tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post1336197433493828094..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Sick of the Chinese Yet? These People Are Not Our Friends...Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50641384845957122422010-11-19T07:59:41.306-05:002010-11-19T07:59:41.306-05:00We were thinking roundabouts in my development - t...We were thinking roundabouts in my development - two of 'em -- we have a few in Moscow. Here, with all the signage, they are aesthetically unpleasing - looks like a bunch of yard sale signs - and they are definitely a lot more expensive to build. I suggested to the City - I'll provide the land - you provide the money for the excess costs over a regular intersection. hhmmmm, no Bob, quess not. Maybe they will change their minds. With a little fountain or something in the middle, and knock off all that signage that looks like a small forest, they can be attractive. The name of this game here is - screw bob for all we can get. Where's the stimulus money when you need it?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65767660416048090312010-11-19T04:03:38.801-05:002010-11-19T04:03:38.801-05:00.
European Import Has Cars Spinning. Heads, Too.
....<br /><b>European Import Has Cars Spinning. Heads, Too.</b><br /><br /><i>Traffic is going in circles. Armed with mounting data showing that roundabouts are safer, cheaper to maintain and friendlier to the environment, transportation experts around the country are persuading communities to replace traditional intersections with them.<br /> <br />There’s just one problem: Americans don’t know how to navigate them...</i><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/us/19roundabouts.html?_r=1&hp" rel="nofollow">What Goes Around Comes Around</a><br /><br />Must admit my first experiances with roundabouts was not enjoyable. The big one outside Logan Airport in Boston and some in New Jersey are not all that driver friendly especially during rush hour. That being said, I really like them now.<br /><br />They are being put in all over southeast Michigan and it seems to really speed things up.<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13330390493104262582010-11-19T03:53:57.729-05:002010-11-19T03:53:57.729-05:00.
Stay Away From My Junk
Charles Krauthammer is a....<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/18/AR2010111804494.html?hpid=opinionsbox1" rel="nofollow">Stay Away From My Junk</a><br /><br />Charles Krauthammer is a dick. But when he is right he is right. The terrorists have won.<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41925070163571068292010-11-19T03:51:03.788-05:002010-11-19T03:51:03.788-05:00.
Jobless benefit bill rejected
Dems don't get....<br /><b>Jobless benefit bill rejected<br />Dems don't get required House votes to pass extension after GOP decries its cost.</b><br /><br /><i>The U.S. House rejected an extension of benefits for unemployed workers Thursday, with Republicans bristling over the proposal's $12 billion cost. <br /><br />House Democrats hoped to avoid a long debate over the extension, bypassing the normal motion to recommit by suspending the lower chamber's normal voting rules. <br />Such a move requires a two-thirds majority to approve the measure, leading to the bill's failure, despite a 258-154 vote. <br /><br />An estimated 2 million jobless Americans are on track to lose benefits under the bill, which would extend payments for up to 99 weeks of unemployment until the end of February 2011. …<br /><br />This year, Democrats and Republicans erupted in argument over the current extension that lasts through the end of this month.<br /> <br />GOP members said the cost was too high and wanted to compensate with savings elsewhere in the budget; Democrats argued it was dangerous to leave job seekers hanging with unemployment rates at historic levels...</i> <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://detnews.com/article/20101119/NATION/11190353/Jobless-benefit-bill-rejected#ixzz15iHDJuJq" rel="nofollow">Unemploymnt Benfits Extension Defeated</a><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68924122522051823762010-11-19T03:46:06.910-05:002010-11-19T03:46:06.910-05:00House Panel Recommends Censure for Rangel
The Hou...<b>House Panel Recommends Censure for Rangel</b><br /><br /><i>The House ethics committee on Thursday recommended that Representative Charles Rangel be formally censured for ethical misconduct, the most serious punishment the House can mete out to a member short of expulsion.<br /> <br />The 9-to-1 vote came after an emotional day and deliberations that the panel’s chairwoman, Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, called “wrenching.” At one point, Mr. Rangel struggled to compose himself as he pleaded for mercy from the panel.<br /> <br />“I don’t know how much longer I have to live,” said Mr. Rangel, 80, his eyes watery and his voice quivering. But, he said, whatever time he has, he will spend it trying “to help people and thank God for what he’s given to me.”