Dave, time to trade the German tank in. 1.5 hr commute cannot be fun:( Your lucky because you are still single, how bout something fun that can impress the ladies like a Vette?;-) Believe it or not, I heard it gets about 27 miles on the freeway, but only 16 in stop and go.
I went in early today and left at four. I was home forty minutes later (including a stop at Publix to get something for dinner, as I hate eating out and much prefer to cook my own). I think I'll be doing that from now on.
Also, I parked the Panzer in favor of a Camry owned by my family. I'll be looking for a another car about late December or early January.
Thinking Civic or Corolla, as I can't seem to keep my foot off the go-pedal in another Maxima. :-)
the car keeps coming, the soldier fires repeatedly into the radiator and at the tires only (ever since the in the rain speeding and swerving left wing released hostage loon from the commie Italy paper cried she was mistreated by coalition forces as her country's agent saved her life ), and dives off the road just in time to hear the liberals best friend shrieking over and over "Alluh Ahkbar!" and the vehicle crashes into the front of the police headquarters behind the soldier, IED exploding, killing 3 civilians and 5 police officers and injuring 17 others.
Michael Moore to extoll the freedom fighters at 9pm on Rosie's new webcast, while the loons decry the war a failure.
The Right To Own A Bazooka. I think this 'toon is among the most likely things to make sense to people like Balboa, which also means it's likely to upset others here. (Or if this one doesn't upset you, look at Bagge's other stuff!).
JMR
Tomorrow I return to school. At 44 I want / need a second career. I haven't been to college in years. I'm getting a degree in Applied Math. Hope my brain "starts on the first pull".
Fortunately math is still a more exacting science than say, Global Warming.
But It's been a while for me too, so don't be surprised if the sine of theta is somewhere between Aquarius and Pisces, or the solutions are arrived at by consensus.
Michael Goldfarb at the weekly standard has an article titled "Left insists in having it both ways" that has links to statements made by prominent Democrats. Looks like the Demos have already made up their minds on Petraeus and the report he will give.
After criticizing at length business and government agencies from which some edits emanated, in the 26th paragraph of the article, the author admits that some edits also came from the New York Times. She calls these edits "questionable." And what falls into the category of "questionable" to the NYT? To quote the article:
A change to the page on President Bush, for instance, repeated the word "jerk" 12 times. And in the entry for Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state, the word "pianist" was changed to "penis."
I wonder what it would take for a NYT-staffer submitted edit to be considered beyond "questionable" to perhaps "wrong"?
Further, does the NYTimes understand that by doing this (or not being sufficiently careful about whom they allow to carry out these edits), they are the ones who look like jerks and ... pianists?
“It’s impossible to determine who did any of these things,” said Craig R. Whitney, the standards editor of The Times. “But you can only shake your head when you see what was done to the George Bush and Condoleezza Rice entries.”
They mention the CIA is editing, but don't say what till far later in the article. As I imagined all sorts of nefarious modifications with my tinfoil hat on, I finally came to "the real report" on the CIA hidden hand....last page of course, near the last couple of lines...
"But others hint at procrastinating office workers, such as the tweaks to Wikipedia articles on TV shows being made from CIA computers. "
Ahh, of course, how could the Plames of the USA ever allow slanderous falsehoods about Bart or Dancing with the Stars to bleed to the American public.
Saying a prayer for Jamaica. Looks like Dean going to slip by to the South. Some damage but not the Cat 4 winds. I guess that will disappoint our Climate Change Chumps, I bet they were wishing for all out carnage. http://www.intellica...
The main television in my house died last evening. So, I haven't been able to get any updates. If it's heading south of Jamaica, does that mean they believe it will avoid Texas? ns
Thanks. And for those in this thread, I'm blind until my wife wakes up and I can move the television down from my bedroom. Anything interesting happening on the talk shows, and I'd appreciate an e-mail at nsheppard@costlogic.com. As I'm writing a piece as we speak, I'm not checking the threads as actively as my inbox. ns
Since most of the weather satellites are in geosync orbit and we are looking at an area only 15n of the Equator, the image shows Dean about 60 nm to the south of Jamaica on a westerly track. Dean's hurricane force winds extend out 60 nm. Might just be high winds and rain hopefully. Next 2-3 hours will tell.
If Dean strengthens again the Yucatan or Belize is next. I doubt Texas is in any trouble. Short covering in oil tomorrow.
Jamaica isn't out of the woods yet-the greatest damage in a hurricane is typically in the "northeast quadrant"-if Dean passes just to the south of the island, the heaviest damage would be just above and to the right of its path, which is...right over the south coast of Jamaica.
