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While the new leader of the Democratic party makes absurd FISA compromise excuses in what I will forever consider a Declaration Of Impotence, good people are doing good things in spite of what seems to be our own constitutional demise.
Small fun case in point. 
Last week firedog #1 managed to rescue a frightened trapped 4 1/2 week old kitten from the bowels of their car engine. After the excitement of said rescue, a quick visit to the vet for treatment of an apparent eye infection and regular shots, and a conversation with another firedog, firedog #2 decided to adopt the kitty which would have had no other option than a trip to the humane society.
Now we need your help with naming the kitty.
Please note, I already suggested Patrick Henry.
And Dip Stick.
Yes, it’s a little boy kitty.
Aside from your name suggestions, please do tell us what’s on your mind tonight?
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Hiya, ES.
Hiya, ES!
ALFRED!!!
Evening ES…
good evening all.. fire dogs and cats..)
Spook is in the lake?
Digg this post for ES!!~
ES!
Jus Cogens!
Wish I could disagree with ya about the Declaration of Impotence…
FunnyDiva
ES!
Yeppers. Have the comfy hammock down by the tiki torches, as always.
I have two! In case company arrives and settles into one.
I’m hoping that I’ll feel like celebrating the *next* Fourth of July.
Which would, of course, be preceded by parties on November 4, 2008, and January 20, 2009.
Am I planning too far ahead?
Hiya, Al!!
Dugg – Thanks.
How’s your holiday?
hey jayt! how’re ya doing?
fan eyes is my suggestion es
dugg
doin’ great, thanks – good to see you…
Oooooh, interesting.
of course, if it was a van engine, then the name should be van eyes
We are doing had a nice dinner of Alaskan Salmon, yellow squash(from the garden) and rice… We then took Tucker for a walk around the neighborhood during the fireworks…
How about you Neuro… enjoying the 4th?
I driven across So. Mo. & No. Ar. in the past month. Have yet to see an Obama or McCain political yard sign. I’ve seen exactly one Bumper sticker & 3 yard signs for Ron Paul.
and for goodness sake, es, dont ask busted for a cat name! he has a habit of naming cats include the 7 words you can’t say on tv
Reminds me of my first cat.. Fancy.
ES, he looks like an ALEX to me.
On that note, I am off to bed.
Kitteh!
Naming a new pet can be difficult at times until you get to know them a bit…
and, of course, there is always naming the little fella for the size of the engine or brand of vehicle… here’s to hoping the little guy is not named edsel
pain free sleep wishes tex
damned cat is what I name all of them.
True.. Though when they are so young.. you name and they own that name in their personality, sometimes.
LOL Oh Suz puleeze not edsel..
Well, looks like it’s election season in WA state. Back to back anti-Rossi and anti Gregoire TV ads. It’s gonna be a loooong summer.
FunnyD
Yay FireDogs and FireFolks everywhere…and they are everywhere.
A weekly meeting of Drinking Liberally coming up this Sunday, it’s a Brunch, and my message:
when we got two new cats after all of our old kitties had died, our daughter sharon informed us on the ride back from the friend of hers who’d provided them (from the same litter) that they had telepathically informed her that their names were Melissa and Throat Slashing Killer Cat (for the male). When we complained that the latter name was a bit long, she thought a moment and then told us that he said we could call him “George” for short.
Sharon was about 33 at that time. Some traits (weirdness) breed true! :)
I love the video
It’s purrfect
carmengia
I mis remembered. it was “Savage Throat Slashing Killer Cat”. CRS syndrome strikes again. :(
Our little guy certainly has lived up to his Name Tucker… and boy does he pay attention when he is called by name… whether for good, tail a wagging or bad tail down and just seeming to be try to melt into the floor!
Thanks Suz. Back tomorrow.
I had a cat named Claude once, because that’s how you felt when you were with him
bailey is named for her propensity for taking foot bail
token is a token imitation male that is too small to be a real dog
Good one Al does she seances also??
but still the cutest dog in the world, nine pound class. Right?
