WTF?

indeed

I knew there was something up with that green background. That background should be red, white and blue, or it’s clearly unpatriotic. It’s outrageous that McCain refuses to stand before our nation’s colors with pride. It raises the question, Is McCain really patriotic? Does he really care about America?

OMFG!!! I’ve finally found my way back.. I was scared..Hmmm, noticing The Lake has gone retro. Guess you are still having ’technicial difficulties’???

Nah. That’s “WTF? Over.”

Site was down all nite apparently. No late night. Commenters gone too. Nobody here but us chickens. What manner of Kabuki is McCain trying to pull off? If only the MSM would report one fourth of these memes.

Ok, that was weird!!!My comment was written on the retro side, but posted in the updated side….Toobz demons still F***ing with me…

Someone needs to send out an message to all the lost pups still searching for the way back to the lake..

FDL is back! *kissing the dock, beach, and lawn chairs* Woohoo!

Okay, going to work now. Dammit. Have a good day everyone! Have a cocktail on the deck for me. ;-)

We had WTF-K on the panel below the windshields bein a Signal outfit and all.

Bah hahaha, Attaturk! This is what I missed about the Lake:

“John McCain, Dunkin Donuts consumer - terrorist-hugger - denture wearer.” ~ Attaturk

Love it!!!! So true. We need to push that image big time. ;-)

Do you think that green background makes McCain look younger? Maybe when he stands in front of the Red White and Blue, he looks too much like Uncle Sam in those posters, except older.

lost pup reporting in- and glad to have home back!!

NPR this morning - two ladies discussing the future aspirations of Hillary. One said maybe she’ll run for governor of NY. The other said, No Way! She doesn’t want to run against another African American!

Now if I were listening to Rush Limbaugh, I would expect such tom foolery. NPR.

Good morning everyone.

Stoopid guest was Doris Kearns Goodwin on NPR.

Well. Glad the “please stand by” notice is gone.

If those are dentures, he needs to take them back. I think those nasty corn kernels are his own.

Had a comment on Isaiah’s thread last night that obviously was a victim of the crash. Pretty weird watching the site crash in front of one’s very eyes. Hit “Submit Comment” and that’s all she wrote. Figured, aw shit, not again. Gonna go out at lunchtime, get some 4×4’s and prop the place up.

We’re back!?!

Maybe the green background is an attempt to get people to perceive him as being the green candidate?

You heard it too? Disgraceful commentary. You gonna write them a note?

Green to match his teeth.

She used to be quite the historian. Now appears to be just another hack. Sad. NPR sux dead goats.

No, no note. I was still in the waking up stage, so details are fuzzy but I caught the name. I’m more & more disgusted with any media, including NPR.

So, Hillary has finally gotten in touch with reality and is standing down: http://www.dailykos.com/storyo...../37/529822 WOW!

Wow. How the heck am I supposed to start my day without FDL? I am lost… my day is shot….what time is beer thirty….is it now? Why is my beer lime green. When do the primaries start?

I don’t think he wears dentures…but it is a play on the old Poly-Grip commercials with Martha Raye (”Martha Raye: Comedienne - Denture Wearer”)

I remember Raye actually either suing or threatening to sue Letterman once because he mocked those commercials by saying “Martha Raye, Denturer-Wearer - Condom User”.

She said Hillary doesn’t want to run against someone with different color skin anymore. And implied that Obama has different color skin.

Jesus H F***ing Christ.

Great pic, Attaturk (the green screen one).

saw Obama interviewed by Katie Couric, who was asking him about Hillary as V.P. Katie asked - “but do you *like* her?”

Obama said that he does, and then listed all of her *professional* accomplishments. Nary a mention of a personality trait (other, maybe, than doggedness) that he was fond of. Obama was positively uninspired and unconvincing as he tried to sell the idea that he *likes* Hillary.

Ergo, I’ve come to the conclusion that the ‘Hillary for V.P.” idea is absolutely a non-starter. Not gunna happen.

Watch for Ted Strickland to migrate toward the head of the list.

very glad to see fld back on line. was there a problem with a server?

I think the last, desperate, try at getting the VP slot was a loser so it is off to chapaqua to lick her wounds. Would that she were not surrounded by such unmitigated hacks as Icky and davis and that insufferable McCauliff. I think HRC should stay in the Senate where she could become a very useful member of the LARGE majority we expect hope to have.

