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SR photographer Kathy Plonka has returned from the front lines (read: the line waiting for Sarah Palin at the garden center of Fred Meyer) with some swell photos, including one of the woman who has been waiting at the front of the line since well before 10 o’clock last night. I’ll post some when she has them ready. Meanwhile, I’ll post this Wild Card now for those of you who want to start other threads …
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Bent on December 10 at 9:13 a.m.
Now, this is a trip. Check it out. I suspect it is probably aliens melting our glaciers with a giant death ray. Make sure to watch that first video too. Seriously, this is crazy stuff…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html
JeanC on December 10 at 10:42 a.m.
Okay, it WAS a fail missile launch. Hubby and I were discussing this yesterday and he figured the Russians had a slight oops they didn’t want to discuss.
Seriously cool effect!
hmoffsuite on December 10 at 10:55 a.m.
I sure hate to sound like I am complaining about our President, but I wish he and his administration would wise up on this jobs thing. They give it nice lip service but fail to understand that until small business, the job creators, have some visibility on the true costs of health care reform, cap and trade and other taxes, there will be NO job creation. It is the uncertainty that is the problem. And, fwiw, most of the stimulus funds we had to hurry up and approve to save the country have not been spent. They don’t plan on releasing those funds until about next summer, just in time to show some job growth prior to the 2010 elections. Very clever those Chicago politicians. Rham is a prettly smart guy. Too bad they aren’t as concerned about our economy as they are their poliltical futures.
Norther on December 10 at 10:57 a.m.
DFO…any chance the techies at the R’view thinking about a mobile site or an iphone app for berries?
Bent on December 10 at 11:02 a.m.
Northerner, I had problems on this site with my blackberry, but I just switched to the HTC Eris Droid (google phone), and I have full functionality…
Norther on December 10 at 11:11 a.m.
I have no problems with my iphone, but a mobile version would be awesome. Something like the facebook app would be stellar. Since my work is slowly but surely killing off all blogs, and social networking stuff, I have to use my phone more and I can’t go a day without blurking on the berry.
OrangeTV on December 10 at 11:15 a.m.
“I sure hate to sound like I am complaining about our President”
Funny.
Norther on December 10 at 11:16 a.m.
Aargh! another 1.1 Trillion with a T omnibus spending bill. And I felt bad about spending 250 bucks on christmas for my kids.
Phaedrus on December 10 at 11:20 a.m.
I sure hate to sound like I am complaining about our President—suite
ROTFLMAO! Why should today be any different than the preceding 324 days of the Obama Administration.
DFO on December 10 at 11:21 a.m.
@ Northerner re: “DFO…any chance the techies at the R’view thinking about a mobile site or an iphone app for berries?”
I passed your message onto my boss, Ryan Pitts, who’s currently on vacation. I’ll give you the answer when he responds. Thanks for asking.
eagleeye on December 10 at 11:23 a.m.
hmoffsuite on December 10 at 10:55 a.m.
I sure hate to sound like I am complaining about our President
Oh please, Suite. You get a tingling feeling in your hinder region when you find a good gotcha topic on Obama. Obama has been handed off the biggest load of economic garbage by a guy that you voted for twice and you complain everyday that he hasnt turned that crap into ice cream. Get a new tune, your broken record is more than stale !
Sisyphus on December 10 at 11:27 a.m.
Nice to see you Eagle Eye.
hmoffsuite on December 10 at 11:28 a.m.
eagleeye >>” when you find a good gotcha topic on Obama.”
I have to be deliberative as to which ones I choose. Its like a kid in a candy store with too many choices. If you think my post was trivial, just please tell be why the stimulus money hasn’t been spent, considering it was such a life and death emergency to get it passed. While you are at it, maybe you can explain why we haven’t had any job growth.
Cindy_H on December 10 at 11:36 a.m.
I don’t think it’s appropriate for eagleeye to talk about tingling feelings in hinder regions.
Just saying ;-)
markr on December 10 at 11:38 a.m.
Northerner, you can use an RSS reader (like NetNewsWire, there are others) to keep up on HBO from the iPhone. It’s still gonna dump you in a “browser” to see the comments, but at least it shows you what’s new much faster.
Still, getting HBO included with the content at http://www.spokesmanreview.com/mobile/ would be great.
eagleeye on December 10 at 12:14 p.m.
Suite, I have had alot of experience dealing with someone who you remind me alot of. My mother in law. For 25 years I have listened to her bit&h about anything and everything. She is probably the biggest complainer I have ever met in my life. She always makes holidays so special. So what I have learned is that the best way for me to deal with her is to say my initial pleastantries and with a big smile on my face and a drink in my hand I excuse myself , go in my den and close the door. I know it is a little early for a drink but the sound that you hear are the ice cubes in my glass and the final sound you will hear is the door closing. Have a good day. :)
hmoffsuite on December 10 at 12:18 p.m.
eagleeye >> “Have a good day. :) ”
Thanks. I shall. Everyday is a good day. :~)
Don_Sausser on December 10 at 12:58 p.m.
