tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post2768170723236951911..comments2024-03-29T06:35:11.321-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: “Today, we really seem to be stuck in a negative spiral”Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58684962359788870932011-09-23T09:57:00.307-04:002011-09-23T09:57:00.307-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Logoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46024607007006276242011-09-22T19:23:16.979-04:002011-09-22T19:23:16.979-04:00Newt Gingrich could wind up looking very attractiv...<i>Newt Gingrich could wind up looking very attractive....</i><br /><br />Well I insist we don't do a shirtless Newt spread here on the EB.Teresitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35678675511001176442011-09-22T18:51:25.774-04:002011-09-22T18:51:25.774-04:00Newt Gingrich could wind up looking very attractiv...Newt Gingrich could wind up looking very attractive....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16046075295899387162011-09-22T18:36:21.372-04:002011-09-22T18:36:21.372-04:00Bob: Sometimes you just shoe the front feet, kinda...<b>Bob:</b> <i>Sometimes you just shoe the front feet, kinda like front wheel drive.</i><br /><br />Sometimes I break some steel<br />Sometimes my leg hurts real<br />Sometimes I change my wheels<br />To high heels<br /><br /><b>Deuce:</b> <i>I don't think God wants me to have some asshole blow me apart with his exploding head and magic turban. </i><br /><br />Life following art, I guess. A while ago the muzzies got all upset about a cartoon with a bomb in a turban.<br />--<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELP1202oYCI" rel="nofollow">Madita - Because</a>Teresitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2944286837677533162011-09-22T17:35:14.046-04:002011-09-22T17:35:14.046-04:00Close.
I hear it said all the time.
What I don&#...Close.<br /><br />I hear it said all the time.<br /><br />What I don't understand is why they then start laughing.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54161595775750634282011-09-22T16:59:26.136-04:002011-09-22T16:59:26.136-04:00.
Your incredible discipline and self-restraint h....<br /><br /><i>Your incredible discipline and self-restraint has not gone unnoticed.</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Gee, thanks Doug.<br /><br />You sure you didn't get this off a fortune cookie though?<br /><br /><br />.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60659643168032975852011-09-22T16:55:06.483-04:002011-09-22T16:55:06.483-04:00The market panic in a nutshell
Want to know the r...The market panic in a nutshell<br /><br />Want to know the root of all this market fear? Look no further than Morgan Stanley’s balance sheet.<br /><br />Although Morgan Stanley has been credited with de-risking and being one of the safer American banks, relative to Bank of America and the like, Zero Hedge took at a look at the bank’s financial statements. The exposure to French banks is shocking. <br /><br />n last year’s 10-K, Morgan Stanley disclosed an exposure of $39-billion (U.S.) as of Dec. 31. The next highest foreign exposure was $12.5-billion to Japan. (These “claims include cash, receivables, securities purchased under agreements to resell, securities borrowed and cash trading instruments but exclude derivative instruments and commitments.”) To see for yourself, check out pg. 114 of the 10-K.<br /><br />The reported French exposure is 56 per cent more than Morgan Stanley's entire market cap, Zero Hedge pointed out.<br /><br />Being exposed to French banks is particularly scary right now, because it has been well reported that they are extremely vulnerable to a Greek default. While it’s hard to tell exactly how much of the exposure is owed to Morgan Stanley, rather owed by Morgan Stanley to French banks, that’s kind of the whole point. The exact amounts owed by banks to other banks is very hard to pinpoint, and that creates a panic. <br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/streetwise/the-market-panic-in-a-nutshell/article2176002/<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />isn't it a joy playing "Who's got the button"?Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80507354580747193542011-09-22T16:51:44.313-04:002011-09-22T16:51:44.313-04:00Quirk said...
