1 Well ....

2 Bunga bunga11!1!!1!!1

3 Scratch, scratch.

4 Shhhh. Vic is typing.

5 The sun also rises, we hope.

6 Gas prices sure have shot up.  I think ours are up almost 20 cents in a week.  Is that because of the Egypt thing or something else?

7 Mis pedos huelen como fresas !11!1!!!111!

8 Saudis told Obama to stfu.

9 I don't care who you are, #4 is funny.

10

Hey House GOP here's some more mney savings for that 2012 budget you should already be working on.

 

Its seems we are throwing another 100 million into that worthless rat hole known as the U.N.  Proposed budget for the U.N. in 2012??? How about ZERO.

11 Shhhh. Vic is typing.

Posted by: Meddler at February 10, 2011 07:31 AM (KZDFz)

Nah, already worked on it.

12 I don't see how Ace finds the job to run a blog, when he was seven bottles of Val-U-Rite at home to take care of.

13

Inhofe blasts EPA over Globul Warming hoax.

 

He calls it a hoax. Hey, it is not a hoax. A hoax is supposed to be humorous. This is fraud and some people need to go to jail.

14

Yet more hints from the local Dem PR rag that DeMint may be running in 2012.

15 So what in hell was NASA doing leading the testing on the Toyota stuff?  Have they ever filled that sort of role before? I don't remember them being a generic test lab before. 

Doesn't the Consumer Products Safety Commission have labs? 

16 6 Gas prices sure have shot up.  I think ours are up almost 20 cents in a week.  Is that because of the Egypt thing or something else?

I dunno.   Didn't they have to shut down an Alaskan oil pipeline for a little-bit recently?

Gas prices in my area have decreased slightly, but I'm sure that won't last.

17 Cut federal spending across the board.

King Abdullah told President Obama not to humiliate Mr Mubarak and warned that he would step in to bankroll Egypt if the US withdrew its aid programme, worth $1.5 billion annually.

18

Throwing away money in bankrupt city is the norm

Normally I wouldnÂ’t link this story because it really isnÂ’t news. Local city creates new position from thin air and offers up the standard excuse.  They want to “revitalize” downtown that is failing.  This is the second article printed in this paper supporting this miserable waste of money.  There has to be at least a few people on the council that know this is a waste of money and the historical record shows that “downtown revitalization” only works when real changes are made that attracts business. Hiring of “managers” NEVER works so why do they do it? The answer to that is, when it doesnÂ’t involve outright corruption to give someoneÂ’s nephew a job, it is because the local governing body is split between the capitalists and the communists, or should I say in the latter, the social justice redistributionists.

This is happening all over the country. In the past it had been limited to large urban areas like Detroit. Now it has migrated to any urban area with a population above 30K.  That seems to be the magic number for that sickness to prevail.

It doesnÂ’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why business dries up in downtown areas. They simply can not make enough profit in the area to stay open and no, it is not due to Wally-Mart and other big box stores. It is because, for multiple reasons, people no longer frequent the area to shop.  When the profit drops to less than break even for the costs the store has to close.  Local leaders must do everything they can do to get those profits up and the costs down. I will not elaborate on how that is done because it would take up an entire thread.

19 Gas prices are shooting up for two reasons. The major reason is QE1, QE2.....QEⁿ⁺¹

Also, Egypt probably has a little to do with it.

20

Yes more evidence that Obama is serious about deficit reduction and moving to the center

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is set to unveil Thursday a plan to boost broadband wireless coverage across the U.S. and create a nationwide, interoperable wireless network for public safety, White House officials said Wednesday.

What the WSJ fails to mention is that they have already dumped billions into this boondoggle in the multi-trillion dollar series of porkulous bills.  All of these plans for idiotic shit like “broadband” or nothing more than ways to shift federal tax funds to urban areas. Everyone knows that the government keeps close watch on these funds to assure that they are spent on the stated purpose and money isnÂ’t fungible so that city leaders canÂ’t shift it to graft, corruption, and social justice.  <sarc>

These programs like broadband and high speed rail have become nothing more than the latest modernized versions of the old “5 year plans” except that these are even more crooked.

21 So what in hell was NASA doing leading the testing on the Toyota stuff?

Taken off the moon, assigned to develop Muslim nations and devote lab efforts to counter Japanese manufacturing.

