We’ve discovered the reason that teachers are diddling their students in this Chronicle story:
Governors, state education officials and lawmakers have led the push for new measures, which include tougher penalties for teachers who abuse students, punishment for administrators who fail to properly oversee their faculty, and an effort to train an entire state’s corps of teachers to recognize potential abusers in their midst.
The teachers, you see, just need more education. They, while smart enough to teach our children, aren’t smart enough to see a teacher kissing a student and know it’s a problem.
That’s okay - according to the story, there are probably only about 500 teachers a year that are doing this nationwide. Oh, wait. That’s how many get caught:
A nationwide Associated Press investigation, published in October, found 2,570 educators lost their teaching credentials or were otherwise sanctioned from 2001 through 2005 over allegations of sexual misconduct. Experts who track sexual abuse say the problem is even bigger than those numbers suggest. Underreporting is common, they say, because victims often are ostracized and accusations are difficult to prove.
It’s amazing that these tribes have managed to survive considering the onslaught of “civilization” decimating their environment. Makes me wonder where they fit on Maslow’s Hierachy of Needs. Then again, I always kind of wondered if psychologists weren’t just a little more than full of KRAPP. Think Texas CPS will intervene to save their children from a life fraught with jungle dangers? Harumph.
Good morning all. Another lovely start to a late Spring day (69) and relatively cool and still. A bright crescent Moon bathed in wispy clouds was on her way to bed at 6 as the Sun stretched and yawned just over the horizon. Heavy ground fog lingered until he rose higher, then it surrendered to his presence. Berry and Valentine lounge in a sunbeam on the patio, and a few birds are chirping. A train horn announces each crossing in the distance; a muffled rumble follows for a bit and then fades away.
Across the road our neighbor’s very elderly black Lab mix was playing peek-a-boo with a young deer, taking turns in the lead walking through the roadside ditch, stopping to behold each other, then reversing and walking/jogging the other way.
The deer wanted to play and ran after the dog who decided that was more action than he was up to and bolted for his yard. The deer gave up after a few bounds and headed down the road.
June is fixing to bust out all over tomorrow, and we might hope that the tropical storm astride Central America is not part of our show. Thank you, Lord.
I was interigued qwith this pic when I saw it yesterday. I wondered how long have these people lived this way while others progressed with industry. The obvious difference, of course, is shown by this Indian tribe attempting to protect themselves from an aeroplane with bows and arrows. In fact it’s almost like two completely different time eras meeting together. Those who use the earth for only what they need are therefore vulnerable to those who use the earth to progress with industy. Just a point to consider when dealing with cap and trade and other global warming and enviromental issues.
#16 BJ, I saw the dog/deer incident on the way to fetch the paper in the early morning light. An empty large lot in our neighborhood has a densely wooded part that apparently shelters a small deer herd these days.
Those poor hicks, clinging bitterly to bows and arrows and human sacrifice…
Thats hilarious!
It makes you wonder how these tribes from all corners of the earth, not knowing each other, for centuries know about war paint and bows and arrows doesn’t it?
Just think of your quiet jungle suddenly being disturbed by a chopper. I bet they are working on more powerful weapons for the next encounter. The SAS. Surface to air spears.
The Impact a Hero 5K Benefit Run
for Our Severely Wounded War on Terror Heroes
The date of our 5K is the first Saturday following Memorial Day, or May 31, 2008.
Last year there was more than 750 people participate in the 5K, and they want to double the number this year. Tell your friends and come out to enjoy a great day with our Heroes!!
If this is not enough incentive to get you up and out in the early morning, then how about meeting Coach Kubiak from the Houston Texans and some of the team. Plus the DJs from KILT 100 FM and the co-Chairs George H and Barbara Bush.
Take the rewards that come with doing good and helping to support our severely wounded veterans home from the War on Terror. The Impact A Hero 5k Run/Walk/Wheel will have over 50 severely wounded heroes in attendance - May 31, 2008 in Sugar Land, Texas.
The PGR will Escort the Hero’s to the starting line at Mercer Stadium.
MISSION DATE: Saturday, May 31th
Welp these valiant warriors got escorted to their event without incident. 5 kliks were run, rode, walked, crutched, and rolled and another GREAT turnout! MANY THANKS to Ft Bend Sherrif’s Deputies!
I am just in awe of this tribe, maybe that’s not the right word. I am enthralled by the fact they don’t know the world at all. They use their weapons against this giant bird that roars and belches smoke…… wouldn’t you love to know what is going through their minds. How do they get that bright red dye?
Come on, that’s a completely faked picture. The article even said it’s some stupid liberal group trying to take pictures of unknown tribes to show the world that these people really DO exist. Well, that sounds to me like a special-interest group desperate to maintain their funding, whether coming from some government somewhere or from some rich liberal idiot who has been financing them.
Take a picture like this, which is a little TOO perfect, and the funds start pouring in.
I GUARANTEE this will be revealed as a hoax within a week…
Why are people so in awe of these indigineous people? Who would want to live like that? Do you want probably 50% infant mortality? To eat bugs? To have a 100% syphillis rate? To have no written language? To die from infection from a simple scratch? To have a life expectancy of 30?
