Shout Out - Open Thread

Áine on February 27th, 2006 filed in General

Looking through the stats, I’ve apparently got quite a few readers who are coming to this blog from their bookmarks… but ya’ll never make any comments, ya lurkers!

This thread is for you. Give a shout out / rant / emote / whatever. Tell me what you’re thinking. Don’t be shy.

BTW, the more you successfully comment here (over time), the better your karma. Conversely, the more times the spammers hit this blog, the worse their karma and the better the chance that they, their URLs, and their IPs remain actively on my blacklist.

If your comment goes into the moderation queue, it just means you’ve tripped one of the tripwires in the filters. If it’s not spam, it will be posted as soon as I see it in the queue.

8 Responses to “Shout Out - Open Thread”

rutty Says:
March 1st, 2006 at 4:20 am
I’ve just readded your feed after it disappeared from bloglines. I like the new design - good job!

Hope you are well and wearing lots of clothing. No doubt it’s a bit chilly where you are. It’s a bit parky here too but no snow (yet)

Glad to see you’ve joined Newsvine. I really like the design and feel of the place. Let’s hope it’s not ruined on public launch
Aine Says:
March 1st, 2006 at 10:01 am
It disappeared because I switched from MT to WP when I moved the domain to a new server, so all the feeds are different. I think I like WP a lot more… there’s so many things that are already built-in, and it’s easier to manage. I’ve switched all my blogs to WP. Most of this design is due to the theme I’m using, but I’ve tweaked it here and there (as usual). LOL I like the comment preview underneath where you comment… it’s not even a plugin, it’s part of the theme.

Currently I’m in the middle of moving 3 other domains, waiting for propagation.

We have plenty of snow up here. My spouse is working parttime on the weekends as a ski instructor, so he’s having a blast with it. I generally try to stay out of the cold, and stay indoors. I was watching the weather yesterday and it looks like Belgium got a little snow. England never gets that much, though… mostly just ice storms, if I remember right.

Yeah, so far I am liking newsvine. We get the full feed from the AP, and feeds on every page, so we can drop those in our blogs out here. I’ve got the politics one in the sidebar here, down at the bottom on the front page. I’m going to be busy rebuilding those other domains for the next week or so, but after that, I’ll probably spend a lot of time doing newsvine stuff. I was thinking I really should just build a new template for the feeds I want to keep an eye on over here. We’ll see. I love monkeying around with RSS and scripts. hehehehe
mickels...aka jabezz :) Says:
March 14th, 2006 at 4:29 am
thx..Aine…checking in and lurking as required
did you see this? i’ll call it my tinfoil moment…..(just a lil one)
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the biggest lies are always the easiest ones to pass on to the unsuspecting…and mostly..jaded…..hell we all have HEMIs and cute lil infants wearing disney and friends with real connections and…cellphones to jesus…downloading those glorious ringtones….hmmmmm

you can bet the public….will never figure that out…not after iraq…katrina…..iran….n.korea…..huh!
anymouse
mar 14 2:41 i smell conspiracy…..(no way! not these guys!)
anymouse
mar 14 2:40 In November 2005 , George W. Bush urged Congress to pass 7.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare for the possible bird flu pandemic. Which one billion of is soley dedicated to the purchase, and distribution of Tamiflu. Tamiflu, which was developed by Gilead. Donald Rumsfeld, a Board member since 1988, was appointed Chairman of the company. He stood down from the Board in January 2001 when appointed Secretary of Defense at the start of George W. Bush’s first term as President. Rumsfeld remains the major stockholder.
anymouse
mar 14 2:39 ahh! the capitalistic……
anymouse
mar 14 2:38 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Gilead Sciences corporate logo Gilead Sciences NASDAQ: GILD is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes therapeutics to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases, principally HIV, hepatitis B and influenza. The company has seven commercially available products and focuses its research and clinical programs on anti-infectives. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North America, Europe and Australia.
anymouse
mar 14 2:37 Sunday 12 March 2006 Donald Rumsfeld has made a killing out of bird flu. The US Defense Secretary has made more than $5 million (£2.9 million) in capital gains from selling shares in the biotechnology firm that discovered and developed Tamiflu, the drug being bought in massive amounts by Governments to treat a possible human pandemic of the disease.
anymouse
mar 14 2:36 interesting thoughts about katrina….and the fore-knowledge of it coming to boost and change the eco-political map of the region….guess what is next…..
mickels...aka jabezz :) Says:
March 14th, 2006 at 4:30 am
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031306HA.shtml
Aine Says:
March 14th, 2006 at 4:35 am
Yeah, I know. And guess what? They still don’t know who did the anthrax attack in the fall of 2001.

But, yanno, if we start putting two and two together and come up with something that makes sense, we’re immediately paranoid nutjobs, radical leftist wackos that no one should pay any attention to.

Heh.
mickels...aka jabezz :) Says:
March 14th, 2006 at 5:19 am
btw….nice look here an glad your back…was waiting to read…cheers(from somewhere left)
Aine Says:
March 14th, 2006 at 5:25 am
Oh, also, if you haven’t discovered Glenn Greenwald’s blog (”Unclaimed Territory” linked in my sidebar), you have to start reading that one too. The man has his head screwed on straight and makes a lot of sense. I’m becoming a regular reader over there.
mickels...aka jabezz :) Says:
March 14th, 2006 at 5:54 am
okie