22

From Vic's link at 13:

"Jackson and Democrats on the panel argued the debate over science is over..."

Anyone who says something so utterly devoid of anything resembling a clue should have their high school diploma revoked.

23

Gas prices sure have shot up.  I think ours are up almost 20 cents in a week.  Is that because of the Egypt thing or something else?

It's a conspiracy!

24 Currently a toasty 17 F here on the Wasatch Front. 

Supposed to be pretty nice through the weekend, getting into the 40s. 

25 From the ONT; it is -11° in Worland, WY.

26

Gas prices in my area have decreased slightly, but I'm sure that won't last.

That's a bad sign.  Eye of the storm.

27 Currently -1 in this wasteland called Michigan.

28 Good grief, it's 17 F here just outside San Antonio TX too. This is the weather I moved to Texas to get away from. Back to hibernate mode.

29 25.  Where in the hell is a degree sign on a keyboard?

30

-10.6 here in Waterloo Iowa.

Stupid groundhog.

31 Where in the hell is a degree sign on a keyboard?

Posted by: Meddler at February 10, 2011 07:50 AM (KZDFz)

Hold down the <alt> key and type 248 using the numeric keypad (with numlock on)

This is the old asci method and works in any word processing format.

32 29 25.  Where in the hell is a degree sign on a keyboard?

What, you mean this?  º



/There isn't one - click on the Omega button in your comment thingy and you'll get a wide variety of symbols to incorporate into your comment.

33

Are you sick of the cold?  Tired of wearing Snuggies to your child's sporting events?  CREDITS!  Get yer Carbon Credits here at Crazy Al's Carbon Credit Exchange!! 

Due to a recent accounting error, ol' Crazy Al bought more Carbon Credits than he actually needed down here.  I can't unload these things fast enough so I'm practically giving them away factory direct prices! 

So come on down to Crazy Al's Carbon Credit Exchange today! 

_{This house ain't gonna pay for itself.}

34 Commodities prices are based on what speculators think they are worth, not any kind of real world value.

35 °.

36   º Thank you, youse guys are good. Who sais you can't get an edumicashun on this sight.

37 So what in hell was NASA doing leading the testing on the Toyota stuff?

I bet if they had let Government Motors do the testing the answer would have been DOOM!!!

38

Good Lord, the Washington Times has jumped the shark for real now

Capitol Hill insiders say at least 75 percent of lawmakers privately still think earmarking is a correct and proper use of congressional authority. Yet last week, one of the Senate‘s champion earmarkers, Sen. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii, hammered home the nail that officially ended the practice — at least for the time being.

The swift fall of a long-treasured congressional prerogative is a lesson for other movements in how a position held by a minority in Washington can become the dominant policy, resulting from the relentless efforts of a few congressional opponents combined with good luck, bad fiscal policy, some criminal behavior and a public armed with the Internet.

We now have a dictatorial minority in Washington who have influenced a few congressmen who use “criminal behavior” to eliminate pork to cut the budget.

 

A reporter here needs to be fired.

39 First para was supposed to be italic as well.

40 It is because, for multiple reasons, people no longer frequent the area to shop.

I've seen a downtown district renovated from late 19th Century dilapidated row storefronts into a master plan that began with improved roadways before allowing construction for new businesses including a corporate home office for an airline, fine restaurants, luxury lofts and hotels, enhanced by newly designed city parks providing hike and bike trails and a newly conserved water source for a "lake" effect. (No light rail. Instead, designated bike paths and protected intersection crossings exist, built throughout town since 1970.)

41 Great! The camel jockeys are now dictating terms to the United States of America, at least when they aren't too busy buggering goats and little boys.

Obama (pbuh) has certainly changed our standing in the world. Under Bush, the world (the bad guys) hated and feared us. Under Obama they have contempt for us and laugh!

42

Mexico's Gun Supply and the 90% Myth

I'm sure the layers of crack fact checkers down at the NYT are going to get right on clearing this one up.

43 Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 07:54 AM (M9Ie6)

And still quicker than the stupid menus!

44 Is there a good asci library?

45 15 So what in hell was NASA doing leading the testing on the Toyota stuff?  Have they ever filled that sort of role before? I don't remember them being a generic test lab before. 

Doesn't the Consumer Products Safety Commission have labs? 

Posted by: Y-not at February 10, 2011 07:37 AM (pW2o

This was part of the Muslim outreach--they (NASA) now have a Camel, IED, and Auto Safety Test Division.

