“‘allooooooo…..”

PW! Singles?

http://www.warrenellis.com had this last week.

It’s so hard to impersonate Jon Stewart impersonating The Queen with just a keyboard. I’m workin’ on it…

Hello, everyone! Everybody get their zeds?

Actually, my morning was much better before I read this story.

Splash!

…good morning! it’s hot as Hades here. Thanks for the dip.

Uh, OK, this is more information than I needed.

Bob’s Saturday Cartoons are back!

http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/

I love Ann Telnaes.

Phoenix Woman @ 5

Hello, everyone! Everybody get their zeds meds?

No comment.

Aeolus @ 6

Actually, my morning was much better before I read this story.

You should be fine, so long as you don’t actually own a solid gold cock ring yourself. ;-)

“Surely this does not surprise you.”

“Yes it does, and don’t call me Shirley”

Not that there’s anything wrong with it.

If Clinton’s housekeeper’s husband were discovered to have had a cock ring the MSM would be all over it. What would they call it, though?

hackworth @ 14

If Clinton’s housekeeper’s husband were discovered to have had a cock ring the MSM would be all over it. What would they call it, though?

Progress.

Not, of course, that there’s anything wrong with that.

(Also, this story was on Cruel.com a couple days ago.)

Throwin the big dogs hat in the ring?

Good Morning…. the remains of Hurricane Dean hit Arizona at 3:30am with thunder storms and now a steady rain.

Great day here. Lahoma (my lady) has suggested that I pop down to the Red River (two miles from here) and catch a couple of catfish. She said she feels like having that, pinto beans and ham hocks, which are alredy in the crock-pot, and hush puppies for supper. I said sure, if you clean the fish. We are currently in negotiations. She has countered that she will clean the pool and cook if I clean the fish and do the dishes. I’m leaning in this direction.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 19

Great day here. Lahoma (my lady) has suggested that I pop down to the Red River (two miles from here) and catch a couple of catfish. She said she feels like having that, pinto beans and ham hocks, which are alredy in the crock-pot, and hush puppies for supper. I said sure, if you clean the fish. We are currently in negotiations. She has countered that she will clean the pool and cook if I clean the fish and do the dishes. I’m leaning in this direction.

“Life is a negotiation” (Jimmy Hoffa — at least that was the dialogue in the movie.)

Oklahoma kiddo @ 19

Great day here. Lahoma (my lady) has suggested that I pop down to the Red River (two miles from here) and catch a couple of catfish. She said she feels like having that, pinto beans and ham hocks, which are alredy in the crock-pot, and hush puppies for supper. I said sure, if you clean the fish. We are currently in negotiations. She has countered that she will clean the pool and cook if I clean the fish and do the dishes. I’m leaning in this direction.

A bad day fishin is better than a good day at work.

OT..but maybe not:

Haggard, Families With a Mission, and the sex offender

http://www.americablog.com/2007/08/ha…..d-sex.html

I wrote about this a few days ago

seems like rove’s father’s genetals were featured on the cover of some body piercing publication as well

I am guessing this might be one of the reasons rove resigned by the way

this guy going public might be too embarrassing for the president right about now

now that rove is resigned it’s really not as big an issue as it would have been if he still worked for the president

Perhaps this story floating around the toobz is why Rove is trying to make a big to-do about people saying he’s an agnostic. Trying to cause a big distraction from the other news…

btw, I posted my favorite lemonade recipe (Thai Lemongrass Lemonade) in EPU land of the last thread. Enjoy!

There’s a follow up interview at BoingBoing with my friend Jim Ward, who did the piercings.

(Jim is a lovely, soft-spoken man – artist, harper, and jeweller. He was also the founder of the Gauntlet in LA and so was a pioneer in the piercing movement.)

There’s such incongruity between Louie, and the outgoing warm human being that he was, and this architect of evil as I see him, that Karl Rove is. I mean the disparity is just mind-boggling. I’m incredulous.

“Life is a negotiation” (Jimmy Hoffa — at least that was the dialogue in the movie.)

I’ll say, three weeks ago i pointed out that football starts next week. She’s been runnin my ass ragged!

Solid Gold! I think I would have liked Karl’s dad.

Ok –

What’s that old saying? A bad day fishing is better than a good day of anything else?

(oops — raven already went there, with the correct quote)

So Rove took his adopted fathers Norwegian name. Very curious. I forget the source but several years ago it was reported that Karl hated Sweden and Swedes because they dominated Norway in the 19th century and before , with Norway only becoming fully independent in the early 20th century.

I don’t know if the hatred thing is true but I can’t think of any reason why he would spread the tale if it wasn’t true. Then too, being of Swedish decent I’ve done a tiny amount of digging into Swede Norwegian antipathy and as far as I can tell Rove is the only one who carries it.

All in all an extremely obscure and meaningless thing I suppose but still quite bizarre.

Haggard is asking supporters to help him and his wife out ..

..While their house is on sale for like 3/4 of a million dollars and of course he is still getting a six figure severence pay..

