I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
well, hell.
did i make the podium?
Oh, I am tired of saying FUCK EM ALL, I will not switch officially to DAMN THEM ALL TO DAMNATION AND PRISON
And just as I was going to check on the cannoli.
GWPDA ... Did you really make cannoli?
I made cherry pie. Not-Mister is sitting here eating all of it bit-by-bit...
You go to the Gap with the credibility you have.
GWPDA ... Did you really make cannoli?
Yes. Yes I did. Not really tricky. There are four left it turns out. Want one? It's got little tiny chocolate chips in it.
Freepers are brainstorming:
"I am inclined to believe that the DEMS are using another BOGUS document to target one of their most hated opponents.
We need to be ALL OVER THIS sniffing for what stinks.
Rathergate and Downing Street Memogate were just warm-ups for the new Marxists-at-Kinkos era. The good news is, WE are warmed up.
DO NOT LET THE LIBS CRUCIFY ROVE over something THEY probably created.
I've come to distust ANYBODY with a D after his name, except for Zell Miller."
6 posted on 07/02/2005 6:40:55 PM PDT by Blurblogger (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
did i make the podium?
Did BushCo make the opium?
Want one? It's got little tiny chocolate chips in it.
Wapo "Sunday Outlook" piece by SCOTUS clerk about "Why the court still needs the O'Connor approach":
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...5070200062.html
"Her jurisprudence was characterized by a deference for local knowledge and a practical humility about the Court's ability to construct or reconstruct a seamless theory of constitutional law. If people were treated unjustly -- arrested and handcuffed for a seatbelt violation, unfairly denied an equal vote by crazy-quilt redistricting, stripped of their property in order to increase the local tax base, discriminated against because of who they were and not what they had accomplished, or detained without a hearing -- then Grand Theory had to bend to Justice, not Justice to Grand Theory. Like her predecessor, Justice Potter Stewart, she didn't need a theory to know an injustice when she saw it.
...
Character and range of human experience should also matter. Does the nominee have truly practical wisdom -- an on-the-muddy-ground understanding of the sheer diversity of human aspiration, emotion, frailty, and passion? Does the nominee have a sense of justice to prevail where simple theory proves inadequate? O'Connor did, and a court without members of these qualities does not bode well for our future."
Whatever your opinion of O'Connor, this essay is an interesting defense of the "moderate" approach to jurisprudence. Something tells me we won't be seeing a replacement nominated that has similar ideas about "Grand Theory bending to Justice."
I am thinking "Saving Private Ryan" is what the monster from "Poltergeist" saw when he (it) looked at us.
You go to the Gap with the credibility you have.
Shearer would appreciate that comment.
Cherry pie now ready for consumption. With ice cream. Enjoy!
Repost, in case any of you missed this one...
Media Targets?
The IFJ is reporting that 17 Iraqi media personnel have been killed by U.S. troops.
Charley, the whole damned world is way too sensitive. I just saw your comment and was hoping the Incog was not hanging about cause I knew it would make him go ballistic. I was not offended for the meaning of words is mainly in the mind of those who would listen.
supreme court vacancy ? ashcroft is available !
Shit. Hell-o-scan ate that post.
GWPDA... Sure. Are you from the boot?
Cherry pie now ready for consumption. With ice cream. Enjoy!
any home-whipped cream?
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yes
I am going to keep this up until November
Repetition is the secret to success
Nah - but I think I mentioned that I had Italians coming thru the squash patch the other day - and as it happened, lactose-intolerant Italians at that. Thus, ricotta! Calabacitas! Olive oil! Cucumbers in yogurt with dill! Didn't eat all the canolli tho.
well, the only thing left to do is help skippy reach a million hits!
listen to skippy the bush kangaroo's radio interview on wrfl, the univ. of kentucky's station, by ben carter of bluegrassroots.org.
skippy waxes befuddled on a number of subjects, including but not limited to, a mangled explanation of the downing street memos, ayn rand, putting christ back into christianity, half a masturbation joke, why blogging is important but not as important as the information itself (same goes for the main stream press), gov. ah-nold, black box voting, and the site's co-bloggers!
help skippy reach a million visitors by his third blogiversary on july 10! click away today!
Duke Cunningham is probably headed toward a prison near YOU
Sallyh ... Did you make cherry pie, too?
There were kick-ass cherries at my green market the other day.
I'm going back for another round tomorrow.
Something tells me we won't be seeing a replacement nominated that has similar ideas about "Grand Theory bending to Justice."
...Lord knows we should be. I have been thinking about this quite a bit. Given that appointments to the SC are for lifetime, I think it's one time in Bush's stinking ideologically driven presidency he should act like a president for all Americans and attempt to replace O'Conner with a moderate in her image.
I don't care what he does with Renhquist so much, but with respect to O'Conner he owes all the moderates who voted for him (not to mention the 50+ million that didn't) a nod. Not only should the left fight him tooth and nail on this, but the moderates of his own party should demand it.
Hoary--I'll whip some up!
Duke Cunningham is probably headed toward a prison near YOU
You know, he might really enjoy it if we re-opened Yuma Territorial Prison just for him. It's conveniently close to his friends and families and has that intimate quality that boutique, bijou estabishments favor.
And just as I was going to check on the cannoli.
Leave the gun.
There's a good science special on--get this--CNN. it's about global warming and the reporter is pulling no punches: "The jury is in--the earth is warming." He's so far gone to the arctic and Kilimanjaro.
An not an oil industry spokesman or "skeptic" in sight.
GWPDA ... Ever have Cerignola olives? Very, very green, plump, sweet. Barely brined. soooooo tasty.
the new Marxists-at-Kinkos era
Bwahahahahahahahaha!
Repetition is the secret to success
I think dubya termed it, "catapulting the propaganda".
Tom Hanks = best actor. jews not so good militarily...where has nostradoma been wrong?
Had an excellent phone meeting with Vicki this evening re: EschaCon. Things are shaping up nicely.
Oh, and any single women out there: never, ever marry a man who can't or won't cook. Thers grilled a steak and made an amazing steak salad this evening. Such a man is worth his weight in gold.
SallyH-thanks. cool-whip, redi-whip and such are dessert destroyers.
Haloscan ate my homework.
And just as I was going to check on the cannoli.
Leave the gun.
Thersites
often heard at the Deere household:"...get the pistol...."
Oh, and any single women out there: never, ever marry a man who can't or won't cook.
What if he can't cook for shit, but he absolutely loves to clean? I mean, he's just silly about it! What if he'll come to your house and scrub your bathroom, and climb on a ladder to wipe the blades of your ceiling fan, and scrub the marble saddle under your apartment door?
