Late Late Nite FDL: ‘And I’ve Given Up Hope/For the Afternoon Soaps/And a Bottle of Cold Brew’By: TRex Tuesday November 20, 2007 10:00 pm |
Oh, my.
You know, it’s really time to get yourself a hobby when you start dragging out the Terri Schiavo autopsy file again.
Apparently, Mrs. Malkin isn’t taking too well to house arrest life after getting fired from The Factor.
Might I suggest macrame?
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TRex!!!
Macrame? isn’t she already all tied up in knots?
Macrame? People still do that?
yes, I am still here, although I really should be in bed.
You saw the cheerleader costume — all macrame.
One more pie left.
Everytime Jane says that she should be baking more pies, I bake one.
(oh man, 4 in 2 days… gotta get a life!)
Ehrm, what I meant to say was:
Hail hail, Muse Muse, TRex TRex, gang gang, etc etc.
Those Below have been notified.
batshit crazy!
Not goin’ to Malkkkin’s place, nuh uh. So tell me, is Terri Schaivo still dead?
persiflage @ 12
dead AND brain dead
Suzanne @ 4
nahh, that’s David Broderie
God I love that gopher or prairie dog.
LoudounLib @ 6
And so should I — hey remember the music from Local Hero?
ok firepups, I really gotta split if I want to hit I-95 at a decent hour tomorrow and stay ahead of holiday traffic.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
happy thanksgiving ll and see ya when you return from deep in the heart of redneck relatives land
LoudounLib @ 17
don’t forget music for your road trip…
lol Suz, I’m sure I’ll have some stories to tell *g*
punaise @ 19
10-4 good buddy, I have XM! ;-)
punaise – I’m forever wondering how Drifty comes up with these…
From his latest…
nite LL
persiflage @ 12
The link takes you to TBogg.
I wouldn’t lead you kids astray.
punaise @ 19
Is your I95 the same as I95 in Wilmington DE?
TexBetsy @ 13
Are you sure, have you consulted Doctor Frist?
newtonusr @ 23
g’night newt, g’night John boy…uh, g’night friends :-)
*poof*
persiflage @ 26
I consulted a senator.
whew, thanks TRex
up at my blog & news feed site:
The Lede Blog: Q & A: Baghdad Correspondent
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Damien Cave of the Baghdad Bureau assesses a rush of good news in Iraq.
Nov 20
A Gap in GOP Candidates’ Healthcare Proposals
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Los Angeles Times, reports: “When Rudolph W. Giuliani was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2000, one thing he did not have to worry about was a lack of medical insurance.”
Nov 20
Baghdad Bonanza
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Bill Buzenberg, The Center for Public Integrity, writes: “KBR Inc., the global engineering and construction giant, won more than $16 billion in US government contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006 – far more than any other company, according to a new analysis by the Center for Public Integrity.”
Nov 20
Katrina Rated Largest US Ecodisaster
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Patrik Jonsson of The Christian Science Monitor says, “When hurricane Katrina ripped out tulip poplars, bent black gum to the ground, and scattered loblolly pines like pick-up sticks, local tree enthusiasts such as Julia Anderson not only had a rude aesthetic shock, but many also sensed that the destruction had shaken the very roots of the region’s ecological balance.”
Nov 20
US and Turkey discuss PKK measures
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Iraqi foreign minister says a major incursion into Iraq is now less likely.
Nov 20
Ironic Bush Regime Quote of the Day…
TRex @ 24
I shoulda known you’d take care of us Trex, but we’re 3 days from our election and I’m on edge.
A little less thrashed today. A good night’s sleep did so good. And i get to pick out a new car in the morning. XD I’ll have to do some major rearrangement of my life (like new job or move back to the parentals house for the time being) to make payments. But i won’t have a junker that will quit on me a 2 months in a row 30 days after i bought the damned THING.
Options thought out, things discussed with my current boss and plans to be implemented after thanksgiving. i thought i was tired before…
newtonusr @ 22
mr. d r i f t is often brilliant, but I have to admit some of his screeds go on and on and on…
FITZ!!!(???)
After hearing Scotty McClueless’s revelations today, I am just wondering if he is still on the job…
and on the regular blog:
http://texbetsy.headonradionetwork.com/
* Where was that cross made?
* Personal records missing in UK
* Facebook and the loss of privacy
* Valerie Plame’s reaction to Scott McClellan’s news
* Murtha on threat on Pentagon lay offs
persiflage @ 31
Why ? The polls are showing the Duck’s defeat by a fair margin … or do they have Diebold machines in Oz ?!!
TexBetsy @ 28
Well, if it was the Hon Sen Liebertraitor I’ll believe it. He knows all about brain-dead.
everyone fall asleep?
Petrocelli @ 36
Yeah well it’s getting to the point of the only poll that matters, on Saturday. The Liberals are flooding the media with attack ads like this this. This election will hang on a small number of undecided voters. I fear they may have an impact. Then again, I’m a born worrier, I won’t be happy until it’s all over.
I sure hope we come up with a new coconut telegraph to replace f/b
Anyone know of a good, cheap program that’s as good as Graffiti Wall? I will really miss it.
Margot @ 41
If you’re on windows, you probably have PAINT. It’s in MY PROGRAMS /// ACCESSORIES
Margot @ 41
excellent question margot because i will surely miss your f/b drawings :( :( :(
TexBetsy @ 38
I’m still here—but going back and forth to and from the computer while performing various mundane household tasks.
TexBetsy @ 38
Um, I’m over reading your blog, Tex.
TexBetsy,
I will try MS Paint again…it seemed much harder to use than this f/b program, but I’ll try.
