Another dining review...

Okay, so I'm in Arlington, it's 8 pm & I'm hungry. I get on my trusty iPhone app "Where" and locate nearby buffets. I was intrigued by a place called "Sweet Tomatoes".

Upon arriving, it reminded me of a cross between Jason's Deli and the Golden Coral without meat or sandwiches. Being a ravenous carnivor, I was extremely concerned for the welfare of my tapeworm, but it was all you can eat.

I'm no health nut, but this place sure caters to them. Probably vegan heaven, and I don't trust those nasty vegan bastards! I want to see just one person not overeat at this joint! They give you small plates, which makes me just want to start with 4 plates just to show these people you don't try to short a Texan.

When I paid the bill, I told them I had never been there before, so they gave me a small bag of chocolate chip cookies and some coupons for the next time in. Mind you, I thought $13 was a bit pricey for soup and salad, but not after I saw the complete selection and tasted their food. They must use real ingredients for ingredients!

There were 3 different hot pasta dishes, 8 different soups (corn chowder was excellent), 2 types of focaccia (fancy word for pizza), baked potato, numerous types of breads, ice cream machine (yogurt actually) and any purchased drink included coffee after dinner.

I wouldn't make a special trip to Arlington to eat here, but when I'm in the area, I plan on giving my tapeworm some variety and stop back by. It's been a long time since I've had a great salad bar, and this is the best I've been to in quite some time.

I'm going home now and have some raw hamburger meat for desert!

Quote of the week!

"You're no longer Ken and Lois Robison, the two school teachers. You're Ken and Lois Robison, the parents of a mass murderer. "

Lois Robison, whose mentally ill son killed five people.

For you Mr. President

I know this is almost a year old, but I enjoy the reminders...



Chicago Tribune 1934
...read carefully!

Sometimes it can be too clean!

Denney Crane expresses emotion and sentiment in song!

h/t Sili

It's been over a year now... Where are the damn videos?!?!?!

No hiding place from new U.S. Army rifles
that use radio-controlled smart bullets
The Daily Mail Reporter

The U.S. army is to begin using a futuristic rifle that fires radio-controlled 'smart' bullets in Afghanistan for the first time, it has emerged.

The XM25 rifle uses bullets that are programmed to explode when they have travelled a set distance, allowing enemies to be targeted no matter where they are hiding.
The rifle also has a range of 2,300 feet making it possible to hit targets which are well out of the reach of conventional rifles.

The XM25 is being developed specially for the U.S. army and will be deployed with troops from later this month, it was revealed today.



The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System has a range of roughly 2,300 feet - and is to be deployed in Afghanistan this month.

The rifle's gunsight uses a laser rangefinder to determine the exact distance to the obstruction, after which the soldier can add or subtract up to 3 metres from that distance to enable the bullets to clear the barrier and explode above or beside the target.

Soldiers will be able to use them to target snipers hidden in trenches rather than calling in air strikes.

The 25-millimetre round contains a chip that receives a radio signal from the gunsight as to the precise distance to the target.

Lt. Col. Christopher Lehner, project manager for the system, described the weapon as a ‘game-changer’ that other nations will try and copy.

He expects the Army to buy 12,500 of the XM25 rifles this year, enough for every member of the infantry and special forces.

Lehner told FoxNews: ‘With this weapon system, we take away cover from [enemy targets] forever.

‘Tactics are going to have to be rewritten. The only thing we can see [enemies] being able to do is run away.’


Experts say the rifle means that enemy troops will no longer be safe if they take cover.

The XM25 appears the perfect weapon for street-to-street fighting that troops in Afghanistan have to engage in, with enemy fighters hiding behind walls and only breaking cover to fire occasionally.

The weapon's laser finder would work out how far away the enemy was and then the U.S. soldier would add one metre using a button near the trigger. When fired, the explosive round would carry exactly one metre past the wall and explode with the force of a hand grenade above the Taliban fighter.

The army's project manager for new weapons, Douglas Tamilio, said: ''This is the first leap-ahead technology for troops that we've been able to develop and deploy.'
A patent granted to the bullet's maker, Alliant Techsystems, reveals that the chip can calculate how far it has travelled.

Mr Tamilio said: 'You could shoot a Javelin missile, and it would cost £43,000. These rounds will end up costing £15.50 apiece. They're relatively cheap.
Lehner added: ‘This is a game-changer. The enemy has learned to get cover, for hundreds if not thousands of years.

