Wednesday Open Thread

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  by: Colorado Pols Wed December 12, 2012 at 4:02 PM MDT

“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.”

–Frank Leahy


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  1. Duke Coxdukeco1 says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 7:16 AM MDT

    and how does he know Herman Cain?  :)

  2. parsingreality says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 7:36 AM MDT

    ….to one I see a number of times a week here, “Too bad ignorance isn’t painful.”

    Whatever the source, Cain or Leahy, very insightful.

  3. GalapagoLarryGalapagoLarry says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 9:58 PM MDT

    And I don’t mean above the cottonwood outside my window.

    Lead headline in Haaretz: US Lawmaker: Syria’s chemical weapons ready to use ‘at a moment’s notice’ http://www.haaretz.com/news/mi… Some money quotes by Republican representative Mike Rogers (emphases mine):

    I believe that they have put elements of their chemical weapons program in a condition of which they could be used at a moment’s notice

    It would not be unusual for a regime that possesses some fairly sophisticated weapons systems … to use the weapons at its disposal.

    So Scuds, and I make the next leap of chemical weapons, I think is of real concern.

    The guy’s the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Does it sound like he’s going public with his feelings because committee members are bucking his desire to make a hawkish official committee announcement? I thought they were supposed to keep their cards close to their chests and let State or some “unnamed” White House official make announcements like this.

    Be afraid. It would not be unusual for a Republican politician to try to gin up another war for us.

  4. GalapagoLarryGalapagoLarry says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 7:53 AM MDT

    As usual, free of pain.

  5. parsingreality says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 7:56 AM MDT

    The ones that keep having headaches eventually leave, even if diluting the gene pool while here.  

  10. VanDammerVanDammer says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 3:09 PM MDT

    they figured out we’d be all done with their day counting, done thru the Julian calendar, and settled on the Gregorian for a real ominous 12.12.12 — who knew?

  11. Duke Coxdukeco1 says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 5:28 PM MDT

    then…shit, meet fan…yeehah!

  12. CaninesCanines says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 5:57 PM MDT

    Anyone speak Yucatecan or Huastecan? ;-)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M…

  13. TimothyTribbett says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 9:17 PM MDT

    Ud esta en el medio de un rollo!

  14. TimothyTribbett says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 9:21 PM MDT

    La Mierda va encontrar el abanico.

  15. GalapagoLarryGalapagoLarry says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 9:17 PM MDT

    (present day)

  16. TimothyTribbett says:
    Wed December 12, 2012 at 10:32 PM MDT

    I am glad to see you quote Haaretz. I read it daily online and it is the most moderate (well circulated) voice in Israel. Reminds me that despite Bibi there are a lot of reasonable thinkers in Israel.    

  18. CaninesCanines says:
    Thu December 13, 2012 at 11:22 AM MDT

    (I’m including myself in that).

    http://www.crystalinks.com/may…

    Although Spanish is the official language across most present-day countries of the region, Mayan languages are still spoken as a primary or secondary language by more than 6 million indigenous Maya (over 4 million in Guatemala, approximately 2 million in Mexico, tens of thousands in Belize, and small numbers elsewhere).

  19. Duke Coxdukeco1 says:
    Thu December 13, 2012 at 8:02 AM MDT

    (Did I say that right?)

  20. Duke Coxdukeco1 says:
    Thu December 13, 2012 at 8:03 AM MDT

    (Did I say that right?)

  21. Diogenesdemar says:
    Thu December 13, 2012 at 11:17 AM MDT

    is correct . . . (don’t know for sure . . . ВЎme espaГ±ol de tourista es muy mal!)

  22. Duke Coxdukeco1 says:
    Thu December 13, 2012 at 4:02 PM MDT

    double post…(very funny)BTW…my Spanish is not very good either..I am self taught with the help of many latino friends. Still learning.

  23. GalapagoLarryGalapagoLarry says:
    Thu December 13, 2012 at 9:02 PM MDT

    But it’s so blindly conservative and their political op-eds are always written by neo-con American Jews. Krauthammer is considered its holy prophet. OTOH, the political op-eds and editorials in Haaretz are consistently well-written, even when right of center.

    Haaretz and Hurriyet (Turkey) are my main windows into the Middle East. It’s amazing the nuance, as well as the breadth of information critical to our understanding, we miss when we depend on the NYT and WaPo.

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