Margot @ 41
(((Margot’s Graffiti)))
Margot try artpad!
cool Shadow! Go tell your friends.
smapdi @ 15
Could well be a chihuahua if it’s positioned properly. If the ears are back against the head, and the dog is standing up with the front legs down, it looks like a prairie dog. If held upside down, as TRex points out, it looks like a fruit bat. If standing up crouched on someone’s forearm, the chihuahua looks like a meir cat. Versitile lil scamps.
johnny and the muppets
Aw, thank you, Newton. I never did draw you a pony, did I?
Thanks, tw3k!
Margot @ 46
try the gimp :D
Well, I confess I got sucked into the comment thread over in MalKKKin-land. Even some of the true believers read that post and were like, “Damn, Michelle? It’s OVER. LET. IT. GO.”
TRex @ 54
the poisonous allure of the koolaid almost got ya trex.. thanks for going there so we don’t have to
aliasofwestgate @ 32
If you need to move back in with mom and dad, and you guys love each other, don’t feel bad. Just offer to take on some responsibilities (water and trash bills for example), to show them that you know life ain’t easy. You’ll do fine.
TRex @ 54
Quick, to the decontamination chamber!
tw3k,
thanks again, cool!
Just got home. The Facebook total invasion of their users privacy made the Wed edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Good.
alias, i have learned that sometimes i need to take a step backwards in order to take several forward steps toward reaching my goals.
TheOtherWA @ 59
excellent other WA
Loo Hoo. @ 56
yeah, i already figured if i move back with them i’ll be doing what i did before. I used to pay them a light rent that covered my water and bits of electricity when i lived there since i started working full time. I won’t hurt doing it again. But if i can get a job in a local hospital in the next few months, i can still stay where i am now. But either way, i’ve got options. *yawns*
Okay, alias, I am going to take the contrary view and tell you ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY DO NOT MOVE BACK IN WITH YOUR PARENTS.
No matter what you do. Do not succumb to the seductive allure of the Original Nest. IT WILL NOT BE AS YOU REMEMBERED IT!
Most people do not realize just how much they love not living with their parents until they move back in. Because suddenly, to their parents, they are children again.
I am currently thinking about maybe six or seven different friends who tried it. Three that I can think of completely surrendered and are still living there. One is no longer on speaking terms with her mother. And one or two have in fact gone on to lead perfectly normal lives, but it took them three or four times as long as they thought it would to reach escape velocity again.
Think long and hard about this, Grasshoppah.
If I can manage to have never moved back in with my mom in the last 21 years, you can swing it, because I am poor and lazy. But somehow, I always managed to maintain my own place away from home.
You may have been right, Tex, that the f/b thing would maybe get folks seeing privacy issues in a whole nudder light.
g’evening Pups, just got home from unexpected babysitting, haven’t had time to read comments on Late Nite. Did i miss any excitement?
I did read Late Nite, ‘nuther excellent post from the Theropod. I’ve said for years that i’d like a Republican type of job, overpaid, overfed, underworked, and underqualified. I’ve volunteered to run companies into the ground for substantially less than what most CEOs take. Forget the multi -million buy-out to leave the company, i’d take a mere six digits. or if i’m feeling real generous, i’d drop it to high five digits. No takers so far. Whadda ya mean, i’m too ethical, hard-working and honest!
TRex @ 64
It’s my second option if the first one fails, TRex. I’m well aware on how much things have changed in the last 5 years since moved out. Quite heavily so. So my first order of business is to talk with local hospitals, get myself tested and certified with the National Pharm Tech Boards and then get myself hired in. Means i’ll have to do some wheeling and dealing and the timing is gonna be CLOSE but i’ll do it.
And if i have to move back with the parents? I’ll get the papers on that side of the state and move out as soon as i can. There’s hospitals over there i can work in too. Just not as many in my current city to chose from.
TRex, I can manage about 3-4 nights with my folks. That’s it!
One of my biggest fears is that I become so disabled that I need assistance full-time and have no ability to pay for it. Even then, I’d look into about 600 other options before moving back “home”.
Thank goodness they have tons of stairs and it’s not even an option.
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 66
Ha, ha, ha! I like the way you think.
I think scotties kiss and tell book is because the wingnut welfare doesn’t pay out like it used to.
Suzanne @ 70
and the tidbit release date is while congress is not in session.
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 66
you missed a feast
*rubbing full belly* burp
excuse me
You can do it, baby.
Make me proud.
i’ve been kinda down all week when thinking about the state of the nation, did perk me up a bit to read that Time Magazine rejected Rove as a columnist. In fact my first reaction was BWAHAhaha!
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 75
And Newsweek had no scruples at all?
Gates halts cut in U.S. Army force in Europe
from Amer – Herald Trib
The U.S. defense secretary has decided to freeze plans for further reducing army forces in Europe, according to senior Pentagon and military officials.
TexBetsy @ 68
Um, you can move in with me before you’re forced to do THAT. To be helpless and trapped in a house with one’s parents, ach, god. I mean, I love my parents. Part of what makes that possible is my ability to get up and leave the room.
Infant deaths increasing in Travis County, new report says
Poverty, technology that saves tiny, high-risk infants cited as possible causes
http://www.statesman.com/news/…..eaths.html
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 75
Well, I mean, he did very nearly send one of their writers to jail, hello?
TRex, thank you. So sweet. But I am allergic to Juan Carlos.
TexBetsy @ 72
ooohhh, excuse me folks! (ndfg grabs a plate & starts to dig in) oops. excuse my manners! Thank you TexB, you’re awesome. (thinking too much about Rethugs at the trough i guess, they made me act rude!)
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 75
Hi NDFG, how’s Twitchy-Tail?
TexBetsy @ 81
Have you ever been around a Siamese cat? Their dander is actually chemically different from regular cats. I had a roommate with terrible allergies who was desperate enough for a place to live that he moved in with me.
He never had a single allergy attack. He could pet the kitties and hold them in his lap.
Now, one time, he did bury his face in JC’s belly and go “BUH-BUH-BUH-BUH-BUH!!” because he just couldn’t help himself, and his eyes swelled up, but he took some Benadryl and it went away.
