Comments on: Monday and Tuesday open thread

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:39:48 +0000

its called google bombing and its a old and well known trick: Google Bomb or Googlewash is a certain attempt to influence the ranking of a given page in results returned by the Google search engine, often with humorous or political intentions. Due to the way that Google's PageRank algorithm works, a page will be ranked higher if the sites that link to that page all use consistent anchor text. A Google bomb is created if a large number of sites link to the page in this manner. Google bomb is used both as a verb and a noun. See spamdexing for the practice of deliberately modifying HTML pages to increase the chance of them being placed close to the beginning of search engine results, or to influence the category to which the page is assigned in a misleading or dishonest manner.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:16:36 +0000

You are so outdated chloe. Google’s been that way for over a year and is why I don’t use google. You think it’s scientific or something? Someone made a choice at Google. I’ve been working in the computer field for 18 years. Trust me, it only shows as BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome). Do you have it?

By: chloe

chloe — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:01:18 +0000

All you right-wingers might enjoy this…go to Google type in failure and tell me what site is the first to pop up…makes you think, is he a failure? Yep, it is trueâ€¦ he is a failure

Btw, I know Michael Moore is number two but at least he’s not number one…lol

By: forest hunter

forest hunter — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:59:09 +0000

If the US were half as barbaric as the traitorous Pukesurprize pandering at NYT and LAT are, can you imagine how much further down the road we’d be toward ending the WOT.

By: US Vet

US Vet — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:59:16 +0000

Hello all, I am really sorry to post this again but you all are such good patriots that I would like you guys to see this site and see what you think. The link posted on the weekend open thread didn't work. It is very left and Anti-American site that is run by an Iranian living in Toronto. He has several "Americans" who post there who basically drink his Kool-aid. This is not typical of most Iranians I know. Hopefully you will visit and either comment there or here. BTW I have used the name Big Tex over there. LINK Thank you again for your patience for re-reading this and thank you ST for allowing me to post it.

By: Severian

Severian — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:04:44 +0000

Since we're on the subject of the "worker's paradise" of North Korea, this link is interesting: LINK Pictures of North Korea taken by a Russian tourist, including things they don't want you to see. Given that this is the "best" of North Korea, it's depressing enough, but when you consider the labor camps and remote villages...

By: Baklava

Baklava — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:01:50 +0000

OK. I really need to get back to work. Got lots to do. But CHECK OUT THIS from Betsys about Black Republicans turning on black Democrats. Betsy says:

Blackwell in Ohio, Michael Steele in Maryland, and Lynn Swann in Pennsylvania probably won't get majorities among black voters, but they're getting a hearing. Black voters are hearing a conservative message and have an opportunity to ponder whether conservatives are as evil as they are normally depicted in those communities.

By: Severian

Severian — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:59:45 +0000

My prediction, Kim will not launch his long range missile. The risk to him is just too great, if he launches and it either fails or it gets intercepted, it’ll make him look impotent and weak, and his ego can’t accept that. No, instead he’ll keep it on the ground, and threaten to launch it periodically until everyone loses interest and ignores him again, then he’ll have to think up something else to do to get attention.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:52:20 +0000

Hey. Sorry I'm posting so much but THIS IS GOOD NEWS. Just a quick excerpt to bring people up to speed on the 2 anti-missile missiles being discussed:

As noted in an earlier DID report, Japan plans to deploy an anti-missile shield consisting of the land-based PAC-3 as well as the seaborne Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) that is about to be installed on the Kirishima AEGIS destroyer. The naval SM-3s are designed to intercept ballistic missiles outside of the atmosphere, while PAC-3 missiles have a smaller engagement radius and are used more as a final defense.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:45:16 +0000

That would be a LARGE crater my friend. Israel is surrounded by many countries with many square miles of hating people who don’t think Israel should exist.

I’d have called it quites long ago and moved somewhere else that would’ve welcomed me. Call me a coward but there is no way to change 1 Billion minds that Israel should stay. History and Landmarks and artifacts and sacred places would be lost due to the intolerance of a whole lot of people including liberals in this country. (Remember Steve).

By: Severian

Severian — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:23:23 +0000

Bak, I am at a loss to explain it. The only explanation is that the US doesn’t want to alienate the “Arab street” by supporting Israel even more than we do, but cripes, what good does that really do? The Arab street hates us and believes anything bad anyone says about us anyway, so why we don’t just say to hell with it and go full tilt to support our ally is a mystery to me.

If Israel was even half as barbaric as their Palestinian enemies, the entire Arab world would be a smoking crater and the Israeli’s would be able to live in peace.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:15:51 +0000

Severian I just don't understand why the U.S. State Deparment does this time and time again to Israel

The United States urged Israel to give diplomatic negotiations a chance to win the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit, who was seized on Sunday by militants who also killed two soldiers in a raid on a military border post.

There is no evidence of the ability to reason with these people. Can s omeone point to this evidence?

By: Severian

Severian — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:47:13 +0000

Watching the Israeli’s gear up for an attack on Palestine due to the kidnapping of their soldier by Islamist thugs, I begin to see a serious defect in their miitary, no huge, heavy bombers. It’s hard to strike the appropriate level of intimidation into people when all you have are small fighter-bombers with limited bomb loads, can’t level whole cities that way. We should sell them some left over B-52 bombers from the boneyard in Arizona. The old D models with external racks could carry 105 750 lb bombs. That makes threats credible and usually helps get the response you want.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:57:58 +0000

I’m headed to the state above ST’s state July 3rd – 7th with my kids. Hope it’s not too hot and muggy. Though I heard D.C. got swamped with rain yesterday.

By: Lorica

Lorica — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:36:33 +0000

Today is Monday, and I am back in IL. Even tho south MO was Gorgeous, much like our beautiful Blog Hostess.