With the Big Game rapidly approaching, you have little time to place your bets.
There are the obvious ones: who wins; by how much; how many total points; etc.
Then there are the fun ones:
How many times will the game be referred to as the Harbaugh Bowl or Har Bowl or Super Baugh during the game?
How many times will Harbaugh be said during the game?
What will be the highest tweets per second during the Super Bowl?
What color will the Gatorade (or liquid) be that is dumped on the winning coach?
Tons more at the link, plus you can apply your googling skills for many more beyond those.
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Three senators voted against Kerry’s nomination as Secretary of State. Two of them where from Texas.
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AoSHQ posts an Overnight Open Thread every day. As with the couch, each one has a theme. Last night’s theme was apparently inspired by Hamous.
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Heh. I don’t really feel hopeless. Strangely enough, I’m more content. I look forward to rebuilding from the rubble, rising from the ashes, etc. It’s gonna be fun!
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So what does it take to get the IRS to release a $6.2 million lien on you?
Apparently, its a couple of underaged prostitutes and around $38K, plus another $60K to the DSCCThe investigation is believed to be focusing on Melgen’s finances and the allegations about Menendez’s trips and contact with prostitutes. A spokesman for Menendez could not be reached for comment, nor could Melgen.
Melgen has an outstanding IRS lien of $11.1 million for taxes owed from 2006 to 2009, according to records filed with the Palm Beach County recorder’s office. A previous IRS lien for $6.2 million was released in 2011.
Despite those financial problems, Melgen and his family have contributed at least $357,000 to candidates and committees since 1998, according to Florida and federal campaign records. Of that, the Melgens have contributed about 9 percent to Menendez’s federal campaigns.
Melgen also owns a private CL-600 Challenger plane through one of his West Palm Beach-based companies, and frequently flies between South Florida and Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic, where he is from.
Menendez has flown on the plane at least once, his office has said, when he was chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2009 to 2011, when the Melgens contributed about $60,400 to the group. A spokeswoman had previously said that Menendez and Melgen are longtime friends and said the senator did nothing improper. -
As a yoot, I stuck my toe in the Protestant world and was in a Baptist organization called the Royal Ambassadors (there were Baptists in my fambly). It was a long time ago but I still remember going on some really fun camping trips. That’s where I learned to tie all kinds of knots too. With the Boy Scouts on the verge of morphing into culturally Marxist surrender monkeys the RAs may see a boom. The Catholic Church is one of the largest organizations supporting the Boy Scouts. It may be time for the Church to form its own Catholic-centric alternative.
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Kinky knots or just the regular kind?
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We’re from the government and we’re here to help
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Tedtam, I am sure you can use this piece of satire to make a point to the mushy brained teenagers you teach.
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The “Progressive” myth known as Haymarket is exposed as a fabrication.
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Kinky knots or just the regular kind?
Oh no no no no, just the reglar kind.
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There is a Christ centered option if you don’t want to send your daughter to the Girl Scouts – American Heritage Girls.
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#2 Hammy
After all, in Texas, Republicans remember the not-so-nice things Kerry said about home boy George W. Bush during the 2004 presidential race.
The HouChron is just about as clueless as any of the other “Democratic operatives”, thinking Texas Republicans would give a flip about that now.
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I believe the Knights of Columbus has a “Squires” program for young men, but I don’t know much about it. I don’t think it’s a “boy scout” type of program. It would be nice for the Church to have a program of its own.
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Obama picks sports teams, they lose.
Obama becomes president, the economy tanks.
A girl performs at the inauguration, she’s killed.
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Unexpectedly.
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#14 crazy aunt
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Ms Simple is a Girl Scout leader to Angel’s Brownie troop and I go with her to the Friday night meetings at a local Baptist Church. The Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts meet at the same time in adjacent portions of the church’s gym.
I usually sit on the sidelines with the Boy Scouts and observe, although I have offered my services to tutor scouts wanting to obtain their Amateur Radio Operator Stripe and Badge.
During the last year I have NEVER heard ONCE any of the troop leaders utter a single phrase involving Marxism, Birth Control, or anything other than traditional Scout teachings. I know….I was a Boy Scout once myself and it is the only charity that I donate to.
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#18 TT: When one continually “flips off” The Creator and HIS ways and His people, curses are inevitable. Those who are in his (jugears) realm and do not speak out against him will suffer the same curses as he eventually will.
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Police said Pendleton had no gang affiliation and likely wasn’t the intended target. Several of the teens with her at the time, however, were believed to be gang members.
