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I’d like to dedicate this goofy-but-still-sorta-cool song to Sidney Blumenthal, who brought us proof this week that President Bush knew full well that there were no WMD’s in Iraq:
Sept. 6, 2007 | On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, according to two former senior CIA officers. Bush dismissed as worthless this information from the Iraqi foreign minister, a member of Saddam’s inner circle, although it turned out to be accurate in every detail. Tenet never brought it up again.
And, sadly enough, it seems that everyone who’s paying attention just sort of shrugged and said, “Well, yeah. It never really was about the WMD’s, was it?”
Boy, I’m glad things didn’t go horribly, catastrophically wrong over there. Our whole country would look like a bunch of fucking idiots.
We sure dodged the bullet on that one.
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single digits :) sweet
drat!
4?
althespook @ 3
:P
tres?
isn’t the video quartermass? my ghod, that takes me back. I LOVED their stuff…
So nobody is gonna rag on me cause I haven’t said anything all night, but got the zed?
Whip and Chill!
And I will never again look at Cindy Loo Hoo without thinking of a fruit bat. Shape of the head, the eyes…dang! I’ve always loved fruit bats?
10? I got stuck @409 typing about Bulgarians
WORD!
TJ @ 8
I wasn’t gonna mention it (cracking knuckles) but…
althespook @ 7
Missing Persons. Terri Nunn I think.
Steve-AR @ 10
Yes, but it was ever so informative.
Steve-AR @ 10
Vista kicked me off and for some reason I am craving chocolate.
Our whole country would… look?
I always skip words when I type :(
The comments have been flying so fast and furious that I’m barely keeping up with reading. Thinking of something to respond would overload me!
Here’s one for Mother
;>)
newtonusr @ 13
Right. Always got those two confused. loved em both tho. gotta see if I can get them on napster…
wangdangdoodle @ 15
Ah, your body always knows best what it needs. :)
darkblack @ 18
GAAAAHHHH!!!!!
montag @ 20
Chocolate beer?
althespook @ 19
no luck. trying urge…
althespook @ 7
*huge eyeroll*
You’re thinking Quarterflash and this isn’t them. This is MISSING PERSONS!
Gawd, get it right.
*g*
darkblack @ 18
now that is scary!
darkblack @ 18
Mother says you are a naughty boy and to go wash your brain with bleach right now young man!
darkblack @ 18
Jumpin’ Jeebus! I don’t think there is enough brain bleach in the world to deal with that one. I think I’ll just slink into the corner and gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon.
althespook @ 19
I bought this cassette new and was immediately shunned by my other HeadBanger friends.
wangdangdoodle @ 21
I take it it’s a good thing I didn’t click on the link?
newtonusr @ 13
Dale Bozzio!!
Now that it has slowed down, how do you link to a single photo..like Suzanne did with her dog?
For anyone who’s interested in following the “As the Episcopal Word Turns” saga, today I received an e-mail from a member of my church (who happens to be a retired priest), containing a letter Bishop Shelby Spong sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Even if you’re not interested in the church aspect, there’s an object lesson here (I think that’s what it’s called) about the foolishness of trying to compromise with the extreme right wing.
Fern @ 29
Trust me!
Chocolate and caramel.
wangdangdoodle @ 21
Holeyyyyyyyy Shittttttt… that one would give Freud nightmares for a month. (But, it probably explains a whole lot we really don’t want to know about. :) )
Everyone in this band worked for Frank Zappa at some point in the late 70’s/early 80’s.
wangdangdoodle @ 22
I would guess beer and chocolate would do in a pinch. :)
I had that picture posted over at my blog, Steve-AR. There are free photostoring sites also, such as picasso and webshots (iirc).
Steve-AR @ 31
click the link button!
montag @ 34
No shit Shirley.
;)
TRex @ 30
Spanked by the master…
Suzanne @ 38
flickr, as well
althespook @ 23
Got em! TRex, I owe you one! I had totally forgotten that band.
Dale Bozzio, Terry “The Black Page” Bozzio’s wife.
And the singer from Quarterflash was a chump sax player.
Suzanne, would please post us up a link to your place?
TRex @ 24
right on all points. loved them both, but it has been a few years. unlike you young whippersnappers, us old folks do tend to forget a few things! Bottom line, tho, found an old friend tonight and I thank you for that.
newtonusr @ 41
Spanking?
darkblack @ 18
It’s really working out quite well for them.
Besides as Barbara once said: “we’re NOT wealthy people!”
-GSD
Update on the latest sex criminal in the GOP.
“Three years later, Bryan built a formidable team that included help from Charlie Crist and GOP heavyweight Mel Sembler, as well as two former mayors.”
He could’ve been the next Katherine Harris.
GSD @ 48
Not unless his make-up is worse than hers. :)
RonD @ 45
Suzanne is here…
TRex @ 24
Thanx, TRex, I was trying to remember their name, 80’s group from Seattle, here’s one of their best…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1_E6pHa3hc
RonD @ 34
Two of the main food groups.
darkblack @ 18
good on ya db :)
TRex @ 36
That explains so much. I absolutely adore Zappa’s work, when I can understand it…
wangdangdoodle @ 47
OK, instructed…
Well, I think I will trundle off to bed. Take care and enjoy the snark (just don’t click on darkblack’s link).
Renee in Ohio @ 32
Yikes – the bishop sure did not hold back.
Alicia @ 44
different strokes…
Whoa flashback time!
BTW: minor nit:
“Boy, I’m glad things didn’t go horribly, catastrophically wrong over there. Our whole country would like a bunch of fucking idiots.”
,,,would LOOK like a bunch…, surely?
G’nite Dr….. Dick.
(sweet dreams)
GSD @ 48
‘And he came to a door…and he looked inside…”Father? Yes son? I want to outbill you!”‘
;>)
DrDick @ 42
and to top them off… picnik
PB! How’s the J?
goodnight, Dr.Dick. Sleep the sleep of the assured.
*gah* Brooks on the Newshour saying the Dems don’t have the votes for an Iraq pullout, doesn’t a simple majority determine if there’s further funds or not, hmmm…!!!
Here’s Terry B. and The Black Page.
darkblack @ 61
What a shit-bird.
DrDick @ 56
Heh, I’ve learned my lesson…!!! Nite, DD!
Then he walked on down the hall.
-GSD
P.S. Dale Bozzio had quite the salacious modeling portfolio.
I think she landed on the cover of and in the pages of Hustler more than once.
My 80’s roots are showing again.
Fern @ 57
Cool, a religious left. I was starting to become anti-christian.
althespook @ 58
True. I just spent too much time in the 80s playing Top 40 for a living, and back then pro female players were enough of an anomaly that even the mediocre ones got points just for being female. That chapped my ass.
newtonusr @ 67
Oh holy fucking crap!
Hey althespook, Thought of you when a fellow linked this anime net radio station in the Spin I’m In this afternoon.
http://www.radioanimix.com.br/
CTuttle @ 68
Been a long time since I clicked on one of those links!
peanutbutter @ 59
KTHX!!
wangdangdoodle @ 63
Heh!
Hadda redo my facebook. Tip: don’t ask questions in the Help section if you have an obviously fake name in Facebook :-P BTW the name there isn’t real either, though it’s definitely inspired by events in my life :-)
How’s it going over in your corner of the world?
peanutbutter @ 76
Peachy, and thanks for answering my next question in advance! :)
wangdangdoodle @ 72
I am mostly speechless when I read this stuff. I’m more certain than ever that THAT was the whole point.
Renee in Ohio @ 32
Renee, that’s very interesting. It is highly hypocritical that the closeted priests and bishops are fine, and the honest ones are punished.
darkblack @ 61
Oh boy! The fantastic freedom institute!
Ah envision taking people and smashing their faces into the hoods of cars and telling them to become freedom lovers.
That kind of stuff.
-Commander Shitheel
Renee in Ohio @ 32
***
Renee: What an eloquent letter! I love the line “Unity is surey a virtue, but it must be weighed against truth…” Amen.
This paragraph made me want to applaud…or “shout,” as would our Pentecostal brethren:
newtonusr @ 67
But he’s a deep stinker…er, thinker.
;>)
darkblack @ 18
I love it, db. It looks totally natural.
I didn’t realize that babs sleeps in the pearls, db.
peanutbutter @ 76
Man, I got bored with Facebook super fast.
darkblack @ 83
Thanks for the link, btw.
And the potty humor…
Good evening dear friends.
I trust you all enjoyed your puffy chocolate pudding.
…Ooh did I mention chocolate pudding pie in an Oreo crust… That’s the better half’s dessert…!!! ;-)
Alicia @ 84
For them, it may well be
;>)
Loo Hoo. @ 85
Junior gave her the matching necklace
;>)
newtonusr @ 78
“I can envision getting in the car, getting bored…”
I did that when I was 15, not when I retired from being President of the United Fucking States of Fucking America.
ggrrr
TexBetsy @ 88
Yum!
Evening, Betsy!
GSD @ 81
There are more peaceable means available…!!!
darkblack @ 90
oh noes!
Hi Betsy!
TexBetsy @ 88
Hmm… coincidence?
Alicia @ 96
How are you my friend. enjoyed popping in on your site. Now part of my RSS feed.
Fern @ 57
my thanks.
my folks brought us up Episcopal.
very interesting what my birth church has wrought.
as i grew up, it was positively freaky how much more progressive the clergy was than the congregation.
Bishop Spong is the church i remember.
I don’t think ‘envision’ is a word that should be in the schrub’s vocabulary.
CTuttle @ 97
You are bad!
