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If you're in Portland, I can pick it up from you the weekend of March 25th (I'll be down Fri night till Mon morning). From there I can either give it to WeekendClimberz or deliver it to Fred directly. He only lives about 3 miles from me. PM with pickup instructions if applicable.

BD Reactors leashless tools. Used for one week, no mixed, perfectly new condition, w/grip tape. Going leashed. $280. Phinney Ridge, Seattle.

There isn't enough bud in all of BC to get me stoned enough to grok the point of any of PP's posts. What if a prisoner failed to escape a burning jail...full of medicinal marijuana?

Hurray! Hurray! It's the first of May! Outdoor schtupping schtarts today!

Beef: It's what had your chickens for dinner.

Seatbelts, emission standards...and roads.

I tried to go to Walmart once, but you have to be 300 lbs or better to trigger the automatic door opener.

New among the Nouveau; the pink collagened badger look.

And here's where the fool trips over his own model. I've spent more than a year traveling various Latin American countries. You, apparently, have not, otherwise you would know that food in the local markets is much, MUCH cheaper that that found in any supermarket. Furthermore, it is homemade from fresh ingredients that are locally grown. Ie, the money stays in the community. The people in these countries that shop at big box grocery stores like Walmart do so because they can AFFORD THE CONVENIENCE of bulk packaging, processed foods, frozen meals, and preservatives, not because they can't afford to shop elsewhere. Your idiotic tortilla example, the basis for your entire argument here, really, is based on a your signature ignorance of the 'externalities' on the ground. And, like any good intellectual elitist, you will apply your model, ignoring realities even a casual tourist would realize within a couple days of an in country visit, until the very end because, in your own mind, YOU KNOW YOU MUST BE RIGHT. But you don't need any models, graphs, or tear jerking real life examples to best the intellectual elitists of the world. You'll find one staring right back at you in any mirror. Cough. "In recent months, as rising prices for U.S. corn pushed up the price of Mexico's corn tortilla, a staple for millions of poor, Wal-Mart could keep tortilla prices largely steady because of its long-term contracts with corn-flour suppliers. The crisis turned into free advertising for Wal-Mart, as new shoppers lined up for the cheaper tortillas. Here's what's behind your cheap American corn, Free Market Boy; US government subsidies. Just how many more times would you like me to step all over your dick in front of a live audience? How the US can export corn to Mexico, a corn producing nation This may indeed be the most devastating rebuttal to an argument that I never put forth that I have ever encountered. I am a bit surprised and disappointed that, in the spirit of the above contribution, you neglected to point out that the sky is not green, and that two plus two does not, in fact, equal five. There are a couple of aspects about this post that I find especially amusing, especially in light of the manner in which it was put forth. The first is that it is not the cheapness, but rather the expense of corn, that is of concern to the poorest Mexicans at the moment. If I had ever argued in favor of subsidies, much less argued that agricultural subsidies were both beneficial and had the tendency to drive up, rather than depress the prices for agricultural products on the world market, and the primary concern amongst poor people in Mexico was that corn had become too cheap on account market distortions produced by American agricultural subsidies, and they were at the moment at a loss as to what to do with the surfeit of tortillas this depression in the price of corn had brought about - then the irrelevant-factoid-unescorted-by-an-argument that you brought in from the beyond might suffice to serve as a passable rebuttal. In the absence of any such claims on my part, it's the logical equivalent of an outburst from someone suffering from Tourette's syndrome. [silence] "CORN SUBSIDIES!!" However, the primary problem with corn prices in Mexico at the moment is that they are have been rising, rather than declining. In the absence of market distorting subsidies that divert corn away from incorporation into foodstuffs like tortillas, and into ethanol production, no such spike in prices would have occurred, because tropical countries can produce ethanol from sugarcane at a real price that's significantly lower than ethanol produced from corn grow in the US, and corn that would otherwise wind up on people's tables has been diverted into ethanol on a scale that would be inconceivable in the absence of the incentives provided by the subsidies and tariffs. With respect to Walmart, I'm left asking...and? Your comments suggest that you believe that if the US eliminated its subsidies for corn production, that this would eliminate both Walmart's competitive position relative to local retailers, and the advantages that the said position provides to consumers in markets that had hitherto been characterized by an absence of price competition brought about by government barriers to the same. If the majority of Walmart's products were made from subsidized American corn, and it were competing with retailers who also offered products composed entirely of corn produced in the absence of any market distortions, your rejoinder would be devastating indeed. Since this is clearly not the case, why you thought the mere mention of corn subsidies constituted a salient point, let alone a counterargument, is something that I eagerly anticipate watching you attempt to explain - at length. Step away, amigo. Yet again, CC's favorite weasel wiggles out from under his initial thesis.

Sounds like Laura's got a serious chemical imbalance. All the love, hugs and understanding in the world are no substitute for proper diagnosis, medication, and therapy. Kick Demon Seed's whiny ass out and let her take some responsibility, or not, for her own problems. It sounds to me like she's speeding down the road to eventual homelessness. That might be a therapudic message to convey just before the door hits her in the ass on the way out.

