US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin is an idiot. People in California are panicking over the continued drama at the Fukushimi Daiichi power plant in Japan. Ms. Benjamin added to their panic by saying that stocking up on iodine tablets “makes sense”.
Iodine tablets are only needed in a small radius around a nuclear plant that has actually exploded and showered the surrounding area with fuel and internal reactor guts. Uranium fuel fissions into cesium and iodine. The particular isotopes of these elements have half-lives on the order of a week (iodine) and 30 years (cesium). Within a few weeks, the amount of radioactive iodine in the environment would be negligible, even in the immediate plant area. Cesium would obviously stick around a while longer, but still keep in mid that there wouldn’t be much of either of these materials even released. Now take into consideration a few thousand miles of Pacific Ocean, and you can easily see that iodine and cesium from Japan is of no concern to California.
In fact, if all the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi were to blow up (Not. Gonna. Happen. Period.), the uranium, plutonium, and all the other odds and ends in the reactors would not be a concern for the safety of California residents.
Update:
Here’s a map showing the per capita dose of radiation to thyroids in rads resulting from nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site from 1951 to 1962. Note that this is above-ground testing. Note also that the activities spewed all kinds of fission products and fuel over a wide area and well up into the atmosphere. Note also that these explosions irradiated all kinds of local materials, flora, and fauna, which was also hurled up into the atmosphere. Note also there were many separate explosions conducted at the NTS (between 200 & 300).
None of these things have the remotest possibility of happening in Japan.
Here’s some help putting this in context. There have been reports of radiation levels near the reactors being 1,000 times normal. Normal is about 5 microrems per hour. 1,000 times that is 5 millirems per hour near the plant.
From our map above, we see that the highest dose is about 16 rads over an 11-years period. This is approximately 320 rem or about 30 rem/year. Let’s return to the area immediately surrounding the plant in Japan. If one were to remain in the area where the radiation levels are 1,000 times normal, that person would be receiving a dosage equivalent to about 40-45 rem/year, or about 50% more than the PDB’s immediately downwind of the Nevada Test Site did.
Let me restate: They would have to stand there, sufficiently close to the reactors (within a hundred meters or so), for about eight months to receive the same dosage as the people of Southwestern Utah did each years for 11 years.
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After Joycelyn Elders service in that position, how could you ever even consider another an idiot – she set the bar so high that even SJL would have a hard time clearing it. I will admit that what she said/did was pretty stupid, but then don’t you see the humor and irony in watching liberals spending money on useless stuff and supporting big pharma at the same time? Unless they have come up with some home grown organic iodine or something.
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After Joycelyn Elders service in that position, how could you ever even consider another an idiot – she set the bar so high that even SJL would have a hard time clearing it. I will admit that what she said/did was pretty stupid, but then don’t you see the humor and irony in watching liberals spending money on useless stuff and supporting big pharma at the same time? Unless they have come up with some home grown organic iodine or something.
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In fact, if all the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi were to blow up (Not. Gonna. Happen. Period.), the uranium, plutonium, and all the other odds and ends in the reactors would not be a concern for the safety of California residents.
Now you’re just going to have to stop making sense. You’re not very skilled at creating a public panic, are you?
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In fact, if all the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi were to blow up (Not. Gonna. Happen. Period.), the uranium, plutonium, and all the other odds and ends in the reactors would not be a concern for the safety of California residents.
Now you’re just going to have to stop making sense. You’re not very skilled at creating a public panic, are you?
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Obama The Invisible
Anti Leadership in World CrisisHe cannot go on like this. Niall Ferguson, the very pessimis tic economic his torian, wrote the other day that the best we can now hope for is that Obama leaves the country in the same kind of shape that Jimmy Carter left it in.
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Obama The Invisible
Anti Leadership in World CrisisHe cannot go on like this. Niall Ferguson, the very pessimis tic economic his torian, wrote the other day that the best we can now hope for is that Obama leaves the country in the same kind of shape that Jimmy Carter left it in.
Mornin’ Gang
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Surgeon General Benjamin has been so quiet that I couldn’t even remember her name. The only other attention she has drawn was the initial flap over her being a poor role model due to her weight at a time when the LTNs ™ had their butts on fire about the Obesity Epidemic.
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Surgeon General Benjamin has been so quiet that I couldn’t even remember her name. The only other attention she has drawn was the initial flap over her being a poor role model due to her weight at a time when the LTNs ™ had their butts on fire about the Obesity Epidemic.
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While palestenian WISSIN TERRORISTS invade an Israeli settlement and commit cold-blooded brutal murder and while Mo Qadaffi-wissin-a-_ole murders his own people; the foul “O” makes a big deal about how he fills out his idea of the March Madness playoffs. Why should we be surprised that they want to panic the people.
Netanyahu pulled a bunch of guards from the border fence near the settlement above as a gesture of good faith towards the palestenian murdering terrorists in an effort to re-start the “peace” talks; so how has trying to be peaceful with murdering terrorists been working out for you so far????
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While palestenian WISSIN TERRORISTS invade an Israeli settlement and commit cold-blooded brutal murder and while Mo Qadaffi-wissin-a-_ole murders his own people; the foul “O” makes a big deal about how he fills out his idea of the March Madness playoffs. Why should we be surprised that they want to panic the people.
Netanyahu pulled a bunch of guards from the border fence near the settlement above as a gesture of good faith towards the palestenian murdering terrorists in an effort to re-start the “peace” talks; so how has trying to be peaceful with murdering terrorists been working out for you so far????
Our world is spinning out of control and the whole global system is coming down – look out New World Order, here it come. -
Here are the highlights from the documents, which we obtained pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request filed on January 26, 2011:
•U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 463,382 individuals smuggled across the border, including 8,905 smugglers. (3,027 of the smugglers apprehended were deemed “deportable.”)
•U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 59,017 “Other Than Mexican” illegal aliens through October 7, 2010.
•Among the nations represented in apprehension statistics are the four countries currently on the State Department’s list of “State Sponsors of Terrorism,” Cuba (712), Iran (14), Syria (5) and Sudan (5), as well as Somalia (9), Afghanistan (9), Pakistan (37), Saudi Arabia (5) and Yemen (11).
•Overall, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 663 “Aliens from Special Interest Countries.” These countries are deemed “special interest” because of their suspected ties to terrorism.
•The countries yielding the highest “Other Than Mexican” apprehensions include: Guatemala (18,406), El Salvador (13,723), and Honduras (13,580).
The U.S. Border Patrol estimates that three out of every four illegal aliens who cross the border evade apprehension. So while these apprehension statistics are alarming, it’s the ones that got away that should cause us the most concern. And I don’t think there’s any doubt that a significant number of these illegal aliens intend to do us harm. (You should also know that many of those “apprehended” simply cross the border illegally again within moments of being deposited in Mexico by Border Patrol.)8900 smugglers and only 3000 deemed deportable. WTF! Not to mention all the other crap. But at least I know who will March madness. 🙁
http://biggovernment.com/tfitton/2011/03/15/are-terrorists-flooding-across-the-border/ -
Here are the highlights from the documents, which we obtained pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request filed on January 26, 2011:
•U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 463,382 individuals smuggled across the border, including 8,905 smugglers. (3,027 of the smugglers apprehended were deemed “deportable.”)
•U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 59,017 “Other Than Mexican” illegal aliens through October 7, 2010.
•Among the nations represented in apprehension statistics are the four countries currently on the State Department’s list of “State Sponsors of Terrorism,” Cuba (712), Iran (14), Syria (5) and Sudan (5), as well as Somalia (9), Afghanistan (9), Pakistan (37), Saudi Arabia (5) and Yemen (11).
•Overall, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 663 “Aliens from Special Interest Countries.” These countries are deemed “special interest” because of their suspected ties to terrorism.
•The countries yielding the highest “Other Than Mexican” apprehensions include: Guatemala (18,406), El Salvador (13,723), and Honduras (13,580).
The U.S. Border Patrol estimates that three out of every four illegal aliens who cross the border evade apprehension. So while these apprehension statistics are alarming, it’s the ones that got away that should cause us the most concern. And I don’t think there’s any doubt that a significant number of these illegal aliens intend to do us harm. (You should also know that many of those “apprehended” simply cross the border illegally again within moments of being deposited in Mexico by Border Patrol.)8900 smugglers and only 3000 deemed deportable. WTF! Not to mention all the other crap. But at least I know who will March madness. 🙁
http://biggovernment.com/tfitton/2011/03/15/are-terrorists-flooding-across-the-border/ -
Drudge has a story about a wealthy Chinese “coal baron” buying an exotic dog:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366517/Red-Tibetan-Mastiff-worlds-expensive-dog.htmlHopefully not intended for dinner…
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Drudge has a story about a wealthy Chinese “coal baron” buying an exotic dog:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366517/Red-Tibetan-Mastiff-worlds-expensive-dog.html
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For all those panicking idiots in California buying up all the potassium iodide – don’t you think the people in Japan need those pills more than you do?
But then, we ARE talking the narcissism capital of the whole wissin’ world.
Oh, and Good Morning, everyone!
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For all those panicking idiots in California buying up all the potassium iodide – don’t you think the people in Japan need those pills more than you do?
But then, we ARE talking the narcissism capital of the whole wissin’ world.
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I posted this rather late last night, so I’m reposting here for your head ‘splodin’ “enjoyment”:
I swear, libs are the worst of losers and the most despicable of players. When it comes to them, there are obviously no rules they’ll break (or felonies they’ll commit).
I also came across this comment on a different site:
There may be some blame for this incident but actually the plant did withstand the earthquake. However no one expected a tsuname of the size that hit.
