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Waahlrog…
MERRYGREGIOUS!!!
HAA HAAAAAA HAAAAAA!!!
I AM FIRST!!
Dammit, Balrog. I will get you for this.
Sooo… 1969 Lawrence Welk is the 2006 Person Of The Year?
I’m cool with that.
(BTW, a woman I knew in college dated Welk’s grandson – I’m sure you’re all terribly impressed)
And a 1 and a 2…
TRex @
3
Not sure why, but I was referring to my whining in the last thread.
Balrog, you have a very common affliction, Post Election Exhaustion Disorder (PEED). It is characterized by a nauseous feeling when politics are mentioned, apathy, irritability, and disinterest in things which you used to enjoy. Methods of treatment include time with animals, friends, and children, consumption of sweets, and bouts of gift-giving.
Good luck. And godspeed. With the help of all of us at FDL, you can triumph over this disorder.
TRex @
2
Ahhh. Now i see.
Haaaaaah, haaaah.
EPU’d, Balrog, this endeavor requires lots and lots of patience. The cliche that I like the most is that we progressives are running a race without a finish line.
TSF – Tenth!
PEED my pants!
TRex @ 7
Well, shit, I feel better already having beaten you to ZERO.
Beating TRex to zero on LateNite. I feel funny…
Knock knock.
Undress every dirty fucking hippie and underneath — the Man in the Grey Flannel Suit!
Who’s there?
LAWRENCE WELK!
[not]
TRex @ 15
Centipede.
Wha hoppened?
Lawrence Welk was a bizarre Masonic High Priest or something. This clip proves it. I remember my Dad would be glued to his show everytime it came on. There’s some bad juju there.
omg – Lawrence Welk!
A few years before that … well, a bunch of years before that … when we would visit my mom’s family in Philadelphia, Saturday nights the whole family (aunts, uncles, kids, my wonderfully wacky grandfather, et al) would gather to watch Lawrence Welk and Mitch Miller and drink lots of Rolling Rock beer and eat pretzels and polka round the living room and sing along and all that … I cringed even then at the music but lord the family scene was great.
More from Debbie about the DFBloggers, who may (if you follow her logic) have forced colleagues into early retirement with our nasty emails:
Siun:
You wouldn’t happen to have a spare Rolling Rock, would you?
TeddySanFran @ 20
Dealing with commoners can be sooo trying.
hahahaha – the poor reporters! couldn’t cope with bloggers and nasty emails!? and folks wonder why they can’t uncover the truth about Iraq and W and Dick?
Nothing to report, other than that Lawrence Welk was on PBS about two hours ago. That and I have to find an appetizer to take to a christmas thing. I’m just hoping the grocery store is over the madness for now. See ya later.
PS. Check the wingnut thread in half an hour or so. I just spun them up again over there.
There’s so much “I was firster” testosterone in here that I can hardly breath clear air.
And I’m really partial to testoterone.
Stopping by to say this. Whenever I give up entirely on John Kerry, he seduces me (in an entirely non-sexual way!) back. Check out his op-ed piece in tomorrow’s WaPo:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01182.html
Wow! Teddy! and us just sitting here in our pajamas forcing real journalists to retire!
Neuro … sorry, I don’t drink beer and the youngins here lean towards Foster at the moment.
But I’ll pass you a glass of Nouveau if ya like?
Siun @ 27
Sure! Thanks!
uh, what is Noveau? (a nonsophisticate here)
Hey Balrog, here’s some hope
for you.
Here is something fun. My 6 year old boy came down laughing hysterically at me tonight.
Balrog humilated.
Centipede who?
Now that’s hilarious!
Neuro – here, catch!
http://www.stratsplace.com/rogov/art_nouveau.html
Then Ms. Balrog did this with my dog. I spewed a second time.
Oh God, not Balrog’s dog!!!
TRex @ 31
Santa peed on the Christmas tree.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Always loved that one. My kids repeated it about 500 times. :)
Balrog @ 34
That is wrong on so many levels.
Balrog @ 35
BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
You know you want to…
TRex @
36
It really is my dog. Goldberry, ladies and gentlemen of LateNite!
Balrog, try this one…
http://www.elfyourself.com/?us…..aG06122320
Twisted Martini @
32
Sadly that is my face. Small wonder Li’l Rog taunted me soundly.