Ever have Cerignola olives? Very, very green, plump, sweet. Barely brined. soooooo tasty. No, but I'll look for them. What I have are assorted Greek olives from the Greek Festival, made by Greeks living in Phoenix, from their own backyard olive trees. They're better than the way I used to deal with them as a kid - olive shooters against the other kids - you could put an eye out with almost no effort at all!
GWPDA! Come get me out of the freezer! Now! This is your canolli!
Must go. Nighty-night.
Thers grilled a steak and made an amazing steak salad this evening. Such a man is worth his weight in gold.
Psst:
Wait'll she finds out I used Folger's Crystals...
Such a man is worth his weight in gold.
Steak salad?
I must be worth my weight in platinum.
BTW ... Little taste of Wolcott on Rove.
What if he can't cook for shit, but he absolutely loves to clean? I mean, he's just silly about it! What if he'll come to your house and scrub your bathroom, and climb on a ladder to wipe the blades of your ceiling fan, and scrub the marble saddle under your apartment door?
Oooh, that might be a fair trade....
Haloscan ate my homework.
Zelph
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Gravatar What if he can't cook for shit, but he absolutely loves to clean?
So the ideal man, you all are saying, is...
FELIX UNGER!
Wait'll she finds out I used Folger's Crystals...
...as a rub?
Roe Vs Wade is a smokescreen. The Rethugs are using the ultra xtians to put in Supremes that will vote for everything corporate. The Neo-Con corporatists don't give a shit about Roe or religion. The corporations want to get rid of all laws that keep them from making maximum profits. The environment is going to be poison.
We will be a third world slave nation. No health care.
Do the ultra xians have jobs or children? They are signing on to their own doom chasing after Roe.
CS:
I must be worth my weight in platinum.
Try me.
Since Charles Johnson will most likely delete this, here's 3 posts from LGF concerning "powderfinger" and his convo with a Muslim woman on LGFwatch. NOTE: "Powderfinger" is also the "Haloscan Hijacker" who tried his best to shut down comments here for a while. He tried the same shit on LGFwatch, which is how we caught him out.
#61 dantes cat 7/2/2005 08:07PM PDT
#6 - Powderfinger
Then there's this bullshit:
You belong to a peaceful religion
Where have you seen me preaching religion, taqyyialope?
I am an infidel. That's all you need to concern yourself with. I am Kafir. I am Haraam. I am the infidel your imam warned you about. I am Dar al Harb. I am in your way. I do not apologize for that. I am no dhimmi. In fact, I think you owe us some jizya for saving your ass from Saddam. Sadly, you are too inferior to defend yourself, and you need we fucking kufr to do it for you.
Saudis are such pussies.
Darth Pablo, LGFWatch Overlord | Homepage | 02.07.05 - 10:56 pm | #
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you moron - i'm not a saudi, not a wahabi, i'm from a christian background, read the Bible & Torah (learnt the Hebrew letters growing up, from Jewish friends) and learnt Christian theology from my Christian dad & mom; have read more history books than I can lay a hand on;
you've talked about Christianity and Jews and how superior they are; ranted on about how 'defending Israel is from prophecy' (What's prophecy without religion?) - and now claim not to be 'preaching religion' - you really are clueless...
loathe the Wahabi lies about Jews & Christians, Turks, and non-Saudi arabs, etc; have no tolerance for bigoted folk of any stripe - and don't apologise for my religion;
you twisted piece of psychotic garbage - you never close this blog's comment window, do you? everytime i come back here, you've got some new sh** going on - even after you promise to go away?
look, if you want to write and threaten me, my email and blog are openly posted - if I don't hear from you there, than you are a damn fool.
Loser - last word on the subject - you are a loser.
dawud | Homepage | 02.07.05 - 11:12 pm | #
Pablo/Powderfinger did try and have the last word, this to a Muslim woman who has answered many of his posts with intelligence, restraint, helpful links and learning. Here's Pablo/Powderfingers reply:
Dawud, forget this bullshit.
The USA and her people will never accept your moon god or your dirty pedophile prophet. We will lynch your kind in the streets before we become Dhimmis.
Trust me on this one bitch, the MSM won't be able to save your brown ass when the next attack happens. Tell all your koranimal friends to get out of the US while they still can. The Euroweenies like you, go and pollute their society with your death cult you cunt.
Bottom line: You're part of the problem and LGF is part of the solution, and that solution is getting closer.
Suck on that while you still can you fucking Arab scum.
Darth Pablo, LGFWatch Overlord
Here Pablo/Powderfinger reveals the true nature of the LGF Lizards.
Wonder what those "Pajama Media" advertisers will think of that kind of talk?
often heard at the Deere household:"...get the pistol...."
We are raising our children exclusively on mobster films.
Our mailman is none too pleased...
Well, I know how to make popcorn.
If you don't mind it a little burned.
Must go. Nighty-night.
GWPDA, Irate Scholar
(there goes an other one)
So much wish I could do the LC and Zoey thing, still.
Nite
GWPDA, Irate Scholar
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I am sooo not the ideal man...
Falstaff sez:
Wait'll she finds out I used Folger's Crystals...
...as a rub?
Ewwww!!!
O'Connor a moderate? Ptui!! In your dreams.
In the meantime: to Dirty Bush, Dirty Dick, Dirty Rummy, Condi, Wolfie, and the rest of their drecky ilk: CRASH AND BURN.
Ya, crash and burn under the weight of your own misdeeds, in a manner karmically correct. Yee ha.
Roe Vs Wade is a smokescreen.
Of course. Said corporate pirates do not care one way or the other- Jenna will always be able to have her indugences taken care of.
And in tonight's latenight blogwhore, the brilliance of John Podhoretz
I wonder if dubbya ever cooked anything worthwhile. Besides the case for attacking Iraq and maybe some coke.
Thersites & NYMary ...
Just saw NYMary's Friday babyblogging. Not-Mister wants to know if you need him to come up there and clean up that mess. He's very good with kids, too.
Don't forget cooking the books at Harken and Arbusto until his Saudi buddies covered the losses for Poppy.
NYMary, not only do I cook, but I clean too.
(aside from all of the writer's weird shit, I guess I am good catch then. Or not. The weird mood changes are difficult for everyone)
I wonder if dubbya ever cooked anything worthwhile. Besides the case for attacking Iraq and maybe some coke.
hoary cripple
Possibly the books of a failed business....
I am sooo not the ideal man...
Eli
What kinna normal person would want you if you were?
.
Oops--i spoke too soon about the CNN global warming show. Here's our skeptic! Fortunately he's only on for a minute and the reporter uses the Pentagon, of all sources to dismiss him.
Essentially the skeptic said "It's hard to predict the weather 40 or 100 years from now."
