fitz?

Hey Teddy,

Fitz me too

FITZ!!

Hey, baby — wanna come back to my place and fitz?

Night Train, Oh, Jane!!!!

gag me with a spoon.

fitz – the real ladies’ man!

*sigh*

Just got word over the AP wire that Bob Casey won the Dem primary in Pennsylvania. He’s better than Santorum, but he’s a “pro-life democrat” (hurl!). Well, still, anything to get Little Ricky out of office and spanked hard in the November elections.

zen,
are you OK and dry? I’m on the Cape which was surprisingly spared much of the deluge. Been thinking about you.

A fellow blogger borrowed my camera today to shoot the NOW event endorsing Ned Lamont, and I’m rendering the video right now.

I’ve got a teaser video from the event up on my blog right now, and in about an hour I should have a complete 11-minute video posted. It looked like a great event, and Lamont is really hitting his stride.

Olberman tonight mentioned that Fitzgerald is meeting tomorrow in DC with someone (some lawyers?) and will probably be around for the GJ meeting as well. Any thoughts on what this means?

Gay marriage was shot down in Georgia by a Judge on a technical… Guess what folks!!! The Cons are dragging out the gay marriage card again.

Do you think it will work this time?

http://tinyurl.com/a6erq

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1) Sign petitions if you have not done so
2) Send a letter to Congress (both Senators & House rep)
3) Send a copy to the media
4) Enlist friends and family to help, ask them to chip in time
5) Spread the link around, email it (with a request to forward) post it on a blog, or in the comments of a news story.

Help out!!!

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Its great that Lamont is challenging Joementum. And I hope he gets the 15% delegate count at the convention and goes on to win the primary.

What’s a shame is that there are so few primary challenges to the DINOs and Dems without courage of conviction and Dems that are willing to sabotage the party to be seen as “centrist” when they are really stooges for the big money campaign donors.

Where are the challengers to Hillary and DiFi? We need more progressive and courageous Dems in Dem leaning states and districts to shake up the party oligarchy.

what is so very funny is that Joe really is a whiny little dweeb; the bit he did about switching to independent if he couldn’t get elected as a Dem? But, But, But……but I’m a really good guy and I’ll work for you!!!

To late, AV boy!

“Saturday nights mean a stack of Playboys and a bottle of Night Train”
What is Night Train?
Ghostman

Night Train, an original cheapo Gallo product. One of the fuels that Jack Kerouac powered himself with back in the era of “We’re men and we can explore ourselves” 1950s. That Saturday night line is a great one but sort of an insult to Night Train.

How about my senator Kennedy? Does he have the Biden/Lieberman excema?

Hey, is that the Rev. Al Green?

If that’s you, Rev, I just wanna say:

“I’m still, in, love, withyou!”

What do you guys think: When a DINO gets challenged in the primaries by a progressive do they tend to move right or left?

What is Night Train?
Ghostman

Rot gut ; )

http://www.bumwine.com/nighttrain.html

Hi Deb, I’m fine, we have no outgoing phones but I don’t like the phone so I don’t feel inconvenienced. I was out working all weekend and it was pretty awful all around. Parts of Salem and Peabody were shut down by Sunday Am and Route One is still closed. Took an hour to go 18 miles and I can’t imagine how the nurses are getting out this week to see patients. Lots of evacuations, one of our elderly housing places is under water and will have to be redone, I’m sure, it’s just down the street from the place I posted. I think all those folks got put in area nursing homes, that’s how it’s usually done. I feel bad for them. It’s much worse inland near rivers, but Peabody (next to Salem) is essentially closed.

Thanks for asking.

Jane –

I believe you and your single-mined focus on Joe’s “gurney to taxi” rape treatment program are the cause.

The result – Ned’s pro-choice support.

Good on ya’

Operation Restore Dignity:

Pennsylvania Congressman Sherwood:

Two Pennsylvania congressmen also faced primary challenges, including Republican Rep. Don Sherwood (news, bio, voting record), who acknowledged a five-year extramarital affair after his mistress accused him of choking her at his Capitol Hill apartment. Sherwood’s opponent, Kathy Scott, is a former guidance counselor who has seized on the scandal.

-GSD

Bob — lemme know, I’ll throw up a link.