Balrog @ 38
I’ve made a terrible mistake…
Today my husband and I have been on each other’s nerves because…..
last night Ron when down to Stockton Blvd. and picked up some live dungeness crabs. He was so happy when he got home with the wiggly little critters. He plopped them in boiling water with some zatarains crab boil. We chowed down all the while discussing the merits of New Orleans seafood versus California seafood. Finished the meal. He had his night time sherry and I went in to call Sisterwoman back home. Yes, thats right, Sisterwoman. My kids call her Aunt Sisterwoman. We talked for an hour or so. As I hung up the phone Ron came into the room and lifted up his shirt. “Am I red under my arms?” The man looked like a lobster. For about five minutes we debated if the e.r. was appropriate. His face started to swell. He was quickly becoming the elephant man. He took two benedril and we got in the car. Our arrival took about ten minutes. Now he looked like the goodrich tire dude. Real puffy. A nurse took us into a room and they started an iv. Since the benedril had stabilized him they left us in there for another hour. I went out and got a coke. Came back and sat down. Looked down a realized that I had not put on my breast prosthesis. I have one big giant boob and none on the other side. I was listing to the left dramatically. I stuffed paper towels down my bra and Ron let me know if I was balanced. Then the doc came in and gave Ron massive amounts of steriods and more benedril. After another hour we went back home. Ron feel into bed and didn’t wake up for ten hours. I pulled my fake prothesis out and watched stupid television for a bit then went to bed.
We are grumpy today. Cursing grumpy.
Twisted Martini @
40
Stop it, you guys are killing me.
This thing is almost unbearably funny. We already have the entire extended family done for tomorrow night.
I wish it ws available open source. I’d never get any work done again! Bp
Merry Christmas from the Swingin’ Dick…
We want Christy! We want Christy!
We want Jane! We want Jane!
Peanut, peanut, peanut!
umm…that Welk clip…Soul Sisters ‘Tanya, (some name) and the Babbling Baboons’ — WTF?!
anyway, I see your Welk and raise you one ‘Silent Night/Holy Night’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G_IfObY8ko
Literally.
———
h/t BoingBoing…
Other ‘wonnerful, wonnerful’ holiday stuff here:
http://www.boingboing.net/2006…..p_mer.html
—
Teacher free copies of Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ DVD giveaway registraiton for 1 of 50 thousand here:
http://participate.net/educators/DVD/giveaway
——-
A deadlink:
‘There’s mosquitoes on the river…
http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/mns.html
TRex @
7
Is this another form of electile dysfunction that is embarrassing our society?
Balrog!
I was hangin’ on that centipede joke. Thought I’d be waiting all night for the punchline.
Carlos Mencia is Honduran.
Santa Claus comes into question–
but only ’cause I’m older; otherwise, I’d still believe–in boots in fences, and reindeer ‘cross the world.
Okay, I did it, too.
Just for variety…
Balrog @ 38
Yeah…I do’d it. http://www.elfyourself.com/?us…..8G06122320
Blank Kludge @ 47
Yay!!
TRex @
51
No you didn’t, I did
Siun @ 33
Thanks for introducing me to Nouveau. It sounds promising.
FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 53
Your voice is too much!
I like this one better.
Oh man, I haven’t laughed this hard in years. Jane, give it up now.
Wow, Eli! That cat looks like it would put a serious hurt on you if you *dare* to laugh. And I don’t think we’re getting away without some serious applause either.
Balrog @ 57
Thats a very cool use of some of the new audio tech out there. I literally phoned that in via the 800 number they gave, then they automixed it with the morphed video. A very well done Xmas gadget site.
SusanD @ 60
She’s actually a very sweet and *tiny* kitten. Very affectionate as long as you’re not trying to keep her out of trouble…
Mary, you both really had a sucky day. Hope things are better now. Cursing helps.
TRex @ 51
Whose face was that, TRex?
She (or he) looks just like my cat, Emily.
I’m afraid to show it to her, I am afraid she might freak out.
Wish I could join the revelry. Still with the family stuff round here. Rats!
Yeah the podcasting craze is officially here to stay.
neurophius @ 64
Your cat wears glasses?
Balrog @ 30
You got the smooth mooves dude.
Oh, was that Eli’s cat? I’m confused.
FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 66
Podcasting is too trendy, so I’m boycotting it.
neurophius @ 69
The shadowy and mysterious Codename V’s cat, actually.
Watching the Vicar of Dibley Xmas lunch episode with the partner madly wrapping and the Monsterboy (6′1.5″ and not quite 15) taking apart electronic devices, the small dog taking up the entire sofa, and the cat trying to dislodge small pieces of Monsterboy’s electronics.
A perfect evening after a hard day moving a very ill friend into her last residence, a retrement home.
This holiday thing is good.
SusanD @
63
Everything turned out just fine and the night wasn’t without weird visual humor.