Eagleeye, your hmoff responses, like so many others that disagree, would be so much more informative if you addressed his subject, not the messenger. ;=}
JeanC on December 10 at 1:51 p.m.
If you happen to be in the Moscow-Pullman area tomorrow from 5-8pm:
HIV Program Festival of Trees
The 1912 Center will host the Festival of Trees on December 5, 2009. A variety of holiday trees will be showcased and sold via silent auction. Santa Claus will also be present for children of all ages as well as the young, and the young at heart. Many individuals, organizations and business will be featured and HIV Programs is extending the invitation to you.
Free Admission!
Friday December 11th 5-8pm
1912 Center Moscow
GuyFawkes on December 10 at 2:11 p.m.
I wonder if the teabaggers will manage just enough blind rage and cohesiveness to scuttle republican hopes for 2010?
DFO on December 10 at 3:08 p.m.
@ Northerner; My boss, Ryan Pitts, just checked in from vacation with this answer to your question: “I’m sure he means a mobile-optimized site for the content on Spokesman.com. Feel free to tell him that mobile is high on my priority list for the next few months. Just depends on when I can get to it.”
hmoffsuite on December 10 at 4:20 p.m.
If you enjoy good humor, listen to the interview or speech that Al Gore gave recently. He proclaimed, rather matter-of-factly, that the temperature of the earth’s core was “one or two million degrees”. This is another embarrassing moment for Al, imo. His ‘facts’ were off by about 1000%, according to real geologists. He scammed the whole Country, folks, and reaped the financial benefits attached thereto.
mike_s on December 10 at 5:07 p.m.
The ice fishers sure were out in abundance today.
fortboise on December 10 at 5:34 p.m.
So when will the S-R enable basic HTML to enhance our comments? The auto-URL recognition is useful, but that’s it? Still? This is not rocket science.
hhuseland on December 10 at 9:59 p.m.
I have never in the past done this, meaning copied and pasted stuff that in the history of this blog is frowned upon. Still, I feel strongly that the MSN including senior editors of the spokesman-review, who tend to be very liberal have blessed the use of this horrible term that is definitely pejorative in a sexual context to conservatives. I don’t always follow the conservative party line when it gets to far right, but this is unacceptable. Period.
Teabagging is a slang term for the act of a man placing his scrotum in the mouth[1] or on or around the face (including the top of the head) of another person, often in a repeated in-and-out motion as in irrumatio. The practice resembles dipping a tea bag into a cup of tea.[2][3]
The practice
Teabagging is an activity used within the context of owning trents dome BDSM and male dominance, with a dominant man teabagging his submissive partner as one variation of facesitting and/or as a means of inflicting erotic humiliation. Teabagging is not always carried out with a solely “sexual” connotation.
Teabagging has been used during hazing or bullying incidents.[4] Incidents have included reports of groups holding down victims while the perpetrator “shoves his testicles in [their] face”[5] or puts their “crotch to his head.”[6]
Mimicking teabagging has become popular in online video games. It is portrayed by the winning player positioning his character over the fallen character’s face (while repeatedly crouching and standing) to imply domination or humiliation.[6]
[edit] Use as a political term
Main article: Tea Party protests
In 2009, groups known as Tea Parties were formed to protest United States government tax and spending policies. Media outlets began to use the term ‘Teabaggers’ as a criticism of the entire Tea Party movement, making use of language and accoutrement employed by some of its members.[7][8] An article in Salon.com by Alex Koppelman traced the controversy to a photograph by David Weigel posted on The Washington Independent website on 27 February,[9] showing a protester holding a sign that read “Tea Bag the Liberal Dems Before They Tea Bag You!!”[10] Weigel’s report was referenced by bloggers, including Wonkette, who used “teabagging” or “teabagger” in their headline.[9] Several critics of the protesters, including Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, and Anderson Cooper, used the slang in their broadcasts. Cooper later apologized, calling the term “silly” and stating that his use of it detracted from his serious reporting.[11][12][13][14][15]
It would appear that MSM liberal editors have blessed the use of this dirty term in obeisance to their liberal following. I do not believe that repeated use of a dirty word or term legitimatizes it. Cetianly other words that are in common use on the streets are prohibited on spokesman-Review blogs. It is apparent to me that this one sided morality is wrong, wrong, wrong!
spokelooneh on December 10 at 10:13 p.m.
Note to Herb, start paying attention.
DFO and S/R higher ups HAVE ALREADY addressed this teabagger issue, RIGHT HERE in this blog, and in depth.
spokelooneh on December 10 at 10:16 p.m.
Oh, and of course Anderson Cooper called the term “silly”, as he desperately tries to maintain his (laughable) position in the closet.
chatterbox on December 11 at 9:31 a.m.
Digger-
I don’t presume to know what had happened to your customer prior to her entering your store. She may have heard upsetting news. She may not feel well. She may feel the pressure of the Holidays to buy, buy, buy when her income is limited. You cannot control other peoples (persons?) emotions or feelings. You can control how you treat them and interact with them. She left happy. Therefore, you made a difference in her life. The excuse for not understnding technology … can’t help ya there. I’m almost as clueless. ;-)