I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Hah!
Hey. FUCK BUSH
Quick! Look over here!! There's a cat up a tree!...and it's a male cat...near Michael's Ranch!!
Why does Time Warner hate Amurka??
Social Security Deform? High fuel prices? Economy backsliding?
Quick, quick! Look over there! A bride with cold feet!
Look, a little old lady needs help crossing the street!! Get right on it!!
i'd like to know what the fuck klein is watching:
"CNN remains firmly committed to remaining the best source of intelligent, unbiased, insightful information about politics," chief Jon Klein said in an e-mailer to TVNewser this afternoon. "Judy's departure, which I regret, marks the end of a brilliant career, but far from the end of CNN's devotion to covering the political landscape, which is more dynamic today than it has ever been in my lifetime and yours."
Klein told the AP that he is re-examining the network's political coverage, and that IP may not remain on the schedule. So I asked him: "Have you committed to doing an hour of political news daily in some form?" He responded:
"As you know, we're weighing many outstanding options for recalibrating our political coverage to have you committed reflect the new realities. We will definitely remain THE place to watch in the afternoon for the latest political info and insights."
Is it too early in the season to be worrying about shark attacks off the coast of Minnesota?
It's just like a Julia Roberts movie! If researching and prosecuting corporate malfeasance and evil were bad for America, Julia Roberts would make a movie about it!
Oh, wait....
HOLY SHIT! THERE'S A MAN BITING A DOG!
Whoops, sorry, got that backwards.
But still.
.
BTW: Doncha just love Wolcott?
http://tinyurl.com/bjh9o
I'm praying for her with every ounce of my being.
Today's Cloud warning level is orange.
Now, back to today's news.
The Woolcott's great. I like the image of the shamed Hooter's waitreses, particularly.
HOLY SHIT! THERE'S A MAN BITING A DOG!
Funny, that's pretty much how I cured Arthur of his habit of biting my toes.
Cleveland Bob ...
I have an altar to Wolcott in my living room. I worship at it daily. (Apologies to Ba'al).
Two questions immediately arise in reading the Harper's article, "Soldiers of Christ" by Jeff Sharlet. Why was the complete overrunning of Colorado Springs allowed to happen totally under the radar of the corporate press, and why even now, is it just written about in Harper's. These people are nothing more than a cult who use extra legal ways of achieving their ends. Perhaps if CNN would spend less time on runaway brides and more time covering exactly what it is that the extreme, radical religious right is trying to accomplish, we would not be in such a pickle.
Something DWD has some thoughts on, perhaps. 
NTodd, Susie seems to be better. She linked to me, and I almost wept with surprised joy.
So I linked back.
I was watching from Australia a few hours ago when the lady ranf home from New Mexico.
Greta Van Whatsername sounded positively pissed off that she had been found before Fox had a chance to nail the fiance.
I heard Greta's interview with him a day or so ago and (poor fool) he answered all her questions honestly, including the one where she asked him why he didn't seem to be too upset... Jeezzzzus! The last guy that answered one of her questions is on Death row now (one Scott Petersen).
When Greta was chatting with the studio wonk she admitted that she had tried so hard to get one of the woman's family to say somethig bad about the fiance, but couldn't even get a nibble. They adore him! And they trust him! Not even "off camera" would they get nasty about him. She further admitted that she was naturally suspicious of him as he had been so cool (his excuse: trying to stay positive). The studio wonk agreed that the "usual" story in these abduction cases is that the lover/husband/fiance is the perp, and it was plain from day-1 that Fox was angling this pitch.
How sad that she's alive!
MY own opinion?
The whole thing's a hoax to add to their truseau. Disappear. Make it look like abduction or murder. Get Fox to make a few nasty suggestions and then pop back into existence, lawyer and agent in tow and take the fuckers to the cleaners in appearance fee and slander suits.
It'd serve them right.
Mark my words: this will be the "next development". Fox will do everything that is necessary to pin a fraud rap on the couple.
You heard it here first.
NYMary - here, have a tissue. 
Oh, and this just in: the bride-to-be who according to her husband went missing after going jogging on he wedding day is still missing.
I don't have CNN, but if I made a bet that she's a pretty young WHITE bride, I bet I'd win!
I meant "not missing".
Compare the amount of time on the cold-footed bride vurses FOUR DEAD AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN IRAQ.
I'm bitching about the same thing this morning.
Too lazy to HTML, just click home-page.
RIL - purely coincidental that the formerly-missing-bride-to-be is white. See, black people just have children out of wedlock and live in their public housing getting rich off of welfare, so they'd never have to stage their own abduction.
The story went from "the Holy Ghost works in mysterious ways" to "it shows how close-knit the family is that Jennifer called them before authorities" to "I want answers to why she ran away." Yes, you've got to love the Crappy News Network.
... if I made a bet that she's a pretty young WHITE bride, I bet I'd win!
Cash in those chips, babe!
I used to watch CNN. I actually used to enjoy CNN. Now they are rife with bullshit, wide-eyed wonder at everyday occurrances, and Republican talking points.
I just wish, with all of my heart, that these newz people would do their damned jobs or get out of the way and let someone else do it. The NIGHTLINE with a split screen of Tony Blair and George W was telling. George W is simply an imbecile and no amount of asskissing by the media and explanations of his "Different" intelligence will explain that away.
But you get what you are being paid for, eh?
attaturk - lazy blogwhoring? I'm disappointed in you.
There's a puppy trapped in a well and our John King is there live. John?
John: Susie, local officials say the puppy became trapped because liberals are blocking judicial nominations in the senate. Back to you.
Thanks, John, now back to the Michael Jackson trial... Greta Van Sustern is here to tell us why liberal activist judges think child molestation is OK; Greta why is the ACLU defending Michael Jackson?
I think that my favorite part about the missing GA bride story is that she rode the BUS to Albuquerque from Duluth.
I tell ya, there's nothing more glam than ridin' the dog for 1400 miles through the South.
She's nearly a modern day Rosa Parks in a kind of rich white folks way.
Thanks to Jeebus for her safe return.
Now then, what're Brad and Angelina up to today?...
next on cnn bob novak will explain to you why he is right and your a fucking monkey
Greta Van Whatsername sounded positively pissed off that she had been found before Fox had a chance to nail the fiance.
I wouldn't want to be one of Nancy Grace's assistants right about now...
Attaturk and RIL
I won't bother reading the column. Thanks for that heads up.
There are a few items in today's Bobo's World, but I also found it necessary to take a look at the past.
We hear much about the importance of "tradition" to southerners, but any objective look at southern history sees mainly a murderous society obsessed with slavery, lynching, Jim Crow, and continued racism.
Here's a reminder of one of the thousands of lynchings that make up that proud tradition:
WACO - Of the nearly 500 lynchings that took place in Texas before the crime abated in the 1930s, the "Waco horror" is among the most notorious.
On May 15, 1916, Jesse Washington, a retarded black farm hand, was mutilated, tortured and hanged over a bonfire in the Waco town square as a crowd of 15,000 watched and cheered. Minutes earlier, the 17-year-old had been convicted in a brief trial of the rape and murder of a white woman, a crime to which authorities said he confessed.
Neither the county sheriff nor presiding judge did anything to stop the mob from dragging Washington from the stately domed McLennan County Courthouse, according to historical accounts. The mayor and police chief watched the gruesome spectacle as Fred Gildersleeve, Waco's most successful commercial photographer, took pictures that he sold as souvenirs...
The article goes on to explain that some Texans are trying to come to terms with this murderous past-- which is truly a good thing. Still, not all are on that page, and we get this fact:
Despite a history of 492 documented lynchings in Texas between 1882 and 1930 — ranking Texas third in the nation — no city in the state has erected a public memorial acknowledging the racial violence.
Same as it ever was.
BTW: Doncha just love Wolcott?
http://tinyurl.com/bjh9o
Cleveland Bob | Email | Homepage | 04.30.05 - 9:06 am | #
Yea, that was a good column. Jebus, who'd want to drink Jonah under the table?
attaturk - lazy blogwhoring? I'm disappointed in you.
NTodd
Sorry dad.
Wolcott, runaway brides and Texas lynchings.
Whew.
Where do I begin???
PS. Fuck Bush
But - did they have to forfeit the deposits? Or are they re-scheduling for later in the season?
Lookit! Galldang! I'm famous! Yee! Haw, y'all!
I, for one, am happy to see that she has been found. They were looking at the fiancee as the culprit of doing away with her. That poor man has probably been hassled by the police. He took a private lie detector test that showed he was not lying, but the cops wanted him to take one WITH THEM. I thought it was a good idea that if he took one with them, it needed to be video taped. The poor guy!
However, one blurb about it, then go on to the rest of the news.... like how the ivory billed woodpecker may still be around... or like the manfish in the Caspian Sea...
So will CNN now cover the wedding live?
It is, after all, a major breaking story!
Attaturk - I hope you learned a valuable life lesson in all of this.
what? CNN, it's Sensational.
I wouldn't want to be one of Nancy Grace's assistants right about now...
dave
Man, can you imagine getting the 'skunk eye' from those protruding eyeballs?
