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From the East Meets West Department comes this marvelous adaptation of a traditional Turkish Toilet for westerners to use. Very thoughtful, because everyone knows that unless westerners are lost in the woods, we don’t do squat.
It’s a health and safety measure, because unless you know what you’re doing, you’re risking a pantload. Doing one’s business in a traffic cone, by comparison, is much more civil, and we’re all about health, safety and civility here on
The Overnight Open *ahem* Thread.
Tags: modification, Overnight Open Thread, squatters, turkish toilet
I used one of these in some eastern european country, sans traffic cone.
How are the muslimos expecting to conquer the world widdout the flush toilet and toilet paper?
Prebanned wrote:
That’s how the public restrooms in gas stations were when I was stationed in Italy back in the ’80s.
Also sans traffic cone.
@ lobo91:
Europe is a sad place.
Wow. I look at that picture and I’m not sure what to say…
Reverend Willie G is on tonight’s episode of Bones…
//AKA Billy Gibbons, for the non-ZZ Top fans in the audience
Prebanned wrote:
Well, once the Muslims take over, the property values will go way down. Maybe we can buy it and evict them…
@ lobo91:
Hey Lobo, I was shooting my .22 at 100 yards and about 10mph crosswind blew the bullet 4 inches. I was able to hit soda cans easy.
I need to shoot it at 10 yard intervals and plot the trajectory.
@ Prebanned:
Planning to become a squirrel sniper?
lobo91 wrote:
Have you seen what Muslims do to their homes? Once the Ummah no longer have a host organism to bleed dry they turn everything into a desolate wasteland. Europe wont be worth buy by then.
Prebanned wrote:
Or get somebody who knows what they are doing to site your scope in for you…
@ doriangrey:
We still need a place to put all that nuclear waste, since they won’t let us use Yucca Mountain…
savages_girl wrote:
I’d say, “Don’t GO there.”
@ lobo91:
I already am, shooting about 20 .22 shorts fouls the chamber a little and improves accuracy.
lobo91 wrote:
That calls for a very special video….
@ Bunk X:
LOL, you’re right about that!
lobo91 wrote:
Hmmm, that could work…
lobo91 wrote:
We can put it in our own dirty bombs, but that would be coopting third world weaponry and we’d have to pay royalties to Iran. I say bury it so we can access it later for low cost power once the private sector comes up with a way to recycle it into curly lamps.
@ doriangrey:
Plotting is the next step after sighting it in.
For extra credit, shoot a square with your scope adjustments to verify repeatability and make a chart of it.
Then do it again with a different load.
@ doriangrey
Go squirrely!
@ Prebanned:
What kind of scope are you using?
well, well, well. the mayor and the police chief in columbus, new mexico have been indicted…
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/03/columbus-nm-mayor-police-chief-indicted.html
so, while the government has been blaming us, the citizens, for weapons in the hands of the drug cartels, it was government officials who were doing just that. these people are scum.
Prebanned wrote:
I’m a wussy at stuff like that, my brother and his FIL take care of that stuff. I’m a point and click kind of guy. I know it’s set up right when I can hit the clay pigeons we set up at 300 years.
@ Kirly:
Chaparral, NM is a shithole that sits just across the state line from Texas. It’s right near McGregor Range, where my unit conducts most of its training.
I never knew there was a gun store there.
doriangrey wrote:
that’s some damn fast ammo right there, bends time and space.
@ lobo91:
It’s a simmons pro 50, 2.5-10x50, ok for a rimfire.
I need to buy a burris signature series.
The .308 wears a weaver mil dot.
@ Kirly:
I heard an interview with the attorney in this case earlier this evening. In the light of all the recent news about the ATF’s misadventures, they suddenly dropped the case against his clients.
Imagine that…
@ doriangrey:
Prebanned wrote:
I still haven’t decided what to put on my M1A.
At the moment, I’m using open sights to work on my NRA service rifle qualification.
coldwarrior wrote:
No, that’s just how long it takes me to hit anything…
@ Kirly:
The government is the enemy.
