tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4987486217920985848..comments2024-03-29T06:35:11.321-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Lockerbie bomber Megrahi and the Miracles of Modern MedicineDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35889113672414430342010-02-28T22:33:12.236-05:002010-02-28T22:33:12.236-05:00[ ... ] link is being shared on Twitter right now....[ ... ] link is being shared on Twitter right now. @zenx, an influential author, said RT @1ndus: Xtreme [ ... ]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15624859865077793862010-02-27T17:14:22.041-05:002010-02-27T17:14:22.041-05:00Al Gore: We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change
The tr...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28gore.html?hp" rel="nofollow">Al Gore: We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change</a><br /><br />The truth about the climate crisis, inconvenient as ever, must still be faced.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70655546827625628402010-02-27T17:10:46.871-05:002010-02-27T17:10:46.871-05:0040 minutes after Hilo checks in with a minimal eve...40 minutes after Hilo checks in with a minimal event/no show, ABC News reports <br />"<i>Tsunami Hits Hawaii</i>"Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43548095300293859882010-02-27T16:06:07.632-05:002010-02-27T16:06:07.632-05:00What'cha wanna bet at least one will try to &q...What'cha wanna bet at least one will try to "surf the tsunami?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55654334791798176832010-02-27T14:28:51.323-05:002010-02-27T14:28:51.323-05:00I just stocked up with a shopping cart worth of re...I just stocked up with a shopping cart worth of reservoir tips.<br />The better to weather the storm.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58275692647568963592010-02-27T13:19:25.503-05:002010-02-27T13:19:25.503-05:00Emergency shipment of condoms headed to Olympic at...<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/blogs/postblog/2010/02/emergency-shipment-of-condoms-headed-to-olympic-athletes.html" rel="nofollow">Emergency shipment of condoms headed to Olympic athletes</a><br /><br />Haiti crys foul!linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58391730471725462572010-02-27T13:11:16.082-05:002010-02-27T13:11:16.082-05:00CNN Breaking News, Saturday, February 27, 2010:
-...CNN Breaking News, Saturday, February 27, 2010:<br /><br />-- Sirens sound across Hawaii, warning of possible tsunami and signaling people in coastal areas to evacuate.linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2342442975707343362010-02-27T11:46:38.989-05:002010-02-27T11:46:38.989-05:00Good link on China, Q. I expect the Chinese will ...Good link on China, Q. I expect the Chinese will preempt the expected inflation by letting the Yuan rise a bit. This is all "mixed" news for us, of course.<br /><br />Higher wages in China, and a stronger yuan means a little inflation for U.S. consumers, but it also should mean more jobs in the U.S. as we export a little more to China (unless, of course, the Chinese respond with some sort of trade barriers.)<br /><br />If the Chinese did respond with import duties of some type, then we need to be ready to "go to the mats" with the bastards. They need us a whole lot more than we need them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66345876191060610412010-02-27T11:22:25.078-05:002010-02-27T11:22:25.078-05:00"We expect our partners ... to fulfill their ..."We expect our partners ... to fulfill their commitments, both explicit and implicit, that derive from a community built on the dream of a unity that goes far above simple economic relations and narrow national interests." George Papandreou<br /><br />George will be meeting with Barry on March 9.<br /><br />Who could now doubt that successful outcomes are assured?linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76743921667575910952010-02-27T10:23:01.331-05:002010-02-27T10:23:01.331-05:00White House Social Secretary Resigns
"The pr...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/26/AR2010022603734.html?wpisrc=nl_headline" rel="nofollow">White House Social Secretary Resigns</a><br /><br /><i>"The president and the first lady, Michelle Obama, issued a joint statement confirming the resignation of their longtime friend. "When she took this position, we asked Desiree to help make sure that the White House truly is the People's House," said the Obamas' statement. "And she did that by welcoming scores of everyday Americans through its doors, from wounded warriors to local schoolchildren to NASCAR drivers."<br /> <br />"It was an awkward choice of words with which to send off Rogers, given the scrutiny she came under when uninvited guests entered the White House for a state dinner in honor of the Indian prime minister... <br /><br />"Asked in a Friday press briefing whether the state-dinner incident played a role in her departure, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said, "I don't think it did, no."<br /><br />"According to the friend, Rogers said she felt the knives in the White House were out for her...<br /><br />"According to other administration sources, Valerie Jarrett, the president's trusted special adviser and Rogers's old friend from Chicago, had noticeably put some distance between her and the woman she helped bring to Washington, even though the two lived in the same Georgetown building and worked in the White House..."</i><br /><br /><br />Meeoww!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60141217443174452872010-02-27T10:08:37.861-05:002010-02-27T10:08:37.861-05:00Chalabi's Mew Influence Worries US