I can’t stand these people if they are real. They are little more than monkees to me.
Well, here’s the thing… they AREN’T “little more than monkeys”… they are people, Children of God, and have at least as much value as you.
This isn’t the first time you’ve written something that really jangles my nerves… I don’t know if it officially qualifies as “racist” (it very well might), but at a minimum it is crude, insensitive, and adds nothing of value to the conversation.
LST will be declining your comments in the future; thanks in advance for your cooperation.
This reminds me of a Richard Dryfuss movie - The Krippendorf’s Tribe. He was a college professor who had supposedly discovered some long lost tribe and culture, but in fact had made it all up. So he got his family to create a jungle scene in their back yard and had them play the roles of the tribe while he filmed it.
#33, David B. Right on, Sir. Seems like bow and arrow technology has well served lots of cultures and civilizations throughout time and quite effectively so. Umm, the English long bow comes to mind.
I did manage to get a few hours sleep last night for the first time in 6 days. This upper-respiratory/sinus thing has been relentless and left me exhausted.
When my family lived in an American camp in Venezuela we and several other families hired guides/guards/translators w/ jeeps to take us deep into the jungle. There we met and traded w/ several tribes of indians who had very little contact w/ the outside world. They didn’t want money in exchange for spears and clay pottery - they wanted candy. My brother and I were the first people w/ blonde hair some had ever seen.
1) Brilliant red dye has been around a long time. We just don’t have it in “modern society” because it turns out that it is almost permanent and usually toxic.
2) The political agenda at play here is revealed in the last of the pictures:
More than half the world’s 100 uncontacted tribes live in Brazil or Peru and campaigners say many face threats to their land from illegal logging.
The discovery of these isolated people is a treasure chest for anthropologists. It’s like having a time machine they can use to get an idea of how people lived and interacted thousands of years ago.
Here’s some pics from a less isolated tribe of Indonesian tree dwellers.
When my girls were small they had very blond hair…long and very striking. On one of our trips to Mexico border the Mexican men would keep touching their hair…..so much that we got really nervous. Haven’t been back.
Well in looking at all 7 pictures, it appears colors are more than red. One of them is painted dark dark blue or black. Some have some red on them, some are all red. It’s interesting.
they are people, Children of God, and have at least as much value as you.
Thank you David B. I read T-Hawk’s comment and was going to respond the same to him.
Now, regarding technology: We have (South) American Indians appearing to shoot, or at least ready to shoot, an aeroplane. So if there was an armed conflict, who would win? Who would survive. Ther picture posted here shows a very “enviromentally friendly” community. Very few people to exhale CO2s, simple houses made of very little of earth’s natural resources, no electricity, no petroleum usage, etc. In other words, were are seeing what the glodal warming armies would like for us to become. Just something to think about.
#61 Darren10, I hang with lots of liberals that are gung-ho about global warming, but I most often hear the “primitive living” argument as a straw-man from conservatives. The most nefarious (imho) mis-use of concern about the climate is to promote a Kyoto style form of global socialism. Others support carbon credits, etc, out of a genuine but under-informed concern for any thing related to the environment.
I think there is good reason to be concerned and that we should continue researching the situation, but at this point it would be arrogant to assume that we are clever enough to manhandle global climate as easily as we adjust our homes’ thermostats.
Hat tip to DB for setting T-Hawk straight (I actually feel sorry for the dude.) His remarks about the pics being faked sparked a few long dormant brain cells, and I recalled that there was a hoax created for financial gain many years ago. Information on it, as well as the hundreds of legitimately researched and documented isolated people is on Wikipedia.
When these groups are studied we typically find things in common to them (and contemporary society) despite their isolation, such as language, authority structures, burial and other rituals, and the practice of polygamy.
I’ve already made an anonymous tip to judge Walthers, so I figure CPS will be headed down there soon.
A key figure in the Bush administration’s strategy in the war on terror may soon be gone.
Unfortunately, the White House’s late hour support for the former (sic) military dictator is reminiscent of Carter’s support for the brutal (and doomed) Shah. Except that while the Shah started Iran’s nucelar program (and the Ayatollah shut it down after taking power), Pakistan posesses the only actual (and known) Islamic nuclear weapons in the world.
“At the same time, the Pakistani military confirmed that General Kayani had removed a loyalist to Mr. Musharraf from one of the army’s most significant posts.”
“The change involved the leader of the Triple-One Brigade, a unit based in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, which is responsible for the security of the president and of the capital, Islamabad. It is commonly regarded as the “coup” brigade because it has been used by the army chief to topple civilian opponents.”
David Benzion, it makes me proud to post here again. There are others here who share T Hawks sentiments and hopefully they will be exposed to the sword of righteousness in the future.
But I am disappointed that the evil empire here at LST has once again shut http://www.headshaker.com down again. I’m really torn here, or it just may be that I have no other place to post!