The curious silence of morality crusaders Joe Lieberman and Hillary Clinton with regard to this assault on the tender minds of America’s youth is stunning. I mean, they’re selling this pig at WalMart, for fuck’s sake. The Council for American Islamic Relations, DefCon, Christian Alliance for Progress (CAP) and Talk to Action have all called on WalMart to stop selling the game. C’mon, Hils, you used to be on the board of directors. Where’s all the vitriol you worked up for Grand Theft Auto? People are gonna worry this video game ratings thing is just a sop for the fundies, and you’re less than interested in speaking out about violent video games that might actually be getting the lizard brains off.
Boots in the fence my ass; Carlos Mencia is Honduran; is the rough analogy too rough?
Eli @ 42
I find this strangely seductive.
Is Jane on? She’ll want to see this.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Jane HamshElf.
egregious @ 74
I wonder if there’s a Jack Roberts version…
oh I’m sorry
Merry christmas
and Hannukah, and Kwaanza, and Ramadan
from a druid’s great-grandson.
If I may, your favorite member of Connecticut for Joe.
Weeeh.
lf @ 77
Dammit, you had to go and say the D-word…
Oh Balrog, What have you done..
Balrog @ 78
That one even has the RexMama laughing out loud.
ReneND @
80
I feel so much better.
Mary McCurnin @ 72
Mary, I laughed out loud at your story. Hope I was laughing with you and Ron! There was real telling in it, anyway.
Balrog, love the voice track. Almost fell out of my chair laughing. A near 707.
TeddySanFran @
83
Ron is not laughing yet but I am.
Mary McCurnin @43
Well, that was scary.
So is he now allergic to shellfish? This happened to my dad after eating shrimp.
I had to drive my older son to the pediatrician’s office when he got a bee sting years ago. Eyelids swelled shut, lips and face swelled. 2 shots of atropine (I think) later, he was ok.
Get DOWN, JaneMama!
All right, Lakers, time for your ID photos. Give ‘em up now or face permanent moderation.
TRex @
51
Oh, MAN, that’s funny.
Holy shit. I woke up the dogs and my wife laughing.
Merry Christmas, TRex…
Gotta run and help out in the kitchen.
Back in a bit.
Merry Excema, brother!
you bet your sweet bippy
punaise @ 91
Did I hear you Laugh’In, punaise?
Christy will be mad she missed this.
a remider form the folks at NPR’s “Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!”:
don’t forget to update your resumes to include your distinction as Time Person of the Year.
punaise @ 91
The Fickle Finger of Fate commands an elf presence of Punaise. Enter here.
neurophius @ 92
sock it to me
http://www.elfyourself.com/?us…..6G06122320
Twisted Martini @
93
Well, she sure looks happy about it…
Mary McCurnin @
97
Get DOWN, Mary! Very elfin moves.
Balrog @
95
“Verrry interesting”
hmmm…this elf thing appears to exceed my photoshop skills
This is soooo much fun!
Wiki: “During the September 16, 1968, episode, Richard Nixon, who was running for President, appeared for a few seconds and asked the question, “Sock it to me?” “
I saw that the night it happened.
Little did I know what the country was in for.
I think Christy looks like she’s having the most fun of any of them.
back in a few…..hours (movie)
punaise @ 101
It ain’t photoshop. Just use a pic that is formatted for the internet. Low Resolution.
Oh Teddy,
Huckabee update
Mary McCurnin @ 106
If I knew how to format a photo for the Internet, I would jump right in.
TRex, I think you need to have Pach change the title to “Go Elf Yourself!”
Our president comments on Elf tactics:
Strategery.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 107
I bet some Arkansans can’t wait to lay a rock on Huckleberry’s grave.
ok! I have tears streaming down my face, I ‘m laughing so hard…
Joe liarman is brilliant!
neurophius @ 108
whew. you are not alone.
Everyone, no skillz involved. Just go to the site and upload any picture. It helps you to format the face of your choice.
neurophius @ 108
Can you email me a photo? I can have it back to you right away. marymccurnin at mac dot com
that video was priceless.
the imagery of welk dancing like he’s at a dead concert made my entire evening.
thank you, pachacutec.
jim
Elf Kobe-san has a message for you!
Balrog @ 114
OK.
How do you upload a picture?
Should I post the spew warning?
I put the puppy in…
Dogs make good elves
This’ll either make me a hero or a dead man…
neurophious – He wouldn’t make it through another Gov. election cycle if eligible. (term limits)
Eli @ 120
No offense Jane, but that picture looks like Lon Chaney as the Wolfman!
