I don’t know what’s gotten into me. All the most devilish and anarchic aspects of my personality seem to be itching to come out and wreak havoc today. Do you ever have those days? Where every big red ‘DO NOT PUSH THIS BUTTON!’ sign seems to be screaming, "PUSH THE BUTTON! SEE WHAT HAPPENS! IT’LL BE AWESOME! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!"
First it was the ongoing Malkin thing. I was understandably miffed when she said in a post today that JANE had called her "Michelle MalKKKin". Dammit! That was mine! I mean, I love Jane, don’t get me wrong, but damn. Isn’t she freaking famous enough? Come on, Michelle, you stupid race-baiting half-wit! Get it right! I’M the one you want! Pick a fight with ME!! Put ME on the map with your fake outrage and self-righteous posturing! Come ON! I need the attention. Really.
Well, I sent her an email to straighten her out. And a link to my post that would have been here last night, but which got sent to its room for being naughty. Just as a love gift to Miss Anchor Baby 2006. She’s a gift from god to us liberals, you know. Where else can we find such blazing hypocrisy? Such paranoid, lizard-brained aggression, punctuated by her going all martyr-y when things backfire on her like outing the personal information of those UC SC kids? "I’m the victim, here!" she squeals when it gets too heavy for her, "Those bad, bad, mean ol’ LIBERALS did this to me! WAAAAAAAAHHH!! They’re so UNHINGED!!"
Orcinus made some very good points today regarding the Lieberman-as-Wigger flap:
The upshot is that Malkin rushes to use the image to suggest that Hamsher is no friend of colored people. Can you say projection? I knew you could.
After all, this is a person who:
— Writes for and openly promotes VDare, designated a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
— Regurgitates and promotes in the mainstream racially charged conspiracy theories concocted and promoted for years by white supremacists.
— Publishes fraudulent history as a way of justifying the mass incarceration of an entire ethnic group during wartime.
— Has a long history of using bogus arguments and conspiracy theories to gin up hatred of Muslims.
In sum, the entire arc of Malkin’s career has been predicated on one primary accomplishment: she can get away with publishing racially charged nonsense that, if written by a white person, would raise immediate questions of racism. Because Malkin is Asian American, she gets a pass. Talk about playing the race card. Malkin’s only real talent, it seems, is providing bigots with prepackaged excuses for their bigotry.
A satirical photo made in questionable taste rather pales in comparison. The waters Malkin habitates are as foul and scum-laden as any on the planet, and she obviously not only swims rather readily in them, she positively feeds on them. That, folks, is the very definition of a bottom feeder.
Ah, the truth. Soooooooo refreshing on a sticky, miserable dog-day like this one.
So, I sent an email to Jane about tonight’s Late Nite.
Rex: Can I do Michelle Malkin in blackface tonight?
Jane responded: NO!
So, I wrote again.
Rex: Well, what about if I put out an open call to the web for her new address and phone number and call it, "THE BITCH IS DEAD MEAT"?
Jane: NO, TRex! Kate O’Beirne is Dead Meat. Malkin’s just a racist shill. She wants the attention. Let it go.
Grumble.
So, I wandered over to Sadly, No!, where I found a heated discussion with A Certain Right-Wing Blogger Who Shall Remain Nameless about his habit of maliciously "outing" the identities of liberal bloggers. Now, when I say a heated discussion, I mean that BradRocket put up a post examining multiple contradictory statements by Said Rightard Creep and hey, presto!, the very scum-bucket himself showed up in the comments, you know, like they do, those Repugnican bloggers. They just can’t resist, can they? It’s like catnip to them.
Well, just on a lark, I plugged the guy’s real name into Google and his home state and some fellow with the same name popped up, so I slipped it into the comments section with a note, "You suppose this is him?"
Seconds later, my comment had disappeared. Then I got an email from Brad.
Brad: FOR FUCK’S SAKE, TREX!! COULD YOU PLEASE NOT DO THAT??!!
I wrote him back.
Rex: That’s not really him, is it?
To which Brad replied: Yeah, that’s him! How much trouble are you trying to get us into here? This is NOT a war of attrition!
Rex: Oh, shit! Sorry!
And then I got an eeeeeeeeeevil idea. Why not post Mr. Nasty’s name and number to the gay section of Craigslist L.A. and sign him up for some assignations with some reeeeeeeal scary leathermen? But, of course, I didn’t, cos, you know, us liberal bloggers are "above" all that. We don’t "out" people’s personal information maliciously. That’s strictly a Reich-Wing trick.
Dammit. Nobody ever lets me have any fun.
Well, Rex, I said to myself, you can always fall back on Atlas Pam. She never disappoints. And Wolcott might link me again, speaking of blogger catnip. But when I finally picked a vlog to watch and shred, I just couldn’t do it. Six seconds after I hit play, I had a fever and chills. Ten seconds in and my mouth was filling with saliva, which for me is a sure sign of impending puking. I turned it off. Took a walk around the building. Counted to a hundred. Tried again.
I don’t know how many seconds it was this time because I completely lost my eyesight for twenty minutes or so. It was useless. All my bad intentions came to nought. I am thwarted at every turn.
I am a VEXED TREX!! HEAR ME ROAR!!
Oh, well. At the end of the day, there’s always candy and Otis Redding. Is it Saturday, yet? Where’s the plane? Can I go to Connecticut now?
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GOT IT !
Zero
Ned !
…From the words of Bill O’Reilly,
That I heard on my TV,
From Bob Novak, and Rush Limbaugh,
It all made sense to me.
Anyone who spoke against us,
Was playin’ a dangerous game.
But now my country’s become a laughing stock,
And the GOP’s to blame…
Goper’s Lament
Also, correction: there are no real scary leathermen in L.A.
TeddySanFran @
3
Just Dodgers, and they only have a little leather on one hand.
I don’t know what’s gotten into me. All the most devilish and anarchic aspects of my personality seem to be itching to come out and wreak havoc today. Do you ever have those days?
Heh, I’ve got Aries rising and a Moon in Scorpio. All of my days are days like that :)
random wingnuttery:
daryn kagan has announced she’s leaving cnn in september to pursue the operation of a website that announces only good news.
lest ye bust a gut celebrating rush’s ex-girlfriend’s departure, remember that daryn was the very first talking head to mention skippy the bush kangaroo on tv in relation to blogs and blogging, way back in the dem national convention days of summer 2004.
good bye ms. kagan, we hardly knew ye.
but we wonder if, like bewitched, they’ll just get someone else to play daryn?
HOT!
And back atcha with another
SATISFACTION
Jocko Homo in da HOUSE!!
Did you see how long that thread got at Sadly, Trex? And mostly from the same few space cadets, typing the same messages at each other (as apparently they’ve been doing forever).
It’s like a train wreck, only really boring.
Yea Kurt! me too Scorpio moon. That why people don’t fuck with me.
TRex -
You sound like both Jake and Elwood Blues, all wrapped up into one. Gotta get to city hall after the concern, pay the taxes, save the orphanage, and all the forces of evil are lined up against you. Evil women, evil state troopers, evil musicians, evil evil evil everywhere you look.
But it’s dark out, and you’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it!
Trex, you’re on a mission.
Look out CT, the Trex is coming!
John Casper @ 11
A mission from God!
[How could I have missed that one?]
Every day of my life. Why Do you think I chose to buy a house as far out in the country as possible?
To spare the rest of the world from spontaneous fits of rebellious creative wanderlust and nudity.
Yeesh. My ex-husband had both of those, so perhaps that’s why he’s my ex. Good luck with that…!
Paul Hackett is on Colbert
Don’t mess with TRex…
*ilson46201 @ 15
*islon, please let us know if there is any lieber-chair mischief, nkay?
