I finally reached one of my personal goals. I promised to reward myself, so I’m planning on arranging for a massage at a local massage school.
I remember writing a commendation letter for a guy who worked with the city for going above and beyond in helping me with a problem. I found out later that he was given recognition in the city employees’ newsletter, along with a $500 bonus. It made his day, getting recognition from all of his friends and seeing his name in the newsletter. (He soon after received a promotion, too.) The guy who originally took my call and refused to help me sat there and sulked. Tough nuts.
Little kids in school get gold stars. My second grade teacher handed out “vitamins” (pieces of candy) for good behavior or good effort. I toss candy to my kids in class to encourage participation.
I taught our dog to roll over using pieces of sausage, and when those ran out, watermelon. I found out that she LOVED watermelon! (It took me about a half hour to get her to roll over, by the way.) Other behavior (not running out of the door, not snapping at food, etc.) was reinforced with lots of love and positive reinforcement. I loved that dog!
My children were given near continuous positive reinforcement when they exhibited good behaviors, like playing together and sharing. I believed in reinforcing positive behaviors rather than paying attention to bad behavior, so I was always on my toes to catch them “doing good”. They got a lot of reinforcing comments. I actually loved them more than the dog. 😉
I guess our lives are defined by the positive and negative reinforcements that we get. From our parents to our government to our friends to our pets, our morals and our behaviors are formed by the environments in which we grow.
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I knew it!
Krauthammer on The Establishment:
Karl Rove is the president. We meet every month on the full moon. I’ve explained this. At the Masonic Temple. We have the ritual: Karl brings the incense, I bring the live lamb and the long knife, and we began . . . with a pledge of allegiance to the Trilateral Commission. That is how it works.
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I knew it!
Krauthammer on The Establishment:Karl Rove is the president. We meet every month on the full moon. I’ve explained this. At the Masonic Temple. We have the ritual: Karl brings the incense, I bring the live lamb and the long knife, and we began . . . with a pledge of allegiance to the Trilateral Commission. That is how it works.
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I found out that she LOVED watermelon!
Most dogs seem to really like canned green beans.
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I found out that she LOVED watermelon!
Most dogs seem to really like canned green beans.
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Those are the same techniques that the Democrats use on the “vunerables.”
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Those are the same techniques that the Democrats use on the “vunerables.”
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Is there a lot of dust in the air?
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A pleasant day in Friendswood; the Cardinals have become adults and no longer hang around the house. There’s no welfare food in the feeder. It turns out when you ensure their needs are met, they just hang around, have more Cardinals and everyone benefits. I miss the whistles, although a flock of Cedar Waxwings flew though last week I knew their song from my youth, but couldn’t place it until a coworker showed me pictures from her backyard.
I was somewhat surprised that the SEALS rescuing that American the other day, did not receive more press. Nor the President’s policy regarding those who take American hostages. I guess when this kind of stuff becomes common place it’s no longer news.
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A pleasant day in Friendswood; the Cardinals have become adults and no longer hang around the house. There’s no welfare food in the feeder. It turns out when you ensure their needs are met, they just hang around, have more Cardinals and everyone benefits. I miss the whistles, although a flock of Cedar Waxwings flew though last week I knew their song from my youth, but couldn’t place it until a coworker showed me pictures from her backyard.
I was somewhat surprised that the SEALS rescuing that American the other day, did not receive more press. Nor the President’s policy regarding those who take American hostages. I guess when this kind of stuff becomes common place it’s no longer news. -
Just when you thought it can’t become any more bizarre.
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Just when you thought it can’t become any more bizarre.
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G’Morning All
Good OC post TT.
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I’m suprised there was no 24/7 media about her from the get-go, I mean it was a cute white girl missing.
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Looks like OBH has finally (I hope) thrown Holder under the bus.
The Department of Justice, at the direction of the White House, has dumped more than 500 pages of documents including emails on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chaired by Darrell Issa tonight. Sources say that among these are at least one email on 15 December 2010 from then US Attorney Dennis K. Burke to Monty Wilkinson, aide to Eric Holder, informing the Attorney General office of the murder of Brian Terry and, later that day, of the seizure at the scene of Fast and Furious weapons.
The email messages show the former top federal prosecutor in Arizona, Dennis Burke, notifying an aide to Holder via email on Dec. 15, 2010 that agent Brian Terry had been wounded and died. “Tragic,” responds the aide, Monty Wilkinson. “I’ve alerted the AG, the acting Deputy Attorney General…”
Only a few minutes later, Wilkinson emailed again, saying, “Please provide any additional details as they become available to you.”
Burke then delivered another piece of bad news: “The guns found in the desert near the murder [sic] … officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about — they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store.”
Remember, these emails are from December, 2010. Holder testified under oath he didn’t know about it until April, 2011
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Looks like OBH has finally (I hope) thrown Holder under the bus.
The Department of Justice, at the direction of the White House, has dumped more than 500 pages of documents including emails on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chaired by Darrell Issa tonight. Sources say that among these are at least one email on 15 December 2010 from then US Attorney Dennis K. Burke to Monty Wilkinson, aide to Eric Holder, informing the Attorney General office of the murder of Brian Terry and, later that day, of the seizure at the scene of Fast and Furious weapons.
The email messages show the former top federal prosecutor in Arizona, Dennis Burke, notifying an aide to Holder via email on Dec. 15, 2010 that agent Brian Terry had been wounded and died. “Tragic,” responds the aide, Monty Wilkinson. “I’ve alerted the AG, the acting Deputy Attorney General…”
Only a few minutes later, Wilkinson emailed again, saying, “Please provide any additional details as they become available to you.”
Burke then delivered another piece of bad news: “The guns found in the desert near the murder [sic] … officer connect back to the investigation we were going to talk about — they were AK-47s purchased at a Phoenix gun store.”Remember, these emails are from December, 2010. Holder testified under oath he didn’t know about it until April, 2011
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/01/27/146010135/emails-show-how-fast-and-furious-ambush-news-unfolded-at-justice-dept
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Latest on Georgia elegibility hearing:
Georgia judge considered ‘default’ against Obama
Ruling could have brought immediate recommendation to remove name from ballot
Published: 11 hours agoAttorneys who argued in a Georgia court this week that Barack Obama isn’t eligible to be president say Administrative Law Judge Michael Malihi considered granting a default judgment before they even argued the case.
That presumably could have recommended that Obama failed to prove his eligibility and therefore should not be on the 2012 ballot, since he and his lawyer snubbed the hearing, for which Obama was subpoenaed.
But the attorneys argued against such an easy victory on the point of the single hearing, expressing instead their desire to get the evidence concerning Obama’s eligibility or lack of it in the record, so that it would be there should the case elevate to an appellate level.
The attorneys also said the strategy decision by Obama to simply ignore the subpoena and the hearing may ultimately backfire, because judges typically aren’t pleased to listen to arguments from someone who wants to introduce evidence during an appeal.
Both attorneys, J. Mark Hatfield and Van R. Irion of Liberty Legal Foundation told WND they felt comfortable discussing the situation as the judge had imposed no ban on communicating what happened.
“The judge … was considering just entering a default judgment against Obama,” Hatfield said today. “The plaintiffs’ attorneys uniformly did not want the judge to do that because there wouldn’t be any evidence in the record at all.”
In Georgia, state law requires “every candidate for federal” office who is certified by the state executive committees of a political party or who files a notice of candidacy “shall meet the constitutional and statutory qualifications for holding the office being sought.”
“That President Obama’s attorneys didn’t show respect for the court, the citizens, the secretary of state, and the statutes of Georgia reveals the true character of the administration as being completely and utterly against state’s rights,” said attorney Leo Donofrio. “The federal government is growing out of control with every administration and this action today is a loud announcement that this administration is going to do what it likes, and you can imagine that their response to this judiciary would be exactly the same if this had been the U.S. Supreme Court.”
He said if Georgia does decide to keep Obama off its state election ballots, he won’t appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, “because if he were to lose there, his entire administration would be void, including his appointments to the Supreme Court.”
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Latest on Georgia elegibility hearing:
Georgia judge considered ‘default’ against Obama
Ruling could have brought immediate recommendation to remove name from ballot
Published: 11 hours ago
Attorneys who argued in a Georgia court this week that Barack Obama isn’t eligible to be president say Administrative Law Judge Michael Malihi considered granting a default judgment before they even argued the case.
That presumably could have recommended that Obama failed to prove his eligibility and therefore should not be on the 2012 ballot, since he and his lawyer snubbed the hearing, for which Obama was subpoenaed.
But the attorneys argued against such an easy victory on the point of the single hearing, expressing instead their desire to get the evidence concerning Obama’s eligibility or lack of it in the record, so that it would be there should the case elevate to an appellate level.
The attorneys also said the strategy decision by Obama to simply ignore the subpoena and the hearing may ultimately backfire, because judges typically aren’t pleased to listen to arguments from someone who wants to introduce evidence during an appeal.
Both attorneys, J. Mark Hatfield and Van R. Irion of Liberty Legal Foundation told WND they felt comfortable discussing the situation as the judge had imposed no ban on communicating what happened.
“The judge … was considering just entering a default judgment against Obama,” Hatfield said today. “The plaintiffs’ attorneys uniformly did not want the judge to do that because there wouldn’t be any evidence in the record at all.”
In Georgia, state law requires “every candidate for federal” office who is certified by the state executive committees of a political party or who files a notice of candidacy “shall meet the constitutional and statutory qualifications for holding the office being sought.”
“That President Obama’s attorneys didn’t show respect for the court, the citizens, the secretary of state, and the statutes of Georgia reveals the true character of the administration as being completely and utterly against state’s rights,” said attorney Leo Donofrio. “The federal government is growing out of control with every administration and this action today is a loud announcement that this administration is going to do what it likes, and you can imagine that their response to this judiciary would be exactly the same if this had been the U.S. Supreme Court.”
