Well, we knew this day would come, and yet, who knew that it would taste quite so sweet?
You see, my pretties, it seems that Peg Noonan was right when she said that the Right Wing base is cracking under the unbearable strain of the Bush administration's pro-corporate/anti-nativist stance on immigration. At this very moment, our enemies on the Other Side are fragmenting, breaking apart into a jillion little tiny glittering shards of impotent rage, and all right before our very eyes. Isn't it beautiful?
Of course, some on the Right are taking it harder than others.
Hey, President Bush? Fuck off. You are going down in history in a neck-and-neck battle with Jimmy Carter as worst president of the twentieth century.
Never mind that Geoge W. Bush has only served as President in the twenty-first century. (Huge eyeroll.) Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Right Wing Blogging's finest. Even when they're getting it right, they're still mostly getting it wrong.
And you know what? You are, pretty much, a fucking moron.
That's the spirit, Acey! You're actually starting to make a crazy kind of sense.
All that time we've razzed the left about claiming that? Oh, you're not diagnosably retarded or anything, but you're a fucking dim bulb, and you've got some nerve of accusing opponents of the amnesty bill (which you surely haven't even read, genius) of not being smart enough to support it.
(Snicker.) Well, Ace, if the "Duuuh" fits…
Then, Ace has a message for us:
Message To The Left: I'm not saying you should impeach him, I'm just sayin', you know, go with your hearts.
Oh, nooooooo, not when he's making you all this unhappy. He's only there for another year and a half or so. I think we should leave him twisting in the wind for as long as possible just so he can continue to heap handful after handful of dirt on the coffin lid of conservatism.
I know I shouldn't enjoy your pain, Wingnut bloggers. It's spiteful and cruel of me; petty, bilious, and adolescent. And yet, seeing you all running around screaming like somebody kicked over your ant-hill, well…
Yay.
My favorite moment in the whole rant, though, is actually in the comments section, when one of Ace's "readers" has his "Oh, my god! Soylent Green is people!" moment:
The thing that most worries me about this is that the Moonbats may have been right all along.
Bush is a tard and everything they said about him being 1) a moron, 2) a Big Business shill, 3) an autocrat "holding court" in the White House, and 4) having only a nodding acquaintence with reality…
What if it's all true? Posted by: DoDoGuRu at May 31, 2007 01:08 PM
Oh, you poor, poor man. Have you just had your first bitter dose of the truth and found out you've been on the wrong side in the fight to save America's soul all this time? How does that taste, I wonder?
Well, I have some good news for you. We on the Left have set up an (ahem) amnesty program for all you disenchanted Right Wing Water-Carriers. You're going to have to learn some English, study up on U.S. History, and find an employer to vouch for your worker-status, but we'll be willing to create this unique Path to Citizenship Offer just for you. The greatness of America is that there's room for everybody, right? And that means even slope-headed, sheet-wearing, gun-humping troglodytes like yourselves.
Get back to us when you've had some time to think about it.
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TRex!!
#2
Hey TRex — I even HEARD of this movie! And I know what it;s about, but I haven’t seen it. COOL!
You really know how to kick someone when they’re down T-Rex.
Keep up the good work.
yikes…got the first comment and then my browser crashed!
No amnesty. Let them eat crow, TRex.
It’s not the Republican Party, it’s The Donner Party.
-GSD
TRex!
Nice work, Hatcher!
Fry: Oh, my God! What if the secret ingredient is people?
Leela: No, there’s already a soda like that. It’s called Soylent Cola.
Fry: How is it?
Leela: It depends on the person.
Suzanne @ 6
At least until they stop calling us “Moonbats.”
TRex, does this mean they will be so busy fighting with each other they will leave the dems alone?
“slope-headed, sheet-wearing, gun-humping troglodytes”
Brilliant!
((waives to LoudounLib))
Evening T’Rex, glad you read that stuff so we don’t have to. My only question is how did it them take six years to realize W was a dim bulb? It was pretty obvious from his bio, never mind his actual campaign appearances.
(My browser crashed when I clicked on Suzanne’s link in the prevthread.)
No amnesty, TRex — unless you want to feed them cheetos in your basement. Me, I’m done with them. Let them go work in the melamine business in Red China.
Ian Welsh @ 4
It’s the only blood-sport they haven’t banned.
(( waves back at petedownunder ))
SnarKassandra @ 11
God, I hope so. I’ve been waiting for the moment when all the different factions of Republics notice that they have absolutely no common ground except that they all hate good government.
SnarKassandra @ 11
They’ll NEVER leave the Dems alone….Ever.
-GSD
uh, TRex, um uh didja um get your car outta car jail?
TeddySanFran @ 14
cheetohs? there’s cheetohs? where???
Damn-you mean I’ve been a moonbat all this time and nobody told me?
SnarKassandra @ 20
It doesn’t matter. Cheetos from the fossil record taste exactly the same as the ones off the shelf.
Suzanne @ 19
Sigh.
Yes, and I’m not even going to tell you how much it cost me.
BASTARDS!!!
Anybody who wants to tell me that Jimmy Carter was one of the worst presidents ever, I’ll be happy to detail why that’s untrue. And then I’ll beat the shit out of ‘em.
RonD @ 21
I know. They think it’s an insult, but it actually sounds kind of cool in a mysterious-creature-of-the-night sort of way.
Um, if they are fighting Bush over there, does that mean we don’t have to fight him over here?
GSD @ 7
Man, I am glad I read this blog……
Soylent Green……hmmmmmmmmmm
I saw it in the 70’s at the drive-in on a double bill with West World. Ahhhhhhh, Yul Brenner.
FWIW, I can’t recall a time when any of us ‘moonbats’ was wrong about W.
Go with your heart. Heavy, brother.
sorry trex
EvilDrPuma @ 9
Hey EDP … where’s your “fuckery” slogan?
“At this very moment, our enemies on the Other Side are fragmenting, breaking apart into a jillion little tiny glittering shards of impotent rage, and all right before our very eyes.”
And this is where we should come in and scoop up as many as we can. There should be many in the middle who are ripe for the picking.
bg @ 26
Nope. It means it’s time for a karmic pincer movement.
Evening all. I think TRex’s luck is contagious. Went fishing on the Blackfoot River east of town this morning (still no luck). On the way back I decided to go exploring up Gold Creek as I had heard a lot about it, but never been up there. There is a whole hidden world back there, but unfortunately the area burned back in 2003 and has not recovered yet. Some pics here and here.
Got a flat about five miles from the highway on my way back. A couple of the lug nuts were frozen on (%$#*&! Pneumatic wrenches!) and I could not get them loose. Then I decided to call a towing service and discovered that I had no cell service there. Fortunately a car came by and gave me a ride to the highway. Unfortunately, my cell battery was dead at that point. I was able to use the phone at a house across the highway and the tow truck showed up in about a half hour (a reasonable time). Cost me about $100 to get my tire changed.
