Highlights of this day in history: Deadly fires scorch Chicago and other parts of Upper Midwest; Communist Poland bans labor groups; Alexander Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature; Don Larsen pitches 'perfect' World Series game.
Other notable October 8th events include:
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1860 – Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
2005 – Martha Stewart begins her prison sentence after being convicted of securities fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy in the ImClone stock trading case.
1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
ReplyDeleteNow that's worth celebrating right there. And soon after he achieved room temperature.
Ichiban?
ReplyDeleteHAPPY CHE DAY!
ReplyDeleteAm I here all alone again?
ReplyDeleteHey, this is a big day for BDS and Bill Ayers, too.
ReplyDeleteWow ... is this a cursed date?
Lucius,
ReplyDeleteGorebull warming is the biggest crock ever. Which is what those poor folks already know.
1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, community organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
ReplyDeleteUPDATED
Careful VT, you will be pilloried as a denier. :)
ReplyDelete/I am just skeptical about the A of AGW.
//and a little skeptical about GW at the moment as well.
And we all know "deniers" are also "Holocaust deniers". I won't soon forget the day that connection was made to me. Imagine my surprise.
ReplyDeleteThis twisted "logic" brought to you by the letters "A", "G", and "W".
/Al Gore Warming
I have no doubt that the Earth has warmed slightly as it has periodically time and again.
ReplyDeleteI have no doubt that pollution is bad, and that energy conservation is good.
But I doubt their dogmatic religion, their economic theories, and their sincerity.
Once the polar bear carcasses all rot, the mountains of Canada will become tropical paradises.
ReplyDeleteAnd Violet will have beach front property./
ReplyDeleteSeriously, they need to look at 100,000 year trends. There is nothing unusual happening.
I've been enjoying these references to the Gregorian Calendar.
ReplyDeleteThe main architects of the new calendar was Christopher Clavius, S.J.,(1537/38-1612) a Jesuit mathematician and astronomer.
Clavius was initially a supporter of the Ptolemaic cosmology, and opposed the Copernican system, but primarily on account of its (admittedly) flawed mechanics. He did, however, recognize similar problems with Ptolemy's systerm. Beginning in 1587, he began regular correspondence with Galileo, and the two met on at least two occasions. Galileo sent Clavius copies of his books as they came out, and Clavius studied them carefully. Shortly before his death, Clavius had an opportunity to use of one of Galileo's telescopes -- in the last part of his last book he wrote the following:
I do not want to hide from the reader that not long ago a certain instrument was brought from Belgium. It has the form of a long tube in the bases of which are set two glasses, or rather lenses, by which objects far away from us appear very much closer . . . than the things themselves are. This instrument shows many more stars in the firmament than can be seen in any way without it, especially in the Pleiades, around the nebulas of Cancer and Orion, in the Milky Way, and other places . . . and when the Moon is a crescent or half full, it appears so remarkably fractured and rough that I cannot marvel enough that there is such unevenness in the lunar body. Consult the reliable little book by Galileo Galilei, printed at Venice in 1610 and called Sidereus Nuncius, which describes various observations of the stars first made by him.
Far from the least important of the things seen with this instrument is that Venus receives its light from the Sun as does the Moon, so that sometimes it appears to be more like a crescent, sometimes less, according to its distance from the Sun. At Rome I have observed this, in the presence of others, more than once. Saturn has joined to it two smaller stars, one on the east, the other on the west.[1] Finally Jupiter has four roving stars, which vary their places in a remarkable way both among themselves and with respect to Jupiter--as Galileo Galilei carefully and accurately describes.
Since things are thus, astronomers ought to consider how the celestial orbs may be arranged in order to save these phenomena.
The implication is clear: Clavius abandoned the Ptolemaic system based on the evidence provided by the telescope. Note how he praises Galileo's work. Given that Clavius was leading teacher of mathematics at the Jesuit college in Rome, these passages do much to undermine the notion that the church was universally opposed to Galileo and science in general.