He said if Georgia does decide to keep Obama off its state election ballots, he won’t appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, “because if he were to lose there, his entire administration would be void, including his appointments to the Supreme Court.” -
Not a tumor. Hairball the size of a minivan.
Cats are only cool if they’re at least the size of a cougar.
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Not a tumor. Hairball the size of a minivan.
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Good point, but I don’t think it’s close enough to spin the press up. Plus the kidnappee’s family having connections helps. It’s a judgement call, does one go public in an effort to force the government to do something to stop the publicity, or does one have faith that the government is doing all they can?
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Good point, but I don’t think it’s close enough to spin the press up. Plus the kidnappee’s family having connections helps. It’s a judgement call, does one go public in an effort to force the government to do something to stop the publicity, or does one have faith that the government is doing all they can?
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The enormous furball weighed as much as two iphones
That’s an odd way of measuring, what would that be 2 1/2 Droids?
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The enormous furball weighed as much as two iphones
That’s an odd way of measuring, what would that be 2 1/2 Droids?
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It was also the size of two cricket balls.
I didn’t even know crickets had testicules, let alone that they were so well endowed.
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It was also the size of two cricket balls.
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An interesting article in the The American Prospect this morning.
Has Newt Gingrich floundered in Florida because he doesn’t understand his own appeal to GOP voters?Gingrich really did well when he played the victim role with regards to the press. The us against them concept really resonates well with the red meat crowd, they love to be victims. Perhaps if Newt refocuses on that theme – you’re a victim of (Obama, press, liberals, Romney, Republican Establishment, etc) he’ll regain primary momentum. This idea stuff doesn’t appear to sit well with the base.
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An interesting article in the The American Prospect this morning.
Has Newt Gingrich floundered in Florida because he doesn’t understand his own appeal to GOP voters?
Gingrich really did well when he played the victim role with regards to the press. The us against them concept really resonates well with the red meat crowd, they love to be victims. Perhaps if Newt refocuses on that theme – you’re a victim of (Obama, press, liberals, Romney, Republican Establishment, etc) he’ll regain primary momentum. This idea stuff doesn’t appear to sit well with the base. -
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A sad note in the Chronicle today, Hull House in Chicago has closed, a victim of its own success. Catering to immigrant populations, these do-gooders influenced social legislation involving childrens labor and equal rights for women and Americans.
In Yankeeland at least, Hull House and the work of Jane Addams always earned a sentence or two in school textbooks about secular, private enterprise, social responsibility and social christianity as an offset to the perceived threat posed by the social works of the Roman Catholic Church. -
A sad note in the Chronicle today, Hull House in Chicago has closed, a victim of its own success. Catering to immigrant populations, these do-gooders influenced social legislation involving childrens labor and equal rights for women and Americans.
In Yankeeland at least, Hull House and the work of Jane Addams always earned a sentence or two in school textbooks about secular, private enterprise, social responsibility and social christianity as an offset to the perceived threat posed by the social works of the Roman Catholic Church. -
It’s a pretentious bird…no it’s a Van Halen…no it’s a Van Hager…no it’s a Roth Vai?
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It’s a pretentious bird…no it’s a Van Halen…no it’s a Van Hager…no it’s a Roth Vai?
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We need several of these and fully equipped.
HEADLINE: Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East
The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats.In response to requests from U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, the Navy is converting an aging warship it had planned to decommission into a makeshift staging base for the commandos. Unofficially dubbed a “mothership,” the floating base could accommodate smaller high-speed boats and helicopters commonly used by Navy SEALs, procurement documents show.
I am having a hard time believing that the JugEars admin is actually doing something right. Take an old ship and re-purpose it to fit the need instead of scrapping it and building new. That being said, they are trying to purpose build ships for this very type of mission, but the re-fit is a whole lot cheaper and faster.
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We need several of these and fully equipped.
HEADLINE: Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East
The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats.
In response to requests from U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, the Navy is converting an aging warship it had planned to decommission into a makeshift staging base for the commandos. Unofficially dubbed a “mothership,” the floating base could accommodate smaller high-speed boats and helicopters commonly used by Navy SEALs, procurement documents show.I am having a hard time believing that the JugEars admin is actually doing something right. Take an old ship and re-purpose it to fit the need instead of scrapping it and building new. That being said, they are trying to purpose build ships for this very type of mission, but the re-fit is a whole lot cheaper and faster.
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Whomever this JugEars that you speak of is, I doubt of it was his plan. Cutting the size of army and Navy in favor of special forces was a Rumsfeld policy. Of course he had his critics inside and outside of the military who howled at the change in thinking, but the administration recognized that while armies and Navy’s take and hold territory, they’re a mother to keep funded when there’s an outbreak of peace. For the majority of skirmishes, military force applied at the right time and place may be the ticket.
President Obama can be credited with implementing a concept related to a military type organization dedicated to nation building. That is moving along nicely, albeit it under the RADAR as part of the black ops budget.[When sarge stumbles in, he can explain why it’s such a bad idea. ;)]
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Whomever this JugEars that you speak of is, I doubt of it was his plan. Cutting the size of army and Navy in favor of special forces was a Rumsfeld policy. Of course he had his critics inside and outside of the military who howled at the change in thinking, but the administration recognized that while armies and Navy’s take and hold territory, they’re a mother to keep funded when there’s an outbreak of peace. For the majority of skirmishes, military force applied at the right time and place may be the ticket.
President Obama can be credited with implementing a concept related to a military type organization dedicated to nation building. That is moving along nicely, albeit it under the RADAR as part of the black ops budget.
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M42, from last night:
45 mharper42 says:
January 27, 2012 at 7:51 pm
#38 Bones
DO NOT LET THEM COMMIT SURGERY ON YOU
X-rays don’t lie. My leg bones are rubbin’ on my thigh bones, ya hear me?More information is always useful. Because you have a “bone on bone” condition, if the “acid trip” doesn’t take you where you need to go you are looking at a total knee replacement. Further your condition is causing the muscles to get tight to splint the unstable knee; this is happening on a neurological (autonomic-unconscious) level and will continue to reduce range of motion to the point that you will become Princess Peg-leg.
Don’t despair because if the acid trip does not work, the knee replacement will. The knees made today are much better than just 10 years ago. The other issue that must be dealt with is that the muscles are not going to “un-splint” by themselves; they must be worked by a skilled therapist. The bad news is that the un-splinting process is painful and there is no way around it but you must go through it in order to restore reasonable function to your knee. Your knee(s) may not feel like they did when you were 12, but after you go through the process you should be able to function with a minimum or no pain.Let me be extremely blunt: If you do not approach your rehab with complete commitment your procedure will fail. The rehab is just as important as the surgery. If you let this go on too long you will trash the other knee and your hip(s).
I strongly recommend that you start getting muscle therapy to your knee before your acid trip as some of the painful work will have already been done and it will not be added to the pain associated with the procedure. Please call me or e-mail me directly (MR. BLOG MONKEY: PLEASE RELEASE MY INFO TO MHARPER42) if she requests it. -
M42, from last night:
45 mharper42 says:
January 27, 2012 at 7:51 pm
#38 Bones
DO NOT LET THEM COMMIT SURGERY ON YOU
X-rays don’t lie. My leg bones are rubbin’ on my thigh bones, ya hear me?More information is always useful. Because you have a “bone on bone” condition, if the “acid trip” doesn’t take you where you need to go you are looking at a total knee replacement. Further your condition is causing the muscles to get tight to splint the unstable knee; this is happening on a neurological (autonomic-unconscious) level and will continue to reduce range of motion to the point that you will become Princess Peg-leg.
Don’t despair because if the acid trip does not work, the knee replacement will. The knees made today are much better than just 10 years ago. The other issue that must be dealt with is that the muscles are not going to “un-splint” by themselves; they must be worked by a skilled therapist. The bad news is that the un-splinting process is painful and there is no way around it but you must go through it in order to restore reasonable function to your knee. Your knee(s) may not feel like they did when you were 12, but after you go through the process you should be able to function with a minimum or no pain.
Let me be extremely blunt: If you do not approach your rehab with complete commitment your procedure will fail. The rehab is just as important as the surgery. If you let this go on too long you will trash the other knee and your hip(s).
I strongly recommend that you start getting muscle therapy to your knee before your acid trip as some of the painful work will have already been done and it will not be added to the pain associated with the procedure. Please call me or e-mail me directly (MR. BLOG MONKEY: PLEASE RELEASE MY INFO TO MHARPER42) if she requests it. -
For the majority of skirmishes, military force applied at the right time and place may be the ticket.
Yep. Go in, kill ’em, git out.
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For the majority of skirmishes, military force applied at the right time and place may be the ticket.
Yep. Go in, kill ’em, git out.
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#22 Sham: I am not suggesting that cutting the size of the Navy or Army is the thing to do. I am suggesting that this is a very good investment and should be used to add to and not replace.
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#22 Sham: I am not suggesting that cutting the size of the Navy or Army is the thing to do. I am suggesting that this is a very good investment and should be used to add to and not replace.
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Mrs. Shamaal had her knee replaced with a titanium one. The insurance company required a number of treatments to be performed before authorizing the procedure. Among them were pills and hydrocortisone shots. She was up and hobbling the day of the surgery in pain, but it was clear it was now a muscular pain that could be relieved and not that horrid bone-on-bone pain.
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Mrs. Shamaal had her knee replaced with a titanium one. The insurance company required a number of treatments to be performed before authorizing the procedure. Among them were pills and hydrocortisone shots. She was up and hobbling the day of the surgery in pain, but it was clear it was now a muscular pain that could be relieved and not that horrid bone-on-bone pain.
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Anyone order chicken wings?
A recently discovered mysterious “winged” structure in England, which in the Roman period may have been used as a temple, presents a puzzle for archaeologists, who say the building has no known parallels.
Built around 1,800 years ago, the structure was discovered in Norfolk, in eastern England, just to the south of the ancient town of Venta Icenorum. The structure has two wings radiating out from a rectangular room that in turn leads to a central room.