<br /> <br />A censure would mark a momentous downfall for Mr. Rangel, a Democrat who for 40 years has represented Harlem, where he was born. As a decorated Korean War veteran and civil rights advocate, he became a combative and irrepressible voice for liberal causes and, in 2007, snared one of the most powerful positions in Congress, the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee...</i><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/nyregion/19rangel.html?pagewanted=1&hp" rel="nofollow">Censure for Rangel</a><br /><br />Old Charlie may be humiliated (if that's possible for a Senator) but he will still have his job.<br /><br />I found it interesting that the guy responsible for the prosecution of the case said there was no proof of corruption because Charlie did not receive any personal gain.<br /><br /><i><b>In modern English usage the words corruption and corrupt have many meanings:<br /><br />Political corruption; however, means the abuse of public power, office, or resources by government officials or employees for personal gain, e.g. by extortion, soliciting or offering bribes[2]</b></i><br /><br /><br /><i>Mr. Rangel’s troubles began in July 2008, when news reports revealed that he had accepted four rent-stabilized apartments from a Manhattan developer at prices significantly below market value. As his personal finances were scrutinized in the months that followed, Mr. Rangel was charged with an assortment of other violations, including a failure to pay taxes on rental income from the Caribbean villa and failure to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets on his financial disclosure forms. <br /><br />Mr. Rangel’s fund-raising for a City College of New York building to be named in his honor led to additional ethics complaints because he used Congressional stationery and staff, sought donations from corporations with business before his committee and helped extend a tax loophole worth hundreds of millions of dollars for an oil company at the same time he was asking for a $1 million contribution from its top executive.</i><br /><br />One has to assume that if Charlie didn't reap personal gain it was simply by the fact that he got caught first.<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4557709768757258852010-11-19T00:07:06.442-05:002010-11-19T00:07:06.442-05:00I'm going to KFC for the Hillary Clinton meal ...I'm going to KFC for the Hillary Clinton meal deal tonight.<br /> <br />2 small breasts, 2 large thighs, & a big red box.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26232986065563359712010-11-18T23:58:15.459-05:002010-11-18T23:58:15.459-05:00Bye, Bob.Bye, Bob.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39706207001200986222010-11-18T23:55:54.406-05:002010-11-18T23:55:54.406-05:00Miss T mentioned that. She and Miss Fely went thro...Miss T mentioned that. She and Miss Fely went through after the light was taken down, I believe. Now you just sail right on through, no reason to stop, with the bordellos being closed. :)<br /><br />I never went there anyway.<br /><br />There was a famous actress from there, whose name escapes me right now, cause I'm so tired. One of the biggies. Her little sister hangs around the Coeur d'Alene Casino. I'll think of it and let you know.<br /><br />nite Sam, I'm beatBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76895857609446994612010-11-18T23:46:45.994-05:002010-11-18T23:46:45.994-05:00Bob, did you know that the last traffic light to b...Bob, did you know that the last traffic light to be taken down along the entire I-90 corridor was in Wallace?samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66895889771746536022010-11-18T23:45:10.616-05:002010-11-18T23:45:10.616-05:00You're right, it is up by Sandpoint.You're right, it is up by Sandpoint.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16694409263364417492010-11-18T23:41:47.440-05:002010-11-18T23:41:47.440-05:00Schweitzer is up by Sandpoint, isn't it? I can...Schweitzer is up by Sandpoint, isn't it? I can't think of the name of it, but don't think it's Schweitzer.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13192243056739668992010-11-18T21:14:45.243-05:002010-11-18T21:14:45.243-05:00The peak - Schweizer?
My dad used to tell stories...The peak - Schweizer?<br /><br />My dad used to tell stories of my uncle (his younger brother) racing in the car from Spokane over to Wallace on the weekends to go to the brothels.<br /><br />Probably around '67 '68.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60635072485109703122010-11-18T20:44:15.449-05:002010-11-18T20:44:15.449-05:00The Good Times Are All Gone Now -- Life, Death, an...<i>The Good Times Are All Gone Now -- Life, Death, and Rebirth in an Idaho Mining Town</i><br /><br />Julie Whitesel Weston<br /><br />Most of the mines are closed, The Spokane Stock Exchange is closed, the bordellos are closed, the Swiss built a tram goes up what's the name of that peak, and there's a big auto company there now. The EPA superfund has cleaned up much of the lead mess, and there is a memorial to the miners that died in the Sunshine Mine Disaster.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14181814922688406482010-11-18T20:37:15.613-05:002010-11-18T20:37:15.613-05:00Kellogg/Wallace, Sam.
