This is just one of his homes that he’s never even at while he’s splooging burned jetfuel all over our imperiled world.
Apparently there is a huge difference in the two yellow paints we used in the hallway/foyer and the kitchen because they blend perfectly where they meet except for where JR rolled off the excess paint when he was done in the kitchen over some touch-up spots in the hallway and foyer…
Yea, it’s dry now.
A Texas prosecutor has decided not to press charges against a cadre of male adult dancers* who were busted earlier this month at a Lubbock sports bar for dancing suggestively in front of 1100 female fans. The dancers, wearing tight leather pants and boxer shorts, were popped after they began gyrating and thrusting pelvises in a manner meant to cause
“sexual gratification,”............ me to laugh my ass off........
* Yes that’s a link to all of their photographs.
Al ”Ice shelf collapse GLOBAL WARMING reveals hidden world exposing previously unknown species of crustacean and marine anemone” Gore........
Three members of a suspected suicide bomb team were blown to pieces on Saturday when their bike laden with explosives hit a bump outside a town in Pakistan’s central province of Punjab, police said.
DougM via Tim Blair
Econ 101, anyone?
Linky Brokey—Lergnom advised there lurked a virus there.
Sincere Apologies!
this oughta be viri-free—Buffalo News
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I really enJOY good things happening to good people.
And good people being good.
Extra-especially when it involves our little corner of the blogosphere...and super especially when the rest of it has been pissing me off to no end lately.
Glad you liked ‘em… : )
The Iraqi Cabinet approved a draft law Monday to manage the country’s vast oil industry and distribute its wealth among the population — a major breakthrough in U.S. efforts to press the country’s Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish groups to reach agreements to achieve stability.
Ellen W. Griswold models her
Libertas’ “Dirty Harry” with an excellent summation of Oscar night…
The show last night was just...bad. I don’t know what anyone else is saying — I haven’t read the other wrap-ups – but it was just bad. Except for a couple of moments, Ellen’s natural charm couldn’t overcome her extremely weak material, too many marginal montages, terrible musical numbers, and awards no one cares about.
But in the end it comes down to the host. The host should be so good that you don’t want the show to end. Billy Crystal was always a joy no matter how long the show. Steve Martin was good and I even remember Johnny Carson’s delicate self-deprecating touch. Does anyone think Jerry Seinfeld shouldn’t be begged to host next year? He was marvelous last night and obviously wrote his own stuff. And we know he wrote his own stuff because it was funny.
Of course, there was something else wrong and that was the Hollywood community itself. The magic is pretty well gone, isn’t it? The gleen is greatly diminished. Who took your breath away? Who did you cheer for? The Immortal last night was Helen Mirren. The Icon was Martin Scorsese. The Star was Will Smith. We can quibble over a few others but they won’t reach more than a handful. The Oscars used to be bursting with Stars and Icons and Immortals. Now it’s what’s she doing presenting? Why is he up there? What happeend to Jack Nicholson, he used to be so cool? The answer: That’s all they got. The awe is mostly gone. The affection replaced mostly with contempt.
And not one mention of the men and women fighting terror. Not a single word. Not a single word from the dozens who spoke. I find it astonishing that we are at war and not a single presenter or winner had a single thing to say about it. Not a single one. Talk about a chill wind. Talk about a fear of reprisal. Hollywood says they’re against the war but support the troops. Really? Hollywood says they’re against the war in Iraq but support the war in Afghanistan. Really? The lunatics who fight global warming armed with Socialism get slobbered over, but not one of our troops? Terrible. Unforgivable. Last night Hollywood did themselves much more harm than good. It’s one thing to put on just another bad show — but even if audeinces can’t quite articulate what was really wrong, they felt it: The error of omission. The sin of the undone.
Flashback to 1944’s 16th Academy Awards ceremony…
Cheers to the Golden Age of Hollywood
Best Picture
Casablanca (Winner)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Heaven Can Wait
The Human Comedy
In Which We Serve
Madame Curie
The More the Merrier
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Song of Bernadette
Watch on the Rhine
Best Actor
Humphrey Bogart
Gary Cooper
Paul Lukas (Winner for “Watch on the Rhine")
Walter Pidgeon
Mickey Rooney
Best Actress
Jean Arthur
Ingrid Bergman
Joan Fontaine
Greer Garson
Jennifer Jones (Winner for “The Song of Bernadette")
Best Documentary Feature
Baptism of Fire
Battle of Russia
Desert Victory (Winner)
Report from the Aleutians
War Department Report
Best Documentary Short Subject
Children of Mars
December 7th (Winner)
Plan for Destruction
Swedes in America
To the People of the United States
Tomorrow We Fly
Youth in Crisis
Best Song
That Old Black Magic
Change of Heart
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
My Shining Hour
Saludos, Amigos
Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There
They’re Either Too Young or Too Old
We Mustn’t Say Good Bye
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
You’ll Never Know (Winner)
Best Short Subject (One-reel)
Amphibious Fighters (Winner)
Cavalcade of the Dance
Champions Carry On
Hollywood In Uniform
Seeing Hands
Best Short Subject (Two-reel)
Heavenly Music (Winner)
Letter to a Hero
Mardi Gras
Women At War
Other Notables
Free passes were given out to men and women in uniform and ten tiers of seats rose up at the rear of the stage for the soldiers and sailors invited to attend the show. Their arrival got the most sustained applause of the night.