“Generally speaking, [during] the Roman Empire people built within a fixed repertoire of architectural forms,” said William Bowden, a professor at the University of Nottingham, who reported the find in the most recent edition of the Journal of Roman Archaeology. The investigation was carried out in conjunction with the Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group.
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Anyone order chicken wings?
A recently discovered mysterious “winged” structure in England, which in the Roman period may have been used as a temple, presents a puzzle for archaeologists, who say the building has no known parallels.
Built around 1,800 years ago, the structure was discovered in Norfolk, in eastern England, just to the south of the ancient town of Venta Icenorum. The structure has two wings radiating out from a rectangular room that in turn leads to a central room.
“Generally speaking, [during] the Roman Empire people built within a fixed repertoire of architectural forms,” said William Bowden, a professor at the University of Nottingham, who reported the find in the most recent edition of the Journal of Roman Archaeology. The investigation was carried out in conjunction with the Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group. -
KABUL (Reuters) – A cache of ancient Jewish scrolls from northern Afghanistan that has only recently come to light is creating a storm among scholars who say the landmark find could reveal an undiscovered side of medieval Jewry.
The 150 or so documents, dated from the 11th century, were found in Afghanistan’s Samangan province and most likely smuggled out — a sorry but common fate for the impoverished and war-torn country’s antiquities.
Israeli emeritus professor Shaul Shaked, who has examined some of the poems, commercial records and judicial agreements that make up the treasure, said while the existence of ancient Afghan Jewry is known, their culture was still a mystery.
“Here, for the first time, we see evidence and we can actually study the writings of this Jewish community. It’s very exciting,” Shaked told Reuters by telephone from Israel, where he teaches at the Comparative Religion and Iranian Studies department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
This is exciting.
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KABUL (Reuters) – A cache of ancient Jewish scrolls from northern Afghanistan that has only recently come to light is creating a storm among scholars who say the landmark find could reveal an undiscovered side of medieval Jewry.
The 150 or so documents, dated from the 11th century, were found in Afghanistan’s Samangan province and most likely smuggled out — a sorry but common fate for the impoverished and war-torn country’s antiquities.
Israeli emeritus professor Shaul Shaked, who has examined some of the poems, commercial records and judicial agreements that make up the treasure, said while the existence of ancient Afghan Jewry is known, their culture was still a mystery.
“Here, for the first time, we see evidence and we can actually study the writings of this Jewish community. It’s very exciting,” Shaked told Reuters by telephone from Israel, where he teaches at the Comparative Religion and Iranian Studies department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.This is exciting.
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#28 Darren: What is current day Afghanistan was part of the Persian Empire during the time when the events of the Book of Esther took place. There was a substantial Jewish presence there as they had all been exiled from Israel.
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#28 Darren: What is current day Afghanistan was part of the Persian Empire during the time when the events of the Book of Esther took place. There was a substantial Jewish presence there as they had all been exiled from Israel.
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Good morning Hamsters. Brisk 51 this morning at 7, beautfiul sunny day unfolds with a high expected to be only in the mid 60s. Perfect Winter weather.
Mharper42 from yesterday’s thread regarding knee injection with hyaluronic acid. My good friend who is 81 has had injections in both arthritic knees over the last 5 years or so (not simultaneously) and gotten significant relief from hyaluronic acid infusions into the knee joint capsules. It is not a permanent fix and must be repeated whenever the need arises, which is quite an individual matter. My friend’s rheumatologist urged her to if possible post injection refrain from a lot of walking for several days to a week and to frequently rest with her feet elevated to slow it from migrating outside the joint capsule before it can do the most good.
To my knowledge the first product available for human treatment was Synvisc, though there are likely other brands now of hyaluronic acid. The veterinary version, Legend, is the same thing and has been used for animals for some years before it was available for people.
Before her retirement from showing in 2005, Contessa had several Legend injections for a bone spur on a hock. (Human equivalent would be the heel, but quadrupeds do not stand on their hocks, which are much higher up the hind leg; they walk on their toes. Horses walk on one toe encapsulated in the hoof. End comparative anatomy aside.) Legend helped her significantly. Mara (23) and Contessa (20) receive monthly Legend injections systemically during the winter months to ease the arthritis they now have. It’s supplemented with bimonthly systemic injections of Adequan. (I don’t know if it has a human equivalent.) Both seem to help them significantly. Legend is $92 a dose, and Adequan is $50 a dose. Synvisc is a lot more costly. Orthopedists tend to be somewhat amazed at the difference. Hmmmmm.
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Good morning Hamsters. Brisk 51 this morning at 7, beautfiul sunny day unfolds with a high expected to be only in the mid 60s. Perfect Winter weather.
Mharper42 from yesterday’s thread regarding knee injection with hyaluronic acid. My good friend who is 81 has had injections in both arthritic knees over the last 5 years or so (not simultaneously) and gotten significant relief from hyaluronic acid infusions into the knee joint capsules. It is not a permanent fix and must be repeated whenever the need arises, which is quite an individual matter. My friend’s rheumatologist urged her to if possible post injection refrain from a lot of walking for several days to a week and to frequently rest with her feet elevated to slow it from migrating outside the joint capsule before it can do the most good.
To my knowledge the first product available for human treatment was Synvisc, though there are likely other brands now of hyaluronic acid. The veterinary version, Legend, is the same thing and has been used for animals for some years before it was available for people.
Before her retirement from showing in 2005, Contessa had several Legend injections for a bone spur on a hock. (Human equivalent would be the heel, but quadrupeds do not stand on their hocks, which are much higher up the hind leg; they walk on their toes. Horses walk on one toe encapsulated in the hoof. End comparative anatomy aside.) Legend helped her significantly. Mara (23) and Contessa (20) receive monthly Legend injections systemically during the winter months to ease the arthritis they now have. It’s supplemented with bimonthly systemic injections of Adequan. (I don’t know if it has a human equivalent.) Both seem to help them significantly. Legend is $92 a dose, and Adequan is $50 a dose. Synvisc is a lot more costly. Orthopedists tend to be somewhat amazed at the difference. Hmmmmm. -
Bonecrusher is absolutely correct about rehab after injury or surgery. It is vital to optimum possible recovery. A determined patient is the best judge of whether additional PT will be helpful beyond what the doctor has initially prescribed. Ask for more to be prescribed if you’re sure you can get more out of it. The post-formal PT aftercare on your own is also vital.
Throwing this out from personal experience recovering from a riding accident some 25 years ago involving a broken fibula and many torn ankle ligaments. Orthopedist told my spouse after longer than anticipated repair surgery that he didn’t think I would ever be able to walk without a limp. He never told me that, which was good. That ankle predicts weather changes and gets stiff after sitting a long time or getting up in the morning, but I walk out of the stiffness in 2-3 steps. And it’s slighty bigger than the opposite ankle, which is not obvious unless pointed out. 🙂
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Bonecrusher is absolutely correct about rehab after injury or surgery. It is vital to optimum possible recovery. A determined patient is the best judge of whether additional PT will be helpful beyond what the doctor has initially prescribed. Ask for more to be prescribed if you’re sure you can get more out of it. The post-formal PT aftercare on your own is also vital.
Throwing this out from personal experience recovering from a riding accident some 25 years ago involving a broken fibula and many torn ankle ligaments. Orthopedist told my spouse after longer than anticipated repair surgery that he didn’t think I would ever be able to walk without a limp. He never told me that, which was good. That ankle predicts weather changes and gets stiff after sitting a long time or getting up in the morning, but I walk out of the stiffness in 2-3 steps. And it’s slighty bigger than the opposite ankle, which is not obvious unless pointed out. 🙂 -
Whomever this JugEars that you speak of is, I doubt of it was his plan. Cutting the size of army and Navy in favor of special forces was a Rumsfeld policy. Of course he had his critics inside and outside of the military who howled at the change in thinking, but the administration recognized that while armies and Navy’s take and hold territory, they’re a mother to keep funded when there’s an outbreak of peace. For the majority of skirmishes, military force applied at the right time and place may be the ticket.
President Obama can be credited with implementing a concept related to a military type organization dedicated to nation building. That is moving along nicely, albeit it under the RADAR as part of the black ops budget.[When sarge stumbles in, he can explain why it’s such a bad idea. ]
Certainly can.
Taking and holding is what creates outbreaks of peace. Let go and give back before the outbreak of peace becomes permanent merely means another outbreak of hostilities.
See: Western Europe 1400-1985, particularly the periods 1918-1939 and 1945-1985.
See also: Western United States 1832-1898, particularly the period 1875-1885.
Reliance on Special Forces or Elite units to has met with mixed results, most of them bad.
See: Dien Bien Phu, 1953
See also: Desert 1, 1980
See also: Operation Irene, Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993
See also: Mission to rescue Linda Norgrove, Afghanistan, 2010
See also: Hostage Rescue, Niger, 2010
See also: SAS Mission to Libya, 2011
The highest number of US deaths on a single day in Afghanistan was as a result of a CH47 full of navy SEALS being shot down as it attempted a landing.
There is a tendancy by those unfamiliar with the military, especially Special Operations, to think that they are magical and can do the things that Tom Cruise and Bruce Willis do in the movies. Taking out Iran’s nuclear capability, for instance, cannot be achieved by Special Operations troops, but carpet bombing the area with nukes for three days will get the job done (but may be overkill). The situation on the ground is what determines what size and type of force you are able to use, and any threat nation will likley not limit their activities to suit your capabilties. Limiting your response to only the method that achives small results is not really the best course, even if you do think your timing is right.
Another problem is that the media, politicians, and those looking for more funding for Special Operations generally over-hype the successes and underplay the failures. This is further aggravated by the fact that all Special Operations are covert by design and the only successes and/or failures we hear about are the ones that the government tell us about, or cannot be contained.
