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If Glenn can come in and be even half the rookie that Wood or Levitre were, it'll be a major upgrade at LT.

Bit o' Wimbledon hodgepodge... The last British bird left at Wimbledon: Rufus the hawk who's employed to put pigeons in a flap

Link Wow. RG3 made the right decision involving police. Doesn't really matter what it is, blackmail never stops. Well, actually, if it's info re: serious criminal activity and someone has evidence then they've got you by the short 'n' curlies b/c you can't really go to the cops.... This isn't the case here --- rumors are that it's a case of "Not that there's anything wrong with that" (not that there's anything wrong with that).

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I enjoyed Agassi-Sampras, but after a lull in competition when they retired, there's now a great bunch of players. The introduction of HDTV is something that's really, really done wonders for my enjoyment of it.

A team always has to be the cutting edge of introducing or bringing back some scheme or other. After the blow-up of passing the past couple-few years, it might be time for this kind of combination to screw with the state of the league and shake everyone's peaches. With the combo of a DL that, on paper, looks like it'll be killer against either the run or the pass, and an offense that can move the ball and grind out yards with two backs that provide a pretty good combination of power and speed against defenses that have been building in response to the passing game... (whew, I need a breath here)... we might be on the cutting edge of the backlash. Hope we can take advantage of it. These kinds of things are always small windows of opportunity before everyone catches up with scheme and/or personnel.

The Hill is reporting that the ruling will be released on Thursday just after 10 a.m. Link

I watch the majors. ESPN3 is pretty sweet for that. Levi, I've never heard Nadal be called a "pretty boy" --- that's a first. The usual quip is that he's like a Neanderthal or the whole rear-picking thing. None of which I really give a stevestojan about. I admire his game. Really looked like he figured out Djokovich, but we'll see on a faster surface. Max, there's Ana Ivanovich as well....

Can someone show some compassion and just put a bullet in MDP? No animal should have to suffer like this.

Cutting off military aid would force the military to kneel to the government. Stability-wise and for national security interests in the region, it would likely be best to keep the civilian government marginalized as much as possible.

From what I've read, a little from Column A, a little from Column B. It seems as if the military commanders will be the military commanders and do what they want. Morsi will basically be a leader without an army. He has intoned that all groups will be accepted and protected, but we've heard that before....

If I can't get back to home base, I always always at least line the seat with toilet paper.

Damn, the whole NBA season went by without me seeing a single second of a game?!? All riiiiigggggghhhhhhht!!!

I've heard economists saying that starting in the 4th quarter and through next year, growth will be 1.75% (And just to add... right now as we still have 8.2% unemployment as a lowball, the jobs #s are anemic and not even treading water wrt the Mendoza Line, and some are talking about sliding back into recession, growth is 2%.) No one who is anyone wants to do anything as long as the Current Occupant is putting forth the liberal utopia agenda and increasing the cost of being in business.

No it's not. The "anti-gun control crowd" as you wrote have been saying for time out of mind that the federal government need only enforce the laws that are already on the books. If we had anything like adherence to mandatory minimums and actually jailing violent criminals rather than copping pleas where they avoid weapons charges.... You know... to go along with having our own government stop selling machine guns and RPGs to the drug cartels.

Not relevant? NOT RELEVANT?!!? It was directly caused by F&F. YOU.

Who exactly authorized the program, what the highest level of knowledge was about the program, whether Holder lied under oath about when he found out about F&F, why the president is or can be allowed to exercise executive privilege for something Holder says Obama was never involved with or knew about. And maybe above all, what I want an answer for is why the asshat local DOJ officials who concocted the idea and designed it to fail at every level, and then tried to cover up this scheme were actually given promotions to DOJ headquarters in D.C.? ... and what can be done about this injustice. The thought that these people are now responsible for even wider-scope activities is just galling.

Hmm! Well, I always err on the side of the truth of what actually happened, however ugly it might be.

Respectfully, Tom, you're wrong. If you read the links in posts #24 and 26 in this thread, the emails and documents that have been released to the oversight committee implicate Assistant AG Lanny Bruer had knowledge of and gave at least tacit approval for OF&F before Brian Terry's murder and other killings/acts of violence committed with these weapons. This is decidedly NOT about the president taking the bullet for some low-level agents, local directors or analysts who went on a power trip. This goes much higher than that.

