tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12961715444482808282024-02-07T19:32:02.731-06:00From Where I SitI’ve been called ornery, cantankerous, confrontational, opinionated, argumentative, cussed and grumpy. I plead guilty.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger248125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-45822735554244912712012-10-27T15:01:00.000-05:002012-10-27T15:01:23.716-05:00I dare call it humor<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's a slow, party cloudy, 42º Fall afternoon and I've got a case of brain slowdownedness so, I'm cleaning out a file thingie (click 'em if you can't read 'em.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anything else turns up, I'll pass it along. Enjoy the rest of your day.</span>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-64807628837086835022012-10-27T06:23:00.000-05:002012-10-27T06:23:06.399-05:00Joey B. steps on his Hoohah. Again.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-66867939402512252332012-10-27T06:22:00.001-05:002012-10-27T06:22:16.857-05:00There are days I miss Texas<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A C-141-A Starlifter had
been delayed for take-off for over an hour at Thule Air Force Base,
Greenland<b>*</b>, because a sewage repository had not been pumped
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally
a young airman wanders up to the aircraft with the approprirate
equipment. The airman fiddles around for a while, does his thing, and
then gets ready to leave.</span></span></div>
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aircraft commander, a young captain, confronts the airman. "You've
caused me to be two hours late for my take-off. I'll see that you are
not only reprimanded, but punished as well! "</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At that the young airman,
smiles. "Sir, with all due respect, I have no stripes, I'm
stationed at Thule, Greenland, it's 20 degrees below zero, and I'm
pumping s#!+ from your aircraft. Just what kind of punishment did you
have in mind? "</span></span></div>
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</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thule (prono<span style="font-size: medium;">unced </span>toolie) Air Force
Base is the U.S. Armed Forces' northernmost installation, located 750
miles north of the Arctic Circle. February averages as the coldest
month (-19</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">°</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">F)
and July the warmest (45</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">°</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">F).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Or continue talking about
it. (<span style="color: blue;"><b><i><a href="http://oldandornery.blogspot.com/2012/10/from-minds-and-kitchens-of-oreo-bakers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oreos post</a></i></b></span>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The history... <span style="color: blue;"><b><i><a href="http://www.hauntedbay.com/history/candycorn.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">O</span>ther vegetable shapes -- including turnips?</a></i></b></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Video...<span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://behind the scenes at a candy corn factory" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">B</span>ehind the scenes at a candy corn factory<span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></a></span></b></i></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Recipe...</span></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><i> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/candy-corn-recipe/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yellow and orange gel paste?</a></span></i></span></span></b>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Decorating with it...<span style="font-size: medium;"><i> <span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.womansday.com/home/holiday-decorating-ideas/7-diy-candy-corn-decorations-111105#slide-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deck the halls with<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></a></b></span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The price range... <span style="color: blue;"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Candy4u-Candy-Corn/dp/B0000DZLTY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gourmet version?</a></i></b></span></span></span>
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you'd rather not know)...<i><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/brachs/candy-corn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">It has calories?</a></b></span></span></i></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-86365641248708014562012-10-26T15:49:00.001-05:002012-10-26T15:49:35.160-05:00Message in a Bottle<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVO9_UOJMePWUrlcC6zM_SuCYrfOea7cX2JQ-EsZITgQkyJxTS1zFW5aI1pE-pZNEM6oW7DffKRBT-gx3WovlTWG-phGxJOMoRZ9xWjJdulKsbjmtEzN1GguLBk7zuOmfqQOSERlbekO7/s1600/hi-ireland-bottle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVO9_UOJMePWUrlcC6zM_SuCYrfOea7cX2JQ-EsZITgQkyJxTS1zFW5aI1pE-pZNEM6oW7DffKRBT-gx3WovlTWG-phGxJOMoRZ9xWjJdulKsbjmtEzN1GguLBk7zuOmfqQOSERlbekO7/s1600/hi-ireland-bottle.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A boy and his bottle message</td></tr>
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<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">No,
not the <b><i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139462/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the movie</a></i></b> or <i><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G2LtPvPemw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the song</a></b></i>. But a real-life tale of a 9-year old boy
finding a real-life bottle with a real-life message.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The
youngster was walking on the beach near his home in Ireland and found
a 2-liter bottle with <span style="font-size: medium;">a</span> message inside.</span></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The