Cold….

So cold…

Don’t ever leave me again…

Don’t yah just love them expert opinions. efin assh***

Tiger med time. brb.

Have you all seen what SadlyNo! has done with the McCain Green Screen?

Finally found a way to get some compassionate conservatives to show up to the speeches!

The straight-talk is truly overflowing…like a Russian Space toilet.

yep. and sadly, it’s not just mccain.

obama in july 2007:

QUESTION: In 1982, Anwar Sadat traveled to Israel, a trip that resulted in a peace agreement that has lasted ever since.

In the spirit of that type of bold leadership, would you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?

COOPER: I should also point out that Stephen is in the crowd tonight.

Senator Obama?

OBAMA: I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them — which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration — is ridiculous.

obama in may:

Why shouldn’t we have the same courage and the confidence to talk to our enemies? That’s what strong countries do, that’s what strong presidents do, that’s what I’ll do when I’m president of the United States of America.

obama yesterday 6/4/08 at a*p*c:

We must isolate Hamas unless and until they renounce terrorism, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and abide by past agreements. There is no room at the negotiating table for terrorist organizations.

obama today 6/5/08 (from his website):

Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions. Now is the time to pressure Iran directly to change their troubling behavior. Obama would offer the Iranian regime a choice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, we will offer incentives…

my bold. :(

i should know better than to listen to what pols say when they are speaking to a*p*c. just gives me a headache.

Green to match the BP sign?

Green with envy?

And his slogan sucks too. I guess after he fired all his campaign staff for all the lobbying conflicts of interest, there were only a couple of old ladies left to figure out how to spiff up his image.

CANNONBALL!

kerSPLASH!

We are used to seeing shit crash before our eyes.

What hundred years war?

A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November.

That’s the only way I could ever compete with Suzanne’s classy water entry techniques.

at 8:45 David Sirota will be on Washington Journal

here’s the FDL Book Salon we had with him

A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November.

Which, arguably, constitutes a treaty. Treaties may not be made without Congressional approval.

The first shit-storm of the next administration?

Good morning, Attaturk & all. FYI, there are several sites folks migrated to during the downage here @ FDL:

TRex welcomed the “refugee FireDogs” last night http://www.iamtrex.com/

Cbl still has a site where some of us went for info & a bit of chat http://windcatpond.blogspot.com/

And there is a gabbly for FDL down times as well; don’t have the site addy, but I know someone out there does. It was posted yesterday, but can’t seem to find it in comments. If there are other sites I missed, please post ‘em.

MANY THANKS to all the hardworking techies here @ FDL who got everything back up & running.

Not in my computer lab, I ain’t. Except CrashMaster Windoze, and then I don’t even pay attention. Power down, reboot, rinse, repeat.

Human Cannon Ball

this’ll get the juices flowin or you are dead already!

Yep, that Hundred Years War.

I got a feeling the Irakis are not gonna react real well to this.

Zat it not to what I was referring!

I see to remember poppy leaving a bloody mess in Somalia for his successor. Like grandfather, like son, like chimp I guess.

She is a beautiful diver to be sure, although the Bulgarian judge does have it in for her.

let’s splash around with watertiger upstairs

I really can’t wait for obama to punish this feeble old man when they are in person

Notice the similarity of McCain’s speech background and the flag over another country, notable as the home of the vast majority of the 9/11 terrorists and yes, Osama bin Laden himself?

Notice the Saudi Nuclear Tech Deal Notice the Uranium, Notice that the Saudis are now saying that Iran has the right to develop nuclear weapons.
You would think that if we were to give the Saudis Nuclear Tech that they would be on the same page as us about THE SPREAD ON NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY!
The State Dept clears all deals on restricted Technology right isn’t making sure that we and the Saudis have the same view about who should and shouldn’t have the tech be a precondition for any deal?

Saudi Minister Backs Iran Nuclear Rights

MADRID, June 4–Iran has the right to nuclear technology as long as it is used for peaceful purposes, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz said in an interview published Wednesday.

“Saudi Arabia reaffirms the importance that throughout the region, including the (Persian) Gulf, there are no nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction,” he told Spain’s ABC newspaper.

