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Title: I surrender...this shall never be a current news and commetary forum
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Brian S
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Published: May 23, 2006
Author: Brian S
Post Date: 2006-05-23 01:02:21 by Brian S
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Views: 4049
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Try as I might over the last weeks, news and commentary is not relevant to this forum. No problem here, every ship has its course/mission Now mind you, this is not an opus as I may post a "earth swallowed by a busty lesbian" article as need warrants. I thank all of you for the consideration and kindness afforded to me at this venue. Take care and tamp the ground before you. See ya around.
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#67. To: RickyJ (#65)
Agreed. I'd say a poster can choose to post an article regardless of what matches came up. They would just be aware of what similar stories have been posted, and when they were posted.
HILDAGO is a film starring Viggo Mortensen and a horse. And, the mules would grab the sheep? Now, that's what I call authentic frontier gibberish! ;)
Well actually that won't be a duplicate article and I sort of like to see all versions of a story. AP, Reuters, AFP, etc.
Call it whatever you want. They have been known to pick sheep, basically lambs or yearlings, up by the wool/skin of their spines. And why would I know that.....because the neighbors were aware of it. Bonnie was a sheep producer from a long time back. She actually spent time in the 'wilderness' with sheepherder's wagon and dogs doing summer herding of BANDS of sheep....a band being 1500 ewes with babies. Before I moved in here, I had a fencing guy come in with a crew and put up sheeptight fencing all around the place--to keep dogs and other critters out. Bonnie knew I was moving sheep in from them. And when the sheep actually arrived they started putting up the electric fencing. At the time, IIRC, they had 5 mules in their pasture which abutts to mine. Wanna argue about horses biting? I can refer you to an article where they just put down a stallion for knocking the handler down, trying to maul her with his knees (7 broken ribs, punctured lung) and severe horse bites all over her back. And this was a horse 'under control'--not just running loose.
MadStudDisease? or just having one of those days? :-)
Nah..........it was at a breeding farm. He had just bred a mare and was being taken back to his stall. Another stallion on the premises apparently whinnied, in jealousy no doubt, and he went bonkers. It was a productive son of Seattle Slew, the Triple Crown winner back in '77, IIRC! But the owners of the horse, after consulting with the breeder and vets decided it was simply too dangerous to have such a horse around. It wasn't as though the breeder had no experience, either. She's been doing it for 16 years. Stallions can be quite dangerous. They just had two up in NY state where one was being led to his private paddock and another stallion in the general vicinity let out a squeal. AP Jet whirled, knocking his attendant down, and he charged towards that stud, who broke through his fencing and the fight was on. What stopped it was when Gold Token apparently hit a tree while on the chase or being chased. Killed him instantly and they don't know if AP Jet is out of the woods yet. They have 55 gallon barrel sized drums of hormones and a teaspoon sized brain...but then that describes most males! :)
Actually, horses and mules scare me. I don't want to be close to either end of them. And, I don't want to get run over by a wagon they're pulling, the way my grandpa Gabby HOUNDDAWG was!
LOL!! Youre right about horses .. not the brightest animals for sure.. it's been said they have a brain equal to the intelligence of a turtle!.. the most intelligent being Arabians.. I had a thorobred/app mix.. looney AND fast ..not a good mix.. :P
Stupid question, but with this sort of financial loss potential, why the heck are they not going the AI route?
we just have a small number of people on this site. a lot of good articles get posted. but there's not many serious comments because there's few people. a lot more people read than comment though.
Brian S., I have been lurking in this and past forums for almost 2 years following the like minds around. I recently joined so I could post some items and maybe bring a few things to the table. I don't expect replies on everything but it does feel good when someone speaks up. I have noticed the articles you post here daily and I read most every one. (I usually skip the busty lesbian ones). News and commentary is the main focus of this site. There seems to be alot of old friends here that are more apt to post in a light-hearted or satirical article. If you want some feedback, post some pro-Bush/NWO articles under a different account and watch the posts roll in. Not much to dispute or debate around here as we all are pretty much in the "know". There hasn't been an article posted here in months that could shock or amaze me into a reply frenzy. The reason we all come here are the like-minded views we share on most subjects. Any average American who has done the research/news-gathering that is performed here becomes a Libertarian minded, pro-constitution, truth seeker. BTW, This forum does need a page-veiw counter and maybe a "my posts" section. An article rating system might stimulate some responses but somehow I doubt it. You keep posting 'em and I'll keep readin' 'em. Thanks Bri...
"We shall have world government whether or not you like it - by conquest or consent." - International financier and CFR member James Warburg Feb. 7, 1950
Thanks.. we know how many views the site itself has but not individual articles nor do the posters.. it may be a good thing to add..
