zed

pfft lolo

Nice shot, kirk!

oh happy zed

You know the drill, km. Go back to the other thread to wave your “0″ in the air.

“when the Lake zed”

Did you meet this guy at Hartsfield or Bradley? And just how hot was he?

Hello, honey! Sounds like a damn good day!

Ma cher TRex!! (apologizing in advance for the no-doubt fractured French)

Mr. TRex, Sir, Welcome Home.

Thanks TRex!

Welcome back

and welcome back to Juan Carlos …

hope the poodle withdrawal eases

off to gl0at help

Suzanne, left you a note downstairs – it’s all fixed :-)

LoudounLib @ 9

Ma cher TRex!! (apologizing in advance for the no-doubt fractured French)

“Mon cher”, dearie. Except, now that I think about it, I’m not sure of the appropriate case for theropods..

Hi TRex. Glad you got back safely. Tell us more about the man. You make a date with him?

What kind of French lyrical fuckery is this?!?!

No, seriously. I don’t speak a word of French.

see conniption, I told ya it was fractured! ;-)

Thanks, LL. :)

burnspbesq @ 6

Did you meet this guy at Hartsfield or Bradley? And just how hot was he?

Bradley, but he was flying to Atlanta.

Smokin’ hot, baby. Salt and pepper hair, sharp suit, chiseled features, square jaw.

We met for coffee.

But (sigh) nothing else.

J’ai besoin du zed. (assuming a zed is masculine)

EvilDrPuma @ 15

What kind of French lyrical fuckery is this?!?!

No, seriously. I don’t speak a word of French.

Make that a ditto here. Welcome back, Oh Glorious Theropod.

Aaaack! The francosphere attacks. My little soldier must close his eye to this.

TRex @ 18

burnspbesq @ 6

Did you meet this guy at Hartsfield or Bradley? And just how hot was he?

Bradley, but he was flying to Atlanta.

Smokin’ hot, baby. Salt and pepper hair, sharp suit, chiseled features, square jaw.

We met for coffee.

But (sigh) nothing else.

Exchange phone numbers? Do either of you travel much?

No place like home.

TRex @ 5

You know the drill, km. Go back to the other thread to wave your “0″ in the air.

And make sure you let lolo know about it! Bwhahaha… Oops, TRex!!!

Somewhat OT, but potentially of interest.

If anyone thinks that the USA scandal isn’t having an impact on morale at DOJ, I got first-hand evidence to the contrary today.

I’m sitting at my desk in my home office this morning, trying to decide what I’m going to do with a rare day off, when my cell phone rings. It’s a good friend of mine, a former IRS colleague who later moved on to become an AUSA in the Central District of California.

My friend was about five when her parents emigrated to the US from Vietnam. She loves this country like only an immigrant can. This is someone I would have bet a mortgage payment would be a Government lifer (for the record, I would never have left the IRS if one could raise a family in OC on a GS-15 salary).

Nope. She’s out. She and three other ex-AUSAs are starting their own firm, to do white collar defense and civil tax controversy. So far, all I’ve gotten out of her are some vague statements about “the climate changing in the office.” I hope to have the opportunity to pump her full of dry white truth serum sometime soon.

The Bushies trash everything they touch.

Oilfieldguy @ 23

No place like home.

…Dammit.

Hey, handsome! Glad to know you’re home safely. Everyone behaved very well in your absence — but we sure missed you tonite! Glad to know you’ve got a travel tale to tell….

PS

TeddySanFran @ 242

WaPo chatz tomorrow; questions accepted anytime!

White House reporter Michael Abramowitz at 11am eastern

Opiner Eugene Robinson at 1pm eastern

Former Baghdad bureau chief, author of Emerald City, and onetime FDL Book Salon guest Rajiv Chandrasekaran at 1pm eastern

WTOP Commentator Mark Plotkin on Local Politics at 2pm eastern.

TRex @ 18

burnspbesq @ 6

Did you meet this guy at Hartsfield or Bradley? And just how hot was he?

Bradley, but he was flying to Atlanta.

Smokin’ hot, baby. Salt and pepper hair, sharp suit, chiseled features, square jaw.

We met for coffee.

But (sigh) nothing else.

Yet. Optimism, mon ami.

CT, left you a message downstairs.

Sorry for the repost, but we’re fighting against moneyed interests here, and the more the word gets out, the better.

Last Tuesday’s Columbus Dispatch had an article about the B.R.E.A.D. Assembly I attended on Monday, May 7. It’s a pretty decent overview of the meeting, attended by 2000 central Ohioans. My quibble is that the people representing the payday lending industry get the “last word” in the article, but I can counterbalance that by sharing the transcript of the part of the meeting where a B.R.E.A.D. representative answered those claims.

After sharing the story of one central Ohio resident who borrowed $500 to help her son in a time of financial hardship and ended up in a cycle of increasing debt, the article by Sherri Williams outlines what B.R.E.A.D. is trying to accomplish with this issue:

(Click for the rest)

DrDick @ 20

EvilDrPuma @ 15

What kind of French lyrical fuckery is this?!?!

No, seriously. I don’t speak a word of French.

Make that a ditto here. Welcome back, Oh Glorious Theropod.

Double Ditto, pardon my French!!!

burnspbesq @ 25

Somewhat OT, but potentially of interest.

If anyone thinks that the USA scandal isn’t having an impact on morale at DOJ, I got first-hand evidence to the contrary today.

I’m sitting at my desk in my home office this morning, trying to decide what I’m going to do with a rare day off, when my cell phone rings. It’s a good friend of mine, a former IRS colleague who later moved on to become and AUSA in the Central District of California.

My friend was about five when her parents emigrated to the US from Vietnam. She loves this country like only an immigrant can. This is someone I would have bet a mortgage payment would be a Government lifer (for the record, I would never have left the IRS if one could raise a family in OC on a GS-15 salary).

Nope. She’s out. She and three other ex-AUSAs are starting their own firm, to do white collar defense and civil tax controversy. So far, all I’ve gotten out of her are some vague statements about “the climate changing in the office.” I hope to have the opportunity to pump her full of dry white truth serum sometime soon.

The Bushies trash everything they touch.

This suprises you? It’s like the opposite of the Midas touch. Everything the Bushies touch turns to sh-t.

Suzanne @ 29

CT, left you a message downstairs.

Wilco!!!

Exchange phone numbers? Do either of you travel much?

Yes and yes.

TRex @ 34

Exchange phone numbers? Do either of you travel much?

Yes and yes.

Airport/plane meets are the best. Compressed time, all that possibility…

Renee,
Been there, had horrible experience with them. Thanks for posting about this.

TRex, tell us — how happy was Juan Carlos when you got back home?

Juan Carlos is velcro-ed to my side, purring like a logging truck on a steep hill.

Suzanne, I had asked you, when your mom had called your room at 6:00 pm, if she had disturbed you!!! ;)

TRex @ 38

Juan Carlos is velcro-ed to my side, purring like a logging truck on a steep hill.

Excellent ;-) that sounds like a little calico cat of my acquaintance!

About that time-good nite, everybody! The best of the best to you all.

CT, a lady never discusses such matters *wink*

Thanks, TRex.

Now I’m gonna have to send the lyrics to Pam’s son Jim’s wife in Bordeaux (yes, she’s French) for a translation.

RonD @ 41

About that time-good nite, everybody! The best of the best to you all.

good night ron d. sleep well

G’night Ron

RonD @ 41

About that time-good nite, everybody! The best of the best to you all.

Nite RonD

TRex @ 38

Juan Carlos is velcro-ed to my side, purring like a logging truck on a steep hill.

Ecrivez. Le. Livre!
That is a wonderful description.

TRex @ 34

Exchange phone numbers? Do either of you travel much?

Yes and yes.

Ooh, La, La!!!

I already miss Jane and the dogs, though.

I always worry a little bit when I go to hang out with someone for a few days if we haven’t hung out like that before. It’s one thing to have someone visit. It’s entirely another if they start really getting on your nerves and you can’t get rid of them until their plane ticket home.

