once. We called the lighter "Crazy Man" for years.
Posted by: damian at June 05, 2010 09:04 AM (4WbTI)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 09:05 AM (yt34s)
Has Helen Thomas announced that she is entering rehab yet, and that she didn't know what she was saying?
She will make a fine addition to Drew Pinsky's Celebrity Rehab House.
Watch as she works through personal issues and gets in fights with aging rockers.
Posted by: Who knows at June 05, 2010 09:06 AM (7FgWm)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 09:07 AM (Zplqc)
Posted by: eman at June 05, 2010 09:08 AM (QVpWo)
Baby hope for earthquake parents
After quake, Parents in China Start Over
/Nothing about riots, although I'm sure they occurred.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 09:09 AM (9hSKh)
Last year the Baseball Museum at Cooperstown had an exhibition of photographs from Cuba. Some of the kids were smiling for the camera, or because they hit a home run...but baseball is escapism. And there was a bias selection...they didn't show the kids who broke fingers catching without a mitt, or their dirty shoeless feet, or the gov't food ration they had for dinner when they went home.
I wasn't impressed.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 09:10 AM (OkT2m)
That is a vicious lie. Hashbrowns happen at Waffle House and hashbrowns are awesome.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 09:11 AM (r07cb)
Just another reason proggs hate churches.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 09:12 AM (OkT2m)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 09:14 AM (yt34s)
Ok, THIS blast radius calculator is much more fun. You can go lat/long and explosive charge by kt's. Nuke Yellowstone!
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 09:14 AM (fx8sm)
Well, I know dozens of churches where literally anyone can go in and get a hot meal. They don't do any income testing, & many of them don't even make you bow your head for the prayer beforehand. & the best part (to me) is that the church won't shoot me, take my house, or put me in jail if I fail to give them money for their program.
"whipping out a wad of hundreds" makes me wonder if they've reported that income to the IRS. I'm a joyless scold like that. But I buy my donuts AND my fresh tomatoes with my aftertax non-welfare income.
/That kind of talk is highly inflammatory.
Morons and Moronettes, behold your new digs. compliments of Castro.
I give you, CLUB GITMO (clapping and cheers)
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at June 05, 2010 09:17 AM (hYOFI)
Ok, THIS blast radius calculator is much more fun. You can go lat/long and explosive charge by kt's. Nuke Yellowstone!
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 01:14 PM (fx8sm)
Dammit! The blas radius calculator won't accetp 99,999 KT. What's up with that?
Posted by: conscious and trying to blast the shit out of everything at June 05, 2010 09:18 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 09:19 AM (yt34s)
-------------
Making the toilets large enough so we can credibly claim the guards tried to flush Atlas Shrugged? I don't think anyone makes toilets that large anymore....
Posted by: Anachronda at June 05, 2010 09:22 AM (LD+ZJ)
I give you, CLUB GITMO (clapping and cheers)
Cool, are we going to get Club Gitmo shirts too?
/Loved when Rush started selling that attire.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 09:22 AM (9hSKh)
Is there a single person here who thinks the American govt is doing a better job than the Chinese govt? On anything?
If bashing a few thousand hippies was the price to pay for the astonishing job the govt' has done over the past 21 years then perhaps it was a small price to pay.
You know what democracy gets you? Hugo Chavez. A demagogue promising free shit to the masses. Absent a large middle class this happens in every country.
China's public spending as a % of GDP - the best test of how socialist a country is - is lower than America's. WHO'S THE COMMIE NOW?
Posted by: Contrarian at June 05, 2010 09:24 AM (hoIQg)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 09:24 AM (wOtDN)
Cool, are we going to get Club Gitmo shirts too?
/Loved when Rush started selling that attire.
Have one. However, I don't think they'd let us be together.....
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 09:24 AM (yt34s)
Ok, THIS blast radius calculator is much more fun. You can go lat/long and explosive charge by kt's. Nuke Yellowstone!
My high school physics teacher worked on nuclear attack simulations for the government in the '50s. There were no ribbons awarded for positive self image in that class.
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at June 05, 2010 09:24 AM (2AwFA)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 09:25 AM (OkT2m)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 09:26 AM (wOtDN)
I'll be surprised if they give us flush toilets in the first place. Earth-friendly composting toilets.
For the prisoners. The guards won't put up with that shit.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 09:28 AM (OkT2m)
OT: Wee Wee has lost the left? Do they mean Al Qaeda the base? Because the leftie elite can't slob his knob hard enough.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 09:30 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: LincolnTf at June 05, 2010 09:30 AM (7EDH5)
Meanwhile I'll be at home weeding the garden, surfing pr0n, drinking, haunting the ONT, and feeding the cats. Fair.
ftfy
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 09:32 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 09:32 AM (lqNJU)
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 01:30 PM (fx8sm)
Mmmmmm mmmm. Yummy.
Posted by: Paul McCartney at June 05, 2010 09:32 AM (YX6i/)
Have you noticed the same food stamp holders have
coiffured hair, gold chains, fashionable painted nails, toe rings, cell
phones and designer condoms, but insist they are poor because they
weren't given a chance in life?
It must be the fault of those evil money grubbing Jooo's?
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 09:33 AM (v1gw3)
Posted by: conscious and trying to blast the shit out of everything at June 05, 2010 09:33 AM (YVZlY)
coiffured hair, gold chains, fashionable painted nails, toe rings, cell phones and designer condoms, but insist they are poor because they weren't given a chance in life?
You mean they're the same ones who won't buy health insurance but can buy gold teeth and cellphones? Really?
I find this one hard to believe...
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 09:34 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: LincolnTf at June 05, 2010 09:36 AM (7EDH5)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 09:36 AM (wOtDN)
coiffured hair, gold chains, fashionable painted nails, toe rings, cell phones and designer condoms...
.....and those fashion accessories are attributed to just the men.
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 09:37 AM (v1gw3)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 09:37 AM (lqNJU)
If Helen Thomas was to be sent back to where she originated, just exactly where would it be appropriate to send her?
A visit to her home planet might be a start.
Posted by: Who knows at June 05, 2010 09:38 AM (7FgWm)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 01:09 PM (9hSKh)
some of the mothers were sterilized.
gov't sponsored, no doubt. I've no words, none.
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at June 05, 2010 09:39 AM (hYOFI)
Posted by: dagny at June 05, 2010 01:37 PM (lqNJU)
You'll think what we tell you to think. Now, stfu.
Posted by: IRS at June 05, 2010 09:39 AM (YX6i/)
Posted by: LincolnTf at June 05, 2010 09:39 AM (7EDH5)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 09:40 AM (wOtDN)
I know most of you morons aren't fans, but the hell with you I'm going to try some of Starbucks' instant coffee thingies. Italian Roast.
I'm at work and don't have any good coffee to brew so stfu. Meanies.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 09:40 AM (fx8sm)
Joran van der Sloot has asked the jailers to provide medical care at the earliest. His complaint of bleeding hemorrhoids has nothing to do with his confinement. Well, almost.