Prebanned wrote:
Now you know what they mean when they say, “We’re from the Government, we’re here to help”…
@ lobo91:
Oh, and Deguerin is fairly certain that this fiasco was approved not only by ATF but the upper echelons of DOJ in DC.
The fallout should be interesing…
@ lobo91:
I would be tempted to leave it like that.
All original.
our new governor here in PA is already pissing off the dems.
this is so fun to watch…all the pointy head academics in the bullshit fields who now their ‘trans-gendered literature of post colonial carribean women’ or some such nonsense will soon be gone are up in arms. let the layoffs and bullshit program cuts begin!
night all!
doriangrey wrote:
see, messing with the time space continuum is cheating!
night all!
.
Prebanned wrote:
M1As aren’t particularly rare…just expensive.
And Springfield Armory makes a scope mount that requires no modification to the gun.
coldwarrior wrote:
But but but, it’s soooo fun….
@ coldwarrior:
Night.
I had an interesting chat with Anna earlier tonight.
@ lobo91:
@ lobo91:
Yeah, but I could probably only afford one or the other.
I am thinking about getting a thermal imaging system for electrical inspections.
One that can be mounted to a rifle in front of it’s scope.
I wonder if I should get Leia some business cards?
She’ll be with me this weekend at the gun show…
lobo91 wrote:
ROTFLMAO… Now that would be funny, and probably a good advertising gimmick.
@ lobo91:
That would be so neat.
Prebanned wrote:
She actually does have her own email account, and a WordPress login.
Prebanned wrote:
She’ll be holding dog arms training sessions when Lobo isnt home and making a fat pile of loot… (the neighborhood cat’s will undoubtedly hold some serious protests outside lobo’s house over it too)…
lobo91 wrote:
She’s going to steal all your business…
@ lobo91:
Pimping for Lobo
doriangrey wrote:
I’ll keep an eye out for a pile of peanut butter-filled pretzels…
@ Calo:
Hey where did the link go?
Leia
@ doriangrey:
It would be the squirrels, not the cats.
lobo91 wrote:
That would be CW’s SIL? (just paying attention)
yenta-fada wrote:
As a matter of fact…
lobo91 wrote:
You mean with your business info and a paw print?
lobo91 wrote:
I knew it. That’s really nice. We just ask for crumbs of information around here./ lol
yenta-fada wrote:
That’s a good idea.
She’s not an NRA Certified Instructor, so I can’t put the logo on it that’s on my cards.
But I could put a paw print graphic there…
@ lobo91:
I bought the cat soft treats because he seemed to be getting a little tired of the crunchy ones.
I tried to alternate them but now he won’t eat unless he has one of each.
He just stares at me.
@ yenta-fada:
I understood at least half of what she said…
@ Calo:
I’ve been looking for something that provides the right amount of information on the precious metals for you. The problem is that there is SO MUCH of it, it’s hard to narrow down. I have a really good one on silver, but it’s full of conspiracy theory crap tossed in with really good concrete historical and modern facts. I just can’t find anything I can endorse fully without the accompanying rhetoric.
lobo91 wrote:
A nice Russian accent!
@ Prebanned:
Have you ever tried freeze-dried shrimp?
My ex-cat really likes those…
Prebanned wrote:
Was it something you said?/
lobo91 wrote:
The women will love that stuff. When I worked with kids, if you talked about pets, they always had stories. Adults are just grown up kids that way.
@ yenta-fada:
Funny, I was just looking to make sure CW didn’t put your email address in an email to me.
@ lobo91:
Hmmmm, wonder if I could get the taxidermist to make me some.
looks like the store bought ones are six bucks for two ounces.
48 dollars a pound.
I bet kittys love them.
@ yenta-fada:
Lobo, go to Office Max, Office Depot or Kinkos online for the biz cards.
Get ‘er done.