Say… Anybody got any backstory on Scotty’s Mom and how she’s been treated since Scotty left the job? I saw intimations referred to, but no sources. I get the feelling one doesn’t mess with Scotty’s Mom.
No, never been around a siamese.
Let’s just hope this upcoming surgery is successful though and I can go back to work and keep my benefits and enough money to pay the rent.
persiflage @ 83
saw him tonight while babysitting, seems in good spirits & not in pain, but his poor face … cheek is so swollen that his eye on that side is getting squinty and watering. We give him lots of kitty love.
Hmmm. @ 85
She lost the race for governor here a year ago. Haven’t heard much since then.
TexBetsy @ 35
You have a fine nose for news-curating there, Miz Betsy.
Hmmm. @ 85
Ari, Scotty, Snowy and Peroxide should write a book together.. called “Chump”
TexBetsy @ 86
i will send prayers your way for successful surgery & healing. Is it scheduled yet?
Michelle has a future as a JAV star. They really like cheerleaders.
fingers and toes crossed tex – where are you in the scheduling process
tw3k
If I have a question about this Gimp program can I ask you? Does Audrey have it? I’m tech challenged.
Hmmm. @ 85
Now that would be a big fat delicious slice of poetic justice, if it ended up being Scotty’s Mama who dragged down the whole Bush cartel.
A man can dream, right? Hell, I bet she wrote half that book herself.
“This is what you need to tell them, Scotty. No son of mine gets played for a goddamn patsy!”
Hell hath no fury that can stand firm against a mother wronged.
Hmmm. @ 85
She was the TX Railroad Commissioner, then some other job, as a republic. The problem is that when she ran for governor, she did it as an independent. She left the party, so since then she’s been persona non grata. That’s what I assume. Used to live in Texas so that’s mho.
My girls and I moved in with my dad and his wonderful wife when I was 48 years old. Only because the house I owned was sold before the new one was finished and ready to move into.
It was wonderful. Not to say I would have wanted it on a long-term basis, but it was really cool.
Margot @ 94
Sure, I’m not sure about Audrey tho.
There are plenty of tutorials out there.
It is a lot like photoshop, just not quit as polished.
TRex @ 95
as a mother, let me just say, no one fucks with my babies
there are consequences and becoming a soprano is only part of what’s coming to ya if ya do
a week from now (weds) I see the doc who is doing the procedure i need before the big surgery. he promises that the procedure will be done before i return to the surgeon’s office decem 4. still don’t know when the actual surgery is. tomorrow would be fine with me. today even.
TRex @ 95
lmao, that’d figure, eh?
Her full name is Carole McClelland Keeton Rylander Strayhorn. Typical republic, a serial wife.
thanks hmmmm
TheOtherWA @ 102
skip those two if you’re doing the google on her political career
TexBetsy, I’m sending healing, pain free, and successful surgery thoughts to you.
{{{TexBetsy}}}
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 87
Poor little guy, glad he’s surrounded by love.
I will admit I have often hoped it would be the wisdom and ferocity of women that would save us all.
But I’ll settle for vindictive in a pinch.
TheOtherWA @ 105
thank you. the love on this thread never ceases to make me smile.
Who are Jemmalyn Meliston Bowman and Paul W. Bowman?
And what do they have to do with Michelle Maglalang Malkin and Jesse Malkin?
And why does a Bush appointed AUSA and (later) Maryland Magistrate named Leonard Stark have to act as a Trustee to Malkin’s real estate purchases?
Some serious puzzlement here!
Hmmm. @ 107
sometimes, being vindictive IS being ferocious – the wisdom comes from knowning when that is and when it is not appropriate
TexBetsy @ 104
Yeah, she dropped a couple of those names along the way. The ex-husband McClelland, Scottie and Mark’s dad, wrote a book blaming LBJ for Kennedy’s murder in Dallas. Serious conspiracy stuff. I thought it was really odd that 2 of his kids ended up in the WH, but I have no idea how much contact, if any, there is between them and their father.
cinnamonape @ 109
huh? is there a link or did i miss something?
Hmmm. @ 107
Whatever works, sweetie. :D
Hmmm. @ 107
I kind of seriously want that on a t-shirt. Today. Now.
Betsy, best of all possible wishes for a complete recovery and a minimum of pain.
Suzanne @ 110
Now would seem an appropriate time.
TexBetsy @ 108
I don’t know where I’d be without FDL and several other blogs I visit regularly for inspiration, love and motivation. We’re all here to help one another in any way we can.
TRex, the fabric stores sell iron-on stuff for laser printers that you can iron onto your favorite shirt within 10 minutes of designing your text or image.
hmmm, yeap i agree
thanks loo hoo
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God, I have so many t-shirt ideas.
“I’m not laughing with you.”
Um…um…
Of course, I’m on the spot now so I can’t think of any of them.
Oil hits record above $99 as dollar sinks (Reuters)
from Yahoo! News
A vehicle is filled with gasoline at a gas station in Takoma Park, Maryland, November 1, 2007. Oil soared to record highs on Wednesday, drawing within a hair’s breadth of the $100 milestone as the U.S. dollar plumbed new lows and the onset of cold U.S. weather stirred anxiety over winter supplies.
Reuters – Oil soared to record highs on Wednesday, drawing within a hair’s breadth of the $100 milestone as the U.S. dollar plumbed new lows and the onset of cold U.S. weather stirred anxiety over winter supplies.
TRex @ 122
3 good ones right there trex – got any more?
TRex @ 122
or
Do you people think?
TRex @ 24
“engorged ladywood”
seven-oh-fucking-seven
Well, one could have a shirt available on Cafe Press in a couple hours, FWIW.
