Good news from the previous thread!
LoudounLib
says
July 31st, 2007 at 8:06 pm
TRex, this was for you, from the last thread:
bonkers says:
July 31st, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Not sure I’ll be able to stop back later, but just in case he doesn’t know, I wanted to let TRex know that Amy Winehouse is playing just down the street from YKos this coming Sunday at Grant Park. She’s part of Lollapalooza and is playing at 2:00 in the afternoon, Sun Aug 5th. Thought he should know…
Ms. Winehouse has acquired a reputation for abrupt gig cancellations, but I am going to cross my fingers and hope that I will get to see her live on Sunday.
Who wants to come with?
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spiderpaws @ 1
Good one, Spidey!!!
Amy and TRex at YKos – I’d walk on glass 3,000 miles to see that! Twice.
spiderpaws @ 1
You musta had a premonition … *g*
spidey!!!
Barefoot….
Sorry, TRex, not going to Chicagy – but I’d fly anywhere to visit that Christian Lady from the last thread to show her my pentagram with the eyeball in the center….
oh sure, TRex, don’t mention the OMG email I sent you (lower lip quivering)
I think our own Donita Sparks may be making an appearance with CSS during their set at Lollapalooza to perform “Pretend We’re Dead” on Saturday.
your stuffed head guy in alaska may be in some deep kimchee
I’ll sure go see her.
Ed*ard Teller @ 7
Yes! BAREFOOT.
Saw k.d. this week in Concord with Lyle and his Large Band.. awesome.
jacqrat @ 8
SHES DARKSIDED!!! [shrill]DARKSIDED!!!![/shrill]
jacqrat…i will join you with a chart wheel showing her latest transits
That will be your Must Do gig in Chi-Town, eh, T??? Damn, you Petro… *g*
Lets see…. I have a 6:50pm flight out on Sunday evening… just might have enough time to go for a few minutes… See ya there
Early to bed for me tonight. I’m whupped. Pleasant dreams, all.
Have you guys seen ‘The Constant Gardener”?
g’nite burns… (sigh) guess that means no ice cream tonight
TRex @ 19
A truly great movie, IMHO.
It’s based on a John LeCarre novel, and you’ve got to like Le Carre’s style, which I do, to enjoy the movie. (LeCarre’s autobigraphical “A Perfect Spy” is my all-time favorite novel.)
TRex @ 19
Great fookin movie.
burnspbesq @ 18
Nite, Burnsie!
finifinito @ 10
Wow!
jacqrat @ 13
K.D. Lang is an Alberta girl and she was brilliant even before she hit it big … not studio- groomed by any means !
so spiderpaws, what are the stars revealing on this fine night?
Sleep well Burn
TRex @ 19
yes…?
You must watch this scene.
TRex @ 19
Yeah – excellent – why?
Loo Hoo. @ 12
I left you another interesting fact downstairs @ 10:06 p.m. ( comment 330 ) :->
Petrocelli @ 25
I agree. I was the crazy lady far back shouting for her to sing “Bopalena”… to no avail…
Just came across this Gang of Four song–from exactly 25 years ago.
God, I’m old.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OicBHKQxLAg
Petrocelli @ 25
Dang, I’m an Alberta Lad! Edmonton!
Suzanne @ 20
Don’t be ridiculous, dear.
Your hot fudge sundae has arrived.
TRex @ 29
Yeah thats the best scene for me. Thats when she meets Ralph Fiennes’ character for the first time and lays a proper smackdown on his bureaucratic butt. I cheered when I first saw this scene.
burnspbesq @ 35
excuse me?
burnspbesq @ 35
OMG that looks wonderful thank you and sleep well burns
a T-Square with Mars, Saturn and Neptune…a aggressive attempt by Mars to force the dillusional (Neptune) to come up with the Facts (Saturn)
I’m going to go watch the rest of the movie now.
You kids have a good night.
TRex @ 40
Good night. Sleep well.
g’nite trex – pack well
Maybe the Asian markets are having buyers remorse on US debt.
-GSD
Petrocelli @ 31
Thanks, India is certainly a place I want to visit. What are the hottest spots?
spiderpaws @ 39
A reckoning is overdue!!!
finifinito @ 14
I just watched that video… She is tame compared to many I know.
