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eureka!

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Good evening all.

Eureka!
Great nose for priceless gems.
Wow!

Looks like they are still downstairs… Great Find ES!!

Thanks. I searched teh google for more info on “Grid” and there happens to be a British Techno band by that name. I don’t think these guys are related.

Single digits?

ES!!!!1!!

Whaddup, Pups?

FunnyD

Oh, look!
Clown Car Update. Hope the bearings are OK…

Probably not one for the news ticker…

FunnyDiva

Anyone catch Moyers’s Journal tonight? Wow. Sands was dynamite. The California Nurses Association’s segment was so intense that I couldn’t watch the whole thing. If you missed it, make a point to catch the re-runs.

*sound of head hitting desk*

Eureka!
Very Cool Beans!
I likee mucho.

downloading the vidcast when it comes up

I watched. Both segments had me so upset I had to come and “play” with my friends at the Lake to settle down.

I watched it, with interruptions. Can’t wait to give it all of my attention in the morning.

Wha? Wha’d I do?

How about you have one of my Amber Draft Ciders instead?

FunnyD

i started making a pound cake – baking is a sure sign of being upset – while watching moyers. am hoping some premptive baking will help dissipate my anger.

Did I just see what I think I saw on that break? It looks like they have the next generation covered. Are the two leads brothers?

Good Evening from me and my Fat Tire, It is the weekend Happy TGIF to you Fire Pups and thanks for keeping the Constitution fired up.

Really not sure.. Just a new “original” song in response to another on youtube, with no info, no special links and half a million views in two weeks. Really set my toe to tapping on the first listen..)

sniffing – its not beer right? cider means apples – its the draft in the name that’s throwing me

Good evening big b.. I may have to join you with that fat tire.

Holy Crap adoodey.
I am speechless. Almost.
Somebody needs to open an entire planned parenthood division across the street from these people……there should be a law.

I sure hope so, Dear Suz. I used to bake every night after dinner for 25 years. Not so much so with an empty nest.

Apples. “traditional & dry” Hornsby’s.
Only thing better is Strongbow, but it’s at least twice the price!

Funny D

Hi mary!
That family spotlighted – You had to come along!

i have very appreciative neighbors when i start baking. i can’t eat it all and they love being my guinea pigs.

Train…the humanity is showing we need more trains less cars.. cho cho. Woo Woo. I hear that lonesome whistle..the train is coming around the bend…I won’t be back until I don’t know when…

That family lives about 50 miles due west of Eureka Springs. History channel follows them everywhere.. It’s a forking freak show, if ya ask me.

I believes it! So…when you moving up here?

FunnyD

PS you’re not supposed to pound cake with your head!

I am officially in love with Rusty and Fred.

so far, i’ve traded desserts for chores with a teen living down the street. he’s done chores around here that i can’t do – like blowing off the roof and cleaning the gutters and sweeping my ceilings.

Hi FunnyDiva…

the little cottage by the creek still has not sold

*sigh*

Newtonusr!

Lord help that woman. I don’t know why she isn’t turned inside out yet.

YGM

I am so glad you said that, sparing me the internal monologue just screaming to get out.

Well, yeah, duh it’s a Freak Show. I mean, centuries ago women might have a dozen kids, but maybe a third would make it out of childhood. Sheesh.

Guess it’s not nice of me to be so judgemental. Then again, if they’re letting the History Channel (??!! WTF) follow them around then they’re celebs of a sort and, thus, fair game.

FunnyD

Lease it and move on with your life

That makes me wonder what other things have you not said?

Hey, katymine. How’s stuff? Got any upcoming travel plans?

FunnyD

Message to Mr. Duggar: Dude, it’s called a vasectomy.

Woozers. She must be really good at doing her Kegle exercises.
But, yeah a freak show, fer sure, if you ask me too.

I have the balls of a lion when I’m drinking. And I’m not drinking tonight! :-)

Yep…. been going to NYC every other week now for a month and have two more trips before my BIG trip….. Elmore and I are going to France, Italy & Greece …..