When I got back to town, I went down to buy a couple of tires (decided to replace the other rear tire as well, since it was getting a bit bald) at the tire store. Come to find out that I can’t just buy 2 tires, because I have automatic 4-wheel drive and it will screw up the transmission. Another $550 for a full set of new tires. Turned out to be an awfully expensive “exploring trip”.
I guess this would be a good time to mention that after tonight, I’m going on a week-long Internet Fast. Phoenix Woman will be here tomorrow night to do Late Nite and then I’m going to see if Teddy wants to pick up any of my shifts, and maybe some other guests. We’ll see. I will be checking my email from Tuesday to Tuesday, but that’s ALL.
My brain needs a break. Badly.
Some horoscope column that I used to read years ago referred to Cancerians (like myself) as Moon Children. Of course it could have meant moonbat all along…
Latest update, with apologies to Sen. Thomas:
Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat, will be responsible for choosing someone to replace Thomas. The seat, however, will not switch parties because, under state law, Freudenthal is required to pick a new senator from a list of three candidates submitted by the Republican state central committee.
-GSD
albert fall @ 27
what was the joke? i didn’t get it.
Petrocelli @ 31
I thought I’d give it the night off. Schadenfreude doesn’t really count as fuckery.
bg @ 26
It seems to me that all we have to do is hit the autopilot button and they will self destruct.
DrDick @ 34
I take it back. There is fuckery afoot.
TRex I hope you feel better. If you stay we will cheer you up. Promise!
Snarkie,
Read up on The Donner Party.
It is a little black humor on my part.
-GSD
The only thing that bothers me about this split is that there is truly so much anger and sense of betrayal across the Republican base, directed mainly at (let’s be honest) foreigners of another race, is that it’s the strongest opening I’ve seen in a couple of decades for a real and organized popular fascist movement in this country.
Which I think is very different than the elitist fascism with popular appeal seen in early Bush Jr. / Reagan II campaigning.
Tie it together with class-based resentment at the idiotic, so-called “free trade” agreements (investor-favoritism and regulation-defeating accords would be more correct), and you’ve got an awful, awful mix.
TRex @ 35
A well deserved and overdue break, TRex.
GSD @ 43
oh cool!!!! gross, but cool!
SnarKassandra @ 42
Oh, I feel fine. Just kind of wiped out and overstimulated. I’ve been blogging six nights a week for more than a year, now. Even tireless Jurassic Warriors of the Left need some down-time.
Besides, I will be using this time to work on my book.
TRex, I noticed the other day that you have a relative like my dad, re: camping. He also grew up in the tough times, and his attitude was “I built a nice house. Why would I want to sleep on the dirt?”
I’m also a HotL camper.
SnarKassandra @ 38
Read THIS
and you’ll see.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 24
They couldn’t very well say Bush & Nixon … that much truth would cause their heads to explode !!!
TRex, enjoy that break and I hope it’s restorative for you.
TRex @ 35
Uh-oh. TRex snark withdrawals all around the Lake.
It’s funny, I was just telling my partner today that Republicans always eat their own…
Ah, this is so sweetly satisfying. I never thought the day would come.
TRex @ 35
That’s cool. You have to treat your brain right.
Petrocelli @ 50
They’re exploding already, ’cause THE MOONBATS ARE RIGHT!!!!
TRex @ 47
Book? Is this the book we’ve been urging you to write? Come on, tell us..
Yes, it is THAT book, but that’s all I can tell you about it right now.
Wyoming senator, 74, dies of leukemia
Craig Thomas had announced illness days after winning 2006 election
How terrible for his family.
SnarKassandra @ 38
The Donner Party was a group of 19th century immigrants along the Oregon Trail. Got into trouble in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California and had to spend the winter without adequate supplies. They are reputed to have eaten each other. One of my colleagues has excavated one of the Donner Party sites, but has found no hard evidence for cannibalism.
TRex @ 35
Good for you TRex. Going away or just relaxing?
Actually, I didn’t know this day would come. I really thought they were so impervious to reality that it’d never dawn on them.
Now, the day they cotton on that not only is Bush not really conservative, conservatism itself is deeply flawed – “a conservative kills what he loves, because he will not mend it” – then I’ll fall over in shock.
a preview of my post for tomorrow. i’ll be writing about composting toilets. All the kids on my blog are doing something about WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, which is tomorrow.
Here’s more info about world environment day.
#1 and #2
Well, I hope the book is done in a week. I know someone who wrote her first novel in a week and became a millionaire.
BTW, SnK, nice post on energy/Texas.
Soylent Green is sheeple.
Baaaaaad joke.
-GSD
DrDick @ 59
As I recall the accounts, only a few members of the group are actually supposed to have participated in any cannibalism. As one might imagine, most of them didn’t care to discuss the matter afterward. The one guy who did like to talk about it ironically opened a restaurant in Sacramento.
(catching up on comments, have been busy in the kitchen)
DrDick, sorry your trek today turned out to be so expensive! Nice pics though!
caia @ 61
Wingnuts are like the cars in those old Turtle Wax commercials, “Look! The truth just beads right off!”
I don’t have particularly high hopes for them.
RonD @ 64
Thanks! :)
EvilDrPuma @ 66
The accounts have always been open to question on several grounds, particularly the veracity of the primary narrator. As I said, the excavations found no direct evidence (butchered or cooked bone), though they apparently did eat the livestock (including dogs).
TRex @ 68
As well you shouldn’t. Look at the Republic presidential field. The wingnuts are just going to fall for the same damned thing all over again; only the packaging has changed.
so, why does the Democratic Gov. of Wyoming have to appoint one of three nominated by republicans?
UptownNYChick @ 72
That’s the rules in the state.
-GSD
EvilDrPuma @ 71
Mrs. T. and the puppies made the package very differend.
Boy, Ray Bradbury must be pretty soft in the squash:
In an August 2001 interview with Salon, Bradbury said of George W. Bush, “He’s wonderful. We needed him. Clinton is a shithead and we’re glad to be rid of him.”
-GSD
LoudounLib @ 67
It could have been worse. I had actually driven in about 15 miles and did not get the flat until I was most of the way out. I also had good luck with helpful strangers – another nice thing about living here.
OT more or less – back in my Uni days I recall that Stanford had a new student cafeteria and there was a contest to name it. The winning vote was for the Alfred Packer memorial dinning room, but the admin vetoed it. I was at Cal at the time so this may have been urban legend.
petedownunder @ 77
The archaeology of Packer’s victims is a little different…there’s good skeletal evidence for the cannibalism in that case. Which is more helpful than Packer himself, who changed his story more often than his socks.
Wyoming Senator Craig
Thomas Dead At Age 74
From Wiki:
“Damn you, Alferd Packer! There were seven Dimmycrats in Hinsdale County and you ate five of them!”
