heh

Zed again!?

Wohooooooo

Zed!

tap tap

Woohoooooo, cc!!

peanutbutter @ 5

tap tap

Footsies?

no

single digits?

zed to the eigth???

diez?

Damn you guys are fast…

Lost in the toobz, but posting now:

Iowa court rules same-sex couples can marry

Too late for Larry Craig, but still…

EPU’d

Usually 50 stories and posts daily.

TexBetsy @ 341

If anyone wants to see the news stories & blog posts I choose, I post to this at least 3x most days, often more than that.

Eighth* I guess 15th now

Since we are doing funny…link to Larry Craig cartoons

http://cagle.com/news/SenatorCraig/main.asp

OK, TRex – that’s just too funny.

EPU’d from downstairs:

OK, I’m wrong.

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 2 VOTING, INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM, AND RECALL

SEC. 13. Recall is the power of the electors to remove an elective officer.

So any officer that’s elected to their position. Which would make them eligible. I would not be in favor of this (I was not in favor of Davis’ recall as much as I detested the man), but yes theoretically such a recall could be initiated. There are some variations in the rules about how many signatures are required to be collected depending on the office, but otherwise the procedure’s the same.

An interesting overview of Davis’ recall: Reflections on the California Recall

wangdangdoodle @ 7

peanutbutter @ 5

tap tap

Footsies?

Only if you show me your hand! *smooches*

Mutant Poodle @ 12

Damn you guys are fast…

Lost in the toobz, but posting now:

Iowa court rules same-sex couples can marry

Too late for Larry Craig, but still…

Was just musing about what would have happened in the straw poll had that ruling come out beforehand….

It would have been like a pack of wild dogs on a lamb.

heh — this IS teh funny ;-)

Weh teh funneh, TRex!!

Sick, truly sick.

I’m trying to imagine what my reaction would be if I were to duck into an airport restroom to take a quick pee while changing planes, and walked in on a U.S. senator in flagrante delicto.

I. Just. Can’t.

Shout out to Butch Otter!

I do solemnly swear that this will be My Last Larry Craig Post EVARRRR!!11!!11!!

I’m officially over this story.

(I know, now the clock is ticking inexorably toward the next funny thing I think of to say about it, at which point I will be forced to break my vow.)

We will be shooting the video this weekend.

Thanks again to everyone who gave to Poppy’s Cats Fund.

So far, it looks like I will be singing:

1. Valerie (Amy Winehouse)
2. Here Comes the Flood (Peter Gabriel), which was a request from Poppy.
3. One (U2)

Now, my pizza is here. I’m going to eat and watch “Lost in Translation”.

peanutbutter @ 18

wangdangdoodle @ 7

Footsies?

Only if you show me your hand! *smooches*

{{{MWAH!}}}

burnspbesq @ 22

Sick, truly sick.

I’m trying to imagine what my reaction would be if I were to duck into an airport restroom to take a quick pee while changing planes, and walked in on a U.S. senator in flagrante delicto.

I. Just. Can’t.

Even if it was the manly Fred Thompson?

ok– I know that I’m just an old woman, but can someone please tell me what the waving hand under the divider means?

TRex, this is great.

yay TRex! Can’t wait to hear “Valerie”!

yellowdog jim @ 9

single digits?

yes!

and three of us told them downstairs.
all in a row.

Christine Edmonson @ 27

ok– I know that I’m just an old woman, but can someone please tell me what the waving hand under the divider means?

Apparently, showing the gold band means AIDS-free.

I think.

Christine Edmonson @ 27

ok– I know that I’m just an old woman, but can someone please tell me what the waving hand under the divider means?

Prepare for a knee-jerk reaction?

burnspbesq @ 22

Sick, truly sick.

I’m trying to imagine what my reaction would be if I were to duck into an airport restroom to take a quick pee while changing planes, and walked in on a U.S. senator in flagrante delicto.

I. Just. Can’t.

See, that’s the problem. You can’t take a quick pee.

HEY!! Hurry up in there, dammit! I gotta go!!!

ooooh TRex, I luuurve “Lost In Translation”…

TexBetsy @ 13

EPU’d

Usually 50 stories and posts daily.

TexBetsy @ 341

If anyone wants to see the news stories & blog posts I choose, I post to this at least 3x most days, often more than that.

book marked.

Ok. I just thoroughly enjoyed that…I’m ashamed to say… lol

peanutbutter @ 17

EPU’d from downstairs:

OK, I’m wrong.

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 2 VOTING, INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM, AND RECALL

SEC. 13. Recall is the power of the electors to remove an elective officer.

So any officer that’s elected to their position. Which would make them eligible. I would not be in favor of this (I was not in favor of Davis’ recall as much as I detested the man), but yes theoretically such a recall could be initiated. There are some variations in the rules about how many signatures are required to be collected depending on the office, but otherwise the procedure’s the same.

An interesting overview of Davis’ recall: Reflections on the California Recall

Umm, you forgot Sec. 14:

SEC. 14. (a) Recall of a state officer is initiated by delivering
to the Secretary of State a petition alleging reason for recall.
Sufficiency of reason is not reviewable. Proponents have 160 days to
file signed petitions.

It applies to state officers.

Mutant Poodle @ 26

burnspbesq @ 22

Sick, truly sick.

I’m trying to imagine what my reaction would be if I were to duck into an airport restroom to take a quick pee while changing planes, and walked in on a U.S. senator in flagrante delicto.

I. Just. Can’t.

Even if it was the manly Fred Thompson?

I know what my reaction would be if I walked in on Fred in flagrante delicto.

Projectile vomiting.

Mutant Poodle @ 31

Christine Edmonson @ 27

ok– I know that I’m just an old woman, but can someone please tell me what the waving hand under the divider means?

Apparently, showing the gold band means AIDS-free.

I think.

ok- new to me. Thanks.

Mutant Poodle @ 31

Christine Edmonson @ 27

ok– I know that I’m just an old woman, but can someone please tell me what the waving hand under the divider means?

Apparently, showing the gold band means AIDS-free.

I think.

that was clearly the impression that TSF gave us last night. or the night before.

Apparently, showing the gold band means AIDS-free.

I think.

Disgusting.

I’m sorry, but who can look at that ring and think anything other than, “There is a woman being wronged and possibly children, too, if I so much as make out with this guy. SOMEONE ELSE’S PROPERTY!!”?

Or that this is the first time he’s sucking a dick in a toilet, so he must be AIDS free?

WTF?

TRex @ 41

Apparently, showing the gold band means AIDS-free.

I think.

Disgusting.

I’m sorry, but who can look at that ring and think anything other than, “There is a woman being wronged and possibly children, too, if I so much as make out with this guy. SOMEONE ELSE’S PROPERTY!!”?

Or that this is the first time he’s sucking a dick in a toilet, so he must be AIDS free?

WTF?

Family values.

TRex, that is faaa-aaa-aaa–abulous! Gosh, I luv teh internets! Only on the toobz can you get the instant hilarity.

TRex @ 41

Apparently, showing the gold band means AIDS-free.

I think.

Disgusting.

I’m sorry, but who can look at that ring and think anything other than, “There is a woman being wronged and possibly children, too, if I so much as make out with this guy. SOMEONE ELSE’S PROPERTY!!”?

Or that this is the first time he’s sucking a dick in a toilet, so he must be AIDS free?

WTF?

Well, no one said it was logical… or smart.

Christine Edmonson @ 27

ok– I know that I’m just an old woman, but can someone please tell me what the waving hand under the divider means?

http://www.slate.com/id/2173033/

Larry’s recipe for tappin’ odd: olive your bases are belong to lust.

