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Not content to let KFC hold the title for World’s Greasiest Sandwich with its Double Down, a couple of enterprising Canadians have created ‘The Angry French Canadian’, with 5,343 calories and 207 grams of fat.

“Gravy and maple syrup is not a disgusting combination,” he said on Thursday. “It’s got the loving warmth of the poutine we all know in Quebec with this sweet taste of the pure maple syrup.”

Yum.

Meanwhile, back in the old Country, the town fathers in Pulham St Mary, Norfolk think that actual outdoor fireworks displays are too cold & dangerous. They brought in a fireworks projector from Japan and will use recorded sounds for Guy Fawkes Day.

”It is completely safe for people who don’t want to stand out in the wind and rain. Some children and older people don’t want to be outside in the cold.

”The projector takes away the safety risk and means you are in a nice warm place to watch the fireworks. It’s a really good change to standing outside on a cold night.

Fun.

Which group would you rather be part of?

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81 responses to “Friday Open Comments”

  1. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Pole!

  2. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Pole!

  3. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Would it be wrong to want fries with that?

  4. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Would it be wrong to want fries with that?

  5. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Mornin’ Gang
    Well I’m Off to the deer lease. 😀

  6. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Mornin’ Gang
    Well I’m Off to the deer lease. 😀

  7. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #2 – Why go halfway? Make it deep fried BEER eh?

    TGIF yall Hamoustonians™

  8. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #2 – Why go halfway? Make it deep fried BEER eh?

    TGIF yall Hamoustonians™

  9. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #2 tim
    Look up poutine (a Quebecois “delicacy”).

  10. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #2 tim
    Look up poutine (a Quebecois “delicacy”).

  11. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Would you like a Barfy burger with your poutine?

  12. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    Would you like a Barfy burger with your poutine?

  13. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    #5

    Yeah but, a side order of fries.

  14. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #5

    Yeah but, a side order of fries.

  15. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #7
    Go for tots or rings.

  16. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #7
    Go for tots or rings.

  17. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Our friends at CAIR are getting their seethe on over the law passed in Oklahoma banning the use of Sharia and/or international law in state court rulings.

  18. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    “Dear John,” she typed. “I never thought I would be so happy to write a Dear John letter…”

    BRB – I think I got something in my eyes.

  19. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    “Dear John,” she typed. “I never thought I would be so happy to write a Dear John letter…”

    BRB – I think I got something in my eyes.

  20. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #9 – THAT should be emulated by EVERY state (IMHO)

  21. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #9 – THAT should be emulated by EVERY state (IMHO)

  22. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    With regards to the first entry of the topic today I provide you with this site… Enjoy/.

  23. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    With regards to the first entry of the topic today I provide you with this site… Enjoy/.

  24. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    #12
    BW

    Greased Lightening, that sounds more like the after dinner event.

  25. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #12
    BW

    Greased Lightening, that sounds more like the after dinner event.

  26. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #12 bw
    The decidedly non-kosher shrimp and ham cake. Needs bacon.

    Best. Dish. Name. Evar.
    The Atlanta Exit Wound.

  27. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #12 bw
    The decidedly non-kosher shrimp and ham cake. Needs bacon.

    Best. Dish. Name. Evar.
    The Atlanta Exit Wound.

  28. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    PZ Myers cracks down on trolls. Maybe.

    Lately, we’ve had a number of threads blow up into furious arguments, which is fine and normal, except that they’ve also been fueled by contributions from an assortment of new (Yay! We like new people!) noisemakers who don’t seem to respond well to argument themselves (Boo!), and there’s been a great deal of non-productive turmoil going on. It may be time to purge a few of the more poisonous commenters.

    This is stage 1 of our Survivor Pharyngula competition, in which we’ll determine if we really do have an infestation of pests that need to be culled. After all, I’m not going to invest in helicopters, exotic tropical real estate, imported venomous snakes and poisonous insects, hand grenades, and all those tiki torches if there isn’t sufficient cause, and if we have no contestants! So today we’re just going to poll the readership and see how far we get.