I think that’s “TRexas”
The chair! Use the chair!!!
I have to take a showah. Hold down the fort kids.
Damn it, TRex! WHEN can you speak? I realize the blah blah blah about taking it easy because of elections, but #$^%$#^$ Can you be yourself in November?????
BlueUU @ 14
Most days are ok. Some days though I think are filled with “inner Sith moments” hehe.
We have darkblack in the shadows and TRex already packed his toof sharpener. Shell makes a good point.
i’d suggest a comfy chair for trex, but do saurians of his size sit?
anyway, hoping trex has a chance to relax and take load off the powerful hindlegs as well as the distinguished forelimbs.
Hey east coasters — or anybody else who has seen Stewart or Colbert — is there any mention of O’LIElly or LIEberman?
Eureka — what happened to Dark Black??????
This evening a thread mentioned Tom Delay. Was he in CT today and if so who was he trying to screw?
neither on either
I’m double Gemini with a Cancer moon. The bouts of contrariness and defiance are rare, but when they come, they will NOT BE DENIED.
Yeah, the Sadly, No! thread was fun-ish, but then it just got repetitive. That eeeeevil blogger must have a whole lot of time on his hands.
Shell @ 26
Yeah, what happened? I tried to search but it yielded either too much info or none at all? What thread was the sabbatical info in?
Sabbatical of in a pupster way, will return though.
I heart TRex!!
The thing that really annoys me about Stewart and Colbert is the TIME factor. It seems that it usually takes a day or two for them to have good things on. Since this is Thursday, it will be Monday before the events of Wednesday are on.
Darkblack has temporarily been overwhelmed by his sudden rush to public notice [did I ever mention I was a government bureaucrat for 20 years and know how to write innocuous text?]
Thanks *ilson..
Okay, y’all. More from the house. Work is done for the night.
TRex @ 30
Hmm, brings to mind an old saw:
Don’t work too hard, you’ll put the government outta bizness.”
Shell, darkblack is on sabbatical, it’s our loss, so hopefully, it is very temporary.
There’s a lot about it in previous threads starting yesterday morning. Jane also posted about it this afternoon. IMHO, it’s probably better for Ned if we try to steer clear of it on threads until after the primary. Nobody did anything wrong, but we allowed ourselves to be put in a position we didn’t want to be in; if that’s vague enough for you. JMO.
Sun in Virgo, Moon in Libra, Aquarius Rising. An SO taken. Hehe
Nite, all
GO NED!
Can someone tell me if “Dark Black” is … um … black?
Stay out of trouble on the way home TRex.
Shell – Is darkblack male or female? lol
Shell, I have no idea and I don’t think it’s relevant.
Tyrone we aren’t talking about that anymore.
John Casper — yes, that is fine. Thanks. I just wanted to make sure he didn’t become the blame for everything from Eve eating the apple to Bush.
Me too! I wonder why that is?
Anyway, I thought your comment about signing them up for Craigslist was pretty funny, even if Teddy says there aren’t any scary leather daddies in LA. Maybe you should try, say, Norman Oklahoma or someplace equally bible-thumping. ‘Cos the more underground, the more scary it’s bound to be.
Kurt @
5
So that explains it…I’m an Aries Rising!
Oh Kurt… Manah Manah!
*tapdancing!*
I am sorry to see Ms Malkin cultivate this kind of stuff. I used to email back and forth with her when she was at the Seattle Times once in a while, before blogs, and she was not so bad – she came down on the side of small biz owners being jerked around by a wannabe Giuliani in the City Attorney’s office, and while I did not agree with her on much her POV was apprecaited. So it is kinda sad to see her play to such vile elements. She used to be kinda cool.
Not to be a nitpicker but itwas UC SC students NOT USC students who had their personal info blasted to the media by Ms. M. I have no problems with USC but it was my bros and sis’s at UC Santa Cruz who have been feeling the wrath of Those People.
In 2006, just as in 2004 and 2000, excluding people from receiving their share of voting machines is what kind of act?
(Answer: Republican)
Ok, I know, don’t feed the troll.
*ilson –
Do you know for a fact that darkblack is a he?
I’d been thinkin’ darkblack is a she . . .
And we shore could us a darkblack HoJo as Emperor Palitane graphic right now . . .
Part of that come-out-swinging-redemption thingy, too . . .
darkblack is genius. My question, Mr. Casper, was of a rhetorical nature.)
“Tyrone” doesn’t live here any more …
Teddy said:
TeddySanFran @
3
“darkblack says:
August 3rd, 2006 at 1:05 pm *
Thank you all for your kind words of support and measured criticism…John Casper, TeddySanFran, punaise, The Nefarious Leslie, Dale in Alabama, mommybrain, meta, RevDeb, JWR, Eureka Springs AR, PKC, Kelven, kirk murphy, -ck-, lotus, beth meacham, immanentize, The Wordy Bird, Caoimhin Laochdha, GSD, Anne, Dru, astralplame, isis2, HopeSpringsATurtle, rudy, Wilbur, and anyone else whom I may have neglectfully missed.
I am currently on ’sabbatical’, but I will return.
Allow me the opportunity to wish Mr. Lamont victory for all the honorable reasons, as a man of principle who opposes enabling those who would carelessly destroy the ideals of civilization for personal enrichment, or to gain a pyrrhic philosophical ‘achievement’.
As for those who fling senseless imprecations and ad hominem as a strategy of bamboozlement, whether external or internal…‘You’re my huckleberry.’ Be seeing you.
Oh, yeah…Rummy? Have a bucket of water.
;>)
Pax”
Greg at 51:
Nothing nitpick-y about corrections of fact, Greg; they are always welcome here, I’ve found. Something read wrong in the post to me, and your catch and call made the nagging stop. Appreciated.
sun in Capricorn, Aries moon and Aries rising -
and not taken – a straight guy in San Francisco…
the fault, methinks, lies not in my stars but in ….
(hmm – can’t be the free time spent blogging? nope? good.)
Well, the only relevance was that if he or she (haha Eureka == I DID assume s/he was a HE) IS black, doesn’t that make a difference in what he drew? I mean really. How could a black man or woman, drawing what made the wingnuts go wild — be the same as if a white person did it?
I am a white woman — anyone can call me BITCH anytime they like. Those who do, I just laugh at and say TRUE! But MOST women hate it. Just as men have things that bug them. One of the lessons I had to teach my kids was you do NOT say the word NI**ER. They looked confused and said, “But the black kids at school said it.” I had to tell them, “It is different if someone NOT black says it.
so much aires at the lake. Course it is FIREdoglake. (sun and mercury in aires here, but taurus rising)
Hope TRex remembers to stop at Walgreen’s on the way home from work, so he can pick up the condoms I suggested he pack for his trip to Connecticut.
#34
They are usually up to date by Thursday.
Teddy
He should pack some heat as well.
Difficult to write about someone without the fem/masc to toss around. Probably very awkward in Espaniol.
veruca…
Oh Kurt… Manah Manah!
Sunt eu, Picasso!
Nice Otis, TRex. The man’s voice was sublime.
Darkblack,
Buck-up, rest-up and when the time comes again, suit back up.
There is always a spot here for your talent, wit and creativity.
-GSD
“Get it right!” The correct exhortation is “Come on, Michelle, you stupid” Half Breed “race-baiting half-wit!” If MalKKKin – yessss, dog, that’s with a “KKK” – is an example of the born again gay muslim mexican terrorists coming to steal my job… well, I’m not too worried. Stupid Squaw.
But Thomas Ware — Malkin is NOT a squaw! The Native American women will really be pissed — can you blame them?
Clearly you are unaware of the psycho who works nights at the Mobil on the corner of Sepulveda and Santa Monica.
oh!