I suspect that if a structure were built to withstand every possible situation; a meteor would collide with it and smash it to pieces. Then there would be many letters blaming everything about the structure. Actually it was the big guy showing us who really is in control.True, true, true.
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I posted this rather late last night, so I’m reposting here for your head ‘splodin’ “enjoyment”:
I swear, libs are the worst of losers and the most despicable of players. When it comes to them, there are obviously no rules they’ll break (or felonies they’ll commit).
I also came across this comment on a different site:
There may be some blame for this incident but actually the plant did withstand the earthquake. However no one expected a tsuname of the size that hit.
I suspect that if a structure were built to withstand every possible situation; a meteor would collide with it and smash it to pieces. Then there would be many letters blaming everything about the structure. Actually it was the big guy showing us who really is in control.True, true, true.
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Japanese private citizens and the government alike have sent a virtual tsunami of assistance to the victims of Katrina, which devastated 90,000 square miles along the U.S. Gulf Coast in August. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and hundreds lost their lives.
Japan has pledged more than $1.5 million in private donations. The government of Japan has donated $200,000 in cash to the American Red Cross and some $800,000 in relief supplies — from blankets to generators — already are arriving to aid the most needy. Japanese firms with operations in the United States have donated some $12 million in total, including Honda Motor Corporation ($5 million), Hitachi ($1 million) and Nissan (more than $750,000).
Doctors without borders is one of many organizations that are helping.
MSF has sent medical teams to support the government-led earthquake and tsunami response in Japan. Our teams are running mobile clinics and conducting needs assessments, which will determine the full scope of MSF’s response.
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Japanese private citizens and the government alike have sent a virtual tsunami of assistance to the victims of Katrina, which devastated 90,000 square miles along the U.S. Gulf Coast in August. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and hundreds lost their lives.
Japan has pledged more than $1.5 million in private donations. The government of Japan has donated $200,000 in cash to the American Red Cross and some $800,000 in relief supplies — from blankets to generators — already are arriving to aid the most needy. Japanese firms with operations in the United States have donated some $12 million in total, including Honda Motor Corporation ($5 million), Hitachi ($1 million) and Nissan (more than $750,000).Doctors without borders is one of many organizations that are helping.
MSF has sent medical teams to support the government-led earthquake and tsunami response in Japan. Our teams are running mobile clinics and conducting needs assessments, which will determine the full scope of MSF’s response.
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**catchin up** – yesterday’s #76 – WB – I’d never try to deny Vidor as a racist hotbed………………just not only “one type” and that entire mindset is sadly in
lots ofWAY too many placesI really LOVE Morgan Freeman’s take on racism!
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**catchin up** – yesterday’s #76 – WB – I’d never try to deny Vidor as a racist hotbed………………just not only “one type” and that entire mindset is sadly in
lots ofWAY too many places
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For all those panicking idiots in California buying up all the potassium iodide – don’t you think the people in Japan need those pills more than you do?
Actually, they don’t need them either.
See update above.
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For all those panicking idiots in California buying up all the potassium iodide – don’t you think the people in Japan need those pills more than you do?
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I don’t know, if you watch Big Love a lot of those polygamists look like inbreeds. Maybe it’s from da nukes!
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I don’t know, if you watch Big Love a lot of those polygamists look like inbreeds. Maybe it’s from da nukes!
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If Obama is re-elected I will have given up all hope for America (not that I had much left anyway). The people will get what they deserve. Enjoy Rio a$$wipe while the world is in crisis. D***head!
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If Obama is re-elected I will have given up all hope for America (not that I had much left anyway). The people will get what they deserve. Enjoy Rio a$$wipe while the world is in crisis. D***head!
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Sweet…
From an ex-field sales/support survivor:
I used to work in a computer store and one day we had a gentleman call in with a smoking power supply. The service rep was having a bit of trouble convincing this guy that he had a hardware problem.
Service Rep: Sir, something has burned within your power supply.
Customer: I bet that there is some command that I can put into the AUTOEXEC.BAT that will take care of this.
Service Rep: There is nothing that software can do to help you with this problem.
Customer: I know that there is something that I can put in… some command… maybe it should go into the CONFIG.SYS.
[After a few minutes of going round and round]
Service Rep: Okay, I am not supposed to tell anyone this but there is a hidden command in some versions of DOS that you can use. I want you to edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT and add the last line as C:DOSNOSMOKE and reboot your computer.
[Customer does this]
Customer: It is still smoking.
Service Rep: I guess you’ll need to call Microsoft and ask them for a patch for the NOSMOKE.EXE.
[The customer then hung up. We thought that we had heard the last of this guy but NO… he calls back four hours later]
Service Rep: Hello Sir, how is your computer?
Customer: I called Microsoft and they said that my power supply is incompatible with their NOSMOKE.EXE and that I need to get a new one. I was wondering, where can I get it done and how much it will cost… -
Sweet…
From an ex-field sales/support survivor:
I used to work in a computer store and one day we had a gentleman call in with a smoking power supply. The service rep was having a bit of trouble convincing this guy that he had a hardware problem.
Service Rep: Sir, something has burned within your power supply.
Customer: I bet that there is some command that I can put into the AUTOEXEC.BAT that will take care of this.
Service Rep: There is nothing that software can do to help you with this problem.
Customer: I know that there is something that I can put in… some command… maybe it should go into the CONFIG.SYS.
[After a few minutes of going round and round]
Service Rep: Okay, I am not supposed to tell anyone this but there is a hidden command in some versions of DOS that you can use. I want you to edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT and add the last line as C:DOSNOSMOKE and reboot your computer.
[Customer does this]
Customer: It is still smoking.
Service Rep: I guess you’ll need to call Microsoft and ask them for a patch for the NOSMOKE.EXE.
[The customer then hung up. We thought that we had heard the last of this guy but NO… he calls back four hours later]
Service Rep: Hello Sir, how is your computer?
Customer: I called Microsoft and they said that my power supply is incompatible with their NOSMOKE.EXE and that I need to get a new one. I was wondering, where can I get it done and how much it will cost… -
#17 TT: It seems like government attracts people like the customer above. . . . . . . no matter what the situation is or what caused it or the reasonable way to fix it, the solution is always:
1) form a study committee of people who have absolutely zero knowledge of the subject at hand
2) take weeks and months blaming the other party for everything that has happened since the Great Flood and spend lots of money interviewing “expert” witnesses, like movie stars, who have absolutely zero knowledge of the subject at hand
3) create a new government agency and over-staff it by at least 3000% to handle a plethora of issues EXCEPT THE ONE FOR WHICH THE WHOLE THING STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE; and none of those employees will have any knowledge of the subject at hand.
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#17 TT: It seems like government attracts people like the customer above. . . . . . . no matter what the situation is or what caused it or the reasonable way to fix it, the solution is always:
1) form a study committee of people who have absolutely zero knowledge of the subject at hand
2) take weeks and months blaming the other party for everything that has happened since the Great Flood and spend lots of money interviewing “expert” witnesses, like movie stars, who have absolutely zero knowledge of the subject at hand
3) create a new government agency and over-staff it by at least 3000% to handle a plethora of issues EXCEPT THE ONE FOR WHICH THE WHOLE THING STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE; and none of those employees will have any knowledge of the subject at hand.
4) this new agency will have automatic budget increases every year as their “baseline” and will lobby for increases above and beyond the baseline. -
You have to see this
http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/driveby/wait_for_it_1.php
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You have to see this
http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/driveby/wait_for_it_1.php -
more from the realm of abject stoooooopidity:
The Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated Georgia’s supply of a substance used in lethal injections on Tuesday amid allegations the drug, sodium thiopental, is expired and was illegally imported by the state.
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Sodium thiopental is one of three drugs administered to inmates during executions. It acts as a sedative that causes unconsciousness before a muscle relaxant is injected to cause paralysis, and then a compound that induces cardiac arrest is given.
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The shortage of thiopental has forced Oklahoma and Ohio to use an animal sedative, pentobarbital, for lethal injections despite questions whether the drug is safe and effectively eliminates pain among humans.Let me get this straight, they are concerned about the WISSIN SAFETY of a drug used for EXCECUTIONS?????
I have a very simple solution to all this libterdnozzle bedwetting over lethal injection which is:
a 12-man firing squad, using 12 gauge shotguns, full choke, with OO buckshot. Death will be near instantaneous and neither I nor most thinking humans give a rat-WISS whether or not the terd being executed feels any pain or not. -
more from the realm of abject stoooooopidity:
The Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated Georgia’s supply of a substance used in lethal injections on Tuesday amid allegations the drug, sodium thiopental, is expired and was illegally imported by the state.
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Sodium thiopental is one of three drugs administered to inmates during executions. It acts as a sedative that causes unconsciousness before a muscle relaxant is injected to cause paralysis, and then a compound that induces cardiac arrest is given.
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The shortage of thiopental has forced Oklahoma and Ohio to use an animal sedative, pentobarbital, for lethal injections despite questions whether the drug is safe and effectively eliminates pain among humans.
Read more: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/briefs/articles/90040344?DEA%20seizes%20Georgia's%20supply%20of%20lethal%20execution%20drug%20over%20import%2C%20safety%20issues#ixzz1GmIa1VBVLet me get this straight, they are concerned about the WISSIN SAFETY of a drug used for EXCECUTIONS?????