Alfred, if you’re here, please log on to Google Talk.
hi betsy,
top of the evening to you…
CTuttle @ 94
To George? I think he is limited.
What’s the coincidence CT?
Goodnight, beautiful people. The best of all possible weekends to you all, here at this darkened little ‘Lake.
greenwarrior @ 103
And how are you my friend? Back in Texas?
CTuttle @ 97
:)
I remember when there were lots of Bishop Shelby Spong preachers – when the pulpit was full of be good to others, help those less fortunate than you, treat every person the way you would want to be treated, hate the sin but love the sinner, you remember, doncha?
Not wanting to step on Betsy’s turf, but does anyone remember this dessert?
TexBetsy @ 98
I was so glad you visited! I’m enjoying the weekend.
night RonD
RonD @ 106
Good night, homie!
TexBetsy @ 105
I made a chocolate pudding pie in an oreo crust, for the better half!
TexBetsy @ 107
yes, i’m on the getting better (i hope) side of the flu. how are you, dear one?
I just went over to Suzanne’a blog: her last post was a nice read and a good end for the day.
Nite RonD.
CTuttle >
BUZZ !
Incorrect !
“Quarterflash” (their original name was Sea Food Mama) was from Portland Oregon. The original members of SFM that were “‘kept” when they signed w/the record co. were Rindy & her husband.
Some other bands of the time there were Johnny & The Distractions, Checker Brothers, Sequel, Wheatfield, Billy Rancher & The Unreal Gods.
I was there…
“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.” – Ansel Adams
Night gang.
-GSD
RonD @ 106
G’nite Ron, let your light shine…
Loo Hoo. @ 110
My mom used to make stuff like that! Ages ago.
Night GSD.
What’s an RSS feed?
daCascadian @ 118
I stand corrected!!! 8-)
Sweet dreams, GSD!
greenwarrior @ 115
I’ve been better. Finally finished the spinal injections and most of the trigger point and muscle injections, but feeling a lot of pain this evening.
newtonusr @ 13
I always liked this tune and….
It’s very apropos.
Ain’t it Miss Nancy and Mr. Gutless Reid?
Nite, RonD and GSD!!!
Loo Hoo. @ 110
nope, but yes to maple candy.
thanks, steve ar
DrDick @ 27
then i’ll put you down as,
“not good” ?
Loo Hoo. @ 122
One of the best inventions to come down the pipeline in a while. It lets you subscribe to any site that offers one. You can then use an RSS feed reader to read all the collected subscriptions in one place.
No more hopping about on the net! No more wondering whether or not there’s a new post. If you see that little orange button at the top of your browser you can try clicking on it. I use google reader which works just fine.
yellowdog jim @ 130
Loo Hoo. @ 122
It’s how I can see the new blog posts and news articles on sites I choose, and then press the share button and share the ones I choose with other people. Click here, but it only shows 10 per page.
WRT T’s Vid Post . . . Tit’s And Ass.
One Singular Sensation.
And such. Good though!!! Healthy humahns, indeed . . .
Nice choice, and Nobody Walks In LA.
Or in Teh Grehn Zohn, either . . . ;-)
loohoo, is that the one where ya whip it and it separates into three ‘kinds’ lightest to heaviest top to bottom.
okay, early day tomorrow! i’d best get to bed! besides, the brain bleach from darkblack’s picture needs reapplication *shudder* …
TexBetsy @ 125
I’ve been better. Finally finished the spinal injections and most of the trigger point and muscle injections, but feeling a lot of pain this evening.
sorry to hear that. i’ll wish you good healing energy.
sleep well pb and gsd
OMG, Petreas writes his report to congress in the form of a letter to the troops.
I always have detested kissasses.
Nite, PB!!!
yellowdog jim @ 130
He’s just drawing some cheap heat for his racket…That brain bleach doesn’t sell itself.
;>)
TexBetsy @ 133
lol, so… diebold has decided a name change is in order?
Loo Hoo. @ 138
Oh, well. Guess there’s no point in asking about the methodology behind the numbers if it’s just going to be a pep talk/propaganda piece….
This guy really does want to be this war’s Westmoreland, doesn’t he?
Suzanne @ 109
yes.
i do.
when i started to notice that only my rich friends from school went to my church.
only my rich, white friends.
i’d listen to those sermons and watch those people take communion.
by the time i did confirmation, it seemed beyond ironic.
god’s house.
where’s the rest of god’s people?
why?
Loo Hoo. @ 139
Spread the shit thinner, seems like less.
Words and their meaning: So I decided to put up my feet, take a break, and find out what FUTAB means …
I need to go take a break, y’all watch watch this until I get back.
:)
Suz, I just remember it came in a box and you added milk, whipped it up and chilled it. I remember liking it as a kid, and wondering whatever happened to it as an adult!
Eureka Springs @ 73
thanks! regrettably, I don’t speak spanish…
betrayus writes a dear john letter to the troops letting them know that sometime in the spring they will begin a gradual troop reduction but dem leaders are called traitors helping the terrorists for wanting to know when troop reductions will begin.
wangdangdoodle @ 147
wdd, that is a scream!
Congratulations, Yellowdog Jim!
darkblack @ 140
You certainly boost the sales…!!! ;-)
ardens @ 132
thats’ another,
“not good”.
i love our dark black.
but i can save this all for After i sleep tonight.
black is very dark.
Suzanne, repubs have different rules, remember?
TexBetsy @ 154
Yes, indeed. IOKIYAR.
darkblack @ 141
and his testimonials aren’t real sellers, sometimes.
ya’ll need to modify that it IOKIYAARR (adding a rich) – them’s the ones with specialness.
newtonusr @ 151
I lurvs me some youtube.
Loo Hoo. @ 139
Ick.
Loo Hoo. @ 148
people probably found out what it was made of ;)
Loo Hoo. @ 152
wha i do?
wha i do?
get the hundred?
wha?
wha?
I lurvs me some youtube.
i seriously major dislike dialup at times like this. The new place will have fast internet – it is one of my must haves.
Suzanne @ 109
Oh yes. Our preacher was like that. We had lots of sermons about social justice. I think that’s just and right; now it’s called progressive.
texb, my gmail is out due to a problem at the server, they’re not sure why. can’t seem to get chat up without gmail.
Suzanne @ 157
Uh, these guys….
Suzanne @ 163
yeah, you can’t go back to dial-up after broadband.
althespook @ 165
OK. thanks anyway.
Suzanne @ 163
You’ll never go back!
Suzanne @ 162
Ooh, you’d be lethal then…!!! ;-)
Suzanne @ 150
Right. Got it.
Suzanne @ 163
Like you don’t have us covered now. You’ll be truly scary when you go ‘fast’.
montag @ 165
Along with the boosh co-conspirators.
CTuttle @ 170
No way to dodge the splash!
yellowdog jim @ 157
Having an overwashed brain can be a drawback.
;>)
TexBetsy @ 168
hope you feel better. dad’s alzheimers has been bad for the last several days.
oh, and we found a lot more furniture in the storage than i was told. i’ll email you a list with pictures by next week.
Suzanne @ 172
One and the same, I would think. :(
CT, did you get your Moyers yet?
yellowdog jim @ 162
Yup. Harder to get the hundred than the zed nowadays! Who’ll get the 200?
CTuttle @ 170
My sister had a 3-legged cat once, who was the most active, jumping cat you ever saw. I could only imagine what the Tripod would have been like with 4 legs – God probably thought it would be unfair to other cats.
newtonusr @ 172
I know how to slow her down a bit.
Start sending her YouTube links right now, with little hints like “Very rare Buddy Guy footage!” etc. She’ll have such a lot to download she won’t notice us at all!
Here is a FDL oldie from back before that 2006 election
“…Ambition must be made to counteract ambition…” – Federalist No. 51
wangdangdoodle @ 177
Gwen Ifill right now, Now coming up, then Moyers!!!
darkblack @ 175
you have me laughing at what i think might be there.
thanks.
it’ll easier in the light of day.
Loo Hoo. @ 179
Something tells me this crowd loves a challenge…
[Running down from the hill above FireDogLake, his red velvet smoking jacket from earlier aflame, and his screams growing louder as he approaches, Fini grabs the tire swing and swings WAAAAAAAAAY out above the lake. He lets go of the rope and hangs in mid air for a few seconds before splashing into the lake with a huge wave dousing everyone within ten feet of the shore] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
200?
Margot @ 180
don’t make me put my hands on my hips, margot
Margot @ 180
We’d better get cracking…!!! 8-)
wangdangdoodle @ 185
True. Nothing really to say, but I have to get past the black box that is blocking the refresh comments box. Don’t know why this happens sometimes on the Mac…
Buddy Guy?
finifinito @ 186
I’ve always felt that fini’s problem is that he is too shy, doesn’t make enough noise or a splash when he’s around…
TexB – I seem to recall some conversations about accupressure and back pain in Late Nite. Have you tried it, had any luck with it?
finifinito @ 186
Now I need to go find dry pajamas! Thanks fini!
finifinito @ 186
lol, wb
[slapping the side of his head to rid his ears of water] Whew….so, whatd I miss around here tonight?
finifinito @ 185
Dang, fini, not the velvet…!!!
newtonusr @ 193
Not lately.
Hi fini.
200
TexBetsy @ 194
That’s why being naked works better ;-)
Ha!!!
Congrats wangdang!
WANGDANG!
finifinito @ 196
me messing up names of rock bands, lots of discussion of 80’s rock, and some holdover discussions of cute puppies and little black dresses. Oh and DON’T CLICK ON DARKBLACK’S LINK FOR THE LOVE OF GHOD!