*more tapdancing!*
TRex was a little fiesty today. *g*
Poor Brad.
Hey, can everyone see the YouTube in this post?
It’s not showing up on my browser.
Gonna be a Rumble in the Rockies this fall –
The wingers got their anti-gay marriage initiative on the ballot; the progressives have enough sigs to get their minimum wage boosting initiative on.
Still gatherin’, are the legalized civil unions and legalized marijuana petitions.
The Democratic nominee for Governor has a 10 point lead, and the GOoPers are running skeerd . . .
Sounds to me like you are hemmed in at all sides by editors and censors, TRex. Let yourself fly at I.D. and we’ll be there with you. Why not invite darkblack to drop by if there’s grafix on the menu?
TRex @ 72
Not in mine either . . . Firefox on Windows.
Tlazolteotl @
47
nifty reflex in the gastrointestinal tract (git). the git is lined with mucous membranes (defined loosely).
the mucous membranes kindly produce an extra helping of secretions when the git prepares to propel stomach contents out through the mouth.
hence, wave of saliva before vomiting is kind of like a slip and slide for the mass of vomit.
____________________________
with post-dinner conversation like this, small wonder i’m single… :)
Peterr @
75
ditto and ditto, even though it was there when I first looked at this post.
YouTube is down for maintenance right now. Is why I linked a Google video instead hehe.
Peterr @ 75
Same here Firefox on Windows and no youtube. Sorry, we didn’t bring that to your attention earlier. Post was so good, I forgot to click on the youtube.
Last good leather bar I tapdanced in, The Dungeon, in New Orleans. I put my Girl in Ivory leather (actually very tasteful) and did all black myself. We stole the dance floor that night. All kinds of little doors and peepholes opened up. Bizzaro world and way to much fun.
here is an entertaining google vid -
http://video.google.com/videop…..q=japonais
Between Jane and TRex, it’s now official: MM is She Who Shall Not Be Maimed.
Oh Eureka, I’ve been to the Dungeon! Not my usual place to hang out there back then, was dragged along with friends. Was pretty interesting hehe.
astralplame @ 82
just googled it — 1907 — WOW!
rcauthen @ 69
one of the scarier sights i’ve seen – but he made the Mobil a great place to stop on the way back from the airport
….but only for visitors seeking LA beyond the guidebooks.
one condition on the Mobil tour stop – no pics. that guy would’ve killed us.
Speaking strictly as a layperson and from personal experience….that flood of saliva that comes before vomiting is not just a lubricant. It is the trigger. It’s thinner than normal saliva and much saltier. If you spit it out and don’t swallow it you won’t vomit. I figured this out about 15 years ago and haven’t thrown up once since. I hate throwing up more than feeling sick.
Hope nobody’s having a snack now.
Peter – I would wager the short leash won’t go beyond 8-10.
Kirk M – Funny thing, we had no idea what we were walking into that night.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 87
Hmmmm . . . gotta think about that bet. Jane’s awfully good with a leash.
Shell at 9:00:
Actually, The Daily Show often picks stuff up the next day; today Jon hit on the generals’ Senate testimony, because it happened early enough in the day. (Strangely, no real mention of Rumsfeld, except in the group picture.)
Colbert has an oblique mention of Lieberman, which worked pretty well — doing the direct call two nights in a row was fine, but after that he had to mix it up or it would lose its bite.
medaka -
Less historical, but another favorite -
http://video.google.com/videop…..4702644599
HoJo tomorrow night:
Bloggers want to put me on a leash!!!
No Joe, we don’t — we want to put you out to pasture . . .
Where IS he? How much traffic can there be between work and home, even if he did stop at Walgreen’s? I want to mock TRex’s new reticence, brought on by ShortLeash, to his face, not behind his back.
If I have a choice between the vomit talk and the PDT Spoiler Talk re: Comedy Central’s finest, I vote you give me line-for-line TDS and Colbert, please. Even the commercials.
Peter _ will stop before I get into choke collars.) HopeSAT needs an accessory item when she returns.)
SusanD @ 86
i think between the two of us we may be able to start an FDL late night diet (appetite suppression?) thread.
There’s just a white space at the top of the post for me. Firefox. Windows. But I thought it was some kind of homage to DarkBlack, as in, if s/he isn’t here, we’re blank. Which, in a way, we are.
Keith proJohn Casper @ 56
Thanks John!
Fabulous darkblack! The Friends of the Stowitts Museum have an invitation for you – and one I hope you cannot refuse. email me afholliday AT sbcglobal DOT net or through the web site.
Actually, the spit-and-don’t-puke tip is, well . . . hopefully helpful.
It looks like YouTube is down for maintenance. Anyone else having this problem?
Hi, y’all. I’m still catching up — haven’t read the comments on the “hired thugs” post yet — but that is very scary stuff. TRex, lovey, please be careful in Meriden. Agents provacateur will keep it up, escalate even, until they get a response. I hope the Lamont folks are arranging security even as we speak. Preferably a platoon of HopeSAT types. Those sexist Lieberwankers might dial it down with a female security patrol and can get professionally quelled if they don’t.
OK, now I’ll go read the rest. See you later, firepups. Oh, and Kurt, I believe Meta lives in SF, as of course does Teddy, and a bunch of other FDLers live in the Bay Area. I’m sure they can introduce you to hordes of unattached and suitably progressive women. Just sayin’.
At WaPoO, PoolBoi chatz tomorrow at 11am eastern:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01150.html
Wow, they are running a light schedule this month. I may end up asking Warren Brown at question about cars!
Questions accepted now, of course…
TeddySanFran @ 94
this may explain why i never got a break in stand-up physiology…
You Tube had a notice up earlier that they’d be down at 9pm. Can’t remember the timezone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeNATa3JBoU
Apparently, they have a tutorial up. Perhaps Senator Stevens is dropping by to learn how it all works.
Shell @ 59
In the VA governor’s race last year, there was a kerfuffle because Gilliard illustrated a post (about a completely different politician) with a vintage minstrel illustration, and there was a blowup because blog ads for Kaine’s campaign appeared on the blog. (In other words, an even more tenuous connection than Jane-Lamont.)
Trust me, it didn’t make the slightest difference that Gilliard is black.
(Honestly, I suspect the only time that gets you a pass is when you can see the person. If you have to think about it or go find out that the person responsible is black, it can’t keep up the immediate gut-impact of the word or image.)
Okie dokie, I’m getting settled in. Let me catch up on all these comments now.
Oops. Kirk, not Kurt. And “edit comment” doesn’t work worth beans.
Wigger – that one always cracks me up… You know I got a small rant… Just today a guy at work was reading an email sent to him by his father-in-law who is black. He was making a joke about what an idiot Bush was and his comment was “we all have our homos to deal with”. It really bothers me sometimes how easily people who should know better are so casual with hateful slang. It’s like the phrase so popular with the kids today “that’s so gay” and of course people still feel quite free to use “fag” as a general slur for stupid or uncool. We are indeed the last acceptable scapegoat. Sometimes I get so tired of being defensive about it but I come to places like FDL and find so many people of all backgrounds who are fighting the good fight and it does my poor battered heart a world of good. Once again, thanks Jane, Christy, TRex, and all the other great bloggers and posters who frequent the lake. You help keep me sane.
While we’re waiting for our YouTube fix and for TRex to return, I thought I’d repeat-post this comment from The Internets, at fdl earlier today:
didn’t want any of all y’all to miss that….
Eureka Springs, AR @ 88
i’m sorry Eureka – i must be dense on the reference, but i’m not following here……
Something to do while waiting for Sen. Stevens to flush the Toobz :)
Kirk – sorry that was a response, my #80 to Kurt #83. My Bad.
thank you Teddy!