“But every state has the right to possess nuclear technology for peaceful means,” he said, referring to Iran’s nuclear program which is facing obstacle in its way because of its arch foe’s , the United States, drives against the program.

http://www.alalam.ir/english/e.....0604163431

Or this

Notice that the Saudis are getting a Nuclear reactor and that we are not getting anymore oil.

Wolfson and Penn were not particularly charming either.

oo, it starts out with freaks like me, thanks!

thanks for the turbo boost, Raven, I need it this morning, it is L.A.Z.Y here, spent half the night repeatedly drying off the same wet cat, why she kept going back out in the pouring rain is beyond me; but hard to ignore a cat that is sopping wet and sitting on top of me drying herself off the tongue long way.

Kay, you ain’t kiddin’ kiddo. Jeeze, this drives me nuts - do we need a shadow site over on Yahoo or Facebook or something so that we can at least keep things going when the site goes haywire? I can tell you that this did NOTHING for my blood pressure last night.

No, and it is a damn shame that she was pickled because, in my opinion, of her campaign cadre

I know.

OK, so here’s the deal. Just off the plane from over there, Sept 69. My home boy from SF picks me up, we score and go to Winterland. Two acts I never heard of on account of my previous apo (zip code). Whi is playin? Carlos Santana and Yusef Lateef (who happens to be on that gig with the Cannonball)!

Rain, what dat?

TCU - that is how it works with Bush’s buddy Prince Bandar - they get nuclear and we get zip. Oh, and Bush gets to hold his hand.

I thought you guys were doing ok this year, I guess not. bummer. I sure hope you don’t have to go through what you did last year.

They get nukes, the goopers get a pre-election oil price reduction.

Nothing for almost a month again. The let us water one day a week but if it doesn’t break soon we be SOL again. It’s them roossians!

Or we can set up a pre-determined gathering place (maybe TRex would allow it?) where we all know to evacuate to. And, by the way, a post explaining what the frack is going on would be helpful. This is happening more and more often, for longer and longer periods of time, or at least that’s what it feels like to me. /rant

Considering a) that most of the price increase has been the index speculators and b) that most of our oil comes from Canada and Mexico, I’m not sure that ol’ Bandar Baby can swing enough of a stick to get the Goopers enough of a gas price decrease to actually hit the radar screen for anyone in time for the elections. I’m not sure people would sit up and cheer for anything under $3.00.

mebbe Bush traded your rain to the Saudis for oil.

Now now, let’s not get too testy. It’s not like we are paying for something.

First heard Santana’s first album in a little jazz bar in Naha, Okinawa. We drove the owner nuts makin’ him play it. Over and over. Finally 86′d us cuz we ran the regulars off 3 nights straight. He needn’t bothered. Back to the shit the next day.

Per the Wikipedia:

“The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT or NNPT) is a treaty to limit the spread of nuclear weapons, opened for signature on July 1, 1968. There are currently 189 countries party to the treaty, five of which have nuclear weapons: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the People’s Republic of China (the permanent members of the UN Security Council) .

“Only four nations are not signatories: India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea. India and Pakistan both possess and have openly tested nuclear bombs. Israel has had a policy of opacity regarding its own nuclear weapons program. North Korea ratified the treaty, violated it, and later withdrew.

[…]

“The treaty recognizes the inalienable right of sovereign states to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, but restricts this right for NPT parties to be exercised “in conformity with Articles I and II” (the basic nonproliferation obligations that constitute the “first pillar” of the Treaty). As the commercially popular light water reactor nuclear power station uses enriched uranium fuel, it follows that states must be able either to enrich uranium or purchase it on an international market. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has called the spread of enrichment and reprocessing capabilities the “Achilles heel” of the nuclear nonproliferation regime. As of 2007 13 states have an enrichment capability.[5]

“Countries that have signed the treaty as Non-Nuclear Weapons States and maintained that status have an unbroken record of not building nuclear weapons.”

I figure we pissed Juno off and s/he learned how to hack. Payback’s a mf.