Clavius's complete works, published around the time of his death, are available in digital format at Notre Dame.
I'm off. I know you've heard that before.
ReplyDelete/
Some of the people born today:
ReplyDelete1895 – Juan Perón, President of Argentina
1910 – Gus Hall, head of the U.S. Communist Party
1920 – Frank Herbert, American writer (we were discussing "Dune" yesterday)
1939 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor
1941 – Jesse Jackson, American clergyman and civil rights activist
1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor
1946 – Dennis Kucinich, American politician
1970 - Matt Damon, American actor
JTK -- so what you're saying is that today is an unfavorable day to be born. Nut cases galore.
ReplyDeleteThat was the impression I got, yeah.
ReplyDeleteSigourney Weaver was also born today, but I didn't want to put her on the list with them.
Today is crazy leftist day! Grand.
ReplyDeleteMorning All -- This day brings more work and less time for posts here. I'm sure the day will come when the (ret) on nic will actually mean something, but not today.
ReplyDeleteHope all have a good day and hope to get back here later.
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ReplyDelete!yadruttabnoom s'tI
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ReplyDeleteJames- lol!
ReplyDeleteA great day to hide yer wallet.
Heard on Fox this morning how even pacemakers, breast pumps and canes will be taxed to pay for healthcare.
Democrat: "Look, they've got money, let's take it!"
But I thought the Jooos were the racist ones?
ReplyDelete-"MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) wrote to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, asking that an investigation be opened against Hatib for incitement to racism and violence. Hatib, interviewed on Army Radio, said, “The Al-Aksa Mosque and the Temple Mount are not holy to Jews and they are forbidden from praying there... It cannot be that an Ethiopian policeman, a Negro, will stop a Moslem from praying at the Al-Aksa Mosque.”
Democrat: "Look, they've got money, let's take it!"
ReplyDelete"We keep taking their money, but somehow they keep finding more! Time for a VAT!"
Oh Evul Princess Pelosi and her VAT tax. Will be fun trying to explain that to the people who were told they wouldn't 'see one penny in additional taxes'.
ReplyDeletehttp://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5278/wab.jpg
ReplyDeleteThe last President who promised "No new taxes" never got a second term. BHO beware.
ReplyDeleteAnybody who thinks the economy is improving is fooling themselves. Attended a career fair yesterday, looking for full time engineer hires for spring 2010. Was swamped with last year's grads and experienced hires, some of them my age or older. Plus, yesterday 1000 people just lost their jobs in my area from two big companies going out. It was a brutal day. Only about 150 booths of employers where there would usually be 250.
ReplyDeletef$%^ the Timesonline.uk. Can't believe that doom and gloom bullshit in that article up at Drudge. Heh, he linked to it like five different ways. Seriously, the media has decided America shouldn't win this fight. Hey media ... f#$%# you too! oh, morning all ... sup? Hey LOL, how early does turn have to get up to be served fruitcup?
ReplyDeleteVT, you hire engineers?
ReplyDeleteThe company I work for does, yes. One of my 'assignments' is to head up a recruiting team for my alma matter.
ReplyDeleteturn needs to be up by 5 am EST and have served turn's self by 8 am EST. Otherwise turn has to wait for the coffee thread that shows up...what? around 11 am EST. After that there are no refreshments until the Pub opens at 8 pm EST.
ReplyDelete/we're going to have to remedy that
//we can't go that long without FOOD!
Will be fun trying to explain that to the people who were told they wouldn't 'see one penny in additional taxes'.
ReplyDeleteOh, but that's the beauty of the VAT -- people won't see it. Just like all the other sales and excise taxes they're talking about. They're being brutally honest -- you won't "see one penny in additional taxes." They will be there, but you won't be able to see them.
Turn, I think that since there is no leadership backing the troops, they are bound to feel a bit discouraged. This must be like a nightmare for some of them. The leader of the country can't decide if he wants to keep going or even if he wants to win or what 'win' looks like. How can they achieve their mission?