message in a bottle had been pitched into the water in 2004 by two</i></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Canadian
girls on vacation along the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec.</i></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>It
had taken eight years to travel some 2,500 miles before washing
ashore</i></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>near
the tiny village of Passage East in County Waterford, Ireland.”</i></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The e-mail address in the
message no longer worked, but as word of the bottle got out, the
two girls heard their bottle had been found...</span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Tuesday night, Oisin sat
down to chat with them in a much</i></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>more modern way—<a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AkAuVTK89UPk_1rsi2rHtm3ThqU5;_ylu=X3oDMTFnaXFoZGc2BG1pdANCbG9nUG9zdEJvZHkEcG9zAzcEc2VjA01lZGlhQmxvZ0JvZHlBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTJzdGg5MmUzBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDM2YzYTZiNTYtNGQxMy0zNzZhLWE4ZDktMWFmYjYwYWY0OTgxBHBzdGNhdANwYXJlbnRpbmcEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=0/SIG=11fr8bl64/EXP=1352482748/**http%3A//youtu.be/FHy8H1TjiJY">online,
via Skype</a>. <br /><br />"Bonjour!" he said cheerily, before
showing them their old note</i></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>and the crushed, green
plastic bottle he found it in. The young</i></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>women leaned in close to
their computer to get a better look.</i></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The story links to another,
about a 98-year old message in a bottle being setting the world
record, but the link doesn't work. <b><i><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2012/08/30/year-old-message-bottle-sets-world-record/fhgABnDOXWXCNL0Q663n6O/story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This one does.</a></i></b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-90284059995082034232012-10-26T14:30:00.000-05:002012-10-26T14:30:53.459-05:00220.5 mph on a Texas highway... Smokie approves?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You buckled up in there?</td></tr>
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<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This
follows up my post about the new stretch of Texas highway where you
can legally haul-it at 85 mph...</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">High-performance
tuner <b><i><a href="http://www.hennesseyperformance.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Hennessey</a></i></b> found a way to show off one of his latest
projects and help the Texas Department of Public Safety <b><i><a href="http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/hennessey-tuned-camaro-zl1-hits-203-mph-texas-141224467.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">test some of</a></i></b> some of
their equipment at the same time.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>...Texas
authorities let him take a full-speed blast down the state's newest</i></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>toll
road outside Austin that opened today, one that features an</i></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>85-mph
speed limit. It's just long enough for the 1,200-hp,</i></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>twin-turbo
Cadillac CTS-V coupe to hit 220.5 mph.”</i></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">...</span>might
have done 230 mph had he been granted another mile of tarmac.”</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Man,
talk about haulin' it!</span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-73543934722007831332012-10-26T13:53:00.002-05:002012-10-26T13:53:45.557-05:00What could a pro footballer making $3.8 million a year (+bonuses) possibly want?<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYA0kNU4NKoRFgzQEDGT4JdlId35DxmBF4j8y9aBfh_bttXqDh_8FXpFM5ZBhmXGm-7hXMXFtKpjkguWWGGpYBkZ8OW-BoKgf_1y4Dpu3sxW75WqKoEG6d4wMVc_UEelOQu0twPY73yN72/s1600/bud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYA0kNU4NKoRFgzQEDGT4JdlId35DxmBF4j8y9aBfh_bttXqDh_8FXpFM5ZBhmXGm-7hXMXFtKpjkguWWGGpYBkZ8OW-BoKgf_1y4Dpu3sxW75WqKoEG6d4wMVc_UEelOQu0twPY73yN72/s1600/bud.jpg" height="400" width="312" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheaper this way, Chris.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/chris-cooley-hoped-free-beer-contract-redskins-010636433--nfl.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FREE BEER!!</a></b></i> Why not? What the hell, put it in the contract <strike>demands</strike>
negotiations. See if it flies.</span></span><br />
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He
didn't get it. Oh, well, maybe next year, Chris. Now go play
football. And buy your own 6-packs. Jeeze.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-55244971595543720262012-10-26T13:41:00.001-05:002012-10-26T13:41:42.539-05:00The criminal mind strikes again<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbAaymh-Q5L9DJLsqt6l38f7UjTnKj1-9cCodzajqogEZIQ3-aVvQKJZ1rZb3p2qXj4s3kFYAuCymvUCdqTqL_dnLBZ-LgzHJypM_iBmCL6m38f1gTHQeB4Z-3ZSChz1GmQxR2flfPb27/s1600/floss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbAaymh-Q5L9DJLsqt6l38f7UjTnKj1-9cCodzajqogEZIQ3-aVvQKJZ1rZb3p2qXj4s3kFYAuCymvUCdqTqL_dnLBZ-LgzHJypM_iBmCL6m38f1gTHQeB4Z-3ZSChz1GmQxR2flfPb27/s1600/floss.jpg" height="289" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">A weapon of choice</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
headline, <b><i><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jailers-worry-dental-floss-weapon-185039459.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jailers worry about dental floss as a weapon</a></i></b> got my
attention. Not that I'm concerned about/particularly interested in
the subject, it just made me think of Dillinger's bar of soap trick<span style="font-size: medium;"> and I got curious.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1296171544448280828&pli=1" name="lw_1351201844_1"></a>
“<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>When a group of New