Happened to pick up a book ...Kellogg/Wallace, Sam.<br /><br />Happened to pick up a book at the library today about how it was back when. Was interested, dad taught there a couple of years.<br /><br />Tough living, taken all in all.<br /><br />Writer is a woman who grew up there. Pretty well done, really.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19006644034771167942010-11-18T20:34:09.351-05:002010-11-18T20:34:09.351-05:00Indian Maoist militants, known as Naxalites, have ...<i>Indian Maoist militants, known as Naxalites, have been meeting with members of the outlawed Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), according to the director-general of police for India’s Chhattisgarh state. Based on information from a police source, state police chief Vishwa Ranjan said Nov. 11 that two LeT operatives attended a Naxalite meeting in April or May.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Local Indian media sources report that Naxalite forces have an arsenal of approximately 20,000 weapons — an average of two weapons per soldier. The Naxalites have obtained this arsenal from four different sources:<br /><br /> 1. From Indian security forces, either by Naxalite raids on their outposts in Naxalite-controlled areas or bribing or coercing members of the security forces to sell or give them firearms and ammunition, along with ballistic vests and tactical gear, including night-vision optics.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Theft from businesses operating in the Naxalite-controlled areas, including fertilizer distributors and mining companies that maintain stocks of explosives, blasting caps and detonators.<br /><br />Local arms factories run directly by Naxalites or other criminal groups.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Procuring foreign weapons, ammunition and explosives from external militant and criminal groups operating within and outside of India.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20101117_pakistan_and_naxalite_movement_india" rel="nofollow">Naxalite Movement</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32441144273979795312010-11-18T19:53:31.571-05:002010-11-18T19:53:31.571-05:00Are you talking about Wallace, by chance, bob?Are you talking about Wallace, by chance, bob?samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17232919313648320102010-11-18T19:46:55.547-05:002010-11-18T19:46:55.547-05:00I wonder if they had bedbugs in those old whorehou...I wonder if they had bedbugs in those old whorehouses.<br /><br />Kinda an interesting chapter. <br />Some of the girls married well off clients, became honored members of the community, more went downhill to drugs, and finally death in the alley.<br /><br />Dad taught there for two years, before law school. Couldn't stand the place.<br /><br />Idaho State Police closed them down years ago.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61892683450586920012010-11-18T19:43:02.540-05:002010-11-18T19:43:02.540-05:00I'll look much closer in the future, thanks fo...I'll look much closer in the future, thanks for the tip.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5749314778176829542010-11-18T19:41:03.668-05:002010-11-18T19:41:03.668-05:00I just told you what to look for. You probably wo...I just told you what to look for. You probably wouldn't even see them moving. Just a black line.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-10235108935716409052010-11-18T19:39:11.216-05:002010-11-18T19:39:11.216-05:00You can't see just one.You can't see just one.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48543583120724404232010-11-18T19:36:10.041-05:002010-11-18T19:36:10.041-05:00We've been in lots of motels and hotels. I swe...We've been in lots of motels and hotels. I swear I've never come across one.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56645772494370609932010-11-18T19:33:13.027-05:002010-11-18T19:33:13.027-05:00Bed bugs run along the crease of the mattress. If...Bed bugs run along the crease of the mattress. If you see a black line in that crease my suggestion would be to go to another hotel.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69779259358283724532010-11-18T19:30:47.386-05:002010-11-18T19:30:47.386-05:00What do you think, Sam?What do you think, Sam?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17985596926486377212010-11-18T19:29:23.110-05:002010-11-18T19:29:23.110-05:00ah, here's the old menu --
Menu
...ah, here's the old menu --<br /><br /><i> Menu<br /> January, 1988<br />Oasis Bordello<br /><br />Straight, no frills $15 8 min<br /><br />Straight, regular $20 13 min<br /><br />Half & Half, no frills $20 11 min<br /><br />Half & Half, deluxe $25 15 min<br /><br />Straight, French, no frills $25 10 min<br /><br />Straight, French $30 15 min<br /><br />"69" (at a whorehouse???) $30 15 min<br /><br />Half Hour $35<br /><br />Per Hour $70<br /><br />Bubble Bath & Half Hour $50<br /><br />Bubble Bath & Hour $80<br /><br />Positions $5 each plus $2 each (whatever that means)<br /><br />Vibrator $15 plus regular party price plus $5<br /><br />Doubles double price per party, time same as one</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A close examination indicates the best buy might be the Bubble Bath & Hour @ $80Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-82102109133486652042010-11-18T19:22:18.238-05:002010-11-18T19:22:18.238-05:00While no one saw the shooting, people who saw the ...<i>While no one saw the shooting, people who saw the pair earlier said they noticed nothing unusual. The twins were observed chatting amiably and changed their targets at least twice.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Police yesterday sent fingerprints taken from the dead woman and her surviving twin to US immigration authorities in the hope of matching prints so they could positively identify the pair.<br /><br />In the absence of confirmation from fingerprints or an interview with the surviving twin, police were ready to ask the women's parents for a visual identification when they arrived in Denver tomorrow.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/australian-twin-sisters-made-suicide-pact-before-colorado-range-shooting/story-e6frg6n6-1225956305334" rel="nofollow">Range Shooting</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.com