ReplyDeleteI thought VAT would be added on like a sales tax? Wouldn't they have to show how much of a price was tax?
ReplyDeleteMorning {LOL}. Whoa, no way turn can get up at 2:00 AM west coast time for fruitcup in the morning. I'll settle for the coffee ...
ReplyDeleteHey VT, what is your alma matter?
VAT doesn't show up as a separate line item on your receipt like sales tax. It's rolled into the actual price (kind of like all the taxes on gasoline). You see the high prices going up, but you don't realize that it's the government taking a bigger bite -- you blame the evil corporations for the high prices.
ReplyDeleteVT,
ReplyDeleteWouldn't they have to show how much of a price was tax?
Typically they are built into the price, unlike sales tax.
BTW, I believe that the VAT would also apply to buying a house.
/because the housing industry is doing SO WELL, after all.
Hamas bans women on motorcycles in Gaza Strip
ReplyDeleteBagRags must be getting caught in the chain.
/
That's why European politicians love VAT taxes and Democrats here have been lusting over them... Because they're hidden. Most people won't realize how much of what they're spending on groceries and everything else is going to the government.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Captain, what a sneaky thing that is ...
ReplyDeleteMuslim group moves to ban burka
ReplyDeleteCanadian lobbyists say garments are 'medieval' and 'misogynist' and they are urging Ottawa to take action
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/muslim-group-moves-to-ban-burka/article1316126/
Middle Eastern garments designed to cover a woman's face are “medieval” and “misogynist” symbols of extremism with no basis in Islam, said a Canadian Muslim lobby group as it urged Ottawa to ban the burka and the niqab.
The Muslim Canadian Congress Wednesday called on the federal government to prohibit the two garments in order to prevent women from covering their faces in public – a practice the group said has no place in a society that supports gender equality.
“To cover your face is to conceal your identity,” congress spokeswoman Farzana Hassan said in a telephone interview, describing the issue as a matter of public safety, since concealing one's identity is a common practice for criminals.
Drexel.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize VAT was so sneaky. Damn democraps!
Socialists are nothing if not sneaky.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Captain, what a sneaky thing that is ...
ReplyDeleteAnd you can slowly crank up the VAT as high as you want, and people will just think it's inflation. Like a [rubber] frog in boiling water, they'll just get used to the higher prices.
Obama should stop using the Central Committees newest 5 Year Plan and go back to what works....but, as Larry Kudlow notes, he won't and we are screwed.
ReplyDeleteThe Mundell-Laffer Solution
Team Obama is in economic trouble on two fronts right now: The dollar could be headed toward its demise, while the jobs and unemployment numbers have gotten worse. (The unemployment rate is up to 9.8 percent as of the September report released last week.) And there's a simple policy mix the White House could adopt to fix this. It could enact the Mundell-Laffer supply-side approach of a steady King Dollar for price stability and low marginal tax rates to spur jobs and economic growth.
Columbia professor and Nobel Prize winner Robert Mundell and Reagan advisor Arthur Laffer put this formula to work nearly 30 years ago, and it launched a massive low-inflation, bull-market prosperity. Of course, I am a supply-side fossil. I am a dinosaur and a relic of the past. But I still believe this approach could work again, even if it's not going to happen.
Hamas bans women on motorcycles in Gaza Strip
ReplyDeleteCouldn't they wear burqinis when they drive their Harleys? Or is it because Harleys, a.k.a. "hogs", aren't halal?
Time to get working on the home-school stuff.
ReplyDeleteUh, oh -- that must mean that I'm an ignorant dangerous anti-science ultra-fundamentalist anti-social moss-backed reactionary!
And you can slowly crank up the VAT as high as you want, and people will just think it's inflation. Like a [rubber] frog in boiling water, they'll just get used to the higher prices.
ReplyDeleteThis needs to become a big issue.
Just another example of the BS "noone under 250K will see a tax increase".
Socialists are nothing if not sneaky.