I have a very simple solution to all this libterdnozzle bedwetting over lethal injection which is:
a 12-man firing squad, using 12 gauge shotguns, full choke, with OO buckshot. Death will be near instantaneous and neither I nor most thinking humans give a rat-WISS whether or not the terd being executed feels any pain or not. -
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#17 tedtam 😀
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#17 tedtam 😀
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#19 Tex: Very cool:>)
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#19 Tex: Very cool:>)
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In case you, too, want to follow the lefties and work up a frenzy…
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/03/japans-nuclear-emergency
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In case you, too, want to follow the lefties and work up a frenzy…
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/03/japans-nuclear-emergency -
My Grandmother lived to be 104 years old. She was the first woman in the state of New Hampshire to earn a Master’s Degree. She taught school in the small town of Raymond for more than 40 years, eventually teaching all grades from Kindergarten to High School. For a time, there wasn’t a resident in the town who hadn’t had her as a teacher for at least one grade, most of them had her for two. Whenever I visited Raymond and people found out who I was, they would always ask how she was doing, even though most of them went through school with my Mom and Dad, they were always more interested in her than they were in what was going on with them. She truly was one of those old timey much beloved teachers, mainly because she dispensed wisdom and advice to her students on everything from scratched knees to broken hearts that was couched in the Victorian language of her youth. I often had to get my Dad to translate for me. One that most will recognize was
“Experience is a dear master, but a fool will learn from no other.”
One that seems apropos is the following. Its paraphrased, but was given to me at a critical moment in my young life and is burned into my memory. I’ve given it my best shot, but its probably not quoted word for word.
If you and a man are chewing bones of contention and he chooses to end the exchange by looking down his nose at you, it isn’t that he has won, its merely that he enjoys the view. Such a view is enjoyed by men of small minds and low character and should be eschewed by the thoughtful and sincere.
If you conduct your disputes with men toe to toe, chin to chin, looking them straight in the eye, treating them as equal, are truthful in both sentiment and fact, ever open to the possibility that you have erred in interpretation, and willing to admit when you are wrong or have wronged another, the view from there is superior to the one afforded the man looking down his nose as it allows others the same aspect you enjoy, and affords them a much better view of yourself.
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My Grandmother lived to be 104 years old. She was the first woman in the state of New Hampshire to earn a Master’s Degree. She taught school in the small town of Raymond for more than 40 years, eventually teaching all grades from Kindergarten to High School. For a time, there wasn’t a resident in the town who hadn’t had her as a teacher for at least one grade, most of them had her for two. Whenever I visited Raymond and people found out who I was, they would always ask how she was doing, even though most of them went through school with my Mom and Dad, they were always more interested in her than they were in what was going on with them. She truly was one of those old timey much beloved teachers, mainly because she dispensed wisdom and advice to her students on everything from scratched knees to broken hearts that was couched in the Victorian language of her youth. I often had to get my Dad to translate for me. One that most will recognize was
“Experience is a dear master, but a fool will learn from no other.”
One that seems apropos is the following. Its paraphrased, but was given to me at a critical moment in my young life and is burned into my memory. I’ve given it my best shot, but its probably not quoted word for word.
If you and a man are chewing bones of contention and he chooses to end the exchange by looking down his nose at you, it isn’t that he has won, its merely that he enjoys the view. Such a view is enjoyed by men of small minds and low character and should be eschewed by the thoughtful and sincere.
If you conduct your disputes with men toe to toe, chin to chin, looking them straight in the eye, treating them as equal, are truthful in both sentiment and fact, ever open to the possibility that you have erred in interpretation, and willing to admit when you are wrong or have wronged another, the view from there is superior to the one afforded the man looking down his nose as it allows others the same aspect you enjoy, and affords them a much better view of yourself. -
Dang They’ll NEVER learn.
In dramatic revolt, Miami-Dade voters fire Mayor Carlos Alvarez over pay hikes, tax increase.
The spectacular fall from power comes after two years of missteps, ranging from granting top staffers big pay hikes to construction of a publicly funded stadium for the Florida Marlins to implementation of a property-tax rate increase that outraged an electorate struggling through an ugly recession.
Alvarez tried to fend off ouster by twice filing suit to block a recall vote. After the lawsuits went nowhere, he defended his record in speeches, radio and television appearances and paid advertisements, arguing that he made the tough calls to preserve vital services for residents.
But voters responded by handing the mayor a humiliating defeat: Nearly nine of every 10 voted to remove Alvarez from office.
I be thinking that this sort of thing is going to happen more and more.
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Dang They’ll NEVER learn.
In dramatic revolt, Miami-Dade voters fire Mayor Carlos Alvarez over pay hikes, tax increase.The spectacular fall from power comes after two years of missteps, ranging from granting top staffers big pay hikes to construction of a publicly funded stadium for the Florida Marlins to implementation of a property-tax rate increase that outraged an electorate struggling through an ugly recession.
Alvarez tried to fend off ouster by twice filing suit to block a recall vote. After the lawsuits went nowhere, he defended his record in speeches, radio and television appearances and paid advertisements, arguing that he made the tough calls to preserve vital services for residents.
But voters responded by handing the mayor a humiliating defeat: Nearly nine of every 10 voted to remove Alvarez from office.I be thinking that this sort of thing is going to happen more and more.
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Eve was sitting in a corner in the garden. “Lord, I have a problem.”
“What’s the problem, Eve?”
“I know that you created me and provided this beautiful garden and all of these wonderful animals, as well as that hilarious comedic snake, but I’m just not happy.”
“And why is that Eve?”
“Lord, I am lonely, and I’m sick to death of apples.”
“Well, Eve, in that case, I have a solution. I shall create man for you.”
“Man? What is that Lord?”
“A flawed creature, with many bad traits. He’ll lie, cheat and be vain; all in all, he’ll give you a hard time. But he’ll be bigger, faster, and will like to hunt and kill things. I’ll create him in such a way that he will satisfy your physical needs.
He will be witless and will revel in childish things like fighting and kicking a ball about. He won’t be as smart as you, so he will also need your advice to think properly.”
“Sounds great,” says Eve, with ironically raised eyebrows, “but what’s the catch Lord?”
“Well, you can have him on one condition.”
“And what’s that Lord? ”
“As I said, he’ll be proud, arrogant and self-admiring, so you’ll have to let him believe that I made him first. And it will have to be our little secret, you know, woman to woman.”
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Eve was sitting in a corner in the garden. “Lord, I have a problem.”
“What’s the problem, Eve?”
“I know that you created me and provided this beautiful garden and all of these wonderful animals, as well as that hilarious comedic snake, but I’m just not happy.”
“And why is that Eve?”
“Lord, I am lonely, and I’m sick to death of apples.”
“Well, Eve, in that case, I have a solution. I shall create man for you.”
“Man? What is that Lord?”
“A flawed creature, with many bad traits. He’ll lie, cheat and be vain; all in all, he’ll give you a hard time. But he’ll be bigger, faster, and will like to hunt and kill things. I’ll create him in such a way that he will satisfy your physical needs.
He will be witless and will revel in childish things like fighting and kicking a ball about. He won’t be as smart as you, so he will also need your advice to think properly.”
“Sounds great,” says Eve, with ironically raised eyebrows, “but what’s the catch Lord?”
“Well, you can have him on one condition.”
“And what’s that Lord? ”
“As I said, he’ll be proud, arrogant and self-admiring, so you’ll have to let him believe that I made him first. And it will have to be our little secret, you know, woman to woman.” -
I have had the same feeling as this guy.
If one considers that the surface of our planet is covered by large plates floating on a semi-liquid surface and that those plates move relative to one another it is not hard to get to the intellectual place the guy is describing. The North American continental plate is riding over the pacific plate or the pacific plate is plunging beneath the North American plate. The reports are that Japan has moved 8 feet! That places a huge amount of pressure on the plate in other places and it will take many quakes for everything to settle. Watch the video, it is interesting. -
I have had the same feeling as this guy.
If one considers that the surface of our planet is covered by large plates floating on a semi-liquid surface and that those plates move relative to one another it is not hard to get to the intellectual place the guy is describing. The North American continental plate is riding over the pacific plate or the pacific plate is plunging beneath the North American plate. The reports are that Japan has moved 8 feet! That places a huge amount of pressure on the plate in other places and it will take many quakes for everything to settle. Watch the video, it is interesting. -
#28 Bobbie: Remind me to never stand next to you. I don’t want to be singed when the lightning bolt comes out of the clear sky to demonstrate that Y_VH WILL NOT BE MOCKED!
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#28 Bobbie: Remind me to never stand next to you. I don’t want to be singed when the lightning bolt comes out of the clear sky to demonstrate that Y_VH WILL NOT BE MOCKED!
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#26 Sarge: It sounds like she was one very cool granny. I lost (actually her suffering ceased) my maternal grandmother this past summer, she was 97. I do not remember a single mean act from her, she was a real sweetie.
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#26 Sarge: It sounds like she was one very cool granny. I lost (actually her suffering ceased) my maternal grandmother this past summer, she was 97. I do not remember a single mean act from her, she was a real sweetie.
My paternal grandmother died at 100. She volunteered for the Red Cross from 1917-2000. She had the title of Grey Eagle. She was not one with whom a wise person would trifle. -
In dramatic revolt, Miami-Dade voters fire Mayor Carlos Alvarez over pay hikes, tax increase.
My Grandmother called that sort of thing a cautionary tale.
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In dramatic revolt, Miami-Dade voters fire Mayor Carlos Alvarez over pay hikes, tax increase.
My Grandmother called that sort of thing a cautionary tale.
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#30 Bones, I’m pretty sure that if God exists, she has a sense of humor. Consider the Platypus.
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#30 Bones, I’m pretty sure that if God exists, she has a sense of humor. Consider the Platypus.
