Cougars!

eureka!

Eureka!

Feith no more.

-G

Good evening all.. I am a bit shaken at the moment.

Aloha, ES!

Why!

tornado?

The weather, Dood?

Just walked into the kitchen and the cat was intensely focused on something on the floor. A GIANT scorpion. I am not a skiddish person, but I hate scorpions. ANway I screamed at the cat until he broke his focus, ran for the shop vac and sucked it up. The shop vac has been hurled into the middle of the yard for now.

squick! i raised my feet off the floor just reading that es…. ick ick ick ick

OMG, like the rat in my upstairs toilet, I screamed like a girl.

*sending a soothing pot of chamomile tea through the tubes to es*

That was great! It makes me miss Sun Volt tremendously.

throwing away perfectly good food!

So then i sit down at the puter to collect myself..and the first link I run across is this via Politico:

Huckabee becomes MSNBC ‘Insider’ for primary night

For coverage of the West Virginia primary tomorrow night, MSNBC has a new “Insider” spouting his opinions and analysis: Mike Huckabee.

The former presidential candidate, who many see as having a future in television (as well as politics), will be paired with DLC chairman Harold Ford. That role usually goes to Joe Scarborough, who’s on vacation this week.

I am about to write MSNBC and ask them if they know tomorrow is a Dem night…and will they please identify Ford as a loser who works for Merrill Lynch and the DLC.

You all can get your Diggs in right here!

I miss them too, except for the fact I listen to them often.

thanks for the son volt reminder.. been too long since i’ve heard this

Let us pray.

If you want, I’ll mail it to ya.

I hope Joe Scar is on a permanent vacation (from MSNBC is all I mean by that)

I can’t remember, did they have Democratic talking heads on during Repuglican primary nights (or were there any nights that were Repug-only?)

Actually The Huckster might be a refreshing change from the aforementioned Joe Scar and from Pat Buchanan…although Pat may be there too.

…although Pat may be there too.

Who will Rachel pound on if Pat bails?
I’m hoping he is prominent :-)

Well i know I will not be tuning into MSNBC for DLC & Fundie night commentary on anything.. What time does Flanders and Jane come on? *g

Rachels head must have exploded when she read about that line up.

Popcorn popper fried squirrel in the green room!

Hallelujah.

-G

Maybe The Huckster’s designated role is to be the the Arkansas “insider” with omniscience into Hillary Clinton’s soul…

sweet! I like bugs :D

Hey Neuro ya got the zed and the digg…. good work and kudos! Keep these doggies using their shovels and keep digging for our great hosts and posters!

I just got off the phone with my step-dad and my Mom made it safely to Colorado Springs and my Grandma is stabile and my Sister is headed there too…! 8-)

there’s a Rat in my Kitchen, what I’m a gonna do?

has mom laid into the nursing home staff yet as to why the hell gramma lay on the floor all night with a broken hip?

Do you like black ants? We used to eat those when I was little. Tasted like blueberries, I thought.

Fingers crossed, tuttle

Hi, ES! Hi, Suzanne!
Good evening, Pups

What’s new and exciting? Been offline most of the day.

Sorry to hear about the scorpion scare, ES. I’d be shaken, too.

FunnyD

be glad you didn’t find a snake in the grass?

the always trustworthy Robert Novak

/s:

Nevertheless, reports out of the evangelical community dispute Huckabee’s support [of McCain]. One experienced, credible activist in Christian politics who would not let his name be used told me Huckabee in personal conversation with him embraced the concept that an Obama presidency might be what the American people deserve. That fits what has largely been a fringe position among evangelicals that the pain of an Obama presidency is in keeping with the Bible’s prophecy.

According to this activist, at the heart of the let-Obama-win movement is [a] longtime Virginia conservative leader…regarded as one of the hardest-edged Christian politicians. He is reported in evangelical circles to promote the Biblical justification for an Obama plague-like presidency.

heh, I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes…! Actually, he said she’s on it and Grandma is stable…! He’ll let me know what’s going on as he gets ‘em…!