NHTSA and NIST are so passe.

46 out, out lame sock

47 "and a public armed with the internet" Let's hope this continues. We have GOT to stop these bumkins from ruining this nation. At least it shows we are making a difference. Got to keep it up.

48 -17.5 here, but it FEELS like -18.

49

I'm sure Holder and company had a real boner when they threw this case out there for prosecution.

The religion of peace now infecting white rednecks in NC to commit worldwide jihad.  IÂ’m also sure that if this had been an imported terrorist from “Pawkiston” the Washington Times not only would not have posted the picture, but most likely would not have covered the story at all.

That is if HolderÂ’s minions had prosecuted.  

50 According to my IGoogle I am invisible. How does it know?

51 I've seen a downtown district renovated from late 19th Century dilapidated row storefronts into a master plan

Yeah, it can work if done properly.  You need a mix of businesses/enterprises, including housing. 

If we didn't have a menagerie of pets, we'd consider living in an urban area. 

52 The GOP sucks donkey balls.

53 44 Is there a good asci library?

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 10, 2011 08:07 AM (SJ6/3)

http://  preview.tinyurl  .com/6hrlfq

remove spaces

54

ASCI symbol set

I can only remember the degree sign because I used to use it a LOT in my old job.

55 NHTSA and NIST are so passe.

Yeah, I was going to mention those too, but spaced. 

I think it's sad how NASA's credibility has basically evaporated over the course of the past few years.  Seems like it really started to tank with the Columbia crash and has accelerated since then. 

56 It's a balmy 23° here!

I have about 3 inches of ice across the street and end of my driveway. A "neighbor" about 5 houses up the hill has a sump pump that drains directly into the gutter. It pools and freezes at my driveway. The village can't do anything other than send out a salter occasionally. Of course when I put in a second sump I had to build a drainage pit in the back yard, because current building codes don't allow drainage into the street.

I'm thinking #4 shot followed by slugs.

57 They are banking breast milk out this way. Should I be concerned that my husband is considering a career change to breast milk technician? 

58

Posted by: Y-not at February 10, 2011 08:15 AM (pW2o

Think I am ready for a career change.  What is the address of the HR dept?

59 Did you work at the CRU over in East Anglia University?

60 Posted by: Y-not at February 10, 2011 08:15 AM (pW2o

Because of global warming?

61 Of course when I put in a second sump I had to build a drainage pit in the back yard, because current building codes don't allow drainage into the street.

We don't have that restriction here, but I can see where a city in NJ would not want you doing that. Imagine all the houses on a block pumping water to the street in the Winter.  Hell you could start up a skating rink.

62 In case you guys missed it,  Donald Trump is going to speak at CPAC.  He's a last-minute addition.

This should be good for a few laughs.

63 I'm thinking #4 shot followed by slugs.

Wouldn't slugs freeze in this weather? 


A couple of days ago I watched our neighbors' snow guy point the snow blower directly into our yard and walkway.  This was two hours after our snow children shoveled.  Prick. 

64 This should be good for a few laughs.

CPAC appears to be a joke. 

I will try to catch Allen West, but that's it. 

65 with his small, piddling, stupid little plans that cost more than they are worth...

This was not a "small" outlay in the original porkulous. If I remember correctly is was on the order of tens of billions of dollars.

66 58 They are banking breast milk out this way.

"Banking breast milk"?  From humans?  Ewww...I don't want to know the shelf life of that.

btw, isn't the term "breast milk" redundant as all milk comes some kind of sheath of flesh and fat coupled to a mammary gland?

Should I be concerned that my husband is considering a career change to breast milk technician?

Yes, although I cannot imagine the yields from human breast milk production are that high, certainly not at the level of that from cows. 

67 Just bookmarked that site. Thank you Vic.

68 We need more highspeed rail. Imagine streaking to your destination at a mystifying 39 mph.

69 The idea that Donald Trump considers himself a conservative is ludicrous. CPAC made a statement the other day over the GOProud group that groups would be looked at on the basis of their conformance to the conservative ideology and nothing else.

That should have been ample grounds to tell Trump to take a hike.

70 Thanks for the ASCI tables.

71 Yes, although I cannot imagine the yields from human breast milk production are that high, certainly not at the level of that from cows.

Not to be crude, but this is Utah.  We have a lot of mommies. 