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 09:40 AM (v1gw3)
As the saying goes, "timing is everything!"
The chief executive of BP sold £1.4 million of his shares in the fuel giant weeks before the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused its value to collapse.
Tony Hayward cashed in about a third of his holding in the company one month before a well on the Deepwater Horizon rig burst, causing an environmental disaster.
Since he disposed of 223,288 shares on March 17, the company’s share price has fallen by 30 per cent. About £40 billion has been wiped off its total value.
Posted by: conscious and saying go short on BP at June 05, 2010 09:41 AM (YVZlY)
Legally all of that stuff supplied by mommy is taxable income. Also, any income he makes at other jobs. On the kid thing, only ONE parent can use the kid for qualifying for EIC.
And the kid thingy for EIC they watch damn closely.
But, other than two people claiming the same kid you can get away with a lot of shit for a while but eventually they will catch you.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 09:43 AM (6taRI)
is that a scam? Probably.
I mean thinking some stupid berry is gonna make you lose weight and make you healthy is silly.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 09:44 AM (Vxayp)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 09:44 AM (wOtDN)
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 09:44 AM (6taRI)
do you know that Chinese students don't know about this at all. It's so sad to watch them come here and find out about it.....they get really really really upset and angry.
Posted by: curious at June 05, 2010 09:44 AM (p302b)
you know what's a good diet?
Tuna fish. Plain tuna. Eat that all day and you'll be skinny in a month.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 09:45 AM (Vxayp)
I'm not close to one. And honestly I'd rather go to starbucks anyway. Coffee shouldn't look like the Gulf right now, oil sheens are just wrong.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 09:45 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 09:45 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 09:46 AM (wOtDN)
I think the only thing I love more than Sheetz is Wegmans. Seriously.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 09:46 AM (r07cb)
is that a scam? Probably.
I mean thinking some stupid berry is gonna make you lose weight and make you healthy is silly.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 01:44 PM (Vxayp)
My sister, a very well heeled business woman drinks the juice and feeds it to my 97-year old mother. Mom says it keeps her young. Whatever mom says is correct, and I will continue to tell her so until my premature death.
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 09:47 AM (v1gw3)
Posted by: robotgossip at June 05, 2010 09:48 AM (EiH7n)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 09:49 AM (wOtDN)
It's Saturday afternoon. What has Obama and his minions fucked up today?
Will they spend the day unfucking last week's screw ups?
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 09:50 AM (v1gw3)
As the saying goes, "timing is everything!"
Meh, I'm not buying into the bp conspiracy, let the spit-speckled leftists do that like they did with 9/11.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 09:50 AM (fx8sm)
One of these days.......
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 09:50 AM (UOM48)
Sorry, my apologies. It wouldn't be in the spirit of the blog if I carefully read through the comments before commenting myself.
/could have done without the darlin' though,
. Some good news:
Melanoma drug cuts death risk in major trial
NEW YORK/CHICAGO, - A cancer drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb reduced the risk of death from advanced melanoma by more than 30 percent in a late stage clinical trial, representing a potential major advance in treating a disease for which there are few options.
Since it works, it won't be covered under Obamacare. Sucks to be you if you get melanoma!
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 09:51 AM (9hSKh)
There are some good stuffs in the nutrional/supplemental market.
Fish oil.
Trans-resveratrol
and some neutriceuticals for neurotransmitters and shit
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 09:52 AM (Vxayp)
235 I'm dying here today. Just went back out and put a second coat of paint on the wrought iron furniture. It's hot as hell and humid. I've downed three glasses of ice water. Still feel woozy.
Be careful Jane.
The weather we're having lately is nothing to fool with.
save your outdoor activities for the am hours. after 5 here has been a killer lately.
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at June 05, 2010 09:53 AM (hYOFI)
And of course her grocery cart is full of crap.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 01:50 PM (UOM4
Were the requisite four children running and touching product with grubby hands, picking their noses and wiping the boogers on the specialty olives?
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 09:54 AM (v1gw3)
I do wonder why BP hasn't started using oil eating microbes to start remediating the spill, yet. Texas born and bred, I guess that's why Wee Wee says no.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 09:54 AM (fx8sm)
speaking of thermometers...
what's this about us being killed by Big Cadmium?
Glenn Beck was talking about and said the NYT even found a way to tie-in Halliburton to the conspiracy.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 09:54 AM (Vxayp)
I pray for her every day. Even though she's a wild-eyed lib, I love her.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 09:55 AM (UOM48)
Partially.
Very partially.
I think I'll go get some Timbits for lunch.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 09:58 AM (OkT2m)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 09:59 AM (OkT2m)
boo berry, itÂ’s the Shrek drinking glasses recall. The paint was tainted with cadmium and supposedly made by an American company. Now cadmium is going to kill us all I guess, now that theyÂ’ve driven companies out of business because of the lead threat.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 05, 2010 10:01 AM (RZ8pf)
Andy Levy tweet:
Helen Thomas is a full-blooded Native American, right? Cuz if not, she should probably "go home."
Posted by: conscious and supports Israel at June 05, 2010 10:02 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: BP CEO at June 05, 2010 10:02 AM (7EDH5)
but cadmium-tainted products made by China and Pakistan are cool?
I suppose Eric Holder is busy today building a case against Big Cadmium.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 10:03 AM (Vxayp)
Now cadmium is going to kill us all
I smell a faint waft of hysteria, brought to you by the plaintiff's attorney industry.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 10:03 AM (fx8sm)
Just kidding.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 10:03 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 10:03 AM (wOtDN)
I don't have a Timmy's by me, sadly. One of the first things I do when going up to Canuckistan to see the BFF is stop at Tim Horton's for a mocha and Timbits.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 10:03 AM (r07cb)
well, are they small, round and fit inside a donut's hole?
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 02:00 PM (Vxayp)
Excuse me?
Posted by: Bawny Fwank at June 05, 2010 10:04 AM (YVZlY)
Hysteria is such an ugly word. I prefer to think of it as making me a fuckton of money.*
*No, I don't do that kind of work but that takes away from teh funniez.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 10:05 AM (r07cb)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 10:05 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 02:05 PM (Gk/wA)
Gotta get me some of that...
Posted by: a moron on LSD at June 05, 2010 10:07 AM (YVZlY)
Because they're still trying to figure out a way to sift the crude out of the water and make money from it. They don't care about the clean-up.
Oh, and Big Microbial is evil!!!!
Posted by: Editor at June 05, 2010 10:07 AM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Pecos Bill at June 05, 2010 10:07 AM (8WOM0)
Right you are.Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 10:07 AM (wOtDN)
Yes, as I said earlier, I am rather skeptical of the cadmium scare. I am waiting for the new government regulations, the takeover of an American company, and the boost in profits to another American company to be the outcome of this “outrage.”
As they often say, “follow the money” who does this cadmium scare benefit and who does it hurt?