‘Well, they can't do that anymore. We're taking that cover from them and there's only two outcomes: We're going to get you behind that cover or force you to flee.’
The rifle will initially use high-explosive rounds, but its makers say that it might later use versions with smaller explosive charges that aim to stun rather than kill.



One of the revolutionary bullets which can be pre-programmed to explode to hit troops that are hiding.

Would you vote for a President who had the cahoneys to deliver this speech?

"My Fellow Americans:

As you all know, the defeat of the Iraq regime has been completed. Since Congress does not want to spend any more money on this war, our mission in Iraq is complete. This morning I gave the order for a complete removal of all American forces from Iraq. This action will be complete within 30 days. It is now time to begin the reckoning.

Before me, I have two lists. One list contains the names of countries which have stood by our side during the Iraq conflict. This list is short. The United Kingdom, Spain , Bulgaria , Australia , and Poland are some of the countries listed there.

The other list contains every one not on the first list. Most of the world's nations are on that list. My press secretary will be distributing copies of both lists later this evening.

Let me start by saying that effective immediately, foreign aid to those nations on List 2 ceases indefinitely. The money saved during the first year alone will pretty much pay for the costs of the Iraqi war. Then, every year thereafter it will go to our social security system so it won’t go broke.

The American people are no longer going to pour money into third world Hell holes and watch those government leaders grow fat on corruption. Need help with a famine ? Wrestling with an epidemic? Call France!

In the future, together with Congress, I will work to redirect this money toward solving the vexing social problems we still have here at home. On a similar note, a word to terrorist organizations, ‘Screw with us and we will hunt you down and eliminate you and all your friends from the face of the earth’!

Thirsting for a gutsy country to terrorize? Try France or maybe China.

I am ordering the immediate severing of diplomatic relations with France, and Russia . Thanks for all your help, comrades. We are retiring from NATO as well.

I have instructed the Mayor of New York City to begin towing the many UN diplomatic vehicles located in Manhattan with more than two unpaid parking tickets to sites where those vehicles will be stripped, shredded and crushed. I don't care about whatever treaty pertains to this. ‘You creeps have tens of thousands of unpaid tickets. Pay those tickets tomorrow or watch your precious Benzes, Beamers and limos be turned over to some of the finest chop shops in the world.’ I love New York.

A special note to our neighbors: Canada, on List 2, ‘Since we are likely to be seeing a lot more of each other, you folks might want to try not pissing us off for a change.’

Mexico is also on List 2. Its president and his entire corrupt government really need an attitude adjustment. I will have a couple thousand extra tanks and infantry divisions sitting around. Guess where I am going to put them? Yep, border security.

Oh, by the way, the United States is abrogating the NAFTA treaty - starting now. We are tired of the one-way highway. Immediately, we'll be drilling for oil in Alaska and off-shore, which will take care of this country's oil needs for decades to come.

If you're an environmentalist who opposes this decision, I refer you to List 2 above: pick a country and move there. It is time for America to focus on its own welfare and its own citizens. Some will accuse us of isolationism. I answer them by saying, 'You damn skippy!'

Nearly a century of helping folks live a decent life around the world has only earned us the undying enmity of just about everyone on the planet. It is time to eliminate hunger in America. It is time to eliminate homelessness in America.

To the nations on List 1, a final word, ‘Thank you guys. We owe you and we won't forget.’”

I damn sure would...

It doesn't get any sexier than this!!!

Minka Kelly

Makes me smile...

A woman went to the doctor's office where she was seen by one of the younger doctors.

After about four minutes in the examination room, she burst out screaming as she ran down the hall.

An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was, and she told him her story.

After listening, he had her sit down and relax in another room.

The older doctor marched down the hallway back to where the young doctor was writing on his clipboard.

"What the heck is the matter with you?!"the older doctor demanded." Mrs. Terry is 71 years old, has four grown children and seven grandchildren, and you told her she was pregnant?"

The younger doctor continued writing and without looking up said, "Does she still have the hiccups?"

h/t AJ

Word Games...

Did you know...

...that the words "race car" spelled backward still spells "race car"?

...that "eat" is the only word that, if you take the 1st letter and move it to the last, it spells its past tense, "ate"?

And have you noticed that if you rearrange the letters in "illegal immigrants," and add just a few more letters, it spells: "Go home you free-loading, benefit-grabbing, resource-sucking, baby-making, violent, non-English-speaking assholes and take those other hairy-faced, sandal-wearing, bomb-making, camel-riding, goat-loving, raggedy-ass bastards with you."

How weird is that??


h/t McMike

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It starts with a thought...

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)

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