Sounds like she wasn’t the brightest bulb in the Chicago chandelier, after all.
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Besides that….Next week I will have about 400 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies in my home office. Can I interest you in a few boxes of Thin Mints?
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I saw this in the Dead Tree version of the Comical this morning; the people in Mali are rising up against the islimists and are rounding up those who have not yet fled. The French came in and the islimists have fled, those that remained are in hiding and are being rooted out by the locals who want no part of their BS.
In Gao’s main market, women returned to work on Wednesday without the black veils required by the Islamists. They wore vibrant patterned fabrics and sported makeup.
While most crowds in the freed cities have been joyful, months of resentment toward the Islamists bubbled into violence in Gao.
Video footage filmed by an amateur cameraman and obtained by The Associated Press shows a mob attacking the symbol of the extremists’ rule, the Islamic police headquarters.
Some celebrate cheering “I am Malian,” while others armed with sticks and machetes attack suspected members of the Islamist regime. The graphic images shot Saturday show the mob as they mutilate the corpses of two young suspected jihadists lying dead in the street.
Gao’s mayor and governor met Wednesday with community elders in an attempt to bring a halt to the vigilante attacks.Would that this kind of response happen all over Africa.
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How brave can the Lions of Islam be if the French can run them off?
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#10 – DANGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG that aint a good sign (seems like some important details are missing for the entire story though)…………would be interesting to know how the entire flap started and progressed to the point of the video
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#27: Doesn’t that fall into the category of the greatest insult; to be run off by THE WISSIN FRENCH fer cryin out loud? That is worse than getting run off by a bunch of wimminzes. The story spoke of how the islimys fled into the desert, dya think they will stay there and die of thirst rather than face the fearsome French, (as I struggle mightily to contain boisterous guffaws)? Would that the French would act the same way in France.
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Dang Simple. No reason to go all Hillary Clinton on us.
During the last year I have NEVER heard ONCE any of the troop leaders utter a single phrase involving Marxism, Birth Control, or anything other than traditional Scout teachings.
First, I said cultural Marxism, more commonly known as political correctness. This isn’t a problem with local troops. It’s a failure of leadership at the national level. The Boy Scouts organization has been browbeaten by “progressives” into accepting the homosexual agenda. Their reasoning is that they are losing support for not welcoming homosexuals. They ain’t seen nothing yet. The two largest supporters of Boy Scouts are the LDS and Catholic Churches. I don’t think those churches will maintain ties with an organization once it becomes antithetic to church teaching.
Second, I have no idea why you pulled birth control into the discussion.Besides that….Next week I will have about 400 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies in my home office. Can I interest you in a few boxes of Thin Mints?
I didn’t say anything about Girl Scouts either. Do they let homosexuals in too?
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I think he’s tryin’ to unload a buncha cookies.
Girl Scouts are less like homosexual Marxists than they are like mobsters taking over garbage service in New Jersey. They own it and don’t get in their way or bad things happen.
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The wind is absolutely howling outside my windows at home. Yet I must venture forth and drive to the office today for a staff meeting. First physical meeting this month. I phoned in for several while I was taking cough medication that advised no operation of heavy machinery.
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I phoned in for several while I was taking cough medication that advised no operation of heavy machinery.
sissy
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You can bet there will be “gay” Boy Scout troops formed. Homosexual terrorists being what they are, the next step will be to push their agenda at regional and national events like Jamboree. Look for “Rainbow Badges” and mandatory “sensitivity training” for all. All Christ-centered groups will abandon the organization and in the end the Boy Scouts will become nothing more than the farm club for NAMBLA.
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A picture of our handsome governor is placed prominently on Drudge.
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All that cheerleading, prolly.
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I just talked to Mom. She has been suffering – suffering! – from uncontrolled itching and these bumps under her skin that rise to the surface and break open. They are all over her body, including a few inside her mouth. We’ve tried non-allergenic laundry detergent, changing her body wash soap, her shampoo. She’s limited her diet, not eating food with a lot of pepper (her father was allergic to pepper, and she said it got worse after the blackened fish served for dinner one night). We’ve checked her kidneys, and the kidney specialist said that her kidney function has not deteriorated to the point where it would cause this type of reaction. They’ve done blood tests, with no real indicators as to why she has this problem. A dermatologist prescribed a cream for her, and it seemed to help, but it was only a short-term solution. I feel so bad for her, and there’s so little I can do. When I take her shopping, or do her shopping for her, I get her extra tubes of anti-itch and hydrocortisone cream to help her cope. This has been going on for over a year. I’ve tried to do things for her – talking to the nurses, etc., but it makes her angry when she finds out. I still do it, but not as often as I’d like, and I tell the nurses not to tell her I’ve consulted with them. I guess it’s part of the aging thing.
