A dirty, decrepit bum stops a man and asks for $2 to buy food. The man starts to give the bum the money and then asks, "Are you going to spend it on booze?"
"No," says the bum. Are you going to gamble with it?"
Again, "No," says the bum."
"Are you going to spend it on golf?"
"I haven't played golf for more than 20 years." the bum answers.
"Well says the man I am not going to give you this money, but I will take you home with me for a great home cooked meal."
The bum asks, "Won't your wife be angry. I smell and I am dirty."
The man answers, " She might be, but I want her to see what happens to someone who doesn't drink, gamble or play golf."
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Gas Prices Drop Record Amount
A 53-cent drop in gas prices over the last two weeks has set another record, and the publisher of a national survey predicted Sunday that prices will continue to decline -- but at a slower pace.
The average price of self-serve, unleaded gas in the United States as of Friday was $2.78 a gallon, compared to $3.31 on October 10, said Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the nationwide Lundberg Survey.
The last howls of a dying monster
This is pathetic.
This is insane.
This is the repugicans at their finest!
Desperate desperation .... the last howls of a dying monster.
Trying to equate Obama with the the boogey-man.
It must be a very sad place - the fantasyland these sleazeballs inhabit.
This is insane.
This is the repugicans at their finest!
"Could Lucifer play a role in this presidential election? It may sound crazy, but one of the candidates in this race has publicly praised, even emulated, a writer-activist who himself paid tribute to Lucifer. That’s right, Lucifer, also known as the Devil, Satan, Beelzebub—you get the idea." ~ James P. Pinkerton
Desperate desperation .... the last howls of a dying monster.
Trying to equate Obama with the the boogey-man.
It must be a very sad place - the fantasyland these sleazeballs inhabit.
Garbage to Energy
Standing atop the 400-acre 1-E landfill, you get a panoramic view of the Meadowlands sports complex to the north and the New York City skyline to the east.
You're also standing on a critical part of New Jersey's, and the nation's, energy future.
Decades' worth of household trash, construction waste and assorted refuse buried in the landfill are providing electricity to thousands of homes.
"It's like you're buying back your own garbage, but in a different form," said Tom Marturano, director of solid waste and natural resources for the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, which owns and operates the 1-E site.
The Kearny site is among 21 landfills in New Jersey where methane gas produced by decomposing garbage is used as fuel to generate electricity, according to the state Board of Public Utilities.
You're also standing on a critical part of New Jersey's, and the nation's, energy future.
Decades' worth of household trash, construction waste and assorted refuse buried in the landfill are providing electricity to thousands of homes.
"It's like you're buying back your own garbage, but in a different form," said Tom Marturano, director of solid waste and natural resources for the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, which owns and operates the 1-E site.
The Kearny site is among 21 landfills in New Jersey where methane gas produced by decomposing garbage is used as fuel to generate electricity, according to the state Board of Public Utilities.
Bee swarm kills 3 dogs, injures woman in Florida
A 70-year-old woman is injured and three dogs are dead after a swarm of bees terrorized a neighborhood in South Florida.
Authorities say crews removed 50 pounds of honeycomb from the side of a home in Palm Beach County after Friday's attack.
The hive has been contained.
The bees swarmed Nancy Hill and her two dogs.
Hill was treated at a hospital, but the dogs died.
The bees also attacked two other dogs in the neighborhood.
One of those died and the other was injured.
Lab tests should determine whether the bees were Africanized bees, also known as killer bees.
Their stings are no more potent than an ordinary bee's, but they are far more aggressive and attack in swarms.
Authorities say crews removed 50 pounds of honeycomb from the side of a home in Palm Beach County after Friday's attack.
The hive has been contained.
The bees swarmed Nancy Hill and her two dogs.
Hill was treated at a hospital, but the dogs died.
The bees also attacked two other dogs in the neighborhood.
One of those died and the other was injured.
Lab tests should determine whether the bees were Africanized bees, also known as killer bees.
Their stings are no more potent than an ordinary bee's, but they are far more aggressive and attack in swarms.
First the "B" hoax now this ....
Just when you thought the slimey -ness of the repugicans could not get any slimier ...