You sound like my husband.

Well, you said it.
I was thinking someone needs to get spayed.

No more coins for condoms all free…French Ticklers and flavors included

drive by then off to bed but 18 kids? is there that much kegle excercises in the world. it must be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway by now.

boa noite

If I was Mrs. Duger and that stupid Mr. Duger came at me with his wand I would chop the little sucker off.

gentle reminder

no fantasy violence please – it can and will result in your comment being moderated

*sigh*

That is funny.

The family that had adopted somewhere around 30-40 kids in mid Oregon used to come and speak to the foster parent & adoption groups. The sad thing is that eventually the state had to investigate & remove some of the kids due to neglect charges.

It was sad, they were such a model of taking in kids with special needs but they became overwhelmed.

Nyoo Yawk City?! That’s way cool. I’d love to get better acquainted with Manhattan, having only been there once.

I envy you both France Italy and Greece. Hope you’re going where the people are warm, life goes slow and you get to enjoy both with good food and wine.

Elmore doesn’t have a single colleague who’s looking for a traveling companion, does he?

FunnyDiva

I figure the oldest kid has a mother who has been in the last six weeks of pregnancy for two years of their life, and another two years of their mother nursing a baby under six weeks of age.

Well, I’m not drinking tonight either and it’s a good thing cause that hot dog line woulda put me on the floor.

…as the men slowly back away from their keyboards…

There _are_ easier ways, Jeebus. Norplant? The Patch? IUD?

FunnyDiva

Yup, just put that orderly out in the hall with a catcher’s mitt…

Senate wrangling kills airline safety bill on procedural vote. Thank you Rethuglians AGAIN
It’s not just the congress critter rethuglians who are screwing the people of this country… Another MillStone to hang around their necks!

How about a little self restraint?
Everything in moderation God Damnit!!!!

For me, all roads from Rusty and Fred lead back to a kid named jaaaaaaa

Who will do your heart good.

Seriously.

.

*the voice of reason*

Keyword, “airline”, not private jets..) Screw the little people.

We have a homeless lady that keeps having babies like six younguns we got her into section 8 and she ran of with a new boyfriend had another baby and came back again ..now in a small travel trailor…never lonely she has her company mental…never ends

Was that the De Bolts? They were kinda famous for adopting lots of kids, too. Sorry the couple you knew didn’t recognize their limitations. Even with adopting/fostering there’s a limit.

FunnyD

Sorry to hijack your thread, ES!

That did it.
I’m officially not upset anymore.
Thanks for the giggles…I’m outta here.

nite demi
:-)

Clown car

What else do you expect of them??

You can’t hijack an open thread!

g’nite demi

I really liked Norske Flamethrowers barbers line, “If you want to live like a republican, vote Democrat.”

Everything in moderation God Damnit!!!!

Including abstinence, as my Freshman (HS) Biology teacher used to quip.

Maybe she’s happy, but having one’s entire life revolve around having/raising babies just doesn’t seem healthy. And the 20-year old and teenagers certainly didn’t ask to be raising younger siblings at this point in their lives.

Bleah. How ’bout those Mariners?

FunnyD

That sounds familiar…. there is something that happens after you adopt and it might be with birth babies but what I call it is “you can’t eat just one”…. that old potato chip commercial….

I adopted my two and was in the works to adopt another sibling group of 5 when life hit me and knocked some sense in me….. Love all three of my kids and my many foster kids but glad that I didn’t go ahead….. As it was I went from one 9yr old to three kids from 4-9yrs in one day…

That was great. Thanks!

nitie nite, newtonuser.
To try and turn this around…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQqTxK7VhSk
Curtis Mayfield

dayam, i miss variety shows of days gone bye

nigh, nigh, Suz

boa noite, thank you for making me laugh querida;)

Watching the Democratic primaries campaigns spin out, takes me back to some rather harsh interactions I had here with dedicated Obamistas, notably PeterPierce.