ReplyDeleteWhenever they tell the truth about what they want and what they plan to do, there's a massive public outcry. That's why they work with deceit, incrementalism, and misdirection.
Like socialized healthcare, the VAT was also proposed and shot down during the Clinton years. But bad Democratic ideas never die, they always come back.
ReplyDeleteVT, you have a good point. How can these troops be the tip of the spear without knowing o has their backs? No wonder they are disillusioned ... I know it must be a difficult decision about putting in additional troops but it is a no brainer to me. The thing that has o tied all up in a knot is purely political, which is a crying shame IMO.
ReplyDeleteViolet Tiger,
ReplyDeleteAre you from the area? My nephew just started at Drexel in engineering, and a couple of my cousins graduated from there.
My kid considered it for about 5 minutes, during the 10 minutes she was considering fashion design as a major.
Rubber Frog!
ReplyDeleteStill cracks me up.
Lucius,
ReplyDeletethat must mean that I'm an ignorant dangerous anti-science ultra-fundamentalist anti-social moss-backed reactionary!
ENJOY! ;-)
Couldn't they wear burqinis when they drive their Harleys? Or is it because Harleys, a.k.a. "hogs", aren't halal?
ReplyDeleteNo, I think they were tired of seeing the women doing endos and wheelies down Gaza St.
Or they're just whack.
You decide.
:)
lol, When we have some private email thingie going you can tell me about your nephew and what he is up to. Drexel is a great school, imho.
ReplyDeleteLike a [rubber] frog in boiling water
ReplyDeleteBeck, is that you?
Seriously, I had no idea VAT wouldn't show up like regular tax. In a way I think the idea of VAT would work if the government didn't get greedy. The more you spend the more you pay, seems fair to me. Where am I going wrong?
VAT (Wiki) -- Look at the VAT rates in some countries... OVER TWENTY PERCENT. Sales tax in my state is just 6%.
ReplyDeletePlus, you know that the sales tax won't go away if the VAT gets passed, so we'll be paying BOTH. The VAT to the feds, the sales tax to the states.
In a way I think the idea of VAT would work if the government didn't get greedy.
ReplyDeleteBut what are the odds of that?
Drexel?, hey turnspawn2 is getting his MBA at Drexel here in Sac. I assume they are affiliated ... ?
ReplyDeleteWealth redistribution sucks!
ReplyDeleteAs if we couldn't spend our money on US if they would let us.
I hope people wise up soon or we will descend into mediocrity.
I think there is a branch out there, so yes, they are related.
ReplyDeleteViolet Tiger,
ReplyDeleteOkie dokie! :-)
The more you spend the more you pay, seems fair to me. Where am I going wrong?
ReplyDeleteA consumption-based tax would be more fair than an income tax. But the Democrats aren't going to replace one with the other. As noted above, you'll be paying the one on top of the other. You'll just pay more and more and more. And that's not fair.
Look at the VAT rates in some countries... OVER TWENTY PERCENT. Sales tax in my state is just 6%.
ReplyDeleteThink of how much consumer goods will sell with 25% of the cost being taxes.
KILL THE ECONOMY! KILL THE ECONOMY!
/Eddie murphy mode, again...
Whenever they tell the truth about what they want and what they plan to do, there's a massive public outcry. That's why they work with deceit, incrementalism, and misdirection
ReplyDeleteMan I would have hit the heart button on that one Captain ... right on. Hey LOL, is Running Bare going to add a feature like that, so many good posts could go down the rabbit hole ...
You won't be able to afford to treat us to fruit cup anymore. :(
ReplyDeleteSales tax is already a "double tax", which at least USED TO be illegal...
ReplyDeleteJordan's king to Haaretz: Without two states, there is no future
ReplyDeleteWithout the daily terrorism committed against Israel practically every day since its' inception, there may have been 2 states already, King Minus. Hows about them apples ?
Baby, I can't afford it now! :-(
ReplyDelete/3rd mortgage
WHY do you think I'm running for President?! I need the money, and one needs neither experience nor expertise to do that job.
