New zomblog today (excerpt follows - read it all ): Memo to Media Matters: Kevin Jennings knew of Harry Hay’s NAMBLA connections
How can you compile and edit a book that includes an extensive chapter about Harry Hay — a chapter for which you wrote the introduction and study questions — and then later claim complete ignorance of Harry Hay’s past? Especially considering that you are known as a leading scholar of the history of gay activism?
And it should be noted that everything Jennings wrote about Harry Hay in this book portrays him in a positive light. In the book, he doesn’t write specifically that Hay inspired him, but it’s obvious if you read the book itself that Jennings is holding up Harry Hay as a role model.
The final link in this chain of evidence is proof that the book The Trouble with Harry Hay did in fact mention Hay’s connection to NAMBLA. Since we know that Kevin Jennings must have read this book in 1993 0r 1994, if we can show that the book discusses Hay’s support of NAMBLA, then it’s beyond any doubt that Jennings knew of it. And we can indeed provide the proof:
Related story: 53 House Republicans call on Obama to fire Kevin Jennings
Continuing an off-topic story from the previous thread:
ReplyDeleteOfficials Race to Save Boy Trapped in Flying Balloon
(Link includes link to live video)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A 6-year-old boy climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy as he hurled through the air.
The bizarre scene played out live on television and prompted fears that the flying saucer-shaped balloon would crash with the young child inside. FAA spokesman Mike Fergus says the agency has been notified and it was unclear whether traffic controllers had picked it up on radar.
Larimer County sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella says the device has the potential to rise to 10,000 feet. Sheriff's officials last saw the device floating south of Milliken, which is about 40 miles north of Denver.
The FAA is now clearing airspace near Denver International Airport.
"We were sitting eating, out looking where they normally shoot off hot air balloons. My husband said he saw something. It went over our rooftop. Then we saw the big round balloonish thing, it was spinning," said neighbor Lisa Eklund.
Additional details about the child and the balloon were not immediately available.
Have they got the kid out yet?
ReplyDeleteHe's still flying - now toward the Denver area.
ReplyDeleteDianna said...
ReplyDeleteHave they got the kid out yet?
It's still in the air. Check out the live video in my link...that thing is going quite fast.
They need to stop it, THEN get the kid out.
The video is looped; are we going to see something more?
ReplyDeletezombblog, jsut about the only place you can go to get real journalism these days. The MSM wiki's to put a piece together, zombie does research. She can whip that Media Matters organization with half her brain tied behind her back. Great work zombie.
ReplyDeleteGetting the balloon down isn't going to be fast.
ReplyDeleteIf I were doing it, I'd get a National Guard helicopter or transport, and hang a net under it. Try to catch the balloon with the net. Then, once it is secure, either haul it up, or puncture the balloon.
With a helicopter, you could lower the kid, net, and balloon to near the ground and have people unload it; with a fixed-wing aircraft, you'd have to haul it in first (because the balloon has no landing gear)
If they can catch a spacecraft parachuting down they can catch this. The question is, do they have the aircraft and equipment near enough?
The one I'm looking at is a live stream. It might look looped, but it's live.
ReplyDeleteUh-oh. The balloon's losing lift.
ReplyDeleteDianna - it's all pretty much the same as the loop. It just keeps flying along. It has been clocked at approx 25 miles an hour.
ReplyDeleteOne side of this spherical ballon is slowly collapsing.
Sorry, Zomblog, we've got a more immediate child concern going here.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they want us to see what happens next.
ReplyDeleteNow they're saying it's at 8,000 feet. Doesn't look that high to me. Expected to be in/near metro Denver within the hour.
ReplyDeleteHope it doesn't turn over. That would be...bad.
ReplyDeleteCO national guard preparing to launch a chopper. Now the lad is near Brighton, CO
ReplyDeleteAnbody familiar with the winds in the Rockies?
ReplyDeleteNot where I'd want to be in an uncontrolled balloon.
The FOX News live stream does occasionally go blank as they switch between cameras, but it's not on any loop.
ReplyDeleteIt might be looping for slower connections, though.
gak - good - see my rescue plan earlier. Sounds like someone in the Guard came up with it or something similar, too; they should.
ReplyDeleteNow, if the chopper is close enough; the kind they need won't make it to 200 mph, but should make it to 8,000-10,000 ft.
