tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post6753805860180708627..comments2024-03-19T05:29:47.524-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Past Time to Rethink Transportation and FuelDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80250984181649723862010-07-16T12:47:59.575-04:002010-07-16T12:47:59.575-04:00Thanks for the effort you took to expand upon this...Thanks for the effort you took to expand upon this post so thoroughly. I look forward to future posts.<br />There are various sea vessels involved in <a href="www.shipblueocean.com/markets/jamaica.cfm" rel="nofollow">shipping to jamaica</a>. It may include box boats or container ships, bulk carriers, tankers, ferries, cable layers, dredgers and barges.Trinidad Shippinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04683604816319025489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28225580265664635562008-04-26T11:41:00.000-04:002008-04-26T11:41:00.000-04:00Doug: North Carolinans are pissed off BIG TIME for...Doug: <B>North Carolinans are pissed off BIG TIME for John telling them what they can say... again. Acting holier than thou as he LOVES to do to CONSERVATIVES.</B><BR/><BR/>Well North Carolinians are welcome to go to a monster truck rally after work on TUESDAY! TUESDAY! TUESDAY! November 4, instead of voting. NC isn't entirely Deliverance country. They have college towns and high-tech and a large Obama fan base.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80503250997309096322008-04-26T03:25:00.000-04:002008-04-26T03:25:00.000-04:00North Carolinans are pissed off BIG TIME for John ...North Carolinans are pissed off BIG TIME for John telling them what they can say... again.<BR/>Acting holier than thou as he LOVES to do to CONSERVATIVES.<BR/>Should have kept his mouth shut and let Barry twist in the wind from the moyer's exposure, and the upcoming press club appearance, instead, he sticks his big censorious nose in other people's business.<BR/>...<BR/>THEN, when he could have said how much better things will be in Louisianna now that they have a competent governor, he has to give the feds an F, w/o mentioning the bigger failures of Schoolbus Nagin and that incompetent governor.<BR/><BR/>...course John would NEVER criticise Schoolbus, because any criticism of anyone black is automatically racist.<BR/>Out of touch old fart.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59337670317873117162008-04-26T02:04:00.000-04:002008-04-26T02:04:00.000-04:00IOW I prefer a-hole #1's policies to a-hole #2's.T...IOW I prefer a-hole #1's policies to a-hole #2's.<BR/>They both remain corrupt a-holes.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62117230265371561122008-04-26T02:02:00.000-04:002008-04-26T02:02:00.000-04:00That guy that works for McCain is worse than Wrigh...That guy that works for McCain is worse than Wright, but Barry's socialism is worse.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19958373621900102372008-04-26T01:58:00.000-04:002008-04-26T01:58:00.000-04:00I don't buy McCain's Flak's defense for Big John, ...I don't buy McCain's Flak's defense for Big John, or Barry.<BR/><BR/>I agree Aeyrs is better, but Wright offers a MUCH more visible target.<BR/>Any A-hole that sends his young girls to that hatehole is a first class A-hole.<BR/><BR/>(as is W, for letting Ramos and Campeon rot, even after Sutton's perp's been found guilty. As he pardons drug dealers.)Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21311468224274805502008-04-26T01:22:00.000-04:002008-04-26T01:22:00.000-04:00WASHINGTON - Twenty-five years after the first AID...WASHINGTON - Twenty-five years after the first AIDS cases emerged, scientists have confirmed that the HIV virus plaguing humans really did originate in wild chimpanzees, in a corner of Cameroon.<BR/><BR/>Solving the mystery of HIV’s ancestry was dirty work. Scientists employed trackers to plunge through dense jungle and collect the fresh feces of wild apes — more than 1,300 samples in all.<BR/><BR/>Before that, it took seven years of research just to develop the testing methods to genetically trace the primate version of the virus in living wild chimps without hurting the endangered species.<BR/><BR/>Until now, “no one was able to look. No one had the tools,” said Dr. Beatrice Hahn of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She led the team of international researchers that reported the success in Friday’s edition of the journal Science.<BR/><BR/>“We’re 25 years into this pandemic,” Hahn said. “We don’t have a cure. We don’t have a vaccine. But we know where it came from. At least we can make a check mark on one of those.”<BR/><BR/>Scientists long have known that nonhuman primates carry their own version of the AIDS virus, called SIV or simian immunodeficiency virus. But with one exception, it had been found only in captive chimpanzees, particularly a subspecies that in the wild populates mostly West Africa.<BR/><BR/>It was not known how prevalent the virus was in chimps in the wild, or how genetically or geographically diverse it was, complicating efforts to pin down the jump from animal to man.<BR/><BR/>Hahn’s team tested chimp feces for SIV antibodies, finding them in a subspecies called Pan troglodytes troglodytes in southern Cameroon.<BR/><BR/>Chimps tend to form geographically distinct communities. By genetically analyzing the feces, researchers could trace individual infected chimps. The team found some chimp communities with infection rates as high as 35 percent, while others had no infection at all.<BR/><BR/>Every single infected chimp had a common base genetic pattern that indicated a common ancestor, Hahn said.<BR/><BR/>There are three types of HIV-1, the strain of the human virus responsible for most of the worldwide epidemic. Genetic analysis let Hahn identify chimp communities near Cameroon’s Sanaga River whose viral strains are most closely related to the most common of those HIV-1 subtypes.