CTuttle @ 34
I saw her play in Banff at a nightclub before she got her big record deal and she had the place rocking !!! I think she was born in Edmonton.
Petrocelli @ 47
Kewl!!!
Your hot fudge sundae has arrived.
I want that sundae!
GSD @ 43
Things that can’t go on forever don’t.
TRex @ 29
I loved that scene. When I saw it I knew that had I had stayed in news reporting, instead of having left it in 1974, I would have never really gotten that moment, one way or another or another.
The last big story I covered, in February 1973, was interviewing in Vancouver, BC, Balt Soviet, Swedish and Finn doctors and nurses returning from Hanoi/Haiphong after “Nixon’s Christmas’ – the cluster bombing of suburban Hanoi in a successful attempt to bring the North Vietnamese back to the negotiating table. I’ve written about it here before. It was the most compelling story I was ever involved in. NPR, Pacifica and everyone else we offered our tightly produced documentary to refused to accept the truth we discovered there.
spiderpaws @ 39
well, that sounds infinitely appropriate right now!
wigwam @ 50
I think it is rather ironic that the market is performing in a manner reminiscent of the crash of ‘29.
-GSD
Loo Hoo. @ 49
(slurrrrrrp) whoops? was that meant for everyone?
Suzanne @ 38
Oh and I suppose that sundae is not loaded with sexual innuendo, hmmm ? *g*
Ed*ard Teller @ 51
WOW!! Kissinger and his “real politik.” But middle America can’t duck the blame.
wigwam @ 50
Hey Wigwam, we were having a great chat about Powell the other night when teh toobz started acting up and I left (it was anyways 4:30 in Toronto) I did come back the next day and read the rest of your comments, although I wanted to learn more about Powell’s capitulation.
Ok firepups, I’m gonna watch a movie then hit the sack. Goodnight and safe travel to all headed to Chi-town tomorrow! Have fun at YKos!
Loo Hoo. @ 44
Send me an e- mail when you’re ready to plan your trip and I’ll give you the lowdown.
Petrocelli @ 25
k.d.land was pure magic back in the days of her public gigs. Reminds me to grab a few disks and listen for the old vibs again.
TRex: Avoirdupois??? Where do dinasaurs get their vocabulary? (yes it makes sense when translating from French, literally ‘having weight’…but still!!)
Will do, Petro. I’m off to bed too. Early flight.
mulligatawny @ 60
Hi pups,
Yeah, TRex has a certain je ne sais quoi, don’t he?
Which moment? The moment of truth? Or are you saying you would have been one of the folks that walked out?
Loo Hoo. @ 62
Y’all be good to the Windy city … eagerly awaiting your loveblogging … *g*
Hey is everyone leavin?…hey!
OK, I just wanted to add that I thought perhaps the Christian Lady having a flaming fuchsia Darkside Alert was perhaps a bit miffed of being passed over again for the Tracy Turnblad role?
Yes, i said that with wide eyed admiration. There were some other words which I had never heard before. Up to that point I thought myself to be in not too bad a shape in the language department.
I’m here.
Noon flight.
TexB @ 68
Hi Betsy, how’re you doing ?
Petrocelli @ 69
Great. All packed, ready for Chicago. Feeling good. Looking forward to a new adventure!
Loo Hoo. @ 44
Yes then you can eat Mulligatawny soup. Hot in which way? I was in Jaipur it was dreamy. I went by myself.
TexB @ 68
Did ya’ll resolve the Air issues with your principal means of transport?
Petrocelli @ 57
I’ve read a bunch of stuff. This pretty well captures the essence of what I’ve learned about the events leading up to his infamous speech: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/…..powell.un/
In particular, Powell seemed to have been sufficiently wise to learn the lessons of Viet Nam, but not sufficiently wise to learn the off-shore lesson of the Gulf of Tonkin.
I know I’m late to the party, but I still can’t get enough of that psychotic fat-f*ck shrieking at her family in the last thread. OMFG!!! And you’re right, T REX, there is nothing less scripted than a bunch of hate filled questions from the republican base. I don’t think, however that they can avoid it. I think the YouTube format is here to stay, and will be expected-even demanded from this point forward.