York prisoners sued last month to demand access</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>to dental floss,
officials said they had to consider "security issues." As
it turns out, jail — </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>and jailbreak — history is tightly tangled
with the stringy decay fighter.”</i></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There's
that “mind” at work... 1) Use the prison library to learn law. 2)
Use the law to get what you need for an escape, sewing up wounds,
choking a fellow incarceratee, whatever. Pure genious.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Lead
plaintiff Santiago Gomez said the jail was "violating inmates'
federally protected</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>civil rights by not allowing inmates access to
dental floss, while acknowledging</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>that it will result in cavities if
you fail to floss your teeth."</i></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh,
yeah. I remember that particular “federally protected civil right.”
I don't remember the federally assigned number, but I think the
federally assigned title was “Assisting the Incarcerated,” and
dental floss was enumerated. I remember that part. In particular.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
other uses for this everyday item, in the jail house, are
unbelievably creative.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Once
again, one thing leads to another...</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><a href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-20-escape-tools-made-inmates?image=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">15 Incredible Escape Tools Made by Prison Inmates</a></i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>(with photographs)</span></span></div>
<br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and </span></span><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-incredible-prison-escapes.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Top 10 Most Incredible Prison Escapes</a></i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> (from some really tough places to get out of)</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Like
they say, what could these guys accomplish if they put their
creativity to work in a legal way?</span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-77074583605780101552012-10-26T11:40:00.000-05:002012-10-26T11:40:58.011-05:00The State Department thinks there may be a security problem at U.S. diplomatic facilities aound the planet<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">U.S. Embassy guard</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A <i><b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2012/10/marine-corps-state-department-assess-embassy-guards-benghazi-libya-102412" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">security problem</a></span></b></i>? At U.S. Diplomatic facilities? Gee, what was their
first clue?</span></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"The
review follows September’s deadly attack on a U.S. consulate in</span></span></i></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Benghazi, Libya, and revelations there was no Marine Corps presence
at the compound — </span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">or anywhere else in the country — when heavily
armed attackers laid waste to the facility,</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">killing U.S. Ambassador
J. Christopher Stevensand three other Americans."</span></span></i></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh,
that might be the clue. Duh.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Marine
Corps officials say there’s been no call to boost the size of its
Embassy Security Group.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But when asked if the State Department is
assessing whether the number of Marine security</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">guards needs to
increase, a spokesman for the agency indicated that remains to be
determined."</span></span></i></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yeah,
State's (Hillary's folks) gotta get that “determining” thing
taken care of. You know, committees, Power Point presentations,
graphs and charts, meetings, discussions... that stuff.</span></span><br />
<br />
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-57201602496577249482012-10-26T11:20:00.001-05:002012-10-26T11:40:58.007-05:00Momma's got a whole lotta $$$<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Money? What Money?</span></span></i></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not
the most startling news. A lot of Mommas have a lotta $$$. But, this
particular Momma is the Momma of the Leader of the People's Republic
of China! You know, the nation of over a billion folks. The majority
of whom live in poverty. Even more than in the US.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A
little background...</span></span></div>
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<i>“<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
mother of <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/china/index.html?inline=nyt-geo">China</a>’s
prime minister was a school teacher in northern China. His father was
ordered to tend pigs in one of Mao’s political campaigns. And
during childhood, “my family was extremely poor,” the prime
minister, <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/wen_jiabao/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Wen
Jiabao</a>, said in a speech last year.”</span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">School
teacher? (and not even a Chicao school teacher at that) Pig farmer
during Mao Tse Tung's reign of terror? A lot of questions come to
mind. A lot.</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just
one investment in her name, in a large Chinese financial services
company, had a value of $120 million five years ago, the records
show.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
details of how Ms. Yang, a widow, accumulated such wealth are not
known, or even if she was aware of the holdings in her name. But it
happened after her son was elevated to China’s ruling elite, first
