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A Chinese woman went to the Ophthalmologist to have her eyes examined. The doctor told her she had a cataract. "No I don't," The Chinese woman said. "I have Rincoln Continental". Which is better than Ed Zacary disease.

Link "PUYALLUP, Wash. -- Investigators say a man who was making bombs in his house blew himself up inside early Tuesday morning, blasting the roof off of his home and causing the structure to burn to the ground. Pierce County Sheriff spokesman Ed Troyer said a couple called 911 after returning home Monday evening to find their 26-year-old roommate angry and handling explosives. When deputies arrived at the house near the intersection of 160th Street and 70th Avenue East, the man ran upstairs with a duffel bag full of explosives and other bomb making materials. Troyer said the man began playing music loudly, and deputies backed away from the house. Within moments of the deputies' exit around midnight, the top floor of the house exploded. "He either accidentally or intentionally set the explosion off, which took the whole top floor off of the residence and engulfed the house in flames," Troyer said. Firefighters arrived but were not able to enter the house to attack the fire because of the fear that there may be more explosives inside. A bomb robot was used to check the charred remains of the house and nearby vehicles for bombs, but so far no more explosives have been found. Troyer said the bombs the man used were wrapped with glass, marbles and nails. It was not clear exactly what caused the man to become angry and detonate the explosives. Troyer said the man is presumed dead, but his body has not yet been found. Officials said he is a convicted sex offender, but his name has not been released. "He's had some issues with law enforcement over the years," Troyer said. "And actually, from what we're learning, had a rough week leading up to this... paranoid, changing locks and doing some strange stuff, according to witnesses." Sheriff's detectives and fire department investigators expected to remain at the scene for several hours."

Thanks for the reminder that this electoral go-round they all suck. "Pandering From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In politics, pandering is to portray one's views to fit in line with a certain crowd of voters the candidate is attempting to impress, when often, these are not the candidate's true beliefs. A candidate may engage in pandering out of desperation if s/he is already losing a race, or if polls taken prior to an election show others as being in the lead. " ...or see Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain for specific current "Pandering" examples. Assholes.

Heres the building I went up to look at the view from (inside) They kicked me out. Two International Finance Centre, 88 stories, was the 6th tallest in the world at the time.

spidermans is used as a verb up there. Link Publicizing his new book as it turns out. Not sure what he'd clinging to here. "French Spiderman" Alain Robert, who has become famous for illegally climbing buildings across the world, scaled a top Hong Kong hotel on Tuesday, eyewitnesses said. The 45-year-old urban climber scrambled up the outside of the 46-storey Four Seasons Hotel before being detained when he reached the roof, said one worker in a skyscraper close by who saw him reach the top. ..........................." more story click link. Here's the building: Side view: Note building behind.

Love it. Still need to work on reducing our consumption. Thanks Mike.

This must have been a hell of a fall. Anyone been up there would have snaileye just thinking of it. Damn big fall, bet if the snow wasn't so fluffy and deep it would have been a fatality. Lucky (but stupid) fella there. When I was young, we would seek out cornices (with safe runouts) and bust them off as a group, just by jumping up and down in unison. It never ceased to amaze me that: A) The ride was always so thrilling. B) No one died getting rolled by a block of crusty snow.

Hey now:-(

sorry, it's not - it was actually "Demolition Man" yup!

Nice call, get an Iphone and if you need to borrow it, there usually Wi-fi floating around everywhere. My new neighbor worked for McCafee (the anti-virus - computer protector folks) one day I walk in and see the monkeys chattering as they're looking at the computer, I say " Whats up Monkeys?", Monkeys say "Nothin'" which translates to "we can't talk about it as it would seem improper to an elder person." I catch the drift and demand: "Come on, whats going on here?" Monkeys say they are downloading Animai from Japan and using the new neighbors connection as it's Cable and faster than our DSL. Trouble making Monkeys.