"Just as Allen continued to qu...Quirk said...<br /><br />"<i>Just as Allen continued to quote me as saying "Bob, you're dead to me" even though I told him on more than one occasion I never said that.</i>"<br /><br />Your incredible discipline and self-restraint has not gone unnoticed.<br /><br />None of us dare think how he might react to the truth.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15047386939994920762011-09-22T16:46:25.737-04:002011-09-22T16:46:25.737-04:00Norm MacDonald tells a story from his youth, growi...Norm MacDonald tells a story from his youth, growing up in rural Ontario:<br /><br />He worked part time at a Massey Ferguson dealer while in High School. Shortly after graduating he met a new hire there and fell madly in love, to the point that he stayed on there for five more years.<br /> <br />One morning he woke up and found she was gone w/o a trace.<br /><br />Norm was flummoxed, having no idea whatsoever why she left, nor where she might have gone.<br />Then he received her John Deere letter in the mail.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77519191668361421732011-09-22T16:44:38.900-04:002011-09-22T16:44:38.900-04:00"I going with my daughter to shoe the horse.&..."<i>I going with my daughter to shoe the horse.</i>"<br /><br />Horses with shoes, and illiterate writers... WTF ?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33652844178499420092011-09-22T16:16:37.502-04:002011-09-22T16:16:37.502-04:00.
Someone makes the claim that they have an entit....<br /><br /><i>Someone makes the claim that they have an entitlement because their ancestors got a special deal from God.</i><br /><br /><br />What people hasn't said this?<br /><br />The strange thing is that my god is telling the truth, all the others are false.<br /><br />Comes with the territory.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3476893810283936452011-09-22T16:14:47.612-04:002011-09-22T16:14:47.612-04:00Wish me well
I do believe me.
Don't see what...<i>Wish me well</i><br /><br />I do believe me. <br />Don't see what it has to do with my argument.<br /><br />goneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68165442816326646772011-09-22T16:12:53.856-04:002011-09-22T16:12:53.856-04:00I learned something about horse shoeing today. Som...I learned something about horse shoeing today. Sometimes you just shoe the front feet, kinda like front wheel drive.<br /><br />I'm out for the day, my daughter has something the antibiotics didn't get. She's going to the infirmary.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-745123680277976782011-09-22T16:11:31.767-04:002011-09-22T16:11:31.767-04:00When I was a boy, I was taught God always was, alw...When I was a boy, I was taught God always was, always will be, and will always remain the same. God was almighty , all knowing and all things came from God. I can assume, that being the case, God gave us a brain. God wanted us to survive. Doubting allows a man to survive. Trust will get you killed. I don't think God wants me to have some asshole blow me apart with his exploding head and magic turban. <br /><br />i came from God, my brain came from God and my ability to doubt as well. I don not believe that God's feeling will be hurt because I have my doubts. One day I will see. Wish me well. I will hope I was right.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88610117832434466072011-09-22T16:10:45.093-04:002011-09-22T16:10:45.093-04:00.
That is like saying rat didn't mean kill be....<br /><br /><i>That is like saying rat didn't mean kill because he used some other words or euphemisms.</i><br /><br />Why don't you give it up b?<br /><br />If you want to accuse someone of something, go back and find the quote or post. You have already mentioned he didn't literally say he killed anyone. Most people here have stated they don't remember ever seeing anything like you allege.<br /><br />Just as Allen continued to quote me as saying "Bob, you're dead to me" even though I told him on more than one occasion I never said that.<br /><br />Give it up. You look silly.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21888786878537767322011-09-22T16:04:13.084-04:002011-09-22T16:04:13.084-04:00Someone makes the claim that they have an entitlem...Someone makes the claim that they have an entitlement because their ancestors got a special deal from God. <br /><br />I have two choices. I can take it seriously or not. I choose not. I could shut up, It would be polite and marvelous if I agreed with them regardless as to the preposterousness of the claim and it would be OK for me to affirm their belief. However, I do not believe it and I choose to say so. <br /><br />My saying something about it goes no further than challenging an idea. The only thing I am against is someone's cherished myth. If it were about Santa Claus and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer there would be no harm, no fowl. But it isn't so benign. <br /><br />Two days ago some asshole heard from God and God told him to put a bomb under his turban and blow his head apart so that he could kill a rational man.<br /><br />You want to shut me up? Grab your turban.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21118074120165442292011-09-22T16:02:39.254-04:002011-09-22T16:02:39.254-04:00Yeah, gag, boobies guru in this area of study, Jos...Yeah, gag, boobies guru in this area of study, Joseph Campbell, was a master of myth deconstruction.<br /><br />Claiming all religion to be a function of myth.<br /><br />boobie has described the Bible as being fictional literature, not a piece of non-fiction history. <br /><br />As for Mr Campbell, boobies guru as it were ...<br /><br /><i>Joseph Campbell was a writer and teacher who detailed what all religions and mythologies have in common:<br /><br /><b>1. The Mystical/Metaphysical Prospect.<br /><br />2. The Cosmological Prospect.<br /><br />3. The Social Prospect.<br /><br />4. The Psychological Sphere.</b></i><br /><br /><a href="http://drake.marin.k12.ca.us/staff/doherty/fourfunctionsmythology.html" rel="nofollow">Joseph Campbell's Four Functions of Mythology</a>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16005139194086109712011-09-22T15:52:55.083-04:002011-09-22T15:52:55.083-04:00What euphemism was used, boobie?