I no longer take these things at face value, I realize it may make me a conspiracy nut, but with this administration everything has an underlying benefit for one of their friends and donors.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 05, 2010 10:08 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 10:09 AM (UOM48)
IIRC, the dangers of cadmium are pretty well established. Which begs the question as to why these pigments were used in glasses. That's actively stupid.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 10:10 AM (r07cb)
speaking of Breaking Bad...
remember the girl who played the daughter of Randy Quaid (the only likable character) in Independence Day? Yeah, I think she's on
Braking Bad, now.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 10:10 AM (Vxayp)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 10:10 AM (Gk/wA)
chemjeff, IÂ’m sure they didnÂ’t mean to use cadmium. Well, actually IÂ’m not sure of that, but stillÂ…
Also, does it leach through glass? Because what confuses me is that the image is painted on the outside of the glass. I suppose there are kids that lick the pictures though.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 05, 2010 10:10 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 10:11 AM (Gk/wA)
As they often say, “follow the money” who does this cadmium scare benefit and who does it hurt?
Question 1- lawyers
Question 2 - everybody else
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 10:11 AM (fx8sm)
The face cream I use at night is cadium based and I've had excellent results!
Posted by: Helen Thomas- Cover Girl Model at June 05, 2010 10:11 AM (YVZlY)
As they often say,
“follow the money” who does this cadmium scare benefit and who does it
hurt?
Cui Bono?
don't get me started; I'll be saying cui bono all day...
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 10:11 AM (Vxayp)
Of course, and I know absolutely nothing about chemistry, I suppose that when you run them through the dishwasher the heat releases toxins from the cadmium and stuff.
I donÂ’t know, I may be way off here, but this whole scenario just seems so odd to me.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 05, 2010 10:13 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 10:13 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 02:04 PM
I raise you...
Top Pot.
Makes KK look like supermarket donuts
Posted by: jcjimi at June 05, 2010 10:13 AM (I7L+g)
I have gone without food to avoid eating a Krispy Kreme. I do not understand how someone can like those, let alone call them donuts.Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 10:14 AM (wOtDN)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 10:15 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at June 05, 2010 10:15 AM (CjCN0)
Yeah, not big on Krispy Kremes. They pretty much shut down in Houston after a big expansion here.
We like our cake donuts from Shipleys.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 10:16 AM (fx8sm)
can we compare this cadmium scare to the silly ban on pressure-treated lumber in outdoor playsets?
I mean is it right we should ban a particular type of lumber because a few kids not being properly supervised by adults are putting their mouths on the lumber?
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 10:16 AM (Vxayp)
The danger from cadmium comes from two sources: 1. It can leach out and get into your beverage, where it replaces other metals in enzymes and causes them to turn off. 2. Some naturally occurring isotopes are radioactive with long half-lives so you will be exposed to slightly higher-than-background radiation.
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 10:16 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 10:17 AM (UOM48)
As I have said many times on these threads since the oil spill the way regulations are passed and enforced in this country they only keep honest people honest.
They are locks on the tool shed located out of sight.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 10:17 AM (6taRI)
a few kids not being properly supervised by adults are putting their mouths on the lumber?
There's always some crazy/slow kid who tries to hang by his teeth from everything.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 10:17 AM (fx8sm)
well if you really want to make meth, it's not hard, there's about 10 zillion recipes for it on the web. If you're particularly enterprising you can make it from compounds that aren't banned or regulated.Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 10:18 AM (Gk/wA)
I wonder how long before we are a third world country?
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at June 05, 2010 12:12 PM (H0HL3)
Good question
Posted by: Detroit, Michigan at June 05, 2010 10:18 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2010 10:19 AM (7EDH5)
I no longer take these things at face value, I realize it may make me a conspiracy nut, but with this administration everything has an underlying benefit for one of their friends and donors
You could use one of these painted glasses or the rest of your life and not have any appreciable cadmium in your system.
1 ) It is in a paint on the outside of the glass.
2 ) If you scraped all the paint off and immediately ate it you then should not do so to the next 3 glasses and you will be fine.
3) You inhale more heavy metals in a dust storm than you will by using this glass for the rest of your life.
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at June 05, 2010 10:20 AM (2AwFA)
Chemjeff, the plot thickens, apparently the recall was voluntary on the part of McDonalds after Congresswoman Jackie Spier (D) San Francisco, received an “anonymous” tip about it…
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 05, 2010 10:20 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 10:20 AM (wOtDN)
Actually, cadmium is pretty bad for you - but it does form very beautiful pigments. Brilliant reds and yellows in older paintings were mostly likely from cadmium-based pigments.
Great for fireworks, too.
And coloring glass.
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 10:20 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 10:21 AM (5/yRG)
Well, yeah. The idea behind EPA regulations in particular is that if the EPA makes it so onerous to use a particular toxic substance, that people will naturally try to avoid using it in order to avoid the onerous rules and thereby switch to something less harmful. But all of that presumes that people are interested in following the law in the first place.
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 10:21 AM (Gk/wA)
“Our children’s health should not depend on the consciences of anonymous sources. Although McDonald’s did the right thing by recalling these products, we need stronger testing standards to ensure that all children’s products are proven safe before they hit the shelves," said Speier. “Cadmium is a toxic substance that is extremely dangerous to the developmental health of children.”
I may be a conspiracy nut, but I think on this one I may eventually be proven correctÂ…
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 05, 2010 10:23 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 05, 2010 10:23 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 10:24 AM (Gk/wA)
Sometimes I wish I could go back to being naïve and taking everything that the media says at face value because damn once you pull back the curtain and discover the wizard is a shriveled up old prune, uncertainty begins to cloud everything.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 05, 2010 10:27 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: ktnxbai at June 05, 2010 10:27 AM (BYWW4)
At this point in my life I don't really care if my butt gets big -- so far it hasn't gotten out of hand, and I like donuts (although my donut consumption went way down with the closing of the Donut Shop -- it just isn't the same anymore, snif).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 10:30 AM (5/yRG)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 10:30 AM (wOtDN)
The problem is the way they go about "passing" them and then how they are enforced. The EPA limits are set insanely low on most thins with zero scientific evidence for the level they set it at. This is done by the zealots who graduate from college and head straight to the EPA with the idea of shutting down "evil business" or "saving the earth from mother rapers.
That however is defeated by the enforcement arm. 99% of the time the regulations are enforced by auditing paperwork. That is when an audit is done at all.
What happens is that Joe Honest company gets the shit fined out of him because he failed to complete and maintain slot 192 in form zxy that involved him moving a pile of SiO2 which was classified as hazardous because he had over a ton of it in one pile.
Meanwhile Al Crooked company puts lead in interior paint and cadmium in the drinking glasses and has a ton of paperwork certifying all requirements are met.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 10:31 AM (6taRI)
Hey! Being the Wiz is a pretty good gig! Except when those Jews get in the way...