in 1998 as vice prime minister and then five years later as prime
minister.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/business/global/family-of-wen-jiabao-holds-a-hidden-fortune-in-china.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The story</a></b></i> goes on about most of Wen's family tree becoming wealthy,
hidden funds, offshore manipulaions, etc. And this $$$ doesn't seem
to be the kind made “the old fashioned way – earning it.” No,
“They didn't build it,” they stole, syphoned, kick-backed,
loop-holed, and generally used whatever Mafia-like techniques
required to pile it up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There's a long, long list of behind the scenes
financial doings in the country we're shipping boatloads of our cash
to every day. I liked the ending...</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
prime minister’s supporters say he has not personally benefited
from his extended family’s business dealings, and may not even be
knowledgeable about the extent of them.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last
March, the prime minister hinted that he was at least aware of the
persistent rumors about his relatives. During a nationally televised
news conference in Beijing, he insisted that he had “never pursued
personal gain” in public office.</span></span></i></div>
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<i>“<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
have the courage to face the people and to face history,” he said
in an emotional session. “There are people who will appreciate what
I have done, but there are also people who will criticize me.
Ultimately, history will have the final say.”</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sounds
like something you'd hear from one our own politicians PR reps.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-70989266870107983182012-10-26T10:23:00.000-05:002012-10-26T11:40:58.009-05:00Beetle mittens? What a bunch of crap!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe I should have used
another word. How about pasture lilies? But mittens and Dung
Beetle's? Give me a break.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I've seen the little bug.
I've watched it do the job assigned to it by Mother Nature. I
understand its role in Life. What I don't understand is why some
scientist would want to put a pair of mittens on one. Why/how would
this idea even come up in the crazy world of science. That's the
thing about scientists. They are wild and wacky thinkers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jochen Smolka, Lund
University, Sweden, is studying the </span></span><strike><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">bug</span></span></strike><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/10/22/dung-beetle-air-conditoning-ball-poo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Scarabaeus nigroaeneus<span style="font-size: medium;"> in Africa.</span></span></span></i></a></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> He's </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"...</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>found that
their dung balls aren’t just take-away meals—they’re also
portable coolers."</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
So now, besides mittens we've got air conditioners? Read on.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"Smolka
placed dung beetles and their balls in a sandy circular arena, etched
into their</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>natural
habitat. If he shaded the arena so it was cooler than 50°C, the
beetles rolled</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>their
balls out without pause. On hotter ground, their front feet can heat
up by as much</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>as 10°C,
and that triggers them to climb onto their balls. Here’s where the
adorable</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>green
mitts come in—if Smolka placed these on the beetles, their front
feet didn’t</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>heat up,
and they were less likely to climb onto their balls."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So <span style="font-size: medium;">we know. I still want to know how he; 1) <span style="font-size: medium;">Made the mittens<span style="font-size: medium;">. 2) Got them on those tiny little feet. No mention was made.<i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i>What a way to make a <span style="font-size: medium;">living, huh?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-55753523761391793812012-10-26T06:42:00.000-05:002012-10-26T08:57:17.610-05:00Today (in history), a cash crop was born<br />
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Movies, movie re-makes, books, other books, a tourist stop, memorabilia, re-enactment shows, and on and on.<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shootout-at-the-ok-corral" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shootout at the OK Corral</a></i></b>. The story's been told, re-told, embellished, distorted and to this day no one knows, absolutely, what happened.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-17267441768930062942012-10-25T23:42:00.001-05:002012-10-25T23:42:27.142-05:00This is NOT how our Founding Fathers envisioned our voting process. This is NOT what our military sacrifices to preserve!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>In Florida, Virginia and Indiana, voters have received
phone calls that</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>wrongly<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>told them there was no need to cast a ballot in
person on Election Day</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>because<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>they could vote by phone<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> In <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1351117447_8">Ohio</span> and Wisconsin, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1351117447_5">billboards</span> in mostly low-income and minority neighborhoods</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>showed prisoners behind bars and warned of criminal penalties for <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1351117447_4">voter fraud</span> - </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>an effort that voting rights groups say was designed to intimidate minority voters.</i></span></span></div>