CTuttle @ 72
I found a way to get air in my tires, if that’s what you’re asking.
TexB @ 75
Roger!!!
mulligatawny @ 67
Me too. we are way ahead of anyone who testifies in front of Congress, not to mention certain alliterative congresscritters, but the bar is pretty high at FDL. Sharpens our game, I would say.
Technicolouryawn @ 74
I’m late too TYawn. Wow, what a shrieker, huh? My kids sometimes watch that show (I don’t know when) and when they tell me about it, I ask them if they feel kinda lucky, and they always laugh and say yes Mom.
do-si-do @ 78
LOL.
Mine already feel lucky. So do I.
*
Hey…and another thing (I’m trying to drown my YKos envy with excessive typing)…
did anyone catch the proposed rules of the gooper debate? It was funny, but I submit that the first candidate to show a propensity to break/rewrite the debate rules will win. You heard it here first!
GSD @ 79
hopefully not until after the little cottage by the creek in the redwoods sells – and closes – please.
Eureka Springs @ 64
Good question. I’m tired.
We got that moment so well illustrated in the movie TRex questioned us about. We interviewed medical personnel returning from volunteer work for a group which eventually became Doctors without Borders. They had been in Hanoi/Haiphong during Operation Linebacker. It was the first use of cluster bombs in a non-operational situation. It was the biggest bombing campaign after WWII, lasting about a month.
The main part of the campaign, still uncovered by wikipedia and most sources, was a campaign to destroy the civilian areas around Bach Mai Hospital. In that area an incredible number of cluster bombs were disbursed in what we would call middle class and upper middle class living areas. The bomb used, no current information available on the web, contained bomblets that had an explosive core of napalm, fiberglass pellets and shards, and explosives, surrounded by a magnesium casing. When it exploded, the bomblets were driven under the skin. Because under 1972 technology, you couldn’t see the fiberglass which was causing serious internal bleeding, the Doctors had to do guesstimate invasive surgery. Most of the 20,000 victims were women and children.
Many patients bled to death during these procedures. The sickened and demoralized doctors approached Uncle Ho, begging him to go back to the negotiating table.
The doctors and nurses we interviewed hated Americans because of their experience. It was my first encounter with Europeans – some of whom were Swedes and Finns – who hated us like the Bush regime has re-taught people to hate us.
mulligatawny @ 70
Did you stay at the Lake Palace?
((TexB))
Please go to Second City and a good blues bar for me! ;)
TexB @ 68
I’m here for a few minutes, at least. I can’t go to Chicago until Thursday, so I’ll miss the Libby panel :-( (But should be there in time for the FD caucus, yay!)
do-si-do @ 85
Oh, I am lying down with an ice pack by the time the blues bars get going. Ask TRex or Teddy.
wigwam @ 73
The article seems to ignore Col. Wilkerson’s lengthy role as Aide-De-Camp for Powell during much of his ascent to the JCS Chairmanship!!!
do-si-do @ 84
Remember Wild Women Don’t Get The Blues (according to Francine Reed).
ET, If you still have a copy of the (rejected) documentary .. you should consider posting it on the web.
Suzanne @ 82
Keeping my fingers and toes crossed.
-GSD
Redshift @ 86
When is the FDL caucus anyway? (The schedule’s been taken down from the YK website, and I don’t want to download a giant pdf of it).
What is FDL caucus?
Eureka Springs @ 90
***
I agree, ET. There’s a nifty site called Public Radio Exchange (prx.org) where producers post shows for stations to audition and air. There’s been some great stuff on PRX.
Suzanne @ 89
oh! I guess TexB isn’t the only one missing parties…I gotta check Francine out! thanks.
today’s photos from Agence France Presse
TexB @ 87
Congratulations!
wish we were there.
proud of you TexB!
~ take care
Eureka Springs @ 90
I’ve never had a copy. These guys have them, if the originals exist.
Ed*ard Teller @ 83
That Christmas (1972), I had my one and only political blowup with my father, a perrenial AFL-CIO liberal, who became part of the anti-hippie, silent-majority backlash and voted for Nixon that year. It was the only time in his life that ever voted Republican.