And, yes, I think it's icky, but apparently some agency stepped in because - get this - women were sharing informally.  I hope they treat this milk in some way. 

72 Posted by: Y-not at February 10, 2011 08:18 AM (pW2o

You are a profoundly disturbed person. I love it!

Charming. Our neighborhood is pretty good about that kind of stuff. I'll usually do the sidewalk and end of the driveway for one neighbor. They're both about 80 years old, and I'd hate to see one of them break a hip trying to wade through some of the crap we have gotten this winter. And...I sort of like snowblowing (don't tell my wife).

73 ...and create a nationwide, in-operable wireless network. 
That's what I read anyway.

Offered reason: Supply rural America and giving hobos a wireless hot spot.

Real reason: We can't get Chavez type control over content unless we own it.

Because the government has been so effective at large technology projects, like modernizing gov computer systems or building virtual border fences.  We need an Iridium system with a kill switch at Amtrak prices.

74 Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 08:17 AM (M9Ie6)

The restriction makes perfect sense. I just don't like having to deal with someone else's problem.

75 I noticed the other day that the money Amtrak loses on one of its routes per passenger would cover round trip airfare.

76

Washington Times is really hot today

Headline: Book: Lincoln sought to deport freed slaves

Is there anyone with an IQ above room temperature that didn't know that already?

77   Y-not at February 10, 2011 08:12 AM

We lived in an apartment while in Silicon Valley as young marrieds. But when it came time to raise children, we found our own home in a bedroom community with "good" schools (once upon a time with low taxes prior to reaching over the population crest of 30,000 that Vic's noted). There's no way I could enjoy living with people on the other side of my walls, ceiling or floor. Not now. Aside from our concerns for privacy and pets, having our own garden matters. Besides, upgraded downtowns are densely populated by progressive Lefties, regardless of region, never satisfied and always demanding more "services" from government, hence perpetually rising taxes and a conglomeration of mandates.

78 There's no way I could enjoy living with people on the other side of my walls, ceiling or floor. Not now.

Yeah, that would be the hardest part.  But I think a top-floor loft or end-unit row home could work for us.  It would be nice to live a car-free (or limited usage) life again.  Maybe someday. 


In other news, Gabrielle Giffords asked for "toast" -- hallelujah!  I'm shocked that she didn't ask for skittles, given the crucial role Lightworker played in her miraculous recovery. 

79 Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 10, 2011 08:27 AM (SJ6/3)

They lose on each passenger, but they make it up on volume.

80

Popular Science and Getty Images promote "Unsolved Mysteries with album cover

81 So what in hell was NASA doing leading the testing on the Toyota stuff?  Have they ever filled that sort of role before? I don't remember them being a generic test lab before.

Having worked at a premiere NASA test laboratory before I retired - I can tell you that NASA has test facilities and staff which are not duplicated any where else in the world. NASA labs are available for tests by other government agencies and by private companies. Our lab was built during the Apollo era and has some trailing edge precision test equipment which simply can't be duplicated with modern gear, as well as state of the art digital test gear. Some of the test equipment is custom designed in house by the finest team of designers I have ever seen, and the custom equipment has capabilities unmatched any where else in the world.

Testing at a NASA facility is not cheap - but if the results are critical it is the place to go.

82 I wonder who paid: the US gubmint or Toyota? 

83 What I have seen of these efforts to "revitalize downtowns" on both sides of the country is that they always manage to spend a shit-ton of tax money.

The end result is almost never a recouping of the money spent. Somehow it always benefits some favored group of the local political bosses and the average tax payer is screwed again.

And yet the same idiots (as in the newspaper article) bemoan the fact that people and businesses are abandoning the area.

Teh stupid, it is epic.

84 "52 The GOP sucks donkey balls." You say that like it's a bad thing.

85 Did you all see this picture yesterday?

86 86 What I have seen of these efforts to "revitalize downtowns" on both sides of the country is that they always manage to spend a shit-ton of tax money.

I'm sure you're right about that.  I wonder if there are examples where it's been done using private money.  (I bet there are, but I'm too lazy to check.)

I still like cheery urban business/living districts, but it's not something taxpayers should be spending money on... well, except for using tax breaks to attract private enterprise (insofar as that is done throughout communities anyway). 

87 I'm sure you're right about that.  I wonder if there are examples where it's been done using private money.  (I bet there are, but I'm too lazy to check.)