Calo wrote:
Sorry to be tardy. I’ve been dragging my heels on everything these days. I’m sure you understand. I did find a good article, but you’ll think I’m a lunatic if you read the nutso stuff that I DON’T endorse.
@ yenta-fada:
That cat is so dumb. I like him though.
Politically incorrect:
1. A new Muslim clothing shop opened here in Denver, but I’ve been banned from it after asking to look at some bomber jackets.
2. Just put a deposit down on a brand new Porsche and mentioned it on Facebook. I said “I can’t wait for the new 911 to arrive!” Next thing I know 4000 Muslims have added me as a friend!!
3.The red cross knocked at my door asking if I could help towards the floods in Pakistan. I said I would love to, but my hose only reaches the bottom of the driveway.
@ Prebanned:
Two ounces might be more than you’d think. They don’t weigh much.
Try an Asian food place if there’s one near you. I think they sell them there for less than the pet stores do.
@ yenta-fada:
Nah -- I can filter through it.
How is the better half?
I had a bad day today -- had to take extra meds today to make my world right.
Prebanned wrote:
We had a Siamese who was really smart. He bit us anyway.
I still miss that cat.
Calo wrote:
My better half is doing well, thank you. We are relieved so far. Are you in pain?
@ lobo91:
ahhhh so.
Prebanned wrote:
The stalkers are going to hate my joke. Macker, Huckfunn, and a few others would give it a big thumbs up.
@ yenta-fada:
In the morning he wants to fight.
He purrs when he bites me.
He bites only me.
He lays on everybody but me.
Prebanned wrote:
Dumb enough to train you to feed it what it wants…
A dog is your friend and faithful companion, to a cat, you are just staff… (all cat’s are democrats)
@ yenta-fada:
No -- just some electricity problems/rapid heart beats that make me somewhat anxious, not to mention short of breath at times. The extra dosage seems to be working for now.
Now, insensitivity towards Italians:
A Mafia Boss found out that his bookkeeper had stolen 10 million dollars from him. The bookkeeper was deaf: that’s why he got the job in the first place, so he wouldn’t be able to hear anything he’d ever have to testify about in court.
When the time came for the Mafia Boss to confront the bookkeeper about his missing ten million dollars, he brought along his attorney, who knew sign language. The Boss asked the bookkeeper: “Where’s the ten million bucks you embezzled from me?”
The attorney asked the bookkeeper in sign language where the ten million bucks were hidden. The bookkeeper signed back: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
The attorney told the Boss: “He said he doesn’t know what you’re talking about.”
That’s when the Boss pulled out a gun, put it to the bookkeeper’s temple and said, “Ask him again!” The attorney signed to the bookkeeper, “He’ll kill you for sure if you don’t tell him.”
The bookkeeper signed back: “Okay! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Enzo’s backyard in Queens.”
The Boss asked the attorney, “Well, what did he say?” The attorney replied, “He says you don’t have the guts to pull the trigger.”
@ lobo91:
Yeah, I was thinking about the dried ones in the cup of soup.
Good idea, I will ask around.
Calo wrote:
You know what CW says. There’s looming Obamacare that ought to be an incentive. I get it, though.
@ yenta-fada:
Thumbs up.
yenta-fada wrote:
ROTFLMAO…
Prebanned wrote:
Our cat was an equal opportunity biter. Thus further proving Dorian’s view that cats are democats.
@ yenta-fada:
That’s funny right there.
I am part Italian, but I’m not mafia, or a bookkeeper or an attorney.
@ doriangrey:
You find the music, I’ll hunt for the jokes. That’s all I found today. (except for the news which is so bizarre that it can’t be made up)
Prebanned wrote:
Ah… but do you have a brown suitcase with 10 million buck buried out behind the shed in your backyard?
WI is gradually becoming free of union thuggery.
7.9 magnitude earthquake near the east coast of Honshu, Japan about 15 min ago.
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Prebanned wrote:
Italians are a wonderful study in contradiction. Cultured, warm, funny, murderous, etc.
doriangrey wrote:
He hangs out with me all the time. He insists on his food bowl being full but begs for treats.
