Jane!!!

Hi Jane

Hi Jane!!!!!!!

Jane!

I have no idea what you are talking about, although I like the dramatic rodent. Does that mean I am sane?

I am confused half the time at late night, but they let me stay anyway!

Spittle fire!

I was just thinking of that word before – spittle. ever see that picture of malkin where her mouth is wide open and it looks like her head is gonna ’splode? i thought I saw spittle on that, if ya look real close.

Would this all make more sense to me if I hit myself on the head with a bottle of Orangina?

Me too. But they’re a nice crowd. And I’m still pissed about SCHIP.

Me am confused but ain’t nothing different about that.

Only if we can watch.

and sometimes they even let me blogwhore a little!

The interesting thing is listening to the 911 Truth folks is that there was nothing found in the PA flight 93 site but I have access to one of the forensic people who did disaster recover for the site and they found body parts in the crash debris

Maybe the rodent sees Malkin about to bite its head off.

only a little cass – that once a day blogwhore works well :)

Well, I’ve already been at Malkin’s place once today an’ I ain’t goin’ back to check out nuthin’ Once is enough. It’s a shithole, it really is. It’s updated, like, every 9-10 hours or so. And just more of the same –The Dems will only apprpriate enough money for a single-not double-border fence!!!!!! AAAHHHHH!! What a jerk.

yes maam.
(hangs head a little tiny bit)

My God. My mother always used to bake CRESCENT rolls for us at CHRISTmas and I never until this moment realized WHY. The enemies of freedom are everywhere.

They are nice. Too bad I’ve retained counsel to sue ‘em. I want a recount. I’m positive Phil Ochs was the overall winner. Positive, damnit.

Multi-linking blogosphere conspiracy theories give me a headache.

malkin needs a fence around her site to keep america safe from her hate mongers – perhaps we can find an island to give them and let them do their own lord of the flies there and leave the rest of us alone

What about those hot cross buns at Easter? Just a misdirection.

Furnace busted. Oh it’s cold here.

A three dog night, that’s for sure.

bfl – bite me and my lawyers own your florida suit and that single wide your lawyers call an office

Brrrrr. I hear ya. It got down to 42 here the other night.

oh jane – that’s two nights in a row of dog heat to stay warm. sending ya warm positive thoughts the furnace is fixed in record time.

Oh no Jane, that sucks — do you have a fireplace? And thank dog for the poodles, eh?

A little background, courtesy of the Flight 93 Memorial Park FAQs [pdf]:

Is there Islamic religious symbolism incorporated into the design of the Flight 93 National Memorial?
No.

How do you know?
When questions were raised about the design, they were taken very seriously. The National Park Service and the Flight 93 partner organizations investigated the issues and consulted with university and religious scholars, all of whom concluded that the memorial design does not imply or depict religious iconography.

What do the Families of Flight 93 have to say about the design of the memorial?
They support it. In a November 9, 2007 letter to Congressman Tancredo they wrote, “The Families of Flight 93 overwhelmingly support the design and the design process, and reaffirmed that support by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors as recently as two months ago.”

What do the Families of Flight 93 have to say about the perceived Islamic
symbolism in the memorial?
The Families of Flight 93 sent this letter to Congressman Tom Tancredo [pdf] on November 9, 2007 in response to his criticism of the design.

That letter from the familiest to Tancredo is great. Click on through to see how the families call out this nonsense. It’s polite, but firm — with snark barely held in check.

And is it just my imagination, or does this excerpt sound like TBogg might have written this FAQ for the Park Service? That “No” was brilliant – another edition of simple answers . . . “How do you know?” Gosh, do you think the person writing this has had to deal with the wingnuts much?

It’s either that, or the Park Service lurks over at his place.

“It got down to 42 here the other night.”
Jeebus Christmas! We haven’t seen a temperature that warm since before Thanksgiving.

We have some space heaters, but landlord says maybe no heat until after Christmas.

My lawyers are Mssrs. Boise and Olsen, recount counsel extrordinaire.

More specifically, thank dog they aren’t the tiny,ankle biting sized poodles. You’d need a dozen of those, easy.

landlord says maybe no heat until after Christmas.

The landlord no doubt goes by the name of Ebenezer Scrooge.

Jiminy Cricket! That sucks.

after christmas? no f’ing way, Jane.

I don’t believe they are licensed to practice in CA. Or at the Lake, which is where I believe the ballots were counted.

Here’s a tip, BFL: don’t argue with the mods. Ever. Even if you win, you lose.

*g*

I can’t believe it. I was just reading through all that batshit crazy stuff over at TBoggs. I came back here for some silly late night and that Alec guy’s obsession follows me here. Help!