Horrific. Poor kid, he must be terrified. Poor parents what a helpless feeling. I wonder if they could send parachuters to "catch" it?
ReplyDeleteExactly what is a chopper supposed to do?
ReplyDeleteOne heck of a story to tell, if the kid survives it.
ReplyDeleteRemember: an adventure is something scary happening to someone else a very long way away from you.
Pi Guy said...
ReplyDeleteAnbody familiar with the winds in the Rockies?
Not where I'd want to be in an uncontrolled balloon.
sb5k says - in the 1920's, the Navy airship Shenandoah was sent on a cross-country PR trip, through the midwest in thunderstorm season. It got wrecked. Some of the crew managed to land their half of the craft by using it as a free balloon; the air balloonet in their part remained intact. The crew in the control cabin died when it fell off as the craft came apart.
The "craft" was never meant to fly. It was an experiment to track weather.
ReplyDeleteThen the kid's done a pretty remarkable proof of concept.
ReplyDeleteThe chase caravan's pretty impressive, too.
ReplyDeleteDianna said...
ReplyDeleteExactly what is a chopper supposed to do?
sb5k says -
If I were running it, I'd have the chopper carry a net attached to the underside, with the other side of the net attached to the hoist in the chopper. Once in the air, lower the net so it is almost vertical. Get in front of the balloon and move in a way that holds the balloon against the net, while raising up the back. It would take a couple of ropes so the bottom comes up in a way that traps the balloon.
Then descend until the ground crew can get the balloon punctured, and lower the net to the ground.
I'm sure search and rescue crews can come up with something that works even better.
Camera are all focused on the rescue vehicles on the ground...
ReplyDeletemidwestgak said... The "craft" was never meant to fly. It was an experiment to track weather.
ReplyDeleteWatching the base where the child is presumably riding, it is rocking back and forth wildly, up and down, etc. I pray the child has some way to stay stationary in there.
From CNN
ReplyDeleteOfficials were concerned that a 6-year-old boy who drifted away from his parents' Fort Collins, Colorado, home in an experimental helium balloon may already have fallen out of it, an undersheriff said. Margie Martinez of the Weld County Sheriff's Office said a sibling saw the boy, named Falcon, climb into the basket before the balloon took off.
The buildings and houses in the background are much larger than they were...that thing's coming down soon.
ReplyDeleteShep on FOX news said the device can stay in the air for days. Days!
ReplyDeleteI bet the silver-metallic fabric is doing a lovely job of keeping the air inside nice and warm.
ReplyDeleteIf they want to bring it down, they need a few more small holes.
Looks like it's stalling, maybe descending.
ReplyDeleteRope is caught in power lines.
ReplyDeleteThat is not good.
It's slowed and is spinning around in one area. (On it's own)
ReplyDeleteIt looks slower and may be coming down. Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeletefree again!
ReplyDeleteSee those lines hanging off the balloon? Wonder how long they are, if they could be used by ground rescue crews to bring him down in a controlled manner?
ReplyDeleteSoft landing!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's down!@!!!!
ReplyDeleteSomebody got the line
ReplyDeleteIt's down!
ReplyDeleteI think they're wondering how the kid got in.
ReplyDeleteWhere's the kid?
ReplyDeletewhere'e the child?
ReplyDeleteIs that the first "liveblogging" of a current event here?
ReplyDelete/Hope kid is OK
Was it empty?
ReplyDeletePushing choppers out of airspace... Uh oh...
ReplyDeleteFinally Free said...
ReplyDeleteIs that the first "liveblogging" of a current event here?
/Hope kid is OK
I think so.
Don't tell me the kid got out before it took off!
CNN reports police think the boy may have fallen out before it landed
ReplyDeleteKMGH says no one is inside.
ReplyDeleteOn Fox they are saying that nobody is in there?
ReplyDeleteWhere is the kid?
ReplyDeleteYes... no one in there...
ReplyDeleteThinking the boy fell out...
How could he have fallen out? There doesn't look like any way to get in?
ReplyDeleteI wondered if the kid is currently hiding from whoever owns the balloon?
ReplyDeleteI would be, if I'd let it loose and all this fuss kicked up.
There was a small plywood bottom apparently...
ReplyDeleteMaybe the kid loosed the balloon, and is hiding because he thinks he will be in trouble?