TRex @ 122
‘Ha Ha’
;>)
Carole Keeton Strayhorn (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C….._Strayhorn
“engorged ladywood”
seven-oh-fucking-seven
clutching pearls and gasping Teddy
Before we assume Scottie gave up on wingnut welfare, take a look at the spring list his publisher plans to put out on ‘08:
Public Affairs publishers.
They’re also publishing Rummy’s book. Oy.
fading fast here, time to say good night. Probably won’t be around for several days, so have a marvelous Thanksgiving, everyone!
Suzanne @ 112
No linky…just some odd real estate dealings that I can’t be explicit about since it would require publishing addresses that are identical. And there is the FireDogLake policy agin’ this. [Would I be allowed to do this by obscuring parts of the address? Enough to illustrate identity.]
But anyone willing to Google up the Bowman name above, find the current address (and likely name on the deed) and compare that listed for Malkin would see some rather odd things that suggest the use of aliases in making the purchases. Is this legal?
Meliston is a Pinoy (Philippino) name, and the only place you might find someone named Jemmalyn or Gemmalyn is in the Philippines.
Odd…property listed to a Pinoy woman with (probably) white husband under different names are supposedly where Michelle and Jesse Malkin live.
And then the Trustee turns out to be some Bush Administration rising son AUSA in Maryland who targeted Democratic politicians (most of the charges were thrown out of court or subsequently dropped). That guy is then placed into the Federal Judiciary by Bush?
Just a little strange.
Nite NDFG!
night ndfg. have a good holiday.
happy turkey day ndfg
Iran Virtually free of US Dollar Oil Revenues
from HORN News by NeoNinja
http://headonradionetwork.com/…..-revenues/
From The Guardian: LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Iran, at odds with the West over its nuclear programme, has effectively cut all ties with the dollar when it comes to oil revenues, a top Iranian oil official said on Monday. For nearly two years, OPEC’s second biggest producer has been reducing its exposure to the dollar, saying […]
Have a happy Turkey Day, NDFG.
Happy Thanksgiving, NDFG.
Bush Now Praises Musharraf: “Hasn’t Crossed The Line” And “Believes In Democracy”
by The Huffington Post News Editors
President Bush yesterday offered his strongest support of embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, saying the general “hasn’t crossed the line” and “truly is somebody who believes in democracy.”
Bush spoke nearly three weeks after Musharraf declared emergency rule, sacked members of the Supreme Court and began a roundup of journalists, lawyers and human rights activists. Musharraf’s government yesterday released about 3,000 political prisoners, although 2,000 remain in custody, according to the Interior Ministry.
The comments, delivered in an interview with ABC News anchor Charles Gibson, contrasted with previous administration statements — including by Bush himself — expressing grave concern over Musharraf’s actions. In his first public comments on the crisis two weeks ago, Bush said his aides bluntly warned Musharraf that his emergency measures “would undermine democracy.”
thanks for ’splaing c’ape
yes, we do not publish addresses of anyone – other than business addresses and contact info to public officials and media contacts (think congresscritter and/or corporate cnn info when beck says something stupider than normal type of information – that we permit.
but perhaps that type of info you are talking about is better explained in an email to jane that asks that if she can’t cover it, that she forward it on to someone she may know who is looking into that kinda stuff
Cinnamonape, the real estate may have been purchased thru a trustee to protect their privacy, since it’s not hard to find property records. She freaked when someone published her home address on line, and I can’t blame her.
I know people who purchased a house thru a land trust set up with their bank, so that no one will find their name linked to that house in any public document.
Don’t know for sure about what you found, but there may be nothing illegal about it.
gonna get some sleep.
night all.
Nite, TexB! Sweet, sweet dreams.
Sweet dreams, TexBetsy.
thanks tow.. still, there is that bush connection… that may be worth running by jane
sweet dreams to you all too
pain free sleep wishes tex
Nite, Tex.;)
Thanks all for the Scotty’s Mom data. Wotta character.
TexBetsy @ 140
I watched the beginning of ABC News tonight, and was nauseated to see Gibson doing the newscast from Camp David. Kept flipping channels, but every time I went back it was the interview with Bush. I think the first half of the newscast was that interview. They didn’t do any other stories until after the commercials. Absolutely disgusting.
Suzanne @ 146
Of course. Everything about the Bush admin should be looked at, but this one may actually be nothing. This may be the only one that’s legit, come to think of it.
TheOtherWA @ 152
or the one that brings down the whole cartel…. time will tell i guess
“hasn’t crossed the line”
arresting lawyers
putting political opponents under house arrest
disbanding the Supreme Court
letting Osama roam free
nice to know where W draws the line.
just for future reference.
TheOtherWA @ 152
Well…if there’s nothing to hide then no one should be upset if someone does a little investigating and dot connecting!!!
Oh. Wait. INOKIYADFH (it’s not OK if you’re a DFH).
Sigh
FunnyDiva
It would be bad if Musharraf’s behavior w/r/t suspending Constitution, stacking Supreme Court, confining opposition leaders, abridging the right of free association and assembly, sending the cops out against the lawyers, etc. came to be seen as an acceptable norm for a head of an ostensibly democratic state. Bad.
TRex has me in stitches for the 2nd time tonite – Might I suggest macrame?
Hmmm. @ 156
Here’s hoping this one makes WPITW on Countdown tomorrow night.
Jeebus h freakin kay-RIST and his all-girl combo on a raft.
FunnyDiva
I don’t think you can be for democracy later. You have to be for democracy now, or it doesn’t count.
Hey, ET
How’s things?
FunnyD
hey et – frickin 36.5 outside and dropping. i’m frickin freezing. could you tell me how cold your temps are so i am warm in comparison please
Suzanne @ 153
Something’s gonna be that final straw… At this point I’ll take anything!
Ok, that’s enough for me tonight. Dang, I’ve been chatty. Maybe it’s the tension in the air. In the last thread that was mentioned, how tense and weird things feel now. I was at work and didn’t have enough time to comment about that, but I feel it. Whatever it is.
