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happy friday night

From EPUville, Suz! 8-P

Dam save some for me… don’t bogart that joi*nt!

Digg it

Aloha, Spidey! What’s in the stars for Yoo, cosmic justice? 8-)

thanks nahant, that’s an excellent description you used in the digg

Here’s a lovely cake that’s been in the freezer since Easter. I’m sure it tastes just fine though.

*yawning* boa noite, pups. I’m gonna go snuggle with the mr and watch some movie he bought.

Hey nahant, How are you recovering?

looks thawed to me… and therefore edible

thanks tex

Oh sugar cookies, my favorite. How is that the ears always come off first?

It’s my job officer :-)

boa noite wobbly

sleep well wobbs.

Still trying to figure that one out. Scheduled for a CT scan early May to see hows things are going.. other than the usual colds flu and what not doing great!
Thanks for asking ES.

Had dinner with friend from Canada — trading Customs stories of searched luggage and such. What a world.

baseball shudda been yours nahant

Aloha, Wobbly!

glad to hear you are feeling good.

Sure shudda!

If the B* had offered it to me I would have told her to keep it. But no she is the kind of person I want nothing to do with… they only think of themselves. Karma will bite her in the ass one day!

Dang, did Spidey snag the zed and leave…?

true dat.

and on the positive side, its not like ya broke your fingers so your typing is fine. bet it still hurts to talk.

Nah the nose is healing quickly… the scab already fell off and the black and blue on the thumb is almost gone.
I just wish I had seen the clip on the TV the other night of me getting boinled in thye nose… I bet it was funny *G* ear to ear

hee hee hee

And look, I found a cake for the official lurkers.

nahant, I clearly missed something. What happened?

What game was it, nahant?

OMG all that icing makes my teeth hurt.

thanks ES. definitely in need of finding a way through…

i just finished a quick transcription to share. this is from from mark danner’s talk, “Into the Light of Day: Human Rights after Abu Ghraib” at stanford, 2006. available for download at itunes. (this talk was after danner’s debate with yoo).

long time standing - this technique is described as among of the most effective. prisoners are forced to stand handcuffed and with their feet shackled to an i-bolt in the floor for more than 40 hours. exhaustion and sleep depravation are effective in yielding confessions….

forced standing is a very old technique. the soviets used it, and the cia studied very intensively soviet techniques of interrogation. i want to read a paragraph of what forced standing does, physically… and remember that it’s approved by the cia for up to 40 hours.

another form that is widely used is requiring the prisoner to stand throughout the interrogation session or to maintain some other physical position which becomes painful. this is the cia’s study of the kgb, where some of these techniques come from. this, like other features of the kgb procedure is a form of physical torture in spite of the fact that the prisoners and kgb officers alike do not ordinarily perceive it as such. any fixed position which is maintained over a long period of time ultimately produces excruciating pain.

now, forced standing in particular. after 18-24 hours of continuous standing, there is an accumulation of fluid in the tissues of the legs. this dependent edema is produced by the extravasation of the fluid from the blood vessels. the ankles and feet of the prisoner swell to twice their normal circumference the edema may rise up the legs as high as the middle of the thighs. the skin becomes tense and intensely painful. large blisters develop which break and exude watery serum. the accumulation of fluid in the legs produces impairment of the circulation. the heart rate increases, fainting may occur. eventually there is total renal shutdown, urine production ceases, urea and other metabolites accumulate in the blood. delirium, disorientation, fear, delusions, visual hallucinations and psychoses is produced by a combination of circulatory impairment, lack of sleep and uremia.

danner goes into many other much worse things, including descriptions of prisoners being sodomized. but i wanted to share this bit because it highlights, for me, what the language we use (”enhanced interrogation” “long time standing”) only serve to obscure.

and this is what yoo was attempting to provide legal cover for.

waving and smiling to the nice nsa monitor - see, tex even brought you a special cake

It’s not for you. It’s for THEM!

Ah Ha! Trying to lurk, eh?

…nah, just stepped out to empty the trash

Oakland/Boston Boston won 5-0 which made me happy… funny thing is most of the crowd was wearing RED… we were surrounded with Sox fans made us feel at home just like Fenway.
Text a high fly came down right at me and all I could do was try to catch it…BUT it went right through my hands and hit me in the nose… no glove.. my son forgot to bring it!

Can we make them stand?

…and this is what yoo was attempting to provide legal cover for.

Attempting and succeeded at, for a spell… Click on my name for a Yoo post…! *g*

Ooh, I’m so jealous… Busted nose and all, you saw the Bosox!

awesome ct…. great to see you blogging at main and central.

Lester pitched a gem, eh? ;-)

Hope the nose feels better nahant.

CT sent you a message on facebook… did you see it yet?

I went ballistic locally when the Clinton School paid Yoo to speak to their students last fall.

Will check out the podcast, thanks selise.

Sure did and Bostons were hot!

ok, that was my latest excuse to stop reading yoo. i’m going to try one more time to see if i can get through it tonight.

bats that is…

Thanx, selise, I’m bummed that Siun hasn’t responded to my email… I want to talk to her and see what she has to recommend for more Iraq coverage!

Thanks, Betsy, it looks delish.

jen, the bride to be, is an east bay sports fan and says that nahant found out that karma is an a’s fan

I am going to try to get some sleep. A favor please. I need all the pain-free wishes y’all can muster. Prayers too, if that’s your style.

pain free sleep wishes, tex, and hand held to monitor

Given Betsy,

*hugs*

Prayers for you, Betsy

hey eg - nice to see ya on late late nite. tis a benefit of you being a west coast pup now

You have all my prayers and wishes, Ma’am! Aloha!

thanks y’all. the wishes do help.