Redshift –
Gilliard’s ongoing kerfluffle was about Steele in Maryland. As I recall, Steve did a graphic, but there were also lawn jockeys and oreos in the scrum.
Some pics from the burger joint.
ifthethunderdontgetya @ 115
Thanks so much. I wonder, is the elderly gentleman ok?
I just realized how many ct locals we did not hear from today. hmmm
Wow Anne Holliday at 9:42,
I sure hope darkblack lurks on this thread. If s/he doesn’t, please don’t be shy about re-commenting the invitation. I suspect s/he will be very interested and I hope it works out to everyone’s mutual benefit.
Hey everyone, I need a quick head count of who all from the community is going to CT for Donita Sparks’ The Spin I’m In tomorrow. She wants to give a shout out to everyone going for the weekend and primary. Who here is going or knows of who is going beyond TRex?
Fin Fini – M, Rev Deb, wxyz, possibly milleneryman, lemme think
Valley Girl is coming, Karen Allen, uh…
Somebody help me out here.
Two-pager in tomorrow’s NYT:
“In Connecticut Race, Bloggers Are Throwing Curves and Spitballs”
checking come to Ct thread…
Eureka, I agree.
Also, on a more selfish note, a WWII vet/hero is invaluable to a 2006 anti-war/occupation candidate. I hope the campaign can leverage that opportunity.
I’ve heard Joezoe has been heckling Ned with people dressed up as bananas. I don’t understand this. The only thing that makes any sense is that anti-war/occupation = “a surrender monkey,” hence the banana.
siun is already there.
scarecrow just announced he’s coming.
thinking….
urban Pirate is going.
slow commenting night.
Here is something to look at!
http://video.google.com/videop…..6768027716
Hi All…. getting email from my fellow DFA members – here is the news
All Right…. TRex….Par-Teeee
Fin Fini – scarecrow and Eric T
I read the post TRex linked to where he was mean to that strange Malkin person and was dismayed to see that he used an inappropriate term.
The proper term is [Mod Note; we don’t use that word here]. The word TRex used is, I believe, a colloquial term for an ex-wife, at least that’s the way I’ve heard it used.
No need to thank me for this correction, it’s what we concern trolls do.
*pant*
*tapdancing!*
Hi katymine – Did you see this..
http://nedlamont.com/blog/912/paid-for-thuggery
astralplame @ 92
HA HA HA HA HA !!!! 707 !!!!
thanks astral!
WiFi went stupid on me there for a bit.
Thanks for the list everybody! So what’s this Senate race in CT I keep hearing about? NED!
All youse guys going to help Ned, keep your kool if you’re hassled by the Lieberclowns. Don’t let them bait you into doing anything they can use on the news at 11.
John Casper – Bananas? Sounds slippery not down right rude.
medaka @ 133
I had forgotten it – but my boyfriend has a del.ico.us page with all the best google vids we’ve seen. It was great to watch it again!
You might like this one, too -
http://video.google.com/videop…..9516237834
Fin Fini – I don’t know how many names you have but quite a few are going. Wish I could help out more.
“No need to thank me for this correction, it’s what we concern trolls do.”
Clothodi, are you really a “concern troll?”
In my experience, the genuine article does not announce itself and we need all the help we can get.
Here’s my list so far: M, Rev Deb, wxyz, possibly milleneryman, Valley Girl, Karen Allen, siun, scarecrow, urban Pirate, Eric T
Isn’t Pach going?
M is valley girl ;)
Pach and Matt Browner-Hamlin is either there or going there already.
FiniFiniQuote, I feel reasonably confident in saying that “M” and Valley Girl are the same. It’s a long story, but you’ll occasionally see her sign her recent stuff “M/VG” to help out us old timers.
John Casper @ 144
Duly noted from you and ESAR both.
BarbaraB @ 101
thanks barbara b – that’s a lovely idea. (not sure about the demand for has-been stand-up physiologists, though.)
i’ve been planning to spend a week in August off at free activist Reclaiming camp. later on i’ll be floating on a rivertrip with a bunch of well-loved and multiply-arrested/convicted enviro activists.
like all arrested/convicted enviro activists, these folks are non-violent…
and (unlike all activists) they have been so effective that they may be assured of having their very own FBI/Homeland Security files…
for me, they’re simply the good gentle people i’ve known for up to a decade….
but between the failed stage aspirations and friends with good long rap sheets,
i may not be what everyone seeks to bring home to moms or dads or mom or dad or mom&dad
….even in san francisco…
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Eureka Springs, AR says
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:59 pm*
No worries, Eureka – I didn’t want to seem to ignore you (or ignore you), but couldn’t figure out what to reply about….
Now I’m replying to sleep..
Goodnight to all the firepups! Good luck in CT! Don’t let the Joebugs bite.
Thanks Eureka for your 10:33.
Fin Fini – If you are still up in the morning Lotus and *ilson will be able to give you more names.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 148
or, even better, if you get you some sleep and then get up in the morning . . .
Howdy folks-
just wanted to de-lurk and say hi.
Between training for the marathon and trying to stay up late and read TRex’s Late Night FDLs, I have been a zombie this week.
Got home from work and had a LN:FDL nap, so now I am ready to rock.
Unless I doze off.
You know, I’m really happy and excited about this trip, but for some reason, my right eyelid won’t stop twitching, I’m getting a stiff neck and shoulder and my face is breaking out like it was Christmas. Stressed much? Gawd!
here’s more silliness -
http://video.google.com/videop…..2667929544
Twitching eyelid, TRex?
Less coffee helps, I should know!
TRex @ 151
You could come and go swimming with your brother tomorrow. Going for a mile in 36 minutes…
If you can still be stressed after swimming a mile, you’re just drinking too much coffee….
John Casper @ 140
I’m just not very good at it. Learning curve and all that.
astralplame @ 149
Sleep? I experienced that once some time ago…I sleep the ex nightclub worker schedule that I got used to from my rock n roll days. I usually sleep 6-8 hours, just doing it in the daylight. I’m usually out by 6am, not lately though…
astralplame @ 153
thanks for all the wacky vid links, astral….it’s helping with anger management re: Lieberyouth ….
astralplame – Love your name. Fin Fini is a known night owl.)
Oh, TRex, So much snark so little time.
Okay, something is wrong with Juan Carlos. He’s been acting lethargic and not like himself all day. I just opened a can of tuna to see if he would eat and he won’t. And that’s a sure sign that something’s up.
We’re going to the vet in the morning. I will keep you all updated.
Juan Carlos may be sensing your departure or at least your stress.
Ok is it just me or is there no image at the top TRex?
I also am not seeing video over at C&L, youtube is down for maintenance
Eureka Springs, AR @ 161
He has a whole different way of reacting to that. He gets manic and tears around the house.
This worries me. He’s my baby, you know.
what can a girl say, when the only thing she can do is fire rockets up in the air to entertain folks. That and put on amusing costumes.
Thursday nights especially are long nights for me, I edit the column Donita Sparks does here on Friday mornings/afternoons called The Spin I’m In. I spend all night chasing down links and formatting her column, generally sprucing it up.
katymine @ 161
YouTube is doing a major upgrade, supposed to be radically cool new stuff is the scuttlebut in the toobz tonight.
Okay, somebody tell me to stop freaking out. I can’t go anywhere if my cat is sick. I do NOT want to miss this trip.
Ugh.
TRex – From one cat person to another. ;)
Clothodi @ 156
Thank you for setting me straight.
TRex – stop freaking out. How old is Juan Carlos? Have you checked his catbox, that all has been, er, processing as usual?
How long since JC ate anything? What other symptoms?