F-ing Republicans, always thinking of themselves.
-GSD
Schlozman tomorrow 2:30 EST Senate Judiciary Committee. Todd Graves second panel. Between that and A.M. sentencing, tomorrow is stacking up to be an entertaining day.
GSD @ 75
In a (limited) defense of Bradbury, the larger context of that comment was education, and that was right when Bush and Ted Kennedy were pushing NCLB. (For whatever that’s worth)
For anyone who is interested, here is a link to the Donner Party archaeology. Here is a link to my colleague.
GSD @ 80
petedownunder @ 77
Any relation to Kerry Packer? (sorry, aussie joke)
DrDick @ 83
Thanks.
Enjoy the break, TRex.
Perhaps Judge Walton will give you something especially nice as a farewell gift.
Of course, then you’ll have to explain to everyone why you’re walking around with that silly grin on your face all day long.
Good night pups, g’night Trex. Long day on big silver bird and must be up early for the Scooter sentence live blog.
Peterr @ 87
I think he is gonna miss us after 2 days
Conservatives, at the bottom of it all, seem to wish to hold society in a static, frozen-in-amber moment, which is not a condition in which any organism can survive. Nothing is static; systems either develop or degrade. Entropy runs downhill. Change and adaptation are the root of survival for any organism, tangible or intangible, and in this sense, conservatism seems opposed to the evidence of both observation and the laws of physics.
Or so it seems to me.
For some reason “quote this comment” isn’t working for me.
“For anyone who is interested, here is a link to the Donner Party archaeology. Here is a link to my colleague.”
So would you say that anthropology is a meaty subject?
petedownunder @ 88
Night pdu.
Persiflage – YGM re: Perth
petedownunder @ 88
sleep well. bye
yellowdogD @ 81
That’s the reason I took the day off tomorrow. selise did too!
noen @ 91
Upon occasion, though not in my personal experience.
RonD @ 90
(singing)
…H, I, J, K, L, M, ENTROPYYYYYYYY…
noen @ 91
Nothing like a little long pig to tempt the old palate!
‘Night, PDU.
g’night pete
RonD @ 90
This is why conservatives hate science: it proves that they are empirically wrong about everything.
GSD @ 73
One would think,as important as the senate is, there would be a federal law pertaining to succession.
Whassamatta, Goopers – Bush won’t give you a reach around?
Good Lovin’ Gone Bad – Bad Company
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-tjDr9IEA4
Thanks for all the posts, TRex. I hope you have a productive week.
Will you be a guest on Book Salon?
DrDick @ 101
They may be disappointed to learn that God agrees with the scientists.
TRex #97.
Damn it all, you just made me snort Sprite onto my keyboard AGAIN!
TRex
This was good, but toward the end I detected notes of kindness and magnanimity unbecoming to a proper therapod.
I say let them have amnesty only after they have proper certification that they’ve passed through Denial, Anger, and Bargaining into Acceptance (with a little Despair through in somewhere). Some people would require at least one episode of thrashing around on the floor speaking in tongues, but that may be excessive.
Enjoy the vacation. You’ve earned it.
RonD @ 107
That is why I drink ice tea. No bubbles, so it doesn’t burn as bad when it goes out your nose.
TRex @ 97
Christian Right Lobbies To Overturn Second Law Of Thermodynamics
RonD @ 107
maybe you need to stop drinking sprite at your computer.
Actually, as I understand it, the theory behind conservatism isn’t a bad one….minimal intrusion by the federal government, fiscal responsibility. Like the theory of communism, it all sounds right nice, up until the minute you try to apply it to the real world, where people out there have to live. That’s where it all falls smack into the hands of greedy people who want to keep what’s yours.
SnarKassandra @ 111
Or he could try facing the other way and reading the screen backwards through a mirror.
I believe the point of having the states determine the procedure for succession if a Senator or Congresscritter is unable to serve was to keep Boosh (or similar idiot) from appointing whomever he wanted instead of the State making that determination.
And just think; it only took their prehensile hatred of the unknown (i.e. brown-skinned people) to turn them around!
Suzanne @ 114
Makes sense. There are other idiots who like to have something to do.
DrDick @ 101
“We’re the meteor, they’re the dinasaurs.”
Loosely quoted from Violet Blue of SF Gate, about conservatives.
GregDiablo @ 115
The enemy of my enemy is a lot of fun to watch when he goes to pieces.
Suzanne @ 114
This is part of the whole balance of power between the states and the national government that is at the heart of the constitution. The founding fathers were very concerned about checking tyranny wherever it might arise (which is why they are all spinning in their graves now).
Awwwwwww.
I just got the sweetest phone call. I have a blind listener way down in Tifton, Georgia, an older woman who calls in from time to time. I just played a Schubert Quintet and she called to tell me how much she loved it.
That makes me happy.
Speaking of scientists . . .
On June 5, 1661, Isaac Newton was admitted as a student to Trinity College at Oxford.
At this distance, it seems hard to fathom that Sir Isaac was indeed once a student. For that one admissions decision alone, Trinity College ought to have given the admissions officer tenure.
TRex @ 120
How nice!
TRex @ 120
awwwww
TRex @ 120
That’s our theropod, bringing sunshine and joy into the lives of all he touches.
TRex @ 120
Moments like this are what it’s all about.
TRex @ 120
You going to be on the radio during your blogging vacation, TRex, or are you going to make it a fullblown relaxation event and take time off there too?
DrDick @ 124
Except wingnuts. He eats them.
EvilDrPuma @ 127
But without touching (all in one bite).
EvilDrPuma @ 127
But don’t they taste bitter and nasty?
Peterr @ 121
I recommend “Isaac Newton” by James Gleick. Splendid (and short) biography by a fantastic writer. I’d also recommend his book “Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman.”
He also wrote “Chaos,” another good one.
SnarKassandra @ 129
Ketchup goes with anything.
SnarKassandra @ 129
That is just one of the sacrifices he makes for the betterment of humanity.
What sweet words! I’m gonna print out that entire wingnut comment and hang it on my wall so I can savor it.
And Trex, enjoy your break. Everyone needs them and with all the high quality snark you produce, you’re overdue. Not to mention swimming through the right’s swill to select nuggets to ridicule every night.
We’ll be here when you get back!
Me, too. We were notified Friday that computers would be down on Tuesday. Immediately requested a personal day. And I didn’t even know about the Senate Hearing.
When it’s time for Accountability, the Goopers say -
I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc
EvilDrPuma @ 131
I don’t know about that. I think this calls for liberal doses of Tabasco.
I mow the lawn at midnight cuz burning gas is my rightI drink pabst blue ribbon for breakfast
and now I’m disheartened
‘What if it’s all true?’
Well, Kumbaya, motherf*ckers.