    In the comments to this post, please post the names of any trolls you’d like to see banned, with an explanation — just plop a name out there, and I’ll ignore your comment. Your explanation should state why this person detracts from the discussion and foments confusion and derails discussions.

    Myers goes on to describe a three aspect numeric rating system, which I’m sure will be fed into a spreadsheet and analyzed three ways from Sunday. Science bloggers are interesting folks.

  29. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    PZ Myers cracks down on trolls. Maybe.

    Lately, we’ve had a number of threads blow up into furious arguments, which is fine and normal, except that they’ve also been fueled by contributions from an assortment of new (Yay! We like new people!) noisemakers who don’t seem to respond well to argument themselves (Boo!), and there’s been a great deal of non-productive turmoil going on. It may be time to purge a few of the more poisonous commenters.

    This is stage 1 of our Survivor Pharyngula competition, in which we’ll determine if we really do have an infestation of pests that need to be culled. After all, I’m not going to invest in helicopters, exotic tropical real estate, imported venomous snakes and poisonous insects, hand grenades, and all those tiki torches if there isn’t sufficient cause, and if we have no contestants! So today we’re just going to poll the readership and see how far we get.

    In the comments to this post, please post the names of any trolls you’d like to see banned, with an explanation — just plop a name out there, and I’ll ignore your comment. Your explanation should state why this person detracts from the discussion and foments confusion and derails discussions.

    Myers goes on to describe a three aspect numeric rating system, which I’m sure will be fed into a spreadsheet and analyzed three ways from Sunday. Science bloggers are interesting folks.

  30. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    got a link?

  31. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    got a link?

  32. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Yes, but I don’t think you’d like the blog very much. It’s subtitled: Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal

  33. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    Yes, but I don’t think you’d like the blog very much. It’s subtitled: Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal

  34. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Here’s Myer’s wikipedia page.

  35. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    Here’s Myer’s wikipedia page.

  36. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    The real reason for the mental state of NYC residents has been uncovered.

  37. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    The real reason for the mental state of NYC residents has been uncovered.

  38. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Joe Biden’s motorcade drivers must have studied the Metro Train of Doom.

  39. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Joe Biden’s motorcade drivers must have studied the Metro Train of Doom.

  40. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Gotta hit the road back to beautiful unincorporated NW Harris County.

    I’ll be checking in on you people via iPhone, so behave.

  41. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Gotta hit the road back to beautiful unincorporated NW Harris County.

    I’ll be checking in on you people via iPhone, so behave.

  42. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    Mindless ejaculations…just what intelligent discourse is lacking.

  43. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    Mindless ejaculations…just what intelligent discourse is lacking.

  44. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #9 Pyro: Seeing as how the tolerant mooooslims want to build a shrine to their suicide bombers in NYC while maligning the sensitivities of the victims of said bombers, I am not terribly concerned that they may get their panties in a wad over a state declaring in advance that sharia law will not be considered in state affairs. If the moooooslims were in fact, sensitive and tolerant towards others, they would not have been advocating this outrage. Yes, I realize that I have already posted this link, however in this context it bears repeating.
    SAUL ALINSKY TACTIC: Rabidly accuse your enemy of that unsavory act which you are currently committing.
    This is used by the moooslims with nauseating regularity.

  45. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #9 Pyro: Seeing as how the tolerant mooooslims want to build a shrine to their suicide bombers in NYC while maligning the sensitivities of the victims of said bombers, I am not terribly concerned that they may get their panties in a wad over a state declaring in advance that sharia law will not be considered in state affairs. If the moooooslims were in fact, sensitive and tolerant towards others, they would not have been advocating this outrage. Yes, I realize that I have already posted this link, however in this context it bears repeating.
    SAUL ALINSKY TACTIC: Rabidly accuse your enemy of that unsavory act which you are currently committing.
    This is used by the moooslims with nauseating regularity.