A key player in the Bush administration’s strategy for the war on terror may soon be going. The current White House’s late hour show of support for the military dictator is sadly reminiscent of Carter’s support for the brutal - and doomed - Shah. Unfortunately, though the Shah did start Iran’s nuclear program (and the Ayatollah stopped it when he first came to power), Pakistan is the only Islamic nation to actually have operational nuclear weapons.
“At the same time, the Pakistani military confirmed that General Kayani had removed a loyalist to Mr. Musharraf from one of the army’s most significant posts.”
“The change involved the leader of the Triple-One Brigade, a unit based in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, which is responsible for the security of the president and of the capital, Islamabad. It is commonly regarded as the “coup” brigade because it has been used by the army chief to topple civilian opponents.”
OBAMA: In the name of the Lord, I demand entrance to the White House!
VOTER: No chance, Democrat bed-wetting type. I burst my pimples at you and call your request a silly thing, you tiny-brained wiper of other people’s bottoms!
Wow, the moon is only at a waning crescent (11% illuminated) but judging from the nature of the flurry of recent comments, you’d think it was completely full, or perhaps HAL finally bluescreened (he had it coming…)
Normally I’d crack a joke at this point, but I’m feeling a little down tonight after learning that my girlfriend left me for Jesus.
Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down.
The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.
2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?
Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend …. Except one. Which animal does not attend?
Correct Answer : The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there.? This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.
4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
Correct Answer:? You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90%of the Professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four-year-old.
#94 Smackie, I know you have a good heart and Neo would defend herself if she posted here, but she doesn’t. I would do the same for you - so let’s drop it.
I use HAL to find what the winning lottery numbers are and then make my scratch-n-sniff selection before they actually draw the numbers. I win every time.
Best line in the movie is when Tony’s old man was raggin’ on him about his raise to 4 dollars an hour.–”you know what 4 dollahs eel getcha these days? 4 dollahs won’t buy ya 3 dollahs, that’s what 4 dollahs eel getcha.
I was watching Saturday Night Fever tonight on TV land.
The best line in the movie is when Tony’s old man was raggin’ on him about the raise he received from $2.50 to $4 an hour.–”Ya know what 4 dollahs eel getcha these days? 4 Dollahs won’t buy ya 3 dollahs, that’s what 4 dollah’s eel getcha.”
Speaking of gar, I caught one once in a quarry pond back home. It fought so hard and pulled the little john boat around……. I thought I really had something…….. BUT NO! only an alligator gar.
Mornin all, another day that God has given to us.™
Yep us slackers are awake, and getting ready for church. Everyone have a great day and sorry for the long post but couldn’t resist this one………..
Children’s Bible in a Nutshell
In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, ‘The Lord thy God is one, but
I think He must be a lot older than that. Anyway, God said, ‘Give me a light!’ and someone did.
Then God made the world. He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren’t embarrassed because mirrors hadn’t been invented yet.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn’t have cars.
Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel. Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah,who lived to be like a million or something.
One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.
After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.
Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh’s people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable. God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti.
Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These include don’t lie, cheat,smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor’s stuff. Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.
One of Moses’ best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.
After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn’t sound very wise to me.
After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed upon the shore. There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don’t have to worry about them.
After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of the New Testament. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn, too, because my mom is always saying to me, ‘Close the door! Were you born in a barn?’ It would be nice to say, ‘As a matter of fact, I was.’)
During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Republicans. Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.
Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount. But the Republicans and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn’t stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.
Anyway’s, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.
Alligator gars and gaspergoo’s are the strangest things to catch. You reel them in and it takes a moment to realize what they are. (But gars usually snap the line, taking hook, line and sinker w/ them before you can get them on shore.)
Good morning all. Another sweet morning with a low of 69 at 6. Any morning below 70 is sweet as summer marches in. Mr. Sun approaches the Summer Solstice and works on his northern hemisphere
playbook. Another silver/white ground mist early on, later swept away by the southerly breeze, left a bit of moisture on the grass. Every droplet counts as things are getting dry out there.
The resident red-tailed hawk made his/her morning patrol and parked in the pecan tree next to the house for a while, then swooped off low over the side pasture. Nothing caught there so it was up and over the neighbor’s house and heading toward the river. A second resident hawk, a gray/brown, seems most respectful of Red’s domain and does not seem to traverse it when Red is about. Red frequently sits on a fence post or rail as well as on high, but Gray keeps to the high places. Gray is a relative newcomer, and Red has been here over a year. Maybe that explains the behavior.
Ace, at Ace of Spades HQ, makes a rather funny but very to the point post yesterday.
Just before Obama made his speech resigning from his church (how do you “resign” from a church?—Do you need to give two weeks notice?) because he’s noticed that there’s a lot of Anti-White, Anti-American diatriobes going on in there all of a sudden and everybody attending cheers, claps, and dances around when it happens—which Obama never did because he never heard any of that stuff in the 20 years he was there because this stuff just started happening a few months ago, Ace posts this:
He’ll be speaking soon. Once again, he’ll explain to us how something he defended as an essential part of his family is now no longer so, and all his previous defenses are retracted, and you shouldn’t ask about it anymore, and we really should begin having that Great National Discussion on Race, specifically, Won’t It Be Great To Elect a Black Guy?, and etc.