Ultimately, I voted for Obama on super-Tuesday. But the thing that comes to mind tonight are their predictdions that “The Clintons will … in order to win.” I never went so far as to argue that the Clintons “wouldn’t,” but I was adamant that the Clintons “hadn’t” and that there was no concrete evidence that they “would.”

All I can say is that everything they predicted regarding the Clintons’ future behavior seems to have come to pass. So, I acknowledge the correctness of the Obamistas’ predictions, and I’m stunned at the levels of craziness I’m now seeing from the Clinton campaign.

I found this site thru Costco and made a book. You can’t read the poems but the photos came out pretty good.

Wow. Good for you on raising 3 and fostering others. Heaven knows good foster parents are needed everywhere.

I think there are some women who just like to have babies/small children around–probably not even consciously.

As for “can’t have just one”, there’s something powerfully compelling about being able to make a child’s life OK again. And the Fix It/Rescue Them phenom isn’t limited to foster/adoptive parents by any means.

As Mary says, moderation in everything. Even good things can become problems when taken to an extreme.

FunnyD

i can too read the poems.. there is a magnifying glass with a + sign that magnifies it so even my old eyes can read it dear

are these your own pictures? (not meant as insult) …. they are lovely…

*sigh* that is lovely eye candy and mind candy with the poems separating the chapters… i loved the eggs in particular

Someone on the television said tonight, they couldn’t win if they get every remaining delegate. (Not super delegate, delegate)

If true.. we really are well into bizarro world.

yep. NOLA, San Rafael and Folsom, CA.
Plus satellite pics from NOAA.

How about hearing Barbara Walters talking about all her affairs on Letterman… that is wacky

not to mention tacky

Giving devils their due, this caught my eye:

On Friday’s “Hardball” Chris Matthews discussed Hillary Clinton’s comment about hard-working white people with Tucker Carlson and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. During it, he interjected to make a point about black people’s work ethic. “Can I weigh in on this cause I’m the moderator? You get up in DC at 6 o’clock in the morning, you know who’s waiting to catch the bus to go to work? Black people! They’re up earlier than anyone else going to work for longer hours.“

IMHO, most of the commentators of Hillary’s message didn’t focus on the work-ethic slur. I have little good to say about him, but h/t Tweety for getting this one right.

wacky is that we are listening. I knew she had sex once cause she has a kid.

Barb is a TV girl. I’ll bet she just liked to watch.

Hey, Wigwam
Saying that here in public really shows class. As does the fact that you waited for the Clinton campaign’s actual behavior to speak for itself.
I wish we weren’t witnessing the craziness from either the HRC campaign or from either candidate’s overbearingly fervent supporters. It’s really hard to realize that some of my fellow Dems/liberals can be just as emotionally driven as die-hard goopers. And I don’t exclude myself from that observation.

FunnyD

Goodnite all.
See you tomorrow.

That was way TMI….. Barbara had an affair with Senator John Warner….. who was also married to Eliz Taylor…

g’nite mary mcc

nite mary

G’ nite Mary

Night, Mary. Your book is beautiful.

BTW, was it you who first started calling Mr. Cindy Lou “McThuselah”? We couldn’t remember earlier today who it was…

FunnyD

Heading off to bed too…. at least it didn’t crash tonight…. Nite everyone

Well I tried to save these photos for spiderpaws. Holding the sun (a collection from flikr, I believe)

As time has gone on I’ve become ever more enthusiastic/hopeful about Obama. I can attribute much of it to congitive dissonance, which it psychospeak for sour-grapes and sweet-lemons, given that I vastly prefered any of several of the other candidates.

IMHO, he is by far the best of what we have left, and perhaps not so bad after all, (in spite of the good things he says about goopers like Reagan).

Judge Drops General From Trial of Detainee
NYTimes

The Bushco’s lose again…

g’ night katymine

g’nite katymine

wow those are forking great eureka

ET that was beautiful….. now I can see me catching all those sunrise/sunset pics in Greece…. :)

i loved the one with the cactus holding the sun

Sweet dreams Mary – am outta here too. Thanks all for another memorable triple late nite. Oh, ES, mrbrat thanks you too for the heretofore unknown You Tube…..a high compliment indeed cause heretofore the only other time in he requested a FDL linky was so long ago I can’t recall but think it was during the Scooter trial. Happy weekend all you fine firepups.

g’nite npb

Glad you all liked them too. Maybe spidey will show up later.

niters npb…

I love it! we will hook him again..)