Steve-AR @ 15

Since we are doing funny…link to Larry Craig cartoons

http://cagle.com/news/SenatorCraig/main.asp

Thanks!

I finally figured out why I am Mr. Crabby tonight.

It’s Labor Day Weekend, and I’m not in Belmar or on Long Beach Island.

That’s. Just. Wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4e0WrBsXbE

time for me to split, y’all — thanks for all the YouTubes in the last thread, that was a gas!

Good night!

punaise @ 46

Larry’s recipe for tappin’ odd: olive your bases are belong to lust.

aaaaahhhhh! *kerplooie*
You owe me a new head.

Alicia @ 43

TRex, that is faaa-aaa-aaa–abulous! Gosh, I luv teh internets! Only on the toobz can you get the instant hilarity.

Hey Alicia…Venus update?

punaise @ 46

Larry’s recipe for tappin’ odd: olive your bases are belong to lust.

Craig: “It’s all Greek to me.”

LoudounLib @ 49

time for me to split, y’all — thanks for all the YouTubes in the last thread, that was a gas!

Good night!

Good night, LL!

LoudounLib @ 49

time for me to split, y’all — thanks for all the YouTubes in the last thread, that was a gas!

Good night!

Night, LL.

LoudounLib @ 49

time for me to split, y’all — thanks for all the YouTubes in the last thread, that was a gas!

Good night!

Sleep well…I’m not far behind you.

Sweet dreams, Lou!

LoudounLib @ 49

time for me to split, y’all — thanks for all the YouTubes in the last thread, that was a gas!

Good night!

Nighty!

peanutbutter @ 50

punaise @ 46

Larry’s recipe for tappin’ odd: olive your bases are belong to lust.

aaaaahhhhh! *kerplooie*
You owe me a new head.

would you settle for a slightly used French keyboard?

Alright, why am I in the Fifties when I was Zed material… Hmmm… Did I offend anyone…???

montag @ 52

punaise @ 46

Larry’s recipe for tappin’ odd: olive your bases are belong to lust.

Craig: “It’s all Greek to me.”

HA!

Mutant Poodle @ 51

Alicia @ 43

TRex, that is faaa-aaa-aaa–abulous! Gosh, I luv teh internets! Only on the toobz can you get the instant hilarity.

Hey Alicia…Venus update?

Still nothing. I”m holding out hope, but only because I’m not ready to give up on her. You know how these neighborhoods are around here. Thanks so much for asking, MP.

Alicia @ 61

Mutant Poodle @ 51

Hey Alicia…Venus update?

Still nothing. I”m holding out hope, but only because I’m not ready to give up on her. You know how these neighborhoods are around here. Thanks so much for asking, MP.

Well, I’ll have my boys send elusive cat thoughts her way till she gets herself home.

Am I evil? I wrote Senator Craig last night and told him that he had been a good foot soldier for the GOP and not to let the party elite push him around. I further advised him to ride this thing out and run for office next year. I told him that I hoped he would continue his service in the US senate for may years to come. I’m certain that letters of support are in the minority for him at the moment, and a drowning and reportedly stubborn man will cling to a straw. I’m happy to provide that straw, so who can we run against him if he refuses to step down?

Technicolouryawn @ 63

Am I evil? I wrote Senator Craig last night and told him that he had been a good foot soldier for the GOP and not to let the party elite push him around. I further advised him to ride this thing out and run for office next year. I told him that I hoped he would continue his service in the US senate for may years to come. I’m certain that letters of support are in the minority for him at the moment, and a drowning and reportedly stubborn man will cling to a straw. I’m happy to provide that straw, so who can we run against him if he refuses to step down?

Yer evil…
I like that in a firepup.

Israel owns our Media, Banking System, and Pentagon, plus Bush and Hillary.

Ron Paul would put an end to this nonsense.

If Craig doesn’t resign by tomorrow, news dump thirty, I think he will stick around to the vitter end of his term.

Technicolouryawn @ 63

Am I evil?

Yes, probably. :)

I’m happy to provide that straw, so who can we run against him if he refuses to step down?

Ronald Reagan’s corpse would give him a run for his money.

burnspbesq @ 48

I finally figured out why I am Mr. Crabby tonight.

It’s Labor Day Weekend, and I’m not in Belmar or on Long Beach Island.

That’s. Just. Wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4e0WrBsXbE

Thanks for the Jersey girl. Fantastic.

Technicolouryawn @ 63

Am I evil? I wrote Senator Craig last night and told him that he had been a good foot soldier for the GOP and not to let the party elite push him around. I further advised him to ride this thing out and run for office next year. I told him that I hoped he would continue his service in the US senate for may years to come. I’m certain that letters of support are in the minority for him at the moment, and a drowning and reportedly stubborn man will cling to a straw. I’m happy to provide that straw, so who can we run against him if he refuses to step down?

Yes, you are evil. That’s what I like about you!

ccmask @ 67

burnspbesq @ 48

I finally figured out why I am Mr. Crabby tonight.

It’s Labor Day Weekend, and I’m not in Belmar or on Long Beach Island.

That’s. Just. Wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4e0WrBsXbE

Thanks for the Jersey girl. Fantastic.

Jersey girls are the best.

Technicolouryawn @ 63

Am I evil? I wrote Senator Craig last night and told him that he had been a good foot soldier for the GOP and not to let the party elite push him around. I further advised him to ride this thing out and run for office next year. I told him that I hoped he would continue his service in the US senate for may years to come. I’m certain that letters of support are in the minority for him at the moment, and a drowning and reportedly stubborn man will cling to a straw. I’m happy to provide that straw, so who can we run against him if he refuses to step down?

Larry LaRocco is going to run.

I got kicked out of a Springsteen concert many years ago for jumping on the stage. But I snuck back in. What a hoot that was.

found it:
TeddySanFran at 201

The worst of it are the men with wedding bands who only “go” with other men with wedding bands, since they are known to be automatically HIV-free. (!!) And then there’s the subset of gay San Franciscans who think married men are hot and troll the toilets wearing fake wedding rings. (Long-time HIV prevention worker here.)

Which makes me wonder about the part of the police report where Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) waved his hand under the stall so that the officer could see his wedding ring, now that I think about it….

Man, the toobz are flaying me tonite…!!!

Steve-AR @ 70

Technicolouryawn @ 63

Am I evil? I wrote Senator Craig last night and told him that he had been a good foot soldier for the GOP and not to let the party elite push him around. I further advised him to ride this thing out and run for office next year. I told him that I hoped he would continue his service in the US senate for may years to come. I’m certain that letters of support are in the minority for him at the moment, and a drowning and reportedly stubborn man will cling to a straw. I’m happy to provide that straw, so who can we run against him if he refuses to step down?

Larry LaRocco is going to run.

Viva LaRocco!!!

a very heartwarming story

James Mulvaney: Surfing with Autism
from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com by James Mulvaney

This is a story about a little boy who has autism who rode a dream to find a little bit of heaven on a New York beach.

Alex is eight years old and lives with his parents in Chicago. Each summer his mother comes to visit a college friend, who lives in Long Beach, a small ocean community a Long Island Railroad ride east of Manhattan. There is a varying entourage always including Alex and his younger sister Madeline.

Some time this past winter Alex watched a cartoon about the ocean. No one can put a date on it, but in the middle of a Windy City freeze, Alex said that he needed to go surfing. His mom smiled; children often announce their impossible destiny; one day to be a cowboy, another day an astronaut, a princess or a president. Although Alex’s midwinter prediction was preposterous it bore a heartening resemblance to “normal” behavior. Families affected by autism grasp at the thinnest of straws as handholds clinging to illusions of hope.