Furhtermore, Special Operations troops cannot exist on thier own. They need an extensive Logistics support network which is not organic to them. Bases close to the areas of operations are required and the missions are generallylimited to the size and capacity of those bases. Special Operations that can be launched from a relatively small static base, such as a refitted ship on the ocean close offshore to the threat nation, is easily observable and is only useful after the feces has encountered the whirling blades, or an extenisve presence of more powerful forces exists in the area to protect it from attack and/or observation.
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Whomever this JugEars that you speak of is, I doubt of it was his plan. Cutting the size of army and Navy in favor of special forces was a Rumsfeld policy. Of course he had his critics inside and outside of the military who howled at the change in thinking, but the administration recognized that while armies and Navy’s take and hold territory, they’re a mother to keep funded when there’s an outbreak of peace. For the majority of skirmishes, military force applied at the right time and place may be the ticket.
President Obama can be credited with implementing a concept related to a military type organization dedicated to nation building. That is moving along nicely, albeit it under the RADAR as part of the black ops budget.
[When sarge stumbles in, he can explain why it’s such a bad idea. ]Certainly can.
Taking and holding is what creates outbreaks of peace. Let go and give back before the outbreak of peace becomes permanent merely means another outbreak of hostilities.
See: Western Europe 1400-1985, particularly the periods 1918-1939 and 1945-1985.
See also: Western United States 1832-1898, particularly the period 1875-1885.
Reliance on Special Forces or Elite units to has met with mixed results, most of them bad.
See: Dien Bien Phu, 1953
See also: Desert 1, 1980
See also: Operation Irene, Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993
See also: Mission to rescue Linda Norgrove, Afghanistan, 2010
See also: Hostage Rescue, Niger, 2010
See also: SAS Mission to Libya, 2011
The highest number of US deaths on a single day in Afghanistan was as a result of a CH47 full of navy SEALS being shot down as it attempted a landing.
There is a tendancy by those unfamiliar with the military, especially Special Operations, to think that they are magical and can do the things that Tom Cruise and Bruce Willis do in the movies. Taking out Iran’s nuclear capability, for instance, cannot be achieved by Special Operations troops, but carpet bombing the area with nukes for three days will get the job done (but may be overkill). The situation on the ground is what determines what size and type of force you are able to use, and any threat nation will likley not limit their activities to suit your capabilties. Limiting your response to only the method that achives small results is not really the best course, even if you do think your timing is right.
Another problem is that the media, politicians, and those looking for more funding for Special Operations generally over-hype the successes and underplay the failures. This is further aggravated by the fact that all Special Operations are covert by design and the only successes and/or failures we hear about are the ones that the government tell us about, or cannot be contained.
Furhtermore, Special Operations troops cannot exist on thier own. They need an extensive Logistics support network which is not organic to them. Bases close to the areas of operations are required and the missions are generallylimited to the size and capacity of those bases. Special Operations that can be launched from a relatively small static base, such as a refitted ship on the ocean close offshore to the threat nation, is easily observable and is only useful after the feces has encountered the whirling blades, or an extenisve presence of more powerful forces exists in the area to protect it from attack and/or observation. -
Thanks everyone who replied to my question about joint treatments. For some reason, I am not in any pain, in spite of what the Xrays show. Nor am I ready for knee replacement. My knees have simply lost their lifting power. The SynVisc H/A treatments are a proactive step to keep my knees working better until I finally retire. When working, one simply cannot take off the 2-4 months required to recover from knee surgery.
Adee, you’d think it would cost more to treat a horse with H/A since they gots 4 knees. 🙂
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Thanks everyone who replied to my question about joint treatments. For some reason, I am not in any pain, in spite of what the Xrays show. Nor am I ready for knee replacement. My knees have simply lost their lifting power. The SynVisc H/A treatments are a proactive step to keep my knees working better until I finally retire. When working, one simply cannot take off the 2-4 months required to recover from knee surgery.
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Interesting conversations today. I’ve been out enjoying the fine, fine weather. With my schedule, I haven’t been able to exercise for a few days, so I’m making up for it today – which I’ll probably feel tomorrow. I used to be pretty winded after moving 10+ loads of dirt (13 used to be my limit). I moved somewhere between 25-30 today and wanted to keep going. I stopped. I took my little cart to the far corner of our yard, where there have been some limbs accumulating from our tree and our back door neighbor’s clearing of the trees from the alley and back of his yard. I hauled the big ones to our pile (which needs to be cleared, but that’s another day) and put a lot of the smaller pieces in our kindling barrel for the barbecue pit.
As I was hauling the last load of kindling, I realized this was my big opportunity. The yard is wet (which made hauling the dirt more difficult), the grass/weeds/thistles in the yard are all green and moist, I have a fresh all-dirt face to Mt. Mirkwood, and a pile of kindling which needs to be removed. I have several boxes of paper upstairs which need to also be eliminated.
All I need are weenies and marshmallows. I could go to DC and find plenty of them, but it’s to far. I’ll settle for getting rid of the trash in the office.
Catch up wit’ ya’ later.
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Interesting conversations today. I’ve been out enjoying the fine, fine weather. With my schedule, I haven’t been able to exercise for a few days, so I’m making up for it today – which I’ll probably feel tomorrow. I used to be pretty winded after moving 10+ loads of dirt (13 used to be my limit). I moved somewhere between 25-30 today and wanted to keep going. I stopped. I took my little cart to the far corner of our yard, where there have been some limbs accumulating from our tree and our back door neighbor’s clearing of the trees from the alley and back of his yard. I hauled the big ones to our pile (which needs to be cleared, but that’s another day) and put a lot of the smaller pieces in our kindling barrel for the barbecue pit.
As I was hauling the last load of kindling, I realized this was my big opportunity. The yard is wet (which made hauling the dirt more difficult), the grass/weeds/thistles in the yard are all green and moist, I have a fresh all-dirt face to Mt. Mirkwood, and a pile of kindling which needs to be removed. I have several boxes of paper upstairs which need to also be eliminated.
All I need are weenies and marshmallows. I could go to DC and find plenty of them, but it’s to far. I’ll settle for getting rid of the trash in the office.
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My year-long, self-administered, five day a week aqua therapy has kept me away from the back surgeon. Thirty minutes range of motion stretching of legs and back, twenty minutes of underwater bicycling motion to keep leg strength up and get in some cardio. And a series of pullups most days. I’m twenty five pounds lighter, have something of a six pack and will be in good shape when the ievitable surgey comes.
mharp, my wife waited until she could barely walk and the pain was unbearable, too, before she had her knee replaced.
A woman where I work out spent several months in the water preparing for her successful knee replacement….reducing her recovery period substantially. -
My year-long, self-administered, five day a week aqua therapy has kept me away from the back surgeon. Thirty minutes range of motion stretching of legs and back, twenty minutes of underwater bicycling motion to keep leg strength up and get in some cardio. And a series of pullups most days. I’m twenty five pounds lighter, have something of a six pack and will be in good shape when the ievitable surgey comes.
mharp, my wife waited until she could barely walk and the pain was unbearable, too, before she had her knee replaced.
A woman where I work out spent several months in the water preparing for her successful knee replacement….reducing her recovery period substantially. -
Think I’ll go some excercise too. Get on the tractor, load the bucket up with limbs from last weeks weather and maybe move some dirt. Climbing on and off that thing really works the knees. 😛
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Think I’ll go some excercise too. Get on the tractor, load the bucket up with limbs from last weeks weather and maybe move some dirt. Climbing on and off that thing really works the knees. 😛
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Oh, and did I mention it is boring and some mornings I really don’t want to do it?
But it does provide time for contemplation and prayer.
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Oh, and did I mention it is boring and some mornings I really don’t want to do it?
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#35 Shannon
A woman where I work out spent several months in the water preparing for her successful knee replacement
I first read that as “a woman where I work” — causing me to wonder how she could work while spending several months in the water. Hey, you do work for a water utility, doncha?
I’ve never been much good at exercise for its own sake. I like for some job to be accomplished when I am expending energy.
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#35 Shannon
A woman where I work out spent several months in the water preparing for her successful knee replacement
I first read that as “a woman where I work” — causing me to wonder how she could work while spending several months in the water. Hey, you do work for a water utility, doncha?
I’ve never been much good at exercise for its own sake. I like for some job to be accomplished when I am expending energy. -
Whomever this JugEars that you speak of is, I doubt of it was his plan. Cutting the size of army and Navy in favor of special forces was a Rumsfeld policy
I should also correct you on that fallacy.
Rumsfeld’s policy was to bring back the Brigade Combat Team and his critics, Davidn Shinseki to name just one, were in favor of keeping an organization based on Divisions. BCT’s are about half the size of a Division and are thus, theorhetically, more rapidly deployable.
Rumsfelds vision was to organize the military in such a manner that Force Projection could occur using rapidly deployable units of the 2500 to 5000 man size in both Light and Heavy Infantry and Armor configurations that were structured so as to be easily “customized” by the addition of specialty units of the Battalion size, and that the size and organizational structure of the military as a whole would be sufficient to fight two wars on different continents at the same time. The reasoning behind this would be to keep bad actors from taking advantage of the US being involved in one conflict and unable to respond to them.
Obama’s fevered dream of Force Projection is to use units of the 12-120 man size with a military big enough to fight only one war at a time. It seems to be fueled by a deep appreciation of Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris B movies where highly trained men in torn fatigues can wield two machine guns at the same time, killing wide swaths of unintelligent brown people in ill fitting khaki and liberating whole cities single handedly.
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Whomever this JugEars that you speak of is, I doubt of it was his plan. Cutting the size of army and Navy in favor of special forces was a Rumsfeld policy
I should also correct you on that fallacy.
Rumsfeld’s policy was to bring back the Brigade Combat Team and his critics, Davidn Shinseki to name just one, were in favor of keeping an organization based on Divisions. BCT’s are about half the size of a Division and are thus, theorhetically, more rapidly deployable.
