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2004-05-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by badanov 2004-05-12 9:28:52 AM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wondering the same thing m'self...yesterday was rough. Alaska Paul seemed to have some success holding down the fort though.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-05-12 11:51:01 AM|| 2004-05-12 11:51:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Sure, but look at what time AP gets in. He's got the entire internet to himself. Must be the arrival of the midnight sun.

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-05-12 11:53:25 AM|| 2004-05-12 11:53:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 A friend of mine here in Wales, Alaska has a good satellite internet connection, but posting on RB was EXTREMELY SLOW. I saw over 1000 people on the line at 12 midnight Alaska Time or 5AM EDT. I posted my comment on the Berg murder and went to bed while RB slowly digested the message. BTW, cloud deck is up from yesterday's fog and we can see Little Diomede Island from here today.

Posted by Alaska Paul in Wales, Alaska 2004-05-12 11:56:36 AM|| 2004-05-12 11:56:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Had trouble yesterday, and until 30 mins ago. What was the problem? Virus? Server breakdown?

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-12 11:58:17 AM|| 2004-05-12 11:58:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Might be the big one. I'm not allowed out after dark so not sure of a full moon or extra terrestial stuff. Heard in Mexico they are under an UFO flyover.

Posted by Lucky 2004-05-12 12:00:04 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:00:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 it's safe to go out after dark, lucky - just make sure the eye holes in the foil hat are big enough
;-)

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-12 12:01:35 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:01:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 2010 people are on line as of 12:00? Holy shit!

Posted by tu3031 2004-05-12 12:02:15 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:02:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 To your battle stations!

Er...wherever they might be.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-05-12 12:06:53 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:06:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Nah, big quake in Sumatra; signals megaquakes around the world, CO2 causes global warming. Whoops make that global cooling. Then volcanoes heat up the worlds atmosphere causing atmospheric warming, check! that should be atmospheric cooling and we still don't have weather here in Singapore - 33C every day year after year gets tiresome!

Posted by Phil B 2004-05-12 12:08:40 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:08:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 2,044 people on line right now.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-05-12 12:11:05 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:11:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 2,044 people on line right now.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-05-12 12:11:10 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:11:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Snows expected above 7'000 today/tonight here in CO. Yesterday it was 80F!

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-05-12 12:11:59 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:11:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I was having "Rantburg Withdrawl". I couldn't even access the site until about 30 minutes ago. Did somebody let the Blue Smoke out? If you have something that works on electricity and you let the Blue Smoke out it won't work any more. That happened to my refrigerator last week. Now I have to drink warm beer. Or it could be neutrinos.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2004-05-12 12:14:02 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:14:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Links to video of the butchery are causing a lot of odd things.

Posted by Shipman 2004-05-12 12:20:01 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:20:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Where is everbody coming from? 2k on line! Did 60 minutes run a segment on weblogs? WTFO?

Posted by Alaska Paul in Wales, Alaska 2004-05-12 12:21:01 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:21:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Me thinkks Rantburg be under attack. I was timing out most of yesterday. What gives?

Posted by Bill Nelson 2004-05-12 12:21:10 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:21:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 #14 Links to video of the butchery are causing a lot of odd things.

I would imagine that the terrorists realize they really pissed us off and are now trying to cover it up.

Posted by Charles 2004-05-12 12:26:28 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:26:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 yeah! it back!

Posted by muck4doo 2004-05-12 12:41:34 PM|| [http://petaenespanol.com/cinco/] 2004-05-12 12:41:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Hey everybody! Group hug!
I was bereft last night...I was so upset about the Berg beheading and needed to vent and could NOT get on RB!
I was forced to talk about it on my own blog! The horror.
The one time I got here, it said there were 905 people on line...
is Fred ready for Fame?

Posted by Jen 2004-05-12 12:47:39 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-05-12 12:47:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Hear that, everybody? Keg party at Jen's place! C'mon over!

Thanks for inviting us, you're a sweetie. You sure you ordered enough pizza?

(Seriously: I went and checked out Jen's 'blog, and you should, too.)

Posted by Mike 2004-05-12 12:53:44 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:53:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 Good thoughts on your blog, Jen. I was so pissed when I heard about the video, then couldn't post my thoughts, thought there was something netharious going on. . . .

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-12 12:58:44 PM|| 2004-05-12 12:58:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Hi Jen, big group hug for you returned from touchy feely Seattle.