Posted by: Shriveled Old Prune at June 05, 2010 10:31 AM (Gk/wA)
yep, and obesity isn't much of a problem in china like it is here...
we should be more like the chinese
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 10:33 AM (Vxayp)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 10:35 AM (wOtDN)
315 Sometimes I wish I could go back to being more patient and kind to the naive people who believe everything they see in the papers and on tv...it would certainly make me a more pleasant person and help me to give up smoking (which is my method of coping with people).
I don't know if it's advancing age, the political/social climate, or the latest trends in "news reporting", but I find myself becoming more and more cranky rather than less as of late. Truly, I don't know if it's the news or the people who blindly follow whatever the news says that are ticking me off the most.
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 10:36 AM (5/yRG)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 10:37 AM (wOtDN)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 10:37 AM (5/yRG)
Posted by: Speller at June 05, 2010 10:38 AM (o0R2E)
I don't know what's going on but I went for a run and there is a huge glowing yellow ball in the sky. It's so bright you can't look at it and the sky has these huge blue patches all over it.
I feel safer to be back inside.
Posted by: robtr at June 05, 2010 10:39 AM (fwSHf)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 10:42 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2010 10:45 AM (7EDH5)
322
yep, and obesity isn't much of a problem in china like it is here...
we should be more like the chinese
yeah lets just do lines of MSG. The Chinese eat so much of that stuff.
Posted by: Ben at June 05, 2010 10:46 AM (DKV43)
It's so bright you can't look at it and the sky has these huge blue patches all over it.
GLOBAL WARMING! BP! We must pass cap'n tax NOW! Save us, government, please!
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 10:47 AM (fx8sm)
That is the same reason that the limits are not set "scientifically". A prime example is when the limit for Arsenic was reduced to those really stupid low levels at the end of the Clinton adm. There was zero evidence that those new limits were needed. That level was chosen because they new that nobody in the country had monitoring equipment that would measure to that level.
This would force Bush to rescind the order and they could then paint him as "anti-environment". What really pissed me off besides the obvious BS with the EPA is that this was one of those things that Bush never responded to and the press eat his ass..
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 10:48 AM (6taRI)
want to try a fun experiment?
randomly click on a link on the right side of aces page. There is a 9 in 10 chance the site you click on is defunct. I have yet to click on one that still posts.
Posted by: Ben at June 05, 2010 10:48 AM (DKV43)
I feel safer to be back inside.
Posted by: robtr at June 05, 2010 02:39 PM
Man, I need to fix my motorcycle. It ain't right for a bike to sit, in Seattle, in the sun (I think that's what it's called).
I think you've motivated me to run Greenlake. And, by run I mean walk.
Posted by: jcjimi at June 05, 2010 10:48 AM (I7L+g)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 10:50 AM (5/yRG)
Posted by: jcjimi at June 05, 2010 02:48 PM (I7L+g)
Don't foget your side arm, those goddamn monkies bite over there.
Posted by: robtr at June 05, 2010 10:50 AM (fwSHf)
way better than Bob Evans?
IHOP has way better pancakes but Bob Evans kicks ass in all other categories.
And Denny's? Denny's is the McDonald's of breakfast food.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 10:52 AM (Vxayp)
I am totally stealing that.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 10:57 AM (r07cb)
Posted by: Editor at June 05, 2010 10:57 AM (YX6i/)
Breaking: WHITE HOUSE SIDES WITH HAMAS!Â… Says Gaza Blockade Unsustainable
Posted by: K~bob at June 05, 2010 10:59 AM (9b6FB)
Don't foget your side arm, those goddamn monkies bite over there.
Posted by: robtr at June 05, 2010 02:50 PMDid I miss something? Seriously. I miss anything local since I have to make an effort to got to local news sites and haven't gotten a local paper or had a TV in years. I didn't know someone was trying to light Greenwood on fire till they caught the guy and people asked me if I felt safer in my neighborhood now. Saved some worry I guess. I think most of my local news comes from PGiS and other local morons talking about it here.
And I need to get out because my inside-the-belt holster will no longer fit...inside the belt. Oh, it'll fit inside my sweats but then they fall down. I'm not old enough to pull my pants down in public, again. I'll keep an eye out for particularly aggressive looking monkeys.
Posted by: jcjimi at June 05, 2010 11:01 AM (I7L+g)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2010 11:01 AM (7EDH5)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2010 03:01 PM
You ate plastic vomit? People are funny.
Posted by: Some Moron's Dog at June 05, 2010 11:04 AM (I7L+g)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 11:04 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Filthy, Barefoot, & Happy at June 05, 2010 11:05 AM (wOtDN)
No Biscuitvile's around here -- the one Bob Evans is only for people who like risking food poisoning, and the Waffle House is the only place where I've gotten a cup of coffee with an inch of grease on the top.
The Denny's is at least clean, and the IHOP rocks. I always wanted to start a restaurant called Just Breakfast; it would be a hit around here.
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:05 AM (5/yRG)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 11:06 AM (Gk/wA)
Did I miss something?
Yeah they just arressted a couple that have been doing armed holdups on the greenlake trail.
Posted by: robtr at June 05, 2010 11:06 AM (fwSHf)
Has anyone mentioned Perkins yet? They are a little on the spendy side but they are good and they also sell delicious pies. Mmm...pie...
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 11:07 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:07 AM (5/yRG)
Yeah they just arressted a couple that have been
doing armed holdups on the greenlake trail.
Posted by: robtr at June 05, 2010 03:06 PM
I did not know that.
Posted by: jcjimi at June 05, 2010 11:08 AM (I7L+g)
If I recall correctly the level they wanted was lower and it is not that a lab can't detect it. The level Clinton put in was rescinded. Hell in a good lab you can detect just about anything.
The problem was that most water treatment plants in the nation did not have the capability. They don't maintain permanent chemists and rely more on in-line instrumentation.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 11:08 AM (6taRI)
There's no IHOP by me but the Perkins is great. Which reminds me, I need to go pick up a pie.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 11:09 AM (r07cb)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:09 AM (5/yRG)
I mean, if it goose steps like one, Jew bashes like one, boot-to-neck like one, hates liberty like one, etc.
If the congressional Repubs don't scream loudly at this, then they all need to be removed.
Posted by: K~bob at June 05, 2010 11:10 AM (9b6FB)
wow that's weird...
Someone once said to me, and I'll never forget it because it's so wise and so simple and so true...
"It's hard to fuck up breakfast."
It really is. Toast is easy to make. Bacon is easy to cook. Eggs are ridiculously easy to make. How can anyone fuck those things up? It's pretty hard to do.
Anyway, the point is that wherever you go, wherever you are, you can always get a good breakfast.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 11:10 AM (Vxayp)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 11:12 AM (wOtDN)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:13 AM (5/yRG)
what did you expect from an academic community organizer who was raised by William Ayers and sat in Jeremiah Wright's pews for 20 years?
Obama is who we thought he was.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 11:14 AM (Vxayp)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:14 AM (5/yRG)
"It's hard to fuck up breakfast."