Jane and I just kind of fell into a natural rhythm with each other like we’ve been hanging out off and on for years. It was great.

Unless of course, she was actually fiercely irritated the whole time and was just being really good at hiding it.

New Wilco album out tomorrow. Can’t wait!

Suzanne @ 42

CT, a lady never discusses such matters *wink*

Roger that, Ma’am!!! Nuf’ said!!! :)

burns, do you have XM? They’ve been playing a lot of the new Wilco…sounds really good.

SteveAudio @ 42

Thanks, TRex.

Now I’m gonna have to send the lyrics to Pam’s son Jim’s wife in Bordeaux (yes, she’s French) for a translation.

Hey, Steve!

I don’t think some of these lyrics are entirely accurate, so send a link to the video!

Basically, she found some letters from an old girlfriend in a cookie tin in her boyfriend’s room and it sparked a huge fight.

TRex @ 49

Unless of course, she was actually fiercely irritated the whole time and was just being really good at hiding it.

Nah, if she was annoyed, you’d know it. She’d tell you with a smile on her face.

TRex @ 49

Unless of course, she was actually fiercely irritated the whole time and was just being really good at hiding it.

Well, she’s usually pretty reserved with her opinions, at least in writing.

[/sarcasm]

TRex @ 53

SteveAudio @ 42

Thanks, TRex.

Now I’m gonna have to send the lyrics to Pam’s son Jim’s wife in Bordeaux (yes, she’s French) for a translation.

Hey, Steve!

I don’t think some of these lyrics are entirely accurate, so send a link to the video!

Basically, she found some letters from an old girlfriend in a cookie tin in her boyfriend’s room and it sparked a huge fight.

I will, thanks. Gaelle (her name) turned me on to some very cool French pop during the year she lived with us, like this:

Mylene Farmer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo0k5vsiZwk

TRex @ 49

I already miss Jane and the dogs, though.

I always worry a little bit when I go to hang out with someone for a few days if we haven’t hung out like that before. It’s one thing to have someone visit. It’s entirely another if they start really getting on your nerves and you can’t get rid of them until their plane ticket home.

Jane and I just kind of fell into a natural rhythm with each other like we’ve been hanging out off and on for years. It was great.

Unless of course, she was actually fiercely irritated the whole time and was just being really good at hiding it.

T, I was getting concerned all this talk of veggies and pesto salads, etc… Where’s the carnivorous instinct, we all know and love???

I think my cooking went a long way toward mitigating any inconveniences or annoyances that my presence may have spawned. I am fiercely proud of the giant pot of chicken soup I made. And the pesto.

And the dogs and I got along famously. I think they’re going to be kind of sad when I don’t come “home” tonight.

Geez, CT, he was on vacation! Perhaps he felt like taking a break from all those rethugs he’s been chewing on lately. (/snark)
edited to close snark tag

TRex @ 58

I think my cooking went a long way toward mitigating any inconveniences or annoyances that my presence may have spawned. I am fiercely proud of the giant pot of chicken soup I made. And the pesto.

And the dogs and I got along famously. I think they’re going to be kind of sad when I don’t come “home” tonight.

Did you leave her with a well-stocked fridge? Little packages ready to heat and serve?

LoudounLib @ 52

burns, do you have XM? They’ve been playing a lot of the new Wilco…sounds really good.

I do have XM, but I use it primarily to listen to Mets games. What channel has been playing Wilco? 45?

Suzanne @ 59

Geez, CT, he was on vacation! Perhaps he felt like taking a break from all those rethugs he’s been chewing on lately.

What we must know: do Republicans taste like chicken?

Sounds like a wonderful time you had together; doubt Jane would have held back had things been going badly. Plane tickets can always be changed.

We’re all glad you are home safely.

Suzanne @ 59

Geez, CT, he was on vacation! Perhaps he felt like taking a break from all those rethugs he’s been chewing on lately.

Needed a change of diet, I suspect. Those Rethugs will give you heartburn every time, and even worse if you eat too many.

Mutant Poodle @ 62

Suzanne @ 59

Geez, CT, he was on vacation! Perhaps he felt like taking a break from all those rethugs he’s been chewing on lately.

What we must know: do Republicans taste like chicken?

Far too sour for eating.

Suzanne @ 59

Geez, CT, he was on vacation! Perhaps he felt like taking a break from all those rethugs he’s been chewing on lately.

My Bad!!! (sheepishly slinks away) LOL

DrDick @ 64

Suzanne @ 59

Geez, CT, he was on vacation! Perhaps he felt like taking a break from all those rethugs he’s been chewing on lately.

Needed a change of diet, I suspect. Those Rethugs will give you heartburn every time, and even worse if you eat too many.

And bad for the cholesterol, I hear…

burns, IIRC it’s mostly been playing on The Loft (sorry, can’t remember the channel numbers, only the names!)

TexBetsy @ 65

Mutant Poodle @ 62

What we must know: do Republicans taste like chicken?

Far too sour for eating.

Tough, stringy and kind of fetid as well.

Wolfowitz To Appear Before Bank Board After Report Concludes He Broke Rules

Did you leave her with a well-stocked fridge? Little packages ready to heat and serve?

There was still a big container of chicken soup, a loaf and a half of fresh French bread, a bowl of pesto in the fridge, and some other miscellaneous odds and ends. I wish I’d been disciplined enough to really lay in a whole slew of pre-made meals.

Still, I think she’ll do alright until Marcy comes.

Mutant Poodle @ 62

Suzanne @ 59

Geez, CT, he was on vacation! Perhaps he felt like taking a break from all those rethugs he’s been chewing on lately.

What we must know: do Republicans taste like chicken?

I thought all reptiles taste like Chicken(Hawk)!!!

Wolfowitz Blames Girlfriend For Forcing Him To Grant Her Salary Increase

TRex, you’re a good friend.

Ahhhhh, french and a squeeze box…

Beatles – Michelle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBwGmOexmNo

and, in major breaking news that will surprise all …..

Lieberman To Raise Money For The GOP

TexBetsy @ 76

and, in major breaking news that will surprise all …..

Lieberman To Raise Money For The GOP

Say it ain’t so!!!

TRex @ 71

Did you leave her with a well-stocked fridge? Little packages ready to heat and serve?

There was still a big container of chicken soup, a loaf and a half of fresh French bread, a bowl of pesto in the fridge, and some other miscellaneous odds and ends. I wish I’d been disciplined enough to really lay in a whole slew of pre-made meals.

Still, I think she’ll do alright until Marcy comes.

Marcy’s popping in, right on!!! A dynamic duo!!!

TexBetsy @ 73

Wolfowitz Blames Girlfriend For Forcing Him To Grant Her Salary Increase

Wasn’t that a hoot of a headline. I read that at work and couldn’t stop laughing. Had to tell everyone.

Must be a typo.

KM, thanks for your kind words downstairs.

Texas Betsy -

You’re on a roll here. Poor little Wolfie. Nobody told him there was a rule that said he had to follow the rules and now its really his mean old girlfriends fault (sounds like she and you have something in common Suzanne). I really enjoy seeing him hung out to dry. As for Lieberman, the less said the better.

AAAHHHH! (Loud shrieking and jumping on chair!) Having a little spring rain here. My $#@$^# kitty, having just come inside and catfooted in, siddled up on me all unsuspecting and rubbed his cold wet self on my naked legs (shorts here). Brrr. Do cats laugh?

TeddySanFran @ 62

Sounds like a wonderful time you had together; doubt Jane would have held back had things been going badly. Plane tickets can always be changed.

We’re all glad you are home safely.

Thanks. And thanks again for covering Late Nite for me, Teddy. You’re the best.

What we must know: do Republicans taste like chicken?

No, they taste just like pigs.

conniptionfit @ 83

AAAHHHH! (Loud shrieking and jumping on chair!) Having a little spring rain here. My $#@$^# kitty, having just come inside and catfooted in, siddled up on me all unsuspecting and rubbed his cold wet self on my naked legs (shorts here). Brrr. Do cats laugh?

Constantly (at us).

TexBetsy @ 73

Wolfowitz Blames Girlfriend For Forcing Him To Grant Her Salary Increase

Evil harlot!