/obviously
WHY do you think I'm running for President?!
ReplyDeleteInterns?
No, wait, that was MY reason for running...
LoL for President ?
ReplyDeleteThat sounds cool.
I want Bar Czar.
turn,
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what features we're going to have up and running...at least at the beginning. Bare is just trying to get us UP AND RUNNING at the moment!
doh, that would be the number one son not the number two. Yeah, the class is taught just about ten blocks from where he lives. It's expensive, he took out a lot of student loans and I hope it pays back for him.
ReplyDeleteHA. One of my cousins was an intern at the White House during the Clinton years.
ReplyDelete/I have a lot of cousins... ;-)
Squatch! :-)
YOU GOT IT!
ok, the flaw in my thinking was that one would replace the other. doh ... government = greed
ReplyDeleteCan I be Vice President?
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be in charge of all the vice...
Drexel is extraordinarily expensive, even in comparison to other schools in Philadelphia where a lot of schools are...not cheap!
ReplyDelete/she said, head exploding over tuition...
Good Morning, All!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of taxes, even with a 25% increase in our sales tax, MA revenues are down over $200 million and we still face a $1 BILLION dollar budget shortfall. Nice going, Deval.
Captain Kirk,
ReplyDeleteI was waiting for you to volunteer!
/but can you take being second fiddle after being a captain?
This is loppyd, BTW. I'm too lazy to sign out of one gmail to another. :D
ReplyDeleteDrexel is expensive, but the kids get the coop experience (priceless) and most of them get JOBS when they graduate because of it. Worth the money imo.
ReplyDeleteLOL, my son messed up on the student loan thinking the reserve money he didn't spend per semester would roll over to the next. WRONG! I ended up having to co-sign on an $8k loan for him because of that.
ReplyDeletebut can you take being second fiddle after being a captain?
ReplyDeleteSure, I'll just treat you like an Admiral.
Spitfire Murphy, what a name. Good morning.
ReplyDelete'All of your vices belong to us' - Chicago machine.
ReplyDeleteOn second thought, I'll treat you better than I treated Admirals... ;)
ReplyDeleteha loppyd!
ReplyDeleteGood Gravy...
ReplyDeleteWoman found in Fla. home under 8 feet of trash
The Florida Times-Union reports that officers were checking on Carina E. Decampo late Tuesday, after worried family members called to say they hadn't heard from her in weeks.
They were met with what police called "unbelievable squalor" and a stench that made officers ill.
After trying to search for about 20 minutes, they had to call in help.
Wanna take bets on her being a millionaire and leaving all of her money to a cat ?
Good morning.
ReplyDeletesasquatchonsteroids said...
Jordan's king to Haaretz: Without two states, there is no future
My idea; the Israelis and Palestinians work out the whole "who owns what" question via a baseball game.
This, in fact, is what was contemplated in that landmark document that first envisioned partition of Palestine: The Ball-Four Declaration.
Hi turn!
ReplyDeleteThis my alter ego....and blog name.
SOS, I have a freind who's mother was obsessive compulsive. You couldn't hardly walk through her house, little tiny passage ways with shit stacked to the ceilings. Unfrickingbelievable
ReplyDeleteOn second thought, I'll treat you better than I treated Admirals...
ReplyDeleteGood thing, too, because when I give an order, it's AN ORDER!
/none of this "showing creative initiative" stuff, thankyouverymuch!
;-)
How is the married life treating you?
ReplyDeleteI love it, turn!
ReplyDeleteHiya loppy! :-)
ReplyDeleteOR! :-)
Mornig OR, hey did you ever buck up with Ben and Buzz for a brew?
ReplyDeleteO.R.: “Ball FOUR!
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Loppy! (et. al.)
ReplyDeleteThis is the reverse of the general point of Desert Dog's post involving Art Laffer just up-thread.
To a point, reducing marginal tax rates increases revenues and increasing marginal tax rates reduces revenues.
Your example is of the latter.