CTuttle @ 197
Oh…yeah…uh…about that. You see, uh…wellyouknowhey.
fini!
wangdangdoodle @ 199
Pulled the trigger too soon…!!!
finifinito @ 196
200
TJ @ 201
Small apartment. two teenage boys in the next room. assorted other relatives wandering through at all hours.
Now Suzanne,
You know we’re going to want to share with you our favorite every-videos-under-the-sun.
;-)
300 is up for grabs.
80s rock and little black dresses are kind of a specialty of mine. What band names did you screw up? Sometimes I like to hear those because they can be used for new band names.
wangdangdoodle @ 212
no they already did that movie! To be followed by its sequels 600, 900 and 1200 the final chapter, and then 0 the saga begins. Oh, and 100 may get its own spin off series of direct to dvd flicks.
Do not his Darkblack’s mother link, whatever you do, Fini. Fair warnings all about.
Here’s one for Mother at 18.
TexBetsy @ 210
You still need to be good to yourself. I get the feeling you use your energy on others.
wangdangdoodle @ 191
Love it!
wangdangdoodle @ 212
It’s mine.
wangdangdoodle @ 147
Suzanne,
Frank Zappa feigns impersonating Michael Nesmith as one the Monkees, on the set for The Monkees WHILE Michael Nesmith portrays Frank Zappa,they argues about the Monkees’ music, in character, or attempt to, but fail to keep in character and then they attack a car and other weird stuff. it is funny.
DB, you still here? Do I really have to dig through 215 posts to find his link I must absolutely never look at but now I have to?
finifinito @ 213
i confess to a guilty pleasure, I luuuuurrves me some saxophone music. so there was a girl sax player who lead a band i vaguely remembered as Quartermass (which were old british scifi films in fact) but is actually quarterflash. only problem is, the clip was from missing persons. TRex had a grand time putting me in my place. I’m siccing two velociraptors on him tomorrow.
finifinito @ 186
that was refreshing.
woke me up.
TJ @ 216
Almost all of it. But websurfing or even sleeping naked wouldn’t change that.
CTuttle @ 208
Refesh and you shall be enlightened. So, did you catch Moyers?
Loo Hoo. >
Known bug
If you decrease the font size (CMD & “-”) the box will move to a different location
“When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist. ” – Archbishop Helder Camara
althespook @ 205
There’s a big candy basket in front of the Boy’s Home.
It’s around reply 16, Fini…Merely a pictorial representation of the oft-stated remark, “What’s that no-good motherf***er up to now?”
;>)
Here’s a ‘lil black dress for everyone to enjoy.
Loo Hoo. @ 218
Oh yeah?
finifinito @ 219
You were warned…!!! 130 is the closest…
darkblack @ 18
you are evil
finifinito @ 220
Go to 18, but beware…
ladies in black dresses and knights in white satin, Teh Spook is about to phase back to the FTL continuum for a well earned nap. be excellent to each other and enjoy the snark.
TexB, my mail will be back on monday they say. if it comes back sooner i’ll email you.
althespook @ 232
may i call you now?
althespook @ 221
How about a little licorice stick?
are we at 300 yet?
finifinito @ 186
the crowd goes wild. the bulgarian judge has frown on face and is growling.
300 !
althespook @ 221
Man I love sax music too..one of the greatest rock songs of all time is Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty!
On the other hand how do you confuse Missing Persons with Quarterflash? MP was a great new wave band but Quarterflash was much more regular ol’ late 70s/early 80s rocknfuckinroll. Thank the gods TRex was here to straighten you out! :D
TexBetsy @ 223
Life has been stressful enough that I find I have to get my pleasure in small ways. So after getting sweaty from a late night walk for exercise, stripping down and diving into the lake is a real spoiling indulgence.
wangdangdoodle @ 224
What kind of fuckery is that??? Alright, Suz, fess up! I’ve got “Now” coming on, then Bill!
Thanks da Cascadian. Betsy taught me how to increase the text size in Chicago. I can compute without the glasses now!
wangdangdoodle @ 200
cool.
Loo Hoo. @ 227
Thanks for the nightmares, Loo.
TexBetsy @ 237
that’s the way!
finifinito @ 238
And Terri Nunn with Dale Bozzio…
300!
Nite, AK!!!
wangdangdoodle @ 228
You’re on!
;)
Browsing the Onion. This is a good article.
What’s so stressful, TJ?
darkblack @ 18
MY EYES!!! GAH!! ACID BURNING MY RETINAS!
Loo Hoo. @ 227
Nice dress…but can someone please take it off the hideous beast wearing it and put that on a nice girl like Janeane Garafalo for me?
yellowdog jim @ 246
Heck, at this rate ya’ll will get there in a flash!
yellowdog jim @ 235
No, but keep talkin’
althespook @ 220
Umm, still gotta work on that one. The character in those very, very early BBC television serials was Bernard Quatermass, not Quartermass….
Alright, WWD, I’ll return for the challenge.
Loo Hoo. @ 227
that should have come with a disclaimer. who does brain bleach deliveries?
Loo Hoo. @ 227
Loo Hoo,
Some knuckle-dragger in a debate forum I go to posted an article Coulter wrote called
(and I’m not kidding) “Cruising While REpublican.”
That’s right, that was poor widdle Larry Craig’s crime—he was just a Republican man, cruising for sex, and people make a big deal out of it!
I will never ever understand what happened to this country….
Subtropical Storm Gabrielle Forms
The Associated Press – 40 minutes ago
MIAMI (AP) – Subtropical Storm Gabrielle formed Friday off the southeast US coast, and a tropical storm watch was issued for portions of the South Carolina and North Carolina coast.
greenwarrior @ 236
Gotdamn Bulgarian judges always dissing me since I spent that night in Sofia and sparked a riot.
TJ @ 239
TJ’s skinny dippin’!!
Also this one: Heartbroken Bush Runs After Departing Rove’s Car
finifinito @ 259
In Sofia or with Sofia?
Being unemployed and houses not selling. Fortunately my parents continue to loan us money.
But the job hunt is hell on the self-esteem.
Loo Hoo. @ 241
But how do I increase the text size in Austin?
wangdangdoodle @ 260
Damn straight and it feels fantastic!
TJ @ 263
What kind of yob you looking for?
wangdangdoodle @ 264
on firefox ….. view // text size // increase
CTuttle @ 239
I haven’t done a thing – I was off cleaning getting ready for a showing in the am and come back to you accusing me of doing something that I have no idea what you are talking about (is your head spinning yet cause mine sure is)
oh dear …
Giuliani: Illegal Immigration Isn’t A Crime
from Huff Po by The Huffington Post News Editors
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said illegal immigration is not a crime, prompting rival Mitt Romney to accuse him of not taking the problem seriously.
The two have clashed for weeks over illegal immigration, an issue that inflames GOP conservatives who influence primary elections. The irony is that both candidates have in the past taken more liberal stands on the issue.
“It’s not a crime,” Giuliani said Friday. “I know that’s very hard for people to understand, but it’s not a federal crime.”
TexBetsy >
Track global storms here. Lots of different ways to observe the data.
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” – Helen Keller
Hey Loo Hoo how come you havent joined the cult of the blue and white f?
Alicia @ 261
Too funny! Love the pic too.
finifinito @ 259
doan pay no attention. dey doan know nothin.
TJ @ 265
:) Wet parts. Cheer up TJ, you’re OK!
greenwarrior @ 256
around here?
we need Hot and Cold running
Dr. Dick (sm)
brand
Brain Bleach (tm)
on tap.
fill the tub!
turn on the shower!
TJ @ 263
Ouch. This economy is in real trouble. Ironic if Hill runs on It’s the Economy, Stupid.
finifinito @ 266
I started my career as a systems engineer. Got an MBA and did management consulting for a while. And most recently, when my hubby got sick, did some real estate development.
I’m looking in all those areas, and even administrative assistant positions to get medical benefits. But so far, no takers.
CTuttle @ 208
This is what I’m talking about!
wangdangdoodle >
I though everything was already bigger than life in Texas.
“Being called partisan and vindictive by Tom DeLay is like being called ugly by a frog.” – Ronnie Earle
from our friend Thers …
Well, Yes
from Eschaton by Thers
I don’t do endorsements, but what Bill Richardson says in the WaPo really needs to be the baseline of the Democratic position on Iraq. For me (and I’m not Atrios), the following ought to be the absolute minimum we expect of the Democratic nominee:
I am convinced that only a complete withdrawal can sufficiently shift the politics of Iraq and its neighbors to break the deadlock that has been killing so many people for so long.
He’s right on the merits. This is the responsible position and the one that will resonate with the country.
Tin foil hat time?
WTF?
Bob in HI
finifinito @ 259
i met Sophia.
i see how that could start a riot.
CTuttle @ 278
Uh… ??
Wait, don’t answer!
bobschacht @ 281
I have never heard of rense.com. what do you know about them?
wangdangdoodle @ 283
Heh, smart aleck…!!! :P
bobschacht @ 280
rense.com has the credibility of Dick Cheney, and has had some strong anti-Semitic undertones for a long, long time.
I wouldn’t take it at all seriously.
Loo Hoo. @ 276
I heard another $31b went into the economy today. I’m afraid that this is just the beginning of the trouble.
daCascadian @ 279
HA! Ronnie Earle
Fini, I’m on my daughter’s computer because my f*ucker of a laptop in in the shop.
We’ve got a bit of a mixed bag jobs situation in Indiana right now. We’ve had a bunch of companies announce new hires mostly in manufacturing positions, we got a new Honda factory coming online and they have a bunch of suppliers moving here. Someone in your position could find work here fairly easily because most of our educated folks get the fork out of Dodge when they collect their paper so all of the upper management gigs here go to out of state folks lured here by the work. We’re an insidious folk, we trick people into working here and then convince them to stay using the “Nice Place To Raise A Family” argument of why our culture sucks.