Sadly, the headline has changed to “Bank Rebukes Wolfowitz on Ethics.”

Me, I blame Clinton.

conniptionfit @ 83

AAAHHHH! (Loud shrieking and jumping on chair!) Having a little spring rain here. My $#@$^# kitty, having just come inside and catfooted in, siddled up on me all unsuspecting and rubbed his cold wet self on my naked legs (shorts here). Brrr. Do cats laugh?

At us? ALL the time.

conniptionfit @ 83

AAAHHHH! (Loud shrieking and jumping on chair!) Having a little spring rain here. My $#@$^# kitty, having just come inside and catfooted in, siddled up on me all unsuspecting and rubbed his cold wet self on my naked legs (shorts here). Brrr. Do cats laugh?

Yes, they do ;-)

conniptionfit @ 83

AAAHHHH! (Loud shrieking and jumping on chair!) Having a little spring rain here. My $#@$^# kitty, having just come inside and catfooted in, siddled up on me all unsuspecting and rubbed his cold wet self on my naked legs (shorts here). Brrr. Do cats laugh?

Only at you, not with you.

Unless of course, she was actually fiercely irritated the whole time and was just being really good at hiding it.

Oh she was totally hiding it. She would call me when you were in the bathroom and tell me how fiercely irritated she was. In fact, she even said those words. “I am so fiercely irritated at Trex I think I might go mid-evil on his ass.”
(Funny how she talks like shes’ a character in a Tarantino movie instead of a character from one of hers. Odd that.)

Suzanne, you are most welcome.

Trauma sucks.

TRex @ 84

No, they taste just like pigs.

Hey now. We’re both southern boys here and we know that pig meat is God’s gift to humanity. Rethugs, I am sure, taste much more like ‘possum or rancid armadillo.

Dr (long pause) Dick!

Mutant Poodle @ 86
TexBetsy @ 73

Evil harlot!

Sadly, the headline has changed to “Bank Rebukes Wolfowitz on Ethics.”

Me, I blame Clinton.

Of course you do.

Wolfowitless said Iraq would be able to finance our “intervention” and their own reconstruction with its own oil revenues. So Dubya appoints him to head the World Bank?

Isn’t there, like, math involved in a job like that?

oh dear. i think that was me. sorry suzanne. off to find you a snack offering

Oilfieldguy @ 94

Wolfowitless said Iraq would be able to finance our “intervention” and their own reconstruction with its own oil revenues. So Dubya appoints him to head the World Bank?

Isn’t there, like, math involved in a job like that?

That’s why he appointed him.

DrDick @ 82

Texas Betsy -

You’re on a roll here. Poor little Wolfie. Nobody told him there was a rule that said he had to follow the rules and now its really his mean old girlfriends fault (sounds like she and you have something in common Suzanne). I really enjoy seeing him hung out to dry. As for Lieberman, the less said the better.

In true Neocon fashion; “It’s not my fault!”, whew, how did they get in power??? Anyone???

..And with that (and safe in the knowledge that citizens of the lake know their cats), I am off to sleep. Up in less than 7 hours.

Welcome home, TRex. Thanks for taking care of Jane.

G’nite, firepups, and good luck.

GODDAMN MARGINS, EVERYONE!!

HELLOOOOOOOO!!!

Nite MP. Sleep well and wake knowing that your cat is laughing at you.

for Suzanne, a full meal. Dessert madame?

Thanks guys, now I gotta go to bed wondering how republicans taste (eewww!), and knowing that my cat is laughing at me.

Why did my page get supersized all of a sudden?

TRex @ 100

GODDAMN MARGINS, EVERYONE!!

HELLOOOOOOOO!!!

You are welcome to share the lovely meal I just prepared for Suzanne, or else tell me what you’d like for Therapod Midnight snack.

Mutant Poodle @ 99

..And with that (and safe in the knowledge that citizens of the lake know their cats), I am off to sleep. Up in less than 7 hours.

Welcome home, TRex. Thanks for taking care of Jane.

G’nite, firepups, and good luck.

I’m out as well. Sleep well, with dreams of a Bush-free world.

Oilfieldguy @ 104

Why did my page get supersized all of a sudden?

Hit f5

Has something to do with me quoting a quote with a URL inside it all. :(

burns, I’m down with that. G’night, and a happy Wilco tomorrow!

Good night to those departing.

Oh, there was at least one other offender TexB. I won’t mention any names but it rhymes with DR. DICK!!

Okay, it was Dr. Dick.

Bueno, fixed. Good job sooper sekrit protektor of margins and troll throttlers.

THOSE are broken margins, folks…. am looking for it now…

Proctor Prick?

I think that I too shall join the exodus. Be good to each other until we meet again. Now I am going provide further entertainment for my cats.

Everyone reload (not refresh) your page and the margins should be fixed now

DrDick @ 114

I think that I too shall join the exodus. Be good to each other until we meet again. Now I am going provide further entertainment for my cats.

Have a good evening Dr D

Thanks for fixing em TRex. No wonder I couldn’t find em :)

I’m out, too…good night all!

TRex @ 110

Oh, there was at least one other offender TexB. I won’t mention any names but it rhymes with DR. DICK!!

Okay, it was Dr. Dick.

Sorry, T. (Looks down and shuffles feet). Won’t do it again and I’ll just go to my room now and not bother anyone.

Suzanne @ 117

Thanks for fixing em TRex. No wonder I couldn’t find em :)

He even yelled at us for you. Bold and all.

TexBetsy @ 105

TRex @ 100

GODDAMN MARGINS, EVERYONE!!

HELLOOOOOOOO!!!

You are welcome to share the lovely meal I just prepared for Suzanne, or else tell me what you’d like for Therapod Midnight snack.

Thank you TB, an infuriated therapod is not a pleasant scene!!! Duck!!!

TB, if you make your hyperlink only one or two words long that helps a lot with the quoting link margin problem.

Sorry, T. (Looks down and shuffles feet). Won’t do it again and I’ll just go to my room now and not bother anyone.

Oh, have some more cake, at least.

Midnight snack for T-Rex

I nicknamed my dispatcher Broadzilla.

Oilfieldguy @ 125

I nicknamed my dispatcher Broadzilla.

wait, wait, wait…what’s that about dispatchers? (I are one!)

Actually, Atilla the Broadzilla.

Okay, gang. I’m going to have a bowl of ice cream and call it a night.

Good to see you all! Good to be home.

Love and kisses.

Good night!

eyeing cake suspiciously

TRex @ 128

Okay, gang. I’m going to have a bowl of ice cream and call it a night.

Good to see you all! Good to be home.

Love and kisses.

Good night!

good night TRex. sleep well

LL, he is talking about TRUCK dispatchers – not public safety dispatchers (of whom I have the highest regard and I could never do that job)

TRex, welcome home.

Teddy, that was really such an excellent idea on your part, prev. thread. I loved reading the comments, and your intro of course.

The frenchifying brought this quote to mind:

“La plus ca change, la plus c’est la meme chose”.

I’ve been fascinated by this phrase, ever since I discovered it. In a New Yorker cartoon. But I really don’t have a handle on it yet. All help appreciated.

G’night T, welcome back and sleep well!

LoudounLib,

are you a middle-aged 100lb female dispatching for an oilfield trucking company?

She is rather proud of my nickname for her, because it removes all doubt exactly where she sits on the food chain.

DrDick @ 119

TRex @ 110

Oh, there was at least one other offender TexB. I won’t mention any names but it rhymes with DR. DICK!!

Okay, it was Dr. Dick.

Sorry, T. (Looks down and shuffles feet). Won’t do it again and I’ll just go to my room now and not bother anyone.

I did enjoy the Proctor Prick reference!!! Sorry, it was at your expense!!! ;)

Ah, thanks Suzanne ;-)

(settles back down)

HUGS Suz! You’ve had a hard night!

*one thing i learned in my years is to never ever ever piss off the dispatcher*

Oilfieldguy @ 134

LoudounLib,

are you a middle-aged 100lb female dispatching for an oilfield trucking company?