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Huumm,…lets see, trouble in North Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq. Floods in Australia and oh yes that little Tsunami over in Japan complete with radioactive fall-out,….What to do? Oh yeah “ROAD TRIP”
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Huumm,…lets see, trouble in North Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq. Floods in Australia and oh yes that little Tsunami over in Japan complete with radioactive fall-out,….What to do? Oh yeah “ROAD TRIP”
Obama Heads to Rio Sunday; Maximum Security Awaits. -
#26 Sarge: It sounds like she was one very cool granny.
She remained Victorian to the end, insisting that her men conduct themselves with Honor, Humility, and Equanimity while realizing that they would be prone to drifting from that course and would need both forgiveness and instruction in those times. She was expert at both.
While she had absolutely no physical resemblance, I’m reminded of here every time I see Kathrine Hepburn, especially as she is portrayed by Cate Blanchette in The Aviator. Her voice and speech patterns were nearly identical—as well as the down east Yankee accent She never used the word “won’t” because she there was no such a word. The proper word was “shan’t” which is a contraction of “shall not”. She said there was no such a word as “willn’t” because “will not” isn’t proper usage, and therefore “won’t” is improper as well. I learned that whenever she read The Little Red Hen to me and would use the word whenever she read the last paragraph.
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#26 Sarge: It sounds like she was one very cool granny.
She remained Victorian to the end, insisting that her men conduct themselves with Honor, Humility, and Equanimity while realizing that they would be prone to drifting from that course and would need both forgiveness and instruction in those times. She was expert at both.
While she had absolutely no physical resemblance, I’m reminded of here every time I see Kathrine Hepburn, especially as she is portrayed by Cate Blanchette in The Aviator. Her voice and speech patterns were nearly identical—as well as the down east Yankee accent She never used the word “won’t” because she there was no such a word. The proper word was “shan’t” which is a contraction of “shall not”. She said there was no such a word as “willn’t” because “will not” isn’t proper usage, and therefore “won’t” is improper as well. I learned that whenever she read The Little Red Hen to me and would use the word whenever she read the last paragraph. -
Are you sick of accusations conservatives, Republicans, libertarians and Tea Partiers are merely racist for supporting efforts to cut spending and shrink government ?
Would you like to have potent, credible data with which to defend yourself and your views the next time a lefty/liberal hurls that lie your way ?
Jim Lindgren is a highly respected lawprof and contributor to Volokh Conspiracy. He spent weeks analyzing the results over the more than 3 decades of the premier social science survey in America. Yesterday, he published a column about his results in the Daily Caller and also posted his full findings for the wonkier among us at Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
I first show that respondents who express traditionally racist views (on segregation, interracial marriage, and inborn racial abilities) tend to support greater income redistribution. Traditional racists also tend to oppose free-market capitalism and its consequences, wanting the government to guarantee jobs for everyone and fix prices, wages, and profits. Next, I report a similar pattern for those who express intolerance for unpopular groups on the fifteen Stouffer tolerance questions (regarding racists, homosexuals, communists, extreme militarists, and atheists). Those who express less tolerance for unpopular groups tend to favor income redistribution and oppose capitalism.
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Are you sick of accusations conservatives, Republicans, libertarians and Tea Partiers are merely racist for supporting efforts to cut spending and shrink government ?
Would you like to have potent, credible data with which to defend yourself and your views the next time a lefty/liberal hurls that lie your way ?
Jim Lindgren is a highly respected lawprof and contributor to Volokh Conspiracy. He spent weeks analyzing the results over the more than 3 decades of the premier social science survey in America. Yesterday, he published a column about his results in the Daily Caller and also posted his full findings for the wonkier among us at Social Science Research Network (SSRN).I first show that respondents who express traditionally racist views (on segregation, interracial marriage, and inborn racial abilities) tend to support greater income redistribution. Traditional racists also tend to oppose free-market capitalism and its consequences, wanting the government to guarantee jobs for everyone and fix prices, wages, and profits. Next, I report a similar pattern for those who express intolerance for unpopular groups on the fifteen Stouffer tolerance questions (regarding racists, homosexuals, communists, extreme militarists, and atheists). Those who express less tolerance for unpopular groups tend to favor income redistribution and oppose capitalism.
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32.. Sarge,
To borrow (and really distort) a couple of phrases from the sixties version of Bob Dylan.
“You don’t have to be a Weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.”
“These times they are a changing.”
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32.. Sarge,
To borrow (and really distort) a couple of phrases from the sixties version of Bob Dylan.
“You don’t have to be a Weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.”
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#22 SuperDave
I know EXACTLY how that Tech feels.
It reminded me of one of my past jobs, at a now-defunct Big Five consulting firms. I had been hired after working in the “real world” due to my expertise in Focus programming, but that project had ended and I was bounced from one small project to another until I finally left. I was unusual in that I had extensive experience working outside of the firm, most of the consultants were hired fresh outta college and trained in “the way they should go”. Other than the first project, where I shined, many of them didn’t really know how to think about me, since I wasn’t cut from the same cloth as they. Usually they were pretty smart people to work with, except…
One of the projects was moving some CASE software from one computer platform to another. When I arrived, there was little, if any, organization administratively, and the “well-trained” consultants had determined that the “transfer to” had the wrong size BUS for what was needed. They spent about four or five weeks messing with software fixes, this kernel, that kernel, tweaking this and that, and nothing worked. I quit after about five tries to tell them that they needed bigger computers, that it wasn’t a software issue but a hardware issue, but since I was SRG and not mainline consulting, they didn’t listen to me. Finally, they succumbed to reality and brought in three more robust computers and we went to work.
When it came time for my evaluation, the superior consultant in charge came into Houston (he and everyone else had been transferred to other projects, eventually leaving me in sole charge of finishing up the software transfer, which I did and delivered the project all by myself). I was enraged when he tried to blame the weeks-long delay on me, that I should have come up with a solution to the BUS problem. I have never made anyone change an evaluation before, but I made him change that one. I knew I was leaving, but I was not going to be blamed for that problem, especially when I knew I had tried to speak up and was ignored, and when it wasn’t my responsibility to fix the problem in the beginning.
Software? Hardware? Sometimes its the wetware between the ears that’s the problem.
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#22 SuperDave
I know EXACTLY how that Tech feels.
It reminded me of one of my past jobs, at a now-defunct Big Five consulting firms. I had been hired after working in the “real world” due to my expertise in Focus programming, but that project had ended and I was bounced from one small project to another until I finally left. I was unusual in that I had extensive experience working outside of the firm, most of the consultants were hired fresh outta college and trained in “the way they should go”. Other than the first project, where I shined, many of them didn’t really know how to think about me, since I wasn’t cut from the same cloth as they. Usually they were pretty smart people to work with, except…
One of the projects was moving some CASE software from one computer platform to another. When I arrived, there was little, if any, organization administratively, and the “well-trained” consultants had determined that the “transfer to” had the wrong size BUS for what was needed. They spent about four or five weeks messing with software fixes, this kernel, that kernel, tweaking this and that, and nothing worked. I quit after about five tries to tell them that they needed bigger computers, that it wasn’t a software issue but a hardware issue, but since I was SRG and not mainline consulting, they didn’t listen to me. Finally, they succumbed to reality and brought in three more robust computers and we went to work.
When it came time for my evaluation, the superior consultant in charge came into Houston (he and everyone else had been transferred to other projects, eventually leaving me in sole charge of finishing up the software transfer, which I did and delivered the project all by myself). I was enraged when he tried to blame the weeks-long delay on me, that I should have come up with a solution to the BUS problem. I have never made anyone change an evaluation before, but I made him change that one. I knew I was leaving, but I was not going to be blamed for that problem, especially when I knew I had tried to speak up and was ignored, and when it wasn’t my responsibility to fix the problem in the beginning.
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37 Simple Simon says:
March 16, 2011 at 11:20 am32.. Sarge,
To borrow (and really distort) a couple of phrases from the sixties version of Bob Dylan.
Which reminds me of this one:
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.
Right now, the biggest problem we have is that the government spends too dam much, not that it doesn’t have enough money.
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37 Simple Simon says:
March 16, 2011 at 11:20 am
32.. Sarge,
To borrow (and really distort) a couple of phrases from the sixties version of Bob Dylan.Which reminds me of this one:
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.
Right now, the biggest problem we have is that the government spends too dam much, not that it doesn’t have enough money. -
I was unusual in that I had extensive experience working outside of the firm
And lets not forget that you cut your teeth on a Wang.
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I was unusual in that I had extensive experience working outside of the firm
And lets not forget that you cut your teeth on a Wang.
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Bob: if your goal is to be offensive, you have succeeded. If you think that you are being edgy, creative, cute, humorous or whatever, you have failed miserably.
Ps 14:1
4 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
NASUProv 14:16
16 A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil,
But a fool is arrogant and careless.
NASUProv 26:11-12
1 Like a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
NASUGo ahead on Bobbie and continue to make a fool of yourself, I doubt anyone else here is amused either.
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Bob: if your goal is to be offensive, you have succeeded. If you think that you are being edgy, creative, cute, humorous or whatever, you have failed miserably.
Ps 14:1
4 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
NASUProv 14:16
16 A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil,
But a fool is arrogant and careless.
NASUProv 26:11-12
1 Like a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
NASUGo ahead on Bobbie and continue to make a fool of yourself, I doubt anyone else here is amused either.
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I know that this has been shared here before, but I know that men need reminders.
/sigh
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I know that this has been shared here before, but I know that men need reminders.
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/sigh
Dang.