Our little guy certainly has lived up to his Name Tucker…
You named your cat “Tucker”?
wow, that’s cold. What’s the number for the local ASPCA?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson
That kitten looks like a Shug to me, as it Sugar. Very sweet face.
no, too dangerous. lots of nasties in teh astral planes. only does animal telepathy like her mom.
since it’s a boy cat and it’s the 4th, how about Thomas Paine?
ot, but it looks like the fight to keep blackwater out of San Diego continues
http://www.signonsandiego.com/…..ermit.html
The City’s appealed the lower court ruling for the mercs to the 9th circuit. I wonder if Blackwater would fight this all the way to the Supremes, in which case Scalitothomasroberts will be the ones to put mercs into the city. In the mean time, the city is still harassing them with numerous building permit issues.
yeap, who thinks he’s a big dog
My cat, named Jessie Yazoo by my friend who the cat adopted, before claiming me.. All I know is the Yazoo part is for Yazoo City, Mississippi.
i bet they are looking for any scandal to use against the mayor. and good on san diego for standing up to the fuckers!
Then “John Bolton” is out of the question *g*
I had a cat named Andwew. He was named after a teacher who couldn’t pronounce his R’s. It was sad but so funny to hear him call roll.
“Wuben Womewo? Wobert Woybal?…”
No Tucker is the best dog in the 12 lb class…. he and Token are friends and Tucker is hoping they can get together again for a doggie date….. probably when the Bear Creek Pups meet at Suz’s to help pack her up for her moving to the great NorthWest..
Last report I read.. the code/inspecter people were nailing Blackwater on a lot of things.
Not if he eats rats for pleasure.
Should name him Motörhead.
Suzanne July 4th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
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In response to CTuttle @ 216 (show text)
*hands on hips* since when is late nite turbulent? Umm…? *g*
duh! the purrfect name for the little guy
Here’s some ugly fuckin mojo:
Let’s say the new President clobbers the mercs in Iraq, and needs to replace them with US Soldiers (doing the job they should have been doing in the first place, ignoring for the moment that we never should have been there…) – Where do we find the Soldiers?
Dip Stick is nice or SLC (pronounced slick for silly little cat).
Why am I suddenly having “Life Of Brian” flashbacks here?
Oops, Jose Cuervo Jello shots…! ;-)
you one of those who thinks
“the trouble with a kitten is that
eventually it becomes a cat” ?
via Ogden Nash
Thomas Cam Paine. (isn’t a cam an auto part…. and the sound all together when calling the kitty… Thomas Campaign!
I once named two kitties (brother and sister) JC and Penny.
hahahaha
Wait, wait. I saw that guy in a movie…
“Welease Bwian!”
Oh, then he was in another one…
“Mawiage. That Dweam within a dweam…”
FunnyD
where’s my handkerchief?
I like people names for cats – Suggesting the newest member of the FDL Collective – “Spencer.”
I like and thought of slick… but as an Arkansan.. slick reminds me of Bill Clinton (slick willies the pool hall)
last name Tracy???
*sigh
somehow virtual cuervo shots just aren’t the same as the real thing
Rad E. Ater
455 rocket
then the full name would be Spencer Attackercat?
The name should be Sparkie (or Sparky)
Only if it fits in the collar tag :-)
I like it.. Fits the first photo to a T.
The USA is already across the Rubicon with unconstitutional war, but I’ve been wondering what Gates and Mullen would do if given an attack order from Bush that they considered unconstitutional and harmful to national security.
We need a poll done in the African American community where we we explain to people in the African American community our position on FISA and Barack Obama’s position in maybe in a 2 or 3 paragraph summary without ever telling them whose position is whose. To prevent word from spreading and introducing bias.
We do the poll in the most factual way with direct quotes, no bias, leading questions, etc kind of way we can. We make our poll methodolgy available on the net along with the script of how we do the poll to further reduce any question of bias and we challenge the GOP and Center dems to start doing the same. I am so tired of questionable polls supporting any argument!
Then we release the poll results if as I expect African Americans do not support Obama’s position on FISA if they don’t know its his position on FISA.
If College kids another core Obama demo also don’t support Obama….well its no longer the Lefty Blogger types then its pretty much all of the anti Bush Majority then.
On the other hand if African Americans and college kids support Obama or if even one of these groups do then well FISA is toast.
But I feel like gambling on hope right now
My suggestion, in honor of the FISA sell-out, would be: Cat Pitulation
I had a kitty born into our household who looked very much like this one. I named him Bubbles because when he was a young kitty he was always the first one to bounce into my lap when I came in to play with them. He reminded me of a bubble bouncing across the room to get to me first. But that’s not the name I’m suggesting. As the cat grew up, a few years later I regretted that I didn’t think to call him Sylvester, because he looked like Sylvester. Even more importantly, he had Sylvester’s attitude. At any rate, he’s sure a cutie! I predict you will not regret adopting this cat!
Now it’s my bedtime, so ‘nite all!
g’nite ann in az
WHy poll without informing? … just slam the print ad into those markets. The same print ad used in Steny’s district. I think it would be very effective in the AA community.
night Ann AZ
Life of Brian…I forgot all about that!
I think most polls are designed to get the results the buyer wants.. Let’s play hardball too.
seems to be Zogby’s methodology
yeah.. it was pretty funny. They ordered them to put a handicap accessibility ramp on a glorified climbing wall, among other things. But the only way to stop them permanently would be to get the federal courts to jump in and say that the city has the ability to hold public hearings on the issue.. right now, Blackwater has the upper hand because they got a federal judge to rule that the city was violating Blackwater’s constitutional rights by denying them the occupancy permit despite the zoning, or something like that. That’s when the building inspectors hit them with the ADA violations and such… but I think that was just a stalling tactic. Now its up to the 9th Circuit, and, failing that, the Supreme Court.
That kitten appears to me to be a tuxedo kitty (black and white). We have a tuxedo kitty that we have named Mittens, in reference to the white paws he has on his black legs. This kitty looks enough like ours that I recommend the name Mittens.
‘evening, folks.
oo
how about Jose Cuervo?
I have an old liquor bottle, Jose Cuervo — it’s a soccer ball with a crow head top, and the favorite of my bottle collection. Of course I am especially (perhaps too)fond of tequila. ;)
or mebbe Salvador, but I digress *g
from Huffpost:
GOP Rep: Bush “Should Stay Home” During Republican Convention
Dugg
actually.. I think he should go the convention and give a glowing speech endorsing McSame as his spiritual heir and big brother… embracing him repeatedly.. maybe even kissing him on the mouth.
If you look closely, he does resemble Ferdinand the Bull
(special link for Suz)
si?
or no?
A Ferd in the hand is worth what? /s
Well by keeping it secret I’m trying to reduce bias. Because I think that if we poll and tell people that the pro FISA position is Obama’s they might tell their friends and that would introduce a bias. Hopefully if they don’t know until we release the poll we can keep the results accurate.
I am just trying to keep things as accurate and as honest as possible if anybody has any ideas on how to do that better please chime in. I maybe wrong polling is not my specialty.
My Dad’s cat was named Mittens because she had double toes on her front paws… she would eat breakfast of Wheaties with my Dad… she also loved mashed potatoes??? but would not any meat except in her canned food…
Now that kissing part I would pay to see…
Name? Xcluv, short for exclusivity.
thanks ellie :)
Everybody know from watching detective shows that wiretaps require warrants, which require a judge to see some reason, which is commonly called “probable cause.” At least that was the case when I was a kid.
Ghetto blacks, who feel more than a bit put upon by the cops I’m told, will surely relate to that policy. It doesn’t need a lot of explanation for anyone black, white, red, yellow, or brown to relate to it. The government should stay out of my shit unless they have a real good reason and can convince a judge. That’s all we’re asking for. Nothing very profound aobut that.
Well, I was kinda arbitrary with the letter omissions.
For what it’s worth, I’m not sure McSame would have the constitutional stamina to handle the experience…
If we show our poll methodolgy and the way questions are delivered I think its called a script then we get credit for being honest and this would give us a platform to criticize all the fake polls we can expect to hear this election from both sides.
After all any poll that does not show its methodology and script we can then dismiss out of hand, after all what have they got to hide?
By the same measure, probable cause as a legal concept has shrunk to a fraction of it’s former self. They know that, too.
Ya mean the BIG ONE??? Oh
Diesel The Cat.
well
when you put (it in hand) that way . . .
lmao!
Since it’s FISA week, how about calling the cat “Feingold.”
Other suggestion for July 4th, “Doodle Dandy.” Tuxedo coat is a bit dandyish… I had a female tuxedo long ago.
off to clean for the mother of all showings… the buyer is bringing her kin up to take a look at the little cottage by the creek in the redwoods. gotta make it all sparkly and shiny so they fall in love with it too.
g’nite all
Exactly.. ANd we know the Obama campaign is very aggressively registering as many AA voters as humanly possible.
The whole lack of a stand and capitulation is about as counterintuitive as Obama could possibly get. Especially if folks actually knew what was going on.
You are so right Dave Chappelle the comedian has a great bit about African Americans knowing exactly what the laws are and the penalties. I can’t recall the wording of the joke though:(.
Good luck…and good night, Suzanne.
nite suz
F&T
G’ nite Suzanne.
good one !
Diesel Kitty
he does look like one of my favorite lolcats
dogs and cats, living together!? What is this a santorum thread!!!
good nite sleepy pup!
lol! cute! srry to mention teh santorum!
Night Suz I bet you can eat off your shinny floors… good thing your under the redwoods cause they would be needing sunglasses with all that reflected glare otherwise:>)
The whole lack of a stand and capitulation is about as counterintuitive as Obama could possibly get. Especially if folks actually knew what was going on.
Thats why we release the poll results on African American radio its cheaper plus we bypass the Main Stream Media
however we do reach Obama’s supporters much more directly than even 10 minutes on the topic on the ten o’clock news would.
Nite Suze!
{{{suz}}}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxNgnQ9m30
Ok.. now I see where you are going. All fine and dandy if this could be implemented before Tuesday morning. No?
Sharon recovering from a bad breakup at the time?
I was sooo hoping for that leadership thing happening
!@P(*&@$_(*@#&$ )#(*$_#)($*#)(
I would pay to not see that
Nite Suz!
Mark Shields I think it was on Newshour spoke of Barack’s SPRINT to the center. He said he was risking his image of “differentness”. Re “sprinting” … I tell you I’ve got whiplash (severe pain in my neck) watching him.
here :D
Who knows, we’ve been awfully lucky about delaying this shaft job from completion so far.
egregious suggested Chevy Chase
More of Bush’s legacy
MISSOULA, Mont. – The Bush administration is preparing to ease the way for the nation’s largest private landowner to convert hundreds of thousands of acres of mountain forestland to residential subdivisions.
needless to say I’m a bit on the disappointed side.
The Federal Reserve said the portfolio of Bear Stearns Cos. assets it accepted as part of the firm’s takeover by JPMorgan Chase & Co. is now worth $28.9 billion, down from the $30 billion estimated in March.
The central bank cut the “fair value” of the assets by 3.7 percent as of June 26, the Fed said today in Washington. … The central bank will provide quarterly updates on the portfolio’s value.
…
JPMorgan is absorbing the first $1.15 billion of any losses realized on the holdings.
…
The Fed is valuing the portfolio in accordance with accounting guidelines that call for an estimate based on sales in an “orderly market,” rather than a hypothetical forced liquidation.
http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/
My bold Its a good article the comments are great too!
My first question is if Bear Stearns has really *cough* only dropped in value 1.1 billion then why did the Fed shut them down and force a sale to JPMorgan Chase & Co?
My second question is an estimate based on an “orderly market” seems wrong given this economy unless the Fed can show some real buyers outside of government?
My third question is how much is this really going to cost us and will Helicopter Ben wait until after Obama is elected to spring the bad news?
nope happily married with two kids (13 and 11 now respectively). why?
Your right we need more time:( do we have any more options to stall?
true
In this real estate market are they nuts?
Heh, I’m sure the economic stimulus checks were well spent…! Pornography wouldn’t be the biggest recipient, right…?
Is this the Mars chocolate family who got screwed out of some access rights a few months back? Going to develop his way out of it..
I heard the Porno got a little bump and grind out of it….
This could be my kitty
Simon’s Cat ‘Let Me In!’
I’d pay to see shrub rub him on the head like a bald guy.
lol, almost as good as wake up n feed me :)
ya think Mc Pain would use the C**T word on him? Now that I would pay for to see and hear…
I was hoping he would start forming intelligent coalitions with the good guys. Feingold, Dodd. John Edwards. And he now has earned some empowerment. Flex those muscles, Barack. To suddenly turn pretzle … he just doesn’t seem to get the “essence” of it all. We have had a puppet at the helm for almost 8 years. I pray Barack can find his grounding and not get tied up with strings of the power brokers. Betraying your base is not strategic … it feels a tad sociopathic. (Think I have disappointment myself?)
Also, there is an arrogant ageism it feels like. Not just for McCain’s. But dissing the activists of the 60s. When the mess right now is such a parallel with Watergate times. He needs to listen to what the good guys from then learned and used to push on. Moral stuff. But he needs to depend on his personhood… not his personality with this stuff. Transcend the voice of ego … and crazymaking messages of his consultants.
I liked his cool and calm. But, need to see his heart….
Love that!
yep
It’s the long pause once the door is actually open that rings true in my house. Though my cat rarely pesters me at the door.
oh man, I could cut my fuel bill in half if I had a tailless cat!
Eureka, let us know what the kitteh’s name is.
Good night pups, and kits
She calls the female cat Melissa and the male…. throat slasher killer cat… ahem… sounds like she had an attitude with males at the moment. It is such a funny story. I was kinda making a joke … at first I thought she was a little girl… but @33… maybe she was bitter that day?
My cat screams to come in. She is deaf from old age so she doesn’t know she is screaming. I will open the front door for her and she walks through the house to be let out the back door. Sometimes in the middle of the night she will come in my room and let out a deadly meow scaring the holy crap out of me.
Nite Elliot:)
dunno, mebbe ;-)
I’ll bet that accounts for your sense of humor.
nite elliott
Mr. Votus, upon hearing the sage of the little jellical, suggested the names “Otto” (auto) and “Car-lyle”.
Best wish to the little one. We have four kittehs in this house.
night Elliot sleep well
no i think the cat was pulling her leg, telepathically. bear in mind, my wife and children really do have telepathy. not insisting anyone believe, but *I* know it’s for realsies.
“george” was and is a sweet little kitty. not mean at all. so I think he was projecting a “tough” mental image to make up for it.
Btw, folks, I don’t need to light up, I only need to inhale…!
I’ve had too much wine. Make sage saga.
Goodnight, and happy 4th!
Aloha, Votus and Elliot…! ;-)
Or maybe he was being funny. Cats do have a sense of humor. It shows up at the strangest times.
A lot of Kona gold going up in smoke in a closed enclosure??
Okay. My best to George. And how did Melissa turn out?
we knew what you meant :-) g’nite
Some is being burnt(actually, puna butter)…! ;-)
yeah. i only have experienced “cat telepathy” once but it was memorable. we had a tuxedo cat named Naughty by sharon when she was a kid (Mechant in French, she has been a total francophile since forever) and once he did something bad and a family friend squirted him with a water sprayer we used to remind our kitties not to do certain things (it was a mister not a soaker). Mechant, aghast, tried to run away by ducking trhough the “cat door” into the basement. unfortunately he hit the side of the door instead and the family friend gleefully kept spraying him. In that instant I had a mental image BLAST into my brain of the family friend’s face on an ape body with an oversized arm and the sprayer bottle shoved up his *ahem*. It was such an alien thought that I knew *instantly* it came from the cat as he successfully ducked down the cat hole to escape the spraying.
never had one since, but that one was memorable.
enjoy some for me:>)… happy 4th CT hope you and your guests are have a great time at you get together:>)
fat as a house and a total spoiled brat. she loved to jump off the floor, use my tummy as a trampoline to get to the top of our headboard and then up in the window ledge to lust after birds. you know, the soft stuttering meows they make when they see a bird and want to eat it. this would be just after sunup, usually in the summer. she also loved sitting on my chest and licking my face with her sandpaper tongue, usually after consuming fish-flavored wet cat food. jeebus, talk about bad breath, lordie!
still loved her tho. :)
I’d say…! 8-P
I hope you write (wrote) a cat book. Ya got the gift!
I’m being asked to string some 500 ct. fire cracker strings together… BRB… ;-)
come by my blogswarm. gonna put all sorts of spookly writin’ there. (can’t get the link on my name updated, sorry to blogwhore..)
Hi all. Can’t sleep.
Al is back! Again
I’ll be right back, after doing a chore….
Interesting turn of events in Canadian courts;
U. S. WAR RESISTER HAS GROUNDS TO STAY: COURT
Rules raids on Iraqi civilians violated Geneva
SNIP
I should google blogswarm? (I so admire spookly writing.) Or follow the link? With my computer it zaps me out of FDL for a while to follow a link. So I will say goodnight and go down the rabbit hole. I look forward to reading further althespook commentary! Thank you.
G’nite. Been realsie!
Time for sleep.. Good Pups…. Happy Fourth:>)
:( Hey Betsy!
Nice job over @ the Treehouse
Sleep well nahat.
Thanks Newt. I’ve been having fun the last week or so.
nite libby
nite nahant
Al, I have a request if you are interested and have the time sometime soon.
Am curious what our take on the current US pakistan situation, and if you think we will start/excellerate things into all out war there before Cheney leaves office.
I was afraid they would reject him. He claimed to have witnessed atrocities by fellow soldiers in Iraq and I thought they were discounting. Good for Canada.
thanks, newt! nite! :)
Middle East News reports:
Rice says ‘proud’ of US invasion of Iraq
US Secretary of State says Middle East improved since President George Bush took office.
Note she uses 20 million…since that is probably what’s left after the million plus dead and five million plus Iraqis who abandoned their country.
Aloha, nahant! I return with all digits intact and no measurable damage incurred… ;-)
If ya get a call and someone asks for yer presidential choice, tell em
Bob Barr cause he hates the FISA bill. A few months of that should get some attention if Obama finds himself behind in the polls.
Al,
Your tribute to your father last month was quite touching. My dad, who passed away on Guy Fawkes Day in 2005, was a Texan too. He wasn’t a pacifist like your father, but I could imagine him protecting your uncle from that mob along with your father.
As to tarring and feathering – I’ve got another faux Texan in mind…
In the “Our heads are all gonna be flying off in September” department, from earlier in the NewsBox:
Edwards, Rove to face off in UB debate
Can’t.Come.Soon.Enough.
She said “20 million,” huh? So they are counting the casualties. What a stupid slip on her part.
Can’t forget the chamberpot, either, ET…! 8-) Need to address the total experience, olofactory and all…!
oops.
thanks et but i wouldn’t wish that atrocity on anyone. let the harmony of reality take vengeance, it always does such a perfect job it’s scary…
Condi- consigned to eight years of pretending that the president has a head..sad case.
But, I hope KKKRove is locked up in the bowels of the Capitol… A more apt demise would be hard pressed to top that…! The Hague, would be better…;-)
well now we know:
9/11 third tower mystery ’solved’
from BBC World
Fire caused the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center, a final report is expected to find.
“Oh yes- the president is a very intelligent man. Just last night he got through the entire dinner without slobbering very much on his clothing.”
When he’s finally consigned to his cell in the Hague, I hope they give him one book, and one book only, for reading material…
I know which one you’re thinking of, but I would recommend “Advise and Consent” instead.
Guaranteed to teach any one in that crew the true meaning of irony.
i am planning on doing my first post on ratiocinations (my “in depth” blog) on precisely the Pakistan situation. Let’s just say that there is a reason we have been deliberately short changing the afghan theatre and it involves using pakistan as our base for an end run into the trans caucasus to fulfill the ultimate oil grab, one that will make iraq look like peanuts. it will also start world war 3, so it can only fully take place once we can have our missile shield in place to prevent the russians from nuking us back to the stone age. india gets an end to the pak threat, and china gets the siberian minerals treasurehouse so they’ll keep quiet about it. russia gets broken up for parts (as they say in the organlegging biz), the ultimate victory for the cold warriors who dreamed this insanity up. (this is also why we are cozying up to poland, czech republic, the “stan” republics in the south of russia, etc.)
Sound like tin foil hat stuff? well, when I provide the available data i suspect some of you might just change your mind on that. we’ll see. i’ll post the link here when i get it done (end of july most likely, it will be a multipart series).
I saw that at the reading shelf of a KOA campground in California a month ago, and thought of picking it up. I read it over the winter of 1973-74, as Watergate was spinning Nixon’s demise.
Playing along, until we get your post of course, are you going to suggest that Pakistan will become the 52nd state?
Bonjour everyone…. what’s up?
Where art thou, katymine?
Happy Fourth!
Dood, I await with bated breath…! Not a big surprise on the analysis…! I won’t disagree one iota…! ;-)
no it will become part of india. we will put puppet governments into the trans caucasus region with “friendly” forces (ours and nato) to garrison them and make sure we get the oil and the money from its sale.
BTW, once iran doesn’t get attacked, oil will drop back to around $100 a barrel. you heard it here first.
*poof*
Aloha, Al…! *g*
It is the 5th here… I am at St Emillion which is east of Bordeaux….
tomorrow the Med coast….
Bonjour katymine. Any food prOn for us?
Good heavens, we’ve come to this. Canada is saying we’re committing war crimes. What’s worse, they’re probably right.
Hi Katymine. Hungry? I still have .
leftovers: http://picasaweb.google.com/Te…..4437761202
Sounds awesome, Katy! ;-)
In Saint-Malo there is a restaurant called the Bistro du Solidior which servers food that replayed the scene out of Harry Meets Sally over shrimp and scallops…. OMG it was heaven….
That place was soo good we went two nights there and every bite was out of this world…. Bought a pint of strawberries from the grocery store … you could smell them…. everyone in the crate tasted like bites from heaven…
Haven’t had a bite that didn’t have TONS of flavor…
My favorite traveler. Friggin’ good wine country, my dear.
Katymine, I have family in St Malo!
That was the plan….. eat….. drink…. and not necessarily right after but drive around France….. ;)
Scenary wise it pretty much looks like western Oregon/WA with lots of farming and less pine trees
Well darn it.. I just lost a reply, rebooted to see the big *poof*.
Hi katymine in Europe.. Have some good chocolate for me..
Time for this firedog to turn in
G’ nite fabulous firedogs
It’s at roughly the same latitude. That’s supposedly why it’s good wine country around here.
nite ET
wow… small world… we stayed in a B&B that was run by two middle aged women who put us in the “Divine” room and every time they referred to it they giggled…..
So wonder what the story about the “Divine” room…
The less miles, the more food and wine, the more you see of France. Both Ms ET and I subscribe to that.
I’m partial to the white Rieslings of the Mosel river valley myself… But, that’s me…! ;-)
Between Betsy and katymine, I’m hungry after midnight. Again.
nite eureka
Aloha, ES!
Goodnight, ET.
How long will you be there?
Nite TexBetsy. Wish I’d have been able to be at your BBQ. Sorry I haven’t been around more to chat with you.
And goodnith, ES. Can’t keep up.
Nite to all…. heading down for the petite Dejour….. and my next stop is an inn in a winery….. on the Med coast near Spain… Hugs for everyone
Will leave France for Italy on the 6th… and then fly to Crete on the 9th… then 9 days of soaking up the sun by the pool at my favorite spot in Greece…
Glad to see you tonight.
nite, Cujo…
People are saying “nite” to me. Makes me miss spending more time at this place – the truest community I know of on the web.
Personally, I think they erred on the initials, ET…! ;-)
I’m gonna try sleep one more time. Night all.
Considering the night is still young for us, btw, has the sun set yet…? ;-)
Good Luck, Tex! Pain-free sleep wishes to ya!
Could be. Everyone knows I’m not big on the “goodnight” thing. Partially, ’cause, like you, I’m way further out west, and partially, ’cause right now it is not dark here – and won’t be for another 33 days…
good luck betsy
scrammin, too
nite pups
Sounds wonderful, Katymine. Have fun.
What CTuttle said, TexBetsy.
Think it’s time for me to roll on out of here, too. I just looked at the clock. It doesn’t seem like night time when they’re still setting off fireworks. Goodnight, all.
Aloha, Newt!
Way late to this party, I just got back from another one.
too late to suggest a name for the cat?
How about Freddy.
Freddy Fender.
Heh, the Land of the Midnight Sun, eh…? ;-)
Aloha, Cujo!
Ahh, that’d be the tamest name ya concocted yet…! ;-)
*sigh* I’m talkin to myself…! Aloha Oe!!!
I’m getting old. although I have to admit it wasn’t my first choice.
BWAHHHHHHHAHAHAHA!
Aloha CTuttle.
I’m out too. Farmers market in 4 hrs – 60mi r/t, but high season is irresistible. Hoping for raspberries.
Good morning. Who’s up?
morning eCAHN
Mornin’ all!
What’s on my mind? Hmm! Just that a cafe in Sumatra that I used to spend hours each evening in was a potential target of Jemaah Islamiyah bombers last summer. Apparently they actually had planted several bombs in the cafe but then decided to abort the attacks because it would have killed too many Indonesians and not enough Westerners.
The cafe was the Bedudal Cafe, and was one of the few places in the region that the gay and lesbian, artistic and literary community could feel comfortable in, as well as attracting a smattering of tourists and expats (usually married to local guys). I suppose that was one of their “sins”, that and the fact that they served beer. Frequently local schoolkids would come in and ask to practice their English. Maybe the fact that travellers did that sort of stuff changed their minds. Actually the numbers of Westerners in this place was rarely more than a third of the clientele, and then only a handful.
Really odd that they would go after this place that is hardly on the “tourist trail” anymore.
Good morning, pups. It’s Collins and Herbert today. La Collins says “We Love a Parade,” and that back in the days of yore, hundreds of thousands of people would turn out just to see a couple of political banners. Mr. Herbert finds “Cause for Alarm,” and says symbols of patriotism have replaced the hard work and sacrifice required to keep a great nation great. Gee, ya think? I hope he’s wearing his flag pin…
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The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got a big selection of bagels and cream cheese. I don’t have any kitten name suggestions, but that is a seriously cute kitten. We usually wait until they tell us what their names are. Hoover’s name was self-evident!
Christy’s upstairs, so pull up a chair…
No, they just want to complain about the stupid people that buy in a place difficult to protect from forest fires.
The kitten is adorable! Looks like you have a keeper.
Al, wow. Saturday Cat Blogging such a natural for you. Eagerly await next Saturday. Thanks for the honorable mention. “Inky’s Last Romp,” such an enticing yet ominious title. A hoot.
This week I was thinking of James Thurber (heard Cavett reading Walter Mitty on NPR). Inky’s story reminded me a bit of Thurber’s The Night The Bed Fell. But less wordy … for this modern-day A.D.D. generation(s).
So from World War 3.0.1 to Saturday Cat Blogging. A gamut of priorities. :) Hope you check back and get this.