Oh, and by the way, I do believe that we have found a head boy for this term at the Bill Frist School of Greasy Congressional Histrionics. Can you guess who it is?
You are right, of course. It's our House Minority "Leader", cryin' John Boehner. (Time lapse photography via Think Progress)
Wasn't that a disgusting display? It made Ted Wells's operatic outburst at the end of the Libby trial look like Meryl Streep in "Silkwood". And speaking of "Silkwood", watching Boehner swaying there yesterday, doubtless reeking of sweat, stale smoke, day-old Aramis, and spilled Dewar's, forcing big fat phony tears to course openly down his parboiled yam of a face, well, it kind of made me yearn for one of those radiological decontamination showers with the wire-bristle brushes. Followed by a salt rub and a long soak in a vat of hand sanitizer.
Things looked up, though, when he shouted, "Sexual Chocolate!", threw down his microphone, and fled the stage.
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zed.
Zed??
aw RonD, you beat me by THAT much!
Evening TRex and RonD. Seems we are the only ones in the Lake right now.
LL, even a blind pig will find an acorn once in a while.
Evening LoudounLib.
Boehner can only be described as disgusting and embarrassing.
Maher up as well as TREX!!!
Hey Doc, TRex, I’ll go tell the others.
;-) RonD, and hello DrDick!
Good evening.
Maher: Dems backed down with flair this time: met on a big air craft carrier with a banner “Mission Abandoned”
Ah. The Snarkaholics are arriving.
I was almost embarassed for Boehner yesterday, but then I came to my senses.
Evening, gang!
DrDick @ 12
I can quit any time I want!
LoudounLib @ 12
I was actually embarrassed for America, that this flake was a member of Congress.
Maher: Bush is thisclose to be smarter than a fifth grader…
bird sh*t on bush then he wiped it off on his hands. This is a man who doubts he’s descended from an ape…
So, what else do we think would reduce John Boehner to tears?
dakine01 @ 17
Apes everywhere weep with shame.
Michael Moore on Maher right now
EvilDrPuma @ 18
Pliers.
Hot pliers.
MMMMMMM, BEER…..
dakine01 @ 16
Well, in his case we will make an exception. It would be truly difficult (not to mention insulting to other apes)to argue that he had evolved.
dakine01 @ 17
Hell, I doubt he’s descended from an ape.
EvilDrPuma @ 18
Having his country club membership cancelled?
TRex @ 21
Well, we know he gets smoke in his eyes. Just the wrong type.
LoudounLib @ 24
Having his tobacco industry checks revoked.
Damn Trex, wasn’t it you that said a closed head wound fer Chimpy would be a personality enhancement?
That was funny.
Maher: FOX News says M. Moore’s new film is uplifting and amazing, or something to that effect…
This must be one of those flashbacks they promised me.
Actually, I only mention hot pliers because that’s what it would take to separate Boehner from his fat lobbyist checks.
TRex @ 21
The sound of Conyers cracking his knuckles.
EvilDrPuma @ 18
Being turned down by a page?
EDP at 18 >So, what else do we think would reduce John Boehner to tears?
he left his cake out in the rain?
DrDick @ 27
Ding!
Bustednuckles @ 28
Aheh.
*blushes*
Ain’t I a stinker?
EvilDrPuma @ 18
A tanning salon stike.
EvilDrPuma @ 18
Finding out Foley moved in next door and won’t share his little black book.
OMG, I’m listening to Mike Malloy right now, making fun of Boehner and hiccuping throughout his crying jag. Boehner did kinda sound drunk.
This is great! KPOJ streams it if you want to listen.
A little something in honor of Bonehead Boehner’s performance: “The Sky is Crying”
Can we keep references to torture out of the comments please?
boing boing (forward double somersault with a half twist, big splash as I try to avoid some tossed hot pliers flying in air)
dayam, who brought those forking pliers?
day old Aramis ……. Ha!
70s nostalgia.
nice evasive move there, Suzanne ;-)
Andrew Card gets dissed at UMass by students and faculty while picking up Honorary Dr.
That’s true about Boehner…that little pseudo-breakdown was almost surreal. Hi Suzanne!
Absolutely.