ReplyDeleteDianna said...
ReplyDeleteI wondered if the kid is currently hiding from whoever owns the balloon?
I would be, if I'd let it loose and all this fuss kicked up.
That's going to be tough. The owner of the balloon is his parents - it was in their backyard.
I don't have the video up. Whats going on?
ReplyDeletePi Guy -
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't even cover the "Just wait 'til your father gets home!" situation.
Presently, a whole lot of not much.
ReplyDeleteIrritated and worried law enforcement. Angry civilians.
Dianna said...
ReplyDeletePi Guy -
That doesn't even cover the "Just wait 'til your father gets home!" situation.
Or the "Just wait 'til father gets the FAA bill for clearing airspace around Denver International!"
Pi Guy - Oh. Oh, my.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of that.
"Airliners are not expecting a large, squashy balloon to be in the way."
As Dick Francis wrote once.
I would think that there might be some sign of a boy's presence if he had been in there for any length of time. I think I might have barfed flying around in that thing.
ReplyDeleteThat kid's going to be grounded until he's 60
ReplyDeleteDianna said...
ReplyDeletePi Guy - Oh. Oh, my.
I hadn't thought of that.
"Airliners are not expecting a large, squashy balloon to be in the way."
As Dick Francis wrote once.
It's easy enough for a jet airliner to get a large squashy balloon out of the way, but there are all those potential side effects, like mucking up visibility and landing gear entanglement.
Listening to the Fox talker, it begins to seem to me that this is a publicity stunt.
ReplyDeleteI swear this story just took a year off my life. If he did indeed fall out, that's the nightmare ending I dreaded. If he's hiding somewhere I'll be thrilled, but it sounds like a pretty comprehensive search has already been undertaken.
ReplyDeletePi Guy - to say nothing of all the stuff stuck in the engine intakes?
ReplyDeleteLincolntf - I'm with you.
ReplyDeletesb5k said...
ReplyDeleteThat kid's going to be grounded until he's 60
Nobody's sure right now if the kid fell out.
He may even be in the balloon, but there might just be no need to rush anything.
Who knows? Maybe he was in there, and jumped out in time.
We'll have to wait for the rest of the story.
Currently, they're saying no boy in the balloon.
ReplyDeleteIf this were an adult, I would be cracking jokes about nominations for a Darwin Award, but a six year old . . . hits too close to home.
ReplyDeleteZimbie - Thanks for your report. NAMBLA is a scabby, putrid organization of immoral male scum. Harry Hay a role model? Kevin Jennings must go.
ReplyDeleteStory is getting weirder.
ReplyDeleteThe Fox talker is saying that the authorities may be checking another area.
ReplyDeleteI hope not.
Dianna said...
ReplyDeleteListening to the Fox talker, it begins to seem to me that this is a publicity stunt.
Interesting take...especially considering this note:
The child was identified as Falcon Heene, the son of a Colorado weather-chaser. The boy and his family have appeared on an episode of the ABC series "Wife Swap."
If it is a publicity stunt, the FAA should go after them in court ("We just figured out how to pay for healthcare - you're going to cover everybody!").
Better a publicity stunt than the alternative of him taking off in the balloon but not landing in the balloon.
ReplyDeleteBBL folks.
ReplyDeleteOrigin of Specious said...
ReplyDeleteBetter a publicity stunt than the alternative of him taking off in the balloon but not landing in the balloon.
Oh, yes.
I'm going to hold onto the cynical speculation.
The family was on Wife Swap.
ReplyDeleteI'm not gonna ask what kind of show Wife Swap is. I don't think I need to.
ReplyDeleteHere's a picture of the family
ReplyDeleteFalcon Heene, the one alleged to have been in the balloon, is the one in the center who looks like he's alseep.
Falcon? Come on out, kid.
ReplyDeleteThe kids aren't far apart in age; it would be very, very easy for the older brother to be confused.
ReplyDeletePlease, please, please.
Dianna said...
ReplyDeleteI'm not gonna ask what kind of show Wife Swap is. I don't think I need to.
Two couples switch spouses for a period of time and run each others family their own way. It's sophomoric at best.
Great - some idjit is saying that the parents are at fault, because the folks are adventurous, and if the ending was tragic, the parents should be charged with neglect.