Alex is like many of the other kids ravaged by the autism epidemic: He speaks a few words, but rarely constructs sentences; he flaps his hands and has a tendency to “elope” (the technical term for scurrying away when mom has turns her back for half a second, resulting in a all-points-bulletins, posse formations and devastating damage to the parental central nervous system and cardio-vascular network that is indescribable to all of you lucky enough not to be in our “club”).

Because this is a story about a little boy, I’ll skip the larger debates about the cause and extent of the autism epidemic, except for a warning to the polluters who claim that autism is a only a “genetic” disorder — code for “bad parents, good industrialists” — “You will have a hard time convincing St. Peter that they really believed that mercury, lead and PCBs were safe.”

ccmask @ 67

burnspbesq @ 48

I finally figured out why I am Mr. Crabby tonight.

It’s Labor Day Weekend, and I’m not in Belmar or on Long Beach Island.

That’s. Just. Wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4e0WrBsXbE

Thanks for the Jersey girl. Fantastic.

Or any beach — I haven’t seen the ocean for a year, and even living in Cleveland I used to see it at my parent’s house in Lewes, DE. Miss the sea!! Especially on Labor Day Weekend.

linky for surfing story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..62586.html

Good night all.

I am going to regret myself in the morning.

G’nite folks!

wangdangdoodle @ 79

I am going to regret myself in the morning.

G’nite folks!

So soon? We hardly got started! *blows kisses*

the Bay Bridge will be closed all weekend long for seismic work – traffic is going to be horrendous.

good night, Betsy!

punaise @ 81

the Bay Bridge will be closed all weekend long for seismic work – traffic is going to be horrendous.

The Nimitz and San Mateo Bridge should be a nightmare. I have to do this run on Saturday I think, coming from the Peninsula.

punaise @ 80

the Bay Bridge will be closed all weekend long for seismic work – traffic is going to be horrendous.

Wow.. both levels/directions?

Sleep well Jim.

TexBetsy @ 78

linky for surfing story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..62586.html

Good night all.

Good night! Thanks for the linky…

Christine Edmonson @ 76

ccmask @ 67

Thanks for the Jersey girl. Fantastic.

Or any beach — I haven’t seen the ocean for a year, and even living in Cleveland I used to see it at my parent’s house in Lewes, DE. Miss the sea!! Especially on Labor Day Weekend.

I can see the ocean any time I want; Newport Beach is 20 minutes down the freeway. It’s just not the same. No humidity. No Boardwalk Fries. No large roving packs of Catholic high school girls. No ‘76 Eldorado convertibles. No baseball on the radio everywhere you turn.

SoCal beaches bore me.

TexBetsy @ 85

Sleep well Jim.

Thank you!
i shall.

punaise @ 80

the Bay Bridge will be closed all weekend long for seismic work – traffic is going to be horrendous.

I’m sure they mean making it more earthquake-proof, but, “seismic work” has a very ominous ring to it… like a government code phrase for “blowin’ shit up.”

montag @ 89

punaise @ 80

the Bay Bridge will be closed all weekend long for seismic work – traffic is going to be horrendous.

I’m sure they mean making it more earthquake-proof, but, “seismic work” has a very ominous ring to it… like a government code phrase for “blowin’ shit up.”

Well, you never know with this government!

Eureka Springs @ 83

punaise @ 80

the Bay Bridge will be closed all weekend long for seismic work – traffic is going to be horrendous.

Wow.. both levels/directions?

yep. Although, they did the same thing last year on Labor Day weekend and it actually went pretty smoothly – scared enough people away.

Night, Betsy.

::wanders in sleepily::

montag @ 89

punaise @ 80

the Bay Bridge will be closed all weekend long for seismic work – traffic is going to be horrendous.

I’m sure they mean making it more earthquake-proof, but, “seismic work” has a very ominous ring to it… like a government code phrase for “blowin’ shit up.”

my own entendre:
spouse and i have some
seismic work we need to do.
/1/2 snark

Hey, Liss.

burnspbesq @ 86

Christine Edmonson @ 76

Or any beach — I haven’t seen the ocean for a year, and even living in Cleveland I used to see it at my parent’s house in Lewes, DE. Miss the sea!! Especially on Labor Day Weekend.

I can see the ocean any time I want; Newport Beach is 20 minutes down the freeway. It’s just not the same. No humidity. No Boardwalk Fries. No large roving packs of Catholic high school girls. No ‘76 Eldorado convertibles. No baseball on the radio everywhere you turn.

SoCal beaches bore me.

I’ve seen the Newport beach. Nice, but not the stinky east coast ones we love.

Christine Edmonson @ 95

burnspbesq @ 86

I can see the ocean any time I want; Newport Beach is 20 minutes down the freeway. It’s just not the same. No humidity. No Boardwalk Fries. No large roving packs of Catholic high school girls. No ‘76 Eldorado convertibles. No baseball on the radio everywhere you turn.

SoCal beaches bore me.

I’ve seen the Newport beach. Nice, but not the stinky east coast ones we love.

There is something to be said for sitting on the upper level of Ruby’s at the end of the Balboa Pier sucking on a big strawberry milkshake. But other than that, the only good thing about Newport is that it’s where I get my car serviced. Town full of smug, rich, white-bread Republicans who don’t know the difference between luck and brains.

Christine Edmonson @ 96

burnspbesq @ 86

I can see the ocean any time I want; Newport Beach is 20 minutes down the freeway. It’s just not the same. No humidity. No Boardwalk Fries. No large roving packs of Catholic high school girls. No ‘76 Eldorado convertibles. No baseball on the radio everywhere you turn.

SoCal beaches bore me.

I’ve seen the Newport beach. Nice, but not the stinky east coast ones we love.

South Padre Island!
our 8yo insists every summer.
6 hour drive.
we share.
for us it is the closest ocean.
we go for the sand.
dig we must!

Christine Edmonson @ 95

burnspbesq @ 86

I can see the ocean any time I want; Newport Beach is 20 minutes down the freeway. It’s just not the same. No humidity. No Boardwalk Fries. No large roving packs of Catholic high school girls. No ‘76 Eldorado convertibles. No baseball on the radio everywhere you turn.

SoCal beaches bore me.

I’ve seen the Newport beach. Nice, but not the stinky east coast ones we love.

But this is the lowdown…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afBdFyE7PeE

burnspbesq @ 97

Christine Edmonson @ 95

I’ve seen the Newport beach. Nice, but not the stinky east coast ones we love.

There is something to be said for sitting on the upper level of Ruby’s at the end of the Balboa Pier sucking on a big strawberry milkshake. But other than that, the only good thing about Newport is that it’s where I get my car serviced. Town full of smug, rich, white-bread Republicans who don’t know the difference between luck and brains.

Ha ha ha, very true.

Laguna Beach’s more my style but getting in either via PCH or the 133 — not fun.

wangdangdoodle @ 42

TRex @ 41

Disgusting.

I’m sorry, but who can look at that ring and think anything other than, “There is a woman being wronged and possibly children, too, if I so much as make out with this guy. SOMEONE ELSE’S PROPERTY!!”?

Or that this is the first time he’s sucking a dick in a toilet, so he must be AIDS free?

WTF?