Kiddo is arriving on Wednesday and bringing home his latest “love interest” to meet “the mother” - dat be me. Unfortunately this “dream boat” is seriously asthmatic and this mom has 4 indoor cats, so the tumbleweeds of cat hair have to go between now and then… sigh…
Well, the company who maintains our web servers had a fire and explosion in some wire room yesterday. Over 9,000 servers have been affected but none are damaged. The problem now is the Fire Dept. won’t let them turn on their backup generators until they can make sure everything is safe at the facility.
Of the beasts of the field, and of the fishes of the sea, and of all foods that are acceptable in my sight you may eat, but not in the living room. Of the hoofed animals, broiled or ground into burgers, you may eat, but not in the living room. Of the cloven-hoofed animal, plain or with cheese, you may eat, but not in the living room. Of the cereal grains, of the corn and of the wheat and of the oats, and of all the cereals that are of bright color and unknown provenance you may eat, but not in the living room. Of the quiescently frozen dessert and of all frozen after-meal treats you may eat, but absolutely not in the living room. Of the juices and other beverages, yes, even of those in sippy-cups, you may drink, but not in the living room, neither may you carry such therein. Indeed, when you reach the place where the living room carpet begins, of any food or beverage there you may not eat, neither may you drink.
But if you are sick, and are lying down and watching something, then may you eat in the living room.
Laws when at table:
When you chew your food, keep your mouth closed until you have swallowed, and do not open it to show your brother or your sister what is within; I say to you, do not do so, even if your brother or sister has done the same to you. Eat your food only; do not eat that which is not food; neither seize the table between your jaws, nor use the raiment of the table to wipe your lips. I say again to you, do not touch it, but leave it as it is. And though your stick of carrot does indeed resemble a marker, do not draw with it upon the table, even in pretend, for we do not do that, that is why. And though the pieces of broccoli are very like small trees, do not stand them upright to make a forest, because we do not do that, that is why. Sit just as I have told you, and do not lean to one side or the other, nor slide down until you are nearly slid away. Heed me; for if you sit like that, your hair will go into the syrup. And now behold, even as I have said, it has come to pass.
And my favorite part (having witnessed the near universal distress cats display about Scotch tape.)
Leave the cat alone, for what has the cat done, that you should afflict it so with tape? And hum not that humming in your nose as I read, nor stand between the light and the book. Indeed, you will drive me to madness. Nor forget what I said about the tape.
Is this the FLDS compound?
Aha, the “Unknown” Indian tribe near the Peru/Brazil border attempting to shoot down the plane with their best weapons. They get A for effort.
#2 Adee
Good morning.
The article says there are about 100 “unknown” tribes left. How do they know this, if they are unknown?
Here is the real story on those tribes. BJ didn’t want to reveal this tragic news…
http://monkeytenniscentre.blogspot.com/2008/05/remote-amazonian-tribes-for-obama.html
Heh, that’s pretty good tp.
#4 tp
LOL - that’s really funny, but are you calling Obama a monkey?
Where’s Phil_M?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080530/us_nm/chicago_police_dc
BJ, I saw that last night and thought about using it for the weekend OC photo. I was getting ready to post it when I saw the draft you had saved.
#7
That’s a nasty example of what he’s been saying, isn’t it? This especially rings true:
We’ve discovered the reason that teachers are diddling their students in this Chronicle story:
The teachers, you see, just need more education. They, while smart enough to teach our children, aren’t smart enough to see a teacher kissing a student and know it’s a problem.
That’s okay - according to the story, there are probably only about 500 teachers a year that are doing this nationwide. Oh, wait. That’s how many get caught:
It’s amazing that these tribes have managed to survive considering the onslaught of “civilization” decimating their environment. Makes me wonder where they fit on Maslow’s Hierachy of Needs. Then again, I always kind of wondered if psychologists weren’t just a little more than full of KRAPP. Think Texas CPS will intervene to save their children from a life fraught with jungle dangers? Harumph.
Good morning all. Another lovely start to a late Spring day (69) and relatively cool and still. A bright crescent Moon bathed in wispy clouds was on her way to bed at 6 as the Sun stretched and yawned just over the horizon. Heavy ground fog lingered until he rose higher, then it surrendered to his presence. Berry and Valentine lounge in a sunbeam on the patio, and a few birds are chirping. A train horn announces each crossing in the distance; a muffled rumble follows for a bit and then fades away.
Across the road our neighbor’s very elderly black Lab mix was playing peek-a-boo with a young deer, taking turns in the lead walking through the roadside ditch, stopping to behold each other, then reversing and walking/jogging the other way.
The deer wanted to play and ran after the dog who decided that was more action than he was up to and bolted for his yard. The deer gave up after a few bounds and headed down the road.
June is fixing to bust out all over tomorrow, and we might hope that the tropical storm astride Central America is not part of our show. Thank you, Lord.