Train De Nuit: http://www.bumwine.com/nighttrain.html

15 and 18: never heard of it! Learn something new every day…chuckle. Thanks.
Ghostman

Jane: he = the, second paragraph.

In defense of geeks, I’d have to say that Joe Lieberman is not a geek. For that matter, he’s not a nerd, either. He’s an asshole. Leave us geeks out of this.

Cozumel, what a funny site. They had a piece on our original favorite, circa 1970, Ripple, but could only find it in a screenshot for Sanford and Son. It was like Mogen David with 7Up, so sweet it made your hair hurt.

Frank, I’m sorry.
I had no idea.

ps
I agree

for cheap seductions, nothing beats Boone’s Farm !

Look, I believe in freedom of speech but you have got to use a little restraint. You can’t go around soiling the image of the ladies man by associating such an iconic figure with the likes of jomentum.

MD 20/20 beats Night Train, in my book.

zennurse,

I had to look it up, I never heard of it before ; )

Ripple and Mad Dog (MD-20/20) though, been there, done that. lol

New stuff on the special prosecutor’s page:
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/…..dings.html
All dated May 12, 2006. I’m not able to open them, so possibly embargoed?

zennurse 19 -

yikes! Your “weekend” sounds exhausting – I can’t imagine what your workweek will be in (near?) disaster conditions. Nor I can imagine how stressful just awaiting a flood may have been.

I’m glad you are fine – I hope you get all the rest and support you need while you’re taking care of everyone else. (er, um, just a colleague’s assumption here…
:)

Be well!

Joementum

It’s that burning sensation when you’re on the can after having some super hot chicken wings.

The General doesn’t get linked here much, but this has a little FDL tag I think Jane will appreciate.

The General on the Telecos

“Bob — lemme know, I’ll throw up a link.”

Will do, Jane. It’s uploading now.

Hypatia,

The information in that filing (dated May 12)looks familiar to me. I think the FDL community is familiar with it.

But thank you very much for keeping tabs on the Fitzgerald web site. I check back there myself quite a bit, as I expect it may be one of the first, if not the first, place that we get word of any media announcements, etc.

sanitas — thanks.

d mason — I did worry about that

matt o — I’m adding that to my “Joementum” definition:

Joementum (jÅ-mÄ•n’tÉ™m) n., 1. neologism coined to indicate momentum where none was obvious to anyone but the candidate. 2. a portmanteau referring to the perceived lack of potential for success of a campaign or endeavor.

Me3 at 11…Gay marriage will be an issue in the fall, however in Georgia it was actually the ban on gay marriage that was shot down. Apparently the judge decided to follow the law…the one that says voters can decide on only one issue per ballot. I can’t remember exact details, but CNN had a pretty good explanation on their site.

Thanks, kirk, are you a nurse or a doc???

I am a hospice Baylor nurse, I work two 12 hour shifts Sat/Sun, homes and hospitals mostly and always doing admissions. I’m off during the week unless I opt to pick up time.

Hypatia says:
May 16th, 2006 at 7:07 pm

What happens when you try to open one of the PDF files? Do you have a current version of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer?

Jane – np just try not to make it a habit. k?

I was able to look at the May 12 filing, it’s the government response and Exhibits discussed at the hearing which was discussed when the transcripts were released. Cirque de Soleil posts? I cant remember.

Could someone remind me how to search on this site? I’m in Firefpx. Thanks.

Saturday nights mean a stack of Playboys and a bottle of Night Train for you, geek boy.
Mwahaha! Yin power!
Lieberman: *not* a friend to women.

Um, Firefox.
sorry

Just mentioning maddog made my stomach clench.

OT – One more (photo shopped) pic of my Manx, promise. Maybe it would make a good front pager sometime ; ) lol

http://i67.photobucket.com/alb…..100coz.jpg

This is all great … but we’re gonna have to swallow a lot of shit when Lamont becomes another Dean-Hackett-Rodriguez netroots loser. Hey, I hope not, and I’ve donated, and Joe is a whiny, entitled creep … but we’re deep in the echo chamber here, I’m afraid.

Former porn star Mimi Miyagi to run for Governor of Nevada.

Seems to be a large influx of porn stars into the ranks of the Republican Party.

http://www.wonkette.com/politi…..174187.php

-GSD

good point, Stephen.