Since many of the "houses" down there are nothing more than fragile shacks, some clinging to steep hillsides at crazy angles, there's still going to be substantial damage.
I agree, but various news reports have Dean "bearing down" on Jamaica with 150mph winds expected to go to CAT5.
Flooding causes the most deaths and you are right, because a hurricane spins counter-clockwise the winds on the Northeast are higher for a storm traveling West.
I'm hoping the eye stays 50 nm offshore and doesn't chew up the island like a weed wacker from hell.
It might go to CAT 5 but that would occur after it passes Jamaica and hits warmer waters.
I heard the Govt. ordered the power off ahead of time....do not know if it applies to where you are speaking, but I just heard that about twenty minutes ago on Fox.
Just thought I would throw that in.
(also saw where the eye is widening before approaching, they say the winds are now decreasing in strength, so that is some good news so far)
I still have a professional-grade shortwave receiver. Sadly, I haven't been able to use it for over a year, as copper thieves marched right into my backyard one day and stole the $120 antenna that had been sitting there unmolested for the past 7 years.
SW isn't as active is in the good old days except for the hams, as many of the major international broadcasters have moved to the internet and other outlets.
Latest position has the eye only 50 miles south of Kingston. That's pretty close.
I'm going to try a different stealth type of antenna, one that doesn't have any copper in it.
By the way I do listen to a lot of the internet feeds, especially Radio New Zealand International. But I also listen to them on the wireless (they use a totally "out of band" frequency during our night-time hours, namely 13730)
Yea. I don't get it. He has done very, very well in the debates. IMO I think he has done the best overall job when you look at all of the debates. He is conservative, from the south, has a personality and a sense of humor. Yet he gets no love.
Ingmar Bergman died recently. A lot of people had trouble figuring out what his movies were all about plus they thought they were boring. I disagree. Bergman's movies were quite interesting. Check out this clip of Bergman's Whispers of the Wolf.
Just turned on CNN (1:10pm) -- they had some bonehead General on as an expert (didn't catch his name) who was asked about progress. He said "The Americans are now teaming up with the Sunis, and this will be the basis of the civil war in Iraq". In other words, the success that we've had with the locals is not progress -- instead, we have made a major blunder by agreeing to work with the Sunis against Al Queda.
BTW, this was not challenged. The General, after all, is CNN's expert on all military strategery.
Following this, Michael Ware was asked about the possibility that there is a civil war going on. His response "There is no one that can question that we're in the middle of a major civil war right now". His response did not include one mention of two concepts: "terrorists" and "Al Queda". In other words, the fact that the Sunis have turned against Al Queda does not present any other option; and the fact that Iran is stirring up trouble with selected Shites also shouldn't be considered. Noooooo, the only answer is that we, the United States, are in the middle of a disasterous civil war.
BTW, this also wasn't challenged.
Want to get news from the most trusted news source in the world? Don't tune into CNN.
What bothers me is that there are a lot of Americans that actually believe this drivil, primarily because it is presented by a so-called trustworthy news source, and because these statements/concepts are not challenged in any way whatsoever.
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... um, did we know Al Gore had body guards while he was doing the journalist thing in Vietnam?
[This is from a 1998 Washington Weekly article.]
Meanwhile, the rumors about Gore's military service in Vietnam continued to accumulate. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that Gore went to Nam accompanied by a "handle with care" order that prompted the Army to provide bodyguards in order to keep young Al out of harm's way. (This partly confirms the rumor I reported here last week, although the bodyguards were paid for by the taxpayers, not by Gore's father as the original version had stated). According to L.A. Times correspondent Richard Serrano, "Several of his (Vietnam) colleagues remember they were assigned to make sure this son of a prominent politician was never injured in the war."
The Times story that appeared on October 15 reported that, "H. Alan Leo said soldiers were ordered to serve as Gore's bodyguards, to keep him out of harms way. 'It blew me away,' Leo said. 'I was to make sure he didn't get into a situation he could not get out of. ...
One of the Lib arguments against the Swift Boat veterans is that John Kerry was a true warrior, and that the 3 purple hearts proved this. And, when Kerry went to Vietnam, there was no political consideration involved -- i.e., he wasn't doing this so that he could point to his service as a future politician.
This bodyguard activity kinda blows the Lib argument out of the water, doesn't it? And the libs never want to explain how a person could recieve 3 purple hearts without spending a single day in the hospital.
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Live pictures from CNN from Kingfisher, Oklahoma show the city underwater as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin dropping huge amounts of rain and subsequently overflowing the banks of Kingfisher Creek.