Check into getting cable for your phone carrier as part of an entire package. We didn't want it by itself due to cost, but with cable TV, internet and phone package: it was cheaper when compared to Verizon DSL and regular Qwest phone. (thats right, all 3 together were cheaper than just the 2 items we wanted and were already using). Now we have cable TV and it rules! Cable these days tends to be faster than DSL as well, they will tell you the speeds.

WELL, DID ANYONE ELSE FIND THIS WHEN THEY LOOKED UP UBERMENSCH? Scary shit dudes.

Matthew, Mark and Luke all talk about "false prophets", but the easy translation is that they are warning against those who are claiming to be actual prophets or those claiming thus. Who the hell would show up and just claim to be a politician? That's just stupid, and not supported by Biblical verse and scripts. Nothing to see or fear here folks, no issues, move along. ....and take that Rooster with ya. You can continue to vote as you see fit and the Devil is not one of the choices. However, if Hillary is elected lets hide the good china this time so it lasts till the next President gets in there shall we. Live and learn.....sigh....

uhhh uhh, better one, much hotter, just for you Arch:

Judge, jury and executioner, Sly Stallone.

The margins on software made in China and sold in the US is HUGE! Shop the lil guy gear store is my opinion to help subsidise the actual gear. REI has Mt hardware throughout it's stores, or you can get that made in China stuff at Pattagucci, Eddie Bauer, REI, North Face and Nordstroms etc etc. BTW, truth in advertising: my wife has scored, FOR ME AS GIFTS, 2 Mountain Hardware items recently (both *cough* cough* Made in China. A MH Scholler vest for $30 at Costco, and a MH Scholler Coat someplace online. She left the tag on the Costco item so I could return it if my mindset dictated. IT DID NOT, and I am wearing that vest today. Sometimes made in China, given for no reason with a little love and a happy memory, is irresistible:-) I have a personal aversion to try to not buy "Made in China", which I sometimes do anyway, that she doesn't share. So she buys me stuff which she thinks I'll like and she does it whenever she sees a sale. My last 5 or 6 coats (2 North Face and 1 Patagucci) all showed up in this manner. Ya just got to love a woman like that.

The margins on software made in China and sold in the US is HUGE! Shop the lil guy gear store is my opinion to help subsidise the actual gear. REI has Mt hardware throughout it's stores, or you can get that made in China stuff at Pattagucci, Eddie Bauer, REI, North Face and Nordstroms etc etc.

I think dude must have screwed this part (quoted) up. There is some truth in that rant there, I wonder how much. Check Obamas web site, and he will do all things for all people, as if there is no cost for all of this government largess. It's just classic, typical and traditional politician-speak.

I thought this was old news about the divorce and the clubs money troubles. Tim Blixseth is a pretty amazing guy. Deep respect for the McDougals too, especially Norm.

Sad to say that we were talking Iran here, and the religious thought police do not allow much. Here's a Burkini for your nighttime fantasy's though:

And from Israel as well: link " Apr 9, 2008 17:50 | Updated Apr 10, 2008 9:23 Netanyahu: 'We won't be able to deter nuclear Iran' By JONATHAN BECK "Iran will be the first nuclear state in history against which deterrence won't work, even if the deterrent is nuclear," Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday at an international conference titled "Russia, the Middle East and the Challenge of Radical Islam." [binyamin Netanyahu speaking...] Binyamin Netanyahu speaking in the "Russia, the Middle East and the Challenge of Radical Islam" international conference in Jerusalem, Wednesday. Photo: Courtesy IDC Herzliya / Shalem Center The conference was held at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem under the auspices of the center's Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies and the Eurasian Institute of the Inter-Disciplinary Center, Herzliya. "Nothing will stop the Iranians - not the use of force and not a fear of being hit in retaliation," he said, adding that "every Israeli withdrawal from territories it controls leaves room for Iranian terror to enter." Netanyahu added that "if in the past, Hizbullah was a state within the state of Lebanon, it seems today that the government of Lebanon is a state within a Hizbullah stronghold." "In the last 30 years, we have been living in a world where Sunni extremists succeed in attacking targets in the Western world, while on the other hand, Shi'ite Iran is rapidly advancing to the point of no return in its nuclear aspirations," the Likud leader said. Regarding the conflict with the Palestinians, Netanyahu said there was "no chance that moderate factors in the Palestinian Authority will succeed in halting terror or replacing Israeli forces in securing the territory. Israel should ensure its safety on its own and provide Palestinians with the financial growth they aspire to, in order to create real peace partners." Netanyahu finished his speech by stating that "unlike the common belief that peace will bring about financial improvement, history teaches us that the opposite is far truer." Opening the session before Netanyahu, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Navarov, who heads the North America Bureau in the Russian Foreign Ministry, said, "Russia understands that the security of one state cannot be based on upsetting the security of others." Responding to a question by one of the other members of the panel, Navarov said that "Russia will not make use of its nuclear capabilities, and there is an acute need to find other solutions to the problems the world is facing." However, in a statement seemingly critical of Navarov's stance, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, head of the Defense Ministry's Diplomatic-Security Bureau, said that "Russia holds a central role in establishing security in the Middle East, but is no less responsible for the lack thereof." Dr. Peter Gladkov, a former Putin adviser and expert on Russian policy, criticized the policy of the United States under President George W. Bush, saying that "the US's attempt to gain influence in Eurasia in fact expresses a similar characteristic in American policy against Russia. Over time, such a policy can undermine the equilibrium in Eurasian countries because the developments the US is pushing are not always in line with the region's needs." Gladkov's comments were echoed in part by Prof. Uzi Arad, director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy in the IDC, who said NATO was putting too much emphasis on expanding the alliance - a preoccupation that, he said, was pushing subjects such as the Iranian threat to a low priority at the expense of a struggle between the US and Russia over their international influence. Maj.-Gen. Giora Eiland, meanwhile, accused the US of "not putting a stop to the Iranian threat because this is not one of its top priorities. If the US really wanted to stop Iran, it would not waste its time on... setting up missiles in Eastern Europe. This behavior makes Russia, too, avoid entering the Iranian issue, and the US is well aware of this reality." According to former Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov, Russia was "not initiating negotiations with Iran, but ensures communication channels remain open considering the situation created by the EU and the UN. Russia will avoid talking to Iran if some other country picks up the gauntlet. It [Russia] does not see itself as initiating disputes or negotiations, but as an arbiter between different groups." However, Labor MK Ephraim Sneh, who served as deputy defense minister under Amir Peretz, called Russia "the Iranian Empire's No. 1 weapons supplier," saying it "in fact arms the forces most hostile to Israel today. This is totally against the role the new Russia should be filling in the regional and international arenas." He added that "escalation in the ongoing confrontation between Israel and Iran and its proxies is inevitable. This confrontation is part of a wider confrontation between western democracy and Islamic fascism, and the Russian leadership will have to pick sides - the sooner the better." Closing his address, Sneh directly attacked the Russian regime: "Iran's ballistic missiles have a range of 3,500 kilometers. Take a map and a ruler and see where they reach. Also, in all of its wars, Israel was forced to fight against Russian weaponry in the hands of its enemies. If the Russians want to profit from continuing these sales, they should insist next time on getting cash."

Nevermind, I don't think the 6th graders running our country can wait more or think further ahead than 10 min. October, although logical, is too far away - they can't wait that long.