Rumsfelds vision was to organize the military in such a manner that Force Projection could occur using rapidly deployable units of the 2500 to 5000 man size in both Light and Heavy Infantry and Armor configurations that were structured so as to be easily “customized” by the addition of specialty units of the Battalion size, and that the size and organizational structure of the military as a whole would be sufficient to fight two wars on different continents at the same time. The reasoning behind this would be to keep bad actors from taking advantage of the US being involved in one conflict and unable to respond to them.
Obama’s fevered dream of Force Projection is to use units of the 12-120 man size with a military big enough to fight only one war at a time. It seems to be fueled by a deep appreciation of Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris B movies where highly trained men in torn fatigues can wield two machine guns at the same time, killing wide swaths of unintelligent brown people in ill fitting khaki and liberating whole cities single handedly. -
Bonecrusher #29;
Very interesting. What was the timeframe of the Book of Esther?
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Bonecrusher #29;
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Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris made real movies! Take it back!
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Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris made real movies! Take it back!
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Mission accomplished. Four boxes of
shreddingburning completed. Some of that was old checkbooks, which are wissin’ hard to shred. Now we have some more room in the office. -
Mission accomplished. Four boxes of
shreddingburning completed. Some of that was old checkbooks, which are wissin’ hard to shred. Now we have some more room in the office. -
#40 Darren: from the Jewish Encyclopedia.
AHASUERUS.
1. Persian king, identical with Xerxes (486-465 B.C.). The Book of Esther deals only with one period of his reign. It tells us that he ruled over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces—”from India, even unto Ethiopia” (Esth. i. 1).
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#40 Darren: from the Jewish Encyclopedia.
AHASUERUS.
1. Persian king, identical with Xerxes (486-465 B.C.). The Book of Esther deals only with one period of his reign. It tells us that he ruled over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces—”from India, even unto Ethiopia” (Esth. i. 1). -
This is fascinating; watch it and learn why.
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This is fascinating; watch it and learn why.
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#38 – Mharper – simply label your continuing mobility a “job”
*no charge*
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#38 – Mharper – simply label your continuing mobility a “job”
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#33 mharper42,
Well, Mara’s main problem is her hips, but I’m sure she has other arthritic places at age 23 that developed also because her conformation (mainly hind legs) is not great for the work she so cheerfully and honestly performed. Her movement is much more comfortable and fluid now, and her hips are obviously much better. She remains the one you want to ride if your life depends on your horse. 🙂 Contessa moves more freely and fluidly as well.Good for you for getting ahead of the situation. The less invasive the treatment the better.
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#33 mharper42,
Well, Mara’s main problem is her hips, but I’m sure she has other arthritic places at age 23 that developed also because her conformation (mainly hind legs) is not great for the work she so cheerfully and honestly performed. Her movement is much more comfortable and fluid now, and her hips are obviously much better. She remains the one you want to ride if your life depends on your horse. 🙂 Contessa moves more freely and fluidly as well.
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wwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……
“First of all, I don’t put people on food stamps. People become eligible for food stamps. Second of all, the initial expansion of food-stamp eligibility happened under my Republican predecessor, not under me. Number three, when you have a disastrous economic crash that results in 8 million people losing their jobs, more people are going to need more support from government.”
http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-bush-is-food-stamp-president-not-me/
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wwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……
“First of all, I don’t put people on food stamps. People become eligible for food stamps. Second of all, the initial expansion of food-stamp eligibility happened under my Republican predecessor, not under me. Number three, when you have a disastrous economic crash that results in 8 million people losing their jobs, more people are going to need more support from government.”
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#47 GTO: How long is that SOB going to keep blaming Bush for his failures and keep claiming credit for the positive things Bush has given him?
I wonder how much Slick Willie is going to be flapping his yap when an adult resumes in the oval office? Dya think he is going to talk as much smack as he did when W took over after him? How much griping dya think JugEars is do after he gets his @$$ handed to him in Nov? -
#47 GTO: How long is that SOB going to keep blaming Bush for his failures and keep claiming credit for the positive things Bush has given him?
I wonder how much Slick Willie is going to be flapping his yap when an adult resumes in the oval office? Dya think he is going to talk as much smack as he did when W took over after him? How much griping dya think JugEars is do after he gets his @$$ handed to him in Nov? -
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I’ve never been much good at exercise for its own sake. I like for some job to be accomplished when I am expending energy.
Me, too.
I have a goal or I wouldn’t be doing it.
To be able to walk.
And work.
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I’ve never been much good at exercise for its own sake. I like for some job to be accomplished when I am expending energy.
Me, too.
I have a goal or I wouldn’t be doing it.
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#50 Shannon
I am hoping the Synvisc will keep me walking & working. Although most of my “working” in the sense of billable hours is done right here in a swivel chair at a keyboard. But I don’t want to give up my civic activities, yard work, grocery shopping, or much of anything else. I think I will want new knees after I retire. Assuming civilization has not collapsed by then. -
#50 Shannon
I am hoping the Synvisc will keep me walking & working. Although most of my “working” in the sense of billable hours is done right here in a swivel chair at a keyboard. But I don’t want to give up my civic activities, yard work, grocery shopping, or much of anything else. I think I will want new knees after I retire. Assuming civilization has not collapsed by then. -
I’ve joined a Synvisc chat group and read through a lot of testimonials, pro and con. Like anything else, it appears it works for some but not for others. Here’s a comment that tickled me.
I did ice it when I got home at the injection site. But other than that. So far so good. Praying that I do not see one of those lawyer commercial next month. Saying if you have had Synvisc injections and you have developed a third eye. Call our law firm.
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I’ve joined a Synvisc chat group and read through a lot of testimonials, pro and con. Like anything else, it appears it works for some but not for others. Here’s a comment that tickled me.
I did ice it when I got home at the injection site. But other than that. So far so good. Praying that I do not see one of those lawyer commercial next month. Saying if you have had Synvisc injections and you have developed a third eye. Call our law firm.
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#39 sarge
I should also correct you on that fallacy.
Apparently Secretary Rumsfeld also holds that fallacious belief.
“the global nature of the war, the nature of the enemy and the need for fast, efficient operations in hunting down and rooting out terrorist networks around the world have all contributed to the need for an expanded role for the Special Operations forces. We are transforming that command to meet that need.”
As to the Rumsfeld Doctrine, that will be one of those things that folks talk about everytime we invade someone and come up short on the occupation.
Rumsfeld moved even further in 2002 when he urged military leaders to start thinking like venture capitalists and invest in new technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles, space-based weaponry, and information warfare. Suddenly, honored weapons such as the M1-Abrams battle tank were somehow considered irrelevant to modern war, while boots on the ground were considered less important than precision weapons in the air.
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#39 sarge
I should also correct you on that fallacy.
Apparently Secretary Rumsfeld also holds that fallacious belief.
“the global nature of the war, the nature of the enemy and the need for fast, efficient operations in hunting down and rooting out terrorist networks around the world have all contributed to the need for an expanded role for the Special Operations forces. We are transforming that command to meet that need.”
As to the Rumsfeld Doctrine, that will be one of those things that folks talk about everytime we invade someone and come up short on the occupation.
Rumsfeld moved even further in 2002 when he urged military leaders to start thinking like venture capitalists and invest in new technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles, space-based weaponry, and information warfare. Suddenly, honored weapons such as the M1-Abrams battle tank were somehow considered irrelevant to modern war, while boots on the ground were considered less important than precision weapons in the air.
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#48 Bonecrusher
How long is that SOB going to keep blaming Bush for his failures ………….
My guess that would be as long as Faux Noise and their candidates keep claiming that there are more people on food stamps under Obama than under Bush.
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#48 Bonecrusher
How long is that SOB going to keep blaming Bush for his failures ………….
My guess that would be as long as Faux Noise and their candidates keep claiming that there are more people on food stamps under Obama than under Bush.
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#12 OleTimer
Latest on Georgia eligibility hearing:
Thanks for the update, but I failed to see your link. Could you provide please?
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#12 OleTimer
Latest on Georgia eligibility hearing:
Thanks for the update, but I failed to see your link. Could you provide please?
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More just in from President Obama’s war on the coal industry.
MSHA issued an imminent danger order when an inspector observed a coal pile, 5 feet high and 10 feet in diameter, on fire approximately 23 feet from an explosives storage magazine outside the mine. Additionally, the storage magazine, which contained two cases of explosives, had not been secured against unauthorized entry. A clearly identified key was lying on top of the magazine. Furthermore, a 5-gallon oil bucket full of burning coal and other materials was discovered near the intake portals of the mine.
Coal mining isn’t for [wussies].
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More just in from President Obama’s war on the coal industry.
MSHA issued an imminent danger order when an inspector observed a coal pile, 5 feet high and 10 feet in diameter, on fire approximately 23 feet from an explosives storage magazine outside the mine. Additionally, the storage magazine, which contained two cases of explosives, had not been secured against unauthorized entry. A clearly identified key was lying on top of the magazine. Furthermore, a 5-gallon oil bucket full of burning coal and other materials was discovered near the intake portals of the mine.
Coal mining isn’t for [wussies].
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Shampoo;
A sppech about increased funding for SOCOM does not make it the overarching principle you claim. But then again, its quite obvious to anyone with a passing knowledge of the military that you’re faking most of this anyway. I do find it amusing that you seek the impramatur of a man you were demonizing as an idiot just a few short years ago.
This piece is a contemporary criticism of Rumsfeld’s concept of Brigade Combat Teams, and how he was transforming the military with them.
Following his unprecedented premature retirement of forty-seven US Army generals and with his installation of hand-picked replacements to lead the US Army nearly completed, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is on the verge of moving full bore to begin implementing long-planned reforms. The most radical of these reforms envisions the complete elimination of the Army’s division-based force structure. Rumsfeld and his hand-picked replacement as Army Chief of Staff, General Shoemaker, plan to replace it with a force structure based on dismounted infantry-centric mini-brigade units of action consisting of about 1800 men each more optimized to fight small wars, but less suited to fighting major conflicts.
