tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post241110709468975487..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: 60% of French voters thought it was a political conspiracy against Dominique Strauss-Kahn.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1441236400954377242011-07-02T03:08:58.670-04:002011-07-02T03:08:58.670-04:00Means you bin in pryson two looong and need a trip...Means you bin in pryson two looong and need a trip south<br /><br />dwrnlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45063492189752646792011-07-02T02:30:39.411-04:002011-07-02T02:30:39.411-04:00what does it mean when you start seeing doubler?what does it mean when you start seeing doubler?MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86326286427165140162011-07-01T22:37:40.804-04:002011-07-01T22:37:40.804-04:00You ever wonder how nat gas "fracking" a...You ever wonder how nat gas "fracking" actually works? Here's a great little <a href="http://www.chiefog.com/drilling_process.html" rel="nofollow">Animation</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9615743925121390552011-07-01T22:20:58.327-04:002011-07-01T22:20:58.327-04:00Coal Lobby ad against Wind Energy The OnionCoal Lobby ad against Wind Energy <a href="http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-coal-lobby-warns-wind-farms-may-blow-e,20876/" rel="nofollow">The Onion</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26776991699834600612011-07-01T20:05:37.214-04:002011-07-01T20:05:37.214-04:00Well, mos likely won't be Whit but rest of us ...Well, mos likely won't be Whit but rest of us lifers.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />dwrnlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19302158148204775552011-07-01T19:26:01.905-04:002011-07-01T19:26:01.905-04:00So, wait. Whit retired from the bar.
Who's...So, wait. Whit retired from the bar. <br /><br />Who's gonna listen to my music? Or watch my dance videos? <br /><br />I know you're reading so <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpN1NbX9RDg&feature=related" rel="nofollow">If it makes you happy</a><br /><br /><br />It makes me happy.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69321197852729922412011-07-01T12:38:27.888-04:002011-07-01T12:38:27.888-04:00Am I starting to repeat myself, again?
Am I s...Am I starting to repeat myself, again?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Am I starting to repeat myself, again.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Am I st . . . . .Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9237372488602431612011-07-01T12:37:13.597-04:002011-07-01T12:37:13.597-04:00I don't think the police overreacted in making...I don't think the police overreacted in making him do a "perp walk." If you, or I, get accused of rape WE are going to do the ol' perp walk. If they go down into th hood to pick up Jerome on a rape beef, they damned well better slap the cuffs on him. or, Bubba, either, for that matter.<br /><br />This isn't France. We don't have (supposedly) one set of rules for the peeps, and another for the hoity-toity. <br /><br />I think the cops did just fine.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84151151734071670532011-07-01T12:36:41.485-04:002011-07-01T12:36:41.485-04:00I don't think the police overreacted in making...I don't think the police overreacted in making him do a "perp walk." If you, or I, get accused of rape WE are going to do the ol' perp walk. If they go down into th hood to pick up Jerome on a rape beef, they damned well better slap the cuffs on him. or, Bubba, either, for that matter.<br /><br />This isn't France. We don't have (supposedly) one set of rules for the peeps, and another for the hoity-toity. <br /><br />I think the cops did just fine.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56191002427750583082011-07-01T12:18:32.504-04:002011-07-01T12:18:32.504-04:00.
My concern is how easy it is to make the rape c....<br /><br /><i>My concern is how easy it is to make the rape charge in our PC era and God help you if you do not have the money to fight it. You get ten years in jail.</i><br /><br />Let's not confuse things here. The DNA shows DSK had sex with the maid. It becomes he said she said so it can be hard to prove what really happened.<br /><br />However, the problems she has is with statements she made to get into this country and because she's been known to hang with a drug dealer (neither of which I suspect is all that uncommon in NY).<br /><br />DSK on the other hand is a known womanizer and the IMF has taken heat for allowing him to stay on after they found out he had an affair with one of the staffers.<br /><br />The woman's background may have little to do with the rape charge but the defense will use it for all it's worth.<br /><br />As for Eva, she sounds a bit paronoid. It was DSK that was accused of rape not the French people. What I will say is that the French seem to be enamoured by powerful men with money who can't seem to keep their dicks in their pants. The name Sarkozy comes to mind.<br /><br />Both of these guys are diminuitive. Perhaps, they are compensating.<br /><br />As for Anonymous, his attack on Americans and our judicial system I chalk up to his ignorance of the law.<br /><br />Did the police overreact in making DSK do the perp walk. You bet. However, they had to arrest him when they did because of the flight risk he posed.<br /><br />I repeat, DSK is a dick, albeit a small one.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66927524446705528202011-07-01T12:04:05.244-04:002011-07-01T12:04:05.244-04:00"Patients routinely rank the veterans system ..."Patients routinely rank the veterans system above the alternatives, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index." In 2008, the VHA got a satisfaction rating of 85 for inpatient treatment, compared with 77 for private hospitals. In the same report the VHA outpatient care scored 3 points higher than for private hospitals.[3]<br /> <br /><b>"As compared with the Medicare fee-for-service program, the VA performed significantly better on all 11 similar quality indicators for the period from 1997 through 1999. In 2000, the VA outperformed Medicare on 12 of 13 indicators."</b> [4]<br /> <br />A study that compared VHA with commercial managed care systems in their treatment of diabetes patients found that in all seven measures of quality, the VHA provided better care.[5]<br /> <br />A RAND Corporation study in 2004 concluded that the<b> VHA outperforms all other sectors of American health care in 294 measures of quality; Patients from the VHA scored significantly higher for adjusted overall quality, chronic disease care, and preventive care,</b> but not for acute care.[6]<br /> <br />A 2009 Congressional Budget Office report on the VHA found that "the care provided to VHA patients compares favorably with that provided to non-VHA patients in terms of compliance with widely recognized clinical guidelines — particularly those that VHA has emphasized in its internal performance measurement system. Such research is complicated by the fact that most users of VHA’s services receive at least part of their care from outside providers."Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44145055397850453712011-07-01T11:58:49.028-04:002011-07-01T11:58:49.028-04:00:)
Thanks, Gag.