She is rather proud of my nickname for her, because it removes all doubt exactly where she sits on the food chain.

OFG, well no – middle aged police and fire dispatcher here, settling back down into the corner ;-)

Thanks, VG. Busy for sure.

TRex @ 128

Okay, gang. I’m going to have a bowl of ice cream and call it a night.

Good to see you all! Good to be home.

Love and kisses.

Good night!

Good Night, TRex, glad to see you home safe and sound!!!

Suzanne @ 138

*one thing i learned in my years is to never ever ever piss off the dispatcher*

or a mod

Valley Girl @ 132

TRex, welcome home.

Teddy, that was really such an excellent idea on your part, prev. thread. I loved reading the comments, and your intro of course.

The frenchifying brought this quote to mind:

“La plus ca change, la plus c’est la meme chose”.

I’ve been fascinated by this phrase, ever since I discovered it. In a New Yorker cartoon. But I really don’t have a handle on it yet. All help appreciated.

“The more things change, the more things stay the same.”

It gets at essentials, beyond the surface changes. If you live long enough, everything is the same all over again, even though you seem to live in a very different place. As a kid, I saw Vietnam on TV with dinner – now Iraq. A slightly older kid,Watergate, older still, Iran-Contra – now take your pick.

hurm.

Suzanne @ 140

Thanks, VG. Busy for sure.

how often do you listen to the dispatch stuff?

VG, I’ve been listening to that site since I moved up here. Helps me know in the storms what roads are open, where the mudslides, fires, etc. are.

I don’t like surprises.

Patrick 4/4 @ 143

“The more things change, the more things stay the same.”

It gets at essentials, beyond the surface changes. If you live long enough, everything is the same all over again, even though you seem to live in a very different place. As a kid, I saw Vietnam on TV with dinner – now Iraq. A slightly older kid,Watergate, older still, Iran-Contra – now take your pick.

I only wish that that were true. I think what we’re seeing now is worse than Vietnam, Watergate, and maybe Iran-Contra.

Kind of a depressing thought, considering I, way back when, thought that the worst had past. BushCo. has set a new standard.

Ok, I’m out for real now. Good night, all. And Suzanne, thanks for the props for the ’spatchers ;-)

thanks for the Fraaaaahnch, TR. I’m headed to Paris tomorrow night.
and this being a driveby, i’m headed au travail, des maintenant!

Tschuessie!

Suzanne @ 138

*one thing i learned in my years is to never ever ever piss off the dispatcher*

Well, we have had some serious blowouts through the years. She recently found my blog and said I was confused and had strange ideas. I reminded her of our conversation we had about five years ago, before Bush took us into Afghanistan, and told her we would not win that battle. She looked at me like I just killed her puppy. They had about 30,000 warriors when we went in and the last I heard was about 4,000 killed or captured, but recruitment was through the roof.

And now, all these years later, the outcome in Afghanistan is still in doubt. There is no doubt about the outcome in Iraq. She finds it increasingly difficult to defend Dubya.

Suzanne @ 146

VG, I’ve been listening to that site since I moved up here. Helps me know in the storms what roads are open, where the mudslides, fires, etc. are.

I don’t like surprises.

were you listening during the Loma Prieta earthquake? that would have been a pretty amazing real time experience.

Valley Girl @ 132

TRex, welcome home.

Teddy, that was really such an excellent idea on your part, prev. thread. I loved reading the comments, and your intro of course.

The frenchifying brought this quote to mind:

“La plus ca change, la plus c’est la meme chose”.

I’ve been fascinated by this phrase, ever since I discovered it. In a New Yorker cartoon. But I really don’t have a handle on it yet. All help appreciated.

Hey, hon!

It means “the more things change, the more they stay the same”, which you can shorthand by saying, “Plus ca change, eh?”

Time for me to call it a night also.

Good night.

no VG, that was before I moved up here. Was working at the PD during Loma Prieta tho. Wild shift for sure.

G’nite pups! Waving to VG from the last thread.

nite, tb, ofg, and anyone else (ll?) who left that i missed.

Re: TexBestey @70 about Paul Wolfowitz coming under fire: who to believe?

from Huffingtonpost today:

“Wolfowitz “placed himself in a conflict of interest situation” when he became involved in the terms and details of Riza’s assignment and pay package and “he should have withdrawn from any decision- making in the matter,” the panel said.”

from the New Yorker, April 9th, by John Cassidy:

“The board of ethics committee took the view that Riza shoudl be transferred to a position outside his supervision. W. asked that she be allowed to maintain her job at MENA and to work with him as necessary, offering to recuse himself from any decisions concerning her pay and work conditions. ‘It really gave a bad impression, especially for somebody who was making a big issue of good governance,’ a senior officail at the band said…. Kevin Kellems told me that Wolfowitz had no involvement in Riza’s promotion or pay raises. ‘All arrangements concerning Shaha Ali Riza were made at the direction of the board of directors,’ he said”

Also re: TexBetsey @70:

Compare the WaPo quote:

The ethics committee told Wolfowitz he could not directly supervise Riza, who also worked at the bank, after he arrived in 2005. He said, however, that the panel declined to oversee her job transfer and compensation, instead ordering him to handle those tasks.

With my just-commented New yorker article quote.

TRex! sorry to confuse about the details. I did know the translation, and I should have said that. It is totally depressing to think that things never change.

Don’t know why I thought of Hitchcock, tho he did live in SC county. And, “strangers on a Train”

Great article, with particular quotes-

“When a criminal design is put into effect, it takes on a velocity of its own, like the out-of-control merry-go-round in the amusement park where the villain meets his end in Strangers on a Train.”

“If there is one theme in Hitchcock’s America, it is that paranoia is sometimes a reasonable response to events in a world of menace.”

Quotes from this article , which I found, somehow, because of what you said.

It is really a great piece about Hitchcock’s works, for all you movie fans out there.

Suzanne @ 156

nite, tb, ofg, and anyone else (ll?) who left that i missed.

Triple Ditto!!! Whoa, the Lake suddenly shrinks to a pond!!! Nite, everyone!!! :)!!!

g’nite CT – or should I say aloha…

Suzanne @ 154

no VG, that was before I moved up here. Was working at the PD during Loma Prieta tho. Wild shift for sure.

where were you located then? if you don’t want to say outright, I can probably figure it out from a hint.

Suzanne @ 161

g’nite CT – or should I say aloha…

Ack! You’re bailing? I was only trying to catchup with nites!

VG, I was that weird anomaly of law enforcement working in the same town I lived in. Most don’t. I’ll say it was the 4th largest city in the SF Bay Area by population and the 7th in the state by total square miles.

no ct, i thought you were

Suzanne @ 165

no ct, i thought you were

Non, Maitresse, the night is young, at least here in the Isles!!! ;)

A new Wilco album? great news!

A friend brought me Mavis Staples new CD this weekend – “We’ll Never Turn Back” Fabulous, 5 stars! A classic for sure! Over half the songs are old traditionals. Ry Cooder is on the whole thing.. it is an amazing CD! I cannot stop listening to it.

Maitresse – i’m sure that does not mean mattress, CT

hey ES, good music tips – thanks. Wilco can be hit and miss, but the hits are good (a good chunk of YHF). recalling the Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There – a classic groove. Ry Cooder always worth a listen.

Suzanne @ 168

Maitresse – i’m sure that does not mean mattress, CT

Uhoh, errr, ummm, what was the Question???

le matelat = mattress

CTuttle @ 166
Suzanne @ 165
no ct, i thought you were

Non, Maitresse, the night is young, at least here in the Isles!!! ;)

that question, ct :)

Ahh, umm, No Habla, oh wait, No Parlay!!! ;)

…….wait I am trying to catch up!

lolo @ 174

…….wait I am trying to catch up!

seeking the elusive end-of-thread anti-zed?

too late, CT, punaise is on the thread and he parlays and vous too.

punaise @ 175

lolo @ 174

…….wait I am trying to catch up!

seeking the elusive end-of-thread anti-zed?

To bolster her resume on the other side of Zeddom!!! :P

Suzanne @ 176

too late, CT, punaise is on the thread and he parlays and vous too.