<BR/><BR/>“The genetic similarity was striking,” Hahn said.<BR/><BR/>The first human known to be infected with HIV was a man from Kinshasa in the nearby country of Congo who had his blood stored in 1959 as part of a medical study, decades before scientists knew the AIDS virus existed.<BR/><BR/>Presumably, someone in rural Cameroon was bitten by a chimp or was cut while butchering one and became infected with the ape virus. That person passed it to someone else.<BR/><BR/>The Sanaga River long has been a commercial waterway, for transporting hardwood, ivory and other items to more urban areas. Eventually, someone infected made it to Kinshasa.<BR/><BR/>“How many different transmission events occurred between that initial hunter and this virus making it to Kinshasa, I don’t know. It could have been one, it could have been 10, it could have been 100,” Hahn said. “Eventually, it ended up in an urban area, and that’s where it really got going.”<BR/><BR/>Somewhere in all that spread, the virus became more deadly to people than it is to chimps, who seldom are bothered much by SIV.<BR/><BR/>The research seems to settle any question of HIV’s origin, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the National Institutes of Health’s AIDS chief.<BR/><BR/>When tracing a virus’ evolution, “it’s important to get as close to the source as you can,” he said. “It’s of historic interest.”Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79715491367729118532008-04-26T00:58:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:58:00.000-04:00Wasn't it thought it popped over from some monkey,...Wasn't it thought it popped over from some monkey, the green monkey, whatever that is, to humans? <BR/>The AIDS virus has probably been around a long time. Maybe it was in humans before it mutated a bit and became virulent.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61835453281931378892008-04-26T00:45:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:45:00.000-04:00The French did help evolve the AIDs virus, in Afri...The French did help evolve the AIDs virus, in Africa, when they made some low cost vaccines, if the TV special I once saw on the subject was accurate.<BR/><BR/>It was "whitey", just not GI Joe.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22160010296734862562008-04-26T00:43:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:43:00.000-04:00“Any person who supports John McCain’s (Obama's) c...<I>“Any person who supports John McCain’s <B>(Obama's)</B> campaigns is a subscriber to John McCain’s views and even if those people have published things or said things in terms of policy that are contrary to John McCain’s <B>(Obama's)</B> policies that does not mean John McCain <B>(Obama)</B> supports that person’s view. That person is working in a campaign to help express John McCain’s <B>(Obama's)</B> view.” </I><BR/><BR/>The McCain campaign discounts Rev Wright's influence, so should you, doug.<BR/><BR/>There is enough other, better, dirt. Ayers is better, to club him with.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86046073934801157292008-04-26T00:41:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:41:00.000-04:00Now they are trying to put the AIDS statement in c...Now they are trying to put the AIDS statement in context, struggling mightily.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Wait till they pick up on the fact the west is responsible for abortions in China. See 11:11:00Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31484161338907983462008-04-26T00:34:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:34:00.000-04:00The Traitor in Waiting's Backroom Machinations<A HREF="http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2008/03/28/bloggers_press_mccain_adviser_on_immigration" REL="nofollow"> <STRONG>The Traitor in Waiting's Backroom Machinations</STRONG> </A>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36588033634521601912008-04-26T00:18:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:18:00.000-04:00Want to hear some horsepucky?From KGORadio.There i...Want to hear some horsepucky?<BR/><BR/>From KGORadio.<BR/><BR/>There is a proper and an improper way to understand Rev. Wright's words. "God Damn America."<BR/><BR/>Those here would understand it as expressing a distorted hatred, etc. of our county. This is the improper manner.<BR/><BR/>The proper way, as expressed by Professor Hopkins of U. of Chicago, I think they said, is the context of Moses leading the children of Israel out of slavery towards the promised land. When they arrived at Mt. Sinai, Moses ascended the mountain alone and spoke with God. Left alone, the Israelites became distressed without their leader, and began to do all manner of bad stuff, like worshipping images and so forth. Descending, face aflame, Tablets in hand, Moses saw this, and the Golden Calf they had made, and broke the tablets and the image in the manner of "God Damn You Israelites", like Heston. And it's true, as told, all that generation died out before reaching the Land. (Moses too, but this wasn't mentioned.) This is the proper context for understanding Wright's statement.<BR/><BR/>If this seems a stretch to you, join me in calling it horsepucky.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87657303422516270822008-04-26T00:05:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:05:00.000-04:00Desert Rat: Mind fucked, for sure, by the North Vi...Desert Rat: <B>Mind fucked, for sure, by the North Vietnamese</B><BR/><BR/>Well let's give him the nuclear football then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48738291362021696242008-04-25T23:27:00.000-04:002008-04-25T23:27:00.000-04:00I've been sitting here it seems like 20 years list...I've been sitting here it seems like 20 years listening to Rev. Wright, and I can't think of a thing to criticize him for. Except that rising rhetoric, which becomes too predictable, but does keep one awake.