She said the doctor came to see her a few days ago, and she told him how her head has been hurting and showed him a huge bump in her hair that seemed to be the focus of the pain. I got a call from a nurse night before last, who told me about a boil (it’s hard to understand them on the phone – they are very sweet but have these heavy Jamaican accents) that they were treating with antibiotics and antibiotic creams. Mom told me she’s taking these horse pills and wants me to bring her some cheese crackers so she won’t be taking them on an empty stomach first thing in the morning, before breakfast arrives.
But she said the itching is less, and the lesions are draining. Finally – something is being done that’s giving her some real relief. It was good to hear the hope in her voice this morning. -
GDP may be shrinking, but it looks really good!
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Oh. So you don’t believe that Mel Brooks is a Prophet, huh?
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Idiot on CNBC sez we reduced government spending by 15%.
That would mean we reduced the deficit from $T1.2 to something around $B350 on constant revenue.
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#38 Homer-elvis: Is this the beginning of the 2nd dip of the multi-dip recession?
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Slo-mo.
It still amazes me, that golf ball thing.
I’m glad that egg didn’t escape.
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#44 – Arggggggggh – yes your linky works (for about a half a second) then it instantly goes elsewhere before any slo-mo viewing is possible
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29 Boney,
I am not sure that I would call the French Foreign Legion wusses. They are probably
one of the best Rapid Deployment Forces in the world and you will not see embedded
reporters traveling with them.
The Legion trains in the Saharan Deserts of Mali and Chad. The locals have a saying…, “The only creatures that can live in that desert are scorpions, snakes, and Legionaires.”
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#44: All I got was 2 stupid ads in stutter fashion; no likey.
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30, Hamous
Would you still be interested in some Thin Mints?
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I am not sure that I would call the French Foreign Legion wusses.
Me either but it’s worth pointing out that the French Foreign Legion are, by definition, NOT French.
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Of the over 4,000 murders in Chicago over the past decade or so, only 0.7% were by rifle (including “assault weapons”),
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We’re getting some strong wind here at The Dome. I keep hearing something getting flung around out there. Like a door of some kind, but don’t know what that would be…
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Try this link – different site, but same videos.
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G’Morning All
All right, who let barf kitty on the couch?
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This is what we used to listen to in the after hours clubs, most notably the “Cock and Bull” on South Main across from Sears.
Lightnin’ Hopkins dies
January 30, 1982
On this day in 1982, blues singer Sam (Lightnin’) Hopkins died of cancer. Hopkins was born in Centerville, Texas, in 1912. At age eight he made his first instrument, a cigar-box guitar with chicken-wire strings. By ten he was playing music with his cousin, Alger (Texas) Alexander, and Blind Lemon Jefferson, who encouraged him to continue. By the mid-1920s Hopkins was playing the blues anywhere he could. He served time at the Houston County Prison Farm in the mid-1930s, and after his release he returned to the blues-club circuit. In 1950 he settled in Houston. Though he recorded prolifically between 1946 and 1954, it was not until 1959, when Hopkins began working with legendary producer Sam Chambers, that his music began to reach a mainstream white audience. Hopkins switched to an acoustic guitar and became a hit in the folk-blues revival of the 1960s. During the early 1960s he played at Carnegie Hall with Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, and by the end of the decade was opening for rock bands. He was also the subject of a documentary, The Blues According to Lightnin’ Hopkins, which won a prize at the Chicago Film Festival in 1970. Hopkins recorded a total of more than eighty-five albums and toured around the world. His songs were often autobiographical, making him a de facto spokesperson for the southern black community that had no voice in the white mainstream.Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMuzFQTpjDE
Some early rock (This is the track that inspired Stevie Ray Vaughan’s ‘Rude Mood’.)
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Henson Ong at Gun Violence Prevention Public Hearing – Hartford, CT – 1/28/2013
Henson Ong is a LEGAL immigrant to the United States. Yesterday he testified before the Connecticut legislature’s Gun Violence Prevention Public Hearing. Listening to his testimony, it quickly becomes evident that Mr. Ong has a better understanding of and a better appreciation for the Constitution than many sitting on the panel. He certainly has more of an appreciation for it than do those in the gun prohibitionist community who would seek to do away with the Second Amendment and to deny First Amendment rights to their opponents.