Busted!!! Cuff me Mon Cheri!!! *G*

Suzanne @ 176

too late, CT, punaise is on the thread and he parlays and vous too.

a votre service

I have heard it said that the best way to learn French is in bed…

I am reminded of my dear friend Yetto, who learned to speak English on the streets of London. She landed there after a long and extremely difficult childhood. Daughter of refugees from the Algerian War of Independence, her mother was a dancer and her father was a drug dealer. She was removed from the home at age seven after several incidents of abuse, and spent the next nine years in foster care and La Salle de Jeune Filles in Lyon. Soon after she was released to her family, her father attempted to sell her to a “business associate”. She ran away and lived on the streets of Lyon, Paris, and Marseilles for several years.

I met her in the stairwell of a Canut batiment on Rue Pouteau. I was descending, and she was ascending carrying a bottle of wine and a baguette. I will never forget that moment – the golden light filtering through the window shed a glow on her so sublime that I was startled. Her face and the fine bones of her shoulders held a thin sheen of perspiration, and her smile was god’s own glory, her head a riot of dark curls, her face some indescribable color between bronze and copper burnished by the caress of the sun.

“You are the American!” she exclaimed.

We learned the Argentine Tango together and argued passionately in fractured French and Slanglish. She took me to poetry readings and cabarets; I took her to San Francisco and New York where we had a knock-down, drag-out fight on the sidewalk of East Houston and 2nd Avenue. She threw my luggage down the street and it broke open, scattering my belongings to the winds, and stormed down the avenue away from me. “I see America by myself!” she cried.

But she came back to me, as I knew she would. And this is why I am deeply in love with her, her country, and the world in general.

CTuttle @ 178

Suzanne @ 176

too late, CT, punaise is on the thread and he parlays and vous too.

Busted!!! Cuff me Ma Cheri!!! *G*

Psst! Mistress (Paramour), that’s what Webster’s sez!!!

pun, CT said
CTuttle @ 166

Suzanne @ 165
no ct, i thought you were

Non, Maitresse, the night is young, at least here in the Isles!!! ;)

***
I’m trying to figure out if he called me a mattress or something that is a cross between a mattress and waitress.

I have always considered myself to be bilingual in that I usually understand the male. Tonight, I’m stumped.

LaFourmiRouge – belle histoire

Suzanne @ 182

I’m stumped.

maitresse = mistress, or grade school teacher, or female master

(de-bold)

punaise @ 183

LaFourmiRouge – belle histoire

Hey Punaise! I am totally indulging myself by staying up late now that the semester is over.

Copy Punaise, LaFourmiRouge. That is a wonderful story.

VG – felicitations, now you can relax for a while?

pun i fixed my open bold tag

(hanging head in shame) my bad

CT, so it is sorta the feminine french version of Sensei – way cool!

Suzanne @ 187

pun i fixed my open bold tag

(hanging head in shame) my bad

if word of this gets out….

Punaise, only for a week. Then summer research begins, and I have to arrive on time at my lab to deal with summer students. But, they are really nice people.

Suzanne @ 182

pun, CT said
CTuttle @ 166

Suzanne @ 165
no ct, i thought you were

Non, Maitresse, the night is young, at least here in the Isles!!! ;)

***
I’m trying to figure out if he called me a mattress or something that is a cross between a mattress and waitress.

I have always considered myself to be bilingual in that I usually understand the male. Tonight, I’m stumped.

Why would you want to delve into our Minds??? Aren’t we another planetary mystery, something one merely accepts, then moves right along!!! I mean Men have an all encompassing philosophy: “Women, Can’t live with them, and certainly, cannot shootem!!!” *g*

CT, did you not close the bold tag on purpose?

Punaise – I couldn’t agree more with the hit or miss re Wilco… Don’t even know how much I would like them if I had not been a fan of Uncle Tupelo and other early Jeff Tweety..

But watching your musical tastes for some time now I must say you will thoroughly enjoy the latest Mavis.

ES- you are still awake and reading?

Valley Girl @ 192

CT, did you not close the bold tag on purpose?

Not really!!! I wanted to Bold the cannot, only!!! But it was certainly apropo!!! ;)

ES – I’ll check it out, thanks

CT, I was talking about the language of men, not about understanding inside their minds. Thats for Pach, KM and others.

Sorry if that wasn’t clear. It is getting late and I’m tired.

Suzanne @ 187

pun i fixed my open bold tag

(hanging head in shame) my bad

Ditto, sullen look on face!!!

Yes ma’am VG.. awake and about to read the pdf article on the padilla case..linked in a post earlier today.. Even Mary4 liked and learned new things in it…. so my curiosity will not let me sleep until I get to it…)

Suzanne @ 197

CT, I was talking about the language of men, not about understanding inside their minds. Thats for Pach, KM and others.

Sorry if that wasn’t clear. It is getting late and I’m tired.

Bon Nuit, Ma Cheri!!! Cie la vie!!!

CTuttle @ 195

Valley Girl @ 192

CT, did you not close the bold tag on purpose?

Not really!!! I wanted to Bold the cannot, only!!! But it was certainly apropo!!! ;)

CT, as I told punaise above, I am indulging myself by staying up late. But, I don’t have the heart for a huge discussion about differences between male and female. The differences = the best of times and the worst of times. But, that mind thing… I’ve been told that there are at least two male minds/ brains. The big brain and the small brain.

Eureka Springs @ 199

Yes ma’am VG.. awake and about to read the pdf article on the padilla case..linked in a post earlier today.. Even Mary4 liked and learned new things in it…. so my curiosity will not let me sleep until I get to it…)

It was an awesome linky!!! Really shreds any credibility this Maladministration might have had!!!

Hey Suz, you still here? I have a comment.

still here vg

Valley Girl @ 201

CTuttle @ 195

Not really!!! I wanted to Bold the cannot, only!!! But it was certainly apropo!!! ;)

CT, as I told punaise above, I am indulging myself by staying up late. But, I don’t have the heart for a huge discussion about differences between male and female. The differences = the best of times and the worst of times. But, that mind thing… I’ve been told that there are at least two male minds/ brains. The big brain and the small brain.

Dudette, ummm, let’s see, err… Two, are ya sure we even have one???

It’s late! Everyone is sleeping! Mom just took a long, luxurious bath and is having a bit of brandy before bedtime. I’m out of whiskey (damn, that happens too often) but there’s a bit left in my pipe… rest well, pups!

Responses to two above- in reverse order

CT, the best men I know have both, and know when which is which.

Suz- that male vs. female language thing is interesting, to say the least. MOre in comment to follow

g’nite LaForumiRouge

LaFourmiRouge @ 206

It’s late! Everyone is sleeping! Mom just took a long, luxurious bath and is having a bit of brandy before bedtime. I’m out of whiskey (damn, that happens too often) but there’s a bit left in my pipe… rest well, pups!

Enjoy your fumar!!! Nite!!!

Valley Girl @ 207

Responses to two above- in reverse order

CT, the best men I know have both, and know when which is which.

Suz- that male vs. female language thing is interesting, to say the least. MOre in comment to follow

Touche!!!

OT, but Suz, that does XRAY mean on the dispatches?

Dealing with male language, and their interpretation of female language has been a real challenge for me throughout my career.

I said to a student “I think you should do (such and such)”. Later, it transpired that he thought that I was giving him a suggestion, not telling him what to do. Now I say “this is what I want you to do”. But, that is still viewed as a suggestion.

LFR — wonderful narrative, thanks for that.

I’m off, you pups! Thanks for the tales and the warm welcome tonite. See you Tuesday!

LAFourmiRouge – you reminded me of an old song from the ’70s English prog-rock band Caravan:

I’ve got my pipe and I’ve got my song
And I’ve got love to keep me happy
It’s no surprise I’ve got bleary eyes
But it’s all that I have and it’s all that I want

TeddySanFran @ 212

LFR — wonderful narrative, thanks for that.

I’m off, you pups! Thanks for the tales and the warm welcome tonite. See you Tuesday!

Excellent post earlier Teddy!!! You have a good one!!!

