Mourning all,

Sounds like war drums are all cleaned up and ready for a new pounding, kinda like the drum and bugle competitions of the past with cruse missiles replacing the bugle part.

Is John ,flyboy, Mc Cain going to do a kettle drum solo or a duo with lindsley somewhere?

The Moustache of Wisdom is out with his usual diatribe (energy, climate change and the deficit).

This week’s iteration features a series of increasingly distressing dental metaphors, from “It will be like having a rotten tooth removed by a dentist using lots of Novocain” to “It’s like having a rotten tooth removed by a caveman using stone tools” to “He’ll smash a lot of other teeth at the same time, and there will be blood all over the floor.”

Then he talks about “a dangerous feedback loop.”

Higher oil prices and climate disruptions —> Higher food prices —> More instability —> Higher oil prices.

That’s technically a feed forward loop, but Friedman never pretends to be smart. Oh wait…

Thanks, Elliott.

Agreed, getting very hard to listen to all the posturing of the brushed-off but not any more credible war carnival barkers. Maybe they could be required to report from the war zone.

Jane Harman resigned from the House 3 weeks ago. Why does her view matter?

Lieberman is quitting because he can’t win. Who does he influence?

Who is willing to pay anything, even attention, to hear what John McCain has to say?

ABC looks like it wants to challenge Fox as the “We want War dammit!” network

I was just thinking of McCain when I was reminded of a scene in high school. The teacher was saying that Polonius in Hamlet is a pompous old fool. Somebody muttered that perhaps the teacher identified with Polonius.

Somebody should gag McCain before he pontificates again.

His publicist seems to have some schedulers where he/she wants them. I suspect blackmail.

Good morning, pups. I had an attack of gremlins, but they seem to be gone now. (Every time BellSouth mucks up service I get gremlins…) Today we have Dowd, Friedman and Kristof. In “No Kiss From Kate” MoDo tells us that with only one cameo under his belt, a former Connecticut senator becomes Hollywood’s ambassador to Washington. Who cares? The Moustache of Wisdom is a left-over from yesterday when I was still battling gremlins. In “Washington vs. the Merciless” he says in putting off big policy decisions, we are brazenly taunting two unforgiving forces: the market and Mother Nature. Mr. Kristof says “The Japanese Could Teach Us a Thing or Two,” and that the selfless teamwork in Japan following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis can inspire us all.

Here they are.

The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and I’ve got banana pancakes for breakfast. Glad to be back, and glad the gremlins left before the pay wall goes up at the Times. Have a great day.

All the news that’s fit to print, huh ?

The coverage of their former source Danial Ellsburg and over a hundred others arrested for PEACEFULLY petitioning at our White House gate,amazing. Not like there was a demonstration going on yesterday on our mall.

If there’s an anti-war march in our capitol and not a word of it in the times did it even happen ?

Thanks, Marion, that’s the full moon w/gremlin.

Chris Matthews does a number on the age increase in Social Security, it’s the ‘pols’ in the WH agin it, since so is 2/3 of the public.

With the cruise missiles flying, the testosterone is sure to be flowing.
Shock and Awe, Part Deux.

Obviously, the biggest problem with Bush was sending the military into an Arab Muslim country that hadn’t even attacked us. Among the several things that made that offensive were
* the rush to war – it was only several months after the possibility of military involvement was raised that combat operations began
* lack of United Nations sanction – only 17 relevant resolutions were ever passed before they were enforced
* lack of Congressional oversight – the President authorized the use of military force based on the flimsy pretext of a bill passed by Congress titled “Authorization of the Use of Military Force”, rather than seeking a document that had the words “declaration of war” in it; that’s every bit as bad as getting no Congressional approval at all
* obvious financial motives – clearly no one approved of the murderous dictator or sought a normal working relationship with him besides the French; at the same time, one couldn’t help but be suspicious of the fact that the population we were ostensibly protecting was located conveniently near the oil fields
* stretching our military – we were overburdened as it was, and our brave military despite its courage lacked the resources for yet another operation
* inflating our military – the only way to keep the bloodthirsty Pentagon beast fed was to give it the hordes of jobless young men who had no prospects in an economy that saw unemployment skyrocket above 4% in most states
* ignoring our generals – the decision to go to war was made by political hacks who had never worn a uniform
* inflaming the Arab Street – despite some touchy-feely talk about Islam, it was impossible for the Muslim world not to notice how the President made repeated, insistent proclamations of his Christianity, how he only ever used the military against Muslim targets, and how at the time the war started he’d kept the concentration camp at Guantanamo open for over a year
* wasting money – it was completely irresponsible to commit the military to an expensive mission when the President’s fiscal mismanagement had resulted in a budget deficit of over $150 billion in 2002

But anyway, what I really like about Obama is that he’s gone 29-3 in his bracket picks over the first two days. You have to spend a lot of time watching college basketball to be that good.

McCain again? I think he’s been on one of the Sunday gagfests every week since Steve Benen decided to quit counting.

Good Sunday morning, everyone.

Good Morning all, Looks like no one wanted to get up to see McCain….Equinox today….Nice.

I have to admit, sheepishly, that after reminding folks of the special full moon, posting it on my FB page, etc., I completely forgot to look out my window. I fired up a Netflix movie (China Syndrome) and poured a glass of wine and never went back to the window after that. GAH. *facepalm*

I did see the almost-full version Friday night.

G’mornin’ RevBev. Where is everyone?

Thanks for trying, anyway.

And I saw it early on Sat. a.m., again early evening, it was not as huge as all that, but very clear and bright.

I missed it also….saw something in n’s paper, but didn’t want to get outta bed. Sounded interesting.

M’eh, I don’t have the stomach for listening to people war monger.

Oh, Good Morning, Ruth, Molly, Margaret -
It’s been raining here, so no good visual on the moon. And, brrrrrrr, it’s cold.
I do like equinoxes though. And, all the flowers blooming.
Don’t like the war mongering. We’re racking up a lot of negative karma while we’re going broke.

There’s nothing like a glorious little war for the Village to admire.
The troops will be home oil rigs will be drilling by Christmas.

The new slaughter in Libya has been named “Operation Odyssey Dawn”. Who thinks up these stupid names designed to put lipstick on this pig from hell?

Wish it would rain here.

Good morning. :)

Why do they even need names?

Hi, Hi. Are you still having warm weather? Isn’t it strange that it seems so recent that all y’all were having snow?

Teddy said yesterday he had heard on his teevee that it was named “Audacity Dawn.” He must have misunderstood.

There’ll be another biggie in about twenty years. But seriously, not as big a deal as it was supposed to be.

and over at the MyFDL we’re having a round of end times schtick, not that seeing last week you’re surprised

I certainly can’t speak for him, but my guess was he was making a funny.

Have been hearing about Odyssey Dawn here, and I notice particularly because my daughter’s Dane was Midnight Odyssey.

and over at the MyFDL we’re having a round of end times schtick, not that seeing last week you’re surprised

Which thread is that, Ruth?

I think I will take myself out to breakfast. I didn’t leave the house yesterday, spent much of it painting the wood trim in my bedroom and have to finish today. Cloudy, may get rain later.

HAARP?

here;
http://my.firedoglake.com/chuckfreeman/2011/03/17/the-age-of-everyday-messiahs

Breakfast buffet is one of my favorite indulgences, too.

Oh I could have been dense enough not to realize that. Thers said it too at Late Night, but if you click on the link he gave, it’s to an ABC News item that says “Odyssey Dawn” so not sure what’s up with that.

Oh bite your tongue!!

This is just a local restaurant that serves homemade corned beef hash and topped with a couple of eggs it is just yummy. Probably won’t eat again until dinnertime.

Good Morning Firepups. Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate all of you. I’m an OFH, so Firedoglake is the only place I fit in. I’ve been anti-war since I was a little kid. Will never change.
On topic, I haven’t watched any of these shows for many years. Only time I watch MSNBC anymore is when Jane or someone else from FDL is on.

or Margaret will cut it out!(with good reason)

Sounds wonderful.

Saw that too. Just being clever, I guess.

New oil spill is reported in the Gulf of Mexico.

http://www.examiner.com/environmental-news-in-tallahassee/potential-new-deep-water-oil-spill-gulf-of-mexico-100-mile-sheen-reported

Just flipped passed Faux News and heard their report on a couple of recent rescues in Japan. They had that “we are the champions” and “rescue workers rock” edge to the report, but shouldn’t Faux News have been complaining about the whole effort as government waste? Just doesn’t seem ideologically consistent to tell their viewers that great things can happen when government does what it should be doing.