"On t...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/26/AR2010022606139.html?wpisrc=nl_headline" rel="nofollow">Chalabi's Mew Influence Worries US</a><br /><br /><i>"On the eve of Iraq's parliamentary elections, Chalabi is driving an effort aimed at weeding out candidates tied to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. Chalabi is reprising a role he played after the U.S.-led invasion -- which many critics believe he helped facilitate with faulty intelligence -- and, in the process, is infuriating American officials and some Iraqis, who suspect his motive is to bolster his own political bloc. <br /><br />Chalabi, a Shiite, has defended the work of the commission he is leading as legal and crucial during a period of transition to Iraq's first sovereign government. But his reemergence on the political scene has rankled U.S. officials and fueled concerns that Sunnis and other secular Iraqis will be marginalized."</i> <br /><br />When I was young and stupider, back in 2003, I wrote a letter to Donald Rumsfeld advising him to stay away from this clown. Chalabi is bad news all the way around.<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86790589071426901942010-02-27T09:54:11.956-05:002010-02-27T09:54:11.956-05:00Better check out the wage rates first Doug.
Migh...Better check out the wage rates first Doug.<br /><br /><br />Might want to wait a couple years.<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72879408322057398042010-02-27T09:52:49.448-05:002010-02-27T09:52:49.448-05:00More Bush Justice Department Files and Documents M...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/us/27justice.html?hp" rel="nofollow">More Bush Justice Department Files and Documents Missing</a><br /><br /><i>"Republicans on the Judiciary Committee appeared unconcerned about the missing e-mail messages and said that if the Justice Department were to continue investigating anything involving the interrogation memos, it should be whether officials at the Office of Professional Responsibility or elsewhere at the Justice Department improperly leaked details of the ethics inquiry to the news media over the last year.<br /> <br /><b>"Senator Jon Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said Mr. Yoo and Mr. Bybee deserved “the thanks of a grateful nation for their service,” not accusations, and that the leaks had done “irreparable damage” to their reputations.</b></i><br /><br />Boo Hoo. :-(<br /><br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41011530327805860472010-02-27T09:46:09.608-05:002010-02-27T09:46:09.608-05:00I saw that Quirk, haven't read yet.
Am conside...I saw that Quirk, haven't read yet.<br />Am considering thumbing a ride to China for employment.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15730245435002660622010-02-27T09:44:13.517-05:002010-02-27T09:44:13.517-05:00The Dude Plumbs His Weary Soul
On the road to sc...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/movies/awardsseason/28dargis.html?emc=eta1" rel="nofollow">The Dude Plumbs His Weary Soul </a><br /><br />On the road to screen immortality, Jeff Bridges transformed from a pretty boy to a weathered veteran with bottomless soul.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28346021573145102792010-02-27T09:44:06.610-05:002010-02-27T09:44:06.610-05:00Last night, we noted the closing of the Carson Riv...Last night, we noted the closing of the Carson River Community Bank, Carson City, NV.<br />---<br />Let's just hope the marriage chapels are not negatively impacted.<br />...where we took our vows.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22144848417537942512010-02-27T09:38:36.574-05:002010-02-27T09:38:36.574-05:00China Experiancing Labor Shortage
.<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/business/global/27yuan.html?hp" rel="nofollow">China Experiancing Labor Shortage</a><br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20499848758575562632010-02-27T09:33:46.535-05:002010-02-27T09:33:46.535-05:00Crist mimes Glen Beck:
Crist: Rubio Is Just Like ...<strong>Crist mimes Glen Beck:</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/426324/falling-behind-in-florida/robert-costa" rel="nofollow">Crist: Rubio Is Just Like Obama</a><br /><br />The Florida governor unloads on Marco Rubio: <br /><br />“<em>My opponent is an eloquent speaker and says a lot of good things that really hit at people’s heartstrings, but we have a guy in the White House right now who did the same thing</em>.”Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63379079040785210052010-02-27T09:25:01.789-05:002010-02-27T09:25:01.789-05:00Israelis rush to join Mossad.