  46. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    NJ Transit’s code of ethics requires employees to give notice to an ethics liaison officer before participating in political activities. An employee can then participate in political activities so long as state or federal law or agency rules don’t explicitly prohibit them and “the activity doesn’t conflict with the employee’s official duties.”

    In this case I agree with the ACLU for going up to bat for a transit operator who burned pages of the Koran on 9/11 as a protest against the proposed mosque in NYC.

    What I can not believe is the fact that you have to give your employer notice that you want to engage in political protest.

  47. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    NJ Transit’s code of ethics requires employees to give notice to an ethics liaison officer before participating in political activities. An employee can then participate in political activities so long as state or federal law or agency rules don’t explicitly prohibit them and “the activity doesn’t conflict with the employee’s official duties.”

    In this case I agree with the ACLU for going up to bat for a transit operator who burned pages of the Koran on 9/11 as a protest against the proposed mosque in NYC.

    What I can not believe is the fact that you have to give your employer notice that you want to engage in political protest.

  48. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Mindless:

    The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day. — Michele Bachmann

    I heard it on Limbaugh multiple times, read it here and elsewhere from multiple folks, and as usual my skepticism meter pegged.

    To say this figure — $200 million a day — has made the rounds in the blogosphere would be a huge understatement. It has been repeated by nearly every conservative pundit in the land: Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck, Drudge. Always with a healthy dose of indignation.
    – – –
    Cooper asked Bachmann how she came up with the number.

    “These are the numbers that have been coming out in the press,” Bachmann said.

    Actually it’s a figure that came from just one source, a news agency in India, relying on an anonymous source. It was then repeated thousands more times in the blogosphere and over conservative airwaves.
    – – –
    An Air Force Times story on March 27, 2000, said Clinton’s trip to India and Pakistan “may be the most expensive such mission ever carried out by the Air Force.” The reporters said the operation required hundreds of aircraft missions. They tagged the cost of the 5-day trip at $50 million as well. That comes to $10 million per day.

    Disclaimer: I’m not defending Obama or the wisdom of his trip. I’m pointing out the circular substantiation that creates inaccurate information, and the apparent widespread lack of objectivity on the blogosphere, the media, and their audiences.

  49. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    Mindless:

    The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day. — Michele Bachmann

    I heard it on Limbaugh multiple times, read it here and elsewhere from multiple folks, and as usual my skepticism meter pegged.

    To say this figure — $200 million a day — has made the rounds in the blogosphere would be a huge understatement. It has been repeated by nearly every conservative pundit in the land: Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck, Drudge. Always with a healthy dose of indignation.
    – – –
    Cooper asked Bachmann how she came up with the number.

    “These are the numbers that have been coming out in the press,” Bachmann said.

    Actually it’s a figure that came from just one source, a news agency in India, relying on an anonymous source. It was then repeated thousands more times in the blogosphere and over conservative airwaves.
    – – –
    An Air Force Times story on March 27, 2000, said Clinton’s trip to India and Pakistan “may be the most expensive such mission ever carried out by the Air Force.” The reporters said the operation required hundreds of aircraft missions. They tagged the cost of the 5-day trip at $50 million as well. That comes to $10 million per day.

    Disclaimer: I’m not defending Obama or the wisdom of his trip. I’m pointing out the circular substantiation that creates inaccurate information, and the apparent widespread lack of objectivity on the blogosphere, the media, and their audiences.

  50. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    #23, BC here is another attempt to eliminate historical eveidence

  51. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    #23, BC here is another attempt to eliminate historical eveidence

  52. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #25 bob
    I’ll admit to believing it when it was first published. One website posters that people tended to believe it because it fit in with the pattern the Obamas had established on their own – six vacations in a couple of months, flying AF1 to NYC for dinner, weekly WH concerts, etc.

