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We take all kindsa pills/That give us all kindsa thrills/But the biggest kick you’ve ever known/Is the one that’ll hitcha when ya see your picture/On the cover of the Rolling Stone!/Rolling Stooooooooone…
Ah, yes, it has come to pass. Surely it’s a sign of the apocalypse when I, TRex, am featured in the Wall Street Journal. My mom will fall over dead from shock.
To wit:
Blogging the Connecticut Primary
They’re part pundit, part power broker. They’re zealous volunteers and journalists — sometimes at the same time. They’re bloggers, a key contingent who have helped push Ned Lamont’s primary bid. Around 30 bloggers have been given credentials by the U.S. Senate hopeful’s campaign, and they’ve established a bureau of sorts at Lamont’s headquarters.
Half are from Connecticut, said Christina O’Connell, a volunteer media coordinator for the Lamont camp. But the others are from across the country, drawn by a race they see as a bellwether for the nation’s political climate.
“This race is a microcosm for what’s happening all over the country,” said David Ferguson, an Athens, Ga., resident who blogs under the name TRex. “People are fed up.”
Needless to say, from now on you must all address me as "M’Lord", or "Your Majesty". You guys don’t mind, do you?
Clearly my evil plan is working! Mwaaah-haaaa-haaaaaaa-haaaaaaa!!! Puny earthlings! You are no match for my powaaaaaaaaaah!!
*Cough!*
Doing the Supervillain Voice always makes my throat hurt. Drat. I guess I’ll just have to be nice.
Or not. Seeing my real name and home town up there does raise concerns that it’s just become dramatically easier for some wingnut f*&ker to "out" my personal information, but since I got a certain Reich-Wing Hysteric’s current contact information from an anonymous emailer last week (and I have verified it), I feel a little safer. If I start getting death threats and harrassing calls, I might just have to use it.
I don’t want to use this information, but I will not hesitate to deploy it in self defense. It could well be any one of the right-wing freaks who lurk here and occasionally put up bitchy little posts about us. If you were a little neocon sock puppet, would you want to take that chance? Feel lucky? Well, punk? Do ya?
(Note: The owners of this site in no way condone the use of personal contact information in a malicious way, so OF COURSE, I’m kidding. What’s that Coulter line? It’s just jokes, y’all! Just jokes! Mostly.)
I got a vaguely threatening email while I was in CT. "I hear you have certain information," it said, "The site was hacked. You should know that’s a federal crime."
Well, frankly I couldn’t hack my way out of a wet paper bag, but really, what can you do when such things fall right in your lap?
Who would Jesus do? I hear he was actually pretty big on running the false prophets and predators out of the temple, no pussy-footing around on that one.
But why bother with such dire concerns when we should be celebrating? This marks the beginning of the next phase in my quest for World Domination. ALL SHALL LOVE ME…AND DESPAAAAAAIR!! [/Galadriel]
*Cough!*, *cough!*
I gotta quit doing that. At least until I quit smoking.
Hope you all are well. Have a good night!
Oh, and P.S.: If you feel so inclined, you might want to write to Matt Phillips and thank him for a straightforward, non-hit-piece about bloggers. I know I’m going to. It’s pretty rare when they get it right, so when they do, they should be thanked. This writer struck me as a really intelligent and talented guy, so show some love, y’all:
washwire@wsj.com
Part of what I think made that interview go so well is that I remembered some of The Fabulous Xtina Siun’s Tips for Talking to the Mainstream Media:
1. Reporters are people, too. They feel like they’re getting it from both sides, so treat them like you would want them to treat you.
2. Never throw anything into the mix that you don’t want to see in print. It’s easier not to say something than to say it and then declare it "off the record".
3. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
4. Be honest.
5. Be polite.
There’s more, but we might need to make that a whole post unto itself. Maybe something for the Roots Project.
Anyway, that’s all I’ve got for now. Take care of yourselves.
Thank you and good night.
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How about HRH TRex?
Colbert!
Make way for the King!
Make way for the King!
How do you know he’s the King? . . .
running lapdog lackey of imperialism! appearing favorably in the House Organ of the murderous Wall Street Plutocrats! oppressed any workers recently?
His Resplendent Saurian Trex?
Good on ‘ya, David –
Rex nixes fossil, wows Street dinos….
(now how’d Variety get in here?)
Great work – and we can say we knew you before the big media gigs…
We’re not worthy, m’lord TRex! We’re not worthy
/em grovels
Wow an unbiased article about bloggers from the freakin’ WSJ! I hope they don’t fire him.
Dang you are so cute!
Whatcha talkin about? We’ve always been calling you King (Rex).
congratulations!
Actually, yes I do. Didn’t you know that I must reserve that title for Monsignor Kos.
It’s very brave you posting a comment like that. What if Kos sees? You’re risking excommunication. It’s dangerous ground and I want no part of it.
Congratulations, Sir Rex. We are not worthy… :)
TRex–can we all claim, like the little girl in the old Shake-and-Bake commercial, “And I he’p’d?” It’s a privilege to comment on Your Royal Thread.
Holy shit dude, you hit the big time. You a playa! Just don’t sell out like Wonkette did, will ya?
…and the hits just keep comin’! Rock on, M’Lord.
hmmm… Wonkette was kinda into that ass-fucking stuff too, wasn’t she?
Nice pic; ya clean up pretty good, Your TRexiness!
Hail to Trex
(say nice things about the forelimbs!)
We wish for him great sex
We’re unworthy fans -
And we willingly adore him!
Wait a minute, TRex . . . what’s with the photo? Don’t you get one of those little pencil-dot drawings when you appear in the Journal?
Or is that just a dead-tree thing?
Hell is yeah – bring this discussion into the Roots Project and we can really train some folks on how to do this. This is a great media lesson, particularly recalling how resistant most of us (myself included) were to being interviewed by WSJ reporter Phillips.
I actually think it’s something we need to work on as bloggers. The MSM want to cover us and if we express a willingness to truly educate them about what we do online, we’ll get more and more results like this.
A friend of mine who does media trainings says that you should talk to reporters like you talk to nine year-olds. Be simple and be prepared to repeat yourself. And don’t hold it against them when they don’t understand.
congrats, trex.
we hope you don’t mind if we don’t call you “your majesty,” as we already speak in the royal ‘we.’
I’m not clever like y’all. So I’ll stick to Congratulations TRex!
His Royal Pundit. Best belly laugh of the week!
awsome
I haven’t found it yet, but I was reading my brothers copy of the Financial Times and sure enough there were a few quotes from Firedoglake and Connecticut Bob and Markos.
Congrats T-Rex, you are now an establishment tool, it was great knowing ya.
-GSD
TRex, I hope you had a blast up in CT! It sounded like.
Eli Pariser on Colbert just now:
They have money. we have people. and at the end of the day we hope that the people come out on top.
He’s brilliant and he’s right. Can’t wait to try wrapping him into the Roots Project.
Colbert said elections were just another special interest group — kinda like Big Oil versus Big Votes
I hope they don’t fire him.
I hope John doesn’t Fund him.
Major MAJOR props, TRex! You do us all proud. (And the haircut rules.) Keep on rockin’ in the free world.
I love siun’s tips for the care and feeding of Reporters. Come to think of it, they sound kind of like they might have been written here at FDL . . .
Take a bow T…this one’s for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxXr6KILrHE
THX !!!
My song contribution for the evening. One of the most beautiful Love Songs I’ve ever heard.
“Old Fashioned” (cover) Written by Steve Goodman.
it reminds me of the saying
‘i shook the hand of the man who shook the hand of the man who shook the hand of john l sullivan’
I think I like the sound of “Your Grace” Duke of Atlanta, but don’t forget what a thousand years of in-breeding does to your family reunions. Looking forward to MEET THE PRESS soonest.
Krugman
Heh. Indeed.
The question now is how deep into the gutter Mr. Lieberman’s ego will drag him.
There’s an overwhelming consensus among national security experts that the war in Iraq has undermined, not strengthened, the fight against terrorism. Yet yesterday Mr. Lieberman, sounding just like Dick Cheney — and acting as a propaganda tool for Republicans trying to Swift-boat the party of which he still claims to be a member — suggested that the changes in Iraq policy that Mr. Lamont wants would be “taken as a tremendous victory by the same people who wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England.”
In other words, not only isn’t Mr. Lieberman sensible, he may be beyond redemption.
Courtesy of Atrios
Cool!
TRex – Definately the face of the “American Taliban.” Or, maybe you’re more of the “Pol Pot of the Democratic Party.” See that picture of Ned with his family? First thing that comes to mind is “that mountain of skulls in Cambodia,” ain’t it? (Cal Thomas, John Gibson quotes)
Obvious talking point, or framing they’re pushing hard right now as evidenced by recent Media Matters postings. Not sure it’s gonna work for ‘em anymore.
Running to the grocery store and then home. Anybody need anything?
I’ll check back in once I’ve showered Gus and Juan with affection and kisses.
Christina had a great spiel that bears repeating over and over. TRex’s spotlight glowed that much brighter because of it.
The great thing about the Lamont campaign is that everyone was so positive. From the volunteers at the offices, to the volunteers at GospelFest, to the bloggers and even the hotel staff (though they will be cleaning up glitter all over the hotel for months).
Sure there was tension, but the positive message came through. The press folk who want to act like stenos must be lonely people. The only folks they get to talk to are one another and the nasty repug. machinists.
HeirofPatriots @ 8:55 pm (#20) – I’m not clever like y’all. So I’ll stick to Congratulations TRex!
Don’t feel bad. I’d still be trying to figure out the Wonkette reference if I thought it mattered.
Ditto on the rest.
xyz #33: Swift Boat Joe.
TRex, your highness;
Please remember that I gave you money. I may want to call up on you for a cocktail weenee someday…
I liked that sexy pic of you and Spazeboy better. But I guess you have to wear a tie for a WSJ pic eh? You’re right that the reporter did a basic straightforward intro on you. “Just the facts ma’am.”