ReplyDeleteThat does not make the slightest sense.
Hopefully, the kid was not in the balloon and has run off and hid because he's scared.
ReplyDeleteok, where's the kid?
ReplyDeleteTrying to watch this with one eye while keeping my 2 six year old boys from seeing what might be a nasty ending...
ReplyDeleteFor pity's sake, the kid was in his back yard. A witness is saying the kids were on the roof? With a camera?
ReplyDeleteWhat on earth?
I've been listening to this story on the radio and the father is somewhat of a nut. He "weather chases" as a hobby and when a storm is spotted, he rides a motorcyle with a specially equiped helmet into the storm while his wife and children follow in the chase vehicle.
ReplyDeletekinda weird.
Great - some idjit is saying that the parents are at fault
ReplyDeleteAnyone who secures a balloon of that size in such a way that a kindergarten student can release it (and then allows a kindergarten kid access to it)is a negligent fool. I'd rather give a kid of that age keys to a bus.
The family is weird. This is from the latest Fox article:
ReplyDeleteOn ABC's Web site used to promote their show portrays the family as thrill-seekers.
"When the Heene family aren't chasing storms, they devote their time to scientific experiments that include looking for extraterrestrials and building a research-gathering flying saucer to send into the eye of the storm," the Web site.
According to a recap on TVRage.com, the 100th episode finds two families swapping with each other who are returning by a viewers vote.
"One mom believes she is psychic and can speak with the dead, plus has control over the weather. The other is a family of storm chasing science-enthusiasts. The kids in the families will face off in a table meeting"
OK, so the other wife in the wife swapping is the one who thinks she can speak to the dead. Still, these are trying to meet ET.
Lincolntf said...
ReplyDeleteI'd rather give a kid of that age keys to a bus.
Well, sure, Obama's bus.
/not gonna roll with all those people under it anyway
Meet ET?
ReplyDeleteDEZ said he's boring.
/
Interesting news about the family here.
ReplyDeleteI am a tad sceptical...but at the same time am very concerned, as the parents pretty much let the kids run wild.
There is a video with the article.
This got lost at the bottom of the last thread, so I'm re-posting:
ReplyDeleteWe the people of the United States, in order to shore up imperfect unions, establish social justice, insure ongoing dialog, provide affordable insurance, promote welfare in general, and secure avoidance of global warming for ourselves and our posterity, if any, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
This is the problem with Fox and news media in general. A little kid is potentially dead, and they are talking about the kooky family - all for their fucking ratings. It is so tasteless. As if weird parents do not love their children as much as "normal" people. Its fucking disgusting.
ReplyDeletebuzz, they do consider the Constitution a "living document", which, judging from their respect, appears to be a euphemism for "toilet paper".
ReplyDeletebuzz, you forgot to include "provide broadband for all residents"
ReplyDeletefox news channel has not mentioned that thee parents are kooky...
ReplyDeleteThey are talking science and not speculating...
As a parent, I can testify that it's ALL pretty much the parents' fault, no matter what.
ReplyDelete/partial
The Night of the Living Document!
ReplyDelete...will you be amended?
AGW has a distinct religious tone to the discussion.
ReplyDeleteCan I get an amen-dment?
We the people of the United States, in order to shore up imperfect unions, establish social justice, insure ongoing dialog, provide affordable insurance, promote welfare in general, and secure avoidance of global warming for ourselves and our posterity, if any, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
ReplyDeleteNow you've done it. That could show up on Kos or Huffpo as a suggested re-write, right after we rename the country "United States of Obama".
tfc3rid
ReplyDeleteI have had it on since the beginning, and have not heard anything like that either. Neil Cavuto is still talking about it, and he is very gracious. Smith was also escellent, and very concerned about the child. I still have it on Fox.
Correspondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteNow you've done it. That could show up on Kos or Huffpo as a suggested re-write, right after we rename the country "United States of Obama".
Well, it would be bigger ... 57 states and all ...
/lamest attempt at a joke ever, Barack
/get better writers
mmm mmm mmm
ReplyDeletebuzz, you forgot to include "provide broadband for all residents"
ReplyDeleteAnd cell phones. Don't forget cell phones.
buzzsawmonkey said...
ReplyDeletemmm mmm mmm
The Barack Lightworker Hour, brought to you by Campbell's Soup!
mmm mmm mmm
ReplyDeleteEverybody sing it with me!