Found in Albuquerque - what's WGG been up to lately? Inquiring minds want to know, after all, it is the no spin zone and we are fair and balanced.
Don'cha y'all have no pity fer Miz Nancy and all them botoxed hags over at CourtTeeVee? Here they had their hearts all set on havin' another Modesto salesdude (or another Hacking at the very least) to kick around. Sniff. Sniff.
It's a shame that CNN spent all that time writing those "the husband is a guilty bastard" stories in advance.
Found in Albuquerque - what's WGG been up to lately? Inquiring minds want to know, after all, it is the no spin zone and we are fair and balanced.
El Vado Motel - everybody tries to hide out there.
I don't even know what's going on.
And I can tell it doesn't matter.
How do you feel about selling your news network now, Mr. Turner?
All's well that ends well down here in here Bobo's Red State Amurrica.
ql in ny -- i haven't read the harper's piece yet. but i have a question. considering there was an investigation into the rapes of female cadets recently, how in the hell was this overlooked?
I saw K'Lo boarding the Peter Pan Express and her Beer Hat, with the can holders and the feeding tubes, was sticking out of her carry on!
Jonah was wearing a freshly pressed red white and blue tie-dye T shirt that he brings out for just such occasions. I think he was putting on some Groucho glasses as he got on the bus.
I pity the driver for having to sit with this crew on the way down!
When CNN does its next "Best of the Blogs" segment, do you think they'll cover Atrios' "Missing Bride" entry?
Attaturk - I hope you learned a valuable life lesson in all of this.
NTodd
Yes [insert lesson I did not learn here].
I'm so glad Frank Rich and all of you keep me informed about cable tv. That way I get the laughs without having to watch. My heartfelt thanks to one and all for this invaluable service. Now if I could just pay someone to do my homework police job .........
I have come to despise cable new channels. Bad as Fox is, however, at least when I went there I could get the news--what has taken place--whereas at CNN I found hours and hours of Pope stuff of little interest. In sum: Pope died. New Pope elected...but not at CNN...Much as I dislike illegal immigration and outsourceing, I would say ship Lou Dobbs to Mexico and outsource CNN
Stop Adjudicating from the Legislature!
Attaturk - I'm glad we had this little chat. [Insert parental cliche here].
Speaking of missing items - who took my brownies? They were here last night.
Y'all have to wake up purdy early in the mornin' to pull one over on GWPDA. How th' hell did know I was lookin' fer honeymoon sweets over at the El Vado?
Bride making up a kidnap story around the same time as Bush's press conference so nobody pays attention?
Sounds very Rovian to me! She is definitely on the pay roll!
hahaha
Cancel cable news and say why. Cancel TIME and say why. And give a phone call or written comment to editors when their news judgment is skewed. Subscriber numbers matter (especially when selling advertising) and reader/viewer input does get some notice.
Next week on CNN's 'Missing White Woman Hour(s)'
Kathryn Lopez kidnapped at "The Corners" Atlanta get-together, turns up 3 days later with Derb in Reno.
World screams.
Wacko Jacko what a has been.
Wacko Jacko what a has been.
Ok, back to Michael Jackson.
But ... but Bill O'Reilly assured me that she was dead (most likely)! Now my faith in everything has been shattered!
GWPDA - My favorite sesualist.
Holy shit I don't believe this. Missing Bride, all morning? THEY FOUND HER! Isn't there a tire fire or lost dog somewhere?
Stop Adjudicating from the Legislature!
I hate those damned activist legislators!
My sister was telling me yesterday that the Oxygen network has an entire SHOW devoted to Scott Peterson, Lori Hacking type wife/girlfriend killings. I can't remember the name of it.
NTodd, Attaturk, when a mommy and daddy truly love each other [awkward, somewhat inaccurate explanation of reproductive process goes here, which results in the boys thinking babies come from a cabbage patch]...
If she was a lesbian or a gay man this story would be used to paint us all. She'd turn into a poster child for the depravity of same-sex fiends.
CNN, the cabloids, it's not news it's just wall screen. ".... and you can be more popular than ever!". A distraction so Americans won't know enough to govern themselves.
So is the dude still gonna marry her after all this?
Isn't there a tire fire or lost dog somewhere?
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... tire fire!
SENSUALIST (Damn! Can't type)
dave, thanks for being so honest about the miracle of conception. I never knew that girls could get pregnant from swallowing orange seeds.
It's just sad that someone can't get cold feet about a wedding without the media going into full global alert.
I'd run to Albuquerque, too, at the thought of a 600-guest event.
How do you find someone who is not lost?
[awkward, somewhat inaccurate explanation of reproductive process goes here, which results in the boys thinking babies come from a cabbage patch]...
From which they rise up to destroy Chuckie....
[proving once again I get my news from Cartoon Network, and abjure CNN]
Meanwhile, we surrendered to the Chinese. We won't do any military stuff in Asia without their permission. Just signed the treaty quietly today.
Feith quietly signs treaty giving China much greater power in Asia
Is it too late fer National Turn Off Tee Vee week?
Heh heh ... Rall on Coulter.
dave, thanks for being so honest about the miracle of conception. I never knew that girls could get pregnant from swallowing orange seeds.
NTodd - Fool! Don't you understand that that's why good Xians only eat navel oranges???????
I'd run to Albuquerque, too, at the thought of a 600-guest event.
600?! Jeebus. My wife and I were married twice: once in a private ceremony with a JP and our dog as witness, and once in public with 30 humans. That was plenty.
...thanks for being so honest about the miracle of conception. I never knew that girls could get pregnant from swallowing orange seeds.
[Shot of June giving Ward a withering look, as Ward sinks behind his evening paper.]
"So is the dude still gonna marry her after all this?"
Of course. I can't wait for Toby Keith or some other country bumpkin immortilize this event in song.
GWPDA - being a Quaker and thus not a good Xtian, I don't know the rules governing fresh produce.
The Liberal Avenger
Good one. First LOL of the day.
Elaine, that is an amazing story. Why isn't it on cnn? Oh, nevermind.
Wonder which one of Larry's psychic friends is gonna be the first one to proclaim that she knew all along that I was really alive and on the run? My money is on Char. Sylvia has been kicked to the curb. Is John Edward still on This Side? Haven't heard from him in quite awhile.
jdw - oh yeah, it'll go something like this:
My baby got cold feet
Put on her tennies and ran out on me
But she called me from New Mexico
Said she didn't want to go
And came a running back home to me
Chorus
I love my runaway bride
She brings me beer all the time
I love my runaway bride
She can run but she cain't hide
NTodd - Fool! Don't you understand that that's why good Xians only eat navel oranges???????
GWPDA, Irate Scholar
Stay away from the pomegranates.
That's all I'm permitted to say. Just stay away from 'em.
Meanwhile, we surrendered to the Chinese. We won't do any military stuff in Asia without their permission. Just signed the treaty quietly today.
Feith quietly signs treaty giving China much greater power in Asia
Elaine Supkis -- 9:38 am
Elaine, dahlin, you kick some righteous ass...
.
RMJ - you related to Persephone?
I, too hope the amature Nancy Graces choke on their coffee after having David Mason (the fiancee)already tried and convicted for this delusional woman's 'murder'.
And peaches.
Don't even think about eating a peach.
We know what you're up to, Mr. Prufrock.
more grist for the "women are too unstable/immature to make their own decisions" mill?
they're actually calling this an "amazing story."
i can't believe this.
If this guy thinks the pre-nuptials are bad, just wait until I get knocked up.
Meanwhile, we surrendered to the Chinese. We won't do any military stuff in Asia without their permission. Just signed the treaty quietly today.
Feith quietly signs treaty giving China much greater power in Asia
Elaine Supkis -- 9:38 am
Well, Wal-Mart owns the country, and China owns Wal-Mart, and we're a bit tied down in this little country called Iraq, and.....
I'll retire to Bedlam.
Stay away from the pomegranates.
That's all I'm permitted to say. Just stay away from 'em.
Damn, you've found me out. Two, count 'em two trees-full, loaded with 'em.... Perhaps just a few seeds, eh RMJ?
"jdw - oh yeah, it'll go something like this:"
Quite good, N. But I think it's gotta be a duet, a sort of Kenny Rogers and whats-her-name-with-bigtits wherein she sings her most intimiate feelings of impending dread of the marriage, and he sings of his lover gone missing, only to be reunited at the end and happy and makin babies and drinkin beer and making mac and cheese. The Ballad of Jennifer Wilbanks, or somesuch.
I met her in a club down in old soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like mango snapple
sna sna sna sna snapple
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I felt kinda weird, she had an adam's apple
coulter co co co co coulter...
morning everyone!
Mr. Jeffers: please make some room in bedlamn.
i have a feeling you are going to be having a lot of company there when you retire.
I have come to despise cable new channels. Bad as Fox is, however, at least when I went there I could get the news--what has taken place--whereas at CNN I found hours and hours of Pope stuff of little interest...
fred lapides | Email | Homepage | 04.30.05 - 9:30 am |
Which Fox network have you been watchin', FL?