I did a whole list of these on Facebook last year, some gleaned from Johnny, some from others across the Internets, and some by myself. It's so hot... Satan went home until it cools off. It's so hot... Burger King is saying, "If you want it your way... cook it yourself!" It's so hot... Rosie O’Donnell is selling shade. It's so hot... I saw a funeral procession pull through a Dairy Queen! It's so hot... I just saw a squirrel trying to cool off his nuts. It's so hot... I saw two fire hydrants fighting over a dog. It's so hot... the ice cream man is now only selling milkshakes. It's so hot... every gay person who's ever come out of the closet has gone back in. It's so hot... L.A. Dodgers fans were seen removing the paper bags from over their heads. It's so hot... you've been getting hot flashes --- and you're a man! It's so hot... Paris Hilton has sworn off making sex tapes until we get a cool snap. It's so hot... I saw a dog chasing a cat --- and they were both walking. It's so hot... Al Sharpton came over to swim at Don Imus's pool party. It's so hot... people driving their Mustangs with the top down and seat belts on have "FORD" branded into their hips. It's so hot... cows are giving evaporated milk. It's so hot... digital thermometers have a reading of “Are you friggin' kidding me!!?” It's so hot... birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground. It’s so hot... when you wear wrinkled clothes outside, they get steam-pressed. It's so hot... you've experienced condensation on your rear from the hot water in the toilet bowl. It's so hot... chickens are laying hard-boiled eggs. It's so hot... straight construction workers are wolf-whistling at the Poland Springs delivery man as he walks by. It’s so hot... not only can you fry an egg on a sidewalk --- you can cook hash browns to go with it. It’s so hot... even the sun is looking for some shade. It's so hot... the retirement center is having a wet T-shirt contest. And it's so hot.... Yes, it is *so* hot... Jehovah's Witnesses started tele-marketing. It's so hot... Dick Cheney asked to be water-boarded. It's so hot... habanero peppers are looking for some buttermilk to bathe in. It's so hot... fish are sweating. It's so hot... hot water comes out of both taps. It's so hot... I saw a turkey praying for Thanksgiving. It's so hot... you need a spatula to remove your clothing. It's so hot... your kids' braces are giving them third-degree burns on their lips. It's so hot... the strawberries are ripe and the cab drivers are riper. It's so hot... I saw a robin dipping his worm in a birdbath. It's so hot... the ducks on the lake come in "original recipe" and "extra crispy." It's so hot... your car overheats before you start driving. And it's so hot... How hot is it, Johnny!?? It is *so* hot... Democrats are taking their hands out of your pockets to fan themselves.

Dude, I'm not dissing you or trying to deflect anything, but this thread is about Operation Fast and Furious. The leaks issue has its own dedicated thread. Keep that discussion there.

Either that, or the documents DOJ is sitting on are THAT damning to this president i.e. that Obama had direct dealings in it. Could easily be a case where they'd rather just let people assume the worst, rather than for the worst to be confirmed. I realize that the people occupying the WH are arrogant to an extreme and know they've bought X amount of votes with public money, but even this is beyond the pale. They aren't that stupid. Which begs the question:Just what are they hiding? Who reviews the legality of "executive privilege"?

Not so. "It's privileged. Nothin' to see here. Ask Obama, he'll tell you!" Have to tip my hat to CBS News' Sheryl Atkisson, who's broken a lot of the news about this story. Whether the average American will actually give a sh-- as long as they keep getting their free stuff / government monies... well, that's another story. I've never advocated for armed rebellion, but I think this country may be pretty close to it.

USAToday | Obama team: Fast and Furious documents are privileged In other words: "These documents would be REALLY politically damaging to the administration once it's proved that the head muckity-mucks approved of Gunrunner to advance their domestic anti-gun agenda and that AG Holder flat-out lied under oath about when he first knew about the operation." Unless they still go forward with holding Holder in contempt and barring more breaking news on the story (certainly not out of the question) the Democrats have decided to punt and absorb it in November. They aren't even trying to be sneaky at this point. It's just a brazen middle finger lifted up to the Constitution. Sold thousands of full-auto weapons and RPGs to Mexican drug cartels, then ordered to stop surveillance once they crossed the border. It's unconscionable that this admin is actually in the running for another go.

Property taxes are less than I was expecting. (But then again, there's the school tax, the county tax, and there'll likely be a reassessment now). My cousin just outside Rochacha paid ~$12K/year for a LOT less home than that. I love the area, but I wouldn't move to WNY unless I were making Mario-style $.