/none of this "showing creative initiative" stuff, thankyouverymuch!
ReplyDeleteBut my "creative initiatives" always work!
"Mister President, I have brought peace to the Middle East. I had to sleep with a Palestinian woman and an Israeli woman at the same time; but somehow, that always solves any problem I face."
Wait until the honeymoon is over ... JUST KIDDING! I wish the best for you two. Man what a beautiful wedding that was.
ReplyDeleteturn said...
ReplyDeleteMornig OR, hey did you ever buck up with Ben and Buzz for a brew?
I had been hoping to get to NYC this weekend, but as it turns out I have to go out of the country on a work trip. So it'll have to wait for another weekend.
Guevara again? Can't history just forget all about him . . . like Jimmy Carter?
ReplyDeleteturn said...
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather was, too.
When they cleaned his house out, they found a pool table....
Never knew he had it, since it was covered by boxes upon boxes of stuff. Pots, pans, man was a squirrel and then some.
Good morning. My HTML-fu sucks, so pardon the lack of link. From Jerusalem Post:
ReplyDeleteThe CIA was aware of Iran's 'secret' nuclear plant in Qom already in 2006, and European and Israeli intelligence agencies were involved in compiling a presentation on the facility to the UN's nuclear watchdog, the US intelligence agency's director, Leon Panetta, revealed in an interview with Time magazine published overnight Wednesday.
* * *
The CIA director revealed that he learned of the facility after he was confirmed as head of the agency in January, and said the US spent months on efforts to gather more intelligence on the facility, including "conducting covert operations into that area."
-Glad to know we are not just sitting on our asses.
Wyatt! Long time no see.
ReplyDeleteHow's Philly (game one down!)
Glad to know we are not just sitting on our asses.
ReplyDeleteActually, we are, if all we're doing is gathering intelligence and watching, rather than doing something about it.
Wyatt Earp!
ReplyDeleteLAW DON'T RUN AROUND HERE, LAW DOG!
hey, you even used tedious HTML to respond. I'll be there in January. I would like to get together for a beer with you if it works out. We'll see ...
ReplyDeleteSOS, Solin drove all the way down from Bellingham to clean his mothers house out after she passed away. It took him three days to haul off the junk, and it was worthless. Incredible.
ReplyDeleteturn
ReplyDeleteHa! Thanks...it was the best wedding I've ever been to. :D
Hi E_O and littleold!
ReplyDeleteBBL folks. Back to work.
ReplyDeleteSo you're recently inducted into the ranks of married men, Spitfire? Congratulations from me, too.
ReplyDeleteActually, we are, if all we're doing is gathering intelligence and watching, rather than doing something about it.
ReplyDeletewow, I was going to say something just like that. We have known for quite some time and did nothing. Actually I blame the war in Iraq for that.
Violet Tiger
ReplyDeleteNow I feel guilty.
Buy Low, Sell High....
ReplyDeleteBeware the gold bubble
JamesTKirk
ReplyDeleteUm, it's loppyd here.
Thanks just the same, though!
She's a man, baby! LOL LOL
Morning Wyatt, you're a detective IIRC. Have you thought at all about the teen violence problem in Chicago? It seems to be out of control.
ReplyDeleteWe have known for quite some time and did nothing. Actually I blame the war in Iraq for that.
ReplyDeleteI said years ago that our exit strategy for Iraq should be "through Iran".
"Spitfire Murhpy" = loppyd?!
ReplyDeleteLoppy, why couldn't you change your name to something more normal, like c3por2d2thx11388675309?
/
Um, it's loppyd here.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I'm bad enough with names in the real world; through in randomly-shifting handles and I get really confused.
Welcome to the ranks of the married in any event.
JamesTKirk, Turn, I understand where you are coming from, but if we have SF snooping around there, I have hope that there are myriad other things we may actively be doing . . .I hope.
ReplyDeleteMaybe my expectations are so low that I am pleasantly surprised to know we were not caught off guard?
