beep beep

dez

Spidey, Nahant, ES!

dylan!

poet

suzanne,
is the c-word the only forbidden word here? what about the n-word and such?

lol I promise no further questions related to this *g*

Hello, firepups. You don’t mind if I put my feet up, do ya? Been a long day.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk

We now return you to your normally scheduled off-topic nonsportsblog programming.

let me get off the phone call i am on and i’ll explain it more

Mark Penn’s ignominious departure rather obviously raises the judgement question, as has having Michael O’Hanlon, Martin Indyk, and Jamie Gorelick as advisers.

On the issues, Clinton is (slightly) more progressive than Obama. But, wrt judgement both with respect to advisers and issues, she seems to be Republican light. Which is predictable from her DLC affiliation and her A*P*C support.

Memphis got robbed when they took away the trey…!

I have it from a very good authority that there are some two or three hundred words that will cause a post to sort into the questionable basket. Depending on the context, the mod may choose to let it go through and make it onto the website so that we can all be shocked. or not.

gotcha. thanks for the clarification.

The C word has been known to get certain folks a new address.

BTW, I chose tonights song in part because its name is Wigwam. *g

Eureka!
Dylan is just what the Dr. ordered tonight.

wobbly and any other interested pups

there was a huge meta fight discussion about whether or not to use the c word here. ultimately, the decision was that it was not permitted.

and yes, wobbly, the n word is also not permitted. along with comments about prison rape and acts of violence and threats of violence.

really, it is just using common sense.

his foot was inside the line :)

Don’t thank me, thank Dr Pulitzer.

Oh Wow! I’m honored. Thanks!

Not when he took the shot in mid air, nor when he landed… 8-P

might mention that these words carry so much heat for some that they have the power to drive away and derail the conversation.

Considering the Pulitzer people despised rock and roll for so long, bloggers may one day win a prize.

Very true.

Marcy certainly is deserving of one…!

How come I know the names of Lanny Davis, Howard Wolfson, Maggie Williams, and Harold Ickes, but the only Obama staffer I’ve heard of is David Axelrod? Doesn’t that say something about the competence of the the campaign and the person who chose that team?

That or she should be canonized.

On my mind tonight? How about…

John McCain’s Secret Identity-Revealed!

Wow. I just looked at the picture of Dylan that accompanied the link. He is a few years older than me, but yuck! I hope I don’t look that bad when I get there. Even for a Gnome. I prefer that picture in the video.

And Penn remains..

Amen! 8-)

Perfect! Now if we can just get that and the trollop/c-word story in the MSM we will be sitting pretty.

Why didn’t Memphis foul at the end of regulation?

The wit and wisdom of Digby:

D-day says that I’m one of the biggest pollyannas in the blogosphere about the November election. My sunny upbeat belief that the Democrats are pretty much a shoe-in and that all this unpleasantness will be long forgotten by then is what gets me through these days of obnoxious online life.

might mention that these words carry so much heat for some that they have the power to drive away and derail the conversation.

but that depends on how the words are used – not whether or not they are used.

look forward to knowing more… like when was this decision taken? what was the thinking? are there other words we’re not supposed use? are there other new rules that i don’t know about?

p.s. left you a reply downstairs.

CT, did you see the secret plan?

common sense yes, but when one advertises itself as a foul mouthed blog, i need a little clarification as i subscribe to total free speech (even if i violently disagree with what the person is saying) good to know the rules here so as not to be on the recieving end of a ‘new’ address

Why did they throw 4 bricks in a row…?

i guess that is ultiately what i was thinking as well.

ultimately, the decision was that it was not permitted.

i was here then, i don’t remember that decision being made public.

OK, it’s time to hang ‘em up for the night. My Bucky dog just told me it is time to go to bed.

boa noite, Gnome de Plume

Re prior thread-me too. It would solve so many other problems.
{{{selise}}}

Good night, all. The best of all possible tomorrows to you all.

nite Gnome
what a nice b’day you had!

‘night, Gnome!

Digg IT
Bob Dylan has been one of my favorites since 196? or at least a very long time. My oldest sister used to see him in the coffee shops in Greenwich Village many moons ago.

boa noite, RonD

Thanx, awesome find…

The defence secretary, Robert Gates, argued in February that the planned agreement would be similar to dozens of “status of forces” pacts the US has around the world and would not commit it to defend Iraq.