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BTW – I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I love our fax system! It’s an internet based system, and we were able to port our fax number over to them, so we actually have two numbers, if we wish to use the one they assigned to us originally. I had to send out a proposal this morning, and Hubby was very anxious to ensure it was received by the customer this morning, so I faxed it – and then emailed the fax to the customer’s email address. I didn’t have to retype anything or re-attach the document to a separate system. I love that!
I don’t have to pay a land line fee.
The faxes are saved and I can re-access them any time.
I’m able to assign two levels of organization to them, plus a note for the document itself. It helps us to more quickly identify faxes in the “stack” of old ones when researching.
I can download and save docs to my computer.
I can create a document (proposal, etc.) on my computer and attach it to the fax, without having to print out a hard copy. Less paper, less ink used.
I can print them from anywhere with internet access (and printer, of course).
I can re-fax anytime, from anywhere (with internet access).
I can forward as an email.
I can send to more than one destination.
It’s cheap. We pay $55/year for 500 pages a month, which is more than we need. Considering the land line alone was over $40, before computing the cost of the fax machine refills, replacing the machine (needed occasionally), the additional desk space we’ve gained…it was a good trade.
There may be other similar services out there, but this one is Nextiva.com, in case you’re looking for an alternative.
The one drawback is that since we’re using our computers/printers and not using a fax machine separately (which can be tied into the system from what I understand), we have to scan items into our computers and then attach them to the faxes online to send them. It can be a bit of a pain, but the tradeoff is worth it. -
“We must do something,” Giffords said, speaking slowly but clearly. “It will be hard, but the time is now. … You must act.”
Giffords urged lawmakers to “be bold, be courageous.”How about “We must do something that gives us measurable results” instead of more meaningless laws that won’t be enforced anyway. That would be bold. That would be courageous. For instance, why were the entrances to the school not secure enough to keep a scrawny little Goth Emo out for long enough to contact the police? Why doesn’t every classroom have a secure door that cannot be opened from the outside without a pass card? Instead of wasting time and money on hollow laws that won’t be enforced, why don’t we beef up the physical security of our schools?
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#52 – much-O better-O!
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#57 Hamous: Here in the CyFair school District, the idiots in charge believe that the “open concept” is the best way to go, no walls or doors on any of the classrooms. It is that way in the elem schools anyway and it is devastating to anyone with even a touch of ADD/HD, not to mention the glaring security risks.
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#55 OLT
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All fax machines must die.
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Morgan Freeman does not have sex. When Morgan Freeman smiles a baby simply appears.
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#60 TT: Very powerful and wise advice.
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HEADLINE:Reagan’s home could become a parking lot for Obama’s library
CHICAGO, Illinois, January 25, 2013 – A new Cold War is brewing here in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood and it has nothing to do with the frigid temperature.
The apartment building at 832 E. 57th Street was once the Chicago home of a boy who would become a President.
No, it’s not Barack Obama of Hawaii. It was at the apartment’s first floor window that a young Ronald Reagan looked out upon the world.
But some powerful Chicagoans are planning to demolish Reagan’s historic home. Is it politically motivated? Is Mayor Rahm Emanuel behind the move?This is in the same vein as the mooslimes putting a mosque on a holy site in a conquered land, kind of like the mosque in NYC near ground zero.
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from my inbox:
A successful rancher died and left everything to his devoted wife.
She was a very good-looking woman and determined to keep the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she decided to place an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand..
Two cowboys applied for the job. One was gay and the other a drunk.
She thought long and hard about it, and when no one else applied she decided to hire the gay guy, figuring it would be safer to have him around the house than the drunk.
He proved to be a hard worker who put in long hours every day and knew a lot about ranching.
For weeks, the two of them worked, and the ranch was doing very well.
Then one day, the rancher’s widow said to the hired hand, “You have done a really good job, and the ranch looks great. You should go into town and kick up your heels.” The hired hand readily agreed and went into town one Saturday night.
One o’clock came, however, and he didn’t return.
Two o’clock and no hired hand.
Finally he returned a round two-thirty, and upon entering the room, he found the rancher’s widow sitting by the fireplace with a glass of wine, waiting for him.
She quietly called him over to her..
“Unbutton my blouse and take it off,” she said.
Trembling, he did as she directed. “Now take off my boots.”
He did as she asked, ever so slowly. “Now take off my socks.”
