I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
funny.
This is great news for Republicans.
[does the lawn mower]
that's a buck i'd pass.
94 degrees, 17% humidity
Oh, that's gonna become a collertor's item...
I like the serial #.
and the watermark
Robben Ford 8:00
Keb Mo 9:00
You can hear them streamed live this evening from the Waterfront Blues Festival at www.kboo.org. All times pacific.
You just had to remind me.
Nice.
Bonsoir!
His wife must be so proud of him!
He's a shoe in for the next Repig Presidential Nominee.
California. We're fucking nuts out here. Really.
"OK Bennett, put avay dat chickenshit IOU".
-Guv. Ahnuld
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Bigger version...
http://courage.3cdn.net/
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that's mildly amusing. The dollar, I mean. Not Arnold.
WTF did the Californians expect?
They're terminated.
that's mildly amusing. The dollar, I mean. Not Arnold.
Ali
You'rw right. Arnold is fucking hilarious.
Check the kerning.
And the watermark.
Eggsackly the same shit Pawlenty is pulling in Minnesota. I guess at least we don't have to put up with the German accent.
and Feinstein is not due for election until 2010, right?
that's too bad.
I want one, just to frame. Prop. 13 has done its work.
typo!
Those dollars are how we're going to pay for universal healthcare.
Arnold is fucking hilarious.
Duane V, Locutus
No, he's pathetic. Worst dye job ever.
We gave all the real money to Xe (Blackwater).
California was named for Califia, the Amazonian heroine of a Spanish novel. I imagine that Califia is not amused today.
Which, u pibbels don't ken, means AZ's new currency as well. What happens in Calif. happens in AZ.
Cat lovers on Meth should not make videos. Or should. Or something....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=i...player_embedded
Watertiger's daily prayer:
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/redir...renegade.com%
2F
Some of us just don't get the joke. Because, it's on us.
It's Two Hearted Ale, ain't it?
Barndog,cannabis patient
barndog johnson is correct.
and it's dee-lish. this batch was bottled 6/29/09, incredibly.
It's a good thing stuff stops happening in the world when the Newsmedia and politicians decide to go on vacay, isn't it?
Because, you know, raising taxes is the worst thing in the world.
Americans are attached to their pathetic symbols of freedom, yet have no real freedom to speak of.
Sheep...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — We swim in a sea of information, but filter out most of what we see and hear. A new analysis of data from dozens of studies sheds new light on how we choose what we do and do not hear. The study found that while people tend to avoid information that contradicts what they already think or believe, certain factors can cause them to seek out, or at least consider, other points of view.
The analysis, reported this month in Psychological Bulletin, published by the American Psychological Association, was led by researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida, and included data from 91 studies involving nearly 8,000 participants. It puts to rest a longstanding debate over whether people actively avoid information that contradicts what they believe, or whether they are simply exposed more often to ideas that conform to their own because they tend to be surrounded by like-minded people.
"We wanted to see exactly across the board to what extent people are willing to seek out the truth versus just stay comfortable with what they know," said University of Illinois psychology professor Dolores Albarracín, who led the study with University of Florida researcher William Hart. The team also included researchers from Northwestern University and Ohio University.
The studies they reviewed generally asked participants about their views on a given topic and then allowed them to choose whether they wanted to view or read information supporting their own or an opposing point of view.
The researchers found that people are about twice as likely to select information that supports their own point of view (67 percent) as to consider an opposing idea (33 percent). Certain individuals, those with close-minded personalities, are even more reluctant to expose themselves to differing perspectives, Albarracín said. They will opt for the information that corresponds to their views nearly 75 percent of the time.
The researchers also found, not surprisingly, that people are more resistant to new points of view when their own ideas are associated with political, religious or ethical values.
"If you are really committed to your own attitude – for example, if you are a very committed Democrat – you are more likely to seek congenial information, that is, information that corresponds with your views," Albarracín said. "If the issues concern moral values or politics, about 70 percent of the time you will choose congenial information, versus about 60 percent of the time if the issues are not related to values."
Don't be flaunting Bell's if you're not sharing...
remember when he was Danny De Vito's twin? And when he was an undercover cop in daycare?
why didn't he just stuck to that, dammit.
California was named for Califia, the Amazonian heroine of a Spanish novel.
I used to live in a condo complex at the intersection of Owensmouth Ave. and Califa Street.
Evening, good people.
I want one, just to frame. Prop. 13 has done its work.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Ayup.
It's easy to blame the governator, but the fact is the Republicans in the legislature who just say "No" at any hint of a tax increase are at fault.
As are the Democrats in the legislature who can't figure out just what in the hell to do.
And, most importantly, as are the citizens of California who passed Prop 13 and the constitutional amendment which requires a super majority to pass a budget and tax hikes.
It's the perfect storm and a GOP wet dream: shrinking the government to fit the bath tub in such a way to throw out both the government and the baby (state) as well.
this batch was bottled 6/29/09, incredibly.
Larry is rather picky on how fast his beer gets out.
Don't be flaunting Bell's if you're not sharing...
fred
my ale is your ale.
Because, you know, raising taxes is the worst thing in the world.
Adam Hominem
Unless you're Reagan. Then, you can still raise taxes and still be considered a Republican Icon.
I used to live in a condo complex at the intersection of Owensmouth Ave. and Califa Street.
Toonscribe: domestic shorthair
In Anaheim is an intersection of Holder and Ball.
I hope Moe is enjoying Alta.
Don't be flaunting Bell's if you're not sharing...
I have a couple Oberon's and Two Hearted Ales in the fridge..
Americans are attached to their pathetic symbols of freedom, yet have no real freedom to speak of.
Sheep...
fred
Baaah!
I hope Moe is bringing me back Bell's Scotch from the many duty free locations thru which he will be passing....
I have a couple Oberon's and Two Hearted Ales in the fridge..
Barndog,cannabis patient
Bell's is integral to my respect for Michigan.
I hope Moe is enjoying Alta.
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
his personal politics won't be too popular up there...
Sheep...
fred
Ewe do what ewe can.
You just had to remind me.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Sally
Are they paying you with those?
his personal politics won't be too popular up there...
plum p,better democrats please
If he's smart enough to wear a cowboy hat and boots no one will ask.
Plum, I love that!
I should remember that when dealing with administration.
his personal politics won't be too popular up there...
He's going to be surprised, plumP - as would u be....
Why is the Obama Justice Department covering Cheney's worthless ass?
i hate arnold and am completely perplexed by the CA'ns who voted for him.
he brings celebrity polticianing to a new low. he never could have been elected in anything but a recall.
perhaps, shock doctrine will get a split role on prop 13 and end the 2/3 bgt vote that empowers the right-wing freakosphere.
Shouldn't that bill read "Kulee-forn-yah"?
OK, I'm out for awhile.
Be well, all.
arnold is a phoney, a pimp for the chamber and completely cold-hearted; almost reptilian.
i hate arnold and am completely perplexed by the CA'ns who voted for him.
he brings celebrity polticianing to a new low. he never could have been elected in anything but a recall.
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He's going to be surprised, plumP - as would u be....
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
how many non-conservatives MPs comes from Alberta again?
hum.
gary coleman was clearly the better choice.
See you later Roadie. Igotta go close up shop, so I'm out too. Feel free to solve world problems while I'm gone.
Why is the Obama Justice Department covering Cheney's worthless ass?
Duane V, Locutus
For a long time I have thought that KKarl had collected dirt on people, mainly Repukes, to keep them in line. Sort of J Edgar on steriods. Not just on the individual but on anyone else that person cares about. I am now wondering how many others he has in his files.
"my ale is your ale."
Why, thank you.
Cheers.
what is that latest troll thing?
my time to leave, i will be on air in 40 minutes...
ciao, my loves
"what is that latest troll thing?"
Do you really care?
thanks, fred.
the lentil soup is going fine. ready late tonite.
Are they paying you with those?
Not yet. I got paid Tuesday. Apparently with real dollars. At least my bank thinks they did, which matters.
Why doesn't the Terminator just go time travel to the past and keep Bush from being selected?
Sallyh.
i be glad to get iou and hold on to it till october...earn 3+%
cant beat that.
fine. don't call sheets. fucking cowards.
helen thomas inthe haus bitches!!!
ahem.
now. what were we saying? ah, yes, termobucks. yeah, they'll work out here. bring it on. back. sarah conner. whatever.
At this point, the IOUs are primarily going to state contractors and municipalities. State employee paychecks aren't involved. Yet.
They've been talking for years about 'big government' as the problem, about drowning government in a bathtub so that the Entrepreneurial Spirit and Individual Responsibility and Freedom wil again reign in this great land.
Well, turns out that we, in fact, need government to do stuff. 'Libertarian paradise' is, in fact and throughout history, an oxymoron. That's why, in point of fact, human beings came up with governments. Not as easily replaced, or dismissed, as all that, governments, save by those who cling to ideology regardless of fact.
chi dyke
You kill me. I hope I get to meet you sometime in this world.
Reporting from Sacramento —
Deep in debt and short on cash, California this afternoon started churning out its first batch of IOUs in nearly two decades amid grumbles from bankers, growing public outrage and scant progress in negotiations to solve the state's widening budget deficit.
The printing presses at 2 p.m. began to roll out the first of nearly 29,000 IOUs totaling more than $53 million, most of them destined for residents around the state still awaiting income-tax returns.
The unusual press run came just hours after a panel of state finance officials set the interest rate for the IOUs at 3.75% for banks and
other financial institutions that are willing to accept the vouchers.
Some banks have agreed to honor the paper, including Bank of America and Wells Fargo, which will do so until July 10.
Wells Fargo's agreement came with a nudge. "We are reluctant to take this step, but are doing so to help our customers who are not at fault and with the expectation that the Legislature and governor will complete the budget within days," Lisa Stevens, a bank executive in California, said in a statement.
Rodney K. Brown, president and chief executive of the California Bankers Assn., said the state's failure to resolve the budget crisis "has placed a tremendous burden on California's citizens, communities and banks."
The state's three-member finance panel voted 2 to 1 to set the interest rate, with the governor's representative on the board objecting, proposing instead a 1.5% rate, with a redemption date of June 2010.
Some smaller banks have not made a decision on accepting the IOUs. Recipients who don't have a bank that will cash them can redeem them Oct. 2, or sooner if the state settles on a final solution to its latest financial calamity.
The moves come little more than a day after state Senate Republicans, with the support of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, blocked an
eleventh-hour attempt by Democratic leaders to push through budget proposals that would have staved off the IOUs
Outside the Capitol, the mood was grumpy. Richard Blitz, a 73-year-old owner of a downtown Los Angeles variety store, said the IOUs seem a hollow gesture by a state government struggling for answers.
"It's candy for a hungry man," he said. "Banks will accept it for a week or two, but what will happen after that?"
With the California economy hobbled, tax receipts waning and the budget deficit continuing to swell, the governor Wednesday declared a fiscal emergency and ordered state workers to take a third unpaid furlough day
each month. He also issued a new list of cuts to schools and public universities to address a deficit that his finance team now says has
swelled to $26.3 billion
Registered warrants - all u ever wanted to know, from the Calif. State Controller's Office. http://www.sco.ca.gov/5935.html
'Libertarian paradise' is, in fact and throughout history, an oxymoron.
As my 60's civil rights fighting friend Charlies likes to say, libertarian = anarchy.
He also issued a new list of cuts to schools and public universities to address a deficit that his finance team now says has
swelled to $26.3 billion
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
Schools? We don't need no stinking schools!
Why doesn't the Terminator just go time travel to the past and keep Franken from being selected?
i got yer warrant right here, ah-nuld.
The State Constitution mandates that education and debt service have
priority status, and the Controller will work to ensure there are sufficient funds to continue to make those payments with regular warrants. The State Constitution, federal law and court order also require that State payroll, CalPERS, CalSTRS, In-Home Supportive Services and Medi-Cal providers continue to be paid with regular warrants.
ChiDy: it remains rich that Schwarzenegger starred in a series of movies, one subtitled 'Rise of the Machines', about killer robots.
The role he was born, or whatever, to play...
Why doesn't the Terminator just go time travel to the past and keep Franken from being selected?
Mark Sanford
I wonder what it is about a free and fair and open election process that so bothers the freakazoids.
I really don't wonder.
What interests me is the possibility that the state will declare bankruptcy, as Orange County did not so long ago.
What standing do those who receive the IOUs have? They clearly are not secured creditors.
Are those IOUs worth anything?
ms f: darling, gentlelady, Mensa member:
all i'm saying *(hic)* is that 1) helen thomas will consume the flaming balls of anyone here, even those of us who only have bensai balls and 2) rootless, jac and euph should have a video three way on pay for view to raise money for a ponymarch against the war and 3) i don't have a wetsuit, how am i going to got to Bliss? properly? /sobs/
hold on. this will be more clear when i have more wine and maryjuanna. lemme get back to you in a sec./1
What an ass this Governor - holding to the "no taxes" pledge.
No taxes = No services.
W property tax frozen at 1977 levels -- particularly for corporations that don't change sites -- and no replacement income, Calif is now LAST among 50 states in support for education (per-student). And the Gov wants MORE CUTS!!
Let's go back to kids with slates in the back yard, huh!!
Gov has proposed that ACCEPTED STUDENTS at the universities be deprived of PROMISED CalGrant funding for middle class students. YEAH: Just come up with an extra $7K this fall, honey!
What lunatics!!
I wonder what it is about a free and fair and open election process that so bothers the freakazoids.
I really don't wonder.
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Are those IOUs worth anything?
Diane C. Barking-Ma
Jeebus. I don't even want to think about it. I'm also not sure bankruptcy would even help. California has a continuing income/outgo problem, regardless of the current situation.
But the long and short of it is that the warrants will be worth something, but who knows what.
Are the IOUs even legal. Don't they constitute an alternative currency?
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Mark Sanford
So profound. So deep. So back to nursery school in September.
Are those IOUs worth anything?
Diane C
if they could be exchanged for a night with a starlet (of buyers' choice in age/race/gender), i think CA would be okay. for a few months at least. just an idea.
now. what were we saying? ah, yes, termobucks. yeah, they'll work out here. bring it on. back. sarah conner. whatever.
chicago dyke, loyal | Homepage | 07.02.09 - 8:59 pm | #
As long as you don't start writing elvish.
"What do they think we [the press] are - puppets?" - Helen Thomas
Why yes. That's what I think.
A 'registered warrant' is certainly worth something. No, it isn't an alternative currency. It's an IOU. BofA and WellsFargo are going to take them as cash up til the middle of July, but after that, not so much. Read what is posted above.
So profound. So deep. So back to nursery school in September.
Adam Hominem | 07.02.09 - 9:10 pm | #
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Are those ArnoldBucks valid for buying news stories at the WaPo? Crap for crap, so to speak.
Are the IOUs even legal. Don't they constitute an alternative currency?
A. Morphous
They're not currency until they are redeemed. They're notes on a loan, essentially.
What's more interesting is, are they fraudulent? I mean, how are they actually planning on paying them back? If they have no plan, then they are fraudulent.
,Are the IOUs even legal. Don't they constitute an alternative currency?
A. Morphous
I think that anyone can issue IOUs like this. If you or I did it no one would take them. If the state owes you money and sends you an IOU there is probably not a whole lot you can do about it?
Are the IOUs even legal. Don't they constitute an alternative currency?
A. Morphous
Now that's an interesting question.
My gut says, "Prolly not", if the creditor accepts it as part of the transaction.
If the creditor refuses to accept it, however, and the state insists, well, that might be a whole 'nother ballgame.
With all of the big income from Silicon Valley Venture capitalists and the entertainment industry its kind of amazing California has gotten this bad. I'm just glad I left the state in May.
Someone asked on a prior thread...are the IOUs income? Do they have to be reported on your taxes?
If the creditor refuses to accept it, however, and the state insists, well, that might be a whole 'nother ballgame.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
Good luck sueing the state. Governments are difficult to sue, it would take quite a while to get a judgement anyhow and unless they owed you a lot your legal fees would probably be more than you would recover.
With all of the big income from Silicon Valley Venture capitalists and the entertainment industry its kind of amazing California has gotten this bad. I'm just glad I left the state in May.
Kyle Shank
This society is awash in money. It just isn't distributed well. Or very much of it used usefully for the benefit of all.
That's what you get for electing a celebrity with no intellect or political experience.
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Someone asked on a prior thread...are the IOUs income? Do they have to be reported on your taxes?
mirele
I think again, they have to be redeemed, first, for actual money.
Fuck, I'd declare it as a bad debt, if I got one. I ask again--how is California planning on paying any of them back??
That's what you get for electing a celebrity with no intellect or political experience.
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MisterX
The 2/3 rule is really the tyranny of the minority. It makes a lie of any notion of democracy.
the ious will bemade good when there is a bgt.
OK I'm shutting up now.
the ious will bemade good when there is a bgt.
peterboy
Which Repubs will never ever vote for, right?
ask again--how is California planning on paying any of them back??
Adam Hominem
My hunch is that the various parties involved in this debacle (gov, Dems and GOP members of the lege) are hoping that when crunch times hit and the threat of state bankruptcy becomes real, the feds will step in and guarentee the bonds that the state needs to sell to get the cash flow back to pay the bills to get the contractors back to building to justify the projects to get the federal funding to get the economy back on track to get the tax dollars coming in...etc.
totally OT. I saw a western 1million years ago where the plot involved a rancher who issued his own IOUs and was bankrupted when a scheme run by his daughter purchased his entire herd of cattle with his own script. Can anyone identify this film?
Peach & Almond Bread
Serves 10-12
2 cups all-purpose flour (see Notes)
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
4 ripe peaches (about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds)
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted then cooled
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1/4 cup sour cream (regular or low-fat)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup chopped dried peach or nectarine (see Note)
2 ounces toasted almonds (slivered, blanched or Marcona) or cashews, coarsely chopped to make about 1/2 cup (optional)--
Whipped cream or creme fraiche lightened with cream (optional garnish)
Instructions: Move baking rack to middle of the oven then preheat to 350°.
Butter a 4 1/2 by 8-inch loaf pan; set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Peel, pit and cut peaches into chunks, then mash into a slightly coarse puree; alternately, pulse briefly in a food processor - there
should be at least 1 1/2 cups. In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cup puree, butter, eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Be sure the oven is fully preheated before gently folding the peach mixture into the dry ingredients. Use 2 to 3 strokes then add dried peach and nuts, if using. Continue folding until fully moistened but do not over-mix. Immediately scrape batter into prepared loaf pan and bake until browned and a skewer or dry piece of spaghetti inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Rotate pan halfway through baking time. Cool on a rack 15 minutes before removing from pan and serving.
Notes: The texture and moisture of quick breads depend in part on how the flour is measured. Stir the flour before spooning it into a measuring cup; use the flat back of a knife to level the measure. Look for dried peaches or nectarines that are somewhat
moist and not too dried out. Per serving: 260 calories, 5 g protein, 38 g carbohydrate, 10 g fat (5 g saturated), 54 mg cholesterol, 276 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.
As California goes so goes the nation. Hope not.
Fuck, I'd declare it as a bad debt, if I got one. I ask again--how is California planning on paying any of them back??
Adam Hominem | 07.02.09 - 9:17 pm | #
The amount of bad state and county and agency debt out there is super stupendous. Republicans borrow to avoid raising taxes.
I hope the Fed lets CA dangle... burn the Republicans and Arnie out like a bad wart.
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This place needs a recipe and a music wiki.
Ack! Anon was me.
Teh Stoopit Troll is Stoopit.
ASCII graphics look like shit in Haloscan.
"I hope the Fed lets CA dangle"
Too big to fail...
This society is awash in money. It just isn't distributed well. Or very much of it used usefully for the benefit of all.
Adam Hominem
Yea I got to see major major excess being part of the tech startup atrocity for the past 2 years. Parties at $45 million dollar homes. Learned quick that the rich aren't all that smart and that luck/connections/breeding is how fortunes are made. The fortunes make for exceptionally boring people competing with one another as to how rich they are.
hoping that when crunch times hit and the threat of state bankruptcy becomes real, the feds will step in and guarentee the bonds that the state needs
ding ding ding
In hair dye we trust.
Yea I got to see major major excess being part of the tech startup atrocity for the past 2 years. Parties at $45 million dollar homes. Learned quick that the rich aren't all that smart and that luck/connections/breeding is how fortunes are made. The fortunes make for exceptionally boring people competing with one another as to how rich they are.
Kyle Shank
Years ago I read a short article by a probability expert who said that most wealth or lack of it can be explained by the laws of chance. As you say.
Why yes. That's what I think.
rootless-e,
we don't "really" know each other, but, and, anyway: i will vouch for HT (cause that's my theme today it seems) with everything that i have here. All of It.
go on. call her a sellout. i dare you. bbl.
That's what you get for electing a celebrity with no intellect or political experience.
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Don't look at me--I voted against the recall.
And how is Clan X? 
i devalued the ious.
that is why I am learning a full repertoire of bean soups.
working on white bean next.
Years ago I read a short article by a probability expert who said that most wealth or lack of it can be explained by the laws of chance. As you say.
Adam Hominem
California is really an example of tax law *not* working. I'd like to know the % of taxes paid on the income of the residents of that state. Willing to bet thats in the single digits.
i voted against the recall, too.
but I am pretty annoyed at the county of la for rejecting my job ap cause my degree from an ivy league school and got me a job with the AP, didnt say jounalism on it.
that was thirty years ago.
And how is Clan X?
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
All are well and enjoying the summer. How's bayou?
*slides Sallyh a Key lime fizzy*
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sorry for the lack of clarity.
typing lying down and watching the ball game.
degree was thirty years ago.
the ap job followed.
the rejected ap was this week.
I work for an insurance agency, that routinely used sales meetings for getting the word out on the Gray Davis recall.
Arnold was going to save the "small business" man from those out of control WC rates said my bosses. The sales guys in the office were instructed to "get the word out" to our insureds.
It worked. and the WC rates were cheaper..... for a time (they re starting to creep back up). but outside of a few pet constituencies its hard to see what Ah-nold actually achieved.
Now my bosses are on to telling folks the faltering economy is a "myth"...
This is what happens when you fall for the lie that business men can fix everything.
that was thirty years ago.
peterboy
You hold a grudge almost as long as I do.
go on. call her a sellout. i dare you. bbl.
chicago dyke, loyal | Homepage | 07.02.09 - 9:28 pm | #
--
I like Helen Thomas. She's a wonderful person. But Nico Pitney asked a more interesting question than 99% of the presstitutes could have ever asked and Obama/Gibbs are right to try to break up the iron curtain of triviality.
The white house press corps are, mostly, a bunch of puppets.
they lowered workers comp rates by hauling way back on taking care of injured workers.
I dealt with a pilot with elbow pain that kept her from properly handling landing gear and WC refused her treatment under the new rules.
Hello hello.
Should red wine feel effervescent?
VAZA Rioja Cosecha 2006 here
(It was on sale $8.99)
"most wealth or lack of it can be explained by the laws of chance"
I wonder...
oh, that's right. you're not privy to the private emails i sent to Nico on how he's like our gens iteration of HT. you're forgiven. he appreciated them. /snot/
I dealt with a pilot with elbow pain that kept her from properly handling landing gear and WC refused her treatment under the new rules.
peterboy
They probably thought she could have become a stewardess. (No disrespect to stewardesses but it does take a lot of time and effort to become a commercial pilot.)
if you are the WH, reaching out over the heads of the entitled media is a natural.
you have to be prepared for push back,
at least, the OBs didnt pull that gannon shit.
this was straightforward and transparent in the way it was handled.
LOL.
Then I fell to my knees and sobbed.
It's a class war, and they're winning. Arnold doesn't have to send his kids to public school.
The white house press corps are, mostly, a bunch of puppets.
rootless-e, ahora mas seco | 07.02.09 - 9:34 pm | #
Jon Stewart called them a bunch of stenographers.
Should red wine feel effervescent?
On consumption, absolutely. FYI - wine really can't 'go bad'.
OK, I'm here, so now the thread will die.
"Every party needs a pooper,
That's why we invited you,
Party poooooper"
Should red wine feel effervescent?
not generally. and certainly not rioja.
try corking it back up and shaking it to get the fizz out. you could do this a couple of times.
might just be some co2 it was bottled with.
I suppose Arnold will take out his catch phrases that helped him win his elections.
Go ahead, Arnie, "terminate" the deficit.
FYI - wine really can't 'go bad'.
GWPDA
Good enough answer for me!
How are you this evening, GWPDA?
try corking it back up and shaking it
KaBoom!
FYI - wine really can't 'go bad'.
well, it can certainly oxidize beyond the point where most folks would find it enjoyable.
and it can be spoiled by cork bacteria.
try corking it back up and shaking it to get the fizz out. you could do this a couple of times.
might just be some co2 it was bottled with.
stoat |
Okay. I'll try...
Be ready to be SHOCKED!
A document filed in federal court this week by the Justice Department offers new evidence that former vice president Richard B. Cheney helped steer the Bush administration's public response to the disclosure of Valerie Plame Wilson's employment by the CIA and that he was at the center of many related administration deliberations.
The administration's discussion of Wilson's link to the CIA was meant to undermine criticism by her husband of administration allegations that Iraq attempted to acquire uranium, a matter that her husband had probed for the CIA, according to testimony presented in a 2007 trial.
A list of at least seven related conversations involving Cheney appears in a new court filing approved by Obama appointees at the Justice Department. In the filing, the officials argue that the substance of what Cheney told special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald in 2004 must remain secret.
No such agreement was reached between Fitzgerald and Cheney at the time of their chat, according to a 2008 Fitzgerald letter to lawmakers. But the Bush administration rejected requests by Congress and a nonprofit group for access to two FBI accounts of the conversation, saying the material was exempt from disclosure under subpoena or the Freedom of Information Act.
Arnold's kids will not be without basic medical care.
I killed the last thread with a link to Booman's post on the Helen Thomas thingie.
Now what could possibly go wrong with this new TV show?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/...ompete-
gameshow
and it can be spoiled by cork bacteria.
stoat |
Arnie's Terminator was a T800, not a T1000. The ArniBuck should read OMG T800 IOU.
If you look at Ina's blog, you will see photos showing that her neighborhood has BEARS.
Just send Cheney to Gitmo and be over with it!
A list of at least seven related conversations involving Cheney appears in a new court filing approved by Obama appointees at the Justice Department. In the filing, the officials argue that the substance of what Cheney told special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald in 2004 must remain secret.
They do seem to be telling us to ask to see the memos.
It takes only a few dozen Republican radicals to destroy my state. How many of them send their kids to public schools?
there is a bubbly red wine, though. I've had it before. It was quite good. Any idea what it might be, Stoat?
Ina, I'm more or less okay. Kiss my borrowed babies for me, eh?
Gromit - what takes u to England?
It takes only a few dozen Republican radicals to destroy my state. How many of them send their kids to public schools?
Hap Haploid
You know the answer to that.
and it can be spoiled by cork bacteria.
that doesn't sound like what you're describing, ina. "corked" wine usually smells sort of like musty cardboard, or a wet dog. or a wet dog wearing musty cardboard. or something.
i'm guessing harmless co2 which will dissipate with shaking. sometimes the residual sugar in a sweeter wine will referment causing effervescence, but prolly not in that rioja.
does it taste more or less okay except for the fizzy mouth feel?
If you look at Ina's blog, you will see photos showing that her neighborhood has BEARS.
Gromit |
And great garden images!
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A ten percent reduction in his state wages? Arnold (and most of the Republican radicals) makes up for that in a day with a lower tax rate.
there is a bubbly red wine, though. I've had it before. It was quite good. Any idea what it might be, Stoat?
Ali
Boone's Farm Strawberry?
I guess the bank eaters were hungry.
GWPDA-- We are hiking for a few days in West Sussex and going to up Cambridge to set up a sabbatical. Lemme see if I can find decent links.
Boone's Farm Strawberry?
Gromit |
With the convenient twist off top!
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"ah...the Dark Side."
Boone's Farm Strawberry?
Gromit |
With the convenient twist off top!
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Agent Orange
ha! no, this stuff was expensive.
Boone's Farm Strawberry?
Gromit |
With the convenient twist off top!
Never a worry about cork spoilage!
Taking the US printed currency notes off a redeemable precious metal standard took a lot of balls.
It might have been italian.
does it taste more or less okay except for the fizzy mouth feel?
stoat
Yeah, but not very good 
None of the delicious descriptions match. Kinda burns, even. And I had some montepulciano in my hand, but said it was risky buying a $10 wine, could just be headache in a bottle. So the woman said, "Oh, no, no, no. Well, that one you're buying is, but here's this Rioja on sale.".. And I already feel a headache comin' on. Alas.
Arnie's Terminator was a T800, not a T1000. The ArniBuck should read OMG T800 IOU.
Disagree. It was the machine Arnie had to battle, and terminated before not-quite-self-terminating (not allowed to, had John do it). Makes sense to me.
California is now 50th in per capita spending for K-12. Arnold will be taking on third world countries next.
going to up Cambridge to set up a sabbatical. Lemme see if I can find decent links.
Please don't. My envy level is already too high. I can't even get up to HBC.
And great garden images!
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Agent Orange
Thank you!
This is the hiking trip.
http://www.hfholidays.co.uk/
clas...x.asp#programme
Forget the Nanny state, when Obama's radical Homosexualists are through we are going to have the Nancy Boy state.
there is a bubbly red wine, though. I've had it before. It was quite good. Any idea what it might be, Stoat?
Ali
there are fully sparkling red wines, especially sparkling shiraz from oz, or brachetto d'acqui from piemonte, and there are "frizzante" reds, which are slightly sparkling. lambrusco's the best known though not usually the best. i like malvasia di casorzo d'asti. people imagine they're strictly dessert wines, but they're actually great with them greasy italian salami like sopressata, and parmigiano reggiano.
We shuld pay eachother in hickory nuts and foot powder.
If you look at Ina's blog, you will see photos showing that her neighborhood has BEARS.
Gromit
Hee!
Ripple!
googled
Sparkling wine is usually white or rosé but there are many examples of red sparkling wines such as Italian Brachetto and Australian sparkling Shiraz. The sweetness of sparkling wine can range from very dry "brut" styles to sweeter "doux" varieties.
I think it was lambrusco. Thanks!
Will bookmark the malvasia for future reference.
Clinging to God and Guns | 07.02.09 - 9:52 pm |
Grease 'em up and spread 'em! I'm comin' home for ya!! Woo hoo!!!
Forget the Nanny state, when Obama's radical Homosexualists are through we are going to have the Nancy Boy state.
Clinging to God and Guns | 07.02.09 - 9:52 pm | #
and then gosh won't you be happy?
"this is my Rifle, this is my Gun! this is for fighting, this is for fun!"
heft heft, hardbody.
....i know, i know. i won't do it again. my bad...
there are many examples of red sparkling wines such as Italian Brachetto and Australian sparkling Shiraz.
well there y'go.
by digby
In case you were wondering where the axe is falling first:
People who get California IOUs:
Grants to aged, blind or disabled persons
People needing temporary assistance for basic family needs
People in drug prevention, treatment, and recovery services
Persons with developmental disabilities
People in mental health treatment
Small Business Vendors
People California pays in cash:
University of California
Public Employees’ Retirement System
Legislators, legislative employees, and appointees
Judges
Department of Corrections
Health Care Services payments to Institutional Providers
Thank God the legislature and appointees are being paid. God knows they're indispensable...
This is where I will be doing the sabbatical.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanger_centre
We shuld pay eachother in hickory nuts and foot powder.
MP
I tend to use powder on my nuts more than my feet.
Sorry, bad link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San...i/
Sanger_centre
So.. not coming to Vancouver, gromit?
Will bookmark the malvasia for future reference.
Ali
it's like 5 1/2% alcohol so you can and probably will drink it like kool-aid.
really delicious.
Forget the Nanny state, when Obama's radical Homosexualists are through we are going to have the Nancy Boy state.,/i>
This seems to be a bit hyperbolic.
So.. not coming to Vancouver, gromit?
Still a possibility, but looks like second choice at this point. Definitely gonna visit Vancouver in early/mid August, though. Will you be around?
Fucking slanties are hyperbolic.
Too lazy to go to the kitchen for the cork, I just put my hand over the bottle top and shook it a few times. It's gettin' a head on it.
Perhaps I'll try a sip with the strawberries and chocolate and see if that helps...
the geniuses who voted to reduce taxes in california.
the geniuses who dumped grey davis.
I've never understood California or why people want to live there. The Bay Area perhaps, but the rest of it? Yet in my academic career a large fraction of colleagues and grad students I met have seemed to have their hearts set on working and settling down there (granted, a good number are from there).
I wonder if Cali's new third world status has changed any of their minds lately.
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yet the fearmongers never mention the Bush 41 white house's flying in those kids from the Nebraska Boys Home.
Adam, if you're middle class, you pay your share.
If you're wealthy, eh, not so much.
there is indeed an ill wind brewing.
gromit, I think so.
So the woman said, "Oh, no, no, no. Well, that one you're buying is, but here's this Rioja on sale.".. And I already feel a headache comin' on. Alas.
ina
i think you should take the bottle back, if it's not too inconvenient for you, tell them it seemed effervescent and 'off' and invite them to either replace it with another if they think it was a bad bottle or make another selection.
you'll be nice about it, so they should be happy to get the opportunity.
Clinging to God and Guns | 07.02.09 - 9:52 pm |
Oooh!! You sound like you'd enjoy some kneeling!!!
We should all move to third world countries, where making $50,000/annum is sick cashpower. Plus, we could get mad at them for not being white, and not speaking English.
Oh ina, corked wine sucks! I was so ashamed when a bottle I wanted to serve to cEvan and his then gf was corked. The store should refund your money.
It's gettin' a head on it.
Just let it sit in your glass for half an hour?
I've never understood California or why people want to live there.
What's not to like?
It's gettin' a head on it.
i figured it would. not what you're lookin' for in a rioja.
"this is my Rifle, this is my Gun! this is for fighting, this is for fun!"
I'm gonna gouge out your eyes and skullfuck you!
Gromit - What's wrong with TGen?
I've never understood California or why people want to live there.
I blame the Beach Boys.
California has a certain mythic allure.
Certainly a 'tad' more than Indianapolis.
Also: Everyone Loves Marineland, my TV just told me.
gromit, I think so.
Ali
Cool, I'll let you know when we get the schedule together. Mrs G has not been to the BC coast, so we will want to drive in your direction. We'd be happy to take you out to lunch or dinner, if you can get away.
got a gun and no job.
got a gun and no doctor.
got a gun and no house.
i'm sittin' pretty.
oh oh.
here comes a guy with a bigger gun and there's ten of them.
So the woman said, "Oh, no, no, no. Well, that one you're buying is, but here's this Rioja on sale.".. And I already feel a headache comin' on. Alas.
ina
stick with the Zinngarro.
California has a certain mythic allure.
Certainly a 'tad' more than Indianapolis.
More than Gary, IN?
Also: Everyone Loves Marineland, my TV just told me.
Ali | 07.02.09 - 10:03 pm | #
isn't Marineland in Niagara Falls?
or is that Fallujah?
We'd be happy to take you out to lunch or dinner, if you can get away.
Gromit
Might be in Alberta for some of that time, but would love to meet you!
i think you should take the bottle back, if it's not too inconvenient for you, tell them it seemed effervescent and 'off' and invite them to either replace it with another if they think it was a bad bottle or make another selection.
you'll be nice about it, so they should be happy to get the opportunity.
stoat
Thank you, that is what I should do. However, I'll probably just drink it, instead Thunderstorm's startin', good folks are hangin' out, I got chocolate and strawberries. The wine's tastin' better all the time!
Also: Everyone Loves Marineland, my TV just told me.
Is that the one where Raymond learns to become a scout sniper?
More than Gary, IN?
NTodd,שלו
since the jacksons left town.
More than Gary, IN?
NTodd,שלו | Homepage | 07.02.09 - 10:04 pm | #
well, speaking as a homosexual gypsy I'd have to say no.
Nothing beats Gary, Indiana.
It's like a jazz tango in Neptune's soft glow Gary is ain't it?
isn't Marineland in Niagara Falls?
or is that Fallujah?
Mabel's Wig Shack
LOL, it probably is. I just heard the song and assumed it was in Cal.
Gromit - What's wrong with TGen?
GWPDA
Nothing at all. But Dr Mrs G wants to spend some time "in a country with a functional health care system"
i figured it would. not what you're lookin' for in a rioja.
stoat |
Forget the Nanny state, when Obama's radical Homosexualists are through we are going to have the N>>ing to God and Guns | 07.02.09 - 9:52 pm | #
quantico.
SoCal's 'laid back lifestyle' is certainly mythical. It's an expensive place to live, and most people work their asses off here.
The Pacific is c-c-c-cold. Lake Atlantic gets quite hot-tub like in mid to late Summer.
maybe Marineland is everywhere.
Marineland is a concept
by which we measure our......
The wine's tastin' better all the time!
ina | Homepage
Even if you think the stuff at the top of the bottle is bad the stuff nearer the bottom always seems OK.
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Marineland is a concept
by which we measure our......
Mabel's Wig Shack
effervescence.
stick with the Zinngarro.
1Watt, Hermit
Okay. I do like zinfandel.
Arr U Sara Connour?
If you see the entire rest of the US as Gary, IN, well then I guess you have no choice but to live in Cali.
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effervescence.
Ali | 07.02.09 - 10:08 pm | #
That's nice!
very nice!
There is a massive disconnect between consumption and wealth.
Even if you think the stuff at the top of the bottle is bad the stuff nearer the bottom always seems OK.
This is also why you want to drink the expensive stuff first.
If you see the entire rest of the US as Gary, IN, well then I guess you have no choice but to live in Cali.
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Tralfaz | Homepage | 07.02.09 - 10:08 pm | #
heh.
well,,,
Even if you think the stuff at the top of the bottle is bad the stuff nearer the bottom always seems OK.
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Agent Orange
that's kinda like people at last call.
Even if you think the stuff at the top of the bottle is bad the stuff nearer the bottom always seems OK.
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Agent Orange
Oh! And I just remembered I have some of the guacamole I made today left over from lunch...
Just watched "No Country for Old Men" again.
Dumbest fucking ending in history.
Tralfaz, I'm originally from the Boston 'burbs, and I don't see it that way at all.
I ended up here more or less serendipitously, and fell in love. But it doesn't mean I don't think there are places other than here that are good places.
speaking of 'last call'
ever hear leonard cohen's song
'Closing Time'
?
S H E E T S
there are places other than here that are good places.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Like Gloucester City NJ!
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Agent Orange, I found it to be a pleasant place after all. Save for the horrible Chinese restaurant we went to.
I usually enjoy the Law and Order shows but this week the female detective told a mother whose son had been exposed to cancer causing chemicals by a nefarious corporation testing program that
'he'll make it because..........his mother is strong.'
oh just gag me with a wooden spoon.
what a sucky feel-good ending for an enormous can of worms opened up.
10 bucks to go see Elvis Costello at the "Taste of Minnesota" on Saturday? Good price, won't sell out, but......meh.
Somewhere Gray Davis is laughing his ass off.
Like Gloucester City NJ!
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Agent Orange
I like my little town.
Last call is a pathetic ritual. Even the bartenders, who make their living from selling you booze, are telling you to go away.
Clinging to God and Guns | 07.02.09 - 9:52 pm
Jeezus - how pathetic!
10 bucks to go see Elvis Costello at the "Taste of Minnesota" on Saturday? Good price, won't sell out, but......meh.
Oh my fucking god, are you kidding me?
Go see him!
I can't buy a ticket to see my favorite artists to save my soul!!!! I would have spent $ 100+ to see the Indigo Girls last week if there had been tix available! Same with Elvis!
When life gives you a cookie, make your fortune!
I would love to visit San Francisco someday.
What's the conversion rate of the Arnoldbuck to the Schrutebuck or Stanley Nickel?
Bonsoir!
His wife must be so proud of him!
plum p,better democrats please
Therein lies the puzzle. Shortly after he took office, the guvernator tried to concentrate most of the political power of the state in his own hands through a series of ballot propositions. They were soundly thrashed, and he became a "moderate Republican." I thought he must have had the good sense to listen to Maria.
Why, this late in his political career, he's become an out-of-fashion "it is so because I say it is so" royalist, is quite the mystery.
If he imagines, in the dotage of the Republican party, that he can beat Barbara Boxer for the Senate, he's smoking the finest-grade California beach sand.
Ten Arnoldbucks is worth one Schrute Buck.
http://www.tobyhilden.com/
schrut...hrute_buck.html
Such a shame her image is not permitted to hangout at her tombstone as her breasts hungout most of her life. Rest in peace.
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