My oldest cat Phreak has been missing for 5 days now, he has been real sick and I am pretty sure he may have wandered off and died. Part of why I have been a mess and not sleeping much this week. The neighborhood has been torn apart and neighbors questioned/interrogated to no avail. Catnapped not likely.
Fini, I’m very sorry to hear that. At least I can pick up JC and hold him.
I don’t know when the last time he ate was. I don’t think he has eaten at all today. He has gone to the box twice that I have noticed and everything seems pretty normal, but I did not stoop down to examine the evidence.
Fin Fini – Thats just awful, so sorry.
TRex – will he drink water or milk?
TRrex, your cat is picking up YOUR stress. When my dog sees my suitcase being packed she starts getting mopie and will pretty much stop eating until I get back home.
If your cat is otherwise healthy and you have someone who is feeding & watering them, they sould be ok.
Animals pick up on your moods and behaviors. Miss Dog knows when Mom is sick and plays nurse dog.
So what I do is talk to her and tell her how long I am going to be gone and all the fun things we will do when I come back home. (I know I am nuts but who cares)
It sounds gross, but normal pee and poo is one of the best indicators that things are pretty ok — if you think about it, we all have days where we’re “off our feed”, and it takes maybe a day or two to get right again.
katymine – That’s kind, not nuts.
I hope you guys are right that it’s just stress. There’s been no suitcases yet, but I am sure the heightened stress signals from me have been permeating the house.
Really, though, he’s just not acting like himself. He has a whole routine of passive aggressive behaviors he goes through when he thinks I am going away, and this is different.
TRex @ 171
Cat’s won’t eat what they can’t smell. Try sliding the tuna under his nose. Phreak has been losing weight then gaining weight, the vet said he’s 9 yrs old, its not unusual in the summer they do that. Worm test was negative, but I’m not sure.
The last couple of weeks he’s been really thin and won’t eat anything I put down for him and been escaping outdoors more than usual. He got out last Saturday night, came home Sunday afternoon, got back out Sunday evening and we haven’t seen him since.
Is the Moonie Times trying to drum up another Lamont stock scandal? This time it’s Wal-Mart. (Or was this all covered in the Halliburton dust-up and I missed it?)
TRex… I am feeling your stress from AZ, I can imagine how much kitty is feeling it…. Ok Rex… take a big deep breath…… get the ommmmm going for relaxation and remember…..
“No matter what happens, I am a worthwhile person”
And you can Parteeeee at the Four Seasons on Tuesday!
Fini Fini Quote – that sounds like my old dog – she was pretty old and infirm (displasia), and after she tried to take off into the woods a couple times, we had to recognize that she was ready to let it go.
JWR – Pretty nice return on the stock. Surprisingly low amount of holdings for a family who may be worth 80 million. What a puff piece, imo.
It’s just a really really sad time for this to happen in…suffice it to say I’m not experiencing the best of times right now. This just is typical for me lately.
TRex – FWIW try some capnip – my little cat Frances – who freaks out when I’m packing for a trip and starts acting strange and “sicky” and worrisome. She loves the rare treat of capnip and so far it seems to snap her out of her snit or whatever the hell it is that turns her into a drama queen. But of course that is just Frances and by no means am I suggesting your little JC symptoms should be ignored.
Well, I just set my alarm for extra early in the morning so we can get up and go to the vet. I’ll keep everyone posted, but for now, I think it’s time to call it a night.
Thanks again for all the love and support, gang. You guys rule.
high thoughts and best wishes to his majesty -
Nite nite TRex…..
TRex, I think to get full satisfaction, one may need a higher hypocrisy quotient than you appear to possess ;-)
I await episodes on your Adventures in Cell Phone Ownership and other topics far more engaging than whatever wingnut wants to pull us all into the sewerage of sleaze on any given day.
Malkin’s worth the tiniest swat of your very large, scale-covered tail ;-)
Whoops! Malkin’s NOT worth a swat of your tail — nor a moment’s thought. Don’t let those Rovian Distraction Tactics get to you ;-)
Fini Fini Quote – I am very sorry to hear how it is all piling up on you. Sometimes things really suck, and there is little to be done but just keep plowing through.
here is something that is completely silly. I think the guy in blue is not unattractive.
Apropos of nothing, the goddam Angels lost tonight!
Fini FiniQuote, hugs. It’s so hard to lose a cat or dog. Sounds like life has not been kind lately.
astralplame @ 189
That was just silly as hell…I needed that, thanks.
Margot @ 191
Life has been most unkind for some time. I don’t really share much personal stuff in the Toobz, but my family is in the middle of major upheaval. My mother has a terminal condition and we recently started hospice services for her so right now is a really tough time for us all.
Pach is definitely not going. I talked to him tonight at Drinking Liberally.
Aw, FiniFiniDude, so so sorry.
We went through a similar anguish with Mrs. Audio’s Dad a few years ago, and also my sister.
No one can take your pain (anyone remember a sci-fi fantasy story called The Sin Eeater?) but please believe that you have friends who care.
Fini Fini — losing a cat is very tough, still miss mine even though it’s been over a decade.
There’s a possibility your cat is going through the equivalence of menopause; although most cats are fertile throughout their lives, there is a possibility that some do experience hormonal changes not unlike humans in midlife. I know my cat had some behavior changes and weight gain for a couple of years, but she became her old self again. Don’t want to drum up false hope, but it’s possible.
Hang in there.
Agh, and now to try to go back to sleep…too keyed up, too much drama lately in politics, local and otherwise. Interfering with my sleep patterns.
Oh, one more thing, if TRex pops back in — did you offer any fress grass on which to chew? Sometimes that’s both an indicator and a solution.
The one I really wanted to link to – “raggarman out in the open” is for some reason gone from google video. This one is not nearly as funny, but it is pretty fun. Entertainment by suburban children who will one day supplant Steven Spielberg.
http://video.google.com/videop…..1928956750
JWR at 10:17:
Pretty good NYT article, I thought. Gives the kerfuffle about the amount of attention it deserved, and actually does a pretty good job of describing the real role bloggers have played in the race. As a bonus, it has whiny quotes from Lieberman’s Gerstein, and a contrast of the in-house astroblogs of the Lieberman campaign with the independent citizen-bloggers supporting Lamont.
and there is always this one.
(based on a fictional country, but so persuasive, you want to believe)
SteveAudio @ 194
Much appreciated Steve, I know I do…it just is a real painful time. There will eventually be some great art that comes from this though.
Firefox on Linux for my part and I don’t have the pix link either. But what you folks doing with the Corporate Republican software Windoze anyway?
and . . .this one. if you need some mesmerizing.
*sweet dreams everybody*
SteveAudio @
191
Woo hoo! Sorry, Steve, couldn’t help myself (longtime A’s fan). They were off today but by my calculations, that makes it… 2 games ahead?
Sigh – looks like Fertik got his ad approved. It’ll probably run twice, convince nobody, then screw up the last 3 days of the race. Brilliant.
Jacqrat 204:
sadly, no. 1.5 games back in the Al West.
Hmm. I thought after their series this week, it was 1.5. My Bad!
And that Fertik ad is awful. Who approved this?
(tried posting this earlier, but it kept getting eaten while youtube was not loading)
Fini Fini, you hang in there, okay? It sounds like a lot is going on right now for you. Remember, good sleep is very important, and so is exercise, esp walking — they both help us handle the car better when there are sudden, unexpected hairpin curves in the road.
And please remember, you’ve got a lot of people here who are really good at listening ….
I know this is gonna get epu’d, and it’s off topic in the first place, but an important link for everyone to save and use
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..26301.html
get that video to everyone you can
Good morning, littermates!
WaPo plays it straight, finally:
And Dionne espies The End Of the Right?
I repeat: Good morning, littermates!