I can't recall if Baltimore's inner harbor was done using private money.  Rouse perhaps?  They did a nice job years ago.

88 87 "52 The GOP sucks donkey balls." This is ridiculous. I personally suck donkey balls strictly as a matter of religious conviction. I would never, and I have never endorsed the sucking of donkey balls as a matter of GOP policy.

89 It would be nice to live a car-free (or limited usage) life again.

LOL, there is a small town near where I live that went into partnership with a local real estate firm and some downtown businesses to renovate the upstairs areas of a bunch of the local stores in the city. These areas had formerly been offices but were largely vacant.

They spent a shit-ton of money to renovate these upstairs areas and turn them into "condos" with the average size of between 1500 and 2000 square feet. I guess they got the idea from watching Ghost and the old NYC loft apartment principal.

I was actually stupid enough when they started the project to think it might work. When they were finished these places were going for over $250,000 for the smaller ones and the deed covenants were atrocious.

Needless to say with the prices significantly above those in the outlying areas and with the double taxation burden and deed restrictions few of these units sold. Also, who in the hell wants the noise?

The city lost its ass.

90 Daniel Patrick Boyd, 40, aka “Saifullah,”

from Justin Elliot's site, tpmmuckraker talking points memo



Here's the rundown: June 2010

    *

      July 2009 Daniel Patrick Boyd of North Carolina, a U.S. citizen, ;">drywall contractor, and Muslim convert, was charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and to murder people overseas. The government alleges he and several other men, ;">including his two sons, discussed waging jihad, possessed rifles, and had done military-style training. In September, a charge of conspiring to murder military personnel was added, with the government alleging Boyd had gotten maps of the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.

91 All this talk about sucking donkey balls is a distraction from our real objective of not reducing spending.

92 I miss having a downtown to go to. My kids just don't know the experience.

93 Saudis told Obama to stfu he acted stupidly and to stfu.

FIFY

94 People Who Learned History in A Public School and No Where Else

History began at your birth.

95

It would be nice to live a car-free (or limited usage) life again.

Around here that would be known as "going Amish".

 

96 95 I miss having a downtown to go to. My kids just don't know the experience

Yeah, I like them, too. 

Having a convention center can help.  Salt Lake City has a very good selection of restaurants in the urban area, all walking distance of the Salt Palace, as well as the Energy Solns arena (Jazz play there) and a shopping district converted from an old train station.  There's even a tiny district with artisans' businesses - glass works, handmade cabinetry, rehabbing, architecture - that is in that area.  They have a ways to go, but with the trolley/tram system in place, it is a nice start.

Indy also had a nice, if small, district near their convention center. 

And I remember years ago Minneapolis had a really cute arts district with housing. 


I wonder if it's easier to accomplish in colder climates because the cold weather helps suppress the street people and panhandlers? 

97 ASCII - 2 Is

98 I lived in the bay Area for a long time. Yes, it is nice to have good restaurants nearby and local availability of a wide range of shopping. But.....

I do not miss the damn rush hour traffic, I do not miss the high taxes (although they are rapidly increasing here to match).

And most of all, I do not miss living in an area surrounded by liberals and communists.

The inter-tubes have made the shopping irrelevant now anyway.

99

I wonder if it's easier to accomplish in colder climates because the cold weather helps suppress the street people and panhandlers? 

As a former resident of Center City Philadelphia, I'm ROFL.

 

I wonder if any of the cities within driving distance has a real downtown...Little Rock, DFW, Jackson MS, even Baton Rouge...it's been bugging me lately...

100 Your Chris Christie fabulous story of the day: http://tinyurl.com/4j7exvt This guy! Mmmm when he talks about "doing big things," my mind goes straight into the gutter . . .

101

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Foreclosure filings in the U.S. fell 17 percent in January from a year earlier, the fourth straight month of declines, as legal scrutiny of lender practices slowed actions against delinquent homeowners, RealtyTrac Inc. said.

And from CNBC

U.S. home foreclosures jumped 12 percent last month, but the sharp divide between states  suggests the industry remains backlogged by investigations into the foreclosure process.

According to a report from real estate data firm RealtyTrac, lenders foreclosed on 78,133 properties in January, up 12 percent from the month before, but down 11 percent from January a year ago.