Well stated - thanks for chiming in on this one...most everyone here reads all Brian's posts, whether they have any commentary or not. His getting the stories out to us, is what really matters. Cheers, JS.
thanks for your comments and suggestions, j. i've pinged neil since page view counter seems to be a feature everyone would like to see. what do you mean by 'my posts' section? do you mean other than 'check pings'?
doh
In the 'check pings' section, you can only see replies to your posts. If noone responds to your post, it gets lost in the memory hole. If there was a way to keep track of personal posts, people might reply just so the article would be saved in 'my posts'. This might stimulate replies as well. I have tried many times to remember article titles to search with no luck (me brain no retain) and the keyword search is not working so well. But the 'check pings' section works great. A 'my posts' would be a handy tool.
"We shall have world government whether or not you like it - by conquest or consent." - International financier and CFR member James Warburg Feb. 7, 1950
Does Alexa seem accurate?
"We shall have world government whether or not you like it - by conquest or consent." - International financier and CFR member James Warburg Feb. 7, 1950
There has been discussion that when compared to the #s dont match the actual ones .. so not sure on that .. Neil can give better info on this..
Oops..bad url, sorry http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details? &range=6m&size=large&compare_sites=&y=r&url=freedom4um.com
"We shall have world government whether or not you like it - by conquest or consent." - International financier and CFR member James Warburg Feb. 7, 1950
No problem.. Neil will have to comment on this ..thanks!!
Some breeds of horses do artificial insemination. The thoroughbred industry forbids it. I would venture to guess it has something to do partly with the gambling aspect, but mainly keeping lineage straight. The prices being paid for these marvelous creatures and their usefulness as a stud have dictated that they now are doing dna matches on all of them. Where you have one dipshit stud, there are tons of them that are real gentlemen. GEnerally at the breeding farms, the animal is taken to a specific barn that is only used for breeding. This seemingly ingrains in them that this is the only place such activity is allowed. They certainly don't just turn a stallion in with a mare. It is all veryyyyyyyyyy controlled. A mare could kick and break a stud's leg, or put a real damaging kink in the penile sheath and penis. At the same time, a stud will oftentimes try to bite a mare's neck--and they have various ways of preventing this as they don't want the mare to get hurt either. There is a horse here in the states, Storm Cat, whose stud fee is $500,000. Yes.....half a million dollars. And now that he is getting up there in age pretty much, they may even kick it up higher to reap big rewards the last couple of years.
Who taught them that?
ok..gotcha..we do have bookmarks for articles you want to save. are you aware of that? 'my posts' might be nice too. neil's aware that the 'title search' is broken. he's working on it. thanks!
I think this is a fine forum, more news than I can deal with usually.
Quit bogarting that peace, crackwhore!
I had no idea. Thanks for all the information...one of our favorite authors is Dick Francis, who, as you probably know, writes mystery novels about the horse/racing industry over the pond.
You should try spending days writing your own material & get one or two responses - now THAT's discouraging!
js.....are you meaning a way by which you can keep track of the threads you initiate? Or by the individual posts, regardless of whichever thread it is? The bookmark feature I find good for keeping track of something I want to keep in mind. I don't know if I really want to know how little I add to the forum via initiating a thread....once upon a time I did much, much better. :( or :)
Oh no, Dak.......LOL.
They's breeding all kinds of crazy thing these days, watch this to see what I mean. One of those horrible things things grabbed a child, see frames 71-77. :)
Quit bogarting that peace, crackwhore!
Hah! You know I accidentally did a private reply once but I have never paid attention to the bookmark link. Thanks, I'll give it a try. I usually enter the site on the latest articles page and rarely attemt to take advantage of other features on the site.
"We shall have world government whether or not you like it - by conquest or consent." - International financier and CFR member James Warburg Feb. 7, 1950
and you have a homepage where you can post your picture! :P
I'm not clear on what that is. If you can expand on it I can see about adding. Thanks.
Okay, it sounds like you are referring to a list of comments *from* you instead of a list of comments *to* you. If so you could get such a list by putting your screen name in the "from" field on the Latest Comments page. How close is that to what you mean?
My experience from my LP days is that alexa is about as accurate as a musket. Some days when posting & activity was up, alexa show drops. And vice versa. For ballpark estimates, they're probably fine, but not for more than that. Their graphs really should have big wide fuzzy lines on them.
Brian, I agree with Arator. Stick around, you post things that would take me hours to locate. And that is hours I do not have. Thanks for posting.
"Our constitution relies on our ... freedom to nourish independent and responsible intelligence and preserve our democracy from that submissiveness, timidity and herd-mindedness of the masses... The priceless heritage of our society is the ... right of each member to think as he will. Thought control is a copyright of totalitarianism, and we have no claim to it. It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error. Robert Jackson, US Supreme Court, 1954
oh, duh! i forgot about doing it that way! :P
Who taught them that? Saw a video of that once - changed my perception of horses forever.
Bookmarks would probably work much better.