Her Eyes-
Sounds like cable news has devolved into "all crime, all the time" - to compete with Court TV?
People actually pay to watch this stuff?
Of course, crime rates have been going down for years, not that you'd know that watching the "news".
I think this qualifies as a Bobo's World piece.
This news stuff in America is for distracting us.
During the Great depression the birth of quintets or the child custody case of a little rich girl or the antics of stars got all the headlines until WWII woke us all up.
Found in Albuquerque - what's WGG been up to lately? Inquiring minds want to know, after all, it is the no spin zone and we are fair and balanced.
El Vado Motel - everybody tries to hide out there.
GWPDA, Irate Scholar -- 9:27 am
Ah, rats...busted...
I offered her a weekend with my cialis scrip at the El Vado (plus a Blake's green-chile cheese burger, and a taco pie) and the rest is history...
just sayin...
The Ballad of Jennifer Wilbanks, or somesuch
Make that The Ballad of Jenny Wilbanks, please.
hi BlakNo1!
I'd run to Albuquerque, too, at the thought of a 600-guest event.
I don't even KNOW 600 people, let alone 600 people I'd want at my wedding.
As things heat up internationally we doodle along at home.
Oh, look at the shiny object! Tick tock, watch the watch go back and forth you are getting very sleepy...free trade! Oh no!
I see flying monkeys......
Lets juggle for Jesus and maybe she'll come back.
Y'all bitch about CNN, yet the comments counter here keeps goin' up.
Maybe a toy poodle will get stuck up Bush's ass. That will make the news.
Or maybe Bush will be caught in pictures, kissing a Muslim sheik and holding hands, laughing as they dance through a garden of flowers....
Oh, look! A dead goldfish on the sidewalk!
Wapo's Dana Milbank this morning.
He corrects Bush with facts -
directly and without quoting any
Dems.
Bush, for his part, asserted that Social Security would go flat broke in 2041: "In other words, you're working all your life, you're putting money in, and by the time it comes for you to get ready to retire, there's nothing there." Yet, even if politicians do nothing about Social Security, it would pay out nearly 75 percent of promised benefits after 2041.
[snip]
Speaking of 75 years, Bush criticized the 1983 Social Security changes that were supposed to keep the system afloat for that long. "The problem is, 22 years after 1983, we're still talking about it," he said. "The 75-year fix lasted about 22 years." Actually, with Social Security forecast to remain solvent through 2041, the fix will have lasted 58 years.
[snip]
y'know, fleeing the scene of a crime (in my mind, 600 people at a wedding is a felony offense) is punishable by at least a year of working at the gift registry at Macy's.
all those ceramic dalmatians...
Morning everybody!
I tried to post last night after Compline (as I promised to do before leaving for recreation) but haloscan would not open past the first 50 or so entries so I couldn't even read what people said much less post myself -- problem may still continue (who knows with haloscan?) but I got here early
Anyway, my absence from the the threads was not from lack of trying!
Meanwhile, CNN.com wants to know what news event of the last 25 years "shaped your life"... here's my offering:
One news event I'll always remember was the day the bride CNN had been speculating for days as having been kidnapped and murdered by her husband-to-be turned up alive and well, admitting she got cold feet and ran away on her own. Despite the fact there was absolutely no story here, and the following other events were happening (posted at your website) at the same time -
• Four U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
• Vietnam marks fall of Saigon
• Iran 'may restart nuclear activities' | Nuclear powers
• Bomb blast rocks downtown Cairo
• Lynndie England to plead guilty to Abu Ghraib abuse
- CNN spent hours exclusively rehashing the "runaway bride" story, which mattered not a whit to anyone else in the world aside from the immediate family.
That was the day CNN cemented its reputation for me!
Join the fun! Give 'em some love!
Charlie Brown's immortal saying comes to mind. "Good grief."
Mrs DWD and I are laughing over the two guys who said they found buried treasure. (It turns out that the only reason it was buried is because they "claimed it" and buried it themselves.
TKK, whatever you do, don't seat certain cousins near the bride's family's table.
bad blood and all.
Former DOE Official Pleads Guilty to Fraud
By PETE YOST
The Associated Press
Saturday, April 30, 2005; 12:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- A former deputy undersecretary for safe and drug free schools at the Education Department pleaded guilty to charging the government for personal travel, including trips to Texas where he continued working as a visiting judge while employed in Washington.
Eric Andell pleaded guilty to one count of conflict of interest, the Justice Department said Friday. He faces up to one year in prison and has agreed to reimburse the federal government $8,659.85. He will be sentenced July 29.
The charge stems from expenses on 14 trips from late 2002 to September 2003 that federal authorities say were motivated in part by his desire to accrue service time toward receipt of a pension from the state of Texas.
Andell, a former justice for the First Court of Appeals in Texas, made seven trips to Houston where he acted as a visiting state judge, according to documents filed in the case.
Andell came to Washington as a senior adviser to then-Education Secretary Rod Paige, who appointed him to run the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
For several of the trips, Andell received his federal government salary as sick leave "when in fact he was working and being paid as a visiting judge in the state of Texas," according to the court papers.
He also filed federal expenses when he traveled to Austin, Texas, on Aug. 13, 2003 in order "to seek appointment from the governor of Texas," according to the court documents, which provide no elaboration. The office of Republican Gov. Rick Perry said it could not confirm a meeting with Andell because the appointments office was already closed for the day.
All the trips involved at least some travel for personal purposes, the court documents stated. Andell went twice to New York where he took in Broadway shows, attended a Peter, Paul and Mary concert in Columbus, Ohio, attended football games in Houston and Detroit, and was present for a gala at the University of Houston. ...
Remember G.Gordon Liddy?
In the aftermath of the ATF/Waco firefight, he actively urged citizens to kill federal agents.
he was on scarborough the other night claiming that the Right had never sunk to invoking violence...
There's HOAP for the lying sack of shit
just sayin...
She's alive? Gee I was expecting it was going to turn into a real-life CSI episode what with the pic of her enormous eyeballs. Probably ran out of Xanax and ran out for more.
Not from the local Pharmacy of course.
Back in college I dabbled a bit in psychology and economics, and I think this story illustrates two things:
#1) the enormous stresses we place on our brides-to-be, (and I'm hoping cnn has a special on this soon)and
#2) just how 'flat' the us of a has become. Isn't it amazing that within hours of her disappearance, thru the wonders of teevee and the media and the internets everyone in the country was on the lookout for the missing bride? And how, in the end, our missing bride was able to reconnect with her lover thru the wonder of a payphone in NM?
It used to be that the flat earth metaphore would be appropriate in describing a backwoods place like Albuquerque, but now that they have payphones and such it's flat in a different way...the paradigm has shifted.
She's back?! Yeah! Can I stop juggling? Woo hoo!
Honey, blow out the candles. She's back.
damn.
Elaine's posts are always frightening.
Her eyes, you might have mail. Not sure as Outlook is a mess. (But it is a Microsoft Program so . . . .)
She's alive? Gee I was expecting it was going to turn into a real-life CSI episode what with the pic of her enormous eyeballs. Probably ran out of Xanax and ran out for more.
Not from the local Pharmacy of course.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I was at the health club yesterday and had to endure a hideous full hour of the boring press conference yesterday. Honest to god, as if there wasn't any actual news in the world. Having said that, what a great freaking story. Every element is over the top, from her crazed eyeballs to fleeing the wedding with the 600 guests and 14 bridesmaids. That is just the best! Fourteen freaking bridesmaids? No wonder she's hyperventilating. I mean, what is this, the royal wedding?
OT, I know, but Big Daddy Mars, in case you didn't see this on a previous thread:
A few decades ago Asshole of the Interior, James Watt, said pretty much this same thing. When he was asked about conserving forests, his comment was something like, "The world's going to end in a few years, so why bother?"
Big Daddy, "When the last tree is felled, the Lord will come back" is an apocryphal quotation, like the supposed "cannot quote" of Lincoln. Bill Moyers apologized to James Watt for using it.
thanks DWD--
i'll check it.
On my wedding day, I had a full-blown bridal snit and refused to get married. Mother Thersites had to talk me down. It was pretty funny, in retrospect.
last nite there was commentary on tweety's continuing the 'spitting on returning vets'lie. the boston globe has an op ed today worth reading (and forwarding to hardball):
Debunking a spitting image
Good morning, sorry to repeat if you guys had already seen this, but apparently the administration has been staging interrogations at Guantanamo for visiting VIPs in order to make it look like we were getting useful intelligence. Details at homepage.
Not that this is surprising.
Mother Thersites had to talk me down. It was pretty funny, in retrospect.
NYMary -10:13 am
At first read, i saw "Mother Theresa" and wondered why you had chosen to 'tie the not' (stet) in Calcutta...
On my wedding day, I had a full-blown bridal snit and refused to get married. Mother Thersites had to talk me down. It was pretty funny, in retrospect.
When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Thers comes to me,
speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Or was it a shotgun?
WGG
Didn't Liddy also do a program or two encouraging shooters to use pictures of the Clintons for target practice?