Strangely missing are live pictures of the wanton looting.
But then, you can't video something that isn't happening...
As a Sooner, my thoughts and prayers are with the residents of Kingfisher.
Anybody else get a kick out of "The Cavemen" insurance company ads? I've seen this promoted twice on TV this weekend, and the site's pretty darned funny ... and interactive. Check it out:
i love reading the crazy rants that people write in, to glenn beck, boortz, hannity, etc. some of the best comic relief is in hate mail. it provides great fuel to riff on. wait a minute, i think i discovered an infinite fuel source, if we could harness liberal hipocracy, lies, and hatred.
is there a plan for a hatemail spot in the future.
Did anybody hear/watch Geraldo last night acting like a chicken with his head cut off over the nonchalant way he thought the majority of people in Jamaica were reacting to the oncoming Howard Dean Scream Hurricane?
Going ahead and getting married, swimming in the heat of the sun, carrying on slowly during the day getting groceries...he demanded to know why they weren't frantic....
I about died laughing at him for once he was so over the top with this situation...
I was talking to him via the television saying the only idiots that have been in frantic and in panic are the talking heads on TV...especially Fox.
I heard over two hours ago that the Dean Machine was going to be hitting Jamaica within the hour....
Still waitin,....
Btw...I see now where they have decided that the Dean Machine is most likely going to be hitting Old Mexico...
My my my...these critters are flaky as far as I am concerned.....let alone it seems they are going to be in for a big disappointment so far.
As an aside Fox has shown that gal getting dumped in the water that was getting rescued from her vehicle by the helicopter about every five minutes now...which I hope nobody takes the wrong way but I laughed out loud when that happened the first time, couldn't help myself, knew she would be safe with the floatation device on her....
bt, Geraldo, like all other liberals want to see the frantic scurrying, hopelesness, and desperation of some new black victims. What he doesn't grasp is that Jamaicans, are not Nola blacks, and are a hard working resilient people.
My parents have Jamaican neighbors. The husband commutes close to a hundred miles daily, and works for NY Transit Authority, and co-owns a small landscaping company which he actively labors in, during his time off.
The wife commutes over a hundred miles daily, and is a nurse at Johns Hopkins.
Jamaicans know they live on an island, and know how to survive on it. There has been plenty of flooding, and mudslides in Jamaica before. I'm sure any Jamaican would tell Geraldo "this ain't our first rodeo cowboy".
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
I think that is the point I was trying to make about Geraldo and all his ilk...it gets so tiring really.
I also did neglect to say one thing so people do not think I am heartless...I hope no one loses their life in this, not one.
That is the difference between people like us and people like Geraldo and Shep ect. they secretly hope for disaster for the exact point you made Blaze.
My favorite point of your well-said post is this...I'm sure any Jamaican would tell Geraldo "this ain't our first rodeo cowboy".
I realize how important it is to get a good education, but the teachers sure pile on the homework these days. My kid had to do book reports in kindergarden.
I just spent a few moments looking around the encampment of liberal spin and found this little nugget...
World Public Opinion conducted a study in 2005 that proved that Fox viewers were significantly more likely to have misperceptions about the war in Iraq. And viewers who paid more attention were even more misinformed.
Vinay Gupta is quite an amazing person, and slowly people beyond his circle of friends are starting to understand it. He now gets to attend "Burning Man" for free thanks to the treehuggers. Considering what just happened to Jamaica, hexayurts might come in handy...
JMR
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directing traffic
August 19, 2007 - 10:32 ET by shawn228They should use this method in California..lol. Here is how to direct traffic in Iraq
Are you are? It kind of
August 19, 2007 - 10:35 ET by Gat New YorkAre you are? It kind of looked like illegal alien traffic at the Mexcian border - single file only.
shawn,
August 19, 2007 - 17:52 ET by Dave RLOL-I wish they'd do that in Atlanta. Might even get home before six-thirty.
Dave
August 19, 2007 - 22:27 ET by shawn228Dave, time to trade the German tank in. 1.5 hr commute cannot be fun:( Your lucky because you are still single, how bout something fun that can impress the ladies like a Vette?;-) Believe it or not, I heard it gets about 27 miles on the freeway, but only 16 in stop and go.
shawn,
August 20, 2007 - 20:29 ET by Dave RI went in early today and left at four. I was home forty minutes later (including a stop at Publix to get something for dinner, as I hate eating out and much prefer to cook my own). I think I'll be doing that from now on.