As for amnesty… In the words of Bill Burroughs, “Never proffer sympathy to the mentally ill, it is a bottomless pit…”
;>)
The Donner Party has run out of Jim Jones coolaid. The racist want the imigrants gone the big corporations want cheap labor. The Pro Lifers don’t trust Rudy, Romney or even McCain. The FDA is protecting posion pet food and won’t let a meat company test for mad cow because then all the meat companies would have to Consumers are understandably angry at the government. Forget Katrina thanks to global warming REPUBLICAN voters all across the Southern Alantic Coasts are seeing their home insuarence bills go up. Failure in Iraq is the solvent disolving the GOP either the GOP ends the war to stop the damage or they will impeach Bush themselves.
Heh…..
Colbert was interviewing Leon Botstein (president of Bard College). Bard provides the largest prison education program for inmates. Colbert asked him if he was going to provide an education for Scooter Libby…..
Sparkles the Iguana @ 140
Remedial Civics?
Like I care what some AssClown Majorus named: ‘Ace of Spades’ thinks?
Not me.
Whoops…’thinks’ there’s a misnomer if there ever was one. As for Ol Bushie…
He is the ideal ‘conservative leader’ for us: Stupid, Stubborn and ready to sacrifice anyone anyone, even Barney, to his dry-drunk, coke-snorting ego.
YeaaaaaaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I luvs me some Bush! Smells like Impeachment in the morning.
Every morning.
GSD @ 73
I smell Cheney’s fingers.
speaking of scooter…i guess tomorrow is the ‘big day’…(insert wry emoticon)
I didn’t watch the debate yesterday, but got to thinking (and talking with some people) about how obscene it is to have a campaign season that goes on this long. And that so much of it is focussed on fundraising.
I decided that, once I got home from work today, I was going to pull together my thoughts about the role of bloggers in the 2008 election. Took me longer than I expected, but, for what it’s worth, here’s what I came up with.
Sparkles the Iguana @ 143
Ewwwww!
things come undone @ 139
The modern Republican Party has always been an inherently unstable coalition held together by lies, delusion, and fear mongering. The central reality is that the major constituencies have radically differing (and often opposing) agendas and interests. No matter how much they pander (mostly just verbally) to to “the base”, this is still the party of the plutocrats and their interests will always triumph.
Dearest Judge,
Scooter is an honorable man with great great taste in boxer shorts please be merciful.
sincerely,
maf54
Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 144
Poor Scooter. Something tells me he’ll need some Ambien to get through the night.
DrDick @ 147
The good news is that this structure means that when they lose, they lose big.
Great post.
The Democratic Party is the “big tent” party, so there’s even room for those Republicans pining for and undergoing a change of heart (and a much-delayed and denied shift in reality…back to reality).
Of course, all Republicans making this shift must enroll in Republican Rehab, which is located, I’m sure, somewhere under the Democratic Party’s “big tent.”
It will be difficult, as difficult as someone undergoing “deprogramming” after selling their body and soul to some religious cult led by some charismatic leader who’s soaked them for every cent possible, while he and his cult lieutenants rake in the bucks and laugh at all the rubes taken in by their lies and deceits.
Only one question: what took all these repentant Republican rubes so long to realize that they were being play for fools?
“The thing that most worries me about this is that the Moonbats may have been right all along.”
Better than that……Michael Moore has been right all along and he’s documented!
solai @ 134
Sorry solai, it was you not selise! Have to get up early still, I’m thinking cinnamon toast with the coffee.
sorry for the hiccup with the servers, folks. tech crew is working on it
Suzanne @ 154
Ah, didn’t realize it was the servers.
Dover Bitch @ 130
Thursday is Library Day for me and The Kid . . . so I’ve added a couple to the list. Thanks!
EvilDrPuma @ 155
I was thinking wingnut attack…
WaPoO chatz tomorrow; questions accepted anytime!
Peter Baker at 11am eastern
Karen DeYoung at Noon eastern
Eugene Robinson at 1pm eastern
I think the NSA truck parks on our tuubz just to fork with us.
LoudounLib @ 157
I just thought it was me. ;-)
LoudounLib @ 157
They wouldn’t dare attack us now. THE MOONBATS ARE RIGHT!!!!
Peterr @ 157
Sure thing. They’re pretty nerdy books :) But Feynman was an incredibly interesting person. I think you’ll like that one.
EvilDrPuma @ 154
They were obviously just as stunned as we are at the wingnut meltdown. “The Moonbats may have been right all along” probably tripped some serious logic circuits.
(Good to see you tonight, EDP!)
DrDick @ 160
Good God, man, what kind of beans were you eating?!?!
EvilDrPuma @ 161
Actually that might just drive them into suicide attacks. Their fragile reality cannot handle such contradictions.
Peterr @ 163
How could I miss Ace of Spades’ true confession? He didn’t want to say it, but the spirit moved him, and the truth had to be told…
DrDick @ 165
Is there such a thing as kamikaze denial of service?
This might be the time to remind folks to give the servers some love with liberal use of the donate box at the upper right of the page.
Huffpost reporting that Wyoming Senator Craig Thomas had died of leukemia. A moment of silence please……………….. OK, enough of that. Governor Freudenthal of Wyoming is a Democrat. Does he get to appoint a succesor? A Democratic successor? A Democratic succesor who will weaken Lieberman’s position in the senate? Anyone know how this works? I need answers, NOW!!!
TRex have a good vacation. I will see the rest of you tomorrow.
Ah-the kink in the tube opens.
Rushton @ 169
Your answers are upthread. The short answer is “no.”
EvilDrPuma @ 167
They could find a way. The ability to shoot themselves in the foot (if they are lucky) is genetically programmed in.
SnarKassandra @ 170
Good night, Cassie.
SnarKassandra @ 170
Night Cassie. Enjoy driver’s Ed tomorrow.
Good nite, Ms. SnarKassandra. Best of all tomorrows.
EvilDrPuma @ 167
Let’s not give them any ideas.
(hurries back from the donate box)
good night Cassie
Suzanne @ 114
Also, it’s been less than 100 years that Senators have been popularly elected; until 1912, they were chosen by the state legislatures.
Nite, SnarKassandra! Sleep well.
The servers thank you, LL.
EvilDrPuma @ 172
As a former friend of mine from Missouri might say, “Snakeshit!!!”
The Goopers are feeling a little…
Undone (the sweater song) – Weezer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgN0T6f1kg
Of course, the kind of thing the R’s would do in the Wyoming case is have someone switch parties, appoint him, and then have him switch back.
Suzanne @ 181
Glad to help any way I can!
Speaking of attacks, living near ground zero gives one a sense of unease when UberDick and the BusChen Zealots take on Europe, the Middle East and Asia. A worrisome potential threat commands center stage…
Hey, whaddya think HoJoe has in mind for the Civil Defense of the Nation… masking tape and cling wrap? His is a cartoon fantasy world where the operating point of view is “My way is the highway” and you are stuck with it. Ha! just another emperor without any clothes…
Load the simulation (its big – 50 meg). It is a pilots-eye view of a raid.