Sorry to hear about your gramma, CT.

Thanks FunnyD, it’s just a part of life in these hills, a part I to which I may never grow accustomed..)

yup! I like the tarnished plant beetle cause you can taste the cyanide, like apple seeds.

its gawd’s plan that the r’s lose is their story and they are gonna find a way of sticking to it.

plague-like

Good Gawd! Vote FOR a plague!

jeebus, I thought that was Shirley Temple

Mahalo, ES! And ya’ll for your kind thoughts and condolences…! Dang, ES, I woulda just squashed the mofo with the biggest object within reach…! ;-)

Good Gawd! Vote FOR a plague!

Obama’s hardly running a low-cust campaign…

…as we scurry for our thesauruses…
Ah, no joy.

They carry as many as a hundred teeny tiny young on their back.. So it’s easy to scatter a hundred or more when you do that!

bush has been doing his part turning water into blood

“low cost”, locust, aw never mind…

my favorite Lanois song: Still Water

then 10 plagues of ancient egypt

Tough choice.. I figured if i went with Mother Superior, Jane might show up. /s

Were there any on the back…? I agree that would call for different measures, like grabbing more objects to squash ‘em with…! I’m not a ground-pounder for nothing…! ;-)

Darth Campaigns For Davis In Mississippi

In a desperate effort to call forth the forces of Mordor Republican Congressional-Candidate Greg Davis calls upon Dick Cheney to campaign on the eve of Tuesday’s run-off against Democrat Travis Childers.

Given that Cheney is even less popular than Bush (is it possible?) and that the 18%’ers can’t ALL be coagulating in Ole Miss…this could be one of the most idiotic ploys that a Republican could pull this year! If it doesn’t work Cheney will be sealed permanently in his crypt!

these are desperate times

good call. then there’s The Maker

Gotta let that “anti-Christ” come to power. Sad thing is that more of the features that match their version of the Anti-Christ fit Bush far more than Obama.

We’re talking very very small. May need a magnifying glass to be able to see them at all. Shop Vacs rock for these situations..

I don’t think Mississippiians are prepared for Darth’s secret weapon.

Isn’t Lanois married to Joni Mitchell?

A surgical strike, eh? I like big boom-booms myself…! ;-)

Watch the Rick James ref’s! :-)

Ick, scorpions. One morning I was doing the breakfast dishes and scooped a handful of oatmeal out of one sink and into another. The pile started to wiggle and I thought – oatmeal shouldn’t do that, should it? A small green scorpion crawled out of the glop and I screamed like a girl (oh, wait, I am a girl, never mind). We put it in a jar and Sprout took it to school for show and tell, then we let it go, back into the mountains.

Here’s a great combo – Aaron Neville and Daniel Lanois. Love Lanois, I gave my mom his Acadie CD just before she died. She loved his voice, said it and his lyrics were showing her the way home. ‘Course, she also saw a squirrel with a giant pair of golden scissors on her balcony, but hey, who am I to question.

I believe that Darth’s campaigning in my district (KS-2) contributed, along with Junior’s personal appearance here, to the defeat of a 6-term Repuglican incumbent by a Democrat in 2006…it was, in Tolkeinian fashion, as if the forces of Evil swept in and the good folk repelled them.

If Darth shows up use rotten eggs on him… works every time:>) As thye say “Nothing like a good Egging for his soul”

The Scouring of the Shire?

FunnyD

Aaron Neville and his brothers rock, I love this Duet

Iran says to sue U.S. and Britain over mosque blast

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s judiciary said on Monday it would file international lawsuits against the United States and Britain, accusing them of providing financial support to those behind a blast in a mosque that killed 14 people.

Iran’s intelligence minister last week said Iran had arrested five or six members of a terrorist group with links to Britain and the United States who he said were involved in the explosion that also wounded 200 in the southern city of Shiraz.