What kinna normal person would want you if you were?
I don't think any normal people do, actually.
Try me.
Should I provide my own scales?
I guess I am good catch then. Or not.
...Have you examined your inability to commit.
"It's hard to predict the weather 40 or a 100 years from now"
Well, yeah. I'd settle for accurate predictions 40 *hours* out...
res ipsa,
Hahaha.Nah, she's been filthy 10 times since then.
You know, she got a crumb in her eye that took like a day to come out.
Oh, and CS, Thers is threatening to kick your ass, even though I started it.
Damn you, kelley b.!
(One of the benefits of my new gravatar, she shakes her fist for me.)
Essentially the skeptic said "It's hard to predict the weather 40 or 100 years from now."
Draco
Let me try. July 2, 2045 Today's weather..hot and humid with a chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers. Betcha I'm right or pretty close. See it's easy.
It feels as though we are hanging on by our toenails, the US of A and what we try to be.
It seems as though way too many of us are scared to death of the "other", which ends up just being a mild variation of who we are.
This present gov't has unleashed Fear on us all, has used Fear to divide and blind us. Has used us to fight each other over trivia instead of seeing what the gov't is actually doing to us all. ALL of us, right and left and middle inbetween!!
In a just world, we would be able tio rise up against them by slapping them silly!!!
I hate these ficking people...
Don't forget cooking the books at Harken and Arbusto until his Saudi buddies covered the losses for Poppy.
kelley b.
Possibly the books of a failed business....
NYMary
Chez George? I guess he does come from an insidious line of cooks.
July 2, 2045 Today's weather..hot and humid with a chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers. Betcha I'm right or pretty close. See it's easy.
...The only variation in summer weather predications in St. Pete, FL is whether it's going to be isolated thunderstorms or scattered thunderstorms.
Oh, and CS, Thers is threatening to kick your ass, even though I started it.
And I'm supposed to remind you that under his sophisticated veneer, he's just a lout from Queens.
Who cooks. And is feeding the baby.
laytay, taytays
.
I'm out for a bit. Apparently, I have to recharge my haloscan fighting powers.
This present gov't has unleashed Fear on us all, has used Fear to divide and blind us
As FDR said a half a century ago, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself". This should be the motto of the Republican Party.
Chez George? I guess he does come from an insidious line of cooks.
hoary cripple
Cooking books is an old family recipe.
Headline from Yahoo.News: Dutch Sending Jets to Find Missing Teen
I wonder if this is wise. Won't they just fight with the Sharks?
I don't think any normal people do, actually.
Eli
This is a plus.
Melissa and I had a talk recently.
We are both kinna wacked. If she had not have lived the life she did, she would have left me a long time ago.
Same here!
I was single for near 20 years, after being married for 7.
Your time and that girl will come!
.
As FDR said a half a century ago, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself". This should be the motto of the Republican Party.
Instead, Agent Orange, their motto is, "The only tool we need to use is fear."
Eli has.... other charms.
Oh, and CS, Thers is threatening to kick your ass, even though I started it.
Thers,
No disrespect intended!
My mother taught me to cook when I was just a wee lad, and I've been practicing and expanding on that for the last 30 years.
Even so, my mom's cooking still kicks my ass, hands down.
Your time and that girl will come!
There's someone for everyone - even Stinky Sewer Workers.
Why approach to cooking is a simple one: Enough butter and sugar can make almost anything taste good. This philosophy is perfectly illustrated by Sweet Potato Pie.
I prefer: "The only thing we have for beer is, beer itself".
No disrespect intended!
(Drunkenly)
Mothafookah!!!
(Swings wildly, hits self in face with broken beer bottle, requires multiple stitches)
I kicked his assssshh... (To emergency room nurse, who rolls eyes)
Instead, Agent Orange, their motto is, "The only tool we need to use is fear."
NYMary |
Remember something like 80% (?) of the people who chose terrorism (fear of) as the most important issue, voted for Bush. Fear is the means by which BushCo controls this country. History will not be good to these people no matter who writes it.
Where will the Bush presidency be in six months?
GDoyle
I also have a great recipe for my famous Moon Waffles...
There's someone for everyone - even Stinky Sewer Workers.
Stinky
Well, now we know your middle and last names....
And I'm supposed to remind you that under his sophisticated veneer, he's just a lout from Queens.
Hell, I'm just a goober from Kansas that can't even afford a sophisticated veneer.
However, I am taking donations.
And is feeding the baby.
I could never do that, my nipples are too sensitive.
Where will the Bush presidency be in six months?
GDoyle
January '06, unfortunately.
Where will the Bush presidency be in six months?
screwing the hell out of us with an extremist right wing judge.
tho i think he may go moderate on this first pick.
if he loses rove, probably won't know what to do.
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
res ipsa loquitur
Hmmmm, where have I hear that before? Hahahahaha.
Hey Central, when God made the earth, did he step on Wichita when he left?
I could never do that, my nipples are too sensitive.
(cringing) With a spoon! With a spoon!
Play nice.
Hulk not want to play nice! Republicans lie to Hulk, fool him into thinking Saddam behind 9-11! Try to take away Hulk's social security! Hulk must smash puny Republicans!
Sometimes, I really wish there was an Incredible Hulk to cut through the world's bullshit.
Why approach to cooking is a simple one: Enough butter and sugar can make almost anything taste good. This philosophy is perfectly illustrated by Sweet Potato Pie.
Falstaff
Better yet barbecue sauce. Buy the worst, cheapest, large size container of BBQ sauce at some Discount Club. Add gobs of sugar to it and your guests will insist on getting the recipe. You simply cannot put too much sugar in BBQ sauce.
With a spoon! With a spoon!
...With a spoon? Ouch, now my nipples are sensitive too.
On the road to national health care. We have had a case running about here in San Antonio for a while. I wonder if it is going to contribute to the demise of the HMO system. For what I understood the purpose of developing HMO's was for, saving costs and more efficient management, I cannot see much that says they have done well and likely even have had a far worse effect. Now they are being hit on the fact their actions or lack of have contributed to a death.
In the Express-news, the conclusion was noted. One part being :
"The jury did something important for every HMO enrollee in the United States. This shows that individuals can fight against HMOs when the HMOs are focused more on saving dollars than on saving lives," Mittler said."
More at http://tinyurl.com/c5arm
Sorry , it requires registration.
Agent Orange, brown sugar or even molasses will do also. Sugar is less nuanced as a sweetner.
You simply cannot put too much sugar in BBQ sauce.
...And butter the meat. A little added fat never hurt... and let's face it when you are grilling ribs or steaks, your health is really not a concern.
Thersites
Just remember to get outta there before the cops come.