Family values.

open marriage?

peanutbutter @ 100

burnspbesq @ 97

There is something to be said for sitting on the upper level of Ruby’s at the end of the Balboa Pier sucking on a big strawberry milkshake. But other than that, the only good thing about Newport is that it’s where I get my car serviced. Town full of smug, rich, white-bread Republicans who don’t know the difference between luck and brains.

Ha ha ha, very true.

Laguna Beach’s more my style but getting in either via PCH or the 133 — not fun.

I’m sure you know the Newport/Laguna/lawyer joke.

here’s Gwin Zegal, the beach we frequent in Brittany.

burnspbesq @ 96

Christine Edmonson @ 95

I’ve seen the Newport beach. Nice, but not the stinky east coast ones we love.

There is something to be said for sitting on the upper level of Ruby’s at the end of the Balboa Pier sucking on a big strawberry milkshake. But other than that, the only good thing about Newport is that it’s where I get my car serviced. Town full of smug, rich, white-bread Republicans who don’t know the difference between luck and brains.

The only reason I know anything about it is that my sister’s husband used to be the head Chef at the Four Season’s Hotel. That was many years ago… but I visited there and found myself not wanted in a town full of rich people. It isn’t a place I would want to live, given my DFH status.

The joke almost write themselves.

Here’s the commercial I expect to see about Craig’s, Allen’s, Gannon and Haggarty’s problem and a new mircle solution.

Attention Republican officials! Homosexuality has Come OUT in the Republican party!
But it’s not WANTED! If you think the conservative pundits are fine with your acts of homosexuality, think again! They think you are a supremely arrogant, lying crapweasel who should resign!

What should you do? Narrow your stance? Stop getting Gay hookers through White House press room? Apologize?
HECK NO! You’re a REPUBLICAN and you don’t apologize for ANYTHING!

You should try GAY BE GONE! This powerful new prescription Placebo will free you from the TEH GAY. The more pills you take the less Gay you become. Guess which Male Cheerleader is our biggest customer? Oops that’s a state secret!

The beauty of Gay be Gone is that you can keep your Gay hating ways while,
sucking up to your gay hating base, and all the while
ramming gay bashing legislation down the throat of your constituents and never ever feel conflicted!

So you don’t forget, ACT today! Dial 1800 HOMONO! Congressional pages are standing by to take your calls. Remember that number 1800 HOMO NO! Once again that’s 1 800 H O M O N O. Call NOW!

Gay be Gone may cause forgetfulness, mendaciousness and some giganticism. Ask your lawyer or campaign manager if Gay Be Gone is right for you.

From Fitzer, Makers of Baby Maybe, InstaSpine and other fine food like substances..

TribeScribe @ 101

wangdangdoodle @ 42

Family values.

open marriage?

Teh stoopid?

via War and Piece’s Laura Rozen:
http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/006564.html

A Win for “State Secrets” Protects a Defense Contractor Benefactor of Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons — and his Air Force Allies.

For those thinking about sleep, I suggest you hang in for a few short minutes…

burnspbesq @ 87

SoCal beaches bore me.

Me too – I’ve lived in LA for 20 years, but I’m from the Gulf Coast of Florida, so a ‘beach’ to me means clean white sand and warm swimmable water (unless it’s Red Tide time, of course). In 20 years I can count on one hand the times I’ve gone to the beach in LA.

burnspbesq @ 106

TribeScribe @ 101

open marriage?

Teh stoopid?

Teh possible

spocko @ 105

The joke almost write themselves.

Here’s the commercial I expect to see about Craig’s, Allen’s, Gannon and Haggarty’s problem and a new mircle solution.

Attention Republican officials! Homosexuality has Come OUT in the Republican party!
But it’s not WANTED! If you think the conservative pundits are fine with your acts of homosexuality, think again! They think you are a supremely arrogant, lying crapweasel who should resign!

What should you do? Narrow your stance? Stop getting Gay hookers through White House press room? Apologize?
HECK NO! You’re a REPUBLICAN and you don’t apologize for ANYTHING!

You should try GAY BE GONE! This powerful new prescription Placebo will free you from the TEH GAY. The more pills you take the less Gay you become. Guess which Male Cheerleader is our biggest customer? Oops that’s a state secret!

The beauty of Gay be Gone is that you can keep your Gay hating ways while,
sucking up to your gay hating base, and all the while
ramming gay bashing legislation down the throat of your constituents and never ever feel conflicted!

So you don’t forget, ACT today! Dial 1800 HOMONO! Congressional pages are standing by to take your calls. Remember that number 1800 HOMO NO! Once again that’s 1 800 H O M O N O. Call NOW!

Gay be Gone may cause forgetfulness, mendaciousness and some giganticism. Ask your lawyer or campaign manager if Gay Be Gone is right for you.

From Fitzer, Makers of Baby Maybe, InstaSpine and other fine food like substances..

Fantastic! Where do I sign? Are there operators standing by?

burnspbesq @ 106

TribeScribe @ 101

open marriage?

Teh stoopid?

yes.
a man will go places
with a hard cock,
he will not go with
a machine gun.

Well, this is interesting.

According to Friday’s NYT, the American Cancer Society is going to spend its entire 2007 ad budget on awareness ads about the effects of the lack of health insurance.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08…..ref=slogin

Alicia: No operators, but “Congressional pages are standing by to take your calls.”

(They work cheap.)

yellowdog jim @ 112

yes.
a man will go places
with a hard cock,
he will not go with
a machine gun.

Tell it Brother.

spocko @ 105

The joke almost write themselves.

Here’s the commercial I expect to see about Craig’s, Allen’s, Gannon and Haggarty’s problem and a new mircle solution.

Attention Republican officials! Homosexuality has Come OUT in the Republican party! Too funny! You got game!
But it’s not WANTED! If you think the conservative pundits are fine with your acts of homosexuality, think again! They think you are a supremely arrogant, lying crapweasel who should resign!

What should you do? Narrow your stance? Stop getting Gay hookers through White House press room? Apologize?
HECK NO! You’re a REPUBLICAN and you don’t apologize for ANYTHING!

You should try GAY BE GONE! This powerful new prescription Placebo will free you from the TEH GAY. The more pills you take the less Gay you become. Guess which Male Cheerleader is our biggest customer? Oops that’s a state secret!

The beauty of Gay be Gone is that you can keep your Gay hating ways while,
sucking up to your gay hating base, and all the while
ramming gay bashing legislation down the throat of your constituents and never ever feel conflicted!

So you don’t forget, ACT today! Dial 1800 HOMONO! Congressional pages are standing by to take your calls. Remember that number 1800 HOMO NO! Once again that’s 1 800 H O M O N O. Call NOW!

Gay be Gone may cause forgetfulness, mendaciousness and some giganticism. Ask your lawyer or campaign manager if Gay Be Gone is right for you.

From Fitzer, Makers of Baby Maybe, InstaSpine and other fine food like substances..

I like the term for dear Larry Craig: Idahomosexual.

karen allen @ 117

I like the term for dear Larry Craig: Idahomosexual.

his private idaho, mo’sexual

Thanks to peanutbutter for posting the Salon link. I am now officially grossed out at the thought of people kneeling on the floors of public restrooms. Sucking a stranger’s c*ck seems germ-free compared to that.

The Lurking Mod @ 108

For those thinking about sleep, I suggest you hang in for a few short minutes…

I’m sorry folks, I’m bidding a fond adieu to the Lake, early tonite, Aloha Oe!!!

newtonusr @ 115

yellowdog jim @ 112

yes.
a man will go places
with a hard cock,
he will not go with
a machine gun.

Tell it Brother.

testosterone kills.