The Saudi Binladin (or Binladen) Group (SBG) (in Arabic, مجموعة بن لادن السعودية Majmūʿat Bin Lādin al-Saʿūdīya) is a multinational construction conglomerate and holding company for the assets owned by the bin Laden family, headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The SBG was founded in 1950. Sheikh Mohammed bin Laden, whose relationship with the country’s founder, Abdel Aziz al Saud, led to important government contracts such as refurbishing the shrines at Mecca and Medina. Mohammed, who had four wives and 52 children is also the father of Osama Bin Laden.[1][2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Binladin_Group

The bin Laden group handles construction at the holy shrines at Mecca and Medina what do you want to bet they get subcontracted or create a supposedly independent company to help build Saudi Arabia’s new Nuclear Reactor.
What do you want to bet the MSM will never ask McCain if he approves of this deal his fellow Republican George Bush has set up.
How long before Jewish Voters find out?
For the record I don’t like Nuclear technology but I do completely OPPOSE IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA BOTH GETTING THIS TECH.
Why because if the Osama family construction company is building this reactor then Ossama is getting the Uranium.

I have this big aquifer in paraguay that you might be interested in. Only $150 bbl.

And that other dinky dau mofo.

But, but, but… I really don’t do well when I see the “please stand by” sign. I start to hyperventilate, and then I get dizzy…

and look into his eyes

I have an illegal graywater system I fabricated my own sef!

BTW, something in the commenting, italicization, etc. seems to be broken. It seem that when you highlight a ragion that spans multiple paragraphs, the system thinks the highlighting ends at the end of the first paragraph. For intstance, on my previous comment (#73), I had to italicize each paragraph individually.

LOL!

You must be special. I got nothing but a tab sayin’ “Loading” with the little spin thingy.

When I awoke this morning, the tv was out and firedoglake was down. It was the double whammy.

Graywater system is illegal there?!?! What a crock o’ shit.

excellent! is it still working?

Hit “Submit Comment” and that’s all she wrote.

You broke the site?

j/k

The fact that it’s illegal should tell pups just how backward looking the Great State of Georgia really is…

It’s weird. The only time I get to see the “please stand by” sign is when I try to get to FDL through AOL. Anywhere else I get the “loading spin thingy” too.

graywater. Is that what they are calling stills these days?

Yeah, prolly. Never was a button pusher but when the Doctor left the Tardis in my back yard and gave me the key I just couldn’t help myself. Bein’ in that warped space time continuum is really weird.

Apparently there’s something goin on upstairs…

707.

Yea, in fact my buddy that used to live down there said, hell yea, build one. We used them all the time in Florida! I did and then there was this big article about public health (where my bride works) and the threat to safety.

Everything that is non sewage. Bath and washing machine.

McCAIN WITNESSES HISTORY!, AGAIN! and again and again.

OT: Hillary goes for broke, publicly announcing that she’s now running for the VP spot: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....05376.html

Closest thing we have is that we divert all the water from our sump(which runs 24/7 in our back basement) to a hose to water the garden with. If we did not have that pump, my back basement would have about 16″ of water in it in less than two hours. When we have lost the power from a storm, that is exactly what has happened. So that is what we use to water our garden with.

Yep. Got a pvc rig runnin’ from the washer out into the yard. I use organic detergent so no phosphates go into the ground.

Can Bill pass a bimbo test is the question I might not like Hilary I can’t see anything to stop her from being VP except Obama and Bill.

OT

Continental Cuts 3,000 Jobs as It Grounds Planes

http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?.....pFcqQ5EKcc!Q5DpQ5D77Np7_p7_pwIQ5EQ22v6Q5EQ5Ep7_XQ22Ktf!2z

In an interview with The Washington Post, Clinton supporter and Black Entertainment Television network founder Robert Johnson said Clinton has authorized him and others to persuade Barack Obama to pick her.

This is the same Robert Johnson that caused the stir suggesting that Obama’s drug history would ruin his chances of winning. I’m sure he has LOTS of pull in the Obama campaign…

Aha! Attaturk, now it begins to make sense…treacherous subliminal dangerous sense…it’s the attack of the olfarts.

Welcome back!

Saw that yesterday, and it has to be, without question, the best picture of John McCain, ever.

How’s your little Siamese?

I’ve been treading water in the middle of the ocean for several hours trying to find a life raft to grab a hold of.

Hillary as VP? What happens with any Bill indiscretions? The tabloids must be eager.

The straight-talk is truly overflowing…like a Russian Space toilet.

Love this crack! And the pic. And the reference to the DD scarf issue. You just left out the salacious-looking new mermaid on the Starbuck’s cup. Your next post?

That last image really sums it up. Who, indeed, has closer ties to terrorism?

Is he even wearing a flag pin? …terrorist.