Mary,
Thanks for the offer. I know my wife has some pics of me on her computer, but I don’t know how to access them, and she has gone to sleep. Guess I’ll have to wait until tomorrow (you cannot imagine how technically ignorant I am).
Twisted Martini @ 122
I didn’t know Lon Chaney was so… spry.
I tried one with my big dog, but he made the most menacing looking elf on the planet…
Actually, I think the one of Lon’s cousin Dick looks more like him than the Kobe one does.
OldCoastie @ 125
Oddly, I am having the same experience with the cutest dog on the planet, so I am leaving it to others.
This is fun, though…
Jane Hamsher @
49
Eh, that was back when I was crabby at nite. Now LateNite is a ritual. TREX!
Twisted Martini @ 123
Clap for the Wolfman.
Ya mean, Eli, Jane won’t get mad for posting pix of her as an elf, but she’ll get mad at us for posting Kobe-san? naaaa.
Balrog, all (whatever?) is super-forgiven. This is the most fun in days, evah!
OldCoastie @ 125
More menacing than this?
TeddySanFran @ 130
I do have pics of Jane as well, but decided not to chance it…
Go to the site. Select start the elfamorphosis.
Upload any picture you have saved. Then use the scale and dots to make a frame around your picture. Practice makes perfect. The email to yourself and copy the link info to paste here.
Just like every Xmas, I think we broke the favorite toy. It’s starting to get jumpy and… well, viral.
TeddySanFran @ 131
And the TeddyElf is where?
Martini, that is downright evil.
Worse than Joe.
Twisted, indeed :)
Twisted Martini @ 132
Ish-ka-bibble.
Twisted Martini @ 131
My God. Now I am going to have to look under the bed all nght long for monsters.
Twisted Martini @
132
I must admit, yours did make me scream a little… but the Big Guy is always so serious around a camera…
The Cannonball
TeddySanFran @
131
TSF, not sure what ya mean by whatever? but if we had any old stew it is long forgotten!!!
Iver the Engine Driver (nee Balrog)
Debbie admits to dissing Rajiv:
Lady, if you’re gonna write a column about minority voices at the WaPo, be sure you know who all the minority voices are, is all I gotta say. Happy Festivus, Deb Howell, who do we talk to about buying out your contract?
FiniFiniTOOBZ! @
18
Omigod – Lawrence Welk? How did he beat out Hugo Chavez and the guy Dick Cheney shot’s doctor?
Don’t get me started on having to watch that show with my
parentsuh, dad…TRex, first I dog you on the zero, then I distract everyone from your post. Bad Balrog. It was fun. though. You make an especially dentist-looking elf in your contribution!
Nitey nite, all.
Anybody have a photo of Debbie Howell handy?
Balrog @
144
Roops, that was Pach. No wonder TRex was a step behind.
Cheers!
Balrog @ 135
Right here.
neurophius @ 144
This is the only one I could find…
Anybody find it odd that Howell would leave Rajiv out of her 12/10 column on diversity after he appeared at FDL on 11/19?
Why does Debbie make me don my Alcoa chapeau?
Twisted Martini @ 148
Are you sure that is not Debbie Howler?
Okay, this is my last one.
Juan Carlos the Elf Kitty.
TRex @
151
oh TRex! we musta broke it because I can hear Juan Carlos speaking but there is no image!
TRex @ 150
That is the best yet! VIVA JUAN CARLOS!!!!
Lovey Howell.
I can see JC’s image…
Good night Firedogs, thanks for the laffs tonight. I’ll leave with one more, for all your Howard Stern fans.
Eli,
thanks for the “amen” earlier. I forgot to say the nurse said the same to me about my wisdom, only it was 13 years old.
Balrog @ 154
OK, where’s gilligan?
Who knew anything from OfficeMax could be so endlessly entertaining? I guess in the right hands (ours!) anything can….
TeddySanFran @ 158
Sure beats the toner-juggling I was doing earlier…
TeddySanFran @ 158
My buddy has the software that does the video morphing they did. I’m kicking myself for not coming up with that idea and selling it to them.
Haven’t felt this left out since the fun with youtube (on half speed dial up) posts. My updated flashplayer doesn’t appear to be working. *sigh*
lf @ 77
You forgot Festivus
I’m really dissapointed with you
just wait until I get a hand on the Festivus Pole …
and you people with the elf videos, that’s just elfing wrong
OT, and terribly sad, this article from Sunday’s NYT on West Point athletes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12…..ref=slogin
Why in God’s name are we pissing away the lives of young men and women of this quality in that flippin’ sewer?