So, Terry McAuliffe favors a “joint ticket” http://tpmelectioncentral.talk…..ould_b.php

I hope Obama doesn’t go for that, but some have made the case that Hillary is raising hell in hopes she can convince Obama that that’s the price for getting her to go away with good will.

IMHO, Edwards (for one) would be a much better choice.

Yep. Me, too. I’m not mistrusting the charisma nearly as much–as someone who really doesn’t like to do anything just because lots of other people are all excited about it. I just had to start paying more attention.

Is Barak still saying flattering things about Reagan and the GOP? Did I miss it? Because what I remember about the “party of ideas” thing is nothing compared to the repeated McCain worship I’ve been hearing from HRC. Really, she’s started to sound like another LiarMan waiting to happen. (and who was the other Dem who got kicked out of the party for praising ‘thugs at the National Convention?).

Anyway…yeah, I’m starting to trust in the hope and have some optimism. And maybe the charisma will help in getting folks to stop swallowing MSM spin whole.

FunnyD

nite katymine

Obama will disappoint us when he reaches across the aisle to real shitheads, when he appoints an odious Cabinet official, when he plays a middle-course on something that we believe isn’t an issue worthy of bipartisanship.
But the alternative is unthinkable. He is not progressive, but in the realm of things you can be, he ain’t bad. I have to remind myself on occasion.
He is fifth of five on my list, and I will welcome him.

Evidently, Edwards let it slip today, that he voted for Obama.

belated goodnight to katymine and npb and any other pups I missed.

FunnyD

Signal to Supers all over that it’s time to come home.
Obama seems to be playing slow-release with the Supers announcements – time to finish this.

Dood! That about where I’m at. And the guy seems thoughtful and intelligent. Maybe he’ll learn on the job to: attack Attack ATTACK ATTACK (But probably not.)

WHat was it, seven Supers for Obama today?

NYTimes has an article up about the supers and O

Unless a Super is from a state who has yet to hold their primary, I really don’t understand the hold up.

WTF? Does she think we’re That STUPID??!!!
Viciously poison the well for months, publicly express more respect/regard for the other party’s candidate and expect to have any credibility as a party unifier or to be at all believable as someone willing and able to set aside personal ambition in order to be a trustworthy and supportive VP?

Fork that shizz. I hope it’s just McAuliff talking out his ass. It would be really sad and pathetic to see HRC actually believe her own spin and know for sure how much ambition and desperation are behind that level of flip-flopping.

Bleah.

FunnyD

It’s tough to flesh out completely, since I have problems with anyone short of Feingold (his support of Roberts notwithstanding) for President.

I have now talked to 3 people in whom I have great respect, who have met Obama, sat in a room where questions are asked and issues are discussed, and they all were blown away.

But really, it’s up to us, as Norske keeps saying, to drive this guy. Surrogacy now, herding down the road.

fork that shizz… love it funnyd

…McAuliff talking out his ass…

And the sun rises in the East.

Yeah, we’re waaaay past the point where having the nominee unknown contributes to any substantive discussion of issues. Feels like it’s been all poo-flinging all the time for weeks.

The headline I saw this afternoon was that BO picked up 9 supers today. Most uncommitted rather than switching from HRC, but there was at least one of those, too.

FunnyD

I think the joint ticket is a horrible idea. Why shouldn’t Obama have an ally, much more an ally who didn’t vote for that horrific AUMF?

I just don’t see the Clintons playing second fiddle in the White House with any , err, grace.

the group news blog has been covering how hillary may leave.. this is just one of the articles they’ve had up recently and it made a whole lotta sense to me

Trying to clean up my act a little. Helps when I get a laugh or two out of “fork” and “shizz”.

