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Now serving brioche.
Fuck (cough, cough) Bush!
Having looked closely at precedents outlined in Scottish law, I believe that filibusters are "not proven."
Also there was one bullet, named Anita Hill.
These principles will guide my "conscience" and my vote on Tuesday.
Morning moonbats. Afternoon east coasters. Any coffee left?
TOW--plenty of coffee, strawberries and brioche. Pull up a chair and filibuster away!
Hmmm. What an odd homepage for Arlen Specter to have. He must have forgotten that Haloscan is cookie obsessed and that when you delete, it restores. Delete, restore, delete restore.
Carry on.
Somebody mentioned brioche? I've still got blackberries and cream too.
It's 93 - thought it might be around that, given how quick Arthur nipped across the pavement.
Strawberries and brioche? Yum! 
Thanks, Sallyh.
Haven't turned on the teevee yet. Has the country returned to normal?
Digby absolutely fucking rules.
GWPDA--I certainly did say brioche. Blackberries sound wonderful--can we add them to the table?
Is the Prior Aelred around? Yoo-hoo!
It seems I can magically create a new thread by posting something serious on the overdue thread. In any case, Hello everyone
This allergy season is totally horrible for me. Dunno why.
Thersites--I understand quantities of Irish whiskey have disinfectant and immunological properties. At the very least, you won't give a shit about your allergies.
But, Thersites, this hypothesis must be tested with the most rigorous of controls in place.
Dear Leader's thought for the day is:
"I am coming to your town to promote my agenda."
GWPDA--I certainly did say brioche. Blackberries sound wonderful--can we add them to the table?
And how does one get to the table from Puerto Rico?
I dropped this into the dying thread, a bit earlier effectively killing it, i suppose
"why should we work to support THEM?"
we boomers may have been upwardly mobile, and hungry for the good life, and drugged, and medicated, and stressed, and utterly fucked up, but i do not remember any of us asking that about our social security contributions...
the answer was, and is, because they were/are our relatives, our families, our communities, our parents and grandparents--and they sacrificed for us...and we owe 'em...
don't start on what the boomers didn't sacrifice...we sacrificed plenty: look at the food lines at the homeless shelters, and under the bridges in any urban area, and in the va hospitals, and in the obits (and the police blotters), and you'll get a record of sacrifice that GEN X and GEN Y have avoided with such scrupulousness as to utterly boggle the mind...the 54000 names on the wall (AND the other 20000 that deserve to be there) are testament enough, thank you very fucking much...
but 'owing' a social debt is something strange to the fascist fux...and I want their fucking heads on pikes, dripping life's blood on the pavement if they're too stupid or too greedy or too just plain fucked up to see it...
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there is a poll to freep at that asshole saxby chamblis's web site about filibuster votes.
Digby absolutely fucking rules.
Satur9
Thanks for the tip, Satur9. You folks do know, don't you, that the bipartisan bill to promote stem cell research is due up for a vote this coming week?
HR810 (I believe is the number) is sponsored by an incredible number of reps, but unless the bill gets 2/3 of the House behind it, Bush's veto will work. PLEASE call your Congress Critter and insist he/she vote for it.
Specter's Senate bill (S471) is still in committee, but I suspect it will come out as soon as the filibuster fracas ends.
Mike--so long as you're here, you're at the buffet!
TomCruise and Katie Holmes are just like. . . Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont!
Thersites--I don't know where you're living or their public planting policies, but I know this much of the tree industry: asthma and pollen allergies have gotten way worse in the last 20 years because everyone wants male trees.
Sounds odd, but female trees produce seeds and pods which fall down and have to be cleaned up. Expensive, even with illegal alien workers.
Male trees produce pollen, dispersed in the air, so landscapers and highway dep'ts much prefer them. Drive around a suburban landscape and 95% of the trees will be males--the females are leftovers and accidents.
That's why pollen is worse and worse in the 'burbs
Sallyh, I just sent you an email. [Pardon the intrusin again, y'all.]
These principles will guide my "conscience" and my vote on Tuesday.
Arlen has a conscience? Who knew!
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blog pimping:
http://globblog.blogspot.com/
good things at the generals house
I cannot believe WaPo gave James Watt column space.
The Lies of the Religious Left
Read it, but have your Maalox handy. Or a very strong mimosa (now available at the brunch table)
Sally h - just read that virginity or death thing yyou posted on the last thread - that is fucking insane!