I bet Balz was forced to write that at knife-point! hehhehe
Good Morning America!
and Japan, and Canada if you are out there….
Morning from Maine…….coffee dripping as we speak…….back in a minute……Hi y’all……..
Hiya, OS. Immers, howya healin’ this ay-em?
mornin all. how are we doing today?
Hey, twolf! Now when tommy and medaka check in, we’ll have just about the whole sunrise service ready to roll.
Hi to you too, *ilson, ModGod ours.
Lotus, Old Sow – here’s a link which continues the crazy crustacean theme from the other morning. No, by ‘crazy crustacean’, I don’t mean Ted Stevens ;)
Cool, twolf! Claudette looks a whole lot like someone of interest to Joe’s Stone Crab to me. Best she stay away from Miami, just sayin’.
Is *ilson at the wheel or is Anne this a.m.?
…be perfect for ‘buy one get one half off’ crab claw sale
You mean Ted Stevens, legislative loser???
Safe again for a month!
No no no no no no no no… It’s not a truck… it’s a bunch of tubes!
Don’t you all wonder just what might be going on in the discussions among Democratic Senators and their staffs today as the “LIeberman is toast” concept sinks in?
I bet there is a lot of blustery, “Well, Joe did it to himself.” and not enough, “What does this mean for my relationship with my constituents?”
sorry really poor and really rich people, the minimum wage/paris hilton bill failed…. duh
imm 223- sounds like that may make a good SNL skit
…double Gemini with Libra rising…lotsa air……Oh that three clawed Crab, did you see the photo of the two faced cat someone posted here a couple of nights ago?
Lotus..sunrise service..LOL where’s medaka?
Picked up best girl friend for 35 years at the airport last night for a weekend visit…..YAAAAAAAH!!…and who cares if it’s raining again!!!
Good thing Fristy’s retiring. Can’t imagine even the stoopid Goopers would want another term of his Majority Leadering.
Though it’ll be Minority Leadering any minute now.
medaka must be wrangling our excellent choir robes, OS.
OK, as ever, there is very much wrong with some of Krauthammer’s conclusions, but I think this idea that Israel may no longer be a strategic positive for the US to be amazing and perhaps even insightful.
Check it out….
on cnn, a rethug startegerizeist just said something to the order of:
of course, the statement went unchallenged even though there are numerous polls saying the opposite.
Can’t imagine why the minimum wage bill failed, the rich were also going to prosper far more, neh? Me thinks they wanted to “vote” more than they wanted to make things better for anyone!
Whups, hit wrong button — meant to add a woohoo in honor of your BGF’s arrival and y’all’s party-weekend too, OS!
Imm @ 230, interesting Krauthammer article..sounds like Ohmert has the same sorts of war advisors as Bush, and we know how successful the US has been in Iraq………
twolf1 at 231
If these guys really believe what comes out of their mouths, it goes a long way to explaining why we keep making such egregious mistakes!
old, but gonna be played alot in a few weeks, so let me be the first;
——————————————————————————–
There is a new STD that all citizens of the US should be alerted to:
Gonorrhea Lectim – The Center for Disease Control has issued a warning about a new virulent strain of Sexually Transmitted Disease. The disease is contracted through dangerous and high-risk behavior.
The disease is called Gonorrhea Lectim…pronounced (gonna re-elect him). Many victims contracted it in 2004 after having been screwed for the previous four years.
Cognitive characteristics of individuals infected include: antisocial personality disorders, delusions of grandeur with messianic overtones, extreme cognitive dissonance, inability to incorporate new information, pronounced xenophobia and paranoia, inability to accept responsibility for own actions, cowardice masked by misplaced bravado, uncontrolled facial smirking, ignorance of geography and history, tendencies towards evangelical theocracy, categorical all-or-nothing behavior.
Naturalists and epidemiologists are amazed at how the destructive disease originated only a few years ago from a bush found in Texas.
Well I’ll be honest I’m not sur ehow funny you would have found it but still thought I would pass it along
Well Lotus, I forgot to remember to ask for first dibs on the Choir robes when Medaka shows up
Santorum? Election fraud? Who’d have thought?
OS, that is where Krauty is so crazy — “if only Israel had hit harder” crap.
But the strategic analysis at the beginning seems accurate and also is probably a very good assessment of a new political calculus in this country and around the world.
me to me – lol
twolf1: Which moron said us reputation hasn’t been diminished abroad in any way? I know they are all interchangeable but some are more delusional than others. That’s “liberal” media for you.
…and there, on the front page of the Metro section of my morning NY Times, is a wonderful picture of our gracious host, Jane Hamsher (sans poodles).
Big article, huge publicity. Well-earned.
ironranger 242 – I didn’t catch his name BUT, I’m sure CNN will play the clip over and over again as per normal. If I catch the name, I’ll post it.
Oh, and I had the misfortune of listening to Sean Hannity (quick shower) for the first time in the car on the way to the airport. Now that guy is really bad news… had Robert Dreyfuss and one sicko Israel-is-always-right right wingers (mercifully I’ve forgotten his name) followed by Condi who went through numerous verbal contortions full of sound and fury and signifying nothing–thanks, Will S.–I could just see her in her gym togs…
TRex…
You have Malkin pic mail @ your bellsouthdotnet account…..Enjoy
Larry
Have you all seen Informed Comment lately? He discusses the statements of the Hizbullah leader and includes this tidbit:
So, the lack of clear Israeli victory over Hizbullah means that we will enjoy less support from our regional partners. Nice.
immanentize @ 246
Juan Cole is IT. He should be goddman Secretary of State, or at least special liaison to the ME…
Why are there so few intelligent people in this regime?
Imm, I’m so glad not to know Krauthammer personally, lest I run the social risk of laughing at him on sight at parties.
Those points he attempts make me dizzy, but I agree that the main theme is pretty interesting. Whether politically valid in US politics within our lifetimes — iffy — but it’s definitely interesting.
Neocons don’t think very well when thwarted, do they? Or when not.
another view of what Israel and what my husband calls the “Israliens” are risking in this debacle in Lebanon
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/ah…..cleid=9473
Woohoo, medaka! You better figure out some kind of lottery system on passing ‘em out, keed, or the altos might come to blows.
Medaka!
Lotus: One choir robe fits all. Or is it fitz all?
The newest addition to the Mount Desert Oceanarium’s lobster colony looks half-baked…
Here is the NYT Jane story link
Now, lotus! you should by now know that the bass dudes get the serious priority fittings, the personal ones …. heh ….
“….or the altos might come to blows.”
…just as long as those ‘blows’ aren’t Soprano’s style.. fuhgeddaboudit
Hey Medaka!
Mutant Lobster Raising Some Eyebrows
Old Sow @ 251
OS, you got that right — ONE SIGHS = the FITZ !!
waiting for a little surprisey from da Fitz, myself … my piscean radar is picking up something, but prolly not before Ned’s Crushing-lieber day ….
hmmm, last post’s account of tactics of Lieberman operatives reminded me of an anecdote about Nixon and Haldeman (I think it was HRH) let a crowd of protestors get out of control while they were waiting in a car to milk the publicity (don’t have time to read the Haldeman diaries for the precise details) – except in reverse! How can this appeal to swing voters? Madness,
medaka @ 254
Hahaha That was almost too much in its complicated imagery for me before 8 in the morning….
hey IMM! it’s so wyrd being in wineglassland when y’all are in coffeecupville …
most of you posting now are on the e coast, yes?
Morning firepups.
Two pieces of good news:
Littlemittens seems to be mending she is trying to walk in all 4s like a big dog and has started actively playing. I fear for the safety of my shoes. Yeah.
second piece of good news comes coutesy of WaPo
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..rrer=email
It seems all that telephoning we did may have had an effect.