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Hey Central, when God made the earth, did he step on Wichita when he left?
Yes.
I prefer: "The only thing we have for beer is, beer itself".
eLad
I'm down with that. Enjoying my third cold & frosty even as we type. Been painting all day and that is my reward.
Painting what, bigvic?
And butter the meat. A little added fat never hurt.
That's right, Falstaff. I'm not stopping, even if I hear my arteries slamming shut like the doors on 'Get Smart!'.
Why approach to cooking is a simple one: Enough butter and sugar can make almost anything taste good. This philosophy is perfectly illustrated by Sweet Potato Pie.
Falstaff
My my feeling is everything is better with bacon. Haven't tried it with desserts yet.
The sugar thing works well on "Chinese" cuisine as well. Humans are just suckers for the taste of sugar especially when it's not obvious or expected that sugar was added. Think McDonalds!
Better yet barbecue sauce. Buy the worst, cheapest, large size container of BBQ sauce at some Discount Club. Add gobs of sugar to it and your guests will insist on getting the recipe.
Sugar! Goddamit, I was using the same theory, only with toothpaste...
With a spoon! With a spoon!
I like a good spork, personally.
Where will the Bush presidency be in six months?
mebbe not
My my feeling is everything is better with bacon
...just the smell of bacon cooking is amazing. It has mood enhancing powers.
my feeling is everything is better with bacon. Haven't tried it with desserts yet.
hoary cripple
You could try doing the lattice on a pie with it....
I actually put garlic in almost everything. Not desserts.
I like a good spork, personally.
Ooooh, kinky girl...
Doesn't it look to you as if the Saddam Hussein trial will get going just about the same time as the campaign for 2006?
I'm hearing gunshots in my 'hood tonight, and, yes, I can tell the diff between firecrackers and gunshots.
My my feeling is everything is better with bacon. Haven't tried it with desserts yet.
hoary cripple
Bacon Creme Brulee. Be sure to cover your hand to avoid the hot splatter.
Does anybody have a good source for bacon creme brulee knives?
Painting what, bigvic?
NYMary |
The worst possible thing. Got a new front door, sidelights and replaced the dental crown molding. Had to patch all the nail holes, sand, prime raw wood and paint about 6 coats using the best Porter paint money can buy. I am one tired puppy. Thanks for caring.
Sometimes I like to just eat butter and garlic with my spork.
only with toothpaste
...You must use that fifth dentist.
I like bacon with a side of bacon and bacon for dessert.
Sarah,
Our neighbors discharge firearms pretty regularly. But we're rural.
...and, final kitchen rue: when in doubt, add more wine.
The sugar thing works well on "Chinese" cuisine as well. Humans are just suckers for the taste of sugar especially when it's not obvious or expected that sugar was added. Think McDonalds!
Agent Orange
Think Dounuts!
Grease and sugar!
.
Jeffraham--is Curly feeling better?
Sometimes I like to just eat butter and garlic with my spork.
mena
Hahahahaha. I must add that to my favorite things to enjoy with beer.
well, yeah, both "rue" (if one adds too much) and rule (if one is moderate and discerning!!)
Check out what President Bush said as the Plame scandal was breaking back in 2003:
I don't know if we're going to find out the senior administration official. Now, this is a large administration, and there's a lot of senior officials.
For more, see:
"A Nod and a Wink: Bush on the Plame Scandal"
I'm hearing gunshots in my 'hood tonight, and, yes, I can tell the diff between firecrackers and gunshots.
Sarah Deere
I'm not so sure in my neighborhood. Either they're M80s, or the city is blasting a new tunnel to Kansas.
if one is moderate and discerning!
==
But that's no fun!
Jeffraham, what was wrong with Curly?
Where will the Bush presidency be in six months?
An undisclosed location.
As usual...
Doesn't it look to you as if the Saddam Hussein trial will get going just about the same time as the campaign for 2006?
Grogster
That's a given. The problem is that the trial will be in secret so that the White House can edit the transcripts...for "security reasons" of course.
The WH isn't going to let Saddam mouth off the way Milosevic did at the Hague. Can you imagine Saddam "naming names" during a live unedited trial?
Bush "Who you gonna believe, Saddam or me"?
Bush "Now watch my drive"
"I am sooo not the ideal man..."
Eli, were I 15 years younger and single, you'd be mine.
Good evening, Moonbats!
I have been thinking about getting one of those egg crate pads for my bed. Years ago, I had one and it was so nice to sleep on. I looked them up on the internet, then went out to a store, here in town, and found they didn't carry those, but did have a kind of similar product. Since I wanted it NOW, I bought it, ran home, put it on the bed, made up the bed, jumped in and took a nice nap. It was ok. Not as good as the ECP in memory, but it will do for now.
Directions
Take the sheets off of the bed.
Put the egg crate pad on top of the regular mattress with the bumps facing up (away from the mattress).
Cover the egg crate mattress with a sheet.
Put a waterproof pad (cloth or disposable) on the bed where the person's rear end will rest. This will help protect the bed linens and egg crate pad from getting soiled. A cloth pad may also help you move a person up in bed without rubbing his skin on the sheets.
I guess I missed a step. I guess they would use these a lot in medical situations. I was just kind of surprised to read it.
Humans are just suckers for the taste of sugar
Puny humans...
bigvic,
We get our roof done next week. Then it's painting the whole house and trim for us. And since the leaking roof affected the inside, there's repairs and interior painting to do, too. But I love decorating, so I don't mind that so much.
I love garlic.
I just harvested about 20# of wild hardneck.
It'll keep till December, then I have to buy the faux crap at the grocery store.
Sallyh, mena -- I think Curly's fine. Just a cold, or minor eye irritation. He was even sociable with my website client, earlier, which is rare (he being a complete stranger, and first-time visitor to Casa Curly).
.
But I love decorating, so I don't mind that so much.
Merde.
The worst possible thing. Got a new front door, sidelights and replaced the dental crown molding. Had to patch all the nail holes, sand, prime raw wood and paint about 6 coats using the best Porter paint money can buy. I am one tired puppy. Thanks for caring.
bigvic |
Next time consider a sprayer if practical. The taping is usually pretty easy. Dental molding is a pain. I'm assuming all one color.
Where will the Bush presidency be in six months?
My bet is they still won't be in touch with reality
Doesn't it look to you as if the Saddam Hussein trial will get going
i wish someone would ask rumsfeld if he would appear as a defense witness if saddam named him.
I guess I missed a step. I guess they would use these a lot in medical situations. I was just kind of surprised to read it.
Could you feel the pea?
that's the real question.
I just harvested about 20# of wild hardneck.