HEADLINE: ATTRACTIVE, MIDDLE-CLASS WHITE WOMAN IS MISSING !
Why, why, why does anyone outside of a four-block area in her neighborhood need to know anything about this ?
CNN is refusing to obey Atrios; they'll be covering the pastor's press conference live soon.
Two reporters have used the phrase "twists and turns."
Oh, and "the planned 600 guest wedding would have dwrfed the recent nuptials between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles."
bkny--
people spitting on sojers?
that's just crazy talk.
it would never happen now with all those "support our troops" maggots on the suvs.
DWD-outlock must be working, got your email just fine.
Why, why, why does anyone outside of a four-block area in her neighborhood need to know anything about this ?
Because we all believe in the Sanctity of Marriage, duh.
Anything to take our minds off the 30th Anniversary of the fall of Saigon and Vietnam redux going on in Iraq.
Of Non-sequiters and the logic of losers.
The other day, I don't believe I am alone in this, the "insurgents" (actually, patriots if we use the classic definition) managed to kill or wound more than a hundred and forty people in Iraq. A general, I was too stupified from working to remember his name, denigrated their efforts as being amateurish and then went on to opine that their actions were a sure sign that we are winning.
Taking that logic a step further, the more people they kill and maim, the closer they are to defeat. We are not only winning, but the deaths of our soldiers and Iraqi civilians are PROOF.
Good Grief.
Pastor : Let's forgive Jennifer. "When you sin you crucify Christ again".
Good thing gay people can't get married, that would make a mockery of the sacred ritual.
The Kenosha Kid
Because we all believe in the Sanctity of Marriage, duh.
NTodd
Unless the bride in question is named Terri Schiavo--then her wedding vows mean bupkis.
DWD - the insurgents are getting more desperater and desperater.
Elaine's posts are always frightening.
her eyes
true, but i wish we had just one like her at any of the major media outlets.
at least the Today show was covering the Michael Jackson fiasco. good to know not all the media is laying down on the job.
Actually, Mother Thers intervened by finding a blind Irish judge to marry us in an Irish bar in Queens. That's what tough Queens moms do, in times of trouble.
No word on whether he was an activist judge.
Okay, out of curiosity, I turned on CNN on Saturday morning.
Never again.
If ever I doubted Thoreau's observation that all news is gossip, I doubt it no more. To watch TV anchors, men and women paid to look good on camera, sit and simply talk about how strangers are feeling and about the lives of people they don't know from Adam.....
Bleah.
Let's get back to pomegranates and peaches. Am I the only one who understands sexual symbols anymore?
Hmmmm...maybe a peach on horseback leaving a trail of pomegranate seeds.....
BTW, ir you're still here, g'morning, Prior! Long time no read.
On my wedding day, I had a full-blown bridal snit and refused to get married. Mother Thersites had to talk me down. It was pretty funny, in retrospect.
First wedding in which I was a bridesmaid (growl), the bride turned in a veritable Ms. Hyde that morning. was the scariest thing I'd ever seen.
charley,
Email me re: your desire to move to South Beach. I might be able to hook you up.
since the teevee media bites
a good question would be
how too get the general public
away from the teevee?
Pastor : Let's forgive Jennifer. "When you sin you crucify Christ again".
Unrepentant Fenian
I walked out of the room when he came on. Professional courtesy bars me from commenting, except to say I'd rather he'd said: "Let's just butt out of their lives now, and leave 'em alone. Y'all are all just makin' a bad situation, worse. Go home. God bless."
Let's get back to pomegranates and peaches. Am I the only one who understands sexual symbols anymore?
"Moses, Moses, Moses! Are her lips red like pomegranates?"
[/Anne Baxter]
Why is the family flying Albuquerque? If I was the father of the bride who just skipped out of a wedding I paid for in which she invited 600 people to attend I would make her take the bus back.
But what will Nancy Grace do now? Oh no!!! The horror, the horror!
"Good thing gay people can't get married, that would make a mockery of the sacred ritual."
The Kenosha Kid 04.30.05 - 10:23 am
Why it is sooooooo sacred my friend that I'm working on number four. And I'm putting out feelers for number five.
I walked out of the room when he came on. Professional courtesy bars me from commenting, except to say I'd rather he'd said: "Let's just butt out of their lives now, and leave 'em alone. Y'all are all just makin' a bad situation, worse. Go home. God bless."
Rmj, Dynamic Swami
You're right, that would have been the right thing to say but I think that some people feel the need to make speaches on TV.
watertiger,
Mine, at least, was (relatively) reasonable. Because of some Amtrak fuckup, my parents weren't going to be able to attend the planned nuptials at the Borough Hall, just the reception at the bar. As noted, Mother Thers found a judge, and we ended up doing to whole thing at the bar, which was fine by me.
Our mutual friend made the funniest wedding joke ever. "I always cry at weddings with an open bar."
NB: I did not hop a bus to the midwest, southwest, or any other far distant region. I was just cranky. All I could hear in my head was Cher in Moonstruck. "If I didn't get married at City Hall, with strangers at the door, maybe I wouldn't have had the bad luck I had!"
First wedding in which I was a bridesmaid (growl), the bride turned in a veritable Ms. Hyde that morning. was the scariest thing I'd ever seen.
watertiger
Remind me to tell you how much I dislike officiating at weddings.
Can't we just shoot him anyway, just to be extra sure ?
"Moses, Moses, Moses! Are her lips red like pomegranates?"
[/Anne Baxter]
watertiger...
you're killing me!
Ntodd--I meant to offer my congratulations on your Award.
I went over to that site--the fake Econoline ad cracked me up.
But what will Nancy Grace do now? Oh no!!! The horror, the horror!
Thaddy-boy
I missed Nancy Grace last night (Cubs v. Astros) did she blame the fiance?
OT (sorta)
MoDo has another good column, mostly on Iraq and Chalabi:
Now, showing survival skills that make Tom DeLay look like a piker, the resourceful Thief of Baghdad has popped back up as one of the four deputy prime ministers and the interim cabinet minister controlling the one valuable commodity in that wasteland: the second-largest oil reserves after Saudi Arabia. He even has a DeLay-like talent for getting relatives on the payroll: a Chalabi nephew is the new finance minister.
One of her better pieces.
CARTER: It's not our function to report the gossip of housewives. If we were interested in that kind of thing, Mr. Kane, we could fill the paper twice over daily.
KANE: Mr. Carter, that's the kind of thing we are going to be interested in, from now on.
TJ - Hubris is a funny, funny dude. And an honest conservative.
Unless the bride in question is named Terri Schiavo--then her wedding vows mean bupkis.
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Nailed it.
reading this thread, i'm so glad i gave up cnn months ago. the friggin idiot level they have sunk to is depressing.
instead i'm watching something's gotta give for the umpteenth time. much better for my mood and blood pressure.
Did you hear about that guy who swallowed a yoyo? Some clodhopper down in Griffith, Indiana. That's real news! Nor a lot of politics slop.
SAVE THE MISSING BRIDE, PRAY THE ROSARY! OUR LADY OF THE UNDERPASS WILL PROTECT HER!
Ugh--CNN airhead just now: "Of course we're going to have much more on this; this is going to be the talk for a few days." AA few years ago, Oprah would have had trouble milking this "story" for an hour even.
Has anyone seen the caterers interviewed? Think of all that food in their big fridge.
ABS should get John Mason for the Bachelor. Ratings coup.
Note to self: When adopting a character for posting purposes, it helps to erase one's own email and homepage.
timster explains why "fixing" SS is hard work:
Russert: That’s the problem. If you solve it now, it’s a cavity. If you wait until then, it’s a root canal or an extraction.
But it’s real and the difficulty is this: the Democrats feel dissed. They don’t feel the president has reached out and cooperated – he’s fought them on judicial nominations, fought them on tax cuts and now he’s extending the olive branch, saying, “Why can’t we work together.” The atmosphere is so poisonous, it’s going to be very difficult to get people to sit down and work out a compromise, even though, privately, both parties admit something must be done.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5961048
Everybody knows dems ruled by their feelings. Oh and they are obstructionists too.
I wonder if Nancy Grace is going to get fired over her show from last night. She had the fiance pegged as the next Scott Peterson.
I missed Nancy Grace last night... did she blame the fiance?
According to Gilliard:
...(Nancy Grace) basically had the woman in a ditch as the vicitim of some nefarious sex crime on last night's show. She looked like she was going to break down in tears when she talked to the woman's father.
The idea that she flipped and ran was discounted...
General alert -- my virus protection software is snagging a virus every time I go from reading the comments on Haloscan back to Atrios' homepage.
SAVE THE MISSING BRIDE, PRAY THE ROSARY! OUR LADY OF THE UNDERPASS WILL PROTECT HER!
She's no longer missing. It's a miracle that we can only attribute to Our Lady of the Underpass! Praise the Virgin Mary!!!
New Fox show: "When Good White People Go Really, Really Bad!"
We should start a rumor that the bride ran because she's gay.
I, too hope the amature Nancy Graces choke on their coffee after having David Mason (the fiancee)already tried and convicted for this delusional woman's 'murder'.