I think we may want to spend some time today or over the next couple/few days giving out some attaboys to those elected representatives who actually decided to step up and do their jobs this week.
We don’t hesitate to trash ‘em when they rubber stamp, we should not be stingy with our praise when they do good work.
More from WaPo
If they are going to fillibuster or something similar, I know that they will need constant reassurance that they have support from voters.
When Schumer mounted the oppositions to the Bush judicial nominations (remember Estrada?) early in the first term, his staff lost confidence in the effort b/c they did not get attaboy calls from voters and thought he was burning up too much capital on the hill and not making voters happy, thereby wasting a valuable commodity.
I think Schumer might have stayed at it longer and had better results, if only voters had given his office feedback.
So, if we want our guys to take a hard line on this, we have to give them support and encouragement to go fo it.
What with all these mutant lobsters, surely it is an omen of a plague?
I’ve said it before — during the 200 campaign for Florida, Bush got a huge boil on his face.
Boils are always Biblical.
wolf–you have a file on these things or what? Sorrento is my next-door town…now don’t start getting ideas about the rest of us…blame it on the big NORAD antenna
medaka @ 261
And then there’s Will, slurpin’ he tea on da Thames . . . *waves*
But, but, medaka, how’d my blockquote put words in yo’ mouf, boy?
Old Sow @ 252
By the by,
Speaking of the tall man in the rumpled suit,
he won another round with Judy Miller yesterday. The court of appeals in NY found in his favor in the case where she tipped off the Islamic money launderers so they could shred documents just before the FBI arrived.
I haven’t had a chance to read all 33 pages of the opinion yet, but she got creamed.
I have no idea what kind of case he is trying to build, but it is possible that she could be looking at jail for real this time.
lotus @ 264
lotus, who’s this Will guy? does he have a Way?
medaka @ 261
Medaka, here is a new toy for you –
Go to the bottom of this page and you will see a little button that has what looks like a Rubix cube and the words, “Site Meter” on it –
Push it. Then on your left there is a “Recent Visitors” section — push “By Worldmap”
Have fun.
Will, the only sense that brownshirt stuff by the LieberYouth makes to me is . . .
They’re off their meds.
medaka @ 259
Medaka,
Do you mean Plame related? Or jsut that it has been very quiet from Chicago lately and he is a little overdue for some public activity?
looseheadprop @ 265
THIS MAKES MY DADGUM EVENING!
Old Sow, you can really read those documents? More power to you, girl — that totally GOES!
LHP — such good news — I hope you are OK as well?
Also, very good news on the NSA stuff.
Do you think Dems are starting to internalize the posibility thatthey might be in the majority soon and shouldn’t be making any more Republican give-aways for a while?
I posted this up top but a little early for most of you to see it
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..26301.html
very simple directions how to hack the debold machines
we have to get that out to everyone we know which will FORCE those machines into retirement
pretty disgusting what’s happened to our once proud democracy
of course hardly anyone but perceives know, but the goverment’s own agencies have found more votes then voters, flipped votes and a host of “irregularities
just recently, in ohio, the people at the polls were able to actually take the machines home, over night, unsupervised
will America wake up in time?
who knows, but we really have to make this video as widely seen as possible
Hey, lhp! What news re you, re li’l prop, and re the Divine Puppy M?
Medaka at 272
Well then, I’m glad i mentioned it. Was that what your fishy radar was tingling about? or was it something else?
LHP–thanks for the update. Not a day goes by that I don’t sense him at the fringes of my world diligently working on behalf of goodness and decency. (FITZ) “Poor” Judy/Judas subverting the American way……
looseheadprop @ 269
LHP
All of the above! “I came for the Plame”, as one sharp FDLer said once (who was that?) …but I’m staying because it feels like the perfect neighborhood to raise: children, Cain, a barn, a ruckus….
I still can’t figure out how to edit a comment…I hit edit button and get the response window
OS turns to FDL to understand the legal documents. LOL
could someone spell check my comment on 273 please
me to me
I checked it, yep you got some spelling issues there :~)
My edit function doesn’t work either. I am still trying to figure out why….
BUT, you should do what I do, don’t sweat the spelling errors (or use the spell check function now available)
me-to-me Me too. I think it’s about cookies enabling but I’m not sure.
I came to the Lake following a link from atrios which I got to from sparklepony and I have NO idea how or why I was THERE, silly OS. But I stayed because of the Plame and then the community and its overall intelligence, compassion and most excellent snark.
I still can’t figure out how to edit a comment… I hit edit button and get the response window
Same here, me to me — apparently some of us have doodads on our ma-wheens that cut the edit function off at the pass. In which case,
Preview Is Our Friend
Preview Is Our Friend
Preview Is Our Friend
How ya doing Imm? Feeling good?
Lotus,
Puppy is growing at an amazing rate.She is clearly getting her strength back and wants to play now. As soon as she can stand on all 4’s we are going to wean her, b/c we suspect that the reason the puncture wound is getting worse is mamma dog keeps “washing” it, so if the puppy can lap gruel , we can seperate them.
to answer a quaestion a saw when trying to catch up on prior threads. Littleprop has no idea about the murder of the other puppy and I don’t intend to mention it here , or anywhere again. Littleprop is starting to take an interest in FDL ever since she help with the puppy photo upload.
I don’t want her to decide to have a read and find out about it here.
i gotta go, have depositions starting in less than an hour and I’m not dressed yet.
have good day all
me to me
I think when you hit “edit” (for an already posted post) it’s like you’re responding to yourself, so what you wrote already sill appear in the window…. as for spellcheck, i haven’t tried using it yet (entirely too confident) but maybe highlight everything then hit spellcheck before you post …
Mornin’ Doggies,
88 degrees at 5:15 am – I know, it’s Texas and nothing new, but I’ve had it
http://www.otsd.org/snowmen3.JPG
imm – hope you’re feelin better day by day – was wondering if Krauthammer was being used as conduit to tell Israel to shape up or get shipped out – nah, just not enough coffee here yet
and I was not gonna join the other lemmings on Mel Gibson, but Jane’s Blogfather’s one liner
Crouching Jesus, Hidden Agenda
was just too good not to share
who in Mims, Florida, just clicked my bloggy name-linky thing?? — just curious!
Feeling good and trim (Virus diet is a wonder!), thanks LHP. Missed you for a couple of days. I was yearning for your wisdom and abilities to articulate during the first flush of the picture dust up.
Got it, lhp, and thanks.
Squeeze those depos dry!
twolf1
PLEASE do not start the window-in-a-window thing agin. It was done before and ultimately broke the margins….
But it was BIG fun :~)
cbl @ 285
HA HA HA HA 707
No kidding, medaka? Well, to the somebody in Mims:
Hello, neighbor, from NSB!
REALLY GUYS, PLEASE DON’T
ok, YOU BROKE THE MARGINS
See y’all later.
Friends and family-folk, gotta run…catch y’all later…….OS…..
Okay, you guys — one more nested quote and this thread won’t fit my wide-body monitor anymore. Basta!
immanentize @ 295
you mean the block-quote test? well yes, if it were a big mid-day thread, but this is latenightFDL, and we’re just about to get EPU’d …
or, seriously: are there other issues, like crashing things in a bad way?
oops, i’ll ban myself :(
oh the margin
thing — that happened
a couple threads back,
didn’t it? it was really
bumming me out, having to
zig-zag back and forth …
now i get the warning,
and i apologize ….
deep, humble bow …
FDL Lares and Penates:
new thread please?
the sillyness has been nuked. refresh browser, not just comments
oooo! you fixed it! thank you!