Yeah, right… I’m sure Germany, Japan, Korea, et al have ’similar’ SOFA allowances to detain individuals walking on the streets of Berlin, Tokyo, and Seoul… What a crock of shit! 8-(

Per emptywheel:

Scott Horton has more on the news that Jim Haynes has lawyered up–borrowing Dick’s trusty lawyer–in the face of scrutiny from Armed Services. Scott seems to imply that Armed Services is closing in on Haynes on perjury charges

God, how I love it!

and just to reiterate my epu’ed comment, the issue in the pro-feminist blogosphere was not so much with trex’s use of the c word – it was pach’s post and especially the response to complaints about it.

Thanks guys. See ya tomorrow.

They are Pink Floyd fans?

night gnome, night rond

Hi Selise. Now you’ve got me curious. What the hell did Pach and Trex actually say. (Yes, of course, insert all of the necessary asterisks.)

8-P

No! No! No! You can’t go to bed now!

egads, pink floyd? i remember my school bus driver listening to them on some vintage rock station.

Well, last January, when I made my teaching schedule for the semester, I canceled classes on April 8 and 10 in order to have individual conferences with my students (mandated to do this some time during the semester). Last week, I noticed that KU was going to the Final Four, so I moved the conferences to Wed and Thurs. So, that must be why they won tonight.

I can still hear downtown noise from my house, about three or four miles from downtown. Classes are canceled tomorrow at KU, but my celebrating high school son must get up and drag himself to public school. The mother refuses to excuse him. So, Rock Chalk Jayhawks!

left you a reply downstairs

waving g’nite to any leaving sleepy pups i may of missed

This would go over big in Berlin, Tokyo, and Seoul…

The draft strategic framework agreement between the US and Iraqi governments, dated March 7 and marked “secret” and “sensitive”, is intended to replace the existing UN mandate and authorises the US to “conduct military operations in Iraq and to detain individuals when necessary for imperative reasons of security” without time limit.

Dang no Diggers tonight?

I suppose nobody in the US but Cheney would be able to see it or required to sign it. /s

dugg nahant

i just went downstairs and read the reply but since i wasn’t present when this went down, the banning of the c-word but not the word, bitch doesn’t make too much sense to me (but i realize that is because i’m used to its use to both men and women — much like asshole)

Thats better :>) we wouldn’t want to disappoint ES would we?

Heh, Addington probably drafted it…!

and authorises the US to “conduct military operations in Iraq and to detain individuals when necessary for imperative reasons of imperial security” without time limit.

At best, getting their ducks in a row for a new administration. Convenient Iraq is sovereign, eh?

10 FDL bonus points for nahant!

it will probably have to wait for another time, if i’m going to be part of the conversation. i’m sleepy and that’s a good thing i’m going to pay attention to.

in prep for whenever the discussion happens…..first we need some big disclaimers.

1) people of intelligence and good will can see things quite differently.
2) even when racist or sexist language is used, that doesn’t necessarily mean the person using it is particularly racist or sexist – we live in world imbued with these language biases and we wouldn’t be human if we didn’t pick up some of it.
3) conflict isn’t necessarily a bad thing, so long as it is handled with good will and mutual respect. imo, conflict gets us thinking and pushes us to re-evaluate our assumptions.

… just want to make sure that discussions of past conflicts are not used as a spring board to give anyone grief.

All this sounds like Bushco is planning to stay in office with Paraguay as a back escape route???? just adding things up

I would love to get McCheneyCain to comment on this version of the proposal.

sorry for the brief visit but lately i’ve been so very tired. i’m sure it’s the moon phases but in any case, i’m popping off to bed.

boa noite, gente

i agree. i hope i’m around when said discussion occurs

God bless you, Selise. I know too well how wonderful sleep is for an insomniac. Good night.

there are bonus points? geez, no one told me

All this sounds like Bushco is planning to stay in office with Paraguay as a back escape route???? just adding things up

That is, of course, my (and everyone’s) worst nightmare. God, I wish it would go away.

Yeah well.. just try cashing them in. /s

Aloha, selise and wobbly!

At least a DFH bumper sticker? ;-)

Ya mean a nightmare with eyes wide open…. I guess if that happens we will have to follow norskies advice and “PASS the Amunition” Boy I hope it doesn’t come to that. But if we must we must…. Bushco can’t be allowed to get away with something like that :>(

Dam I resemble that! Is that what you can cash the points for??