“Soylent” History Lesson. Scroll down a little.
Renee in Ohio @ 145
The campaigning really is a snake pit.
Sparkles the Iguana @ 149
Just skimmed the post earlier today about Libby sentencing, and Jesus H Christ on a popsicle stick!
Wingnuts are now stuck on Plame’s “service abroad” and if that means she was covert?!?! This, after the first 42 reasons were proven meaningless. If I hear one more Toestink zombie belch “under the statute”, I swear to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that I’m gonna camp out in front of KKKarl Rove’s house and play Barbra Streisand records all day, everyday.
So all those undercover agents working within the U.S…tough luck for you if someone decides to reveal your identity for no apparent reason. You’re not covert and protected by law, “under the statute” according to Vomitoria Toestink.
Reggie babe, end this tomorrow. Send Scoots to the pokey immediately. America needs you, sir.
Tomorrow is going to be a heavy server load day – Libby sentencing in the am and SJC in the afternoon.
Days like that make me happy to be on the night shift :) Late Niters are pretty darn good about not zigging and quoting links and even close the bold and italics tags.
Happy sigh (but knocking on wood)
Rushton @ 169
In Wyoming, the governor appoints a Senator of the same party as the decedent, from a group of three nominated by the state party. It’s the law.
Suzanne @ 189
we’ve been well trained by a sometimes cranky mod with a badge and a ponytail. have you met her?
Suzanne @ 154
I don’t know whether that is related to the problem I mentioned on the previous thread with my right margins, but I noticed that when I refreshed my screen, the left edge of the FDL screen was lining up a few millimeters to the right of the actual edge of my computer screen. When I “grabbed” the left FDL margin with my mouse arrow and moved it over to the right, the problem with the right margin went away.
In case anyone is interested.
Maybe someone already pointed this out, but doesn’t that comment TREX quoted sound like it might be from a ringer? A progressive in disguise doing guerrilla warfare in the wingnut trenches? (Those 4 bullet points looked like something from the reality-based community.)
Have a good vacation, TRex. You deserve it.
TeddySanFran @ 191
Make that a “Cute (even when towing your car) sometimes cranky mod with a badge and a ponytail.”
neuro, I doubt it was related.
teddy – are you yanking on my ponytail?
I’m gonna need an amb*en tonite — I am so keyed up about Irve’s sentencing I can’t stand it!
TREX- yeah i’m late here – had to take care of some home business…. but talking about chickens coming home to roost – man its just ducky – repugs eating their own – how poetic says me!
TSF, thanks for the * warm milk?
any other solutions out there for those of us who are keyed up about tomorrow?
TeddySanFran @ 191
And Democrats, of course, respect and observe the law, even when it favors the repigs…
DrDick @ 195
And Cuffs!!! *g*
TSF #196
I’m with you-and I’m going to miss it live. An obligation first thing in the AM that I simply can’t get out of. Here’s praying for Walton to channel the spirit of Judge Sirica-and do the right thing.
mmmmmm cuffs
and to think scooty gets his sentence later today….. happy happy joy joy lol
Go take a look at Gleen Greenwald, his link is in the blogroll. He cites Digby, who predicted all this some time ago, and expands on the topic a bit. They’re basically authoritarian cultists, and when their Dear Leader is about to take the cult down in flames, they jettison that one, and pick up another.
They never admit their cause is a failure, they just pull out the long knives and blather on about how their Dear Leader has failed the cause.
Here’s the permalink to the appropriate post, in case you are checking it out later.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/g…..index.html
Geez, I just went to the site TRex gave us, and there’s a Wall Street Journal editorial board meeting video. ALL WHITE MALES, and the woman sitting on a desk in the background, presumably to fetch coffee. What year is this again?
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/228476.php
Suzanne @ 168
Thanks Suzanne. Love Paypal.
Suzanne @ 199
Um … yoga, meditation … a few shots of Vodka/Brandy/Scotch … all together … Nirvana … *g*
Everyone focuses on the cuffs and completely ignores the pepper spray and nightstick.
What is with it with cuffs, you guys? Notice how it is the men who fixate on the cuffs – have yet to have a woman walk up to me and ask me to cuff her – much less volunteer for a strip search.
and the chickens keep coming – hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Loo Hoo. @ 205
And that’s before Rupert Bloody Murdoch gets his hands on it.
CTuttle @ 201
… and whips, in your choice of leather or rope … *g*
Hillary Clinton’s friend and fundraiser, and one of the biggest profiteers of Bill Clinton’s policies, Ruppee Murdoch strikes again!
Can you believe this shit?!? Their FCC license needs to be suspended or terminated. How many times do they have do things like this before that happens? Thanks, Bill.
ok somebody slap me i’m wayyyyyyyy too happy
Suzanne @ 209
… that’s becuz, as good citizens, we like to cooperate with the Police … *g*
Suzanne @ 209
You’re the wrong persuasion, for them! However, I personally like the extracurriculars… ;-)
Gotta remember the Rules of the Road tomorrow:
Given the expected traffic here during the Libby sentencing, a few reminders to the regulars and words of welcome to newcomers are in order. FDL’s comments are moderated, first through an automated spam filter, and if caught, then checked by human moderators, because in addition to spam the filters also catch regular comments from time to time.
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If your comments do end up in moderation, don’t panic. The mods will see them, and free them up in short order. Comments that get held up in moderation, however, do NOT appear if you simply hit “Refresh Comments.” They come up when the entire page is reloaded using F5 or your browser’s “reload” function. Every so often, it’s worth reloading the page to see what might have been missed.
Welcome to the ‘Lake! The water’s warm, so jump right in.
juslin @ 214
Enjoy the ride, my friend … life’s a tidal wave of happiness … (hic) … *g*
Petrocelli @ 215
Too bad The Police aren’t cooperating with each other.
Standing O for Peterr
EvilDrPuma @ 10
Moon. Bat. People find us romantic, we eat lots of insects, and, we fertilize the flora. What’s not to like?
Suzanne @ 207
Perhaps your beat was never in the right (so to speak) neighborhood.
larue @ 117
In support of your A*P*C battles with Casper earlier this afternoon:
Israeli General Oded Tira said, “We must turn to Hillary Clinton … for support to attack Iran.”
Hope this help.
Good nite, firepups. I’ll have a big pot of coffee on for Libby’s sentence tomorrow. Be there!
Good evening my friends.
CTuttle @ 200
***
And best of all, the whip is optional.
bonkers @ 219
They shoulda known better than to rehearse in Vancouver … way too much BC Bud to be coordinated … *g*
Petrocelli @ 212
Not looking great for a Canadian Stanley Cup, mi amigo!!! Sorry, I’ve been busy a’peelin ,a’shuckin, and a’fryin!!! Homemade Mashed Potatoes, Fried Chicken, and Corn on the Cob!!! Enthusiastic raves from the Clan!!! *g*
Petrocelli @ 208
I was thinking hot cherry brandy!
g’nite TOW.