Mmm mmm mmm
Buzz. Saw. Monkey.
Rumors of a still photo showing 'something dark' falling out of the balloon shortly after takeoff...
ReplyDeleteCorrespondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteAnd cell phones. Don't forget cell phones.
There's only like six or seven people left that don't have one.
/
tf3rid - online. I don't have the show on. I find brining up Wife Swap and criticisms of their parenting style very distasteful at this particular time.
ReplyDeleteI like the broadband and cell phones, but I was trying to keep to the rhythm of the original, and there just wasn't room. With such a big goodie bag, can you wonder?
ReplyDeleteOldLineTexan
ReplyDeleteSame here, and I am also a grandmother. I agree with you.
Cavuto said the 6-year old is the youngest of the 3 brothers.
Hunt On for Boy Believed to Have Been in Runaway Balloon That Crashed in Colorado
ReplyDeleteDEVELOPING: A homemade balloon slowly descended in a Colorado field Thursday, but the fate of a 6-year-old boy believed to be inside was not known, authorities said.
The bizarre scene played out live on television and prompted fears that the flying saucer-shaped balloon would crash with the young child inside.
The child was identified as Falcon Heene, the son of a Colorado weather-chaser. The boy and his family first appeared on the ABC series "Wife Swap" on Oct. 3, 2008 and was then voted back for the 100th episode of the show, which aired on March 13, 2009.
Police in Colorado were performing a ground search for the boy.
Cathy Davis of the Larimer County Sheriff's Department told reporters the balloon was owned by the boy's parents and tethered behind the family's home. She said two sons were playing outside when the older boy saw the younger one go into a compartment at the bottom of the balloon and fly away.
"We'll just have to respond the best we can," Davis said. "This is a first and we'll do what we need to do."
She said the family was in contact with experts to provide details on the craft, including what it's made of and what might happen when it reaches the ground.
The Colorado Army National Guard sent an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter and was preparing to send a Black Hawk UH-60 to try to rescue the boy, possibly by lowering someone to the balloon. They also were working with pilots of ultralight aircraft on the possibility of putting weights on the homemade craft to weigh it down.
But the balloon landed on its own in a dirt field. Sheriff's deputies secured it to keep it in place, even tossing shovelfuls of dirt on one edge.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella had said the device had the potential to rise to 10,000 feet
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said the agency tracked the balloon through reports from pilots and that air traffic control facilities in the region are aware of the situation.
On ABC's Web site used to promote their show portrays the family as thrill-seekers.
"When the Heene family aren't chasing storms, they devote their time to scientific experiments that include looking for extraterrestrials and building a research-gathering flying saucer to send into the eye of the storm," the Web site.
The Heene’s received criticism of their chaotic parenting style when Karen Martel of Connecticut entered the household as the new ‘wife.' Karen’s husband runs a child-proofing business and she knew a thing or two about safety.
According to a recap on TVRage.com, the 100th episode finds two families swapping with each other who are returning by a viewers vote.
"One mom believes she is psychic and can speak with the dead, plus has control over the weather. The other is a family of storm chasing science-enthusiasts. The kids in the families will face off in a table meeting"
Larimer County sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said the device had the potential to rise to 10,000 feet. Sheriff's officials last saw the device floating south of Milliken, which is about 40 miles north of Denver. The craft was reportedly traveling at about 25 miles per hour.
The FAA cleared airspace near Denver International Airport.
"We were sitting eating, out looking where they normally shoot off hot air balloons. My husband said he saw something. It went over our rooftop. Then we saw the big round balloonish thing, it was spinning," said neighbor Lisa Eklund.
OofS...
ReplyDeleteNeither Sep Smith or Cavuto have brough that up... Cavuto just mentioned the name of the kid for the first time...
Correspondence Committee said...
ReplyDeletemmm mmm mmm
Everybody sing it with me!
Mmm mmm mmm
Buzz. Saw. Monkey.
The monkey part is mmm mmm good, but the buzzsaw cut my gums and I think my pyloric sphincter is damaged.
No reason to rag on Fox for this one. I've been watching the coverage and they've been very low-key considering the rumors and possibilities flying around.