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<b><i><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-election-nears-efforts-intensify-misinform-pressure-voters-051420119.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who the hell are</a> </i></b>these people who think they can do these things? What kind of mindset generates this despicable behavior?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-16581544057076187622012-10-25T23:24:00.000-05:002012-10-25T23:25:07.966-05:00Got 5 min:17 sec? Want to watch the "Libya Bump" unfold? With a preface by ex-President Clinton?<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"President Obama and his administration have failed to give the American</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>public clear answers on the terrorist attack that happened on 9/11 in
Benghazi, Libya.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>This is a timeline of the events that occurred
surrounding the attack on U.S. soil at</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>our consulate in Libya. It's been
40 + days since the attack with no clear answers</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>and no clear
leadership from President Obama."</i></span></span></div>
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<i><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHIzWZrSHn4&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">It's on this video.</a></b></i><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-5165886768023295702012-10-25T22:26:00.000-05:002012-10-25T22:26:16.767-05:00File this under "How Low Can You Go?" (no, this isn't about a limbo song)<br />
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Maybe a Bimbo song? Young lady made <b><i><a href="http://lonelyconservative.com/2012/10/ew-lena-dunhams-obama-ad-eerily-similar-to-campaign-ad-for-vladimir-putin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">an ad for</a></i></b> The Prez. She seems to be talking about THE "first time." No, it's not actually THAT "first time."<br />
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At the link there's mention of (and links to) a "similar" ad for Mad Vlad. Yeah, the KGB Commie.<br />
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No mention as to when/where it is/has/will run(ning). My guess... MTV.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-70787322276256683582012-10-25T21:20:00.001-05:002012-10-25T21:20:25.785-05:00I find 'em. You read 'em. Or don't<br />
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Gloria Allred shot down in court... <b><i><a href="http://www.therightplanet.com/2012/10/allredoctobersurprise-judge-unseals-divorce-docs-allred-gets-shot-down-hard/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bye Bye October non-disclosure-Surprise</a></i></b><br />
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Congressman Allen West discussing Tingles Matthews... <b><i><span id="goog_931185389"></span><span id="goog_931185390"></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmcL_-yggbo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"I don't know if he has gotten off of his medications."</a></i></b><br />
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In October?... <b><i><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/10/24/Obama-Endorsed-by-Chavez-Putin-and-Castro-Family" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Surprise endorsements for The Prez?</a></i></b><br />
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Former SEALS weigh in... <b><i><a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/10/former-seals-to-air-bump-in-road-during-hollywood-obama-fantasy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Bump in the road"</a></i></b><br />
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Obama didn't kill that... <b><i><a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/10/boom-fox-news-general-panetta-is-the-real-man-who-gave-the-execute-order-on-osama-led-that-video/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Panetta did</a></i></b><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-42182087199663520852012-10-25T18:38:00.000-05:002012-10-25T18:38:48.006-05:00If "the rest of the world" could vote, they'd choose Obama. Bad news? Good news? Should I even give a ____?<br />
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According to a <b><i><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20008687" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BBC World Service</a></i></b> poll (there's that word again)...<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">An average of 50% favoured Mr Obama, with 9% for Mr Romney,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the survey of 21,797 people in 21 countries.</span></span></i></div>
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They put together a confusing, to me, set of colorful charts, but I don't see any details about Who/What/Where stuff. Just like most of our (USA) pollsters.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-43586504052727931402012-10-25T18:21:00.002-05:002012-10-25T18:21:31.663-05:00Shuckin' 'n jivin'<br />
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Sometime back in the 50's, in Memphis, TN, was the first time I heard the phrase. It was used by a Black male describing a scam run on Black families by another Black male. It had no racist meaning to me. I had no idea where he got it but, in the context used, I understood it completely. No interpretation needed.<br />
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As years passed I continued to hear it and even used it. Still, not even a hint of racism arises. And it was always understood.<br />
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Enter today's whiney, touch-feely, can't we all just get along journalists and their <strike>Dictionary</strike> Code Book of Racist Words and Expressions, Abridged Version.<br />