And I realize McAuliffe seldom talks from anywhere else, I was just hoping that maybe he isn’t speaking for HRC, or isn’t speaking accurately.

Time will tell.

FunnyDiva

I’m digitizing KO right now, and Mort Saul is about to be his studio guest.
In the very first part, Saul gets off the single best RGJoe joke I have heard. If you are near a TV, get to it.
I will YouTube it as soon as it’s over for the MSRNC-impaired.

Worth it.

switched channels just in time to hear it.. thanks newton the user

“fork” and “shizz”

Little spot of sunshine, Diva.

Oof, I’m sooo stuffed…! ;-)

oh cry me a river! *g*

ok

Oh, and as for driving, herding and or quashing the urge to play nice at all costs, I suspect (hope) Mrs. O might be up for helpin’ us out with that.
Sure would be nice to have a Non-Bot, Non-Stepford First Lady again!

FunnyD

Prime rib and Crab! I didn’t even make it to any desserts…. That’s later…! ;-)

Aw, shucks.

Excellent! I knew CT went out for seafood this evening. It’s a long way to fresh seafood for this hillbilly.

Is that the one about RGJoe taking the ‘thugs’ money 30 pieces of silver at a time?

FunnyD

ES, I’m buying some salves from a woman in Old Joe, Arkansas. Is that anywhere near you?

That’s the one.

I thought the last few lingering bites of both _were_ dessert.

Glad you enjoyed it.

FunnyD

Fresh Ahi sashimi, oysters on the half shell, clam linguine, ….! I almost hurt just from thinking about it…! ;-)

Same Mountains, but it’s about 100 miles east of me, by auto. Real pretty country from here to there.

Hmmm. And why am I feeling peckish all of a sudden?

Most certainly did, probably the last time my eldest joins us for a big feast in a long time in the future, as she’s headed back to the mainland for grad school…!

I made it back in time to see Phillipe Sand on Moyers, too…!

Oh! A feast AND a celebration. That’s even better, though I guess you might have mixed feelings about seeing your fledgling take off atain.

I have a very good friend, something of a political mentor, who spent some time around Obama and thinks he is totally narcissistic. IMHO, that’s probably true of all politicians, so I don’t put too much credence in what my friend says on the matter.

IMHO, there’s no choice left to be made. Obama will appoint better judges than will McCain. END OF FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS. Now I can worry about more immediate things like getting some sleep.

G’nite All.

I tivo’d… must see it again..

g’ nite wigwam

Aloha, wigwam!

nite wigwam

again, not atain, sheesh.

Hope you only saw the good part of Moyers. Two other segments were giving folks around here indigestion and a need for distraction.

OK, didn’t mean to be up nearly this late, but it’s such fun hanging out with all y’all.

Good night!

FunnyD

time for me to do all that forking ‘just in case’ cleaning since tomorrow is saturday and i just maybe might possibly get a call for a showing

yeah right, aint had a weekend showing for more than 3 weeks now…

*grumble grumble*

nite suz

It almost seems to get easier , but, nonetheless it’s still a doleful affair…! 8-(

Sweet dreams FunnyD

Suz, try skipping the cleaning and see if that works.. mix it up..)

Anyway, g’ nite

Aloha, Suz and FunnyD!

Anything catch anybody’s eye in the Friday nite news dump?

check out the top two articles in the news dump box dood

*poof*

nite diva

Yep. Double bad news for Chimpco and subsidiaries.

Thanks, Suz, I shall! Aloha!

Everyone leaving as I’m showing up – so what else is new…?

ET, that video on your blog is hysterical! Have you had any angry HC folks comment about it?

Not yet. Obama took Alaska about 70 to 30% back on Super Duper Tuesday. The guy who sent me the video is a libertarian, who loves seeing HRC do what she is doing.

Mort Saul on Olbermann this evening.
RGJoe gets his cookies frosted very early in this.
Brutally funny.

Whoa, the Sadr concession is astounding, nifty ju jitsu move on Maliki…! It should be interesting how it plays out…!