ReplyDeleteOLT,
ReplyDeleteAccording to that scholar of Constitutional Law, BHO, the US Constitution is a "fundamentally flawed document: because it only places limits on government power, but it does not specify why the government must do for the people."
With respect to Thomas Sowell's thesis, this ideology places Obama solidly in the unconstrained school of governance. Watch this video by Bill Whittle for an excellent introduction to the topic, and why Obama's ideology is very bad for freedom.
http://www.pjtv.com/video/Afterburner_with_Bill_Whittle/A_Tale_of_Two_Revolutions%3A_The_War_of_Ideas_%26_the_Tragedy_of_the_Unconstrained_Vision/2403/
Well, it would be bigger ... 57 states and all ...
ReplyDeleteTrue! If we're bigger, do we get even more free stuff?!
Correspondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteIf we're bigger, do we get even more free stuff?!
You are entitled to a free Mumia, with your purchase of any Mumia of equal or greater value.
There's only like six or seven people left that don't have one.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to run down a link, but in Seattle, I believe the homeless are provided cell phones, courtesy of the taxpayers.
So here, at least, there might not even be six or seven.
You are entitled to a free Mumia, with your purchase of any Mumia of equal or greater value.
ReplyDeleteLMAO
Correspondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteTrue! If we're bigger, do we get even more free stuff?!
The people of the US have to realize that they use too much energy, eat too much food, and produce too much carbon. They must align their lifestyles with the rest of the world (elites excluded).
/potential addition to One-Third Reich's unspeakable truths discourse
Mumia should already be living in Hollywood with his adoptive celebrity supporter family.
ReplyDeleteBunk beds.
Correspondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteI'll have to run down a link, but in Seattle, I believe the homeless are provided cell phones, courtesy of the taxpayers.
Well, I would hope so; it's the instant way to solve the homeless problem.
If you are walking down the street babbling crazily into the air, you are a homeless madman; if you are holding a cell phone to your ear while you are doing it, you're a productive member of society.
Correspondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteSo here, at least, there might not even be six or seven.
I can confirm there is at least one. But if I move to Seattle and become homeless, I'll retract that confirmation.
I'll throw in Charlie "he's not such a bad guy" Manson for free on that Mumia deal.
ReplyDeleteAlso, your choice of ANY Texas deathrow underprivileged victim of the system (formerly known as "inmates"). One stipulation: he lives in your house and doesn't leave.
buzz, you don't have to hold anything to your ear. Everyone's Lt. Uhura now.
ReplyDeleteI can't tell you how many times someone has shouted "Hello!" at me, then looked at me oddly when I answered.
/those damned things are almost invisible
Bulletin on newsradio880 here: There was a basket attached to the bottom of the balloon, but it fell off somewhere in flight.
ReplyDeleteIt is about 3 PM there, I think...still more hours of sunlight, but a large area to try and find the basket.
I actually don't think it's a bad idea to give some homeless people a cell phone. If they are sincerely looking for work, it gives potential employers a way to reach them. I just wouldn't give one to anyone who's likely to trade it for crack.
ReplyDeleteCorrespondence Committee said...
ReplyDelete*sheepishly raises hand and whispers* i don't have one.
Zombie Rocks the world again.
ReplyDeleteI have a cell phone, but I still carry my heliograph just in case.
ReplyDeleteKids do things.
ReplyDeleteThe more I think about it, the parents did nothing more than my own did, or didn't.
My brother and I, at the ages of five and four, somehow or other brought the swing-set over on us.
My brother fell off a roof when we were about 8.
I can't remember how many stupid and dangerous things I did. I survived. Kids do things. Do we expect the parents to tie the kids up?
NY Nana said...
ReplyDeleteBulletin on newsradio880 here: There was a basket attached to the bottom of the balloon, but it fell off somewhere in flight.
Oh, I hope that's not true. I hope he's hiding somewhere because he's afraid of punishment.
My parents never left a giant balloon parked in the back yard.
ReplyDelete/I was deprived, I tells ya
OldLineTexan said...
ReplyDeletebuzz, you don't have to hold anything to your ear. Everyone's Lt. Uhura now.
Bluetooth,
You left me standing alone
I couldn't hear people talk
'Cause I was on the phone.
If you are walking down the street babbling crazily into the air, you are a homeless madman; if you are holding a cell phone to your ear while you are doing it, you're a productive member of society.