Urghh, can't wait till tomorrow. Or maybe even tonight. At least the day is moving slowly.
ReplyDeleteIt's spelled "c3por2d2thx11388675309", but it's pronounced "throat warbler mangrove".
ReplyDeleteHave you thought at all about the teen violence problem in Chicago?
ReplyDeleteNAH. Because life is a bowl of cherries in Philadelphia...
;-)
Shit, it's all we can do to deal with Afganastan right now ...
ReplyDeleteI'm about to feel guilty myself ... bbl need to get some stuff done.
Maybe my expectations are so low that I am pleasantly surprised to know we were not caught off guard?
ReplyDeleteAt least we already knew, and "knowing is half the battle."
Now it's about damned time to get to the other half of the battle, which is "making things go boom."
OK, is this better?
ReplyDeleteHey Wyatt. Good to see you!
ReplyDelete/old home week
OK, is this better?
ReplyDeleteI vote you change your nic to "Busty McBoobs".
Who's with me?
I vote you change your nic to "Busty McBoobs". Who's with me?
ReplyDeleteDepends -- does she get an avatar to match?
Depends -- does she get an avatar to match?
ReplyDeleteI think Bar Wench already has claimed that avatar.
Which can mean only one thing...
Cat fight!
/giddyup
Origin, I suspect we knew all along but were powerless to really do anyting about it. We had everything tied up in Iraq. We knew for sure they were shipping in IED's which were actually killing our troops but we were powerless to do anything about it. Now it's almost too late IMO. Maybe back when McCain was saying "bomb bomb Iran" but not now ...
ReplyDeleteWay to harsh our mellow, turn! :-(
ReplyDeleteMy talking bra would love that nic!
ReplyDelete"Busty McBoobs, The Talking Bra"--even better!
ReplyDeleteMy talking bra would love that nic!
ReplyDeleteIt's a verbal support bra?
"You look really good today, honey..."
It's a verbal support bra?
ReplyDelete"You look really good today, honey..."
"I cross my heart... it's true!"
Sorry LOL ... I just don't have a bright vision for the situation in Iran. I think Israel will have to go it alone, especially with O calling the shots.
ReplyDeleteJamesTKirk, Turn I thought that I just read somewhere that a few Iranian scientists up and disappeared, or was that me day dreaming?
ReplyDelete24 hour support
ReplyDeleteSpecious, someone posted that link yesterday; two of them, which were alleged to have defected to the West, according to a London-based Arabic language paper (Al-Land-Shark, er, something).
ReplyDeleteI saw that link here yesterday, too.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they defected because they're afraid of being in Israel's crosshairs?
lift and separate, lift and separate, lift and separate ... dang this bra is stuck on
ReplyDeleteTurn, I have no expertise, but I have read that there is no "Osirik"-type attack that would work against Iran with it's multiple sites and deep bunkers. It would appear that Israel has the will, but we have the way.
ReplyDelete"I love being a bra... My cups runneth over..."
ReplyDeleteI know all y'all are enjoying a good "Boob" thread, but there's a fresh one upstairs ;-)
ReplyDeleteVS actually makes a biofit bra.
ReplyDeleteNo Captain, I read that too. First thought was they were getting the hell out of Dodge because they knew an attack was immanent. What kind of secrets could they give us other than the location of the facility which we already knew? Maybe the state of their technology and the timetable for the bomb.
ReplyDeleteLOL. So "defected" is the new euphemism for extraordinary rendition? However it happened, or was made to happen, it is 2 down and x to go.
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping us abreast, ę_σ
ReplyDelete*beaming up to the next thread*
ReplyDeleteNo more bra talk is my cue to get some work done.
ReplyDeleteLataah
Hey loppyd, good to see you here!
ReplyDeleteWe're getting quite the crowd now.
Maybe they defected because they're afraid of being in Israel's crosshairs?
ReplyDeletehaha, first thought in my head too ...
{Kenneth}! :-)
ReplyDeleteDid I say hi to you today?
/overdue for a nap...
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