VG, XRAY or X means female.

Suzanne @ 215

VG, XRAY or X means female.

Suz- thanks. now I get the info in the dispatch about the passenger.

Suz- but your explanation is humorous wrt to your earlier comments about your mom’s “XRAY” vision!

g’night, all…shuffle, shuffle

VG, that is because you used the passive “I think…”. If you had said “You should”. I learned that one from my time with a certain male rethug fundie.

g’nite punaise

VG, some law enforcement terms have other meanings to civilian ears. The one that always got me was when dispatch would ask if any unit wanted 3 hours POT. I know she did not mean a leafy green vegetable material but was asking if there was a unit that wanted 3 hours overtime (Paid OverTime).

Suzanne @ 219

VG, that is because you used the passive “I think. If you had said “You should”. I learned that one from my time with a certain male rethug fundie.

Suz- that is a great tip. Thank you so much. Whatever I say, it should start with “You…” lol, but geez… I can’t tell you how much I am wishing I had had your advice earlier…

Many people would think of “I think you should” as you giving them advice, not a directive. If it just advice you are giving, then “I think you should” is great.

Suz- the POT thing I too would have figured out. But XRAY? Do you know the origin of that?

I think it goes back to the military phonetic alphabet (alpha, bravo, charlie) but then again, it could also be associated with that XX vs XY thing. I tend to think it is the former and not the latter since most depts use some variation of the military phonetic alphabet for radio transmissions.

punaise @ 218

g’night, all…shuffle, shuffle

Nite, and aloha oe, to ya’ll, as I dry myself off!! See ya’ll on the flip side!!!

Suzanne @ 222

Many people would think of “I think you should” as you giving them advice, not a directive. If it just advice you are giving, then “I think you should” is great.

Got it! In that vein, “I think you should” sure beats “You need to”, which I have heard often from some Southern female “friends”. I don’t know if this is common to all xx in South. Only time I’ve encountered this as advice, and I didn’t take it that way.

aloha ct.

Suzanne @ 224

I think it goes back to the military phonetic alphabet (alpha, bravo, charlie) but then again, it could also be associated with that XX vs XY thing. I tend to think it is the former and not the latter since most depts use some variation of the military phonetic alphabet for radio transmissions.

Ah! “I think” you are correct on the military alphabet. I didn’t even think of that.

p.s.- didn’t realize that what I was reading was a transcription of the verbals on the dispatch site. Now I get it.

Unfortunately, VG, I’ve heard “you need to” here on the West Coast too. And not just from my southern born and raised mother.

Morning firepups early Tuesday from across the pond. Info please.

Who is David Rifkin(spelling)and why is he on BBC threatening all us Europeans for being so anti-American (not anti-Bushie)as to be nasty and to try to fire that nice man Paul Wolfovitz who was only trying to clean up corruption in the World Bank and who the developing countries love and didn’t do a thing wrong and you leaked the report saying he did and there’s been no due process!!!? I paraphrase but render his syntax fairly accurately. Is he for real?

And what is your Treasury Dept spokesman doing still defending Wolfie? He is making the US look really stoopid

English is such a difficult language (laughing). I think that is why so many departments use some form of standardized verbage or radio code so there is no misunderstanding what is being said.

The CHP site has a pull down menu on the upper right that will connect you to a glossary of CHP to English.

Not sure if anyone has posted this or not, but…

Holy crap folks!! Lil Al Gonzales’ Harvard Law classmates have issued a letter and are taking out a quarter page WaPo ad saying he is a schmuck ruining the country’s justice system!
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes…..-gonzales/

Suzanne @ 230

Unfortunately, VG, I’ve heard “you need to” here on the West Coast too. And not just from my southern born and raised mother.

oh.. that “you need to” intro sets my teeth on edge. A “friend” told me “you need to fix your doorbell. I had to bite my tongue not to say, okay, right, when your husband gets done with his “honeydo” list, send him right over.

G’morning, Chetnolian. This is the first I’ve heard of it. What kind of threats?

Holy bat shit, dmazbmaz. Gonna be hitting the fan now. From the article:

“As lawyers, and as a matter of principle, we can no longer be silent about this administration’s consistent disdain for the liberties we hold dear,” those classmates said in a letter to Mr. Gonzales today. “Your failure to stand for the rule of law, particularly when faced with a president who makes the aggrandized claim of being a unitary executive, takes this country down a dangerous path.”

The letter urged President Bush and Mr. Gonzales “to relent from this reckless path, and begin to restore respect for the rule of law we all learned to love many years ago.” But it stopped short of explicitly calling on Mr. Gonzales to step down.

I’m going to have to get more popcorn.

(edited to correct spelling)

bmaz- I don’t think it has been posted! would love to have an image file of the ad!

From Valley Girl, up yonder:

Don’t know why I thought of Hitchcock, tho he did live in SC county. And, “strangers on a Train”

Great article, with particular quotes-

“When a criminal design is put into effect, it takes on a velocity of its own, like the out-of-control merry-go-round in the amusement park where the villain meets his end in Strangers on a Train.”

“If there is one theme in Hitchcock’s America, it is that paranoia is sometimes a reasonable response to events in a world of menace.”

Returned from the bookstore this evening with this, which I’ll be munching through in my spare time. The Lehman essay looks like it will fill in some of the gaps.

Suzanne @ 235

G’morning, Chetnolian. This is the first I’ve heard of it. What kind of threats?

Today programme half an hour back. Being beastly to the USA “is dangerous”.

Chetnolian @ 231

Morning firepups early Tuesday from across the pond. Info please.

Who is David Rifkin(spelling)and why is he on BBC threatening all us Europeans for being so anti-American (not anti-Bushie)as to be nasty and to try to fire that nice man Paul Wolfovitz who was only trying to clean up corruption in the World Bank and who the developing countries love and didn’t do a thing wrong and you leaked the report saying he did and there’s been no due process!!!? I paraphrase but render his syntax fairly accurately. Is he for real?

And what is your Treasury Dept spokesman doing still defending Wolfie? He is making the US look really stoopid

This is all I found on the BBC website.

Hi, all. Anyone have any POT (paid overtime) they don’t want?

Hey Jacqrat. I could sure use some of that green (cashola) myself.

Suzanne @ 242

Hey Jacqrat. I could sure use some of that green (cashola) myself.

I wouldn’t turn down either. Truth.

Chetnolian @ 231

Morning firepups early Tuesday from across the pond. Info please.

Who is David Rifkin(spelling)and why is he on BBC threatening all us Europeans for being so anti-American (not anti-Bushie)as to be nasty and to try to fire that nice man Paul Wolfovitz who was only trying to clean up corruption in the World Bank and who the developing countries love and didn’t do a thing wrong and you leaked the report saying he did and there’s been no due process!!!? I paraphrase but render his syntax fairly accurately. Is he for real?

And what is your Treasury Dept spokesman doing still defending Wolfie? He is making the US look really stoopid

Double-bad traitor to Oceania!

prostratedragon @ 238

From Valley Girl, up yonder:

Returned from the bookstore this evening with this, which I’ll be munching through in my spare time. The Lehman essay looks like it will fill in some of the gaps.

ding! wow! thanks for that info. I will def. check out the book. I have a collection of “Hitchcock” books. How did you happen to find this one? I mean, what is your interest? Hitchcock or philosophy or movies or?

Economists weigh in:

He Who Knows and Knows Not That He Knows Is Our Attorney General.

Commenters extend the koan to He who knows not, but knows that he knows, and He who knows not, but knows not that he knows not.

Jacqrat @ 241

Hi, all. Anyone have any POT (paid overtime) they don’t want?

I wish i could get paid overtime. Needless to say, the corporation i work for has a hissy fit at even the mention of such a thing.

Yikes. Time for this tired old firepup to head off to bed. G’nite all.

Chetnolian @ 231

Morning firepups early Tuesday from across the pond. Info please.

Who is David Rifkin(spelling)and why is he on BBC threatening all us Europeans for being so anti-American (not anti-Bushie)as to be nasty and to try to fire that nice man Paul Wolfovitz who was only trying to clean up corruption in the World Bank and who the developing countries love and didn’t do a thing wrong and you leaked the report saying he did and there’s been no due process!!!? I paraphrase but render his syntax fairly accurately. Is he for real?