The good thing is, I got FDL at work again. My boss didn’t block anything, it was normal clogged toobz or something.
Good nite, wonderful pups! See you all tomorrow.
Turkey-pardoning mythos debunked, completely.
Suzanne @ 161
((((Suzanne))))
Guess you and Token are snuggled up for the duration…
FunnyD
g’nite all!
Funnydiva2002 @ 160
Warm, raining, writing….
ET, Jr. home from 1st year of college – 50 miles away, where I work. So it isn’t a big deal, except this is his first time back in the house for more than a few hours since school started. We’re planning a ski trip tomorrow. Up higher, where it isn’t raining.
funny, little guy sure does give off a lotta heat for his size.. i am using token in my lap as a lapwarmer.
g’nite teddy – you have some chocolate on your face, left side
Well, there’s no underlying crime, really, so isn’t it more like commuting the sentence of a turkey? Like with Scooter?
TeddySanFran @ 163
I’ll bet the Jeff Gannon of turkeys got ‘pardoned’ right to the platter.
;>)
Hmmm. @ 169
what was it KO said tonight about linking bush forever more with the turkey pardon…
TexBetsy @ 77
Oh! That’ll free up some of the money he’s trying to find so he can continue the “surge” in Iraq.
Seems that Gates is doing everything Der Fuhrer is asking in order to force the DOD to furlough tens of thousands of military workers so he can use that money to support the continuing occupation in Iraq.The pugs want to play hardball with Congress and stare them down so that they make a last minute Supplementary Funding Bill.
But in fact, the DOD has full funding for its US operations. It’s the creative (and perhaps Unconstitutional) shifting of moneys between accounts to support the occupation that is causing these people to be laid-off. That’s not what Congress intended, and may be illegal.
BTW what -is- Irving Libby spending his time on these days? Appeal still live?
Suzanne @ 167
Heh. Gotta wonder who’s using whom. But as long as it’s mutual.
My aunt’s little dog is also a little heat-pack. And a world-champion nap companion.
FunnyDiva
Dry socks, warm slippers. Newspaper underfoot if your floor is cold.
dayam, it is warm and raining in alaska.. time for me to head off to a long hot steamy bath to warm up before bed
g’nite all
TeddySanFran @ 154
Somehow I never would’ve thought that shrub understood the concept of lines.
And are we so sure he doesn’t have a plan to suspend the constitution and arrest and detain his enemies? …and he certainly has left OBL to run free.
OK, pups – this might seem silly at this time of the night, but Pow Wow, in his/her most original way, goes back thread and turns troll lemons into Dom Pérignon. Oh. My. Fucking. God. Settle in.
Holiday Air Travel Tip: If your tiny pillow has a disposable cover on it, use it as a footrest. Besides insulating you from a cold floor, it also isolates you from the airframe vibration (a major source of fatigue).
blub, the only lines shrub knows are the white powdery ones
newtonusr @ 177
standing on chair clapping or powwow!
ok, now i’m really leaving – g’nite all
‘Night, Suzanne. Dream sweetly.
TexBetsy @ 140
The Pakistani cricket icon turned politician, Imran Khan remains in prison, charged with Treason. Khan is likely the most popular figure in all of Pakistan…far more popular and trusted than any politician. The fact that Khan was working with Bhutto, and had dropped his strident rejection of Bhutto, made his capture essential.
Khan’s arrest, facilitated by a Islamist student organization, threatens to involve large scale student and underclass demonstrations. The fact that his arrest involved the Islamist student group will create a schism on the campuses of the country, resulting in the marginalization of support for these groups that have colluded with Musharraf.
They themselves have ripped the curtain to reveal that they are not “opposition reformers” interested in the welfare of the masses, but are actually the covert enforcers of the regime. Students will thus back away from them and gather increasingly to parties in the actual opposition.
Freakin’ insomnia. I finally decided to get out of bed for a bit because staying there was just getting me frustrated. Too sleepy to contribute anything of substance, though. And if I start discussing all the right wing shenanigans, that probably wouldn’t make sleep come any easier, would it?
TheOtherWA @ 142
Can someone use an alias on deeds and legal records? Can the name of a foreign individual be placed on property records? How would this affect their tax status?
And why would a AUSA be used as the Trustee?
Uh, I think lots of US property is owned by non-US citizens and corporations… no?
Could we have encouraged generalissimo mushy to stage his ‘lol coup, out of fear that the powersharing agmt with Bhutto might’ve caused their guvmint to become less amenable to the US than it has been under the present junta?
Take that Big Oil: See: http://www.velo-city.ca We don’t need to continue the madness.
newtonusr @ 177
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Go, pow wow!
I saw the initial troll post and pow wow’s initial answer, but this follow-up is just stellar. A work of art. I’m eagerly awaiting “EagleX’s” reply.
Here’s the article about Imran Khan’s Hunger Strike while he is imprisoned. The fact that the Press has been effectively shut down in Pakistan means that the story had to be smuggled out to The India Times.
Khan is calling for a restoration of the Constitution, the reinstitution of Justices to the Supreme Court and other judicial offices, a free Press, and the restoration of a January election date.
Musharraf will not release him with the next group of political prisoners since Khan is charged with the trumped up charge of treason. He will have to face a Musharraf appointed judge to ask for bail, which willlikely be denied. And Musharraf will likely deny him the right to run for office in the upcoming elections.
~ No Constitution
~ No Parliament
~ A Kangaroo Supreme Court
~ Opposition political leaders in jail or house arrest for trumped up charges
~ Roving groups of Islamist thugs and Plain-Clothes agents arresting people for speaking up
Yep! Sounds just like the type of democracy Bush thinks would be peachy for the USA.
This is kind of amusing–products with variations on the “I can’t believe it’s not butter” theme.