Iranian officials had previously said the April 12 blast, during an evening prayer sermon by a prominent local cleric, was caused by explosives left over from an exhibition commemorating the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

At first glance…
TheOnion?

hmmm, if so I did not know.

it’s been a long time since:

“Coyote was staring a hole in his scrambled eggs
he picks up my scent on his fingers
while he’s watching the waitress’ legs”

Hi Kids! Watching TDS… The Dumbest Fucking Guy in the World is on? Who knew he’s be brave enuff to sit with JS? Colbert might be a better choice though…

I know this is a few days od but damned if Bushco isn’t hell bent on killing us all through intentional negligence.

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority.

The government seeks to reverse a lower court ruling that allowed Kansas-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef to conduct more comprehensive testing to satisfy demand from overseas customers in Japan and elsewhere.

Less than 1 percent of slaughtered cows are currently tested for the disease under Agriculture Department guidelines. The agency argues that more widespread testing does not guarantee food safety and could result in a false positive that scares consumers.

am watching it too jofish. late nite thread had lots of talk about the interview but i tried to shield my eyes.

With Jon, you know you’re being skewered and you can’t do a thing about it.
With Steven, you only realize it in the rear view mirror.

jeez punaise, the entire lyrics of that song will be running through my head for days…) … those air conditioned cubicles and those carbon ribbon rides…

Hejira is one of my five desert island albums. Joni is in fine form in that clip.

Seven years ago, maybe.

It is gruesome! JS is doing an admirable job…!

A classic in its own league for sure.

JS is forking shredding dougies arguments and justifications

too bad js wasn’t doing that same thorough job of interviewing when he had mcsame on

I definitely need to see the extended version of the interview…!

Nice, CT. She still has great pipes, eh?

And Feith is doing the AbuG Shuffle: “We didn’t lie – we splained it badly…”

That she does! ;-)

The uncut two part version of the Feith interview!

ola pups

what a f@ckin day! How are you all this evening/late night?

lately it’s been “Fay no more” for Vito

Aloha, wobbs!

hey wobbly

its been a forking day for sure… my agent called to say she is doing another open house sunday :( i’ve got to be gone all afternoon and am gonna have to wax my forking floors again :( :(

and that’s time i could be using to finish my wedding present for the bride

For just another Lookie Loo…? :-(

Wacha making for your little lady??

i found out she lurks so i can’t say what it is

i major dislike the lookie loo’s

Tut, tut, nahant, the bride does read comments sometimes…!

Hate people poking around my stuff. It’s my stuff goddamnittohell. But I do love poking around other people’s stuff.

howdy y’all. can’t sleep

yeah, looking in my closets, opening cupboards and such. at least my agent will be here to keep em from making snooty comments about the decor

hey tex *sending ya extra strength pain free wishes*

Thanks Suzanne. I’ll hang out for a bit.

what’s good for the -loos is good for the lender

But your house is really nice.

…in a splendid setting

I see they are still trying:

Report reveals how Syria concealed nuclear reactor

American nuclear experts briefed by governmental officials are expected to issue a report detailing the tactics employed by Syria to conceal the existence of the nuclear reactor eventually bombed by Israel in September of last year, the Washington Post reported.
The researchers for the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) divulge how Syrian engineers attempted to hide cooling and ventilation systems, power lines and other features usually identifying a nuclear plant.

According to the Post, the authors of the report, David Albright and Paul Brannan, went on to note the difficulties the world now faces in identifying nuclear operations in countries seeking to conceal their plans.

The report discusses how the main building was designed to appear small and short from an aerial view, but in fact housed large underground chambers large enough to contain the reactor, a reserve water-storage tank and pools for spent fuel rods.

hey Betsy

and hasn’t sold since it was listed in feb of last year!

You gotta love those Rethuglian reps in California… Don’t want to pay any taxes for anything:>(

Dang gotta watch that one Eh!

Hey Punaise. How’s your evening?

double, apparently… !

about to sign off actually.