Your mom will be proud!
Oh Trex what’s going to happen if Imus calls you a pencil
necked geek?
intended:
Hail to Trex
(say nice things about the forelimbs!)
We hope he has great sex
‘Cause the fire pups adore him
______
[with regard to my prior post -
amazing what the cut and paste drags in….
hmm, that preview key is on the right, not the left?]
Old Republican Talking Point:
Allowing people to vote soothes all of the worlds ills.
New Republican Talking Point:
Allowing people to vote emboldens Al Qaeda.
-GSD
snoboysdrift @ 43
What, you think I’m scared of a grown man who can’t let go of dressing like a pretend cowboy? He’s a piece of work, alright. I swear he stole that hat off a mule.
The Pajamahadeen are represented well by our own TRex in that article.
I agree Matt, either TRex or Christina Siun should do a care and feeding piece for the Media Arts group at SRP HQ, will you coordinate that? Use this article as a template, plus any video from the last few days of Kos on Tweety’s show or anywhere else he’s been, he’s doing quite well on camera these days.
And you “sport” hornrims and a brush cut! Who says these guys can’t “write”? You sport!
“You can always count on the judiciary to make stupid rulings. … Not only stupid, but dangerous.”
-Tom Delay
Now who are the people who are ignoring the rule of law again?
How ’bout this pic of TRex giving me a great smile.
Or this one of TRex with Bob Geiger.
Congratulations, Sir Trex. And careful with the voice. I once imitated one Marge Simpson’s Bouvier sisters much too well, and tore my throat up for a week.
CounterIntel Officias at DOD Resign as Cunningham INvestigation Plows ON
Matt Browner-Hamlin @ 51
What a Georgia Peach!
Hey Rover,
Pro-Bush candidate loses election after 18 year incumbency.
Tom Delay, The Hammer so battered by ethics issues that he drops out of race.
Bob Ney so battered by ethics issues that he drops out of race.
Ralph Reed so battered by ethics issues that he loses in the heart of bible belt.
Republicans are so demoralized at being Republicans that they are scrubbing George W. Bush and their party affiliation from websites and commercials.
-GSD
Mary underlined @
53
Swish!
*ilson46201 @ 14
Oh, my…. (clutches pearls)
Lovely! Your mother will be so proud.
(sniff…)
All shall love you and rejoice, silly. Not despair!
Let’s send 5 copies to each member of the DLC, and other assorted Triangulators.
No, GSD! You’re supposed to respond to the Wacko’s using only their talking points and preconceived notions of what we think. Otherwise they might lose control of the script. Can’t have that now, can we? :p
We can manipulate anything…except our President’s JAR ratings apparently.
Love me some smell of gooper desperation hehe.
Congrats, and thanks for the great work in CT, Trex!
Have you let Wolcott know?
Unable to stay up for Late Night last night, I had to go read your post and all 500 comments in the thread. So, congratulations and Wow!
bonkers @ 54
When are you going to be in
CA., TRex?
what a funny coincidence…
I’m watching “Almost Famous” on TV and at the moment when I checked the FDL front page the scene playing was the one where the main character informs the band they’ll be on the cover of Rolling Stone and they start singing the song.
Mary underlined @ 9:11 pm (#52) – This is such a complicated mess. Looks like one of the new retirees, David Burtt, was tied to Mitchell Wade via a Lt. Gen. James C. King (Ret). Looks like Gen. King kinda got his good buddies together so they could do a contract.
I guess the short version is: This is why there are all those Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs) that all of us who don’t work on black projects have to follow.
Joey Short Ride
Joey Low Road
Joey Swift Boat
This guy really has a future as a gangster.
Poolio @ 65
The stars are aligned. Hey! Is that Rod Serling stepping out from around the corner?!?
Gosh, TRex. You’re really “above the fold” now!
I hope that having been knighted won’t keep you from popping your head out from Max’s medicine cabinet to give secret CONTROL instructions.
You’ve been such a loyal agent.
Mary or Cujo – I lost a link and forgot the name of the torture General with an Italian name who recently was promoted in Iraq. Do you recall his name?
It’s refreshing to see the homeopathic troll toxins trexxed tirelessly. Thanks!
OT: Donita Sparks’ band is playing on KXLU at Midnight PDT/3am EDT. You can listen in at this address: http://kxlu.com/main/index.asp
just click on the yellow “Listen Live”, she’s on a show called Livation tonight. Im working on her Spin I’m In for tomorrow, you all are gonna dig this one, it’s the Lamont victory dance edition!
Eureka,
Mussolini?
-GSD
Say it ain’t so, Swift-boat Joe.
-GSD
hehe nope an ‘merican. Used to be based in Ft. Hood.
Oh Hell no!
To me you’ll always be the LL (leapin’ lizards!).
Or you could be the lizard king.
Congratulations, it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
My fellow fire-pups: We need to keep this youngster on the job so us seniors can all snipe and snark after he does his bidness. You all make me laugh. Lovin’it!
Eureka – It starts with an “R”. Rotini, or something.
Ricardo Sanchez?
Here is a message for meta -
a propos of last night’s late night, I spoke with my sister this morning. She told me that volunteers at VA hospitals are needful and welcome. She had a very favorable impression of the volunteers at the hospital where she worked, that they were principled, motivated, and generous people who did good work. She also remarked that there are a lot of lonesome people in VA hospitals, and that is something volunteers can help with.
There should be a volunteer coordinator at every VA hospital – you would just phone the main number at your local VA and ask to be connected to the volunteer coordinator. They will have a game plan and set activities for which volunteers are needed, so there need be no concern over whether you are doing something helpful.
hopefully you will catch this post, because I am still jetlagged, and I think I hear the sleep train coming up the tracks with a full head of steam.
Eureka – Francesco Spagnuolo. That’s it.
I knew it started with an “R”.
It starts with an “R”. Rotini, or something.
TRotini? TRotisserie? TRobespierre?
TWrecks?
Ah yes, TRex!
Joey Short Ride
Joey Low Road
Joey Swift Boat
Joe Short Bus
By the way, has anyone notice the latest?
The British were following this case of the alleged bombers.
But, the US picked-up chatter and pushed the Brits to move.
See, the Democrats don’t want you to be saved from the bombers because they don’t want a “terrorist surveillance program” like the one George W. Bush and Dick Cheney used to save us all from this plot.
-GSD
neurophius @ 67
Joey Two Times
Needless to say, from now on you must all address me as “M’Lord”, or “Your Majesty”. You guys don’t mind, do you?
No, not at all. A princess always defers to the queen (meant with love, tRex)
Regards,
Tengrain
OT-those of you living where there are Albertson’s markets on the west coast may already be aware, but the company is closing their union staffed stores and selling them to-themselves! The new stores are Bristol Farms stores and they are non-union. Union workers have been pink slipped in Ca. already, with more on the way. Meanwhile, the CEO will receive a buyout (that includes the cash to pay the taxes on it) of $105million.
Let’s face it, it will never get easier.
Until recently, despite being a solid Lamont supporter, I had a modicum of respect for Lieberman as an old Democratic war horse, even though he sometimes seemed to be a Republican Trojan Horse. No more. He has become the very personification of Rove/Coultergeist Republicanism with his shameful attacks on Ned and a majority of the Democratic Party, equating us with terrorists. He can go rot in hell.
I thought Jane was the Queen?
I’m all mixed-up.
shoephone – thought it was a “B” Borliscochilini
lmao tip of my tongue.
trex 8-10; i thought you were a cat posting as a dinosuar.
nice to know you gotta human side too.
peas and prosperity!
Urban Pirate @ 84
Joey K Can Eat It Too
Joe Lieberman is a Bush/Coulter Republican.
And a whiny tool to boot.
-GSD
That reminds me of borscht. Borsch-belt humor I loves! Borscht… not so much. I’m guess I’m not a very good Jew, after all.
But seriously, his name is Spagnuolo.
Stephen @
86
But it will have better lighting!
I’m gonna go get the paper, get the paper.
-J.T.T.
GSD @ 83 –
That’s some damned fine trolling. Who needs facts?
No Americans were arrested in the UK. The “terrorist surveillance program” played no role in this. Where are the Americans involved? Have you been paying attention to what we’re pissed about? *tap tap tap* Is this thing on?
O/T props to the General.
FYI It is Lt. General Raymond T. Odierno
O’Donnell weighs in on Joey:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..27006.html
Or maybe he just weighs on Joey. But I like his scenario.
TRex, congratulations on the appearance in the WSJOnline. Your mother must be delighted. We all are too.
shoephone @ 9:36 pm (#79) – The Francesco Spagnuolo who comes up in a Google search is, indeed, a general who served in Iraq. Unfortunately, he did it for the Italian Army, not the U.S. Army:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3711753.stm
Apparently, he either reported abuse of prisoners by the Iraqi police back in 2004, or knew of someone who had.
Seen any good pictures lately…?
:-)
WSJ, hell…I made the NYT and WaPo.
;>)
Of course, I did it under my secret identity…The old ‘froth-flecked anonymous lefty blogger’ trick…You know
Hey pups…How’s democracy doing?
Eureka – Here’s a link on the general.
See if that’s who you’re thinking of.
Matt Browner-Hamlin @ 96
I heard what GSD heard — maybe from Tweety today after he interviewed Cherkoff. That the Brits had been on this case for about four months, but the chatter the US heard caused us to “lean on them and roll it up.” Which, Tweety certainly implied, the US did with its capabilities on our end. It’s all Jack Bauer to TradMed, really….
darkblack!
… ignore my previous post…ignore my previous post….
Since TRex got knighted, I’m all verklempt.
darkblack @ 101
Well, she’s a cranky broad, I’ll tell you. Takes a good bit of waking up in the morning.
btw – lovely to see you around!
TRex AND darkblack, in the same room!
(bows to the monitor)
O M G !!!
TRex, that is SEAU GREAT !!
Roll around in it, slather yourself in it!