General Shoemaker recently announced his plan to immediately begin implementing this reformed structure with the 101st Air Assault Division and the 3rd Infantry Division, which have just returned to the US following a long-term deployment in Iraq. Five mini-brigade size units will be derived from each of the two divisions, which will then be ready for action about a year from now, at which time they will be redeployed to Iraq. Each ‘brigade unit of action’ will consist of only two battalions, rather than the three to four battalions found in each of the Army’s current combat brigades. These mini-brigades will have a much smaller compliment of men and fighting vehicles than current brigade combat teams, but may have limited integrated artillery and aviation assets, as divisions do today on a much larger scale. The divisions themselves will then become similar to Army corps headquarters, which are little more than command and control units for attached subordinate elements. Once the reorganization of these two divisions is complete, General Shoemaker will then report back to Rumsfeld with a recommendation on the size of the Army, presumably a recommendation to reduce it by a yet to be determined level.
The effort had begun almost as soon as Rumsfeld took the office and was resisted by Shinseki creating friction between the two. It was accelerated in2003 after Shoemaker replaced Shinseki after experience in Iraq proved the Division organization was too cumbersome to react quickly even in near garrison conditions and was proven out when David Petreaus took advantage of the more nimble units to complement his Counter Insurgency concepts and won a war you clowns said was already lost.
Now you’re trying to say that stripping the military of even these smaller units and replacing them with Special Operations units was part of the plan all along so you can later blame Bush when things start to go rapidly south in the Middle East and we can no longer respond adequately
The reading here is a bit heavy for someone with the limited understanding and abi;ity to learn that you display, but others may find it interesting. It gives an overview of the concept of modularity that was part of Rumsfeld’s plan for transforming the military using Brigade Combat Teams by creating specialized units that can be plugged in as conditions require.
We can all sleep well tonite knowing you won’t be standing on any walls, leading any troops, or interpreting military organizational concepts.
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Shampoo;
A sppech about increased funding for SOCOM does not make it the overarching principle you claim. But then again, its quite obvious to anyone with a passing knowledge of the military that you’re faking most of this anyway. I do find it amusing that you seek the impramatur of a man you were demonizing as an idiot just a few short years ago.
This piece is a contemporary criticism of Rumsfeld’s concept of Brigade Combat Teams, and how he was transforming the military with them.Following his unprecedented premature retirement of forty-seven US Army generals and with his installation of hand-picked replacements to lead the US Army nearly completed, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is on the verge of moving full bore to begin implementing long-planned reforms. The most radical of these reforms envisions the complete elimination of the Army’s division-based force structure. Rumsfeld and his hand-picked replacement as Army Chief of Staff, General Shoemaker, plan to replace it with a force structure based on dismounted infantry-centric mini-brigade units of action consisting of about 1800 men each more optimized to fight small wars, but less suited to fighting major conflicts.
General Shoemaker recently announced his plan to immediately begin implementing this reformed structure with the 101st Air Assault Division and the 3rd Infantry Division, which have just returned to the US following a long-term deployment in Iraq. Five mini-brigade size units will be derived from each of the two divisions, which will then be ready for action about a year from now, at which time they will be redeployed to Iraq. Each ‘brigade unit of action’ will consist of only two battalions, rather than the three to four battalions found in each of the Army’s current combat brigades. These mini-brigades will have a much smaller compliment of men and fighting vehicles than current brigade combat teams, but may have limited integrated artillery and aviation assets, as divisions do today on a much larger scale. The divisions themselves will then become similar to Army corps headquarters, which are little more than command and control units for attached subordinate elements. Once the reorganization of these two divisions is complete, General Shoemaker will then report back to Rumsfeld with a recommendation on the size of the Army, presumably a recommendation to reduce it by a yet to be determined level.The effort had begun almost as soon as Rumsfeld took the office and was resisted by Shinseki creating friction between the two. It was accelerated in2003 after Shoemaker replaced Shinseki after experience in Iraq proved the Division organization was too cumbersome to react quickly even in near garrison conditions and was proven out when David Petreaus took advantage of the more nimble units to complement his Counter Insurgency concepts and won a war you clowns said was already lost.
Now you’re trying to say that stripping the military of even these smaller units and replacing them with Special Operations units was part of the plan all along so you can later blame Bush when things start to go rapidly south in the Middle East and we can no longer respond adequately
The reading here is a bit heavy for someone with the limited understanding and abi;ity to learn that you display, but others may find it interesting. It gives an overview of the concept of modularity that was part of Rumsfeld’s plan for transforming the military using Brigade Combat Teams by creating specialized units that can be plugged in as conditions require.
We can all sleep well tonite knowing you won’t be standing on any walls, leading any troops, or interpreting military organizational concepts. -
Now you’re trying to say that stripping the military of even these smaller units and replacing them with Special Operations units was part of the plan all along so you can later blame Bush when things start to go rapidly south in the Middle East and we can no longer respond adequately
[Huh? Consider cutting back on the meds.]
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Now you’re trying to say that stripping the military of even these smaller units and replacing them with Special Operations units was part of the plan all along so you can later blame Bush when things start to go rapidly south in the Middle East and we can no longer respond adequately
[Huh? Consider cutting back on the meds.]
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If you are able to publicly talk about working with SOCOM, you’re not really working with SOCOM.
What you’re doing is similar to what I’m doing for the Army at Fort Hood this year, Fort Sill last year, Fort Drum the year before that, and Norfolk Naval base the year before that.
You’re an employee working for a company making a product somebody will use somewhere.
So save us all from your fake achievements and qualifications.
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If you are able to publicly talk about working with SOCOM, you’re not really working with SOCOM.
What you’re doing is similar to what I’m doing for the Army at Fort Hood this year, Fort Sill last year, Fort Drum the year before that, and Norfolk Naval base the year before that.
You’re an employee working for a company making a product somebody will use somewhere.
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No idea what you’re talking about sarge. Consider another hobby.
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No idea what you’re talking about sarge. Consider another hobby.
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Look Nancy;
You gonna come back with a link to something that disproves the two I provided in #57, or are you going to continue to pretend you know what you’re talking about without actually providing any proof?
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Look Nancy;
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I’m not sure who Nancy is, but I’ll stand by my post regarding Rumsfeld and special forces. Perhaps this Nancy lady is whom you are arguing [with]. Let us know if she wins. 😉
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I’m not sure who Nancy is, but I’ll stand by my post regarding Rumsfeld and special forces. Perhaps this Nancy lady is whom you are arguing [with]. Let us know if she wins. 😉
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No idea what you’re talking about sarge.
As I said: THAT is pretty dam obvious.
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No idea what you’re talking about sarge.
As I said: THAT is pretty dam obvious.
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First the Moon, and now it’s Cuba. What will that scamp be saying next?
Hispanic delegates baffled by Newt Gingrich plan to liberate Cuba
Former speaker unleashes plan to equip Cubans with cellphone cameras to spy on instances of authoritarian repression -
First the Moon, and now it’s Cuba. What will that scamp be saying next?
Hispanic delegates baffled by Newt Gingrich plan to liberate Cuba
Former speaker unleashes plan to equip Cubans with cellphone cameras to spy on instances of authoritarian repression -
Bonecrusher #43;
Thanks. I just book marked Jewish Encyclopedia.
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Bonecrusher #43;
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Good for Gingrich.
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Cain Endorses Gingrich
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Video: The greatest guitarist ever?
Click on the second video first. My goodness she’s good.
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Video: The greatest guitarist ever?
Click on the second video first. My goodness she’s good. -
(sticks head out of LurkCave, finds cool air and a few watery spots in the lower regions of the CaveYard)
Hello Hamsterousians!
I like rewards 🙂 Do I get one for posting today? 😀
Well, I saw one lonely ladybug wandering around the ceiling the other day. Not like the swarms last year. The birds probably got ’em because they didn’t stand a chance of making it into the house, with all the drought. Every wild critter is on full food alert, still scrounging for every scrap available.
Found what appears to be a processed hog, processed thru a coyote’s intestinal system, that is. Lots of black coarse hair in clumps shaped like you-know-what. Also found a deer skull with antlers and a few miscellaneous bones.
Looked at the river. It seems like every dead tree from College Station downward is being snatched off the banks and floating toward the bay. Not to mention the tires, plastic bottles, insulation, and clusters of mystery stuff. No fishing for a while.
It should peak Sunday evening. The water heights (or is it depths?) can be seen at water.weather.gov if you so desire.
Speaking of things to see if you’re bored, the FB County boys are warming up for their election. The debate was videoed and posted by one of the local papers (not referring linkies so as not to offend the copyright gods). Worth seeing to the end.
Ahh, I hear an adult beverage calling…
(retreats back into LurkCave, opening cabinet door and staring mindlessly at potential adult beverage enhancers…)
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(sticks head out of LurkCave, finds cool air and a few watery spots in the lower regions of the CaveYard)
Hello Hamsterousians!
I like rewards 🙂 Do I get one for posting today? 😀
Well, I saw one lonely ladybug wandering around the ceiling the other day. Not like the swarms last year. The birds probably got ’em because they didn’t stand a chance of making it into the house, with all the drought. Every wild critter is on full food alert, still scrounging for every scrap available.
Found what appears to be a processed hog, processed thru a coyote’s intestinal system, that is. Lots of black coarse hair in clumps shaped like you-know-what. Also found a deer skull with antlers and a few miscellaneous bones.
Looked at the river. It seems like every dead tree from College Station downward is being snatched off the banks and floating toward the bay. Not to mention the tires, plastic bottles, insulation, and clusters of mystery stuff. No fishing for a while.
It should peak Sunday evening. The water heights (or is it depths?) can be seen at water.weather.gov if you so desire.
Speaking of things to see if you’re bored, the FB County boys are warming up for their election. The debate was videoed and posted by one of the local papers (not referring linkies so as not to offend the copyright gods). Worth seeing to the end.