I told my girl that when she turned 16 I'd tell het the truth about sex, and she laughed assuming she knew all there was to know,but was curious. I'm in Canada so we have sex-ed, but there are also invited speakers that promote abstinence and freaks that talk about getting your virginity back! (the contempt grade 11 students hold these people in is hysterical - if they only knew)
Anyhoo when the time came I told her the truth: sex is fun!
I also mentioned that sex without love is sketchy so be careful, be sure, be safe, etc. (a little redundancy is okay I figure)
OK Sallyh, then let me contribute pitcher of extra-dry martini (stirred not mixed) to the table. We can all use a drink or two these days.
Draco, as an allergy sufferer, that SUCKS! It makes sense though. Damn lazy developers and parks departments.
/sniffle, wheeze, cough
Mr. Cruise, 42, had phoned Ms. Holmes, 26, out of the blue; on their first date he served her sushi in his private jet cruising over Los Angeles - has fanned the skepticism of an audience schooled to expect secretiveness from trysting stars, not to mention celebrities who stage reality television shows to hype themselves.
here baby, lick my fish clean...
she joined the mile-high club on their first 'date'?
this shit is just too mucking fuch...
des--got it, thanks.
Filibuster? Cool.
I'll be reading from today's Congressional Record, which will then have to be entered into today's Congressional Record ... unless the --russell option is used or I find a barber with unique properties.
One of the saddest results of the New World Order will be a lack of silliness. Nazis and lightheartedness rarely go together.
TCM showed The Grapes of Wrath the other day.
Tom Joad: I been thinking about us, too, about our people living like pigs and good rich land layin' fallow. Or maybe one guy with a million acres and a hundred thousand farmers starvin'. And I been wonderin' if all our folks got together and yelled...
Ma Joad: Tommy, they'd drag you out and cut you down just like they done to Casy.
Tom Joad: They'd drag me anyways. Sooner or later they'll get me one way or another. Till then...
Ma Joad: Tommy, you're not aimin' to kill nobody.
Tom Joad: No, Ma, not that. That ain't it. Just, as long as I'm an outlaw anyways, maybe I can do something, just find out somethin', just scrounge around and maybe find out what it is that's wrong and see if they ain't somethin' that can be done about it. I ain't thought it out that clear, Ma. I can't. I don't know enough.
Ma Joad: How am I gonna know about ya, Tommy? They could kill ya and I'd never know. They could hurt ya. How am I gonna know?
Tom Joad: Maybe it's like Casy says. A fellow ain't got a soul of his own, just little piece of a big soul, the one big soul that belongs to everybody, then...
Ma Joad: Then what, Tom?
Tom Joad: I'll be all around in the dark - I'll be everywhere. Wherever you can look - wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there. I'll be there in the way guys yell when they're mad. I'll be there in the way kids laugh when they're hungry and they know supper's ready, and when people are eatin' the stuff they raise and livin' in the houses they built - I'll be there, too.
Ma Joad: I don't understand it, Tom.
Tom Joad: Me, neither, Ma, but - just somethin' I been thinkin' about.
I'm feeling very unionist today. Think it's time to rent Matewan again. Catch you later.
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"Drive around a suburban landscape and 95% of the trees will be males--the females are leftovers and accidents.
That's why pollen is worse and worse in the 'burbs"
No Shit. We must restore the balance, cause I can't breathe
des--response sent. Thanks.
Any word from Jeffraham today? That was weird, man.
'One of the saddest results of the New World Order will be a lack of silliness. Nazis and lightheartedness rarely go together."
This is why brunch, monster movies, power pop, and Star Wars are so important.
NYMary--I emailed him and asked him to call me (more like begged). I'm quite concerned.
MIke in PR: donde estas?
Sally h
I got cut off???
Anyway the point was going to be that these religious freaks don't trust their own kids and that means they are crappy parents and are trying to make up for it by legislating against sex - bizarre!
Extra-dry martinis are important too.
Archibald--I told my daughter the same thing. Sex is great and it's fun, but sex without caring is using, and sex without protection is deadly. Caveat emptor, so to speak.
Ambiguous Editorial Note (reposted): I generally eschew use of mock tags (e.g., {/sarcasm}) or emoticons even though I'm well aware of the admonition that written comments don't always effectively convey sarcasm, irony, or humor.
This may be a defect of ego or the sin of pride, comparable to refusing to don a fluorescent orange vest in the woods because it spoils the look of my Robin Hood Lincoln greene outfit.
Ironically, I was a-lurkin' and a-smokin' recently, and tossed in a at the end of a humorous remark because I experienced a shiver of stoned paranoia and thought it might be taken amiss. The person to whom my remark was directed didn't respond, but someone else ripped me for obnoxiously "laughing at my own joke."