The argument went late into the night, but eventually he looked at me and said, “I’m going to have to spend time in hell for having voted for that son of a bitch, because I really should have known better.”
pun, wanna try that link again?
TeddySanFran @ 92
It’s at 4:30 on Thursday. (I wish they’d left the non-PDF schedule up, too.)
Suzanne – refresh, should work now
punaise @ 96
thanks, pun.
punaise @ 102
Tres Bon!
wigwam @ 99
When I got out of the Army in the late spring of 1967, told my dad my thoughts, he couldn’t even talk to me for almost two years. Eventually, he came around. Monday morning, I walked in on my mom. She was listening to Thom Hartman, whose program she listens to religiously. She just turned 89. She turned to me and said “Those Motherfuckers!” I wish Ms. ET had been there to hear it. She was still getting her sleep in.
Suzanne @ 100
textbook example of URL disappearing between preview and post
all those lost URLs are in the back of the drawer with all those lost single socks
My 21-yr old sons (whom I fondly refer to as my own pagan babies)have seen that video, and whenever I start to question some decision they’re making, they say “Mom’s gonna start shrieking about gargoyles and slakix!” Now at least I can tell them it’s gargoyles and psychics.
Ed*ard Teller @ 97
Ok.. I just sent a description and asked if they have it. Will let you know if they respond.
TexB @ 93
It’s a get-together for firepups at the convention, where we get to meet each other and be surprised at the faces behind the names (though maybe less so post-Facebook.)
There are caucuses for various groups (specific blogs, subject areas, geographic regions, etc.) throughout the day on Thursday. Last year FDL was widely acknowledged to have the best feeling of community and the best caucus!
i don’t think the tech guys have figured that one out yet, pun, (sigh) just as they haven’t figured out the grey box that shows up on mac’s when comments get into the high 200’s.
Ed*ard Teller @ 105
Wow, thank you for these posts. I just talked to a 25%er today, yes, family member, who still thinks Cheney is a swell guy. Perhaps we can create a support group? Adult Children of Republican Nuts?
ACORN.
CTuttle @ 88
I don’t know much about that part of Powell’s career. But it’s clear that when he entered GWB’s administration he was completely overmatched by the neocons and was kept around for credibility and window dressing. Again, I consider him a tragic figure. He knew better than to go along with Bush when his coalition with the neocons became obvious, but Powell the good soldier just couldn’t bring himself to look his commander-in-chief in the eye and tell him: “No Way in Hell.”
Suzanne @ 111
so it’s not just me.
Ed*ard Teller @ 105
God Bless your mom.
punaise @ 114
pun, i’m remembering a previous comment about it but exactly the who. i do remember that i told the techies about it at the same time i found out that gray box was still showing up. i do know it was before the last upgrade last week.
Redshift @ 110
Excellent! I’ll see you there.
Off to sleep. Night all.
ACORN might have a problem with that..)
wigwam @ 113
Tragically, So!!! :-(
make that NOT exactly the who
Nite, TexB!!! Sleep well!!!
Eureka Springs @ 118
Oops. back to the drawing board…
nighty night TexB!
Ed*ard Teller @ 105
She’s priceless !
AKORN, adult kin of republican nuts
Suzanne @ 116
so it is just me (mentioned it once earlier)
Wigwam and CTuttle
ITA with your assessment of Powell. Really awful treatment by soulless politicians.
do-si-do @ 112
Remember that John Dean says that wingnuthood is a genetic condition for about 24% of the population. Apparently there’s no hope for them, short of a post-dawn silver stake.
Adult Knuckleheads
Suzanne @ 125
Great save, Suzanne! I like the K.
wigwam @ 128
That or the Rapture for the Fundies!!!
UK Gordon Blair, a cut and run coward?
-GSD
Diane Benson!
Please help us put her in the US Congress to replace Don Young.
do-si-do @ 121
How about SCORN – Suffering Children of Republican Nutbars.
pun, i’m not sure – it could have been someone else
While we’re in acronym mode, can I offer one more (if no one thought of it earlier?)