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The most recent <strike>victim</strike> <strike>target</strike> vile Anglo-Saxon perpetrator of crimes against the <strike>Ethics</strike> Standards of Usage of the English Language According to the Liberal School of Journalism is Sarah Palin. She used the aforementioned phrase. And the slings and arrows were brought forth and placed in use. Like Texas (or, as she calls it, "The second largest state."), you just "Don't Mess with Sarah Palin." <b><i><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/palin-shuck-jive-facebook-matthews-140613602.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">She fired back.</a></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"For the record," Palin <a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=ApHsGpAYsCyMGFWnoAozANvNt.d_;_ylu=X3oDMTFkZWgzYnZwBG1pdANCbG9nIEJvZHkEcG9zAzIEc2VjA01lZGlhQmxvZ0JvZHlBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTMzZHM4ZHM5BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDNDNmZjk3OTItMmU2Zi0zM2FiLTlhZDYtNTU2MGExNWVlMzYwBHBzdGNhdANibG9nc3x0aGVsb29rb3V0BHB0A3N0b3J5cGFnZQ--;_ylv=0/SIG=12edgn8r2/EXP=1352399395/**http%3A//www.facebook.com/sarahpalin/posts/10151232848473588" target="_blank">wrote on her Facebook page</a>,
"there was nothing remotely racist</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in my use of the phrase 'shuck and
jive'—a phrase which many people have used, including</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chris Matthews,
Andrew Cuomo, and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney to name</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a few
off the top of my head."</span></span></i></div>
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I'm not a huge Palin fan, but I do admire folks with Grit. And the lady got grit.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been known to use the phrase most often when chastising my daughter
Piper to stop</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">procrastinating and do her homework. As she is part
Yup'ik Eskimo, I'm not sure if this term</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">would be deemed offensive when
it's directed at her or if it would be considered benign as in</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the case
of Chris Matthews' use of it in reference to Rachel Maddow. Just to be
careful, from</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">now on I'll avoid using it with Piper, and I would
appreciate it if the media refrained from</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">using words and phrases like
igloo, Eskimo Pie, and "when hell freezes over," as they might be considered offensive by my extended Alaska Native family.</span></i></span></div>
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There's more at the link and a few more links.<br />
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BTW, she also used a Yiddish term, "shtick." Since there's been no furor raised, I'm assuming there is no "Standard" for words, terms or phrases which might be considered Anti-Semitic.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-40604554378075387872012-10-25T16:52:00.000-05:002012-10-25T16:52:36.167-05:00I surf. I copy. I caption.<br />
These originated from <b><i><a href="http://www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/24719578.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radio Free Europe's</a></i></b> picture of the day page.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Somebody yell "Hands behind your head? We bein' busted?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The counterfeit new I-pad is available today at the counterfeit Apple store in China.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok, back to the drawing board.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modern day David, in Syria, takes on Goliath Assad.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michelle who's in charge of cafeteria menus now?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Point that thing my way, Grumpy, and I'll bust a cricket paddle on ya'.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-3712826846252476012012-10-25T13:05:00.001-05:002012-10-25T13:05:35.013-05:00Golf has Birdies, Eagles, Albatrosses and now, Sharks! (not the Greg Norman variety)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leopard Shark. In its usual surroundings.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"... a 2-foot-long, live leopard shark apparently plummeted from the sky and landed</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>very close to the 12th tee box at the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1351105962_0">San Juan Capistrano</span>, Calif., course."</i></span></span></div>
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And the thing appears to have <b><i><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/shark-falls-sky-onto-golf-course-185842704.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gained access to</a></i></b> the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1351105962_1">San Juan Hills Golf Club course</span> the same way those fowl do... it flew! (no mention made of Swallows)<br />
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Or maybe the thing was flown in...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"The shark, which reportedly had two bleeding wounds near its <a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AssE2mSJZZqwqDrGlR0ZUt8bANEA;_ylu=X3oDMTFqaWd2Ymg3BG1pdANBcnRpY2xlIEJvZHkEcG9zAzIEc2VjA01lZGlhQXJ0aWNsZUJvZHlBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTJxcmo4MHZqBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDYTBlYzRkNjItZDU2NS0zMWZlLWE5OTQtZDliNTA2YTAyNTVlBHBzdGNhdANzY2llbmNlBHB0A3N0b3J5cGFnZQ--;_ylv=0/SIG=12jul3r72/EXP=1352395662/**http%3A//www.livescience.com/18636-shark-fin-soup-neurotoxin.html" rel="nofollow">dorsal fin</a>,
is thought to</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>have been dropped over the golf course by a predatory
bird, though no one is known</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>to have actually seen the shark fall."</i></span></span></div>
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Talk about "hitting the links." Bam! or Plop. What's a 2-foot shark sound like when it hits a lush, country club tee box from whatever altitude?<br />