It's easy to say, "Well, the lesson is that one should strive to always be clear and unambiguous before clicking OK." But it's a risky business. I apologize for the occasional regrettable misunderstandings that will inevitably ensue. 
Jurker, en Mayaquez.
Mike--yes, never leave out extra dry martinis. Or Bloody Marys. Or Cuervo Gold margaritas...
Meant "Lurker"
Sorry
It's the extra-dry martinis.
I'll be all around in the dark - I'll be everywhere. Wherever you can TOM JOAD: look - wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there. I'll be there in the way guys yell when they're mad. I'll be there in the way kids laugh when they're hungry and they know supper's ready, and when people are eatin' the stuff they raise and livin' in the houses they built - I'll be there, too.
who was it, the labor leader, whoosis?...Debs? (time out---dogpiled, yup Debs):
"Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."
a true american hero...
Sallyh has mail.
Jurker, Lurker, same mierda. Me gusta La Parguera!!!
Sallyh more mail. You're the best, Sally. I'll check back in throughout the day.
Des, sent you a response. Gracias.
Sallyh - sorry, trying to get things done outside before, you know, heatstroke. Here's what's left of the blackberries - my neighbor has a 'bush' the length of her property line and the rains did some real work.
Mary--sent you a response too.
Yeah, and what's up with this sudden influx of German e-mail spam?
Digby rules alright and so does http://susiemadrak.com/ - that's a little tough to swallow with my coffee though (very sad pic for those who haven't clicked that link) -
To me the fact that a 3rd world country beat the US to the punch regarding stem cell research foreshadows a time in the not-too-distant future when the sun will set on neo-con dreams of empire.
Don't think of South Korea as a 3rd world country. They aren't. Not by a long shot.
Little Brøther - it's coming from the Neo-Nazi political party in Germany and contains a variant of the Sober virus. Don't touch, don't open, set up anti-virii defences and reject utterly. It not only can and will attach to your address list (should you keep such a thing on your machine) but will use your PC as a base of operations in a bizarre methodology. Don't touch, don't open, reject, reject.
Lurker, La Parguera no es lo mismo que antes. Mi pueblo favorito es Rimcon dondi tenemos una casita circa la playa.
For my filibuster I choose a bit of "Kafka On The Shore" by Haruki Murakami (small spoiler alert).
"I've experienced all kinds of discrimination," Oshima says. "Only people who've been discriminated against can really know how much it hurts. So I think I'm as concerned about fairness and justice as anybody. But what disgusts me even more are people who have no imagination. The kind T.S. Eliot calls hollow men. People who fill up that lack of imagination with heartless bits of straw, not even aware of what they're doing. Callous people who throw a lot of empty words at you, trying to force you to do what you don't want to. Like that lovely pair we just met." He sighs and twirls the long, slender pencil in his hand. “Gays, lesbians, straights, feminists, fascist pigs, communist, Hare Krishnas – none of them bother me. I don’t care what banner they raise. But what I can’t stand are hollow people. When I’m with them I just can’t bear it, and wind up saying things I shouldn’t. With those women-I should’ve just let it slide, or else called Miss Saeki and let her handle it. She would have given them a smile and smoothed things over. But I just can’t do that. I say things I shouldn’t, do things I shouldn’t do. I can’t control myself. That’s one of my weak points. Do you know why that’s a weak point of mine?”
“ ‘Cause if you take every single person who lacks imagination seriously, there’s no end to it,” I say.
“That’s it,” Oshima says. He taps his temple lightly with the eraser end of the pencil. “But there’s one thing I want you to remember, Kafka. Those are exactly the kind of people that murdered Miss Saeki’s childhood sweetheart. Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe. Of course it’s important to know what’s right and wrong. Individual errors in judgment can usually be corrected. As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around. But intolerant, narrow minds with no imagination are like parasites that transform the host, change form, and continue to thrive. There a lost cause, and I don’t want anyone like that coming in here”.
Oshima points at the stacks with the tip of his pencil. What he means, of course, is the entire library.
“I wish I could just laugh off people like that, but I can’t.”
Rincon (martinis)
Don't think of South Korea as a 3rd world country. They aren't. Not by a long shot.
Over time, assuming we humans don't totally fuck up the planet, more and more countries will reach "1st world" status. South Korea and Taiwan are there, Thailand and much of eastern Europe are on the way and by the middle of this century I expect China and India to be the two superpowers. The United States has about five percent of the worlds population and eventually can expect to have about five percent of the total power and influence.