Hypatia, you can download Acrobat right at the bottom of the DOJ page where the filings are listed.

BMuse, that’s a great piece of news, although I’m sure the struggle isn’t over for long in Ga.

BBC talking with judicial watch about the Pentagon plane video. What’s this about?

Oh stop my pounding heart! Lamont on the rise, Fitz tomorrow and vindication of the much maligned Truth Out ace reporter Jason Leopold.

My precious little pooch is beside himself too we’re off to celebrate in time for sunset at the beach.

Onward and upward FDL’rs here, there and everywhere!

zennurse-

Screw New England. Come down here to the sunny (and surprisingly temperate this year) south. I’ll take the sofa and you can have my big soft bed. Hell, bring your patients. We’ll start a commune.

At least it’s dry here.

Love,
Rex

Let us not impugn Night Train. I’ve drunk much worse, gladly.
Joe Leiberman would be a hell of a lot better Senator with a few hundred thousand pint bottles of Night Train behind him.

zen,
Do take care and watch out for the mold that will undoubtedly follow the damp.

As for Joementum and Schumer, I’ve got my own “checks” designed to send to the DSCC and DCCC that tell them that my money goes to candidates I find through the progressive blogs. Gonna test drive the checks through our roots project group and see if folks think we should send them out to the rest of the roots group for those who want to print them out and use them. Money talks and we are learning the language.

My folks were generally happy with Joe Lieberman, until the last few years. This was the final straw for mom
Seperated at birth?
(I’m sure this has been posted here before, but it’s worth a laugh)

dang, link didn’t work, trying again
twins?

Thanks, I have Adobe Reader 7.0. Possibly some issues with AOL/IE (hate, hate! but stuck with for now). Saved the files to desktop then opened. Worked. And yes, I check there a couple of times a day, when the waiting gets to be too much.

zen- search . . .
go to the calendar on the left sidebar and take a guess on the date and click it. All the posts of that day will show up.

Other kinds of searches, I don’t know about.

questions:

1) when is the connecticut primary?

2) how are lamont’s chances for ridding us of this pathetic jerk?

TRex, you are so kind, I’d do it in a heartbeat but I love New England. It hasn’t flooded like this since 1938. But I’d love to see your world; my hair-artisteof 26 years moved to Atlanta 6 months ago and I would love to tour Georgia again. Haven’t been there since Carter was in office, we came your way and bought some Billy beer.

Hypatia says:
May 16th, 2006 at 7:07 pm
New stuff on the special prosecutor’s page:
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/…..dings.html
All dated May 12, 2006. I’m not able to open them, so possibly embargoed?
———————————————————-
First one opened fine for me. Nice to see that Fitz is keeping his website updated.

the picture– isn’t it Tim Meadows of SNL fame?

Joe’s has surrended to his inner gander and the geese are getting ready to pluck him clean…

CT primary IIRC is Aug. 8

Oh, Deb, don’t you worry, I’m kind of indestructible. I’ll take your sweet thoughts gladly.

Hypatia @ 7:07 pm (#33) – I’m able to open those files with a Firefox browser on a Linux system, so I suspect the problem is something along the lines of you not having a PDF (AKA Acrobat) plugin for your browser. Try doing a “save link as” if you can’t look at it directly.

If Linux/Firefox works, it’s usually not some strange software requirement that’s the problem.

First one opened fine for me. Nice to see that Fitz is keeping his website updated.

What, no ads for cheap iPods like at the WaPo Blog?

60 obsessed — Kos has said lamont is in striking distance. I think it’s 51/31 right now amongst Democrats, with Ned’s principle problem being awareness. When people know who he is and what he stands for, they like him.

He needs to be endorsed by 15 percent of delegates to force a primary through party rules, or collect enough signatures to get on the ballot. Ned has gotten a remarkable amount of national publicity already and should that happen he will no doubt get a great deal more, which is what he needs.

for a while, I was posting Nigerian Email investment scams on the WaPoo Blog … they’d stay up for days …

A complete transcript of Ned’s remarks at the press conference announcing the NOW endorsement has been posted at My Left Nutmeg

An excerpt:

And I look at the callousness, the callousness of the response when it comes to rape victims going to — any hospital. We talk about universal health care in this country. We ought to have a basic level of health care that’s available for everybody.