And contrary to the inconvenient truth of last night’s energy sucking extravaganza… because of war restrictions that year, only one spotlight was used outside Grauman’s Theatre. In addition, no parking service was provided which meant that guests were forced to *gasp* fend for themselves.
No War for Oil
Yannow, all snarking aside, it really does sadden me to see just how far Hollywood has fallen. I’m seriously beginning to wonder if our industry can ever again rise to the standards of ethics and brilliance it once possessed.
Is the Golden Age merely a dream remembered?
At this point, I’m afraid the answer is yes.
Stats and notables courtesy of The Oscar Site and Wikipedia
ya could quit suckin’ the Algore “It’s a Moral Issue” Kool-Aid… OR
*clicky*
Ya could just buy your way free with Carbon Neutral Credits for your your g/f or your kitty’s flatulence...
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I think there’s a country song in there somewhere...
ST. LOUIS — A St. Charles man accused of buying automatic weapons and a Claymore mine and bargaining for grenades was indicted this week on four federal machine gun charges. ...originally arrested Dec. 29 and charged with three counts of illegal possession or distribution of a machine gun and conspiracy to violate machine gun statutes.
During November and December, [Suspect #1] bought two M-16s, a Heckler & Koch MP-5 fully automatic submachine gun and a Claymore mine from a government informer, not knowing they had been rigged not to work.
He also negotiated to buy a box of 30 grenades and said he wanted any guns the informer could get, “big or small.” The grenades were never delivered.
The men met several times in the 5700 block of West Florissant Avenue, where [Suspect #1] worked. One of [Suspect #1]’s co-workers, [Suspect #2], met with the men once, according to the indictment, and “stated he wants to buy as many explosives as possible because, ‘we’re going to war.’” In an interview earlier this month, [Suspect #2] said he didn’t remember the comment and suggested it may have been a joke.
Wow, eh? Buncha gotdanged Midwestern red-necks.
oh. wait.
[Suspect #1], [Mousa M. Abuelawi, 22], ... is a Palestinian immigrant, is single and has no children and no assets… Abuelawi’s co-worker, [Suspect #2], ...is Thaed Abde Sumad…
Yep. Just a joke, S.A. Smith. Get it?
Stoo
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everything south of Callais...
Just wogs though,… Nothing to do with us. Apart from prices at the pump.
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Islam is growing fast among African Americans, who are undeterred by increased scrutiny of Muslims in the United States since the September 11 attacks, according to imams and experts.
Converts within the black community say they are attracted to the disciplines of prayer, the emphasis within Islam on submission to God and the religion’s affinity with people who are oppressed.
Some blacks are also suspicious of U.S. government warnings about the emergence of new enemies since the 2001 attacks because of memories of how the establishment demonized civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
What the “journalist” fails to offer up is that the “oppressed” who have the alleged affinity for Islame are in fact oppressed by Islame itself and its other adherents who are charged with killing apostates.
At a street-corner mosque in one of Atlanta’s oldest and poorest neighborhoods, a recent Friday sermon illustrated the power of the history of Islam in the United States for blacks.
Men and women sat separately on the mosque floor, heads covered, as cleric Nadim Ali recounted stories from history of Muslim slaves brought from Africa who struggled to uphold their faith in the face of slaveholders’ opposition.
Did this cleric mention the role of Islame in the slave trade to the Americas? Did he mention the current slavery of Africans at the hands of Moslems?
Well… The truth of the matter is finally revealed in the last paragraph of the article…
“For young African Americans, there is some attraction to learning about traditions that have been associated with resistance to European imperialism,” said King, who has adopted the name Bilal Mansa since his conversion.
Aha! See! It’s about refuting the white man is his religion of Christianity.
Murdoc Online via Misha
At least 11 people died and more than 100 people were injured at an annual spring festival in eastern Pakistan celebrated with the flying of thousands of colorful kites, officials said Monday.
These people could find a way to kill and maim with a bowl of fricken oatmeal.
U.S. trucks will for the first time be allowed to make deliveries in Mexico under a year-long pilot program that expands cross border trucking operations with Mexico, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announced today during a visit to truck inspection facilities in El Paso, Texas.