What a turkey. He doesn’t need any financial help. What a greedy turd. I’ll be in a destructive mood if Christians are giving him money rather than the poor boxes.

Phoenix Womam you made my day!
maybe you or T-rex someone here can answer this question posed to me by a young female LT. in the army. If a man blows himself up and get 7 virgins what do women who blow themselves get? Just asking, said I see what those in the know say.

Raven — it’s the fall surge. The wives have caught on to us.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 19

Great day here. Lahoma (my lady) has suggested that I pop down to the Red River (two miles from here) and catch a couple of catfish. She said she feels like having that, pinto beans and ham hocks, which are alredy in the crock-pot, and hush puppies for supper. I said sure, if you clean the fish. We are currently in negotiations. She has countered that she will clean the pool and cook if I clean the fish and do the dishes. I’m leaning in this direction.

You both married well ;->

hackworth @ 14

If Clinton’s housekeeper’s husband were discovered to have had a cock ring the MSM would be all over it.

Of course they would, and it would be subtly promoted as showing just what an amoral bitch in leather Hillary is. (Remember the bogus “condoms on the Christmas tree” story?)

How do you know you’ve lived in San Francisco too long? When the person you’re talking to tells you he has 37 piercings and only five are visible. This sounds pretty normal to me. I lived South of Market for many years. I think I saw Karl’s Dad around. He sure looks familiar.

katymine @ 18

Good Morning…. the remains of Hurricane Dean hit Arizona at 3:30am with thunder storms and now a steady rain.

Missed crahfud? Dang! Watch for flash-flooding katymine ;->

An alleged quote from Karl in Wikipedia about his high school years. “I was the complete nerd. I had the briefcase. I had the pocket protector. I wore Hush Puppies when they were not cool. I was the thin, scrawny little guy. I was definitely uncool.”

So what’s changed?

PW – I’m just speechless. goodgawd, whut ha’ we cum to?!

Gonna go mow the lawn afore it storms here…

Back in a bit…

Hi Adie! Long time no see…

hey, I’m wondering if my little facebook icon will show up now. I think I got it to work.

darclay @ 31

If a man blows himself up and get 7 virgins what do women who blow themselves get?

an orgasm to die for?

Moon @ 37

An alleged quote from Karl in Wikipedia about his high school years. “I was the complete nerd. I had the briefcase. I had the pocket protector. I wore Hush Puppies when they were not cool. I was the thin, scrawny little guy. I was definitely uncool.”

So what’s changed?

thin?

Phoenix Woman @ 5

Hello, everyone! Everybody get their zeds?

Morning, PW. No zeds – making outmeal and looking forward to a relaxing day.

Once I get the brain bleach out.

rapier @ 29

several years ago it was reported that Karl hated Sweden and Swedes because they dominated Norway in the 19th century and before, with Norway only becoming fully independent in the early 20th century. …

I’ve done a tiny amount of digging into Swede Norwegian antipathy and as far as I can tell Rove is the only one who carries it.

“Ten Thousand Swedes ran through the weeds,
Chased by One. Sick. Norwegian. Girl.”

There are other versions (including the reverse) but Norwegian/Swede antipathy is very real — kind of like the Irish and English, but without the bloody hatred.

Norwegians think the Swedes are decadent libertines, and the Swedes think the Norwegians are country bumpkins.

I’m 1/4 Norwegian and 1/2 Swedish, with a Norwegian last name with a Swedish spelling.

darclay @ 31

If a man blows himself up and get 7 virgins what do women who blow themselves get? Just asking, said I see what those in the know say.

She gets her virginity back.

Sux to be a female muslim martyr, huh?

(and it’s 72 virgins – or possibly raisins, depending upon the translation)

P.S. just kidding about the virginity thing.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 19

Great day here. Lahoma (my lady) has suggested that I pop down to the Red River (two miles from here) and catch a couple of catfish. She said she feels like having that, pinto beans and ham hocks, which are alredy in the crock-pot, and hush puppies for supper. I said sure, if you clean the fish. We are currently in negotiations. She has countered that she will clean the pool and cook if I clean the fish and do the dishes. I’m leaning in this direction.

Yum! I like this.

Did Erin treat you all OK when she paid her visit? She reinforced some existing storms up here and caused some nasty flooding, but at least the southern half of Minnesota’s no longer in a drought.

darclay @ 31

If a man blows himself up and get 7 virgins what do women who blow themselves get? Just asking, said I see what those in the know say.

Seven of these?

This will be a “hard heal” for Karl, I imagine.

landofthefree @ 38

Hi Adie! Long time no see…

hey, I’m wondering if my little facebook icon will show up now. I think I got it to work.

Hi! I’ve been taking a break by way of indulging in a frump lately. Thass-all. Hope your summer’s going well. Pleeze wish our sonny a bit-a luck in the next few weeks…

Oklahoma kiddo @ 19

Great day here. Lahoma (my lady) has suggested that I pop down to the Red River (two miles from here) and catch a couple of catfish. She said she feels like having that, pinto beans and ham hocks, which are alredy in the crock-pot, and hush puppies for supper. I said sure, if you clean the fish. We are currently in negotiations. She has countered that she will clean the pool and cook if I clean the fish and do the dishes. I’m leaning in this direction.