Ahh, I hear an adult beverage calling…
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If anybody is bored and looking for something to do, ….
http://occupyhouston.org/2012/01/urgent-looking-for-eviction-prevention-volunteers/
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If anybody is bored and looking for something to do, ….
http://occupyhouston.org/2012/01/urgent-looking-for-eviction-prevention-volunteers/ -
#68 LurkMan
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#68 LurkMan
Sounds like you’ve been hibernating. Thanks for the Cave report. -
#67 – WOW!
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#67 – WOW!
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This is sad; Santorum cancels morning campaign events to be with hospitalized daughter, Bella.
“Rick and his wife Karen are admitting their daughter Bella to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia this evening,” spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement Saturday night, adding “Rick intends to return to Florida and resume the campaign schedule as soon as is possible.”
Santorum had been scheduled to appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and attend church in Miami. Officials did not cancel Sunday’s afternoon events in Sarasota and Punta Gorda.Isabella Santorum has Trisomy 18, a genetic condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome. When asked about her, Santorum says his daughter was not expected to survive until her first birthday and often has to catch himself to stop from tears.
“I have a little girl who’s 3 ½ years old,” he told Christian conservatives in Iowa before winning that lead-off contest.
“I don’t know whether her life is going to be measured — it’s always been measured — in days and weeks. Yet here I am. … because I feel like I wouldn’t be a good dad if I wasn’t out here fighting for a country that would see the dignity in her and every other child.”Prayers to him and his family.
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This is sad; Santorum cancels morning campaign events to be with hospitalized daughter, Bella.
“Rick and his wife Karen are admitting their daughter Bella to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia this evening,” spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement Saturday night, adding “Rick intends to return to Florida and resume the campaign schedule as soon as is possible.”
Santorum had been scheduled to appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and attend church in Miami. Officials did not cancel Sunday’s afternoon events in Sarasota and Punta Gorda.
Isabella Santorum has Trisomy 18, a genetic condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome. When asked about her, Santorum says his daughter was not expected to survive until her first birthday and often has to catch himself to stop from tears.
“I have a little girl who’s 3 ½ years old,” he told Christian conservatives in Iowa before winning that lead-off contest.
“I don’t know whether her life is going to be measured — it’s always been measured — in days and weeks. Yet here I am. … because I feel like I wouldn’t be a good dad if I wasn’t out here fighting for a country that would see the dignity in her and every other child.”Prayers to him and his family.
Mornin’ Gang -
Well it’s 52 here in Clear Lake, up from 46 at daylight. it’s going to be another beautiful day! Doncha’ just love winter in SE Texas. 😀
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Well it’s 52 here in Clear Lake, up from 46 at daylight. it’s going to be another beautiful day! Doncha’ just love winter in SE Texas. 😀
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I disagree on many issues with Rick Santorum, but I find myself respecting him more and more. I may waste a vote but I will vote for him in the primary whether he is still running or not.
I believe character should count more than professed political beliefs and so far everyone else has shown themselves lacking in the character and trust department.
Simple
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I disagree on many issues with Rick Santorum, but I find myself respecting him more and more. I may waste a vote but I will vote for him in the primary whether he is still running or not.
I believe character should count more than professed political beliefs and so far everyone else has shown themselves lacking in the character and trust department.
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Interesting article in the Chronicle this morning, with the glut of natural gas produced by the drilling boom, companies are backing off on production and shutting in wells. This is where an energy policy comes into play. Should the government permit natural gas sales of American gas overseas, lowering prices for Europeans while raising prices for Americans? Or let the boom go bust? Or, they could develop the market for the use of natural gas for power production.
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Interesting article in the Chronicle this morning, with the glut of natural gas produced by the drilling boom, companies are backing off on production and shutting in wells. This is where an energy policy comes into play. Should the government permit natural gas sales of American gas overseas, lowering prices for Europeans while raising prices for Americans? Or let the boom go bust? Or, they could develop the market for the use of natural gas for power production.
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Uh oh Forget global warming.
Forget global warming – it’s Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again)
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Uh oh Forget global warming.
Forget global warming – it’s Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again)
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The only solution to our energy problems is to nationalize the oil & gas industry and let Maxine Waters run it.
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The only solution to our energy problems is to nationalize the oil & gas industry and let Maxine Waters run it.
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77 Shannon says:
January 29, 2012 at 10:53 am
The only solution to our energy problems is to nationalize the oil & gas industry and let Maxine Waters run it.
I agree. Its obvious the Free Market has failed us when it produced so dam much Natural Gas that didn’t exist before. Why, if we had an energy policy that would limit the number or wells that were drilled, things would be all peachy keen. the government could even control the price.
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77 Shannon says:
January 29, 2012 at 10:53 am
The only solution to our energy problems is to nationalize the oil & gas industry and let Maxine Waters run it.I agree. Its obvious the Free Market has failed us when it produced so dam much Natural Gas that didn’t exist before. Why, if we had an energy policy that would limit the number or wells that were drilled, things would be all peachy keen. the government could even control the price.
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What hapened to the innanet this weekend? Not only the blog, but even Drudge was in slo-mo all weekend. Just wondering…
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What hapened to the innanet this weekend? Not only the blog, but even Drudge was in slo-mo all weekend. Just wondering…
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It was such a pretty day, I had to restrain myself from grabbing the shovel again. But given what I did yesterday, I figgered restraint was a smart thing to do.
God bless Santorum and his family.
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It was such a pretty day, I had to restrain myself from grabbing the shovel again. But given what I did yesterday, I figgered restraint was a smart thing to do.
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#75 – I would suggest that the government stay completely out of the equation. Let the producers produce what they can, let them sell it to whoever they can at whatever price they can get. You’d be amazed at how well a system like that can function.
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#75 – I would suggest that the government stay completely out of the equation. Let the producers produce what they can, let them sell it to whoever they can at whatever price they can get. You’d be amazed at how well a system like that can function.
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With no prompting, I took apart the storm door, lubricated it, cleaned the glass, etc.She started talking about doing the rest of the windows.
I told her not to push her luck. 🙂
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With no prompting, I took apart the storm door, lubricated it, cleaned the glass, etc.
She started talking about doing the rest of the windows.
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Has anyone heard about the Fox News documentary about TBO – The early days? I don’t have cable, so I can’t see the report. 8:00 pm Sunday night. I guess I’ll have to watch it online after it airs.
Should be revealing: (1) who TBO really is, (2) how much he’s hidden from us, and (3) how little work the MSM did to investigate him during his campaign.
One of the few times I’d really like to have cable.
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Has anyone heard about the Fox News documentary about TBO – The early days? I don’t have cable, so I can’t see the report. 8:00 pm Sunday night. I guess I’ll have to watch it online after it airs.
Should be revealing: (1) who TBO really is, (2) how much he’s hidden from us, and (3) how little work the MSM did to investigate him during his campaign.
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I’m planning on watching it. i assume they have something new. I hope so, anyway -
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I’m planning on watching it. i assume they have something new. I hope so, anyway -
The documentary is on Fox News Channel at 8 pm central time tonight. It’s in the spot that Hannity’s Sunday program usually has. Should be better watching if you have an adult beverage nearby.
Hope Fox has its own power supply on standy in case Baracky’s henchment try to knock them off the air. It will be news to many who have been asleep for 20 years like Rip Van Winkle. Long past time to wake up all the ole Rips.
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The documentary is on Fox News Channel at 8 pm central time tonight. It’s in the spot that Hannity’s Sunday program usually has. Should be better watching if you have an adult beverage nearby.
Hope Fox has its own power supply on standy in case Baracky’s henchment try to knock them off the air. It will be news to many who have been asleep for 20 years like Rip Van Winkle. Long past time to wake up all the ole Rips. -
She started talking about doing the rest of the windows.
Good for her!
Give her a bottle of Windex and a roll of Bounty and tell her not to leave any streaks.
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She started talking about doing the rest of the windows.
Good for her!
Give her a bottle of Windex and a roll of Bounty and tell her not to leave any streaks. -
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Breaking it in in teh backyard doesn’t count.
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Breaking it in in teh backyard doesn’t count.
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#87 WB
The woman is a crack shot. Loaded weapons everywhere. You have to be very mindful of what you say around her.
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#87 WB
The woman is a crack shot. Loaded weapons everywhere. You have to be very mindful of what you say around her. -
88 Shannon says:
January 29, 2012 at 7:06 pm
84
Breaking it in in teh backyard doesn’t count.Dude.
It was a lot of work. That’s the result of my first successful setup of the camping hammock. I dragged an old backyard hammock stand out and rigged what’s supposed to go between two trees to it (I don’t have any trees the proper distance apart). Next step is I’m heading out ther in an hour or so and spend the night to see if my insulation system works the way I think it will.
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88 Shannon says:
January 29, 2012 at 7:06 pm
84
Breaking it in in teh backyard doesn’t count.Dude.
It was a lot of work. That’s the result of my first successful setup of the camping hammock. I dragged an old backyard hammock stand out and rigged what’s supposed to go between two trees to it (I don’t have any trees the proper distance apart). Next step is I’m heading out ther in an hour or so and spend the night to see if my insulation system works the way I think it will. -
Do not go see the Tom Hanks/ Sandra Bullock movie Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close or even waste your money renting it when it comes out. It is as bad as the title, Hanks and Bullock are in it maybe 20 minutes. Those two need to personally give my 20 bucks back, I’d heard it was bad but figured it couldn’t be with them starring. It was.
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Do not go see the Tom Hanks/ Sandra Bullock movie Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close or even waste your money renting it when it comes out. It is as bad as the title, Hanks and Bullock are in it maybe 20 minutes. Those two need to personally give my 20 bucks back, I’d heard it was bad but figured it couldn’t be with them starring. It was.
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We went and saw The Descendants last night. An extremely good movie that deserves the Oscar buzz its getting. It was a bit rough personally as its about a man dealing with his wife, named Elizabeth, who is comatose and is being taken off life support because of her DNR wishes and the things he has to do and the people he has to deal with during that time. Had I known as much about it before going in as I did about 10 minutes into it, I might not have gone. In the end, though, there comes a moment that was pretty cathartic for me, so I’m glad I went.