 

MiniTrue appears to not be on the same page today

102

Yes, although I cannot imagine the yields from human breast milk production are that high, certainly not at the level of that from cows. 

I'm picturing rows of stalls, each with a woman flipping boredly flipping through a magazine while two pumps whir away...

103 A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you're sucking donkey balls.

104 104 The fat man don't do anything for me anymore...in fact, the fat man can just stay in NJ -- he suits it and it suits him, and please don't impose yourself on the rest of the country Mr. Christie.

105 MamaAJ,
http://www.downtown-jackson.com/

My recollection from house-hunting in Dallas (about a decade ago) is that it didn't really have much of a downtown.

106 I usually use the special characters map so this is a test --

107 Looks like ASCII doesn't work in the box.

108 Hooeee! 25 inches of snow in places here in Arkansas and 19 degrees below zero too. Damn that globalwarming!

109 http://www.downtown-jackson.com/

Cool, thanks. We stayed in Jackson overnight and loved our little spot. The hotel was right on the edge of a very upscale outdoor mall.

110

 25 inches of snow in places here in Arkansas and 19 degrees below zero too.

That storm was supposed to hit us, but we only got rain. Well, there was freezing rain for about 5 minutes. Schools and everything were shut down...for rain.

 

111 If the republicans came up with a solution to the housing crisis then I think people would be thrilled.  The dems promised everything and gave nothing. 

112 Looks like ASCII doesn't work in the box.

Sure it does°; ☻; ♪ etc

113 So the unemployment numbers are out and it was 383k, much less than forcast. I wonder why that didn't get attributed to the massive snowstorm last week. /sarc

114

I wonder if it's easier to accomplish in colder climates because the cold weather helps suppress the street people and panhandlers? 

As a former resident of Center City Philadelphia, I'm ROFL.

As a former resident of the Twin Cities, I'm with ya.  Trust me, it's a lot to do with the mindset...as well as certain factors of demographics.  Compare the municipalities you listed--I'm sure you can find some other commonalities as well...

115 I work in Center City, Mama AJ..I had to step over several bums (yes, I said it...they're bums) this morning in the train station. The cold just pushes them indoors.

116 25 From the ONT; it is -11° in Worland, WY.

Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 07:46 AM (M9Ie6)

When I was growing up in Wyoming, Worland was known as the banana belt.  If you're seriously considering moving to that area, take a look at Lander.

 

117 @118
When I lived in Chicago we used to say "warmer means weirder."  Really, shopping in the Loop or just doing things around town (we didn't have a car so we were usually on foot or using the trains) in the colder months was much better than in the summer. 

118 And before anyone goes off on me, I meant 'liberal mindsets willing to throw disproportionate amounts of cash at a white elephant'.  (And two of the examples tend to be kinda homogenous in social makeup, or at least used to be.)

119 68 "Banking breast milk"?  From humans?  Ewww...I don't want to know the shelf life of that.
------
The important question is: are they prepared to handle spills?

120 65 Wouldn't slugs freeze in this weather?
-------
Or shrivel up from the salt used on the roads?

121 More on the Sanchez drama.

122 Sanchez is an idiot. 

The mom is a skank.

123

 I work in Center City, Mama AJ..I had to step over several bums (yes, I said it...they're bums) this morning in the train station. The cold just pushes them indoors.

Ah, not the ones that lived on my old block of Walnut St. They just sat on the vent and got drunk.

When I lived in Jersey, I walked underground from PATCO at Locust to the Parkway...thankfully, they had dismantled the camps that had been there "housing" the "homeless" for years.

124 81 with a chance of t- storms in PBC. Damn, it's humid.

125 The camps are now in Suburban Station There is a nasty gauntlet that must be negotiated before you can get to the platform.....when it's this cold, anyway. The police let them stay as lonmg as they aren't assaulting anybody physically....

126

I was in Orlando last week. I lost 60 degrees somewhere on the way back.

127 Good luck on the trains. I know they don't always do so well in cold weather, esp. with ice...

128 Luca - at least it's cold enough to minimize the smell Next week should be the return of the piss-scent emanating from the subway openings around City Hall AH! just in time for the Flower Show! Spring in Philadelphia!

129 If we didn't have a menagerie of pets, we'd consider living in an urban area.

I'd never live in an urban center.  When the shit hits the fan you'll starve and become Zombie food.