If he were a democrat, he would think treats were a right too.
yenta-fada wrote:
Here you go…
Calo wrote:
The Pacific Rim has been having huge earthquakes. Fortunately the Japanese build knowing they are in an earthquake zone.
Calo wrote:
Wow, that’s a damned big earthquake…
@ doriangrey:
No suitcase, no money, no shed.
USGS is listing it as two 7.9 earthquakes…
Earthquakes
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Earthquake List for 10-degree Map Centered at 40°N, 140°E
Update time = Fri Mar 11 06:07:46 UTC 2011
Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the 10-degree Map Centered at 40°N, 140°E. Most recent events are at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the map.) Click on the date portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.
MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
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MAP 7.9 2011/03/11 05:46:23 38.322 142.369 24.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 7.9 2011/03/11 05:46:00 38.000 142.900 10.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40.php
@ yenta-fada:
Japan update: Smoke seen rising from port; people rush out of Tokyo buildings (retweet?)
@ doriangrey:
Sounds bad.
doriangrey wrote:
Damn…Allah missed again.
That was supposed to hit Tehran…
@ Calo:
Japan update: Weather agency warns of tsunami as high as 10 feet hitting northeast -- AP
@ doriangrey:
Nice. Definitely more my speed.
Prebanned wrote:
As a California resident I am familiar with earthquakes, 7.9′s are the kind the kill people, lot’s of people, even when you prepare for earthquakes, so yea, it sounds really bad.
Calo wrote:
Oh oh.
Calo wrote:
Considering where the quake took place their will probably be a tsunami warning for America’s West Coast as well.
lobo91 wrote:
Pretty much my thought, uncharitable as it may be.
yenta-fada wrote:
Yes, I have one of their CD’s in my car, UFO was a great band.
Wow… There was a 7.2 in pretty much the same place yesterday, then about 5 6+ and now a 7.9, something serious is going on there and it aint good.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
@ yenta-fada:
7.9 earthquake in Japan = a few broken windows, maybe some crooked pictures.
7.9 earthquake in Iran = 100,000 people smooshed by crappy Muslim construction.
@ doriangrey:
Looks like it was far enough out to sea to help out some.
Earthquakes and tsunamis, not cool.
lobo91 wrote:
Japan = self-reliant
Muslim country = begs for jizya, gets nothing from Saudis, etc.
@ lobo91:
Nothing scares me more than being in the epicenter of a quake.
@ yenta-fada:
But Iran demands the right to be a nuclear power…
Calo wrote:
Not even the IRS?//
Calo wrote:
Lots of stuff scares me more than earthquakes.
The thought of Joe Biden as president, for example…
lobo91 wrote:
Just look at the turkish toilet, or islamic toilet paper.
If islam is still around in 2111, islamic countries will still be third world newnouns.
lobo91 wrote:
All those oil riches. Some cosmic sense of humor.
yenta-fada wrote:
Or the Spanish Inquisition?
//
Must sleep, might use modern western flush toilet.
Flushing your toilet with potable water, that’s all American.
@ Prebanned:
The sad part is that there are a lot of people who think the problem in the Islamic world is that they’ve become too modern…
@ yenta-fada:
Nope.
I almost broke down in the one I was in after the 4th day when I made it home from the hospital I worked at when it hit.
Of course, I was too busy tripping over furniture in the dark (no electricity) that was no longer in the right spot.
Everything was pretty much destroyed at home.
Except for my picture albums and books -- those were salvaged.
Calo wrote:
The epicenter usually isn’t the worst place to be, the further out the wave travels from the epicenter the larger it get’s. There is a point before it dissipates where it is really bad, usual about 30 to 50 miles from the epicenter is where it is the worst.
@ Prebanned:
Night
Oh allah, why do you make people so stupid?
Stuck On Stupid
Calo wrote:
You can’t forget something like that!