That's like Shit My Dad Says wisdom, right there. He would make breakfast on Sundays, always the same thing: eggs anyway you like, as long as it's scrambled; all the bacon within a 2 mile radius, USMC stovetop biscuits, and black coffee.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 11:15 AM (DnrR6)
what did you expect from an academic community organizer who was raised by William Ayers
Yeah, I dont' understand why people are still outraged by anything this piece of shit does anymore. He is who we thought he is- a marxist turd.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 11:16 AM (DnrR6)
That's breakfast heaven right there.
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 11:17 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 11:17 AM (0pYSi)
The Denny's is at least clean, and the IHOP rocks.
The last time I went to a Denny's a cockroach tried to steal my tip.
I've never been to a bad Bob Evans. Frish's Big Boys are pretty good, too.
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 11:17 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 11:19 AM (0pYSi)
Enjoyed a chicken place called Bojangles though. Not sure that name would pass muster today...
Oh no suh, we don' be habbin no Bo-JANGLES no mo, nuh uh, no suh.
damn yankees
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 11:19 AM (DnrR6)
It really is. Toast is easy to make. Bacon is easy to cook. Eggs are ridiculously easy to make. How can anyone fuck those things up? It's pretty hard to do.
Fry the eggs in lard.
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 11:19 AM (7+pP9)
I'm sure Bibi will tell Wee Wee just where to stick it, and continue doing what he has to do.
Fuck this administration.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 11:20 AM (DnrR6)
Posted by: robtr at June 05, 2010 11:20 AM (fwSHf)
Thanks, Editor. It's over at Gateway Pundit.
My hands are shaking. Geez.
Posted by: K~bob at June 05, 2010 03:06 PM (9b6FB)
Jeez,.......looks like I picked the wrong week to stop shooting heroin.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 11:20 AM (t72+4)
Sure it will, they are all over the place. We have one here and they make the second best fried chicken in the county.
A local non-chain is best.
And there is really nothing wrong with "Bojangles". It was a guy's stage name.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 11:20 AM (6taRI)
I've been to a Bojangles in Florida, I think. And of course a Popeyes.
But up here we only have KFC, which is quite good.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 11:20 AM (Vxayp)
@Vic
And there is really nothing wrong with "Bojangles". It was a guy's stage name.
I agree. My point is alot of lefty dbags would be offended. Not that I care. I've never seen one outside the south. Would love to see them move out west though.
We have KFC, Church's and Popeye's here in Denver.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 11:23 AM (0pYSi)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 05, 2010 11:23 AM (Gk/wA)
I've never been to a bad Bob Evans. Frish's Big Boys are pretty good, too.
The last Denny's I went to was in CA and it was OK.
The last Bob Evans I went to was in OH and it was OK.
The IHOP here as far as breakfast stuff goes puts both of those places to utter shame.
and KFC??? The one here got shut down for health violations. That is hard to do in SC.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 11:24 AM (6taRI)
You know, I've been giving serious thought to starting to smoke and becoming an alcoholic due to work stress. Add in what's going on in the world and it's looking like that's the sane choice.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 11:24 AM (r07cb)
Yes. He only weighs about 110 pounds though.
Only thing I didn't like about him was that he's responsible for the unilateral Israeli pull-out in Gaza. Said it would help lead to peace. Fast-forward 5 years later...
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 11:25 AM (9hSKh)
I see what you did there.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 11:25 AM (OkT2m)
373 Which goes to show you what difference geography can make -- I ate at the local(ish) BE once -- puked the entire day (there is something inherently wrong and evil about tossing your breakfast). I can't even look at the blasted places anymore.
Sorry Israel: our elected leader is a terrorist loving jackass and a lot of our voters are self-induced stupid, naive sheep. Hopefully things will get back to some semblance of sanity soon, and a serious shtf moment happens...but I wouldn't bank on it.
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:25 AM (5/yRG)
@dang straights
Not sure someone from Colorado qualifies as a Yankee. Anyway, I'm moving to SC and will be a frequent visitor of Bogangles.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 11:26 AM (0pYSi)
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 11:27 AM (r07cb)
Not sure someone from Colorado qualifies as a Yankee.
I'm just grousing.
But you'll have to ask Mrs. D'oh about what defines a 'yankee' in the Deep South. Pretty sure anything north of Memphis, but I could be wrong.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 11:27 AM (DnrR6)
Not sure someone from Colorado qualifies as a Yankee. Anyway, I'm moving to SC and will be a frequent visitor of Bogangles.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 03:26 PM (0pYSi)
Bojangles is the shiznit. Also, not sure how widespread they are, but there is a small chain here in central Va. called The Huddle House. Another 24 hr. breakfast/lunch/dinner restaurant and damned good food too.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 11:29 AM (t72+4)
We had a Church's Fried Chicken up here about 30 years ago. It lasted a few years and then became a convenient store.
I remember their fried skin to be very very crispy. KFC's skin is tender and juicy.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry sees dead pool at June 05, 2010 11:29 AM (Vxayp)
Just Fucking Classic!
Obama's Deficit Reduction Commission Asks for More Funding http://bit.ly/dzHrIu
Posted by: conscious and running out of money at June 05, 2010 11:30 AM (YVZlY)
If I recall correctly the level they wanted was lower and it is not that a lab can't detect it. The level Clinton put in was rescinded. Hell in a good lab you can detect just about anything.
Bush rescinded it for 60 or 90 days in order to review the rule change. During that time the MFM went nuts, accusing Bush of -- get this -- adding arsenic to the drinking water.
The problem was that most water treatment plants in the nation did not have the capability. They don't maintain permanent chemists and rely more on in-line instrumentation.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 03:08 PM (6taRI)
The problem was that the places where arsenic levels exceeded the stricter standard were mostly served by small, rural water treatment plants that couldn't meet the new standard without an extensive, expensive upgrade. The science said that the new standard would result in a decreased death rate of about three per 100,000. It was a useless rule -- but a great dirty trick by Clinton on his way out.Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 11:31 AM (7+pP9)
I remember their fried skin to be very very crispy. KFC's skin is tender and juicy.
Posted by: a concerned boo berry sees dead pool at June 05, 2010 03:29 PM (Vxayp)
Several of those here. Not my cup of tea though, you could get a box of that stuff and do an oil change on your pick-up truck too its so damn greasy.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 11:31 AM (t72+4)
@ Blazer
I think I saw a Huddle House in Mount Pleasant, SC...a suburb of Charleston.
@ Dang Straights heh, no worries.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 11:31 AM (0pYSi)
397 I think the "what happens after" is holding Israel back right now -- they can do the strike, but if they get piled on they need somebody to have their back -- and nobody wants to step up to that plate it seems.
This ridiculous administration of ours is setting us all up for the risk of a very big problem; a problem involving very explode-y things, lots of them. Sweet Jesus on a stick -- what a freaking pickle (to put it lightly).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:31 AM (5/yRG)
OK, I checked and you are right the Bush adm got so much political flack they put it back in. Still did anyone ever see the scientific justification for reducing it? All we ever saw was "EPA and the eco-idiots said".