130

Next week should be the return of the piss-scent emanating from the subway openings around City Hall

AH! just in time for the Flower Show! Spring in Philadelphia!

Ah, man, you're making me soooo homesick.

My husband is at Fort Dix and will be spending a couple days in South Philly before heading home, so he's getting some of the food we can't get here.

Oh, well, at least it will be in the 60s all next week here. That's supposed to make up for something, isn't it?

131

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 10, 2011 10:13 AM

Thats what you get for living in that shit-hole. At least the piss-scent stays in the subways in NY.

132 Soon I'll be sending forms to USCIS to remove the temporary conditions on my green card. I'm very nervous; this stuff always makes me freak out a little haha. Everything should be fine. I can't wait to get a permanent green card! Wish me luck everybody!

133 Last night my computer updated my window 7 program and now the damn thing is running slow as hell.  Anyone else having this problem?

134 LOL, the piss scent, better known as "ode de' cologne of bums". When I lived in the bay Area years ago that was a major problem at Haight-Ashbury (bums not hippies lived there).

I remarked on that here one day and some of the Morons who still live there say the entire city smells that way now. That is a damn shame because SF is supposed to be the number 1 city in the country for tourism.

If they don't stop that stuff it will lose out rapidly.

135 Good luck Joffen. If you've dotted all your 'T's and crossed your "I's you should be OK.

136 I remarked on that here one day and some of the Morons who still live there say the entire city smells that way now. That is a damn shame because SF is supposed to be the number 1 city in the country for tourism.

When we were last there, it was just so strange. The "homeless" were young, healthy people who were...smug and thinking they were hip or something. Very different from the crazy, older crowd in Philly.

137  Everything should be fine. I can't wait to get a permanent green card! Wish me luck everybody!

Very best of luck to you.

138

Well, it's sunny and frigid here in KC. Hovering around 0. That being said, by Sunday or so it should be 50º warmer.

Meanwhile, I try to sit in the sunlight streaming through my glass back door. Feels quite nice, actually.

But man O man, my heating bill is going to suck when it comes due next month.

139

 Molson Coors Brewing Co. says its net income fell 51 percent in the fourth quarter as it sold less beer and dealt with rising costs for taxes, ingredients and fuel.

Is there any industry O'Bama won't destroy? I think this is one of the signs of the Apocalypse.

140

Looks like ASCII doesn't work in the box.

Sure it does°; ☻; ♪ etc

Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 09:41 AM (M9Ie6)

Not if you just use cap locks and the alt key. At least for me. They do work if you put them in the editor. Remember when I posted Brian (hearts) Vic?

141 ºººººthrow caution and your pants to the wind.

What if this moronette is wearing a skirt today?

nice little omega button.... except the table lacks an omega!

142 Sen. Kyl to quit today. Politico.
WTF?

143

nice little omega button.... except the table lacks an omega!

When U is for Strikeout, nothing suprises me...but that is funny.

144 A Michigan man is facing a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge -- because his dog killed a raccoon that did some damage to his garage.

145 �����throw caution and your pants to the wind.

What if this moronette is wearing a skirt today?

nice little omega button.... except the table lacks an omega!

All I see is a bunch o question marks inside a sideways square.

146 ...this moronette is wearing a skirt today? nice little omega button.

Your math test scores just went down.

Omega button. Mmm.

147 Omega button my ass.

148 "Our best scientists in this country have reached a consensus and it is unequivocal that the science is clear that 'man' made emissions or air pollution and global warming gases,” [Federal EPA Administrator Lisa] Jackson said. But she was interrupted by McKinley, saying that the scientists are ‘still debating on issue. You know It! and I know It!’

Jackson responded by saying, “No I do not agree with that! I absolutely do not agree with that!”

Lisa Jackson ... "Denier" !!

149 DC crawler has post about WaPo's article about a American Muslim (recently converted) who was arrested for a plot to blow up a recruiting center.

150

The soldier holding that XM-25 in the photo attached to the linked article is a member of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.

 

I notice these things.

151 Gillespie: The Intolerance of Social Conservatives
 Read the rest. [rdbrewer]

Why?

152 Soon I'll be sending forms to USCIS to remove the temporary conditions on my green card. I'm very nervous; altın çilek - fx15 - leke kremi - yudali - maurers - ozon yağı this stuff always makes me freak out a little haha. Everything should be fine. I can't wait to get a permanent green card! Wish me luck everybody!

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