My God, how can you deny that basic level of health care to rape victims when they go to a hospital? They don’t choose the hospital they’re going to. That’s a basic right that ought to be there and you’re going to have a Senator who’s going to stand up and say “You’re going to be required to provide emergency contraception to every rape victim, wherever they may go. We’re going to make this available over the counter. We’re not going to put women into this impossible situation where they’re forced to make these terrible choices.

TRex — hey that WaPo ad made me want to buy an iPod, so I did.

I needed something to carry it in when I run on the beach so I went to Fred Meyer’s and I found this thing that would have been perfect, and it was reasonably priced, and I just COULD NOT DO IT.

It wasn’t that I’d have a problem wearing it, because there’s never anyone on the beach but me and the dogs. But I just could not reconcile my self-image with being the owner of a dreaded FANNY PACK.

I keep it in my pocket and I’ve dropped it twice on the sand. At what price vanity.

Even Lieberman’s creatures apparently believe there will be a primary.
Obsessed (60) you can draw your own conclusions to a certain extent by visiting http://nedlamont.com. Make sure you see his video. There is also a news section with CT Post articles etc.

gooooooooooooooo Ned! byyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeee, Joe.

thanks BranfordBoy!

Joementum, don’t forget the Wet Platinum.

please check out Molly Ivins. It’ll help.

Molly Ivins speaks

68 Jane — so when will we know if he’s gotten on the ballot? I hate Lieberman so much that I actually contributed to the Lamont campaign even though I’m 3,000 miles away. I can’t imagine that Lieberman could possibly win the nomination in a state which is so intensely anti-Bush — only 31% approval rating in the latest SUSA 50 State Poll.

By the way, this is a new (5-15) posting for SUSA and Bush has gone even farther down. Utah went from 55% to 51% and only 3 states are now net positive for Bush. Even Oklahoma has turned on him!

zennurse @ 36,
glad you are safe amidst the horrible weather.

Thanks for that link to the General – did you see the Atlas Shrugged, um, video posted underneath the Telcos ? OMG – Teddy SanFran are you still here ? – I honestly thought it was Coffee Talk with The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence !

hilarious, thanks zenn

Pass the Akadama Mama
Akadama White – Sweet and Light
Akadama Red – For getting it said

Thanks for the tip, zennurse! This rain coupled with everything else is sooooo depressing. I love Molly’s opening salvo.

>>>>>>>>>

Austin, Texas – I hate to raise such an ugly possibility, but have you considered lunacy as an explanation? Craziness would make a certain amount of sense. I mean, you announce you are going to militarize the Mexican border, but you assure the president of Mexico you are not militarizing the border. You announce you are sending the National Guard, but then you assure everyone it’s not very many soldiers and just for a little while.

Militarizing the border is a totally terrible idea. Do we have a State Department? Are they sentient?

Jane at 71 –

You should get one of the arm band holders, not as dorky as a fanny pack.

Jane, you might try one of those little chinese shoulder bags with a zipper or a button, you can put the strap across your chest so it wouldn’t fly around. They come in silk, or you could use Guatemalan. They’re very useful.

just a thought.

Time for sleep, got a doc in the morning.

love it here. you’re all the best.

Jane
the shuffle is perfect for running
(but my daughter stole mine)

Obsessed: Starting on May 19th, Connecticut Democrats will meet in Hartford to nominate candidates for some very important state and national races.
http://ctbob.blogspot.com/
Bob Adams will be blogging probably.

I heard Libby and his lawyers went to court today. Fitz was there taking notes. I am hooked on Christy’s summaries and analysis of the Libby saga. Will she deal with it soon?

angie, this one’s great, too, about Hookergate:

Molly Ivins
Creators Syndicate
05.09.06
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Hookergate: Poker, hookers and the Watergate building
Malfeasance in government

AUSTIN, Texas — “Of course I am above sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. So serious a servant of the public interest am I, I can fogey with the best: On my better days, I make David Broder look like Page Six”

http://www.workingforchange.co…..emID=20768

‘night

Hi Zen -

Wow – good for you for doing the hospice work! That’s such a great gift to bring to patients and their loved ones.