Eli I gotta tell ya, I didn’t recognize Kobe. But he makes a fine elf.
Christy is still the best, though.
burnspbesq @ 164
It would be tragic anyway, but those kids really are among our best. I’m not refering to the WP grads in particular, but the military in general. They’re better educated on average, many have skills at leading, and they take the ideas of responsibility and service more seriously than the average civilian, I think. It’s sad that we waste such people on this ridiculous war.
Hi everyone! Able to use the toobz after much good family time today. I tried to catch up on all the thoughts on the great threads… must catch some sleep soon! I am so happy about the book salon thread coming up! Thank you FDL for keeping the most important things front and center…
burnspbesq, I just jumped in the lake this evening; I fiercely opposed both wars, but I have to say that that “flippin’ sewer” is home to millions of innocents– dead, wounded, alive and afraid– and we made it so…
I think I know where you’re coming from, but I just needed to share my opinion.
peace.
Jane, try this one! See if you recognize him here:
TeddySanFran @
117
angie @ 167
Glad you’re back, angie.
Anyway, I agree about the “sewer” comment. I took it to refer to the war itself, not Iraq (or Afghanistan) per se. If someone took it the other way, sorry for being unclear.
hiya, Cujo359!
I think that is what it referred to as well, but I just wanted my p.o.v. to be clear. I mourn the loss of lives on both sides and wish that true justice is done and that all of our laws are utilized to deal with those that perpetrated and lied their way into this horror that has been visited on all of the people, here and there.
Josh Marshall has gone too far. Spew warning.
(((angie)))
Found this on kos
Oh Teddy, that’s a good one.
Speaking of His Nibs, here is my favorite moment from Blog Wars:
http://www.firedoglake.com/wp-…..c9ssci.jpg
That’s the Guilford farm house that was home to me, Stoller, Siun and others in CT. And, of course, our poodle overlords.
Demanding task masters made Matt and Siun throw the tennis ball incessantly. It was grueling.
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 170
Oh. My. God.
There’s not a jury in the world that would convict me…
Seriously, I’d rather watch *this*.
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 171
This computer doesn’t have flash. I don’t think my imagination is up to the task of dealing with this one. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is Elton John singing “Pinball Wizard” and 10 is the two Filipino guys singing “A Horse With No Name” in Air America, where does this fall?
Cujo359 @ 175
At least a 12. On par with the Cher/Tina Turner Beatles tribute…
Noooooo Celine Dion! My eyes! My ears! Make it STOP!!
Cujo359 @ 176
11
No way to easily segue into this, but, Sistani has put the kibosh on any coalition reorganization.
Let the internecine assassinations begin….
TRex @ 178
This was roughly the reaction I had to it.
Eli, I’d have to agree that your http://youtube.com/watch?v=mPPo6T_RLN8
is a 12 (curse you for sharing that with us), but I don’t think the Celine Dionne quite reaches those heights. Pretty bad, though.
right back at you, Eureka Springs, AR!
Jane @ 173, what a gorgeous picture!
I hope you have a very lovely Christmas with good friends, lots of love and puppy kisses.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you have given and shared with us. I know that this year was one of joy and sorrow for you and I very much appreciate that you always shared in your very unique way.
neurophius @ 181
Anything Celine Dion does is ghastly horrible by definition.
Eli @ 177
I concur. Put it this way, Shatner’s rendition of Rocket Man is brilliant next to this.
Celine!? well it is Pach’s Saturday Late Night!
She’s still waiting for him in Las Vegas …
I don’t care if someone destroys an AC/DC tune. But the Beatles deserve more respect.
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 184
I, ah, kinda think Shatner’s rendition of Rocket Man is brilliant, period…
Jane – I love that shot from the movie … reminder of a wonderful time, tennis balls and all!
I have not yet begun to plumb the depths of the horrors to be found at YouTube…
neurophius @ 190
now where’s my intersnake?
Ah… life is good. Baby girl is tucked into my bed with both puppies sleeping after a great 18th birthday dinner celebration. First time I’ve seen her in 6 months and she smells GREAT!
I come home to the Lake (well, that’s how I think of the lake – home) and my Late Nite family is here forking around with elves.
Thank you Jane, for FireDogLake. I can’t imagine where we, and America, would be without the fine bunch of dirty forking hippies around here.
Mary McCurnin @
115
)))))))))))MARY![[[[[[[[[[ Beyond my skills too but my precious son sent me his and I’d love to share it but the only skill I have is cut & paste -think it would work? He is in his last year of nursing school and precious.