And here's where the fool trips over his own model. I've spent more than a year traveling various Latin American countries. You, apparently, have not, otherwise you would know that food in the local markets is much, MUCH cheaper that that found in any supermarket. Furthermore, it is homemade from fresh ingredients that are locally grown. Ie, the money stays in the community. The people in these countries that shop at big box grocery stores like Walmart do so because they can AFFORD THE CONVENIENCE of bulk packaging, processed foods, frozen meals, and preservatives, not because they can't afford to shop elsewhere. Your idiotic tortilla example, the basis for your entire argument here, really, is based on a your signature ignorance of the 'externalities' on the ground. And, like any good intellectual elitist, you will apply your model, ignoring realities even a casual tourist would realize within a couple days of an in country visit, until the very end because, in your own mind, YOU KNOW YOU MUST BE RIGHT. But you don't need any models, graphs, or tear jerking real life examples to best the intellectual elitists of the world. You'll find one staring right back at you in any mirror. Cough. "In recent months, as rising prices for U.S. corn pushed up the price of Mexico's corn tortilla, a staple for millions of poor, Wal-Mart could keep tortilla prices largely steady because of its long-term contracts with corn-flour suppliers. The crisis turned into free advertising for Wal-Mart, as new shoppers lined up for the cheaper tortillas. Here's what's behind your cheap American corn, Free Market Boy; US government subsidies. Just how many more times would you like me to step all over your dick in front of a live audience? How the US can export corn to Mexico, a corn producing nation

If you're really wondering whether or not to use sex as a weapon, then you might as well get comfortable with being the one who always gets screwed over. What goes around comes around.

And here's where the fool trips over his own model. I've spent more than a year traveling various Latin American countries. You, apparently, have not, otherwise you would know that food in the local markets is much, MUCH cheaper that that found in any supermarket. Furthermore, it is homemade from fresh ingredients that are locally grown. Ie, the money stays in the community. The people in these countries that shop at big box grocery stores like Walmart do so because they can AFFORD THE CONVENIENCE of bulk packaging, processed foods, frozen meals, and preservatives, not because they can't afford to shop elsewhere. Your idiotic tortilla example, the basis for your entire argument here, really, is based on a your signature ignorance of the 'externalities' on the ground. And, like any good intellectual elitist, you will apply your model, ignoring realities even a casual tourist would realize within a couple days of an in country visit, until the very end because, in your own mind, YOU KNOW YOU MUST BE RIGHT. But you don't need any models, graphs, or tear jerking real life examples to best the intellectual elitists of the world. You'll find one staring right back at you in any mirror.

Animals not to hit: Greyhound, Fox, Bluebird, Falcon, Eagle, Skylark, Cougar, Jaguar, Impala, Stingray, Barracuda, Viper, Cobra, Colt, Mustang, Ram, Rabbit, Beetle, Spider, and last but not least, Caterpillar.

Now, now, don't rub it in. Perhaps we can teleconference.

I can make 3/20, but not the 13th. Carry on.

Yet more scientific proof that the universe isn't as old as they say it is.

If payment is not forthcoming, fill his car with dirt. You'll get a satisfying workout and even more satisfying pics.

"Thou shalt not kill." Not a lot of wiggle room there.

My Castilliano is improving, and I'm getting the idea that my Spanish supermodels are leftist intellectuals. They won't eat anything because they believe that it's genetically modified and purchased from exploitative big box stores. If it weren't for the monolithic policies of the Trotskyite elite that crush the hopes and dreams of the world's great unwashed who wait for a glimmer of hope that only unregulated profit motive can provide, I'd be nursing these poor supermodels back to health right now with sumptuous feasts of drought resistant corn and steroid pumped chuckroast. When will we throw off the chains of Socialism, Environmentalism, and Half-Caf-Latte-ism, with the help of Mexican illegals, so that we may soar like eagles on the wings of explosive economic growth, beyond the biosphere, to touch the sun? How long must we allow the Long Haired Man to keep us down? Advice?

The evidence suggests that Scooter will soon be set up to play 'what's up my rectum'? with other convicts wielded objects not dissimilar to bowling pins.

You probably know this, but your avatar is a scientific drawing of a monkey from a london zoological museum (can't remember which one). I saw it on a postcard at the Frye Museum on Capitol Hill.

Extrapolating the current warming trend back in time, the earth was at absolute zero around the time of my high school graduation. Funny, I remember schmokin a huge doobie in shorts and a T shirt that day. And there you go; the universe can't be as old as they say it is. And don't even get me started on the Earth's magnetic field.

Whew! I'm glad our vice president can finally get back to the business of fucking the entire world in the ass with a chain saw.

The salient point in every one of your posts is that your leftist intellectual nemesis is a fiction. What do you know about Mexico or Mexican culture, for example? Do you speak Spanish? Have you been there? Do you have Mexican relatives? The leftist intellectuals you commonly speak do exist...in your own mind, as a mirror image of your own academically cloistered persona...with the volume turned up or down as you see fit. Your policy recommendations, what few you actually put forth, as you are mostly an armchair critic, historically have produced disaster. Your GMO cartoon is a classic example. Please...stay in academia where you can publish little papers that no one will read so you can at least do no harm.