tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post6642175179483248996..comments2024-03-29T06:35:11.321-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Support the Iranian People in their Revolution against the Mullah ThugsDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55397007208762624662010-02-12T00:40:06.010-05:002010-02-12T00:40:06.010-05:00"The Valentine's Day prohibition is in li...<i>"The Valentine's Day prohibition is in line with Saudi's strict Wahhabi school of Islam that the kingdom has followed for more than a century. The birthplace of Islam also bans several Muslim holidays except the two most important ones because it considers them "religious innovations" that Islam doesn't sanction."</i><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.realclearworld.com/news/ap/international/2010/Feb/11/no_valentine_s__saudi_religious_police_see_red.html" rel="nofollow">Saudi Arabia Bans Valentines Day and the Color Red</a><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55992987188693293572010-02-11T23:22:17.078-05:002010-02-11T23:22:17.078-05:00"I was probably in the last generation of Ame...<i>"I was probably in the last generation of Americans where people widely thought a fat baby was a healthy baby," Clinton told CNN's Gupta. "I always battled my weight, all of the way through school."<br /><br />In a series of 2007 ads for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, Clinton poked fun at his weight struggles. One spot showed the former president daydreaming about a cheese burger while running on a treadmill.<br /><br />"Exercising is hard," a voice in the ad said, comparing it to the ease of attending an Iowa caucus.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/11/bill.clinton.lifestyle/" rel="nofollow">Frenetic Pace</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73656380402278331072010-02-11T22:52:39.300-05:002010-02-11T22:52:39.300-05:00Seven men were flipped out of a barge into stormy ...<i>Seven men were flipped out of a barge into stormy seas off the coast of the island Atafu.<br /><br />The four other men managed swam to safety.<br /><br />All 1200 people on Tokelau are New Zealand citizens.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/cleanup-begins-after-destructive-cyclone-3362934" rel="nofollow">Destructive Cyclone</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83827524568446519382010-02-11T22:41:10.289-05:002010-02-11T22:41:10.289-05:00The ruling -- the third legal defeat this week for...<i>The ruling -- the third legal defeat this week for veteran Chinese activists -- drew a rare public rebuke from the U.S. ambassador, who said Liu Xiaobo should be released immediately.<br /><br />...<br /><br />"So thin!" Liu Xia said of her husband. "I just wanted to be able to hold him.<br /><br />It might be 11 years before I can hold him again."</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/11/AR2010021104491.html?hpid=sec-world" rel="nofollow">11-Year Punishment</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77878455697113164092010-02-11T22:07:37.929-05:002010-02-11T22:07:37.929-05:00``I had big-time blockage. And I felt very gratefu...<i>``I had big-time blockage. And I felt very grateful to be going under the surgery without serious damage to my heart so I thought I could make a recovery. Still it was kind of a mystical, interesting experience,'' he said.<br /><br />Mr Clinton, who is now the special UN envoy to Haiti, has kept up a frenetic pace since he left office in 2001 after serving two four-year terms in the White House.<br /><br />``He doesn't have an accelerator, but a switch, and that switch is on 23 hours a day, and that is one speed, full speed ahead,'' James Carville, Mr Clinton's former campaign manager, told CNN.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/bill-clintons-heart-operation-smooth-no-attack-doctor/story-e6frg6so-1225829709621" rel="nofollow">No Attack</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84306734555453800812010-02-11T22:06:36.173-05:002010-02-11T22:06:36.173-05:00Don't worry, T. He prolly needed killin.Don't worry, T. He prolly needed killin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16489488642843475972010-02-11T20:28:44.902-05:002010-02-11T20:28:44.902-05:00Doug: My ancestors fought and died fighting for wh...Doug: <i>My ancestors fought and died fighting for whatchamacallit.</i><br /><br />My ancestors killed Magellan.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70421442142117081382010-02-11T20:25:15.522-05:002010-02-11T20:25:15.522-05:00There was a scary moment right after the earthquak...<i>There was a scary moment right after the earthquake in Haiti. One of the major cable news networks in the US decided that covering the earthquake was, in fact, a vote of support for President Obama.<br /><br />And so, while the other cable channels were scrambling to get the news out 24-7, this news channel decided the death of what, at that early stage, looked to be close to half a million people, did not merit serious attention. The news vacuum lasted maybe two days.<br /><br />What were they waiting for, I wondered? The voice of the "people"?</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10048&page=1" rel="nofollow">Haiti and Holocausts</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24347073474797396852010-02-11T20:15:56.381-05:002010-02-11T20:15:56.381-05:00He was at "fault" for everything else.He was at "fault" for everything else.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46742056235170318672010-02-11T19:46:33.555-05:002010-02-11T19:46:33.555-05:00This particular fracture in the tectonic plate wil...This particular fracture in the tectonic plate will henceforth be called "Bush's Fault."<br /><br />Outstanding!Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59110959767537580542010-02-11T19:12:11.152-05:002010-02-11T19:12:11.152-05:00The Labour MP, along with former health secretary ...<i>The Labour MP, along with former health secretary Patricia Hewitt, attempted to lead a vote of confidence on Gordon Brown's continued leadership of the party last month.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Mr Hoon served as defence secretary under Tony Blair during the invasion of Iraq. During his appearance at the Chilcot inquiry recently, he suggested he had been kept out of the loop regarding crucial discussions between the former prime minister and George Bush.<br /><br />The MP for Ashfield had faced calls for de-selection in recent weeks following his failed coup attempt.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/politics/politics/former-defence-secretary-geoff-hoon-to-stand-down-as-mp-$1359543.htm" rel="nofollow">Standing Down</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86689744587104360602010-02-11T18:10:48.159-05:002010-02-11T18:10:48.159-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30943791166620054322010-02-11T18:09:51.711-05:002010-02-11T18:09:51.711-05:00Bush to be honored by the Obama Administration