Shit, it’s been upgraded to 8.8…
Magnitude 8.8 -- NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2011 March 11 05:46:23 UTC
@ Prebanned:
Yeah…that’ll work well…
//
@ doriangrey:
Heh! Try working in an ICU in the epicenter when it hits.
And try running down a blackened hallway to bag your patient on a ventilator so he can breath since the generators take a few minutes to kick in.
@ doriangrey:
That’s not good…
lobo91 wrote:
I agree with that, muslims should be returned to stone age tech.
That matches thier stone age cultute.
and night.
Obambi pronounces Gulf seafood safe to eat (NO NO NO)
http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Obama-pronounces-Gulf-seafood-safe-to-eat-96322039.html
Calo wrote:
Hey, California resident here, remember? I didn’t say being in the epicenter was a walk in the park. I said being out on the edge of the wave crest is worse. I’ve been in California since 1970, I’ve been in my fair share of earthquakes.
doriangrey wrote:
OMG
Ha!!!
Here’s PM David Cameron’s answer to Iran:
Cameron: We won’t miss Iranian athletes
Calo wrote:
I don’t know how you could keep your head in that situation. I don’t know that I ever could have.
@ yenta-fada:
Oh man -
yenta-fada wrote:
You dont keep your head, you act on training and instinct.
@ doriangrey:
Yup…that’s why the Army uses battle drills.
@ doriangrey:
Yes, the edge of the wave -- up in Santa Clarita Valley.
The company my husband ran was destroyed as well as our house.
I was safely at work in Northridge.
///
@ lobo91:
Yep -- instinct kicks in.
Japan has a lot of small earthquakes. Many buildings in Japan have been built to have greater endurance to the destruction of an earthquake.
Calo wrote:
I heard Santa Clarita had a vampire problem…
Calo wrote:
Battle drills are pretty much like football plays.
Everyone knows that when “X” event occurs, your job is to do “Y”.
@ doriangrey:
bite me
I have got to get to sleep at a reasonable hour. Eastern time out here. Not like the rest of you.
‘night & prayers for the Japanese.
Calo wrote:
Ummm, your from Santa Clarita, not saying you are a vampire… But, well you are the one form Santa Clarita, which I have heard has a vampire problem…
@ yenta-fada:
Night
@ yenta-fada:
Nite Mama Yenta = sweet dreams to you.
Calo wrote:
Sent your article. I can see that it’s well past a reasonable hour.
Sweet dreams.
lobo91 wrote:
@ doriangrey:
Here’s a story that’ll make you cry -- that earthquake dumped my exterior white housepaint all over the red 911 weekend play car.
Calo wrote:
How terrible… What a crime against humanity, err automotivitry…
It’s been bumped up to a 8.9 now…
Magnitude 8.9 -- NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2011 March 11 05:46:23 UTC
USGS has upgraded the quake to a 8.9 near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan.
Latest Earthquakes in the World
@ yenta-fada:
If Obama told me water is wet, I’d seek a second opinion. But I wouldn’t have any concerns about eating Gulf seafood. Crude oil isn’t exactly highly toxic. If the sea critters were alive and well when caught for the table, they should be safe to eat. The biggest concern I would have would be in instances of red tides.
8.9 is a truly monsterous earthquake. That’s an enormous amount of energy there.
Don’t fuck with plate tectonics…
@ Mike C.:
AFAIK, 8.9 is the largest quake in my lifetime. I’ve experienced a couple of really little ones.
Biggest decision of the night: Drive to work and load up my heavy generator to bring home just in case, or not. I opted for not. That thing is dang heavy, and I already have enough supplies for a couple weeks and extra boat deep cycle batteries for lights. In a pinch, will eat fridge stuff, then freezer stuff, then the room temp stuff. This thing will hit at 3am local time (Hawaii), if it happens. Guess I’ll find out in the morning what tomorrow will bring and whether the kids get to stay home from school. In any event, we’re up on the mountainside so physically safe enough.
tsunami warning -- expected arrival time 2:59 am
I’m going to higher ground in 1 1/2 hours
pray for Japan!