Hi Betsy. You know what always puts me to sleep fast? Having a chance to finally sit down with no interruptions and read something I really want to read ;-) It works, gauronteee (that’s a Louisiana accent).

Their photoshop person has the same degree of ineptitude as the rest of the administration.

Teddy San Fran covered that in a post today! I thought about you when I arrive very late to see no one had claimed the first digg on a very good post.

They know no bounds, ES!

Hi punaise, miss your dulcet, um, two-tones, nice to see you.

Just checkin in, the sweetie is out of town on bidness and I’m kinda lonely. How’s everyone doing?

Dang, nahant! Did you use enough tape on the package…? 8-)

g’nite pun

Tex B, Could you tell me, is “scramble” like scrabble? Is it a live interactive game? I haven’t tried it yet.

G’ nite punaise

bonne nuit a tout le monde.

Eddie Izzard is going to be in SF in July. Anybody want to go?

16 letters, 4 rows of 4. make words by connecting the letters. longer words are worth more points. good game.

a demain!

bummer Suzanee. i’m so sorry to hear that but maybe this will be the buyer, huh? (sending positive vibes your way)

We found a teo day old kitten this evening (we think momma is still around) eyes are still closed. i ran up to Petco to get a bottle and some formula and some asshole in a SUV backed out and took my side mirror with him. took off. anyhow, got back and the kitty would only take a lil formula but she is active and very strong (not too thin). I out a box out with a towel to get the outdoor smell and will put the kitty out tomorrow to see if momma will come get her.

Great. Did you see Jane and Laura Flanders, Katrina, and Phil earlier tonight?
They were terrific.

I do like word games..)

No, I was getting a couple kits ready to send to potential venues.

Petco has these discs you put in the microwave. They stay warm for eight hours without too much heat. I used one when a stray showed up and had to live in the garage cause he was sick.

Tex beats me like a rug at that game. All the word games, really.

So you really are kicking ass after the release party! Cool!

so do i.

nope. you beat me at wordtwist more often than not.

I ran late this evening because I was @ my clients office till late … we didn’t get to dinner till after 9 and it is Enterprise Monday evening @ SciFi channel… I can’t resist watching… Neuro was on duty I saw as I got to the posts… I will be back to keep these doggies digging don’t you worry … We need to promote the lake as much as we can… I was thinking of you when I saw there were more tornadoes in your area. My youngest daughter is in Texas these days and because of those tornadoes she wants to move back to Grants Pass in Oregon…. Can’t says I blame her. I will taking a little shaking over tornadoes anyday!!!

wow. let’s try that again. Suzanne….,two day old kitten

I was in two tornadoes and a small earthquake when I lived in Memphis. The earthquake occurred one month before moving to Cali. Weird, eh.

I left ya a note at 116, I started and then I ran into a stonewall I need the 25 digit product code to proceed…! ;-)

Good for you for taking care of the kitty wobbly.

Suzanne stepped away very briefly, will return soon.

She is so tiny that she fits into both my hands cupped together. I packed the carrier full of soft towels and it (the carrier) is away from any drafts. We keep tyring to get her to eat and she takes a few sucks then starts yowling. She is curled up in a ball asleep now but I really hope momma comes for her tomorrow.

and i’m back.. its forking cold – 45 outside

Do you live urban or suburban? Is the mom wild do you think?

she is missing her mama’a warmth. wrap a hot water bottle in a towel and put it in there with her

Jeebus K. Christ, it is going to be 101 on Friday. Crap. I hate hot weather. Hate it!

feeeding every three hours with a sterilized bottle and warmed formula (tested on wrist).

I have to tell you Saturday was a close call here.. ES is about 20 miles south of the MO border. The past few years have been particularly brutal in southern MO.

I’m up in the hills over the ocean. Not really surburban up here (at least not where our house is) I don’t know if mom is wild. mr and the neighbor think that they saw her when I made the petco run. Same coloring as baby.

thanks, I’ll do that right now (thank goodness I have water bottles)

Maybe she was moving the kittens.

tell me.. i already carry around my own personal summer. there is gonna be cat hair shed all over the place starting thurs. we are supposed to hit 100 thur and fri.

forking hot and i get along about as well as me and the fundy ex. grrrrrrr

Or a baked potato covered with aluminum foil, wrapped in a towel.