I appreciate that.
She is the...:)<br /><br />Thanks, Gag.<br /><br />I appreciate that. <br /><br />She is the most wonderful woman in the world.<br /><br />dwrnlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35166951490391552592011-07-01T11:56:00.250-04:002011-07-01T11:56:00.250-04:00I think I read, somewhere, or heard it, that the N...I think I read, somewhere, or heard it, that the No. 1 rated healthcare system in America, Dollar for Dollar, is the VA.<br /><br />I don't know if that's true, but I wouldn't doubt it. They give good service, but they strike me as being pretty "cheap" (meant in a good way, of course.)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59880464796497514772011-07-01T11:51:40.974-04:002011-07-01T11:51:40.974-04:00Not only that, but Medicare pays "Top Dollar&...Not only that, but Medicare pays "Top Dollar" for the drugs that do work. <br /><br />We could probably come close to making Medicare "Solvent" just by insisting that they pay no more than, say, an individual citizen in Canada, or France.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24371342222250565342011-07-01T11:43:37.113-04:002011-07-01T11:43:37.113-04:00Bob
I don't. That is, go on a long vacation ...Bob<br /><br />I don't. That is, go on a long vacation with your wife.MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24257805415653182062011-07-01T11:34:58.615-04:002011-07-01T11:34:58.615-04:00Medicare will pay, even if the medication does not...Medicare will pay, even if the medication does not work. The GOP in lock step with the Pharmaceuticals.<br /><br /><i>The dust hasn't settled from the FDA advisory panel vote on Avastin, and it doesn't look likely to settle soon. Even as Medicare officials announced they'd continue to cover Avastin for breast cancer--regardless of whether the FDA ends up pulling the indication--Republican lawmakers were criticizing agency's very attempt.<br /><br />Indeed, House Republicans are promising to make Avastin an issue during next week's hearings on the reauthorization of FDA's user-fee funding provisions. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton says he has "grave" concerns about FDA's review of the data on Avastin, the Wall Street Journal reports, ...<br />...<br />Avastin won its breast cancer approval under the agency's fast-track program, which required Genentech to conduct follow-up studies to confirm preliminary data that supported that approval.<br /><br />The follow-ups didn't deliver enough evidence of Avastin's benefit to breast cancer patients, at least not enough for the FDA, so the agency has moved to pull that indication. The advisory panel hearings and vote earlier this week were part of Genentech's appeal of that FDA move. Genentech is now wholly owned by Roche. </i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Read more: Medicare won't drop Avastin for breast cancer - FiercePharma http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/medicare-wont-drop-avastin-breast-cancer/2011-07-01#ixzz1Qrt44fWddesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53087687972342891632011-07-01T11:31:06.051-04:002011-07-01T11:31:06.051-04:002,000 miles on a gallon of gas.
Amazin'. I c...2,000 miles on a gallon of gas.<br /><br />Amazin'. I could go to California for $3.50.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26833810551491095812011-07-01T11:29:19.107-04:002011-07-01T11:29:19.107-04:002,000 mpg Vehicles built by Kids
14 yr old's ...<a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/01/2000-mpg-vehicles-built-by-kids/" rel="nofollow">2,000 mpg Vehicles built by Kids</a><br /><br />14 yr old's car get 1,9something or other.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5628854192908536442011-07-01T10:57:30.842-04:002011-07-01T10:57:30.842-04:00:)
A little early for Sam, I think, but Hu Dat is...:)<br /><br />A little early for Sam, I think, but Hu Dat is always appreciated.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34075172548190445342011-07-01T10:56:19.667-04:002011-07-01T10:56:19.667-04:00Down to 400,000 bbl/day from 1,600,000 bbl/day.Down to 400,000 bbl/day from 1,600,000 bbl/day.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25013390993744230112011-07-01T10:55:07.028-04:002011-07-01T10:55:07.028-04:00Net Oil, and Products Imports from Mexico are Down...Net Oil, and Products Imports from Mexico are <a href="http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mttntusmx2&f=m" rel="nofollow">Down 75% from 2006.</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48247817817695077212011-07-01T10:53:04.618-04:002011-07-01T10:53:04.618-04:00Rufus, thanks for that, I needed to laugh.
Now if...Rufus, thanks for that, I needed to laugh.<br /><br />Now if Sam can come up with one his jokes, or even better, if Hu Dat can make an appearance...well, who knows.MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21329915267827782812011-07-01T10:49:36.674-04:002011-07-01T10:49:36.674-04:00I've know two Evas in my life. One was a Gyps...I've know two Evas in my life. One was a Gypsy lunatic, and the other divorced me.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57419750821478536482011-07-01T10:45:25.188-04:002011-07-01T10:45:25.188-04:00That, gag, was Mr Thompson's point.
The loote...That, gag, was Mr Thompson's point.<br /><br />The looters are organized, the average citizens, not so much.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89444145635296323242011-07-01T10:43:29.627-04:002011-07-01T10:43:29.627-04:00In so many words and in some very bad French, Eva ...In so many words and in some very bad French, Eva is telling us that we (USA) are categorizing the French as perverts, and we should be ashamed of ourselves. (I think).MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.com