Central Scrutinizer
So, is that the good stuff? How many plants are needed for a 20# yield?
Garlic, wrapped in bacon, rolled in sugar, smoked (not barbecued, lower heat) on the grill for 2 hours. Eat with spork and the darkest beer you can buy. You'll need to chew the beer more than the Smoked Bacon Balls.
I wonder if dubbya ever cooked anything worthwhile
Well, I could name a few unworthy things he's cooked. Namely: The *books*, crack and science. Just getting started, though.
I'm ready for Idiot Summer, and I've got lots of popcorn and beer in stock.
Anyone got a light?
Your time and that girl will come!
Oh, I have the girl already, she's just... not normal.
Eli, were I 15 years younger and single, you'd be mine.
I don't doubt it.
Sorry, tuned out for a while, watching Happiness Of The Katakuris, which is just completely fucking nuts. It has a naked claymation fetus-angel chasing after a floating heart-shaped uvula within, like, the first *minute*.
Jeffraham--and did you pet him for Big Sister?
"I am sooo not the ideal man..."
Eli, were I 15 years younger and single, you'd be mine.
Sallyh, Countess Sharkula |
My dear, give me 25 yrs, and I'd arm wrestle you for him!!
Where will the Bush presidency be in six months?
where it has been for the last 15 years consigned to the annals of mediocre history... his idiot son however, never elected president of anything shall remain impaled on the twisted ehand of his fucking rvil oil-soaked Svengalli. Hopefully as an example for all the world of calas greed, utter corruption, and a warmongering bloodlust, hopefully to be despised, hated and pathetically martyred for all of eternity...
just sayin
As far as Rove goes I am already want to know, what did the president know and when did he know it?
Smoked Bacon Balls.
Saw them open for Aerosmith... or was it Jane's Addiction? Great show, anyway...
supreme court vacancy ? ashcroft is available !
I can think of several corpses that are more qualified than John Ashcroft.
Eli, were I 15 years younger and single, you'd be mine.
Sallyh, Countess Sharkula |
My dear, give me 25 yrs, and I'd arm wrestle you for him!!
Make it mud or jello wrestling, and I'd be happy to work out a timeshare.
I can think of several corpses that are more qualified than John Ashcroft.
...So could the voters in Missouri.
Anyone got a light?
Ripley
Spark...
Spark...
SparkBlam!
(minor explosion, blow torch burns a pretty blue, eyebrows and mustache are history, all in a nanosecond)
"I can think of several corpses that are more qualified than John Ashcroft.
Seraphie"
Yes, but can they carry a tune as well as Ashcroft?
When it comes to song and dance, the Republicans have the circuit wrapped up. Catskills here they come.
and yes i have been drinking...
Mr. halo- i eat everybody's comments like i am their mother -scan
What is the fascination with bacon? I mean, it adds flavor to things, but as a main course, I'm not sure.
Watched Nixon again tonight.
Nixon was up against K street. He wanted to change at times. Talking to hippies at the lincoln Memorial is one fabulaous speculation.
Ohio to Cali- Standard Oil. Standard oil- ARAMCO(Michael Sheldon CHENEY and the Sauds) buying up Congress' votes-ABSCAM.
Things are no different. PS_ Peak oil starting here, the local Exxon ran outta gas, the other option sells lower blend, fuel injection in Cadillac is shot.
Nice emissions rollbacks and voluntary octane compliance. Nice energy bill these asshats put in place.
Peak oil gets worse.
Mr.Murder |
Could you feel the pea?
that's the real question.
Thersites | Email | Homepage | 07.03.05 - 12:18 am | #
I didn't notice... didn't notice the pee, either
Now, a plastic cover on the bed might be a good idea, but it would need to be on top of the covers. I have a couple cats that, once in a while, feel the need to hurl a furrball. They seem to find the bed the best place to do it. Or, maybe they just spend all their time there. Lazy things!
Sallyh: Jeffraham--and did you pet him for Big Sister?
Yes'm.
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When it comes to song and dance, the Republicans have the circuit wrapped up.
"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung."
- Voltaire (1694-177
Yes, but can they carry a tune as well as Ashcroft?
I dunno. In F 9/11, he seemed to have a church choir kind of voice, heavy on the vibrato. Not good.
And with that I'm off to bed, moonbats. Sleep well, and be gentle with Thers.
(minor explosion, blow torch burns a pretty blue, eyebrows and mustache are history, all in a nanosecond)
Actually, I did that last week. Lighting the burner under a fry pan and didn't turn to the ignitor quick enough, so while I have my face down there to check the size of the flame, I turned it back over to the ignitor and WOOF!!!
Lucky I didn't break my neck trying to get away from that Independence Day worthy fireball....
I can think of several corpses that are more qualified than John Ashcroft.
I'm a proud voter of a dead guy here in western MO. Laughed so hard I spotted.
From the CNN Homepage
Suicide Bombers Kill Iraqi Police - Watch Free
What generosity!
Next time consider a sprayer if practical. The taping is usually pretty easy. Dental molding is a pain. I'm assuming all one color.
Agent Orange
Too much of a breeze for a sprayer that close to brickwork, sadly. The dental molding is a triple bitch and really hard on the paint brushes. Farking outdoor painting is a bitch. Keepng the bugs and gnats out of the fresh paint is not funny, either. OY. But the taping thing is a major time saver in the long run, for real.
Ps: It get's worse-2 colors. Red front door and off-white trim. Aaaiiieee! too much brush cleaning.
Voltaire obviously anticipated any given lyric presented by Brittany or Ashcroft. However, My Dingaling would have had him a bit perplexed. Posthumous quote, "I don't understand it, but ... I like it"
So, is that the good stuff? How many plants are needed for a 20# yield?
elad,
A lot! 
I don't grow much myself, it grows wild everywhere around here, and I have several places where I gather it.
Yeah, and hardneck is best. The cloves are small, but they have a lot of flavor. A typical bulb is about the size of a quarter.
It has a bit of a "bite" when eaten raw, but is excellent when cooked.
When it comes to song and dance, the Republicans have the circuit wrapped up.
"No Sane man will dance."
- Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
What is the fascination with bacon? I mean, it adds flavor to things, but as a main course, I'm not sure.
Sallyh
The dark beer was the main course. Smoked Bacon Balls are used to clear the palate.
Why do I answer my phone?
I actually put garlic in almost everything. Not desserts.
NYMary | Email | Homepage | 07.03.05 - 12:07 am | #
I used to do that all the time. When I was pissed at my boss, I would add LOTS of raw garlic to my salad. And eat it all week long...
and go and talk to the boss
Ps: It get's worse-2 colors. Red front door and off-white trim. Aaaiiieee! too much brush cleaning.
bigvic
Was it all latex, I presume?