He removed each gently and placed them neatly by her boots.
“Now take off my skirt.”
He slowly unbuttoned it, constantly watching her eyes in the fire light.
“Now take off my bra..” Again, with trembling hands, he did as he was told and dropped it to the floor..
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Years ago …The law regarding membership in the French Foreign Legion was strictly enforced with the exception of its officers who are for the most part French.
Today, it is estimated that between 40 and 50 percent of the Legion “volunteers” have French Passports. The number is hard to nail down because of the strict conditions of anonymity of the volunteers’s actual names and nationalities maintained by the Legion.
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The proposal we sent out this morning? It came back to us, with new prices written in by the customer.
Since when does the customer get to change our prices?
I emailed him back, asking for clarification on what his notes meant. AND I told him we needed to send a revised proposal with the new prices on it, if he and Hubby come to an agreement on any changes.
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My stepson was Marine (Force Recon). He trained with some guys in the French equivalent and descibes them respectfully as real badasses.
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We had a potential customer request a proposal on some air emissions testing of a boiler a couple of weeks ago. We submitted a reasonable bid and the guy calls back and says he thought the job was worth about 40% less than what we bid. We told him good luck with that.
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Customer was just scribbling notes to himself on the proposal. /facepalm
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#71 Hammy
Hubby had been working with a home builder, trying to get a price on a screwy job. It turns out the city maps weren’t accurate, and we needed to do some investigative digging to find it. When we knew where it was, we would then give him a price. (Digging up a street is a lot more expensive than digging in a dirt ditch.) He found a guy to do the whole job – finding and installing the water meter) for less than half of what we were quoting.
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Just as I suspected. Cats are bad for Gaia.
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It’s not a lack of wealth.
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#71 Hammy
Years ago, we were bidding on a job that required a street cut. As per city ordinance, we had to cut a 10×10 ft piece of pavement and repave it after we were done. Fill it with stabilized sand. All that stuff. We bid around $5000 for the job.
The customer never called back, and I followed up with her. She said she found a guy who would do it for $500. “The materials for the street alone would cost more than that!” I said, “How can he do it for only $500?” She said the guy “had a crew who did this all the time” and “had the materials for it already”. You don’t just keep a steaming pile of asphalt laying around. Or stabilized sand. They both become pretty petrified in short order. I told her that if he refilled the hole with the dirt he dug out, she’d end up with a screwed up street where the work was done. She just hung up, not wanting to talk to me.
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All concur that pet cats should not be allowed to prowl around the neighborhood at will, any more than should a pet dog, horse or potbellied pig, and that cat owners who insist their felines “deserve” a bit of freedom are being irresponsible…
Amen.
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Wind-wise: I was sitting near the windows in a 20th floor conference room, and the glass was vibrating so wildly with the high wind outside, that I envisioned both the huge window pane and moi being sucked out into the elements. Very distracting.
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Cats. the other white meat.
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The mancat we used to have was responsible for 2/3rds of the mole, bird, frog and snake killings in our entire subdivision. And they were all brought to the back porch.
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I saw one of the local feral cats carrying a squirrel by the nape of the neck last week.
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My perpetual problem with the neighbor’s endless circle of cats continues. We are currently in the up cycle with about 15 cats in various stages of development. Within the next six months feline leukemia will take hold and decimate the colony. Then they’ll go out and bring another female to start the cycle over. The old curmudgeon neighbor who used to keep them under control passed away a few years ago so there is no population control. I had a strict don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy as to inquiring on his method. Whatever it was, it was successful, and I’m sure more humane than wasting away from leukemia.
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bunsonburner captured going through airport Xray
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I saw one of the local feral cats carrying a squirrel by the nape of the neck last week.
That was a first, for me.At least once a week I see that same thing. That is the only thing positive I can say about my cat problem – they do catch tomato-eating tree rats.
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#83 – linky-no-worky
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Fixed it Mr Fish. Scroll down bout 1/4 of the page
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Pretty good Volkswagen Super Bowl ad:
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Damn machines are taking over all the jobs in the US
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Semper Fi! Thank you General Amos
Some Marine combat jobs may remain closed to women
Jim Michaels5:56p.m. EST January 29, 2013
WASHINGTON — In his first interview since the Pentagon opened ground combat jobs to women, the commandant of the Marine Corps said some occupations may ultimately remain closed if only a small number qualify.
The Marines will not lower physical standards for certain specialties, Gen. James Amos told USA TODAY. “We can’t afford to lower standards,” he said. “We can’t make adjustments on what’s required on the battlefield.