TheOtherWA @ 223
sleep well. see you in the morning.
Bonkers #212
Yep. GSD told us in real time. My suggestion on how to deal with Fox’s BS is here.
Justice for FOX News
End of shameless self-promotion.
juslin @ 204
And we (hopefully) get to see the support letters.
Suzanne @ 220
After reading “Size Matters” and “Words Matter”, I felt like he was giving dating advice, so I quit reading … *g*
Suzanne @ 218
I don’t know who is on Mod Duty tomorrow AM, but if some Lurking Mod wants to put my comment @215 into the thread early on, feel free to do so on my behalf. The time I get to FDL in the morning always depends on when a five year old gets up . . . not exactly something I have much control over.
‘Mornin’, TexB-you having an identity crises?
petrocelli@218
i’ll take joy where i can in these dark days …. perhaps the madness is slowly coming to a close……..
Evening all.
I. Am. So. Ready. For. This.
But imagine Jane & Christy & Marcy – they must be climbing the freaking walls!
TexB (AKA TexBetsy) @ 224
G’nite, Ma’am, Sleep Well!!! :)
RonD @ 235
Nope. changed my name last night and used the AKA when commenting this afternoon.
Peter, I gave the site administrator a heads up about your comment. He will let the morning mod know – thanks again :)
CTuttle @ 238
Just arrived. That was a HELLO-style good evening. :)
In case you can’t sleep and are surfing the Lake, Irving, here’s how it’s done
Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc5sDt4ppnE
Loo Hoo. @ 228
Have you ever had Apricot Brandy? I like it almost as much as Grand Marnier …
… if one of my yoga students knows who I am, they’re going to keel over … *g*
So Ace of Hades above doesn’t like Georgie anymore. And Ace’s bretheren don’t like Shrub either now? You know this will be the storyline over the next few years. It was just a bad apple…the real Repukelickins can fix all this.
We cannot let this story take hold! Our Constitutional Crisis was created by Republicants across the board and their “Democratic” enablers. The American Constitution and modern “Conservatism” cannot exist together. They need to be kicked to the curb, for good.
TexB would prefer we not call her TB – I’ve changed my shorthand for her to Tex.
David Finley @ 205
Oh jeez, these people. Always talking about taking personal responsibility, unless it’s for the person they voted for!
CTuttle @ 227
Sens look in disarray, uncoordinated … on the plus side, most people in Toronto are rooting for Anaheim.
bonkers @ 213
I agree, Bonk. This is not accidental.
Suzanne @ 199
“TSF, thanks for the * warm milk?
any other solutions out there for those of us who are keyed up about tomorrow?”
Instead of counting sheep, try counting repig crooks who have been brought to at least some level of justice.
Liddy…Hunt…Mitchell…Haldeman…Ehrlichman…Agnew…NIXON…(jump to current century) Cunningham…Ney…Safavian…DeLay?…LIBBY?
Who am I missing?
Peterr @ 234
What time is it kicking off? 0730? I have to shave 6 hrs off that!!! :(
radiofreewill @ 242
No hard labor, I suppose. Too bad, it would be a new experience for any of these baboons.
TexB (AKA TexBetsy) @ 224
Hey Betsy, how’re you doin’?
Turning in. See everyone at the Libby Party tomorrow.
TRex, enjoy your vacation.
TexB @ 241
I’m sorry Ma’am! Cassie must have had to cede it to you!!! ;)
Suzanne @ 245
Such a sweet and kind mod! Here is a cherry cheesecake for ya!
CT, 0930 DC time is Scooter kickoff.
ok, well, I’m back (I hope) — strange night, got kicked off the toobz and have been fighting my way back here!
newtonusr @ 237
I just hope Christy can keep Jane and Marcy away from each other … they were sniping about each other’s competitiveness a few days ago … all in good fun though … *g*
thanks, tex.
So how’s the ninja gig, TexB?
I am doing well Petrocelli. Had a good phys therapy this morning and added memory to the computer this afternoon.
I’ve had bad luck today: part of my ceiling fell in. We have a new roof but I think we need chimney work. Rain’s getting in there.
I hope I can get a neighbor to help me fix it for cheap.
RonD @ 232
And they’re all fussy cuzzin the dems don’t want to debate with Fox moderating?
Suzanne @ 256
Thank you kindly, Ma’am!!! Sigh, I’ll have some serious catching up to do when I wake up!!! *g*
RonD @ 260
Didn’t do anything today. Taking a bit of a break until after the big family events this weekend.
This was after the server hiccup, LL? We seem to be fine (knocking wood again) here – do you think it was on your end?
Petrocelli @ 226
Oh, I have no idea what you’re talking about. No idea whatsoever. Zero. Nada. Zilch.
;)
Good luck with the roof Margot. Do you have a temporary fix in case it rains tonight?
Margot @ 261
Oh double crap. That so sucks, Margot.
Suzanne, yep I think it was on this end. I went to make a comment and got an error message, then noticed that my DSL was down. Took a few tries re-setting the modem, now it seems to be ok.
LoudounLib @ 258
I know rthe feeling. Power went out all over town (including here) for about 5 minutes a little while ago. No idea why, as it is not storming and nothing went boom.
Petrocelli @ 257
Imagine Scooter, Shooter, and Rove — their walls will have scratch marks by morning.
DrDick, that’s very odd!
DrDick @ 271
We lost power last night for a bit, in the middle of a thunderstorm.
TexB @ 262
Excellent, keep at it, one step at a time … hah … me giving advice to you … kinda like giving water to the Ocean …
good point, Peterr.
What we are feeling is nothing like what those in the beltway facing the music in the am are feeling. Lots of amb*en use tonight in DC and surrounds.
bonkers @ 268
Zero.Nada.Zilch … wasn’t that a Punk Rock group outta Calgary ? *g*
Working patrol, I discovered there are lots of non-weather related reasons for power losses.
Transformers blow, tree branches falling, cars hitting power poles, etc.
LoudounLib @ 270
I’ve encountered a few hiccups with my DSL, too!!! Particularly, in Mozilla FireFox, tho, I’ve also encountered it within MSN!!!
Suzanne @ 278
A bit south of here they had a guy in a hot air balloon try to land on the school soccer field, and instead took out 3 power lines. Whole neighborhood dark for 24 hrs.
speaking of 24 hours, Tex…
Suzanne @ 279
Yeah, but this was apparently citywide (city of about 60,000) as I couldn’t see any lights anywhere. Those kinds of incidents are generally much more localized. Of course, given our power company, somebody probably just accidentally pulled the plug.
Suzanne and TexB,
Well, the roof is fine, it’s the chimney that I’ve got to plaster or something.