What was the con...What euphemism was used, boobie?<br /><br />What was the context?<br /><br />Find the quote, then we'll discuss both its' literal and philosophic meaning.<br /><br />If you cannot find the quote, you're just being petulant, again.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2839409687831955402011-09-22T15:52:35.682-04:002011-09-22T15:52:35.682-04:00Myths. That's funny.Myths. That's funny.MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34356989444917693752011-09-22T15:50:14.094-04:002011-09-22T15:50:14.094-04:00Anyways,
The US solar industry has created 6,735...Anyways,<br /><br /><br /><i>The US solar industry has created <b>6,735 new jobs across the country since August, 2010, a 6.8% growth rate, bringing to 100,237</b> the number of Americans working in the industry, according to a preview of The Solar Foundation’s “National Solar Jobs Census.” That compares to an overall nationwide job growth rate of 0.7% and a 2% decline in jobs in fossil fuel electric generation.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2011/09/22/us-solar-industry-adds-jobs-at-6-8-pace/" rel="nofollow">Creating Jobs</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88853237360751279002011-09-22T15:50:00.814-04:002011-09-22T15:50:00.814-04:00That is absurd, boobie, to conflate Zionism and Is...That is absurd, boobie, to conflate Zionism and Israel with "Western Civilization".<br /><br />The Roman Empire, and its' modern descendents in its established religion, Roman Catholicism having had much more influence than any derived from Judaism.<br /><br />The two religions only comparable in their common myths, but not in doctrine. No more so than Islam is comparable to both, united as they are by common myth.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77668979053226922982011-09-22T15:49:06.016-04:002011-09-22T15:49:06.016-04:00the lands of the chosen, promised, selected, and r...the lands of the chosen, promised, selected, and rejected<br /><br />That is like saying rat didn't mean kill because he used some other words or euphemisms.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29715852495165839832011-09-22T15:47:06.871-04:002011-09-22T15:47:06.871-04:00And the mocking of the use of G-D makes no sense b...And the mocking of the use of G-D makes no sense because That Wherever It Is is hidden in a Shining Darkness that we <i>might</i> penetrate someday.<br /><br />The Unnameable is a tradition in so many groups I couldn't even begin.<br /><br />I used it mockingly the other day myself because I can't stand Allen and wish there were a perpetual Sabbath for the Orthodox around here.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49349807148626639422011-09-22T15:46:47.330-04:002011-09-22T15:46:47.330-04:00Bob, I read Deuce's comment, and I didn't ...Bob, I read Deuce's comment, and I didn't see the word "Jew" anywhere in it.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45354134574201311882011-09-22T15:46:06.742-04:002011-09-22T15:46:06.742-04:00Harry Reid is believed to be more of a devout Morm...Harry Reid is believed to be more of a devout Morman than Romney. But hey, it's ok, cause he is a union loving democrat! <br /><br />Romney and his Holy britches won't be an issue. <br /><br />I think Romney will fade as he did last time. I think he is boring, with no fresh ideas. I think the voting public will see it the same, come time to vote. <br /><br />He lost last time. Us Americans don't like losers.MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.com