Mr. Bill
Isn't it sad that there can be a category described as "Professional" Nancy Grace?
Did Nancy Grace actually go after the husband or are we anticipating what she no doubt would have done if the bride had not turned up alive?
I heard the bride took off because she was scared of her groom's "feeding tube", after a judge refused to force him to remove it from her.
NYMary--your wedding actually sounds charming. Mr. TJ and I have never officially tied the knot, although we are planning on finally doing so this summer at his mother's house in France (so that the kids and I will be in line for French citizenship if it all goes to shit).
His mother is arranging everything, which is fine by me. All I have to do is show up.
I suppose all this time I should have been calling him Not Mr. TJ but it seemed so complicated...anyway, now I've come clean.
OT:
The Ultimate Question today is --- Which sucks (or will suck) worse, the final episodes of ST Enterprise, the H2G2 movie, or Star Wars "episode III?" My vote is for H2G2. The trailers look just as cheezy as that 80s H2G2 TV series. Matter of fact, I might just prefer the 80s H2G2 TV series over the movie. At least the 80s TV series used Night of the Sorcerer. Regardless, probably ain't gonna waste my money or time with the H2G2 movie. Douglas Adams has to be spinnin' in his grave at Infinity Probability Factor Infinity + 1.
If I was her father and I shelled out the kesh (cash) to cover the wedding and reception, I'd seriously consider kicking her ass. 600!
The bride is more important than this Atrios.
Profits amaze even analysts
With oil prices, 'It's like they're printing money'
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO - Pumped up by persistently high energy prices, the oil industry maintained its streak of massive — and growing — quarterly profits this week, aggravating motorists and amazing financial analysts.
"I have been following this industry for 18 years and I have never seen anything like this," Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Fadel Gheit said Friday. "It's like they're printing money."
The results of the world's four largest oil companies illustrate just how well the industry has fared lately.
Since the end of 2003, Royal Dutch-Shell Group of Companies, BP Group, Exxon Mobil and ChevronTexaco have earned a combined $97 billion, including $23.8 billion during the first three months of this year.
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By the way. I am a biologist and don't know much about economics. Atrios, help me here, tell me if I am wrong. If oil companies are getting filthy rich because crude oil prices are high, doesn't it really mean that they are jacking up their prices to the consumer at a rate substantially greater than the price of crude or the availability of refined gasoline would justify?
Maybe they do this gouging because pschologically they know we will accept it, and once the 2 buck barrier is broken it will never go back?
By the way, I am not opposed to high gasoline taxes as a part of a way to conserve, I just wish I was paying them to a governmental agency instead of to Exon, Texaco/Chervron, et al.
CNN = Cocksucking News Network
This country is a joke, and it won't change in our lifetimes, if at all. Sorry folks, but that's the reality. Either get out or join the rest of the knuckledraggers who see the virgin mary, whoever the fuck she is, on bridge underpasses.
TJ,
Thanks for your kind words. Life is complicated. But getting married in France sounds beyond cool!
I heard the bride took off because she was scared of her groom's "feeding tube", after a judge refused to force him to remove it from her.
Spinoza, ROFL!
Ba'al, Sirota and americablog have been blogging on the obscene oil profits all week--you might want to check them out. IIRC, sirota's stuff was fairly in-depth.
" Either get out or join the rest of the knuckledraggers who see the virgin mary,"
America; Fuck Yeah!
timster explains why "fixing" SS is hard work:
Russert: That’s the problem. If you solve it now, it’s a cavity. If you wait until then, it’s a root canal or an extraction.
Reminds me of Monty Python:
So Miss Johnson returned to her typing and dreamed her little dreamy dreams, unaware as she was of the cruel trick fate had in store for her. For Miss Johnson was about to fall victim of the dreaded international Chinese Communist Conspiracy.
(lots of little yellow men pour into the office)
Yes, these fanatical thieves under the leadership of the so-called Mao Tse-tung had caught Miss Johnson off guard for one brief but fatal moment and destroyed her.
(Miss Johnson is submerged in a tide of yellow men)
Just as they are ready to do anytime free men anywhere waver in their defence of democracy.
(A sailing ship with American flag sails in over yellow men. Zoom in on the flag: Uncle Sam appears in front of it.)
Yes, once again American defence proves its effectiveness against international communism. Using this diagram of a tooth to represent any small country, we can see how international communism works by eroding away form the inside
(diagram of tooth rotting from inside and collapsing)
When one country or tooth falls victim to international communism, its neighbours soon follow.
(the remaining teeth fall sideways into the gap)
In dentistry, this is known as Domino Theory. but with american defence the decay is stopped before it starts and that's why nine out of ten small countries choose American defense ...
... Or Crelm toothpaste with the miracle ingredient, Fraudulin! The white car represents Crelm toothpaste with the miracle ingredient, Fraudulin.
(two cars in a bleak landscape)
The non-white car represents another toothpaste.
(the cars race ofd)
Both toothpastes provide 30% protection.
(they pass a banner: '60% protection')
At 60% protection both toothpastes are doing well. And now at 90% protection the ... wait!
(the grey car stops dead at the '90% protection' banner)
The non-white car is out, and the Crelm toothpaste goes on to win with 100% protection! Yes, do like all smart motorists. Choose Crelm toothpaste.
Res Ipsa Loquitor
Ba'al also worships Wolcott.
Ba'al,
I wonder about this, too. They charge $55 a barrel because the Saudis do, and because they can? That doesn't sound very patriotic. They'd better paint a big yellow ribbon on those tanks in penance.
The county that the missing woman is from is a huge Republican suburban wasteland. Miles from Atlanta, 25-30 years ago it was farmland and wilderness. Now it is wall-to-wall strip malls, low cost housing that is chock full of gang activity, and right-wing churches. They, like Newt's infamous Cobb County, refuse to let the Atlanta mass transit system come out there to keep the African-Americans away. To their chagrin, housing built at the beginning of their boom days was cheap and crappy. The earlier residents moved out further and a large population of Hispanics moved in. Now they are trying to build virtual walls of development to separate themselves from the Hispanics. Just a few tibits of information you won't hear on CNN.
Ba'al--
i'm sure those record profits have nothing to do with the high price of gasoline. otherwise, somebody from the press would have asked about it during the press conference on thursday, or it would be reported on cnn this morning.
look--
the missing bride has returned!
But getting married in France sounds beyond cool!
Mostly, I am excited about finally taking the kids to Europe (his mom is buying our plane tickets and we'll be staying with her otherwise no way could we afford it). The wedding part is also nice. If we do it over there rather than at city hall here, it makes the citizenship process that much smoother, apparently.
Good morning, fellow freethinkers. Excellent day to go see The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, yes?
Meanwhile, another more important story from NM is ignored:
CLOVIS, N.M. - A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito...
her eyes
of course. obvious in itself. silly of me. even a god is sleepy in the morning. especially a god who has been lately deprived of burnt offerings.
Two questions immediately arise in reading the Harper's article, "Soldiers of Christ" by Jeff Sharlet. Why was the complete overrunning of Colorado Springs allowed to happen totally under the radar of the corporate press, and why even now, is it just written about in Harper's. These people are nothing more than a cult who use extra legal ways of achieving their ends.
QL, I just read that article. These people are just pure and simple out and out freaks - on par with Jim Jones or the Hale Bopp cult comitting suicide in their Nikes. And the pastor of the New Life Church is an advisor to Bush.
BTW, I read a short blurb in the paper yesterday that the Air Force Academy (in Colorado Springs) is under investigation for engaging in religious discrimination because several fundie officers and profs are harassing non-fundie airmen.
As noted, Mother Thers found a judge
Um, NYM? Remember all that to-doing about annulments and whatnot? See, the whole concept of just happening to 'find a judge' sounds, um, maybe, a little more convenient than plausible. Maybe? You might want to check?
filk - yes.
filkertom, yeah if your weather is as shitty as ours is today. Frankly, the H2G2 movie trailers makes it look like it sux ass big time.
I posted this a few days ago just to show you all that Ba'al is not completely useless. Now if I could only get my smiting device to be a little more accurate. Ba'al is still developing the appropriate incantations....
Toads keep exploding in German pond
Associated Press
BERLIN — More than 1,000 toads have puffed up and exploded in a Hamburg pond in recent weeks, and German scientists have no explanation for what's causing the combustion.
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Both the pond's water and body parts of the toads have been tested, but scientists have been unable to find a bacteria or virus that would cause the toads to swell up and pop, said Janne Kloepper, of the Hamburg-based Institute for Hygiene and the Environment.
"It's absolutely strange," she said Wednesday. "We have a really unique story here in Hamburg. This phenomenon really doesn't seem to have appeared anywhere before."
The toads at a pond in the upscale neighborhood of Altona have been blowing up since the beginning of the month, filling up like balloons until their stomachs suddenly burst.
"It looks like a scene from a science-fiction movie," Werner Schmolnik, the head of a local environment group, told the Hamburger Abendblatt daily. "The bloated animals suffer for several minutes before they finally die."