FBI
Final Building Inspection…
too obvious?
wigwam @ 128
Assuming that it is genetic, I would expect every society to have them in equal number. I wonder how other societies manage to keep these nutjobs in check? How is it that we have allowed them to dominate us? Since they cannot be reasoned with, I think the remedy may be to set aside reason and kick their miserable asses back to the curb-literally if necessary.
do-si-do @ 130
Oh dear, I certainly hope that you are only liberally utilizing the ‘Adult’ part, Ma’am?
do-si-do @ 136
Cute, but I think they’re gonna be back again…
persiflage @ 134
Oooh, that’s good too. I’m feeling more recovered already. did you see The Daily Show last night?
The Scorn Identity? LOL.
G’ nite y’all … another great night at the Lake !
Hopefully the pests will go shopping tomorrow and allow me to be here for the Tillman hearing.
FBI – federal building inspection
do-si-do @ 139
Sadly, I only get to see the bits of the Daily Show on Crooks and Liars but I do love the bits I see.
persi, i’ve heard (being on dialup) that you can go over to comedy central dot com and there are links to the tds shows there.
Petrocelli @ 141
Aloha Oe, Petro!!!
Technicolouryawn @ 137
My husband espouses his “Irish Solution”. Apparently back in the really old tribal days, if someone in the group was harmful in how wingbatty they were ie being drunk all day and/or talking to yourself was OK but messing with the kids was not, etc., if you were such a threat you were banished from the village and sent to the woods for your own episode of Survivor.
Suzanne @ 143
Thanks Suzanne, I’ll check that out. They used to show the Weekly Global edition of the show on TV but it hasn’t been on for ages. Which is probably a good thing. Mr Persi doesn’t share my obsessive interest in US politics.
OMFG:
Well now, we know that they haven’t and aren’t going to take advantage of that breathing space. In fact, they’ve gone on vacation. So, since “no amount of troops in no amount of time will make much of a difference,” let’s stop throwing good money (and blood) after bad. We are holding a losing hand and no amount of betting on it will make it a winning hand. We have lost this one and there’s no fucking thing we can do about it. So let’s get used to it.
President George W. Bush has led this nation to yet another defeat, and no amount of blood, money, or wingnut rhetoric can change that simple fact of reality. sigh.
persiflage @ 143
I notice that C&L hasn’t been posting TDS as much, is that because of summer vacation? Anything, Assif was explaining how, unlike oil, contempt is a finite resource and he would not want to waste his contempt on Jon. It was a funny bit. I don’t do it justice.
Also, TDS coverage of Brown/Bush on the same night as his interview with former Blair secretary was pretty great. maybe youtube will have it.
persiflage @ 147
Tsk, Tsk, It has to be the best Soap ever produced!!!
wigwam @ 147
The wingnuts vilification of Adm Mullen for encouraging the terrorists with defeatist talk will start in 10, 9, 8, ……..
Wigwam @ 148
Yes, I caught that and I couldn’t quite believe my ears. I also couldn’t stand listening to Lieberman and graham shove words into his mouth. It was ridiculous.
I think Milbank? made a point that Bush is running out of Yes-Generals in DC (like we are running out of troops.)
Anyone else notice a recent increase in Army recruiting ads. I have.
Technicolouryawn @ 137
Some societies put them in prisons, others in monasteries, yet others in the militaries. Here they become managers and especially school administrators.
Technicolouryawn @ 137
We know what happens when other societies do not keep them in check. It’s the Thrid Reich.
Petrocelli @ 141
Night Night Petrocelli – just got here and so appreciate your reminder of the Tillman hearings.
do-si-do @ 148
I’m glad somebody else noticed this, I thought it was just because the shows were taking a break. I’ll take Suzanne’s suggestion and see what’s available on the website. A girl just can’t get enough top-shelf snark.
Wigwam (again)
yes, i mean, how does one “win” a totally FUBAR situation? If we, the US, want to stop f-ing up, youdon’t keep on f-ing up, you simply stop.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Expect a lot of talk about “new” strategy and “adjustments”. Ugh.