Also, I parked the Panzer in favor of a Camry owned by my family. I'll be looking for a another car about late December or early January.
Thinking Civic or Corolla, as I can't seem to keep my foot off the go-pedal in another Maxima. :-)
And in the alternate video
August 19, 2007 - 18:09 ET by SportPoliticsthe car keeps coming, the soldier fires repeatedly into the radiator and at the tires only (ever since the in the rain speeding and swerving left wing released hostage loon from the commie Italy paper cried she was mistreated by coalition forces as her country's agent saved her life ), and dives off the road just in time to hear the liberals best friend shrieking over and over "Alluh Ahkbar!" and the vehicle crashes into the front of the police headquarters behind the soldier, IED exploding, killing 3 civilians and 5 police officers and injuring 17 others.
Michael Moore to extoll the freedom fighters at 9pm on Rosie's new webcast, while the loons decry the war a failure.
Peter Bagge on guns:
August 19, 2007 - 10:37 ET by sarcasmoThe Right To Own A Bazooka. I think this 'toon is among the most likely things to make sense to people like Balboa, which also means it's likely to upset others here. (Or if this one doesn't upset you, look at Bagge's other stuff!).
JMR
Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul.
Bagge is a bit of an equal
August 19, 2007 - 12:10 ET by stratmanBagge is a bit of an equal opportunity offender.
My favorite character in the cartoon was the polite drunken Canadian rapist.
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
Here's a bit outdated but
August 19, 2007 - 10:52 ET by Roger the ShrubberHere's a bit outdated but still refreshingly funny bit of political theatre. These guys are clever.
Tomorrow I return to school.
August 19, 2007 - 11:07 ET by rbosqueTomorrow I return to school. At 44 I want / need a second career. I haven't been to college in years. I'm getting a degree in Applied Math. Hope my brain "starts on the first pull".
}}---> Best of luck
August 19, 2007 - 11:16 ET by Cool ArrowFortunately math is still a more exacting science than say, Global Warming.
But It's been a while for me too, so don't be surprised if the sine of theta is somewhere between Aquarius and Pisces, or the solutions are arrived at by consensus.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
That's why I like math. It
August 19, 2007 - 11:33 ET by rbosqueThat's why I like math. It is either right or wrong. There's a degree of certainty that I welcome.
One of my first classes will be Political Science. Yeah, that's going to be really interesting sitting in a class full of little Che Gueverras.
Just remind them .
August 20, 2007 - 12:27 ET by FastEdhe ended up the way he wanted. Maybe they should re-think their position.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
rb
August 19, 2007 - 11:18 ET by botgkick it in the differential
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -Chief Justice John Roberts
Oh yeah!
August 19, 2007 - 18:23 ET by rbosqueOh yeah!
and twice in the
August 19, 2007 - 21:54 ET by botgand twice in the integral
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -Chief Justice John Roberts
This is some of the
August 19, 2007 - 11:27 ET by third eyeThis is some of the funniest satire Ive read in awhile. Check it out!
http://www.satirewir...
and
http://www.satirewir...
Michael Goldfarb at the
August 19, 2007 - 11:29 ET by contraryMichael Goldfarb at the weekly standard has an article titled "Left insists in having it both ways" that has links to statements made by prominent Democrats. Looks like the Demos have already made up their minds on Petraeus and the report he will give.
http://www.theweeklystandard.com/Weblogs/TWSFP/TWSFPView.asp#2152
Questionable Wikipedia Coverage
August 19, 2007 - 11:35 ET by BeresfordNote another article in NYT today about edits to Wikipedia entries.
http://www.nytimes.c...
After criticizing at length business and government agencies from which some edits emanated, in the 26th paragraph of the article, the author admits that some edits also came from the New York Times. She calls these edits "questionable." And what falls into the category of "questionable" to the NYT? To quote the article:
A change to the page on President Bush, for instance, repeated the word "jerk" 12 times. And in the entry for Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state, the word "pianist" was changed to "penis."
I wonder what it would take for a NYT-staffer submitted edit to be considered beyond "questionable" to perhaps "wrong"?
-
August 19, 2007 - 12:40 ET by dahliatraversFurther, does the NYTimes understand that by doing this (or not being sufficiently careful about whom they allow to carry out these edits), they are the ones who look like jerks and ... pianists?
excerpt
August 19, 2007 - 12:44 ET by dahliatravers“It’s impossible to determine who did any of these things,” said Craig R. Whitney, the standards editor of The Times. “But you can only shake your head when you see what was done to the George Bush and Condoleezza Rice entries.”