You deserve every delicious, sticky minute!!!
darkblack in the house !
Seriously, TRex, the vague resemblance to a youngish Tom Arnold is disturbing.
darkblack – the brilliant one.
Please don’t go away ever again.
Very treacle-y WaPo article about Barack Obama’s Men’s Vogue cover pic and story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01857.html
Haven’t seen this posted yet- I guess this means game on.
The final numbers from Rasmussen, after surveying 550 “likely voters on August 9 & 10 (i.e. post-primary):
Lieberman 46%
Lamont 41%
Schlessinger 6%
That’s more than the 3% spread they teased. Other highlights:
Very unfavorable: 18% Lieberman vs. 23% Lamont
Very favorable: 31% Lieberman vs. 19% Lamont
http://www.myleftnutmeg.com
“How the heck can we be in a battle in which we are fighting as Democrats and Republicans against each other when these terrorists certainly don’t distinguish based on party affiliation? They want to kill any and all of us.”
Ex-Sen. Joe Loserman (R-White House)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITI…..index.html
So now he wants to do away with the two-party system, and only allow Republicans to participate in politics? Or just require Democrats to be totally subservient and STFU? I don’t think either of those arrangements are called democracy, Joe.
And when the Rove/Coultergeist Republican Party is running the country into the ground as it has been for the past five and a half years, you’d better believe we want Democrats to fight against them.
I’ve Had Enough.
TRex reprises the young — and very yummy — Truman Capote.
Courtesy of Josh Marshall at TPM:
(Click the link above to TPM to get links to stories on these two races.)
I hate to say this, but I am beginning to think that Joe is not playing with a full deck. His words and actions of late portray someone who is delusional to the point of not being able to recognize the two-foot radius or reality surrounding himself, much less the world out there. I am no shrink, just an observer of human nature, but he strikes me as being close to cracking up. A desperate man hiding under the veneer of optimism, incapable of sound judgement. The sycophants around him are not serving him well, and his corporate supporters just see him as a tool. He kind of reminds me of Willy Loman. I kid you not. I guess in the end you have to say he is still a human being and attention must be paid. That was hard for me to say, but there it is.
stopalbertsonsnow.com
Wow. From tomorrow’s NYT:
Matt Browner-Hamlin @
96
Matt, look at a few of my other posts. I’m hardly a troll.
The post was meant to imply how this “roll-up” will be spun by the Bush/Coulter Republican Party.
-GSD
P.S. Cheers Darkblack.
Urban Pirate:
I think Rasmussen is not credible on this one. A sample of only 550 people is extremely small, it would have a plus or minus of at least 6 points.
Urban Pirate @ 9:52 pm (#113) How could 23% of a sample rate someone “very unfavorable” when they hardly know him?
I hate to say this, but I am beginning to think that Joe is not playing with a full deck.
OJsuit, maybe he is morphing into Dubya.
Four out of five losers endorse Joe Lieberman(Bush/Coulter Republican).
The fifth loser cannot endorse Joe Lieberman on the advice of his attorney.
-GSD
Urban Pirate @
114
This is very embarassing for Joe. He really needs his friends to be his friends now, they need to tell him to be dignified or he will look silly.
Peterr – not only is McGavick endorsing Leiberman, he just pledged $1,000 to him.
Now, what’s that thing Leiberman was saying, about how he’s not really a Republican? Mmm, hmmm.
Tuesday night some smart FDLer suggested we track all of Leiberman’s donations from here on out, and note how many are from Republicans. I’m guessing it will be in the 75% range.
GSD @ 121 – My bust. Apologies.
I think my rebuttal of the standard GOP talking point is one to run with. We’re talking apples and oranges here. As JWR @121 points out, this is going to get spun into the absurd
SqueakyRat @
48
Hey, look, he compared my haircut to Johnny Unitas, who was a very handsome football player. I am sooooo not complaining.
And I am going to bury this way down here in the comments in case Mr. Phillips comes by, but he was also a very handsome guy. He had the greenest eyes. They were, like, Hunter green. Oof. And he was very smart.
I bet he’s a big hit with the ladies.
Dustin Hoffman tells the story of his father coming backstage after opening night of “DOAS” on Broadway. Dustin took the role of Willy Loman because he had a similar relationship with his dad. He asked his dad “What did you think?”
His dad replied, “That guy was an asshole.”
Joe is like Dustin’s dad. He can’t see himself anymore (if he ever could).
Rasmussen is the GOP pollster anyway, skew their polls down 6 points for reality right off. These are the folks who had Bush approval at 38% when everyone else had it at 32%.
Matt,
Here’s da dope:
(Snip)
“Exclusive: U.S. picked up the suspects’ chatter and shared it with British authorities; new federal alert warns that peroxide-based explosives could also be employed in future attacks in the U.S.”
http://www.time.com/time/natio…..53,00.html
By the way, has Mike Allen of Time Magazine been given the Golden Steno Award for his nut-nuzzling reguritation of Rove’s talking points yet?
Sir TRex, what did you pick up for us at the store?
orangejumpsuit @ 118
It is so a full deck. But it’s a pinochle deck and he thinks he’s in a poker game.
Joe is playing with a full Dick.
-GSD
TRex, congratulations.
Thanks for Matt Philips email address and the excellent advice about honey and vinegar.
For those who couldn’t immediately conjure up an image of:Johnny Unitas.
Joe is playing Texas Hold ‘Em and he just went all in…
darkblack !
great to see you again…
hope you’ll pull up a seat and stay a good long while…
darkblack!
Did you see the darkblack signal I sent up for you on an earlier thread (I think the previous one)? Somebody compared Lieberman to a ferret, I think, and I immediately thougt of you (as an artist, not as a ferret).
Somebody asked who you were, and I said something nice. *s*
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..26966.html
For those who haven’t seen it.
OT.
CQ has released new numbers and the Republicans are getting a beating.
This is of course why the new desperation, Howard Dean is a Nazi, Democrats are genocidal cannibals, terror, terror, terror meme has been thrust front and center.
Desperation.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006…..es_re.html
-GSD
This calls for a rewrite:
Ferguson, a 33-year-old, whose limpid blue eyes pierce into one’s soul, and whose Johnny Unitas style brush cut recall halcyon days of youth, describes what he does as “left-wing political satire.”
When the R’s dig up Cheney to scare us, we all know we’re in for long lines at the airport. And soon, the gas station.
Recommenting from an earlier thread:
Bold is mine.
“punaise says:
August 10th, 2006 at 1:42 pm” *
Via America Blog:
Joe’s Hometown Paper: “Lieberman should drop independent candidacy”
The New Haven Register ran a strong editorial today telling Joe to get out of the race. A friend in CT, who told me about this editorial, also said that the print edition has a banner headline over the editorial in very large print… something he’d never seen before. The New Haven Register endorsed Lieberman in the primary — they’re over him now (registration required, by the way):
“…The primary vote should have told Lieberman that he was out of touch with the state that he had taken too much for granted. Until almost the closing days of the election, he seemed unable to gauge the deep anger of Democrats over the war in Iraq and his support for it.”
Poolio @
65
Gosh, that’s two nights in a row.
“I’m not psychic. But my lyrics are.” (Courtney Love, 1994)
That may be the only thing she ever said that I thought was cool. Sometimes, when I am wide-open and writing from the heart, weird things happen. I like to think that it’s evidence that I have opened myself up to something that’s bigger and greater than me. In that moment, I may be lucky enough to express something of the Infinite.
Now, if you will excuse me, I must go collapse in a heap of pomposity and shameful self-aggrandizement for having said that aloud.
Ann Coulter’s hair officially declared WMD
GSD @
132
Rassmussen is the worst of the right wing polls.
Can you believe the NY Wh**e Times has already got a story in the can coddling Loser Lieberliar and the Warmongers (from hell)?
Our country has been ripped out from under us.
I think it was driftglass who did that bit equating the rightwing dismantlement of the US with a “mafia style bust-out”. I often reflect on that apt description.
Congrats to t rex.
TeddySanFran @ 126
Rasmussen is full of cr@p for doing a poll the day after the primary (I understand random sampling but 550 people?). Fact of the matter is, many folks, even in CT, only know Lamont through Lierman’s very negative prism. And once people get to see who Ned really is they tend to be won over very quickly. Don’t underestimate the impact of being a successful businessman from Greenwich on Republicans. And the impact of being an honest, straight foward problem-solver on Independents.
I also don’t think Lieberman’s self destruction has had time to sink in yet, and as such is not reflected in the opinion poll. I certainly hope Rasmussen plans on redoing that poll next week and the week after.
Unfortunately Lierman is grasping at straws and 46% will be good enough to spur him on.
Just got here, and had to say good on ya!
‘Number of nice portraits of Joe…who?‘
Even ferrets have feelings…Not to mention lawyers
:)
Thanks for the kind word, all.
It’s just like that crazy old Viet-’60’s domino theory, isn’t it?…One falls, and the whole structure teeters. Chaos…Revolution…Show trials.
And they know it,too
Never falter, or forget.
>8-
TRex @ 145
Go tell that to Juan Carlos. In typical cat fashion, he will so not give a shit that your attitude will receive the proper adjustment. Especially if you neglected to bring him anything from the store.
SYNCHRONICITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GSD @
83
Well, shades of the Noor Khan affair! Everything else I’d heard about it Thursday suggested this—long lags during which info stovepiped up from operational levels, where maybe it would have been handled responsibly, to the politicos, who then force UK to roll up an operation by going public.
You know, I believe there’s always been some tension between US and UK intel agencies, even when neither side was as politicized as now. These days, it wouldn’t surprise me if MI-whomever wasn’t a major target of the NSA. Update: Guess that would be where Americans were involved.
TRex @ 10:18
Awww don’t get all reticent on us hehe. Here’s a sensitive video to take the heat off ya :)
Click Me!