Gotta go now pups. Keep the faith! End the occupation…
do-si-do @ 149
This site carry’s TDS and Colbert frequently:
http://www.politicstv.com/
BigMitch @ 154
Mitch,
Would you be willing to call KUDO on Wednesday and quote Diane Benson thusly:
“I have no interest in leaving the Democratic Party. I think it is a horrible rumor to spread. It is my wish to attract others to the Party. It is going to take some very hard work to build the Party here in Alaska.”
and ask them if they know anything about the financing of Jake Metcalfe’s trip to DC, and if they’re willing to ask their benefactor, the IBEW, if they helped on the trip?
do-si-do @ 151
Someone posted a link earlier today where 1100 active duty soldiers (once experienced recruiters) are being called back stateside for a redoubling of recruiting efforts.
hey mitch, how ya doing
do-si-do @ 157
This is one place where I’ll insist that Nancy Reagan had the right idea, just say “No!”
My own version goes as follows: “To end a rape, just withdraw.”
CTuttle @ 149
Oh Suzanne, I wish you had broadband. There’s a video I just saw on a local news site about the World Splash Diving World Cup!
persiflage @ 163
I’m inclined to agree… Didja check out my linky at 158?
persi – i saw it on my local news. you see the guy who cannonballed from the 30m tower? yikes
CTuttle @ 165
Excellent site CTuttle! Thanks for alerting me, these Intertoobs are a world of wonder!
sorry, not tower, crane drop
Suzanne @ 166
What was it again that the British guy said about the Germans?
Suzanne @ 166
Owww!!!
persiflage @ 167
In the left column they have numerous TDS and Colbert vids archived!!!
wigwam, that was so funny – perhaps i saw it on KO now that i think about it.
Suzanne @ 166
Yep, I don’t have that sort of courage. If they have a World Sitting On The Side Of The Pool, Drink In Hand, Dangling Feet In The Water World Cup, I’m sooo there!
wigwam @ 169
I must have missed that, what did he say?
persi, it was something along the lines of the only way that guy coulda done that crane drop is because he is german and those german asses don’t feel a thing – all said in a heavy germanic type accent
persiflage @ 174
Something to the effect that these Germans are pretty tough blokes. They don’t seem to mind how hard the water hits their arse.
Suzanne @ 175
LOL!!! Bon Nuit, Ma Cheri! I’m bidding an early fond adieu, Tonite!!! Aloha Oe!!!
wigwam @ 176
From 30m, that water must be like hitting concrete. Ouch!
Redshift @ 101
Thanks~!
TexB, it’s the FDL meet and greet at YK when we get to put names to faces & voices.
See you tomorrow, ‘pups, I’m to bed now.
(waving g’nite to all the sleepy pups leaving)
CTuttle @ 177
Knocking off early for a Hawaiian. It’s only what, 9:00?
Well, it’s been a long day of dark-sided fuckery for me. Goodnight, Firepups. Probably dream of gargoyles and such. I’ll keep you all on my prayer list until the rapture comes. I’m just glad we ahave a president who’s in tune with all this shit, aren’t you?
I’m sorry, but I’ve gotta call Mitch on this. He spreads a rumor put out by Alaska’s only so-called blue radio station that insinuates that Diane Benson might bolt the Dems if she loses the 2008 Dem primary. Later, he claims he might support her if she meets his unspecified qualifications.
I call the candidate, show her his statement. She says the following in response: “I have no interest in leaving the Democratic Party. I think it is a horrible rumor to spread. It is my wish to attract others to the Party. It is going to take some very hard work to build the Party here in Alaska.”
I bring it up at two threads at which Mitch has been very vocal. He apparantly has then disappeared two times now. Before I make my next statement on this Alaska situation, I’ll give Big Mitch another chance to respond…
Ed*ard Teller @ 183
Wonderin’ the same thing myself, ET. Diane Benson is well-liked and supported around these parts. I’m glad you brought us Diane’s statement about this rumor. I hope Mitch takes a moment to respond as well as follow your excellent suggestion: that the propagating radio station be made aware of their error.
Keep at it.
Oxycontin prosecutor details pressure from Main Justice on his huge case, from Elston and perhaps McNulty.
ET, If Mitch wont do it… send me the phone number via face book… I will.
(raising hand with confused look on face) i musta missed a lot being offline.
TeddySanFran @ 184
TSF,
You’re a savvy organizer. I appreciate your comment.
Mitch might not have realized when he said what he did mid-afternoon Tuesday, that the main benefactor of the radio station whose message he was promulgating, the IBEW, has been reported to have financed Benson’s brand-new primary opponent’s trip which led up to his – Jake Metcalfe’s – announcement. That’s the most important issue to me in the clarification I’m asking him to help me with.
