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2004-05-26

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Posted by Fred 2004-05-26 12:26:41 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 okeydoke boss! :)

Posted by muck4doo 2004-05-26 8:04:07 AM|| [http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2004-05-26 8:04:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Keep them short, don't bold your entire text, WoT preferred.

That means you, Mark E. Enough with the daily oil reports! Thanks, I needed that.

Posted by Steve 2004-05-26 8:41:26 AM|| 2004-05-26 8:41:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 thank you thread, I come here for info on the WOT, and am happy to see your attempt to keep it focused that way. In the next few months the press and many blogs will shift their attention to US domestic politics, making it harder to find military, intell, and other WOT related info. Im glad we'll have Rantburg as an alternative.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-05-26 10:16:58 AM|| 2004-05-26 10:16:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Oops, I meant thank you Fred.

VERY, VERY embarrassed.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-05-26 10:17:34 AM|| 2004-05-26 10:17:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 That's Fred Pruitt's cousin, Thread Pruitt. BTW, mark me down as in favor of 95% WoT, 5% politix. I prefer reading "Nuggets from the Urdu press" or "signed editorials" from KCNA to reading rehashed reports of Michael Moore's latest fabrications, or Kerry's poll numbers.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-05-26 11:41:59 AM|| 2004-05-26 11:41:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Nuggets are among my favorites, too. We should probably post more KCNA, but it's so hard to find items that actually make a bit of sense...

Posted by Fred 2004-05-26 12:36:12 PM|| 2004-05-26 12:36:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 sense? KCNA? I never thought of using those words in the same sentence...learn something new every day..

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-26 12:48:52 PM|| 2004-05-26 12:48:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm back in town and will be helping to clear posts at the midnight hour, for those of you eager to be first out of the blocks. A couple of minor additions:

a. Get the date right -- if you want it to appear on the new day, after midnight, make sure you use that date. I usually catch it if you don't, but sometimes I don't and you end up posting to the prior day, and not too many of us go back and read yesterday's Rantburg .

b. please include the link. Some of you have been providing nice posts but no link. I don't have time to find them so I leave them for Steve/Dan/Fred. Guess what happens.

c. I can cut an oil, gold or currency post to 1 sentence -- or 0 sentences, whatever Fred prefers. Mark E., please take the hint.

d. Hit the tip jar, for Ethel's sake. She deserves a new pair of shoes.

Posted by Steve White 2004-05-26 2:26:56 PM|| 2004-05-26 2:26:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Fred,

There seems to be a bug in your coding that switches single and double quotes in href tags, which mangles links.

For example, I have seen it where I can use single quotes in one href tag and I get a link that looks like this: http://wwww.rantburg.com/http://somelinkhere.com

When I say it switches, it can happen with single quotes or it can happen with double quotes. So when posting an href tag, posters should be advised to at least test the link before submitting, and if the link appears as above, use the other type quotes.

Posted by badanov 2004-05-26 2:39:57 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-05-26 2:39:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 don't and you end up posting to the prior day, and not too many of us go back and read yesterday's Rantburg .

What? I do. I can't stand to miss the late nite trolls.

Posted by Shipman 2004-05-26 3:48:20 PM|| 2004-05-26 3:48:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Fred, if you get a chance, maybe you can post a permanent link to these tips somewhere near the top of the page next to the posting links. As a reminder, or for new posters.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-26 6:29:06 PM|| 2004-05-26 6:29:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Can someone please explain the fascination of bizzare animal stories, since I don't share the interest. And while you are at it, please explain why people who are interested in the WoT are also interested in the dumb things animals do (perhaps I've answered my own question there ;-))

Posted by Phil B 2004-05-26 9:43:00 PM|| 2004-05-26 9:43:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 #9 badanov
I've noticed that problem on the preview, but it seems to go away when the article posts. (Or maybe the editors are fixing it... who knew?)

OT- Rocky & Bullwinkle Season 1 is out. Boris, you impetuous boy, what will you do?

Posted by Old Grouch 2004-05-27 12:07:50 AM|| 2004-05-27 12:07:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 Phil, I fear that would be our favorite resident "troll" Mucky
(PETA is his life!).

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