    It’s like if you read that Charlie Sheen was found unconscious & nekkid with lots of drugs and a dozen hookers (and a couple of gay bears wearing clown suits in bed singing show tunes), you’d tend to shake your head and say “That wacky Charlie. What will he do next?”

  53. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #25 bob
    I’ll admit to believing it when it was first published. One website posters that people tended to believe it because it fit in with the pattern the Obamas had established on their own – six vacations in a couple of months, flying AF1 to NYC for dinner, weekly WH concerts, etc.

    It’s like if you read that Charlie Sheen was found unconscious & nekkid with lots of drugs and a dozen hookers (and a couple of gay bears wearing clown suits in bed singing show tunes), you’d tend to shake your head and say “That wacky Charlie. What will he do next?”

  54. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Objectivity: Because things are not always as they appear to be.

    In political discourse, they’re rarely as they appear to be.

  55. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    Objectivity: Because things are not always as they appear to be.

    In political discourse, they’re rarely as they appear to be.

  56. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Bob, WB,

    I think in all honesty, the question that should be asked about this trip, is are there things that do not have to happen, and people that do not have to go on this trip.

    And to that point I mean, if the POTUS is going there to for a certain reason then only those who are directly tied to those discussions should be there. ie Military, or economic team. If it is to visit the heads of state then most of his staff and cronies should be staying home. He and posssibly his wife and those that assist on the schedule should for the most part be all there is. Also the press should pay their own freight, and that is for everything.

  57. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Bob, WB,

    I think in all honesty, the question that should be asked about this trip, is are there things that do not have to happen, and people that do not have to go on this trip.

    And to that point I mean, if the POTUS is going there to for a certain reason then only those who are directly tied to those discussions should be there. ie Military, or economic team. If it is to visit the heads of state then most of his staff and cronies should be staying home. He and posssibly his wife and those that assist on the schedule should for the most part be all there is. Also the press should pay their own freight, and that is for everything.

  58. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Just MHO – unless there is “something” MAJOR-LEAGUE to be gained for America with this proposed trip to Mumbai……………..we “can’t AFFORD it” (even if it’s only ONE million for goodness sakes!)

  59. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Just MHO – unless there is “something” MAJOR-LEAGUE to be gained for America with this proposed trip to Mumbai……………..we “can’t AFFORD it” (even if it’s only ONE million for goodness sakes!)

  60. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #9 Pyro

    Good posting about Sharia Law being proactively nixed in Oklahoma. And there were some good no-nonsense comments in it. To wit, we don’t need your stinking Sharia Law in the US and if that is what Muslims want, they should go back to wherever they came from.

    It is so frustrating that we have lost rational control of immigration to the US. We are swamped with people who leave various crappy places and then want to recreate them here.

  61. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #9 Pyro

    Good posting about Sharia Law being proactively nixed in Oklahoma. And there were some good no-nonsense comments in it. To wit, we don’t need your stinking Sharia Law in the US and if that is what Muslims want, they should go back to wherever they came from.

    It is so frustrating that we have lost rational control of immigration to the US. We are swamped with people who leave various crappy places and then want to recreate them here.

  62. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    “We are swamped with people who leave various crappy places and then want to recreate them here.”

    Add California to that list of crappy places.

  63. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    “We are swamped with people who leave various crappy places and then want to recreate them here.”

    Add California to that list of crappy places.

  64. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Just heard on the radio that MSNBC has suspended Keef Olby without pay. Seems Keef, who has Behar-ed about how much the parent company of Fox News donated to political causes, made some donations of his own, in violation of his employment terms.

    Oopsie.

  65. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Just heard on the radio that MSNBC has suspended Keef Olby without pay. Seems Keef, who has Behar-ed about how much the parent company of Fox News donated to political causes, made some donations of his own, in violation of his employment terms.

    Oopsie.

  66. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Interesting: Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely because he failed to gain the network’s approval of his donations to 3 democratic candidates.