Finally got home about 20 minutes ago, about two hours late. Flight was 1:20 late leaving SFO, and then baggage claim at John Wayne took approximately forever.
Hmmm. @ 185
Owned…Yes. But can they be used as a cover for a purchase by someone else. For some reason I don’t think a school teacher in the Philippines is likely to be able to buy a house in Germantown appraised at a half-million dollars. I would think that there would be ways of creating fictive corporate ownership to hide such things from scrutiny. The way this appears to have been done seems really odd.
IANAL but it almost seems like money laundering to me…hiding ones assets.
This gave me a real WTF moment!Over 10% of Americans have Witnessed An Exorcism.
That would mean there is a vast number of people out there who really believe that others are possessed by Demons, and that they have a right to haul these people in and psychologically and physically torture them.
So maybe this explains some of the pro-Torture support out there. They are doing the same sorts of things to their own, and it’s all “good”.
Don’t know why this didn’t occur to me before.
Is there a single significant English-speaking country that doesn’t currently have a buffoon, an idiot, or a criminal as its head of government?
I mean, look at this list:
George Dubya Boosh
Stephen Harper
Gordon Brown
Thabo Mbeki
John Howard
Helen Clark
It must be something about the language.
Evening Burns! Welcome there, from here.
English: Dog’s punishment for letting Frank Luntz out of highschool, Turd Blossom out of college, and Chimpy out of the cockpit.
Before you retire, you might want to have a look at some pretty nifty knife work, via pow wow.
nite all
cinnamonape @ 192
Well, I don’t know any of the facts so I won’t dispute what you say… but I can imagine innocent explanations. For example, maybe the Phillipine schoolteacher had family money; maybe the mortgage is for a high % of the property value; and I dunno anything about the Germantown market, but for what it’s worth (so to speak) $500,000 doesn’t buy much house anywhere in my county.
What! Odawalla the high priced fruit juice advertises at Malkin’s site!
They do know that Malikn’s readers don’t drink fruit juice don’t they?
I think they drink the blood of Vampires, or is it cute little Puppies who they infect with rabies.
Is Odawalla insane vegan, hippy, Lefties drink their juice. It sure would be a shame if Social Conscious stores decided to stop carrying Odawalla and replaced it with another juice brand.
Hi MOD can you fix my spelling of Odwalla in my comment at 197?
I just left my comment at 197 with corrected spelling on Odwalla’s google finance page. Its their first discussion ever!
I wonder how long before they yank it?
Socialy responsible investors who use google’s finance page for stock research on products they like are going to read that comment.
Its a good thing Odwalla isn’t traded publicly yet.
Some people freeway blog I like trashing the Right on google finance pages. The comments can stay up there for months sometimes for everybody to see. I wonder what their lurker/commentor ratio is?
CD @ 188
Wow, pow wow!! A masterpiece.
Malkin doesn’t think Terry Schiavo was brain dead because Michelle herself is proof that you can function without a brain, or a soul, or a shred of human decency.
morning!
G’morning Selise.
just read pow wow’s back thread take down… now i’m awake and fired up. that’s my kind of morning inspirational reading. (part 1, part 2)
1,665 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..
Citizen Selise and the EarlyMornin’ Firepup Freedom Fighters:
Yeow… I jest read sister pow wow’s search and destroy mission on the troll…eeeeDOGGIES that woman put some serious hurt on that poor bridge-dweller. A woman after my own heart…I think I’m in love.
Oh, sister Selise, what the hell are you doin’ up so early?
KEEP THE FAITH AND DEON’T LET THE BASTARDS INTO YER YARD!!
Things Come Undone @ 201
It’s okay for the state to pay health care for the brain dead but not for Graeme Frost.
Did Joe Scarbrough lose his job at Morning Joe?
morning NFT! i’m almost always awake in the early morning… how ’bout you?
p.s. i didn’t know pow wow was a “she”… ’till now i’ve been reading pow wow as i did digby in the early days.
JPL @ 206
Good point is supporting healthcare ok if it gets you prolife votes?
Why be born into a country that could have healthcare but chooses not to fund healthcare after you are born.
What kind of messed up choices do we make as a country. We force children to be born when their mom doesn’t want and or can’t support them.
But once a child is born the GOP wants to cut off their healthcare.
It’s okay for the state to pay health care for the brain dead but not for Graeme Frost.
see, we *dont* know yet whether he is going to end up in the front row of john hagees church like the ‘pastor’ wetting himself with manna in the pants thinking about our blessed saviour nuking iran or be running around buying Freddy and the Dreamers rereleases.
could go either way at this point.
let him suffer.
FEED TERRY TEXAS BEEF!!!
I have seen the islamocommies with their freddy and the dreamer ‘CDs’ in the streets and in the malls polluting our way of 100% TEXAS BEEF backyard barbecue life honey the crease in your stayprest slacks have vietnamese infants clinging to the fold
get with the times
we’re in iraq now baby pass the mustard no not the fancy stuff just yellow just bright yellow
agent orange doesn’t rhyme with anything
of for god’s sake, I’m listening to Rumsfeld in a speech from the other day bemoan the nattering nabobs of negativity who have no perspective of history.
from The Claremont institute.
CSPAN 1
how strong is your stomach? (Although I am thinking about engaging in some howling laughter.)
oh and Good Morning!
Huckabee erect in Iowa.
It must have been Rahm’s endorsement.
And Mr. 9/11 is flatlining.
huckabee hucksterism!!!
snake oil travelling medicine gospel show!!!
they’re gonna lap it up!
huck finn takes over international pesticide corporation ‘i swam in this stuff of course it’s safe’
Even by the K2-like standards of WaPo, a headline for the ages:
Stem Cell Foes Vindicated?