I’m a doc myself (don’t tell TomKat’s crowd, but I’m a shrink). My little shrink niches are consult-liaison and affective/anxiety disorders.

I did C/L work with a big ‘ol teaching hospital’s oncology service until I moved to the SF Bay a few years ago. I loved the work, too – helping folks facing the prospect of their own mortality is an amazing experience.

I wish no one had* to endure cancer, but I haven’t found the genie yet. Even if the genie grants the wish, we’ll still be needing hospices – for our patients, loved ones, our little ol’ clinical selves.

The hospice clicians I’ve met have such a wonderful centered caring presence. Thanks so much for what and yor colleagues do.

And good luck with the flood.

PS – I’ve had the great fun of providing first aid/clinic services for the Ruckus’ society’s week-long training camps. The site for the Fall 2003 camp in Florida was under floodwaters until a few days before camp.

The good folks at Ruckus set up the med tent in a nice shady spot under some big ‘ol iconinc trees.

Nothing like venomous snakes bouncing off the tent roof to stir up the morning clinic….

________________________________

(*and before synthetic chemicals the diagnosis was rare – even adjused for changes in other causes of mortality!).

zennurse says:
May 16th, 2006 at 7:13 pm

Thanks, kirk, are you a nurse or a doc???

I am a hospice Baylor nurse, I work two 12 hour shifts Sat/Sun, homes and hospitals mostly and always doing admissions. I’m off during the week unless I opt to pick up time.

It is obvious that most people don’t really follow politics closely enough to comnnect the dots…

I.E., that a Republican congress will rubberstamp the Bush agenda…

That is how you get a place like Maine where Olympia Snowe is in the 60% in support but the Authoritarian Chimp is in the low 30’s.

If only we can drum it into some heads that a vote for Snowe is a vote for George W. Bush.

-GSD

GSD says:
May 16th, 2006 at 7:20 pm

Former porn star Mimi Miyagi to run for Governor of Nevada.

That’s hilarious. We’ve got the Fighting Dem’s, they’ve got porn stars Mary Carey and Mimi Miyagi.

How appropriate.

OT but not, in view of prior comments.

I like to test out “new” technology on the cheap, to see if it suits. Can anyone suggest an MP3 player that is good, but way cheaper than an iPod? Doesn’t need to shuffle.

That one I have read and laughed so hard– gosh, I hope she does ok — I hear she is getting chemo again. She is a national treasure. Thanks, zennurse– sleep well!

Former porn star Mimi Miyagi to run for Governor of Nevada.
Right, when you can’t become a mainstream actor, become a republican.

angie, how’s the rain up there. We saw a little sun this evening. That was cool.

oooohhhh yeah, Jane, nix on the fanny pack. Try the arm band!

“…suggest an MP3 player that is good, but way cheaper than an iPod?”

Valley Girl, I’ve had a Creative Muvo for a year now, and love it. Google “muvo” to check ‘em out. Under 100 bucks last year…gotta be cheaper now (or have a lot more memory).

Some of you, particularly any veterans, might be aware of COL Pat Lang’s blog, Sic Semper Tyrranis. Tonight he’s posted a remarkable exchange of e-mails between Joe Galloway, the Knight-Ridder war correspondent and Larry DiRita, Donald Rumsfeld’s chief spokesman. More background may be found on COL Lang’s site and in Gen. Barry McCaffrey’s preamble.

The exhange is contained in a MS Word document that must be downloaded and runs four pages.

Here’s the link to the blog:

http://tinyurl.com/jja7f

All I can say is that if Larry DiRita is at all human, then I need to belong to another species.

Valley Girl– my SO bought one very inexpensively not long ago and loves it– I will ask and get back to you the next time I see you on a thread.

mui– the rain stopped for a bit this evening and we got a few rays of sunshine for about an hour. Then darkening skies and more wet… we’ve been blessed thus far; others close by are not nearly as lucky, I’m afraid. Thanks for asking. When I step out on the porch, our normally sibilant or nearly silent little tributary sounds like Niagara Falls…

Condi has good taste in music.

I think she should be allowed an iPod in her jail cell.

Bob Adams, Angie. Thanks. Bob, will google. Much appreciated.