Y’all dissect this one at all today?
As Ed Schultz says, why aren’t the truckers all driving to DC right about now to park their rigs on Pennsylvania Ave.?
Loo Hoo. @ 292
Being in that business, I wonder the same thing.
TexBetsy @ 290
Once? Maybe once–for a several-year stretch….
Loo Hoo. @ 288
*gasp*
Looks like facebook is allowing search engines to take peak now.
:o and a stream lined version:
Rense.com is way bad news…tin foil hattery is the rule of the day there. No credibility whatsoever.
Loo Hoo. @ 272
I love the ‘heartrending stalling tactics’!
About the meat of the thread, which committee will subpoena the CIA agents who spoke truth about WMD?
wangdangdoodle @ 293
And where the hell is Busted Knuckles? Did his computer frizz out again?
301
301
thanks fini and montag
finifinito @ 290
I’ll have to look more specifically at careerbuilder.com. At this point, I figure I can go anywhere and rent a room while my hubby stays here.
Anyone for 400?
Suzanne @ 295
TexBetsy @ 291
“Alvin” Schlozman is going to jail for perjury. I just finished re-listening to his SJC testimony. He is literally done.
Taylor marsh
Edwards Calls the Saudis Out
Forget the dueling Pakistan quotes, which is already American policy. There’s a whole ‘nother headline more deserving. Today John Edwards called out the people and the country who harbors them and who were actually responsible for the murderous assault six years ago next week. Talking about “conditions” to arms sales is critical to beginning any real change in our foreign policy dynamic, especially with the Saudis. It’s long past time for this shift and tying arms deals to what we get in return, which isn’t near enough. It’s negotiating from a point of strength not fear, which is entirely different from what Republicans offer.
We needed new thinking and a bold vision to protect the world for our children; instead, George Bush literally gave us his father’s war??”but without his father’s allies or his father’s sense of decency. What’s more and what’s worse, the so-called “war on terror” he used as his excuse for war in Iraq became his excuse for trampling our Constitution and, most perversely, for ignoring the demands of the actual struggle against terrorism. Because in George Bush’s reality, disagreement is called weak, challenge is suspect, and opposition downright unpatriotic.
Six years later, the devastating consequences of the Bush “war on terror” doctrine are so clear that his own Administration has had to admit them.
The better half beckons, I shall bid ya’ll a fond adieu! Aloha Oe!!!
Loo Hoo. @ 276
and the hits just keep on coming:
housing market hosing since the sub-prime scam threatens?
today the job numbers decreased for the first time in a long while?
they were expected to add 100,000 jobs?
dow jones industrials down what? 280 points today?
two wars AND recession?
let the goodtimes roll!!
Suzanne @ 303
What’d we do?
newtonusr @ 307
I don’t think the Dems have the balls to do it.
I’m in WWD. Only we have to carry on a regular conversation, not just waste bandwidth, fair?
CTuttle @ 309
Nighty nighty, sleep tighty.
sleeptime for this pup. g’night all. play nice.
Have a fun evening CT.
gnight all that are crashin!
Loo Hoo. @ 313
WWD?
g’nite CT
i was thanking ya for the info on that site re the snipers.
greenwarrior @ 315
Sleep well.
TJ >
Boeing would probably welcome you. They got this new airplane that they are having a hard time getting off the ground…
“Once you start a project, amazing people start to join” – Major Nate Allen (U.S. Army)
TJ @ 312
I haven’t seen any evidence of them.
What happened to your laptop Loo? My inner geek is dying to know!
TJ,
How about HR or some other kind of job within a hospital or nursing home? They aren’t going out of business, at any rate.
TexBetsy @ 284
Nothing. This stuff is from a post to the DailyKos e-mail group.
I hope you’re pain-free tonight!
Bob in HI
g’nite greenwarrior (and any other pups i might have missed)
“Alvin” Schlozman is going to jail for perjury. I just finished re-listening to his SJC testimony. He is literally done.
Will he spill on Gonzales or Rove, ya think, newtonusr?
TJ @ 312
Whitehouse and particularly Leahy want him badly. I think he’s the one that’ll drop. Recall he lied about the instructions from main Justice about indicting in MO, then retracted. He practically begged to be nailed.
Loo Hoo. @ 313
Fair. Ok with you?
;)
newtonusr @ 306
As I remember it, his earlier testimony was, basically, “Monica who? Someone was asking inappropriate questions of career applicants? Why, no, I don’t recall any of that….”
Little whiny-voiced Rove wannabes, all of `em.
finifinito @ 310
Steered an unsuspecting soul away from rense.com….
TJ @ 318
(blush) That would be me…
montag @ 286
OK– thanks for the info.
Bob in HI
TexBetsy @ 291
passed by via TPM earlier.
Just call me wang wang doodle.
tw3k @ 296
oh, jolly.
i’ll have to get used to it.
right?
no, wait … … …
i LOVE it!
No prob Suz, in case you dont know, I collect conspiracy theories and read a lot of sites like Rense.com and other “untouchable” kinds of sites that dwell on topics not quite ready for primetime. It helps me keep an eye on the wingnuts to see what kind of radical crap is going on in the Toobz.
By the way, its not a conspiracy if they really are out to get you.
wangdangdoodle @ 335
Can’t we all call you Ms. Doodley?
newtonusr @ 328
I remember all right. It just seems there is hearing after hearing, but no actions afterward.
greenwarrior @ 315
sweet dreams green one
Anyone catch the Mclaughin Group they did a bit about addiction and flashed pictures of Lohan, Anna Nichole, etc but the first picture was of Amy Winehouse. Now either John or his research dept are more hip than I thought or they might be reading TRex.
Given Pat Buchanan’s surprise support for Scooter going to jail maybe the entire group is reading us to stay current on the news.
I wonder how journalist who read our lefty blogs can stand by when GOP talking heads push this foulmouthed fem blog, crazy lefty talking point.
So far we have been right about everything about the war and the MSM has not. Why come here for news if were not relevant and effect the public discourse? How can we do that unless we do have a track record of being right?
Which is probably why O’Reily is attacking us, Kos, and everybody Cassandra to be ignored must be discredited first if business is to continue as usual. But I think its to late for that KO is catching up to O’Reily in the ratings.
By the way, its not a conspiracy if they really are out to get you.
Used to the be motto of the Internal Affairs Department at the pd (/snark)
yellowdog jim @ 336
I get me.
Loo Hoo. @ 326
From the questions he was asked in the Senate, we can’t tell. But he can hand them the Voting Rights counsel Hans von Spakovsky, who engineered the DOJ’s voter suppression efforts.
I always suspected Montag of being an Art Bell listener in the 90s, am I right?
TexBetsy @ 338
Mrs.
We tied the knot…
:)
I think I am going to try sleep again. Night all.
Night TexBetsy
Margot @ 324
HR is an area I don’t have experience in. The bulk of hiring these days is aiming for someone who has done the exact same thing for 3 years. This is when having a varied background hurts.
It used to be that the mark of a great employee was being able to go into any situation, get up to speed rapidly, and succeed. I miss those days.
G’nite and G’luck, Betsy!!
finifinito @ 344
Nope. Art Bell’s a wacko, too. In the `90s, I was working 80-90 hours a week in a place that would string up people like Art Bell on sight, so, no time nor inclination.
I have high standards for evidence, actually. :)
wangdangdoodle @ 345
Doodley Do Right.
night Mrs Doodle. Thanks.
TJ @ 349
I’ve never worked in corporate environs but I have done consulting with corps and the uptightness on that issue really hurts companies badly. The inability to adapt and think creatively is killing our economy.
TexBetsy @ 347
I wish you cool and pain-free dreams.
TJ @ 349
Oh bull. You have “transferable skills”. Dazzle ‘em with brilliance or baffle ‘em with bullshit!
yellowdog jim @ 336
yeah, I like that better, less clutter.
That’s about it for me tonight, folks. Gotta put a few polishes on the place for a showing scheduled for in the morning. G’nite all.
Suzanne @ 352
You’re a fucking hoot, you are!
{{SPLASH!}}
finifinito @ 353
Tell me about it. Try getting technical work as an English major. I spent my entire working years fighting the prejudices associated with that education.
finifinito @ 354
I’m in total agreement. And don’t get me started on corporate personhood…
wangdangdoodle @ 300
Congratulations DangWangWoodle!!
300!
(imissed the whole thing; we’re prolly at 400 by now.)
tw3k @ 357
i agree.
i couldn’t find any applications.
Suzanne @ 358
Sweet dreams to you too. I’ll send good vibes for your showing.
montag @ 360
I’ve done corporate, they don’t want creativity. Just look at our CEO prez…
Suzanne @ 163
s- I solved the no high speed available here problem with a verizon air card and laptop. I am thrilled to watch stuff now!
yellowdog jim @ 362
I really, really like DangWangWoodle.
montag @ 351
Art Bell is the Wacko King. I always listened just to hear his callers call in with their crazy ass stories.
My standards for evidence before I BELIEVE a conspiracy theory are pretty high too. I won’t believe anything with less than stellar and double or triple sourcing for truly controversial subjects. Having said that, there are some famous and not so famous so-called conspiracy theories out there not only provable but proven that still get slimed as unserious investigative work.