I was interigued qwith this pic when I saw it yesterday. I wondered how long have these people lived this way while others progressed with industry. The obvious difference, of course, is shown by this Indian tribe attempting to protect themselves from an aeroplane with bows and arrows. In fact it’s almost like two completely different time eras meeting together. Those who use the earth for only what they need are therefore vulnerable to those who use the earth to progress with industy. Just a point to consider when dealing with cap and trade and other global warming and enviromental issues.
Is there an available list of codes, perhaps provided by WordPress, to use multiple blockquotes, hyperlinks, bold, crossouts, in thiese posts?
It’s a HOAX. Channel 11 shot that pic as they flew over the Hobo Camp I live in with a few of my buddies just north of downtown.
Adee, nice. I liked the lab/deer tale.
#16 BJ, I saw the dog/deer incident on the way to fetch the paper in the early morning light. An empty large lot in our neighborhood has a densely wooded part that apparently shelters a small deer herd these days.
#4 texpat
From your link
Thats hilarious!
It makes you wonder how these tribes from all corners of the earth, not knowing each other, for centuries know about war paint and bows and arrows doesn’t it?
Just think of your quiet jungle suddenly being disturbed by a chopper. I bet they are working on more powerful weapons for the next encounter. The SAS. Surface to air spears.
**:THUD:**
The Impact a Hero 5K Benefit Run
for Our Severely Wounded War on Terror Heroes
The date of our 5K is the first Saturday following Memorial Day, or May 31, 2008.
Last year there was more than 750 people participate in the 5K, and they want to double the number this year. Tell your friends and come out to enjoy a great day with our Heroes!!
If this is not enough incentive to get you up and out in the early morning, then how about meeting Coach Kubiak from the Houston Texans and some of the team. Plus the DJs from KILT 100 FM and the co-Chairs George H and Barbara Bush.
Take the rewards that come with doing good and helping to support our severely wounded veterans home from the War on Terror. The Impact A Hero 5k Run/Walk/Wheel will have over 50 severely wounded heroes in attendance - May 31, 2008 in Sugar Land, Texas.
Refer to the Impact a Hero web site: http://www.impactahero5k.org/
The PGR will Escort the Hero’s to the starting line at Mercer Stadium.
MISSION DATE: Saturday, May 31th
Welp these valiant warriors got escorted to their event without incident. 5 kliks were run, rode, walked, crutched, and rolled and another GREAT turnout! MANY THANKS to Ft Bend Sherrif’s Deputies!
Aw cMON HAL!
Koff up that post! ‘Twas only a PGR report fer goodness sakes!
#14 - Here’s one (if HAL don’t swallow it)
http://www.webmonkey.com/reference/Special_Characters
#4 Texpat, Hysterical link. Hope the sinus meds are working.
I am just in awe of this tribe, maybe that’s not the right word. I am enthralled by the fact they don’t know the world at all. They use their weapons against this giant bird that roars and belches smoke…… wouldn’t you love to know what is going through their minds. How do they get that bright red dye?
Come on, that’s a completely faked picture. The article even said it’s some stupid liberal group trying to take pictures of unknown tribes to show the world that these people really DO exist. Well, that sounds to me like a special-interest group desperate to maintain their funding, whether coming from some government somewhere or from some rich liberal idiot who has been financing them.
Take a picture like this, which is a little TOO perfect, and the funds start pouring in.
I GUARANTEE this will be revealed as a hoax within a week…
T-Hawk you are probably right…….. It didn’t occur to me. I am amazed at the bright red color.
Why are people so in awe of these indigineous people? Who would want to live like that? Do you want probably 50% infant mortality? To eat bugs? To have a 100% syphillis rate? To have no written language? To die from infection from a simple scratch? To have a life expectancy of 30?
I can’t stand these people if they are real. They are little more than monkees to me.
Also, I can virtually assure you the red ink color is photoshop.
What’s that white guy doing on the bottom right side of the picture? At the base of the tree??
Is that Big Jolly?
Wonder if the Chief gets all the 14 yr olds.
Thawk if it were real, it would mean a possible glimps into ancient times with people alive, not bones and artifacts.
#26 T-Hawkk
Well, here’s the thing… they AREN’T “little more than monkeys”… they are people, Children of God, and have at least as much value as you.
This isn’t the first time you’ve written something that really jangles my nerves… I don’t know if it officially qualifies as “racist” (it very well might), but at a minimum it is crude, insensitive, and adds nothing of value to the conversation.
LST will be declining your comments in the future; thanks in advance for your cooperation.
RE: my #20 - Cmon HAL I know it’s Saturday but cut me a break por favore?
WTF? Did I slip into ‘moderated’ mode somehow?
RE: my #20 & 34 - THANKS Hal!
This reminds me of a Richard Dryfuss movie - The Krippendorf’s Tribe. He was a college professor who had supposedly discovered some long lost tribe and culture, but in fact had made it all up. So he got his family to create a jungle scene in their back yard and had them play the roles of the tribe while he filmed it.
That Squawk guy sure gets around.
#37 Liz, I loved that movie! It was a hoot.
Here is a great article from the WSJ about Al Qaeda on the run.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121218707586633975.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
#33, David B. Right on, Sir. Seems like bow and arrow technology has well served lots of cultures and civilizations throughout time and quite effectively so. Umm, the English long bow comes to mind.