Rantburgers: Anything we can do to help Fred out with capacity & contingency planning? Seems like we are vulnerable to some brownouts and blackouts here. Would it help if I issued a fatwa or did a bit seething?

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-05-12 1:02:12 PM|| 2004-05-12 1:02:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 Welcome back everyone

Posted by TomAnon 2004-05-12 1:09:25 PM|| 2004-05-12 1:09:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 i give you blog a visit jen. you do a good looking blog. :)

Posted by muck4doo 2004-05-12 1:15:51 PM|| [http://petaenespanol.com/cinco/] 2004-05-12 1:15:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 Cheers, RBers!
And, mucky, I love animals, too!
(But I will eat meat and chicken, although I haven't been to KFC in years--that stuff is nasty!)

Posted by Jen 2004-05-12 1:18:01 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-05-12 1:18:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 Jen - if you are in SoCal, try Pollo Loco. Much better than KFC. BBQ grill - no breading.

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-12 1:21:02 PM|| 2004-05-12 1:21:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 I too suffered Rantburg-withdrawal last night. How the hell am I supposed to learn anything of the news? Search for it myself?

Or... gag... watch TV?

I can't read an article online anymore without mentally inserting sarcastic yellow text throughout it.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2004-05-12 1:24:47 PM|| 2004-05-12 1:24:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#28 Classical_Liberal---Belay the fatwas, buddy. That's my dep't in RB. Just kidding.

Posted by Alaska Paul in Wales, Alaska 2004-05-12 1:25:04 PM|| 2004-05-12 1:25:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#29 2031 on line, but I've no problem getting through today. Was yesterday a troll-release?

Posted by Pappy 2004-05-12 1:45:27 PM|| 2004-05-12 1:45:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#30 We're at 2300 people now, with no problem. Database abuse really cheese me off...

Posted by Fred 2004-05-12 1:45:30 PM|| 2004-05-12 1:45:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#31 Hey RB's perhaps it's time to hit the tip jar...

Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-05-12 1:48:39 PM|| 2004-05-12 1:48:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#32 Hi, gang. Been away for a few days.

This attack would suggest that Rantburg is EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE at getting the truth out. Way to go, Fred! Somebody(s) out there sure wants to shut Rantburg up.

I'm sure the bad guys DON'T the promotion of free speech and critical thinking on Rantburg. I'm sure they don't like our discussions, our photos, our links, our growing popularity, our commitment to each other, our support for the WOT, our support for our president George Bush, our level of knowledge, our ability to educate others, or our resolve. (I know I wouldn't have, back in the day when I was-- cough, gag, sputter--a misinformed liberal activist idiot.)

Rantburg (thank God) is a REAL THREAT to the Kerry campaign, because it tells the truth, and is a REAL THREAT to Islamofacists around the world, because it tells the truth. Both believe it's their duty to mount cyber attacks against the dissemination of accurate information as a kind of guerilla warfare tactic so their side can win . See, they're "the bad guys." Yeah, it really is like that.

Fellow Rantburgers and honorable newcomers: Don't let your own commitment to the noble path confuse you regarding "the bad guys." The plan of the Islamofascists and their "friends" is to destroy the West--period. Anything else they say is just smoke and mirrors. I know it might sound like the stuff of comic books, but it's true--according to their own stated goals, their plans, their actions. (You gotta admit, they're pretty f-ckin' consistent.) Their most effective accomplices (unwittingly, or not so unwittingly) in the West, are the LLL crowd--especially in the media, and many in the Democrat Party.

The funny thing is, we at Rantburg will continue to soldier on--blog attack or no.

So, get used to it, you puny little database attack twerps.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-05-12 2:52:08 PM|| 2004-05-12 2:52:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#33 I LOVE RANTBURG!

Posted by Destro 2004-05-12 3:43:27 PM|| 2004-05-12 3:43:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#34 holy! im not even notice that before. where did all the peples come from?

Posted by muck4doo 2004-05-12 4:03:55 PM|| [http://petaenespanol.com/cinco/] 2004-05-12 4:03:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#35 where did all the peples come from?

Damn it, that's the last time I hold a family reunion!

Posted by Rafael 2004-05-12 4:31:08 PM|| 2004-05-12 4:31:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#36 Wahoo your back.I was getting depressed.

Posted by djohn66 2004-05-12 4:41:00 PM|| 2004-05-12 4:41:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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