On Thursday the Pennsylvania repugicans sent out an email to 75,000 Jewish voters in the state warning that electing Obama could lead to a second Holocaust:
"Jewish Americans cannot afford to make the wrong decision on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008," the e-mail reads. "Many of our ancestors ignored the warning signs in the 1930s and 1940s and made a tragic mistake. Let's not make a similar one this year!"A copy of the e-mail says it was "Paid for by the Republican Federal Committee of PA - Victory 2008."
It warns "Fellow Jewish Voters" of the danger of a second Holocaust due to the threats to Israel from its neighbors and touts repugican presidential candidate John McPain's (lack of)qualifications over those of Obama.
Olive harvest becomes West Bank battleground
The olive harvest was off to a bad start for Said Abu Aliya - branches torn from the Palestinian farmer's trees lay scattered on the ground, along with bright-green olives.
He blamed Israeli settlers in a nearby hilltop camp, and Israeli soldiers patrolled as a buffer while he and his family picked the remaining crop.
"Without their presence, we wouldn't be able to enter our lands because the settlers would attack us," said the 47-year-old.
For many Palestinians, the fall harvest of some 10 million trees used to be a joyful ritual steeped in tradition. But the West Bank's olive groves have increasingly become a target of extremist Jewish settlers who, hilltop by hilltop, seek to expand their control over land they say they were promised by God.
Just in the first two weeks of this season, farmers say, assailants beat a 63-year-old olive picker, slashed another man's car tires, tried to chase Palestinians out of several groves and stole or damaged some of the crop. In one incident captured on video, four settlers punched and kicked a Palestinian photographer and a foreign activist in an olive grove.
Compounding the farmers' problems, more trees are harder to reach because they lie beyond Israel's lengthening West Bank separation barrier or close to Jewish settlements and their multiplying satellite camps.
This week Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas complained that the army isn't doing its job, raising questions about whether Israel is serious about peace with Palestinians. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak denounced those attacking farmers as "hooligans," but said troops are making a major effort to protect farmers. The military said soldiers have been briefed about the importance of the harvest, jeeps patrol trouble areas and officers are given maps to rule on ownership disputes.
In the past, Israeli troops have destroyed thousands of Palestinian olive trees along roadsides to protect against snipers and stone throwers. Palestinians still complain that settlers are often given free rein by the military. For example, the settlers who were filmed attacking the photographer were allowed to walk away, while police arrested three Israelis helping with the harvest for entering a "closed military area."
A settler leader, Yitzhak Shadmi, dismissed reports of vandalism as staged.
Thousands of Palestinians take part in the harvest, with students given time off to help and professionals returning to their villages. Olive oil is a food staple, and even the leftovers from the oil presses are used as fuel.
The economic benefits are relatively modest - about $100 million from an expected 21,000 tons of olive oil this year - but the extra income reaches some 100,000 families. For some, it's just pocket money, for others enough to plan a wedding or build a house.
Near the village of Burin, Amneh Abdel Qader sat on a tarpaulin under a tree, as her son, daughter-in-law and three grandsons combed the branches with handheld rakes. The olives tumbled onto the tarp, and the 70-year-old sorted them, the plumpest for eating and the rest for oil.
"We used to bring a radio and have fun, sing and enjoy ourselves," Abdel Qader said. "But from the day they came," she said, referring to Israeli settlements near her village, "we can't relax anymore."
Burin's farmers can only reach lands near the settlements of Yitzhar and Bracha with special coordination from security forces. Farmers say they're allowed to visit those areas only twice a year, for planting and harvesting, and that they need more access to hang traps for olive flies, prune branches and clear underbrush.
"You can smell the fuel in the air," the official said on condition of anonymity, in line with briefing regulations. "We don't want to have a situation where the olive harvest is setting off the atmosphere again."
At times, there's also lack of coordination within the military.
In the village of Naalin this month, near Israel's separation barrier, border police fired tear gas and stun grenades as villagers and volunteers tried to reach a grove. The army had given a permit for the Naalin harvest but apparently not briefed the border police, said Rabbi Arik Ascherman of Rabbis for Human Rights. Several Israelis were injured and three detained, he said.
Eighty percent of the people who used to work these lands no longer get permits, according to U.N. monitors.
Mohammed Jabareen, mayor of the village of Taibeh, which has 250 dunams (60 acres) of land beyond the barrier, said landowners have received permits, but not all of the workers needed for the harvest. The army says it's issuing extra permits during the harvest.