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This Fish Tale has a happy ending. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-35908533965721533492012-10-25T11:26:00.001-05:002012-10-25T11:26:56.252-05:00Gentlemen (and ladies), it's Pedal to the Metal time!<br />
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<span class="st"><b><i><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2012/10/25/cruising-at-85-mph-texas-opens-fastest-highway-in-u-s/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boogety, Boogety, Boogety!</a></i></b> In Texas. On one highway. For 41 miles. And you've got to pay a toll fee. But, hey, it's still good. Right? (might catch on nation-wide?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><i>Texas opened a 41-mile stretch of State Highway 130 today with a new
speed limit</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><i>of 85 miles per hour — the highest legal limit in the U.S.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The new stretch of highway, part of a toll road also called the
Pickle Parkway between</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Austin and San Antonio, is aimed in part at
relieving congestion that is typical on</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Interstate 35, the main road
between the two cities.</span></i></span></div>
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Catch ya on tha flip side, good buddy! <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-84840379519119365702012-10-25T10:13:00.000-05:002012-10-25T10:13:23.900-05:00Mr. Cool-in-Chief has a potty mouth!<br />
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My, my, how "Presidential" is this? The Liberal online site, <u><b><i><a href="http://www.politico.com/playbook/1012/playbook9315.html?hp=l6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Politico</a></i></b></u><i>,</i> offers up this tidbit...<br />
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<i>FIRST LOOK – Rolling Stone cover, “Obama and the Road Ahead: The Rolling Stone</i></div>
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<i>Interview,” by Douglas Brinkley: “We arrived at the Oval Office for our 45-minute</i></div>
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<i>interview … on the morning of October 11<sup>th</sup>.
… As we left the Oval Office, executive</i></div>
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<i>editor Eric Bates told Obama
that he had asked his six-year-old if there was anything</i></div>
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to say to the president. … [S]he said, ‘Tell him: You can do it.’</i></div>
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<i>Obama
grinned. … ‘You know, kids have good instincts,’ Obama offered. ‘They
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<i>at the other guy and say, “Well, that’s a bullshitter, I can
tell.”’”</i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-46630072077871692952012-10-25T09:51:00.000-05:002012-10-25T09:54:51.227-05:00Mr. Cool-in-Chief does an interview with another hard-hitting news publication<br />
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Rolling Stone. <b><i><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-dirty-dozen-20121022http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-dirty-dozen-20121022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Not known to be</a></i></b> in favor of Romney. To say the least. Oh, maybe that's why he agreed to the interview. Or maybe he was in a mood to reminisce about his "shroom" days. With folks who can relate.<br />
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The issue hits the newsstands tomorrow, if you're interested. <i><b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/obama-to-rolling-stone-wall-street-should-change-incentives-for-high-risk-financial-schemes/2012/10/23/1377793e-1d67-11e2-8817-41b9a7aaabc7_story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The interview includes</a></b></i> Mr. CIC's observations about Wall Street and the Fat Cats, and how the stock market system is just wrong. Or something.<br />
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He then proceeds to deliver the campaign rhetoric we've all heard/read before. Not one single word isn't a repeat. <br />
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The story ends with this...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>With Halloween approaching, Brinkley, in a lighter moment,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>asked what he would like Romney to wear as a costume.</i></span></div>
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Lighter moment? The whole damned thing was light! As in Wimpy. Puffy.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> “I don’t know about this Halloween,” Obama replied. “Next Halloween</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>I hope he’ll be an ex-presidential candidate.”</i></span></div>
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I do too, Mr. CIC. That would mean he'll be President, as in ex-candidate, and you'll be the Former President. As in no longer in office!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296171544448280828.post-9041670281711427942012-10-25T09:13:00.000-05:002012-10-25T09:13:01.436-05:00"The Perfect Storm" redux?<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though still projecting several days ahead of Halloween week,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1351147341_5">computer models</span> are spooking meteorologists.</span></i></div>
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Hurricane Sandy and an Arctic blast are <b><i><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hybrid-sandy-winter-storm-threatens-east-coast-064040714.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">forecast to collide</a></i></b> during a full moon (high tides). In '91 they called the mixing of Hurricane Grace with a cold front "The Perfect Storm." The monetary damage was about $200 million. If the predicted forecast occurs, damage estimates are as high as $1 <i>billion</i>.<br />
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