}}---> Shaking his head
August 19, 2007 - 12:47 ET by Cool Arrowas he shuffles off chuckling.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
The Plame wiki edit entries
August 19, 2007 - 14:26 ET by SportPoliticsThe Plame wiki edit entries:
They mention the CIA is editing, but don't say what till far later in the article. As I imagined all sorts of nefarious modifications with my tinfoil hat on, I finally came to "the real report" on the CIA hidden hand....last page of course, near the last couple of lines...
"But others hint at procrastinating office workers, such as the tweaks to Wikipedia articles on TV shows being made from CIA computers. "
Ahh, of course, how could the Plames of the USA ever allow slanderous falsehoods about Bart or Dancing with the Stars to bleed to the American public.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/16/tech/main3173717.shtml
Your tax dollars and GWB's dark shadow government ops at work.
Saying a prayer for
August 19, 2007 - 11:45 ET by NortonPeteSaying a prayer for Jamaica. Looks like Dean going to slip by to the South. Some damage but not the Cat 4 winds. I guess that will disappoint our Climate Change Chumps, I bet they were wishing for all out carnage. http://www.intellica...
Norton
August 19, 2007 - 11:48 ET by Noel SheppardNP,
Great sentiments. I quite concur.
The main television in my house died last evening. So, I haven't been able to get any updates. If it's heading south of Jamaica, does that mean they believe it will avoid Texas? ns
}}---> Yep, Noel
August 19, 2007 - 11:57 ET by Cool ArrowThat's the conventional thinking.
BTW Liz Trotta is on FOX trashing Scarbrough's confession.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
CA
August 19, 2007 - 11:59 ET by Noel SheppardCA,
Thanks. And for those in this thread, I'm blind until my wife wakes up and I can move the television down from my bedroom. Anything interesting happening on the talk shows, and I'd appreciate an e-mail at nsheppard@costlogic.com. As I'm writing a piece as we speak, I'm not checking the threads as actively as my inbox. ns
}}---> We'll try Noel
August 19, 2007 - 12:04 ET by Cool ArrowI'm sure John Edwards' hand in foreclosing on Katrina victims is old news to you.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
Amateur forecasting
August 19, 2007 - 12:06 ET by NortonPeteSince most of the weather satellites are in geosync orbit and we are looking at an area only 15n of the Equator, the image shows Dean about 60 nm to the south of Jamaica on a westerly track. Dean's hurricane force winds extend out 60 nm. Might just be high winds and rain hopefully. Next 2-3 hours will tell.
If Dean strengthens again the Yucatan or Belize is next. I doubt Texas is in any trouble. Short covering in oil tomorrow.
NP
August 19, 2007 - 12:11 ET by Noel SheppardNP,
If Dean misses Texas, why would you cover your oil shorts? Oil should drop tomorrow if this doesn't represent a threat. ns
Oil
August 19, 2007 - 12:17 ET by NortonPeteYeah , meant to say selling in oil futures .
}}---> Platform evacuations minimal
August 19, 2007 - 12:18 ET by Cool ArrowAs of yesterday with a more northward track expected, the Chronicle reported:
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
Dean is
August 19, 2007 - 12:14 ET by botgprojected to the Yucatan hit the links for storm track and projected path (of course hurricanes always follow straight lines)
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -Chief Justice John Roberts
Jamaica isn't out of the
August 19, 2007 - 12:31 ET by Del DolemonteJamaica isn't out of the woods yet-the greatest damage in a hurricane is typically in the "northeast quadrant"-if Dean passes just to the south of the island, the heaviest damage would be just above and to the right of its path, which is...right over the south coast of Jamaica.
Since many of the "houses" down there are nothing more than fragile shacks, some clinging to steep hillsides at crazy angles, there's still going to be substantial damage.
Alot of damage
August 19, 2007 - 12:50 ET by NortonPeteI agree, but various news reports have Dean "bearing down" on Jamaica with 150mph winds expected to go to CAT5.
Flooding causes the most deaths and you are right, because a hurricane spins counter-clockwise the winds on the Northeast are higher for a storm traveling West.
I'm hoping the eye stays 50 nm offshore and doesn't chew up the island like a weed wacker from hell.
It might go to CAT 5 but that would occur after it passes Jamaica and hits warmer waters.
Still saying a prayer for Jamaica.
}}---> May as well be Cat 5
August 19, 2007 - 12:54 ET by Cool ArrowCat 5 starts at 155 mph. This is a big storm.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
The island radio stations
August 19, 2007 - 16:32 ET by Del DolemonteThe island radio stations are already reporting as many as 185,000 without power on the east end of the island.