An excerpt of a letter to Dodd from an irate member of Wilton, CT, town government…
(snip)
“I am a member of the Wilton DTC. I wrote a resolution to have our troops out of Iraq by the end this year and it was passed unanimously. When Ned spoke here in Wilton about two weeks before the election, DTC members who had previously been leaning to Lieberman told me that they were surprised to find that Ned was a moderate after all. Two Lieberman supporters then and there said they would vote for Ned. My point is that we who voted for Ned are not wild lefties, but more of the Adlai Stevenson, Howard Dean, Chris Dodd type.
I believe that if you really examine Joe’s record and votes, you’ll find a pattern that is immoderate and antagonistic to the moral values of the Democratic Party. I believe his active role in the foundation and leadership of the DLC amounted to a fifth column and has sabotaged our Party. Now that Joe has told us what he is going to do, it is time for you to take off the gloves and let him have it right in …the famous kisser. Stand up for your Party, your state, and your voters and tell Joe that what he is doing is despicable. I strongly advise you to join Harry Reid, and strip Joe of his Senatorial Charimanships.
That other famous son of Connecticut, Benedict Arnold, was a far abler man than Joe Lieberman could ever hope to be, but when he turned traitor, all that greatness fell away into shame, and even the Brits despised him. Don’t let Joe Turncoat stab the Party in the back and get away unscathed”
AirportCat @
151
I was thinking about that today actually, as I was scooping their litter boxes. Famous or not, eventually, it all comes back to cleaning up after the cats. Because we are their staff.
Where is CatStaff tonight, anyway?
DarkBlack,
welcome, WELCOME back!!!!
You must have felt like the guy who fumbles at the end of the game and hopes the opponent doesn’t capitalize.
They tried to take you out of context and run with the ball, but they suck, and came up short. :)
When this is all over, I want a signed print.
TRex
Congrats your WSJ-ship!
Separated at Birth – Our TRex and Michael Douglas in Falling Down:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I…..wn_DVD.jpg
Oh, Kurt!
*swoon*
You know I love my Tori, especially the Scarlet’s Walk album.
I think I love you.
McGee @ 158
Just give me some goddamn breakfast and nobody gets hurt.
Hey, did I miss something re: Dodd?
Last I heard, he was going to be the the guy responsible for throwing Joe overboard.
TRex @ 145
It’s all about you! You’re making this happen!
The search ends with the realization that there is no such thing as enlightenment. By searching, you want to be free from the self, but whatever you are doing to free yourself from the self is the self.
prostratedragon
This just hasn’t felt right to me. Back in 2003 some 24 muslims in Toronto were arrested and accused of planning dirty bomb attacks, plotting to bring down landmarks and blowing up nuclear power plants. It got the same play worldwide these latest guys are getting. But it amounted to no terrorism charges or convictions. Just a bunch of Pakistani’s deported. Don’t get me going on the latest terrorist sweep in Toronto. This is about pumping up the base for Leiberman, Bush, Blair and the Global War on Terra. I’m on Terra’s side, all due respect.
TRex @
160
Think the movie’s subtitle works well here too:
“The Adventure of an Everyday Man at War with the Everyday World”
Hehe, I love Tori, but don’t let Donita find out…I would lose all of my street cred :)
There is something I haven’t heard mentioned here tonight. I was here until almost 3 a.m. local time last night, stunned by TRex’s incredible post and the discussion that followed. There was talk of finding a way to make a financial contribution to the widow of a soldier killed in Iraq who was the subject of an uncanny sychronicity at FDL. Various opinions were expressed, but when I left there had been no resolution. I have not had time to read all the threads today but am wondering what the status of that matter is. TRex?
Another Photo by PhiloTBG — Jane Hamsher, TRex, and Bob Geiger.
Needless to say, from now on you must all address me as “M’Lord”, or “Your Majesty”.
will the appellation “His Trexitude” please his excellency?
Urban Pirate @
114
Frankly, I’m a bit surprised that Lamont is tracking that high this early. After all, Joe has an 18-year head start for name recognition. And Joe’s numbers have nowhere to go but down. That 6% is about the number I’d expect to see from die-hard Republicans who wouldn’t vote for Al Gore’s running mate if their lives depended on it. He won’t get those folks. And he’s going to lose more and more voters as more and more delusional “The war is going great!” right-wingers line up to support him.
Trex it, dude
“If you meet the Buddah on the road, kill him.”
Urban Pirate @ 161
The rumor is that he came a-calling, but Joe hid behind the couch and pretended he wasn’t home.
I thought I read that Dodd said he was supporting Ned and hoped Joe would drop out but was not going to ask him to. Or something like that.
darkblack – your pic of our bezoomny bratchny is good for a smech. Treated to viddy with a poogly expression his own sinny. He should hope Bog accepts a bolshy appy polly loggy for his sake.
I missed any discussion of your infamous graphic after it went mainstream, but one effect I noted on a politically diverse bbs I read is that it promted a discussion about latent racism and bigotry – an open discussion that pouncing wingnuts quickly realized they did NOT want to be a part of. It was never initially cast as bait, as far as I know, but damned if I didn’t witness them scurrying back to their woodpile when they realized an entire archive of threads at FDL is dedicated to documenting and illuminating evidence about the right wing ‘bigotsphere’.
Cheers
Frank Probst @ 171
kinda like this?
astralplame @ 175
Probably more like this hehe.
Kurt @ 176
Last night’s Mel Gibson episode had me howling at the moon.
Frank Probst @ 172
Jane put this link to a WaPo article on the subject in an earlier article.
I’ve been trying to find the article I just read this evening about Dodd (but couldn’t). He certainly comes across as being less than aggressive in asking Lieberman to stand down. He’s quoted as saying something to the effect – I’m here if he wants to talk. It’s not up to me to make him stop. And besides, he’s already made up his mind and won’t change it.
I think Conn voters are expected more effort on Dodd’s part. I’m sure he’s conflicted, but this mess doesn’t reflect well on him for being such an ardent supporter of Lierman.
Give this Lieberman thing a week, people. The Big Dog himself will cut RGJ off at the knees once the focus is off CT.
Waving to fdl! back after a silly travel day and feeling the exhaustion.
I’d be happy to put something together on media relations for the states project (after I sleep for a few days!)
It was quite a push what with sending out the lamont schedules at 2am and juggling camera crews but it was also so very much fun!
and of course wonderful to finally meet Trex in person … (and relieved I got the right quote into that article before the adulation of Trex!)
Peterr @ 117
Misery loves company? *g*
siun!
a propos of nothing, I was looking on youtube for that cake version of “Perhaps perhaps perhaps” – but just searched on “cake” -
it is amazing how many people have posted videos of actual cakes!
This one is awesome.
Does checking FDL, Skippy, the HUffPo, and youtube everyday make me part of the left wing fringe of America haters?
Inquiring minds want to know.
I think I’ll move to TX for the election.
Stephen @ 171
We’re on the road
and we’re gunning for the Buddha.
We know his name,
and he musn’t get away.
We’re on the road,
and we’re gunning for the Buddha.
Take one shot
and blow him awaaaaaaay
(Shriekback)
US Embassy in India warning US citizens of potential attacks … breaking on cnn
hey, lord king god boofoo
you done with that paper ???
we need it to restock the supply of TP in the imperial outhouse
(wink)
Goodnight, everybody. Sleep tight. The curtain is coming down on this day for me.
Take care.
“I was born my poppa’s son
wonderin’ if I’m a smokin’ gun
Now some of you would live through me
lock me up and throw away the key
Just find a place to hide away
And hope that I just go away
But I feel alright
I feel alright tonight”
Steve Earle
India, eh, Siun. This was inevitable.
How I’ve longed to scrawl those words. Okee-dokey, over to the People’s Daily On-line I go.
Stephen @ 186
actually, since you do not recieve your marching orders form the high king overlord of the innertubes (KOS), you can only achieve a secondary rating in the left wing fringe of America haters
I don’t really know what sort of bonus points you get for attending the BLOGOSPHERE and the BLOGTOPIA, but I’m sure the bonus points are multiplied by the number of internets you attend (see skippy for details)
if you want to achieve full left wing fringe status, get thyself in touch with the great overlord blogfather and add the worst of the innertubes to your list
and you might also want to mention that you like cheese, surrendering, and monkeys, just to shore up your credentials
hugging a french person couldn’t hurt either
I’m assuming you have the latte, birkenstocks and the Volvo already
TRex @ 190
have a good night’s rest oh lord king god of the innertubes
siun, hi!
g’night, all.
freepatriot @ 194
That’s MISTER Lord King God of the Innertubes, punk!
Now, really. To bed.
Nighty nite, TRex
I just gotta say…you kids look so young…and dear…fresh cheeks and pink nail polish with a few worry lines starting to show on your foreheads…having you come along behind us with your integrity and compassion and intelligence, it’s easier to sleep at night…just keep it up, keep it up…we are so proud of you
…paws
Zogby’s latest:
It found that nearly four out of five Democrats (79%) were happy the former Democratic vice presidential nominee was knocked off by Lamont…
PROFIT MIRROR ..
WE ARE NOT WORTHY.
Look I get it. We don’t have an issue. I gave at the office.
Oh, you missed it. Pity…
neokneme – Now that is the kind of poll result I like to see!
hi everybody! was really busy w/ work and then on vacation for 10 days. and just arrived to the Lamont VICTORY!!!
as a matter of fact, i just flew into LAX a mere 28 hours ago with 20 teenage boys (a soccer team) and 31 other various family members. contrary to what alberto Gonzales is saying right now on charlie rose, approx. 10 hours before this PLOT was revealed to the public) there were NO SPECIAL MEASURES being taken. we had bottles and bottles of various liquids in our take on and customs at Heathrow and LAX were VERY relaxed. …hmmmmm….
not what one would expect given the comments about how this plot was so well known and being followed so closely. off topic i know, forgive me. i am glad we got in under the wire though. i’m afraid you’d all be seeing me on CNN right now if they’d tried to take away my Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Soap.
well, i guess eveybody has hit the sack. my circadians are whacked.