(Valley Girl – the Creative version of the iPod is cheaper and has longer battery life)

(But Condi should have an iPod in jail so it will run out of batteries!!)

angie, I am glad alls o.k. Someone I know has a brother in NH who can’t get to work, etc.

oye, Annie Greenspring

He…I’d just about forgot about NightTrain only the most down and out playas would be caught dead wit dat shit.

Make mine Korbel and big ol’ railer. Yowza!

Nice to see that the female of the species is just as smart about who’s really on their side as our Black and Hispanic brethren.

Now…if’n we could just get the fat white guys on board…

Jane – here you go:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-M…..odArmbands

or my daughter – who bought me an Ipod mini with her first adult job money (!) got me a little silver pocket for it that has a cell phone type clip on the back so you can clip it to your belt or whatever. I think she got it at Ebags – I notice girls here in Chitown wear them clipped on their jackets like fashion accessories …

then download some bebe gilberto and all’s right with the world for a few moments!

Funniest line ever Jane. Keep em coming.

Saturday nights mean a stack of Playboys and a bottle of Night Train for you, geek boy

Bob Adams, getting excited for Friday?

gooper women’s group finds a new cause:

Perhaps most striking about the audit plan is a detailed survey which allows parents to rate their children’s school based on how tolerant it is to homosexual themes. The 100-point audit questionnaire singles out topics such as “anti-harassment or anti-bullying” policies, “objectionable books” in libraries, “diversity days” and curricula that include “tolerance programs” or “families headed by homosexuals.” Schools are penalized most for including HIV/safe-sex curricula, “homosexual clubs,” or required teacher sensitivity training.

“It’s a good way to determine quickly if your school has knowingly or unknowingly let homosexual activists and materials in the door under the radar of ‘diversity’ or ‘anti-bullying’ or ‘AIDS education,’” CWA’s Virginia State Director Patricia Phillips said in a release.

Regarding Apple, I’ll just mention that they have sued blogs, claiming they have no freedom of the press protections. They are not a company I want to support.

When Scoots was indicted, when did Fitzy announce the press conference? Was it the day before- or the morning of?

rwc – morning of – Christy confirmed that

In case anybody missed it, in his speech to the AEI on Monday, Rove actually said, “We’re doing a hech of a job.”
Froomkin and Milbank are the only one’s I have seen who caught it. Karl tripped all over himself trying to get out of that one.

rwcole– it was the same day, IIRC and I believe I do– it seems indelibly imprinted.

suin–thanks. I couldn’t remember. So tomorrow’s still a live possibility I guess. Would be great. I need to check to see if I have an adequate supply of margarita makins- just in case.

An AP article about today’s hearing:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl…..74,00.html

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton was skeptical of many of the defense’s requests, saying he respects “the important role the press plays in society.” He did not rule immediately.

Instead, the judge said he will privately review some of the media materials Libby wants before deciding whether to order that they be turned over.

Nice to know that Reggie respects the press, Rob. The maladministration clearly does not.

I just really wish Fitz would consult my work calendar first so it’s on a day when I can stay home! tomorrow I have big biz lunch meeting stuff … and I’ll be dying to be on fdl just in case!

*ilson46201
If you return Howie’s savings account, he’ll forgive the blogosphre….

ilson46201 says:
May 16th, 2006 at 7:38 pm

for a while, I was posting Nigerian Email investment scams on the WaPoo Blog … they’d stay up for days …

siun,

I really wish Fitz would just consult with us.
We wouldn’t need a calander….except for sentencing

g’night all!

YKOS ps – the Riviera seems to be sold out for Thurs and Fri nights – check orbitz or a consolidator who *may* still have rooms – and check dailykos under the yearlykos tag for roomate and shared rides discussions. You might want to book soon since the Dean announcement is leading to a lot of new registrations.

Nearby hotels are CircusCircus, LV Hilton & convention center, Stratosphere, etc.

IPod accesories:

http://www.apple.com/ipod/accessories.html

‘night all!

and Zenn – stay dry!

“Bob Adams, getting excited for Friday?”

mui, I probably am, but I’m too tired to be excited right now…I’ve been editing for six straight hours, and Youtube just vomited my video back at me ’cause it was a minute too long. I had to chop out a minute, then re-render it. So now I’m uploading it again.