Mornin all, another day that God has given to us.™
That’s funny! I didn’t notice that pic of Squawk ealier. That guy don’t miss a thing.
#4
texpat
That was great. I couldn’t stop laughing.
#6
hs
If the shoe fits then yes.
I always thought someone who openly disliked political satire, as in editorial cartoons, suffered from some lack of humanity and pathos.
Are those natives wearing Nike’s?
Oh no Hal is mad at me this morning for posting a Obama photo for HS.
Adee
I did manage to get a few hours sleep last night for the first time in 6 days. This upper-respiratory/sinus thing has been relentless and left me exhausted.
When my family lived in an American camp in Venezuela we and several other families hired guides/guards/translators w/ jeeps to take us deep into the jungle. There we met and traded w/ several tribes of indians who had very little contact w/ the outside world. They didn’t want money in exchange for spears and clay pottery - they wanted candy. My brother and I were the first people w/ blonde hair some had ever seen.
#24
AW
Red dye #2.
#47 They weren’t red either, most looked like this:
http://www.stewartsynopsis.com/images/PH131.JPG
#47 Liz, that is amazing. I am jealous. I wonder what they thought of your blonde hair?
2 points about the pictures:
1) Brilliant red dye has been around a long time. We just don’t have it in “modern society” because it turns out that it is almost permanent and usually toxic.
2) The political agenda at play here is revealed in the last of the pictures:
The discovery of these isolated people is a treasure chest for anthropologists. It’s like having a time machine they can use to get an idea of how people lived and interacted thousands of years ago.
Here’s some pics from a less isolated tribe of Indonesian tree dwellers.
Content Advisory Nat’l Geo style nudity.
(I wouldn’t want to offend T-Hawkk)
When my girls were small they had very blond hair…long and very striking. On one of our trips to Mexico border the Mexican men would keep touching their hair…..so much that we got really nervous. Haven’t been back.
Well in looking at all 7 pictures, it appears colors are more than red. One of them is painted dark dark blue or black. Some have some red on them, some are all red. It’s interesting.
Looking at the pictures makes me cringe. I know there’s gotta be poison ivy down there somewhere.
Thanks Hal on #43
#56 FourAlarm - Poison ivy is the least of your troubles down there….
http://www.peacecorpsonline.org/…/anaconda.jpg
#58 Poopy - link didn’t work. Just think of really BIG snakes….
#43 EmmeK, Hysterical fun.
Thank you David B. I read T-Hawk’s comment and was going to respond the same to him.
Now, regarding technology: We have (South) American Indians appearing to shoot, or at least ready to shoot, an aeroplane. So if there was an armed conflict, who would win? Who would survive. Ther picture posted here shows a very “enviromentally friendly” community. Very few people to exhale CO2s, simple houses made of very little of earth’s natural resources, no electricity, no petroleum usage, etc. In other words, were are seeing what the glodal warming armies would like for us to become. Just something to think about.
Katfish job well done. Thanks so much …… I forgot about it.
I think this stuff is pretty cool.
#61 Darren10, I hang with lots of liberals that are gung-ho about global warming, but I most often hear the “primitive living” argument as a straw-man from conservatives. The most nefarious (imho) mis-use of concern about the climate is to promote a Kyoto style form of global socialism. Others support carbon credits, etc, out of a genuine but under-informed concern for any thing related to the environment.
I think there is good reason to be concerned and that we should continue researching the situation, but at this point it would be arrogant to assume that we are clever enough to manhandle global climate as easily as we adjust our homes’ thermostats.
Hat tip to DB for setting T-Hawk straight (I actually feel sorry for the dude.) His remarks about the pics being faked sparked a few long dormant brain cells, and I recalled that there was a hoax created for financial gain many years ago. Information on it, as well as the hundreds of legitimately researched and documented isolated people is on Wikipedia.
When these groups are studied we typically find things in common to them (and contemporary society) despite their isolation, such as language, authority structures, burial and other rituals, and the practice of polygamy.
I’ve already made an anonymous tip to judge Walthers, so I figure CPS will be headed down there soon.
Bob42 I love your sense of humor, it’s subtle for me, and then wham! I find myself laughing so hard. Thank you
Subtle?? Revolutions and blimps are not subtle!
A key figure in the Bush administration’s strategy in the war on terror may soon be gone.
Unfortunately, the White House’s late hour support for the former (sic) military dictator is reminiscent of Carter’s support for the brutal (and doomed) Shah. Except that while the Shah started Iran’s nucelar program (and the Ayatollah shut it down after taking power), Pakistan posesses the only actual (and known) Islamic nuclear weapons in the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/31/world/asia/31pstan.html?ref=asia
“At the same time, the Pakistani military confirmed that General Kayani had removed a loyalist to Mr. Musharraf from one of the army’s most significant posts.”
“The change involved the leader of the Triple-One Brigade, a unit based in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, which is responsible for the security of the president and of the capital, Islamabad. It is commonly regarded as the “coup” brigade because it has been used by the army chief to topple civilian opponents.”