I haven't believed anything those lying assholes have said since their bogus second hand smoke study was released.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 11:31 AM (6taRI)
Alex, they do have subs in the waters now, maybe it means they are going to look to themselves for security, and....
i'm not sure if this is correct but didn't the sauds release air space for them?
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 11:31 AM (HyUIR)
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 03:27 PM (DnrR6)
I live in Utah. What are we considered?
Posted by: conscious and wondering if I'm a Rebel or a Yankee at June 05, 2010 11:33 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:33 AM (5/yRG)
Posted by: Jake "Call me Don" Knotts at June 05, 2010 11:34 AM (Npnnx)
i'm not sure if this is correct but didn't the sauds release air space for them?
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 03:31 PM (HyUIR)
iirc they did and although the Turks aren't too happy with them right now, I suspect they'll greenlight it too. No one in the Arab world is too fond of a bunch of shia Persians with designs on expanding their empire once again.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 11:34 AM (t72+4)
I love their booster seats. One better be there for me when I get there, or the shit will hit the fan
Posted by: Dr Amy Bishop at June 05, 2010 11:34 AM (sYxEE)
That's the rumor. I know the what happens after is the problem but that's going to happen no matter what. Presumably the equation is better to take them out while there's still a Tel Aviv in existence. I'm actually more than a bit horrified about this.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 11:34 AM (r07cb)
Blazer, whew ok, i'm so over-tired, and had thought i'd read that in last week or so,
correct about it isn't in Mideasts interests at all to allow Iran to rise to a super power.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 11:35 AM (HyUIR)
Cracker Barrel is pretty consistent. Of course, the last time I went I was the only under-60 woman there under 300 pounds (and I'm not THAT much under 300 pounds), so I'm reconsidering its place in my life.
(Tomorrow I'm trying a Local Diner. If it's awful, there's two Tims on the way home.)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 11:35 AM (OkT2m)
397 I think the "what happens after" is holding Israel back right now -- they can do the strike, but if they get piled on they need somebody to have their back -- and nobody wants to step up to that plate it seems.
This ridiculous administration of ours is setting us all up for the risk of a very big problem; a problem involving very explode-y things, lots of them. Sweet Jesus on a stick -- what a freaking pickle (to put it lightly).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 03:31 PM (5/yRG)
If no country has Israel's back regarding the flotilla situation, we can be sure that no one will if they strike Iran. This pisses me off so bad that I can't see straight!
Posted by: conscious and supports Israel's future actions against Iran at June 05, 2010 11:36 AM (YVZlY)
I see what you did there.
LOL, yeah, check the MSDS sheet for SiO2.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 11:36 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 11:37 AM (wOtDN)
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 11:37 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 03:27 PM (r07cb)"
Damn. This is a back-assed way of giving Israel the green light, then, innit?
Posted by: K~bob at June 05, 2010 11:38 AM (9b6FB)
416 Tell me about it -- and I've got one kid over and the other one a big probable...and this administration does not inspire much faith.
The Turks and the Sauds would greenlight an attack on Iran under a few conditions: they can't be seen in any way supporting it; it mustn't be nuclear (or at least minimal nuclear exchange -- fallout would be a real bitch); it must succeed. So a strike on Iran would be greenlighted; the problem for Israel is not the strike itself, but keeping their flanks and back protected while they do so during and after -- and that's where the U.S. is supposed to come in...but...
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:38 AM (5/yRG)
During my US Army years, my favorite meal was SOS with a few strips of bacon, fresh fruit, and black coffee. For a treat, I prepare it for my dog Elvis and girlfriend. Elvis loves it and she always asks for reservations.
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 11:38 AM (v1gw3)
Are we defining morning as 4:00 p.m.? I mean I do, I just didn't know other people did too.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 11:40 AM (r07cb)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:41 AM (5/yRG)
We have those all around as well. They are pretty good and my wife really loves them. The problems is that every time I go by one the parking lot is overflowing and there is a one hour wait just to get to the table.
I think they design those to be that way so you have ample opportunity to browse through their connect shop full over way over-priced stuff.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 11:41 AM (6taRI)
Jane said- one kid over there and one probable.
dunno what to say, it's harsh, i pray they'll be safe, and thanks for your family and families as yours.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 11:41 AM (HyUIR)
correct about it isn't in Mideasts interests at all to allow Iran to rise to a super power.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 03:35 PM (HyUIR)
Hell no, even if we pulled out completely and left them on their own they would all kill each other. Most in the middle east even the Arab shia do not identify with the Iranian shia Persians and especially not the sunni. They both look upon each other as apostates. Iraq fought a nasty 8 year war with Iran where human wave attacks and chemical weapons were the norm. Something like over a million dead between the two sides and about 250,0000 permanently disabled from mustard and nerve gas on the Iranian side.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 11:41 AM (t72+4)
US Army years, my favorite meal was SOS with a few strips of bacon
Damn I loved that. Always tasted better in the service, though; could never match it on the civilian side. Must have been all the salt.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 11:42 AM (DnrR6)
Seven hours of sleep. Guess that's why Ace will never sell this thing.
HA at least posts SOMETHING every few hours, even if they steal it from FARK.
Off to the Club.
Posted by: Kemp at June 05, 2010 11:43 AM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 11:44 AM (wOtDN)
Damn I loved that. (SOS)
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 03:42 PM (DnrR6)
I always ate it in Vietnam because messing at 04:00 and not returning from bombing slopes until 1800 without food made for a long day and growly stomach. SOS was the chow that made it possible. Give SOS a round of applause.
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 11:46 AM (v1gw3)
Oh yea, willow, in a nutshell the dirty little secret is after the shia and the sunni eliminate Israel they'll do their best to slaughter each other to see who comes out on top. Thats why peace in the middle east is a pipe dream.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 11:46 AM (t72+4)
431 Ehh, they'll be all right; just would prefer we had a little more considered foreign policy while they're sitting over there. Would be kinda nice. Of course, I think everybody with a family member in uniform is thinking that right about now.
Would sure be a bitch if my kid never gets the chance to enjoy this new horse of hers...speaking of which: I need to get the registration papers sent out -- any suggestions on a second name choice?
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:47 AM (5/yRG)
LOL, everything taste better when you are 20 years old.
Ain't that the truth, especially after running around in the boonies for a few days or weeks.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 11:48 AM (DnrR6)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 11:48 AM (wOtDN)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 03:47 PM (5/yRG)
Sarah Jessica Parker , or SJ for short ?
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 11:49 AM (t72+4)
We'll try and act natural, but it's gonna be difficult.
See y'all later.