New Madrid.. spooky

maybe spidey will show up on the thread – she does rescue work with cats and would know all the tricks of the trade.

Dang, that reminds me of 4 a.m. feedings…! ;-)

Yep. Made the Mississippi run backwards for three days once in the 1800’s (i think). Created Real Foot Lake in Arkansas. Mother Nature. You gotta love her.

man, 100 degree weather sounds awesome, i got a wool shirt and sweater on as well as my flanel lined cap.

the problem is so do i

well, its a knit watch cap instead of a flannel one…

Dam that was quick… you had said that you hadn’t gotten it earlier. you have mail over at msn… Glad the package got to you so quick:>)

There only thing that makes this Sacratomato heat bearable is the cool nights. I turn on the whole house fan and it makes everything aok.

Hey, wobbly
My friend’s cat is about to turn 14. She was abandoned by the mama cat as a newborn and was the only one of the litter that survived. Friend’s dad put tiny kitten in his shirt pocket (she fit lengthwise) and drove from Western WA back to Eastern Washington. Rhiannon bottle-fed KC, and KC is still pretty much a one-person kitty. You’d never know it now, KC is 7 lbs dripping wet, but apparently she “high centered” on her first trip to the vet, she’d been so well fed.

Sorry about the jerk taking out your side mirror. Some people…

Anyway, I guess all this is to say that even if mama cat doesn’t come back, little bit still has a fighting chance. If you can’t keep her I hope you’re near a shelter that can foster her out. Rhiannon, KC and I will send you and the little bit positive vibes.

FunnyD

Well, having listened earlier to the Feithliar interview (televised version), I am now listening to the full (Internet) version…I was unhappy that Stewart gave the slimy weasel any airtime, but on second (and full) hearing, I recognize Jon was exposing the miserable worm’s lies in a most skillful fashion…hope the audience learned something and that nobody buys the lousy book.

I still think the despicable Feith looks like a chipmunk…a lowdown, rotten, lying chipmunk.

You need to take that back. I really like chipmunks

lol!

ya gotta watch them chipmunks… they like to steal people’s NUTS

I thought Johns closing remark, “It’s a looooong read” effectively ran off most of his audience who hadn’t figured it out by that time. *g

That is what I was thinking. But I think she’ll come back looking for this one. But I wanted the box outside so it would smell like outside and not our house.

you smart.

…hope the audience learned something and that nobody buys the lousy book.

If we’re lucky, his book will show up in an FDL ad. We can click away and FDL get paid for the hits, while shit-bird’s book gets remaindered for pennies! His publishers will just love that.

LOL! Sacratomato! Why didn’t I think of that. My father’s folks lived in sacto. I still remember the tomato cannery smell and the fun and games on the highway when a tomato-truck would lose a load.
And, yup, forkin’ hot summers. Fortunately the cousins belonged to the local swim club.
My folks are now up in Grass Valley and I guess even the foothills get pretty scorching in the summer. I’ve only been at Xmas when Seattle is forking cold and Cali cold/rain just doesn’t feel so bad.

I just remembered…the housemate said we’re supposed to hit 80 around about Thursday, so I guess the whole coast is expecting some heat.

FunnyD

No disrespect to chipmunks intended!

A fat-cheeked doofus?

Oh, and did I mention that I hold Doughface Feith personally responsible (along with his cronies) for the deaths of over 4,000 brave Americans and countless Iraqi citizens?

Thanks funnyd

I already called my friends (haha the germans) and told them to put out the word. I would rather momma come fetch her but if I can find someone, that might be the best. I take the pup to the groomers tomorrow so I will ask there as well.

Feith was a swarmy, lack luster dickhead. Boring and appalling at the same time.