WHATEVER IT TAKES !

I know Parguay doesn’t have an extradition treaty with the US, but does the Hague / international court need such a treaty or can they go get ‘em anywhere anytime?

Isreal grabbed Eichman without an extradition treaty.

Sanctions, baby. Sanctions.

Dude! I like how you think.

I don’t have an answer for that ?? but maybe one of FDL’s legal eagles can enlighten us?? Or maybe there will be some one like Simon Wiesenthal to go get them and bring them to justice.
You like Bush said “Wanted Dead or Alive”

AdAstra, are you in Lawrence?

Interesting Israel had to do it, not the international community.

We need help.

Dam You KNOW like Bush said “Wanted Dead or Alive”

Typically, they need permission from the host country to extradite, and Paraguay is apparently unwilling to sign up! S.A. countries have been hesitant to sign onto the I.C. and Geneva treatises… It’s a long standing standoff, that’s why the Nazis fled there…

That also occurred without their knowledge…!

A slightly more sober answer. Many European countries believe in the doctrine of “Universal Juristiction.” The Pinochet case is the paradigm for some damn fool think that he can torture people on his yacht (the Esmeralda) and then stroll about Europe. They may try him locally, or they may extradite him to the Hague.

Per Philippe Sands:

PHILIPPE SANDS: Well, that argument is complete rubbish. When you violate an international criminal law, like the Geneva Convention or the Convention Against Torture, you expose yourself to the risk of criminal investigation or prosecution. That was dealt with by US federal law. In June 2006, the Supreme Court gave a judgment in a very famous, very important case called Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, and they said the administration got it wrong. The administration, by deciding that no detainees had rights under Geneva, had violated US constitutional law.

Justice Anthony Kennedy put in a separate opinion. He was with the majority. And he opened the door to war crimes possibilities. He said this means that war crimes violations may well be investigated in relation to situations in which the Geneva Convention was not followed. The administration recognized the threat that it faced, and within three months it had adopted legislation in the Military Commissions Act which created an immunity for any person who was involved in the interrogation of al-Qahtani, as well as many other people. That immunity applies within the United States.

But, as I write in the article in Vanity Fair, it doesn’t go beyond the United States. And I describe in the Vanity Fair piece, in much more detail than in the book, the meetings I’ve had with a European judge and a European prosecutor, who basically said the fact that the US has created a domestic immunity significantly increases the prospects of international investigational prosecution, if any of these people set foot out of the country. And as the prosecutor said to me, that was a very stupid thing to do, to create an immunity.

JUAN GONZALEZ: So, in essence, your sense is that it’s a very real possibility that in the future some of the individuals involved could be exposed, at least in foreign countries, to prosecution for their acts?

PHILIPPE SANDS: I think it’s a real possibility. The judge and the prosecutor have asked me for all of my materials. They were not aware of the details. They were not aware of the immunity that had been granted. And I think what it does do, at the very least, is expose some of these individuals, including the lawyers who form part of what I’ve called the torture team, to the possibility of investigation, if they set foot—well, they’re going to be investigated irrespective of whether or not they set foot outside of the United States—the possibility of the tap on the shoulder, what happened to Senator Pinochet when he was in London, I think becomes a real risk in relation to some of the individuals at the top.

Paraguay holds elections this month, maybe they will elect a liberal./s

Already news reports of stolen primary elections persist.

It was Argentina that Mossad snagged him from too…!

And, such things could happen again.

Who would do it, the Foreign Legion…? ;-)

Amazing the court had no information.. Maybe we need to send them more!

who will be the simon wiesenthal this administration has to worry about?

Mary or Emptywheel?

Per http://www.projectcensored.org…..ry/y-2007/

Five hundred U.S. troops arrived in Paraguay with planes, weapons, and ammunition in July 2005, shortly after the Paraguayan Senate granted U.S. troops immunity from national and International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction. Neighboring countries and human rights organizations are concerned that the massive air base at Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay is potential real estate for the U.S. military.

While U.S. and Paraguayan officials vehemently deny ambitions to establish a U.S. military base at Mariscal Estigarribia, the ICC immunity agreement and U.S. counterterrorism training exercises have increased suspicions that the U.S. is building a stronghold in a region that is strategic to resource and military interests.