Costco has some really great radiant dish eaters that work GREAT. Last January my furnace was out nearly the whole month and between the various repair visits, parts and continue not getting it fixed, two of those heaters kept a 2100 sq ft house fairly warm for THE COLDEST month on record for Phoenix.

peterr – he’s a suit, a lawyer type, and based on my experience, blf enjoys arguing everything. florida suit. wonder if it is brooks brothers?

Has anyone ever told Michelle Malkin that she is Brown? Did anyone see that Dave Chappelle show comedy bit about the Blind Klansman who did not know he was black and was raised to hate African Americans?

Not true. I don’t argue everything. But this is a matter of principle. It’s about nothing less than democracy itself. I think my suits fit just as well as Orrin Hatch’s.

Jane, that original TBogg “best comment thread ever” is priceless! Just reading it will keep you toasty warm from laughing all night.

I don’t know. I think everybody is so busy telling her she’s an asshole that they forget to make that point. But it’s a good one.

ZOMFG! I just looked a little bit at what I now know to be the subject matter of your post, Jane. I empathize with the rodent.

Jane, do you want me to dispatch David Addington over to your place? He can get a 3 alarm fire going poste-haste.

-G

bfl, the judge will hear your appeal – on the late late nite thread, which has jurisdiction

Now That Is Funny.
But, one would have to have been here way earlier in the day to get it.

jane come to texas and spend christmas with us! we have heat.

It was a conspiracy….

Eegads. Sen. Clinton on my tv now proudly boasting about working hand in oily hand with Hucklberry Graham on legislation.

Ptooey!

I don’t approve this message.

-G

Costco has some really great radiant dish eaters that work GREAT.

Does the heat still come out after the dishes get eaten?

That’s funny. I like that.

Y’know, a talent that might come in handy…

I wonder what the Minute Men nuts would do to Michelle if they saw her at the border? I wonder if Michelle has ever thought about how her kids will be treated if Huck gets his way and starts deporting everyone illegal?
I’m sure INS will get called to her house a few times for laughs or just by people who don’t like her.

Thank you, Cassie! The poodles would go good in TX, don’t you think?

Oh, it went on for days. That was a good time.

My counsel have respectfully requested an adjounment. I’m sure it will be granted as a matter of course.

But seriously……

What is tonight, Suzanne? The overall highest vote getter?

Oh, it went on for days. That was a good time.

Some sorry saps never know when to stop…

stay tuned and find out when it posts, bfl

Nah, Bush administration officials have a poor safety record. If your hair were on fire, they’d just stand around and give you dumb looks.

and arrange for a photo op with the fire chief

And btw, even though I didn’t vote for the song, that video of Dylan at the Bangladedsh concert was great. He’s mangled that song alot more recently. And the title of the late, late post last night mentioned “Idiot Wind” didn’t it? Another good one. That guy is just great.

I go away for a little surgery and when I get home what do I find, art bell and richard hogeland making a guest appearance at the lake. And me with out my tin foil hat.

ARGO… thank goodness you are okay. Your f/b had us all worried.

Jane,
http://www.epinions.com/content_209666018948
This kind of heater was mentioned to me last winter when our furnace finally quit working. Oil-filled portable radiator. I feel for you!

I’d love to, but it’s that time of the hour when I gotta run. Xmas party at work tomorrow. Why don’t you do this on Friday? My wife lets me stay up late on Fridays and play with the computer.

Jane I think your poodles are bigger than our house. But come anyway!

I go away for a little surgery and when I get home what do I find, art bell and richard hogeland making a guest appearance at the lake. And me with out my tin foil hat.

You had a tinfoilhat-ectomy?

Hope it went well, and glad you’re back.

Hi argos, really glad to see you here. Hope you’re feeling fine!

OT…

“Today’s new policy is a clear, unmistakable and welcome repudiation of the Gonzales era, and this change takes a significant step towards restoring Americans’ confidence in the integrity of our justice system,” Whitehouse said. “I’m encouraged that Attorney General Mukasey has honored his commitment to begin restoring the firewall against White House politicization at the Department.”

Think Progress

Now I don’t have an increased sense that there has been some sort of restoration in the integrity of the Justice Department, but I guess I’m just weird.

I was kind of afraid myself but I guess I’m back.

YAY
Good to see you, man.

I’ll never look at balloons and straws the same way again

argo, TRex said to say “he sends his Theropodian love and that I’m glad he’s getting better”

Do you think Alec is going to find us over here? I’m scared. And I have poodles to protect me!

but thankyou all for your kind thoughts

I’ve been so busy today, this is the first time I’ve even visited FDL. ET, Jr. had four wisdom teeth removed, so I’ve been sorta at his beck and call.

