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-- Bob Geiger has pulled some great cartoons for this Saturday. They are amusing, and infuriating at the same time. Which is your favorite? I'm partial to the Horsey, myself.
-- C&L has video of Christopher Hitchens flipping off Bill Maher's audience. First Ann Coulter goes bonzer yo yo, and now this. What's in the green room water lately?
-- Scout Prime and Lb0313 are live-blogging the NOLA bloggers conference.
-- This from Billmon would be funny, if it weren't so freaking true.
-- Nostradumbass. Bwahahahahahaha...TBogg is just funny.
-- Will Bunch, at Attytood, has more information on Hildy Halley. And Will asks a good question:
One anti-war widow said she used the opportunity to voice her objections to Bush's policies."I said it's time to stop the bleeding," said Hildi Halley, whose husband, Army National Guard Capt. Patrick Damon, died June 15 in Afghanistan. "It's time to swallow our pride and find a solution."
She said Bush responding by saying "there was no point in us having a philosophical discussion about the pros and cons of the war."
Why not? Seriously. Who better to have "a philosophical discussion about the pros and cons of the war" than the one person who, unlike the rest of us mere mortals, can start a war and send off men and women to wage it, to kill or be killed, with a single phone call?
And who better to have that discussion with, than the wife of a man who paid the ultimate price for that presidential order?
People often say that Bush is "sincere" in his religious beliefs, but we'd say more accurately that Bush is sincere in believing that he acts as a man of faith. But how can he reconcile some of the decisions that he has made in the Oval Office with true Christian teachings?
Yes, that's a philosophical discussion. And with the world teetering on the brink, we couldn't think of a better time to have it.
Why not, indeed. Greg Sargent has much more at TPM Cafe.
-- Lindsey posts a picture that just makes me laugh.
-- ...and this is still funny.
-- Laura Rozen has more on the Fred Fleitz ginned up intel extravaganza from last week.
-- Lawyers, Guns & Money and Pam's House Blend tackle Alabama.
-- Wolcott and titties. 'Nough said.
-- And this is just wrong on so many levels...
(Happy birthday, *ilson!)
UPDATE: What in the hell was this bus driver thinking? Or this trooper? Hello...it is 2006 -- wake the fuck up.
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Whoah! Ned! Jane! Christy!
And Fitz!
0 and 1.
Helloooo…
I watched Maher last night. Hitchens is an ass. He ruined the show.
Darn! I missed “pull up a chair.” And with the last load of my home-grown peppers drying in the oven…..
And nothing brightens up my Saturday morning more than a couple of giggling girls…
bdu at 5 — I thought this pix was adorable. :)
lime kool aid?
or just some nasty, whiny, slimy, grumpy microorganisms.
Hope you feel better soon Christy…On Monday, I’m taking my 2 kids (ages 6 and 3) to meet Jim Webb at the opening of his Richmond campaign office. It will be their first civics lesson.
Christy, of all your classic pix, that one’s the classicalist! Did you raid somebody’s MySpace site? :-)
P.S. Get well soon!
Pull up a gurney and get strapped-in because the nation is full of absolute lunatics.
-GSD
P.S. Can we all pitch in a find a suitable liver donor for old Hitchens. He’s looking puffy and waxen and the clock is ticking on that organ.
Jane S., Dana and I are planning on being there too. Hope to meet you there! I was supposed to work the Farmers’ Market this morning but the event got cancelled.
Hitchens was upset because there wasn’t any scotch in his water. Or that there was water at all.
Maybe it was gin.
I must say it’s good to have Maher back. Hitchins flipped the bird on the audience several times. Without his finger he is still a pompous windbag. He basically cut off Max Cleland several times. Demanded Al-Qaeda was in Iraq before 9-11. As a compliment he is Tony Blakely with an accent. I wonder if Wolcott has to work with that fellow?
Soap on a fuse!
Dru, I was actually just about to leave to pick up my daughter but look for me. I’ll be the crazy lady with the pretty 6 year old daughter and a cute little 3 year old boy. I look forward to meeting another FDLer!!!
Slow-Joe had his “The Kiss” float.
Now Sen. George Allen is being followed by a couple of people in a monkey suit and a banana suit.
Photo at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/26/8117/20526
(Or maybe y’all already saw this)
Jane S. @ 16
I am green with jealousy. You go VA people and GO WEBB!
Prof @ 17
Hee Haw, Georgie!
Shouldn’t the FCC be looking into that appendage malfunction? Isn’t deliberately making obscene gestures against their regs?