The Mariscal Estigarribia air base is within 124 miles of Bolivia and Argentina, and 200 miles from Brazil, near the Triple Frontier where Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina meet. Bolivia’s natural gas reserves are the second largest in South America, while the Triple Frontier region is home to the Guarani Aquifer, one of the world’s largest fresh water sources. (See Story #20.)

Not surprisingly, U.S. rhetoric is building about terrorist threats in the triborder region. Dangl reports claims by Defense officials that Hezbollah and Hamas, radical Islamic groups from the Middle East, receive significant funding from the Triple Frontier, and that growing unrest in this region could leave a political “black hole” that would erode other democratic efforts. Dangl notes that in spite of frequent attempts to link terror networks to the triborder area, there is little evidence of a connection.

The base’s proximity to Bolivia may cause even more concern. Bolivia has a long history of popular protest against U.S. exploitation of its vast natural gas reserves. But the resulting election of leftist President Evo Morales, who on May 1, 2006 signed a decree nationalizing all of Bolivia’s gas reserves, has certainly intensified hostilities with the U.S.1

When Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited Paraguay in August of 2005, he told reporters that, “there certainly is evidence that both Cuba and Venezuela have been involved in the situation in Bolivia in unhelpful ways.”

Military analysts from Uruguay and Bolivia maintain that the threat of terrorism is often used by the U.S. as an excuse for military intervention and the monopolization of natural resources.

Duane “Dawg” Chapman?

No part of the world is safe from this cabal…!

I like the thought of Valerie Plame and/or Gov. Siegelman

Well I guess its time bed as Tucker has pulled down the covers on my side of the bed. His way of telling me its time.
Good night you good firepups…. lets hope Bush goes quietly into the sunset!

A friend of mine just returned from Peru .. Evidently large companies (Coca-Cola) are trying to buy up any and all fresh water rights in South America. The first native (indian) elected President in South America (Bolivia) is having none of it.

G’nite Nahant!

Aloha, nahant!

g’nite nahant – token said to tell token ’snore yip snore’

errr… token said to tell TUCKER

Rest well nahant.

Cheap energy => cheap desalinization => cheap fresh water. But that may require going nuke. Sigh.

Well, I’m packing it in. I bid ya’ll a fond adieu! Aloha Oe!!!

Removing Congress and the UN from the picture, secretly. That’s some mighty potent unitary executive power.

aloha ct

FWIW, here are the polls from TPM:

*
Pres ‘08 (D)
Apr 7 Gallup
Obama 52%, Clinton 43%
*
Pres ‘08
Apr 7 Gallup
McCain (R) 45%, Obama (D) 45%
– Apr 7 Gallup
McCain (R) 47%, Clinton (D) 45%
*
NC-Pres (D)
Apr 7 PPP (D)
Obama 54%, Clinton 33%
*
NC-GOV (D)
Apr 7 PPP (D)
Perdue 41%, Moore 33%
*
AL-Pres
Apr 7 Rasmussen
McCain (R) 51%, Clinton (D) 40%
*
AL-Pres
Apr 7 Rasmussen
McCain (R) 55%, Obama (D) 37%
*
Pres ‘08 (D)
Apr 7 Rasmussen
Obama 51%, Clinton 41%
*
Pres ‘08
Apr 7 Rasmussen
McCain (R) 46%, Obama (D) 45%
*
Pres ‘08
Apr 7 Rasmussen
McCain (R) 47%, Clinton (D) 44%
*
PA-Pres (D)
Apr 6 ARG
Clinton 45%, Obama 45%
*
Pres ‘08 (D)
Apr 6 Gallup
Obama 49%, Clinton 46%
*
Pres ‘08
Apr 6 Gallup
McCain (R) 45%, Obama (D) 45%
*
Pres ‘08
Apr 6 Gallup
McCain (R) 47%, Clinton (D) 45%

Shorter:
– Obama has pulled even with Clinton in PA and beats her by about 10% nationally.
– Obama and McCain are tied nationally.
– McCain beats Clinton by a couple percent nationally.
– McCain takes the red states.

Well that means Obama is moving up against both McClinton. (Sorry Delbert)

People ask me what I think of Hillary.

I’ve always said: “Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.”

Hi Suz, CT… Pups.

Found this via Pharyngula, a seriously disturbed (well, IMHO) Illinois legislator telling off an Atheist activist testifying in a committee hearing about forking over taxpayer money to a Baptist Church (I think that’s accurate and it was about a million bucks or so).