Did someone say “Private Idaho?”

burnspbesq @ 102

peanutbutter @ 100

Ha ha ha, very true.

Laguna Beach’s more my style but getting in either via PCH or the 133 — not fun.

I’m sure you know the Newport/Laguna/lawyer joke.

Oh dear. Fraid not.

peanutbutter @ 123

burnspbesq @ 102

I’m sure you know the Newport/Laguna/lawyer joke.

Oh dear. Fraid not.

Q: Do you know why Newport Beach is full of lawyers and Laguna Beach is full of gays?

A: Laguna got first pick.

burnspbesq @ 122

Did someone say “Private Idaho?”

thanks.
i needed that.

burnspbesq @ 124

peanutbutter @ 123

Oh dear. Fraid not.

Q: Do you know why Newport Beach is full of lawyers and Laguna Beach is full of gays?

A: Laguna got first pick.

I’ve lived here for 20 odd years and missed that one, ha!

yellowdog jim @ 121

newtonusr @ 115

Tell it Brother.

testosterone kills.

As a member of the gender group best known for following our “little Captains” into battle, I concur.

Oh, dear.

Looks live ol’ Steve is hankerin’ to separate me from some more of my money.

http://www.latimes.com/busines…..ome-center

Oh, please … a 120-gig iPod with the screen and the interface from the iPhone.

Also EPU’d from downstairs. The California Constitution only applies to Statewide and Local Offices.

peanutbutter @ 17

EPU’d from downstairs:

OK, I’m wrong.

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 2 VOTING, INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM, AND RECALL

SEC. 13. Recall is the power of the electors to remove an elective officer.

So any officer that’s elected to their position. Which would make them eligible. I would not be in favor of this (I was not in favor of Davis’ recall as much as I detested the man), but yes theoretically such a recall could be initiated. There are some variations in the rules about how many signatures are required to be collected depending on the office, but otherwise the procedure’s the same.

An interesting overview of Davis’ recall: Reflections on the California Recall

I think you completely ignore the next Section of the State Constitution.

ARTICLE 2 VOTING, INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM, AND RECALL

SEC. 14. (a) Recall of a STATE officer is initiated by delivering to the Secretary of State a petition alleging reason for recall.Sufficiency of reason is not reviewable. Proponents have 160 days tofile signed petitions.
(b) A petition to recall a statewide officer must be signed by electors … Signatures to recall Senators, members of the Assembly, members of the Board of Equalization, and judges of courts of appeal and trial courts must equal in number 20 percent of the last vote for the office.”

The reference to Senators is to the STATE SENATE…not Congressional Senators. After all the following reference is to the Assembly, and there is no mention of the House of Representatives.

“SEC. 18. A state officer who is not recalled shall be reimbursed by the State for the officer’s recall election expenses legally and personally incurred.”

“SEC. 19. The Legislature shall provide for recall of local
officers. This section does not affect counties and cities whose
charters provide for recall.”

Thus the California State Constitution DOES NOT have any role in authorizating the recall of Federal Officers…only those that serve at the State and Local level. In addition there is NO procedures enunciated for initiating the process. Federal officers…Senators and Representatives…are not mentioned in the recall section.

Don’t get distracted searching for this as a solution to the issues with Pelosi or Feinstein. It isn’t there!

test

cinnamonape @ 129

Also EPU’d from downstairs. The California Constitution only applies to Statewide and Local Offices.
Don’t get distracted searching for this as a solution to the issues with Pelosi or Feinstein. It isn’t there!

D’hur…*smacks head*. Anyway, I’m not in favor of a recall. Didn’t like the last one and wouldn’t want another one.

*mutters to self. state…federal…state…federal…well dammit they’re my state senators…bah…*

Oh, another Iraq-related bribery scandal.

Is that 146 or 147? I’ve lost count.

karen allen @ 117

I like the term for dear Larry Craig: Idahomosexual.

Larry, Curley, and IDA-Ho MO!

Someone should rewrite Frank Zappas “Dynamo Hum” to Be “IDA-Ho MO!”

The Poodle Bites! The Poodle Chews It!

(sliding into the lake) dayam, what did i miss? who is here? the power company cut our power:

More than 4,000 Boulder Creek residents lost power when Pacific Gas & Electric cut power in the area to prevent accidental electrocution of fire fighters. Power was to be restored by midnight Thursday.

judas priest, i was jonesing bad!

Dayam, I am offline for 6 hours and come back to find ya’ll are looking up recalls in CA – who???

Aha! The Lurking Mod’s surprise, lol. Hi Suzanne.

Suzanne @ 134

(sliding into the lake) dayam, what did i miss? who is here? the power company cut our power:

More than 4,000 Boulder Creek residents lost power when Pacific Gas & Electric cut power in the area to prevent accidental electrocution of fire fighters. Power was to be restored by midnight Thursday.

judas priest, i was jonesing bad!

Corazon! How we have missed you!

Hey Suz! We missed you!

Let me sign in and get all modded up. be right back

punaise @ 81

the Bay Bridge will be closed all weekend long for seismic work – traffic is going to be horrendous.

Punaise et al.

Well, at least it’s not on the list of deficient bridges.

Deficient bridges

Then again, there are many:

Scores of bridges ‘deficient’ since ’80s

Suzanne @ 135

Dayam, I am offline for 6 hours and come back to find ya’ll are looking up recalls in CA – who???

Feinstein — for reasons which were not entirely clear to me.

Yay, Suzanne, you made it!

Suzanne @ 135

Dayam, I am offline for 6 hours and come back to find ya’ll are looking up recalls in CA – who???

Oh downstairs people were getting all riled up about Pelosi and Feinstein. I thought that recalls could only apply to the governor, and then looked at the CA constitution, which says that it applies to any elected state official…forgetting completely that of course a US senator is FEDERAL. *smacks self on head once more*.

Feinstein’s shenanigans regarding the AG and such in earlier posts (not to mention basically her entire checkered career, but I digress) apparently set off that latest round…

montag @ 52

punaise @ 46

Larry’s recipe for tappin’ odd: olive your bases are belong to lust.

Craig: “It’s all Greek to me.”

Maybe Basque. Larry stuffs a mean Piquillo, I’ve heard!

http://www.chbn.com/Clip.aspx?key=32AD54101FEAE1D5

burnspbesq @ 141

Suzanne @ 135

Dayam, I am offline for 6 hours and come back to find ya’ll are looking up recalls in CA – who???

Feinstein — for reasons which were not entirely clear to me.

Hey, man, where you been? Pretty clear to me. You need to eat more anchovies.

burnspbesq @ 141

Suzanne @ 135

Dayam, I am offline for 6 hours and come back to find ya’ll are looking up recalls in CA – who???

Feinstein — for reasons which were not entirely clear to me.

These days, general principles is enough….

So did The Lurking Mod take good care of ya’ll? Did anyone get the Silent Mod to comment?

Suddenly, I am jonesing for some Led Zep.

Valley Girl @ 140

punaise @ 81

the Bay Bridge will be closed all weekend long for seismic work – traffic is going to be horrendous.

Punaise et al.

Well, at least it’s not on the list of deficient bridges.

Deficient bridges

Then again, there are many:

Scores of bridges ‘deficient’ since ’80s

Wow, either there’s a major cover up on michigan bridges or MDOT actually does its job.

Then again, there’s the michigan saying. ‘There are two seasons in michigan. Winter and Construction.’ Becuase there is always roadwork going, and the bridges that get the heaviest traffic are international and toll bridges as well.

I wish we could send DiFi a recall message :(

Anything else? Any news dumps? Which GOP got caught in a gay sex scandal today?