Do you think it’s a trick of some kind? It was my first thought.. that or the heavy weapons have been moved out of the area.

my greatest new web site find of the week month – f*cking c*nts. One of the contributors is an Alaskan woman from Fairbanks – that’s how I discovered the place. Makes the old wonkette site look pretty tame, except wonkette was in DC, and that got it to draw a national readership.

I think Sadr will pull all his heavier armament out and Maliki will end up with much needed egg on his face, but, it will halt the aerial bombardments and that is a winning situation…! ;-)

Thanks.. I bookmarked that one!

CT – egg, lots of egg! Color my skeptical for now.

I must call it a night

adios firedogs

nite eureka
very nice evening here

I agree, we shall see! Aloha, ES!

Well, I’m barely functioning as my stomach is working overtime digesting, I shall bid ya’ll a fond adieu! Aloha Oe!!! 8-)

nite tutle
me too
nite pups

yo

I know everyone at FDL has gone nonny-nonny, while it’s a bright and sunny morning here in Paris, and I haven’t read all the comments yet, but this video is so great. I’ve played it several times, sent it to some friends, will probably post it on my one of my blogs, not sure which one yet. Thanks so much.

not everyone

Mornin’, Raven -

‘Bout time for you and the pups to head out to the coffee shop, isn’t it? How’s the weather at your end of the line?

Yup, 10 minutes. We had the weirdest thunderstorm at 5. It rocked for about 5 minutes and then was gone. UGA graduation is today and Athens is great when the lemmings leave! How’s tricks up there?

Well, I don’t be “up there” at the moment. But since up there is a university community, boy! can I understand that feeling about the leaving of the lemmings. *G* Currently in the eastern end of the state *trying* to get the deck for the house completely replaced.

Oh, spit! there goes the water rescue crew and other emergency vehicles heading toward the western end of the island….same thing happened late yesterday evening. :-(

Anyway, it’s a small house so there’s actually more square footage in the deck than inside the house. Just three on the crew, at least one of which usually isn’t here. Doin’ really good work but it do be draggin’ on forever.

Hi’ya, Mods -

Have I been put on a “watch this one” list or is the flag “Your comment is awaiting moderator approval” something new?

Just askin’. *g* And a very good morning to whoever’s working backstage today.

good morning everyone

Good morning all.

Hi there,

Thanks to whoever posted this link to our video.

We live in Falmouth,Cornwall, UK. I am Rusty and Fred is my son. We have tried to get some airplay with this song but to no avail. There are some people out there who like it, so if any of you know any radio station who might play it then please get in touch.

As you can imagine, a 45 year old guy and his 11 year old son are not the most attractive package for A&R men. So any help in spreading the word would be great.

Best wishes to you and yours from over the water.

Ruaty

that should have said Rusty, finger trouble

wow, Rusty!

honored to see you comment here – please don’t be a stranger.

awesome song, great video – you and your son are brilliant!

howie may want to shoot me for this, but the person i’d love to see you get advice from is howie klein – great friend of this blog (jane and howie go way back). if you hit the “blue america” button at the top of this page you can see his political work here.

howie’s personal blog is downwithtyranny.

but check out his wikipedia entry and you will see why i recommend him to you. he’s retired now, but may be able to advise.

Top of the morning Rusty
Great song
Great video
Too bad the conventional recording industry sucks
Well, maybe not
I think you have the current publicity mode down.
Donita Sparks who also posts here might have some tips for you as well.

Thank you Rusty and Fred.

(my kind of music!)

Hi Selise,

I ve had a look at the blog of howie klein but don’t see any whee to contach him regarding advice. Do you know how I can contact him?
Thanks for any help you can give

Rusty

Hi Mack,
Thanks for the comment on the song. Always nice to hear nice things. Any idea how I can contact Donita Sparks ?

Thanks for any help

Rusty

You can most likely reach Donita through her website here.

As far as reaching Howie, your best bet I think would be to leave a comment on one of his posts over at DownWithTyranny where his posts use that name.

Hope this helps.