OT: Happening now: Donita Sparks is on live on KXLU on Livation.
Paws, I’m gonna go to bed. But 1 question…
the really cute puppy they were training to find agricultural products did find an apple in my backpack, but apparently apples can’t be exploded with cellphones. but, apparently, it IS possible that small bottles of Channel no. 5 belonging to octogenarians can somehow be deadly.
Trex, great post, or is that M’lord Trex, forsoothe a magnificent showing in the scrolls of reknown. Verily the journale of Walle’s Streete doth ryspect you. And, leste Y forgetten manneres and respecte much espowsed by myn owne father, thine likenesse is faire and well to look upon.
With the greetest of respecte,
Bearde
Stephen @ 86
Thanx for the head’s up – cause my Albertson’s has a Starbucks that I hit each mornin’ – and tomorrow will be my very last visit I’ll be sure to give that sweet kid a great big tip and fond farewell and my card so he can count on me for a great reference. Aghhhhhh – its Darth Cheney’s world and we just keep on the bitter disillusionment path. aghhhhhh!
Whooooo Hoooooo – darkblack’s in the house – spirits completely refreshed and ignore my aghhhhh above cause it is already long gone.
YOU and TREX – make us all so PROUD!
brkly: surprised you have any circadians left with 20 teenage boys…but seriously, why does this terror alert seem so staged? I can hardly take it for real…and why are we, the americans who don’t usually do suicide bombs or carry shoes full of explosives, being asked to strip and board without carry-ons? Was it not Pakistanis who are said to be the culprits? If they are the suspects then why do we, the innocent, have to pay with long lines and suspicious looks and guns all around us…it is much ado about nothing…I will not fly for a long while…
finifinitoobz! Hey dude.
Le Jackal…you messin’ with my paws?
paws
You got it, Dear.
…you’re a jackal
Least ‘p me Dear…
….just come near my web and see what happens…
Heavens that was fortunate editing!
hey ya’ll…
nice to see you getting the recognition your mama always knew you deserved, TRex.
brkily – I was wondering about you. It’s good to see your alright. Surviving an airport with 20 teenage boys in a code orange or is it mango in LA? Wow!
You missed a lot of ripples at the lake for sure.
Congratulations on your ascendancy into the hautest of tons, Lordly One. But in a dark, cobwebby corner, the WSJ editorial staff is chanting incantations over a cauldron of Uppity-Dino Spray. Keep clear of aerosol cans, my liege.
On another subject dear to the heart of this one-time college teacher, the NYT notes that the meddlesome Feds are sinking their claws into higher education. “A federal commission’s report calls for standardized tests, federal monitoring of quality and financial aid changes.”
I was wondering why, until I read this: “All the panel members expressed unanimity on some points, including that the report correctly identified critical challenges like . . . holding institutions more accountable for students who drop out or graduate with few skills.”
Yeah. I get it now.
No frat boy left behind.
…suzanne, what’s the weather over there in the redwoods?
Donita’s something!
Shouts-out to FDL, still playing.
Hey! Donita just gave us all at Firedoglake a Shout Out!
You sound great, grrrrrl!!!
Darn, and the spell is broken…
hey SteveAudio, I was off listening to Donita, she just gave us all a shout out, it was cool.
Whats happening?
Donita is rockin tonight, I love the new material!
…plonk your magic plonker, froggy ( however that goes)
spidey, tis a fine night. 61.2 outside with a moon so bright it is washing out the stars.
…one little frog leg in the web…s’all it’ll take…
Hey guys, I just finished a post about Republicans and security, and I’m doing my pre-friday random 10 at tbogg’s place.
…suz: that’s chilly…all windows open here, strangely enough it has been hotter at night than in the day…yah, big moon lighting up the hill so there won’t be any stargazing tonight…
Nice piece steve audio. i’m a firm believer in pro-active policing myself.
SteveAudio, with track lighting @ 233
Cool, I’ll check em both out in a bit, I’m editing something.
Thanks, Suz!
Only problem is, we ahve to be careful not to fall into their traps, you know, “All your rights are belong to us” like they want.
We, and our security forces can be proactive and vigilant, while still observing several of the first 10 Amendments.
spiderpaws – gets down around 52 or 53 late late at night – perfect sleeping weather. i have all the doors and windows open. the moon is reflecting off a white tablecloth on the patio table and i thought it was a light left on at first. gonna really screw up the meteor shower this weekend.
yanno, steve, i used to be that scary thing in the rear view.
Oh No! You mean, you were “The Man”?
We need to convince Donita to let us buy this show. They’ve been great.
Wo-Man, bitch, been called it all so many times that I just respond as if you said suzanne
S…trick is to look in the other direction…it’ll still be a lawn chair in the dark kind of event here despite the brightness…
steve, you must not have read my profile
spiderpaws – i’m hoping the surrounding redwoods will block a lot of it out
The Heat, The Fuzz, the 5-Oh…interesting.
And brave. Good for you. I hope it was a positive experience for you. And thank you for wanting to help.
newtonusr @ 240
They have a free mp3 of past shows archive on the livation.net website we can get it from in a day or two.
Suz: I did, but I confess that I forgot!
But Ohmigod, the chocolate frosting and skin comment conjures up some thoughts….
Beard5, you still around?
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 245
Or maybe not with her last statement. I don’t know now.
Suz:
And I love the little furry person!
I hate to say it, TRex, but the troll whose real name you have is probably using daddy’s name. LOL
24 years on the dept – did 6 years working detective division – was assigned to “the dark side” crimes against persons. worked missing persons, child molest/abuse, you name an inhumanity done by man to his fellow man and its all dark side. prefered working the streets tho.
…jackal gone to bed?
Such a cutie! Reminds me of my own baby brother (okay, he’s 40 now, but he’ll always be MY baby) who is also half of an identical set. Celtic ancestry much, Mr. Ferguson ?
As for the latest BE AFRAID, PUNY MORTALS!!! airport alert, I was reading Mr. Gilliard and posted this:
“No liquids allowed on the plane. Dick Cheney & Mike Chertoff want you to p*ss yourself right here.”
The Rubber Pants Republicans.
I have been thinking about this, and now I’m wondering if the Latex Industry has captured the Repub Party from Big Oil?
We have the Rubber Pants (”Be afraid! Be very afraid”) Repubs…
And the Rubber Pockets (in their hand-tailored suits, so they can steal soup) Repubs…
And the Rubbers Lead to AIDS (anti-education, pro-ignorance) Repubs…
And the Should’ve Used A Rubber (cause they don’t wanna pull out of Iraq now!) Repubs…
Or should that be the Rubber Hammer (cause everything looks like a nail to them, but for all the whomping they’ve done in the last five years we’re not getting much constructed) Repubs?
steve, he is the cutest dog in the world yanno. my mug would break the camera lens so i use his.
Not yet, but shell is an intesting head case.
neurophius @ 87
Boy, I’m with you on this one. Naked ambition is unattractive, isn’t it?
I’m very eager to hear how this is playing in Connecticut.
Watching him tonight on the Colbert clips, he has become a self-serving, self-righteous sack of shit.
Before this I didn’t much like his voting record and deal-making in Congress, but this guy we’re seeing now is desperate and ugly.
SteveAudio, good post, thanks for writing it
little dog – desperate and ugly – just like our administration
Suz 252/255:
Bullshit! But he is pretty danged cute.
I spent years reading Sci-Fi, that’s how much of a geek I am. But in the last 16 years or so, I got into crime/detective fiction.
i specialize in books written by women, with female protagonists, I find the usual testosterone too overwhelming in Male-written books, with certain exceptions.
i love the “putting wrongs to right” aspect, as well as the Sherlock Holmesian mental excercise. And yes, I have read the comlete Holmes several times, although not in the last decade or so.
Still, I give thanks to you for your service.
Wow TRex. Now the whole world knows how great you are. Of course we already knew :)
Good morning firepups! I fell asleep about 10 hours ago. Hope the world still exists.
Jacqrat @ 226
Do you know if there will be a podcast of the show?
beard5 258:
thanks!!
….say your month and day and I’ll tell you a lot of things from the symbols of the ancients
OK, beardamerinific. Personally, the downside of your life is the upside of mine.
Thank you Steve, but it was my pleasure to serve my town.
LeJackal, I’m still here, in and out, I’m getting back to the calligraphy for the Book of Psalms, I have great respect for the scribes of the past, this is slow stuff.
spider was that an open offer?
Okay, paws, 8/1 and Arcola of course.
Suzanne @ 259
I want to see your puppy. Post number?
…sure S…just don’t give me Joe Leiberman again…
Frank Probst @ 1
Or HRH TRex, Rex? ;)
little dog… click on my name. Token is the cutest dog in the world.
If it is really an open offer, Spiderpaw, August 29.
( If not, just get me something really great for my birthday!)
Is it me, or was that a really good show? Donita should make a record out of it, but I’m gonna float some early release priviliges with her tomorrow!
Suzanne @ 273
Adorable! I see lots of cute pups every day, but Token is a doll.
8/1…desired domination in the realm of values/balanced judgement of worth/a test given for every step of the way/all absorbing money consciousness/need strength to overcome a lot of obstacles/ sacrifice yourself/ feel supreme in authority/ learn to deserve leadership…whew! intense
little dog, thanks. i wasn’t blog whoring – just don’t have that flicker thingie…
he is a magnificent 8lbs now. call him token because he really is too small to be a real dog and he is an imitation male.
B5:
I understand.
Garry
suz:
ygm
newtonusr @ 275
She rocked out tonight, that was really good. I sent her an email of praise, you can get a hold of her via her website.
steve, reading it now
okay, spider, are ya willing to do me… 10/15/54 705am portsmouth, va…. or am i presuming too much here
Suz:
I can’t help but comment: You’re a kid! 8/10/49, 3:03, San Bernardino, CA for me.