Additionally, Metcalfe kept his position as chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party until the very last minute he could, before his announcement. I’m troubled that, given Metcalfe’s past history, he’s trying to create promises to oil companies of a “Corrupt Bastard’s Club – Part II” to help finance his campaign.
Eureka Springs @ 186
I’ll get hold of you in the morning, my dear.
TeddySanFran @ 185
That’s very serious stuff. I want to see those bastards brought to justice, all of them, including the one in the Oval Office.
IMHO, impeachment is insufficient!
okay, now I’m really going to bed.
impeachment is insufficient.
conviction in the senate
will be a good start.
Ed*ard Teller @ 189
You can call me dear as long as you remember I am a Buck.
I just had to remind everyone.. Like it or not, Speaker Pelosi, thanks to Kucinich and Inslee we now have impeachment of Cheney and Gonzo on the table..
that’s about it for me tonight, folks. g’nite and catch ya’ll tomorrow nite – same bat time, same bat channel
g’nite all
sweet dreams
My DAWG that’s a hot clip!!!
Man, I swear she’s mixed about a billion genre’s, comes off clean, and with a live full band!!
That was some AWESOME stuff . . by far the best I’ve heard of her, and I’ve NOT heard a lot of her.
So thanks for that.
Googled around, read the clip about Gossip Girls.
Sad, but, Amy may be dead by 30 or earlier if she don’t get clean . . this is SUCH talent!!!
Urban, hip, hopped, old jazz, pop jazz . . I’m trying to think who I’ve ever known that PHRASED like she does, it’s such a combo of things on this clip . . . short catchy breathings, just enough range to show it’s there, works the lyrics . . . the talent is of the level of early Lady Day . . . some of Ella’s skat patois/rhythm in the phrasing without the skat, I don’t know . .
Gal is good. I sure ‘preciate seeing that, cuz like Joss Stone, I’d lost it for both of them in the hiphop stuff they were doing.
This was eye opening . . . she’s an old soul and you can see it in her face, and not long for this time round, sadly, methinks. SO talented and in COMMAND up there, and so young . . . only what, 23/24? Running a band out front like it was nothing . . . what command . . . Lydia Pense had that command . . . that thing that said, you are MY band, and I know what I want and you know what I told you to do . . . so let’s GET it.
Rare talent that aspect . . . (Eartha Kitt, Etta James) . . . hard to think of others . . MUST be others . . . Clooney? Peggy Lee? I don’t quite see them in the COMMAND thing . . .
I’m done, I whupped this post.
Good stuff, Mz. Amy . . . thanks TRex . .
yellowdog jim @ 192
I couldn’t agree more. Link here.
yellowdog jim @ 192
Even conviction and removal from office is insufficient.
These bastards have to be brought to justice. I don’t care where: here, the Hague, or some country that respects the doctrine of universal jurisdiction.
Friends, I need to crash. G’night.
Nobody up yet?
I’m up. Good morning, raven.
We have ravens here in Maine. Love ‘em. Their conversation always grabs my attention.
ixnay @ 202
I was up there a couple of weeks ago and saw the Osprey’s at Boothbay Harbor.
ps Raven was my wonderful little black cocker who died in April.
raven @ 203
Ah, so sorry. Someone (my mom?) used to say that the tragedy of our pets is that we outlive them.
Morning!
Who on the AM crew is going to YKos in Chicago?
I’ll be there but won’t be able to join TRex for the concert-gotta go back home on Sunday.
Good morning, pups. Stanley Fish is alone behind the firewall today, saying that parents of college-age kids should encourage them to attend state schools, if good ones are available.
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
The coffee and tea are ready, and so are the apple and pecan muffins. Have a great day.
ixnay @ 204
Good morning, and au revoir!
rabbit rabbit
egregious @ 208
travel safely!
Kevster @ 205
Not me. Couldn’t arrange to get there. Hoping for NYC next year. (sigh).
solai, do you think that the ustream offer is one which does not require embedding their technology?
A diary at DKos points out that Cheney himself said (in King interview) that the bedside chat was to get approval for the TSP. This directly condradicts Abu’s sworn testimony.