In...<i>Bush to be honored by the Obama Administration<br /><br />In a reconciliatory move by the Obama administration, the president has asked the U. S. Board on Geographical Names to name the fault line beneath Haiti after the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush.<br /><br />This particular fracture in the tectonic plate will henceforth be called "Bush's Fault."</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85656903551353893042010-02-11T18:05:08.071-05:002010-02-11T18:05:08.071-05:00"I have my opinion on Iran; you have yours.&q..."I have my opinion on Iran; you have yours."<br /><br />I thought maybe, just maybe, the rough measurement of "so little" came from some visibility on the matter.<br /><br />But, since here we are dealing merely in opinions, the very extent to which current goings-on - hardly a revolution but somewhat protracted turmoil, say - are not associated with us, with the Israelis, with the Sauds, is a very good thing. For this reason - along with the relative ease of abandoning any particular program, with no one the wiser, should it be headed south - covert operations were invented.<br /><br />It would kinda spoil everything if the world were truly privy to the sources and amount of involvement, if any.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85607240187080017022010-02-11T17:48:53.160-05:002010-02-11T17:48:53.160-05:00Looking at the prices for Myride's Top 10 New ...Looking at the prices for Myride's <a href="http://www.myride.com/content/shared/articles/templates/index.cfm/article_page_order_int/1/article_id_int/8241" rel="nofollow">Top 10 New Car Deals for February 2010</a>, I would say that the auto industry could be in trouble...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33929684798851920052010-02-11T17:39:41.924-05:002010-02-11T17:39:41.924-05:00Mark 6:4 Jesus said to them, "A prophet is no...Mark 6:4 Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45127978928234726582010-02-11T17:02:56.165-05:002010-02-11T17:02:56.165-05:00Gee, I wonder who's been beating on this drum ...<em>Gee, I wonder who's been beating on this drum for the last year</em>?<br /><br />Indeed, Rufus. <br /><br />You add new dimensions to the old saying, "He's got an intuitive grasp for the obvious!"<br /><br />Or is it just maybe that hearing it droned on and on and on, we've become so used to the refrain that it's become obvious?<br /><br />In either case, good work.linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5681067031375626182010-02-11T16:55:49.335-05:002010-02-11T16:55:49.335-05:00"This is how the world is "Really" ...<i>"This is how the world is "Really" looking. Asia is kicking ass."</i><br /><br /><br />As it should. With probably ten times the population of the US it only makes sense their combined GDP should increase relative to that of the US.<br /><br />The disturbing part is the performance of the other players, EU et al.<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46430886581464507052010-02-11T16:10:46.195-05:002010-02-11T16:10:46.195-05:00You got it, O My Lady. It is your wish.
I will do...You got it, O My Lady. It is your wish.<br /><br />I will do so.<br /><br />Trust me.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58266547754821707762010-02-11T16:09:36.838-05:002010-02-11T16:09:36.838-05:00This is how the world is "Really" lookin...This is how the world is "Really" looking. <a href="http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2010/02/real-world-gdp-through-2030.html" rel="nofollow">Asia is kicking ass</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48277821775414830012010-02-11T16:07:17.317-05:002010-02-11T16:07:17.317-05:00red...evenred...evenMeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73011117347830071542010-02-11T15:59:55.147-05:002010-02-11T15:59:55.147-05:00You will get space from me, unless you want otherw...You will get space from me, unless you want otherwise.<br /><br />We are heading again for Ohio next week, the snow storm having stopped us here, through Vegas, New Mexico, and Tennessee.<br /><br />Melody<br /><br />I would gamble on the tables in Vegas, and give you the money if I win, and if I lose, no loss to you.<br /><br />But you must tell me, red or black, odd or even.<br /><br />Your friend bobbobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76076389792419797402010-02-11T15:56:15.571-05:002010-02-11T15:56:15.571-05:00"...There's alway Bob's poetry."...<i>"...There's alway Bob's poetry."</i><br /><br />Good point, Ruf.<br /><br /><br />:)<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-10752604211181801082010-02-11T15:51:01.111-05:002010-02-11T15:51:01.111-05:00I’m the kind of person who needs space. Like a lo...I’m the kind of person who needs space. Like a lot of it. I like my time alone and I do get it often but since Friday night when all of this mess started it’s been wreaking nothing but havoc in my house. Just when I think everyone is in their own space, I sit down to breathe and before I know it, who’s asking me this and who’s wanting that, so this is what I did to get my solitude today. Just look at my avatar. And yes, I put boobs on it.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18538712488930560462010-02-11T15:50:22.838-05:002010-02-11T15:50:22.838-05:00Ruf, I came out pretty good last night, it's n...Ruf, I came out pretty good last night, it's nice to have a young smart lady lawyer on your side.<br /><br />I couldn't do a damn thing before that commission.<br /><br />I'd just get mad.<br /><br />It's better for a guy like me, to just hire a younger woman, to do my talking for me.<br /><br />I've learned that much.bobnoreply@blogger.com