GWPDA,
Oh, I doubt it, for a number of reasons. But we have a piece of paper from the state and are ignoring the letter and not planning to return to the church because of Pope Goebbels, so I'm not too worried.
Ba'al--please let me be the first to offer up the burnt offerings of the name-stealing trool that plagues our more eloquent women here.
the aroma, however, may not be too pleasing.
NTodd -- kewl. It was at 63% at Rotten Tomatoes, and it sounds as if it was made for fans of the series rather than watered down for the moron crowd. I'm going with friends to the local 12:20 showing -- I'll let you know later this afternoon what I thought.
On-topic, a friend was relieved as hell that the woman was found this morning, because she is sick to fuckin' death of CNN's Chicken Little on this one. And she firmly believes that if the woman was poor or black CNN wouldn't have given half a shit.
Ba'al, I read last night that a German scientist had solved the mystery of the exploding toads. Seems that crows had found a way to peck into the chest cavities of the toads to remove their livers. The toad's natural defense mechanism is to puff up. Without the liver - which apparently allows them to unpuff - they keep puffing up till the explode.
Ba'al,
Damn! Too bad you couldn't have focused that infestation on the fundie-fest last Sunday. Well, keep practicing.
It looks like we're still on track to invade Iran (or at least start bombing the shit out of it):
Iran will likely resume some nuclear activities related to uranium enrichment next week, Iran's top nuclear negotiator was quoted by the state-run news agency as saying Saturday.
At least CNN had that criminal profiler on who called the runaway bride a lying sack of crap. Even if it was only for ten minutes. Nailed it.
DWD, that is what they want you to believe.
But who you really gonna believe, a bunch of German scientists with their contrived stories about crows and livers, or me, Ba'al?
String Cheeze -- not great weather; chance of rain, high of 54°. Did you see either of the international trailers? Those were pretty good. Unfortunately, the links I had for them in March don't seem to work now, but they had lots of elements from the book (and the Book), some funny gags, and The Right Music.
First, let them please not get it wrong. Then, let them please get it right.
anybody have any thoughts on ridley scott's kingdom of heaven that's coming out next week. hbo had a segment on it and it looks pretty good.
interesting timing to release a movie about the crusades.
I watched all the cable news networks for the last time during the Dems convention. I blocked all of them off my cable system. Have I missed anything?
So if the bride had been found dismembered somewhere, do you think HBO would have made a movie called "Severed Bride for Seven Brothers"?
bkny - exactly what I thot. And that Legolas is so dreamy...
spinoza - bravo. Sick, but bravo.
It's pouring here, with tornado warnings. Actually kinda nice. I always feel better about blogging when the weather is crappy.
But we have a piece of paper from the state
Well, it's all a matter of civil agreement anyway. By this time doubtless common-law has kicked in.
Well my fellow Eschatonians, I'm off to the big, bad city know as New York with Mr. Monica. I'd invite you all for a drink at my hotel, but Mr. Monica said no. He thinks I spend too much time with you people already. May you know no trolls and only peace this fine day. Nighty night, my darlings.
Breaking: The Giant Burrito threat level is now at code red!
Be alert for giant foil-wrapped, 30-inch burritos.
The The Menacing Cloud threat level remains at code orange.
Now, back to the news.
ntodd -- i'm kind of partial to liam neeson ...
CNN was sooooo hungry for another Laci Peterson. I'm sure their sooooo happy that the "bride" turned up safe.
It's pouring here, with tornado warnings. Actually kinda nice. I always feel better about blogging when the weather is crappy.
TJ -11:08 am
outside of SE Asia, i have never seen/experienced rain like it falls in SE Louisiana...
stay dry...
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So if the bride had been found dismembered somewhere, do you think HBO would have made a movie called "Severed Bride for Seven Brothers"?
spinoza | Email | Homepage | 04.30.05 - 11:06 am
Ten points to Gryffindor.
Actually, I was worried she'd be found dead and then some wag would annihilate Tim Burton's upcoming animated movie by calling this the "Corpse Bride" story....
I just read that article. These people are just pure and simple out and out freaks - on par with Jim Jones or the Hale Bopp cult comitting suicide in their Nikes.
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Perhaps if we had some real reporting, and it was pointed out what total absolute freaks they are, fewer would be open to their propaganda. that's what boggles the mind, that so many are caught in this web of evil.
Don't know, but I wonder if the rape scandal has to do with the extreme, radical cults believing a woman's place is in the home, and when she puts herself in a position that should be reserved for men,i.e. the Naval Academy, she deserves everything she gets.
Dog walkin' awaits...later, gaiters
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Stay safe, TJ.
bkny - yeah, Liam's a hottie, too. Let's make a deal: you take him and I'll take Orlando.
String Cheeze -- not great weather; chance of rain, high of 54°. Did you see either of the international trailers? Those were pretty good. Unfortunately, the links I had for them in March don't seem to work now, but they had lots of elements from the book (and the Book), some funny gags, and The Right Music.
First, let them please not get it wrong. Then, let them please get it right.
filkertom | Email | Homepage | 04.30.05 - 11:05 am |
No, just saw the trailers on the teevee. It'd be great if H2G2 lives up to its rep.
Yo, Ba'al, I'm burning an offering of the good stuff as we speak. Breathe deep, your divinity.
Wonder what the caterers are doing with the reception goodies....
ok, this article is a bit freaky:
Tantalizing hints surfaced yesterday that China might be on the brink of letting its currency rise in value -- and although the evidence was tenuous, it was enough to send foreign exchange markets into a lather.
Good one from the Nancy Grace Nut Half-Hour:
GRACE: We just heard from Jennifer`s father. Heartbroken, he`s been out searching himself, begging tonight, taking to the airwaves for any help to find his girl, Jennifer Wilbanks. I`m going to go straight back out to CNN correspondent Jonathan Freed. He is there on the scene.
Jonathan, that man`s heart is breaking, but he has not given up hope. How long exactly has Jennifer been gone?
FREED: Nancy, I`ll look at my watch. It`s coming up on almost exactly three days...
Really, you can't make shit like this up...
thanks for the concern, WGG and filkertom. as long as the streets don't start flooding we'll be fine.
bkny - yeah, Liam's a hottie, too.
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yeah - but you can't beat Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Honestly, as a straight woman, I'd be tempted by both.
NYMary,
BTW, I LOVE writing for young people - particularly for young female types. One of the young girls who read THE HAUNTING slept on the couch for two weeks after reading the book. BWAAAAAAHAAHAAA. (Little devil grin)
Yes, love me some Wolcott. I hope to meet him someday so's I can plant a big wet juicy one right square betwixt his eyes.
later bats!
QL - oh man, DO NOT get me started on Angelina. Oh my.
Well, I guess this is a drive-by, 'cause I'm off to the movies. Later, gang!
With regard to the bug-eyed bride-on-the-run ... I just want to thank the god-fearin', hard-prayin', cultureless Red State religionists and their progeny for being so consistently entertaining. You ultra-white Georgians with a few bucks in the bank are a hoot.
FTR, does this count as an "answered prayer from God®" They were prayin' real hard (prayin' is hard work, after all) for the cameras in the yard and I think they desrve an answer as to whether or not it worked.
And, yes, boyfriend sets off my gaydar, but it's only a low-level booping sound.
Thurs. I caught an interview on "Talk of the Nation" with the director of H2G2 who said that Adams had been working for years to bring the Guide to the big screen, and that the differences from the book were largely due to his input. Adams is actually credited as an executive producer in the movie.
Yeah! Nancy Grace is so pissed right now.
Ga. woman who vanished days before her wedding fabricated kidnap tale, police say.
Next time honey, you might consider simply opening your mouth and solving your problem: "Yeah, well, I'm having some doubts about this wedding thing and I'm going to take off for a few days to think things over."
The fact this made national, non-stop news coverage is just baffling. I never thought CNN would turn into the Jerry Springer network, with microscopic coverage of peoples' dysfunctions and inability to communicate and resolve their issues.
Not really bookwhoring cause it is really only available from me But here is The Haunting
Yeah! Nancy Grace is so pissed right now.
Vinnie
I'm sure, when a missing woman doesn't turn up in a shallow grave somewhere, Nancy looks like a bigger irresponsible blowhard than she already is.
Speaking of Persephone, oranges and pomegranates, here's what proto-pomegranates look like - pretty pretty, hunh? Just this morning (Arthur knocked it off the tree so no viable pomegranates were actually jeopardised in the making of this image.)
Later, Moonbats. Have a pleasant and productive Saturday.
Who the fuck is this woman criminal profiler who has some "harsh words" for the bride? She's very angry at the bride?
"She ran away to get attention. She knew it was going to be all over the news."
WTF?
jeopardised
You can so tell you're not Murkin.
Whenever I hear 'runaway bride' I think of Buster Keaton's "A Thousand Brides", with Buster being chased by a army of would-be Brides, bent on violence (rolling boulders at him)because a well meaning friend placed a ad for a marriage partner so he could inherit a fortune. Great silent surrealism, and nothing like this sad little story of social pressure and cold feet.
Though I might run away from 600 wedding guests....
So will Julia Roberts play the lead in the Amazing True Story?
