Comments on: Late Late Nite FDL: Spanking Liberally http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:17:10 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411522 selise Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:28:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411522 <p>lol epu’ed again.</p> lol epu’ed again.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411521 selise Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:27:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411521 <p>i’m glad your neighbors are ok, and i certainly wasn’t suggesting leaving rotting trees on the ground near the house. i just mourn the lost of habitat and contribution to the soil life-cycle.</p> i’m glad your neighbors are ok, and i certainly wasn’t suggesting leaving rotting trees on the ground near the house. i just mourn the lost of habitat and contribution to the soil life-cycle.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411517 selise Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:23:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411517 <p>ecahn - i know you get asked about this whenever the topic comes up, so i expect you may be mightily sick of it by now…. if so just ignore me.</p> <p>was reading kevin phillips’ new article in harpers, “Numbers Racket”(<a href="http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/files/HarpersMagazine-2008-05-0082023.pdf" rel="nofollow">pdf</a>) discussed the history of the fed gov cooking the book on the number (he focusses primarily on unemployment, but also inflation and gdp).</p> <p>he claims that if the measure of just 25 years ago were used our current numbers would be:</p> <p>unemployment - “9 to 12 percent”<br /> inflation - “as high as 7 or even 10 percent”</p> <p>i’ve been following bernhard’s series on “Fed Rate Cut Kills People” (<a href="http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/04/some-now-notice.html" rel="nofollow">installment #4</a>). and it seems to me that there is a case for massive cooking of the books. if so, this isn’t only another example of gov. lies, could also be contributing to the wrong policies - that in the end make thing worse, not better.</p> ecahn – i know you get asked about this whenever the topic comes up, so i expect you may be mightily sick of it by now…. if so just ignore me.

was reading kevin phillips’ new article in harpers, “Numbers Racket”(pdf) discussed the history of the fed gov cooking the book on the number (he focusses primarily on unemployment, but also inflation and gdp).

he claims that if the measure of just 25 years ago were used our current numbers would be:

unemployment – “9 to 12 percent”
inflation – “as high as 7 or even 10 percent”

i’ve been following bernhard’s series on “Fed Rate Cut Kills People” (installment #4). and it seems to me that there is a case for massive cooking of the books. if so, this isn’t only another example of gov. lies, could also be contributing to the wrong policies – that in the end make thing worse, not better.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411516 eCAHNomics Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:22:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411516 <p>I do spread the ash around at the end of the exercise.</p> <p>I’m off. Supposed to rain tomorrow, so today could be my last push outside. Catch up with you later.</p> I do spread the ash around at the end of the exercise.

I’m off. Supposed to rain tomorrow, so today could be my last push outside. Catch up with you later.

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411515 Elliott Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:22:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411515 <p>lol!</p> lol!

]]> By: nomolos http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411514 nomolos Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:18:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411514 <blockquote><p>It’s wood. Doesn’t make good compost.</p></blockquote> <p>It does make good potash though. Very useful for sprinkling around tommies to keep away the pesky slugs. Also helps to keep leaves from yellowing.</p>

It’s wood. Doesn’t make good compost.

It does make good potash though. Very useful for sprinkling around tommies to keep away the pesky slugs. Also helps to keep leaves from yellowing.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411513 eCAHNomics Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:18:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411513 <p>Nice. Objects made from wood always maintain a sense of life, in addition to their other artisanal qualities.</p> Nice. Objects made from wood always maintain a sense of life, in addition to their other artisanal qualities.

]]> By: Marion in Savannah http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411512 Marion in Savannah Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:16:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411512 <p>Then I guess I shouldn’t tell you about the blossoms on my tomato plants? [ducks flying object]</p> Then I guess I shouldn’t tell you about the blossoms on my tomato plants? [ducks flying object]

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411511 Elliott Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:15:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411511 <p>in his later years, my father did a lot of woodworking and often turned bowls from trees that he - with help- took down, cut up and cured. My favorite serving dish is a wooden platter he turned from “Blue Marsh Black Cherry”</p> in his later years, my father did a lot of woodworking and often turned bowls from trees that he – with help- took down, cut up and cured. My favorite serving dish is a wooden platter he turned from “Blue Marsh Black Cherry”

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411510 Elliott Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:11:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/late-late-nite-fdl-asylum-street-spankers/#comment-1411510 <p>I’m jealous Marion,<br /> as a rule we don’t set plants out here till Mother’s Day.<br /> just around the corner tho < insert smile here ></p> I’m jealous Marion,
as a rule we don’t set plants out here till Mother’s Day.
just around the corner tho < insert smile here >

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