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3607274530813184512008-04-25T23:18:00.000-04:002008-04-25T23:18:00.000-04:00Don't forget Conscious Pilate. --Maybe my hearing ...Don't forget Conscious Pilate. --Maybe my hearing is just getting worse.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58409722801105712692008-04-25T23:16:00.000-04:002008-04-25T23:16:00.000-04:00All together now saw "enemies".Say enemas.Friend o...All together now saw "enemies".<BR/><BR/>Say enemas.<BR/><BR/>Friend or enema.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53571723149035732952008-04-25T23:11:00.000-04:002008-04-25T23:11:00.000-04:00It seems kind of amazing what the west gets blamed...It seems kind of amazing what the west gets blamed for--<A HREF="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=62656" REL="nofollow">Our Fault</A>Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61181170713045353402008-04-25T22:46:00.000-04:002008-04-25T22:46:00.000-04:00All eleven Wright cuts in one file .(only have to ...<A HREF="http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/MediaPlayer/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=0a2ca266-bdd2-41c1-a6d5-f9f4157aa26d" REL="nofollow"> <STRONG>All eleven Wright cuts in one file</STRONG> </A>.<BR/>(only have to hear Grover once)<BR/><BR/>0a2ca266-bdd2-41c1-a6d5-f9f4157aa26d.mp3<BR/><A HREF="http://boss.streamos.com/download/Townhall/audio/mp3/0a2ca266-bdd2-41c1-a6d5-f9f4157aa26d.mp3?siteid=PodCast" REL="nofollow"> <STRONG>Mp3 File</STRONG> </A>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64898989687958353332008-04-25T20:51:00.000-04:002008-04-25T20:51:00.000-04:00Search Page for "SLBM" To see Ms T's neighbors.<A HREF="http://spacetimecurves.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html" REL="nofollow"> Search Page for "SLBM" </A><BR/>To see Ms T's neighbors.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91201140669611826772008-04-25T20:31:00.000-04:002008-04-25T20:31:00.000-04:00Rev Al Sharpton is is blah, blah, blahing today.I ...Rev Al Sharpton is is blah, blah, blahing today.<BR/><BR/>I wonder why that case was decided by a judge, rather than a jury. Would have had to be a move by the defense, they have a right to a jury, if they want. Must have figured they were in really inhospitable territory, thought a judge would be more rational. <BR/>The cops got off, the people are mad, Al's on the high horse, making a speech.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44780759773440626482008-04-25T20:25:00.000-04:002008-04-25T20:25:00.000-04:00Because he is almost always mad about something.Ex...Because he is almost always mad about something.<BR/><BR/>Explosive temper, they say.<BR/><BR/>He seems a tad bent, mentally.<BR/><BR/>His aQ, Shia, Sunni, Iran misstatements of the past few weeks exemplify his mentality.<BR/><BR/>No room for reality or facts, just his feelings of self-rightousness<BR/><BR/>Mind fucked, for sure, by the North Vietnamesedesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83359567865789662342008-04-25T20:24:00.000-04:002008-04-25T20:24:00.000-04:00Rats from a heavily infested house here are being ...<I>Rats from a heavily infested house here are being trapped to be offered for adoption as pets.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>Kill 'em, put then in cold storage, let the high students use them in anatomy class.<BR/><BR/>Maybe sell them to China.<BR/><BR/>I remember when we cut up rats in biology class, we were all amzed at how big their livers were.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1284538598798391532008-04-25T20:18:00.000-04:002008-04-25T20:18:00.000-04:00So WHY do you characterise your Senator as "Mad," ...So WHY do you characterise your Senator as "Mad," 'Rat?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79949636218346282832008-04-25T20:17:00.000-04:002008-04-25T20:17:00.000-04:00Providing Context For Reverand Wright In his inte...<A HREF="http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/34fedc25-b630-48e8-b2f4-326c5d9d5314" REL="nofollow"> <STRONG>Providing Context For Reverand Wright</STRONG> </A> <BR/><BR/>In his interview with Bill Moyers, Pastor Jeremiah Wright blasted the media for failing to provide context to his much-condemned remarks.On today's show I played great portions of his sermons from April 13, 2004 and from September 16, 2001. I will post the audio here later. <BR/><BR/>Pastor Wright has a legitimate complaint that only sound bytes have been played, but until today I had no other material to work with. The pastor could help us all if he would release recordings of all of his sermons, and Moyers ought to have asked for just that. <BR/><BR/>If you are going to mount the defense of "out of context," then provide the context.<A HREF="http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/MediaPlayer/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=54484714-4462-4dbe-8994-0e7d626f06e8" REL="nofollow">Jeremiah Wright - 4-13-03 - Cut 1 <BR/>- Jesus' enemies</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/MediaPlayer/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=54484714-4462-4dbe-8994-0e7d626f06e8" REL="nofollow">Jeremiah Wright - 4-13-03 - Cut 2 <BR/>- Military making war for peace is like raping for virginity.</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/MediaPlayer/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=b3f38b7b-d205-4024-887c-647a4edadbae" REL="nofollow">Jeremiah Wright - 4-13-03 - Cut 3 <BR/>- crusade and jihad are one and the same</A>.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.com