Here’s a timely one for you poodle fans, and I know you’re out there…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NR15KaBg8U
newspaperbrat @ 193
If the photo is already in digital form, you should be able to e-mail it as an attachment. Most e-mail software has a means of attaching files to a message.
elf eel better in the morning…
punaise @
196
what a cutie~!
hey Jaqrat! turns out it’s real simple, the web site walks you through the upload and then you can scale, pan, and crop till you bop…
oops – forgot the ‘c’, sorry Jacqrat
Siun @
189
great picture, Jane, of a time when we had hope for Ned.
punaise @ 198
I’ve cropped until I dropped. Didn’t cotton to it much….
Gnight all, Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, and a Festivus for the rest of us!
punaise @ 199
Everyone does, ain’t no thang. I did one already of my doggie, Bravo:
Woof, woof!
montag @ 201
Are you share about that, punaise?
montag @ 201
isn’t that Eli’s line?
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 202
Happy solstice celebration from Casa Cujo as well. Time to go to sleep. Goodnite, all.
Jacqrat @
203
ooh, I think Louis le chat is about to get a taste of the limelight
Bravo!
omg– you elveses are sooo cute!
now, how do I upload a photo of me wee nephews to make glad their tired mommy and daddy on the Eve tomorrow nite?
(i am so lame when it comes to this stuff! I have some pix that they have shared with me via Kodak by email– kin I use them???)
Ok, so I morphed in Token the Wonder Elf but how do you get the link to include the user id#? I tried to cut and paste the link but it only did the elf dot com slash with no id#…
Suzanne @ 210
how I did it: choose the option to send an email (to anybody) and then copy the URL out of the body of the email. you don’t have to send the email. then paste the URL into the comment box here.
mesdames et messieurs, je vous presente Louis
l’elfle chat.Presenting:
Token the Wonder Elf
thanks pun :)
Louis!
Token!
Bravo!
Kobe!
angie, if you have the pictures loaded onto your computer from the email (if you saved them to your pooter) then you can upload the pic
then follow punaise’s direction on how to get the link
it was easy (for this nontechie) and pretty fast even on dialup
hmmm
Iran held liable in Khobar bombing
Nineteen Americans were killed when a truck bomb exploded in a military housing area [AP]
A US federal judge has ruled that the Iranian government financed a 1996 terrorist attack that killed 19 Americans in Saudi Arabia and must pay $254 million to the victims’ families.
Suzanne @ 215
Thanks so much– I actually got stumped when it asked for permission.
Maybe they don’t want the cherubs’ faces out there…
I have no pictures uploaded of myself, but I will enjoy giving them teh FDL Christmas Eve elf opportunity.
Oh I do love Louis le chat, punaise!
Eureka Springs, AR @ 216
HMMM, indeedy.
digby has a movie suggestion. Me, I’m about to dig up my VHS of “Scrooged”.
Scoop @ 219
“Bitch hit me with a toaster!”
This just in, from Lil’ Debbie:
Dirty Hippies!
Jacqrat @ 221
nice one!
a little bit about the judge in the ruling on Khobar from wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royce_Lamberth
punaise @
222
For Jane, and TeddySanFran! “Oh… Happy Festivus!”
Christmas Eve is finishing up here. The rain finally stopped and we weeded the garden and mowed and got a small semblance of order in what was becoming the jungle here.
We also opened our gifts, which were simple and few. My husband got oats as he loves his oatmeal and a box of candy and special sweet chili potato chips. My 16 year old son got boxers (finally, the right size!) and a cd. I got a cd I want all of you to hear…Whirimako Black “Soul Sessions” which has Stormy Weather, Georgia on My Mind, Summertime, but all translated into Maori. I’m in heaven listening to it. Her voice is like a good smoky bbq with dark chocolate strands surprising me. I have no idea if there is a way to listen online or to get it in the States, but you would like this, I’m sure.
We have been waiting for days for the passing of my mother, so there is a tangible bittersweet air to it all. Mom, who is 91, has not eaten or had water for days, no kidney functioning, no consciousness. But her heart beats on. Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow.
My daughter is alone, back in Kansas, having her first solitary holiday. She’s mostly fine with it. There are many who aren’t, and for them, and for all who have lost loved ones or miss loved ones, especially for the first time at a Christmas season, here’s a lit candle for you.
I had no idea FISA judges were appointed by the chief supreme.
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blessings to you, your family and your Mother.
I’ll sing a carol for you and her… and we will continue to light extra candles for all those that have lost or miss those that they love and for those yet to be born into the world that we can and will make better…
Eureka Springs, AR @ 226
I did not, either!