Prof, that’s so delicious.
The Jeff Danziger cartoon with the Commander-in-denial surveying the ruins of everything…..even looks like the Golden Gate Bridge to the left, which could be one of his next decisions…………. so sad, so spot-on.
Christopher Hitchens, this is your life!
*Caught on tape, exclusive booking video released by the good folks at Youtube.
-GSD
If the U.N. Security Council won’t penalize Tehran for its nuclear program, the White House may forge an alliance to do so.
U.S. May Curb Iran
test?
CHS–good health
Dr. Ernest Evans, who is a teacher at the U.S. Army Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas tells us “I would define a major defeat as pulling out of Iraq and leaving behind complete chaos. I would define a catastrophic defeat as attacking Iran in a desperate effort to salvage Iraq and igniting a regional war. These are the painful choices before the Republic.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14...../newsweek/
Oh goodie! Comments posting. Working of a hinky hotel connection.
ditto the water/relaxation comments,
also playing w babies and animals
Ha bday *ilson…
Trouble posting > 1 line…
peace=water walk, play babies/animals, music
Great links, Christy!
The Will Bunch piece has an update at the end, linking to a Greg Sargent report at TPMCafe of his interview with Hildi Halley, the widow who spoke with Bush. She challenges Bush very directly, pushing him as a Christian to live by his faith and not just mouth it.
That’s how someone can put faith in action! She knew she had one shot at raising her views with Bush, and she took him on at his most vulnerable point from a faith point of view - his pride - and followed it with the obligation to admit mistakes and make amends. If it gets him to think at all - even a little bit - she’s done something huge.
GSD @ 23
OMG - I’m so happy that I’ve already eaten. While the snoopy music was wonder the low riding jeans put the whole thing over the top.
Horsey is the cartoonist for the Seattle PI. He does good work.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/.....060815.gif
Hotel internet limit creates haiku opportunity
But, Dr. Ernest Evans, I think we have already been defeated in Iraq and Afghanistan and Lebanon.
It is over, let us stop the pain and bleeding all around and acknowledge the truth.
OK, that’s really bizarre. The girl on the right in the picture, if I’m not totally mistaken, is my friend Moye Ishimoto while she was still in college. I even recognize her watch. She was from LA, always very fashionable. (Her hair has changed since.) And I recognize that other girl. Did you gank that pic from her friendster profile or what? I’m e-mailing her to ask, but it’s be cool if you guys somehow knew her.
Morning, folks!
I wholly support the effort of calling out and mocking these asshats. Relentlessly. It is probably the most effective way of reaching those who aren’t paying enough attention, while keeping our sanity at the same time.
“Hillary Clinton pledges to back Lamont”
Interesting Stamford Advocate article about Joe’s response to the meeting and the coordinated response from Hillary and Ned. Howard Wolfson, Hillary’s spokesman, has a tremendous platform from which to hammer Joe. Dan Gerstein, Joe’s spokesman, doesn’t.
Anyone know when we’ll get another report on Joe’s fundraising? If that goes south, I think a lot of other Dems will follow Hillary’s lead. At that point, they’ll start asking Joe not just to withdraw, but also to explicitly endorse Ned.
I’ll be looking for you Jane S! and thanks for the link Prof, that photo made my day!
Does this fall under not-so-funny and downright Republicacan? http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/
Geiger cartoons: fearmonger meme gets traction
marc at 35 — I found it this morning doing a search on the word “giggle” in Google images. It was a pix in a string of photos that someone had on a website with no attribution. Would be cool to know who these folks are — because their laugh has been making me giggle for an hour now. :) (Gank?)
–from John C’s link
I guess Joe won’t read this until after sundown tonight. At which point, he’ll prolly lose his cocktail.
And late last night I linked a photo of George Allen’s racist wink, but can’t find my comment on it now.
Others may want to view that.
Prof @
17
Ha! OK, so I recall way back when in 1999 or whenever that was (it seems but a dream now) and thinking on many, many, many - well, yes, EVERY occasion upon seeing George W. Bush on the teevee that no one, and I do mean NO one, would ever elect such an inarticulate smarmy wannabe as President of the United States. So I have to say now when I see George W. Allen, I get the major creeps because he just may be the next one if we don’t get our act together as a nation. As dumb and arrogant and clueless as they come. Feingold, are you listening?