ReplyDeleteWho are they calling? Other homeless people?
A lot of the homeless people in Seattle are on the street by choice. People living in the tent cities here aren't required to look for work - so what are the phones for?
Seriously - they even complain about the donated food.
"Too much chicken lasagna!"
Dianna, I tend to agree. This family just had an unusual attractive nuisance in their yard. Most jurisdictions don't prosecute a parent whose toddler drowns in the family swimming pool. There have to be other elements pointing to negligence.
ReplyDeleteIn any event, the priority here is finding a little boy.
Buzz, you need to find the html code for music notes, it would add to the experience.
ReplyDeleteDianna said...
ReplyDeleteKids do things.
Yes, they do.
I'm not disagreeing with you as much as making the point that some activities are not "age appropriate" and some items left out do constitute "attractive nuisances".
I would be sued to the ends of the Earth if I left my rifle on a rack in my backyard and some kid got it.
How do I know this?
A neighbor of mine parked his motorcycle in HIS driveway. Neighborhood kid sees motorcycle, messes with it, still-hot motorcycle falls over on to kid, resulting in burns and other injuries.
Neighbor kid's family sues motorcycle owner and WINS.
/I don't trust anyone to have any common sense
The part about the detached basket really sucks. Going to dinner with wifey , I'm not gonna think about it for a couple hours.
ReplyDeleteZombie Rocks the world again.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, Syrah. Doing the work no one else in journalism seems willing to even think about doing.
buzzsawmonkey said...
ReplyDeleteBluetooth,
You left me standing alone
I couldn't hear people talk
'Cause I was on the phone.
LOL! That one's going to stick in my head and I might find myself softly crooning that in line at Starbucks!
doppelganglander said...
ReplyDeleteDianna, I tend to agree. This family just had an unusual attractive nuisance in their yard. Most jurisdictions don't prosecute a parent whose toddler drowns in the family swimming pool.
And some do. My brother-in-law was retroactively required to install a six-foot state-approved "barrier" around his private pool in SoCal, because someone's kid might climb the fence, fall in, and drown.
It's gonna be ugly when they fence off the ocean.
I've dated people who were attractive nuisances, but that's another story.
ReplyDeletePerhaps we could make this a win/win deal.
ReplyDeleteGive the homeless cellphone tower backpacks so I can get better reception under the overpasses.
nnder the overpasses
and through to wood
to Grandmothers house we go
PIMF under
ReplyDelete*sheepishly raises hand and whispers* i don't have one.
ReplyDeleteYou don't want one, Russkilitlover? Move out here and I can hook you up with a free one. You just have to live in a park a couple of blocks from Pike Place Market.
doppelganglander
ReplyDeleteBulletin on newsradio880 here: There was a basket attached to the bottom of the balloon, but it fell off somewhere in flight.
I also hope and pray he will be found alive.
Neil Cavuto says that their was a box attached, and it fell off somewhere after the balloon was untehered...it was kept in the back yard. There are more witnesses calling in saying the same thing.
The 2 older siblings say that he did fly off, and at this point? All we can do is pray...
I just changed to the local ABC news on TV...not a word yet, but Fox was carrying it for a few hours live...and no commercials until I went to change the channel. Now WABC is mentioning it.
OLT: I think most local building codes now require a fence around the pool. It's a common-sense thing and I think it's appropriate to make it retroactive for existing pools.
ReplyDeleteI also think parents should supervise their children better and the tort system is a joke. In a just world, the suit against your neighbor over the motorcycle would have been laughed out of court. And the parents would have been required to pay your neighbor for damage to his motorcycle.
OSLO (Reuters) – Most members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee initially argued against awarding the 2009 Peace Prize to President Barack Obama before agreeing to the choice, Norway's top-selling daily Verdens Gang (VG) said on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteThey were against him before they were for him!
Correspondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteI had one for years through work. Blackberry, Trea, Palm. Felt "at work" 24/7. Had homeowners get a hold of my number and call me on weekends and all hours. Could not stop checking email and sending. When I got laid off, I didn't replace the work phone with a personal one and now, I just don't see the point. Hubby and I will most likely get one with a fixed amount on it and just keep in our cars for emergencies. Other then that, I'm happy to be untethered.
Good for you CC. I wish I didn't.