Hey you two, leave some Eli for me! He can be my vicarious boyfriend
CS- thanks for the info. My sisters place in Kearney has a garden as old as Eden, and she has lots! of garlic plants in there. I need to visit her, anyways.
Thanks again.
Ripley, that reminds me of one of my first forays in grilling with easy to light charcoal.
Set everything up, got it going in a cinch. Closed the lid. Started to walk away and I suddenly decided to check the arrangement of the charcoal, opened the grill lid. I was immediately engulfed in a rolling wall of flame from waist level to the top of my head.
I quickly stepped back, did a pat down check including eyebrows. No damage cept some singed hair on my forehead. Closed the lid and went back in the house and grabbed a scotch.
I noted the neighbor next door had observed the whole process. He had a odd look on his face as he went back to working on his car.
Hey you two, leave some Eli for me! He can be my vicarious boyfriend
Ooo, a vi-curious woman! Sexy!
The dark beer was the main course. Smoked Bacon Balls are used to clear the palate.
...Then comes the Bananas Foster.
elad,
You're welcome!
...Then comes the Bananas Foster.
Falstaff
Yes! Yes! Great idea. Bananas, wrapped in bac...
Why do I answer my phone?
because it calls
Melissa's Home!
Nyt All y'All
Sleep tight.
.
Why do I answer my phone?
Ummm.. because you fired your secretary last week in a fit of rage over her pencil-sharpening skills so now you're a lonely, lonely man in your corner office, reduced to wiping the coffee stains off your tie with a Shout wipe, wishing that you'd said "to hell with it!" and joined the Peace Corps but now you're stuck working 75 hour weeks and wondering if you can ditch it all and be a professional hang-glider?
Or cuz it rings and you don't know who's calling? Phones... crazy stuff...
We get our roof done next week. Then it's painting the whole house and trim for us. And since the leaking roof affected the inside, there's repairs and interior painting to do, too. But I love decorating, so I don't mind that so much.
NYMary
OK, Mary. Tell me that again when you finish painting. Especially the trim. We'll sob together. Heh.
Why do I answer my phone?
because it calls
Yes, and for no good reason most of the time.
Remember something like 80% (?) of the people who chose terrorism (fear of) as the most important issue, voted for Bush.
"Fear is the mind killer."
ISO: Mena !
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Garlic, wrapped in bacon, rolled in sugar, smoked (not barbecued, lower heat) on the grill for 2 hours. Eat with spork and the darkest beer you can buy. You'll need to chew the beer more than the Smoked Bacon Balls.
eLad
Maybe add some smoked mozzarella? Gettin hungry again.
What is the fascination with bacon? I mean, it adds flavor to things, but as a main course, I'm not sure.
I like bacon flavored with the great taste of bacon.
Nite, agave.
With a spoon! With a spoon!
There is no spoon."
What is the fascination with bacon? I mean, it adds flavor to things, but as a main course, I'm not sure.
I'll have *your* bacon! I *love* it!
Ripley, that reminds me of one of my first forays in grilling with easy to light charcoal.
When I grew up, we could burn garbage in a barrel by the alley. One day, after I'd started the fire, I carried a big stack of newspapers out to the barrel. Not thinking/knowing any better, I dropped the whole load into the burning mess in the barrel. Again, WOOF!!! Oh yeah, I lost some eyebrows. And the smell of burnt nostril hairs never really leaves you... gah!!
Garlic, wrapped in bacon, rolled in sugar, smoked (not barbecued, lower heat) on the grill for 2 hours. Eat with spork and the darkest beer you can buy. You'll need to chew the beer more than the Smoked Bacon Balls.
I like the recipe, cook some bacon. Cook more bacon. Eat lots of bacon.
EkCenTriK, you're lucky. Always, see the flame before leaving the grill. I almost launched my grill lid one day. Once!
Turned on the gas, hit the starter, again, and again, and again, and then WOOF! Yeah, I looked around too.
And now, for a little late-night levity, an excerpt from Tom Ruprecht's It's Not Actually A Small World in Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans:
Don Mackinnon was walking to work when he thought he spotted Mrs. Zelikson, his fourth-grade teacher, up ahead. Don raced after the woman and stopped her. It turned out not to be Mrs. Zelikson; in fact, this woman didn't even speak English.
Billy Norrett met Nancy Agostini at a party in Boston. During the conversation, Billy mentioned he had gone to Duke. Nancy told him she knew tons of people who went to Duke and proceeded to rattle off four or five names. They were all a few years ahead of Billy and he didn't know any of them.
After undergoing a religious awakening, Rich Killeen quit his job as an investment banker and became an English teacher in a small village outside Calcutta. Some afternoons he sat and watched the village women gather water from the Ganges. As he sat basking in the late-day sun, Rich occasionally thought about how remarkable it would be if he suddenly spotted someone he knew from his old life in New York strolling by the river. He never did.
A few years ago all the living presidents met for a dedication at the Reagan Library. Jimmy Carter was getting a glass of lemonade prior to the ceremony when Gerald Ford spotted him across the room. Ford ran over and exclaimed, "Oh my God, Jimmy! Imagine running in to you here of all places! What are the odds?" When Ford left, Carter turned to his wife and muttered, "What a tool."
Yes, and for no good reason most of the time.
look, the measure of it is not reason...
there i said it- now what?
Eli!
I'll have *your* bacon! I *love* it!
Wow. I'm thinking naughty thoughts.
Or cuz it rings and you don't know who's calling?
Caller ID.
I have a friend that has a new grandchild that calls to tell me about the many Cute Things He Did Today.
The sad thing is, if I had grandkids (or even kids) I'd probably do the same damn thing.
Rich occasionally thought about how remarkable it would be if he suddenly spotted someone he knew from his old life in New York strolling by the river.
...I always think I'm going to spot someone I know naked on the internet.
I like bacon flavored with the great taste of bacon.
Thersites
The grandfather of a good friend ate a lard sandwich every day for half a century and lived to be 98. Lard between 2 pieces of bread.
I report, you decide.
Cook more bacon. Eat lots of bacon.
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There is no spoon.
That's cool.
You can't eat bacon with a spoon.
Or a straw.
And the smell of burnt nostril hairs never really leaves you.
I hate the smell of nostril hairs in the morning. Hell, any part of the day. It smells like...like, amateur. God, I'm gonna miss this grill when it's gone.
No offense, Ripley.
nate - In Search Of? I'm sorry I'm such a bonehead. You better just send me an email.
Good Gravy!