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McCain proposed an immigration bill in which illegal aliens will pay back taxes and a fine and move to the back of the line.
It should work. After all, it’s their willingness to obey the law and wait their turn in line which brought them to America in the first place. -
New Orleans is hosting the Super Bowl on Sunday followed by Mardi Gras the next two days. Luckily there’s good coordination with the government.
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Did you see “The Bark Side”?
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“Ready for Hillary” filed papers with the FEC so they can raise money to draft Hillary Clinton for president.
She’s survived Whitewater, Travelgate, Rose Law Firm billings investigations, an insider trading probe about her killing in cattle futures, and now Benghazi. That means that the only things left alive after a nuclear war would be cockroaches and Hillary. -
Life is not a box of chocolates
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Apparently bunsonburner got a little rowdy on the plane.
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#90- HUH? no SINGER?
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Is feline leukemia hereditary or communicable?
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communicable
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Local Chicago NPR station WBEZ has unrolled an advertising campaign for its membership drive that calls on its listeners to “go make babies today.”
I suppose I should accept the fact that I will never understand the “progressive” mindset. For 40 years they’ve been trumpeting the joys of abortion now they want their fellow Leftist listeners to make babies?
Maybe they’re realizing that, in addition to conservative voters shrinking compared to Hispanics, the same thing is happening to pasty-white self-loathing NPR listeners. There’s probably not much support in the Hispanic community for NPR. -
Hows that going green working for you?
Last week, some customers of an Arizona utility company were a shocked by the notice they received along with their monthly bill. The bill stuffer informed them in the coming months they would see a new charge in light of the success of energy efficiency measures.
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Hammy – WB – if you want to look at tomorrow’s post and make it more user-friendly, please have at it. If not, no biggie.
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I got some free time right now so here goes. I think the best point in this article regarding Rubio and immigration are as follows (key points in bold):
We agree with Senator Rubio’s view that “we can’t be the only nation in the world that does not enforce its immigration laws. . . . Modernization of the legal immigration system is impossible unless we first secure the border and implement an E-Verify system.” We very much doubt that Senator Rubio will achieve meaningful border security in cooperation with Senators Schumer, Durbin, Menendez, and Bennet. The less-of-the-same version being developed in the House with the support of John Boehner and Paul Ryan almost certainly will suffer from similar defects, since it appears to be based on the same premises. And the other party in this negotiation, President Obama, is even less likely to place enforcement at the center of his immigration agenda; the president has nominally endorsed the Senate reform principles, but the White House already has signaled that it intends to oppose Rubio’s proposal that any amnesty be delayed until the security of the border has been verified.
Rather than getting their heads handed to them in yet another grand bargain, Republicans should push for piecemeal reform through focused, narrow legislation. Senator Rubio’s security measures would be a good place to start. Mandatory and universal use of E-Verify, together with improvements in the program, should have been legislated years ago. We should create a technological system for monitoring and preventing visa overstays, the source of 40 percent of our illegal immigration, to say nothing of the 9/11 plotters — although Congress has already mandated it six separate times in the past 17 years, and it’s still not done. Likewise, Congress passed a law in 2006 mandating that a double-layer border fence be completed; it has not. Which is to say, the executive branch is no more in compliance with the law than the illegals themselves. Congress should demand that the fence be completed in accordance with the law. Other reforms, such as making economic skills rather than the reunification of extended families the main criterion for legal immigration, also deserve consideration. But rather than achieve that, both the president’s program and Rubio’s would expand “guest worker” provisions, as though there were an acute shortage of low-skilled labor in the United States.
Senator Rubio argues that a grand bargain is necessary because an enforcement-only bill could not pass the Senate, while an amnesty-only deal would not pass the House. But he is drawing the wrong conclusion from that stalemate: The better course of action is to fight for sensible enforcement provisions right now and let Democrats explain to an anxious electorate why they insist on holding enforcement of the law hostage to an immediate amnesty. And no grand bargain will take immigration off the table as a political issue: Liberals can always argue for weaker enforcement provisions in the future, easier pathways to legal residency and citizenship, and the like.To sum up the emphasized portions, National Review is endorsing enforcement efforts first which I’m very much in favor of but very skeptical as to whether or not that’ll get any traction. Here’s my thoughts.