I've told you this before, and I'm telling you again. You got a great set of links. You find some of the most interesting things to post. I don't post much on this forum. I kind of go in binges. But I tell you, I read most if not all of your ariticle postings. If I find one I'm interested in, I will read the responses until it turns into chitchat that doesn't have anything to do with the initial post. This forum does get sidetracked from the topic easily. Not much to debate if you see throught the same lense. Thats not a negetive, nor evidence posters here don't want to discuss politics. I think it's just posters have formed bonds and are less inhibited in their discussions. If you really are going elsewere with your gift I'll take this opportunity to thank you for all the things I've learned from your postings. Regards, and I hope you continue in your endeavers.
Brian this appears to be the case everywhere. The other day I noticed there is a lack of real news in general, even on other forums. I went to a lot of MSM news sites also, and they have articles like "Britney almost drops her baby", or articles about the race horse who broke his leg and got his surgery, things like that. Now and then you might see something about an explosion in Iraq where a small number of people die. CNN, ABC, none of them have much in the way of real news anymore. And Drudge likes to put up articles about eccentric old ladies with 80 dogs and cats who are sickly and end up impounded, or he is busy promoting Da Vince Code. Tonight he has an article about Madonna's latest concert. I believe information is becoming more and more restricted in general. Around here there have been some dumb sex threads, part of that IMO is due to the fact that there is just not much news to be found anymore. Even overseas sources don't have much, though there is plenty of propaganda all around. We are living in an information vacuum now.
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#68. To: rowdee (#59)
Who or what is HILDAGO?
#69. To: Neil McIver (#60)
What about cases where there's a Reuters version and an AP version of the same story?
#70. To: HOUNDDAWG (#68)
Now, that's what I call authentic frontier gibberish! ;)
#71. To: rowdee (#70)
I can refer you to an article where they just put down a stallion for knocking the handler down, trying to maul her with his knees (7 broken ribs, punctured lung) and severe horse bites all over her back. And this was a horse 'under control'--not just running loose.
#72. To: lodwick (#71)
#73. To: rowdee (#70)
#74. To: rowdee (#72)
They have 55 gallon barrel sized drums of hormones and a teaspoon sized brain...but then that describes most males! :)
#75. To: rowdee (#72)
They have 55 gallon barrel sized drums of hormones and a teaspoon sized brain...but then that describes most males!
#76. To: Brian S (#0)
#77. To: Brian S, All (#0)
#78. To: j.sulli, Neil McIver, christine (#77)
BTW, This forum does need a page-veiw counter and maybe a "my posts" section. An article rating system might stimulate some responses but somehow I doubt it.
#79. To: j.sulli (#77)
The reason we all come here are the like-minded views we share on most subjects. Any average American who has done the research/news-gathering that is performed here becomes a Libertarian minded, pro-constitution, truth seeker.
#80. To: j.sulli, Neil McIver (#77)
#81. To: lodwick (#79)
that would be "most READ" Brian's posts...
#82. To: christine (#80)
what do you mean by 'my posts' section?
#83. To: Zipporah (#78)
#84. To: j.sulli, Neil McIver (#83)
#85. To: Zipporah (#78)
#86. To: j.sulli (#85)
#87. To: lodwick (#75)
#88. To: rowdee (#87)
Some breeds of horses do artificial insemination.
#89. To: j.sulli, Neil McIver (#82)
#90. To: christine, Brian S (#89)
#91. To: rowdee (#87)
The thoroughbred industry forbids it.
#92. To: Brian S (#0)
#93. To: j.sulli, Christine, Zipporah, Neil McIver (#82)
#94. To: Dakmar (#88)
#95. To: rowdee (#94)
#96. To: christine, rowdee (#89)
we do have bookmarks for articles you want to save
#97. To: j.sulli (#96)
Try jumping in using "Latest Comments" and you'll get it all.
#98. To: j.sulli (#96)
#99. To: j.sulli (#77)
and maybe a "my posts" section.
#100. To: j.sulli (#82)
If there was a way to keep track of personal posts, people might reply just so the article would be saved in 'my posts'. This might stimulate replies as well.
#101. To: Zipporah, j.sulli (#84)
#102. To: Arator, Brian S (#3)
Brian S...just because people don't post responses doesn't mean you aren't having an impact. I read your posted articles often, but am just as often too busy to post. I know it disappoints when you post something important and get little response. I experience the same disappointment often. Nevertheless, having good, relevant, and revealing articles posted in one place is invaluable. So I hope you'll keep up your good work for all those silent lurkers out there.
#103. To: Neil McIver (#100)
#104. To: Dakmar, zipporah, rowdee (#88)
Some breeds of horses do artificial insemination.
#105. To: christine (#103)
#106. To: Brian S (#0)
#107. To: Brian S (#0)
Try as I might over the last weeks, news and commentary is not relevant to this forum.
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