Welcome, TCali. Glad to have you here!

Consistency goes out the window when any slightest grounds to criticize progressive views and/or actions come in the door; new rule of thumb on the right.

Getting a kick out of the wingnuts going from ‘the prez isn’t acting fast enuff’ to ‘the prez took action’ as complaint, overnight.

Welcome. What’s an OFH? Sorry, I just poured my first cuppa, not bright yet.

The answer, my friend, changes with the wind.

Or the sound of a dollar blowing in same.

The reason I want to know what an OFH is, I want to know what group we are that OFH fits so well into. :)

Am making my Quantico sign. Decided on

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE – MANNING
NOBEL THUG PRIZE – OBAMA

What bothered me about the Faux News’ “we are the champions” edge to the report about the rescues is that they should be telling their viewers that stuff like this won’t happen in the US (unless rescuers work for a private, for-profit corporation) if the ideology of Faux News wins.

They can’t show clips of helicopter rescues one moment with the “we did it!” cheers, then go back to their regularly scheduled manipulation of the public against all-things-government.

There should be a disclaimer on screen whenever Faux News shows a report of government – any government – doing good work:

“If we the biased reporters at Fox News had our way, this good work would not have happened, be happening, or ever happen again.”

Old F Hippie?
Protested during Nam. Getting old..almost 60!

This is the faction that just won elections by promising jobs, and switched to measures to keep the public down and out immediately on taking the oath of office. Anything that will appeal to the voters, they say. Then do the opposite because they despise the public/voters.

Oh my, almost 60 isn’t all that old! A few of us here are older than that (I’m 68). There’s a pretty big age range at FDL.

Good ones. May I suggest a small change? Ignobel Thug Prize – Obama.

You’re in a good place. Marched on the Pentagon with those ‘Armies of the Night’ – 66.

Seeing that lineup, I’ve decided to listen instead to my mom’s old collection of LP records of radio programs from the 30s featuring Himmler and Goebbels. There’s maybe some facts and truths in those old shows.

like dat!

Thanks for the ‘splainin’. But, Molly’s right. Almost 60 isn’t old. That’s me too! But, I feel older some days than others. Ha. I find that for the most part my attitude keeps me young.
Are you from California?

Yea, I know. Have lurked long enough :). My health isn’t so great, so there’s that.

If you already made the sign, you could add the “IG” in a different color. Would make the point better, even.

Yep, I’m in Yuckville, Central Valley. Lived in Southern California for most of my life. Many years on the beach. Even a year in Marina Del Rey.
Read before that you said your sister and brother-in-law live there..:)

You still have an amazing memory for an OFH. *g*

i’ll use it, by george! you have a good editorial mind, like mine :)

belated welcome to TCali

My sister and brother-in-law are in SanFran area, Castro Valley (East Bay). I’m in NW Indiana.

Yuckville? Really? Or is that a slang-name?

Cool. Wave Hi to Jane for us. I’ll look for you and your sign when I’m viewing all the msm coverage of the event. Yeah, I’m being sarcastic.

Not really :) Just for FDL :) Thanks Demi for responding. See, you have to know I like and read your comments.

What a nice thing to say. We have a real friendly bunch of smart and thoughtful folks here. Now that you’ve delurked, I hope you stay “out”.

Thank you! I’m very proud of the work you do! Read the site when you linked it on FDL. Tough times for all. Wish the best to Margaret and others. Need to go now and tend to my cats :) Have a great day, Demi and all!

Well, it looks like the villagers are going to ignore the Gulf of Mexico being recontaminated for a while.
http://www.businessinsider.com/matterhorn-seastar-oil-spill-2011-3
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/possible-new-oil-spill-100-10-miles-reported-gulf-mexico

We are so fucked

Barack Obama has now been responsible for firing more cruise missiles than all other Nobel Peace prize winners combined.

He’s still in 2nd place for number of Arab deaths caused (and 3rd place for Muslim deaths) behind Yassir Arafat and Mikhail Gorbachev.

http://goo.gl/h4Xwz