But the biggest time sink has been writing my first posting at DailyKos – which I haven’t posted yet – calling him on a post and poll he did on Alaska politics last week that has really fucked things up. Not unsalvageable, but what a hassle!

I wrote about it a little last week, but the misunderstanding on Kos’ part deserves a full airing. I’m nervous, though.

bye y’all. last exam tomorrow and then i am DONE with half of 10th grade.

gnome, you got me and the Mod Squad to keep ya safe :)

ok, this is a test, i may not be able to respond, when you respond to me, so, let me say

I MISSED ALL YOUR ASSES!@

and suzanne let me paste the best comment i have ever read======

”malkin needs a fence around her site to keep america safe from her hate mongers – perhaps we can find an island to give them and let them do their own lord of the flies there and leave the rest of us alone”

huzzah sister! oh why don’t they go there? it would be heaven for them!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so, i have been having software conflicts and may not be able to comment back at this point, is a total fluke that i got a comment box, so am taking advantage of the one time i can———keep it up you all, love you, and soon i will be back in a predictable manner, old computer, not compatible with the new software, but that’s ok, you all keep it goin’……..i would…….

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With therapods on my side what could go wrong

g’night Cassie, I know you’ll nail that last exam.

That happened to me once – losing heat in the wee, small hours – when I was living in NJ and the guy charged me an outrageous amount of money and I just cut him a check. I got taken advantge of that night almost as bad as Pelosi does on a daily basis.

dmac, hey!

Yeah, but he got through over at TBogg’s place.

dmac
I’ve missed you!

Good luck!

So did I get the gist of what was going on over at tbogg’s site that there is a crypto islamic crop circle at the flt 93 memorial site. pain pills make me wonderfully fuzzy

when are you planning to post your diary? i want to make sure to recommend it right away.

Or is it that MM is putting a fence up some where to keep things out, or in?

Be sure to link your post ET. I get lost over there!

TPM has a story indicating the NH phone jamming case was stymied by the DOJ until after the 04 elections.

Another story that goes right back to the political office of Karl Rove.

-G

doncha wanna read it first, selise?

It has about 25 hyper-links, and is just under 2,000 words. I’ve never used Kos before – I registered so I could do this. You have to wait a week, which I’ve done. I visited the interface and it won’t take much more than 90 minutes to do the deed. I just hate having to take on somebody for whom I have so much respect as I do for Markos.

argo, that was me suggesting malkin fence in her hate mongering minions to keep america safe

I just finished eight three-dog nights. Ice storm in Oklahoma, no electricity, very little heat. Good to be back to normal. Missed the lake, and apparently a lot of excitement over FISA on Monday.

g’nite, all!

ET, pass along my sympathy to ET Jr. While in college, I had all four wisdom teeth removed over spring break one year. Not my idea of fun, even with some very nice codine.

g’nite peterr

Large modern heating pads are readily available & we use ours to warm up the bedding…works beautifully and much more economical than keeping the furnace going through the night.

hey ydj – yup, just a wee bit of excitement

Welcome back, argosfalcon.. I assume your balloons were full of hot air? *ducking*

I hope it doesn’t hurt to laugh.

“Or is it that MM is putting a fence up some where to keep things out”
We let her think that and she is better at taking her meds.

The ice storms were fun for your neighbors to the north as well.

Sweet dreams Peterr – left you a comment in EPU-ville down thread.

of course i want to read it. but if you want kos to have a chance to ever see it, we’ve got to help you get it on the recommended list – and the only way to do that is to have a bunch of people recommend it as soon as you post it, and even then it’s hard to do… there may be other posts that have so many recommends that yours will never make it.

part of the problem you may have is that since you are a newbie your diary won’t automatically get read.

sound like what you want to do is something different from when i’ve written the occassional diary – i’m not trying to get kos to read mine.

Well I rather laugh with a little pain, than not at all. The straws were to let the hot air out. How do you think I inflated all those balloons.

I saw a show on the History Channel-MegaDisasters about Krakatoa and the island-Son of Krakatoa might just be the place for AnchorBaby and her flying monkees. It’s only about a mile in diameter and is predicted to explode as big if not bigger than Krakatoa sometime in the next 1000 years.

So if this isn’t off topic whats the story about the KOS diaries any way.

tis late nite, argo – off topic is encouraged

Tambora? or some other sunny place on the ring of fire.