Posted by: K~bob at June 05, 2010 11:50 AM (9b6FB)
They gave me a candy bar. Like totally SWEET
Posted by: Ezra Klein, Boy Wonder at June 05, 2010 11:50 AM (sYxEE)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 11:51 AM (wOtDN)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:52 AM (5/yRG)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 11:53 AM (wOtDN)
Would sure be a bitch if my kid never gets the chance to enjoy this new horse of hers...speaking of which: I need to get the registration papers sent out -- any suggestions on a second name choice?
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 03:47 PM (5/yRG)
Celtic Pride?
Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Professional Debate Team at June 05, 2010 11:53 AM (erIg9)
Only place in Wisconsin I've found Moon Pies, though.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 11:53 AM (OkT2m)
-- any suggestions on a second name choice?
My all-time favorite name for horses is Michelle, especially if it has a rather pronounced butt.
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 11:54 AM (v1gw3)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 11:56 AM (wOtDN)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 11:56 AM (wOtDN)
A good chunk of Colorado used to be part of Texas..plus when I lived in Colorado you couldn't throw a rock without hitting a fellow
Texan.
Posted by: beerologist at June 05, 2010 11:57 AM (r2UKM)
I know this because Thomas Friedman, Ezra Klein, and Matt Yglesias told me so
You're all just ragging on a minor scrape some teabaggers had with the Chinese goverment because you hate yellow people.
This is why the Dems will win big in November
PS to Mr Axelrod: Can I leave early today? There's a sale on Helen Thomas blow-up dolls
Posted by: Walter Palooka Dragon at June 05, 2010 11:57 AM (sYxEE)
-- any suggestions on a second name choice?
You can always name the horse Silver, especially if you're married to Kemo Sabe?
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 11:58 AM (v1gw3)
A good chunk of Colorado used to be part of Texas.
I rubbed that in every snotty Coloradans' face when I was at Carson. They hated it hahahahaaa.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 11:58 AM (DnrR6)
450 Uh, no -- we have real horses, not unicorns.
Celtic Pride? Would seem a bit odd for a working cow horse; besides, I'm pretty sure there's some Irish guy who's already named one that.
She's got Khombat Pay for her first choice (on registrations you have to put down at least 2 choices, and the registry picks from there -- and it's a bit of a tradition to name the foal using part of dad's name), seeing as how she paid for him to get born out of her combat pay. One of her buddies told her to put down "Kherev", which I hope doesn't mean anything untoward, because it sounds kinda cool (but if it means something like "goat fucker" or "alpo" or even "peanut butter sandwich" then, no).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 11:58 AM (5/yRG)
Celtic Gay Pride?
Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Professional Debate Team at June 05, 2010 11:59 AM (erIg9)
Cut up 5 oz. of chipped beef with some kitchen shears.
Make a double batch of medium white sauce.
When sauce is done add beef.
If you want to get really decadent butter the toast.
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 12:00 PM (7+pP9)
- Sir Winston Churchill
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 12:02 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 12:02 PM (r07cb)
The IGA carries them here, but none of the other large chains.
But you'll have to ask Mrs. D'oh about what defines a 'yankee' in the Deep South.
As to what the "deep South" is, if you go with the first series of States to secede that is pretty much it. A Yenkee to most people in the "deep South" is anyone from North of the Mason Dixon line.
Technically a Yankee is someone from the New England States.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 12:02 PM (6taRI)
Posted by: motionview at June 05, 2010 12:02 PM (0czDt)
Chucky surprisingly is taking Israel's side. He's taking a swipe at Tim Blair because Tim did what Comic Book Johnson always does and pointed out the nasty anti Israel comments in the comments, and Tim said Chucky is OK with them because they're by his new lefty friends.
Chucky's justification doesn't hold, because it's a slam dunk if he really had a problem with the anti Isreal comments the ban hammer would drop in a microsecond.
Posted by: kbdabear at June 05, 2010 12:02 PM (sYxEE)
stupid amercans fatassses eat chez from a can
Posted by: bilal at June 05, 2010 12:03 PM (BkOCD)
Good Lord I'm ashamed of you Morons, there's only one choice - Cthulhu.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 05, 2010 04:02 PM (r07cb)
I am partial to 'Space Battlehorse Yamato' myself
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 12:03 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 12:04 PM (wOtDN)
Posted by: Pocono Joe at June 05, 2010 12:05 PM (rHys3)
stupid amercans fatassses eat chez from a can
Posted by: bilal at June 05, 2010 04:03 PMTell us about the joys of eating cheese from your boyfriend's squeakhole
Posted by: kbdabear at June 05, 2010 12:06 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 12:06 PM (wOtDN)
here's a good name for a horse: Gonna dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
While our knees keep aknockin' and our toes keep arockin'
Posted by: a concerned boo berry at June 05, 2010 12:06 PM (Vxayp)
464 That one is in intel; the other one is an engineer -- but they both are doing some psy ops stuff for whatever reason (which was not part of the contract, but that's pretty typical).
Her buddy Ilya suggested "Kherev"; said "call it that" -- well, nice to know it doesn't mean something like "camel poo" or "peanut butter sandwich".
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 12:06 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: Barry, Professor of History at June 05, 2010 12:07 PM (FcR7P)
A lot of folks where I'm at consider anyone from any state that sided with the Union during the Civil War a Yankee. If you ever want to get into fisticuffs with a West Virginian, call them a Yankee. Its as good an open handed as a slap in the face.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 12:07 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: bilal at June 05, 2010 04:07 PM (BkOCD)
We used to get a much better class of troll in here.
Posted by: GGE, Hall of Fame Moron at June 05, 2010 12:08 PM (3N3LK)
I heard a guy from south Alabama call a guy from north Alabama a Yankee.
When I went to school in Texas, I got called a yankee a couple of times.
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 05, 2010 12:09 PM (BkOCD)
If you ever want to get into fisticuffs with a West Virginian, call them a Yankee. Its as good an open handed as a slap in the face.
THAT'S what I'm talking about! Hah.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 12:09 PM (DnrR6)
Tell us about the joys of eating cheese from your boyfriend's squeakhole
Posted by: kbdabear at June 05, 2010 04:06 PM (sYxEE)
Oh fuck me man, I just ate.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 12:09 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 12:09 PM (wOtDN)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2010 12:10 PM (7EDH5)
If you ever want to get into fisticuffs with a West Virginian, call them a Yankee. Its as good an open handed as a slap in the face.
THAT'S what I'm talking about! Hah.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 04:09 PM (DnrR6)
Not sure, but I think that works on folks from Kentucky too.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 12:11 PM (t72+4)
Present! Posted by: Barry, Professor of History at June 05, 2010 04:07 PM
Isn't it great to see an American president who knows what a library is? I'm so overjoyed that I invited President Obama to come to the New York public library with me to snort coke off a bag lady's tit
Posted by: Sir Paul McCartney at June 05, 2010 12:13 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 12:14 PM (wOtDN)
Posted by: Anachronda at June 05, 2010 12:15 PM (LD+ZJ)
Isn't it great to see an American president who knows what a library is? I'm so overjoyed that I invited President Obama to come to the New York public library with me to snort coke off a bag lady's tit
Posted by: Sir Paul McCartney at June 05, 2010 04:13 PM (sYxEE)
Yep, you know what a music library is Paul? Well, you're no longer in mine you cheesy asskissing retard.
