tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4188368949908027969..comments2024-03-29T06:35:11.321-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: The Spanish Banks Need €400 Billion?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72522369523132250852012-06-15T20:56:39.382-04:002012-06-15T20:56:39.382-04:00What was Allen doing at the time of the crime?
:)...<i>What was Allen doing at the time of the crime?</i><br /><br />:)<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19432704039812277482012-06-15T20:52:27.184-04:002012-06-15T20:52:27.184-04:00"I got more out of booze than booze got out o..."I got more out of booze than booze got out of me." Winston Churchill<br /><br />(or something close to that)<br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2428998889326647462012-06-15T20:50:59.659-04:002012-06-15T20:50:59.659-04:00Actually, I erred.
It should read, "Work is ...Actually, I erred.<br /><br />It should read, "Work is the curse of the drinking class" which is a take off on Marx - "Drink is the curse of the working class"<br /><br />I humbly apologize.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45846454331561313152012-06-15T20:02:31.449-04:002012-06-15T20:02:31.449-04:00.
Bob, I left an addendum upstream on tour Farmer....<br /><br />Bob, I left an addendum upstream on tour Farmer's Insurance post.<br /><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55762427302112505132012-06-15T20:01:09.375-04:002012-06-15T20:01:09.375-04:00.
I've got a better one.
Women sues a doctor....<br /><br />I've got a better one.<br /><br />Women sues a doctor in Georgia because the doctor failed to tell her husband, a cop, that indulging in three-way sex (with another man and a woman not his wife) could be dangerous to his health. The jury awarded her $3 million.<br /><br />Should the jury have made the doctor (or his insurance company) pay the $3 million? Is there something wrong with the water in Georgia? Should the other man and the woman be held for involuntary manslauter? What was Allen doing at the time of the crime?<br /><br /><i>And if so, why so. And if not, why not. You got to write the opinion.</i><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9214975727218936992012-06-15T19:35:26.439-04:002012-06-15T19:35:26.439-04:00.
Why I can't vote for Obama (one more exampl....<br /><br />Why I can't vote for Obama (one more example).<br /><br /><i>Today’s executive order, granting work permits and immunity from deportation to young illegal immigrants, is not an example of the president using his authority; it’s a scandal involving the president performing a selfish act in furtherance of currying favor with a special-interest group. <br /> <br /><b>Obama has acknowledged that what he did today would require a new law, or at least changes to the current law. But instead of waiting on either, he has decided to rule by fiat. This is not a show of strength; it’s an act of arrogance of rare severity.</b> <br /> <br />Before you can even get to the question of whether this is good policy or if it invites more illegal immigration, you can see that the president’s actions today ignore some of the Constitution’s fundamental tenets. Yesterday, I spoke about the gall the president displayed in his so-called economic speech, which was full of gratuitous pledges and the selective retelling of history. Today’s actions go beyond gall, showing contempt for our laws...</i><br /><br /><br />There is no law the man won't ignore.<br /><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48486800108391384632012-06-15T19:28:46.643-04:002012-06-15T19:28:46.643-04:00A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the...A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward. - Frank Lloyd WrightMax (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78643520131781198052012-06-15T19:05:48.996-04:002012-06-15T19:05:48.996-04:00"Work is the curse of the drinking man."..."Work is the curse of the drinking man."<br /><br />anon<br /><br /><br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26781200641428843262012-06-15T18:36:49.694-04:002012-06-15T18:36:49.694-04:00“The time has come for all good men to rise above ...“The time has come for all good men to rise above principle.” - Huey Pierce LongMax (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6299760911899331252012-06-15T18:25:05.959-04:002012-06-15T18:25:05.959-04:00Jason Reitman, son of Ivan, being the scriptwriter...Jason Reitman, son of Ivan, being the scriptwriter.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120951819" rel="nofollow">Some background here.</a>Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35568146556984956992012-06-15T18:16:26.120-04:002012-06-15T18:16:26.120-04:00While I'm not going to be joining the bandwago...<i>While I'm not going to be joining the bandwagon claiming Up In the Air is some kind of masterpiece, it tells me [Jason, not Ivan] Reitman is close to delivering one.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-review-up-in-the-air-2009/" rel="nofollow">"Up in the Air" Movie Review</a><br /><br />I haven't made a consensus survey of the reviews so I can't say if this one is typical but I do have a comment on the "not Gone with the Wind" masterpiece critique.<br /><br />I would submit that we're not living in a Masterpiece world anymore where a single event - artistic or otherwise - can bend the direction of history, short of nuclear, asteroids, or the Yellowstone Caldera. Just keeping it at a lower existential level, the country, and the world, has become too diverse to be united by single events.<br /><br />So what's my point? Not much. Just that 'it failed to reach some epochal level of human endeavor' isn't much of a movie critique. Entertaining, well scripted, well acted and well produced little movie.Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48621476939131070542012-06-15T18:01:15.075-04:002012-06-15T18:01:15.075-04:00Before I met my husband, I’d never fallen in love....<i>Before I met my husband, I’d never fallen in love. I’d stepped in it a few times.</i> - Rita Rudner<br /><br />.....<br /><br /><i>Tonight, millions of people will come home to screaming children, barking dogs. Their spouses will hug them and ask them how their day was. The stars will wheel forth from their daytime hiding places; and one of those lights, slightly brighter than the rest, will be my wingtip passing over.</i> - Closing line of "Up in the Air" (2009)Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3721176644865959312012-06-15T18:00:38.735-04:002012-06-15T18:00:38.735-04:00you make no sense.you make no sense.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88995780764662693602012-06-15T17:57:50.859-04:002012-06-15T17:57:50.859-04:00How do you catch a philipina when she's drinki...How do you catch a philipina when she's drinking water?