Listen to her. I wonder if Obama knows her? Well, I’m sure he does, I wonder how he would feel about this woman and her comments. The story is in the Chicago Trib (where I lifted the audio link from).

Don’t know if this will get EPU’d or not, but it’s worth a listen. Oh, she’’s got a “D” after her name too…

What’s on your mind tonight

Not a fucking thing. I am tp tired to have thougt and so are most Americans from working to long.

Sleep well pups and remember…Big Brother is watching you as in spying on you.

i know that tired, bigbrother, and its not a pretty one. sleep well

Yup, Big storms moving in and the I just hit the low pressure wall.

Must sleep now.

G’ night dawgs

sleep well, es, and stay warm and dry.

G’nite ES!

batten down eureka. nite.

A beautiful evening to all you pups and your glorious pudenda from the home of bridge-hanging democracy!

How they hanging‘, folks?

(and good night, ES – thanks for another great LLN!)

hey dr murphy. you just getting in from a stint on the golden gate?

Per USA Today:

WASHINGTON — As Congress hears testimony today and Wednesday from the top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Iraq, Democrats are questioning whether the United States should continue spending billions of dollars to rebuild Iraq.

The problem isn’t the cost of rebuilding Iraq; it’s the cost of occupying Iraq. JESUS!

nite all…

that’s right, tomorrow is the petraeus/crocker song and dance

The Pentagon’s dog-and-pony show.

g’nite jofish

Hi Suz – nope, just up from a nap.

But did get up early this AM….

tweedle dee and tweedle dum

everyone was asking about you earlier – the pups figured you were hanging at the bridge

This may turn out to be more interesting than I first thought. Petraeus is a very kiss-ass chickenshit (in the words of his recently retired boss). He will be facing three senators, two Democrats and one Republican, one of whom will be his new boss in less than a year. What does a kiss-ass chickenshit do in a situation like that?

(once again, sorry about the formal PJ’s – still getting “put out”, so to speak. No Ronnie and Nancy slippers tonight, though)

BTW, the goddess smiled on my friends on the bridge this AM.

The morning was calm: yesterday was breezy, and tonight it’s blowin like a mo-fo.

Gaia wants a Free Tibet and freedom for the 1.3 Billion folks living under the armed kleptocracy of China’s Peoples “Liberation” Army.

And I do believe we’ll live to see both, pups!

This is gonna be a good week.

ah yes, the old question: who’s ass do i kiss now?

i like your formal side, kirk :)

from your fingers to the (insert deity of choice)’s ears

Probably too late to catch you, neurophius, but yes, I’m in Lawrence. Been teaching at KU since 1989, except for my year and a half in NZ. Where are you?

everyone was asking about you earlier – the pups figured you were hanging at the bridge

No such luck – but a good friend is among the three climbers arrested. The ground support team also got popped: conspiracy.

SFT’s already fund-raising for their release.

I wish I could have had the honor of playing with the ground support team.

Sauasage fingers make for some snafu’s with cell phone dialing: leaving the right message on the wrong number is such a pisser….

Evening Doc Murphy!
Brave, proud stuff on the bridge today.

fork, kirk, conspiracy means they mean business.

and double fork about the right message on the wrong number. they keep making these dayam cellphones smaller and my eyes keep wanting everything bigger…

Hi Newton – these people are absolutely great! I’m so proud to know (many of) ‘em – and to have watched people come up through Ruckus/SFT and see how hard they’ve worked to become these amazing, brave, non-violet warriors.

And Suz I agree – the conspiracy charge means the Bridge Authority and CHP are pissed

They’re still steamed from the banner drop on the GGB that Woody and a bunch of DFH tree-huggers (is that redundant?) did for Headwaters some years ago.

Every time there’s a banner drop on the GGB, the CHP now shuts it down to try and turn public sentiment agaist the climbers.

‘Cause there are climbers on the GGB nearly every weekday (Brige crew), the local commuters just get pissed at the CHP.

Makes for a (more) sympathetic jury pool….

Time for sleep. G’nite Suzanne, James, Newton, and everyone else.

g’nite wigwam

nite wigwam

g’nite, wigwam – sleep well!

well pups, that’s about it for me tonight. g’nite all

G’nite Suz – off to sleep here, too.

Good dreams to all!

Here, Here! (raising a glass of Marcy’s favorite)