You don’t just call someone and say “fix this!” if you’re living on Social Security. This is the 2nd part of our ceiling to fall in.
The last time…LOL, it was right before I got an email from Hillary asking for donations in 2004. Hell no, woman, my ceiling just fell in!
We have floor jacks and plywood over one part. For this new hole, I bought a tarp that should cover it for a while.
RonD @ 232
Right on, man. Revoking Pox’s WH credentials is absolutely justified. They can’t just let anyone be in there that claims to be a journalist. You have to earn that credential.
Suzanne @ 241
How do you guys do that? Through e-mail?
“What if it’s all true?” ???
“What if” … ????
“WHAT IF” … ???!!!
bonkers @ 285
Does the name Jeff Gannon ring any bells?
Suzanne @ 277
. . . manipulation of energy production and transmission by criminally malicious energy companies while federal regulators look the other way . . .
DrDick @ 283
Al la the movie Airplane.
-GSD
How do you guys do that? Through e-mail?
tis a secret, loohoo. :) you know that old saying about if i tell ya…
Peterr @ 289
Come to think of it, the Public Service Commission just blocked a buy out of the local power company by an Australian outfit. Maybe they deliberately pulled the plug. ;-)
Hustler offers $1 million for sex smut on Congress
Published June 4, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hustler magazine is looking for some scandalous sex in Washington again — and willing to pay for it.
“Have you had a sexual encounter with a current member of the United States Congress or a high-ranking government official?” read a full-page advertisement taken out by Larry Flynt’s pornographic magazine in Sunday’s Washington Post.
It offered $1 million for documented evidence of illicit intimate relations with a congressman, senator or other prominent officeholder. A toll-free number and e-mail address were provided.
more
Thanks Bonk-I’d like to see ‘em take FOX’s credentials and give ‘em to Amy Goodman at Democracy Now.
Must run, I’ve been cooking like a madwoman all evening in preparation for a retirement party tomorrow. Hope the sentencing is fairly quick in the morning, as I’ve got to transport a lot of food to the party site.
Good night all, and sweet dreams of JUSTICE!
g’nite ll. transport those goodies safely
DrDick @ 288
Just this guy’s bell.
Night LL. Sleep well with visions of Libby sitting in a cell.
neurophius @ 250
Don’t forget all the resignations lately…charges to come.
Goodnight, LoudounLib!
Night LL. Sleep well.
lol DrDick ;-) good night! And Suzanne, no worries, I will drive sloooowly…
good night RonD and Betsy!
Come to think of it, the Public Service Commission just blocked a buy out of the local power company by an Australian outfit. Maybe they deliberately pulled the plug. ;-)
___________________________________________
Which Aussie power company? Was it Alinta?
darkblack @ 138
What’s that chimp doing in the burning windmill?
-GSD
I wonder which players will get control of the GOP after Bush the Prolifers, the Paranoid Blackwater Military Industrial Christians, the Big Corporations, the Fundies? What lies will they tell themselves to excuse their failures under Bush? Will they blame Bush? will they blame us? I know they won’t blame the Iraq’s just like they don’t blame the Koreans or Vietamese. America in their minds is always defeated by an internal enemy somebody who does not conform. (During the Korean war the blamed Truman for stoping General McArthur during Vietnam they blamed the Hippies. Truman had a reputation for honesty Hippies wanted peace could commitment to a virtue make one an outsider? Anyway thats a Question for another time.) After all if an outside enemy could beat America then in their minds America would not be the greatest nation on earth. And that is something they cannot think about, why give up your indivudiality to the Borg Right Wing Hive Mind just to be part of a SECOND RATE COLLECTIVE the sacrifice would not be worth it. Wingers have to be number one that “fact ” is a compensation for their lost indivudualism.
Margot @ 263
Boo.
persiflage @ 304
I can’t remember the name right off the top of my head, though that is not it. I think it may start with a “B”.
from Huff Po:
Democrats Bungle War Talking Points
Goffstown, N.H — Ever since Senate Majority leader Harry Reid provoked a firestorm last April by declaring “the war is lost” — without attributing defeat to President Bush — Democrats have scrambled to pin the Iraq fiasco on the Republican Party.
Leading Democratic presidential candidates have had trouble, however, keeping the strategically critical issue of blame in focus. In the debate Sunday night at St. Anselm College here, neither Barack Obama nor John Edwards directly targeted Bush on his culpability for the war.
The two candidates running furthest to the left, Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich and former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel, actually accused their Democratic competitors for the nomination of being fully complicit in the military debacle.
“It was facilitated by the Democrats. They brought the resolution up,” Gravel declared. “Sure, it’s George Bush’s war, but it’s the Democrats’ war also.”
Kucinich, too, blamed his Democratic colleagues, singling out Hillary Clinton. When it was his turn to answer a question about the war, Kucinich said:
“This is where Senator Clinton says ‘well this is George Bush’s war.’ Oh No. There’s a teachable moment here, and a teachable moment is that this war belongs to the Democratic Party because the Democrats were put in charge by the people in the last election with the thought that they were going to end the war. Well, they haven’t.”
Gravel and Kucinich are both running as much against the Democratic Party as against the GOP.
Senator Chris Dodd avoided placing blame by saying only “this policy in Iraq has failed.”
(more)
Suzanne @ 277
And the LETTERS! Suppose they will be released right after sentencing?
Persiflage -
It is Babcock & Brown Infrastructure of Sydney.
Loo Hoo. @ 305
Do you have a chimney cap? If not, that would be the first — and cheapest — thing I’d try, unless you can see obvious mortar damage.
Loo Hoo. @ 310
Those could be very interesting, especially given the efforts to block their release.
I am SO hoping the letters are released immediately after sentencing.
happy happy joy joy for us and I bet there are some letter writers tossing and turning tonight about tomorrow’s release
Suzanne @ 314
Remind me which letters exactly we’re waiting for.
TCU #304,
They’re going to blame us-it gives them a unifying object of hatred, someone on whom to blame “the stab in the back”, since they obviously could never have been defeated, absent treachery.
Time to go to bed-must rest for the appointment that’s going to make me miss the hearing in the AM. Good nite all-see you tomorrow.
Suzanne @ 291
Arms in the air. Don’t do it! Please..
g’nite and good luck, rond, with your appt
Night RonD.
Loo Hoo. @ 308
Yes. The question is will they be piles of paper delivered to the media room or electronically posted on a DOJ/Federal court website?
And can you imagine some of those letter writers tonight. “Sure, I wanted to help Scooter, so I wrote a letter for him — but he told me they would be kept secret!”
Hey Fred Thompson, any remarks in your letter that perhaps you’d like to . . . ahem . . . revise and extend?
the letters written to the court regarding the libby sentencing. i wanna know what public officials wrote letters asking for leniency.
big time.