Sounds just like my Gramma.
I know I’m in trouble now.
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Dang.
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#40 Sarge
Can you imagine how dangerous that would be, in a bed with two gay bears wearing clown suits? I’ll bet the singing of show tunes would end pretty quickly.
😉
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#40 Sarge
Can you imagine how dangerous that would be, in a bed with two gay bears wearing clown suits? I’ll bet the singing of show tunes would end pretty quickly.
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#38 Tedtam, prior to this assignment my job role could have been described as “finger pointer.” My specialty was analyzing network traces and pointing out which end of the connection was misbehaving, and whether it was caused by hardware or programming.
Especially when there are several different vendors involved, folks can easily become defensive if someone says their baby is ugly. I found this to be especially true of “consultants,” which in my experience, were often overpaid and under-talented. They’d have to eat their words when I used the network traces to prove that their baby was indeed ugly.
My business cards said, “Have Sniffer, Will Travel.” I miss that job.
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#38 Tedtam, prior to this assignment my job role could have been described as “finger pointer.” My specialty was analyzing network traces and pointing out which end of the connection was misbehaving, and whether it was caused by hardware or programming.
Especially when there are several different vendors involved, folks can easily become defensive if someone says their baby is ugly. I found this to be especially true of “consultants,” which in my experience, were often overpaid and under-talented. They’d have to eat their words when I used the network traces to prove that their baby was indeed ugly.
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America’s Tea Party movement across the United States has been sitting and waiting for the 2012 elections to get here, but something has happened. Some members of the tea party are not waiting any longer.
That’s right they are making their move now and demanding recalls on anyone, Republican or Democrat, who are ether not fiscally sound or who are endeavoring to halt the Conservative tide sweeping through the nation. -
#41 Bones, I appreciate your apparent concern as well as your sincerity, and I intend no offense to you or to your God.
Bob: if your goal is to be offensive, you have succeeded.
Offense, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
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#41 Bones, I appreciate your apparent concern as well as your sincerity, and I intend no offense to you or to your God.
Bob: if your goal is to be offensive, you have succeeded.
Offense, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
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Headshaker #16;
That was some of your best poetry.
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Headshaker #16;
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Bonecrusher;
Bob likes to cite God as feminine just to stir the pot against Christian conservatives. He cites God as female with absolutely no conviction whatsoever other than to irritate others. Bespite his denial to seek to offend, this is the case.
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Bonecrusher;
Bob likes to cite God as feminine just to stir the pot against Christian conservatives. He cites God as female with absolutely no conviction whatsoever other than to irritate others. Bespite his denial to seek to offend, this is the case. -
Wright’s a busy man. Now, instead of the platypus, look towards Jeremiah Wright as evidence of God having a sense of humor.
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Pulpit of Hate 2011: Rev. Wright Admits Black Liberation Theology and Socialism, Even Marxism Sound the Same, Capitalism Is a Demon, Attacks Beck, Palin, Racist Tea Party, US and Christians Support for Israel
Wright’s a busy man. Now, instead of the platypus, look towards Jeremiah Wright as evidence of God having a sense of humor. -
No Darren, I do not intend to irritate. Many sects of Christianity as well as theologians familiar with the translation chain of the Bible say that the original versions used a genderless term.
Also, I first heard the sense of humor/platypus joke from a very Christian friend of mine, years ago.
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No Darren, I do not intend to irritate. Many sects of Christianity as well as theologians familiar with the translation chain of the Bible say that the original versions used a genderless term.
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Kent has had a epiphany of late and I have seen him take some positions that would have make him quite unpopular with the old LST crowd. He made a very reasoned defense of American Moslems and Moslems in general. Basically, he said that not all Moslems were EVIL. I am sure that you read some of the same posts.
Not really an epiphany there, Simple. I spent a long time fighting the “Kill them all, let God sort them out” rhetoric of the time, and took my lumps for it. And its not the first time I’ve gotten cross ways with the Brahmans.
The real epiphany is that I’ve pretty much stopped the “Its good enough that he’s not a Democrat.” stuff.
I can thank the Tea Party for that.
The Establishment still hasn’t gotten that.
Its gonna hurt when they do.
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Kent has had a epiphany of late and I have seen him take some positions that would have make him quite unpopular with the old LST crowd. He made a very reasoned defense of American Moslems and Moslems in general. Basically, he said that not all Moslems were EVIL. I am sure that you read some of the same posts.
Not really an epiphany there, Simple. I spent a long time fighting the “Kill them all, let God sort them out” rhetoric of the time, and took my lumps for it. And its not the first time I’ve gotten cross ways with the Brahmans.
The real epiphany is that I’ve pretty much stopped the “Its good enough that he’s not a Democrat.” stuff.
I can thank the Tea Party for that.
The Establishment still hasn’t gotten that.
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#34 S-Dave
Oh yeah “ROAD TRIP”
Reminding me I’d like to see “Obammy’s Road Trip” coulage/satire/artwork again. I’m pretty sure it was Squawk’s handiwork but I can’t remember now if it was posted on LST or H’s_C. The Foul O’Duo in a jalopy headed out for fun & games while a bread line of ordinary folks formed in the background. Squawk, can this be brought back out for another viewing?
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#34 S-Dave
Oh yeah “ROAD TRIP”
Reminding me I’d like to see “Obammy’s Road Trip” coulage/satire/artwork again. I’m pretty sure it was Squawk’s handiwork but I can’t remember now if it was posted on LST or H’s_C. The Foul O’Duo in a jalopy headed out for fun & games while a bread line of ordinary folks formed in the background. Squawk, can this be brought back out for another viewing?
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#36 Texpat
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#48 Bob:
I intend no offense to you or to your God.
I am going to sound the BS gong on that comment; this discussion has been made before on these and the LST pages. You were told in no uncertain terms that smarmy references to THE ALMIGHTY ELOHIM in the feminine are NOT FUNNY and HIGHLY OFFENSIVE. Just to put a real fine point on the subject, IT IS OFFENSIVE EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU REFER TO THE ALMIGHTY IN THE FEMININE, not just to me but to most others as well. Please refrain from further such references. If you can not refer to THE ALMIGHTY with reverence, respect and in the masculine form then DO NOT MAKE THE REFERENCE AT ALL. There, I hope that clears any confusion on the subject.
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#48 Bob:
I intend no offense to you or to your God.
I am going to sound the BS gong on that comment; this discussion has been made before on these and the LST pages. You were told in no uncertain terms that smarmy references to THE ALMIGHTY ELOHIM in the feminine are NOT FUNNY and HIGHLY OFFENSIVE. Just to put a real fine point on the subject, IT IS OFFENSIVE EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU REFER TO THE ALMIGHTY IN THE FEMININE, not just to me but to most others as well. Please refrain from further such references. If you can not refer to THE ALMIGHTY with reverence, respect and in the masculine form then DO NOT MAKE THE REFERENCE AT ALL. There, I hope that clears any confusion on the subject.
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bob;
No Darren, I do not intend to irritate.
Say what you want. You tempt to portray yourself as religiously knowledgable in Christianity is laughable. There’s no other explanation of your use of feminine to descrtibe God other than an attempt to offend and/or irritate. This is especially true coming from one who doesn’t even believe in God. If you do not intend to irritiate than think how your audience thinks and cater to them. That’s a key way to avoid irritating others. That’s also being considerate. The lack of doing so would be the opposite of consideration which would be what, bob?
Also, I first heard the sense of humor/platypus joke from a very Christian friend of mine, years ago.
In and of itself, that joke is funny. Coming from you, however, after making several attempts to offend Christians and many more attempts to take digs at them, it is not funny.
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bob;
No Darren, I do not intend to irritate.
Say what you want. You tempt to portray yourself as religiously knowledgable in Christianity is laughable. There’s no other explanation of your use of feminine to descrtibe God other than an attempt to offend and/or irritate. This is especially true coming from one who doesn’t even believe in God. If you do not intend to irritiate than think how your audience thinks and cater to them. That’s a key way to avoid irritating others. That’s also being considerate. The lack of doing so would be the opposite of consideration which would be what, bob?
Also, I first heard the sense of humor/platypus joke from a very Christian friend of mine, years ago.
In and of itself, that joke is funny. Coming from you, however, after making several attempts to offend Christians and many more attempts to take digs at them, it is not funny.
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Bob;
One more thing. If you truly and sincerely believed in God and thought of God as “her”, I would take no offense at your simply referring to God as “her”. I would simply disagree. But the fact of the matter is that I find you sincerely and truly DON’T believe in God. That makes a huge difference in both your intent of feminizing God as well as the perception of others regarding your feminine remarks of deity..
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Bob;
One more thing. If you truly and sincerely believed in God and thought of God as “her”, I would take no offense at your simply referring to God as “her”. I would simply disagree. But the fact of the matter is that I find you sincerely and truly DON’T believe in God. That makes a huge difference in both your intent of feminizing God as well as the perception of others regarding your feminine remarks of deity.. -
Obama Pitches Japan Aid…While Picking NCAA Tournament
God does have a sense of humor. He’s laughing throughout Obama’s presidency.
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Obama Pitches Japan Aid…While Picking NCAA Tournament
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The eminent historian and author, John Steele Gordon, in the Contentions blog of Commentary magazine (emphasis added by me):
Mayor Carlos Alvarez of Miami-Dade County Florida lost a recall election yesterday, and it wasn’t close. He lost his job with 88 percent of the voters against him. (In 2003, Governor Gray Davis of California was recalled by a vote of only 55 percent.)