Glad that one legged scrunt stole half of your fortune.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 12:16 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Charles Comic Bookstore Johnson at June 05, 2010 12:17 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: Helen "Schicklgruber" Thomas at June 05, 2010 12:18 PM (wOtDN)
Posted by: This Thread at June 05, 2010 12:19 PM (Tjc+m)
Isn't it great to see an American president who knows what a library is? I'm so overjoyed that I invited President Obama to come to the New York public library with me to snort coke off a bag lady's tit
Posted by: Sir Paul McCartney at June 05, 2010 04:13 PM
Why couldn't that fookin' stalker Chapman worship Paul's rubbish instead
Posted by: John Lennon at June 05, 2010 12:20 PM (sYxEE)
FIFY
Posted by: Anonymous Moron for the duration of this hash at June 05, 2010 12:21 PM (Tjc+m)
Posted by: Reinhard Heydrich at June 05, 2010 12:22 PM (wOtDN)
Posted by: Pocono Joe at June 05, 2010 12:22 PM (rHys3)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 12:25 PM (wOtDN)
Just saw over at TMZ that police in illinois say they know where the body of Drew Peterson's wife is and plan to dig for it tomorrow.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 12:27 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2010 12:29 PM (7EDH5)
Palestine Investment Conference generates $655M for economic development
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — France, Italy, and the United States pledged a combined $655M for the development of the Palestinian private sector during the Palestine Investment Conference, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday.
Arab business leaders and members of the international community attended the conference in Bethlehem, said the State Department.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 12:29 PM (c0A3e)
I think I'm gonna grill a bacon-wrapped filet in 3...2...1...
Dammit. I'm sitting here hydrating so I don't collapse during a run and youre eating all the tasty cows and bacons.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 12:32 PM (DnrR6)
It's always nice when your neighbour has an open wireless AP that you can pop onto really quick for an IP address change.
GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN!
Posted by: Anonymous Moron for the duration of this hash at June 05, 2010 12:34 PM (Tjc+m)
Posted by: Anonymous Moron for the duration of this hash at June 05, 2010 12:34 PM (Tjc+m)
GGE, May you feel your dear one near you today. May you be blessed.
Posted by: Who knows at June 05, 2010 12:34 PM (7FgWm)
Just saw over at TMZ that police in illinois say they know where the body of Drew Peterson's wife is and plan to dig for it tomorrow.
Greta won't know what to do with herself.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 12:35 PM (0pYSi)
Greta won't know what to do with herself.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 04:35 PM (0pYSi)
I think I just wet my panties
Posted by: Nancy Grace at June 05, 2010 12:37 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: awkward davies at June 05, 2010 12:37 PM (B4e7Q)
Posted by: Nighthawk at June 05, 2010 12:38 PM (9JvTZ)
Palestine Investment Conference ,, the very definition of a rathole .
Didn't the UN hand them $1 billion of our money a few years ago? They did so well with it, just like the dems and Porkulus.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 12:39 PM (DnrR6)
Posted by: Anonymous Moron for the duration of this hash at June 05, 2010 04:34 PM (Tjc+m)
hmmmm, blazer?
Posted by: buzzion at June 05, 2010 12:40 PM (oVQFe)
Didn't the UN hand them $1 billion of our money a few years ago? They did so well with it, just like the dems and Porkulus.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 04:39 PM (DnrR6)
Where do you think Arafish's widow got all that money to retire to Paris and live like a queen ?
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 12:40 PM (t72+4)
Palestine Investment Conference generates $655M for economic development
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — France, Italy, and
the United States
pledged a combined $655M for the development of the Palestinian private
sector during the Palestine Investment Conference, the U.S. State
Department said on Saturday.
This is part of the economic development policy that will save or create millions of green jobs. If you don't want to move to the Gaza Strip to take the job, that's your problem, not mine
Posted by: King Barry the Almost Angry at June 05, 2010 12:41 PM (sYxEE)
Isn't it cute how Sir Paul looks more and more like a woman each day?
The pictures at the white house fete show a passable lady of about 85, trying to make the same faces Paul made when he was in Hamburg.
Posted by: Who knows at June 05, 2010 12:41 PM (7FgWm)
She was quite a cut up .
Posted by: awkward davies at June 05, 2010 12:42 PM (B4e7Q)
Isn't it cute how Sir Paul looks more and more like a woman each day?
The pictures at the white house fete show a passable lady of about 85, trying to make the same faces Paul made when he was in Hamburg.
Posted by: Who knows at June 05, 2010 04:41 PM (7FgWm)
I believe he qualifies for the "men that look like aging lesbians" category
Posted by: buzzion at June 05, 2010 12:42 PM (oVQFe)
He'll pay the overdue fine, he's busy thinking deep thoughts about BP
Posted by: Joe Biden, Library Cop at June 05, 2010 12:44 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: Hezbollah at June 05, 2010 12:46 PM (1qU4O)
Posted by: King Barry the Almost Angry at June 05, 2010 12:47 PM (sYxEE)
The correct pronunciation of yankee is actually goddam yankee
You are so right, I just assumed the "goddam" was implicit and everyone pronounced it that way. Forgot some of them goddam yankees might be reading the site. My mistake.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 12:47 PM (DnrR6)
Isn't it cute how Sir Paul looks more and more like a woman each day?
I've noticed that the Brits do that- the old women look like old men, and the old men look like old women. Further proof that there are no longer any alphas left over there?
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 12:48 PM (DnrR6)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2010 12:48 PM (7EDH5)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at June 05, 2010 12:51 PM (0pYSi)
Posted by: Anachronda at June 05, 2010 12:51 PM (LD+ZJ)
Further proof that there are no longer any alphas left over there?
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 04:48 PM (DnrR6)
Unfortunately, a lot of the best and the brightest over there died off in the two world wars that were fought last century. What was left were the pacifist liberal scum.
That is in no way intended to denigrate the fine men and women of the British military who fight beside us. Just saying, the majority of the mindset of the country as a whole.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 12:52 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2010 04:48 PM (7EDH5)
Hey, you gotta spend money to make money.
Posted by: The Gubmint at June 05, 2010 12:53 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Karly Rove at June 05, 2010 12:53 PM (Npnnx)
Say what you will about the Chicoms, but when their power issues a rebuttal to the activists speaking truth to it, they put a muthafuckin' exclamation point on it.
"Sorry comrade, cannot hear you over the tanks and small arms fire."
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at June 05, 2010 07:19 PM (8MuSQ)
@32: "Daniel Pearl's head was sawed off by radical Islamic murdering bastards.
Obama says that Daniel Pearl was "silenced"."
Well, beheading someone is a pretty effective means of shutting them up. Daniel Pearl hasn't said much for quite a while now.....
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