I replied back!

Pain free wishes, texb.

Sweet dreams sans pain dear Betsy.

hey npb - hows the south side of monterey bay?

Breathe deeply and sleep well Betsy.

I need my pillow and blankie now.

Hey Margot! What’s up?

Aloha, EG! Thanx for commenting at M&C!

ok, enjoy your sleep and remember, when you wake up, there is not going to be any snow

Hey CT, well you’re doing a good thing to help out after the loss of Lurch. Sad.

I agree, I miss him too…! 8-(

No snow, anywhere? Does ET know about this?

sorry, i meant no snow where you are

Got it.. I guess I was there earlier than you….

Not in my neck of the woods… (ducking)

ct, is what i heard true about living in paradise, that the cost of living is about 50% higher for everything?

also, how often does it rain there?

I missed it too. I hope you’re feeling better, nahant.

No post @ Gorilla’s Guides since march 31st. hmmmm

What time frame were you there?

Isn’t that stuff supposed to run down the drain??… This is why I am here in California where the snow knows it’s place… on the mountains

What snow we have left in michigan is almost gone. i’m amazed at this point. I’m going stir crazy and it isn’t even summer yet. Much less real spring weather in this state. I need to find a way to stop being so twitchy around people right now. Just little things setting off my moods and tempers. *sighs* Much less a rather mean spirited comment from a coworker which didn’t help matters. So improving weather will help, at least. AND this weekend off, i hope.

67 to 69 went home to Woodstock… got all that army shit out of my head :-)

hey alias

that is not like them, es.

It’s beautiful here..when it’s not flooding.

50% would be an exaggeration, but, 25% would not be far off the mark…! And , it depends on what side of an Isle you live on, if you live on the Leeward side not much, if you live on the Windward side almost daily rainfall…!

Hi Chris, not much, about to go to bed and read the end of a thriller.
This writer sounds like he’s reading FDL or maybe Marcy. Torture, unlawful detention, no writ of habeas corpus, “mainstream media,” etc. Finally a mystery/thriller that has the good guys actually promoting bedrock American ideals rather than jingoistic sh*t.

Heh, a twenty year differential…! *g*

you must be still wet behind the ear :-)

Well? What’s the name of the book?

No post @ Gorilla’s Guides since march 31st. hmmmm

I know! I’m getting worried! I’m sure Siun would’ve told us if something tragic occurred…

Am up late only because Mr. CE has an all day conference tomorrow so I don’t have plans to go anywhere. I am reading John Berendt’s book about Venice, and plan to finish it before lunch.

CT, Do you have this Iraq link? It’s not military, but…

I’m just glad the bitter cold is gone. I think my twitchy aspect is coming from months on end of work with no real downtime from the job and outside stress with all the issues i’ve had. Most of it got ironed out with some help but otherwise, i think i’m still recovering from that. I want more time off than just 2 days here and there, but haven’t got any vacation time. I haven’t had any left since november during the last breakdown of the Lemon before i got the new car.

So yeah, stir crazy and a little worn down. I’ve basically been on the go with either car issues or issues related to money taken by said car since may of last year. It’s slowly coming back to balance, but i don’t get a major vacation until may 15th. You can believe i’m counting down the days until it gets here! My turnover is in 3 weeks and that means i get my paid week in may to be a geek in chicago. It’s the one thing keeping me from going postal at this point, i think. (and the promise of a new job, as i’m filling out apps for everywhere else)

Heh, I ain’t no spring chicken tho…! 8-P

(((((alias)))))

I couldn’t resist the pun

No, I didn’t, but, I do now! Mahalo!

fingers and toes crossed you get the 2 off this weekend alias.

Oh sorry, it’s by David Baldacci, titled “Simple Genius.” Paperback.

oh. i DO have this weekend off. I just don’t think it’ll be enough to make sure i’m no quite so twitchy when i return to work on monday. I’d love some tips from you guys. All my usual ‘detox’ tricks aren’t working so well. Didn’t help that a coworker criticized me for talking about finally taking a bit of time for ME this time around, when i’ve been living on what amounts to roughly 20$ a week for about 8 months straight(with the rest going to pay bills). I normally can shrug it off, but not tonight for some reason.

Bush loses out in Bucharest

As the Nato conference in Bucharest comes to a close, it is clear George Bush did not get much of what he bargained for.

There was no big bang as Nato postponed its membership action plan for Georgia and the Ukraine and approved an already agreed upon missile system.

Sceptical West Europeans have not turned their back on the Bush administration, but neither did they behave as generously or acquiescently as they have at previous summits.

Bush’s adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq have hurt Washington’s standing within the alliance, even if it remains its only prospective leader.

sitting in the sunshine. enjoying the sounds of silence around you (or as silent as it can be). letting the warmth of the sun warm your inside has always helped me.

It would probably not have been politic for them to haul his ass off to the Hague then and there. Sigh!

Walks in the woods and music keep me sane grounded. Not to forget FDL and books.

maybe that is why he left early. he got nervous…

He he.. This photo shows all of their discomfort.

i love that photo

I do have some new books to peruse so maybe i’ll spend some time with them too. Thanks for the reminder! I think i just need time away from people period. My week in chicago is with 14,000 or so others and my usual group of 4 to 6 friends i meet there every year. It’s also several hundred miles away from work a all it’s trouble, which makes it so worth it. Just all that time with friends really.

Need to find someplace without so many people to read. Wish my mp3 player hadn’t gone belly up, i’d take it with me to some quiet spot in the sun tommorrow.

CLASSIC!

Try freezing it.. Some folks claim it helps when all else fails.