I call Mid to late October, it meshes with the Election date quite nicely. It's the way the wind (Hot air in Washington) is blowing, and it has a multiple bonus in that it gets McCain Elected, the Israelis off the hook for the "Nooclear" and issue, and maintains the Dollar as the currency of choice (Iran has been lobbying for the dollar to not be utilized in oil transactions, something the admin would find intolerable.) Link (Pat Buchanan wrote) "Petraeus points to war with Iran Posted: April 10, 2008 8:27 pm Eastern © 2008 The neocons may yet get their war on Iran. Ever since President Nouri al-Maliki ordered the attacks in Basra on the Mahdi Army, Gen. David Petraeus has been laying the predicate for U.S. air strikes on Iran and a wider war in the Middle East. Iran, Petraeus told the Senate Armed Services Committee, has "fueled the recent violence in a particularly damaging way through its lethal support of the special groups." These "special groups" are "funded, trained, armed and directed by Iran's Quds Force with help from Lebanese Hezbollah. It was these groups that launched Iranian rockets and mortar rounds at Iraq's seat of government (the Green Zone) ... causing loss of innocent life and fear in the capital." "President Ahmadinejad and other Iranian leaders" promised to end their "support for the special groups," said the general, but the "nefarious activities of the Quds force have continued. Are Iranians then murdering Americans, asked Joe Lieberman: "Is it fair to say that the Iranian-backed special groups in Iraq are responsible for the murder of hundreds of American soldiers and thousands of Iraqi soldiers and civilians?" "It certainly is. ... That is correct," said Petraeus. The following day, Petraeus told the House Armed Services Committee, "Unchecked, the 'special groups' pose the greatest long-term threat to the viability of a democratic Iraq." Translation: The United States is now fighting the proxies of Iran for the future of Iraq. The general's testimony is forcing Bush's hand, for consider the question it logically raises: If the Quds Force and Hezbollah, both designated as terrorist organizations, are arming, training and directing "special groups" to "murder" Americans, and rocket and mortar the Green Zone to kill our diplomats, and they now represent the No. 1 threat to a free Iraq, why has Bush failed to neutralize these base camps of terror and aggression? Hence, be not surprised if President Bush appears before the TV cameras, one day soon, to declare: "My commanding general in Iraq, David Petraeus, has told me that Iran, with the knowledge of President Ahmadinejad, has become a privileged sanctuary for two terrorist organizations – Hezbollah and the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – to train, arm and direct terrorist attacks on U.S. and coalition forces, despite repeated promises to halt this murderous practice. "I have therefore directed U.S. air and naval forces to begin air strikes on these base camps of terror. Our attacks will continue until the Iranian attacks cease." Because of the failures of a Democratic Congress elected to end the war, Bush can now make a compelling case that he would be acting fully within his authority as commander in chief. In early 2007, Nancy Pelosi pulled down a resolution that would have denied Bush the authority to attack Iran without congressional approval. In September, both Houses passed the Kyl-Lieberman resolution designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. Courtesy of Congress, Bush thus has a blank check for war on Iran. And the signs are growing that he intends to fill it in and cash it. Israel has been hurling invective at Iran and conducting security drills to prepare its population for rocket barrages worse than those Hezbollah delivered in the Lebanon War. Adm. William "Fox" Fallon, the Central Command head who opposed war with Iran, has been removed. Hamas and Hezbollah have been stocking up on Qassam and Katyusha rockets. Vice President Cheney has lately toured Arab capitals. And President Ahmadinejad just made international headlines by declaring that Tehran will begin installing 6,000 advanced centrifuges to accelerate Iran's enrichment of uranium. This is Bush's last chance to strike and, when Iran responds, to effect its nuclear castration. Are Bush and Cheney likely to pass up this last chance to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities and effect the election of John McCain? For any attack on Iran's "terrorist bases" would rally the GOP and drive a wedge between Obama and Hillary. Indeed, Sen. Clinton, who voted to declare Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, could hardly denounce Bush for ordering air strikes on the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, when Petraeus testified, in her presence, that it is behind the serial murder of U.S. soldiers. The Iranians may sense what is afoot. For Tehran helped broker the truce in the Maliki-Sadr clash in Basra, and has called for a halt to the mortar and rocket attacks on the Green Zone. With a friendly regime in Baghdad that rolled out the red carpet for Ahmadinejad, Iran has nothing to gain by war. Already, it is the big winner from the U.S. wars that took down Tehran's Taliban enemies, decimated its al-Qaida enemies and destroyed its Sunni enemies, Saddam and his Baath Party. No, it is not Iran that wants a war with the United States. It is the United States that has reasons to want a short, sharp war with Iran."

John nailed that one. Watch this sub for the original 10min indoctrination video and substitute "Daaauh Rock", Daaauh Cliff or Daaauh Beacon in your mind when you hear "Daaauh Bears" ioH_GqclagE

Ohhhhh -too late.