"this is very narcissistic behavior...i think we're going to find out in the future that she's had lots of behaviors exhibited in the past that she craves attention"
double WTF?
That little picture of Wolcott should be in the dictionary next to the definition of "snark". He hits the target on a regular basis.
"this is very narcissistic behavior...i think we're going to find out in the future that she's had lots of behaviors exhibited in the past that she craves attention"
Is that the profiler talking about herself?
QL - oh man, DO NOT get me started on Angelina. Oh my.
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We're not sounding like very good Quakers here. . .
Breaking: The Giant Burrito threat level is now at code red!
Be alert for giant foil-wrapped, 30-inch burritos.
mm-boy, this alert sounds dee-licious!
can't wait until they start having deep fried twinkie alerts.
QL - I've never been accused of being a good Quaker. And hey, we're not Shakers, for fuck's sake!
How psychic - I woke up this morning, and went to cnn.com to see what the headlines of the day were (what a fool I am). The fact that this story about a missing woman has been their leader for the better part of 3 days was the straw that broke the camel's back, and I actually fired off an email to them, asking them what had happened to their operation since the days of Gulf War 1.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who despairs about the state of news coverage today.
We're not sounding like very good Quakers here
Is it ok if we just imagine bundling with Angelina?
I predict a eating disorder is to blame for the runaway bride.
Katie,Matt,Charlie & Diane will fill us in on the monday morning. (Feigning much concern)
Don't you worry your pretty little heads.
This is the sickest thing on earth. Some bitch is on CNN barking about the bride as a shameless attention grabbing bitch and a blatant criminal. Wow! I'm shocked by the level of vitriol.
Be alert for giant foil-wrapped, 30-inch burritos.
30" cut.
Somebody fuck me in my dogshit hole. I need it in the worst way.
yeah - but you can't beat Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Honestly, as a straight woman, I'd be tempted by both.
QL in NY
Angelina was simply fabulous in the movie "Gia", about the first supermodel Gia Carangi who became a heroin addict and the first woman to die of AIDS. It's really a great movie, and a fascinating and very sad story.
If you haven't seen it, it's worth a rent.
Is it ok if we just imagine bundling with Angelina?
So long as Mom is shitty at sewing...
HEADLINE: ATTRACTIVE, MIDDLE-CLASS WHITE WOMAN IS MISSING !
Why, why, why does anyone outside of a four-block area in her neighborhood need to know anything about this ?
Harry Lime | Email | Homepage | 04.30.05 - 10:18 am
harry, my next-door neighbor does such a good job of alerting the neighborhood every time her family's having troubles, i don't think she needs any help from cable news.
by the way, she said to tell everyone her husband's surgery went just fine.
Stinky - way to be a buzzkill.
I predict a eating disorder is to blame for the runaway bride.
I predict an eating disorder is to blame for that albino mouse on Bolton's lip.
ntodd -- deal.
(i won't say anything to natasha, if you won't )
by the way, she said to tell everyone her husband's surgery went just fine.
Was that for his goiter?
that's no mouse it's a scottish terrier.
A good solid news network that actually reported on stories of significance would put CNN, MSNBC and others in the dumpster. Why won't somebody do it?
Somebody fuck me in my dogshit hole. I need it in the worst way.
spinoza
Ok........
Somebody fuck me in my dogshit hole. I need it in the worst way.
Spinoza
Wow, some troll stole my name! Guess the Saturday morning cartoons must be above his intelligence level.
bkny - ooh, if you get Liam, that means Natasha will be available, too. This deal keeps getting better and better!
STRATEGYPAGE NOTES THE MARCH OF DIPLOMACY:
Iraq's neighbors are increasingly supporting the interim government and opposing the Sunni Arab and al Qaeda terrorists. Most of them are more or less are opposed to radical Islamist movements, so that is one thread linking them together. But there are also other issues affecting the stance taken by the various countries surrounding Iraq. Turkey seems in favor of a strong centralized Iraqi government so that the Iraqis can keep the Kurds under control. The Gulf Arabs want to see a strong Iraq as a counterbalance to Iran, though the Kuwaitis are somewhat concerned that a revived Iraqi military might threaten them. Jordan sees the potential need for a strong ally in the event of problems with Syria, while Syria seems inclined to support the new Iraqi regime if only as a way to improve ties with the U.S. Two countries are less committed to the new Iraqi government. Saudi Arabia is tentative about supporting Iraq, since it has to balance its brand of conservative Islam with the certainty that a successful democratic -- or at least representative -- government in Iraq will probably be strongly secular. The Iranians don't want Iraq to fall under the control of either the Sunni Arab dominated Baath Party, or the Sunni Islamists (represented now by al Qaeda), both their blood enemies, but have reservations about a secular, democratic Iraq and about American influence in the region. The Iranian situation is complicated by the fact that their country is a clandestine conduit for the movement of Islamist personnel and money among Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq.
I think this counts as progress.
spinoza - I think namestealing is case-sensitive.
i could go for a fuckin' in my catshit hole myself.
Some bitch is on CNN barking about the bride as a shameless attention grabbing bitch and a blatant criminal. Wow! I'm shocked by the level of vitriol.
They're just pissed off that she's not cut up into a dozen pieces in a ditch somewhere with her husband's DNA all over her.
puppets - that would be much more impressive if you provided a source.
And then the two "journalists" commenting on how "tough" the criminal profiler was. As the camera faded out, the Dude mouthed the word "man!" in complete "disbelief" of how tough she was on the bride.
I find myself mouthing the same sentiment at how asinine CNN has become. Jon Stewart was right. Is anyone AWAKE at CNN?
Oh, NOW I get it. The religious angle. The pastor is speaking now about how strong in faith the groom is and how the bride has committed sin, but her husband forgives her, and everyone was praying that she was just a "runaway bride" and Lord Almighty, it's come true!
Moral to the story: PRAYER WORKS
That profiler, Pat Brown, makes me nuts. Can't stand her. But if she's the one who called the runaway bride a liar, I'll give her props for getting SOMETHING right.
I'll never understand why these stories make the national news. Local? Sure. On the national scale, this is meaningless.
There's my morning rant. I'm going for more coffee. Morning moonbats!
OT,
That fool Elisabeth Bumiller tells us that the public is "skeptical" about Bu$h's approach to "fixing Social Security." Hahahahahahaha. Daumbass. the overwhelming majority thinks Boosh's plan is flat out crazy. Good lord.
Fuck you NTodd
Hey!
Happy Fall Of Saigon Day!
or something.
Listening to last nights Marjority Report. The Belz still rocks. Thank the gods/goddesses for Air America Place.
The guerrilla movement pulled off a spectacular set of bombings in Iraq on Friday, as though responding decisively to President Bush's news conference Thursday night in which he said, " "I believe we're making really good progress in Iraq . . ." In Azamiyah, a relatively well-off Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad known for its Sunni fundamentalism, guerillas detonated 4 bombs in quick succession, mainly targeting police and military. This set of attacks alone left 20 dead.
Another coordinated set of bombing attacks was carried out in Mada'in near Baghdad, where an initial explosion was set off as bait to attact peolice and army troops, then when they arrived they were targeted with bombs. These attacks killed 13.
Guerrillas stressed their ability to strike all over the country, also hitting targets in Baquba, Irbil, Basra and elsewhere. (Irbil is in the far northern Kurdish region, Basra a largely Shiite city in the far south.
Thus sayeth Prof. Juan Cole.
I love you too, fake spinoza. Gimme some sugar--I AM YO NEIGHBA!
Hey Tena- blubber blubber blubber
Morning, Free Thinkers.
I see the name stealer doesn't have anything better to do on a Saturday morning.
Up your ass with broken glass, NTodd
Is Ted dead?
i hope.
Tena - to be honest, I don't have anything better to do on a Saturday morning, either.
Well, I could finish grading final exams, but I don't have to submit stuff to the registrar until midnight tomorrow, so what the hell...
First Draft is first class waste.
fake spinoza - for the record, I've never tried something like that and I fear change, but if you get me drunk and buy me some pretty things, I'll consider it.
that's no mouse it's a scottish terrier.
NTodd - yeah, but you aren't wasting time posting comments about dogshit holes on hostile boards.
There's a difference.
spinoza - I totally agree. First Draft is first class!
Tena - I'll need a second cuppa first!
Just caught the "Dirt Report" over at E! on MTV.
Not much different from CNN.
Now I'm watching Angel Eyes. JLo's not really that bad. And ol' hoobiescootch isn't too bad, either, when he's not getting beaten into a bloody pulp in a Mel Gibson movie.
Oh Stinky, I was just kidding around with the "buzzkill" comment, BTW.
AND WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING, ANOTHER GUSHER THAT KEEPS ON GIVING:
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They're just pissed off that she's not cut up into a dozen pieces in a ditch somewhere with her husband's DNA all over her.
Sadly, you are probably correct. I guess they had all their reporters in place to report on a death and now have nothing better to do than yammer on about this non story. Jeepers H. Christmas.
It is so easy to wreck these threads
Jim Caviezel's such a great cryer on screen...