Applause, T-Rex!
And applause for the Righties who *finally* wake up from the coma.
special treat for the chocoholics in the room. If that doesn’t include you, ask Suzanne if she’s got any cheesecake left.
GSD @ 304
Damn dirty ape!
TexB @ 293
Ever since Dick’s name came up, the story died. Where’s Brian Ross?
things come undone @ 306
Don’t know if you caught the “Faith and your vote” piece on CNN
w/Soliedad Obrien and Edwards, Obama and Clinton
At the end of Hill’s segment, she was asked by an audience panelist (a Pastor) about this whole issue of “individualists” and how would she drive home the issue about
“needing to make sacrifices.” She didn’t answer it they way he wanted to hear her answer it. He looked disgruntled on the cutaway.
TFB. Repealing the 2nd law of Thermodynamics ?
Good one. Try though they might, we are not a closed system.
TexB @ 315
The sentencing letters from all (about 150 IIRC) Libby’s supporters saying what a stand up guy he is and how there is no real underlying crime and the judge doesn’t really need to go through all that sentencing stuff anyway.
innocent look – what cherry cheesecake (wiping chin) are you talking about Tex?
Scooter? Kind of a ‘cute’ name for the prison life, donchathink?
A Boy Named Sue (live at San Quentin) – Johnny Cash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89c3hWx3RQ
Absolutely my favorite quote from the comments in Ace’s blog entry is this one:
Non-introspective self-negation is a rare talent, one which seems to tend toward the right.
from the NYT:
Cheated of Future, Iraqi Graduates Want to Flee
By DAMIEN CAVE
Four years after starting college, Iraq’s college graduates are ending their studies shattered and eager to leave.
BAGHDAD, June 4 — They started college just before or after the American invasion with dreams of new friends and parties, brilliant teachers and advanced degrees that would lead to stellar jobs, marriage and children. Success seemed well within their grasp.
Four years later, Iraq’s college graduates are ending their studies shattered and eager to leave the country. In interviews with more than 30 students from seven universities, all but four said they hoped to flee immediately after receiving their degrees. Many said they did not expect Iraq to stabilize for at least a decade.
Califlander @ 330
My 13 yr old explained irony to me today and gave some good examples. I’ll show him this one tomorrow. :)
I’ve been lurking here all night and haven’t thought of a relevant thing to say. I hope to be celebrating with you all tomorrow.
Late Late night will be along shortly folks – for those of ya looking at the comment count :)
wonder if scooty has his perp walk down……if he;s sentenced later this am i bet he cries like a shitty baby
Califlander @ 330
It is what the wingnuts do best.
Suzanne @ 335
You have a good topic, Suzanne? I’ve got a suggestion.
Speaking of Late Late Nite…
Suzanne @ 339
Guess you do!
Loo Hoo. @ 325
I believe, more than Cheney, attorneys made the case to a judge that their clients are contemplating suicide if their names are made public and the DC Madam’s list was kept secret as a result.
Any attorneys care to expand on this?
DrDick @ 311
I don’t know much about B&B so I don’t have any sense of whether turning them down is a good thing or not. I think a good rule of thumb is never to give control of your energy supplies to people who won’t be sitting in the dark if those power supplies fail. But I’m just a proud old socialist so what would I know?
TJ @ 333
Sometimes it’s just fun to read along and not comment.
EvilDrPuma @ 141
Literature?
Ethics?
Time management?
Lack of Anger management?
There’s just so much he needs to learn.
TJ @ 333
Got any jokes?
juslin @ 335
And his wifey will cuss up a storm!
GSD @ 75
That’s so surprising, coming from Bradbury, he of the play “Pedestrian”.
persiflage @ 341
Makes two of us. I also am opposed to extending the historical trend of “foreign” (as opposed to local) control of critical assets which has been the case here in Montana.
Loo Hoo. @ 345
Will she write a tell- all book?
btw…
High fructose corn syrup is the main ingredient used to make Solyent Green.
Sort of the way Splenda is made from sugar.
anti zed
Just reading backward through the comments now
Petrocelli @ 340
Wow, that must really be an amazing list. How much do you figure Larry Flynt would pay to get it, so he could publish it?
Well, if any of those who may work in government are vulnerable to being blackmailed, then it’s certainly in the public interest if the list is either made public or they’re forced to leave government.
I certainly don’t see any reason individuals not in government should be revealed.
Dr Dick
Makes two of us. I also am opposed to extending the historical trend of “foreign” (as opposed to local) control of critical assets which has been the case here in Montana.
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What an old-fashioned pair we are – expecting our infrastructure to be provided by people living in the same place that we do. How quaint! I think I’ll just sit over here with the other ‘relics’. You can join me if you want, I’ll just move this set of Geneva Conventions out of your way.
TRex @ 35
Yeah, I’ve been there. Enjoy your time off. (When I take a real vacation one of these years my plan is to not even look at a computer for the duration). A week isn’t long, but you’ll be missed, I always check the late night posts to read you. Also, you have damn near impeccable taste in music. (Impeccable meaning, of course, that I like the same stuff, as a rule.)
Au Revoir.
petedownunder @ 77
Quasi-urban legend. The real Alferd Packer Grill is in the student union at CU in Boulder.
GSD @ 7
Instant classic!
“I know I shouldn’t enjoy your pain, Wingnut bloggers. It’s spiteful and cruel of me; petty, bilious, and adolescent.”
Hey T,
You know I love you, but you must stop dissing adolescents. Some of my best friends…. Some young people are reading FDL Yes? Do not insult them by using them as pejorative, here or anywhere.
Joel M
“He’s only there for another year and a half or so.”
No, too long. One day, one minute more is too long.
Impeach. Now.
Hi folks
The funny part of Ace’s post….
“Hey, President Bush? Fuck off. You are going down in history in a neck-and-neck battle with Jimmy Carter as worst president of the twentieth century.”
Can someone let him know that this is the twenty-FIRST century?
I guess in his rage he got confused. It’s understandable.
Best,
Bob
petedownunder @ 77
Don’t know about that Urban Legend, but when Stanford dropped the name “Indians” for its teams and had a contest for new names, one of the most popular was “Robber Barons.” [Leland Stanford was one of the original robber barons, although noted primarily because he could be sent to DeeCee by the others (Crocker, Hopkins & Huntington) to do their bidding.] Needless to say, TPTB vetoed that choice. Weenies.
You’re going to have to learn some English, study up on U.S. History, and find an employer to vouch for your worker-status, but we’ll be willing to create this unique Path to Citizenship Offer just for you.
Now just hold on a minute. You’re taking this Right Wing Water Carrier Amnesty program too far! Sure we need workers to pick the lettuce, mow the lawn and clean the commodes, but studying US History? Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to vote again. That didn’t work out so well in the past, now did it? Some of them may even try to vote twice!
Think about the consequences, man.
-GFO