Although Miami has been especially hard hit by the meltdown in property values in recent years, Alvarez pushed through a 14 percent property-tax increase and then gave public employees fat salary increases in contract negotiations. He also championed a new baseball stadium publicly funded at the cost of $600 million, despite 12 percent unemployment in the area.
This election, I think, is just more evidence that the famous formula for political success, first enunciated by FDR’s close aide Harry Hopkins, “tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect,” is no longer operative. Another indication of that is the continuing resolution passed in the House yesterday, by a vote of 271-158, which continues the cuts of $2 billion a week initiated by the first resolution. The media has made a big deal of the fact that 58 Republicans voted against, wanting deeper cuts. But equally significant is the fact that fully 85 Democrats voted for it. Nancy Pelosi could persuade only 55 percent of her caucus to join her in voting against it.
There has been a sea change in American politics. The left should take notice unless it wants the 2012 election to be even worse than 2010.
88 percent !
That’s powerful stuff.
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The eminent historian and author, John Steele Gordon, in the Contentions blog of Commentary magazine (emphasis added by me):
Mayor Carlos Alvarez of Miami-Dade County Florida lost a recall election yesterday, and it wasn’t close. He lost his job with 88 percent of the voters against him. (In 2003, Governor Gray Davis of California was recalled by a vote of only 55 percent.)
Although Miami has been especially hard hit by the meltdown in property values in recent years, Alvarez pushed through a 14 percent property-tax increase and then gave public employees fat salary increases in contract negotiations. He also championed a new baseball stadium publicly funded at the cost of $600 million, despite 12 percent unemployment in the area.
This election, I think, is just more evidence that the famous formula for political success, first enunciated by FDR’s close aide Harry Hopkins, “tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect,” is no longer operative. Another indication of that is the continuing resolution passed in the House yesterday, by a vote of 271-158, which continues the cuts of $2 billion a week initiated by the first resolution. The media has made a big deal of the fact that 58 Republicans voted against, wanting deeper cuts. But equally significant is the fact that fully 85 Democrats voted for it. Nancy Pelosi could persuade only 55 percent of her caucus to join her in voting against it.
There has been a sea change in American politics. The left should take notice unless it wants the 2012 election to be even worse than 2010.88 percent !
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Dr. Jay Leher makes loads of sense.
Heated Fox Debate Breaks Out as Scientist ‘Redoubles’ Claim of ‘Overblown’ Nuke Concerns
I think any donations made to Japan (if they’re needed) should be to buy water and blankets at this point.
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Dr. Jay Leher makes loads of sense.
Heated Fox Debate Breaks Out as Scientist ‘Redoubles’ Claim of ‘Overblown’ Nuke Concerns
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RE: my #60
The 85 Democratic members of the House breaking ranks with Pelosi and their party is something that has received little or no attention in the conventional press.
It would be the lead story in the MSM if it had been 85 Republicans.
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RE: my #60
The 85 Democratic members of the House breaking ranks with Pelosi and their party is something that has received little or no attention in the conventional press.
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#61 darren
Meanwhile, officials in Ibaraki prefecture, just south of Fukushima, said radiation levels were about 300 times normal levels by late morning. While those levels are unhealthy for prolonged periods, they are far from fatal.
300 times normal levels doesn’t get you to the point of having to implement radiation monitoring protocols in the US.
See my link “Here’s some help putting this in context.” at the top.
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#61 darren
Meanwhile, officials in Ibaraki prefecture, just south of Fukushima, said radiation levels were about 300 times normal levels by late morning. While those levels are unhealthy for prolonged periods, they are far from fatal.
300 times normal levels doesn’t get you to the point of having to implement radiation monitoring protocols in the US.
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I suspect that most of the readers at Hot Air won’t be surprised to find the Department of Justice breaking its promise again to refrain from targeting medicinal-marijuana shops in states where voters have approved their operation. I also suspect that many here won’t shed tears for the operators of such stores, either. Reason TV catches a raid in progress in Los Angeles and reminds viewers that not only did Californians approve these stores years ago, Los Angeles just voted for a plan to tax them in order to close their budget gap:
The challenge to bob42 is not to attack Obama’s DOJ but to do so without also including Republicans and conservatives in that critique. I other words, can bob42 attack Obama and his administration without also mentioning critiques against Republicans and Conservatives just like he attacks Republicans and Conservatives many times without ever mentioning any crituque against Democrats and Liberals.
Bets are on.
Reason: Obama administration still breaking its promise on drug raids
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I suspect that most of the readers at Hot Air won’t be surprised to find the Department of Justice breaking its promise again to refrain from targeting medicinal-marijuana shops in states where voters have approved their operation. I also suspect that many here won’t shed tears for the operators of such stores, either. Reason TV catches a raid in progress in Los Angeles and reminds viewers that not only did Californians approve these stores years ago, Los Angeles just voted for a plan to tax them in order to close their budget gap:
The challenge to bob42 is not to attack Obama’s DOJ but to do so without also including Republicans and conservatives in that critique. I other words, can bob42 attack Obama and his administration without also mentioning critiques against Republicans and Conservatives just like he attacks Republicans and Conservatives many times without ever mentioning any crituque against Democrats and Liberals.
Bets are on.
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wagon #63;
300 times normal levels doesn’t get you to the point of having to implement radiation monitoring protocols in the US.
And wasn’t Dr. Leher arguing that there’s no reason to set panic?
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wagon #63;
300 times normal levels doesn’t get you to the point of having to implement radiation monitoring protocols in the US.
And wasn’t Dr. Leher arguing that there’s no reason to set panic?
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#60 Texpat
When I was in elementary school one of my sports heroes was a Gator wide receiver named Carlos Alvarez (nicknamed The Cuban Comet). His family escaped Castro’s Cuba when he was a boy. He was drafted by that “semi-professional” team located at the terminus of I-45 but chose to attend Duke Law School instead and graduated summa cum laude. I had to go make sure it wasn’t the same Carlos. Luckily it wasn’t and my childhood hero remains unblemished.
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#60 Texpat
When I was in elementary school one of my sports heroes was a Gator wide receiver named Carlos Alvarez (nicknamed The Cuban Comet). His family escaped Castro’s Cuba when he was a boy. He was drafted by that “semi-professional” team located at the terminus of I-45 but chose to attend Duke Law School instead and graduated summa cum laude. I had to go make sure it wasn’t the same Carlos. Luckily it wasn’t and my childhood hero remains unblemished. -
#65 darren
yepMerely agreeing with you.
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#65 darren
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Continuing with a little Gator history – Alvarez’s quarterback at Florida was John Reaves (who played for the Oilers in the early ’80s). In the last play of his last game of his last year he broke an NCAA passing record when the entire Gator defense laid down on the field and allowed Miami to score. Florida recovered the onside kick with enough time for Reaves to break Jim Plunkett’s record. The incident became known as The Florida Flop. And the Hurricanes are still whining about it.
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Continuing with a little Gator history – Alvarez’s quarterback at Florida was John Reaves (who played for the Oilers in the early ’80s). In the last play of his last game of his last year he broke an NCAA passing record when the entire Gator defense laid down on the field and allowed Miami to score. Florida recovered the onside kick with enough time for Reaves to break Jim Plunkett’s record. The incident became known as The Florida Flop. And the Hurricanes are still whining about it.
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Is there lots of dust or pepper floating around in here? Something’s getting in my eyes.
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Is there lots of dust or pepper floating around in here? Something’s getting in my eyes.
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And the Hurricanes are still whining about it.
Miami Hurricanes: The Teasips of the East
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And the Hurricanes are still whining about it.
Miami Hurricanes: The Teasips of the East
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Hamous #66;
His family escaped Castro’s Cuba when he was a boy.
Explains why he could run so fast.
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Hamous #66;
His family escaped Castro’s Cuba when he was a boy.
Explains why he could run so fast.
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wagon #67;
AND adding data to back up your agreement. Excellent!
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wagon #67;
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The MIT linguist and famed Leftist, Noam Chomsky, proposed Fascism as a solution to Americans’ refusal to accept global warming in a book he published a few years ago.
This may be a testament to the fact no one actually reads his books or at least can’t bear to finish them.
However, if you go to page 388 of Chomsky’s Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky, there you will find this passage:
Suppose it was discovered tomorrow that the greenhouse effects has been way understimated, and that the catastrophic effects are actually going to set in 10 years from now, and not 100 years from now or something.
Well, given the state of the popular movements we have today, we’d probably have a fascist takeover-with everybody agreeing to it, because that would be the only method for survival that anyone could think of. I’d even agree to it, because there’s just no other alternatives right now.” (page 388).
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The MIT linguist and famed Leftist, Noam Chomsky, proposed Fascism as a solution to Americans’ refusal to accept global warming in a book he published a few years ago.
This may be a testament to the fact no one actually reads his books or at least can’t bear to finish them.
However, if you go to page 388 of Chomsky’s Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky, there you will find this passage:Suppose it was discovered tomorrow that the greenhouse effects has been way understimated, and that the catastrophic effects are actually going to set in 10 years from now, and not 100 years from now or something.
Well, given the state of the popular movements we have today, we’d probably have a fascist takeover-with everybody agreeing to it, because that would be the only method for survival that anyone could think of. I’d even agree to it, because there’s just no other alternatives right now.” (page 388). -
Don’t be dissing Izzy’s hero, Texpat.
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Don’t be dissing Izzy’s hero, Texpat.
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#64 Darren, been there, done that, got the t-shirt, washed it, dried it, folded it and put it away.