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We went and saw The Descendants last night. An extremely good movie that deserves the Oscar buzz its getting. It was a bit rough personally as its about a man dealing with his wife, named Elizabeth, who is comatose and is being taken off life support because of her DNR wishes and the things he has to do and the people he has to deal with during that time. Had I known as much about it before going in as I did about 10 minutes into it, I might not have gone. In the end, though, there comes a moment that was pretty cathartic for me, so I’m glad I went.
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#82 –
She started talking about doing the rest of the windows.
Oh NOW ya dunnit! 🙂
#87 – WB – I’ll BUY the Windex & roll of Bounty just so I can watch YOU try to tell MrsSha-Na-Na what to do wittem!
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#82 –
She started talking about doing the rest of the windows.
Oh NOW ya dunnit! 🙂
#87 – WB – I’ll BUY the Windex & roll of Bounty just so I can watch YOU try to tell MrsSha-Na-Na what to do wittem! -
Sarge, how did Shannon know you were in your backyard? Does he just know you that well?
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Sarge, how did Shannon know you were in your backyard? Does he just know you that well?
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Shannon’s been in the backyard and in the house.
Wish he’d do it when I was there an clean up a bit when he comes, though
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Shannon’s been in the backyard and in the house.
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Dang its a good evening. Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald—-Mebbe I’ll find me some Sinatra and Dean Martin to round things out
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Dang its a good evening. Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald—-Mebbe I’ll find me some Sinatra and Dean Martin to round things out
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So you’re saying that Shannon just breaks in and makes himself comfortable?
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So you’re saying that Shannon just breaks in and makes himself comfortable?
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This blog is in danger of reaching 100 pretty soon…
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This blog is in danger of reaching 100 pretty soon…
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Unfortunately, I gotta go wash my hair…
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Unfortunately, I gotta go wash my hair…
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What the heck–
Hunnert
Going out to test the rig.
If I come back this evening its because I over estimated the effectiveness of refletix and self inflating sleeping pads.
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What the heck–
Hunnert
Going out to test the rig.
If I come back this evening its because I over estimated the effectiveness of refletix and self inflating sleeping pads. -
59 years old in three weeks and I’m still camping in the back yard——-
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59 years old in three weeks and I’m still camping in the back yard——-
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Enjoy your l’il pup tent tonight, Sarge.
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Enjoy your l’il pup tent tonight, Sarge.
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Its a hammock, darlin. I’m gonna be swingin’
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Its a hammock, darlin. I’m gonna be swingin’
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Guess everyone needs a project now and then. Even the elderly.
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Guess everyone needs a project now and then. Even the elderly.
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In the hammock in the backyard on the Kindle and technically not swangin. Apparently the extrz sleeping pad was a bit thicker than I figgered. Right nowmfairly toasty though. -
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In the hammock in the backyard on the Kindle and technically not swangin. Apparently the extrz sleeping pad was a bit thicker than I figgered. Right nowmfairly toasty though. -
Did anyone catch that Fox News story that was mentioned earlier? Obama’s early years?
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Did anyone catch that Fox News story that was mentioned earlier? Obama’s early years?
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Rats!
I’m out working and other folks are swinging. 😉
I even missed the Faux Noise special on the President. I bet it was as every bit as hard hitting as their expose that the moon landings were a hoax.
Valentina has an outbreak of something, internet diagnosis is thrush. The doctor should have an opinion tomorrow.
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Rats!
I’m out working and other folks are swinging. 😉
I even missed the Faux Noise special on the President. I bet it was as every bit as hard hitting as their expose that the moon landings were a hoax.
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107 mharper42, Guessing it was a hoax about the Obama expose, as it was not on but rather a preview of the Florida primary. However earlier in the week there was a snippet about Obama’s early influences that included Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals and Alinsky’s community organizing. But he wasn’t called a communist, and he was dead before Obama got involved with Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn, who were influenced by Alinsky.
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107 mharper42, Guessing it was a hoax about the Obama expose, as it was not on but rather a preview of the Florida primary. However earlier in the week there was a snippet about Obama’s early influences that included Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals and Alinsky’s community organizing. But he wasn’t called a communist, and he was dead before Obama got involved with Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn, who were influenced by Alinsky.
So maybe that was the inspiration for the hoax, which I would lay at the feet of some liberal operative. -
Regarding the market forces and natural gas, market forces are working. The wells are being shut in.
Just like to make sure that energy independence isn’t a high priority around here when it comes to ensuring profits for Royal Dutch Shell or British Petroleum. 😉 -
Regarding the market forces and natural gas, market forces are working. The wells are being shut in.
Just like to make sure that energy independence isn’t a high priority around here when it comes to ensuring profits for Royal Dutch Shell or British Petroleum. 😉 -
#109 Adee
Curses! Foiled again!
I’ve been exposed in my attempt to make Faux Noise appear to have the journalistic integrity of Wing Nut Daily. -
#109 Adee
Curses! Foiled again!
I’ve been exposed in my attempt to make Faux Noise appear to have the journalistic integrity of Wing Nut Daily. -
Sarge #101;
59 years old in three weeks and I’m still camping in the back yard——-
Oldest Son’s going to do that soon with his scout master to getsome badges earned. It includes cooking breakfast outside so we’ll have to create a camp fire back there as well. We’ve done that before so we’ll see how we’ll do that again.
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Sarge #101;
59 years old in three weeks and I’m still camping in the back yard——-
Oldest Son’s going to do that soon with his scout master to getsome badges earned. It includes cooking breakfast outside so we’ll have to create a camp fire back there as well. We’ve done that before so we’ll see how we’ll do that again.
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Today on Drudge there’s a title with Fred Thompson saying that Romney has Drudge “in his back pocket”. Bellow that link are three links: ;D ;O and $$. each of these links connects to past Drudge front page headlines celebrating Newt’s previous rise to the top of the primaries. There’s a link on the third Drudge “reply” to Thompson titled, Reality TV star beaten — for being associated with Ann Coulter? . Linking there you may read:
A cast member of the gay reality TV show “A-List Dallas” tells The Daily Caller that he was punched to the ground and bloodied Friday night by someone vandalizing his car because he’s a gay conservative associated with commentator Ann Coulter.
Taylor Garrett, a Republican consultant in Texas who stars in the reality series on the channel LOGO TV, said in an interview that he was attacked outside a birthday party in Dallas after finding a vandal scratching “F–k Coulter” on the side of his car.
I don’t think you can blame this hate crime on a right wing conservative religous person. Garrett even says:
“The Democrats want me to live on their plantation as their slave, because I’m a gay person,” he said. “And I refuse to do that.”
Good for you, Garrett.
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Today on Drudge there’s a title with Fred Thompson saying that Romney has Drudge “in his back pocket”. Bellow that link are three links: ;D ;O and $$. each of these links connects to past Drudge front page headlines celebrating Newt’s previous rise to the top of the primaries. There’s a link on the third Drudge “reply” to Thompson titled, Reality TV star beaten — for being associated with Ann Coulter? . Linking there you may read:
A cast member of the gay reality TV show “A-List Dallas” tells The Daily Caller that he was punched to the ground and bloodied Friday night by someone vandalizing his car because he’s a gay conservative associated with commentator Ann Coulter.
Taylor Garrett, a Republican consultant in Texas who stars in the reality series on the channel LOGO TV, said in an interview that he was attacked outside a birthday party in Dallas after finding a vandal scratching “F–k Coulter” on the side of his car.I don’t think you can blame this hate crime on a right wing conservative religous person. Garrett even says:
“The Democrats want me to live on their plantation as their slave, because I’m a gay person,” he said. “And I refuse to do that.”
Good for you, Garrett.
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#110 – That’s typically how it works – if the well cannot be operated profitably, they are shut in. Of course, in Obamaville, the government just makes up for the losses so unprofitable operation can continue indefinitely. However, since he does not approve of cheap, reliable energy production, it’s doubtful he will subsidize that effort. I’m sure that if you wanted to go out there and purchase those well and produce them they would be readily available at a reasonable price.
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#110 – That’s typically how it works – if the well cannot be operated profitably, they are shut in. Of course, in Obamaville, the government just makes up for the losses so unprofitable operation can continue indefinitely. However, since he does not approve of cheap, reliable energy production, it’s doubtful he will subsidize that effort. I’m sure that if you wanted to go out there and purchase those well and produce them they would be readily available at a reasonable price.
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Super Dave #72;
There’s so much goodness in Santorum. Thoughts and praers indeed for him and his loved ones.
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Super Dave #72;
There’s so much goodness in Santorum. Thoughts and praers indeed for him and his loved ones. -
(Via Hot Air)
Said the Obamacare process was healthier and a more open process than Hillarycare was; not having “500 people hiding in a room writing the bill”. He spoke of individual rights and behaviors and how nobody’s going to be allowed to have “a free ride”. Also said that as the process goes through that this is the model “we’ll be advocating” in the general election.
YIKES!!! 😯
Though to Gingrich’s defense:
In Gingrich’s defense, May 2009 was relatively early on in the legislative process for ObamaCare and I suppose he was not the only prominent Republican still willing to give the President the benefit of the doubt that he intended to lead an open, bipartisan process.
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Gingrich Called for ObamaCare Mandate in May 2009, Said ObamaCare “Healthier…More Open” Process than HillaryCare
(Via Hot Air)
Said the Obamacare process was healthier and a more open process than Hillarycare was; not having “500 people hiding in a room writing the bill”. He spoke of individual rights and behaviors and how nobody’s going to be allowed to have “a free ride”. Also said that as the process goes through that this is the model “we’ll be advocating” in the general election.
YIKES!!! 😯
Though to Gingrich’s defense:In Gingrich’s defense, May 2009 was relatively early on in the legislative process for ObamaCare and I suppose he was not the only prominent Republican still willing to give the President the benefit of the doubt that he intended to lead an open, bipartisan process.
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