Nice if Boehner could cry like that for dead Iraqi children and not just for money.
dakine01 @ 44
by both students and faculty on stage
Suzanne @ 40
Evening, Suzanne. Looks like a 9.8 from the judges (extra points for degree of difficulty in dodging the pliers). I think the pliers were left lying around by the owner of this post.
EvilDrPuma @ 15
I’ll have what he’s having.
Peterr @ 49
Make mine a double.
edited due to idiocy and choosing wrong comment.
I heard on the radio tonight that Boner was in the Navy during VietNam, Well, for 2 months. They had to discharge him because he cried all the time.
Boo-Hoo.
Oops! Mike Malloy WAS where I heard that! LOL Yes, Mike was hysterical tonight.
Boehner is just on lesson two of his Jimmy Swaggart empathy inducing lessons. He’s a slow learner, but he will have more occasions to perform.
Suzanne @ 48
The neo-cons are going to have to all go in hiding. I’ve never seen Americans so angry. It doesn’t remind me of Nazi Germany so much as Italy under Mussolini.
smapdi @ 47
Or as Keith snarked tonight, if he could cry for the 3400 dead troops in Iraq as well as the almost 3000 dead on 9/11.
TexasEllen @ 55
Now to be truthful, I WOULD like to go to a family reunion with Jimmy Swaggert cuz there would be some SERIOUS music played.
wow. I usually don’t comment but that clip is so hilarious. Makes my heart proud that white, black and brown can come together and enjoy the silliness of Eddie Murphy’s earlier years. And it’s a great segway into how bloated the Republican ego is. Randy Watson seriously thought he was the second coming. Obviously, so does Boehner.
Spilled Dewars? Two thoughts.
(1) Anyone who drink Dewars deserves what they get. There are plenty of wonderful whiskeys/scotches out there, and if you haven’t found anything better than Dewars, you’re not trying.
(2) There’s an old legend (Irish?) that says when you die, St. Peter takes you by the heels, turns you upside down, and puts you headfirst into a barrel filled with all the liquor you ever spilled in your life. If you drown, you go to hell.
Mr. B., I hope you didn’t spill too much, even if it was Dewars.
A little something for all of the Repugs: Chani of Fools
PJ O’Rourke on Bill Maher just said something interesting with regards to the Billions Bush has spent in Iraq. He said “It sure costs a lot of money to steal oil.”
Yuck. Boehner “represents” my state. What an embarrassment. Not only does he have a “parboiled yam of a face”, he has that disgusting Republican plastic hair.
SusanD @ 63
plastic hair for plastic people
Crocodile tears. I swear. I keep wondering when and if things will get ot the point that everyone will take to the streets. Which scares me in some ways.
At the moment though, i am at my parent’s house for the larger part of my recuperation. With a lapcat not far behind. My little lady velvet is at my feet purring away madly.
Trex, I just remembered I missed you on KIRO last week.
(work)
2 questions,
1. Do you have a link for the interview?
2. What the HELL are you doing talking to a radio station in WA state when you live in Georgia?
Right on, right on my man.
Let’s try that link again.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Vp5c1qw4UChain of fools
dakine01 @ 44
I like it when other people (in this case a prof on stage with Card) use the word war criminals. Why isn’t the issue of war crimes out there more?
aliasofwestgate @ 65
Cats are good for what ails ya!
alias, sounds like your recovery is comng along nicely. especially since it is being with those who love you and you love.
TRex @ 21
Receiving an empty envelope.
OMG!
I can’t hold my breath that long!
Loo Hoo. @ 67
Good question, since it is the best description of this crew.
Bustednuckles @ 72
Maybe you could work out a trade. Perhaps St. Peter has an electric-powered vehicle that need some adjusting.
Maher on crying boy right now…
What’s the msot effective way to get it out to the media and make the media start saying that phrase in regards to the Maladministration?
That’s the tricky part. I wish i could say i knew how to get that message of war criminals out. It’s one of many things simply masked from the public view that they never see in the true context.
PJ O’Rourke: Republicans should never skip their meds…
SusanD @ 63
The hair is revolting.
I can’t believe no one has mentioned 19th Nervous Breakdown (dialup here so no utube)
dakine01 @ 76
Well, it would explain Limpballs.
KO coined a new term tonight that might take hold:
SPINTEL
Suzanne!
ROFL!
When will Sexual Chocolate tour with Spinal Tap? I’d pay top dollar for front row seats, all the way up to $5.00/ticket. Give it up, scalpers.
