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2007-08-16 
Tip jar request...
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Posted by  2007-08-16 00:07|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Done, and gladly. Surely somebody in our esteemed three-letter entity readership can find a desk, a modem, and a salary for the finest analysis west of the Euphrates.

We'll throw in the half-nekkid movie stars for free.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2007-08-16 00:24||   2007-08-16 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 You deserve it above all. I have few monies but many "refers". Rantberg is one of my few outlets instead of smiting. Commentary is insightful and very posh for this kinda place. And the women are whoo hoo!

Bless Rantburg.
Posted by newc">newc  2007-08-16 00:30||   2007-08-16 00:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Just making sure, but I don't see a tag on this. And with our little bot friends poking around lately, I just wanna be sure it's legit.
Posted by tu3031 2007-08-16 00:30||   2007-08-16 00:30|| Front Page Top

#4 It's legit. Fred is currently spending more time with Karl Rove's family.

Open your hearts and your wallets, brethren and sistren.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2007-08-16 00:37||   2007-08-16 00:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Done, and thanks for letting this humble scribe be a part of the fun.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2007-08-16 00:41||   2007-08-16 00:41|| Front Page Top

#6 If you're shopping for anything at Amazon, Fred gets a jingle if you enter the site through his portal on the sidebar. -->
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2007-08-16 00:51||   2007-08-16 00:51|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm in. Best money I spent all day.
Posted by Iblis">Iblis  2007-08-16 01:07||   2007-08-16 01:07|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm in. Think what a good newspaper used to cost. Since "good" newspapers are pretty much extinct, give it to Fred!
Posted by PBMcL 2007-08-16 01:21||   2007-08-16 01:21|| Front Page Top

#9 I have an Amazon gift certificate. Please let me know how to kick this down.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-08-16 02:05||   2007-08-16 02:05|| Front Page Top

#10 I will print some cash in the wee hours of tomorrow morning.....

secrete inks
clothes clips
hair dryer
silencer
gum of Arabic

that is all....
Posted by Spembolov ">Spembolov  2007-08-16 03:04||   2007-08-16 03:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Fred: 9.09 days of ITO per diem headed your way. Keep up the groot werk! You are our Boom van die Kennis van Goed en Kwaad (Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil).
Posted by Besoeker 2007-08-16 03:34||   2007-08-16 03:34|| Front Page Top

#12 Just dropped a few electronic coins in the jar.

Even though my wife subscribes to the local newspaper, my only contact with it is to take the cryptic crossword out.

Now that's an idea. A WoT themed crossword puzzle.

7 across, Holds water in the northwest (4 letters)

or 7 across, container gives thanks for home of Juche (4 letters)
Posted by phil_b 2007-08-16 03:37||   2007-08-16 03:37|| Front Page Top

#13 Done via Amazon link. Been there still doing that.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-08-16 03:38||   2007-08-16 03:38|| Front Page Top

#14 the cryptic crossword

Jeebus, phil_b! You do the cryptic? My past Oxford doctorate boss—fluent in Chinese, French, German and English—used to do the cryptic and I could barely get one or two clues in the whole damn puzzle. He was awestruck to watch me plow through the big NYT Sunday crossword in an hour or two but the stinkin' cryptic was a total ball breaker.

Example:

Eastern emir's negative to a Scottish poet = Nabob (nay Bob, as in Robert Burns).

Phuque but I wanted to strangle the lot of those cryptic writers.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-08-16 04:43||   2007-08-16 04:43|| Front Page Top

#15 Zenster, my all time favourite cryptic clue that stumps everyone is,

H I J K L M N O (5 letters)
Posted by phil_b 2007-08-16 04:56||   2007-08-16 04:56|| Front Page Top

#16 I'm in
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-08-16 05:01||   2007-08-16 05:01|| Front Page Top

#17 And me.
Posted by lotp 2007-08-16 05:51||   2007-08-16 05:51|| Front Page Top

#18 I short of cash, but, I'm in with some.

Jack Bross
Posted by Jack Bross">Jack Bross  2007-08-16 07:04|| www.achievergroup.com]">[www.achievergroup.com]  2007-08-16 07:04|| Front Page Top

#19 Got 'er done, best I can at the moment.
Posted by eLarson 2007-08-16 07:20|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com]  2007-08-16 07:20|| Front Page Top

#20 I'm overdue to sneak something out of my housekeeping money anyway. Fred, look for an envelope in the mail.
Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-16 08:28||   2007-08-16 08:28|| Front Page Top

#21 Thank you Fred.
Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-08-16 08:29||   2007-08-16 08:29|| Front Page Top

#22 Done. Rantburg is the first thing I read every morning, and better than most gummint products.

Fred, the company I work for is looking for folks like you, email me if you're interested, we're DC Metro govt contractors in sectors fitting your bio.

Sofia
Posted by sofia">sofia  2007-08-16 08:52||   2007-08-16 08:52|| Front Page Top

#23 I'm in. At my church, they give your envelopes with your own account number on it. They track your giving (and also your attendance). Falter a little and they raise your kid's tuition at school. I like Fred's tithing policy better. When your running out of beer and bandwidth, give the crowd a holler.
Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back!  2007-08-16 09:21||   2007-08-16 09:21|| Front Page Top

#24 phil_b: Would that be "water" (H to O)?
Posted by Dar">Dar  2007-08-16 10:08||   2007-08-16 10:08|| Front Page Top

#25 Fred:

Some beer money on the way. First time I've done it, and it's waaaay overdue. Thanks for your (and the other mods) hard work at keeping the BEST site on the 'net for WoT (and other shenanigans') news.