The challenge to bob42 is not to attack Obama’s DOJ but to do so without also including Republicans and conservatives in that critique. I other words, can bob42 attack Obama and his administration without also mentioning critiques against Republicans and Conservatives just like he attacks Republicans and Conservatives many times without ever mentioning any crituque against Democrats and Liberals.
Bets are on.
I’ve posted comments critical of Obama’s DOJ since Jan ’09, when the DEA continued to raid LA dispensaries, other comments critical of his appointment of yet another drug warrior as head of the ONDCP, and prior to his election was critical of his laughing off the #1 online question that he’d committed to answer at a town hall meeting. The question was about legalization/decriminalization.
I win the bet.
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#64 Darren, been there, done that, got the t-shirt, washed it, dried it, folded it and put it away.
The challenge to bob42 is not to attack Obama’s DOJ but to do so without also including Republicans and conservatives in that critique. I other words, can bob42 attack Obama and his administration without also mentioning critiques against Republicans and Conservatives just like he attacks Republicans and Conservatives many times without ever mentioning any crituque against Democrats and Liberals.
Bets are on.I’ve posted comments critical of Obama’s DOJ since Jan ’09, when the DEA continued to raid LA dispensaries, other comments critical of his appointment of yet another drug warrior as head of the ONDCP, and prior to his election was critical of his laughing off the #1 online question that he’d committed to answer at a town hall meeting. The question was about legalization/decriminalization.
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Why does anyone even acknowledge Chomsky? What has he actually done that matters to a non-propellerheaded linguist?
Is he just another Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian, but a lot harder on the eyes?
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Why does anyone even acknowledge Chomsky? What has he actually done that matters to a non-propellerheaded linguist?
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Is there anything not on youtube anymore?
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Is there anything not on youtube anymore?
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You can’t make this stuff up
President Obama speaks at an event AP Photo
Close President Obama’s only event at the White House that isn’t closed to the press on Wednesday is a ceremony in which he’ll accept an award for being open to the press.According to his public schedule, Obama has four behind-closed-doors meetings from 10 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.: his daily briefing, a talk with the USAID administrator, a session with senior advisers, and a huddle with his defense secretary. All of the meets are in the Oval Office, and all of them are “closed press,” the White House says.
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You can’t make this stuff up
President Obama speaks at an event AP Photo
Close President Obama’s only event at the White House that isn’t closed to the press on Wednesday is a ceremony in which he’ll accept an award for being open to the press.
According to his public schedule, Obama has four behind-closed-doors meetings from 10 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.: his daily briefing, a talk with the USAID administrator, a session with senior advisers, and a huddle with his defense secretary. All of the meets are in the Oval Office, and all of them are “closed press,” the White House says. -
Chomsky is like some shaman high priest to the faux intellectuals of the Left. He first made his name, when I was a boy, when millions of American parents were buying their kids sets of Mort Adler’s Great Books of the Western World and the Syntopicon. Adler hired Chomsky as a senior editor.
I still have my copy of those many volumes. Chomsky rejected the basis of their content, the Western canon, a long time ago (excepting perhaps the slim volume devoted to Karl Marx).
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Chomsky is like some shaman high priest to the faux intellectuals of the Left. He first made his name, when I was a boy, when millions of American parents were buying their kids sets of Mort Adler’s Great Books of the Western World and the Syntopicon. Adler hired Chomsky as a senior editor.
I still have my copy of those many volumes. Chomsky rejected the basis of their content, the Western canon, a long time ago (excepting perhaps the slim volume devoted to Karl Marx). -
#60 texpat, Check out my #27
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#60 texpat, Check out my #27
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#60 SD
I totally missed it.
But, damn, are they cleaning house down there in Miami/Dade or what ?
But voters responded by handing the mayor a humiliating defeat: Nearly nine of every 10 voted to remove Alvarez from office.
“The voters have spoken and a time of healing and reconciliation must now begin,’’ Alvarez said in a statement Tuesday night. “No matter which side of the recall issue, one thing is certain: We all care very deeply about this community… I wish the next mayor of Miami-Dade County much success.”
Tuesday’s vote served notice that the public is thirsting for widespread reform at County Hall, long dominated by entrenched politicians and insiders. County Commissioner Natacha Seijas was similarly recalled Tuesday in a resounding defeat. For 18 years she represented a district that includes Miami Lakes and Hialeah and was widely regarded as the most powerful politician on the commission.
The two ousters come on the heels of Dorrin Rolle’s defeat in November, which marked the first time a sitting county commissioner has been defeated in 16 years.
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#60 SD
I totally missed it.
But, damn, are they cleaning house down there in Miami/Dade or what ?But voters responded by handing the mayor a humiliating defeat: Nearly nine of every 10 voted to remove Alvarez from office.
“The voters have spoken and a time of healing and reconciliation must now begin,’’ Alvarez said in a statement Tuesday night. “No matter which side of the recall issue, one thing is certain: We all care very deeply about this community… I wish the next mayor of Miami-Dade County much success.”
Tuesday’s vote served notice that the public is thirsting for widespread reform at County Hall, long dominated by entrenched politicians and insiders. County Commissioner Natacha Seijas was similarly recalled Tuesday in a resounding defeat. For 18 years she represented a district that includes Miami Lakes and Hialeah and was widely regarded as the most powerful politician on the commission.
The two ousters come on the heels of Dorrin Rolle’s defeat in November, which marked the first time a sitting county commissioner has been defeated in 16 years. -
A few days ago, older daughter texted me to say that she got off work that evening to find one of her (new) tires flat. Once again, I hauled out the handy red air tank and it got the tire up pronto. This time, I insisted that she do the task solo while I observed, and also merely observed when she refilled the tank in case it went flat again overnight.
She just pinged to tell me that she got the tire fixed with no problems and no charge, and would drop the tank off next time she stops by to do her laundry and pet the cats. My babies are growing up.
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A few days ago, older daughter texted me to say that she got off work that evening to find one of her (new) tires flat. Once again, I hauled out the handy red air tank and it got the tire up pronto. This time, I insisted that she do the task solo while I observed, and also merely observed when she refilled the tank in case it went flat again overnight.
She just pinged to tell me that she got the tire fixed with no problems and no charge, and would drop the tank off next time she stops by to do her laundry and pet the cats. My babies are growing up. -
bob #75;
Good job, bob. You win and ice cube from my freezer. Can I get a mailing address?
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bob #75;
Good job, bob. You win and ice cube from my freezer. Can I get a mailing address? -
Tuesday’s vote served notice that the public is thirsting for widespread reform at County Hall, long dominated by entrenched politicians and insiders. County Commissioner Natacha Seijas was similarly recalled Tuesday in a resounding defeat. For 18 years she represented a district that includes Miami Lakes and Hialeah and was widely regarded as the most powerful politician on the commission.
But lets not worry about foisting Joe Straus and spending the Rainy Day Fund on those nutcase Tea Partiers.
We’ll show ’em who’s boss.
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Tuesday’s vote served notice that the public is thirsting for widespread reform at County Hall, long dominated by entrenched politicians and insiders. County Commissioner Natacha Seijas was similarly recalled Tuesday in a resounding defeat. For 18 years she represented a district that includes Miami Lakes and Hialeah and was widely regarded as the most powerful politician on the commission.
But lets not worry about foisting Joe Straus and spending the Rainy Day Fund on those nutcase Tea Partiers.
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DISH Remote Access – First on iPad
Is there anything iPad can’t be programmed to do?
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DISH Remote Access – First on iPad
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It’s time for a musical interlude….
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It’s time for a musical interlude….
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#85, Nope.
My brother has an iPad that’s pretty cool, and now I hear that they’ve come out with iPad version 2 that’s even cooler. I wonder when Apple with target the Muslim market with…
Wait for it…
iMam.
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#85, Nope.
My brother has an iPad that’s pretty cool, and now I hear that they’ve come out with iPad version 2 that’s even cooler. I wonder when Apple with target the Muslim market with…
Wait for it…
iMam. -
53 Sarge,
It was just an unqualified observation that I made. I have noticed a general change in the tone of your postings. This was not intended as an insult or slight, but rather the opposite.
Simple
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53 Sarge,
It was just an unqualified observation that I made. I have noticed a general change in the tone of your postings. This was not intended as an insult or slight, but rather the opposite.
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#82 Bob and the flat tire
Lovely was taught a long time ago how to change a flat tire (and drive a backhoe, btw, though that was years ago when she was about 12 years old and I wouldn’t trust her behind the wheel of one of those anymore). One of her sorority sisters found two of her tires slashed recently and had no clue what to do. Lovely helped her change one of the tires and the sister’s mother got her another tire to replace the second damaged one.
The sorority requires that a certain number of educational and cultural events be sponsored each year. Lovely took her turn to hold a seminar for her sorority on how to change tires; several of the sisters actually changed their tires as part of the event. They had time left over to go over how to check and add oil to the engine.
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#82 Bob and the flat tire
Lovely was taught a long time ago how to change a flat tire (and drive a backhoe, btw, though that was years ago when she was about 12 years old and I wouldn’t trust her behind the wheel of one of those anymore). One of her sorority sisters found two of her tires slashed recently and had no clue what to do. Lovely helped her change one of the tires and the sister’s mother got her another tire to replace the second damaged one.
The sorority requires that a certain number of educational and cultural events be sponsored each year. Lovely took her turn to hold a seminar for her sorority on how to change tires; several of the sisters actually changed their tires as part of the event. They had time left over to go over how to check and add oil to the engine. -
Bob & TT
In the olden times, this practical knowledge was imparted to sons but often denied to daughters. Soon after I became a young bride, I asked my husband to show me how to change a tire. I had several occasions to apply the knowledge and it was always treated with incredulity when I arrived at the destination.