IMM, is that you on safety patrol?
again, sorry for the sillies
Yeh, medaka, YOU got major amends to make, bud. May I suggest fabric-ating them? ;-}
I go away to read a thought-provoking piece by Billmon and discover the kidz have smashed up the margins again.
I deleted the last few breakers — all is OK again …
Old Sow @ 282
OS, sparklepony can be very funny, I mean, just the idea …
i have no memory of finding this place, but i’m guessing it was probably through kos …
direct link to NYT blogger article -
Hello Gorgeous!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08…..1&_r=1
btw: bloggernaut ?
Lotus #269: I agree. As far as campaign tactics go, madness, it’s ok (in Machiavellian calculus) to make the opposition look like a bunch of subversives, but to put your own supporters in that category is barmy [hence the Nixon/Haldeman story … oh maybe i read in Safire’s Before The Fall…. those Nixon era autobios tend to blur into one another.]
Medaka #267: It is true, I drink tea and live on the Thames (not at this precise moment, don’t have broadband except at high tide). Always been fascinated by US politics – and UK politics is in a lulled state of just waiting for Blair to go or be pushed …. on the left and the right. Think Blair is delusional these days – whereas Bush is a puppet. I still can’t decide which is worse…. neither have even the slightest comprehension of *history” and “culture” in the meaning of the word outside this shallow concept of “democratic values” etc. There was a great line from Colbert ….
“We’re still on the road to World War III. Things were looking a little grim last week — all those countries pressuring us to call for an immediate cease-fire, but we stayed strong. Sure, we sent over Condi Rice to negotiate, but she’s not there for cease-fire. No, she’s there for ’sustainable cease-fire,’ which considering the Middle East, is like sending her to bring back Jimmy Hoffa on a unicorn.” –Stephen Colbert
Which would be hilarious, weren’t it just an example of the rhetorical ride political leaders often try to take people for in the middle east.
*ilson46201 @ 304
*ilson, thanks very much!
we’re were getting entirely too rambunctious here, trampolining on the beds as it were …. good thing someone’s got a uniform that commands some respect!
OK, I’m back from mini work crisis.
Good on you fellows for trying the Escher thing, though. I guess, like my son, it is best if one just lets another taste soap if they must.
to me, the most interesting factoid in the NYTimes article is Jane’s alleged age — having met her, I was astounded. It’s always useful to look much younger than you are.
lotus @ 303
yeah, is should make at least one mend
but that means there will be so much text I’ll have to edit
sew, maybe in a new thread??
Lamont/Lieberman photo essay
Will, do you live on a houseboat, a barge, a sailboat or yacht, or what? Send us a photo to dream on?
*ilson46201 @ 310
I agree. She’s my age and believe me, I don’t look that good.
Lotus – quite temporarily on a houseboat (it’s not mine) and I’ll get booted off someday soon (!), but it’s becoming apparent to me that life on the river is the way forward (especially with all those polar ice caps melting!). just around here
unfortunately i’m not independently wealthy to afford this lifestyle – so any donations appreciated ;)
Will, I asked this the other day, but you’d already left …
Many mornings, I link us to
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk
http://www.independent.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
and sometimes
http://www.dailymail.co.uk too.
Any other Bigs-in-Blighty that we should see?
Redshift @
194
It’s true, I’m not going, though I’ll be there in spirit and envious of you all for having all the fun. But, I have too many other commitments and business responsibilities on the profressional side.
On the activist side, I also think that, as much fun as being in CT will be, I can’t afford to take a few days away from managing the Roots Project site development process if we are to meet out launch goals. Someone’s got to do it. If I’m travelling and then in CT, practically speaking, that will drop for days. We just can’t afford that.
Thanks twolf1
I have a tendency to hurt my brain trying to figure out if a wingnut is a true believer or political conman. Pointless since both are just as dangerous. Supporters of democracy, my butt.
I decided I needed to take more notice of anything that amuses, encourages or inspires me, tonics for my beleagured spirits.
Naked drunk guy in cowboy hat, boots (arrested in Ala) walking along a hwy waving the flag. Now that’s what I would call flag desecreation.
Pray away hurricanes Pat Robertson is now a global warming convert. Santorum supports transgenders rights. Kansas school board returning to science vs religious curriculum. Hmm, is the political jet stream achanging?
Love this quote: “A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” Edward R Murrow
I do hope the rumor that Reid offering job to Hilary if she doesn’t run is true. I have hoped that she would not run for prez & instead use her coffers of $ to aid another prez candidate & other seats. The righties would love a Hilary run…it would be just 24/7 Clinton old news. They just never have gotten over the fact that Bill remained high in approval ratings even when they used their full arsenal. Hilary has done some good stuff this week but I really want a prez candidate that is not of the “sometimes I feel like a Democrat, sometimes I don’t” species.
Drat, Auntie’s first Albert Bridge link wouldn’t work for me, Will, but this one did.
new thread
me to me – sorry I didn’t see it sooner, but your spelling has been fixed (and one apostrophe added).
Morning all.
Oh my goodness. [quoting a famous fella]
Did you nightowl firepups sleep at ALL last night?
There are broken puppytoys all over; the place is a mess; oh well, someone better clean up, yawn…
[mmmmmm coffeeeeee ]
Here. Fetch this, if it hasn’t been offered yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..search=BBC Iraq
Lotus- UK newspapers.
Times, Guardian, Independent all ok. Telegraph (right wing, but factually pretty good). I personally would avoid anything in the Daily Mail – it’s got a big readership, but is pretty shrill in its commentary, not to mention its dubious courting of Hitler pre-1939 (I avoid it and the Evening Standard in London for that reason/principle).
I’d recommend the Financial Times – good factual reporting. BBC website of course.
While we’re on the media…. it’s really noticeable in the UK – where the attitude towards Bush is already negative – that the modern form of mass media really “protects” the public from those long rambling answers (because of soundbyte culture and reporting) … one has to go to the internet to get those (and because Blair and his contemporary British politicians are so polished and coherent by comparison, there’s an assumption that Bush is not “as bad” as the “urban myth” suggests) … i think there’d be more outcry about UK closeness to US in international diplomacy if that was seen,
but Lotus. all these questions, it’s nearly time for afternoon tea with the Queen here, so i really must dash.
… i think there’d be more outcry about UK closeness to US in international diplomacy if that was seen,
Yes, Will, surely so. It makes US want to crawl under the bed, as you know. But if Nigel-&-Nicola-down-the-pub realized the worst, we wouldn’t know what to do with ourselves. I’ll never forget the front page of the Indy the day after our ‘04 election. Gaaaaaaah.
mornin’ lotus & will.
You guys all alone in here?
Where’d everbody go?
new thread — why ned?
here puppy, HERE PUPPY?? * * * wanna treat?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..search=BBC Iraq
well, media culpability isn’t confined to your side of the Atlantic … and coverage from US Correspondents here is very superficial (the BBC Washington Correspondent Matt Frei makes me go ballistic every time he reports on the main news). Here we have the “mother country” kind of superiority complex, without a realisation of the extent to which Bush *really* has no comprehension whatsoever of Middle East history or intellectual engagement even with western ideas of “democracy” and the historical conditions in which it has evolved! arghhhhh!
dang! just checked for epu!?!
can’t leave you guys for a sec!
…the siren cry of redd…
irresistable! ;->
[[All the most devilish and anarchic aspects of my personality seem to be itching to come out and wreak havoc today. Do you ever have those days?]]
Only ’bout every freakin’ day for the past 46 years. And it’s no easier to handle now than it was back in the day.
Frickin’ parole officers ….
Michelle Cuts Loose.
I believe that’s real, from the Oberlin days.
As an African American Christian Democrat,
I find the blackface and the use of the word g*ddamm offensive.
Who were you hoping to impress.
Seems to me you are helping Lamont lose the election.