In the Bob Geiger link, I like the Oliphant cartoon with W as the jester and Cheney as the King. The same theme, without the humor is pounded today in Robert Kuttner’s op-ed, “The Cheney Presidency,” in the Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/glo.....residency/
Key points:
And more:
egregious — do you, by chance, use Norton antivirus? They’ve done some sort of update recently and it caused all kinds of problems for me with our Wordpress interface. Had to reconfigure last night and add FDL to my safe list again. No idea if it causes a problem with comments, too, but it might be worth a peek.
Prof @ 43
Here you go Prof: http://www.dailykos.com/storyo.....135655/157
twolf1 @
24
They will get their war in Iran one way or another. The hysteria is reaching a fever pitch….from all of the usual suspects…There was an article in Haaretz about whether or not Bush will “castrate” himself by NOT nuking Iran.
Money quote:
“Simply put, a government which is unwilling to use its power - and whose enemy knows of its unwillingness - has no power.
The sobering lose-lose coda:
A nuclear superpower that is unwilling to use the Bomb - and whose enemy knows of its unwillingness - has no bomb.”
-GSD
Sorry about this post, it is not very funny.
meta @ 44
Yer right meta! GO WEBB!
Your decidership is a hoot!
Regarding Ms Coulter.Someone discovered her
achilles heal,she can’t handle any women smarter and better looking!
Lou Costello @ 39
An interesting historical note. The photographer that snapped the picture of what appears to be the drunken Bush daughter died in the anthrax poisonings that happened after 9/11 and prior to the gulf war.
-GSD
Coulter melts down…Hitchens melts down…Allen avoids campaign stops out of a morbid fear of a woman in a banana suit…Bush does his level best to make another Cindy Sheehan…Lieberman campaigns with Republicans and refuses endorsements to Democrats who endorsed the Democratic candidate…
If the mainstream media would actually do its supposed job and connect these dots, the wheels could be completely off this wagon and we could send it skidding down the hill toward the garbage dump.
Meta @ 44, here’s another link
Governor Mark Warner re: Jim Webb for Senate
Oh my.. the wink– thank you, Prof and Lou!
George Allen said the n- word more than a couple of times to me.
He is a racist.
Trust me(?)
People do change and have the capacity to do so; macaca George is the same ole George. Nuthin has changed.
fran @ 49
That’d be all of the women at FDL.
Game on!
I always enjoy these tours of left blogtopia (yes, Skippy coined that phrase!). No one has time to visit them all - nice to have a weekly “Greatest Hits album.” Thanks of the smiles and guffaws.
fran @ 52
But wouldn’t that be all of them?? ;)
Coultergeist can’t debate women! Go get her ladies!
GSD @ 51
GSD - You got a name or a link? THX for the info. Whenever I see a troll posting “We haven’t been attacked since 9ll”, I just type ‘ANTHRAX’ and they disappear. Maybe we could try that with Republican Hatemonger Ann Coulter. *wink
al-Scooter @ 54
I was just about to say, “And I know just where to find ‘em . . .”
Hey, fran, time for an update on your bro, what say?
GSD @
53
GSD @
53
Lou Costello @ 60
I was just researching that. The guys name was Stevens I believe, he was a “photo-editor” not a photographer. Worked for the Sun..trashy tabloid type…..Still haven’t found the confirmation that The Sun was the rag that printed the picture.
-GSD
al-Scooter @ 57
As they say, beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
There are many more beautiful bones than Coulter’s around here.
Worth a click: http://newsyoucanabuse.blogspo.....share.html
Great point Peterr.
lotus @ 61
“Sean, Sean, Sean!!!”
Hannity sucks ASS! http://www.thumbsnap.com/v/8tOHxFP6.jpg
Are there other GOP candidates with major gaffes who are getting street theater treatment? (Other than Lieberman and Allen, I mean.)
Wandering way OT here, but I just remembered that I’ve had this from ToL in-queue for hours:
Emphasis — and befuddlement — mine.
From the Department of Made My Day: So today I’m at the towel-dry station of an amateur carwash benefiting girls’ lacrosse. I crank my CD player up loud enough to be heard in the next congressional district. 13 year old girl motions me to roll down my window and points to the CD player.
Girl: What’s that?
Me: Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto, 3rd Movement.
Girl: Wow, that rilly rawwwks.
Youth, meet Beethoven. Mission accomplished.
Nothing funny about flying these days. Boston Globe reports that 6 US flights were diverted yesterday, almost all for false alarms. Guess it’s national strained psyche?
http://www.boston.com/news/nat.....d_flights/
Prof @ 67
Ricky “Man-Dog” Santorum deserves something…
The guys name was Stevens I believe, he was a “photo-editor” not a photographer. Worked for the Sun..trashy tabloid type…..Still haven’t found the confirmation that The Sun was the rag that printed the picture.