8/29…all obstacles can be overcome with love/aren’t afraid of threats received from others/power can be a drug/impatient/vacillating/work on discipline (yours)/skillful lover/self mastery is your challenge/express yourself carefully/develop your intuition/power power power for high or low
Good night everyone, I must grab some precious zzz time.
‘night, ffT
‘nite fini.. sleep well
later fini.
night, folks, I grow weary, but the company has been great!
Well, you got that “Skillful lover” down right! (joke)
but what does “spiderpaws @
285
PowerX3 mean – for high or low?
and thank you!
Good night Fini and Steve.
‘nite steve. dont forget to turn off that track lighting
Oh Spiderpaws, you’d know, has there been anything particularly “wonky” or strange, astrologically this week? A lot of people in my world have been having a massive overdose of life this week. And it really is starting to feel universal, people who normally *never* comment on their personal lives have done so, lots of car troubles, house moving, etc.
…a note in between channeling here…not doing astrology right now so don’t bother with years
8/10…you have a message to give to others/unexpectedly making up your mind/best to stay in the highest vibration you can or everything becomes a secret/LET GO/you go here and there/go on – meet people, don’t be shy/open up wide/very sensitive /propaganda!!!/you can feel really alone/ deep sweet lover and loyal, yes…
Oh stop it! here’s one little piece over the breakfast bar! Sheesh!
Nite!
thanks, spiderpaws, I need to digest that one.
ZZzzzz
Sleep well LeJackal
Le Jackal @
163
Oh, I’m quite sure the degree of manipulation is mindboggling, and certainly we’ve seen a lot more of cases that develop like the Miami 7 is doing, but my point here, and the thread that seems to connect this week’s case and the MNNK affair, is the snatching up of possibly legitimate cases prematurely in order to give BushCo something to crow about, or to drown out something else they don’t want us to hear. The evident bogosity of some terrorist files shouldn’t cause us to disparage the very idea of an actual plot any more than a discovered plot somewhere means that every posse with a wild notion is a real, operational terrorist cell.
MNN Khan had apparently flipped, and begun sending messages to his contacts in Al Qaeda that were leading to their incrimination. In the main part of the summary of Cole’s article, we see how bad information discipline in the service of Bush politics led to a case that turned out to be much weaker than it might have been:
Once the first hints of a big story are dropped, as Tom Ridge did back in 2004, diligent reporters are going to try to sniff out the rest and, as Cole points out in the article, officials driven to the what-the-hell point just might then let something slip that for sure blows up the whole case. Blabbing about a serious case for such childishly political reasons is likely to get a fellow or a service on the this-close-to persona non grata list; remember, the US financial institution stuff was just a throw-in because the old files were on Khan’s laptop. The main part of the case was about London or the UK, and what Al Qaeda might have been planning there, whatever it was.
I rather suspect, now that I think about it, that having RBC come out of hiding and start talking his national security bullshit was a signal to UK to grab what they could before the real leaking started. Maybe at some point UK told US, “Next time at least give us a fucking hint.”
There is a grand square in the astrological universe in cardinal signs…that means there is no “give” anywhere, everyone wants their own way and refuses to budge…but at the same time there is great change in power happening…and great resistance to this changing of power…forces are being set in motion now and we will see strong action Nov 8-9 that relates to this week…Saturn is opposong Neptune (exact Aug 31st) and it is a milestone marker in human events…look back to Feb 8th 05 to see the seeding of events that happenend this week…
Ah, Spiderpaws, that seems to explain a lot. It touches on poor Joe Lieberman’s issues, and other stuff. Neat. Thank you very much.
Oboyoboyoboy, sleepy as I be, I can tell I’ve got doubleTrex to catch up on (and the quick scroll down this’un’s tipped me off to boocoodles of snark)!
Okay, opening IE puts me in NYT, so looky was snagged me first this AM:
The main (three-column) headline screams
Shades of Al Qaeda Seen in Terror Plot
but then there’s the main editorial:
Ms. Collins, if you’ve become FDL-addicted enough to have made it more than 300 comments into this tread, may I just say …
“AMEN!”
…also beard: this is a week of too many people leaving themselves wide open to astral forces and they need to take off the tin foil hats and cut radio reception as in protect yourself…
You lambies will also want to see
Exposed: The Plot Over the Atlantic (7 Letters)
[HA! Avoided the ModGoddess, I did.]
Thank you, Spiderpaws.
Night, all.
I still say this is all a big shiny distraction – and might I just point out that this afternoon will be the traditional Friday news dump of news they don’t want us to see.
…you are all very welcome…
I am shocked (but not surprised) at what prostratedragon has said about the Brits etc…where did this info come from? Will it be there for everyone to read about?
spider october 15 please.. and i just realized i missed noticing earlier that 8/10 means steve audio had a birthday yesterday.
…look at your situations realistically Friday as this can be a very confusing day with some surprise situations coming up…sun will be exactly square neptune…also say goodbye to the defensive feeling and welcome some strong bold energy to speak out with…that’s it for me…
thank you very kindly, spiderpaws
OKay, starting up the coffee maker now, I think today’ll just be basic Maxwell House. And to decide on breakfast.
okay, October 15…lots of worrying about stuff that never happens/listen listen to the stream of wisdom that comes through for you/don’t money panic you have it/boy scout be prepared!/don’t listen to fortune tellers gamblers frivolous associates drinking /work is the answer when you get confused/stab in the back? Ignore it and stay away/go for the quiet time all alone to recharge and protect your self /religious leaning for you and ceremonies!/you can write the story!
…til next time…
wow and wow and thank you, spiderpaws.
Can someone please smite this idiot? President remains eager to cut entitlement spending
risking a blockquote here…
Shouldn’t a Treasury Secretary be able to calculate how much we’re spending in a war-of-choice in Iraq, versus Social Security? “biggest economic issue” my left buttock.
*hacks up a beardly hairball*
‘nite spiderpaws
correct as usual, king trex.
now where can i buy a “trex action figure” ?
better yet, the complete set of “fdl action figures”!(of course it would include the poodles and a little peanut too).
beard5
the only things these jerks are capable of calculating is how much goes into their pockets. nothing else matters. they just ignore the bloodstains on their profits of war.
Athens, GA? Same place the B-52s hail from? Cool!
Morning All, 55 degrees in Eastern Maine.
Yah Trex, and seems like Jamies been hard on it!! Zippy service…..
oooh, TRex Action figure With Snakalicious Karate chop action™ Perhaps a Jane Hamsher Action Figure,with the three poodles of the Joepocalypse and their amazing Pumpkin Muffin eating Action™ and finally, Christy Hardin Smith Action figure with the Peanut and amazing Butt-Kicking Blogging Action™ ! (oh, I crack myself up on mornings of little sleep)
(and of course, with any action figure “Something, something” Action™ must be followed by the trademark symbol)
Good morning Old Sow, have a mug of coffee
Squirrel Hiller–action figures indeed. The wonder and beauty of FDL and the Roots Project is that we can ALL be action figures!!
Beard 316, yuh said that right wrt Henry Paulson. (Holds up cup–see I’m doing tea today for a change, but thanks for offering.)
Israel asks US to step up shipment of cluster bombs…….hey didn’t I hear the Isralilen ambassador to the US avoid answering the question about Israel using illegal weapons on Lebanese civilians?
http://fairuse.100webcustomers…..yt376.html
Coffee with skim milk please?
Egregious in the house…….and have a muffin……..
Thanky. What hae we for muffins?
Old Sow
Google says 54 F in WMass. Bright Sunshiney day.
egregious -
You can have anything.
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BBC overnight covering the abundance of terror cover;age. Just like … the other airliner story now 5 yrs old.
Has anyone ever told you you look like “Biff” from “Back to the future”? ( young Biff — it’s a positive thing.)
“What uh YOU lookin’ at, butt-head??”
Well then, pumpkin.
Do we take turns making coffee, or is it just the first one up? The coffee paradox: someone just waking up, who needs coffee, is too sleepy to make it.
Like a patient that is too sick to get to the doctor’s office. Am working on the political equivalent.
I think we take turns based on who’s up, but Lotus always takes tea.
Egregious, I so understand that, my first cup of cofffee is instant, since I shouldn’t make coffee until I’ve had coffee
58 degrees and sunny over here in Southern NH
Back when I worked at Mass. General we took turns making coffee.
I made it (1) without water, (2) without coffee, and (3) without electricity. They took me out of the rotation from pity.
Still working on the political thingie. A country where checks and balances have been allowed to disintegrate, then when there is a true crisis there is no way back?
Even TRex was puzzled at my comment many moons ago calling him “King Solomon’s Inheritance.”
Let it be repeated and the shroud of confusion be removed. He is King Solomon’s Inheritance. His name is David.
The light of reason, wisdom and humility from the left-wing blogosphere pours freely from the vessel of TRex. Long live King David!
Good morning, usual suspects plus OFG & greegy!
Pumpkin is a fine choice. And the specialty of the House.
Oh. the ‘coffee paradox’ – like not putting the pot under the drip, or not adding grounds so that the pot is nice hot water? I’ve got ‘em all.
Good morning OFG and good comment. I’m working on the calligraphy of David’s Psalms.
Good morning Lotus and the rest of the firepups. Commenting from home this morning. Twenty six working days in a row with over ten thousand miles. I really need some me time. If CHS is up and reading this, I do plan to contribute as we discussed, when I get a minute.
Well this gurrl grinds fresh beans for each cup, so I guess I’ll be nominated for Java squad. OFG, what’re ya havin? B Kludge, ya want the Red Sox roast?
I’m fairly pedestrian when it comes to coffee; black and hi-test. Working on hitting my target heart rate right now. If it weren’t for coffee, I’d have no personality whatsoever.
Gotta go to work. I need to get my trailer unloaded before it gets too hot.
OFG -
WOW. Just wow.
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Old Sow -
That brew seems to too acid for me these last few days. I’ll go with good strong espresso TFN.
OS, would you mind pouring me another cuppa that marvelous “peace peace peace” blend you had yesterday, please ma’am? I really need it.