Listen here (push the white "listen" bar)
http://www.nationwid...
Del,I heard the Govt.
August 19, 2007 - 16:52 ET by bigtimerDel,
I heard the Govt. ordered the power off ahead of time....do not know if it applies to where you are speaking, but I just heard that about twenty minutes ago on Fox.
Just thought I would throw that in.
(also saw where the eye is widening before approaching, they say the winds are now decreasing in strength, so that is some good news so far)
Great link
August 19, 2007 - 17:16 ET by NortonPeteReminds me of the old shortwave days.
Dean is definately running south of Jamaica, hope all is survivable.
Perhaps winds of 100 mph , survivable, rebuildable.
I still have a
August 19, 2007 - 17:31 ET by Del DolemonteI still have a professional-grade shortwave receiver. Sadly, I haven't been able to use it for over a year, as copper thieves marched right into my backyard one day and stole the $120 antenna that had been sitting there unmolested for the past 7 years.
SW isn't as active is in the good old days except for the hams, as many of the major international broadcasters have moved to the internet and other outlets.
Latest position has the eye only 50 miles south of Kingston. That's pretty close.
The "Eye" is widening.
August 19, 2007 - 17:49 ET by NortonPeteThe "Eye" is widening. Lower wind speeds. Jamaica is saved..
Put the swortwave antenna in your attic.
But do explore these internet feeds....great
Dean Satellite Loop
August 19, 2007 - 18:39 ET by BlondeNorton,
This is a pretty good sattelite loop.
Looks like Jamica was spared the dreaded head-on eyewall, but this is still a monster storm.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @ Blackfive
Can't put the antenna in the
August 19, 2007 - 20:27 ET by Del DolemonteCan't put the antenna in the attic-I have a metal roof LOL. That's why I was using what was stolen:
http://www.alphadelt...
I'm going to try a different stealth type of antenna, one that doesn't have any copper in it.
By the way I do listen to a lot of the internet feeds, especially Radio New Zealand International. But I also listen to them on the wireless (they use a totally "out of band" frequency during our night-time hours, namely 13730)
Here's Radio New Zealand's audio feeds
Windows Media Live Stream is here:
http://meta.radionz....
Real Audio Live Stream:
http://www.audionet....
National Hurricane Center: Site
August 19, 2007 - 15:04 ET by JDWALL;
One can track online from the National Weather Site
JDW
News media: Scoreboard for terrorists
}}---> Deepak Chopra
August 19, 2007 - 11:47 ET by Cool ArrowDeepak Chopra is on FOX unveiling his line of WWBD bracelets.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
}}---> ECO disaster brewing?
August 19, 2007 - 12:11 ET by Cool ArrowWhat if the Red Cross hits the Hurricane zone with truckloads of bottled water?
Oh, the humanity.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
}}---> Disney buys Internet club for kids
August 19, 2007 - 12:40 ET by Cool ArrowClub Penguin sounds like a good place to teach kids about AGW and who knows, introduce them to Uncle Ernie.
Wonder if Woodie Allen will be the webmaster.
Kewl.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
}}---> Here's a Question
August 19, 2007 - 12:59 ET by Cool ArrowWhy are we not taking Huckabee seriously?
Does he stand for something we disagree with?
Has he flip flopped on anything?
Is anybody more articulate?
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
I am with you
August 19, 2007 - 13:02 ET by jiminjerseyYea. I don't get it. He has done very, very well in the debates. IMO I think he has done the best overall job when you look at all of the debates. He is conservative, from the south, has a personality and a sense of humor. Yet he gets no love.
I must be missing something as well.
}}---> Straight shooter
August 19, 2007 - 13:09 ET by Cool ArrowI'm not sold on Fred Thompson and nothing against him.
But I just had to ask myself why I'm not rooting for the one candidate who seems to fit every requirement I have in a Candidate. Mike Huckabee.
You're right, I can listen to him for extended periods without catching a massive dose of tap dancing.
Maybe there's a big fear out there about the Fair Tax, but I think it's a logical approach to tackling a porkfilled beast.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
Ingmar Bergman
August 19, 2007 - 13:22 ET by P.J. GladnickIngmar Bergman died recently. A lot of people had trouble figuring out what his movies were all about plus they thought they were boring. I disagree. Bergman's movies were quite interesting. Check out this clip of Bergman's Whispers of the Wolf.