That was the first anthrax attack — in Palm Beach.
inthedoghouse @ 71
Nothing to exploit but fear itself…
What a dumbo!
(really?)
right– gotcher automation right here, mr. robotomacaca.
pic of mac monkey and anna banana here too:
http://www.newsvirginian.com/s.....&path=
Ricky “Man-Dog” Santorum deserves something…
Don’t leave out Conrad Burns … and of course, the-one-the-only Alligator Bag (but, really, she’s her own 24/7 parody-float, I submit).
ifthethunderdontgetya @ 69
VIDEO: Sen. Santorum Dodges Social Security Gorilla…
ifthethunderdontgetya @
72
Yep, and so do Pombo and the guy Charlie Brown is running against in California. What’isname?
Afternoon, everyone…taking a short break from cleaning…somehow, when our older daughter moved out, her room turned into the “can’t figure out what to do with this, so I’ll put it in here” room. Then, last year after my uncle died and we cleaned out his house, we put a bunch of boxes in there. Now, my mom is getting ready to move into a retirement community, and will be giving us some furniture, so I am attempting to get the room cleaned out.
Of course, after it’s cleaned out, it needs to have the wallpaper border stripped, and the walls primed and painted - which will be no easy task, as my daughter painted stuff on the walls whenever the spirit moved her - which apparently was often. I was one of those moms who said, “it’s your room - knock yourself out!” My kids loved me for it, but maybe I should have instituted the “leave it as you found it” rule for when they started moving out. Still got one at home, so maybe it’s not too late!
But…can’t do much until the remnants of history and other people’s lives have been sorted and disposed of in one way or another. Am making progress, but it’s slooooow.
Don’t have much to contribute in the way of giggles, but it was nice to come here and find some handy.
Christy - hope you’re over the worst part of the ick, and can catch a snooze or two over the weekend.
pic of mac monkey and anna banana here too
Best one yet, angie!
ifthethunderdontgetya @ 72
Well there’s Katherine Harris and Mean Jean…but they are so wacked out they are providing their own street theater for us gratis hehe. If you haven’t seen it yet, Kate is now saying that only Christians should be elected to public office.
twolf1 @ 75
See, that’s why a pick up truck makes a good stage. It’s harder to push a pick up truck around.
Lest we forget what Hitchens was trying to articulate when Maher’s audience pissed him off, he was advocating all-out War with Iran. Daniel Schorr on NPR this morning is advocating all-out war with Iran. Kos has a thread going with commenters bringing in examples of more and more pundits and political figures laying out the case for all-out war against Iran:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/26/63846/7347
I collected these examples yesterday:
The ever-adorable Walter Williams says “Does the United States have the power to eliminate terrorists and the states that support them? In terms of capacity, as opposed to will, the answer is a clear yes.
“Think about it. Currently, the U.S. has an arsenal of 18 Ohio class submarines. Just one submarine is loaded with 24 Trident nuclear missiles. Each Trident missile has eight nuclear warheads capable of being independently targeted. That means the U.S. alone has the capacity to wipe out Iran, Syria or any other state that supports terrorist groups or engages in terrorism — without risking the life of a single soldier.” - http://www.townhall.com/column.....end_itself
Ha Aretz’s Aluf Benn on the appointment of IDF General Elyezer Shkedy as IDF “campaign manager” for the war against Iran:
“As part of his new responsibilities, Shkedy will act as “GOC Iran Command”: He will oversee battle plans and manage the forces if war breaks out. According to a security source, Shkedy will be the “orchestra conductor,” coordinating the operational activity of Mossad and Military Intelligence with the IDF’s various operational branches. ” - http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/754745.html
And this next item borders on the bizarre. The American Rabbinical Council seems to be saying outright that “Christian” standards should be abandoned in campaigns against Israel’s enemies”
“Our traditional sensibilities tell us that it is not right to risk the lives of our soldiers to minimize civilian deaths on the other side,” he said.”
“”Our corrupt military morality, which tells us that our soldiers must endanger their lives to protect enemy civilians, is the reason we lost the war,” said Eliyahu.
“Anti-Semites demand that we use Christian morality while our enemies act like barbarians,” said Drori, accusing the IDF of adopting “Christian morality” as its own.”
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/11688123.html
The stage is being intensively set for pre-emptive nuclear war, my friends.
Too many fresh giggles there to link to, so just Google “Katherine Harris” and take yer pick . . .
