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2008-01-24 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Pappy 2008-01-24 00:16|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 Paris has spoken. Now I'll have to rethink everything.

Posted by gorb 2008-01-24 01:52|| 2008-01-24 01:52|| Front Page Top

#2 If Britney is a great mather in Paris opinion it says loooots about Paris own mother.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-01-24 04:53|| 2008-01-24 04:53|| Front Page Top

#3 ...the 26-year-old hotel heiress-actress told E! News.

Paris is to acting as I am to professional cycling...

Posted by Raj 2008-01-24 08:10|| 2008-01-24 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 She also has a music album and a nack for interior decorating...

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-01-24 12:08|| 2008-01-24 12:08|| Front Page Top

#5 "Everybody persecutes us because we love our Lord Satan."

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-01-24 12:54|| 2008-01-24 12:54|| Front Page Top

#6 So...is this the final word, or do we have to wait for Oprah to chime in?

Posted by tu3031 2008-01-24 13:39|| 2008-01-24 13:39|| Front Page Top

#7 another article on pop-tards - way to go monitors.

Posted by Captain Spalet9314 2008-01-24 14:02|| 2008-01-24 14:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Aw Captain Spaulding cut 'em a little slack.

Posted by Thomas Woof">Thomas Woof 2008-01-24 14:33|| 2008-01-24 14:33|| Front Page Top

#9 What, "Captain," you don't like a little comic relief?

THEN DON'T READ THE POST.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-24 14:36|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-24 14:36|| Front Page Top

#10 The point, Barbara, is that I regularly submit articles about WOT that never get posted but this drivel does.

Posted by Capt etc, 2008-01-24 14:43|| 2008-01-24 14:43|| Front Page Top

#11 Speaking as a moderator:

the only WOT articles that are submitted and not forwarded are, in my case at least, duplicates of stories we've already posted, either from that very URL or with substantially the same content from elsewhere.

We do occasionally get articles that are listed as WOT for which the connection is, in the eyes of the mods, tenuous. But most of the time, if you submitted something and it wasn't posted, it's because it's already there (or got into the queue ahead of you waiting to be posted).

Feel free to drop a note in the Club if you have a question about some specific article.

Posted by lotp 2008-01-24 15:03|| 2008-01-24 15:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Some headlines mock themselves.

Posted by Ebbomolet Trotsky1353 2008-01-24 17:36|| 2008-01-24 17:36|| Front Page Top

#13 another article on pop-tards - way to go monitors.

It was a 'monitor' that put it in. Me.

Please notice that the post is in the Non-War-on-Terror section. That should be a clear indication to the Permanently-Serious that postings in that section aren't going to be terror-related. Feel free to skip Non-WoT.

If you've been here for any length of time (and judging by the multiple nyms, you have) you'll note that Rantburg also does comic-irony, stupid criminal, and animal pieces. It's a side effect.

The point, Barbara, is that I regularly submit articles about WOT that never get posted but this drivel does.

Speaking as a moderator, I'll echo lotp. Perhaps the post was a duplicate, maybe it was a tenuous topic. We have a lot of well-read Rantburgers who are very good at finding stories. We also have many who specialise in certain areas, like India. So the chances of someone else finding your 'prize' are great. On average, I end up trashing 3-5 of my own posts because they're duplicates.

Getting a post in early helps. The new-day for Rantburg is midnight EST. That might be a bit hard from Hawaii, but there's no free lunch. As always, feel free to email if there are any questions.

Speaking for myself, it'd be real nice, for the amount of times you've posted here, to pick a permanent nym and stick with it.

Posted by Pappy 2008-01-24 17:40|| 2008-01-24 17:40|| Front Page Top

#14 Well said, Pappy & lotp.

Y'all are nicer than I would be to someone bitching about the free ice cream....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-24 18:26|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-24 18:26|| Front Page Top

#15 I imagine Pappy was one of those really, really effective NCOs back before he became an officer. That was exceedingly thorough, and exquisitely polite.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-01-24 19:46|| 2008-01-24 19:46|| Front Page Top

#16 Pappy__ I've been trying to post articles from an excellent MilBlog in Iraq for the past week and none have shown up.

http://kaboomwarjournal.blogspot.com/ for your information.

I see no reason this should be ashcanned while some of the other stuff goes thru.

Yes I have posted a lot and commented a lot - when I had an article or information I thought would be useful to the crew. Not that my nym's should be of any concern to you, but I like to see what pops out of Freds pic-a-nic so I don't usually change the default. Also I can't type worth a damn so why waste the effort when Fred has so generously let me avoid that. If you think I'm violating some unwritten Rantburger code by not using one official pseudonym, drop the feature. Otherwise, don't complain about what really isn't in your brief.

This is intended as a constructive criticm of what I see as a failure to adhere to R'Burg's stated standards.

Mercutio (there. happy, Pappy?)

Posted by George Chomotle9007 2008-01-24 21:07|| 2008-01-24 21:07|| Front Page Top

#17 That blog was already featured on Rantburg on Monday. Link here. I personally have deleted at least two submissions from you of that site after Monday.

And -- please do stick to one 'nym when commenting and posting.

Posted by lotp 2008-01-24 21:38|| 2008-01-24 21:38|| Front Page Top

#18 So let me expand a bit on the 'nym issue.

While Fred does not demand you use a single 'nym, doing so allows regulars to recognize and respond to your comments. Many readers scan the right side of the page and jump to read comments by people they know and respect.

There are other reasons as well, among them that it makes it easier for the moderators to sort out trolls who might be posting from the same ISP server as you.

The moderators work hard to make this site available and attractive. Constructive comments are welcome. Pissy comments that denigrate the work and suggestions of moderators - of whom Pappy is one - are not.

Posted by lotp 2008-01-24 21:44|| 2008-01-24 21:44|| Front Page Top

#19 My apologies about the unposted items. I obviously missed monday's link - though the item I tried to post today was a totally different article that the one in the link and well worth reading.

As far as nym's go, that is personal preference. I don't care much about who knows who I am, and my reasons as stated for using the pic-a-nic stand.

As far as "pissy" goes. Nothing I said should be or would be construed in that fashion by a reasonable reader. I merely object to being told that using a feature of R'burg is politically incorrect. This has been a very good site. I sincerely hope that "in-crowdism" doesn't rear it's head and diminish it.

Mercutio

Posted by Jinter Poodle5552 2008-01-24 22:07|| 2008-01-24 22:07|| Front Page Top

#20 One more to Mercutio: we mods post the 'pop-tard' items to demonstrate what the MSM is focusing on, rather than the WoT. That's also the point of the 'Shattered Nation' cartoon we use from time to time.

1) Nym: pick one, stick with it. Otherwise I won't know who you are, and if I slag you I won't feel near as guilty about it.

2) Posts from non-mods are at the discretion of the mods. Regulars (y'know, with one nym whom we know) get more discretion. Duplicates get deleted, as do way-OT posts. We get 80 to 100 posts a day, only half from the mods.

AoS

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-01-24 22:23|| 2008-01-24 22:23|| Front Page Top

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