This is pretty scary stuff.
NZ Expat,
You are such a warm spirit (no small feat after squeezing through the toobz from half way around the world) even in times of distress. It’s always so good to hear from you in any state. I hope your mom is in as much of a peaceful state as possible.
btw, amazon doesn’t have that cd listed.
NZ Expat,
what angie and Eureka Springs, AR said, better than I could
punaise @ 230
Me too. When my mom was in hospice, the best thing we could do when she got that far was to make sure she knew it was okay with us if she went… Big Hug.
angie – Something fishy about it alright. Especially the timing.
Hey y’all, call me ES or Eureka…) if you like.
Punaise – http://www.france24.com is online now.
Thanks for the kind thoughts..I found this link for the cd…I’m not sure what country it is from.
And here is a bit of a review:
Whirimako Black – Soul Sessions
Tuesday, 12 December 2006
Whirimako Black has one of the most beautiful soulful voices in New Zealand and her four albums to date all performed in Maori have been true jems for the discerning listener. Her debut Shrouded in the Midst won Best Maori Language album in the NZ Music Awards 2001 and Whirimako has gone from strength to strength. This year also saw Whirimako receiving a NZ order of Merit for her services to Maori Music.
The latest album ‘Soul Sessions’ takes a different turn in that most songs here include a mixture of English and Maori. There are 11 familiar Jazz standards including many of my all time favorite songs – Black Coffee, The Look of Love and Cry me a River. The Soulfulness of Whirimakos voice truly does shine on these tracks and had me mesmerized as language dances between English and Maori.
The album features some fantastic artists including Nathan Haines father and brother Kevin and Joel on Upright Bass and Guitar respectively. A very exciting release and well worth checking out.
I guess I did something wrong and the link didn’t come through. Just googling her name might come up with something that is Stateside for her.
NZ Expat, Amazon has a CD title and group with the same name “Oceania ” when searching for Whirimako Black. It has a five star rating, the highest possible. Are you familiar with it?
NZ Expat @ 235
Try here.
This is a better link to Soul Sessions.
Nope, I don’t know it, but my music explorations are fairly limited down here. I heard Whirimako Black on National Radio and have been wanting the cd now for months. Quite nice to hear it now. From the review, you can see that this is her fourth cd.
I’m going to turn the computer over to my son so he can put My Chemical Romance on his Ipod. A bit different in some of our musical tastes, I guess.
Merry Eve.
Thanks Jacqrat….good night all and cheers for the holiday to you all…..
Eli @
177
ouch
Eureka Springs, AR @ 233
thanks – good resource, just unveiled
shuffling off, good night all
Eureka Springs, AR @ 232
I really may never sleep properly again…
I should be slumbering right now, but I can’t.
My sis gave me Jimmy Carter’s “Peace Not Apartheid” today and I read a bit after I watched “The Cider House Rules” and then tried to rest. No such luck…
We have so much work to do– I wish everyone here the best!
angie – I have been waiting for a pup to review that book, since I have a few in house that need to be read before ordering any more.
I am just antsy to get Dems back to work!
Just finished a hot chocolate and stoked the fire.
Sleeping in SAD (h/t egregious) season is difficult but it’s time for me to turn in.
Rest when you can. See you soon..)
Iran gives a damn about UN sanctions
(condemns)
Iran to install 3000 uranium enriching centrifuges
SEC council approves sanctions against Iran
US hails UN sanctions against Iran
answer:3000 centrifuges
Mornin’. Can’t sleep, can’t open presents, what’s a girl to do?
Send HELP! I’m stuck in “Goode” country 18 miles south of Lynchburg on a friggin dial-up! Last night I got to listen to a perfectly intelligent group of Virginia residents sit around and talk about how upstanding this idiot Goode is. “He says what he thinks”. Too bad that out of respect for the father of my bride I refuse to get started, there is no possible positive outcome. I never thought I would be in a situation where I couldn’t wait to get back to Georgia because of the wingnuts UP in Virginia.
raven @ 248
I guess it could be worse. You could be stuck in Sugar Land, listening to people moaning about that godly man, Tom DeLay, being hounded out of office by the Democrats….
About all you can say about Goode and his remarks about Keith Ellison, without starting a big argument, is to say, “read Article 6 of the Constitution….”
Cheers.
Oh, raven, my sympathies. However, it’s reassuring, in a creepy sort of way, to realize that there are places that are even wingnuttier than Georgia.