But after a night’s sleep, yes, I will be.

It’s a wonderful thing, but I really didn’t need Ned’s NOW endorsement to happen this week…

siun,

“I just really wish Fitz would consult my work calendar first so it’s on a day when I can stay home!”

I’m thinking it’s going to be this Friday and I planed my ‘YearlyCoz’ trip next week based on that. Cheers in advance!

http://www.elcozumeleno.com/

Just maybe, maybe it’ll be tomorrow. The gators, Duke and immigration things have sort of fallen flat… you know? Tis time.

>>>>>>

The sun’ll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There’ll be sun!

Just thinkin’ about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
‘Til there’s none!

When I’m stuck a day
That’s gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh!

In the fight for the senate:

Dems lead in Pennsylvania- very big lead.

Dems lead in Montana- small lead.

Dems lead in Ohio- also a small lead.

They trail narrowly in Rhode Island and Missouri

They are down eight in Tennessee.

Dems need all six. Let’s hope Ford starts eating into the lead.

That’s actually Carolyn Treiss who endorsed Lamont. She is also a town councillor. A former CT NARAL director, Laurel Tiesinga, has also endorsed Lamont.

Frank Probst #26

“In defense of geeks, I’d have to say that Joe Lieberman is not a geek. For that matter, he’s not a nerd, either. He’s an asshole. Leave us geeks out of this.”

this is definitely OT. more like cultural background research by me. clearly we know neither a geek nor a nerd are are a joementum. how would you define “geek” and “nerd”? how precisely do the two differ?

this is a real question. I seek self-knowledge.

Jane -

Thank you for the honor.

V.G. -

I got my iPod mini for $85 on eBay.

Jodie Foster hammers Bush at Penn’s commencement:

“The U.S. “squandered” the goodwill and sympathy other nations offered after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Foster said. She also criticized officials for the “disastrous and shameful” handling of Hurricane Katrina.
Penn seniors had expressed skepticism and seemed underwhelmed by her selection as commencement speaker when it was announced earlier this year, but she received a standing ovation after her speech….”

Ron Zuber #113 – You should’ve said why. They sued because people were discussing trade company secrets online.

That’s one Yalie I was very proud to read of yesterday, John Casper. Fine and lovely actress with a beautiful mind, too!

OT– RIP George Crile from 60 minutes

>>>>>>>>>>>
George Crile III, the CBS producer who wrote the best-selling book “Charlie Wilson’s War” and produced a contested documentary that said Gen. William Westmoreland deliberately under-reported enemy troop strength in Vietnam, has died. He was 61.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..obit_crile

They sued because people were discussing trade company secrets online.

You mean like publishing secret CIA prisons in the newspapers? Does that mean the newspaper should be successfully sued?

Apple is welcome to punish employees who leak, not blogs reporting the news.

John Caspaer:

Re: Jodie Foster — her attire possibly a blue dress?
(ala the graphic for a post here t’other day…)

Nah. On second thought musta had the traditional black robe stylin’…but good on her for speaking out. And good on the Penn alums for the standing O.

forgive me punaise – a case of Penn and teller?

Matt O.- thanks. You can give me some tips off line.

Blank Kludge– now if we can get those Penn alums to get out and vote all over the country! ;)

Jane and all you lucky iPod owners, consider tossing the earbuds and wearing over the ear type headphones to protect your hearing.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/re…..191834.htm

And now for a little reality check – but only if ya want a real uplift!

Blue Nation by Chris Bowers, MyDD

Ever since 2000, American progressives have been subjected to a steady stream of red-blue electoral maps.

(snip)

However, the situation has now changed. The new Survey USA 50-state Bush approval rating shows the depth of Bush’s troubles.

(snip)

Given this situation, I thought I would take the opportunity to turn the tables on Republicans and show the current county-by-county and state-by-state electoral maps. Using the Survey USA numbers and information form Dave Leip’s excellent election map resource, I have been able to create solid estimates of the current red-blue geography:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/5/15/202917/008

Wow, Muzzy’s friend is awesome on Colbert!!! Good on him. Tyson Slocum. hmmmm.

i’m just diving in here, not having read the thread. always a day late and a dollar short.

i think it would be good if we really cool it on the fitz speculation. it’s a good way to waste energy. the applause can be thunderous if we are stoic and patient, like fitz himself.