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Bob & TT
In the olden times, this practical knowledge was imparted to sons but often denied to daughters. Soon after I became a young bride, I asked my husband to show me how to change a tire. I had several occasions to apply the knowledge and it was always treated with incredulity when I arrived at the destination. -
#90 Mharper
I remember reading a “short” in the Reader’s Digest about a daughter who had received instruction from her father on this basic car care. She was at school when she discovered her flat tire. Opening her trunk, she pulled out her apron and sleeves and changed her own tire. By the time she finished, she had several requests for dates.
Tires, the way to a young man’s heart. Well, one way, anyway.
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#90 Mharper
I remember reading a “short” in the Reader’s Digest about a daughter who had received instruction from her father on this basic car care. She was at school when she discovered her flat tire. Opening her trunk, she pulled out her apron and sleeves and changed her own tire. By the time she finished, she had several requests for dates.
Tires, the way to a young man’s heart. Well, one way, anyway. -
91 Ted
A real woman can kick-start her own harley.
Simple
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91 Ted
A real woman can kick-start her own harley.
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I could go with a statement about wimmins starting Harleys that makes a someone’s capabilities in another arena, but Granny Hamous might faint.
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I could go with a statement about wimmins starting Harleys that makes a someone’s capabilities in another arena, but Granny Hamous might faint.
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#89 Both daughters have been “trained” on things like putting on the spare and checking oil and other vital fluids. She knows that it’s much easier/quicker to call for the assistance of Mr. Big Red Tank than to put the spare on.
In the past I’ve gone with her to get her car serviced. I figured she’d want me to go with her to the tire place, but that call never came. In her text today, she mentioned that they at first wanted to charge her a “service fee” to fix the leak, but she put her foot down and they lived up to their warranty obligations.
She’s a petite 5’7″ firecracker that folks should know better than to try to mess with. 😉
/she get’s it from her mom, kinda.
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#89 Both daughters have been “trained” on things like putting on the spare and checking oil and other vital fluids. She knows that it’s much easier/quicker to call for the assistance of Mr. Big Red Tank than to put the spare on.
In the past I’ve gone with her to get her car serviced. I figured she’d want me to go with her to the tire place, but that call never came. In her text today, she mentioned that they at first wanted to charge her a “service fee” to fix the leak, but she put her foot down and they lived up to their warranty obligations.
She’s a petite 5’7″ firecracker that folks should know better than to try to mess with. 😉
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#93 Aw go ahead WB, I figure even Hammie’s grammie has already heard about the negative exhaust pressure method of Harley starting.
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#93 Aw go ahead WB, I figure even Hammie’s grammie has already heard about the negative exhaust pressure method of Harley starting.
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Dudes release some chickens into their school and get arrested???
That would have barely registered as a prank way back when….
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Dudes release some chickens into their school and get arrested???
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#95 bob
It’s right up there with baseballs and garden irrigation tubing, brass doorknobs, and chrome-plated trailer hitches. -
#95 bob
It’s right up there with baseballs and garden irrigation tubing, brass doorknobs, and chrome-plated trailer hitches. -
In the meantime, you wimmins are gettin’ uppity.
Now get along and make me a sammich and bring me a beer.
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In the meantime, you wimmins are gettin’ uppity.
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#98 Pyro
Baking lamingtons
Those are Aussie wimmins, ‘burner, they’re not gonna make you a sammich or bring you a beer.
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#98 Pyro
Baking lamingtons
Those are Aussie wimmins, ‘burner, they’re not gonna make you a sammich or bring you a beer.
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is this #100?
YESSSS
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is this #100?
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93, WB
A few decades ago I hired a female instrument fitter. This gal was drop dead good looking and only stood about 5’2″.
Her hubby was a member of the Bandidos and yes she could kick-start her pink full dress
hog.Simple
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93, WB
A few decades ago I hired a female instrument fitter. This gal was drop dead good looking and only stood about 5’2″.
Her hubby was a member of the Bandidos and yes she could kick-start her pink full dress
hog.
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Younger daughter is downstairs working very hard on a performance piece with only 10 days of runway left. I advised her that if she could devote 2 hrs practice per day, she could pull it off. It’s gonna be close, but she’s getting there.
One of the rehearsal/practice techniques I’ve picked up from various folks/groups over the years is that when your working up a new piece, regardless of the rough spots along the way, get through the whole thing as soon as you can, and keep the beat.
We’re gonna work on our four hand two keyboard song later. I’m in no hurry.
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Younger daughter is downstairs working very hard on a performance piece with only 10 days of runway left. I advised her that if she could devote 2 hrs practice per day, she could pull it off. It’s gonna be close, but she’s getting there.
One of the rehearsal/practice techniques I’ve picked up from various folks/groups over the years is that when your working up a new piece, regardless of the rough spots along the way, get through the whole thing as soon as you can, and keep the beat.
We’re gonna work on our four hand two keyboard song later. I’m in no hurry. -
I heard this today, Hugh has been awesome! Hugh Hewitt To GOP Appropriations Committee Member Jack Kingston: ‘Do You Think We’re Stupid?’
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I heard this today, Hugh has been awesome! Hugh Hewitt To GOP Appropriations Committee Member Jack Kingston: ‘Do You Think We’re Stupid?’
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I am watching the “Criminal Minds” spinoff. Oh, gag me now, Janeane Garofalo is on the cast. I think I’ll stick to Law & Order from now on.
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I am watching the “Criminal Minds” spinoff. Oh, gag me now, Janeane Garofalo is on the cast. I think I’ll stick to Law & Order from now on.
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mharper #90;
In the olden times, this practical knowledge was imparted to sons but often denied to daughters.
Changing tires is man’s work. Women should, like, nurse a baby while the man makes the adjustments. 🙂
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mharper #90;
In the olden times, this practical knowledge was imparted to sons but often denied to daughters.
Changing tires is man’s work. Women should, like, nurse a baby while the man makes the adjustments. 🙂
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GJT #103;
Hugh has been awesome!
Ditto.
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GJT #103;
Hugh has been awesome!
Ditto.
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#105 Darren
Nope, I don’t agree, but if you want your daughters to be unable to fend for themselves, should they have a flat tire on the road, well, that is your prerogative.
Actually, things have changed since the olden times of which I spoke. Now both men & women can stay safe in the car and use a cell phone to call for road service.
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#105 Darren
Nope, I don’t agree, but if you want your daughters to be unable to fend for themselves, should they have a flat tire on the road, well, that is your prerogative.
Actually, things have changed since the olden times of which I spoke. Now both men & women can stay safe in the car and use a cell phone to call for road service. -
but if you want your daughters to be unable to fend for themselves, should they have a flat tire on the road, well, that is your prerogative.
I want them to nurse babies while their men fix the tires.
(I hope you know I’m very much joking 😳 )
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but if you want your daughters to be unable to fend for themselves, should they have a flat tire on the road, well, that is your prerogative.
I want them to nurse babies while their men fix the tires.
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Women should, like, nurse a baby while
the manshe makes the adjustments and a tasty sammich for her man.Get it right next time. 😉
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Women should, like, nurse a baby while
the manshe makes the adjustments and a tasty sammich for her man.Get it right next time. 😉
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Umm, it’s hard to know when a man is joking about such things. 🙂
Except Pyro, of course — I think he really wants his sammiches.
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Umm, it’s hard to know when a man is joking about such things. 🙂
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And a beer.
Make it snappy.
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And a beer.
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Update on the bully body slam:
If you’re wondering how bullies become bullies, perhaps we’ll find a clue here:
The emotional mother of Ritchard Gale, Tina, told the Seven Network last night that she and her family have been victimised by the footage, which has spread worldwide. She also demanded an apology from the victim.
“We don’t need this posted everywhere,” she said. “I would like him to apologise.”
She said she was “shocked” at her son’s behaviour, but did not think he deserved to be bodyslammed by Year 10 student Casey Heynes at Chifley College’s Dunheved Campus, St Marys.“I was actually shocked because I always brought my three children up to walk away from fights,” she said.
No kidding. The parents of students who bully and act way out of line often react by saying, “yeah, what my kid did was wrong but he didn’t ‘deserve’ such a retaliation”. Personally, had my kid been caught bullying another like this 12 year old I’d tell him I’m glad he got slammed and hope he’ll learn not to bully. Then we’d chat about loving one another and treating all with dignity and respect.
Watch the anime video of the bully as well.
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Update on the bully body slam:
If you’re wondering how bullies become bullies, perhaps we’ll find a clue here:
The emotional mother of Ritchard Gale, Tina, told the Seven Network last night that she and her family have been victimised by the footage, which has spread worldwide. She also demanded an apology from the victim.
“We don’t need this posted everywhere,” she said. “I would like him to apologise.”
She said she was “shocked” at her son’s behaviour, but did not think he deserved to be bodyslammed by Year 10 student Casey Heynes at Chifley College’s Dunheved Campus, St Marys.
“I was actually shocked because I always brought my three children up to walk away from fights,” she said.No kidding. The parents of students who bully and act way out of line often react by saying, “yeah, what my kid did was wrong but he didn’t ‘deserve’ such a retaliation”. Personally, had my kid been caught bullying another like this 12 year old I’d tell him I’m glad he got slammed and hope he’ll learn not to bully. Then we’d chat about loving one another and treating all with dignity and respect.
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Darren, fwiw, I suspected that you were joking. A women can be both feminine and independent. They always have been.
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Darren, fwiw, I suspected that you were joking. A women can be both feminine and independent. They always have been.
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