Something similar i...Israelis rush to join Mossad.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-afghan-attack27-2010feb27,0,6334085.story" rel="nofollow">Something similar is happening in Afghanistan</a><br /><br />A car bomb and two subsequent suicide bombers to "mop up" in secondary actions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52563928012194708662010-02-27T09:21:06.944-05:002010-02-27T09:21:06.944-05:00A second bank was closed yesterday:
On Friday, Feb...A second bank was closed yesterday:<br /><i>On Friday, February 26, 2010, Rainier Pacific Bank, Tacoma, WA was closed by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver.</i><br /><br />Last night, we noted the closing of the Carson River Community Bank, Carson City, NV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72201280024153368292010-02-27T09:09:03.324-05:002010-02-27T09:09:03.324-05:00Israelis rush to join Mossad after Mahmoud al-Mabh...<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7043239.ece" rel="nofollow">Israelis rush to join Mossad after Mahmoud al-Mabhouh killing</a><br /><br />Would you be prepared to cross-dress? And kill a guest in an adjacent hotel room? If the answer to these questions is a resounding “yes”, and you can also act, enjoy luxury international travel with a twist and can carry off a convincing Irish or Australian accent, then the job could be yours.<br /><br />The Israeli spy agency Mossad may be the target of international reproach since it allegedly killed the Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel this month, but at home emerging details of the operation have generated Mossad mania.<br /><br />It has never been more popular in Israel, with stores selling out of Mossad memorabilia and its official website reporting a soaring number of visitors interested in applying to become agents. “Mossad has been restored to its glory days,” said Ilan Mizrahi, a former deputy director of the agency, which is located in the affluent beach town of Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv.<br /><br />Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement in Mr al-Mabhouh’s death — despite increasingly confident announcements by Dubai police that they have linked Mossad to the killing. Of the 28 suspects named, 11 share identities with Israelis who hold dual citizenship.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6609997207164452342010-02-27T08:58:09.566-05:002010-02-27T08:58:09.566-05:00Real Homes of Genius – Pasadena Million Dollar Hom...<a href="http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/real-homes-of-genius-%e2%80%93-pasadena-million-dollar-home-or-3500-a-month-rental-you-decide/" rel="nofollow">Real Homes of Genius – Pasadena Million Dollar Home or $3,500 a Month Rental? You Decide.</a><br /><br />Now here is the reason ignoring jobs and subsequently income data will lead to additional corrections. Let us assume you gross $10,000 a month in Pasadena and want to buy this home. Can you?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/net-pay.png" rel="nofollow">Big Govt Taxes</a><br /><br />Not even close. Your monthly payment is up to $5,653 and you are netting $6,731. Sure you can up your withholdings but that won’t change the numbers drastically. Your housing payment remains fixed.<br /><br />When I see examples like this it tells me we still have another phase to this housing story. <br />Today we salute you Pasadena with our Real Homes of Genius Award.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84518506087216389212010-02-27T08:36:25.014-05:002010-02-27T08:36:25.014-05:00Just Say Yes!
Kids will spend some of their time ...<a href="http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/global/Category.asp?C=151146&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=91610&topVideoCatNoB=4758&topVideoCatNoC=75035&topVideoCatNoD=4773&topVideoCatNoE=96072&clipId=4577984&topVideoCatNo=undefined&autoStart=true" rel="nofollow">Just Say Yes!</a><br /><br />Kids will spend some of their time w/mom (also in rehab) and some with grandaddy, Martin.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42714154713334458932010-02-27T08:36:13.909-05:002010-02-27T08:36:13.909-05:00PBUHPBUHDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48738506646959422842010-02-27T07:46:36.356-05:002010-02-27T07:46:36.356-05:00Because, as we all know, about justice ...
"...Because, as we all know, about justice ...<br /><br /><br /><b><i>"There is no sliding scale."</i></b>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com