I like the way your wife thinks and negotiates :-)

Cleaning catfish is especially nasty :-P But the results, oh the results…mebbe I should invite myself over, I’m hungry already ;-)

Oklahoma kiddo @ 19

Great day here. Lahoma (my lady) has suggested that I pop down to the Red River (two miles from here) and catch a couple of catfish. She said she feels like having that, pinto beans and ham hocks, which are alredy in the crock-pot, and hush puppies for supper. I said sure, if you clean the fish. We are currently in negotiations. She has countered that she will clean the pool and cook if I clean the fish and do the dishes. I’m leaning in this direction.

Or, maybe, Lahoma wants you out of the house for a few so that she can take over the computer.

The piercing movement has produced some rather disgusting disfigurations of some normally attractive people.

Although I don’t care what people do with their bodies, unfortunately I have to see them and most are repulsive. Same goes for tattoos… completely hideous 99.9% of the time.

Hopefully that movement will die off.

I don’t get it. Sorry.

Shoulda known better that to follow the link to the story. A little more information that I needed.

Makeda @ 25

There’s a follow up interview at BoingBoing with my friend Jim Ward, who did the piercings.

(Jim is a lovely, soft-spoken man – artist, harper, and jeweller. He was also the founder of the Gauntlet in LA and so was a pioneer in the piercing movement.)

There’s such incongruity between Louie, and the outgoing warm human being that he was, and this architect of evil as I see him, that Karl Rove is. I mean the disparity is just mind-boggling. I’m incredulous.

Exactly. Though on Louie’s behalf it mush be pointed out that he wasn’t Karl’s bio-daddy — that guy left town right away. (Ever notice how so many famous people, for good or ill, come from broken homes?)

ok kiddo-”She has countered that she will clean the pool and cook if I clean the fish and do the dishes. I’m leaning in this direction.”

wait a minute, i thought you just cleaned the pool……….

perris @ 23

I wrote about this a few days ago

seems like rove’s father’s genetals were featured on the cover of some body piercing publication as well

I am guessing this might be one of the reasons rove resigned by the way

Really? That never occurred to me, to be honest. Hrm. That’s also assuming the story is true, which I’ve taken with a grain of salt?

Now is this supposed to be his adoptive or biological father? (With the solid gold item.)

Now don’t make me come down there. I gotta get this mowin’ done afore supper. see ya. whoosh!

*rummaging around under sink for brain bleach*

8~>

peanutbutter @ 54

perris @ 23

I wrote about this a few days ago

seems like rove’s father’s genetals were featured on the cover of some body piercing publication as well

I am guessing this might be one of the reasons rove resigned by the way

Really? That never occurred to me, to be honest. Hrm. That’s also assuming the story is true, which I’ve taken with a grain of salt?

Now is this supposed to be his adoptive or biological father? (With the solid gold item.)

rachael maddow interviewed the man that supposedly did all the piercing and jewelery

maybe there’s an archive of the interview, lots of fun

BobbyG @ 46

darclay @ 31

If a man blows himself up and get 7 virgins what do women who blow themselves get? Just asking, said I see what those in the know say.

Seven of these?

OOOH my yes! sounds great to me makes the 72 virgins look like a losing prop.

Phoenix Woman @ 45

Oklahoma kiddo @ 19

Great day here. Lahoma (my lady) has suggested that I pop down to the Red River (two miles from here) and catch a couple of catfish. She said she feels like having that, pinto beans and ham hocks, which are alredy in the crock-pot, and hush puppies for supper. I said sure, if you clean the fish. We are currently in negotiations. She has countered that she will clean the pool and cook if I clean the fish and do the dishes. I’m leaning in this direction.

Yum! I like this.

Did Erin treat you all OK when she paid her visit? She reinforced some existing storms up here and caused some nasty flooding, but at least the southern half of Minnesota’s no longer in a drought.

We knew Erin was here. Believe me. Very pleased to hear So. Mn. not so thirsty after Erin moved on.

Believe it or not, for Christmas I took my 74 year old mother for a tattoo. She has always wanted one and since my father passed away she felt the time was right. I took her to Tattoo Blues and got her an anklet. She loves it.

SanderO @ 51

The piercing movement has produced some rather disgusting disfigurations of some normally attractive people.

Although I don’t care what people do with their bodies, unfortunately I have to see them and most are repulsive. Same goes for tattoos… completely hideous 99.9% of the time.

Hopefully that movement will die off.

I don’t get it. Sorry.

There’s nothing to get. Louie’s barbells provided many men a spectacular prostate massage.

Explains a lot, doesn’t it? Parents who put their own needs ahead of their kids can cause problems that have *huge* implications. It’s not very fashionable to say so, but when you have children you owe it to them to keep your family together until they’re grown up. If you suddenly discover you’re gay, keep it to yourself until the kids are old enough to support themselves.

Forgot to say: A helmet tip to the general on this one, too.