Durng the day when I began to think of my man in 2008, Duncan Hunter. When in the process of siding wit a candidate, I originally sided with tom Tancredo precisely because he spoke like no other I knew regarding border security. But when he began to appear kookyt ome I got apprehensive in supporting him bt ddn’t want to let go entirely until I was introduced to House Representative Duncan Hunter. He spoke with just as much force as tancredo on border security but was much more reasonable on border security and inifinitely more so on everything else. I went full Hunter and I’ve never supported anyone so enthusiatically since. And this leads to the National Review article.
Duncan Hunter was responsible for getting the San Diego fence built which had a significant impact on reducing illegal crossings. ven though some suggested that illegals simply moved their corssing location, Hunter seized that possiblity to say (paraphrasing), “in other words, the fence works. What we want to do is to force illegal crossings into a minimal amount of places and control those places.”
Duncan Hunter also lead the way to getting a national fence authorized. As noted, however, by the NR article, that never materialized. Hunter was susccessful in getting it renewed in 2007 but even that came to a halt despite its requiring the government to build a fence. Senator DeMint tried to renew it again in 2011 in the Senate but that failed to even come close to becoming a law.
So, despite my liking the idea of enforcement only and first and then deal with which ilegal stays and which goes as the best and morally right way to reform immigration, would it work? Would such an effort ever come to fuition? I’m highly skeptical. Is there a Duncan Hunter today? Nope. Even if there were, under Hunter’s determined and focused leadership, less than half of the required length of the borderfence was ever built. And that is from both Republican and Democrat control over the law’s execution.
This leads us to the present day situation. Although the Senate proposed bill has its flaws and needs working on (and it is designed to be worked on before an actual bill is proposed) , I do like the enforcement portion of the proposition. I also like Marco Rubio going out and saying he will not support any bill without enforcement. He’s the only person I know of that is doing that and has opened himself up far more than anyone I know of for public feedback. Frankly, that’s what senators should do so in and of itself, I like what Rubio’s doing. I also like his emphasis on enforcement. While the NR article makes a case for enforcement first, while I’d love to see it happen, I don’t see it moving forward, even if it were made into law. As for those who oppose amnesy, as does NR, what to do with those already here?
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The drummer looks like General Grievous’s cousin.
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Thank you General Amos
I agree.
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We are currently in the up cycle with about 15 cats in various stages of development.
Oh mis gatos. We have a cat lady at the end of the street. I think she has upwards of 30 cats but they all seem to stay inside.
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I think I’ve worn out the continuity of this line of thinking.
Really???
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In the meantime, back in Realville.
Marco Rubio has the right take as far as process: He’s actually trying to persuade conservatives rather than delivering unto them an ex cathedra declaration cooked up between John McCain and Lindsey Graham.
And that’s nice. No, really.
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Hamous #30;
The two largest supporters of Boy Scouts are the LDS and Catholic Churches. I don’t think those churches will maintain ties with an organization once it becomes antithetic to church teaching.
I’ve no authority to speak on behalf of the LDS Church nor have I read any offical response to the possibility regarding Boy Scouts. I have *heard*, again, NOT from anythng official, that the LDS Church will not impose any authority over individual troops’ decision regarding homosexual acceptance ad it recognizes its own authority regarding the decisions amongst troops sponsored by the LDS Church. Beyond that indeed the LDS Church may break off from the Boy Scouts and that threat has proved pivotal until now in the Boy Scouts adoting its current position that if you’re homosexual, fine, so long as you do not proclaim it nor act on it.
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Really???
You think I should continue? 😉
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You see, when it comes to Border Security we need to be reeeeeeeesonable.
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So as not to appear raaaaaaacist.
Just a thought: if someone hates all races equally, is that person a racist?
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Just a democratic racist.
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Crap. Niki just called and we have possible head lice in the household. One of Breelahn’s friends was found with it today and that friend was over yesterday. I’ve never bought head lice stuff before so looking for something will be a novice experience.
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Malik Shabaaz
I have forgotten his name. I’d like to send him a Christmas card from my cracker family including my babies.
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Whoohoo, W-2s were sent out today. Now I can get my money that I’ve should’ve been allowed to keep in the first place.
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Darren – From About.com
Head Lice Treatments
If you do see live lice moving around on her head, then she needs to be treated. In addition to over-the-counter medicines, like Rid and Nix, and prescription medicines, such as Ovide, there are many natural home remedies that you could try. Keep in mind that according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, Nix ‘is currently the recommended treatment for head lice, with retreatment in 7 to 10 days if live lice are seen.’