In the NYT Bob Herbert has some news about the girls he “bought” out of a brothel in Cambodia, as well as some good news about some other kids. Frank Rich takes on Time magazine, and explains why “You, yes you” are on the cover. And for a bonus I’ve tossed in a piece by Verlyn Klinkenborg. Now there’s a name to be conjured with…
http://mgpaquin.blogspot.com/
For reasons that I cannot understand when I go to look at this on Firefox I get Thursday’s, but when I look through AOL, which I assume uses IE, I get today’s. I’m baffled…
egregious @ 247
May I suggest you go elf yourself?
g’morning
I laughed till tears rolled down my cheeks as the parade of morph-elfs rolled on….here’s the thing…I wake up and flip through the channels for some news and CNN has their anchors elfed, happy feeting the same as everyone here. I might not be right until Tuesday.
Yea, and the Sunday Style section is hilarious with the 4 cover articles plus a profile of “Spirit in the Sky”!
Marion in Savannah @
250
nothing sadder or more embarassing than watching old, out of touch folks attempt to portray what they think is “the now, the hip, the happening;) “.
you just cringe watching it.
Siun @
23
The truth about Iraq? More Americans have been killed by illegal aliens than soldiers in Iraq
WASHINGTON – While the military “quagmire” in Iraq was said to tip the scales of power in the U.S. midterm elections, most Americans have no idea more of their fellow citizens – men, women and children – were murdered this year by illegal aliens than the combined death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan since those military campaigns began.
Though no federal statistics are kept on murders or any other crimes committed by illegal aliens, a number of groups have produced estimates based on data collected from prisons, news reports and independent research.
Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens. That’s 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001.
Total U.S. troop deaths in Iraq as of last week were reported at 2,863. Total U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan during the five years of the Afghan campaign are currently at 289, according to the Department of Defense.
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But the carnage wrought by illegal alien murderers represents only a fraction of the pool of blood spilled by American citizens as a result of an open border and un-enforced immigration laws.
While King reports 12 Americans are murdered daily by illegal aliens, he says 13 are killed by drunk illegal alien drivers – for another annual death toll of 4,745. That’s 23,725 since Sept. 11, 2001.
While no one – in or out of government – tracks all U.S. accidents caused by illegal aliens, the statistical and anecdotal evidence suggests many of last year’s 42,636 road deaths involved illegal aliens.
A report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Study found 20 percent of fatal accidents involve at least one driver who lacks a valid license. In California, another study showed that those who have never held a valid license are about five times more likely to be involved in a fatal road accident than licensed drivers.
Statistically, that makes them an even greater danger on the road than drivers whose licenses have been suspended or revoked – and nearly as dangerous as drunk drivers.
King also reports eight American children are victims of sexual abuse by illegal aliens every day – a total of 2,920 annually.
Based on a one-year in-depth study, Deborah Schurman-Kauflin of the Violent Crimes Institute of Atlanta estimates there are about 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders in the United States who have had an average of four victims each. She analyzed 1,500 cases from January 1999 through April 2006 that included serial rapes, serial murders, sexual homicides and child molestation committed by illegal immigrants.
As the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. increases, so does the number of American victims.
According to Edwin Rubenstien, president of ESR Research Economic Consultants, in Indianapolis in 1980, federal and state correctional facilities held fewer than 9,000 criminal aliens. But at the end of 2003, approximately 267,000 illegal aliens were incarcerated in all U.S. jails and prisons.
While the federal government doesn’t track illegal alien murders, illegal alien rapes or illegal alien drunk driving deaths, it has studied illegal aliens incarcerated in U.S. prisons.
In April 2005, the Government Accountability Office released a report on a study of 55,322 illegal aliens incarcerated in federal, state, and local facilities during 2003. It found the following:
* The 55,322 illegal aliens studied represented a total of 459,614 arrests – some eight arrests per illegal alien;
* Their arrests represented a total of about 700,000 criminal offenses – some 13 offenses per illegal alien;
* 36 percent had been arrested at least five times before.
“While the vast majority of illegal aliens are decent people who work hard and are only trying to make a better life for themselves and their families, (something you or I would probably do if we were in their place), it is also a fact that a disproportionat ely high percentage of illegal aliens are criminals and sexual predators,” states Peter Wagner, author of a new report called “The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration.” “That is part of the dark side of illegal immigration and when we allow the ‘good’ in we get the ‘bad’ along with them. The question is, how much ‘bad’ is acceptable and at what price?”
achn2b @
254
You know what makes me cringe? Watching a bunch of snot nosed brats who think they know more than anyone else about the world as they sit in their self-appointed thrones judging everyone they consider Nazis or racists. How easily you apply labels and how wrong you are in doing so. You people have a lot to learn.