Boston1775 @ 214
Excuse me for being dense but I don’t even understand the question.
*smiling* I barely understand it and I asked it! I’m trying to watch YKOS without downloading all kinds of stuff onto my computer which might lead to problems.
It looks to me like there are two ways to watch ustream. One way is to embed – think download – and the other appears to be that you go to their site and watch it there.
I’m doing the best I can with the technical stuff and just want to avoid computer problems.
I’ve been looking around too. Josh has something about YKos video, too. And I’m really hoping cspan gets involved. So, I’m holding off to will see what comes up when the convention starts. I figure everyone will have all sorts of useful suggestions.
I can guarantee you, though, that if it requires downloading something, I won’t do it. I don’t have enough confidence in my computer knowledge to be sure it’s okay. Son says don’t download without asking him and I don’t.
You know, each and every day, Imus called the thugs at the White House war criminals.
War criminals. I miss that.
solai @ 219
That’s why I avoided the virtual reality convention. Just don’t know enough to enter virtual reality.
Boston1775 @ 220
You’re a person after my own heart. I miss Imus. He’s been punished enough. Bring him back sans the stupidity.
I have often wondered if Cheney got to GE and Imus was disappeared.
And now we’re stuck with Scarborough. Plus, CNN is thinking about hiring Laura Ingraham(?).
Where are the Randi Rhodes or the Sam Seders?
Good Morning, Firepups!
It’s clear and mild this morning in central Jersey, with several days of high temps and high humidity on the way. I’ve got a big pitcher of iced coffee made, so help yourselves.
Alas, we’re not going to YearlyKos. Maybe next year [I’ll join the chorus of support for NYC]. Good travels to all who are attending.
Time to make some herb biscuits, and get the cooking done for tonight’s dinner [grean beans and potatoes for a salad nicoise].
Work for peace, every day.
Is there a moderator here so early in the morning?
solai @ 222
Seems to me the Imus comeback machine is ramping up. He may not be coming back to msnbc, but wherever he goes, I’ll tune in. Over the Internet if necessary.
And it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if Ol’ Pork Chop Butt and the rest of the gang at the White House had more than a little influence on the Imus ouster.
Ol’ Pork Chop Butt
I miss that too.
Time to get ready for work. See all at 10ish for Rumsfeld. If work doesn’t interfere.
The Tillman hearing is on CSPAN2 according to their site. At 10. See you there.
solai @ 224
They hardly fit into their agenda! They would be sympathetic to the “enemy” (that’s us). We have been declared hostile to the ends of the corporate winner take all, losers be damned manifesto, and anyone who will speak against “the liberal bloggsphere” will be given a platform.
AW is an a**hole and I wouldn’t waste my time supporting some such as she. She’s no artist… but a self absorbed substance abuser.
Not interested in hearing about AW.
Well,the dinosaur won’t like me for this,but Amy has some hideous tattoos. They look cheesy and badly done. I’ve seen pics of her from a couple years back,she didn’t have them,so it’s not a matter of money before she got famous. All tat artists are not created equal,that’s for sure.
I’ve heard she’s a pretty tough person to get along with,not so nice to her staff and such. It’s a shame,her voice could be nurtured into something classic and lasting. She keeps drinking and cancelling shows and she will lose her fans, career and perhaps her life as well.
anangryoldbroad @ 233
“Better to burn out
than to fade away
my my hey hey”
SanderO @ 232
Unlike most other rock stars.
Boston1775 @ 230
i think that’s a typo on c-span’s front page.
the schedule has it on c-span3 and the senate floor (as required by law) on c-span2
Hoping to be there
new thread
selise @ 236
Required by law?! Really!?
Sandero (and all the other negatives about Amy):
… Sorry people, you are atrociously wrong. She is the Billy Holiday of our lives. She can sing, which puts her above 99 % of the rubbish out there. She is stylish (puts her above another 1.8%). She is a babe (another 0.1999%). That leaves Amy, unique in her own way. If she never did anything other than her version of Grapevine with Paul Weller, she could retire. So go see her and hope she lives long enough to impress your kids with the story of how you saw Amy Winehouse.
Who cares what baggage AW carries along with her genius?