Hell, 5 years ago Joshua Micah Marshall and AttorneyGate would have been slimed as conspiracy theory. The blogs have changed things for the better in that world, multiple eyes, ears and analysis of data has really cut down on the loonier aspects of conspiracy theory study.
thanks, all
ruffian, desktop :(
*poof*
yellowdog jim @ 362
Thirty-some-odd to go and I don’t think I’ll make it.
Fading…
Fading…
SPLAT!!!
TJ @ 361
I’ll chime in with agreement. I was not properly socially conditioned for the corporate environment.
400!
wangdangdoodle @ 370
At the rate the comments are flying, it will probably be less than 15 minutes.
Hang in ther… oh, nite wdd
I work for a corporation and find most of its micromanagement pure bulls*it. The only reason i manage to keep sane in those evironments is just that the snark helps. My coworkers are that way, and so am i. We don’t take ourselves too seriously. Oddly enough? Our store is in the top 10% in performance standards. So…all that micromanagement means absolutely nothing to us. We just do our jobs because we like our patients, and bend over backwards to help as many as we can. (retail pharmacy by the way)
tw3k @ 371
Apple or Google might be interesting.
Intel maybe less.
Countrywide?
terror!
aliasofwestgate @ 375
Sounds like you found a place almost as good as FDL!
finifinito @ 368
Well, some blogs. :) I presume you aren’t referring to Malkin’s nest of vipers, or Little Green Snotballs. :)
But, having thousands of people poring over the DOJ document dumps, for example, is a great way of separating the wheat from the chaff in a hurry. That’s real synergy.
Yeah *grins* We’re a pretty good team. I tend to gravitate to high volume places like that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide
What is the difference between Genocide and Sectarian killing the amount of people killed?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectarian
The number of people killed does not matter except to the proBush press who think Sectarian sounds better than Genocide. In both cases one group tries to kill the members of an other group.
The thing is we and not the puppet Iraqi government is responsible for law and order in Iraq. Wether by intent or by neglect we caused this.
Still Bush is saying a drop in Sectarian killings is progress, call it Genocide call it the PC term Sectarian killings after 6 years this is the best we can do?
The war is already over.
okay, now everyone write up three posts
and have one say, “400!”
and on the count of three
we all hit
Submit Comment.
three times.
one …
two …
yellowdog jim @ 376
yeah apple or google would be interesting so long as you didn’t get stuck writing up all the documentation ;)
Another benefit of unemployment… I can hang out with the late, late crowd. I’d be getting about 3 hours of sleep if I had to go to work in the morning.
Fini, Black Screen of Death is what’s wrong with the laptop. Common occurance, called BSOD.
montag @ 378
Sure is! I <3 the OpenSource model.
Loo Hoo. @ 384
The black BSOD is much worse than the blue BSOD…. :)
Loo Hoo. @ 384
bad video driver or ram?
Night, Suz. Best luck with the showing of the house tomorrow.
newtonusr @ 374
A little night air and I am F5′d!
tw3k @ 386
The <3 always makes me think of a wiggling ass.
10
9, 8
7
tw3k @ 382
or outsourced to mongolia to debug Jobs’ rejects.
for that matter,
i have never seen myself in sales.
i could see doing documentation as a challenge i might enjoy.
6
4
TJ @ 393
The excitement is killing me. :)
montag @ 378
This is what I am referring to mainly. It’s the ability of thousands of regular folks who are intelligent and genuinely interested in investigating specific issues as they arise instead of relying on one harebrained low credibility reporter to provide gotcha evidence that has changed things.
Used to be, a reporter with damaged cred or a motivated amateur investigator/reporter type would go do all the digging through those document dumps to find the nuggets months or years later that a blogswarm sifts through in hours now. And because the info came about through crowdsourcing its considered credible because more than one person was involved in finding it.
5, 4, 3?
TJ @ 390
707, i can see that now that you mention it.
three
400?
HA!
WangDang, you can do it!
tw3k @ 400
i think we have a winner!
I am now hereby instigating 500!
And WDD again!
yellowdog jim @ 381
That’s right – break FDL and see what Suzanne has in store for you pups tomorrow evening!
:-)
tw3k
yellowdog jim @ 394
Yeah, I’d take documentation over sales any day. I’m really bad at sales.
The Lurking Mod @ 409
Am I in trouble?
Evening (or morning, depending on your time zone), everyone.
Good to be home. Long stinkin’ day when you wake up in a hotel room at 6:30 Eastern time and get home after midnight Pacific time.
Looks like the joint is rockin’ tonight.
wangdangdoodle @ 400
like i said,
(ahem)
we have a winner.
congrats, to Mrs. Dandwang!!
again.
The Lurking Mod @ 409
I love it when we hear from The Lurking Mod.
wangdangdoodle @ 412
See that little grin at the bottom?
:-)
wangdangdoodle @ 322
I wonder what else he would tell them if it kept his sorry ass out of jail.
burnspbesq @ 413
Time warp, burns?
burnspbesq @ 413
Welcome home. I hope you snuck a cat nap in there.
So am i. i could do documentation, the problem is that it would bore me too quickly. So i ended up in a business where it’s a little of both. Except in pharmacy i don’t have to push sales beyond all reason. We make money by helping out the patients the way we do. No need to cheapen that part of a pharmacy visit with pushing products.
Loo Hoo. @ 409
Loo Hoo
The Lurking Mod @ 415
I’m beginning to think late night is entirely populated (and I include myself in that number) by people who are easily amused. :)
I keep watching the Main Stream Media news as punishment for the sins of a former life. Anyway the latest Talking Point I suffered through is this false meme that the Democrats can’t do anything to stop the war because they don’t have the votes ARRRGH!
The correct phrase would be the Democrats don’t have the guts. The Republicans don’t have the votes to pass funding for the war without Democratic help.
Notice the word Democrat a system of government for the people by the people, who last I checked 70% of them want this war to end!
Just how much hand holding does Nancy and Harry need before they get the confidence to do what we elected them to do?
wangdangdoodle @ 411
Just use spitballs!
montag @ 422
<3
The Lurking Mod @ 416
Whew!!
montag @ 422
Who me? We are not amused [turns his nose up]
montag @ 422
I resemble that remark.
things come undone @ 423
Perhaps a mass mailing of spineless goo would convey the message better.
finifinito @ 427
Oh, fini, that was soooo 3 threads ago!
finifinito @ 426
Didn’t know we had British royalty in our midst. :)
aliasofwestgate @ 419
Yeah, mixing up the routine sure helps. It also helps when the content is interesting.
TJ @ 415
wangdangdoodle @ 412
no, i think i would be the one in trouble.
although we do have our smiling emoticon to allay any fear fears, we may well take to heart that certain silliness might actually hurt the servers that hold our lake in cyberspace.
we must take care to not wrinkle any processor messages or crinkle a date matrix, you know?
well, neither do i.
but i appreciate LMs heads up.
we will be more careful.
Thanks
montag @ 421
We’ve been beat up all day by the politicians and take our thrills as they come, huh, Montag?
Hello Burns!
Well folks I am out of here. Ive been up too long and reached my outer limit. See you all this weekend sometime.
500!
The wrinkle comment reminded me that Madeline L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, passed away today.
yellowdog jim @ 435
Gun-jumper. :)
TJ @ 419
Slept for about 90 minutes on the plane.
Man, Toronto was a bloody mess today. First of all, the film festival started last night, so all the hotels, restaurants, and bars are packed with bratty, catty American entertainment industry types. On top of that, apparently it is traditional that on the first Friday of the new academic year, thousands of students from the University of Toronto and Ryerson University stage massive parades down hugely important main streets, FUBAR’ing traffic for the entire afternoon. Oy. I really like that city, but today I couldn’t wait to get the hell out.
finifinito @ 435
Sleep well, fini.
Fern @ 417
“Alvin” was a USA (hard to believe as it is, he was a FUCKING INTERIM UNITED STATES ATTORNEY!) and he instigated the ACORN lawsuit in MO, indicting 4 poor people for filing false voter registration forms when the state had the case covered. He claims he did it at the direction of the Election Crimes Branch of the Public Integrity section @ DOJ. This is now a proven lie. There are others.
And he worked in the Civil Rights Division at main Justice when their voter suppression efforts were in full swing.
He has the goods, IMO.
Morning maniac music.
yellowdog jim @ 435
Fer the love of ghod, YDJ!
Nighters, Finifinito. It’s been fun.
Was it leahy or waxman that released to doj dumps the people?
newtonusr @ 440
Let’s hope the Judiciary Committee has the goods on him.
nite fini
newtonusr @ 441
Please, please, please, let him use them.
Sweet dreams, fini!
tw3k @ 444
Say again…
OY! 500 posts and no one corrects the Teri Nunn thing. Teri Nunn was in Berlin, just so youze know.
(PS. – Thanks for the memories – really!)
wangdangdoodle @ 448
Who got the ball rolling making all the DOJ data available?
Hey, Loo Hoo. How are things south of Pendleton?
A little late night unwinding music: classic Coltrane.
montag @ 445
A few nights ago I found the relevant parts of his testimony from the transcript, and the letter that followed, that attempted to mitigate his outright lies. Didn’t bookmark. Will find it…
Montag – they have him cold.
If I keep pressing the refresh comment button, I’ll be here when the sun comes up.
Thank you all for making me smile. Gnight.
tw3k @ 450
A lot of it first came out of releases to Conyers’ committee, some later from Leahy’s committee.
tw3k @ 443
The DOJ released them, reluctantly I’ll guess. More than one person has access to them, so they didn’t dare not release them. Am I right, newton?
I want to see the RNC emails that are still hidden!!!
TJ @ 429
I’m hoping Cindy Sheehan runs against Nancy. Harry all the DLC need primary challenges!