Already this morning, I’ve Done a Mad, Bad Thing. Catching up on these two TRex threads got me all cranked up to the point where, about 90 minutes ago, I hit Send on the following ill-considered email to a certain Senate staffer . . .
Oh well. Maybe “Chicago Rules” Peterr will absolve me . . .
snoboysdrift @
43
Well, better a pencil-neck next to a head that works, rather than one that doesn’t…
Yo Lotus, let’s see if we can get a non-rusting pipeline of that peace peace peace installed….maybe OFG can help with some of the larger parts.
And, might I say, yew rawk on that letter!! They all need to get more to the point mail, for pity’s sake.
Blankie, how’s about some Zapatista Espresso roast? (from Cafe Rebelion in Denver, if you please)
FergieRex!
A SCOT bye gawly! Aye KNEWIT Och!
This a.m. CNN had usual chirpie anchor interviewing an EVEN CHIRPIER(!?!) Hmlnd Sec. spokesgiggle, who could barely contain her obvious excitement – I mean [carnival-ride-type, OhMaGosh! I’m ON TV-HI MOMMM!!! twitter twitter] -type bubbling. No worrylines, heavenstobetsy no panic of any sort! & this “spokesperson” (standing there, dressed to the 9s in her favorite gooperconvention-going bright-red outfit, quivering and bouncin up & down – y’know, like at cheerleader-school?) was all the while burbling about the most awful imaginable scenario [multiple planes, still out there, doom, doom, arn’cha scared yet, huh? huh?…wow, cool….. (!!!?!)
OMG. WHUT the HEQQ is going ON?! Do the twits-in-charge’ think this is the Rapture?! Heaven help us! The mice have taken over the grain bin, daddy! Can I please wake up now??
I gotta finish my coffee & see that lil bit of weirdo-theater again, somehow. Maybe I was hallucinating. I wish! ooooooooggggghhhh!
*climbs under lil’ schooldesk & covers head*
!congrats, um, dave! big wunnerful deal about the well-earned good press coverage, at long last! a-feared we still gotta bitta work to do, shudder. be careful out there.
Argh. How can y’all drink coffee this time of year?
I’ve never been into coffee, really. I mean, it’s okay occasionally, but I usually start my day with green tea (not hot!), water, or Diet Dr. Pepper.
overslept, what did I miss? (yawn)
How’s everyone this AM?
Hey there, LJ/Aquaria!
After reading his Pasty Wonder’s porn, I’ll never drink Diet DP again…..
OS, honey, if we can rig up thet non-rusting pipeline soonest, it’d maybe save FDL a worl’ a-hurt!
Who needs a irate flowah stompin’ around making Trouble this early in the ay-em?
LOVE green tea. Suntea. Iced. Straight-up ;->
not on a morning like this. we got a kid in the air during this stuff…..
Mornin’ lotus. Everyone. OUCH!
*bangs head on bottom of school desk*
Great letter Lotus!
Whadda ya mean, this time of year? I didn’t know coffee was a seasonal beverage. Besides, it’s nearly always winter in Maine……Love green tea, too, but love the jolt of cawfee, and sometimes I just drink hot water!!…so, what’re you having Twolf?
still haven’t checked back up the thread – it’s hard to see screen from down here – we got toobz trubbles? more housekeeping?
ev-body o.k.?
Aww,how cute you are.Just freaking adorable.
His Highest Eminence: T-Rex
No I know why you are having a T-Rexalicious Life!
Snark Patrol on alert……
Keep it comming
Be careful, Adie! One headcase per thread is enough!
Yo, Twolfie, howz ever li’l thang?
jus spotted yer letter, lotus
will savor that one, I will. ;->
OD – my usual, 3 or 4 giant glasses of iced coffee. Ravens Brew Wicked Wolf with milk, sugar and plen-t o’ ice. Also havin’ chocolate covered pretzels b/c I have a refrigerator full of ‘em. If anyone wants any, there are enough to last the morning regulars quite a few weeks, dare I say months.
Good Morning Firepups,
T Rex in WSJ ? and they got it right ? wowzers !
difficult to catch up with news from yesterday other than terra! terra! terra! – although I’ll tell y’all nobody at our placed seemed to be too concerned – no one glued to the teevee, didn’t hear anyone talking about it – probably due in general to indifference and being inured to the game – but definitely not having the hoped for results
but I did see Liebersmear’s attempt at tarring Ned – thereby the entire party for November – any response from Dem Leadership on this yet ?
btw, we drink Folgers’ Gourmet Supreme – really not bad for grocery store coffee -
Old Sow -
On second thought, I think whatever lotus is havin’ might be best.
(But the Denver stuff sure sounds enticing.)
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I think I’m gonna lay off BBC allnite streaming. Last two nites woke in BAD nightmares. Seriously.
Okay lotus. I’ll be good. Keep swearin’ OFF CNN, and they keep DRAGGIN’ ME BACK IN!
*unplugs tv & checks to make sure supply of green tea is secure, ah-h-h*
Lotus, it b good. Better than last night. I was so pissed off last night about this whole terror scam bullshit I could barely construct a complete, coherent sentence. Had a six pack, watched TDS, Colbert and Mencia the went to sleep. Doing much better this AM but have about 15 web windows open containing stuff that pisses me off. I guess I should weed through them now. :)
Ooo, Kludge, sorry about those nightmares. I’m having strong Twining’s Irish Breakfast — no milk, no lemon, no lumps — if you’d care to partake.
lotus @ 369
Yep…but chasing a shot o’ espresso.
Good morning Twolf1, I already got my blood pressure raised reading the WaPo article about Bush’s continuing quest to cut social security, because it costs too much
(compared to the war of choice? compared to the idiotic misspending of money post-Katrina? compared to….you get the idea)
Sent an email to my Senator (hacks up a beardly hairball) Gregg, to let him know how unhappy I was about the plan to cut funding for the VA.
And, now, I’m trying to calm down with good-ish coffee, and calligraphy. (mostly working)
Lotus, do you like Fancy Ceylon? My favorite black tea by Grace Tea Company.
beard5, you gotta show us your calligraphy, now, y’understand? And how’s that gawjus tunic coming?
Good morning, dearhearts. Kids let me sleep in this am.
OS, I’ve never encountered that one. Sounds good, though.
You know, I hope that some of the staffers in COngressional offices LEARN something from all the letters we send in and the phone calls we make. I despair of the ones who serve our Reps and Sens. While well mannered, they seems unbearably naive about the world.
HEY, tommy! And tommy’s loving kids!
Popping in with a cuppa AWAKE black Tazo to say ‘Mornin! and Congratulations to TRex! (My, what pillowy lips you have) And so perspicacious in choosing your nom de blog T’ Rex, your grace!
Old Sow @ 376
Uh-huh … and with, mostly, the flattest affects this side of the psych ward.
mornin’ beard5. good on ya for sendin’ the letter. those bastids need a whippin’ every so often.
Our local-chain supermkt carries a house-brand green tea that’s terrific. Go figure! Probably alfalfa from down the road, but thas o.k.
OOPS! Real world intrudes! Our hummers (REAL ones, as in Ruby-throated ;->) just found me & pointed menacingly at nearly-empty feeder.
Back later, gang. Duty calls…
Misplaying the Islamic power game…
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ee3f89…..e2340.html
Lotus 379, lol, only it makes my head hurt.
oh, lotus! Your letter’s WONDERFUL!
We got DeWine hangin on a thread up here, & he still ‘talks’ to us, so we’ll try some variation on him if ya don’t mind.
(Sorry gang. all we got’s goopers till Nov. when Sherrod marches in. can’t wait!)
Whoa, OS, thanks for that FT link! Will be sending it around to my email list soon’s I finish reading it (halfway through now, but hadda stop to thank you).
…and darkblack and Jane caught hell for ‘the picture’?
http://interestingtimes.blogsp…..-dean.html
(u guys prolly saw dis already)
Lotus, is this the same guy you have talked with numerous times? If you are concerned, you can call him up with an apology and say you sent a letter “before you were finished editing it”.
That way he can read the original, if he likes, but understand it’s not directed at HIM. (See suin’s good communication guidelines)
I have had to do things like this many times, including some real doozies here at fdl, because of being
a hotheada little too quick with that submit key.Adie, sure — but think twice about whether you really want to . . .
I know a college kid who is working in one of those congressional offices. He tells me that when the phones are ringing off the hook they keep track of pro and con only. Well spoken callers who stay calm get more airtime and have a chance that their message might be passed along. Screamers get eye rolls and labeled as whackos. As for letters, when the guy (in this particular office) who is responsible for reading and responding gets tired he disposes of the remaining pile in circular file. Since then, I’ve stuck with phone calls.
Oh and I spy tommy yum in the house; thank you for the new song, and all of the other ones too! Hot is even more fun now!
Lotus, this is one of the early pieces. of calligraphy. I used the Metz Pontifical as a model.
re: the tunic, I have the fabric stretched for the cuffs, and I’m trying to clean up the drawing of the embroidery, so that it makes sense (for me that’s the hardest part)
lotus @ 369
TEA? You guys are drinking TEA ?? Am I the only one out here cooling down with some icy-chilled white bordeaux?
Oh. The timezone thing. I forgot. Carry on, and good morning to you ALL!
oh, and if curious this is me, in Elizabethan outfit That’s my favorite style, it’s terribly fashionable I think.
beard5 -awesome! How long does a page like that take to complete?
Beard%!! Illuminated manuscripts are one of my faves!! Looks lovely. Please post more from time to time.
Medaka, white bordeaux sound like the ticket for my evening beverage! How y’all doing?
wow, beard–that’s really cool.
Good God, beard5, the Book of Kells and Lindisfarne Gospels live!
I can’t tell you how impressed I am.
greegy, thanks for your good advice. I need some mulling time . . .