Affleck making an incredible amount of sense on Maher.
Solai@56
You’ve got it! I’ve been looking for something besides the “Hitler” meme, and you’ve found it.
dakine01 @ 44
The lack of civility by those on the left is appalling.
You would never see conservatives acting like this.
Oh, wait.
Suzanne @ 79
Or Psychotic Reaction
Speaking of Repugs going off their meds
From the AP:
The Associated Press
Friday, May 25, 2007; 8:36 PM
AMHERST, Mass. — President Bush’s former chief of staff Andrew Card was loudly booed by hundreds of students and faculty members as he rose to accept an honorary degree at the University of Massachusetts on Friday.
The boos and catcalls _ including those from faculty members who stood onstage with Card _ drowned out Provost Charlena Seymour’s remarks as she awarded the honorary doctorate in public service.
Let’s hear it for the (emphasis added) faculty!
(Why should students have all the fun?)
DrDick @ 88
Forgot all about that…
Peterr @ 88
Let’s hear it for the (emphasis added) faculty!
(Why should students have all the fun?)
Well, we do have academic standards after all.
Followed by a salt rub and a long soak in a vat of hand sanitizer.…. uh, TRex, have you ever done that? It’d take a pretty big vat. The only thoughts I’ve had on hand cleaner lately is my wish – “Go, Joe!”
Boing, Boing, Cannonball!!! Aloha, firepups!!! I have a theocratic analogy; 33 yr-old Monica Goodling, Christian Neocon, vs, 33 yr-old Moqtada Al-Sadr, whom is the Terrorist? *g*
Dr. Dick, did you get stood up again this morning?
allan_in_upstate @ 86
next thing you know, he’ll be blogged about by liberals. how indecent!
CTuttle @ 93
Who’ll sponsor the debate?
Peterr @ 89
Let’s hear it for the (emphasis added) faculty!
(Why should students have all the fun?)
Peterr see my #44…
DrDick @ 91
I’ve been of the opinion for a while now that standards are too often out to lunch when it comes time to award honorary degrees. (Actually, I’m not much for honorary degrees just on principle.) And UMass giving one to the likes of Card does nothing to change my opinion.
DrDick @ 91
Admit it: wouldn’t you enjoy asking Andrew a few questions as part of an oral exam in public policy?
Congrats RonD. Good evening all. How’s the lake this evening?
Loo Hoo. @ 96
You can moderate!!! *g*
Solai # 56,
Very astute observation. The Republican “corporatist” model is very Mussolini-ish, as well.
*ahem*
Suzanne @ 93
Afraid so. It was also cold and gray. On the other hand tomorrow morning is the local farmers’ market and then I’m going hiking in the mountains. Some things are just cooler than hell
TexBetsy @ 100
Cool, breezy and mosquito-free.
Evenin’ Betsy
But you I like, yes!
dakine01 @ 97
Your 44 was what caused me to find the story. Thanks!
Peterr @ 98
Uh, TRex, where’s those pliers at?
Thanks Betsy. How are you and the fam on this so-fine evening?
Suzanne @ 103
Bless you.
You know, I still haven’t decided if I’m going to YearlyKos.
RonD @ 102
Ike in his Great Farewell, warned us of that specific threat!!!
How much do you guys figure Boehner spends on his hair? (For maximum points, responses will be in Edwards Units.)
EvilDrPuma @ 98
As the article from the Globe states, UMass-Boston is in a ruckus over having given one to Mugabe a few years ago.
TRex @ 112
Oh you have to.
Myself, can’t maker.
dakine01 @ 115
Not exactly refuting me, are they?
Peterr @ 108
I saw the AP story over at HuffPo and went lookign for the Globe article, figuring it would be a little more detail.
I heard Bill Frist is going to be the next predident of the World Bank?
Nothing. He had it varnished on years ago. It only needs an occasional dusting.
Suzanne @ 103
Uhoh, I didn’t proffer a towel, Ma Cheri??? ;)
EDP, probably not all that much. A little Brylcreem (ok, a lot) and the barbershop, no fancy hairdresser.
RonD @ 110
Doing well. Had a full table at dinner, nephew’s GF and her folks and all of us. And I think half the “piles” from my living room are still on my bedroom floor, but the kitchen’s in good shape. I am exhausted howeve.
I’ll be hanging here at the lake, as I was last year when TRex was given the keys to the blog when Jane and CHS were at YKos1.
Gosh, was that only a year ago?
EvilDrPuma @ 116
It really is a form of academic prostitution (generally of the cheap and sleazy variety).
EvilDrPuma @ 98
Kinda looses it pizzaz when it’s given out too frequently. It’s kinda like the kids at school upon receiving another meaningless award. They now put both arms in the air, turn to acknowledge the audience, and say, “I’d like to thank the Academy….”
How was the cherry cheesecake, TB?
EvilDrPuma @ 117
Nope! Dat’s why I mentioned it… :})
TexBetsy @ 121
All went smoothly with no excommunications or disinheritances?
Peterr @ 111
And vous too for that graceful dive into da lake, vous has mail.
reading it, npb :)
Suzanne @ 126
Blueberry actually.
I opened the can of cherries and they did not look like anything I wanted to serve.
Blueberry cheesecake was wonderful, as were the baked ziti, caesar salad, tabouli & cookies.
TRex @ 112
You’re kidding, right? I thought I read that you were going to give a major intro talk there.
DrDick @ 124
Maybe it’s because I got my PhD only last year, but personally, I tend to feel that it cheapens those of us who worked for our titles. I’d prefer some kind of academic honor that doesn’t try to impersonate a degree.
TexBetsy @ 130
Hmmmm. Sounds delish! I made a big batch of sauce Bolonese and some rigatoni.
I think you are right, ET, I thought I remembered that TRex was gonna podcast it?
DrDick @ 129
And no leftover cheesecake?
Peterr @ 89
Let’s hear it for the (emphasis added) faculty!
(Why should students have all the fun?)
Remember, UMass-Amherst is the Commonwealth’s public bastion of liberal thought!!!
TexBetsy @ 131
EvilDrPuma @ 114
…I figure he spends the big bucks at the domestic discipline store…
http://www.boingboing.net/2007…..s_at_.html
TRex @ 107
?
EvilDrPuma @ 132
Maybe it’s because I got my PhD only last year, but personally, I tend to feel that it cheapens those of us who worked for our titles. I’d prefer some kind of academic honor that doesn’t try to impersonate a degree.
There is that, though I have to say it loses some of its thrill after 20 years.
TexBetsy @ 132
Canned? Wise choice!
TRex @ 112
What? I have a birthday present for you.
CD @ 138
swings from Lake tree rope \splash//
Evenin’ all!
DrDick @ 142
Give me another 17 years, and I’ll let you know.
((alias)) hope you and lapkitteh are well
EvilDrPuma @ 114
You can’t pay enough for a do like that. Suppose he used the Wolfowitz method too?
Peterr @ 145
Let’s just say it impresses other people more than it does me. I actually know how little I know or understand.
Peterr @ 146
I find it safer to just assume that anybody posting here has an advanced degree. Including Cassie.
dakine01: thanks for the Maher updates
{alas, missing RealTime}
hope C&L has some clips *g*
I’m off to watch the KO repeat, then read thru the new Fitz/Libby docs. Good night, sweet firepups, see you tomorrow.
Ed*ard Teller @ 132
No, I was going to be doing podcasting with Fini, but it doesn’t look like his health is going to allow him to do the necessary travel with all its attendant toting, dragging, and shlepping. He has some pretty serious back issues, I think.
So, that kind of blew the podcasting thing out of the water, and frankly, I think I would be more comfortable at an event like that in a civilian role. I’ve never been particularly active in the Kommunity.
What is it with congresscritters, and politicians in general, that the males have tanning booth tans, hair that doesn’t move, and otherwhitened teeth?
Are they trying to compensate some other shortcoming?
EvilDrPuma @ 149
Especially Cassie.
EvilDrPuma @ 150
Cassie has an advanced degree in snark.
And blueberry cheesecake is my favorite.
Suzanne @ 41
Double? Did you go in feet first? Or did you mean 2 1/2?
EvilDrPuma @ 151
Part one: agree.
Part two: 707! (Even if it’s four years away, I pity the prof who thinks Cassie is a clueless freshman.)
TexBetsy @ 156
I grant you, she’s snarky enough now that I fear what she will become when her training is complete. The Snark is with her.
FYI, Al Gore at the 92nd street Y, NYC on Charlie Rose tonight.
Suzanne @ 153
I think your answer may be here
Midnight snack. one for each of you. :)
TB any blueberry cheesecake leftover?
ooh great minds think alike
mmmmm
TexBetsy @ 163
Thank you!
Peterr — 3 years till she starts college.
TexBetsy @ 164
Oh my, that’s gorgeous! thanks!
TexBetsy @ 165
I pity the fool …
Salt rubs … reminds me of sticky, grimy, delicious nyc summers.
Better lay in a store of kosher salt to get through the next few months of un-delicious politics.
TexBetsy @ 167
And four years til the end of her (alleged) freshman year.
Suzanne at 155
That brought to mind a Bette Midler line in some movie or other:
“The last time I saw something that size it had an eraser on it.”
Peterr @ 170
yes, though she’s planning on 3 or 4 AP classes by the time she starts.
EvilDrPuma @ 114
It is more like 27.5 SuperCuts units.
SusanD @ 170
Don’t flatter them. The phrase “hung like a hamster” comes to mind.
DrDick @ 149
Those doctorates are worth their weight in gold south of the border. Always sign in as Dr. at a hotel or restaurant. You’ll get the best service. Education is highly respected.
OT – troop reduction in Iraq in the offing?
Are they finally getting it?
TRex @ 112
How come not? Thought you and Fini were doing some deal there, podcasting or some such.
LoudounLib @ 175
After Dubya leaves office maybe.
Thank you, TribeScribe. *yawns*
I’m tired, but doing well. Learning the ins and outs of post surgical procedure recuperation. Thankfully i realized ahead of time that i was going to be impatient about wanting to move. So i’ve basically loaded my laptop which i have with me, with all the goodies i could want to stay sedentary for about a week.
Up to and including anime, super sentai, and links to all my favorite sites. Between that, this haven that is my parent’s house and my cat. I think…i’ll do just fine.
(meanwhile, i’m still tempted to move faster but i don’t.)
Loo Hoo. @ 175
On the one hand, I think I’d be embarrassed. On the other, it’s nice to know there’s something to offset the American tradition of anti-intellectualism.
Oh my.
It seems that given the latest news, Bush is having trouble attracting new help in his cast of US Attorneys.
Who could have anticipated . . . ?
I come back from walking the cutest dog in the world (and his sister, the blonde) and find you guys have been eating blueberry cheesecake.
Dang. There had better be some left (looking around at all the blueberry stained faces)
aliasofwestgate @ 179
Did you forget to include access to the lake on that list??
(I am often confined to bed or recliner for several days at a time, and have the whole world at my fingertips.)
DrDick @ 179
yes, prolly :-(
Suzanne @ 182
I saved you two — one for you and the other for the pups.
If Boehner went to a reputable taxidermist, I’d guess .5 Edwards units, but he’s more likely to have blown his vanity budget on tanning, so he’s got a cut rate squirrel with a bad dye job on his head.
Dru @ 139
I clicked on the link and now I think I am going to be ill. That is disgusting.
The pups and I thank you, TB.
DrDick @ 178
They are reducing troops. Five or six per day, damn them.
aliasofwestgate @ 180
always good to bring back-up.
good on ya. glad to see ya here.
freshwater blend of the lake ranks
right up there with salt-rub & sanitizer *g*
G Dubya and the GOP=Needle-Dick and the Bug-Fuckers. And they’re the band every night for the rest of eternity…in HELL.
HotFlash @ 188
Well yes, the Iraquis are reducing them, but not Bush or the Pentagon.
Of course, TB! How else am i here. *grins* Bookmarks or else ‘net access is on that same laptop of mine. The trusty Kurogane, as i call him.
No way in the world i’d isolate myself from politics right now! (Now if my parents only had a wireless router…)
Got to go — see you all later.
Night Peterr
Peterr @ 194
night Peterr
Night, Peterr!
Finding out Foley moved in next door and won’t share his little black book.
His first hint that American and woman were killed and that the policy that he has supported made that happen in his district?
g’nite peterr
Let’s Rock!
Million Miles Away (live) – The Offspring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks4EUjGZq3U
See you, Peterr.
night, Peter.