Yes the Center is spinless and hollow it can not hold, things come undone and mere anarchy is loose upon the world (hope I didn’t mangle Yeats much)
Inaction in the face of crisis leads to the very anarchy the center fears! Nancy and Harry are the Neville Chamberlains of this war.
I want the Democrats to say 6 years is enough either Win in a month or we go home.
Plus how are we going to pay for this war? How can Democrats support a war if they and the GOP refuse to discus how to pay for it?
newtonusr @ 452
From what I remember him saying in testimony, that’s what I thought.
Now, he gets to make the choice between loyalty to criminals or jail….
tw3k @ 451
I dunno tw3k, I’ve been out of it, busy season at work. Sure would like to hear about it, though.
TJ @ 453
Best of luck on the job search.
burnspbesq @ 452
Open in new window is your friend.
That is really really nice!
montag @ 454
I sure would to see a candidate leverage that sort of energy and creativity.
Loo Hoo. @ 455
true!
wangdangdoodle @ 458
I think it is one of the more interesting recent events.
Well, here’s Marcy on Schlozman. The Authority!
The excerpts, and the letter that followed from my comment on the 20th…
TJ @ 437
i had not heard.
thank you.
lol, how is this for geeky, Jeffrey Schiller was just looking at my DTDs and he and his wife keeps Guinea Pigs! I bet he doesn’t eat them tho.
Loo Hoo. @ 455
I’m hoping that this bald-faced bullshit by the WH of refusing to name the private company involved won’t fly with either Conyers or Leahy. But, what bothers me about that is that there has to be a public notice of contract out there somewhere, and nobody seems to be chasing after that, from the few news reports about it thus far….
newtonusr @ 13
Brother(drummer) and sister Dale and Terry Bozio.
tw3k @ 464
No. Really. I’m behind on the recent events. What did I miss?
irishamerican @ 470
Yeah, TRex schooled me on that upthread.
Wow — never seen this filmed performance of “So What” before. This is just stunningly good stuff from Miles, Trane, Wynton Kelly and company.
Loo Hoo. @ 456
I’m not sure where the material came from. But I hate the Bay Area radio stations now, so I took to digitizing the hearings and burning the audio to CD for auto use.
C-Span rules!
wangdangdoodle @ 470
Well, in a nutshell, some folks at dKos and TPM took the document dump and make a searchable database out it so anyone with a little time could read through and cross reference the data comparing to testimony almost in real time.
The fear premium is inflating the price of oil. The fear premium is the extra price oil future traders pay because after 6 years the Middle East oil supplies are still shaky.
Note that this is different than the oil price rise that is the direct result of the almost complete loss of Iraqi oil exports.
The Fear Premium is the extra price oil traders are willing to pay for the middle east oil that is still being exported. In other words the Free Market has and continues not to believe in G.W Bush.
The Free Market does not believe the Surge is working or that General Peter Petraeus’s “Report” is worth the paper its printed on.
If the Free Market really believed we had a chance in Iraq then the Fear Premium would disappear and oil prices would go down.
Husband and wife.
mañana, mis amigosnewtonusr @ 474
you rock.
i am out.
mañana, mis amigos
newtonusr @ 473
certainly more productive and interesting than your typical tv or radio program :)
TRex @ 476
Wow, what are doing up at this hour!
yellowdog jim @ 478
gn
TRex still in!
Look what you started – 900 comments!
montag @ 468
Why doesn’t Waxman (I think he’s the one on the RNC emails) just put out an all points bulletin asking for anyone with RNC emails to turn them in if they are not related to political issues?
tw3k @ 475
I like how TPM does this. Get a lot of little fingers working on outing the truth.
And I’m liking the jazz tonight, too.
wangdangdoodle @ 484
:D good combo!
14
Loo Hoo. @ 483
Dunno. Good question. Given how the Bushies have treated whistleblowers in the past, maybe, has something to do with it….
WangDangDoodle, how to open two screens on a mac or even hear the music without seeing the video?
I just took Cindy Loo Hoo into my daughter and hung her upside down. Asked what animal she looked like, and Jossie said a fruit bat!!!
Ella can scat.
One more and I’m out.
More contemporary this time.
Diana Krall, “Devil May Care,” from the Live in Paris DVD. I loves me some Anthony Wilson.
Loo Hoo. @ 488
hold ctrl down while you mouse click.
double click the title of the window and it dock and still play.
Loo Hoo. @ 489
I don’t know mac shit. But in pc I do “control n”
Does that help?
Loo Hoo. @ 489
lol
5
So can Dan and Naomi do the scat.
500
500
500!
GD 500
Just an accident of the fifteen-second timer.
Or not. :)
Loo Hoo. @ 501
I scare myself.
montag @ 502
Timing
is
EVERYTHING.
wangdangdoodle @ 500
You hung in!
600 is all yours, Loo.
;)
wangdangdoodle @ 504
Story of my life. :)
wangdangdoodle @ 505
lol
I know what you mean WWDoodle! I scare myself too. And every payday the kids think I’m nuts because I sing Got My Paycheck Today.
yeah, I’m much reduced to lol at this point.
Good night everyone, was pleasant.
wangdangdoodle @ 505
I cheated. Crashed at 7:00 and back up at 9:30.
tw3k @ 510
nite tw3k
Night sleepers. Back to read newtonusrs stuff.
too good to pass up
Loo Hoo. @ 511
In what time zone? It’s 03:30 in the a.m. here and I am hitting the wall.
See “youse guys” in the morning. Er… uh… riiiiight.
{{MWAH!}}
Pacific.
I watched that hearing newtonusr. I remember that freaking Alvin voice so well…
Loo Hoo. @ 513
Loo Hoo – did you see the Schlozman-Graves hearings?
The issue in question was Schlozman’s insistence that a guy named Craig Donsanto in the voting rights section had emailed Schlozman’s deputy and specifically instructed him to indict the ACORN employees if the indictments were ready. The reasoning (he claims) was that, since no individual voters would have to be interviewed, it wouldn’t interfere with the election that was just a few days away.
This is bullshit of course, since they released a statement to the press announcing a “national investigation”, thus alerting the public that an ally (ACORN) of Claire McCaskill’s was in election trouble.
Also, Donsanto has insisted that he never ordered the indictments, and there is no email traffic (well, none that can be found) that backs up Schlozmans claim.
Schlozman’s testimony about this specific order was repeated numerous times during his hearing. The letter that followed (the PDF) is the DOJ’s attempt to mitigate that specific claim.
nite (again) wdd
I can’t open PDF files on my daughter’s computer, Newtonusr. Got clips?
I read the excerpts you gave Alfred.
Loo Hoo. @ 519
Yep – i just checked the link – bad now. Send me email to
newtonusr
at
aol
dot
com
and I’ll send you the pdf.
And now, for something completely different.
The head of Veterans’ Benefits thinks Bible study is more important than his job….
Time to get all the friggin’ Jesus freaks out of our government. Period. All of these goddamned faux Christians. Every last one of them. Including Bush.
count ‘em…520 comments!
Late Late Night Rocks!!!
Hey! Goo news from Act Blue. I emailed asking for a paypal type feature to make small donations because filling out the entire form each time is such a hassle. Here’s the response:
Terry,
Thank you so much for your e-mail. We greatly appreciate your suggestion. That
is definitely a feature we are working on and I can tell you that it will be
available in the future, but I am unable to give you a timeline for when it will
be completed.
Please let me know if I can help with anything else!
Best,
montag @ 521
I couldn’t agree more. Bad the link says page not found.
Loo Hoo. @ 524
Maybe this one will work.
If the link still doesn’t work, here’s the salient info:
I [Aaron Glantz] have a new article on Inter Press News Service on a complaint brought by Veterans for Common Sense and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. The groups are demanding an FBI investigation of Daniel Cooper, President George W. Bush’s Undersecretary for Benefits at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Their complaint stems from an appearance Cooper made in a fundraising video for the evangelical group Christian Embassy, which carries out missionary work among the Washington elite as part of the Campus Crusade for Christ.
In the video, Cooper says of his Bible study, “it’s not really about carving out time, it really is a matter of saying what is important. And since that’s more important than doing the job — the job’s going to be there, whether I’m there or not.”
Since Cooper was appointed the head of the Veterans Benefits Administration, the number of veterans waiting on their disability claims has increased dramatically, from 325,000 in 2002 to 600,000 today.
“If all US cars (not including light trucks) were Priuses today, the nation would save 15 percent more oil than it received from the Persian Gulf in 2002, writes energy-efficiency guru Amory Lovins in his recent book “Winning the Oil Endgame.” “
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/…..-sten.html
Bush wants 50 billion for the Iraq war and I’m sure he will ask for more after Christmas but what if we gave the money to GM and Ford to convert all their auto plants to hybrid car and or clean diesel truck plants?
In 2006 GM’s gross profit was 42,667 million
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:GM
Fords gross profit was 2,471 million
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:F
Now compare those numbers with the likly cost of the Iraq war if it goes on as long as General Petraeus says it must for us to “cough” win.
However if we cut demand for gas we become less dependent on the middle east. We also cut off the oil money that Ossama is getting and weaken Al Quieda.
This plan is cheaper both in American lives and money than our current endless war. It helps Israel by droping the price of oil which Iran is ussing to pay for nuclear technology. It weakens the buying power of Arab states that buy weapons they want to use against Israel.
Plus the Arab nations will blame Al Quieda for their loss in oil revenue thus we divide our enemies and weaken them.
Which is more than Bush’s Surge has done. Plus we save the planet from the greenhouse effect!
Thanks, montag. Time to become a secular republic again…
Loo Hoo. @ 523
Way.To.Go, Loo Hoo!