ReplyDeleteOrigin, it's Russkilitlover who's the smart one, not me! I've got a phone and it's on me all the time...though I use it primarily to text.
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ReplyDeleteOLT: I think most local building codes now require a fence around the pool. It's a common-sense thing and I think it's appropriate to make it retroactive for existing pools.
The pool is in a yard that was already fenced.
Sorry CC.
ReplyDeleteGood for you RKL. I wish I didn't. Hell, I find getting snail mail an intrusion. Phones? I don't answer. I just return calls when I recognize the caller.
How creepy does someone have to be to walk around wearing a vest/floppy sandwich board that says "NAMBLA WALKS WITH ME" anyway? What a freak.
ReplyDeleteOdd that anyone would call someone like that inspiring.
Correspondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteHow creepy does someone have to be to walk around wearing a vest/floppy sandwich board that says "NAMBLA WALKS WITH ME" anyway? What a freak.
Here's to you, my NAMBLA-ing boy
May all your NAMBLAs bring you joy
...whenever I see that name I keep hearing that Tom Paxton song.
That song is just begging for a complete parody, buzz.
ReplyDeleteOldLineTexan said...
ReplyDeleteThe pool is in a yard that was already fenced.
I didn't realize. Yes, that is seriously effed up.
CC:
ReplyDeleteJust a thought - It would be very cool if you could put one of those old-school "s"'s in your nic like you have at the top of the page.
doppelganglander said...
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize. Yes, that is seriously effed up.
I didn't say it, sorry. I was just blowing along having a good time!
Anyway, it's like a belt and suspenders. If the kid climbs the fence, he/she could get through the other fence. Just more money for someone and another line on the homeowner's ins. policy.
Are you a Packer fan, Origin? I'd do anything for a fellow Packer fan.
ReplyDeleteCorrespondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteAre you a Packer fan, Origin? I'd do anything for a fellow Packer fan.
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I have a "Lombardi's" sweatshirt from the Radisson in Appleton.....does that count?
CC: I do not follow sports, yet I have three well-worn Packers t-shirts that get worn approximately 16 times a year, usually on a Sunday afternoon or Monday night. Besides, Lambeau is the closest thing to Mecca a non-Muslim has. Ever been there?
ReplyDeleteCorrespondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteAre you a Packer fan, Origin? I'd do anything for a fellow Packer fan.
I have a cheese head with pins stuck in all over it. Does that count?
(da Bears)
Da Bears still suck!
ReplyDeleteOh, YES, Origin! I have been to Lambeau!! I bought the coolest brown leather baseball-style Packer jacket in the Pro Shop! I'm a Packer owner, too. I have a couple of shares - I wonder if I should transfer one of them to Rush Limbaugh.
ReplyDeleteAnd eschew, close enough! : ) I have a Packer organization check from 1959, by the way, signed by Vince Lombardi.
Origin of Specious said...
ReplyDeleteCC:
Just a thought - It would be very cool if you could put one of those old-school "s"'s in your nic like you have at the top of the page.
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How about this?
Corre∫pondence Committee
Yeah, well, "NAMBLA-ing boy" is going to have to wait a day or two. No spare braincells today.
ReplyDeleteOh Origin - the Bears don't suck, they devour. : )
ReplyDeleteI have a cheese head with pins stuck in all over it. Does that count?
ReplyDeleteOh yeah? Sez you! (I learned that from buzz.)
Well, I have a teddy bear hanging from a noose! (Not really, but it sounds funny to me right now.)
; )
Yeah, well, "NAMBLA-ing boy" is going to have to wait a day or two. No spare braincells today.
ReplyDeleteI just thought that verse that starts with "Late one night..." had tremendous potential!
Trying it on, eschew...let's see how it looks. (Does this "s" make my butt look big?)
ReplyDeleteNew thread upstairs, by the way - Krauthammer piece.
ReplyDeleteCorrefpondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteOh yeah? Sez you! (I learned that from buzz.)
Well, I have a teddy bear hanging from a noose! (Not really, but it sounds funny to me right now.)
; )
Sez you? Did you mean to say cheese you?/ Couldn't resist.
What do you have against teddy bears?
Good night all.
ReplyDeleteGo Pack!
Oh yeah, gak? Sez you!
ReplyDelete(That works pretty well. I'm keepin' it.)
Whadda you got against cheeseheads??
; )