U.S. trucks will get to make deliveries into Mexico while a select group of Mexican trucking companies will be allowed to make deliveries beyond the 20-25 mile commercial zones currently in place along the Southwest border.
Secretary Peters said the new demonstration program was designed to simplify a process that currently requires Mexican truckers to stop and wait for U.S. trucks to arrive and transfer cargo. She said this process wastes money, drives up the cost of goods, and leaves trucks loaded with cargo idling inside U.S. borders. The Secretary added that under current rules, U.S. trucks are not allowed into Mexico because the United States refused to implement provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement that would have permitted safe cross-border trucking.
“The United States has never shied away from opportunities to compete, to open new markets and to trade with the world. Now that safety and security programs are in place, the time has come for us to move forward on this longstanding promise with Mexico,” Secretary Peters said.
Are we the only ones paying attention here????????????
Have we covered this part yet???......
The Rev. Al Sharpton said he wants a DNA test to determine whether he is related to former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond through his great-grandfather, a slave owned by an ancestor of the late senator.
“I can’t find out anything more shocking than I’ve already learned,” Sharpton told the Daily News, which on Sunday reported the link based on genealogists’ findings.
Sharpton’s spokesman, Rachel Noerdlinger, confirmed Monday for The Associated Press that Sharpton plans to pursue DNA testing, but had no further details.
I dunno, Al. If this proves to be true that means YOUR ancestors owned slaves too.
Perhaps he can ask his friends the Palestinians for some of theirs. Oh wait.
Master Sgt. Alexander Barnett, left, 14-year-old Riley Woina, center, and Jose Marengo race into a vacant building during a drill with the Army Rangers on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at Camp J. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Make-A-Wish Foundation enabled the trip to the camp for the boy, who has cystic fibrosis. Riley joined the Rangers flying in helicopters, riding in zodiac boats and watching an airborne jump.
Be sure to check out the slide show.
Boazo
DougM writes:
When you gonna be on?
I read days ago that Britain was adding a SURGE of 20% more troops to Afghanistan before the news that they were pulling them out of Iraq.
S’why hasn’t that been reported all over the place? It’s almost tit-for-tat.
*sighs* just like the Oscar award winning Documentallyretarded dude Al Gore............
breakfast
Lemon Scented Blackberry Pancakes
Ingredients:
3 Cups high quality buttermilk pancake mix (I prefer Krusteaz buttermilk, but any high quality Complete brand will work)
2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
½ teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups unsweetened sparkling water, (club soda will work fine)
1 ½ cups fresh or IQF frozen blackberries (if using the frozen allow them to defrost in a colander until at lease partially defrosted, if they are very large cut them in half crosswise)
Sweet Lemon Butter (recipe below)Instructions:
Preheat a griddle to 375, grease lightly. Place the pancake mix, lemon zest and nutmeg in a large bowl mix well. Add sparkling water, stir well, but leave some small lumps, do not over mix. Ladle ¼ cup of batter onto hot griddle, immediately sprinkle a few berries onto batter, when small bubbles cover the top of the pancake flip, and cook through. Serve with sweet lemon butter and powdered sugar.Sweet Lemon Butter
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter - softened
2 Tablespoons powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon fresh-squeezed lemon juice
2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
Makes about 2/3 cup.
an electric mixer until light and fluffy, add sugar and beat until completely mixed. Add lemon zest and lemon juice. Continue to mix until combined. Transfer to small serving bowl. This will keep for several weeks and is good on just about anything!
And a good sized slab of my own pigs country fat strips.
O.M.GAWD!
Go through the extra step with the whipped sweet lemon butter. It’s like.......buddah. And use REAL high quality syrup.
I was inspired by the clamshell of big fresh gorgous blackberries I got at Costco yesterday. If you can get there, get them. Beautiful.
And for the magicalist ingredient of all, I was able to use a huge perfect lemon from the batch that Sierrahome sent to me straight from his own tree a while ago.
This was one of the yummiest dinners ever. I give it 10 smacks.
Female koalas indulge in lesbian “sex sessions”, rejecting male suitors and attempting to mate with each other, sometimes up to five at a time, according to researchers.
The furry, eucalyptus-eating creatures appear to develop this tendency for same-sex liaisons when they are in captivity. In the wild, they remain heterosexual.
Scientists monitoring the marsupials with digital cameras counted three homosexual interactions for every heterosexual one.
“Some females rejected the advances of males that were in their enclosures, only to become willing participants in homosexual encounters immediately after,” say the researchers.
“On several occasions more than one pair of females shared the same pole, and multiple females mounted each other simultaneously. At least one multiple encounter involved five female koalas.
“One theory put forward by the researchers is that the females do it to attract males; another is that it is simply hormonal, or that it is a stress reliever.