Loo Hoo. @ 528
Damned straight. !
I am assuming that one years worth of profit is enough money to pay for retooling all the American auto plants and pay the workers while those plants are idle. I am also assuming that we have hybrid technology equal to the Jappanese. But if we don’t that is not a problem Toyota leases the tech to Nissan so I’m sure they will lease it to us if they still want to have access to our market.
things come undone,
Wouldn’t getting hybrid cars to Americans rather than war make a lot of sense. To add to your list of benefits, there is pollution caused by war itself. How can we be arming everyone in the middle east? What possible logic is involved in that?
Loo Hoo. @ 532
Who controls the Pentagon? The car manufacturers or the weapons manufacturers?
I rest my case. !
For what it’s worth, the car manufacturers are going through a crisis of vision similar to what they went through in the mid- to late-`70s.
They don’t want to give up their most profitable items (SUVs and large pick-ups), even though times and economic realities have changed. They’ll persist because they’re too stupid to change. When they’re about to melt down, they’ll beg the government to bail them out (just as happened with Chrysler in 1980). Or, they’ll just go for Chapter 11, so they can discard their obligations for pensions and health care for retirees (something I see as inevitable in the next few years).
Government is there to protect them, more than it is there to protect us.
It’s not a pleasant thought, but, politicians can always spin it as protecting jobs, even though jobs are the last thing on the bigwigs’ minds when that happens.
The auto manufacturers sold the public on big as “safe” (even though that isn’t exactly true), and they’ll have to take that back in order to sell small. That will take years to do–after they get with the program.
Loo Hoo. @ 532
Good point Ossama was trained by Americans to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.
Iran has an American hating government because the CIA deposed their democraticly elected leader and put in the Shah.
Have you ever read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi she describes her life in Iran before and after the revolution. Its a funny comic style autobiography that shows us that the Iranians are like us.
But after democracy failed (we killed it) well the fundie Muslims took over. People in despair and fear are willing to sacrifice their freedoms to end the fear, Bush is trying to use 9/11 for the same purpose.
Its not that the Iranians or Arabs hate freedom as Bush says its that America supports tyrannts who hate their peoples freedoms, hate commies, give us oil, and hate Israel?
Now I’m confused why do we sell these idiots weapons. Why are we not pushing Israel to make a fair peace with Palestine.
Judging us by our actions its almost as if we want constant war in the middle east.
things come undone @ 535
Very good. You’re figuring it out. :)
Nearly 3. Bailing out now. Thanks Loo Hoo for staying on it.
Here’s part of what Gail Collins has to say about Gulliani in the NYT:
Construction workers and emergency crews who raced to a stricken New York, eager to offer their services, are now wheezing and, in some cases, sitting immobilized in their living rooms, sucking oxygen from a tank. Their families have already paid a terrible price, and either the city or the federal government is likely to wind up with a financial bill equal to the moral one it already bears.
Workers exposed to toxic air can be protected by respirators. They’re uncomfortable and heavy, and people don’t like to wear them, even when it’s important to their health and safety. So the person in charge of a dangerous site needs to make it clear that only those with proper equipment can come anywhere near it. That’s what happened in Washington at the Pentagon, where there haven’t been health problems. Over in Staten Island, where workers were examining the rubble that the ground zero crews had excavated and loaded onto trucks, people were so well-protected that some of them looked like bit players in a space movie.
Night, newtonusr. Thank you!
So did Jane and TRex have a had in crafting Osama Bin Bama’s speech? What’s the scoop?
It was like so supportive of our cause.
Great job. Obviously they get FDL in his cave.
Great job Sid, of course we should believe everything Saddams spokemen says, just like we should have believed everything Hitlers and the Japanese Emperor spokemen said.
Makes you wonder why Clinton kept genocidal levels of sanctions on Iraq for 8 years.
Hey Loo Hoo – just found an active PDF download link for the Schlozman letter – in the third sentence of the Leahy letter…
nite
Poopalooze? Isn’t that concern-troll code for asshole?
Help me out here with this. :)
Great Post Loo Hoo, but you forgot about those 3,000 workers on 9/11 who are experincing a more severe health problem, namely DEATH!
Won’t be long and Gail will blame that on America as well. Its also Guiliani fault that people smoke and people get cold sores and rashes. He’s clearly to blame for athletes foot as well.
Poopalooze @ 540
No intiendo.
Loo Hoo. @ 532
Who’s going to do it if we don’t? ;-)
For Poop,
More from Gail:
Workers exposed to toxic air can be protected by respirators. They’re uncomfortable and heavy, and people don’t like to wear them, even when it’s important to their health and safety. So the person in charge of a dangerous site needs to make it clear that only those with proper equipment can come anywhere near it. That’s what happened in Washington at the Pentagon, where there haven’t been health problems. Over in Staten Island, where workers were examining the rubble that the ground zero crews had excavated and loaded onto trucks, people were so well-protected that some of them looked like bit players in a space movie.
At ground zero, the priority was getting the site cleared as quickly as possible to show the world that New York was back to normal. The workers were left on their own. This happened on the watch of a mayor who had been eager to save us from our own imperfect impulses by bringing down the heavy hand of the law on every jaywalker, Chinese New Year firecracker-thrower or ferret owner in the city, not to mention the famous squeegee wielders.
Montag @ 534
We sell the Hybrid/Clean Diesel plan as a way to save American jobs and end the war. This way we get the Lou Dobbs America First people on our side and away from the GOP by protecting American jobs.
Plus we point out that only auto plants in America will be paid to retool to produce hybrids and clean diesels.
That and after one year only hybrids and clean diesel vehicles that get a certain mileage will be allowed to be sold in this country.
The result the foreign car market disapears except for Toyota and Honda until the other companies can get the time, money and tech to produce hybrids and clean diesels.
Net effect American car companies get a huge slice of their market back and start hiring again, we will own the Union vote!
If Bill Kristol and Rush go all free choice about wanting to drive Hummers we ask them if they want to pay higher taxes to pay for the Iraq war. For however many years General Petraeus thinks we need to win.
If the car companies give us slack we point out we can pay for the entire cost of the war by taxing the low gas mileage vehicles that make us dependent on Ossama for oil. Or they can go along with the plan.
things come undone @ 547
Hate to say it, but, you’re dreaming. It’s never happened that way, and never will.
The very simple fact is that the Japanese are already a decade ahead of domestic makers in the technology. GM will never lease the technology from anyone, given its entrenched philosophy of “not invented here.” (Trust me on this one–I spent thirteen years in a company making a spun-off GM transit product.)
These guys don’t care about doing the right thing–they care about making money, and using their influence on the Executive Branch and the Congress is how they will end up doing that.
It’s a really corrupt system, and will remain that way until it collapses, completely. Never expect the auto industry to do the right thing–even with someone else’s money….
montag @ 536
I agree with Loo Hoo I fail to see the logic in arming the middle east this is a false premise whatever the supposed justification is. Training and arming Ossama, the Shah, Saddam etc has worked out great for us so far.
But the conclusion that logicaly follows from that false premise is that we do want endless war.
Loo Hoo. @ 544
Iraq is the manifestation of corporate oil policies and interests. “The Power of Nightmares,” a BBC documentary with little exposure here in the US asserts that Cheney and Rummey where the “Great Fabricators.” The WMD in Iraq was a pretense, a fabrication as sure as 911 was “used” as justification for an occupation of Iraq for Oil…………..
Cigarettes or petro it is all the same , commerce and profit is the game. And when people die because of lies, we ignore the truth as the drunk dies…………
Our nation, its document the rule of law thrown out the window by corporate oil whores.
Instilled needs by corporate design, that where not real at all, just conditioned minds!!!
Natural Selection Corporate Treason and Executive Oil
I don’t want endless war, nor do most Americans. It is a sliver of the population, the neocons and the stupid people who believe whatever they say, who get all whupped about it. The types who never actually go to fight the wars.
Good morning!
Loo Hoo. @ 551
Yeah, most Americans now think that way, because it wasn’t a cheap, quick win (think back to the polling just before the invasion, for contrast). Gotta get `Murricans to understand that war is always a waste of time, blood and money. When they get to that point before the next war, we got it made. :)
James Joyce,
Don’t know if you saw this Blumenthal TRex linked up, but it fits with what you’re saying.
Goodness, now we’ve got egregious saying good morning!
Good morning, eg!
Montag @ 548 Just because the automakers don’t and probably won’t do something does not make something impossible. We’re fighting a war because we thought we had no options, well Bush being nuts is also a reason.
But when the GOP says if we end the war then whats your plan I want us to have a few practical plans to throw back at them. People have to see that we can offer solutions!
Now if GM and Ford fight this I admit they will win and then they will go out of business. But lets not talk about giving up before we try!
At the very least I want to watch them squirm publicly and “explain” why mine or similar plans won’t work. We need to change the debate to options and hope however unlikely.
We need them to address publicly the real cause of their demise bad gas guzzling cars rather than scapegoat Jappanese cars.
Loo Hoo. @ 555
Well it seemed better than some of the alternatives.
Nice to meet you at kos!
Good Morning Egregious
What up?
So who disbanded the Iraqi army?
Kaplan is suspecting none other than Cheney.
things come undone @ 556
Watch `em squirm? Just like the oil executives in front of Congress?
Look, I see the need for change just as much as you do. But, I know it’s not going to happen until the old system collapses, and it’s in no danger of doing that at the moment. Too many compromised people running it.