My SanderO @ 51

The piercing movement has produced some rather disgusting disfigurations of some normally attractive people.

Although I don’t care what people do with their bodies, unfortunately I have to see them and most are repulsive. Same goes for tattoos… completely hideous 99.9% of the time.

Hopefully that movement will die off.

I don’t get it. Sorry.

My 2 sons both came home one day with pierced tongues. That, I really don’t get. Fortunately, that phase did pass and I don’t have to see the scars.

dmac @ 54

ok kiddo-”She has countered that she will clean the pool and cook if I clean the fish and do the dishes. I’m leaning in this direction.”

wait a minute, i thought you just cleaned the pool……….

We (I mostly) clean it everyday. ;0)

Adie @ 47

landofthefree @ 38

Hi Adie! Long time no see…

hey, I’m wondering if my little facebook icon will show up now. I think I got it to work.

Hi! I’ve been taking a break by way of indulging in a frump lately. Thass-all. Hope your summer’s going well. Pleeze wish our sonny a bit-a luck in the next few weeks…

Yeah, I’ve been traveling a lot, just got home and starting to get back into the swing of things.

Sonny got a job prospect or big gig?

Yuselesasz Titzonabul @ 62

Explains a lot, doesn’t it? Parents who put their own needs ahead of their kids can cause problems that have *huge* implications. It’s not very fashionable to say so, but when you have children you owe it to them to keep your family together until they’re grown up. If you suddenly discover you’re gay, keep it to yourself until the kids are old enough to support themselves.

I like your handle, I use that phrase a lot.

darclay at 31

an expense-paid trip to the mall and a gift certificate to Vicky’s Secret Burkas

One more thang:

Hubby here used ta be a perfesser, lecturin’ daily. Lawsie wuz it hard fer-im ta concentrate on whut-he beez sayin’ while lookin’ out on a sea of piercings & tattoos!

gives us olefolks a chuckle, trying to imaginate the darlins’ explainin’ WHY at interviews, to future spouse, to their own kids some day, haw haw.

notourproblem… no. really. carry on! ;->

hee hee, if you think that’s funny, check this out!

And this!

SanderO @ 51

The piercing movement has produced some rather disgusting disfigurations of some normally attractive people.

Although I don’t care what people do with their bodies, unfortunately I have to see them and most are repulsive. Same goes for tattoos… completely hideous 99.9% of the time.

Hopefully that movement will die off.

I don’t get it. Sorry.

I’d thought about it when I was a kid, but decided against it.

What intrigues me are the numbers of people who acquire these highly-identifying marking and then proceed to embark on lives of crime. Sorry, but as a professional master criminal myself, I’d rather not tip my hand by standing out in a crowd. It’s bad enough having to wear transparent latex gloves in public, you know.

Phoenix Woman @ 71

SanderO @ 51

The piercing movement has produced some rather disgusting disfigurations of some normally attractive people.

Although I don’t care what people do with their bodies, unfortunately I have to see them and most are repulsive. Same goes for tattoos… completely hideous 99.9% of the time.

Hopefully that movement will die off.

I don’t get it. Sorry.

I’d thought about it when I was a kid, but decided against it.

What intrigues me are the numbers of people who acquire these highly-identifying marking and then proceed to embark on lives of crime. Sorry, but as a professional master criminal myself, I’d rather not tip my hand by standing out in a crowd. It’s bad enough having to wear transparent latex gloves in public, you know.

So the large, unique tattoos on the back of the hands aere a mistake as well?

Mutter, mutter, mutter.

For those folks who’d rather not think about putting gouges in one’s flesh — even for the greater good — check out this nifty story on my own blog about a solar innovation that just may be what saves our asses.

I remember when piercings and tattoos started getting trendy and it was very distracting. I find these days that I no longer notice most piercings except for tongue piercings — that seems to render the person ununderstandable — I’m too distracted by the thing in their mouth and they thtart thaying thingth I can’t figure out.

Tattoos have sort of grown on me. Some of them are cool. But I just don’t grok permanent markings. Temporary tattoos are fun, I think. I completely freaked a professor/friend out once who saw me with a purported tattoo on my shoulder. Ha!

Hmm…

Is there a commenting policy I should know about?

You’ve got my mail…

Totally non-pierced, non-tattooed family, except my wife’s ears. I almost got a tattoo when I was drunk on a 3-day pass in the army. Somehow our kids have gotten to be 18 and 21 and have survived years of heavy metal bands and such without getting all modified.

Phoenix Woman @ 73

For those folks who’d rather not think about putting gouges in one’s flesh — even for the greater good — check out this nifty story on my own blog about a solar innovation that just may be what saves our asses.

But whatever will the oil companies do?

I hate to ruin the mood but I was just over at Amazon.com. Gannon’s book is out. Doesn’t seem to be any mention of bombshells.

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Me…..amp;sr=8-1

landofthefree @ 66

Adie @ 47

Hi! I’ve been taking a break by way of indulging in a frump lately. Thass-all. Hope your summer’s going well. Pleeze wish our sonny a bit-a luck in the next few weeks…

Yeah, I’ve been traveling a lot, just got home and starting to get back into the swing of things.