Since I'm three sheets to the wind I'll just submit what that Galloway chap from Scotland said to Sen. Coleman the other day as my filibuster speech and let it go at that.
GWPDA,
Neo-Nazis? Seriously? I just thought it was annoying.
Mike in PR: tengo familia en San Lorenzo, pero me gusta la agua. Tengo una casita en San German, y puedo caminar al mar cuando quiero.
Viva Los Borrinquenos!!
puedo caminar al mar cuando quiero
Help me out here: surfing?
NYMary, yes, afraid so, coming from the NPD. It's also said to be ratcheting up again for 28 May. Here's the detail, but make sure that your system is clean as a whistle, and that your protection is intact.
NYMary: Not so much. You do that in Mike's neck of the woods. I live within walking distance from the Caribe.
Sorry, my update was after the filibuster thread.
Missing my filibuster chance, blogging/flying Northeast, as the (Senator)Byrd flies...
Mike in PR: tengo familia en San Lorenzo,
you know, up until that exact moment, i though Mike was in Public Relations--Puerto Rico? hunh? oy!
Lurker, esta en la Isla del Encanto ahora?
"Think it's time to rent Matewan again"
Look for a film called Brassed Off. It's about British coal miners during the Thatcher years. If you liked Matewan you'll love it.
Woody, the way this thread is going, you just might be right about my being in Public Relations. Come o-o-o-on down to Puerto Rico, the Island of Enchantment.
Mike in PR: No. En Chicago. Vengo en Octubre para vivir.
Mike in PR? You're the Island of Enchantment? Woody's the Land of Enchantment! You must know each other.
Cuidado, Lurker. Octubre es un mes muy peligroso en Puerto Rico. La probibilidad mas alta por los huracanes esta durante septembre y octobre.
By the way, don't any of you Eschatonians ever come to PR without letting me know. Carmen and I extend an open invitation to visit us and party at our beach house in Rincon whenever.
I'd like to see a general strike if the Republicans pull the nuclear option.
It's way too late (and probably overly ambitious to begin with) to organize and announce a plan to immediately walk out of work at the moment the filibuster is killed. Imagine millions of Americans walking out of school and work at the same time to demonstrate their disgust with this naked seizure of power. Shut the whole damned economy down. If the Republicans thought it could actually happen their fealty to business profits would prevent them from taking this fateful step. Of course they know better. Americans are a bunch of fucking sheep.
Damn it I feel like we have to do something - but if only twenty of us walkout it will be too easy to fire us!
An idea about the nuclear option--what if the Democrats threatened to, the next time they're in power, PACK THE COURTS. Give the Supreme Court 15, or 21 Justices, give Priscilla Owen half a dozen new liberal colleagues, completely dillute the power of the right wing. They could do it. Congress sets the number of judges. The only thing that could stop them would be the fillibuster, but that would be gone. The only deterrent to a nuclear weapon is another nuclear weapon. Democrats should stop appealing to fairness and justice, and fight fire with fire.
RE: Brassed Off. A wonderful little movie, starring Ewan MacGregor.
RE: Nazi Email Worms.
Kill your Windows OS! Install a Linux or BSD Unix version. If you're considering buying a new computer, get a Macintosh.
If you MUST USE Windows, kill Outlook Express right now! Download Eudora Pro and use that. Kill Internet Explorer right now. Well, not rignt now, download FireFox or Mozilla or Opera, then kill Internet Explorer.
These two actions will go a LONG wat towards securing your Windows box from viri, trojans and worms.
posted this elsewhere but here goes.
The way I understand it the GOP leadership is proposing a vote to not so much to change the rules midstream because they are not getting their way (the spoiled brat method of governing), but to declare that the filibuster is in fact unconstitutional. They base this on "by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate" meaning only an up or down vote by the full senate would qualify. Well…
Shouldn’t every member of The Senate remember this little gem:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God. – Senate Oath of Office.
So, what happens if any of the current Senators EVER held up a nomination in committee in any way, including the old blue slips or denying a nominee a vote in committee?
Now if the Senator in question agrees on the elimination of the filibuster for any nomination, not just judicial nominations, based on the idea that the filibuster is unconstitutional, that Senator has just admitted that, under their own logic, they have violated their oath of office. Shouldn’t that mean by extension they are now required to leave the Senate for violating that oath? If they do not is this not an admission instead that this has nothing at all to do with The Constitution and everything to do with a crass partisan power trip by a bunch of spoiled brats?
Just asking.
Yeah!
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