I Googled David Rifkin and came upon this, here. (note: seems to be a transcript for a pbs show about the Wall Street Journal Report.)

…David Rifkin, an attorney who has written often for this page and worked in the Justice Department under Presidents Reagan and Bush.

So, apparently he was a lackey for Reagan and Bush 41.

And what is your Treasury Dept spokesman doing still defending Wolfie? He is making the US look really stoopid

Um, he’s in Bush’s administration? Apparently it’s a job requirement to make the US look “really stoopid”.

Chetnolian, good morning!

Happy memories of Hampstead spring…many years ago.

Rifkin is a neocon.

Neocons are former Stalinists fixated upon power; they long ago moved from authoritarian left to authoritarian right.

Univ of Chicago is their holy city.

(Pity Fermi had enough graphite.)

Strauss crept out of Angband to justify the neocons’ hate with a philosophy.

Lie and seize power.

Neocons in the US rabidly support the Israeli occupation.

Is it not enough to know that they are servants of the Enemy? Flee them, speak no words to them. They are deadly!

On the bright side,

Turned around and there it was. Really!

Originally Hitchcock and movies, but I’ve been getting more and more interested in the representation of ideas by narratives, and the whole dream-reality thing. Most of the movies I’ve been watching or re-viewing lately leave at least a bit of room for debate there. Also the spatial representation of states of mind that I think is quite strong in Hitchcock.

VG, you still around? Up for a phone call?

Suz, Jrt-

The last time I smoked dope was in SC. And that was a long time ago. From a lawyer’s fridge.

But, ye gods, there is or was a pot-friendly B&B in SC, at least several years ago.

How do I know? Well, when I lived in a rental here (not SC) my landlady would pass on her copies of the National Enquirer to me. So, I was flipping through an issue, and saw this article about a “pot” B&B in SC.

Longing for SC, I read eagerly. And, then I was looking more closely at the pix. Ohmigod! That dump (then) was where I lived my first year in grad school at UCSC! Upstairs! Plastic curtains with purple and lime butterflies, to match the purple and lime walls. ohmigod!

Jacqrat @ 252

VG, you still around? Up for a phone call?

Not tonite. I could not compute on what I am sure will be interesting details, or have anything coherent to say. But, tomorrow’s another day ;)

Goodnight pups….

Good stars to you all…

Valley Girl @ 254

Jacqrat @ 252

VG, you still around? Up for a phone call?

Not tonite. I could not compute on what I am sure will be interesting details, or have anything coherent to say. But, tomorrow’s another day ;)

ok

((((Jacqrat))))

G’nite VG

G’nite Suzanne

G’nite Moon

CTuttle @ 57

TRex @ 49

I already miss Jane and the dogs, though.

I always worry a little bit when I go to hang out with someone for a few days if we haven’t hung out like that before. It’s one thing to have someone visit. It’s entirely another if they start really getting on your nerves and you can’t get rid of them until their plane ticket home.

Jane and I just kind of fell into a natural rhythm with each other like we’ve been hanging out off and on for years. It was great.

Unless of course, she was actually fiercely irritated the whole time and was just being really good at hiding it.

T, I was getting concerned all this talk of veggies and pesto salads, etc… Where’s the carnivorous instinct, we all know and love???

Let’s see here. Do we have a gay, vegetarian therapod? Geez, how much more “different” can you get???

Bob in HI
Late driveby
G’nite, all!

DrDick @ 69

TexBetsy @ 65

Far too sour for eating.

Tough, stringy and kind of fetid as well.

Gee, looking at Rove & Cheney, I woulda thought they’d be flacid, squishy, and full of rancid fat, with a sour after-taste, like Betsy sez.

Bob in HI

Suzanne @231 and Jacqrat@ 249

Thanks for info. You let people like that be attorneys in your country?

Re website item, Rifkin was “responding” to that piece on the BBC Today programme at around 8.30. The interviewer cleverly simply let him rant. The only possible sane reaction was laughter.

Good morning, pups. It’s Bobo and Bob Herbert in the NYT today. Bobo says the GOP needs a presidential candidate who can lay out a human capital agenda, and Bob Herbert thinks people should have paid sick days.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

Cofee and tea are ready, and hot, buttery toasted Thomas’ English muffins with your choice of jam. (Try the pear preserves, they’re delicious.)

Mornin’ all!

This Administration’s ‘compassionate conservatism’ expends human capital daily.
Comapsionate conservatism was mwrely a cover for theft of public goods and interest.
The Federal Government has never been a barrier to private giving, and is seldom, if ever redundant in public policy implimentation.
Compassionate conservatism was a lie to start with, being neither.

Morning. Happy Comey Day.
I’m trying to figure out what I can do at work that will keep me at my desk but not require using my computer so that I can refresh all day. Was sooo disappointed last time Comey testified. Hoping today will be more revealing.

Marion in Savannah @ 261

Good morning, pups. It’s Bobo and Bob Herbert in the NYT today. Bobo says the GOP needs a presidential candidate who can lay out a human capital agenda, and Bob Herbert thinks people should have paid sick days.

Bobo hints at the fact, but doesn’t seem to acknowledge, that the GOP’s ideas and philosophies have now been proven, unequivically, to NOT work. Once this is admitted, then why have this Republican Party? They are like the Communists, a failed experiment.

The Republican are all saying they should build a new ship because the old one is sinking. They say they need someone to “recreate” what their party stands for. The truth is that they are just trying to come up with new names for their tired and corrupt policies which, by their nature, do not work.

As a letter in the Times said today, it is a bad idea to have the Government run by people who have total contempt for Government.

Watching Joe Scarborough. It seems that none of the liberals are going to get a shot at the Imus spot. And despite what most people think, Imus supported liberal causes. So we lost Imus’s voice (I know-his ugly side was ugly), and we didn’t get a Rachael Maddow or Sam Seder of Phil Donahue or any of the rest to take over here. Tomorrow it will be David Gregory.

For those that missed this yesterday, Lanny Davis resigned:

Bloody Monday

…Davis has had numerous clashes with fellow board members and White House officials over what he saw as administration attempts to control the panel’s agenda and edit its public statements, according to board members who asked not to be identified talking about internal matters. He also cited in his letters criticisms by the former co-chairs of the September 11 commission, Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, that the board had interpreted its mandate too narrowly and was refusing to investigate issues such as the treatment of detainees in Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere around the world.

Davis’s frustration reached a peak last month when White House lawyers engaged in what he described in his letter as “substantial” edits of the board’s annual report to Congress. Davis charged that the White House sought to remove an extensive discussion of recent findings by the Justice Department’s inspector general of FBI abuses in the uses of so-called “national security letters” to obtain personal data on U.S. citizens without a court order. He also charged that the White House counsel’s office wanted to strike language stating that the panel planned to investigate complaints from civil liberties groups that the Justice Department had improperly used a “material witness statute” to lock up terror suspects for lengthy periods of time without charging them with any crimes…

policies which, by their nature, do not work.

Who says they don’t work? They worked beautifully. The rich got richer and the U.S. is now run by corporations. The only mistake BushCo made was that their thievery is more transparent than Americans are willing to accept. So, they over-shot their goals but make no mistake, their goal was to drown government and they were magnificently successful.

Thomson and Reuters Agree on Merger

Reuters Group PLC and Thomson Corp. said Tuesday they agreed on terms for a merger to create one of the world’s largest financial news providers.

The cash and stock transaction values Reuters at $17.2 billion.

mornin’ y’all

1 pager on Padilla Opening Statements

Miami Herald

Suicide bomber kills 24 in Pakistan

A suicide attacker detonated a bomb that ripped through a crowded hotel restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 25, police said.

solai @ 268

policies which, by their nature, do not work.

Who says they don’t work? They worked beautifully. The rich got richer and the U.S. is now run by corporations. The only mistake BushCo made was that their thievery is more transparent than Americans are willing to accept. So, they over-shot their goals but make no mistake, their goal was to drown government and they were magnificently successful.