Sonny got a job prospect or big gig?

multiple. ‘is ma is chewin the nails up to the knuckles… ;->

btw, have you ever had to do a concert with both Tombeau & Pulcinella played back-to-back, both on same 1/2 of the program?

lambert strether @ 76

Hmm…

Is there a commenting policy I should know about?

You’ve got my mail…

some words, phrases, initials trigger the filter, I have no clue what those triggers are

Found this at the General’s in the comment section:

Wash. prosecutor’s sexual relations raise ethical questions

CHEHALIS, Wash. — The tomcatting of the elected prosecutor in this conservative rural town has jeopardized as many as four cases brought by his office and prompted a complaint to the state bar association.

Liam Michael Golden, a Republican who ran unopposed for Lewis County prosecutor last November, is facing allegations that he did not properly disclose past sexual relationships with the mother of a victim in one case and the mother of a defendant in another. His office also charged someone with cyberstalking a woman Golden had slept with, though Golden recently turned that case over to a prosecutor from neighboring Thurston County.
snip

Tomcatting definition: To be sexually active with more than one partner. Used of men.

*head explodes*

solai @ 78

I hate to ruin the mood but I was just over at Amazon.com. Gannon’s book is out. Doesn’t seem to be any mention of bombshells.

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Me…..amp;sr=8-1

mebbe no one can stand to read the thing?! *blergh*

TRex @ 82

*head explodes*

there there, sweet ‘pod ;->

TRex @ 82

*head explodes*

and now we know why Dinosaurs became extinct.

Mutant Poodle @ 85

TRex @ 82

*head explodes*

and now we know why Dinosaurs became extinct.

Piercings are too kinky for their delicate sensibilities?

perris @ 80

lambert strether @ 76

Hmm…

Is there a commenting policy I should know about?

You’ve got my mail…

Ah. I’ll put my link back, then, without the phrase I think triggered the filter. If a human removed it, well, their blog and they’ve got my mail.

some words, phrases, initials trigger the filter, I have no clue what those triggers are

I don’t get the piercing thing, it’s not very attractive to me. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer to see certain body parts as nature intended.

Because someone asked about commenting policy: Please don’t link to pornography or pictures of genitalia.

OT: I’ve got to share this from this morning’s LA Times by Andrew Bacevich, professor of history and international relations at Boston University. It starts out:

FINDING IN THE DEBACLE of the Vietnam War a rationale for sustaining the U.S. military presence in Iraq requires considerable imagination. If nothing else, President Bush’s speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars earlier this week revealed a hitherto unsuspected capacity for creativity.

And it gets better from there.

OT: The New York Times isn’t running with the “Blame it on Maliki” talking point:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08…..mp;ei=5087

wigwam @ 91

OT: I’ve got to share this from this morning’s LA Times by Andrew Bacevich, professor of history and international relations at Boston University. It starts out:

FINDING IN THE DEBACLE of the Vietnam War a rationale for sustaining the U.S. military presence in Iraq requires considerable imagination. If nothing else, President Bush’s speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars earlier this week revealed a hitherto unsuspected capacity for creativity.

And it gets better from there.

There’s been lots of good stuff on that visionary moronic speech. I talked about two of them here.

hackworth @ 14

If Clinton’s housekeeper’s husband were discovered to have had a cock ring the MSM would be all over it. What would they call it, though?

Cliton’s Ring?

The Lurking Mod @ 89

Because someone asked about commenting policy: Please don’t link to pornography or pictures of genitalia.

Got it. Sorry! Not that is wasn’t newsworthy….

lambert strether @ 94

The Lurking Mod @ 89

Because someone asked about commenting policy: Please don’t link to pornography or pictures of genitalia.

Got it. Sorry! Not that is wasn’t newsworthy….

So, that rules outlinking to pictures of GOP dickheads?

Yuselesasz Titzonabul @ 63

Explains a lot, doesn’t it? Parents who put their own needs ahead of their kids can cause problems that have *huge* implications. It’s not very fashionable to say so, but when you have children you owe it to them to keep your family together until they’re grown up. If you suddenly discover you’re gay, keep it to yourself until the kids are old enough to support themselves.

Karl is one twisted f*ck. His biological father abandonded him. His stepfather was an alcoholic and a (openly? closeted? until when?) gay man with a penchant for penile piercings (a gold frenum ladder) and cock rings. Karl’s mother committed suicide in 1981. Karl’ first marriage lasted four years. His second wife had breast cancer.

His life’s work has been to help elect the most vile, hateful people to high offices using the most vile and cruel ad hominem attacks (packed in powerful, simple one line messages) on opponents. Even though Karl’s father was very gay (perhaps Karl is gay), Karl has hurt gays at every opportunity. Typical of Republicans, Turdblossom is a flaming hypocrite.

Was Karl lashing out and rebelling against his gay father by joining the conservative movement in high school? It seems thus.