I signed up for one months ago but could never come up with anything to put in it. I hard enough for me to write a few lines here.

but I can do a mean typo.

It is where Krakatoa was. I don’t remember the actual name of the island but it is growing in the Krakatoa caldera and in translation is “Son of Krakatoa.”

man, what a sentence. geesh!

argo, typo away ;-) It’s just good to see you here.

That was ydD; I don’t know where ydjim lives.

So, here’s why a corrupt, crony AG is deleterious to the US.

Does anyone believe this statement?

“Fernandez describes herself as the victim of dirty politics by the U.S. intended to undermine Argentina’s relationship with Venezuela. But the U.S. insists its prosecutors act independently and have pursued the case without influence from the White House.”

US/Argentine/Venezuelan political intrigue.

-G

And when it does erupt, according to MegaDisasters it will be big!! End of life as we know it. According to MegaDisasters. ymmv.

And I really don’t think it’s the place for 1500’s geo-politics. But it does have pirates and perilous journeys to far off lands.

WOO HOO!

Thanks for the invite, Cassie. I think we may wind up with a friend a little closer to home but your generosity is most kind.

Kobe says “woof.”

Okay, this is rich. Obama voted “present” as a state senator as well.

Jane, serious offer — if I can help wrt to the heat situation, I’m here in VA.

still testing, test, test, now on explorer………last comment on safari but then blocked out then quit……….failure.

i kiss all of your asses in reverence…..read the comments. i miss you all………big smooch………..directly on the spot where you need it.

jane, if you have electric, the portable oil radiator heaters work very well, used them when i lived out the netherlands-country…………kept the bathroom well-heated……….

and black and decker used to make a little heater that would heat two rooms…….

man i missed you all and i am so close to being able to commenting again, remember right before my knee surgery my keyboard blew out and i couldn’t communicate? well, that has been prolonged………..

and i’m getting a new pottery wheel for christmas-anyone want a quality pot? i used to be a potter ya know, years ago….a good one….just sayin……..kiln’s already hooked up in the garage……..

well, rpg’s trying to get my computer matched up with the new software, so, beware, i will be back……….

love love love

Thats Tambora, a super-volcano like yellowstone, when it went off some 30,000 years ago it reduced the human population to a few thousand as seen in our DNA if you believe in such things (guess I’m to close to Kansas for my own good).

sorry ydD

Oh Barak. He’s got an ad that uses a quote from the one and only Joke Line.

-G

That’s all? The prairie dog just turns around and looks at you? That’s it?

Actually, that genetic bottleneck reflects the size of the modern human population migrating out of Africa at about 50,000 years ago and replacing the archaic Homo sapiens like Neanderthal. All non-Africans are essentially descended from that 30,000.

Love ya back, dmac. Best with all of your computer fuckery…

So how did the FISA debate go, I hear Reid changed his mind on which bill to put forward.

Thanks Suzanne. I wasn’t peeved, though. Honest.

So how did the FISA debate go, I hear Reid changed his mind on which bill to put forward.

He punted it to Jan. 15th, however, it could be delayed even further… Thank You Dodd!!!

Whats 20,000 years among friends, at lest I have something to blame my bad memory on for right now. But later it will be back to plain old ratty data.

Looks like everything is healthy in the government at last! (whew) The CIA will cooperate with the House on destroyed tapes.

If they push it past feb. 1st doesn’t the old law take effect.

Suz, I can’t hang out for Late Late, sorry :-( Hitting the road tomorrow for an early Christmas celebration with the fam. Will catch up in the AM before I leave. Good night all!

night LL travel safe

Actually, the original figure that was given was 30,000, so you are not misremembering. They (the geneticists) have since recalibrated it to 50,000-60,000 years ago. There is another, earlier bottleneck, originally dated to about 100,000 years ago and now recalibrated to about 200,000 years ago. At that point the ancestral population is estimated at 3,000-10,000. That is the actual original founding population of modern humans in Africa (a la mytochondrial Eve).

I too should call it a night, just had to stop bye and say hi.

Also heading out. Night all.

Hey Argos—been a little busy tonight and haven’t had a chance to say welcome back!

I can’t believe I was the first (and only)pup to digg this post.

g’nite argo and i’m glad you did stop by (whew)

No heat means no rent, where I live.

Stay warm!

g’nite dr (pause) dick

Reid was offering a continuing resolution of the PTA… I’d prefer it reverted back to the base FISA act…

night all

Aloha, Argos and DD!

Uhoh, Loo Hoo, 404!

I’m still here.

Have to wait up and find out what Late Late Nite has in store for us.

Now that they can claim the ‘fire in Dick Cheney’s office burned my homework’ they feel free to talk.