Did I just hear that Barack Obama just resigned from his church? Interesting~
David Benzion, it makes me proud to post here again. There are others here who share T Hawks sentiments and hopefully they will be exposed to the sword of righteousness in the future.
But I am disappointed that the evil empire here at LST has once again shut http://www.headshaker.com down again. I’m really torn here, or it just may be that I have no other place to post!
#68 Southertragedy
OMGG! I wonder why he resigned his church and abandoned his spiritual mentor?
Did he see the light? Or was it politically motivated? Hmmmmmmm….
#69 Smackie: For the record. I’m not a racist. I hate everybody and I can barely tolerate myself!
#70 Tedtam: Hmmm, he threw his granny underneath the bus, his pastor underneath the bus, and now his church?
Methinks he has seen the light. Can I get an A-MEN?
Maybe that light is the bus coming to run over him?
#69 Shakey dropped his lap top again.
Here ya go: http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/31/obama-resigns-church-membership-in-chicago/
#71 ST
I never said you were a racist. I said you were a rapist. Please stop calling me!
A key player in the Bush administration’s strategy for the war on terror may soon be going. The current White House’s late hour show of support for the military dictator is sadly reminiscent of Carter’s support for the brutal - and doomed - Shah. Unfortunately, though the Shah did start Iran’s nuclear program (and the Ayatollah stopped it when he first came to power), Pakistan is the only Islamic nation to actually have operational nuclear weapons.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/31/world/asia/31pstan.html?ref=asia
“At the same time, the Pakistani military confirmed that General Kayani had removed a loyalist to Mr. Musharraf from one of the army’s most significant posts.”
“The change involved the leader of the Triple-One Brigade, a unit based in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, which is responsible for the security of the president and of the capital, Islamabad. It is commonly regarded as the “coup” brigade because it has been used by the army chief to topple civilian opponents.”
#74 LizBinVaden
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
#77 I’ll take a clue for $100. please, Alex.
<a href=”http://lonestartimes.com/images/Bramanti/March_06/unnatural.JPG”But Smacktle, you had me at neigh
I can’t quit you.
Poopies:
http://lonestartimes.com/images/Bramanti/March_06/unnatural.JPG
OBAMA: In the name of the Lord, I demand entrance to the White House!
VOTER: No chance, Democrat bed-wetting type. I burst my pimples at you and call your request a silly thing, you tiny-brained wiper of other people’s bottoms!
(Monty Python)
#80 ST
Is neo still alive?
#82 Yup, and kickin’.
#82
Smacktle
I will jump in and answer that, yes she looks good and is alive and well. She was at the Wino’s wedding.
#84 Don’t forget to add:
And you still can’t have her. he he he!!!
#72
ST
That is a BIG AMENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.
Server has been hacked according to my web guy. So far they’ve traced the culprit to some local Jewish temple.
#87 ST
Why would I want her? Have you seen my wife?! Some people asked me to help with her self esteem. So much for being a nice guy.
89
“Leave it to a Jew to pull a fast one.” (Archie Bunker)
Wow, the moon is only at a waning crescent (11% illuminated) but judging from the nature of the flurry of recent comments, you’d think it was completely full, or perhaps HAL finally bluescreened (he had it coming…)
Normally I’d crack a joke at this point, but I’m feeling a little down tonight after learning that my girlfriend left me for Jesus.
I’ll get over it.
#90 Neo’s self esteem is fine, thank you very much. And kindly do not degrade her when she is not here to defend herself - even in jest.
#93 Liz
Give me a break. Neo can defend herself and I have nothing but love in my heart for her. If you don’t realize that, then you have no clue.
Most people in this world don’t need to be defended, wether you think so or not.
NOW DON’T CHEAT!!!!
1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down.
The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.
2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?
Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend …. Except one. Which animal does not attend?
Correct Answer : The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there.? This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.
4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
Correct Answer:? You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90%of the Professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four-year-old.
#94 Smackie, I know you have a good heart and Neo would defend herself if she posted here, but she doesn’t. I would do the same for you - so let’s drop it.
#96 Liz
FYI. I don’t need you to protect me. So, yes let’s drop it.
#92
bob42
Your link didn’t work for me.
Missing a sock? Maybe it’s here:
http://www.lonelysocks.co.uk/
#99
tedtam
I always thought the dryer monster ate them.
Now I know the truth. #100
Is Hal’s clock wrong or is it my clock? I have a 7 min. time difference.
I use HAL to find what the winning lottery numbers are and then make my scratch-n-sniff selection before they actually draw the numbers. I win every time.
It’s always something with that guy. If it’s not one thing it’s another.
Watched Saturday Night Fever tonight on TV Land.
Best line in the movie is when Tony’s old man was raggin’ on him about his raise to 4 dollars an hour.–”you know what 4 dollahs eel getcha these days? 4 dollahs won’t buy ya 3 dollahs, that’s what 4 dollahs eel getcha.
I was watching Saturday Night Fever tonight on TV land.
The best line in the movie is when Tony’s old man was raggin’ on him about the raise he received from $2.50 to $4 an hour.–”Ya know what 4 dollahs eel getcha these days? 4 Dollahs won’t buy ya 3 dollahs, that’s what 4 dollah’s eel getcha.”