Aloha
@ ThreeHundred:
are you on Oahu?
Yes, Pacific Palisades. You?
WOW…prayers for Japan and Hawaii
@ ThreeHundred:
@ ThreeHundred:
Diamond Head by Kapiolani Park…too close to the zone
@ ThreeHundred:
got to go do some stuff…Aloha
@ IslandLibertarian:
Good luck!
IslandLibertarian wrote:
prayers for yahs
moved one car to higher ground….will drive up to Kaimuki at 2:30
This is so fucking unreal….
I blame Bush!
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
I went through three in my last stint in Villahermosa. The one that had me near panic because it shook the hotel like it was nothing was a 7.0, but it was over 1000 miles to the east in the Caribbean. We were in a focus zone, and the effect was much more severe than the 6.0 ones only a hundred or so Km away. Strange.
Good luck to you guys in HI. Get uphill.
This could be nothing, but you never really know with these things. The last time the State issued such a warning (just last year), nothing much actually happened and the local news/weather (Guy Hagi) dude filled alot of local tv air with tape of nothing-much. The State came off looking like fools for their caution.
@ ThreeHundred:
have you seen the video from Japan?
15 foot tsunami there
look at FOX News………the images are insane
@ IslandLibertarian:
saw it, and the fires, great coverage!
…hope it doesn’t happen in Iwilei or Barbers Point.
@ ThreeHundred:
I’m right on the edge of the evac zone…..I’m going to higher ground around 2:00
@ ThreeHundred:
(because fuel depots that power Hawaiian Electric are located there, and HECO loves any excuse for a blackout..)
@ IslandLibertarian:
HECO will probably go down with the first blip of a tsunami wave, or hint of yet another union strike at the worst possible time, so we can update blogmoc or DoD by cellphone.
Ack! Civil defense sirens going off now, for the second time!
Geez … earthquakes, tsunamis, massive solar flares … May 21 people that’s the date! R U ready?
http://ebiblefellowship.com/
deleted wrote:
I have a meeting that day…can week make it
for the next week?
@ deleted:
Feh. Just another day in the galaxy and on the planet. Chill…
@ mawskrat:
oops we…week
Mike C. wrote:
BILLIONS of carbon units will die
BILLIONS of carbon units will
diebe terminated
Trust me -- the planet won’t notice.
Civil defense sirens going off now for the third time.
Morning everyone. Up early and the final blog post of the week is done. I think I may have broken a bit of the ennui I have been feeling this winter.
@ ThreeHundred:
Take care, these tsunamis can have a long reach. The southern most deaths from the Indian Ocean Tsunami was at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, literally an ocean and a continent away.
The Daily Telegraph says that 26 people have died. My condolences to their loved ones and no doubt tis number will rise, but I’ll bet that the final number will insignificant compared to an equivelant earthquake say off Pakistan.
Good Morning Blogmocracy! Today is another glorious day in the Reign of Emperor Barack Hussein I, Pasha of the United States and Defender of the
FaithUmmah! There are 606 Days Until the 2012 Presidential Election! Well, I just learned something that sucks. Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend. Prepare to spring forward and lose an hour of sleep. Lovely. As if we had all the time to sleep in the world. Daylight savings time is an example of how unkillable legislation is once it gets started. It was started during World War I, and we’ll probably never get rid of it. Bleh, it is like a case of herpes: the Gift the Keeps On Giving. In other news, the Right Wing is still celebrating the victory over the Public Sector Unions in Wisconsin. There is a huge oppertunity for the Republicans here, if they will press their advantage. I can see the ads with Uncle Sam and the caption “The Pulbic Sector Employees Unions want YOU to pay for their retirement”. If I could do Photoshop, I’d make the damne thing (I am not artistically inclined). When the Enemy breaks, you press him hard. Do not give him time to regroup.Pretty amazing pics from Japan.
