Comments on: Announcement/Tues open thread

By: Severian

Severian — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:12:48 +0000

Aha, as usual, you nit the nail on the head GWR! It’s a whine about competition disguised as a warning about environmental catastrophe.

By: Great White Rat

Great White Rat — Wed, 23 May 2007 07:15:27 +0000

OH NO!!! PANIC TIME!!! If you thought islamic terrorism was an issue, you just aren't focusing on the important problems. This is the real problem that should be on our minds:

One of the world's top chefs has warned that environmental degradation and an explosion in fine dining restaurants worldwide is set to have a drastic impact on the food trade. Habitats are being destroyed, killing off wild fish stocks and making some vegetables and fruits so scarce that a number of dishes will have to be dropped and restaurants will be forced to close, warns Pierre Gagnaire, one of the pioneers of experimental modern cooking.

So not only will we be roasting from global warming, but we're going to be hungry too? And it's right around the corner:

"For instance, in the next five to 10 years there will be no wild fish, only farmed fish. That will have a huge impact on not only cooking techniques, but also flavours and the dishes we cook," he added.

You read that right - no fish in the oceans or rivers in 5 to 10 years, except for the hatcheries. Heck, I'd have thought that with all the polar bears drowning, the fish would have plenty of food stocks. This guy might be giving the Goracle some competition for Fraud of the Week. But if you read further, you find the real reason he's upset:

"It seems an odd thing to say but there are too many good restaurants -- suppliers just cannot cope," said Gagnaire. "My suppliers are used to working for maybe three or four restaurants but now they are getting calls all the time from new restaurants opening up."

Because, you know, there are two Americas out there, and the America that gets $400 haircuts and eats at swanky restaurants shouldn't have to deal with the peasants trying to eat a better quality of food. What. A. Maroon.

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:25:51 +0000

Remember when S.T. posted about that Iraqi translator who was trying to get into the U.S.? I just saw this article. I think this is great news and we can only hope that the Iraqi translator that was featured in S.T.'s post was one of those that got in. House approves visas for Iraqi, Afghanistan translators

By: Lorica

Lorica — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:10:21 +0000

You have got to be kidding me. Bomb Plot Thwarted at Falwell's Funeral Student Arrested With Homemade Bombs, Three Other Suspects Sought LINK I can't believe that someone would do this sort of thing and think they were logical. So very sad. - Lorica

By: Lorica

Lorica — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:58:42 +0000

This just breaks my heart.

By: Kip Allen

Kip Allen — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:38:06 +0000

Sistah, don’t you just hate it when real life gets in the way of blogging

By: Vegas Art Guy

Vegas Art Guy — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:03:21 +0000

ST, do what ya gotta do. And remember is not really an addiction… is it?

By: Don Singleton

Don Singleton — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:24:49 +0000

that’s what gets the bills paid and keeps food in the fridge

And pays the hosting fees

By: Severian

Severian — Tue, 22 May 2007 12:36:24 +0000

You could be like the California state senator, blog on your laptop while driving into work in the morning. When you hit the car in front of you, get out and scream “Don’t you know who I am? I’m a blogger!”

Hope the 8-5 doesn’t get to crazy. Damned people anyway, just because they pay you they expect results?

By: Syberyenta

Syberyenta — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:42:25 +0000

Go sistah
Go sistah
Flow sistah
Go sistah
….

Looking forward to your every word.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Tue, 22 May 2007 03:25:03 +0000

That’s it !

I can’t take this blog anymore !

You need to be a morning person !

You need to prioritize this place above the 8 – 5 !

And strike everything above You the bomb