Head Lice Home Remedies
If you don’t want to use a chemical on your child’s head, the most effective treatment that doesn’t involve using any products at all simply involves removing the nits and live lice with a lice comb and/or tweezers. This is the method that is advocated by The National Pediculosis Association. It can be time consuming to do this and you may have to repeat the procedure for several days to make sure you get them all, but this is likely the best thing to do. You still have to take the time to comb out all of the nits anyway even if you use an anti-lice shampoo, as these shampoos don’t kill the eggs. If you don’t, they will just hatch and you will have live lice again.
Most other natural home remedies involve putting something on your child’s scalp and hair to ‘smother’ the head lice. Popular choices include real mayonnaise, olive oil, and vaseline. These are usually left on overnight, often under a shower cap, and then washed out the next day. They can be very messy though and have not really been proven to work. Some experts believe that this method ‘works’ because you actually remove the nits and lice as you try to get this stuff out of the child’s hair.
There are also herbal remedies to treat head lice, including products with tea tree oil and other essential oils. Because they are ‘natural,’ these are not regulated by the FDA, have not been proven to work, and should be used with caution and avoided in younger children.
Parents and pediatricians can also now to turn to Ulesfia (Benzyl Alcohol Lotion 5%) as a non-pesticide prescription treatment for head lice. Ulesfia can be applied to the hair of children over 6 months of age with head lice until it is saturated, washed off after 10 minutes, and then reapplied 7 days later. Unlike Nix, Rid and other head lice shampoos, Ulesfia is thought to work by blocking the louses respiratory spiracles, thereby suffocating them.Good luck. Even the cleanest households can get these buggers, and they are a pain to get rid of. The nit comb will be your best friend.
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Is there any sanity left in the upper realm of the US Navy? Have they been completely consumed by gaia worship?
HEADLINE: Swept Away
Navy to scrap $277 million ship to avoid scraping reef
A United States minesweeper ship that crashed into a coral reef due to inaccurate Navy maps will have to be cut into small pieces and removed in order to prevent harming the ocean’s ecosystem, according to the Navy and other reports.The inmates have obviously taken over the asylum.
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#84 Hambone
I had a strict don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy as to inquiring on his method. Whatever it was, it was successful, and I’m sure more humane than wasting away from leukemia.
Ethylene glycolanti-freeze mixed with cat food or tuna fish. It causes renal failure in 24 hours. FWIW; the active ingredient has a sweet taste that dawgs and cats like. Go figger.
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Well gawleeeee. Gomer married a man.
Lord have mercy.
Bet Sgt Carter is rolling 6 ft under.
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Speaking of racists and immigration – Here’s a “progressive” complaining about how racist conservatives are.
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Shannon;
I guess. It’s got more kick than mushrooms on pizza, that’s for sure.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pgHxFNFWlZc
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Tedtam;
Thanks. I just shaved Rhuelin’s head and no signs of lice or nits. Breelahn has a spot or two which could be nits and Niki just went shopping for some lice stuff. I can shave Breelahn’s hair but I prefer to avoid the Sinead O’Conner look in the home. Kason’s next to be shaved but he’s adamant not to be shaved too short. We can compromise, I’m sure. -
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One word – kerosene.
You can use the leftovers as lamp oil or to light your charcoal.
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Piers Morgan got beat by a queer.
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#127 hamous
“crazy cracker on the right”
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I was able to snap up crazycrackersontheright.com.
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#134 hamous
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I was able to snap up crazycrackersontheright.com.
The Couch gets an addition? Wahoo!
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💡 We could make it Shannon’s time out room.
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Rhuelin;s shave was easy. He basically got a buzz cut, really short. Kason’s, not so much. Niki had to even out the hair after I was done. But, hey, I’m a water is half full kind of guy so the fact that I give bad haircuts is evidence that I’m not gay. That’s good, right?
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I was wondering why Squawk seemed to be tormenting Pyro today. Is there a back story?
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Well gawleee. Guess I didn’t scroll up far enough before I posted my Gomer link.
Looks like I was scooped by the very first post.
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#139 – there are light years between a lil ribbin and torment trust me (stop thinking so hard you’ll hurtchyerself)
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#139 mh42
Those were really mild.
A couple were actually interesting.
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Don’t mess with wagonburner’s people.
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/01/29/camden-county-man-arrested-for-allegedly-shooting-and-killing-another-man-with-bow-and-arrow/ -
El macho senador Ted Cruz esta cruzado con el debate de gun control.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/01/30/ted-cruz-schools-baltimore-county-police-chief-on-gun-crime-n1501579
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