Can anyone explain why body mods appeals to them or those who have them… other than… “it’s cool” or I don’t want to look “normal”.

There a huge billboard on the Westside Highway in NYC which features a woman completely covered head to toe in tattoos. It is really off putting. Are they trying to market body mods to the commuters from NJ? Hahahaha

Been wondering recently about how Mr. and Ms. T. Rex got together in the good old Jurassic, which as we know was 6,000 years ago.

Did Mr. just smile at Ms. to show off his big, beautiful pearly whites?

Did Mr. go out, kill another animal, and bring it back for a nuptial feast?

Did Mr. and Ms. just hold their little hands and walk blissfully across the floodplain?

Or did Mr. just bite Ms. on the neck and have his way with her? And if so, what awful noises did they make?

I wonder about these things.

It’s a pleasant break from the bush administration.

this lead from think progress is scary;

‘Spectacular attack’ expected in Iraq in coming weeks. Today, the Washington Post reports that despite political pressure, the Bush administration “hopes to keep in place its existing military strategy and troop levels there after the mid-September report” by the White House. Several administration officials said that they “expect the insurgents to attempt a spectacular attack in the next several weeks

“spectacular attack”…another tool to “stay the course”

and perhaps a “catastrophy” whereby the president might try to declare martial law and king of America

Mutant Poodle @ 77

Phoenix Woman @ 73

For those folks who’d rather not think about putting gouges in one’s flesh — even for the greater good — check out this nifty story on my own blog about a solar innovation that just may be what saves our asses.

But whatever will the oil companies do?

Buy the company and stop the R&D?

OT: The New York Times isn’t running with the “Blame it on Maliki” talking point:

I was so disappointed on Hillary’s support for this. Not only because it’s nonsense but because it seems she’s part of the PR team pushing Allawi. The timing of her remarks leads me to believe that she sides with those using PR firms to extend this war. So disappointing.

TRex @ 82

*head explodes*

Better get a hazmat team down to Athens, stat.

hackworth @ 96

Was Karl lashing out and rebelling against his gay father by joining the conservative movement in high school? It seems thus.

Possibly. On the other hand, it’s just easier to be a conservative because there’s no thinking required and the plundering opportunities abound. If it were otherwise, George W. Bush would not be pretending to be one.

AP – Iraqi authorities imposed an indefinite ban on all vehicles in the Baghdad area Saturday in advance of a major Shiite religious ceremony, government television announced.

This is progress Mr. President? I’m going fishing.

lambert strether @ 75

Hmm…

Is there a commenting policy I should know about?

You’ve got my mail…

There are some words that are common usage among certain blog spammers that can send a comment into moderation. Don’t feel offended — it’s happened to me, too.

What’s driving me nuts right now is simply connecting to FDL. I think the hamsters running the exercise wheel that powers the servers are getting a bit tired.

solai @ 101

OT: The New York Times isn’t running with the “Blame it on Maliki” talking point:

I was so disappointed on Hillary’s support for this. Not only because it’s nonsense but because it seems she’s part of the PR team pushing Allawi. The timing of her remarks leads me to believe that she sides with those using PR firms to extend this war. So disappointing.

Hillary is the Republic’s dream Democratic candidate. They will crank up the old machinery and probably secure yet another Republic Presidency. For the sake of the Nation, she should check her ego and be satisfied with being a good Senator.

lambert strether @ 94

The Lurking Mod @ 89

Because someone asked about commenting policy: Please don’t link to pornography or pictures of genitalia.

Got it. Sorry! Not that is wasn’t newsworthy….

I’m sorry — I wouldn’t have done this piece as I didn’t realize that rule was in place. I don’t want to set up “okay for me but not for thee” situations. :-(

TRex @ 82

*head explodes*

The mind does boggle, doesn’t it?

Another PR question. Was the story of the little boy being doused with gasoline supposed to make me support this war? This heinous act broke my heart. Isn’t the effect more likely to be that Americans become even more war-weary?

Phoenix Woman @ 72

SanderO @ 51

The piercing movement has produced some rather disgusting disfigurations of some normally attractive people.

Although I don’t care what people do with their bodies, unfortunately I have to see them and most are repulsive. Same goes for tattoos… completely hideous 99.9% of the time.

Hopefully that movement will die off.

I don’t get it. Sorry.

I’d thought about it when I was a kid, but decided against it.

What intrigues me are the numbers of people who acquire these highly-identifying marking and then proceed to embark on lives of crime. Sorry, but as a professional master criminal myself, I’d rather not tip my hand by standing out in a crowd. It’s bad enough having to wear transparent latex gloves in public, you know.

Yeah, I doubt that Alistair or Alexander Mundy either one would wear piercings or tats.

Badwater @ 104

hackworth @ 96

Was Karl lashing out and rebelling against his gay father by joining the conservative movement in high school? It seems thus.

Possibly. On the other hand, it’s just easier to be a conservative because there’s no thinking required and the plundering opportunities abound. If it were otherwise, George W. Bush would not be pretending to be one.