Charlie Savage in the Globe -
http://www.boston.com/news/nat…..re_points/
…”In Connecticut, two days after he narrowly lost the Democratic primary to an antiwar challenger, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman was among the first politicians to release a statement on the foiled terror plot yesterday morning. Lieberman, a Democrat who voted for the war and is now running as an independent to keep his seat, reminded Connecticut that “we are in a war against a brutal enemy that intends to attack us . . . in the most indiscriminate way.”
But political newcomer Ned Lamont, who defeated Lieberman by criticizing the senator’s support for the war, countered that the British plot underscores why the United States needs to “change course,” stand up to the Bush administration, and start “fighting for our security in a rational, serious way.”
“We need to focus on our security, on apprehending Osama bin Laden and other terrorist leaders, and on building a credible, effective foreign policy with our allies . . . rather than being bogged down in a war than is harmful to our security,” Lamont said in a statement.”…
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note photo caption. Two people, one name. heehee.
Good morning Medaka! I sent your page over to a friend of mine who’s trying to recreate Heian era Japanese clothing for herself (she looks *stunning* and very accurate, even though she’s a 6 foot 3 inch irish lass without the wig and makeup)
T — Awesome. Good on ya! as Jane likes to say.
Good on all “yous” as my cousin Vinny likes to say.
Keep it up! I’m gonna be watchin, readin, and doing whatever I can to help y’all.
We got a tough, tough road ahead! The collective Loserman apparati will be out there aplenty with very long knives!
– JBK
need a quick chortle this morning ?
posting this for the pic AND in the unlikely event it hasn’t been posted here already
http://stevegilliard.blogspot……-evil.html
also see Dear David was front paged over at Gilliard’s – there’ll be no livin’ with his blogger-fabulous ass now
beard5, that is very COOL!
Even more than the extremely beautiful letters, I love the scrolling vine arabesques. That would be some design-influence from the Arab world, when it was keeping lit the lamp of scholarship during Europe’s relatively nasty Dark Ages, eh?
beard5 @ 397
Yeah! Let’s here it for COSPLAY!
(Costume play, though that phrase has a bit of a *naughty* cache here…)
Your friend should check out any books on color by Yoshioka-sensei, a dyer who has recreated all the Heian natural dyes as described in literature from the period, and the ways in which they were combined in layers of kimono. If she wants to contact me, by all means tell her to do so, and I will try and forward some websites….
Yeppers, that’s our boy, Never-A-Foot-Wrong Ned.
Medaka, based on possibly uniformed opinion, just looking at lots of historical examples, I think the scrolling vine on that style is an offshoot from the earlier Romanesque style from Northern Europe. Possibly from the Celtic influence, as it moved south. The Islamic/Byzantine influence really shows up in later Italian manuscripts, and moves north from there. But again, that’s still a layman’s (rather than experts) view of it so far. My opinions may change as I find more stuff out there.
CBL, good catch on the post at Gilliard’s. I’m sure the republican staffer responsible will come back with “But it’s just a joke, don’t you people have a sense of humor?”
lotus 402 – url for that clipping? Will we see this in the M$M? Will Lamont get air time? Can I ask anymore dumb questions?
Old Sow @ 393
Doing okay here, Operating System (sometimes I just can’t say “old Sow”, ya know?)….
Broiling, sweltering intense heat, up to 36 degrees C today with 70-plus percent humidity. I’m drinking a good three liters of liquids in the daytime (non-alcoholic!), need aircon to sleep, which goes off in the morning then on again around 4pm just to deal ….
beard5,
absolutely beautiful work –
heeyy, I only asked him to put on the ‘Russ’ suit that once . . .and then it was right back to Roman Slave Girl, pinkie swear
beard5 @ 403
That makes sense, and a better scholar than I would do a study comparing Celtic, Romanesque, Roman, Arabic and Indian scrolling vine motifs and how they all, er, intertwined. If anyone knows of any sort of design-scholarship out there, do please give a holler….
cbl @ 406
HAHAHAHA! Sailor Moon does the Ren Fair! 707 !!
Medaka–yowsah on the weather. And Operating System is a rather glamorous name to us whirlpools…
We’re already on the precipitous slide into our normal condition of winter here–lol–but morning temperatures are often in the 50’s already. And part of our daily chores is to stack the blessed firewood into the shed against the 7 months of chill!!
lotus 387
Thanks for thot, but we’re real careful. Not feeding. Just pullin’ string around the corner for the poor ole cat.
Latter is lookin’ quite wobbly & confoozed of late, heh heh.
(((peace)))
twolf1 @ 404
Oh, sorry, twolfie — it’s from Kludge’s Charlie Savage link ^.
Old Sow @ 409
Well, that’s when I get to collect on the dues I’m paying in this heat. Winter’s are mild, there are hardy citrus trees (kumquats!!), and hardly any precip at all in the late fall and early winter….
Some bad things have been happening in the White House recently. Really bad things, worse even than felacio in the Oval Office. We’re talking felonies, federal offenses. Hanging offenses. And White House officials are scurrying about trying to save their asses. Consider this from yesterday’s LA Times:
Never mind Article I Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution: “No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.” Or Article VI: “This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States [e.g., the Geneva Conventiions], shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.”
Per that LA Times article, BushCo officials seek to legitimize the just-giving-orders excuse:
They are trying to circumvent justice, and progressives must join with American patriots across the political spectrum to prevent this shameful attack on law and order. If they succeed in covering themselves after the fact in this case, they will be emboldened and none of us will be safe in our homes. We must bring these people to justice, now.
Apparently the Feast of the Epiphany has been moved to August 10. Not only does the DCCC blog have a timeline up on Bush exploitation of the terrorist arrests, but check out the comment:
That roar you hear is scales falling from the eyes of a multitude. G’day.
Anon, take up a name. Thanks for the posting. Does anything surprise us anymore? (
Good points, Anon, and thanks. One little clear-up on Art.I Sec.9
“No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.”
though. This ex post facto language refers to criminalizing a behavior after the fact, not to de-criminalizing it (as Abu dearly hopes to here).
Medaka, at 401, I sent a copy of your note to her, I think she’ll be interested in Yoshioka-sensei.
I don’t expect an answer from her for a couple of weeks, she’s still at war Pennsic and will need at least a week to recover afterwards.
lotus @ 416
I believe the term we are looking for is ‘ex-post-crappo’.
Love me some of dat prostrated’s 414!
Kudos to you TRex, M’Lord!
Just came on board and you all have probably read this already but it bears repeating.
from buzzFlash:
“What Dems Can Learn From Richard Nixon About Campaigning During a Stupid War
“Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of this sacrifice, and all of this support, there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American people to turn to new leadership not tied to the mistakes and policies of the past.”
Okay fellow pupsters, great to share the morning. (Girlfriend scheduled to arrive last night by plane was delayed by you-know-what and then thunderstorms, rented a car to drive from Boston and arrived at 4:30AM just got up and after HER coffee, we have to return the rental car and collect her luggage.) See y’all later……
hmmm . . .
spending more time with Andy Card’s family
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001319.php
apologies if previously posted
I believe the term we are looking for is ‘ex-post-crappo’.
Tha’d be the one, yubetchum.
CBL, here’s the link with pictures …oy, what a crock of sh*t this all is.
“Who would Jesus do?”
Mary Magdalene?
Swear-ta-gawd I’m not making this up.
Alligator Bag’s going to debate … HERSELF
lotus @ 426
ALLIGATOR BAG, HA HA !! 707 !! That is the funniest moniker yet for Kathy and the Twinz !!
Hope the podium has room for all 3 of her.
Lotus-426, I can only put my head in my hands and try to decide whether to shake it in disgust, or roll on the floor with laughter.
new thread folks
new thread upstairs, y’all…
Great story, T Rex. But it doesn’t mention what a BIG OL’ GAY HOMOSEXUAL you are.
lotus @
347
You know, lotus, when a staffer on the Hill sorts through the mail, it all starts to sound alike after a while. Given that you’ve had some direct contact with Brent, the tone of the snark may win you some points for style.
Especially on a Friday.
Using actual poll numbers was a nice touch, too.
But no absolution here. I don’t see much of a need for it, myself. The letter sounds more like a prophet than a sinner.
TRex-cellent adventure.
Cheers,
Ray Mann
I’m so stoked that y’all used that clip. I played guitar in Dr.Hook for almost 15 years. In fact, I didn’t have to become an adult until I was almost 40.
Thanks for remembering, TRex.
“Needless to say, from now on you must all address me as “M’Lord”, or “Your Majesty”.”
Hehe, huge ego today, David? Hey, you always seemed to view yourself as a king, as reflected in your choice of alias, ‘TRex’. But I always wondered why you see yourself as the king of dinosaurs. What’s so DINO about you?
:D
Huh, doesn’t matter. Keep up the great work!
TRex,
Yowza ! You’re awesome.
Now we need to get you on national television, so you can whoop some winger butt. I’d love to see you whoop some Tucker Carlson butt. You would do it with panache dude. You’ve got the chops!!
Yay T !!!
I have put together a powerful new post to honor the journey of self-discovery you took me on last night TRex. A journey of reflection and one that has fired me up even more. Each time I think I’ve reached my capacity for how pissed at those in charge, something proves me wrong.
HopeSpringsATurtle, if you’re out there, this one is for you too!
The Forest for the Trees
For those of you who commented and participated in last night’s Late Nite FDL, I think you’ll be able to relate as well.
Nate @
438
my comment at Nate’s blog: Moving post, Nate. I witnessed the FDL Late Nite moment in real time, and it was wrenching. I don’t have the time right now to do your post the full read it deserves, but I’ll make a point of coming back later. Thanks.
I had several comments disappear into the ether last night…weird.
TRex, you are very stylish and suave.
I think TRex and all of us should make it known that we are not ‘left-wing’, we are “centrists” – balanced with facts.
“Johnny Unitas” haircut?!? I’m thinking it’s more from the Whitey Herzog Tonsorial School meself. ;)
I used to be a reporter, if you are looking for tips in the article on dealing wth them, drop me a line.
TK