-G

Night Argos.

-g

Night Argos.

Good Point. And they can speak truth to justice! –Just PROVE I did it—

GSD, you know it’s only a matter of time… 8-(

is the toobz slow or is everyone busy doing other things?

the crowd is thinning out, katymine…

They all went to take a pee. They’ll be back for zeds.

everyone keeps refreshing looking for late late nite trying to get the zed?

Interesting news from Syria.

Asssad claims he was approached with an offer by AQ Khan to nuke-up in 2001 but that Syria declined the offer.

-G

Hi, Suzanne.

Hi Katymine. I’ve got to get to sleep too. People are busy with the holidaze maybe.

I don’t need to refresh, I get a notice on the old thread when a new one goes up. Doesn’t everyone get that notice?

Still lurking and catching up … and waiting for Late Late Nite.

the zed is dead! there is no zed! it never stood for zero, anyway! it means z! the zed is dead!

wangdang, how’s your doodle?

Sometimes it’s there, sometimes… not so much.

everyone keeps refreshing looking for late late nite trying to get the zed?

Heh, no need with the alert, it’s only a matter of the quickest fingers…!

noodlin’

Had a weird thing going on the other day with firefox where there was some exe error and kept closing the browser window. Eventually had to reboot my whole computer and it seemed to resolve.

…the zed is dead!

Not if I can help it… ;-)

katymine, firefox has been wonky for me too this week. i’ve had to reboot to unhang it and that seems to fix it.

Before we hit Late Late nite… how many believe that everything has to go to hell in a hand basket before certain Democratic leaders wake up?

I do!

katy, we are already at hell in a handbasket and they still haven’t woke up

Raises hand.

Phew! I swear… I’m hoping you’ll get your wish and see Justice done to Dubya…

epu’d probably, but I wonder if they would sleep thru a trainwreck.

late late nite is up

I would hope some of them will inevitably be lawyering up and history won’t be kind to the skunks.

Anak Krakatoa. It’s actually the portion of the volcano that has rebuilt after the 1883 Eruption. Still active and periodically folks are forbidden to visit the island when it erupts pumice and larger material.

Tambora was on the mainland of Java. It erupted in the 1600’s and killed over a 100,000 people in the actual eruption and subsequent famine due to destroyed rice fields. Destroyed a fairly sophisticated kingdom in the southwest of Java as a consequence.

The major event that perhaps caused the major genetic bottleneck wasn’t the Tambora eruption (which occurred in historical times ~ the massive eruption was that which created Lake Toba in Sumatra. The Toba Caldera produced 1000 times the ash as Mt. Pinatubo or Mt. St. Helens. The date on that was about 70-75,000 years ago.

The dates on the later (second) genetic bottleneck are actually early than you are suggesting Dr. Dick…and coincides generally with the Lake Toba eruption. Some have quibbled with the evidence that the bottleneck occurs lightly after the eruption, the non-correlation of climate change (glaciation) with the eruption, and a number of other elements…but it seems likely that these lag times are explicable from statistical errors in the different systems of dating.

Some have suggested that the bottlenecks, particularly the first, may relate to the speciation event that led to anatomically modern Homo sapiens…and Stanford’s Richard Klein has long suggested the second may have helped the “gene for language” spread…resulting in the movement out-of-Africa and a new development of Upper Paleolithic culture.

The problem with Klein’s view is that African sites are demonstrating that most of the elements of the Upper Paleolithic` jewellery, beads, rock art, blade lithics, bone tools with hafting are all earlier than the second bottleneck. And H.s.sapiens was able to occupy areas in the Middle East during non-glacial periods. But that area was “African” in fauna at that time. What’s fascinating is that modern humans move outside the African “faunal zone” when the UP tool pattern becomes widely used within Africa (i.e. when i actually firmly replaces other cultural competitors) and DURING an ice age that follows the Toba event. The first push appears to be tropical and coastal through SE Asia and to Australia. But then about 35,000 the moderns move into glacial maxima Europe and into Northern Asia. At that time they diversified their economic abilities and solved the issue of dealing with seasonal climates with very cold winters.

IMO there’s not much evidence that language was a single genetic “mutation” (this is a misreading of the FoxP data) or absent in earlier populations. It seems that linguistic capabilities are based on lots of genetic-cultural feedback shifts and that U.P. isn’t an all or nothing thing either. But the cultural complex seems stunning (and seemed even more “revolutionary” in the past when we lacked a firm appreciation of the African record and dates) when compared to earlier Middle Stone Age (aka Mousterian) and Acheulean industries.