There’s research that conservatives, as kids,

had been described by their teachers as easily victimized, easily offended, indecisive, fearful, rigid, inhibited, and vulnerable at age 3. The reason for the difference, the Blocks hypothesized, was that insecure kids most needed the reassurance of tradition and authority, and they found it in conservative politics.

I imagine that Karl gravitated toward right/wrong authority as a result of the crap he dealt with as a youth.

Phoenix Woman @ 107

I’m sorry — I wouldn’t have done this piece as I didn’t realize that rule was in place. I don’t want to set up “okay for me but not for thee” situations. :-(

That is, I wasn’t aware of this rule (though I should have been) and am sad to have created a situation where it looks like I was luring other folks into unknowingly breaking that rule. (I’d edit my post accordingly, but I can’t log in right now. Grrrr.)

I’m sorry, everyone! (But especially to you, Lambert.)

Oklahoma kiddo @ 105

AP – Iraqi authorities imposed an indefinite ban on all vehicles in the Baghdad area Saturday in advance of a major Shiite religious ceremony, government television announced.

This is progress Mr. President? I’m going fishing.

This is convenient. It will help to skew the data in favor of the successful surge for Betrayus’ upcoming Bushco PR piece.

Sunni’s would likely take advantage of the opportunity to attack the Shiites were they able to get vehicles in there.

Not to get too ookey but sure saw a lot of nasty infections and plastic surgery from piercing that went bad. If the tongue piercing is not done right or becomes infected, damage the nerves of the tongue can happen which can ruins speech.

Just remember too many times with a fresh post-op patient seeing some blob tattoo on a private place and wonder what it used to look like when they were younger. Honestly, that cute little rose on your young backside really can look hideous when you are 75.

OT but funny as hell. Colbert’s cast is up to $8300 on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stephen-Co…..dZViewItem

my sister was telling me about reversible tattoos……..and then i remembered hearing about it………..uses an ink that can be neutralized later………you get the tattoo done again, instead of being loaded with ink, it’s loaded with the neutralizer

What’s driving me nuts right now is simply connecting to FDL. I think the hamsters running the exercise wheel that powers the servers are getting a bit tired.

Phoenix woman, I’ve discovered that usually happens as new stuff is being loaded or the site altered in some other way. I keep a shortcut to the FDL gabbly site and never have a problem going through there. You arrive at the FDL site with the gabbly dialog box visible. Just close it and you’re set to go

Cock-ring. Those are napkin holders.

-Karl Rove’s Spokesman

katymine @ 115

Not to get too ookey but sure saw a lot of nasty infections and plastic surgery from piercing that went bad. If the tongue piercing is not done right or becomes infected, damage the nerves of the tongue can happen which can ruins speech.

Just remember too many times with a fresh post-op patient seeing some blob tattoo on a private place and wonder what it used to look like when they were younger. Honestly, that cute little rose on your young backside really can look hideous when you are 75.

I learned that lesson operating on WWII era vets. Those eagles and ships don’t look so hot when you are 75. Also when closing incisions, trying to re-align the beak and feathers on a large eagle on the chest is a pain in the ass.

Are the servers tired already or did everyone just suddenly misappear?

… explains everything, pretty much.

katymine @ 120

Are the servers tired already or did everyone just suddenly misappear?

I just got here, myself. I was catching up on the McNerney post.

katymine @ 121

Are the servers tired already or did everyone just suddenly misappear?

Comment fatigue from last nite and anticipation of the upcoming Blue America thread. Folks are marshalling their mental and emotional resources. :})

Well, OKK went fishing. Skeptic is having server problems. I was checking out Colbert’s auction. PW is doing penance……..
katymine @ 120

Are the servers tired already or did everyone just suddenly misappear?

dakine01 @ 123

katymine @ 121

Are the servers tired already or did everyone just suddenly misappear?

Comment fatigue from last nite and anticipation of the upcoming Blue America thread. Folks are marshalling their mental and emotional resources. :})

Not to mention, financial resources. Who is coming up on Blue America? (I had a tough week at work, or I’d know!)

I am getting enough coffee onboard to head upstairs and start the painting. Kids moved out two weeks ago, have new flooring ordered and will be delivered next week (laminate). It will be a lot of ladder work, up, down, and same with the stairs for things I forgot to bring up.

Will move my home office into its very own room [woohoo] instead of my bedroom. Need to find that separation from “work” and off time.

ifthethunderdontgetya @ 126

dakine01 @ 123

Comment fatigue from last nite and anticipation of the upcoming Blue America thread. Folks are marshalling their mental and emotional resources. :})

Not to mention, financial resources. Who is coming up on Blue America? (I had a tough week at work, or I’d know!)

Dan Maffei of upstate NY – going against James Walsh, R-Bush rubberstamp.

katymine @ 126

Need to find that separation from “work” and off time.

I know that feeling. I’ve been working from home on and off for the last year and half, and I found that I had to leave my house and take a walk or drive when I put in a long day.

The simple act of turning off the switch and walking from one room to another didn’t work for me.

So now we know why Karl was run out of the WH Bush was embarrassed.

