JSM'S BEGGING FOR BANNING THREAD #4

[Northern Rose]

Commandos free abducted reporter in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A New York Times reporter who was kidnapped last week was freed Wednesday in a pre-dawn military raid in Afghanistan that left a British commando and several others dead.

MORE....

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/afghan.reporter/index.html

[Northern Rose]

Army Archerd died today at Los Angeles Medical Center of a rare form of mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer thought to be the result of his exposure to asbestos in the Navy during World War II.

[no rose colored glasses]

Surprise! GM and Chrysler won't be able to pay us back

Big shocker! General Motors and Chrysler probably won't be able to pay back all those loans we've extended them! From the just-released September report of the Congressional Oversight Panel assigned with keeping an eye on the Troubled Asset Relief Program:

Although taxpayers may recover some portion of their investment in Chrysler and GM, it is unlikely they will recover the entire amount. The estimates of loss vary. Treasury estimates that approximately $23 billion of the initial loans made will be subject to much lower recoveries. Approximately $5.4 billion of the loans extended to the old Chrysler company are highly unlikely to be recovered. The Congressional Budget Office earlier calculated a subsidy rate of 73 percent for all automotive industry support under TARP and recently raised its estimate of the cost of that assistance by approximately $40 billion over the previous estimate.

This comes as we've been getting mostly good news about the money Treasury extended to banks last fall. Even Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac might, if we gave them long enough, be able to pay us back eventually.

MORE....

http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2009/09/09/surprise-gm-and-chrysler-wont-be-able-to-pay-us-back/?xid=rss-topstories

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

    I just love old Gomer Pyle reruns, and when he was on Andy Griffith 

[no rose colored glasses]

Army Archerd died today at Los Angeles Medical Center of a rare form of mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer thought to be the result of his exposure to asbestos in the Navy during World War II.

One of the guys my husband has worked with forever just died from mesothelioma also     I don't know how you do it, you don't feel good and you still do all that work. I have always been that way also, no matter what I drag my carcass and do what needs to be done, but the older I'm getting, I have slowed down a bit. I hope you don't have a sinus infection, that is awful.

[trimmonthelake]

Be back in a bit.Gotta finish gathering forms.   

[no rose colored glasses]

Be back in a bit.Gotta finish gathering forms.   

    I've got to go change bird feeders and dust, and fold clothes..... 

[Bearlyhere]

I just went nuts in my backyard with chalk  My birdfeeder and wall where the bird feeder is has ants, ants galore, I chalked the wall so bad it looks like graffeti, let's see those little varmints cross the chalk line  Between Terminex and chalk something has to get rid of them, something, anything. 

We get ants in the spring thaw.  What works is spraying with ant spray and using Combat ant traps.  In our county it is a problem and someone told me Combat and I have used it and never looked back.  I spray every couple of days when it is bad.  I sympathize with you.

The people who had the house before me said they had them in their dishwasher (it is right next to the bathroom) they come in on the water pipes.

 

[Bearlyhere]

I just went nuts in my backyard with chalk  My birdfeeder and wall where the bird feeder is has ants, ants galore, I chalked the wall so bad it looks like graffeti, let's see those little varmints cross the chalk line  Between Terminex and chalk something has to get rid of them, something, anything. 

Oh, a friend's mom swears by Gold Bond powder.

 

[Bearlyhere]

I like that plan, and then maybe they will put me somewhere, and all I have to do is sit in my room and have a nurse poke her head in and say time for your meds 

Just be sure they put you in a place with Wifi! 

Good morning, NO ROSE & MISSION. 

 

And BEARLY. 

I got kicked out. I didn't mean to leave you out. 

Thanks!  It was a little squirrely for me there for a while.

 

[Bearlyhere]

I just went nuts in my backyard with chalk  My birdfeeder and wall where the bird feeder is has ants, ants galore, I chalked the wall so bad it looks like graffeti, let's see those little varmints cross the chalk line  Between Terminex and chalk something has to get rid of them, something, anything. 

look on the bright side...as long as you have ants you don't have roaches!

No roaches but the ants are enough    Now I just had to bury one of my favorite birds that comes here to feed, a Morning Dove decided to attack him and kill him.......   I swear even the birds have gone crazy.

 

I am so sorry.  I thought doves were the olive branch type.

 

[Bearlyhere]

I wake up this morning not feeling well, and think that I can get Hubby to look after the morning routine so I can can go back to bed.  Problem is could not find Hubby.  I look outside and car is gone and I figure he had a bad night and took himself to hospital which he has done before.   After making coffee, lunches, and having breakfast ready, I take idiot dog out and see hubby's car coming down the road. 

He gets out of his car carrying a big box 

He went to the local Walmart at 4:00am and stood in line so he could get our daughter the Beatles Rockband that came out today.  She is a huge Beatles fan.

Oooohhhhh!

 

[no rose colored glasses]

I just went nuts in my backyard with chalk  My birdfeeder and wall where the bird feeder is has ants, ants galore, I chalked the wall so bad it looks like graffeti, let's see those little varmints cross the chalk line  Between Terminex and chalk something has to get rid of them, something, anything. 