Here is some great reading and some great amunition for all of the “Bill Clinton did nothing about terrorists” whining by the Bush/Coulter Republicans.
According to the wingers back then, Bill Clinton was engaged in gestapo tactics when he was looking at monitering large financial transactions to Saudi Arabian charities.
-GSD
Back then it was fashionable among the Bush/Coulter Republicans to talk about jack-booted government thugs when referring to the now revered federal agents working for US government.
Santorium protest photos
http://www.sauvessanges.com/kickoutRicky1.html
When SATANtorium made an appearance at a Borders in Bryn Mawr, PA (08.05), right outside of Philly, some innovative folks decided to illutstrate their views with some costumes and signs.
I was just about to say, “And I know just where to find ‘em . . .”
Ms. Belle South, we know what a treasure trove we have with the Ladies o’ the Lake, all of you! The pinnacle of creation/evolution (whichever concept you prefer), says I!
Hi, Dru, Angie, and JaneS. I look forward to meeting you, JaneS, at the opening of Webb HQ on Monday. Angie is right about Allen. I know several people who went to school with him. He has not changed.
The banana suit and monkey suit are good, especially if used unexpectedly and not at every event. The surprise throws him off.
How can Hitchens be allowed on t.v. anymore after giving the audience the finger? I know one reporter who had to apologize for using the word suckson the radio.
Maybe this has already been mentioned, but high fives to General Batiste (ret.) for saying Rumsfeld served up a giant bowl of chicken feces, and the country and the military have been trying to turn it into chicken salad ever since…think progress has the clip.
Gotta go. My band is playing at the Alaska State Fair parade in a couple of hours.
Happy Birthday, *ilson!
Is Pam Oshry from Atlas Shrugs going to play Katherine Harris in the Fox docu-drama:
Katherine Harris: A Christian Martyr
-GSD
Hiya Dana– oh to be back in ole Virginny right about now!
I can feel the momentum.
angie @ 74
OOooh that is SHWEET!
So are the Macaca-banana kids (bless their hearts!)
trailing this George Allenhole the same way
the Kissmobile trailed Traitor-Joe’s ™ stanky butt?
Futon calls kids. See ya on da flip.
As punaise would say (if I remember his spelling):
*plouf*
Kurt, 81:
If true Christianity comes from the heart and mind, I guess that makes Harris non-electable.
al-Scoots, picture this:
Coulter in a TV studio, all ready for her next star turn, and in walks
[take your pick]
Jane
Christy
lhp
Mary
Rayne
meta
angie
zennurse
RevDeb
etc., etc.
Coulter screams and evaporates faster’n Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz.
And the etc., etc. starts off with Anne!
Ohhh, lotus - I would love to be there for that confrontation…Coulter would probably vaporize (so we’d have to wear some kind of protection against the noxious vapors).
Lord, that would be a sight to behold. *g*
The TBogg link goes to Glenn Greenwald, who for the last six months or so has been walking point man in the brutal war against rightwing nuttery and hypocrisy, and after attracting withering fire, is still standing. A national treasure, a patriot and hero. He must be driving them nutsier.
Just a small sample in his well-linked take down of the right’s foreign policy experts and why they view him as such a threat:
From thenexthurrah
Calling Moderates and Centrists: The Bush Administration Is A Failure
“The Newsweek poll now joins TIME (38%), ARG (36%) and NY Times/CBS (36%) in showing the 42% from Gallup was an outlier….
snip…
So what’s it all mean? It means plenty. Not only do Presidential preferences matter historically, but the current Republican strategery is coming unravelled. Some in the media get it; from the LA Times on Chris Shays:….”
Post has links to all those polls.
Oh, I just can’t let this one get by:
Any among us with problematic sibs?
Could be worse, y’know.
I have a criticism of the americablog story about Allen. The photo is of people attending the protest downtown. The article describes a law student from UVA (where my folks met!) asking Allen on camera (that morning) why he used to have a noose in his office. After that, the Sen. was supposed to make an appearance downtown, where these and other protesters were. He skipped the downtown appearance and went straight on the Hershey plant.
just feel like the americablog post gives the impression that these particular protesters had a specific interaction with Sen. Allen, but it doesn’t sound like they did. I would rather hear more about that law student.
Shopping Spree at Focus on the Family
And the lesson to be learned in that tidbit from lotus, is that the philosophy of “what happens in the campaign, stays in the campaign” is not one that any consultant or strategist or campaign functionary subscribes to, so always assume that whatever happens will be made public…and it will be timed for maximum damage.
oops. here is the link to the main article.
and here is the americablog post.
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