My fear is that increasing pressure for an Iraqi pullout is increasing pressure for an Iran invasion, as the ability to do so at will is the overriding reason for keeping a field army deployed, under any pretense, in the Middle East in the first place.
aliasofwestgate @ 193
alias, glad to see you’re recuperating in comfort. I am posting this from Jubai-chan, who sends greetings to Kurogane-san.
TexBetsy @ 164
Thanks! Milk or coffee?
TB-you’re going to make us all fat. Keep it up, life is uncertain, eat dessert first!!
That is the nice thing about cyber food – it has zero calories – I think the tubes have something to do with that – something to do with the amount of calories food loses in relation to the amount of distance traveled.
Felix Moronia @ 204
Hmmmmmm. In my case, I think it is perhaps a bit to to “make”, but certainly will keep me fat and sassy (as Howlin’ Wolf said, I’m built for comfort, not for speed.”).
coffee and tea — sorry for the delay
For some reason, I’ve been in the mood for the blues:
Got my mojo workin’
The blues is right, LL, after this week. Unfortunately, the forking Dems forgot to even see if they had any mojo before caving. /rant
LoudounLib @ 208
I’m always in the mood for blues. How about something appropriate to tonight’s topic:
Evil.
radiofreewill @ 200
Thanx, RFW!!! I needed a boost, the better half is on day 5 of her cruise, my son is improving from his overnight stay in the hospital and I’m more-or-less lonely!!! :(
Suzanne @ 209
And for the way I feel about this situations: Shotgun Blues.
CT, I did not know about your son. I hope everything is ok?
DrDick, I love me some Howlin’ Wolf!
coffee…yum
LoudounLib @ 214
If’n you don’t love the Wolf, you ain’t got no soul.
Peterr @ 182
Sad. Sorry freaking state of affairs.
Oh, Dr. Dick – The Blues Brothers (the original) is on my list of desert island albums. Love their version of Shotgun Blues. Had the cassette – wore it out – now on my second CD of the soundtrack.
Suzanne @ 214
Neither did I and I hope all is moving towards a complete healing.
Suzanne @ 183
Cutest dog ate it.
LDD going out to alias & CT
& kittehs and pups at the Lake
a little sooothing
“it’s a quarter to three somewhere..”
Billie
If anyone is planning to visit S.W. Colorado this summer Mr. Tambourine Man himself is playing the town park in Telluride on 7/21. Announcement was in my local rag today.
And now for my Hook(er) shot.
Suz,
a little Blues Brothers w/Aretha
cuz they bettah Think
TribeScribe @ 223
Wow, Billie totally owns this song!
Felix, Mr. BD himself?
Loo Hoo. @ 218
Well, gee, Mike, how about not treating them as disposable political appointees, hmmmm?
DrD, boom boom & another Redd:
Hooker and Raitt
In the Mood (starts @:42)
Suzanne @ 228
The 66 yr. old one indeed.
DrDick @ 225
Another blues master for sure…give me John Lee Hooker, Muddy, Howlin’ Wolf, Skip James, JB Lenoir et al over just about anybody.
Suzanne @ 214
Aah, Lithium Toxicity, no longer to be prescribed!!! He was hospitalized to flush it out, today, he’s as spry as ever!!! :-)
Continually exceeding already high expectations.
(Jeebus, man, leave some pretty writin’ lying around for the rest of us to highjack. Please!)
EvilDrPuma @ 18
His tanning salon going out of business.
Suit Sheds Light on Clintons’ Ties to a Benefactor
By MIKE McINTIRE
Details have emerged about the relationship of former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton with Vinod Gupta, the founder of infoUSA.
LoudounLib @ 210
Or, alternatively, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scw1ikGQnsg
LoudounLib @ 227
Don’t she tho?
Reminds me of Divine Miss M singing to Carson, May 1992 –
now that was at least 3.5 hankies
And Gas Saver Makes Three Cars in the Driveway
By MICHELINE MAYNARD
Thousands of consumers are lining up to buy small cars, but they are not giving up their S.U.V.’s and pickups.
CTuttle @ 233
(((CT & son)))
good for you both!!!!
Aah, Lithium Toxicity, no longer to be prescribed!!! He was hospitalized to flush it out, today, he’s as spry as ever!!! :-)
whew – was worried about son in hospital while wife is on cruise… glad to hear he is spry again.
Loo Hoo, Sonny and Terry — excellent!