<br /><br />Ah, that vaguely remembered wisdom from my father: you slam the toilet seat on her head.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56351648406743757592012-06-15T17:53:58.123-04:002012-06-15T17:53:58.123-04:00Never play peekaboo with a child on a long plane t...<a href="http://www.innocentenglish.com/best-funny-jokes/funny-jokes-quotes-comedians/rita-rudner-quotes.html" rel="nofollow">Never play peekaboo with a child on a long plane trip. There’s no end to the game. Finally I grabbed him by the bib and said, “Look, it’s always gonna be me!”</a><br /><br />Different shell. Same peanut.Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52470451536952187952012-06-15T17:43:03.237-04:002012-06-15T17:43:03.237-04:00Not worried about the cougars. Loners, I can handl...Not worried about the cougars. Loners, I can handle them with my spear, even my kris knife, which can turn a man's intestines into spaghetti, and rip the heart and lungs out with one simple thrust and withdraw.<br /><br />It's the wolf packs give a small amount of concern.<br /><br />Once I was concentrating on three or four in front, when two of buggers came in from behind, and made me sweat for a moment.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12574125832622158112012-06-15T17:34:02.426-04:002012-06-15T17:34:02.426-04:00As you probably recall, the trolley problem concer...<i>As you probably recall, the trolley problem concerns a moral dilemma. You observe an out-of-control trolley hurtling towards five people who will surely die if hit by the trolley. You can throw a switch and divert the trolley down a side track saving the five but with certainty killing an innocent bystander. There is no opportunity to warn or otherwise avoid the disaster. Do you throw the switch?</i><br /><br /><i>A second version is where you stand on a bridge with a fat man. The only way to stop the trolling killing five is to push the fat man in front of the trolley. Do you do so? Some people say no to both and many say yes to switching but no to pushing, referring to errors of omission and commission. You can read about the moral psychology here.</i><br /><br /><i>I want to ask a different question. Suppose that you are a programmer at Google and you are tasked with writing code for the Google-trolley. What code do you write? Should the trolley divert itself to the side track? Should the trolley run itself into a fat man to save five? If the Google-trolley does run itself into the fat man to save five should Sergey Brin be charged? Do your intuitions about the trolley problem change when we switch from the near view to the far (programming) view?</i><br /><br /><a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/06/the-google-trolley-problem.html" rel="nofollow">LINK</a><br /><br />I'd go for the fat guy.<br /><br />Is it wrong?<br /><br />[I'm being facetious of course.]<br /><br />[Or am I ??????????????????????]Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15857051191011077582012-06-15T15:56:19.114-04:002012-06-15T15:56:19.114-04:00One Swedish-Idahovian alfalfa farmer was on one si...One Swedish-Idahovian alfalfa farmer was on one side of a lake and another was on the opposite side. The one yells, "How do I get to the other side of the lake?!" The second Swedish-Idahovian alfalfa farmer yells back, "You are on the other side of the lake!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65804316354405643462012-06-15T15:51:48.393-04:002012-06-15T15:51:48.393-04:00No, this one passes the smell test.No, this one passes the smell test.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60331473710302266152012-06-15T15:37:42.023-04:002012-06-15T15:37:42.023-04:00More cougars. Young men watch out.More cougars. Young men watch out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58172908386371865332012-06-15T15:05:49.105-04:002012-06-15T15:05:49.105-04:00.
Stuttering? Short-term Memory Loss? Running O....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/06/15/rnc_ad_obamas_speech_was_a_replay.html" rel="nofollow">Stuttering? Short-term Memory Loss? Running Out of Things to Say? Or, Just Lazy?</a><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23840194223971324102012-06-15T14:59:41.986-04:002012-06-15T14:59:41.986-04:00.
More cougars making their way back to native Mi....<br /><br /><b>More cougars making their way back to native Midwest, study finds</b><br /><br /><a href="http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/14/12204120-more-cougars-making-their-way-back-to-native-midwest-study-finds" rel="nofollow">One more thing for Bob to worry about. Cougars may end up eating those rodents he feeds.</a><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70462455710015015662012-06-15T14:46:22.596-04:002012-06-15T14:46:22.596-04:00.
In other areas, we are rapidly catching up with....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/world/asia/accused-chinese-party-members-face-harsh-discipline.html?_r=1&hp" rel="nofollow">In other areas, we are rapidly catching up with the Chinese</a><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88385812398900508532012-06-15T14:41:17.743-04:002012-06-15T14:41:17.743-04:00.
LONDON — British authorities on Thursday unveil....<br /><br /><i>LONDON — British authorities on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to log details about every Web visit, email, phone call or text message in the U.K. — and <b>in a sharply-worded editorial the nation’s top law enforcement official accused those worried about the surveillance program of being either criminals or conspiracy theorists.</b> [Editorial comment: How many times have we heard this before?]<br /><br />The government insists it’s not after content. It promises not to read the body of emails or eavesdrop on phone calls without a warrant. But the surveillance proposed in the government’s 118-page draft bill would provide authorities a remarkably rich picture of their citizens’ day-to-day lives, tracking nearly everything they do online, over the phone, or even through the post...</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/mass-surveillance-uk-releases-new-details-of-plan-to-track-all-citizens-communications/2012/06/14/gJQARl53bV_story.html?hpid=z12" rel="nofollow">You don't have to be an American pol to be a dick.</a><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48583743780911643372012-06-15T14:21:38.783-04:002012-06-15T14:21:38.783-04:00.
As I Said, They Are All D---s
..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20120615/BLOG36/120615034/vagina-Michigan-House-Representatives-Lisa-Brown-Barb-Byrum-abortion?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE" rel="nofollow">As I Said, They Are All D---s</a><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.com