I used to peruse MULTIPLE websites every day (Newsmax, WND, Boortz, Hannity, etc.) and then I was turned on to the 'burg. Haven't searched any of those other sites in years. And, we get to have tea, courtesy of TW, to boot!
Posted by BA 2007-08-16 10:49||   2007-08-16 10:49|| Front Page Top

#26 Seafarious made the point earlier, and I had forgotten it, so I'll make it again: you Amazon shoppers should enter via Fred's portal. You get the stuff you need and Fred gets a cut. What could be better?

Well gold, ok. .. .. Um, silver, ok. .. .. Gems, yeah. .. .. Certificates of deposit, sure, you got me, um. .. .. Bearer bonds, yewbetcha .. ..
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2007-08-16 11:55||   2007-08-16 11:55|| Front Page Top

#27 Fred, I dropped a little change in the begging bowl. Worth every penny. And here's hoping the employment fairy taps you on the shoulder soon. (And no, I don't mean a gay boss. NTTAWWT.)
Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan  2007-08-16 12:19||   2007-08-16 12:19|| Front Page Top

#28 Done, and I'll think about buying at amazon from here (I try to think about clicking on the ads from time to time too). It's a bit hard for me, because I planned to spend that money on pr0n. Oh, well, there always will be more.
Posted by anonymous5089 2007-08-16 12:42||   2007-08-16 12:42|| Front Page Top

#29 Done, and well worth it.
Posted by jay-dubya">jay-dubya  2007-08-16 13:27|| www.technochitlins.com]">[www.technochitlins.com]  2007-08-16 13:27|| Front Page Top

#30  phil_b: Would that be "water" (H to O)?

Well done. One of the sneakiest clues I've come across. Irish Times circa 1972.
Posted by phil_b 2007-08-16 13:33||   2007-08-16 13:33|| Front Page Top

#31 Done.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2007-08-16 13:44||   2007-08-16 13:44|| Front Page Top

#32 Don't do Paypal, but will send via Snail;; where's da address thingy please?????
Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-08-16 14:03||   2007-08-16 14:03|| Front Page Top

#33 Email me and I'll give you my snail mail address.
Posted by Fred 2007-08-16 14:07||   2007-08-16 14:07|| Front Page Top

#34 Thanks so much. Hope the little I sent helps some.
Posted by Jan  2007-08-16 14:11||   2007-08-16 14:11|| Front Page Top

#35 It's a bad month for me, too, Fred, but I should be able to scratch up a couple of bucks. Email me your snail mail addy again. I saved it last time, but because of my medical condition (CRS), I can't find where I stored it.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2007-08-16 15:11|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2007-08-16 15:11|| Front Page Top

#36 I'm in ... this weeks Kiva money redirected to Rantburg!
Posted by Beau 2007-08-16 15:25||   2007-08-16 15:25|| Front Page Top

#37 I got into PayPal so I could tip you and Yon, but no I seem to have blocked myself out completely.

I'll try Paypal again, then Amazon. "The check is in the mail".
Posted by Bobby 2007-08-16 15:55||   2007-08-16 15:55|| Front Page Top

#38 Amazon, but it will not tell you my name! Rats! I wanted a little credit!

Thanks for all you do, Fred. Who needs the dead tree media, anyway?
Posted by Bobby 2007-08-16 16:00||   2007-08-16 16:00|| Front Page Top

#39 Try thia again Fred; computer rejected me :(
Posted by USN, Ret.">USN, Ret.  2007-08-16 17:26||   2007-08-16 17:26|| Front Page Top

#40 Who care what the computer thinks, USN, Ret.?

We love you. ;-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2007-08-16 18:41|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2007-08-16 18:41|| Front Page Top

#41 Back on topic, just emptied my PayPal account into yours, Fred. Can't think of a better use for it.

I'm planning on putting some stuff on eBay this weekend - if I sell anything I'll send that along, too (with a little held out for Michael Totten).

[Of course, I've been planning to do this the past two weekends.... :-( ]
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2007-08-16 18:47|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2007-08-16 18:47|| Front Page Top

#42 Fred, if the response from everyone doesn't get you where you need to be, make sure you say so.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2007-08-16 19:03||   2007-08-16 19:03|| Front Page Top

#43 
#39 Went through that time. Thanks, and thanks to all of you. Hope this is the only time I have to ask...

If I asked more than every year or two you'd get tired of it.
Posted by Fred 2007-08-16 19:17||   2007-08-16 19:17|| Front Page Top

#44 I've hit the Amazon tip jar very recently and will hit it again soon. It may be the best money I spend all year. Thanks Fred.

And thanks Steve White, for the reminder about making Amazon purchases through the Rantburg portal. I never think of that, and it's crazy to waste any opportunity to benefit a good cause - especially one that costs nothing.
Posted by ryuge 2007-08-16 23:38||   2007-08-16 23:38|| Front Page Top

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