FITZ. FEINGOLD and FDLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.

OT -

shout out to the latent Sunday recipe thread…

any ideas for easy stove-top recipes for live pink scallops? oven is con panna….

hope this is not totally OTL (or dinner)…

the Sunday farmers’ market may have been a bit too enticing…

molluscially yours

Oh no, not Joe.

Here’s a link to the Lamont video (probably already posted..I have been spacing out)

“This video introduces you to Ned, contains interviews with many Connecticut voters, and information on the actions and positions of Senator Lieberman.”

angie – I have to stay up til 11:30 tonight to catch him on the left coast, or wait until the replay tomorrow. Sounds like it’s going well. cool.

http://www.epicurious.com/
KM- no from me, but this is a good resource for all things recipe.

thanks vg -

i think i bit off more than i cook-nkew

cook-knew

sigh

kirk murphy– I just sear them in a bit of good olive oil in a hot saute pan after salting and peppering them. If the pan is nice and moderately hot, they should caramelize nicely in about a minute and then flip them and do the same to the other side til they are just opaque and remove them from the pan. Don’t move them around during cooking, cause you won’t get the same effect.

I then toss in some white wine and lemon juice and fish stock, if I have it. If the scallops have rendered any liquid add it and some minced shallots if you have them and finish the sauce with a few chunks of butter whisked in and garnish with parsley. Voila. If you have none of the ingredients except the scallops, just salt, pepper and sear away. Scrumptious.

Is the Defining “Joementum” Sweepstakes still open?

I have 2 entries:

1. That unfortunate residue left in the seat of your pants by a fart gone awry.

2. That sinking feeling that no matter how much you wipe, there’s still going to be a stain later.

Sorry folks, but when I think Lieberman, I think excrement.

wow – thank you, angie and vg!

can we fdl’ers have local munch/foodie salons?

thanks again….

wow, I am reposting backwards– this is a first– but is important for the recipe above, cause i am not sure where kirk is now…

angie says:
May 16th, 2006 at 9:31 pm

whoops, big time– kirk– remove the scallops after you have seared them and before you do the sauce thing in the pan!!!

hi angie – thanks for the addendum -

life could have been very aromatic here :)

thanks again :)

Yo Jane – Playboys and Night Train – hey, lay off my hobbies….

Seriously, I think the problem is that Joe has been giving too much Joellatio to too many Republican office holders. To think that this is was Gore’s choice in 2006 to represent the Democratic party…. Unbelievable. Can you even for a second imagine a Republican office holder from a red state pandering to the Democratic party this way?

As for Joe’s luck with the ladies, he should have a talk with me. Cause I could school him. Once you’ve had a tax attorney with two kids in diapers, you never go back. Just ask my wife. Oh. No, dear G-d, please don’t….

Sharon -

I use the stereo headphones that completely cover my ears.

al-Scooter says

a remarkable exchange of e-mails between Joe Galloway, the Knight-Ridder war correspondent and Larry DiRita, Donald Rumsfeld’s chief spokesman.

Thanks for the link al-Scooter!

BTW, for those who care to give Larry DiRita a piece of their mind, the document that al-Scooter refered to had Larry’s email address at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. It is larry.dirita@osd.mil in case you want to drop him a line. LOL!

I blame Lieberman and Collins for the Katrina fiasco. Lieberman has a penchant to reorganize everytime something goes wrong with government response to a challange. FEEMA was a great organization before being subsumed by DHS, which has turned out to be one gigantic lemon of an organization. Lieberman and Collins sure did a number on the agencies wiped out of their independence through the creation of DHS.. Never accountablity or incompetence investigations, rather, lets reorganize. Reorganizing around incompetentcy, the managerial trap to be avoided, learned in management 101, seems to be ignored. He, and yes Collins again, the bobsy twins, even foolishly suggested an outside organization be created to police ethics in the senate. How silly! Now he seeks reelection…AIPAC put the screws to Hillary (shame on her) to endorse this less than effective statesman. His continued sickening support for the Iraq fiasco, reveals an intellect sorely lacking in rigour. Ridding Lieberman from the senate will raise the level of senate perspicacity, and wish Connecticut well in that effort.