They were successful in that they did what they said they were going to do. What I’m saying is that it didn’t work as a political philosophy.

They said the country would be better run by corporations, but they didn’t count on the corporations buying the politicians and corrupting the bidding. That’s really the fatal flaw in that idea. Like with Communism, which didn’t work because there was nothing to aim for in life, no way to get ahead.

Of course, the cynical say that they were out to rob the country in the first place, and obviously there were many who were and did, but if you take the Repugs at their word, you can see that their ideas don’t work.

OMG…Jan Greenburg on MSNBC (who is she?) just said that AGAG may have testified ‘poorly’ in front of Congress but many AG’s are not good at testifying but that Bush thinks he’s really a good AG.

solai @ 273

OMG…Jan Greenburg on MSNBC (who is she?) just said that AGAG may have testified ‘poorly’ in front of Congress but many AG’s are not good at testifying but that Bush thinks he’s really a good AG.

BushCo AG Hob Description
1. Provide cover
2. See #1
AG’s job performance “Exceeds expectations”

erm
BushCo AG Job Description

Their ideas don’t work for middle America, or the poor, or to better educate ALL Americans, or to provide quality healthcare, or to save the environment, or to have an impartial justice department or to maintain our constitutional rights, or to have a strong defense, or to protect our ports, or to keep ‘big brother’ out of our lives.
And most Americans thought that those were the goals of our leaders. So from that point, you are right, they don’t work. And, I think you and I actually agree. But the point is, I think Grover Norquist thinks they worked just fine.

solai @ 273

OMG…Jan Greenburg on MSNBC (who is she?) just said that AGAG may have testified ‘poorly’ in front of Congress but many AG’s are not good at testifying but that Bush thinks he’s really a good AG.

Dick’s been out with his shotgun again……..looks like he’s been shooting holes in the latest batch of excuses…….. which would explain why they get leakier and leakier. /s

Solai – How long did this insanity go on? I’ve been listening to a rerun of The Waxman from yesterday; much easier on the blood pressure.

Greenburg is selling a book about the Supreme Court so she just touched on the subject, giving some color to current stories. She seems not to be a partisan hack so much as bending over backwards to be neutral.

Solai -

“Neutral” = faux and balanced?

I think she was trying to prove that she’s not gunning for the pres. But, I may be wrong. First time I heard her. Her book is ‘Supreme Conflict’.

She also said that AGAG tried to warn Bush about the Harriet Miers nomination, but he would not listen. Maybe while doing her book she grew to like Gonzales personally. Which of course means that she has really poor judgement and that I’ll never read her book.

Tell me again, who supported/voted for Short Ride Joe? Lieberman Helps Collect Cash for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine.)

Not only has Lieberman endorsed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine.) — one of Democrats’ biggest targets in the 2008 cycle — but he’s planning to co-host a fundraiser for her on June 21 in Washington, D.C.

The event, which will be held in a Capitol Hill location still to be determined, will feature Lieberman and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).

Lou Costello @ 282

Tell me again, who supported/voted for Short Ride Joe? Lieberman Helps Collect Cash for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine.)

Not only has Lieberman endorsed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine.) — one of Democrats’ biggest targets in the 2008 cycle — but he’s planning to co-host a fundraiser for her on June 21 in Washington, D.C.

The event, which will be held in a Capitol Hill location still to be determined, will feature Lieberman and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).

Lieberman needs a homosexual sex scandal. That would cement his Republicaness.

a little technical help please

Miguelito has wandered on to the keyboard and now everything is GIANT typeface (1/2 inch high characters)and bold as well – crikey!

help!

. . .an under age homosexual sex scandal – metrics people metrics !

Doesn’t Lieberman remember all the Republicans in 2000 holding up signs that said Loserman and chanting like a bunch of frat boys on Spring break? That’s the party he’s backing now.

There’s some good testimony coming up today and tomorrow, isn’t there?

cbl @ 284

a little technical help please

Miguelito has wandered on to the keyboard and now everything is GIANT typeface (1/2 inch high characters)and bold as well – crikey!

help!

If you’re on a Mac try going to “view” and scroll to “make text smaller” (control & a minus sign).

thx Waccamaw – sadly, I’m not on a MAC – and maybe it wasn’t Miguelito as all my other open tabs appear in normal typeface – have refreshed and reloaded the Lake and it still looks like my grandma’s settings :)

Waccamaw @ 288

cbl @ 284

a little technical help please

Miguelito has wandered on to the keyboard and now everything is GIANT typeface (1/2 inch high characters)and bold as well – crikey!

help!

If you’re on a Mac try going to “view” and scroll to “make text smaller” (control & a minus sign).

Safari on Mac – command (apple key) & a minus sign

Lou Costello @ 282

Tell me again, who supported/voted for Short Ride Joe? Lieberman Helps Collect Cash for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine.)

Not only has Lieberman endorsed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine.) — one of Democrats’ biggest targets in the 2008 cycle — but he’s planning to co-host a fundraiser for her on June 21 in Washington, D.C.

The event, which will be held in a Capitol Hill location still to be determined, will feature Lieberman and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).

I’m sure this is politically naive, but it’s time to call Joe out on this crap. Either he’s with us or agin’ us.

If he decides to switch parties, he’ll effectively be buried with the rest of them in the coming 2008 Democratic sweep next November.

Besides, don’t we keep committee chairs until the next election regardless of changes in majority/minority status?

This could be interesting…

Democracy Now: Greg Palast Reports on the Firing of New Mexico Attorney David Iglesias

Palast has 500 of missing Karl Rove emails because they were sent to georgewbush.org, not georgewbush.com, and Palast’s friends own georgewbush.org.

WOW! MUST WATCH!

mornin y’all. as a warmup to Jim Comey’s expected visit today before the Senate Judiciary Committee SJC Website if anyone has any suggested questions for Monica Goodling, you can leave them here, at TheNextHurrah TNH or at TiredFed

okay, back to normal now – closed all tabs and reloaded -

cbl -

Is this the new “I blame it on Clinton”……. ie. I blame the cat? *g*

twolf -

Now I know who to hit on w/my Mac questions; mornin’, darlin’. Whatcha got by way of “new” news?

saw the panel out at Seattle University last night (CSPAN2 rerun) with John McKay, Paul Charlton and David Iglesias. If I had to point to someone for my son to emulate, it would be any one of these guys.

Waccamaw @ 295

cbl -

Is this the new “I blame it on Clinton”……. ie. I blame the cat? *g*

twolf -

Now I know who to hit on w/my Mac questions; mornin’, darlin’. Whatcha got by way of “new” news?

I posted a couple links upthread. Movin’ a little slow this AM so that’s all I came up with so far.

TiredFed @ 293

mornin y’all. as a warmup to Jim Comey’s expected visit today before the Senate Judiciary Committee SJC Website if anyone has any suggested questions for Monica Goodling, you can leave them here, at TheNextHurrah TNH or at TiredFed

Good (early) morning from L.A. Got LAX duty dropping off a visiting friend. Thanks for the link to SJC hearing site, TiredFed. It now features that lovely WebCast box… :)

BREAKING NEWS: New thread…

Lou Costello @ 292

This could be interesting…

Democracy Now: Greg Palast Reports on the Firing of New Mexico Attorney David Iglesias

Palast has 500 of missing Karl Rove emails because they were sent to georgewbush.org, not georgewbush.com, and Palast’s friends own georgewbush.org.

WOW! MUST WATCH!

I know I’m in danger of being EPU’ed, but Lou’s right; you don’t want to miss this!

If these e-mails aren’t the “smoking gun” I don’t know what will be.

I knew it! Arrrgh!

cbl @ 289

thx Waccamaw – sadly, I’m not on a MAC – and maybe it wasn’t Miguelito as all my other open tabs appear in normal typeface – have refreshed and reloaded the Lake and it still looks like my grandma’s settings :)

May need to reboot. Or, firefox, if that is your browser, has little magnifying glasses at the bottom of the browser window. click the – one a few times

I like the video. She’s cute.