From wapo:
Return of the Angry Man
He might have simply disappeared after the Scream ended his presidential hopes. But as head of the Democratic Party, Howard Dean is still going to go to New Hampshire. And South Carolina. And Oklahoma ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...5062801074.html
Read these 5 moronic pages and imagine anything even remotely similar being done to melhman or any other rethug.
"His former deputy campaign manager, Bob Rogan, understood that the Dean candidacy had a serious problem the day he turned on the TV and saw even the weatherman imitating the Scream"
It just doesn't get any dumber than that... unless you read the whole thing.
The pie crust contains lard...is that close enough to bacon to count?
Note to self: Stock up on bacon for EschaCon.
Falstaff - Sadly, that very fate has already befallen Scott McClellan.
EkCenTrix....
That is, if you weren't hurt!!
I have a friend that has a new grandchild that calls to tell me about the many Cute Things He Did Today
...My daughter interperted the words to Jesus Loves Me As...
"Little one's to Infinity and Beyond,
They are weak, but he is strong"
How do you not tell people about that?
heh, there you are. give me a second.
Oh, this bacon talks reminds me of Better Off Dead.
"Now, I know you don't like all the grease from bacon.... so I boiled it"
Blue bacon... oh hell....
The pie crust contains lard...is that close enough to bacon to count?
I like bacon pie with a bacon crust.
Was it all latex, I presume?
Agent Orange
Praise the lord, yes. A bright spot in the living hell of outdoor painting!
The grandfather of a good friend ate a lard sandwich every day for half a century and lived to be 98.
Did he jog 20 miles a day? If not, then that guy's my hero!
I like bacon pie with a bacon crust.
Made with bacon soda.
Is this darn gravatar working yet?
Obviously not.
Anyway, we're putting up bunting on the front of the homestead for the 4th. Talked about putting up the flag with the stars arranged in a peace sign. Spouse of the house is a little nervous about that. So we'll put up the regular one, and wear peace sign buttons on our collars.
And I'm going to go hug the cats and hit the sack. Night, batties!
e-mail's away
"Little one's to Infinity and Beyond,
They are weak, but he is strong"
Made with bacon soda
...during a bacoff.
The grandfather of a good friend ate a lard sandwich every day for half a century and lived to be 98.
Wait a minute... at 48 he decides to start eating lard sandwiches? I'm tempted to take my chances with beer and cigarettes...
...My daughter interperted the words to Jesus Loves Me As...
"Little one's to Infinity and Beyond,
They are weak, but he is strong"
My 5-year-old son heard the words to "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" as "let's feed Scott McLellan to the wild pigs and stuff his balls into the thresher."
Anyway, we're putting up bunting on the front of the homestead for the 4th.
No point in that unless you're advancing the runner.
My 5-year-old son heard the words to "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" as "let's feed Scott McLellan to the wild pigs and stuff his balls into the thresher."
Thersites
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My, what a precocious little chip off the old side of bacon.
Instead of torturing yourself with 5 stupid pages in the WaPo, go here
Much more interesting, potentially far more damning to the Regime.
My 5-year-old son heard the words to "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" as "let's feed Scott McLellan to the wild pigs and stuff his balls into the thresher."
You are officially the "Uber Father".
eLad--are you a gentleman who, when tempted to exercise, sits down, eats a bowl of ice cream, and waits for the urge to pass?
My 5-year-old son heard the words to "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" as "let's feed Scott McLellan to the wild pigs and stuff his balls into the thresher."
Thersites
Thank god for adult diapers. OMG that has my abs hurting. They are made of steel, BTW.
You can't eat bacon with a spoon.
Which is why God invented fingers, but he wanted all the bacon Himself, so He invented kosher.
My 5-year-old son heard the words to "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" as "let's feed Scott McLellan to the wild pigs and stuff his balls into the thresher."
Thersites
Scott Mclellan Bacon Balls? Who would eat those? Jeff Gannon p'raps?
Which is why God invented fingers, but he wanted all the bacon Himself, so He invented kosher.
Freaking God...
Nite, strawhat.
Quote of the day from Happiness Of The Katakuris:
"My nose isn't bleeding because I'm horny."
You can't eat bacon with a spoon.
...I have just perfected... The Bacon Frape.
SallyH, lets just say, yes.
My damn father's genes have blessed me with a body that looks like a snake that just swallowed a hole pig. Skinny legs, skinny arms...you get the picture.
I have to stop now. My fingers are geting too much exercise.
Mmmm, Chunky Monkey.
"My nose isn't bleeding because I'm horny."
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful...
The Bacon Frape.
==
The worst dance ever to come out of American Bandstand.
...I have just perfected... The Bacon Frape.
So would that make you a bacon frapist?
I've been away all day so I haven't had a chance to read all the Rove related threads, but...
Even if w pardons Rove, isn't Joe Wilson itching to file a civil suit?
Seems like I remember something along those lines.
You can't eat bacon with a spoon.
Which is why god also invented bacon bits(the real variety) and crumbled bacon.
There is no spoon.
That's cool.
You can't eat bacon with a spoon.
No DUH! Everyone you eat bacon with a spork. Good grief. Must I do everything around here?
Something I've been wondering about in recent days is the degree to which the media is in cahoots with the Bush administration. Not just being lapdog stenographers, but actual willing co-conspirators in this administration's idiot schemes. Besides her Plame connection with the fat-faced fuck Rove, Judith Miller was the administration's leading conduit to the media of WMD misinformation and propaganda prior to the war. What I what to know is, did Miller already know she was spouting complete bullshit when filing her reports? I'd ask the same question to the other members of the media, particularly those who have dismissed the Downing Street Memo as "old news", something which I take as a tacit admission on their part that they knew Bush was lying about Iraq from day 1 but chose not to report it. A few days ago on CNN, I saw Jeff Greenfield talk about how Bush was fortunate that he had a Republican Congress, since that meant that there never would be an investigation into Bush's run-up to war. Jeff, since your comments imply you know some dirt we don't, why don't you tell us what should they be investigating?
Scott McLellan's balls, wrapped in bacon, slow roasted. Serve with spork to Karl. Repeat with next (unim)press secretary.
I found the missing yellow cake!
http://photos16.flickr.com/
23180...a891794cd_o.jpg
Central--I would hope he would. His wife's career is irreparably damaged. That's at least loss of income.
Turkey bacon?
Not so good.
Lacking a vision of sugar plum fairies dancing in my head, let me say good night with images of Scott McClellan being fed to wild pigs with his balls in a thresher screaming EE YI EE YI OWWWWW!
Nite All.
Even if w pardons Rove, isn't Joe Wilson itching to file a civil suit?
Yes. He's said as much to several people. But that's long in the future.
I don't think W will pardon Rove unless it's the last resort. Which means, he'll do it after November 2006.