CNN's new Civil War scenario
August 19, 2007 - 13:30 ET by ThisnThatJust turned on CNN (1:10pm) -- they had some bonehead General on as an expert (didn't catch his name) who was asked about progress. He said "The Americans are now teaming up with the Sunis, and this will be the basis of the civil war in Iraq". In other words, the success that we've had with the locals is not progress -- instead, we have made a major blunder by agreeing to work with the Sunis against Al Queda.
BTW, this was not challenged. The General, after all, is CNN's expert on all military strategery.
Following this, Michael Ware was asked about the possibility that there is a civil war going on. His response "There is no one that can question that we're in the middle of a major civil war right now". His response did not include one mention of two concepts: "terrorists" and "Al Queda". In other words, the fact that the Sunis have turned against Al Queda does not present any other option; and the fact that Iran is stirring up trouble with selected Shites also shouldn't be considered. Noooooo, the only answer is that we, the United States, are in the middle of a disasterous civil war.
BTW, this also wasn't challenged.
Want to get news from the most trusted news source in the world? Don't tune into CNN.
What bothers me is that there are a lot of Americans that actually believe this drivil, primarily because it is presented by a so-called trustworthy news source, and because these statements/concepts are not challenged in any way whatsoever.
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August 19, 2007 - 13:38 ET by dahliatravers... um, did we know Al Gore had body guards while he was doing the journalist thing in Vietnam?
[This is from a 1998 Washington Weekly article.]
Meanwhile, the rumors about Gore's military service in Vietnam continued to accumulate. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that Gore went to Nam accompanied by a "handle with care" order that prompted the Army to provide bodyguards in order to keep young Al out of harm's way. (This partly confirms the rumor I reported here last week, although the bodyguards were paid for by the taxpayers, not by Gore's father as the original version had stated). According to L.A. Times correspondent Richard Serrano, "Several of his (Vietnam) colleagues remember they were assigned to make sure this son of a prominent politician was never injured in the war."
The Times story that appeared on October 15 reported that, "H. Alan Leo said soldiers were ordered to serve as Gore's bodyguards, to keep him out of harms way. 'It blew me away,' Leo said. 'I was to make sure he didn't get into a situation he could not get out of. ...
http://www.zianet.com/web/postclinton.htm
Swift Boat
August 19, 2007 - 14:13 ET by ThisnThatOne of the Lib arguments against the Swift Boat veterans is that John Kerry was a true warrior, and that the 3 purple hearts proved this. And, when Kerry went to Vietnam, there was no political consideration involved -- i.e., he wasn't doing this so that he could point to his service as a future politician.
This bodyguard activity kinda blows the Lib argument out of the water, doesn't it? And the libs never want to explain how a person could recieve 3 purple hearts without spending a single day in the hospital.
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If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a Soldier. - My barber
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August 19, 2007 - 15:57 ET by dahliatravershow a person could recieve 3 purple hearts without spending a single day in the hospital.
< sigh >
-NEWS FLASH-
August 19, 2007 - 15:01 ET by ghotifunLive pictures from CNN from Kingfisher, Oklahoma show the city underwater as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin dropping huge amounts of rain and subsequently overflowing the banks of Kingfisher Creek.
Strangely missing are live pictures of the wanton looting.
But then, you can't video something that isn't happening...
As a Sooner, my thoughts and prayers are with the residents of Kingfisher.
Anybody else get a kick out
August 19, 2007 - 15:02 ET by drillanwrAnybody else get a kick out of "The Cavemen" insurance company ads? I've seen this promoted twice on TV this weekend, and the site's pretty darned funny ... and interactive. Check it out:
http://cavemanscrib.com/
hey how much irrational hate mail does newsbusters get
August 19, 2007 - 15:36 ET by lunaticcringeradioi love reading the crazy rants that people write in, to glenn beck, boortz, hannity, etc. some of the best comic relief is in hate mail. it provides great fuel to riff on. wait a minute, i think i discovered an infinite fuel source, if we could harness liberal hipocracy, lies, and hatred.
is there a plan for a hatemail spot in the future.
Did anybody hear/watch
August 19, 2007 - 16:13 ET by bigtimerDid anybody hear/watch Geraldo last night acting like a chicken with his head cut off over the nonchalant way he thought the majority of people in Jamaica were reacting to the oncoming Howard Dean Scream Hurricane?
Going ahead and getting married, swimming in the heat of the sun, carrying on slowly during the day getting groceries...he demanded to know why they weren't frantic....
I about died laughing at him for once he was so over the top with this situation...
I was talking to him via the television saying the only idiots that have been in frantic and in panic are the talking heads on TV...especially Fox.
I heard over two hours ago that the Dean Machine was going to be hitting Jamaica within the hour....