Some are trying to improve output by teaching farmers how to grow premium oils for export. Industrialist Bassem Khoury has invested in a premium oil storage facility with 30 steel vats, even though business prospects are uncertain.
"To me," he said, "the olive tree is a symbol of Palestine."
Character - Less
This is a very telling item about Miz Pale-lyn's character (actually the lack thereof)
Governor Sarah Pale -lyn's signature accomplishment—a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48—emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an investigation shows.
Yet, McPain/Pale-lyn spokesman Taylor Griffin says: "There was an open and transparent process that subjected the decision to extensive public scrutiny and due diligence."
Yeah, and I am an innocent doe-eyed virgin.
Governor Sarah Pale -lyn's signature accomplishment—a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48—emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an investigation shows.
- Instead of creating a process that would attract many potential builders, Pale-lyn slanted the terms away from an important group—the global energy giants that own the rights to the gas.
- Despite promises and legal guidance not to talk directly with potential bidders, Pale-lyn had meetings or phone calls with nearly every major candidate, including TransCanada.
- The leader of Pale-lynn's pipeline team had been a partner at a lobbying firm where she worked on behalf of a TransCanada subsidiary. Also, that woman's former business partner at the lobbying firm was TransCanada's lead private lobbyist on the pipeline deal, interacting with legislators in the weeks before the vote to grant TransCanada the contract. Plus, a former TransCanada executive served as an outside consultant to Pale=lyn's pipeline team.
- Under a different set of rules four years earlier, TransCanada had offered to build the pipeline without a state subsidy; under Pale-lyn, the company could receive a maximum $500 million.
Yet, McPain/Pale-lyn spokesman Taylor Griffin says: "There was an open and transparent process that subjected the decision to extensive public scrutiny and due diligence."
Yeah, and I am an innocent doe-eyed virgin.
Achorage Daily News
Even Alaskan's don't want Pale-lyn in the White House.
ADN endorses Obama.
They don't want her in Alaska, either.
ADN endorses Obama.
They don't want her in Alaska, either.
Hate and Bile
Caution: reading further will turn your stomach - unless your are a repugican!
I was reading the 'letters to the editor' section of the Asheville-Citizen Times on-line Topix and there was a piece about Obama taking time to visit his grandmother in Hawaii who he said he said might not live until election day.
In lieu of expressions of well wishes and hopes for her recovery the wing-nuts are attacking and spewing hate and some of the 'comments' from the troglodytes is sickening.
Here are some examples of the foulness:
Frustrated said ... I was reading this morning that someone has a tape of his grandmother saying he was born in Kenya - not Hawaii. The tape is going to be released in two or three days. Won't that be interesting?
Onofriendofwomen said ... Looks like Obama is trying to use the sucker sympathy vote. He threw grandma under the bus months ago for his own political gain and now he's using her impending death for political gain as well.
There are more and some responding to their bile and hate with more hate and bile, but some calling them on it.
If you want to read and see just how hate-filled the wing-nuts are you can find it here, just have your barf bag ready.
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I was reading the 'letters to the editor' section of the Asheville-Citizen Times on-line Topix and there was a piece about Obama taking time to visit his grandmother in Hawaii who he said he said might not live until election day.
In lieu of expressions of well wishes and hopes for her recovery the wing-nuts are attacking and spewing hate and some of the 'comments' from the troglodytes is sickening.
Here are some examples of the foulness:
Frustrated said ... I was reading this morning that someone has a tape of his grandmother saying he was born in Kenya - not Hawaii. The tape is going to be released in two or three days. Won't that be interesting?
Onofriendofwomen said ... Looks like Obama is trying to use the sucker sympathy vote. He threw grandma under the bus months ago for his own political gain and now he's using her impending death for political gain as well.
There are more and some responding to their bile and hate with more hate and bile, but some calling them on it.
If you want to read and see just how hate-filled the wing-nuts are you can find it here, just have your barf bag ready.
12,484 Can't Be Wrong
12,484 discriminating readers read Carolina Naturally.
And an average of 206 new readers a day have joined them this month alone.
Imagine what the readership would be if I actually advertised it?
And an average of 206 new readers a day have joined them this month alone.
Imagine what the readership would be if I actually advertised it?
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