Well I certainly hope we give Japan all the help they need and we can provide and fast. But since Japan is not muslim, we’ll have to see? Actually we are well positioned to step in fast. From what I have heard the 7th Fleet and all Marine Corps Units are safe and therefore ready to react ASAP
@ Nevergiveup:
It will be interesting to see how we respond to our ally in need, as opposed to the aide we gave our enemies in the Indonesian tsunami or the big Iran earthquake a few years ago.
Iron Fist wrote:
Well we are probably positioned to help Japan faster and with as many resources than anyone else
@ Nevergiveup:
Japan is not Haiti or some Middle Eastern failed state or potentate. I should imagine that they will be able to absorb much of the damage, but still will probable need help, especially in the immediate aftermath.
The camera men deserve the Japanese version of the Pulitzer.
@ Nevergiveup:
It isn’t a lack of resources I worry about, but Presidential will. I just don’t think Obama will be as enthusiastic about helping the Japanese as he would be helping the Muzz. We’ll see some aid. It would be unthinkable not to. But I suspect that there will be an enthusiasm gap at the (so-called) Leadership level.
African Moondog wrote:
Nope, and I bet their buildings held up pretty well but that tsunami seems to be creating havoc.
Report just in from Wake Island….2+meter/8feet
That is not good.
@ Nevergiveup:
My girlfriend is Japanese national. She cannot get through to her family.
Tokyo is in chaos.
Honolulu is locking down.
This is surreal…………sirens, police on bullhorns, nonstop news…better than TV!
IslandLibertarian wrote:
Tokyo wasn’t hit that hard was it? I know communications is all screwed up. Well if anyone can handle this kind of destruction and confusion it is the Japanese.
Nevergiveup wrote:
I was looking at the images, and wondered about the poor people in the vehicles just ahead of the wave. Did they make it or not? What would I be doing in their situation? To see the way the wave flattened those green houses and head towards them at a greater speed than they were travelling. At the same time tracks which Savage would be proud to drive were being tossed around like a matchstick in a stream. Still gives me shivers.
@ Nevergiveup:
They survived Godzilla and the Enola Gay………..
Tokyo got a 5.5 quake, but everything is at a standstill. All trains are stopped. The order is for everyone to stay put.
Trucks not tracks. PIMF!
IslandLibertarian wrote:
I just switched to the BBC from Fox. Lets see what they say
@ IslandLibertarian:
Apparently they are also having problems with one of their nuclear reactors as well. Let me see if I can find a link here.
@ PaladinPhil:
Just on twitter with no link:
BreakingNews Breaking News
Japan declares ‘nuclear emergency’ as attempts to cool reactor at northern plant are ‘not going as planned’ -- official via NHK
36 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
PaladinPhil wrote:
Jap Gov is saying that is under control
Well lights are on in Tokyo
@ Nevergiveup:
Oh good. Glad to hear that then.
Nevergiveup wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8375373/Japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-live.html
They also say that 100 people are missing from a ship that was hit by the tsunami.
Amazing to see all the cars and trunks just floating around like tinker toys
Sirens going off again here…….Tsunami is 1 hour out…….
The Country is in the Best of Hands™:
Wow! How do you lose a gun? I had one stolen from me once, but lose? See where this is going? First we have credible evidence that the ATF is running guns to the Mexican Drug Cartels, not the IRS is “losing” them. Maybe it is time to get the Federal Government out of the gun business except for the military. Completely out. Many of the laws they enforce there are unconstitutional, anyway. You just haven’t had a Supreme Court with the balls to say so explicitly. Hopefully that will change in the near future. I’d say Kennedy is the stmbling block, but we can’t replace him until we replace Obama. Would that Kennedy had retired while George Bush was President. The other day Rodan asked me why conservatives should love Bush. Alito and Roberts are two very good reasons.
the movie of the solar flare that is causing the auroras (there was no classic CME this time (coronal mass ejection).
IslandLibertarian wrote:
keep us posted if u can…
unconfirmed….Kauai having wave action…
Oahu is due right now…
leading edge hitting Waikiki right now