Suz,
No news dumps that I’ve been aware of (or awake for)but here’s a funny bunch of Craig cartoons:
http://cagle.com/news/SenatorCraig/13.asp
Thanks to someone in above comments, not sure who, for this.

Suzanne @ 150

I wish we could send DiFi a recall message :(

Anything else? Any news dumps? Which GOP got caught in a gay sex scandal today?

A few interesting news items:
Cancer Society Focuses Its Ads on the Uninsured
Iowa court rules same-sex couples can marry
SENATOR CRAIG, “I AM NOT GAY” .
A Win for “State Secrets”

At least that’s what I’ve got hanging on my tabs here.

Suzanne @ 146

So did The Lurking Mod take good care of ya’ll? Did anyone get the Silent Mod to comment?

***

Lurking Mod was great.

Silent Mod? I hear nuzzink…

Thanks, margot.

Alrighty, turning into a turnip here. Night, all! I’ve got me a four day weekend, and plenty of work on the house to do :-P

It’d be interesting to see if Senator Craig called someonew in the Minnesota Republican Congressional Delegation or Statehouse to try and “fix” this.

Here would be the prime suspects.

U.S. Senate:
Senior Senator: Norm Coleman (R)

U.S. House of Representatives

MN-02 Rep.: John Kline (R)
MN-03 Rep.: Jim Ramstad (R)
MN-06 Rep.: Michele Bachmann (R)

Executive Branch
Governor: Tim Pawlenty (R)
Lt. Governor: Carol Molnau (R)

Unfortunately for Craig the Attorney General is Lori Swanson…and she’s a Democrat. Still, by having the charge labelled as “disturbing the peace” rather than the more tricky “solicitation” he may have thought he could bury it. It’s a misdemeanor, not a felony.

As well, does the law require him to register as a sex offender? Anyone know?

montag @ 146

burnspbesq @ 141

Feinstein — for reasons which were not entirely clear to me.

These days, general principles is enough….

General principles? Hmmm … I was under the impression that a large number of firepups think ol’DiFi is deficient in that department.

That said … would you prefer to see Pete Wilson, or Surfin’ Dana, in the Senate? By that standard, ol’ DiFi don’t seem nearly as bad.

The bottom line is that both parties are severely lacking in plausible top-of-the-ticket candidates in California for the foreseeable future. The next race for gov is going to be completely cringe-inspiring. Fabian Nunez vs. Brian Bilbray? Yeah, the mere thought of that raised my heart-rate by about 20 beats per minute.

punaise – the ferry from Oakland to SF is quite pleasant but not sure of their weekend schedule – surely they will run regularly this weekend.

suze – saw a young woman the other day in Monterey sporting a bumper sticker on her shiny Prius that read:

DiFi: GOP in DRAG.

;~)

Suz! I come back from actually working, and there you are. Glad you’re ok!

newspaperbrat @ 158

punaise – the ferry from Oakland to SF is quite pleasant but not sure of their weekend schedule – surely they will run regularly this weekend.

suze – saw a young woman the other day in Monterey sporting a bumper sticker on her shiny Prius that read:

DiFi: GOP in DRAG.

;~)

That is a fine bumper sticker NPB – dayam fine.

burnspbesq @ 157

General principles? Hmmm … I was under the impression that a large number of firepups think ol’DiFi is deficient in that department.

Nah, that’s an old expression for, basically, the hell of it, that the situation is too obvious to detail.

Well, at least Bilbray’s residence won’t give him complications in that race… he does have a residence somewhere in the state. :)

Shadowstalker, thanks – i was fine – just no power for 6 hours so the firemen could put out a wildfire over the summit – i wasn’t in fire danger – just hotter than hell with no fans, no tubes, and worried the batteries on my boombox would die before power came back on. lets not mention all the ice cream i had to eat that was melting in the freezer.

Mmm, ice cream. I was trapped with a wideawake four-month-old all day with not a speck of chocolate in my house.

No sleep, and no chocolate. Blech.

Suzanne @ 162

..lets not mention all the ice cream i had to eat that was melting in the freezer.

Poor you. :-)
Glad you’re swimmin’ again.

me too, newtonusr – me too. i really was missing you pups

I’m out. Good night, everyone.

I probably won’t be around tomorrow night; going to the Galen Center to watch some women’s college volleyball. Hope to catch y’all at some point over the weekend.

Shadowstalker, no chocolate :(
but grandbaby all day :)
i would call that a tie in my book

She is a darling, too. Not much of a cryer or screamer, unlike her mother. She just smiles you into doing her every bidding. She forced me to sit on the couch with her and sing to her most of the morning until my voice gave out. Then we watched the Weather Channel and VH1.

(smilin) baby smiles are the best. their whole face just lights up with pure joy – love that look.

Suzanne @ 150

I wish we could send DiFi a recall message :(

Anything else? Any news dumps? Which GOP got caught in a gay sex scandal today?

well.. at least she doesn’t figure in Forbe’s 100 most powerful women. #1 Chancellor of Germany, #2 Vice Premier of China, #3 a Singaporean CEO, #4 Condi (!), #25 Hillary, #26 Nancy (behind Hillary?).. neither of our two California senators rate

Why are people mad at Nancy Pelosi tonight?

She has a whole houseful of females wrapped around that tiny pinky of hers. Even the dog cuddles up to her and washes her face constantly. That’s probably mainly food, but it’s still adorable.

It got awfully quiet here.

Blub @ 170

Suzanne @ 150

I wish we could send DiFi a recall message :(

Anything else? Any news dumps? Which GOP got caught in a gay sex scandal today?

well.. at least she doesn’t figure in Forbe’s 100 most powerful women. #1 Chancellor of Germany, #2 Vice Premier of China, #3 a Singaporean CEO, #4 Condi (!), #25 Hillary, #26 Nancy (behind Hillary?).. neither of our two California senators rate

Why are people mad at Nancy Pelosi tonight?

No spine. Same as last night.

Shadowstalker @ 171

well.. at least she doesn’t figure in Forbe’s 100 most powerful women

sorry.. forgot the link
http://www.forbes.com/lists/20….._Rank.html

blub, and there is always her ‘impeachment is not on the table’ statement – dont think the pups will let her forget about that bs.

Suzanne @ 174

blub, and there is always her ‘impeachment is not on the table’ statement – dont think the pups will let her forget about that bs.

Never. She needs a new dining set.

burnspbesq @ 157

montag @ 146

These days, general principles is enough….

General principles? Hmmm … I was under the impression that a large number of firepups think ol’DiFi is deficient in that department.

That said … would you prefer to see Pete Wilson, or Surfin’ Dana, in the Senate? By that standard, ol’ DiFi don’t seem nearly as bad.

The bottom line is that both parties are severely lacking in plausible top-of-the-ticket candidates in California for the foreseeable future. The next race for gov is going to be completely cringe-inspiring. Fabian Nunez vs. Brian Bilbray? Yeah, the mere thought of that raised my heart-rate by about 20 beats per minute.

California desperately needs a new generation of democrats. The current crop, though dominant, won’t last.

Suzanne @ 174

blub, and there is always her ‘impeachment is not on the table’ statement – dont think the pups will let her forget about that bs.

oh well, at least she’s consistent over that point. I still prefer her over DiFi and (too scared to even be bothered to vote on FISA) Boxer, among my state’s politicos

wigwam @ 172

Blub @ 170

well.. at least she doesn’t figure in Forbe’s 100 most powerful women. #1 Chancellor of Germany, #2 Vice Premier of China, #3 a Singaporean CEO, #4 Condi (!), #25 Hillary, #26 Nancy (behind Hillary?).. neither of our two California senators rate

Why are people mad at Nancy Pelosi tonight?