Still waitin,....
Btw...I see now where they have decided that the Dean Machine is most likely going to be hitting Old Mexico...
My my my...these critters are flaky as far as I am concerned.....let alone it seems they are going to be in for a big disappointment so far.
As an aside Fox has shown that gal getting dumped in the water that was getting rescued from her vehicle by the helicopter about every five minutes now...which I hope nobody takes the wrong way but I laughed out loud when that happened the first time, couldn't help myself, knew she would be safe with the floatation device on her....
bt, Geraldo, like all
August 19, 2007 - 16:29 ET by Blazerbt, Geraldo, like all other liberals want to see the frantic scurrying, hopelesness, and desperation of some new black victims. What he doesn't grasp is that Jamaicans, are not Nola blacks, and are a hard working resilient people.
My parents have Jamaican neighbors. The husband commutes close to a hundred miles daily, and works for NY Transit Authority, and co-owns a small landscaping company which he actively labors in, during his time off.
The wife commutes over a hundred miles daily, and is a nurse at Johns Hopkins.
Jamaicans know they live on an island, and know how to survive on it. There has been plenty of flooding, and mudslides in Jamaica before. I'm sure any Jamaican would tell Geraldo "this ain't our first rodeo cowboy".
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
Blazer... Exactly... I
August 19, 2007 - 16:49 ET by bigtimerBlazer...
Exactly...
I think that is the point I was trying to make about Geraldo and all his ilk...it gets so tiring really.
I also did neglect to say one thing so people do not think I am heartless...I hope no one loses their life in this, not one.
That is the difference between people like us and people like Geraldo and Shep ect. they secretly hope for disaster for the exact point you made Blaze.
My favorite point of your well-said post is this...I'm sure any Jamaican would tell Geraldo "this ain't our first rodeo cowboy".
Gotta' love it!
McCain has finally flipped.
August 19, 2007 - 17:55 ET by Dave RHe seems to think quite highly of the Hildebeast.
No wonder his campaign is sinking like the Titanic. This guy is nuts.
I watched the Dim-Wits 90
August 19, 2007 - 18:51 ET by bigtimerI watched the Dim-Wits 90 minute debate this morning on Georgie S.'s show ...
As usual not one single question about illegal immigration or being self-depent on our own oil in this country....
They can ignore, avoid, cover their eyes only so long about this...it will come up before long, especially when the primaries are over...
Cannot wait...
Illegal Immigration is and will be a deciding factor for the next Prez...our own oil dependency should be too.
Tomorrow summer officially
August 19, 2007 - 21:41 ET by msh1973Tomorrow summer officially ends in my county....school starts! My children are nervous and excited, I am just happy.
msh, Summer's not done
August 19, 2007 - 21:47 ET by Blondemsh,
Summer's not done for me for a while, yet.
Glad you're pleased, though.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Evening msh... I know
August 19, 2007 - 21:54 ET by bigtimerEvening msh...
I know what you mean about school starting again with the kids...and your happiness about it....
I remember well...
...LOL...
Enjoy gal!
back to school
August 19, 2007 - 22:30 ET by shawn228I realize how important it is to get a good education, but the teachers sure pile on the homework these days. My kid had to do book reports in kindergarden.
War and Peace? haha That
August 20, 2007 - 09:47 ET by Roger the ShrubberWar and Peace? haha That would suck, indeed!
I wonder if this kid was home schooled?
August 19, 2007 - 23:35 ET by drillanwrThe Promise (OST: The Piano)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9tN2klrphc&NR=1
Fur Elise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-B4sjUve3E&mode=related&search=
Canon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmEoN1iKvnc&mode=related&search=
Daily kos and Fox
August 19, 2007 - 23:55 ET by Clear thinkerDaily kos and Fox news...
I just spent a few moments looking around the encampment of liberal spin and found this little nugget...
World Public Opinion conducted a study in 2005 that proved that Fox viewers were significantly more likely to have misperceptions about the war in Iraq. And viewers who paid more attention were even more misinformed.
Is this funny or what?
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Hexayurt project wins treehugger award.
August 20, 2007 - 04:44 ET by sarcasmoVinay Gupta is quite an amazing person, and slowly people beyond his circle of friends are starting to understand it. He now gets to attend "Burning Man" for free thanks to the treehuggers. Considering what just happened to Jamaica, hexayurts might come in handy...
JMR
Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul.
What took them so
August 20, 2007 - 10:02 ET by bigtimerWhat took them so long?
Anyway...better late than never....
Thought I would slip this in here before I leave.