Just emailed KO and asked him to correctly identify Harold Ford as a DLCer when he’s on MSNBC tomorrow night..

That’s it for me…

Good night fabulous firedogs

Going to try sleep again. Hope to see y’all late tomorrow.

You tell him Neuro…. get his home address and send him snail mail detailing just what you think of that low down so and so… but don’t use any swear words:>)

good night ES and dam… watch out for them tornadoes what ever you do…. sleep well:>)

she hasn’t opened her eyes yet so how old do you all think she is? I don’t think mr is going to get any sleep tonight (he’s worried).

Night Betsy dream the dreams of the young and innocent:>)

boa noite texbetsy and ES

nite betsy
good luck

nite eureka

Boy nothing like doting parents Wobbly… but it is nice to see such kindness in this world!

thanks y’all

Aloha, and ‘nite, ES! Since I got tagged with a duplicate comment… One of the drawbacks of Aloha…! ;-)

Aloha, TB!

Did you get the keys??

Do I start under the ‘install’ part or choose another option, nahant?

IIRC you start under install and then you go into the repair section…

Yeppers and the warning…! ;-)

wilco, do ya want me to call ya, i have unlimited calling…!

g’nite es
pain free sleep wishes tex

If need be but I will have to move downstairs as the little lady is sleeping but don’t wait to long as I need to get some sleep myself… have a 9:30 appoint with the docs

G’night ES and Tex. Sleep well.
I’m fading fast myself. So, goodnight, fabulous Firepups. Thanks for the excellent company.

FunnyD

g’nite funny d

ballmer is gunna hunt u down!

nite diva

twerp

night!

*sigh* i guess so. he has to work in the a.m. but is up sterilizing bottles and filling them so all I will have to do is heat them up and feed her.

but but we be fixing his OS

boa noite funnyd

heh

Okay, Let’s avoid that! I’ll do it in the morning, my time, if I encounter a prob i’ll stop and give ya a holler by email or here…! 8-)

whata we gonna do with you twk

fingers and toes crossed it all is routine at the docs tomorrow nahant

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

Yer incorrigible, tw3k! 8-P

You can call me tonight as phone is on wybrate ! in the am I should be done by 11 or 11:30 my time… but if I am still at the VA I will call you back I don’t get any reception there in the hospital so leave a massage…

Aloha, Suz!

Thanks Suz… BUT you never know with these things

boa noite, suz

i should try to get some sleep as well since a 4am feeding will be coming.

And it’s the VA you’re dealing with…! ;-)

dunno

nite wobbly
nite suz

Aloha, Wobbly!

Did ya stalk the guy to get those pixs? ;-)

I all ways have great service at the Palo Alto hospital rarely wait very long if I am on time for my appointment…. at least so far

D: i think it’s the other way around!

Our clinic here on the Big Isle is pretty good, it’s when we have to go to Tripler, we call it Crippler, we’ll encounter problems…! ;-)

twk I just ran through the pixs and I love them… you gotta remember I did work for Mother Xerox during their hey day with networked PCs and we didn’t have any dam viruses or any hackers fucking with our systems… I work on MS Os because they are the leader in the market and IT Is EASY $$$

neat, I bet that was a lot fun!

yeah, ballmer is pretty easy to make of but what crazied marketing droid isn’t!

ya those sleaze ball sales type
And yes it was fun felt like I was riding the crest of the tech wave as I was also doing projects for XEROX PARC’s VP. The guy who founded the place… very smart and very nice person… has since pass on… I liked him a lot:>)

Dam 1 AM already:>( I guess I will hit the rack and get SOME sleep… see ya all at the lake later…. good night you pups and don’t forget to digg for our hosts and fine posters:>)

nite nahant

Aloha, nahant, much mahalo!

Well, I shall bid a fond adieu! Aloha Oe!!!

jah, i better crash too.

night all

nite tuttle
nite tw3k

nite pups. im out too

Thanks for posting this link

Rusty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsLgEdowIg0