HULK SMASH!!!
Last.
Well, OK. Hope everyone has a lovely and peaceful weekend.
Good evening Moonbats!
The chicken's not aerosolized, but it does have a lot of garlic.
Time for my warm buttermilk colonic.
Will 'Nova win the NAAA Tournament and will St. Joe's win the NIT?
Tha Eurythmic King of Nowhere wishes you all a good weekend. In spite of everything.
My Wu-Yang name is Embryonic Crusadeh, which I liked better than my nickname, which generated Curly-Haired Slacker. Although the latter may be closer to the truth. 
Before there was Schiavo there was Hugh Finn-
http://
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Uh, that's Wu-Tang. Sorry. Typing with gloves on again.
Mena--so long as the wingnut crazies don't go on roadtrips to Pinellas Pines, it should be all right.
Or not.
Pentagon lied about succeful Iraqi Police raid
Mother of dead soldier not allowed to photograph casket
Standard Blogwhoring Disclaimer
Why do you liberals hate Terri's parents America so much?
Just two beers and I can't type Wolfowitz correctly. I'm losin' it in my old age.
ooh, i knew there would be a new thread by now. but go sounds a little cryptic. what does that mean?
one troll used to say, "atrios posts and monkeys fly out of his ass"
i'm proof of that, and that proves evolution.
did ya hear, no sell weapons to iran, but pakistan will be ok. the indians are pissed, but as freddie edder says "them fuck'n indians got noth'n on me"
Well it's about time the Bushes made it into the food chain.
Spook--wicked ass funny
Will 'Nova win the NAAA Tournament and will St. Joe's win the NIT?
No, yes.
Not that I have any sort of history being right about these things...
Def--Meredith Ballard is owed a monstrous apology. and then some.
Atrios, this open thread will only lead to the marginalization of prioritized discussion, which is inherently ambiguous in its natural state of distopic entropy!!
I'm not sure what that means but thanks anyway!
I think I heard that the U.S. is selling F-16s to Pakistan and to India. Now, they're both angry at the U.S. and angrier at each other. Way to go, Fredo.
Maybe he's telling us to watch Go? Pretty good movie; worth the $5.99 at Best Buy.
Incidentally, if anyone wants to watch something gloriously bizarre, get The American AStronaut.
Spook--we only noticed the jokes, not the typos
Ok, let's kick the wingers around some, for something new and different...I just wanted to say, I'd been picking up this vibe about the Xtian kooks and the Schiavo thing, namely, that they believe Terri=Jesus, even though nobody was crazy enough to say it out loud. Until today, that is. One nutball group finally came out and said it. They called Jebby a Pontius Pilate by not "rescuing" Terri. (More details in Salon's war room.) How f'ing crazy is that?
It would be poetic justice if the kooks stay mad and really screw up the Rethug agenda for the next 2-4 years...
The people outside the hospice are NOT supporters of Terri -they are supporting her family in opposing Terri's will but the media covers it just the opposite and yet they claim no bias they cannot even get the facts of the case right
they persist in having on to talk about the case the worst liars
The lawyer for the people opposing Terr's will is a bombthrowing asshole who had his associate file a false statement to make another run at courts
It's time to tell them enough with the lies and half truths and just plain crap
Actually, Sallyh, Freepers did post a yahoo map up to the hospice.
Ben, I was pleasantly surprised by that movie. I think my favorite scenario was the Las Vegas thread.
The Freepers are also talking about "storming the Bastille."
Seebach--I feel horrible for the residents of the hospice and their families. The woman who could not reach her grandfather before he died--i hope she sues Randall Terry's sorry ass off. And since the bankruptcy laws are changing, I don't know that he could take refuge in them.
The language of the reporting around Terri Schiavo is totally screwed up. "Supporting Terri" means continuing to keep her alive against her wishes. It is perfectly emblematic of the debased state of our news media.
What really distresses me most is that many in the disability community have jumped on the Schindler side in this. They are sadly mistaken.
"Tantra, baby."
It is surprising when a mad prophet of doom such as myself is taken off guard by unexpected outpourings of doom. People of my profession usually have all our bases covered. I've even been keeping track of the "raining frogs" probability index.
FRANK RICH
The God Racket, From DeMille to DeLay
AS Congress and the president scurried to play God in the lives of Terri Schiavo and her family last weekend, ABC kicked off Holy Week with its perennial ritual: a rebroadcast of the 1956 Hollywood blockbuster, "The Ten Commandments."
etc
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Seebach - I saw that. Like any of them freeper lardasses could pull themselves away from faux new long enough to do anything.
All the news from Virginia
http://groups.blogdigger.com/gro...ups.jsp?
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ChrisTX--I sincerely hope that's the case.
I think I heard that the U.S. is selling F-16s to Pakistan and to India.
"When we come to hang the capitalists, they will sell us the rope."
--Lenin. Famous dead guy.
Evidence ofFreeper threats
Bad Frist Humor
Again, standard blogwhore disclaimer.
"The Freepers are also talking about 'storming the Bastille.'"
I'm all for it. Of course the American Bastille is in D.C.
How many redundant filings in different courts have the Schiavo parents made in the last few days? At what point does this become abuse of process?
"The Freepers are also talking about 'storming the Bastille.'"
I'm all for it. Of course the American Bastille is in D.C.
Truly, Mike, now that would be an Easter miracle to behold, neh?
Dr. Pedant--I'd think they'd have passed that point already, but the attorneys here could answer that far better than I could.
just lurking, oh yeah; FUCK BUSH!
since it does absolutely no good to write to the assorted outlets, i wonder if an appeal of some kind to the professional journalism organizations and/or the prominent journalism grad schools would be worthwhile. maybe if they began hearing from the public, it would have an impact. they have the standing to get the attention ofthe producers/writers of these programs that us lowly 'civilians' don't.
What the fundies fail to see is that if the end times are upon us, the Antichrist is in power. And they sit in America and look around the world and say "I don't see him."
Dr. Pedant - It became abuse of process after the case made it all the way through the state process the first time, AFAIC.
just lurking, oh yeah; FUCK BUSH!
Oh, yeah - fuck Bush!
How could I have forgotten? Perhaps brain death is contagious?
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Hmmmm. Seems that those RED STATE MFs from Duke just lost to BLUE - well, actually GREEN, Michigan State. Hey Barndog, what's happening?
(Actually, I sort of loathe basketball as only a five foot eight guy can. But I am ALWAYS happy to see ill happening to the my Southern Brethren.)
Seebach: Bingo. W might not be the Antichrist, but he's certainly doing a good imitation...
"The Freepers are also talking about 'storming the Bastille.'"
I'm all for it. Of course the American Bastille is in D.C.
Truly, Mike, now that would be an Easter miracle to behold, neh?
No wonder the Freepers hate the French. They're afraid we might follow their lead.
Hiya Moonbats. Have you been flying around the moon lately? Or mooning bats? hahahahha
What the hell, I'm a-gonna blogwhore one more time to get some more Authentic Indian Names to join the Tribe of New Capital! We've got a hundred and counting!
--Wallace Trivial Chocolate
Quentin--thanks so much for the Frank Rich link. As always, he's an amazing observer. When he worries about something, I've learned to consider whether I should as well. And usually, he's right.
The rapture is hooey theology thrown together in the last 200 years. If the Tribulation starts, we're all in for the ride. They'll be sorry then. Of course, we all will.
SallyH:
One policeman told WORLD his department had been warned that as many as 25,000 or even 50,000 people might show up on Palm Sunday weekend. His department, he said, was ready. "We built it," he said, "and they can come."
So the Pinellas Park police built their barrier. Bewilderingly, almost nobody came.
All bark, no bite.
As the saying goes: I have two favorite college basketball teams... Maryland and whoever's playing Duke.
Jeez, Rick Pitino is the Dick Clark of NCAA basketball.
He could probably be my father, yet he looks younger than I do now.
W might not be the Antichrist, but he's certainly doing a good imitation...
He's John the Baptist to the Antichrist...
Like there's nobody else in that hospice trying to die in peace. No it's all about Fox News and tape over my mouth and me, me, me, and my Jeeeeeezis!!!
Maybe even the asshole media getting Terri fatigue? Or just my wishful thinking.
Tena,
I just wish there was a prosecutor with the courage to indict the Schindlers. Never happen, of course.
It's worth remembering that the legal standard in this country for people convicted of capital crimes, i.e. those facing the death penalty, is a fair trial, not a perfect one.
At this point, I couldn't shed a single tear for Terri Schaivo. If that makes me a bad person, so be it. She got way more justice than she deserved, and many in this country get far too little--their only fault is being a person of no interest, for one reason or another, to the right-to-life wackos.
God damn this country. God damn it to hell.
Rorschach--do you think the FBI is taking note of this?
How many redundant filings in different courts have the Schiavo parents made in the last few days? At what point does this become abuse of process?
five years ago?
I blame jeb!
Rorschach--do you think the FBI is taking note of this?
Sallyh/Delilah Aerosol Chicken
I was figuring the BIA, Ms Chicken...
Love the name, by the way!
"Tantra, baby."
I went to grade school with one of the girls in that sex scene that ended in fire... Not really sure *what* I think about that, really.
Douglas Toothless Pinecone? Well, I guess.
Are they trying to just needle me?
Douglas? as in FIR?
Seems a little sappy to me.
Pitch poor?
My bark is worse than my . . .
Eli dear--don't all sex scenes with you end with fire?
Hmmmm. Seems that those RED STATE MFs from Duke just lost to BLUE - well, actually GREEN, Michigan State."
Yup, and NC State lost to WI...bite me, red states.
Are they trying to just needle me?
Douglas? as in FIR?
Seems a little sappy to me.
Pitch poor?
My bark is worse than my . .
Don't make me birch-slap you!
Who was the band.... Subdudes? Birh, school, work, death... or some such...
(re-posted/updated from the previous thread:
Do you believe Terri Schiavo is suffering?
Yes 35% 29689 votes
No 65% 56341 votes
Total: 86030 votes
I'm not sure how they qualify "suffering" but if it were me, 15 years in that condition would be suffering.
Jesus didn't hang on the cross this long. Even the damned Roman guard had a conscience.)
Oh, and I have a double whammy of Friday goodies!
Quotes, cats, and more B&W photos! The fun never ends!
Ouch, I think I just gave myself a minor stroke (hopefully it won't affect my vision)...
Rorschach--my husband likes it. Alas. He's just wondering how you aerosolize a chicken.
He's also wondering if he can talk me into buying a 42" LCD TV this weekend.
I think Aaron Brown wants to bitch slap Terry Randall.
Seebach, I'm tempted to spread a rumor among the Fundies that the Rapture has already occurred -- and the instrument God used to call the Elect home was AIDS.
man, i've typed out three posts and deleted what i said.
did you here about ted stevens bill to regulate the internet? it goes way beyond the campaign finance issue.
i am not liking america these days. 9/11 fervor is understandable but a government that foments that fear, well...
and what really pisses me off, is a big side factor is the gun makers are doin' a kill'n buisness.
Eli dear--don't all sex scenes with you end with fire?
Fortunately, I have an extinguisher...
I miss my ex and Passover. I love my current but have ALWAYS despised Easter. Ever since I was a baby dyke. WTF, a "holiday" on Sunday? Oh, such a deal. Where you have to put on even more drag queen femme shit in order to go to CHURCH?!! Oh yeah, good times.
Eli--Ms. Eek is so cute! She reminds me of our late, beloved Tessie, who was also a dark calico.
Seebach:
As much time as you appear to be spending in FreepWorld, I hope you're wearing a mask, or condoms on your fingers, or something.
(Actually, I'm just looking for an excuse to post with my new Indian name)
Selah.
and what really pisses me off, is a big side factor is the gun makers are doin' a kill'n buisness.
Aren't they always...
Rigorous Intuition has some interesting tidbts he gleaned from Democracy Now! and other places. Sgrena was shot from behind. Not by inexperienced troops but by Negroponte's special security detail. On a secured road reserved for high ranking diploamts. The US won't let Italians examine the car.
Nothing to see here folks. Move along...
• I don't know the legal criteria used to determine "abuse of process", but I would imagine that it's tough to make the charge stick when various legislatures see fit to scurry ahead and create more "process" at every dead end.
• ...Which neatly segues into one of my pet peeves: I have always deeply distrusted laws named after people. They're always formed from a volcanic residue of strong public emotion to a particular criminal case, from the "Lindbergh Law" forward.
I ought to legislate for the passing of (My Name Here)'s Law, a law forbidding the enaction of Vanity Laws.
So I go to a reception across the street, and you people are still talking? What's with the "Old Guard' not posting so much?
Besides: LA LUNE! VOYEZ VOUS ÇA, LA LUNE, LA LUNE!
Longinus stabbed Jesus with a spear. Was it to kill him, or to make sure he was dead? If it was euthanasia, that would be funny.
i was just over reading the discussion at John (not Juan) Cole's blog. (i think it has balloon in the name). Anyway, there seem to be a bunch of republicans worried about the future of their party. imagine that. i wonder how the moderate Germans felt in the 1930s?
jdw--according to a friend of mine, math prof at NC State, whoever makes Duke lose is her favorite team that day.
Dr. Pedant - How can you cry for the death of a body that hasn't really been alive for 15 years? I'd be happy and relieved to see it over, except that I'm worried about what people will do when it is.
My heart goes out to Terri and Michael, and to Michael's family. The ordeal the Schindlers have put them through is unconscionable.
Come to that, the ordeal they have put Terri through is, for me, unpardonable.
Douglas Toothless Pinecone - meet Geraldine Panting Conifer. Could be the start of something...pointy.
Sharky Feline Control, a girl at work was bitching that we didn't get Good Friday off. I told her it wasn't a "real" holiday and she almost bit my face off.
I meant "real" in the corporate sense, i.e., it falls on a Sunday every year. Hell, retail doesn't shut down for Easter nowadays, why should the M-Fs get a day off?
I sense a solidification on this Terri business. And it's not good for the repukes. Fucking eat it, Jeb.
Good stuff Eli, thanks.
"How many redundant filings in different courts have the Schiavo parents made in the last few days? At what point does this become abuse of process?"
Its only abuse if they file a frivolous asbestos claim...
I was shocked and awed by what our government did last weekend, but I couldn’t understand why. And then it came to me: the Matrix. Of course, the take over is not by some computer program; it’s the final solution of the vast right wing religious conspiracy. That’s how they plan to spread God’s work – in the Matrix. For more go here.
Eli--Ms. Eek is so cute! She reminds me of our late, beloved Tessie, who was also a dark calico.
Best. Cat. Ever. Alas, my mom had to put her to sleep last year. We were both crushed.
My girlfriend has a tortie with similar coloring but much shorter hair. Also considerably more diabolically intelligent, like the Brain of cats.
My favorite name generator!.
Sharkbabe--We have Jewish friends that always invite us to Seder. I love Seder.
Easter, eh, not so much.
Diana Rigg just drifted onto my screen hosting the PBS mystery show...
Back in 1964 my Jr. High School English class went to see "A Comedy of Errors" performed by the Royal Shakespearean Company, which was in DC commemorating Shakespeare's 400th birthday.
Like any red-blooded seventh graders, we sat in the National Theater's second balcony nosebleed seats. passing binoculars back and forth, trying to peer down the bodices of the actresses who played Adriana and Luciana.
Many years later I was thumbing through the "Playbill" and discovered we were ogling Diana Rigg and Julie Christie.
" I'd be happy and relieved to see it over, except that I'm worried about what people will do when it is."
I'm wondering if you'd have to seriously consider cremation in cases like this, because the whackaloons are either gonna forget the next day or turn a gravesite into a specticle.
SteveLG--what a blessed adolescence you had
is anyone else watching, or being forced to watch, "Kojak" on USA?
For this, my husband feels we need the 42" LCD TV. And he's wondering why he's having trouble selling me on the concept.
Scout Prime:
Is your name in reference to that show that used to be on the radio in LA in the 80's or 90's? The *something* & scout show?
Thanks, Sharkbabe! I even have a post named after you!
Sort of.
Yes the Sgrena stuff on Democracy Now today was explosive. Everybody who missed it on the radio go and read the transcript of Naomi Klein describing her discussion with Sgrena of the events.
Doozer--you show yours, I'll show mine.
Sallyh:
Men don't need a *reason* for wanting a 42" LCD. We just do, its in our blood.
We have Jewish friends that always invite us to Seder.
Bet they have a nice ham.
Oh my god. This is from a CNN article:
...In a separate, emergency motion, on which a Florida state judge is expected to rule by noon Saturday, the Schindlers contend that their daughter has expressed the wish to live.
"She managed to articulate the first two vowel sounds, first articulating AHHHHHHH and then virtually screaming WAAAAAAAA," the motion said.
The incident happened in the presence of Schiavo's sister, Suzanne Vitadamo, and an aunt, according to the motion....
This is insane.
Here is Felos in response:
...George Felos, the attorney for Michael Schiavo, Terri's husband and guardian, called the parents' new emergency motion an "abuse of the court process" and said it is "crossing the line."
He questioned how the parents could have had the evidence they had and not acted upon it until now -- when their legal options are running out.
"It is absolutely inconceivable to me or to anyone that Mr. and Mrs. Schindler, who have repeatedly brought every possible shred of evidence and every allegation no matter how bizarre or remote to this court for consideration, have purported evidence that Mrs. Schiavo is talking and expressing," Felos said.
I think I will retry as Moonbat Mosquito. See what comes up. But the thought of pinecones and Conifers is a sticky one to say the least.
Dude--but, there's nothing worth watching! Do we need all that technology for the Simpsons and the Daily Show (and whatever tripe is showing on SciFi at that time?)
One thing that keeps being politely glossed over is Mrs. Schiavo's eating disorder. According to a pretty disgusting fluff piece in today's WAPO, her heart failure was brought on by a "severe potassium imbalance." You don't just get a potassium imbalance that bad by going on a diet. Why isn't anyone talking about the connection between her eating disorder and her current condition? I feel much sorrier for the pain she must have been in before all this started than for her state of non-consciousness now.
Many years later I was thumbing through the "Playbill" and discovered we were ogling Diana Rigg and Julie Christie.
OMG! Now that's a story!
Moonbat Mosquito = Edward Perky Ferret
(think I will stick with Douglas Toothless Pinecone)
infidels equate "Easter" with candy.
caramel eggs
malted milk balls
peeps
jelly beans
chocolate covered bunnies
more chocolate bunnies, but pure cocoa
no marshmallow
and jelly beans
now, let the beatings begin, infidels!
Longinus stabbed Jesus with a spear. Was it to kill him, or to make sure he was dead? If it was euthanasia, that would be funny.
From what I've read, the Romans were not, as a whole, an unfeeling, craven people. Of course the story tells us they mocked him and gave him vinegar to drink but it's entirely possible that Longinus simply wanted to put him out of his misery.
The reports I've seen on crucifixion describe it as a miserable way to wait for death.
Eli: she looks a lot like my Bamboozle, except yours has more brown and I think mine is part Russian blue. She's a smart little stinker, let me tell ya.
Also from the CNN article:
... Meanwhile, FBI agents have arrested a North Carolina man on suspicion of soliciting offers over the internet to kill Michael Schiavo and Greer. Richard Alan Meywes of Fairview is accused of offering $250,000 for the killing of Schiavo and another $50,000 for the "the elimination of the judge who ruled against Terry."
Scout 29C--I see you've selected your favorite prime!
You do know that the 42nd Mersenne prime was found not long ago?
Sallyh:
Men don't need a *reason* for wanting a 42" LCD. We just do, its in our blood.
C'mon. The Dude just needs some herb, a white russian, and a non-pissed-on rug.
Dude--but, there's nothing worth watching! Do we need all that technology for the Simpsons and the Daily Show (and whatever tripe is showing on SciFi at that time?)
One word: Carnivale!
Is your name in reference to that show that used to be on the radio in LA in the 80's or 90's? The *something* & scout show?
Pat Robertson
No, the first part is To Kill a Mockingbird and the latter to distinguish me from another Scout.
Mrs. Ibrahim--does Ibrahim know about your infidel habits?
here's info on the tea diet from her guardian's wapo online chat:
Transcript
Terri Schiavo Case: Guardian at Law
Dr. Jay Wolfson
Professor of Public Health and Medicine, University of South Florida and Legal Guardian of Terri Schiavo (2003)
Dr. Jay Wolfson, professor of Public Health and Medicine at the University of South Florida and professor of Health Law at Stetson University College of Law, was online Wednesday, March 23, at 11 a.m. ET to discuss his role as special guardian for Terri Schivao in 2003 and his report on her condition to Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida courts.
Dr. Jay Wolfson: "the evidence in the file indicates that Ms. Schiavo may have suffered from an eating disorder. She would drink between 15-20 glasses of iced tea each day and may have been purging additionally. before she was 18, she weighed 250 pounds, and then, with her loving mother, decided to lose weight. she did - and went down to about 150, at which time she met michael. she continued to lose weigh aggressively, and got down to 110 before she had her accident. at the hospital, her electrolyte imbalance was profound, causing the cardiac arrest. that imbalance could have been caused by the extreme amount of fluid intake. now, she weighs about 150."
Moonbat Mosquito = Edward Perky Ferret
Thomas Domestic Sprinkles.
Awesome.
Sallyh:
Yes, we do need the technology for that. And for watching DVD's with kickass special effects. Oh yes, and sports. Hmmmmmm sports.....
tinfoil hattie,
fwiw, Terri had at one point weighed 250 lbs. (150 when she met Michael). At the time of her collapse she weighed 110 lbs.
Mercy. The Pentagon will not try 17 soldiers implicated in Iraqi prisoner deaths.
Not one of them.
I always wonder what the true motivation is of those who are making a spectacle of the Schiavo case, I mean other than it allowing them to convince themselves they are part of a righteous minority fighting against evil. My gut tells me that there is something threatening to them about individiuals making decisions about ending their own or their loved ones' lives, but I can't quite articulate yet what it is. Anyone have any thoughts?
The Schindlers are truly evil for wanting life for their daughter. Michael Schiavo has shown how much he cares for Terri by not divorcing her even though he hooked up with another woman and had kids with her. That's the kind of love and devotion that married women are looking for. It's too bad more men aren't like Michael.
Since this seems to be the only way to get any attention in this country anymore....
"Hey, I just heard Osama Bin Laden is going to remove the feeding tube from one of his wives, oh, and he's going to perform an abortion on another!!"
There, we'll have that S.O.B. surrounded by media trucks and people with life stickers over their mouths by morning!
Sallyh:
Through the miracle of the internet I discover that the Royal Shakespearean "World Tour 1964" (why, oh why didn't I get the tee shirt?) looked like this:
World Tour: February-June: (West Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, Warsaw, Helsinki, Leningrad, Moscow, Washington DC., Boston, Philadelphia & New York City):
Diana Rigg as Adriana: The Comedy of Errors and Cordelia: King Lear
May 18 - June 6: New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center: Cordelia
May 20 - June 6: New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center: Adriana
King Lear: Lear: Paul Scofield; Kent: Tom Fleming; Gloucester: John Laurie; Edmund: Ian Richardson; Goneril: Irene Worth; Albany: Clifford Rose; Regan: Pauline Jameson; Edgar: Brian Murray; Fool: Alec McCowen
The Comedy of Errors: Aegeon: Tony Church; Antipholus of Ephesus: Ian Richardson; Antipholus of Syracuse: Alec McCowen; Oinch: Michael Williams; Amelia: Pauline Jameson; Luciana: Julie Christie
Damn. I should have paid a lot better attention...
Thomas Domestic Sprinkles.
Is that the pron name?
James Wolcott has, as usual, a brilliant and entertaining set of postings today. One of them asked if ANY of the dozens of cameras down in Pinellas Pines could just back up a little and give a wide angle view of the 'massive crowd' in front of the Hospice. His, and my suspicion is that it is about as large a group as the throng that pulled down the Sadaam statue in Bagdad - about as wide as a camera lense shot at a short distance will allow.
It sounds like the poor wretched woman never got to enjoy a meal in her life.
Thomas Domestic Sprinkles.
Awesome.
So awesome that it ought to be posted in the comments at my blog, that it might not be lost to oblivion!
sallyh,
Ibrahim is captivated by Ving, and is watching this as we speak. USA, USA, USA
me, not so much. like Monk, but marriage is a compromise.
what is it with bald men and the "love interest" and lollipops? USA wants to know!
I blame jeb!
The rug does pull the room together, you have to admit that.
Why do sportscasters insist on saying "He's got incredible strenth."?
For this, my husband feels we need the 42" LCD TV. And he's wondering why he's having trouble selling me on the concept.
Sallyh/Delilah Aerosol Chicken
that's gonna be a lot of shine.
but think of all those pixels, mmm... pixels.
Mercy. The Pentagon will not try 17 soldiers implicated in Iraqi prisoner deaths.
Not one of them.
Hey, shit happens. We have to move on. I'm not here to talk about the past. Trying those soldiers won't bring any of those dead Iraqis back to life, so why bother, right?
It's about Terri Schiavo, not her parents or husband, Schwa?.
" Anyone have any thoughts?"
That they're just fucking batshit?
And like people that need to pray or grieve in the most outrageous fashions in public, just to show us how fucking nuts they are?
Excuse me, Battlestar Galactica is very high quality tripe.
Talk about Mind Control.
It sounds like the poor wretched woman never got to enjoy a meal in her life.
mena
That it does. An ex of mine was bulimic, and that is a hard pattern of behavior to break. And one that is very , very hard on the body (I guess that much is obvious).
Mercy. The Pentagon will not try 17 soldiers implicated in Iraqi prisoner deaths.
Mercy? Mercy is the last thing we or they deserve.
"For children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy".
Chesterton. Amen.
So awesome that it ought to be posted in the comments at my blog, that it might not be lost to oblivion!
Oops! Righto, will do posthaste!
Exit, pursued by a ror
Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
Where's Mrs Atrios?
I'm not up on my Bible stuff - is Pontius Pilate the same guy who had a friend in Rome named Biggus Dickus?
golly, I finally catch up, and discover I am Sandra Remarkable Jumper.
Not especially inspiring, but...I suppose there's something positive about it.
Enh, habeus iraqus, Eli...
But freedom is on the march or whatever...
(Thank you for the free speech and the internets and please don't break down my door and disappear me, FBI dudes)
Aaron Brown deserves to be miserable listening to Randall Terry - he shouldn't have given that nutcase a venue. I switched from Aaron Brown to "Roger and Me" as soon as he announced that convicted felon would be on the show tonight.
I hope you're all ready for the funeral. It won't be pretty.
LA LUNE!
Copy that. I was out a few minutes ago showing my grandson Orion. I started to point out the 2 or 3 other ones I ever pay attention to, then noticed I could barely see any stars. La lune is like a floodlight, so I pointed out the moonshadows on the lawn as a tradeoff.
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"Guns don't kill people, the government kills people!" - Dale Dribble, Professional Exterminator
Regarding the North Carolina man:
""The e-mail also made reference to the recent death of a judge in Atlanta and the death of (a) judge's family members in Illinois," the FBI said. Meywes faces federal charges of murder for hire and transmission of interstate threatening communications."
My ex was Jewish and born in the East End of London during the Blitz, but from Eastern Euro stock. Therefore her passover cooking was unequalled. Especially the gefilte fish, old school meticulous perfection. She loved her jewish heritage and ritual stuff but hated patriarchal god shit, not to mention Ariel Sharonism, and so did her family and friends. She wrote her own seder where Miriam outshone Moses. I just liked all the singing and ancient ritual and you can make it your own however you like. But the food, damn, that was some food.
OK so in that Texas refinery blast, two of the dead were a married couple. What with all the Schiavo religious insanity, THIS makes me more crazy than usual:
"I know if my mom would have died, my dad would have blamed himself for the rest of his life because he had her there," she said. "And my mom couldn't have survived life without him, so I think God made sure they went together."
Freakin' God, too lazy to prevent the explosion....
"The rug does pull the room together, you have to admit."
I'm thinking Atrios need a nice, deep lime green shag to go along with that red daddy love couch. Maybe a velvet painting of cats playing poker, or Elvis or a matador.
Schwa -
the schindlers, when questioned under oath during the discovery process (is that the right term for FL probate?) that they would keep Terri alive no matter what. Gangrene limbs, open heart surgery, massive organ failure, etc... They said they would *never* let her go peacefully.
While I understand their absolutist beliefs, please don't hold the husband up who was faithful, etc... for many, many years to such lunacy in comparison. This shit has been in the courts for 7 (or is it 9?) years.
I hope you never have to face such a situation.
That they're just fucking batshit?
They may be batshit, but there's some underlying motivation that might be useful to understand.
WalterNeff
It's pronounced Bigguth Dickuth.
Hey, if you want a great, and I mean Great, picture of the Big Dipper....
check out the Winding Roads Visual Arts ad on the right. One of them has a frippin Gorgeous pic of the BD.
(No compensation here, I just like the pic and I think it will be my first purchase.)
I hope you're all ready for the funeral. It won't be pretty.
I'm gonna roll a fattie and pop some popcorn, and watch the fundie circus.
Hal Turner in 2003:
"Unless Gov. Jeb Bush intervenes by 8:00 PM this coming Monday evening, using the Florida Statutes to protect citizens from abuse and neglect, thus saving this woman from starvation, I intend to use my worldwide talk radio show to issue a "CALL TO ARMS" for the purpose of taking control of the hospital long enough to rescue the woman, and further, to take into custody the woman’s former husband, the State Court Judge who ordered this atrocity, and anyone else who dares stand in the way of the rescue. Those interfering with the rescue, or resisting arrest, may be doing so at the wrong end of guns."
And he's up to his same tricks now.
Schwa: not only did at least one medical facility say that Michael Schiavo was obsessive about his wife getting top quality care, it has been reported that she has never had even 1 bedsore in her 15 years of unconsciousness and immobility.
You should look at facts before spouting hate speech about people.
More Schiavology:
Swinging The Hammer
Barry Bonds, Professional Crybaby:
How Can We Miss You If You Won't Go Away?
The Schindlers are truly evil for wanting life for their daughter. Michael Schiavo has shown how much he cares for Terri by not divorcing her even though he hooked up with another woman and had kids with her. That's the kind of love and devotion that married women are looking for. It's too bad more men aren't like Michael.
loves, and is devoted to his wife. yes, I agree troll, Michael loves his wife.
his struggle embiggens us all. and by "all" I refer to the vast majority who believe the Constitution of the United States applies, and Bills of Attainder do NOT embiggen us "all"
fucking brownshirts. I blame jeb!
"The judge [Greer], who is registered blind, is now in fear for his safety and is accompanied by two sheriff's deputies everywhere he goes."
My god, I had no idea he was blind.
Unless Gov. Jeb Bush intervenes by 8:00 PM this coming Monday evening, using the Florida Statutes to protect citizens from abuse and neglect, thus saving this woman from starvation, I intend to use my worldwide talk radio show to issue a
massive fuckin pledge drive so I can get that new Maseratti and get the old lady off my back for a weekend, while I skip down to Lauderdale and tell some sweet honies I'm a radio dude. Fuckin gnarly!
Huh? Whatta ya mean the mic's still on???
Damn. It was 80 degrees here in Austin today, and now dime-sized hail is pounding my car and piling up outside my hotel room door!
Crazy. What's next? Frogs and locusts?
Okay Moonbats, here is my plan:
1. We win the House
2. We win the Senate
3. We impeach and imprison W and Darth Vader.
4. Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the house will be next in line. She can appoint special prosecutors to indict and convict the rest of the lying motherfuckers.
What you think?
I hope you never have to face such a situation.
...what def said. Word for word...
Most humane comment I've read on the subject all day.
""The judge [Greer], who is registered blind, is now in fear for his safety and is accompanied by two sheriff's deputies everywhere he goes."
See? There's no way he coulda seen those videos of TS dancing, emoting and whooping it up.
And they say justice is blind..
mena:
You're right!!!! LOL! 
I hope you're all ready for the funeral. It won't be pretty.
Noam Sane
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Michael Schiavo should get a restraining order to prevent his wife's parents from turning that funeral into a fucking televised service with wingnuts who never knew here in attendance. If they try or succeed in doing that I will lose all compassion for them. It would just prove what many suspect -that they are control freaks and have hearts full of hate for Michael.
Woah, woah, holy shit people.
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Hal Turner's site had a post up that said "OPERATION EXTRICATE IS A GO" and then his site was shut down, saying he had gone somewhere "important."
Randi Rhodes spent a great deal of time today laying out what an unbelievable sleazoid hypocrite money-grubbing hustler is Randall Terry. I mean, I think I'm unshockable at these people, but - words just fail me. And they get away with it. The whore media treats them like they're Nelson the freak Mandela.
Jeff Gannon = Touchy-Feely Unpublished Poet
James Guckert = Ol` Filthy, Sweaty Bastard
Lordy...Wu Tang Name Generator: is there nothing is does not know?
Thank ya kindly, Thomas Domestic Sprinkles.
Eli, love Eeek the tortie and your lovely b&w photos. Much.
I'm writing an opera based on the Terri Schiavo case. Dee Snider will star as Terri, in a role that will surprise you.
bush is bold, rove is masterful, luntz is brilliant.
WASHINGTON - President Bush's job approval slipped into the mid 40s in national polls released this week as he lost some support among men and other groups of core supporters.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news...r_wh/
bush_polls
Luntz: I know, let's just say your poll numbers are up.
Hey, shit happens. We have to move on. I'm not here to talk about the past. Trying those soldiers won't bring any of those dead Iraqis back to life, so why bother, right?
exactly. Freedom is on the March, and there are NO rape rooms anymore.
and now, let the beatings begin!
jdw:
The fundies have peed on our valued rug, Dude.
Gregory Feeble Chincilla
Authentic Indian Name generated for ... ?
on the one hand, i want to kick the tv when these wingnuts are given such extended opportunities to air their grievances.
but then i figure, america needs to see these friggin people up close and personal. we know what they're up to, because we're obsessive on this shit. but the vast majority of americans had no clue these lunatics had such influence and control over the congress and the media. thank god for an independent judiciary.
i think another player who is going to take a hit in this is the cable media. curious that particular question never comes up in these polls.
Hal Turner also said before the Lefkow murders that Lefkow was "worthy of being killed."
This guy is dangerous.
Christopher Hitchens is giving Scarborough a smack down.
Okay Moonbats, here is my plan:
1. We win the House
2. We win the Senate
Bush's counterplan:
Not the nuclear option, the Ecuadoran option...
Thersites - can you have Roger Daltry sing the Randall Terry part?
Tena, your Indian Name is elegant and lovely and fitting. Keep thinking about Neil Young's The Cinnamon Girl.
Christopher Hitchens is giving Scarborough a smack down.
I'm there dude.
Hal Turner also said:
"It also said that the hospice where she is housed should be truck bombed."
Paging David Neiwert.
Where's Hal Turner's home base? How long would it take him to get to the hospice?
If you look at Hal Turners website, he supposedly broadcast internationally. Otherwords, no small frye.
Is Hitchens drinking out of the flask, or does he just put his bottle on the interview table now?
Thanks, Miz Remarkable Jumper!
Thers, I hope there will be collaboration with Axel Rose on the libretto.
Who can forget the sweet poetry of "I'm fuckin innocent" or "I had to put her 6 feet under, she's buried right in my backyard"?
Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the house will be next in line. She can appoint special prosecutors to indict and convict the rest of the lying motherfuckers.
I wish. Dems need to grow the strong stomach to stomp these nazis to death, and they can't even say the word "liar" yet. They let the entire Iran-contra mob off the hook to rise like vampires and now run their idiot mischief on a worldwide scale.
Thersites - can you have Roger Daltry sing the Randall Terry part?
No, he is doing the role of Jeb. In a sacting coup, the Randall Terry part will be played by...
Michael Jackson!
Good evening, Liberal Elitists.
Please provide details of Hitchens smacking down Scarborough for the cable-deficient among us?
Is Hitchens drinking out of the flask, or does he just put his bottle on the interview table now?
chris/tx
I'm writing an opera based on the Terri Schiavo case.
Cool. To bad Sam Kinison's not still around: he had a very "Randall Terry" vibe when he was going full tilt baba.
I agree with Digby: these people are immune to appeals of reason.
And in light of their ability to corrupt "democratic" elections, I therefore advocate removing the Bush regime from office, by force if necessary.
Maybe time for a Million Liberal March on Washington?
Okay Moonbats, here is my plan:
1. We win the House
2. We win the Senate
3. We impeach and imprison W and Darth Vader.
4. Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the house will be next in line. She can appoint special prosecutors to indict and convict the rest of the lying motherfuckers.
What you think?
I think it is the only good thing I have ever heard.
i finally generated my Injun name and i wish i hadn't.
Please provide details of Hitchens smacking down Scarborough for the cable-deficient among us?
They won't let him talk. Buchanun is babbling on and on. They keep repeating a sequence of pictures when Terry was pretty.
Seebach -
Dave Neiwert last weekend about Turner.
It's worth a read.
.
I wouldn't mind sacting Terry. How about Phil Collins as Dad?
Hitchens said he couldn't beleive what he'd been listening to for the last halh hour and that Joe should be ashamed for giving extremists the platform to speak.
So Joe said Chris should be ashamed.
Then Chris said Joe should be ashamed.
On and on....
Damn. It was 80 degrees here in Austin today, and now dime-sized hail is pounding my car and piling up outside my hotel room door!
Crazy. What's next? Frogs and locusts?
Ah, rorschach, it's just spring in the Southwest. Look at the beautiful, beautiful full moon and wonder....
Christopher Hitchens just called the mayor of looneyville a megaphone for fraud....pretty good description
Shit. I wish I remember what AOL name Hal Turner was trying to identify. That person could be in danger.
I hope there will be collaboration with Axel Rose on the libretto.
Indeed. His special sensitivity to delicate issues would be most welcome.
I see you're ahead of nem Seebach.
Anton Watermarked Ram
"The fundies have peed on our valued rug, Dude."
Yup. But I'm busy right now helping atrios get his look together. Because the couch is the focal point of the room, I'm gonna go with the matador painting because the red cape will bring out the red in the couch. Next to the couch we'll go with a wrought iron swag lamp with green and red panels to tie the rug to the couch, and a green wine bottle with a candle stuck in the top and lots of wax dripping.
The iron will also lend a certain Sanish Inquisition aura to the place, perfect for meeting power brokers within the rabid liberal left. We'll have to ditch the black footstool and knock something together from old pallets in a nice, very dark oak stain, and distress it a little with a hammer. (Think of a room in a Knight's Inn Hotel, Breezewood, PA, c. 1972)
My rep Steny Hoyer of MD is kicking ass of late and I'm lovin him. One of the few to make a statement and call for hearing on Gannon/Guckert. Stood up against Schiavo congressional bullshit. I think he's the dem house whip, maybe he should have Pelosi's job. Guy is no pink tutu.
Turner's apparently in New Jersey, and reports to FL police and the FBI have been made. I just remain curious as to that AOL member's name. Hal wanted that person identified, for who knows what nefarious purpose.
What a bunch of Wankers on MSGOP. Sorry, they are all pretty much mentally challenged.
Just saw the AARP ad comparing the Bushco social security "fix" with tearing down your house to unstop your sink. Sweet.
I blush to add that I saw it on Spike TV, where I am watching part of the CSI marathon.
They won't let him talk.
Something has gone very, very wrong when Hitchens cannot take control of the conversation.
How about Phil Collins as Dad?
And Dame Edna as Mom!
Ripley
It was the Godfathers-Birth, School, Work, Death. A great song off a decent record, but nothing else was as good as the title track. Lemme know, I can send you an mp3 ifn' you want it.
ahead of me, dammit.
Anton Watermarked Ram
If I am ever in a state similar to Mrs. Schiavo's, I do not want my body to be kept going once a dozen medical professionals have said there is no hope of recovery. I made my wishes clear in a medical directive/power of attorney we signed on Tuesday (before Mr. Hattie had back surgery). In a conversation with Mr. Hattie later, I told him I hope he would find love again and move on if something happened to me. Would that we could all find someone to help us through such a terrible time of grief and strife. Given Mr. Schiavo's level of deep commitment to his wife when any court would have granted him a divorce long ago, I do not begrudge him his new family. I am sorry he could not have that life with Mrs. Schiavo. But he couldn't.
Maybe time for a Million Liberal March on Washington?
Ranty
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Ranty, don't you know you'll be jumped for saying that long before Hal Turner will hear about inciting people to riot?
i finally generated my Injun name and i wish i hadn't.
cory (Douglass Weeping Slug)
No sympathy from me...
Well thanks a lot moonbats. Just found out my friggin name is
Kirk Glinting Hugger
but my Eschaton moniker is:
Lucas Skimpy Goose
Both are just sooooo appealing.
i think it likely that Hal Turner is just sitting in a bar somewhere in Repug land chuckling into his MGD about the bunch he has caused in so many panties.
Mmmmmm....panties.....
The iron will also lend a certain Sanish Inquisition aura to the place, perfect for meeting power brokers within the rabid liberal left. We'll have to ditch the black footstool and knock something together from old pallets in a nice, very dark oak stain, and distress it a little with a hammer.
how about a Comfy Chair?
Woah, woah woah... I am getting overloaded by bizarreness. Listen to this fundamentalist:
"Even if George Bush IS the Anti-Christ - it is only because HE is the GREATEST Christian of all, he loves Jesus SO MUCH that he, and he alone is BRAVE ENOUGH to play this terrible part. AND, instead of vilifying him, I should thank God that he is my "Leader" and PRAISE HIM, Praise his name(!), and be grateful for all he has done to bring the world to the edge of Apocalypse!"
They are mad!
"CSI marathon."
There's a CSI marathon? For how long?
(Think of a room in a Knight's Inn Hotel, Breezewood, PA, c. 1972)
And the current administration feels its collective sphincter cinch up just a twitch...
"Who are you and what do you know?!?"
RANT ON
Okay I am about to puke all over my TV.
I was just flipping between the 3 cable "news" networks and one thing struck me.
They treat these pro-life protestors like they were heroes. The same media that COMPLETELY IGNORES anti-war protests. There were nation-wide anti-war protests on the Iraq war anniversary, and I saw NOTHING about it... Get 150 Pro-Lifers holding bloody signs in front of a fucking hospice, and they treat it like some noble act, but you get 500,000 protestors ins ONE CITY protesting an unjust war, and they say it was a "few thousand weirdos" and move along to the celebrity trial of the moment...
And why is it that every single fucking network is putting the pro-life slant on everything? If I hear "Err on the side of life" one more time I am going to scream!!!! It's pathetic how they keep repeating that over and over again, and it comes from a man that invaded a country based on nothing but errors!
Fox news puts that con-artist fuck, John Edward on there to proclaim Terry's soul is aware of everything, and he could probably communicate with her. GIVE ME A BREAK!!
The same assholes in congress that want to amend the constitution to "save the sanctity of marriage", are the ones that seem to have no care in the world for the sanctity of the Shiavo's marriage.
Bush can't leave his play-pen in Crawford for Bin Laden warnings before 9/11, To deal with the Tsunami, or to say anything about the newest American school massacre, but he can jump in AirForce 1 and zoom to D.C. on the drop of a hat, when this Shiavo circus got started.
These people are just so selfish and dumb it isn't funny. They are fucking up this country with this nonsense. These people have probably never had a loved one in a state like this, and have never had to make a decision that tough in their miserable lives.
"Err on the side of life" didn't seem to mean a whole hell of a lot when we were invading Iraq based on LIES.
Now we have to sit and listen to pro-life extremists like Randall Terry spew conspiracy theories on "news" channels about how this whole thing is a big plot to kill the woman... Give me a break. This is the same fucking nut that said abortian doctor's should be killed!
This vile garbage is going to spawn violence. There have already been a few arrests. One man put a bounty on Michael Shiavo, and Judge Greer's head on his webpage. The FBI picked him up tonight. Another man drove from Illinois to Florida, then tried to rob gun store with a box cutter, so he could get a gun and "save Terry"...
I think the 3 cable news networks are a virus in the public forum. They have twisted this issue to the point where it is just a shit-slinging contest now.
The networks, guys like Randall Terry, John Edward, and Jeb Bush are like maggots feeding on the corpse of this woman. They care nothing for her.
The hypocrisy is about to choke me. I'm not sure how much more utter bullshit I can take before I just stop caring about what happens to this country.
That was most of the major stuff. Oh, and Fuck the GOP.
RANT OFF
Could probably get Bob Geldof as Tommy DeLay...pretty cheap too.
James Wolcott is god. What droll elegant rapier prose. I await his every post and study at his feet.
Christopher Hitchens called the mayor of looneyville a megaphone...
WHICH mayor of Looneyville? There are so many ...
I only got to see the Royal Shakespearean Co. in "Twelfth Night" in 1964 when I was - yes - in 7th grade. Judy Dench played Viola. And yes, we sat in the bleachers, second back row, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Australia.
I've just been watching Hannity & Colmes on Fox from here in Australia. Hannity had a Democrat state Senator on from Florida who pointed out to him that the bill they rejected a few days ago would have been held to be unconstitutional. Hannity just ignored him and accused him of being complicit in Ms. Schiavo's death. The Senator repeated that the law would have been illegal, and once knowing it would be (as an almost identical one was held to be a few years ago) he would have been violating his oath of office to vote again for substantially the same bill. Hannity didn't care. I don't suppose this is any news to you guys.
But it did strike me that this is turning into not just a contest between the Schindlers and Mr. Schiavo, or the Fundies and the Left, or even the Republicans and the Democrats. It is now becoming a test of strength of Fox News (and also CNN to a certain extent) to see just who it is that wields real power in America.
They're so used to winning on everything they put their minds to, they fell the need to ratchet this terrible situation up as far as they need to go to ensure a victory. Hannity is seeing his own "authority" being challenged here. He's not seeing any pick up in the polls on the issue. He's not seeing judges cow before his Godlike wisdom. He's not seeing Jeb Bush make a move. All he has is a smallish crowd of people outside a hospice with placards.
At one stage he asked the camera to zoom out so we could see the size of the crowd. The camera did not move at all, yet Hannity said, "See? There's a HUGE crowd here!" This is an attempt at mass hypnosis being carried to a ridiculous extent.
Making the whole thing more bizaare is that they go to a commercial every five monutes, interrupting whatever impassioned plea, or tear-jerking remonstration happens to be on-screen at the time. It's really, really, sick.
For the record, Colmes is being antithetical to Hannity, cross-examining all Hannity's "witnesses" with a zeal that Michael Schiavo's lawyers would be proud of.
How it must enfuriate Fox to think that this is one thing they're not going to win on. I'd like to think it was the thin end of the wedge regarding their supposed "invincibility".
Bonus cat bloggin.
http://greatscat.blogspot.com/20...t-
blogging.html
gob, that would be awesome!
I blush to add that I saw it on Spike TV...
What's that, like, Imtravenous Entertainment or something? 50cc of Widescreen Plasma, stat!?
Hitchens said the right wing wants the judges to follow Catholic doctrine and decide on whether the woman belongs in heaven or purgatory.
Beelzebud : well said and I do not disagree. Good job
Oh shit...on Orcinus....Turner is from NJ....from North Bergen....in HUDSON COUNTY....Turner is practically a homie of mine....
Well, THAT sucks.
Edwin Titanium Fireweed
Really? Can I trade you? That is the coolest name ever. I wouldn't even femme it up.
Howdy, freebats.
In a nod to Ripley, evening!
An arrest of a guy who put a bounty on Michael Schiavo, and Judge Greer:
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/ap...053&
cachetime=5
They will stalk that man like a dog until they get him.
I must repeat:
"Even if George Bush IS the Anti-Christ - it is only because HE is the GREATEST Christian of all, he loves Jesus SO MUCH that he, and he alone is BRAVE ENOUGH to play this terrible part. AND, instead of vilifying him, I should thank God that he is my "Leader" and PRAISE HIM, Praise his name(!), and be grateful for all he has done to bring the world to the edge of Apocalypse!"
I farking love March madness b-ball. So far so goo. State and Wisconsin have won. Woohoo.
add a d and we have a winner.
Myers and Rumsfeld, viewed on CPSAN in Feb 05, nearly wet themselves when Cynthia Mckinny, dared ask what the war games were all about on 9.11.01
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It was worth $25 to me-
http://tinyurl.com/3w677
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Seebach
I just dropped back in and I see that last post.
Are the brownshirt storm troopers here?
something together from old pallets in a nice, very dark oak stain, and distress it a little with a hammer.
how about a Comfy Chair?
Comfy Chair? Is someone thinking about a Comfy Chair? With Soft Pillows?
Sometimes that's the only thing that gets us thru. Never diss the Comfy Chair.
Aussie Bob | Email | Homepage | 03.25.05 - 10:59 pm | #
Great post Aussie Bob! The right wing media has been full of its own power since Rush Limbaugh was given credit for the 1994 "Gingrich Revolution".
Fox News has been desperately trying to recast this story, and its not going to work. Given the state of public opinion on this issue, Fox has to be loosing some of its "credibility" (there has to be another word for it in Fox's case) among its core viewers, many of whom must not agree with the loonies on this issue.
I just got back from seeing one of the worst crap movies ever. Be Cool. Do not, I repeat, do not waste your money on this p.o.s. Even if you liked Get Shorty. Which I did.
What's going on with the freepers, seebach? Who is Hal Turner?
Fox news puts that con-artist fuck, John Edward on there to proclaim Terry's soul is aware of everything, and he could probably communicate with her.
Really not helping their cause...
GWPDA -- Re: CSI marathon. I think it's running for about three more hours here in Pacific time -- at least until 11:00 pm.
Even if George Bush IS the Anti-Christ - it is only because HE is the GREATEST Christian of all, he loves Jesus SO MUCH that he, and he alone is BRAVE ENOUGH to play this terrible part.
This reminds me of that Borges story about the people who believed that Judas was the son of God...
Wilton Saucy Sparrow?
WTF?
I don't even know what kind of accent I need to badly affect?
"Even if George Bush IS the Anti-Christ - it is only because HE is the GREATEST Christian of all, he loves Jesus SO MUCH that he, and he alone is BRAVE ENOUGH to play this terrible part. AND, instead of vilifying him, I should thank God that he is my "Leader" and PRAISE HIM, Praise his name(!), and be grateful for all he has done to bring the world to the edge of Apocalypse!"
So . . . did I miss *all* the good drugs?
Damn, Ripley, I forgot what a good song that was.
Been turned around till I'm upside down
Been all at sea until I've drowned
And I've felt torture, I've felt pain
Just like that film with Michael Caine
I've been abused and I've been confused
And I've kissed Margaret Thatcher's shoes
And I been high and I been low
And I don't know where to go
Birth, school, work, death
Birth, school, work, death
I'm converting to mp3 and I'll email you soon.
Observations from Texas.
Everythings Big in Texas
Except
The Deer are little.
I thought I was seeing groups of young deer, until I saw a mutipointed buck about the size of a very large dog.
The Mosquitoes are tiny.
As everyone knows, a state with forests and lots of rain, is judged by the size of their Mosquitos.
The June bugs are little.
And it's just not the same when the cats crunchily chew them up.
.
Thanks for that, Aussie Bob.
Beelzebud, that's why I can't even watch.
But for some reason, because unlike Iraq, it's not abstract to people, they know this stuff in their own lives - I think it's not gonna work. I think cable media is exposing and discrediting itself as bad as the Bushes and Delays are. Even Monkey and Jeb and Delay are pulling back and laying low, but cable news doesn't know how, it's just autopilot mindless pandering and can't stop. Everyone is seeing through this crap. It could be good.
Hal Turner is a right wing talk radio host who is telling people to storm/truck bomb the hospice and has shut down his website, saying he has gone somewhere "important."
Police and FBI have been notified, apparently.
the BBC sez:
US will accept Israel settlements
Maale Adumin settlement in the West Bank
Israel is planning to build 3,500 new homes at the Maale Adumin settlement
The US ambassador to Israel says that Washington expects Israel to retain control over large Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Dan Kurtzer told Israel Radio that it was unrealistic to expect a full Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank in any final status agreement.
"how about a Comfy Chair?"
Ah, the chair! This is where we can really make the room. I'm thinking a bright gold fabric, possibly a lame'. With a foot that's a sort of cross between Spanish and French revival. It'll be very confortable, sorta, even with the plastic slipcover. The red couch and gold chair will imbue the room with a regalness quite appropriate to man of atrios' stature and make a statement: "I'm atrios, a man, bold and condifent, a lover, tender yet masculine. Welcome to my castle."
Speaking of mosquitoEs and blogwhoring, since we were... right?
Oh, nevermind...
Philistines!
Not to rub it in, but I got an early Bday present - A big ol' sticky hydroponic bud that you could smell from a hundred feet.
Carry on...
but cable news doesn't know how, it's just autopilot mindless pandering and can't stop.
Cable News's cerebral cortex has long since degenerated into mush, they're just continuing on responding to stimuli with autonomous reptillian reflexes.
Correction: he has gone to do something "important" and also, just FYI, that Judge Greer they want dead is blind.
...judas was the son of god:
anybody read Live from Golgotha?
Oh, wait. Now I remember. Hal Turner's the white supremacist, yes?
It's hard to keep the wingnuts straight.
Just got home from the Tenebrae service. As the last section of the passion was read from John, the lights went out and the last candle was extinguished. There was a crashing jarring noise to symbolize the moment of death. Everyone jumped. Then, out of the silence, a little voice came from near the back: "Ohhh! Do it again!"
I get home, catch up on the obscenity occuring in FL and watch as those misguided blind fools make an utter mockery of my faith, and that crashing keeps reverberating in my head. This has been the most wacked up Holy Week I've ever experienced. I've got to write a sunrise service, and at tis point, I have no idea what's going to come out of my mouth. That crashing is making it difficult to think.
-Danielle Sawtoothed Orangutan (I like it-gets me in touch with my evolutionary roots and inner orthodontist)
Friday Document Dump
The report, released Friday by Homeland Security Department Acting Inspector General Richard Skinner, said the agency misinformed individuals, the press and Congress in 2003 and 2004. It stopped short of saying TSA lied.
Anton Watermarked Ram
Ripleysquito,
Since we were right we will be humble, smart and righteous.
On Comedy Central, comedian asks crowd if they like Shrubbery. No reaction. Starts dissing Shrubbery, huge laughs.
Freedom Is On The March ™
The Chimperor is allowing sales of F-16s to the military dictatorship in Pakistan over the objections of regional rival India, the world's largest democracy.
Hal Turner is a cocaine addict who first came to our attention about a year and a half ago trying to use IDF war crimes as proof of "Jewish perfidy"
on a site using the name but apparently not actually connected to al-Jazeerah.
Good left rev - it it's any consolation, I'm listening to Joe Louis Walker's "Runnin From the Devil" right now.
Ok, I was listening to Van Halen's "Runnin With the Devil" until I saw you post. Then I changed the CD quick-like.
Aussie Bob ...
Great post. We must all look insane from your side of the planet.
Good on Aussie Bob.
And not only because he saw the Aussie edition of the Royal Shakespearean '64 World Tour.
It's all about power now, and g*d help us if all the Democrats want to do is keep a low profile and watch the Repubs destroy themselves from a safe distance.
Which is, of course, exactly what they want.
The Old Man
I saw that F-16 relese earlier. I am still surprised. I bet a lot of military and other are fuming a bit.
deer in the Islamic Republic of Florida are even smaller than Texan key deer. so there, Darwin!
haha
I blame jeb!
Ripley:
VH is a secret weakness of mine. Turn it up a little.
spork,
Oy. The document dump ought to be a regular feature in a FREE press. The corporate masters frown on this sort of thing, however.
I thought the American Bastille was in Guantanamo Bay...
Or is that the Chateau d'If?
Devil's Island maybe?
What's located in Washington is the American Winter Palace.
bigvic,
Howdy Got your email, very cool. Those numbers you need are 2085.
So . . . did I miss *all* the good drugs?
There can't *possibly* be any left. To steal from Denis Leary's riff on Keith Richards, we're going to have to wait until the fundies die and then smoke them.
Chateau d'If? What's that from?
The Chimperor is allowing sales of F-16s to the military dictatorship in Pakistan over the objections of regional rival India, the world's largest democracy.
True, that. Although from what I've heard from NPR, India's not so much worried about the F-16s, they just are annoyed by Bush's attitude.
Nothing new there, I reckon. He's a moronic klutz.
"Hitchens said the right wing wants the judges to follow Catholic doctrine and decide on whether the woman belongs in heaven or purgatory."
In defense of separation of church and state, let the priests decide.
It's all about power now, and g*d help us if all the Democrats want to do is keep a low profile and watch the Repubs destroy themselves from a safe distance.
SteveLG
Yes. Now's the time to hammer the Rethugs with all their mistakes, misdeeds, and miscalculations.
That's what the country want the dems to do, imo
Doozer
Spike TV is the self-proclaimed cable channel for men -- so they do a lot of really stupid shit to appeal to your basic undershirt-wearing beer-drinkers with ass cracks exposed when they squat stereotypes. Avoid any and all of their original programming like the plague, but they've got a lock on the CSI reruns.
left rev, one of mine, as well. But I was actually listening to JLW. The similarity of the titles was too good to ignore, though.
Anyone see the travesty of irony that played out on Fox this morning where they brought out there "fair and balanced" media analyst to talk about how NBC and CBS had slanted their coverage in favor of the Schiavos? I nearly fell off my eliptical trainer.
Anton Watermarked Ram
==
I see a sheep smoking a pipe.
Which reminds me, lucky, lucky chris/tx.
shit. their, not there
they just are annoyed by Bush's attitude.
Along with half of America and the entire rest of the planet.
I haven't seen one minute of cable news channels since the Dem Convention. It's pretty trippy to get the news filtered through the blogs, AAR and Sirius Left everyday.
I nominate Will Ferrel to play Jeb Bush.
Hitchens best watch his tongue. His masters are paying for that show in Florida.
Keep it up and he'll be limited to one bottle a day
Hal Turner is a right wing talk radio host who is telling people to storm/truck bomb the hospice
While I hope *neither* happens, I hope that if they must, that they occur simultaneously.
Chateau d'If? What's that from?
It's the prison the hero escapes from in The Count of Monte Cristo, although it was also the title of a Jack Vance short...
chris/tx,
It's your b-day? Many happy returns of the day. If I'd known, I'd have baked you a cake. Sounds like you have it covered, though.
I nominate Will Ferrel to play Jeb Bush.
Gonna hafta pork up a bit.
I blame jeb!
Mrs. Ibrahim al-Jaafari
I blame Babs.
With...from...six of one, half dozen the other.
Really, it all hinges on what the meaning of "is" is.
Danielle Sawtoothed Orangutan, life partner of Saul Fluffy Legbone
So do these protestors stay outside that hospice all night long??
While I hope *neither* happens, I hope that if they must, that they occur simultaneously.
==
I love you, Eli.
I thought it was the Count of Monte Cristo. But I thought it could have been Poe or some other Dumas.
Freedom Is On The March ™
The Chimperor is allowing sales of F-16s to the military dictatorship in Pakistan over the objections of regional rival India, the world's largest democracy.
The Old Man From Scene 24
The jokes keep writing themselves, don't they.
Château d'If: The Count of Monte Cristo.
and Israel has no problem with the Muslim Nuclear Power gaining F-16s?
Could it be that Bush really does want to find bin Laden and really is desperately lashing out?
Mena sez:
Anton Watermarked Ram
==
I see a sheep smoking a pipe.
It sounds like a minor Middle-European character from a P.G. Wodehouse story to me.
Which is a good thing.
And with that, adieu.
Anton Watermarked Ram
F-16's have important things to tell us as we march forward, toward, Freedom.
Freedom demands a continual and expanding dispersement of F-16s to guarantee the Progress of all that is good, and right, and popular with the way "we" do things. Democracy be damned, Sharia Spirit is catching.
go Freedom. go F-16!
The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon, the first of the US Air Force multi-role fighter aircraft, is the world's most prolific fighter with more than 2000 in service with the USAF and 2000 operational with 23 other countries.
The DUDE!
Glad you are here. Did you get my e-mail? I'm an idiot.
bigvic - Not quite yet, next week (early gift).
mena - Would it not be nice if we could ask for what we really want for bdays...instead of the shit we get.
night moobats!
I love you, Eli.
Most women do. In the tennis sense.
"Building up a substantial audience and paying for the five-nights-a-week, two-hour show with advertising and donations, he became a favorite of many on the radical right, including several in the neo-Nazi National Alliance"
Hmm... even if the feds nab Hal Turner, his followers make me nervous.
yes.
truck bomb the hospice.
save terri schiavo's "life" by blowing up the house she's in.
it's hard for them, they don't much like that logic stuff
(when rob corddry's on, he's on; usually though he's the least worthy writer on the show)
Middle child just informed me that Pixie the Marauding Death Machine brought home some take out from the bird buffet and its sitting on the porch until she gets hungry. Also, said feline threw up on her stuffed pony and, I quote "How the hell am I supposed to sleep with a cat puke pony?"
Ten year olds are geting mouthier every year.
Good night all. Gotta go clean the pony.
Bon nuit, AWR.
God these threads go too fast, how to write and also read everything!
I need a Gilliard/Americablog break.
Meanwhile my girlfriend's out singing karaoke at the FOP lodge.
I'm glad the American system, despite being so beleaguered by nazis and the religiously insane, still has enough life to be allowing Michael Schiavo to carry out his wife's wishes. At long last Terri is passing peacefully as we speak, but the tumult to come could make this fiasco look tame. In the meantime, Michael Schiavo is a goddamnn true hero, I truly can't imagine enduring such public vilification and abuse when you've stood by your loved one and your principles for 15 years.
Hal Turner also advocated Civil War if Gore were to claim victory in 2000. If his followers see his being nabbed as a crackdown, this could get ugly beyond imagination.
I don't see what the big deal about the F-16 to Pakistan is. They have very highly advanced anti-anti-freedom technology, which Musharraf is going to need in order to get rid of all the rogue elements that prevent him from turning Pakistan into the democratic utopia he has always dreamed of.
jdw...did someone say THE SPANISH INQUISITION????????
And, thanks, Aussie Bob. So sorry we're so insane here.
Just saw Ladysmith BLACK mAMBAZO.GREAT!I'm PUMPED! As far as the Florida thing and everything else I want it to come to a head. We need to get to a point where it"s just FUCK IT "BRING IT ON"
For some reason this song by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult has been going through my head lately...
The Days of Swine and Roses
You drag me across your opened wound
I am on my last limb I'm on my last limb
Stuck in the mainstream pseudo dude
You are on your last limb you're on your last limb
The day I die will mean nothing to you
The days of swine and roses
Your mind's diseased with perverted justice
I am on my last limb I'm on my last limb
Nameless horror we call love
I was only laughing hah I was laughing
Christian zombie vampyre
I am the father the father of nothing
The day I die because of you
The days of swine and roses
Just sorta fits.
`Just watched Chris Hitchens kick Scarborough`s ass right on top of his head.
save terri schiavo's "life" by blowing up the house she's in.
Maybe they'll use the fruitron bomb - kills people, leaves vegetables intact.
I haven't seen one minute of cable news channels since the Dem Convention.
The cable news have been willing participants in this circus, just like they were with the Swift Boat vets. They arranged for the live feeds outside the hospice, they set up the guests to debate "both sides of the issue" - they played it for the ratings.
The difference between the SBV and this shameful episode is that Bush distanced himself from the SBV.
The Rethugs in Congress took on doing the smear campaign of Michael Schiavo themselves, with a evangelical fervor.
Most women do. In the tennis sense.
I must say that's hillarious, in between my cataloguing neo-Nazis.
Good jokes are always appreciated.
Eli,
You're speaking my language.
Most women do. In the tennis sense.
Hahahaha.
The Dude,
Sorry, I'm getting all confused watching all the basketball. Will check mail now. Good job interview?
Someone's having a birthday?
http://www.iqm.ro/beatles/beatle...es/
birthday.wav
Any excuse to play the Beatles.
mena - Would it not be nice if we could ask for what we really want for bdays...instead of the shit we get.
Ya gotta work with the birthday presents ya have...
umm okay I find this kinda spooky.
You guys were mentioning Hal Turner, so I googled him, and found his homepage. Here is what it says right now at www.halturnershow.com...
"Web Site Updates Temporarily offline.
I am traveling to do something important."
He's traveling to "do something important."
For some reason I don't like the sound of that.
I was on LGF last nite and someone posted a comment to the effect of "I'll bet she dies on Good Friday at 3pm. Anyone wanna bet against me?"
I swear to hell... it's like "She must live! but if she died right when Christ did, wouldn't it be awesome?" with some people.
k&y,
my wonderment exactly. so now there are 2 countries in the Middle East with F-16s? I guess that was the "subtext" of Dan Kurtzer's statement on the radio tonight. but what do I know. elliot abrams and his death squad masquerade has been relatively quite of late.
Ibrahim is concerned.
Gotta go clean the pony.
Okay, I know you're a woman of the cloth (in more ways than one at the moment), but that, um, really sounds dirty.
Cable News's cerebral cortex has long since degenerated into mush, they're just continuing on responding to stimuli with autonomous reptillian reflexes.
Is this where we pound them with a hoe or shovel or something? To save them from further dishonor?
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I love Eli in the golf sense.
You're speaking my language.
Advantage bigvic.
He's traveling to "do something important."
Contacting his lawyer to find out where he can hide from the FBI?
The FBI and Florida police have been notified. Especially cuz Hal Turner says anyone who tries to kill her should be killed, and also the policemen who arrested those 10 year old boys. He "kept pictures of them (the policemen) just in case."
Would it not be nice if we could ask for what we really want for bdays...instead of the shit we get.
==
Do remind everyone here when your day is. It felt very good to get so many bday greetings here last week. I'd like to pass that on.
That's what the country want the dems to do, imo
"The country" elected these mopes and jackals. Well, 3/4 of the country: 50 million by active vote and 100 million by not bothering to bestir their gigantic asses and get to the polls at all and defaulting on their right to bitch about anything.
Honestly I like that the Dems are sitting very still right now and letting Florida boil over. The minute we get into the game it'll become a Liberal/Conservative, Life Hater vs. Life Lover thing.
Screw that. Let the "moderate" Republicans and the Apathites have a nice, long look at the Terror they unleashed on the world. And when they ask what the Dems think, tell 'em: Well, we have always stood foursquare against bugfuck crazy theocrats using the Constitution as Ass Floss, which is why we warned you about these fucktards for the last 15 years.
But we didn't start this blaze and then outsource the Fire Department to fucking Bangalor: the Republicans Did! So why don't you go over and ask the Republican Congress and Republican Preznit what the Republican Preznit's Republican Governor-brother is going to do about the Psyho Republican Mob in the Republican state of Florida.
But that's just me
Most women do. In the tennis sense.
I bet it's your own fault.
I know, I know. It goes double for me.
And yet, I netted me an ace!
I love Eli in the golf sense.
Is your eagle sore?
I read Mark Morford occasionally, and I think his last one is pretty right on. As Hunter Thompson said, "big darkness, soon come."
It's here, now.
I love Eli in the golf sense.
Is your eagle sore?
I mean, I love you like a putter.
www.halturnershow.com
"This site has been Gannonized for my protection. Google THIS, bitches!"
"Huh? What the hell is a cache? They can do What?!?"
I was on LGF last nite and someone posted a comment to the effect of "I'll bet she dies on Good Friday at 3pm.
Get out out here! That's crazy enough, and sadly predictable, but for the love of Jeepers, Ripley, WTF were you doing on LGF? Do you need an intervention? I'm here for you, man.
When all the shit went down last weekend with the Republican spending a lot of political capital getting a special bill past for just one person – who didn’t even vote and wasn’t part of the red state phenomenon last election. I had to ask why. And then it came to me: the Matrix. The story is about a computer program that is running every thing, keeping people in pods from birth to…well, forever I guess? It never said how long people lived in the movie. My epiphany was the realization that it’s not machines or a program that wants to hook everybody up to a machine, it’s the religious right. What better way to control the minds of people than to hook them up to a machine.
First, there would be beds – lots of beds – with all these people hooked up to them. The pods like in the movie would come later. Also first would be the sick and dying, and then the healthy. That’s why suddenly the government can move mountains over one weekend. The Matrix is loading…For more go here.
"Is your eagle sore?"
Eli
Eli, anymore Asscrap puns will result in severe spankings.
If someone gets hurt in this mess someone should sue the little 3 "news" folks ala Sally Jessy.
Yeah, bring it on. Like I said last night, come on all you assholes, you pundits, jeebus freaks, come on with your guns and free her from the death-cult of judicial activism. Froth your ultimate froth. Take her and her feeding tube home with you. Change her diapers for 50 more years, yourself. Exult in wonderment as her eyes "look" at you and she "speaks" to you.
Goddamn fucking freaks.
I was on LGF last nite and someone posted a comment to the effect of "I'll bet she dies on Good Friday at 3pm. Anyone wanna bet against me?"
I swear to hell... it's like "She must live! but if she died right when Christ did, wouldn't it be awesome?" with some people.
Ripley | Email | Homepage | 03.25.05 - 11:33 pm | #
Ripley, that's just -- damn, those folks just ain't right.
"Ripley, WTF were you doing on LGF?"
I thought you smelled a bit, well, off...
I also enjoy the irony that the "don't kill the disabled" protestors would want to kill a blind judge.
Well, this is certainly going to improve our image in the Muslim world. Wonder if it was Karen Hughes' first recommendation in her new role as Marketer of 'Murkin Values to the Middle East?
WASHINGTON, March 25 - Despite recommendations by Army investigators, commanders have decided not to prosecute 17 American soldiers implicated in the deaths of three prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003 and 2004, according to a new accounting released Friday by the Army.
I mean, I love you like a putter.
Tee hee. Guess I walked right into that trap.
I think ror may have exhausted the sum total of my volley limited tennis vocabulary already. Maybe I should let bigvic serve some up for me.
I also enjoy the irony that the "don't kill the disabled" protestors would want to kill a blind judge.
Seebach
The judge is really blind????
Michael Moore's "minutemen" are heartbroken. As well as Michael Moore being heartbroken...
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/
7b2a3b4...000e2511c8.html
My dog Hank's Indian name is Agnes Amiable Dog!!!
Do remind everyone here when your day is. It felt very good to get so manycgreetings here last week. I'd like to pass that on.
wednesday. 1962.
vic, LGF has been surprisingly quiet on this debacle. Chuck-Jo said he's been in a similar situation and didn't feel like commenting on it, which I can respect.
As much as our House Majority Fuckfist, De Lay, would like to turn this into a political issue, it's a personal/family issue.
My mind is always boggled by the comments there, though. Lots of hate and bigotry and ad hominem....
The Dude Abides,
You are too cool. Thanks, buddy.
Eli: game, set, MATCH!
"John F. Kerry"-troll = Useless Timewaster™.
Just a refresher!
I believe I'd prefer cock and ball torture to spending time on LGF.
Josh Marshall has a post up about FL state agents who were en route to seize T. Schiavo, but who stopped when the local cops said they would enforce the judge's order.
May this be a major turning point against the repukes.
Everywhere I have gone in my life this past week, every mundane place, I have heard nothing but revulsion. To a person everyone identifies with Terri and Michael Schiavo, none with Jeb Bush or Tom Delay or GW Bush or the Jebu$ Brigades. Not one person.
Eli: game, set, MATCH!
The deuce you say.
I think ror may have exhausted the sum total of my volley limited tennis vocabulary already. Maybe I should let bigvic serve some up for me.
I could lob you a soft one, but you may have to put some spin on it to keep it in bounds, but you may want to match his returns with some set of points of your own.
Echidne--Very cool about Agnes!
I think ror may have exhausted the sum total of my volley limited tennis vocabulary already. Maybe I should let bigvic serve some up for me.
We lob you anyway.
From Knight Ridder:
The parents' lawyers also offered a new motion in state court, telling a circuit judge in Clearwater, Fla., that three witnesses - including one of the lawyers - heard the severely brain-damaged woman attempt to say ``I want to live'' on the day her feeding tube was removed.
In response to a question from lawyer Barbara Weller and ``in the presence of Suzanne Vitadamo Schiavo's sister and Suzanne's aunt, Mrs. Schiavo attempted to verbalize the sentence,'' the motion said. ``She managed to articulate the first two vowel syllables, first articulating `AHHHHH' and then virtually screaming `WAAAAAAA.' She became very agitated but could not complete the vocalization attempted.''
Now, even assuming that this is not a blatant lie...
And even assuming there's any meaning at all behind vocalizations coming out of her...
And even assuming "AHHHH WAAAAA" translates to "I want (something)"...
How does "AHHHHH WAAAAA" translate to "I want to live"?
As opposed to, say, "I want to die"?
Or "I want you to get the fuck out of my room"?
Or "I want Fundamentalist Christians to convert to Hinduism"?
Ach! chris/tx beat me to the lob.
I may have to give you the back of my hand!
My dog Hank's Indian name is Agnes Amiable Dog!!!
Ha ha
Res Ipsa Loquitor
Holy Shit!!
So Jeb must have ordered it!
Wow!''
Talk to you manana!
Dude Abides--same for titty twisters.
I wonder how much this is costing the good folks of the city. OT for cops and all... think Homeland Security will pay for any of it?
If I were the mayor/town president, I'd sue Congress for the extra funds. In a fucking heartbeat, De Lay, you pissmonkey....
Ripley,
My mind is always boggled by the comments there, though. Lots of hate and bigotry and ad hominem....
That was why I wondered why you would torture yourself so. I feel confident the wingers badly overshot their wad. Most of us have faced end of life issues and would hardly welcome Congress into the matter.
Eli--that's it. Assume the position, and, as Mrs. Ibrahim says, let the beatings begin
Josh Marshall has a post up about FL state agents who were en route to seize T. Schiavo, but who stopped when the local cops said they would enforce the judge's order.
Good grief! an expert from the article Res Ipsa Loquitor is talking about:
In the end, the squad from the FDLE and the Department of Children & Families backed down, apparently concerned about confronting local police outside the hospice.
Why do they hate the rule of law? They only respect or understand the use of force.
scout prime ... Dunno. I didn't link through to the Miami Herald article b/c it required registration, but I'm sure Josh read it. So that means that Jeb must be playing different departments of the executive branch against each other.
He must have done it knowing the cops would turn them back. To save face with the Fundie Freaks.
"John F. Kerry"-troll = Useless Timewaster™.
Just a refresher!
thanks. I don't know who all the time wasters are yet.
That particular thread went to either 1) let her live, or 2) damn those democrats/judges for standing in the way of Republican legislation.
You can't fucking win with these people. There's no unbiased logic, it's all "we must win, no matter what"....
Sallyh?
You gone *native* or something? Hoo Boy.
Res Ipsa--proving your theory that Jeb wouldn't do it himself, but would send his minions.
Everywhere I have gone in my life this past week, every mundane place, I have heard nothing but revulsion. To a person everyone identifies with Terri and Michael Schiavo, none with Jeb Bush or Tom Delay or GW Bush or the Jebu$ Brigades. Not one person.
The thing that worries me is, how many people are like my girlfriend? She is, if anything, *more* liberal than I am, vehemently pro-choice, Agnostic/Buddhist (but with a spiritual sense, or at least a belief in Things Unseen), but she believes, based on the Schindler videos of the smiling and the balloon-tracking that Terri is more like a severely retarded person than a vegetable, and that Jeb is a fucking *hero* for trying to save her.
She's not a hypocrite, she's a genuinely pro-Life (with a capital L, not fetuses) and compassionate person, and the idea that this woman is being starved to death on the say-so of some neurologists and her husband just horrifies her.
If you don't accept the two central premises that A) There really is nobody home, and B) She told her husband she wouldn't want to be kept alive like this, then you end up with a very different perspective on the situation. Hence the whole "Terri said she wanted to live!" thing, which essentially strikes at both premises simultaneously. I really hope they don't get any traction with that, or with the home movies.
wednesday. 1962.
==
You Tiger, you.
Bigvic--haven't been able to aerosolize the bird yet, but did douse it in 40 cloves of garlic...the cooked garlic makes the best garlic bread in the world
Goodnight kiss to all
"It is now becoming a test of strength of Fox News (and also CNN to a certain extent) to see just who it is that wields real power in America."
Excellent point. The fascist media barrons aren't accustomed to losing.
Murdoch features himself a latter-day William Randolph Hearst, or perhaps an uber William Randolph Hearst.
This answers a question I've had all week about why the media isn't modulating its tone or perspective on this, since the vox populi is screaming, "Enough!"
Duh. Of course. It's not about the people. The media has ceased to be a servant of democracy and serves only its owners.
Josh Marshall has a post up about FL state agents who were en route to seize T. Schiavo, but who stopped when the local cops said they would enforce the judge's order.
If true, those local cops are truly great American heroes. They just defended the Constitution and the rule of law.
rorschach - What are you doing in an Austin hotel?
PS - Take your wife to see the moonbats that come out every night under the xxx bridge by town lake.
I believe I'd prefer cock and ball torture to spending time on LGF.
Cock and ball torture, MMMMMmmmmmAN-DATE! Like never before!
I saw the home movies, and it didn't look like evidence of anything. It was ghastly.
This whole schiavo affair is a sign that the country is getting back to normal.
Ugh. Indian name Kirk Percolating Toes.
Me demand heap big reparations from White Man!
Or cushy job at Indian casino.
Make heap big wampum, buy plasma TV. Watch Little Big Horn documentaries off History Channel all day long. Drink much firewater. Cheer as Yellowhair get heap big tomahawk up white ass.
Ugh!
Then watch Mansquito and wonder just what the hell IS it with White People.
Ugh!
Then watch Mansquito and wonder just what the hell IS it with White People.
You're just jealous that there's no Indiansquito.
(Navajosquito?)
Eli--your gf sounds like a genuine person of caring and conscience.
You, on the other hand...
bigvic,
thanks for handling the whole DL thing, you kick ass.
Sally,
ouch. But still not as painful as reading posts by the vomitous masses of wingnut basement dwellers whose pasty white asses are covered in nasty sores from sitting in front of their computers for 21 of every 24 hours.
(Hmm, my threadey-sense started tingling, but there's nothing there...)
Hey there Chris Tucker, strangerman.
This is such a fast flying thread I can hardly keep up. Is this All Star Day?
From the NYT:
Pastors in the crowd urged calm and foregiveness, but tempers were clearly on edge. "It's easy to get caught up in anger here," said Pastor Rick Barnard of My Faith House of PRayer in Morris, Ill., as he led a noon service outside the hospice. "We need to ask the Lord for the grace to forgive even those who oppose us."
At the same time, many of the chants and slogans were taking on a gruesome edge. "Her skin is peeling," read one sign. "Terri's nose and lips are bleeding," said another.
Some protestors were even looking beyond Ms. Schiavo's death. "No cremation," said one sign. "We want an autopsy."
In other words, even when this ends, it will not end.
It's too long to post here, but go read the Miami Herald article if you can. it says that Jeb! backed down publicly only AFTER the showdown. Lots of details in it:
The incident,known only to a few and related to The Herald by three different sources involved in Thursday's events, underscores the intense emotion and murky legal terrain that the Schiavo case has created. It also shows that agencies answering directly to Gov. Jeb Bush had planned to use a wrinkle in Florida law that would have allowed them to legally get around the judge's order. The exception in the law allows public agencies to freeze a judge's order whenever an agency appeals it.
Some Balls are held for charity.......
And some for fancy dress
but the balls held for pleasure
ARE THE BALLS THAT I LIKE BEST.
rorschach - What are you doing in an Austin hotel?
PS - Take your wife to see the moonbats that come out every night under the xxx bridge by town lake.
Actually, she took me, back when she lived here and I was still out in ABQ.
In the hotel due to flooded house. Entire thing being rebuilt. It's been the two of us and our two cats in one room for 2 months now. And counting.
Go here for more details, and pics.
And yet, we managed to pull off the best wedding in the universe! (and yes, there are pictures of the elusive rorschach and mrs rorschach involved...)
You, on the other hand...
Who have you got on the first hand? What have they got that I haven't got?
Here's more:
Greer signed an order Wednesday afternoon forbidding DCF from ''taking possession of Theresa Marie Schiavo or removing her'' from the hospice. He directed ''each and every and singular sheriff of the state of Florida'' to enforce his order.
But Thursday, at 8:15 a.m., DCF lawyers appealed Greer's order to judges at the Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland.
That created the window of time to seize Schiavo. When DCF filed its appeal, it effectively froze the judge's Wednesday order. It took nearly three hours before the judge found out and canceled the automatic stay, shortly before 11 a.m.
Nite sharkbabe, kiss kiss.
Seriously, yes, she is. It's been rather an uncomfortable topic of discussion, to say the least. I've moderated my views a bit to allow for doubt, but on the whole I still think letting her die is the right thing to do.
From same NYT article:
Mr. Schiavo and Judge Greer remained the main targets. On Friday, however, much of the anger was also being direct at Gov. Jeb Bush and his brother, President Bush, for not taking further action to keep Ms. Schiavo alive, despite their efforts to prod the courts and their calls for legislators to "err on the side of life" as President Bush phrased it earlier this week.
"President Bush, Governor Bush: Fear God More Than Man," read one sign waved by protestors toward the burgeoning colony of cameras and reporters stationed across the street.
Computer advice needed: I have a Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop with Windows XP. I want to buy an external cd burner to copy my music cds.
Usually I just google for reviews when I plan to buy something and can easily pick an item. I found some good reviews on cdnet but the best rated items were not available and they seemed to have been released several years ago.
Anyone got any recommendations? I want to keep it under $200.
(Um, Terri, that is, not my girlfriend. The letting her die part, I mean. I'm just making it worse, aren't I.)
Thanks for the appreciation (those who appreciated).
I can't think of any other reason for Fox pushing this thing so hard, other than ratings or just being sore losers.
OK, ratings might be enough.
But the partisanship of Hannity is astounding. He's really jumped, jackboots and all, into this one. To misquote Gregory Peck, from Guns Of Navarone: "You're in it now, Sean. Right. Up. To. Your. Neck."
The Hannity cojones are on the table and the axe is poised.
Others on Fox are starting to distance themselves. Colmes is being quite reasonable, if not positively onside with Michael Sciavo. The news is being read pretty straight (if you don't count the head-wagging and eye-rolling, and that damn shouting at the camera that they do). Greta Van Whatsername is playing it straight, actually "breaking" the story that the nutball was offering a quarter mil to gun down the judge and Michael Sciavo.
Meanwhile, at the Terri Deathwatch, Hannity is still trying to sell tickets to his one man show, claiming everything from "new evidence" to "Michael abused her" as justification for the reinsertion of the feeding tube. Even had someone one who said Terri was in tears (16 years ago) saying she'd had a fight with hubby. I immediately asked my wife not to tell her mother about any fights we have, just in case someone accidentally enters a PVS straight after.
Saner heads had better prevail, and soon. It's not only Australia (relatively friendly to the U.S.) that's laughing. The whole rest of the World is too.
Even more than before.
Sorry, Eli - that was just me checking my thread defending Atrios' open threads, which, while not being featured on Fox (snicker) News yet, have been known to cause some consternation amongst the bloglydites.
I'm reminded of the time my father took me fishing...
What? I was just saying that I was reminded of the time my father took me fishing. There was no connection to anything about blogs.
My balls are always bouncing
To the left and to the right
It's my belief that my big balls
Should be held every night
Yes you are Eli. You should just stop.
Well, lovely night: agents heading toward the hospice, the guy arrested for putting a bounty on Greer and M. Schiavo... and my name is apparently Iris Cackling Gander.
driftglass,
I see your point. I loved watching Barney Frank et al, debate the rethugs last week. I think that they made their case to the American people. The polls say so, too.
Debate is good for democracy, and the folks back home want to see the dems take a stand and stick to it, imo.
It's going to be a long four years.
On Friday, however, much of the anger was also being direct at Gov. Jeb Bush and his brother, President Bush,
Wouldn't it be ironic if Chimpy were assassinated by one of Rove's 3 million that handed them the election.
Oy. I've heard all the crazy I can take for one day, especially with the worst yet to come.
Night, all. Have a good weekend. Don't forget to check under your beds for fundies, they'll slap stick a feeding tube in you whilst you sleep.
Saner heads had better prevail, and soon. It's not only Australia (relatively friendly to the U.S.) that's laughing. The whole rest of the World is too.
Even more than before.
We feel your pain (laughter). 
In other words, even when this ends, it will not end.
No, it won't.
And Jeb was really planning to kidnap her? Wow. I can't believe it.
Is anyone else getting tons of Christian spam? My Hotmail account keeps getting all these e-mails for Christian dating and Christian dating relief. Did I end up on a list somewhere, or are Christians just more likely to have more debt than dates?
Eli, it's religious puns for $300.
rorschach - Thought you were finished with the house flooding problem. That's some major work raising a slab house.
From the Miami Herald article:
In jest, one official said local police discussed ``whether we had enough officers to hold off the National Guard.''
Jest or no: heroes.
Night, des.
(Um, Terri, that is, not my girlfriend. The letting her die part, I mean. I'm just making it worse, aren't I.)
I have been (Iris) cackling (Gander) since your original post. If you hadn't caught that, I'd have HAD to say something insensitive.
Rorschach, Mrs. Rorschach is so amazingly beautiful. I love love love her red dress.
Oops, "dating relief" = "debt relief".
*looking equation over, rubbing chin thoughtfully*
Iris!! Iris !!
Elizabeth!
Mary !!
Any Steve Martin fans here?