TribeScribe @ 222
oooo lovely. Lady Day herself. Thank you!
LoudounLib @ 232
Have you heard any of the new blood? Here is Shemekia Copeland (Johnny Copeland’s daughter).
oops, meant Sonny and Brownie :-~
TribeScribe, I’d forgotten about the Divine Miss M on the last Carson show…unforgettable.
No one gonna link to Duane and Boz with Lend Me A Dime – that is a video I would spend 4 hours letting load up just to enjoy. dialup sucks
Shemekia rocks, Dr. Dick.
Clutching his pearls as he ran?
why did i have to go to bbc for this news?
Iraqi Shia radical vows to work with Sunnis
Radical Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr backs a peace plan with Sunnis aimed at ending sectarian violence.
Suzanne @ 240
The better half wanted to cut it short, however, I foiled that with my Daughter’s insistence; “Mommm, He’ll Live!!!” really bowled her over!!! ;)
And here’s Melvin Taylor.
LoudounLib @ 246
yep, that was a classic.
Suzanne @ 248
You betcha. I own all her CDs and got to see her live here in town a couple of years ago with BB King, Dr. John, and Elvin Bishop.
Dr Dick, I concur with Suzanne — Shemekia is a great blues belter.
I have XM (best thing since sliced bread, IMO) and Bluesville is one of my presets ;-) I hit it often.
I just skimmed the thread and did not see this mentioned…If it has been, apologies.
Has it been considered that he might possibly be suffering from an organic mental disorder?
I have heard rumors that he is rather prone to late-in-the-day histrionics and hyper-emotionalism. If that rumor is true, he could very possibly be suffering from “Sundowners Syndrome.”
Any healthcare professionals here who have more direct patient care? (I’m a lab rat).
LoudounLib @ 255
I am a music junkie and have several hundred blues CDs.
Which really reminds me. I did a report on Billie Holiday when i was a sophomore in high school. The fact that i knew how she did her voice projection on my own made me an oddity in my classes. But i WAS a vocal student at the time, even if my classmates weren’t.
But now i see why i was drawn to her. Her resilience(sp?) made her regal, pure royalty on her own two feet. She needed nothing but her voice and herself to do what needed to be done. I think Congress needs to remember that, badly. Draw strength from our own darkness in the past, and make light with it.
Suzanne @ 247
I just looked for it and couldn’t find it :-(
Chinese challenge one-child policy
by James Reynolds
BBC News, Henan Province, central China
Rural Chinese use fertility drugs to get round one-child policy
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When Niu Jian Fang and Jiao Na got married they knew China’s rules – one couple, one child.
A woman can only give birth once.
So, four years ago, Jiao Na got pregnant and gave birth to a son, Bei Bei.
And then a few minutes later she had a daughter, Jin Jin, then another son Huan Huan, a second daughter, Ying Ying, and finally another girl, Ni Ni.
She and her husband beat China’s one-child policy by having quintuplets.
Dr Dick, I saw BB with his Traveling Blues Festival several years back, he had George Thorogood and the Destroyers and the Fabulous Thunderbirds opening for him. Hell of a show.
DrDick — music junkies unite!
TRex @ 112
I thought you and fini had a vlogging gig?
Blue Girl @ 256
Who are we discussing?
TexBetsy @ 221
What happened CT?
EvilDrPuma @ 114
Assumes facts not in evidence.
(his) hair
aliasofwestgate @ 180
Hugs, Alias. I can’t resist saying TCDB (turn, cough, and deep breathe)!
And here’s a YouTube of a singer I just discovered: Shakira
TB, I freed your comment that was stuck in the filters. Sorry it took so long. Refresh the page to see it folks.
Here ya go Suz.
Tune w/pics from LA to NY
Loan me a dime
(runtime ~9min)
Son arriving home from school. Gotta go-see everyone soon.
LoudounLib @ 260
FDL Rocks!!! And rolls and riffs out and….!!! *g*
aliasofwestgate @ 258
This still has to be her best (or at least most powerful) piece.
LoudounLib @ 259
There is a shortened version on utube. Full version won’t fit utube time limit?
Shotgun Blues always sounded best with Hock Walsh singing it, IMO.
Go on…Cry.