It’s funny how lab work by, like, you know, actual scientists in Kyoto and Madison [ of all places ] can somehow be construed as justifying Karl Rove’s Southern Uterus Strategy.
allan_in_upstate @ 216
yes.
if little leaguers play baseball at 3:00 in the afternoon in taiwan and a plum ripens in italy at the same time then obviously ann landers invented plutonium jewellery.
oh. and a snowflake grows in brooklyn.
ack. work.
must. make. sandwich.
grumble.
Good morning, pups. It’s MoDo and Friedman in the NYT. MoDo hasn’t sharpened her claws on Hillary for a while, but she remedies that today. She says getting ahead through connections is common in life. But Hillary Clinton cloaks her nepotism in feminism. Mr. Friedman says it’s clear that the surge by U.S. troops has dampened violence in Iraq. Don’t we now need a surge in diplomacy to finish the job? Well, actually, if you look at Basra where violence is down 90% after the British left, maybe that could be a plan for us too??? Just thinking…
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. A 3-day work week! I’m REALLY ready for a long, long weekend. Have a good day.
hav1e a nic2e day3 all4 in the5 matr6ix.
Elliott @ 213
TVs have off buttons.
Okay Hillary! You pi**ed me off with this stuff.
Clinton Mocks Obama For Foreign “Experience”
“Hillary Rodham Clinton ridiculed Democratic rival Barack Obama on Tuesday for his contention that living abroad as a child helped give him a better understanding of the foreign policy challenges facing the U.S.
“Voters will have to judge if living in a foreign country at the age of 10 prepares one to face the big, complex international challenges the next president will face,” Clinton said. “I think we need a president with more experience than that, someone the rest of the world knows, looks up to and has confidence in.”
A day earlier, touting his foreign policy credentials, Obama had said his life experience gave him a better feel for international issues than most candidates gain from official trips to other nations.
He noted his father was from Kenya and that he himself spent part of his childhood in Indonesia. “Probably the strongest experience I have in foreign relations is the fact I spent four years overseas when I was a child in Southeast Asia,” he said Monday.”
Now I have just a little bit of experience myself in how a childhood abroad can provide the experience that shapes ones perspectives towards other cultures and religions.
First off, kids experiences shapes not only their KNOWLEDGE, it deeply effects their thinking processes. The world is no longer dualistic…no longer restricted to an ingrained American perspective…no longer embedded in the deep traditions of isolationism that permeates American culture. The realization that there are different colors, religions, culture, school systems, music, climates…as well as issues of poverty and wealth, healthcare, and politics becomes deeply ingrained.
And it’s not as if the kid turns that stuff off when they return to the United States. They will puzzle over it when they take Social Studies and History in school. They will wonder why they are the odd-ball and teased when they encounter what other kids take for granted. And they’ll question the differences of many things when they encounter them back in the US. That stuff doesn’t stop.
It’s why Army brats and the kids of expats frequently have a strongly disparate and independent view about what will make America great (and what makes America great) than someone who grows up in the affluent suburbs of Chicago.
Let me explain this a little to Hillary who’s a little late to this game. It’s why Bill’s experience in his childhood made him sympathetic to people who lived on the edge of poverty and gave him the interest to try to deal with the issues of welfare and healthcare for the indigent and lower middle class.
It’s why Edwards is concerned with those who have been taken a ride by big corporations. When he grew up his coal miner dad was treated like cr*p by the company. Unions and federal protections for working class people are very close to him.
It’s why Chris Dodd is so pi**ed off at the Bush Administrations gutting the Constitution and practicing torture. These were things he learned were Un-American at his fathers knee. He would be disgracing his fathers prosecutions at the Nuremberg trials if he failed to defend the Constitution.
It’s not that a 10 year old kid learns complex issues about international economics or nuclear proliferation…but that the events at that age makes them realize that escalating world energy prices or a nuclear attack would have REAL impacts on REAL people…not some statistical ciphers on a sheet of paper that says “collateral damage”.
Millineryman @ 221
Someone has to watch out for what these people are still up to ;)
GM, MM!
Good morning pups!
Wow Cinnamonape, you certainly had your wheaties today! Good post!
Good morning egregious. Are you still on the west coast?
Elliott @ 223
GM EE, I stand corrected.
WASHINGTON JOURNAL
On Wednesday’s Program . . .
Robert Lenhard, Chairman of the Federal Election Cmsn., describes Tuesday’s meeting on advertising rules for Campaign 2008. The Supreme Court has overturned a provision of the McCain-Feingold law. Then Peter Wehner, former Dpty. Asst. to Pres. Bush, discusses his Weekly Standard article on spreading democracy in Iraq.
Great comment, Cinnamonape!
JPL @ 226
Hey JPL. East, I think. Got my time zones backwards = up at 4am west.
CD @ 188
Indeed, a heavy tome that crushes the troll underneath the bridge. But another response would be if the Teecomms are only spying on one innocent American then they’d be able to defend themselves in court by showing that the surveillance was an aberration and unintentional. They’d easily establish that the information wasn’t used, and that the victim had no reasonable cause for fear that he was targetted. They would have t pay nothing in damages, since no “harm” occurred.
But it isn’t just one, and the individuals selected are clearly not random. And the data is likely be used to place individuals on “Watch”, “No Fly” and other lists. That’s demonstrated by the ferocity of the Telecoms and the Bush Administration to block the investigations and offer up retro- and prospective immunity, not to investigations of actual TERRORISTS, but to surveillance of those Americans never prosecuted. And both the Telecomms and the Bushco bureaucrats also have whined about the fact that if the don’t have this they could face bankruptcy…which means that there are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of cases out there that are quite winnable on the grounds that the Telecomms intentionally aloowed the NSA to spy on American citizens without a warrant.
Sorry about that linky. WordPress seems to have swallowed my post. ????? If I have time I’ll try to repair it at work. Grrrrr….
Funny Tom Toles this morning about the Democrats damaging their own prospects.
Mornin’ all!