    On the one hand, I’m sure the restriction is in his contract, so I don’t fault the network for calling him out on it. On the other, Countdown is a program that is aimed directly at a left wing audience, few of whom are likely to think the show is fair or balanced. With MSNBC’s ratings in the tank, they’d be foolish to turn him loose permanently. He’s a far left pundit. Not a journalist.

    btw, I think Rachel Maddow is more objective than Olbermann (ymmv.)

  67. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    Interesting: Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely because he failed to gain the network’s approval of his donations to 3 democratic candidates.

    On the one hand, I’m sure the restriction is in his contract, so I don’t fault the network for calling him out on it. On the other, Countdown is a program that is aimed directly at a left wing audience, few of whom are likely to think the show is fair or balanced. With MSNBC’s ratings in the tank, they’d be foolish to turn him loose permanently. He’s a far left pundit. Not a journalist.

    btw, I think Rachel Maddow is more objective than Olbermann (ymmv.)

  68. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Interesting: Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely because he failed to gain the network’s approval of his donations to 3 democratic candidates.

    Actually, he was fired for violating a Code of Ethics provision published in the company hand book.

    Any statement beyond that, even if equivocated in a subsequent sentence, is spin.

  69. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Interesting: Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely because he failed to gain the network’s approval of his donations to 3 democratic candidates.

    Actually, he was fired for violating a Code of Ethics provision published in the company hand book.

    Any statement beyond that, even if equivocated in a subsequent sentence, is spin.

  70. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Fun. Which group would you rather be part of?

    Reminds me of a Northern Exposure episode where Ed, the young Alaskan native film buff, appeared to be sitting in front of a roaring fireplace in his home, until the camera pulled back and we saw it was a video of a roaring fireplace.

  71. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Fun. Which group would you rather be part of?

    Reminds me of a Northern Exposure episode where Ed, the young Alaskan native film buff, appeared to be sitting in front of a roaring fireplace in his home, until the camera pulled back and we saw it was a video of a roaring fireplace.

  72. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Mharper42

    Don’t know if you saw it, but I left an answer to your question last eve.

  73. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Mharper42

    Don’t know if you saw it, but I left an answer to your question last eve.

  74. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Ok, we cannot lose these people. I’ll donate to a campaign to keep Olbermann on, and we should support Congresswoman Pelosi’s bid to be Minority Leader. For the cause.

  75. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Ok, we cannot lose these people. I’ll donate to a campaign to keep Olbermann on, and we should support Congresswoman Pelosi’s bid to be Minority Leader. For the cause.

  76. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Hi, I’m Tim. I’m a mechanic, love family, blogging, football and NASCAR.

    And I’m a Communist.

  77. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Hi, I’m Tim. I’m a mechanic, love family, blogging, football and NASCAR.

    And I’m a Communist.

  78. phil Avatar
    phil

    Is MSNBC’s Chrissy Matthews hypnotized? He said he was going to “do everything I can to make sure the Obumma administration is a success.”

    Was he hypnotized then? Was he in a trance? Was the tingle in his tinkle the cause of his perpetual hypnotic state when it comes to The Chosen One?

    Will he be the next to be sacked like his twin brother Blowberfishmann?

    Only time will tell.

  79. phil Avatar
    phil

    Is MSNBC’s Chrissy Matthews hypnotized? He said he was going to “do everything I can to make sure the Obumma administration is a success.”

    Was he hypnotized then? Was he in a trance? Was the tingle in his tinkle the cause of his perpetual hypnotic state when it comes to The Chosen One?

    Will he be the next to be sacked like his twin brother Blowberfishmann?

    Only time will tell.

  80. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #37 Squawk

    Yes, thanks, I did see it. Appreciate the explanation. If you do fire up something political, especially if it involves your graphix skills, be sure to let us know here. You have a solid fan base!

  81. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #37 Squawk

    Yes, thanks, I did see it. Appreciate the explanation. If you do fire up something political, especially if it involves your graphix skills, be sure to let us know here. You have a solid fan base!

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