No spine. Same as last night.

My election euphoria last year disappeared when Pelosi didn’t stand up to Steny Hoyer and gang and fight for her old devoted colleague Murtha. He deserved much better and so did the country.

I was already cranky with Babs Boxer for supporting Joe Liarman, DiFi has long been a Republican in drag and now Nancy. We need some fresh faces and minds to emerge here in the once Golden State.

stopping by quickly~love the video!!

listening to the news now.. this GAO Iraq report thing is hilarious. An exec branch agency is so sure that WH is going to censor their findings that they leaked the draft before shrubco got its hands on it. So much for the unitary executive.

newspaperbrat @ 178

wigwam @ 172

No spine. Same as last night.

My election euphoria last year disappeared when Pelosi didn’t stand up to Steny Hoyer and gang and fight for her old devoted colleague Murtha. He deserved much better and so did the country.

I was already cranky with Babs Boxer for supporting Joe Liarman, DiFi has long been a Republican in drag and now Nancy. We need some fresh faces and minds to emerge here in the once Golden State.

Never thought I’d say it, but I miss Willie Brown.
Yes, he was as corrupt as the day is long, but he was tough and Progressive.

I’m going home to bed, finally. Y’all take care!

newtonusr @ 181

Yes, he was as corrupt as the day is long, but he was tough and Progressive.

and evil. Corrupt and progressive doesn’t do it for me. Progressive means clean for me. Corrupt means rethug… even if they’re elected as dems.

I’m heading for dreamland too – need to recharge for another ten hour day at the museum. Nite nite Suz and all you fine firepups.

TexBetsy @ 76

a very heartwarming story

James Mulvaney: Surfing with Autism
from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com by James Mulvaney

This is a story about a little boy who has autism who rode a dream to find a little bit of heaven on a New York beach.

….

Because this is a story about a little boy, I’ll skip the larger debates about the cause and extent of the autism epidemic, except for a warning to the polluters who claim that autism is a only a “genetic” disorder — code for “bad parents, good industrialists” — “You will have a hard time convincing St. Peter that they really believed that mercury, lead and PCBs were safe.”

As a parent of a high-functioning autistic boy, this is the sort of asinine comment that really annoys me. Mercury and lead have been part of the urban environment for hundreds, even thousands, of years (quick: guess what metal the Romans used for water pipes?). The autism epidemic is something much more recent. The alleged connection between mercury and autism, in particular, has been conclusively and exhaustively debunked. There are enough other reasons to work to lessen heavy metal pollution without people making them up, unless you’re an ambulance-chasing lawyer interested in nothing but living off the stress and grief of victims.

And the suggestion that parents of children with genetic defects are somehow to blame for the condition of children goes beyond asinine to offensive. “Genetic” is not code for “bad parents” anywhere out of the mind of this hack.

If this is a typical production of the “reality-based community,” then god help us all.

TRex @ 24

I do solemnly swear that this will be My Last Larry Craig Post EVARRRR!!11!!11!!

I’m officially over this story.

(I know, now the clock is ticking inexorably toward the next funny thing I think of to say about it, at which point I will be forced to break my vow.)

Most here are aware of the various techniques used by the Noize Machine for message control – bright shiny objects, Fri night news dump, etc. – yet when they employ these techniques, we often take the bait.

Larry Craig was busted in June. This story “broke” on the same day Abu Gone-zalez goes buh-bye?!? Can there be a more obvious bright shiny object?

Once again, their technique has succeeded in substantially shaping the public discourse, even within Liberal circles. We’ve gotta stop falling into these traps.

The Craig saga is worth some coverage, but how much news time in general over the last few days do you think has been spent on Craig as opposed to Gonezo?

What’s Clement been up to so far? Has Abu already landed on the wingnut welfare rolls? What exactly happened there anyway?

These are all questions I wish I knew the answers to, but instead I now know about techniques closeted homosexuals use in bathrooms to get sex. And I’m very well versed in Larry Craig history as well.

The Gonzo fiasco is off the front pages and not top of mind. Mission accomplished for them. Sure didn’t take long. It’s sort of like how we can all talk in detail about Iraqi Sunnis, Shia, and Kurds, even though none of them had anything to do with 9/11, and bin Forgotten is apparanently running around Pakistan.

I’m thinking in a very broad, national sense here, and realize most people here understand this, but these smoke and mirror techniques influence even the more informed people out there to a certain extent. This is why I feel this issue is important, and that we must fight against the tendency to fixate on the shiny objects they float in front of us.

that’s it for me tonight folks. g’nite all

As a parent of a high-functioning autistic boy, this is the sort of asinine comment that really annoys me. Mercury and lead have been part of the urban environment for hundreds, even thousands, of years (quick: guess what metal the Romans used for water pipes?). The autism epidemic is something much more recent. The alleged connection between mercury and autism, in particular, has been conclusively and exhaustively debunked. There are enough other reasons to work to lessen heavy metal pollution without people making them up, unless you’re an ambulance-chasing lawyer interested in nothing but living off the stress and grief of victims.

And the suggestion that parents of children with genetic defects are somehow to blame for the condition of children goes beyond asinine to offensive. “Genetic” is not code for “bad parents” anywhere out of the mind of this hack.

If this is a typical production of the “reality-based community,” then god help us all.

I am also a parent of a fairly high functioning autistic child. I find your comments to be rather less intelligent than you probably imagine. 1) the large studies that have supposedly debunked the mercury autism connection are sullied by the stench of conflict of interest of the principle researchers with the pharmico-industrial complex. Smaller studies have reached different conclusions, but they of course, don’t count. 2) Nothing in world history can compare with the intensity with which we have poured pollutants into the environment in the last fifty years. 3) Some have speculated that the decay of Rome is connected with the very lead pipes you mention. 4)If the cause autism is merely genetic, how do you suppose the human genome has deteriorated so much in just the last 25 years?

Hiya, pups. Just home from rehearsal. Anyone still up?

Sort of. I just woke up. It’s 3:29 a.m. here.

David Olsen @ 188

As a parent of a high-functioning autistic boy, this is the sort of asinine comment that really annoys me. Mercury and lead have been part of the urban environment for hundreds, even thousands, of years (quick: guess what metal the Romans used for water pipes?). The autism epidemic is something much more recent. The alleged connection between mercury and autism, in particular, has been conclusively and exhaustively debunked. There are enough other reasons to work to lessen heavy metal pollution without people making them up, unless you’re an ambulance-chasing lawyer interested in nothing but living off the stress and grief of victims.

And the suggestion that parents of children with genetic defects are somehow to blame for the condition of children goes beyond asinine to offensive. “Genetic” is not code for “bad parents” anywhere out of the mind of this hack.

If this is a typical production of the “reality-based community,” then god help us all.

I am also a parent of a fairly high functioning autistic child. I find your comments to be rather less intelligent than you probably imagine. 1) the large studies that have supposedly debunked the mercury autism connection are sullied by the stench of conflict of interest of the principle researchers with the pharmico-industrial complex. Smaller studies have reached different conclusions, but they of course, don’t count. 2) Nothing in world history can compare with the intensity with which we have poured pollutants into the environment in the last fifty years. 3) Some have speculated that the decay of Rome is connected with the very lead pipes you mention. 4)If the cause autism is merely genetic, how do you suppose the human genome has deteriorated so much in just the last 25 years?

