Nada Surf!

ES!

ES!

Eureka!

Good evening all *g*

Digg it right now for Eureka Springs!

evening ES and all.

shoot. i didn’t realize that krugman is going to be hear wednesday. and i haven’t read his book. damn.

Dugg. Thanks neuro

Eureka, for some reason the Nada Surf vid won’t play on my end — but the Moe vid works. Odd…

Morning, all! Long time no see!

Both play fine for me, after a slight stutter with Nada.

Hey RonD

Hey RonD!

RonD!

Hey selise! I’m in the same boat… didn’t know his salon was so soon and I am to far behind on my reading pile to worry about it now.

YouTube was / may still be doing maintenance tonight. Anyone else have troubles?

both videos play for me.

Yo stranger… welcome blog home…)

Hi RonD, how are ya?

newt, thanks — will exercise some more patience with the Nada Surf ;-)

Damn…Krugman, huh? How’s everyone been?

Thanks!
A dip in the Lake is long overdue.

Ah, it’s playing now :-)

it would have been nice to be able to participate in that discussion…. maybe i’ll go sit in the library or the book store (they have comfy chairs and coffee!) for a couple of hours tomorrow and at least read a bit.

Morning, all! Long time no see!

Goes for me too.

You worry about elections and stuff. Shit doesn’t get done. Suddenly, you’ve got a whole lot of shit to wade through.

I’m not out of it yet, but I’m getting closer. (Sigh!)

Pretty well…I had a harmonic convergence of stressful situations at my house, but it’s getting better, and a lot better in another week or two. Been lurking some, but just too shot out to have anything intelligent to add. You? Nice holiday?

didn’t know his [Krugman’s] salon was so soon and I am to far behind on my reading pile to worry about it now.

Krugman’s one of my main heros. Behind or not, I’ve got to see what he has to say.

too far behind on my reading pile to worry about it now.

Read the first page of every chapter. That will at least enable you to participate.

And all this time I thought you might just be one of those fellows who gives up the fight… when the next round is just about to get interesting. /s

I have to say… Greenwald was a must read today!

Oh, I won’t miss it.

Oh boy, I hope those stressful situations have smoothed out for you…nothing like added stress at holiday time, huh?

Great holiday here, and thank you for asking :-)

You been keeping them honest?
(((selise)))

hey if ES doesn’t mind and if i remember the rules correctly (that we’re allow one pimp link per day?)…. it’s been 5 months since my last diary so i’m about due.

it’s only the first bit, but i’ve already put a lot of work into it (and there is lots more to do) - the idea is to make a series on the legislative history for the various financial deregulation decisions that contributed to the current financial and economic crisis.

anyway, the summary post is an intro and on why otc derivatives (including credit default swaps) are not regulated. that part is at oxdown: Which Idiot Decided Not to Regulate Credit Default Swaps? and the weedy details are in a timeline with links to old hearing transcripts, bills, gao report, etc: Financial Regulation Timeline. for anyone who’s read one of my fisa diaries, this is sorta in the same tradition as those.

some day i might eventually post it at dailykos too, but it seemed only right to do it here first.

ok. thanks. back to your regularly scheduled music and fun.

lol. i guess we’re all just trying to keep each other honest….. not that we’ve figured out what that means yet.

DOn’t mind at all… Hugh posted a really good diary today as well.

yes, i thought it was awesome.

I’m so out of the loop this week, as I’m entertaining an out of town guest. Trying to check in here when I can. Just want to say that I appreciate everyone’s hard work and diligence on the issues at hand.

(((( Firepups ))))

evening ES

How are the states going to make money with a slowing economy cutting their tax revenues?
I say tax Pot FDR after all legalized beer again and taxed it after prohibition. The anti drug nuts can choose to vote whether to legalize it or not state by state. Lets direct where the next GOP Crusade will be fought (they need a cause they need to fight) so lets give them a cause of our own choosing Nationwide.
So then what happens a few Blue states then vote to legalize pot and the red states don’t then the red states will be forced to raise taxes, which is always a popular move in a Recession.
Other Blue States see what is happening and join the bandwagon.
End result our states by not raising taxes and not having to cut services will get out of the recession first!

I’ll second that group hug (((((Firepups)))))

And good evening SunnyN

You guys are the best..I’ve missed you all so much.
Gotta fade.
Goodnight, all. The best of all possible tomorrows to you all.

Oh.. I missed watertigers thread tonight.. Anyone want to fill me in on what trouble Petrocelli has been having lately?

And all this time I thought you might just be one of those fellows who gives up the fight… when the next round is just about to get interesting. /s

No way in hell!!! But I do have to make a living, and elections make me neglect my duties for a time, which creates a need to catch up, which has not yet completely happened. I’ll be sporadic for a while longer.

So far, I’m far less complacent about Obama’s cabinet choices than say Jane, Glenn, Christy, and … Sure, we always knew he was a center-rightist. And surely we knew it after his about-face on FISA. And, if that failed, most certainly after his about-face on the “success of the surge.”

Someone asked him with respect to his cabinet: “So where’s the change?” He repied: “The change will come from me.”

Okaayy! I’ll be waiting to see it.

In Courtroom Showdown, Bush Demands Amnesty for Spying Telecoms

From Wired Threat Level The next round of the battle over FISA and the Telecom Immunity that we all fought so hard to stop!!
This fight over Immunity is not over yet, the EFF is basing their argument on the fact that you can legislate immunity after the fact and that it is a violation of the public’s 4th Amendment against unlawful search and seizure!
I sure hope this does not become precedent that laws can be changed after a crime has been committed!

And tax wiretappers.. 10K a tap. *g*

ES, I think Petro was worried about family and friends in Mumbai and the surrounding area.

Agreed… In short (very short). We have to treat Obama like we should have treated Clinton.

Oh no..

G’night RonD, great to see you again!

well, I think that was probably a reference to the tragedy in Mumbai, where he has family and friends

don’t know the specifics of who he knew that was affected by that incident

I’m not sure of all the details, as I’ve been skimming — but that seems to be the gist of what I read earlier.

((( Petro )))

thanks for the link… am glad the story isn’t over yet.

Hi Selise: God bless you for this extensive research. (It’ll take me much more time that I have now to do it justice, but the topic is vital.)

hey, nahant.

have you done your duty?

G’night all, and thanks ES, as always :-)

Gee you should tell that to the Governator… by the way according to an Ad that airs here in the Bay area California gets 100 million in tax revenue from the medical pot stores. Just think of just how much they could make if it were completely legal!!

Thanks for the musical treat

G nite LL

thanks wigwam. i’ve got a long way to go… it’s a much bigger project than i thought it would be. but i’ll update the time line as i read more and probably as i get tips and links.

argosfalcon - Wow man… your still alive! Good to see you. Are we still semi neighbors?

nite ll and rond. think i’m going to try to sleep too. thanks es!

Yes still here strangely enough and just over the boarder so to speak.

We have to treat Obama like we should have treated Clinton.

Slap him up side the head?

Long time ago just been busy reading the FISA story.. Hoping this goes all the way to SCOTUS and they void the law! At least the retroactive immunity part.

With progressive legislation, yes. *g*

The big three want a bailout the GOP is insisting on Union pay cuts. What do you want to bet that Consumer Spending over the holidays in states with lots of auto workers will tank if there is no bailout, or even if there is a bailout but with Union pay/benefits cuts? What do you want to bet those Consumer Spending numbers will be higher than in other states?
In other words we blame the GOP for ANY down turn in the economy!
In other word we will be able to show a link between cutting Union jobs and lower Consumer Spending to the people to explain the economy getting worse! We can blame the GOP!
Rush Limbaugh will be forced then to counter by repeating his blame tax increases on the rich/blame Obama meme. Right as the economy is getting worse right as blue collar workers are loosing their homes Rush will be wanting to Save Rich People from Higher Taxes?
I want that fight!

Well that’s good news… Careful… these old hills have a tricky way of making you happy to call them home. *G*

ANyway, the vids.. anytime amigo… Thought these were better than a lot of professionally made YouTubes I see. And belive me.. I see a lot of them. About 10,000 this year.

In my long recovery I have often wondered are we seeing new ideas dressed in vintage clothes or the other way round.

One can wish.

And ES I think I know what you mean about these hills.

What FISA story?

I was thinking they go in general population in a real prison. Just think how much money those poor prisoners could exhort as protection from those guys. Imagine how much money would go into finding a cure for AIDS if the elite political class suddenly had to worry about it?
Same with TB and any disease that antibodies can’t kill. National Healthcare would pass easy then.

Oh Boy Boston Legal is going back to SCOTUS next week for a rematch Denny and Alan are arguing that patients should be able to get experimental drugs for their disease that is killing them!

If it were legal to grow, maybe not ;-)

As a former vintage clothing expert.. you remind me of all the reservable clothing they used to make.

Is the ad to legalize Pot whats Arnold’s position on the issue. Oregon and Washington will legalize pot if the choice is between that or raising taxes.
Our 30% hate taxes more than immorality. We need to divide cheapskates from anti drug nuts. Divide and Conquer! A wedge issue of our own!

The part of the FISA and Telecom immunity!

SAN FRANCISCO — The Bush administration on Tuesday will try to convince a federal judge to let stand a law granting retroactive legal immunity to the nation’s telecoms, which are accused of transmitting Americans’ private communications to the National Security Agency without warrants.

If they really wanted to eradicate Pot, they could have accomplished it a long time ago by legalizing hemp. The cross-pollination would probably wipe out Pots’ genes.

Well lets hope its the outside packaging that has a vintage covering and does not have reversible elements in key areas. But we have far to many day of the “W” left before we have to worry. Well worry too much.

hmmm, I wonder, if the judge doen’t rule on that by Jan. 20, what would Obama’s DOJ do with the case?

Wow… How did this slip up on us without a warning prior to a day in advance?

Actually the ad is for a local college with courses in how to make $$$ in the hemp business. The ad also says that there has never has been a case in the emergency room of an overdose of pot in history. But the legal drug alcohol has how many cases of overdose?? Also that there is absolutely no proof that pot use leads to harder drugs!

Well I will pop in more often now that the medical fun is over with for this year. Night all and stay warm.

I knew they were going to fight it I just didn’t know when it would be hitting the court!! Keeping fingers and toes crossed the judge rules in the favor of our constitution!

Not going to happen the GOP needs crusades to fight. Drugs never go away, just brown people and their voting rights.
I think states that take away your voting rights for life after a crime should not be able to count that person as far as the census goes for determining electoral votes.
I wonder how many red states would lose how many electoral votes?

We need a National Campaign!

Yes we do.. I was thinking today… what if the best of the D’s oversight was during the last two years? I mean do we think they are about to expose all kinds of *hit while they are in control?

And then I tried to convince myself it was an especially pessimistic thought…….

Is your favorite band a sellout?

Selling out can be defined as any action that puts money and celebrity as a priority over art and paying respect to one’s loyal following. There are shades of gray, and mitigating circumstances.

(take the quiz)

Nite Argo! Hope next years is much better for you on the health front… I know how hard it can be on you and your family..

Please do… and take care.

Same here. I started it and that’s about it.

Someone recently did a post on that. (Julia, I think). It’s a huge problem… and the advantage for GOPers and their districts skews heavily in their favor.

I have as much a problem with for profit prisons as I do for profit MIC… but that’s another story.

LOL

Selling out can be defined as any action that puts money and celebrity as a priority over art and paying respect to one’s loyal following. There are shades of gray, and mitigating circumstances. I think, for instance, we can all agree on the Willie Nelson Rule: Any artist who once owed more than $10 million in back taxes and helped start Farm Aid can be forgiven for a Taco Bell commercial and a couple of Christmas albums.

The banks won’t loan money to get the economy going but if we pass a geed bailout with a plan that makes hybrid cars and does not cut union pay and benefits then the banks will feel better about loaning money to the car companies and consumers wanting to buy cars especially if there is a tax credit.
People want hybrid cars they are the new status symbol.
Plus does the GOP have any ideas of their own to get the banks to lend?

I’m also disturbed that the NSA transmitted (outsourced) our telephone conversations to contractors in Israel, e.g.:

emptywheel November 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
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In response to James Bamford @ 33 (show text)

We had some discussion the other day about the centrality of Israeli contractors doing this work: in addition to Narus (which got a lot of press related to the Kline revelations), you detail about 5 other major Israeli companies doing the US’ (and other governments’) eavesdropping.

To what degree is this a strategy pushed by the government of Israel itself? And what have the politics been like in Congress regarding this?

To which Bamford replies:

James Bamford November 23rd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
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In response to emptywheel @ 38 (show text)

It is hard to say how much it is being pushed by the Israeli government. But I think where so much eavesdropping is being contracted out to private firms, it is critical that Congress look into what foreign connections these firms have. I’m sure NSA would love to have some of its most important U.S. contractors have contracts to eavesdrop on foreign countries.

So, it is an open secret that your and my phone conversations are being monitored by contractors in Israel.

Nite

So, it is an open secret that your and my phone conversations are being monitored by contractors in Israel.

Bend, ye: nettin’ Yahoo.com

I did hear about that and the pillow talk that was listened to and passed around… Seems there is a lot more to it than meets the eye!! Bastards they should be prosecuted and sued till they fail and need to go bankrupt and then broken up.

LOL!

Nite TCU

Time to donate to those freedom fighters, EFF and ACLU.

nite tcu…sleep well my friend.

wish I had the $$$ to do so but I am on their list servers and do sign the petitions as they ARE trying to protect all of us!

NSA: Yitzhak’s your ears

The defining quote of Bush’s administration:

BUSH: I don’t know — the biggest regret of all the presidency has to have been the intelligence failure in Iraq. A lot of people put their reputations on the line and said the weapons of mass destruction is a reason to remove Saddam Hussein. It wasn’t just people in my administration; a lot of members in Congress, prior to my arrival in Washington D.C., during the debate on Iraq, a lot of leaders of nations around the world were all looking at the same intelligence. And, you know, that’s not a do-over, but I wish the intelligence had been different, I guess.

So, in the Bush Administration, exactly who takes responsibility for that “intelligence failure”? The head of the CIA at the time, George Tenet, was given a Medal of Freedom after the fact. Condoleeza Rice, the National Security Chief, was promoted to Secretary of State. So, exactly whom does George W. Bush hold responsible for that “failure of intelligence”?

Obama?

Bill Clinton of course.

I’ve got a big local concert with kids tomorrow, so I wasn’t able to track Sarah in Georgia as well as I should have. but she did seem rather restrained. I think she’s got better handlers, which means she’s gonna be long-term…

It’s amazing he never used nukes on millions of innocent people… just amazing.

t’s amazing he never used nukes on millions of innocent people… just amazing.

Thank God for small favors.

… she [Gov. Palin] did seem rather restrained. I think she’s got better handlers, which means she’s gonna be long-term…

From what I saw on Rachel and Olbermann tonight, Sarah looked pretty foolish.

He still has fifty days,,, Don’t tempt fate please… You know you can’t trust a Bush unless you have two in your hand /s

As I described it in a comment at my place, “typically vacuous,” but she is exhibiting evidence of some behind-the-scenes training and scripting by backstage handlers more savvy on how to present her than were the McCain folks.

beware malleable raw material

Palin should be slammed for supporting Saxby Chambliss, a rancid piece of crap who slandered decorated veteran hero triple amputee Max Cleland in defeating him in 2002. Palin shamelessly uses her son’s military service as one of her family props, yet supports this slimeball who destroyed a veteran hero’s political career with vicious lies about his patriotism.

Hey pups I forgot to mention it but the installation of the Solar is completed as of late today. I can’t turn it on officially until it gets inspected but It was turned on today as a test of the system and it passed. Unfortunately we had heavy fog and it was after 4PM so it didn’t generate very much, just enough for a few light bulbs or so…. But it works and I can’t wait for the city to come and inspect it so I can go online. The last few steps will be to close up all the areas that need inspecting and for PG&E to install the digital meter that will go backwards!!
I will be posting an update to mu Diary sometime tomorrow with all the pictures!!

not to suggest that I feel strongly about it, or anything…

Well said but I might have used a few of Busted’s well used words of disdain from the peoples language of the street!

yeah, don’t hold back or anything :~)

fire away!

Time for this ol’ pup to turn in.

Good night firedogs

here is a quote from Chambliss’s Wikipedia article:

“Chambliss was criticized for remarks he made during a November 19, 2001 meeting with first responders in Valdosta, Georgia, where he said that homeland security would be improved by turning the sheriff loose to “arrest every Muslim that crosses the state line.” Chambliss apologized for the remarks.[5]”

I am sure that Palin would wholeheartedly agree.

nite eureka

except she wouldn’t apologize.

She’d be right, of course. Cause Muslims don’t have which doctors casting out evil spirits.

Nite ES

jeez…
witch doctors…

nite all

nite pups

nite pups…

Strangers in a strage land…people that have a conscienceness that preclude logic, ethics and morals who live under an authoritarian system will defy all logic. “Stepford Wives”…welcome to their world the last 3 decades. They dismantled the DOJ, the regulatory system, the constitution, the public medical services, the infrastructure, the forirgn services, the domestic intelligence, the foriegn intelligence, the state department, the financial markets, the housing stock, the climate,the monetary system and the global economy. Thet have caused untold pain, financial loss, deaths, starvation of billions and the destruction of species.
I have in my 71 years never imagined the destruction that the neocons unleashed on this planet in the name of God.

The Bush administration has lied for a year saying that “…the economy is fundamentally strong” to quote Chimp. Lied for a year now Obama is putting the head of CBO in charge of the WH budget office. Change for the worse…obuscating…

Attaturk is upstairs!
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