We get ants in the spring thaw.  What works is spraying with ant spray and using Combat ant traps.  In our county it is a problem and someone told me Combat and I have used it and never looked back.  I spray every couple of days when it is bad.  I sympathize with you.

The people who had the house before me said they had them in their dishwasher (it is right next to the bathroom) they come in on the water pipes.

 

Thanks I will get some of those, I have seen those in the store. Yes, they come in on the water pipes, they come from everywhere, the soil here where we live is like one big ant hill, it just makes my skin crawl. They should start now to get a little better once it starts to cool off a little. They also won't walk over a line of chalk, that is why I always have chalk, and it is safe around the dog. I have always been afraid of poison in the house, because one time when my older daughter was only about a year or so, she was standing up looking out our front door screen, and the idiots that the association hired, different then where we live now, were spraying and they sprayed our screen door, and my daughter got a little poison on her. I flew to the door like a mad woman, and washed her in the tub, and called the doctor, I was livid.

[Bearlyhere]

Fanny,Phil Keating is looking "HOT" this morning.   

I must have been out of the room. I missed him, but he's alway "HOT." I just wish he would do something with his hair. I don't mind the "mussed" look, but sometimes he looks like he just jumped out of bed. I get so distracted looking at his hair, sometimes I miss what he's saying.   

How do you know what he looks like when he just jumps out of bed?

Come clean....

 

[Fanny Mae]

I just went nuts in my backyard with chalk  My birdfeeder and wall where the bird feeder is has ants, ants galore, I chalked the wall so bad it looks like graffeti, let's see those little varmints cross the chalk line  Between Terminex and chalk something has to get rid of them, something, anything. 

look on the bright side...as long as you have ants you don't have roaches!

No roaches but the ants are enough    Now I just had to bury one of my favorite birds that comes here to feed, a Morning Dove decided to attack him and kill him.......   I swear even the birds have gone crazy.

 

I am so sorry.  I thought doves were the olive branch type.

 

Beware of wolves in dove's clothing..... 

[no rose colored glasses]

I just went nuts in my backyard with chalk  My birdfeeder and wall where the bird feeder is has ants, ants galore, I chalked the wall so bad it looks like graffeti, let's see those little varmints cross the chalk line  Between Terminex and chalk something has to get rid of them, something, anything. 

look on the bright side...as long as you have ants you don't have roaches!

No roaches but the ants are enough    Now I just had to bury one of my favorite birds that comes here to feed, a Morning Dove decided to attack him and kill him.......   I swear even the birds have gone crazy.

 

I am so sorry.  I thought doves were the olive branch type.

 

That's what my dad in Wisconsin keeps telling me, and I keep telling him that I have some mean ones that come here to feed. I just hate to see a bird dead, I have a special place where I bury them, I'm way to emotional for my own good. 

[joesamas mama]

When you show up JSM - I hope you are feeling better 

Thanks Mission. I am feeling a little better. Thanks for asking. 

Are you done with the antibiotics? Do you have a refill? Sometimes one prescription isn't enough to knock it all out 

They said the anitbiotics continue to work for like six more days. I think I will be fine in a day or two. 

[Fanny Mae]

Boo! 

[joesamas mama]

Sorry Monkeys I have been behind cause of work. I just wanted to say hi and hope you have a wonderful day. I will be lurking and come lunchtime I will stick my head in the cage.

  JSM

You probably need a dose of magic cough syrup.......just saying.   

    Nothing quite like magic cough syrup 

 

[joesamas mama]

Surprise! GM and Chrysler won't be able to pay us back

Big shocker! General Motors and Chrysler probably won't be able to pay back all those loans we've extended them! From the just-released September report of the Congressional Oversight Panel assigned with keeping an eye on the Troubled Asset Relief Program:

Although taxpayers may recover some portion of their investment in Chrysler and GM, it is unlikely they will recover the entire amount. The estimates of loss vary. Treasury estimates that approximately $23 billion of the initial loans made will be subject to much lower recoveries. Approximately $5.4 billion of the loans extended to the old Chrysler company are highly unlikely to be recovered. The Congressional Budget Office earlier calculated a subsidy rate of 73 percent for all automotive industry support under TARP and recently raised its estimate of the cost of that assistance by approximately $40 billion over the previous estimate.

This comes as we've been getting mostly good news about the money Treasury extended to banks last fall. Even Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac might, if we gave them long enough, be able to pay us back eventually.

MORE....

http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2009/09/09/surprise-gm-and-chrysler-wont-be-able-to-pay-us-back/?xid=rss-topstories

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

 

[joesamas mama]

I just went nuts in my backyard with chalk  My birdfeeder and wall where the bird feeder is has ants, ants galore, I chalked the wall so bad it looks like graffeti, let's see those little varmints cross the chalk line  Between Terminex and chalk something has to get rid of them, something, anything. 

look on the bright side...as long as you have ants you don't have roaches!

No roaches but the ants are enough    Now I just had to bury one of my favorite birds that comes here to feed, a Morning Dove decided to attack him and kill him.......   I swear even the birds have gone crazy.

 

I am so sorry.  I thought doves were the olive branch type.

 

Me too bearly. I didn't know doves would kill other birds.  I just know that Josef likes to try and get doves.