One Pork Chop!
Hmm
Did I see censorship rear it’s ugly head or did I really miss something ?
Wake UP you slackers!!
Karfish: Good morning! I am awake, alive and kickin’! No slackers here. Off to church and to pray for those that need HIS guidance and grace.
Have a great day all. Put something really special in those memory banks!
Karfish ain’t the same as garfish.
Sorry Katfish. Didn’t mean to mess up your handle!
#109 - Hey no worries whatsoever ( I get called WAY worse on a regular basis)
Enjoy your Sunday!
Speaking of gar, I caught one once in a quarry pond back home. It fought so hard and pulled the little john boat around……. I thought I really had something…….. BUT NO! only an alligator gar.
Mornin all, another day that God has given to us.™
Yep us slackers are awake, and getting ready for church. Everyone have a great day and sorry for the long post but couldn’t resist this one………..
Children’s Bible in a Nutshell
In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, ‘The Lord thy God is one, but
I think He must be a lot older than that. Anyway, God said, ‘Give me a light!’ and someone did.
Then God made the world. He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren’t embarrassed because mirrors hadn’t been invented yet.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn’t have cars.
Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel. Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah,who lived to be like a million or something.
One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.
After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.
Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh’s people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable. God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti.
Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These include don’t lie, cheat,smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor’s stuff. Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.
One of Moses’ best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.
After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn’t sound very wise to me.
After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed upon the shore. There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don’t have to worry about them.
After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of the New Testament. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn, too, because my mom is always saying to me, ‘Close the door! Were you born in a barn?’ It would be nice to say, ‘As a matter of fact, I was.’)
During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Republicans. Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.
Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount. But the Republicans and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn’t stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.
Anyway’s, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.
EmmeK, Funny indeed. How old is the author of this version?
Alligator gars and gaspergoo’s are the strangest things to catch. You reel them in and it takes a moment to realize what they are. (But gars usually snap the line, taking hook, line and sinker w/ them before you can get them on shore.)
A very Scary Garr.
Good morning all. Another sweet morning with a low of 69 at 6. Any morning below 70 is sweet as summer marches in. Mr. Sun approaches the Summer Solstice and works on his northern hemisphere
playbook. Another silver/white ground mist early on, later swept away by the southerly breeze, left a bit of moisture on the grass. Every droplet counts as things are getting dry out there.
The resident red-tailed hawk made his/her morning patrol and parked in the pecan tree next to the house for a while, then swooped off low over the side pasture. Nothing caught there so it was up and over the neighbor’s house and heading toward the river. A second resident hawk, a gray/brown, seems most respectful of Red’s domain and does not seem to traverse it when Red is about. Red frequently sits on a fence post or rail as well as on high, but Gray keeps to the high places. Gray is a relative newcomer, and Red has been here over a year. Maybe that explains the behavior.
Ace, at Ace of Spades HQ, makes a rather funny but very to the point post yesterday.
Just before Obama made his speech resigning from his church (how do you “resign” from a church?—Do you need to give two weeks notice?) because he’s noticed that there’s a lot of Anti-White, Anti-American diatriobes going on in there all of a sudden and everybody attending cheers, claps, and dances around when it happens—which Obama never did because he never heard any of that stuff in the 20 years he was there because this stuff just started happening a few months ago, Ace posts this:
http://ace.mu.nu/
Kiddo is arriving on Wednesday and bringing home his latest “love interest” to meet “the mother” - dat be me. Unfortunately this “dream boat” is seriously asthmatic and this mom has 4 indoor cats, so the tumbleweeds of cat hair have to go between now and then… sigh…
#118: Tell her to bring a hefty supply of rescue inhalers.
Well, the company who maintains our web servers had a fire and explosion in some wire room yesterday. Over 9,000 servers have been affected but none are damaged. The problem now is the Fire Dept. won’t let them turn on their backup generators until they can make sure everything is safe at the facility.
Ugh!
#120 It’s all YOUR fault Shakey! You posted that fish and snake pic and called down GOD’s wrath!
Repent! Repent you heathen!
Liz,
Plus my laptop’s hard drive crashed.
I’m so sorry! Please forgive me Lord!
Emmekelley’s #112 reminded me of an article by Ian Frazier that was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1997, Laws Concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father.
Here’s some snips.
Laws when at table:
And my favorite part (having witnessed the near universal distress cats display about Scotch tape.)
Shakester hang in there man (and hurry the hell UP every chance ya get )
HEH
Yes Shakey, please hurry. I can only be on my best behavior for so long and then HAL will smush me like a bug.
Could someone check HAL’s bit bucket?
Ms.Christian is a tad upset at the Democrat meeting this weekend…….. and I think she speaks for a lot of democrat women.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPyeKe-EFf4&feature=related
AW that link - like so MANY youtube links lately (no clue why) is really breaking up with multiple starts n stops……..
Mr.Fish I know. I tried two on the same subject and both were sporadic. Man she gives em he** . I wish the link were better.
This could be pretty explosive: