ZED!

Evening Suz(:>))
I guess it’s wabbit night!!

hey nahant – how is the bay area tonight? got phones again?

DIGG IT Pups!!

thanks for opening the digg nahant

Gnight everyone.

Check under yer beds for pirates.

-G

Cold and Damp, kept trying to rain but just spit enough to get the ground wet now and then.
As for phones that was south San Jose and on down 101.
Hows every thing on the bay?

was drizzly here with gray clouds for most of the day. rained overnight but by sunset, the skies were clearing.

Hey, Suzanne, growing up as a twin (fraternal/boy-girl), was interestesting, but grandmommying little identical twin boys is an absolute hoot! I learn more and more about human beings each day just watching these little boys. We could all be so much more savvy if we just observed human behavior with a sense of humor and a good dash of love, dontcha know!

hey dwr1 – how’s socal tonight? you musta been tired scampering around after the little guys.

what’s on my mind? Space Nazis, and those who love them so, S.

It worries me, I must tell you

;>)

hey db – how’s life north of the border?

I can finally go out of doors at night without suiting up for the moon – Quite refreshing, S. How’s beach life?

I grew up with twin younger sisters. certainly was a challange as there were also two older sisters and an oldest brother, stuck between four girls yikes. But I do love em.
I have since raised six 3 of each and boy do you need a sense of humor and now there are 6 grand kids!! Kids are a hoot!

Central Coast — the Rincon area — was gorgeous in the last couple of days. Some rain; choppy waves; dolphins near shore in Santa Barbara; low clouds over the mountains today — lovely, really. And the twin boys educate me (totally oblivious that they are giving their granny another graduate degree!) every day about how people come to be. Just an amazing education. I’m grateful.

hahahaha has been a mix of damp and glorious sunshine. still wearing fleece tho

sorry – i tend to think of the sb area as so cal instead of the southernmost city in the central coast

sorry, that was for db at 13

Hey Suz, love the tune/toon. Especially watching Bugs evolve.

It’s a coast thing. Over the Great Divide, spring is when the mud thaws and the rocks hitting the windshield get smaller around here.

;>)

hey newton – thanks, great synchronization by the maker. i prefer the 50’s bugs not the 30’s

oh dear – am glad that i’m not dealing with that. tis so forking green here – reminds of me the redwood forest i formerly lived in but with cedars instead of redwoods

Hey, Suz, I grew up in the Santa Clara Valley and surround — I have no idea where the lines are drawn — but I hear that I live on the Central Coast, and I’m okay with that. I’m actually in Oxnard, ”More than just a pretty name” — daughter and family are in Santa Barbara. And I guess that Santa Barbara does not align with Los Angeles — and I get that.

DoD may force some Bush appointees out with ethics pledge
Ha ha ha ha ethics??? these ReichWingnuts have no idea what ETHICS are!!

sb is so much prettier than the la basin – i would wanna not be associated with that sprawl either.

excellent. LOL!

ethics are for the little people

hey sunny – how’s life where you are? spring or snow?

We have grape hyacinth and dandelions growing at present in my front flower bed. Waiting for the red-orange poppies to bud.

woohoo margot – does that mean no more snow?

my peony has leaf buds starting. i was talking to spidey today and her peony is in bloom.

I used to have that but then the developer man came slithering down the apple tree, and all the loinclothed natives fell from their state of grace into a big pile of property taxes.
Bye bye emerald shores…Hello snow-whipped wastes. Oh, well, it’ll be underwater in 20, anyway.

;>)

there are 7 apple trees here on the 2 acres. they are starting to get leaf buds too. i hope my landlord doesn’t get it enter her mihd to listen to the developer man.

I recall, with pleasure, seeing forsythia blossom in Chicago and in Cincinnati during my many years in the midwest — and crocus coming up through the snow. Re-emergence. Wonderfulness.

Beds of daffs in bloom! After two days of snow this week, I am very hopeful. Leaving tomorrow morning for a week at “les parents” near Philadelphia. Dad very sick. Thanks all.
More later.

dwr1 – i moved here beginning of october. am looking forward to seeing what the plants are and the blooms. my landlord loves to garden and has had this place for 25 years – 17 of which it was a bed and breakfast. i just know it is going to be glorious when stuff starts to bloom.

They will – It’s the siren song of filthy lucre in a world gone mad, just a matter of time before they fall under its wicked pocket-fattening spell.

;>)

Balmy & basky… 70s tomorrow.

(Two days ago 32 – my basil is not looking good)

oh christine e – i’m so sorry to hear about your dad. sending some warm healing positive thoughts along with my prayers.

fuck

speaking of warm healing positive thoughts, wasn’t katymine having more tests done today? has anyone heard from her?

(((CE’s Dad)))

db – are you still in the bc area?

No, I left the coast and that province entirely. The lower mainland has really become unlivable.

Fun! Keep us up to date as wonderfulness emerges.

No…we have old sheets to cover the plants just in case of frost, though.
I hadn’t heard that song before, what a great job matching it to the cartoon!

crap – was thinking of driving up to bc as soon as i get my passport and was gonna offer to buy ya a cup

Thank you Suzanne,
I’ll be back by Wednesday — no wireless there, and I’ll probably be in the hospital for the few days we will be at Riddle hospital.
Hoping for the best, and will be seeing family. Dad, my jazz band drummer, is sad that he is missing his Friday night cocktail hour of music, and the DANCE they put on twice a month. He is 87. Such a man.

cake is the same group that does this – one of their better known songs

Hugs Chris, you are in my thoughts.

(((((chris)))))

fingers and toes crossed for him ce – and for you – this has to be so hard for you.

driving up to bc as soon as i get my passport

Dodging the draft, eh? Don’t fall for the old ‘ugly luggage’ refusal, those border cops like winding up Americans when they’re not knitting doilies.

;>)

Lawsuit: Firms sold poison gas ingredients to Iraq

HAGERSTOWN, Md. – Three companies illegally sold materials to Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1980s for making chemical weapons that were used to carry out attacks against thousands of Iraqi Kurds and ultimately caused scores of chronic ailments, according to a federal lawsuit.

The complaint filed Tuesday in Baltimore by five Iraqi expatriates and the Nashville, Tenn.-based Kurdish National Congress seeks class certification for an estimated 100,000 Kurds. The Republic of Iraq is also named as a defendant.

The lawsuit alleges that as a result of the attacks, thousands of Kurds suffered chronic disabilities including respiratory ailments, fatigue, joint pain, rashes, vision problems and sleep disorders, making it difficult for them to hold steady jobs.

The group is seeking unspecified damages from VWR International LLC of West Chester, Pa.; Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., of Waltham, Mass.; and Alcolac Inc., of Cumberland, Md.

Margot, Newt, Suz,
Thanks and see you next week!

Best wishes to your family, Christine. A jazz drummer, eh? You must have raised him right.

;>)

*making mental note to leave my knitting needles and yarn at home*

Best wishes for your Dad (((chris))).

fuckers – bet the assholes hunt up the law firm that defended the bopal poison disaster

Peonies… best scent of all. Do you have any rhodys? Ones we saw on the Olympic Penn knocked me out – had no idea they could be so huge and abundant.

Thanks so much dear! I will check in on Tuesday, next week.

have some huge rhoddys that may be as old as the house (which is 100). they are tree sized and full of flower buds. none has flowered yet. the apricot camellia, however, is starting to drop its bloom (or else the winds at the back of the house are the culprit)

CE, give your dad a big hug from all of us who would have enjoyed a jazz drummer dad……I’m smiling. Life is all encompassing……love your dad and love him for those of us who think well of him.

More than likely Suz. But still I hope they get their coffers emptied & those who were behind the sales spend a long time behind bars!

halliburton has the dick cheney defense – delay, stall, lie, delay some more. very similar to the exxon valdez defense

And Mark Penn’s PR firm Burson-Marsteller, which Union Carbide has some ‘history’ with.

double crap – hit the dayam submit button too soon – i wonder what company these companies are subsidiaries of?

Oh, that’s perfectly innocuous unless you can you’re in the middle of some sort of al-qaeda blazer. It’s the real sketchy skells that get the cavity search.

;>)

that’s the firm i was trying to think of. thanks newton

that dood is gonna require more than just double gloving.

Thanks so much my friend. Joe Ennis is not only a jazz drummer, but a recipient of the Silver Star and many other awards. He was a tail gunner. Thank you all for your concern.

Please take pix! Wondering if you can grow raspberries on the coast.

Had some of the best ever from the Seattle Public Market. When woman there learned I wanted to fly some home, she sent me to another dealer who had picked hers more recently. Impressive, but so many things about that area are.

Don’t tell him that, he might start to cry. One of the new breed of male, shows his emotions at the drop of a cue card.

;>)

i think so – there are scads of blackberry bushes around here – remind me of the redwoods – and i can make blackberry sauce for ice cream this year. yeah! i do take pics but mainly of the bay. i’ve been snapping pics of the daffs and fleabane and posting them. the butterfly bush is green again and i can’t wait until it blooms.

another republican crying crocodile tears for ratings is more like it

Too many times we get off-tracked by ’stuff’ — and I’m re-learning with little twin baby grandchildren that life is such a gift. Your father is a gift to you and yours. Let him know, please, that there is a world of blog folks who know of him and care about him and admire his life and wish him the best. Love is a big mist of stuff from all around……available and kind of warm and sweet.

I blame the Internets.

;>)

hahahaha

Oh, I follow your pictures – but not every day. Usually play catch-up.

When you get some berries I’ll post the best evah pie recipe. Berries and booze.

oooooh, sounds delish already – what kinda booze?

Generally use blackberry brandy. Not sure that’s what the recipe calls for..

oooh – i’ll have to try it with that and then have to try with chambord to see which i like better. i tend to use chambord with berry pies that are not strawberry.

A shame that these unstable authoritarian types are drawn to politics instead of commercial ant farming or clownshoe modeling – Of course, when they show their ass in public now it’s around the world twice before the hour is up, so the entertainment factor is higher…But there ought to be a ‘rubber gun squad’ for politicians.

;>)

the ants would outsmart them and their size issues forked up clownshoe modeling

Fed Said to Order Banks to Stay Mum on ‘Stress Test’ Results

April 10 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Federal Reserve has told Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other banks to keep mum on the results of “stress tests” that will gauge their ability to weather the recession, people familiar with the matter said.

The Fed wants to ensure that the report cards don’t leak during earnings conference calls scheduled for this month. Such a scenario might push stock prices lower for banks perceived as weak and interfere with the government’s plan to release the results in an orderly fashion later this month.

“If you allow banks to talk about it, people are just going to assume that the ones that don’t comment about it failed,” said Paul Miller, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets in Arlington, Virginia.

judas forking priest nahant. that sure as hell doesn’t sound lie transparency

errrr like transparency

This is the recipe. Came from cooks.com, but think originated with the excellent Silver Palate folks. Great with blackberries too.

Cassis isn’t my favorite. Usually use blackberry brandy (it’s cheap and yummy). Have also done with grand marnier and like that.
When I use prepared pie crust sheets, I roll sugar onto the top lattice crust – compensates for the commercial shortening taste.

RED RASPBERRY PIE

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4 c. raspberries, picked over
1 c. granulated sugar
1/4 c. Creme de Cassis (black currant liqueur)
4 tbsp. cornstarch
1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
Pinch of salt
1 recipe pie crust
2 tbsp. butter
3 paper-thin slices lemon

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Toss raspberries and sugar together in a mixing bowl. Whisk Cassis and cornstarch together in a small bowl until smooth. Stir Cassis mixture, lemon juice and salt gently into berries.

Roll out 2/3 of the pastry and line the pie pan; leave edges untrimmed. Spoon in the berries, dot with butter, and arrange lemon slices overlapping slightly in the center of the berries.

Roll out remaining pastry into 10-inch round and cut into 1/2-inch strips. Arrange over berries in a lattice pattern. Trim overhanging pastry; bring edge of lower crust over lattice and crimp edge.

Set on the middle rack of the oven and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Lower heat to 350 degrees and bake for another 30 to 40 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbling.

Sounds like a fucking curtain to me. “Don’t look behind the curtain”!

Nice shell game they’re playing there. But the jig is about to be up.

;>)

i like to sprinkle pie crust with sugar before baking – the crust browns up so nicely from the caramelization. is mandatory on store bought crusts.

YUMMY!!!!

that was a great forking show. would love to see an interview like that on the talking head shows on sun morns or 60 minutes sun nites.

Don’t forget the cinnamon mixed with that sugar Suz!

that worked out so well for the wizard (/s)

i can’t wait for the apple crop this year. gonna have to stock up on cinnamon

Got it right the first time.

Right but not for the rest of us…

sorry, was my freud showing (laughing)

Ya gonna send me an apple pie from those apples in the yard??

I’m of the opinion that Americans should start thinking very seriously about just who is in on the con and who is not.

It’s passing unwise hiring horse thieves to look after Secretariat, no?

;>)

no shit db – is getting dayam hard to figure out who are the good guys in all this

D.U.N.G.: Parody of National Organization of Marriage Ad
Ha Ha Ha!!

hahahahaha pisses me off they forked up the nom nom nom lolcat usage

IMO, a good litmus test would be anyone blocking or marginalizing investigations into the previous admin, or anyone who had a hand in creating the conditions that led to the current financial fiasco…Somebody chumps a job while lining their pockets at the same time, they don’t get the Mulligan but the bill for the greens fees instaed.

;>)

Madfloridian’s Journal
When corporate interests collide with public schools. Neil and Babs Bush and the software program..

the software that has been the subject of investigations. We posted about it here a lot a couple of years ago. But this is good time to remember that when corporate and political interests hold sway and affect public schools, there is no good outcome.

Neil Bush’s software program was unabashedly pushed into public schools in several states. I know it was sort of forced on some counties in Florida by political means. I don’t know if the software called Ignite is good or not, that is not the point of this post. Here is the website of Neil’s company.

First off the financing is questionable, and it may have given foreign voices a chance to have a voice in our public schools.

Finances
To fund Ignite!, Neil Bush and others raised $23 million from U.S. investors, including his parents, Barbara Bush and George H.W. Bush, as well as businessmen from Taiwan, Japan, Kuwait, the British Virgin Islands and the United Arab Emirates, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As of 2006, at least $2 million had come from Taiwanese interests that had given Neil Bush a job consulting for a semiconductor manufacturer, and at least $3 million came from Saudi interests. A foundation linked to Reverend Sun Myung Moon donated $1 million for a research project by the company in Washington, D.C.-area schools.

In 2002, Ignite! entered into a partnership with a Mexican company, Grupo Carso Telecom to outsource many software and product development functions. Regarding the deal, Ignite! President (then CFO) Ken Leonard stated, “That’s turned out to be great.” Ignite! laid off 42% of its in-house workforce (21 individuals) in preparation for the partnership. Leonard said that outsourcing production will give it the resources to develop additional course software more quickly, and that the company wants to develop an entire middle school curriculum featuring the basics of language arts, math and science.

Russian billionaire expatriate Boris Berezovsky has been an investor in Bush’s Ignite! program since at least 2003.(citation needed)

In December 2003, a Washington Post Style article said that Ignite! was paying Neil Bush a salary of $180,000 per year.

Wiki on Ignite

Leave it to the Bush’s to make money on the kids back!! Assholes, hope they all go to hell when they die!

of course the saudis were involved – he’s a forking bush

i agree – but logic does not apply in dc – must be something in the water or something

must be something in the water or something

It’s the trolls under the bridge using it to bathe, I reckon.

;>)

Time for me to call it a night. Peace out, FDL.

Not sure there are any good guys in this game :-(

Would be interesting to hear the views of Harry Markopolous (Madoff whistle blower).

g’nite db – we gotta get a water treatment plant in dc to filter out all the crap

sigh

i sure need to know that there are good guys out there

They added Chloromine to the water (leaches the lead from the pipes) and with all those Old lead pipes they are all getting to be Lead Heads!!

love it, especially “every shade of white in the rainbow.” lol

Yeah it is a great response to those assholes!!

wish they would forking snap outta it

That is one hella huge wish Suz! And if they did they still would not know how to do it right!

the way i figure it, dc is like that island on lost – where reality checks out upon arrival

Well it’s half past the pumpkin! nitey nite good Pups. sleep well when ya git dere!

g’nite nahant

didn’t realize it had gotten so late. time for me to head out also. thanks for letting me spend some time with ya’ll tonight. g’nite pups

nite all. Thanks for the hospitality Suz.

twas my pleasure sunny (poof)

Recommended reading for those interested in the GSP, especially accounting aspects:

Accounting in and for the Subprime Crisis, by Stephen G. Ryan.

Freely downloadable from SSRN. Deserves more comment than it’ll get from me at the moment, as I’ve been up an embarrassingly long time. But very clear and informative, including of historical matters.

Leave it to the Libruls to denegrade the sacred American cartoon heritage charicters as Bugs, Daffy and Yosimite Sam by dubbing over the sound with Libruls arts music.

-Yet, I consider tonite the cost of the U.S. Navy sent to Somalia over pirates of a interantional corporation that uses the American flag to sail under. Uses America’s diplomatic might to secure its business ventures in foreign lands and waters.

Still, these international corporations just don’t care to pay taxes in America, pay living wages in America, and uses their amassed wealth to over turn the will of the American voter by bribing their representatives.

Oh how they so love America when they need assurance and insurance when they do everything in their power to get out of their American opbligations and let the average Americans provide blood of Americans to protect their interests against “Pirate” or Governmets and average Americans must fund protecting these international corporations interests with their taxes. while these corporations move their money and manufacturing to foriegn countries.

Well that is part of what is on my mind tonite.

Hey everyone, please read Mr. Black Swan’s 10 tips on how to avoid this ****-up again.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d5a…..ck_check=1