*WAH*
fake spinoza - you are so right!
Earlier this week, a once-prominent American politician weighed in on the questions of judicial appointees, the filibuster and religion in politics, and he made a lot of sense. Here's what he said:
We began as a nation with a clear formulation of the basic relationship between God, our rights as individuals, the government we created to secure those rights, and the prerequisites for any power exercised by our government.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident," our founders declared. "That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. . . ."
But while our rights come from God, as our founders added, "governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just power from the consent of the governed."
So, unlike our inalienable rights, our laws are human creations that derive their moral authority from our consent to their enactment--informed consent given freely within our deliberative processes of self-government.
Any who seek to wield the powers of government without the consent of the people, act unjustly.
Excellent points, sir! America was founded with "a clear formulation of the basic relationship" between God and government--a rebuke to those who today would disfranchise religious believers. Laws "derive their moral authority from our consent." Take that, activist judges! And "any who seek to wield the powers of government without the consent of the people, act unjustly." Reactionary Democrats are wrong to subvert majority rule via the filibuster.
What's odd about this is that the speaker was Al Gore, and he doesn't actually believe any of this. Even so, it's nice of him to say it.
puppets - how nice of you to drop by.
Moral to the story: PRAYER WORKS
No story on CNN, or any *news* program would be complete without some farking reference to (((GOD!)))
And this just in:
KUNG FU HUSTLE SUCKS
Well, I thought pomegranate blossoms were interesting. At least as interesting as the silly woman holed up at the El Vado.
Hmmm.... the El Vado's just up the way from Duran's. Woody? You could stop over and get something there and then go gawk or whatever? Take the dogs with you.
So if prayer works, was The Bride kidnapped and/or dead for real at one point, but then God, much like Superman in the first movie, changed time so she would come back alive with just a lame excuse? I wonder what Schroedinger would have to say...
Rachael Ray is on!!!
Rachael Ray is on!!!
She's slicing tomatoes!!!
I wonder what Schroedinger would have to say...
That we can't tell if the bride is dead or alive unless we watch CNN?
Is it ok if we just imagine bundling with Angelina?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
I always like the idea of bundling. So sweet and cozy and warm.
I always like the idea of bundling. So sweet and cozy and warm.
You obviously should make bundling quilts!
spinoza (presumably real) - bingo!
Now I'm watching San Antonio Bridal Showcase on Channel 50. A nice lady is telling me how I can save money on flowers by reusing my bridal bouquet at the reception.
I feel like running away.
Too bad she didn't wait one week to confess it was a hoax. By next week we could have been treated to the sight of Nancy Grace demanding a life sentence for an innocent couple falsely implicated in this trumped up 'kidnapping'.
So if prayer works, was The Bride kidnapped and/or dead for real at one point, but then God, much like Superman in the first movie, changed time so she would come back alive with just a lame excuse?
Wow, that's EXACTLY what really, really happened. You're good, NTodd.
bigvic - as I always tell people, we Quakers have a hotline to Big Daddy.
OMG. On the Style Network:
CRAFT CORNER DEATHMATCH!!!
But not until Thursday. There is NOTHING on TV this morning. Think I'll cook some sweet potato hash browns. Anyone want some?
Do y'all know what bundling consists of?
Actually, the Runaway Bride was hanging out with God all night in Vegas. God got tired of all the whining and decided to have a talk with the Bride and tell her she had to 'fess up - she just wanted a last wild weekend with God in Vegas - like a bachelorette party.
That God, what a spoilsport.
Do y'all know what bundling consists of?
Yes, that's why I hope whoever does it can't sew worth a damn.
I bundled once...under a hanky panky poncho in the rain.
san antone rose - a not bad Gary Cooper movie coming up on TCM...
Yes, that's why I hope whoever does it can't sew worth a damn
NTodd- So you would rather sow than sew?
NTodd- So you would rather sow than sew?
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves....
GWPDA - I know! Thanks. Love me some Gary Cooper.
What a scythe of relief!
Even though I passed my peak about 17 years ago, I still have a few wild oats...
spinoza, you're such a rake.
NTodd, so you have barley enough oats?
- she just wanted a last wild weekend with God in Vegas - like a bachelorette party.
Hahahahahaha. what happens with God in Vegas stays in Vegas.
spinoza - indeed, which is why I'm no hoe.
Now I'm watching San Antonio Bridal Showcase on Channel 50. A nice lady is telling me how I can save money on flowers by reusing my bridal bouquet at the reception.
All in keeping with the spirt of today's news. Did they mention (((GOD))) on that show? Because it IS a requirement.
"OK, I con-seed that may be true," he said huskily.
No, no God mentiong, bigvic. But they did showcase one of the many purty churches in town.
Oh, where's Eli when we need him? He's always such a pistil...
These pun threads always require so much stamen-a.
lotsa people no longer leave their houses, so if some young woman goes missing it makes no difference if she was from next door or 1000 miles away. They wouldn't know her either way. CNN brings her home for them.
sad.
I made the unacountable error of leavng the teevee set on after Bushie's latest conference dump, and had the most unpleasant viewing experience of people suing for child custody. That about covers me for teevee for 3-4 months. Exceptin' for Jim "shakespeare" Lehrer, of course.
gary cooper is da bomb,dont make em like him anymore,,sigh .russells close,but not 6'2
NTodd, so if the sewing was bad, and Jim Carrey's bundling with Ms. Jolie reached a certain point where the ownership of gametes was contested, would the gametes be gymnosperm or angelinasperm?
They should make that "bride to be" pay back whatever funds it took to look for her.
"Cold feet"?
Wake up call to the poor bastard who was going to marry her?
I've seen the photo of her. Look in those eyes...nothing!
spinoza - I'm not a lawyer, a genetic biologist or an ethicist, but that doesn't prevent me from weighing in on that important issue. I think that The State should the gametes in custody, for we would want history to judge us based on how we treat innocents who aren't able to take care of themselves. Them Carrey and Jolie should be executed.
onehandle-----
I lived in Cobb County for three years and you nailed it. We were lucky to sell our ticky-tacky house there and get out.
Suffer the little gametes to cum unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the gametetocracy of NTodd-Mark 10:14 (roughly)
Which Fox network have you been watchin', FL?
Actually, if something breaks overnight, especially on the weekend, Fox will usually have not-horrific coverage. That's probably because the (w)anchors aren't around, and the morning propaganda memo hasn't circulated. The other cablenewsers are busy running recorded shit.
Still, the gap between CNNi and CNN domestic grows ever-greater, proving that American audiences are considered worthy of no more than 24/7 local news-style coverage.
wow Aussie Bob called it right on.
I dont even think she was able to take off her shoes before This happened.
You know, nobody's brought up bindling yet, and that surely holds a lot of concerns.
At least the 80s TV series used Night of the Sorcerer.
ITYM Journey of the Sorcerer. As does the movie. (It's on the bloody film soundtrack.)
And yes, we passed through Gwinnett County last weekend. (Stopped off at Fry's.) Malltastic, sprawling and off the MARTA map to keep the Negroes away from their crappy McMansions.
I broke a finger nail this morning and we're going to talk about it for hours on my show tonight.
Greta is right > I am the perp.
Brian Anderson, author of South Park Conservatives, in an interview: “I remember—it was merely a few years ago—when I’d feel a constant state of frustration after getting my New York Times and Washington Post in the morning and realize how hard it was going to be for my side to answer the liberal spin. Now I can turn on Fox, or talk radio, or visit a blog like Polipundit or a website like Frontpage or NRO, and see a real debate being engaged in our political culture.”
Nancy Grace had Mason convicted already.........oops.
I just pray for a cloudy day so that the monkeyfuckers in the Bush administration will be hidden in their spider holes. That is the best for all of us.
By the way, here's the story of a woman who really is in mortal peril -- and whose story deserves to be on CNN 24/7.
Read, then call the Yemeni Embassy. NOW. You may save this poor woman's life.
Is Keith Olbermann the only skeptic in the MSM?
On the Countdown Keith had the courage and good sense to comment on the obvious -- the utterly crazed and bugged-out eyesballs featured in every photograph of the "missing bride."
No one at CNN seemed to notice.
And CNN's latest online poll asks the pressing question:
Should police prosecute a person who fakes their own abduction?
Yes
No
Depends on the circumstances
Amazingly, thus far, 67% have voted "Yes."
Clearly, the "yes" crowd consists of the idiots who bought into this non-story and feel cheated.
They want to see this crazy wild-eyed woman in jail!
I have noticed that in most of these type of stories that get excessive coverage involve white women .
I don't know what everyone's problem is with Nancy Grace.
Really.
Greta Van What's Her Face, on the other hand.......
Anyway, I think the fiance should get out of dodge. The Runaway Bride is about six fries short of a happy meal!
As someone who freaked out a bit (certainly not to that extent) before her wedding day, I don't see what the big deal is!
Jitters, denial, escapism, cut & run, no accountability---isn't this at the core of the Bush policies?...
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Meanwhile, billions more of our money is getting wasted and dozens more soldiers wind up dead or on the federal disability dole....
Like we can afford that--NOT.
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