It's been rather an uncomfortable topic of discussion, to say the least. I've moderated my views a bit to allow for doubt, but on the whole I still think letting her die is the right thing to do.
Yep. I simply do not trust the Congress or wingnuttery to have the best intentions of the patient as their goal. The whole thing stinks.
I've read that Jeb! pretty much disappeared for the last 24+ hours.
Eli, it's religious puns for $300.
Oh, Jesus.
Oh, there's some nice photoblogging up chez moi.
The kid is turning out to have a nice eye for a picture...
Eli--I've gotten some of the dating stuff, which is truly weird, since I'm old, married, and agnostic.
I'd like nothing better than to see Hannity go down because of this thing. He is a boil on the ass of humanity.
The Jerk
greatest comedy on film ever.
My brain is hurting from the Free Republic. Someone make it stop.
I have been (Iris) cackling (Gander) since your original post. If you hadn't caught that, I'd have HAD to say something insensitive.
I dunno, I think I've made any further insensitive comments pretty much redundant at this point...
Wow, we put an ankle bracelet on Martha Stewart and not on an asshole like that Couey motherfucker? how pathetic and fucked up is that?
Thersites--he does have a great eye for composition. However, does he know the diabolical connection between the Smiley Head and Walmart?
Jest or no: heroes.
Ziggerbooby Bibblebobble
Absolutely. Everyday heroes.
Rorschach, Mrs. Rorschach is so amazingly beautiful. I love love love her red dress.
Sallyh/Delilah Aerosol Chicken
Thank you! You just made her night and mine!
Her official name now, by the by, is Doris Monogrammed Orangutan.
I have seen this story that Jeb tried to take custody of Terri today. That his people were stopped by Tampa P.D. I find this one hard to believe.
If that is what really happened, the Judge Greer need to hold Jeb in contempt of court and issue a bench warrant for his arrest.
Seebach--head on over to The Onion and read your horoscope.
Eli--I've gotten some of the dating stuff, which is truly weird, since I'm old, married, and agnostic.
Funny, I have not seen a single "Find Agnostic Singles In Your Area Today!" e-mail... Funny, that.
Hannity is a friend of Hal Turner, ie Mr. Truck Bomb the Hospice.
I'd like nothing better than to see Hannity go down because of this thing. He is a boil on the ass of humanity.
Res Ipsa Loquitor
He's merely the contents of said boil. I belive his whole "teacher, can I be the hall monitor?" schtick is wearing thin with all sides of the political spectrum.
Did I mention it was funny?
Jeez, by using the word "redundant", I apparently summoned it by using it.
Bigvic, that is it exactly. How anyone can look at a frist or a delay and believe anything that comes out of its mouth is just beyond me.
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
oxymoronic, but true.
I dunno, I think I've made any further insensitive comments pretty much redundant at this point...
Um, so you'd say you've put your foot (fault) in your mouth?
You've always seemed rather tightly strung, it's true... but who am I to judge?
Eli - Read your post upthread, is your GF pro-choice, or pro-life? Unless I am reading (or otherwise) impaired, I think you contradict yourself.
Thers, once again I insist that you allow me to represent this brilliant artiste that you've sequestered in your Northwoods hidey-hide.
I'm thinking LA... lights, girls, limos, champagne and SpongeBob.
We're talking Bubblelicious sponsorship, man!
Final gem from the NYT piece:
A cluster of cameras formed around the police barricade at the entrance to the hospice around 1 p.m., alerted by religious leaders that they would try to send volunteers across the police lines in an effort to deliver water to Ms. Schiavo.
"It's good, it's good, my son is going to be a man," said Scott Helbreth of Charlotte, N.C., as he watched his 10-year-old son, Joshua, take his place in line carrying a cup of water.
Mr. Helbreth said Joshua had read about Ms. Schiavo and asked his father to drive him to Florida. "I am so proud of him," Mr. Helbreth said. Only in America do we have children like this."
There's that American exceptionalism again.
The Jerk
greatest comedy on film ever.
I know (I know)
You be-loooong
To suuuum-
Body newwwww...
But tonight
You be-lo-ONG
To me (just to little ol' me)
Nite des,
Aaiiee! This thread is swift and getting swifter. I need to go to bed. It's been a great treat chatting with you good folks. Nytal.
E-mail me, The Dude Abides, at your leisure.
Peace out.
I know that I heard that last trout I caught say "I whaaaaa toooo be yaaaa dinnnnnnaaaaaa...."
So I ate the fucker.
Pot Head--you were right. The husband wants the 42" LCD, not the 42" plasma. He's trying to talk me into purchasing this weekend. He claims that's what state tax refunds were made for. I was not aware that the Franchise Tax Board stamped refund checks "For Expensive Electronic Purchases Only."
My sister, an 18-year resident of Tallahassee, assures me that Florida is 3rd world nation unto itself.
Eli, "letting her die", as if it's our fucking business, you know?????
I'm old enough to have seen many deaths of loved ones, friends, the family members of friends.
It's just not goddamned our business, and much, much less the business of the State.
What's going on w/Terri Schiavo is an obscene travesty.
Jesus H. Christ as a doorstop, what is our fucking PROBLEM???????
I'm sure your gf, being your gf, is a sincere and caring person, but, honest to Pete.....OUR values, OUR beliefs, OUR opinions just flat don't fucking count.
IT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS............
How loud can I scream this???????
The parents are supported by the vilest of the vile. Financed and encouraged by, basically, religious fanatics and nutwads, and opportunistic monsters. Tom DeLay. Fer Christ's sweet sake, during the Easter week. I'm not a Xian, but I do understand the importance of this time to those who are.
And, you know what? Fuck these people. Fuck their insincere - it's all-about-them BULLSHIT.
This has got to be the most cynical, the most vacuous, and yet the most evil manipulation of people and religion I have ever seen in my six decades.
Let that poor woman go. LET HER GO .
Too many people are getting their rocks off over this, which does no one any good at all.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!!!!!!
SD
Eli - Read your post upthread, is your GF pro-choice, or pro-life? Unless I am reading (or otherwise) impaired, I think you contradict yourself.
I tried to clarify that - she's pro-"Life", as in All Living Things, not as in anti-choice. But she believes life, or at least human life, begins at birth, not conception. May be a bit contradictory - *you* can argue with her.
Jerk.
I've found my special purpose.
Night, vic!
Life is an eternal mystery. Let's leave it at that.
"I'm thinking LA... lights, girls, limos, champagne and SpongeBob.
We're talking Bubblelicious sponsorship, man!"
Ripley
What about a lovely cheese pizza, just for him!
"It's good, it's good, my son is going to be a man," said Scott Helbreth of Charlotte, N.C., as he watched his 10-year-old son, Joshua, take his place in line carrying a cup of water.
I was involved.. hell, I was the wee criminal.. in a bit of trouble when I was 16. My dad knocked the fucking stuffing out of me.
Silleigh, I LOVE that song. You'd be surprised how many webpages are devoted to that song. I never realized there were so many ukelele players in this country. I can't figure out how to strip it off the DVD, though.
Auusiebob, you are so right.
And this Jeb's swat team vs sheriff's swat team reminds me of the hilarious negotiations that took place on the phone between Gov. Ross Barnett and AG Bobby Kennedy over four decades ago (Christ!), when James Meredith integrated Ole Miss, seeing how Barnett could have a little protest moment and then the big bad feds could come overwhelm him. Kubicki theater.
Of course, that did end up with the 82nd Airborne camping out in the Delta cotton fields . . . . - nah.
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Pot Head--you were right. The husband wants the 42" LCD, not the 42" plasma. He's trying to talk me into purchasing this weekend. He claims that's what state tax refunds were made for. I was not aware that the Franchise Tax Board stamped refund checks "For Expensive Electronic Purchases Only."
Sallyh/Delilah Aerosol Chicken
I really can't for the life of me think of any better reason to use your refund. But look at it this way. You will get to watch Terri's memorial services (all 20 or 30 of them) in High Def!
Come to think of it, I'm surprised they haven't hooked up a Terri Cam so we could all just sit at our computers and watch her lie there.
Free... Republic... the mind poison is in me... the guy who thinks Republican states are called "red states" because the communists want people to associate them with red communists... get the poison out of me...
My sister, an 18-year resident of Tallahassee, assures me that Florida is 3rd world nation unto itself.
hey....
we resemble that remark.
trust me Ballona Creek doesn't hold a candle to the rivers of North Central Floridistan.
Wow, Sarah. You Jumped on that Remarkably!
Sarah, one of the single most lovely rants I've seen in quite a while.
Last Video Catblogpimping of the Day
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I've found my special purpose.
If I had a special purpose tonight, it'd be pizza-in-a-cup™... mmmm...
Damn. It was 80 degrees here in Austin today, and now dime-sized hail is pounding my car and piling up outside my hotel room door!
The hail was the size of ping-pong balls here in central austin. Crazy. There was so much hail the surface of the pool looked like it was boiling.
Way cool.
Goodnight bigvic!
the new phonebooks are here.
Just saw a clip of Mr. Schindler's comments re the latest court denial. He let Jebby have it, telling him he needs courage and not to hide.
Jebby's crusader armor is getting all pissed on. Might get rusty.
Bushis is in troublie:
Judges deny Schiavo parents again
Schindlers to Governor Bush: 'Please do something'
Friday, March 25, 2005 Posted: 10:59 PM EST (0359 GMT)
PINELLAS PARK, Florida (CNN) -- A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday night against the parents of Terri Schiavo, who are in a desperate race to prolong the life of their brain-damaged daughter.
The judges ruled against reinserting the tube that supplies Schiavo with nutrients and hydration. The Atlanta, Georgia-based court had been asked to decide whether Schiavo's due process, religious and other rights are being violated.
Schiavo's feeding tube was removed a week ago, and her parents -- Mary and Bob Schindler -- have experienced a series of legal setbacks since then.
After the federal panel's decision Friday night, the Schindlers appealed to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to intervene, calling what happened "judicial homicide."
Time to find a pillow. Good night, Liberal Elitists.
does he know the diabolical connection between the Smiley Head and Walmart?
Nah. He's big into reinterpreting the world according to his own ideas of what's what, anyway. He really did direct the shot & picked the one he thought was best. My boy!
once again I insist that you allow me to represent this brilliant artiste that you've sequestered in your Northwoods hidey-hide.
I've seen that Family Guy episode, and I am wary...
Holy Shit! Pot Head has it exactly right.
Terri Schiavo is America's new Lady Diana.
Sick fucking bastards in the TV business... fucking spend some money and write a good sitcom, you fuckhounds!
Mary Schindler's comments, in toto:
"Governor Bush, you have the power to save my daughter. It's been seven days. Please, please do something."
This is no-win for Jeb!.
It's just not goddamned our business, and much, much less the business of the State.
I've typed and not posted 4 or 5 responses on this topic I can't articulate adequately my thoughts on this topic.
But I do agree with Sarah Deere completely. It is not our damn business!
Christian Zombie Vampyres.
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Silleigh, I LOVE that song. You'd be surprised how many webpages are devoted to that song. I never realized there were so many ukelele players in this country. I can't figure out how to strip it off the DVD, though.
Ripley
That's amazing. I figured I was the ONLY person who plays that part of the movie over and over.
Schiavo's father was more forceful.
"[Bush] has put Terri through a week of hell and our family through a week of hell by not acting," Bob Schindler said. "He has to come up to the plate."
Stupid man. The Bushes exist so they can put people through hell.
Ooh, Jeffraham!!! Curly Blogging! Were you using a laser pointer for the spot of light he was chasing? (My cats love laser pointers. I go through more of them that way than from using them in class).
Randy and I started pulling out photos today
If I had a special purpose tonight, it'd be pizza-in-a-cup™... mmmm...
You would fit right in at Moviequote.net - cake-on-a-stick is, like, their official food. They also have a thing for giant snails covered in glitter. It's a Q thang, you wouldn't understand.
dime-sized hail
There you crazy liberals go with your death threats again!
"She managed to articulate the first two vowel sounds, first articulating AHHHHHHH and then virtually screaming WAAAAAAAA," the motion said.
That's it. She is obviously as fuctional as the chimp in the WH. Maybe she could replace Condi.
Thers, that's Exactly what was going thru my mind as I typed that. lol
Cristoph!
Eli- No thanks (on the arguing part)
Was just confused on your useage of pro-choice and pro-life.
Awww, poor widdle Jeb! It gets me right here...
Why do they hate the rule of law? They only respect or understand the use of force.
The Old Man From Scene 24
In deference to the Holy Days I won't say some thing like Jezzie Pete with a feeding tube up his butt.
But now will the local cops will be added to list of 'enemies' trying to kill Terri?
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"Holy Shit! Pot Head has it exactly right."
Ripley
I'm just gonna sit here at look at that sentence for a minute. Look at it. Isn't it just beautiful? "Pot Head has it EXACLTY right." Very nice!
Damn, these are sick motherfuckers. Will someone please shoot the bitch and get it over with?
"She managed to articulate the first two vowel sounds, first articulating AHHHHHHH and then virtually screaming WAAAAAAAA," the motion said.
AHHHHHHH WAAAAAAAANNNNAAAA DIEEEEE!
Ahem, please leave me be.
Sallyh: Ooh, Jeffraham!!! Curly Blogging! Were you using a laser pointer for the spot of light he was chasing? (My cats love laser pointers. I go through more of them that way than from using them in class).
Of course -- I'm convinced that dollar for dollar, they're the best cat toys ever.
Randy and I started pulling out photos today
I humbly await your command.
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meanwhile, in wallyworld:
Lured employers now tax Medicaid
Employees of companies given incentives to create jobs are relying heavily on health care for the poor. The biggest: Wal-Mart.
By SYDNEY P. FREEDBERG and CONNIE HUMBURG, Times Staff Writer
Published March 25, 2005
Wal-Mart Corp., which is getting millions of dollars in state incentives to create jobs in Florida, has more employees and family members enrolled in Medicaid than any company in the state.
The giant retailer, which has 91,000 full-time and part-time employees in Florida, has about 12,300 workers or dependents eligible for Medicaid, the growing health care program for the poor and the elderly.
According to figures released Thursday by Florida's Department of Children and Families, Wal-Mart and four other large companies that receive state incentives have an estimated 29,900 employees or their family members enrolled in Medicaid.
The figures suggest taxpayers may be double-subsidizing low-wage employment by paying companies to create jobs and by paying for the health care of some of those companies' employees.
"This is another indication of how companies talk out of one side of their mouth about the free enterprise system and private initiative, but whenever they get the opportunity to exploit public resources, they'll do that," said Philip Mattera, research director for Good Jobs First, a nonprofit Washington group that studies corporate incentives.
"If you're going to give subsidies, they should be used to create the best possible jobs, not substandard or mediocre jobs," Mattera said.
Wal-Mart, which had $10.3-billion in earnings last year, said 86 percent of its 1.2-million employees nationwide have health insurance - 56 percent through the company's health care plan, the rest through another source such as another employer, a family member, the military or Medicare.
It said 5 percent nationwide get coverage through Medicaid - a number that drops to 3 percent after employees are on the job for two years.
"As the nation's largest employer, we will by default be the largest on many types of lists," said spokesman Dan Fogleman, adding that the retailer doesn't design its health plans to be supplemented by Medicaid.
Four other large companies getting state incentives appear on the top of lists of employers with the most workers eligible for state-financed health care. They are Publix Super Markets, Winn-Dixie Stores, Burger King Corp. and Walgreen Co.
Was just confused on your useage of pro-choice and pro-life.
I knew it was a risk, I just couldn't think of any more succinct, accurate way to phrase it. Too bad the nominal pro-lifers, well, aren't.
Silliegh, when I bought this new computer, I played that part of the DVD about 90 times in a row, all the while cursing the software that wouldn't let me pull the song off the DVD.
Steve didn't play the uke for the movie, either, which really surprised me.
"I'm just gonna sit here at look at that sentence for a minute. Look at it. Isn't it just beautiful? "Pot Head has it EXACLTY right." Very nice!"
Yes, but does it look better in hi def?
Stupid man. The Bushes exist so they can put people through hell.
Elaine Supkis
I do believe it.
dime-sized hail
There you crazy liberals go with your death threats again!
Heh. You deciphered my subtle, evil leftist innuendo of violence...
I'd like nothing better than to see Hannity go down because of this thing. He is a boil on the ass of humanity.
Does this then mean that humanity is exempt?
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Yes, but does it look better in hi def?
Depends on how much kind you have smoked
The cagematch hardcore fundies core of the Republican party are going to stay for the encore. The rest of the Party is scrambling for the exits.
jeffraham...excellent! More, more, more!!
As to the rant, don't we all just get a gut-full, now and then?
Shit. You know?
I'm back, only its worse than I thought. They're not only sticking us for gas but they're grabbing tires and everything!
They're really sacking it to us! Yeah, it's Hartounian's gas station at the corner...
I guess I ought to go see if Free Republic knows about Jeb's kidnapping attempt... but I cannot.
Ripley: Silliegh, when I bought this new computer, I played that part of the DVD about 90 times in a row, all the while cursing the software that wouldn't let me pull the song off the DVD.
Do you have another computer, or an audio device that will take line-in signal to record (boombox, etc.)? If so, let me know, and I can help you MacGyver something together.
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Heh. You deciphered my subtle, evil leftist innuendo of violence...
I guess I just snow what your rain of thought is.
This is the place to be for late night buzz. Cool site.
"You mean I'm gonna stay this color?!?"
"How far are you going"
"Down to the end of this fence."
"Great!"
JP, no but I have some podcast software that I haven't tried on the DVD yet. We'll see...
Hey, all. I put up some posts on blog over the past day or two or three that I think are pretty good. They need to be read together, though.
Just passing through ~Swan
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Depends on how much kind you have smoked
The Old Man From Scene 24
And what you didn't eat aforehand.
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"She managed to articulate the first two vowel sounds, first articulating AHHHHHHH and then virtually screaming WAAAAAAAA," the motion said.
OMG, I saw some talking head tonight trying to DEMONSTRATE this. As in, ARTICULATING it. If this weren't so damn sad, it would have been fookin' hilarious.
We hafta go to a company picnic tomorrow (my gent-friend WANTS to go, it's MY company picnic, I'm mystified) but we were halfway thinking about skating down to Pinellas Park to see the circus tomorrow. It would be just morbid curiosity, I guess, probably not a good reason.
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Eli, I'd suck at MovieQuote. I know a very few movies inside and out, and others go right over my haid.
Ripley... I may have to commence stalking you or something.
Do you have another computer, or an audio device that will take line-in signal to record (boombox, etc.)? If so, let me know, and I can help you MacGyver something together.
Or, alternatively, and this is admittedly very convulted and there's probably a more straight-line method, you could use some DVD-ripping software to turn the DVD into a DivX .avi file, then use video editing software like VirtualDub (which is free) to save off the audio as a .wav file (you can even select your start and end points so you're not saving off the whole thing). You'll still need to convert the .wav to .mp3, but I'm pretty sure it's not too hard to find software for that...
If the FBI is out arresting lunatics tonight under the light of the full moon, the baboon is combing his auburn hair ahd the monk, the monk, the monk...ah, er....back to the news, why isn't the FBI arresting TOM BUG DELAY????
Nytol. Seeyiztomorah.
I guess I just snow what your rain of thought is.
Well, thanks for lightning the mood! You the man. And you might be the "mon," soon.
MSNBC's wesbite:DO SOMETHING
CNN:Schindler's Implore Bush - Do Something
FOX:Schiavo's dad slams court system.
Night, mena!
BKNY--that's obscene. We're fighting Walmart tooth and nail here in CA. Their CFO has already indicated they plan to plant stakes here, whether they're wanted or not.
We'll see. So far, we've been able to keep them mostly out of LA.
I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray.
And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches.
The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this!
The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. Well what are you looking at? What do you think I am, some kind of a jerk or something? And this! And
that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.
He hates these cans!!!!
(I still look forward to the phone books being delivered every year. Compy's opening .wav used to be "Things are going to start happening to me NOW.")
Tom Bug man Delay is "Grant Melting Sapsucker" on the Indian Name Generator.
I advocate the use of force to rescue Terri Schiavo from being starved to death.
I further advocate the killing of anyone who interferes with such rescue. -- Hal Turner
Meanwhile in Iraq... you remember Iraq, right?
Walking, talking people are being blown to pieces as freedom marches on..
Or whatever... y'know...
Shit. Wish I had that movie in the house right now.
Where's Shithead when you need him? He's a hero.
And Elaine--that is too perfect.
Well, thanks for lightning the mood! You the man. And you might be the "mon," soon.
I'm just kinda in ozone tonight. I'm typhoon up a storm, and cyclone through ideas just as fast as they can condense.
Now I need to pause to wipe the precipitation from the front of my brow.
clean sheets upstairs, folks
Ripley, google "Total Recorder" if you're running Windows or "Wire Tap" if it's OS X.
Either will let you grab any audio from any source on the computer.
I'd almost lick Guckert's balls if I could find something that did the same thing for Mac OS 9.
There you crazy liberals go with your death threats again!
Well, I know I was rather frightened. I thought the hail was gonna bust out my windows.
That would have sucked ass.
I see we're entering into or have entered into Holy Saturday, which every year reminds me of my undergrad years, when I was associated with an arts group called, embarrassingly (but I could do nothing about it) The Psychodaisies.
And in my capacity, I set up a college dance. The Come As Your Favorite Dead Person Dance. I went as Drag-Queen Jesus with an actual crown of thorns (and was I on acid? who can say?). And I'd completely forgotten it was the Holy Weekend and all that.
The letters poured in to the school paper denouncing me for over a month.
Good times.
Sorry for that utter tangent...
I'm dead, and have to do the pickanick thing tomorrow... night, loves.
Although it pains me to walk away from the pun-ishment and the Jerk quotes.
silleigh,
Fuck Dennis Baxley.
shills for the NRA, Horowitz, and the fundie Terri Taliban, all in one week. what a jerk!
I thought the hail was gonna bust out my windows.
That would have sucked ass.
Your apartment is in outer space?
I'm just kinda in ozone tonight. I'm typhoon up a storm, and cyclone through ideas just as fast as they can condense.
Now I need to pause to wipe the precipitation from the front of my brow.
Such dense punnery.
You must be a fog. Or have I mist the mark?
Sorry for that utter tangent...
Costume Dress-Up + Tangent = Me telling everybody about my suitemate's Halloween costume. He had a piece of cardboard hanging over his chest, in the shape of an arrow and an arc. "I'm a vector! See, this is my tangent curve!"
He insisted that we just didn't get it because we weren't math/physics geeks, and that his math/physic geek friends would all get it. We followed him around until he ran into some. They all shook their heads pityingly like we did.
Still not the Worst Costume Ever, far from it.
Oy. Well, at least it wasn't work-intensive...
rorschach...heh. Drag Queen Jesus.
Oh, and, same dance, and ex of mine (we were friends) went as a pregnant nun, and her boyfriend as a priest with a Raggedy Andy doll dressed as an altar boy strapped around his waist, bent over.
A tasteful crowd were we!
You must be a fog. Or have I mist the mark?
Hey, 'zese things happen.
Still not the Worst Costume Ever, far from it.
Best costume that ever saw was in Madison Wisconsn circa 1987 or so... guy went dressed as Jimi Hendrix... he had two friends with him dressed as Marshall stacks...
missing a few "i"s in that last post. whatever.
In case anyone's wondering, Worst Costume Ever was the other suitemate whose costume was... boxer shorts and tomato paste.
Tomato paste does not smell good when it's covering a human body. Noooo.
rorschach...heh. Drag Queen Jesus.
Sarah Deere
Yeah, I enjoyed it. I reprised the role again on too much acid a year later, when I went to Anne Rice's Halloween party.
I was the only one not all in black leather and fangs. And a lot of vampires came and knelt to revere me as the first to Rise.
Odd night...
Dean Extraordinary Hamstring.
I have no idea what it means but I am now a member of the tribe.
I love that MR T name gerator. No matter what I put in my T name: Fool!
That's funny.
Dean Extraordinary Hamstring.
I have no idea what it means but I am now a member of the tribe.
Well, officially, not till you post your name on my comments thread at my blog...
Rorschach. Wow.
Photos...???
Rorschach. Wow.
Photos...???
If I have any, and I rather doubt it, they are in storage just now (ya know, flood and such).
And anyway, I have to expect they may be rather embarrassing, me in lipstick and a sheet and who knows how many micrograms of LSD... can't be good.
rorshach....
yeah, I unnerstand.
I'm getting sick and tire of All this Religion Bull. I think it's time we All !!! grow up. There is no Sun God, Fire God, or any other kind of God. Life is what we make of it, and if we keep screwing around there will be no Earth. So unless God makes an anouncement, and I don't mean any secound hand bull from some lunatic. We better start acting to improve our lot, Or we end up like so much mindless Bacteria that run out of Augar in the Petri Dish. So Grow up and make decisions for yourself and stop fearing a dam God that hasn't shown any interest in this Planet since it's formation. Love ya.
The end of abundant, affordable oil is in sight, and the implications are colossal. About now in our hydrocarbon phase of human history, we have pulled out of the Earth approximately half of the available petroleum (crude oil and natural gas). The other half still in the ground is harder to extract and may not - as assumed - fuel the global economy or even provide a transition to another phase…
This means that the next tough oil shortage, even if it is not acknowledged as a post-peak oil extraction phenomenon of diminishing supply, will cripple the globalized economy. Understanding of both the economics and social dynamics of collapse is rare, and even when it is present there is an absence of taking into account the "market factor" in ushering in collapse…
Despite the need to be prepared for imminent, final energy shortage - which could happen now or in several years at the latest - people persist in focusing too much on the likely date of the passing of the peak. It is already clear that the oil industry and OPEC numbers on oil reserves are suspect.
The scenario I foresee is that market-based panic will, within a few days, drive prices up skyward. And as supplies can no longer slake daily world demand of over 80 million barrels a day, the market will become paralyzed at prices too high for the wheels of commerce and even daily living in "advanced" societies. There may be an event that appears to trigger this final energy crash, but the overall cause will be the huge consumption on a finite planet.
The trucks will no longer pull into Wal-Mart. Or Safeway or other food stores. The freighters bringing packaged techno-toys and whatnot from China will have no fuel. There will be fuel in many places, but hoarding and uncertainty will trigger outages, violence and chaos. For only a short time will the police and military be able to maintain order, if at all. The damage that several days' oil shortage and outage will do will soon wreak permanent damage that starts with companies and consumers not paying their bills and not going to work.
After an almost instant depression seizes the modern industrialized world, and nation-states break down, the frantic attempts of people to feed themselves, stay warm and obtain fresh water (pumped presently via petroleum to a great extent), there will be no rescue. Die-off begins. The least petroleum-dependent communities will survive best. These "backward" nations will be emulated by the scrounging survivors of the U.S. and the rest of the "developed" world, as far as local food production will be tried - in a paved-over, toxic landscape by people who have lost touch with the land...
The prospects of mitigating peak oil or avoiding collapse are almost nil. U.S. petroleum demand in 2004 grew at its strongest rate in five years. In December the daily consumption of refined oil was 21 million barrels in the U.S, a quarter of world use. The U.S. leads the industrialized world in population growth, part of a domestic policy to assure more car and oil sales…
… The Earth cannot, as of the world oil peak in extraction, give up ever greater quantities of black gold. Most of the world exporting companies are now reducing extraction rates due to fewer discoveries and depleted fields. Oil production in 18 producer countries has passed its peak and is declining faster than previously thought: at about 1.14 million barrels a day.
"International Energy Agency figures put the total spare capacity of all 11 countries in OPEC at just 330,000 bpd (down from 6 million bpd in 2002). Conventional Saudi spare capacity is zero... An IEA report from August 2004 indicates Saudi Arabia needs up to 800,000 bpd of newly discovered oil each year just to offset declining fields and maintain its current production level." [Al-jazeera] - This can't happen, so watch for the ensuing energy crisis.
The world needs to produce another 2,723,530.2 barrels per day by the end of 2005 just in order to stand still…
Petroleum is the Great Leveler, in the sense of "leveling" or flattening oil civilization. But petroleum will also be the Great Leveler in terms of equalizing everyone: People will go through a final, grasping petroleum grab with whatever funds and connections they have, before the attempt fails for good. Then all people will have no choice but to work together or perish. Until then, we have skewed values: for example, when a kindly old lady drives to a shop and has her charitable concerns, the use of oil makes her a killer of the planet and she is not pursuing a sustainable form of transportation. Meanwhile, a mean old man who scowls at little children who walks to the shop might be a much more valuable citizen in a practical fashion that matters to the world.[3]
des-thank you so much for the kitty videos link and the prolonged laugh-til-I-cried break from seriousness!
huh.
heh.
weird.
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