Margot @ 58
Margot,
I’m an early morning reader of LL Nite, so I don’t know if you’ll get this. You might try Artweaver. It a free download art program developed by a university. It has many of the features of Photo Shop, but is somewhat simpler. I have used for several years.
Following is the url:
http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
Or, just google the name and follow instrumctions.
Marion in Savannah @ 219
There’s a logical fallacy called post hoc ergo propeter hoc, latin for “after this, therefore because of this.” It’s amazing the number of things that get cited as the cause of the recent decline in violence:
* Completion of ethnic cleansing
* Iran honoring its informal pledge to stem the flow of arms into Iraq
* Petraeus buying off the Sunni insurgents
* The Brits leaving
* Weariness on all sides
* Success of the brilliant Bush/Petraeus surge strategy.
Perhaps, if we give full credit to the Decider and promise him an ticker-tape parade, he’ll withdraw with yet another claim of victory.
Oil prices rise above $99 a barrel
twolf1 @ 237
it’s a good thing Gore wasn’t elected in 2000, elsewise we’d be paying $2.00 a gallon for gas
cinnamonape @ 222
Just for the record, it is possible to understand the world, and different cultures when you grow up in the suburbs. I get what your saying about living in a different culture gives you a wider perspective, however I don’t think that alone qualifies you as a foreign policy expert. People change, the world has changed signicantly since Obama was 10, and I’d be more comfortable with his statement if he lived abroad as an adult when you have more insight into the human condition.
David Shuster on Morning Chat touting the Vanity Fair article on what Bushonomics will do to our children’s future.
Passionate that it’s a must-read.
Morning Mika recommends MoDo. Geist recommends the other op-ed columnist [yeh, Friedman].
Shuster chimes in about Friedman Units.
Shuster’s got solid reporting chops with opinions. This guy oughta be filling that chair Russert’s barely keeping warm.
Millineryman,
I don’t think any adult would have their foreign policy positions informed by their childhood experiences. However growing up in a different culture opens you mind up to notion that the world is not what main street America thinks it is. Bush was an example of someone who had no overseas experiences at all.. and it shows.
Obama is a smart enough dude to get him some smoking geniuses to do up our foreign policy were he elected president. You don’t think Bush comes up with the prattle he spouts do you? Talking points are created behind the scenes… always have been… always will be.
Same applies to Edwards experience as a kid growing up in a working class union family. That doesn’t allow him to run an economy, but it does inform him about the “lower class” issues in a very real way… something that W has no clue about.
Prairie Sunshine @ 240
http://www.vanityfair.com/poli…..bush200712
wigwam @ 236
i’d cheer him myself if that’s all it took.
One more thing about why I’m so impressed with Shuster [and it’s almost as important who the emerging leaders are in media as in those they cover] — he’s obviously a voracious consumer of news information, intellectually curious, not afraid to show a healthy dose of cynicism, solid in his facts…and not a narcissistic steno bone in his body.
wigwam @ 236
just a quick hit after delaying leaving for work well beyond the ‘reasonable’ limit:
let’s not forget the 6 month ‘cessation of hostilities by the Sadr militia as he purges and reorganizes…’
that might also affect the level of violence.
‘corporate restructuring’ in order to come back with a new improved product?
selise @ 244
ticker tapeworm parade
Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 247
HAHAHAHA!
Millineryman @ 239
it’s not about foreign policy or the current state of the world. it’s about how i see the world – and especially the human condition.
i only spent 2 years on a military base overseas (age 12-14), and i can tell you it was a culture shock that still informs my world view (including the human condition) more than 30 years later.
not to say it would affect everyone the way it did me or that wiser people couldn’t get it from reading…. but if i have any sense of what it is like to live at the other end of american power – i credit those two 2 years.
and all things being equal (which they are not), i think it’s a plus to have that experience.
Scarecrow’s up stairs
Prairie Sunshine @ 245
That guy is great (though his delivery is a bit robotic).
Millineryman @ 239
I never said that growing up in the suburbs denied one the capability of learning about he world…just as growing up in a wealthy household would not prevent one from experiencing something about and sympathising with the poor.
And living in a multicultural American community can also allow one to empathise and sympathise with the people who grow up within those conditions. It’s not just travelling abroad. [BTW Obama also attended a multiracial HS in Hawaii, and went on to major in International Relations at Harvard].
I’m just saying that such experiences OFTEN carry over into ones adult life and choice of careers, and way one looks at America in the world. As I stated, perhaps not clearly enough, the early experience makes the individual want to learn more and to understand their childhood experiences as an adult. And it makes the person want to travel.
It’s one reason why Europeans are constantly appalled at the low frequency of Americans with passports. They pretty much know that their foreign travel has made them more aware of the world. They think the converse of Americans, and they regard those who acquire their “foreign policy” experience from what they read in a newspaper or even a University classroom as remarkably limited.
And, while Obama is often criticized for not being “black enough” (since his experience wasn’t standard for most African-Americans) he still faced many of those same issues when he went to HS and college. And he acquired quite a lot of experience with those communities as a voter-outreach and community organizer, and a lawyer for South Side Community Organizations.
Ackkk! Last night I was being accused as a covert agent for Hillary, now I’m gonna get hit as a mole for Obama, Edwards and Dodd ;-)
Things Come Undone @ 201
80% of Malkin’s brain is unadulterated vampire bat’s urine.
cinnamonape @ 253
that one should have come with a spew warning!
I’ve known the Schindler’s in a professional capacity since before all this occurred. The father strikes me as a sad, bitter old man who’s never accepted the fact that something happened to his daughter that he had no control over. It just had to be somebody’s fault. I’ve thought all these years, and still think, the big dispute between father and Michael was over the settlement money. Father is extremely angry that he never saw a penny of it. My boss has always been in father’s camp but my boss has always been known to adopt whatever position could prove most profitable to him. Greed does strange things to people.