I have always suspected ultrasounds of fetuses. Time frame seems to fit for dramatic increase. Other things don’t help but the proliferation of ultrasounds is new to the equation. Any studies?

Lindy @ 190

Sort of. I just woke up. It’s 3:29 a.m. here.

Hi, Lindy – 12:30 here, and not quite ready to call it a day. Waiting up a bit more to catch the East Coast papers as they parse and minimalize the latest GOP scandals, idiocies and crimes.

I just started reading Gore’s book, The Assault on Reason.

Awake and restless in Kansas at 3:53. Anyone there?

I have always suspected ultrasounds of fetuses. Time frame seems to fit for dramatic increase. Other things don’t help but the proliferation of ultrasounds is new to the equation. Any studies?

I haven’t heard of that. Like vaccinations, we’ve always been led to believe that ultrasound was “safe.” Maybe it’s not. I doubt it has been studied.

yo

Anonymous commenter over at Joe Canason’s column at Salon:

The Big Tent Republican Party is now the Wide Stance Republican Party.

WSRP.

Trex and others,

I was interested in the origin of the song, and did some googling.

It was done by Doug Clark. Apparently, he has quite a history of doing parodies.

http://indianhillmediaworks.ty…..s-and.html

snip from above-

~Next time you hear some executive talk about cross-platform distribution, you might want to fire up this Senator Craig item, from Doug Clark at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash. That’s putting the multi in multi-media.~

Good morning pups!

bonkers @ 186

Larry Craig was busted in June. This story “broke” on the same day Abu Gone-zalez goes buh-bye?!? Can there be a more obvious bright shiny object?

Once again, their technique has succeeded in substantially shaping the public discourse, even within Liberal circles. We’ve gotta stop falling into these traps.

The Craig saga is worth some coverage, but how much news time in general over the last few days do you think has been spent on Craig as opposed to Gonezo?

What’s Clement been up to so far? Has Abu already landed on the wingnut welfare rolls? What exactly happened there anyway?

These are all questions I wish I knew the answers to, but instead I now know about techniques closeted homosexuals use in bathrooms to get sex. And I’m very well versed in Larry Craig history as well.

The Gonzo fiasco is off the front pages and not top of mind. Mission accomplished for them. Sure didn’t take long. It’s sort of like how we can all talk in detail about Iraqi Sunnis, Shia, and Kurds, even though none of them had anything to do with 9/11, and bin Forgotten is apparanently running around Pakistan.

I’m thinking in a very broad, national sense here, and realize most people here understand this, but these smoke and mirror techniques influence even the more informed people out there to a certain extent. This is why I feel this issue is important, and that we must fight against the tendency to fixate on the shiny objects they float in front of us.

I don’t see the relationship…the Craig story didn’t break on the same day the Gonzo resignation was announced. It happened AFTERWARDS…and if the WH wanted to bury the Gonzo resignation story they would have timed it AFTER the Craig story.

And if the WH had control of the Craig story…why release it at all. Why sacrifice a loyalist…especially with some important votes coming up on the Senate floor. And while it is true the arrest occurred in mid June the plea came in August. The officer involved said he wasn’t in the habit of releasing his arrests to the media. So likely it was someone somewhere else along the chain that did so.

In regards to the Clement issue…Gonzo remains Attorney General until Constitution Day…Sept. 18th. There was lots of commentary about that irony here on FDL. Guess you missed it. Clement remains Solicitor General until then. He cannot begin serving as Atty General until Gonzo is OUT. It looks as if Leahy is going to continue to pursue the issue of Gonzo’s perjury, and may even call him back for even further testimony. And there was some discussion on this site as to whether Schumer might squelch further investigation on the firing of the USAG’s in exchange for getting a AG nominee that is “responsible and decent”.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/200…..dGGJX4R9AF

I think that there can be a different strategy with “shiny objects” (if indeed Craig is actually one…I don’t think he is, actually). One can be led BY them or take control of the agenda. Paris Hilton or Leona Helmsley can be used as an icon of why the Republican obsession with killing the inheritance tax is ridiculous.

The Craig issue can be used to show the hypocrisy of the Senate Republicans in vilifying Craig while utterly giving Vitter a “pass”. As well it can be used, much as the Mark Foley situation was, to look into the whole process of whether Craig was “protected” or sought help to bury this issue from others in high places. The Foley issue had tremendous ramifications on “the base”…not simply in his Florida Congressional District.

But this doesn’t mean that the other issues aren’t critical right now, they are. But getting rid of a couple of GOP Senators and a half dozen corrupt Congresscritters would go a long ways in helping the cause. Suddenly that Veto Proof Majority can be worked out wth people withi the democratic majority…and you may have people actually willing to move to the left, rather than the right.

Good morning, pups. Today in the NYT Bobo gives us another angst-filled meditation, this time on his feelings of inadequacy at the beach. Paul Krugman says there is a powerful political faction in the country that’s determined to draw exactly the wrong lesson from Hurricane Katrina.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

Coffee and tea are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. I’m exhausted because I was up WAY past my bedtime watching tennis last night. Have a great Friday.

Good morning.

Let us have a minute of silence for Di.

And then turn off the TV.

Great. “Teh funny” is one of the great understatements of all time. Now I’ve got tea coming out of my nose…

cinnamonape @ 200

The Craig issue can be used to show the hypocrisy of the Senate Republicans in vilifying Craig while utterly giving Vitter a “pass”.

I agree with this entirely. Sorry not to address your other points, but I am just highlighting this part because it is exactly what I have been saying/ thinking of late.

Thanks for the coffee Marion.

You are an angel.

new thread: Can anybody stop attack of Iran?

cinnamonape @ 200

I don’t see the relationship…the Craig story didn’t break on the same day the Gonzo resignation was announced. It happened AFTERWARDS…and if the WH wanted to bury the Gonzo resignation story they would have timed it AFTER the Craig story.

And if the WH had control of the Craig story…why release it at all. Why sacrifice a loyalist…especially with some important votes coming up on the Senate floor. And while it is true the arrest occurred in mid June the plea came in August. The officer involved said he wasn’t in the habit of releasing his arrests to the media. So likely it was someone somewhere else along the chain that did so.

In regards to the Clement issue…Gonzo remains Attorney General until Constitution Day…Sept. 18th. There was lots of commentary about that irony here on FDL. Guess you missed it. Clement remains Solicitor General until then. He cannot begin serving as Atty General until Gonzo is OUT. It looks as if Leahy is going to continue to pursue the issue of Gonzo’s perjury, and may even call him back for even further testimony. And there was some discussion on this site as to whether Schumer might squelch further investigation on the firing of the USAG’s in exchange for getting a AG nominee that is “responsible and decent”.

Realize this is very late now, but oh well…

Seems to me you would want to release the Shiny Object after the event you want to squelch. That way, Gonzo’s gone and a day or two later, few are talking about it and focused on details of bathroom sex antics, which is exactly what has and is currently happening.

You’re right, I haven’t been able to keep plugged into the New Media recently, and have just been catching radio/TV snippets while travelling along with brief visits to the Blogosphere, and have not seen one iota of info about Gonzo, and my lack of knowledge of those details is proving my point about falling into the trap. The AG scandal should be front and center. They’ve committed substantially more damaging crimes than Nixon’s henchmen could ever dream of. But dayam, I sure know what to look for next time I’m in a public restroom.

Just like the Iraq build up, and now the Iran build up, many of us are taking our eyes off the ball too much of the time. Of course, maybe I should look more into the arrest history of one undercover cop in Minneapolis.