Until that changes, the status quo continues. Fact of life, I’m afraid. We’re going to spend $200 billion this coming fiscal year on war for oil ($147 billion plus the $50 billion coming up) and we spend $200 million a year for our principal renewable energy national laboratory. That means, in real terms, that war for oil is 1000 times more important to the power elite than renewable energy.
What does that say about how things will change? Market forces are an illusion. It’s about political power, and we don’t have it right now. That’s a reality. That system’s got to break, and break badly, before the people in power figure it out–and, even then, they won’t do anything to fix it until they can figure out how to make a buck on that.
It was a pleasure to meet you egregious. Next year, I’m determined to meet all of the FDL folk attending!
I had the pleasure of having lunch with Marcy, Rayne and Betsy one day!
Do you have another trip to Russia on the agenda?
Hey things, raven, montag. How is everybody this morning/night?
egregious @ 563
Uh, night, here, still, but okay for now, eg., and thanks for asking.
How be you?
Montag @ 561
I agree the system will probably have to break before real change happens but that does not mean I have to like it.
It also does not mean I’m going to stop trying granted in my own small way on a small (?) blog in the middle of the…well its morning now from trying.
Because when the system breaks I want to say I told you so!
Gotta sleep break 700 folks by the way whats the record for comments at late late night without a major newstory? When do we get a late late LATE night thread?
things come undone @ 565
You won’t have to. I will have seen that coming at least as soon as you will. What I am saying, however, is that it’s not going to happen right now. If you expect logic to suddenly prevail, you’re going to be disappointed. :)
Haven’t planned my next trip to Russia yet. Over time I am trying to cut administrative expenses, including travel, in order to donate more to the hospital.
I observe in my travel journal that the trips are exacting a greater physical and emotional toll on me. The program is remarkably stable, after eleven years of blood, sweat, and tears. So the trend line is for fewer Russia trips in the future.
egregious @ 568
Sounds like the time for recruiting professional help that can pay their own travel expenses….
montag @ 567
I didn’t mean you I meant the Bushies I expect we will both be in Canada before the system crashes.
egregious, you are so generous. Your good work will live on; you deserve a rest.
FDL at kos:
We will do our best to get this better organized next year. Because Jane was in chemo there were a lot of things that got postponed til the last minute.
In particular I regret that not all the pups at kos knew about the FDL breakfast including GrandmaJ, tho I had tried to jump in to the comments right after her and invite her. We will get the word out earlier next time, and I apologize to all who felt left out.
You guys know me, I don’t want anyone to feel left out! I even met people as they came in to make sure people felt welcome, and normally I am the shy one who sits in the corner quietly.
things come undone @ 570
Ah, well, I’m stuck, I guess. I can’t afford relocation. I can’t afford much of anything until Social Security kicks in, and even then, that just allows me not to draw on savings for living expenses.
I guess I’m here for the duration, regardless of what happens.
But, don’t expect magic when the Bushies are gone. I’ve yet to hear a single Dem candidate say that the most important thing after 2008 is undoing the damage the Bushies have done. (Maybe that’s part of that power thing that has to break, eventually.)
But, when my kid was married a couple of months ago, I told her and her prospective husband that, when they were fifty, the world was going to be much, much different. And, I told them that wasn’t necessarily bad. But, the world is going to be different–much different–than it is now, one way or another. Of that, I’m quite sure, even if I don’t live to see it. !
LooHoo @ 560
More notably, the (correctly IMHO) article supposes that the idea to disband the Iraqi Army came from Chalabi, who was, as we now know, an Iranian agent.
That makes sense.
The other significant early mistake was leaving a large weapons (and explosives) facility unguarded for days. I expect a more authoritative source will draw the line from that decision to the thousands of deaths from IEDs.
…
linkee
http://www.boston.com/news/nat….._invasion/
IMO this is the result of the CEO Presidency, where there was really no co-ordinated policy other than ‘invade Iraq and everything will work out in the end’.
Disbanding the Iraqi Army was a bad idea.
Ignoring a major arms dump was a bad idea.
But the synergy between the two was a disaster which was compounded by 2 years of happy talk and denial.
montag @ 548
“NATURAL SELECTION”
“The very simple fact is that the Japanese are already a decade ahead of domestic makers in the technology. GM will never lease the technology from anyone, given its entrenched philosophy of “not invented here.” (Trust me on this one–I spent thirteen years in a company making a spun-off GM transit product.)We sell the Hybrid/Clean Diesel plan as a way to save American jobs and end the war. This way we get the Lou Dobbs America First people on our side and away from the GOP by protecting American jobs.”
“Plus we point out that only auto plants in America will be paid to retool to produce hybrids and clean diesels. That and after one year only hybrids and clean diesel vehicles that get a certain mileage will be allowed to be sold in this country. The result the foreign car market disapears except for Toyota and Honda until the other companies can get the time, money and tech to produce hybrids and clean diesels.
Net effect American car companies get a huge slice of their market back and start hiring again, we will own the Union vote!”
“CORPORATE TREASON”
“These guys don’t care about doing the right thing–they care about making money, and using their influence…”
“If Bill Kristol and Rush go all free choice about wanting to drive Hummers we ask them if they want to pay higher taxes to pay for the Iraq war. For however many years General Petraeus thinks we need to win. If the car companies give us slack we point out we can pay for the entire cost of the war by taxing the low gas mileage vehicles that make us dependent on Ossama for oil. Or they can go along with the plan. It’s a really corrupt system, and will remain that way until it collapses, completely. Never expect the auto industry to do the right thing–even with someone else’s money….”
“EXECUTIVE OIL”
“Executive Branch and the Congress is how they will end up doing that.”
Yesterday’s debate about “patent reform” on the floor of the house was very insightful. The desire by corporations to change the rules, squashing the little guy, stealing ideas and manipulation of the system to protect entrenched interests was clear. One hour of debate on this legislation was allowed by dems. Marcy Kapatur along with Izza solidified the middle in opposition to the amendments, and limited time for debate. Such an important matter and one hour of debate. It seems that the color of law is being used to usurp constitutional law and principles to protect individual rights and liberties from assault from all directions.
The Constitution provides the remedy for this bloated swollen colon, infected and diseased. The aenema is coming!!
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To get you one closer to 600 for the night. Now off to watch the replay of Argentina/France RUGBY. ;-)
Loo Hoo. @ 554
We knew exactly what Saddam had. Israel knew what Saddam had. We gave him most of the weapons in a war of attrition against Iran. The only threat from Saddam was a breader reactor, destroyed by the Israeli Air Force attack in 91? led by the Israeli shuttle astronaut killed upon reentry.
The War’s problem is the same as England’s problem with the colonies. The right to self determinations which the Iraqi’s continue to have none and we as American’s continue to lose!
Good Morning everyone.
Loo Hoo. @ 560
Occam’s Razor applies. “It’s a slam dunk.”
Several things y’all might be interested in on Wash Journal this morning:
7:30 – Jack Keane – blerrrrgh!
8:15 – Jack Goldsmith
9:30 – Lara Brown – “The impact on elections of scandals involving members of Congress” [snip] hmmmm…..could be interesting
James Joyce @ 578
Not quite. Technically, it wasn’t a breeder reactor (it was actually quite small, about 75mW thermal, I believe, but it could have produced small amounts of plutonium), and it was destroyed by an Israeli air attack in 1981, not 1991.
Occupation simply is that, you’re quite right. No nation happily undergoes occupation.
Good morning, pups. Today in the Times TOMC writes about Giuliani’s ground zero legacy, and Bob Herbert has a column called “Escape From Las Vegas” where he interviews a young woman trying to do just that.
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup. Have a great day. We’re beginning to feel the first hints that summer may be ending down here — the humidity is down, and the temperatures are more reasonable. Have a great day.
The Constitution provides the remedy for this bloated swollen colon, infected and diseased. The aenema is coming!!
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Came out of my brain like diarrhea this morning! If it sounded like something said prior, completely unintended. However Tool, does come to mind, “flush it/them all away!!!”
I hope this answers your question!
Another thug sex scandal (FL)………..to be crass, this one sorta resolved itself:
http://www.democraticundergrou…..15;2982843
Hi, Marion -
Ya doing any hatch battening down your way? Blueberry pancakes sound absolutely wonderful. You are the hostess with the mostest!
montag @ 582
Thanks for the corrections!
Good morning, pups. Wherezza coffee??
Hi, Waccamaw. Glad you liked the pancakes. No hatches being battened here — all clear and lovely, and our local “run for your lives” weather hairdos haven’t gotten their knickers in a twist about anything. It looks like we may be heading to 600 on this thread this morning!
Sat. morning NPR uncritically broadcast small portions of Bush’s Australian comments about the “bin Laden” tape, saying that bin Laden’s remarks confirmed the presence of al-Qaeda in Iraq and that our presence there was necessary because of their presence there.
There was not one qualifier from NPR that there was no al-Qaeda in Iraq before Bush’s invasion. Not one.
And, that’s the crux of the biscuit. When the media–including the so-called independent media, such as NPR–uncritically repeat an untruth from the administration, they simply act as propagandists.
Yes, strictly speaking, reporting exactly what the administration says is accurate reporting, but, is it true? When these toadies fail to mention that they are simply repeating lies under the guise of truthful reporting, they are lying themselves.
When, oh, when will the press figure this one out?
(Ah, well, I think these bozos know full well what they are doing, but the rhetorical question remains.)
Another one bites the dust
Hagel is calling it quits
BY JAKE THOMPSON
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU, COPYRIGHT 2007 OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
WASHINGTON – Chuck Hagel will announce Monday that he is retiring from the U.S. Senate and will not run for president next year, people close to the Nebraska Republican said Friday.
Pull Up A Chair is ready upstairs…