OT: SCOTUSBlog now has all of the briefs that were filed yesterday in the Al Odah and Boumediene cases.

dakine01 @ 127

Dan Maffei of upstate NY – going against James Walsh, R-Bush rubberstamp.

Thank you. I donated to Dan in 2006, and I’ll do so again today.

In 2006 Dan Maffei ran against 18-year incumbant James T. Walsh (R), and while outspent $1,787,552 to $918,270, Maffei came within 3,000 votes of beating Walsh.

Moon @ 37

An alleged quote from Karl in Wikipedia about his high school years. “I was the complete nerd. I had the briefcase. I had the pocket protector. I wore Hush Puppies when they were not cool. I was the thin, scrawny little guy. I was definitely uncool.”

So what’s changed?

He’s no longer thin and scrawny.

Bob in HI

darclay @ 31

Phoenix Womam you made my day!
maybe you or T-rex someone here can answer this question posed to me by a young female LT. in the army. If a man blows himself up and get 7 virgins what do women who blow themselves get? Just asking, said I see what those in the know say.

Where do you think the seven virgins come from? they get to be one of the seven virgins.

Hi. I saw the item about Rove’s dad a couple days ago and laughed my ass off. Rachel Maddow had a guest, who’s name I don’t remember, but it must have been Shannon Larratt, on her show. He knew Louie Rove and said he’d had 37 piercings. On his genitals.

With all those piercings, wouldn’t it difficult to put on a cock ring? Nevermind, I really don’t want to know…

Mutant Poodle @ 92

wigwam @ 91

OT: I’ve got to share this from this morning’s LA Times by Andrew Bacevich, professor of history and international relations at Boston University. It starts out:
And it gets better from there.

There’s been lots of good stuff on that visionary moronic speech. I talked about two of them here.

Thanks for sharing that. Also, I just now ran across this by hilzoy at obsidian wings. It’s also excellent.

Saturday treat:

See the video Jane and Olbermann on Countdown in the fall of 2006.

wigwam @ 90

OT: I’ve got to share this from this morning’s LA Times by Andrew Bacevich, professor of history and international relations at Boston University. It starts out:

FINDING IN THE DEBACLE of the Vietnam War a rationale for sustaining the U.S. military presence in Iraq requires considerable imagination. If nothing else, President Bush’s speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars earlier this week revealed a hitherto unsuspected capacity for creativity.

And it gets better from there.

Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of history and international relations at Boston University. He is a Vietnam War veteran.

In short, Professor Bacevich is everything Bush and Cheney are not. This country needs to start listening to the right people, pronto.

darclay@31:

Q:If a man blows himself and up gets 7 virgins what do women who blow themselves up get?

A: They get to skip doing the dishes

TheOtherWA @ 135

Hi. I saw the item about Rove’s dad a couple days ago and laughed my ass off. Rachel Maddow had a guest, who’s name I don’t remember, but it must have been Shannon Larratt, on her show. He knew Louie Rove and said he’d had 37 piercings. On his genitals.

With all those piercings, wouldn’t it difficult to put on a cock ring? Nevermind, I really don’t want to know…

One wonders how/why this was kept in the can for so long. Payola maybe? Its very old news. Karl’s dad has been dead for a while now and he was gay, pierced frenum laddered, and cock ringed nigh thirty years ago.

Somebody said that Top Gannon’s book is out. Though nary a word would be mentioned in his book, I am reminded and curious as to the nature of press pass not required Gannon trips to the WH for possible Rovian rendevouz.

ifthethunderdontgetya @ 137

wigwam @ 90

OT: I’ve got to share this from this morning’s LA Times by Andrew Bacevich, professor of history and international relations at Boston University. It starts out:
And it gets better from there.

Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of history and international relations at Boston University. He is a Vietnam War veteran.

In short, Professor Bacevich is everything Bush and Cheney are not. This country needs to start listening to the right people, pronto.

Also, his son was killed in Iraq.

KPOJ Portland is rerunning the Rachel Maddow show with the interview with the guy who did Rove’s dad’s piercings. NOW. If you’re interested.

Gannon’s book may not have anything on Rove, but what about Larry Flynt’s list of names?

Good god. No wonder Rove resigned.

OMG….

Now I’ve got a balding middle-aged fat guy picture with piercings imprinted in my head for the whole day….

Yuck!!!!….

The Lurking Mod @ 89

Because someone asked about commenting policy: Please don’t link to pornography or pictures of genitalia.

Very late to this thread, so probably EPU. But this POST links to pictures of genitalia…

Katymine @ 114:

Honestly, that cute little rose on your young backside really can look hideous when you are 75.

Maybe as part of “full disclosure” plastic surgeons/tattoo artists should be required to show folks “now” and “later/much later” pictures of their proposed procedure.

last saturday called… they want their snark back

;)

I don’t like Karl – but somehow, this information regarding his adoptive Dad seems like it should be out-of-bounds.

I have this mental image of Rove wearing a solid gold cock ring…Not a Pretty Picture for this early on a Sunday morning.

Wonder if the Traditional Media will run with this? No, just making a funny