;>)
TribeScribe @ 267
happy dance.. i’ll be up to 4am loading it up but who forking cares.. its a holiday weekend woohoo! thanks TS
TribeScribe @ 269
Thanks TS, I entered the incorrect search terms
WP: What analysts got right, wrong on invasion
May 25: A Senate committee released portions Friday of a pre-war CIA report that warned about the violent consequences in Iraq if Saddam Hussein was toppled. NBC’s Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)Months before the invasion of Iraq , U.S. intelligence agencies predicted that it would be likely to spark violent sectarian divides and provide al-Qaeda with new opportunities, according to a report released Friday by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
RonD @ 270
Night Ron.
DrDick @ 271
Powerful in its simple brutality. That’s why music has power. Even generations after she’s gone, that song with resonate. I’m young compared to many here at 29, but her voice still strikes a chord with me. Always will.
This is why we need musicians. The near blackout of protest songs on public radio is deafening to me. Clear Channel has my deepest hatred for the wanton destruction of the airwaves.
Suzanne @ 275
most welcome -
agreed. may the toobz be swift to
allow maximum playtime *g*
TribeScribe @ 223
I love Billie Holliday and Louis Armstrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUkf5Bj09Fk
Loo Hoo. @ 263
A lifelong challenge, BP-1 w/ADHD, doesn’t get better than that!!!
LoudounLib @ 276
yw
And here is one of my favorites.
suzanne-the late ralph gleason included “Loan Me A Dime” as one of his “top ten” road songs ever in a very old issue of Rolling Stone.
CTuttle @ 282
If you/he ever needs a penpal, lmk, k?
THIS one was buried:
Audit criticizes IRS screening of non-profits
The IRS needs a more complete list of non-profit groups that might be terrorist backers, a Treasury report warns.
He’s upstairs, folks…
Loo Hoo, ever hear Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong doing “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”? Stellar.
And another great one.
Suzanne @ 261
I saw BB King about 10 years ago, great seats, great show. At the end they must have announced him about 8 times. “Mr B B King” clap clap clap “Mr B B King!” clap clap clap Mr Beee Beee Kinggg” clap clap clap. When that was finally over I said to my friend “Great guitarist, I just wish I knew his name” Everyone around who heard me chorused Mr Beee Beeee Kingggggg.
By the way, Powers and Morrison is a great place to find latest news feeds from about 30 sources. (They also have Cassie’s blog under their NEWS BLOG section.)
Loan Me A Dime and Roadhouse Blues are in my top 10 fav road songs, Felix. Thanks.
I guess I wondered in here the right night. Pardon the seeming blogwhoring, but this post is about the current Governor of Kansas and Marcia Ball’s piano, and it is set in a Handy-winning blues bar.
TribeScribe @ 284
Cool, If only I could inspire him to read, like my sister and I!!! I think books are the best form of escapism, but than darn ADHD seems to interfere everytime!!!
persiflage @ 291
BB was the first bluesman I ever saw, back in 1970, so it was wonderful to see him again more than 30 years later.
C’mon upstairs, everyone!
TRex is upstairs
And still another great Chicago bluesman. (did I mention that I used to live two blocks from a blues bar in Chicago).
DrDick @ 290
DrDick – two of my faves!
After I met the blues,
I met FDL.
Now I Can’t Quit FDL late nite.
Or late late nite for that matter
*g* *mwah**mwah* bless you!!!!!!
LoudounLib @ 232
Love John Lee Hooker! Thanks.
CTuttle @ 295
hear ya. i keep several going at once.
it’s a curse and a blessing, imho.
fortunately, all the pieces are coming
together now and I am greatful that
somewhere along the line i acquired the
ability to listen to my inner guidance to
know what’s right for me. more later if
you like, for now — best wishes — ts
Blue Girl @ 256
I’m not a healthcare professional, but I think sun is the operant part of the word sundowner. Seems like he’s cooked.
Suzanne @ 261
I got to see him in Vegas in 1970 /-. I think it was the old Landmark. So good!
LoudounLib @ 289
YES!!! One of my favs!
Now don’t be so hard on ol’ Boner. He’s just crying because he knows the feds are going to start looking at him more closely soon.
Boehner; weeping small, predatory saurians…
CTuttle @ 138
And lets not forget the Univ. of Florida faculty blocking a degree for Brother Jeb. Do not know about whether Gainesville faculty are more liberal than Amherst but the state of Florida is more conservative than Massachusetts.