"Scott McLellan's balls, wrapped in bacon, slow roasted. Serve with spork to Karl. Repeat with next (unim)press secretary."
eLad, dear, you're assuming a lot when you say that Scottie has testicles.
The worst dance ever to come out of American Bandstand.
...I warned Dick not to grease the pigs with something flammable.
Why can't we all just let bacons be bacons?
Richard--I think a number of people on this board have speculated that Judy Miller is CIA, for example. Your speculations, while unproven, do make sense.
I found the missing yellow cake!
I prefer missing white woman cake, but with chocolate frosting. Call me kinky.
Why can't we all just let bacons be bacons?
Kevin Bacon?
First: I LOVE bacon and ham. Inveterate pork-eater!!
Second: let's be nice to one another, eh??
And, if not nice, then nail the motherfuckers where they stand.
SD
blessings on all your heads. Bedtime, and all that entails.
Sweetest of dreams!!
...I always think I'm going to spot someone I know naked on the internet.
Falstaff
I'm confused. They're naked, or you are?
Heterosexually Yours,
eLad
Richard, as to cahoots, there does not need to be a conspiracy. The "MSM" does this on their own.
Greenfield, ah... you know what that fucker did a decade ago? He was the wanker who set up the whole notorious Nightline thing where the bullshit indictment against Hillary Clinton was advanced with the edited video.
Maybe I explained that badly... but you're right. The "MSM" is basically an arm of the Bush people.
"I found the missing yellow cake!"
It's in my fridge, redolent with cinnamon and brown sugar and has a lovely cream cheese glaze.
If the cabal doesn't care about the men, women and children that are shot to death at US checkpoints in Iraq, then they certainly don't care about Plame. Hell, they're murderers. They don't care about some ambassador's spouse or her career. I don't think this is going anywhere. Think of the order of magnitude between a reputation and an innocent life! They don't care about the innocents!
G'night Sarah Deere.
I'm not far behind you.
eLad, dear, you're assuming a lot when you say that Scottie has testicles.
Shove him into the thresher anyhoo.
Why can't we all just let bacons be bacons?
Bacons are bacons, unless they're made of turkey. Then they're just fowl.
Soylent Green is Kevin Bacon !!
I'm confused. They're naked, or you are?
...Damn, I am caught... [quickly eats shoots and leaves].
I found the missing yellow cake!
Yo, do NOT drop that shit.
eLad, dear, you're assuming a lot when you say that Scottie has testicles.
Sallyh
Did I say testicles? I meant Nuticles. My bad.
you know? i never had a yearning for mountain oysters, and I have always thought styrangely of those who do.
I don't go so far as to condemn, but it just seems like a really WEIRD exercise to me.
...Damn, I am caught... [quickly eats shoots and leaves].
Don't go away mad!
here, have some bacon.
(Passes some of SallyH's bacon)
Nite, Agent Orange, I'm right behind you.
Peace out, Moonbats. I have more HARD work ahead tomorrow. Night all you liberal, thinking eletist pigs! HARD work Is HARD work!
All food is within seven degrees of seperation from bacon.
Well. Nothing like a nice upbeat song-and-dance number featuring zombies...
Bacon?
Snausages!
.
Scott Mclellan Bacon Balls? Who would eat those? Jeff Gannon p'raps?
Well, if you add water chestnuts, you'd have Scottie Rumaki.
My gravatar is an empty, colorless white square.
i never had a yearning for mountain oysters, and I have always thought styrangely of those who do.
Having grown up eating them, it's not a big deal.
Over the years I've developed a cringey thing about honey, now that I've thought too much about it.
Bee spit.
Think about it.
Central - actually, I think it might be bee puke.
Bee spit.
I thought it was bee puke. In the Good Eats honey episode, Alton Brown watched the bees making honey and says, "Ewww. I thought only supermodels did that."
Hey, wasn't there a band called Bees Make Honey?
you know? i never had a yearning for mountain oysters, and I have always thought styrangely of those who do.
Me too. Maybe it's a leftover from when food was scarce. First the tender meat portions were consumed, then the tough meat, then the tongue, ears, snout, eyes, brain, hoofs, horns, collar, the farmer that raised the cow, THEN, AND ONLY THEN, are the balls consumed with a nice Chianti and some fava beans.
Everyone you eat bacon with a spork
That would be: everyone KNOWS you eat bacon with a spork. Crikey! Past my bedtime. Later, taters.
Brits are ready to protest Nat'l IDs...
Welcome, REAL ID
And here's the beginning of the campaign:
The Passport Office, which in the autumn will roll out new biometric passports with scans of applicants' faces, fingerprints and irises, will be a key target. Initially only those who need to renew their passports will be required to have the scans.
Nice... Minority Report? Gattica? Nah, could never happen here...
jon: My gravatar is an empty, colorless white square.
Everyone's gravy-tar looks like that to me.
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As long as it comes out of the *front* of the bee, I think I'm okay with it.
Jeffraham--does Curly get really demanding, screaming and pawing at you till you pay attention to him? Mikey does this constantly.
actually, I think it might be bee puke.
Aaaacccckkkkk!
Fuck it, I'm not gonna give up honey on cornbread.
Eli: As long as it comes out of the *front* of the bee, I think I'm okay with it.
Finish your Slurm, Fry.
.
What the hell's going on tonight? What'd I miss?
At a four way stop, right of way is dictated by the order of arrival. THAT IS THE FUCKING RULE. IT'S NO TIME TO GET ALTRUISTIC. FOLLOWING THE RULE PREVENTS ACCIDENTS.
Finish your Slurm, Fry.
Grunka Lunka Dunkity Darmed Guards...
'nite bigvic.
Sallyh: Jeffraham--does Curly get really demanding, screaming and pawing at you till you pay attention to him? Mikey does this constantly.
Sometimes, like when I'm busy with both hands, but that's rare, these days. Usually, a few scritches around the ears, and a stroke down the back will hold him at bay for a few minutes. Then, when I get unbusy, he gets a little more.
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What the hell's going on tonight? What'd I miss?
No trolls. But the bacon shortage grows.
No trolls. But the bacon shortage grows.
Thersites
Boo fucking hoo!
I have some fake Canadian bacon, if that'll do anyone any good.
Phila! How are you? Good to see you!
Last night, Curly thought (as he sometimes does) that he had to pet me back, reaching a paw up to my chin, and stroking it a few times. They're cute when they do that, huh?
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Whitehouse.gov banner corroborates DowningStreetMemo:
Denial and Deception
Greenfield, ah... you know what that fucker did a decade ago? He was the wanker who set up the whole notorious Nightline thing where the bullshit indictment against Hillary Clinton was advanced with the edited video.
Greenfield is actually someone whose commentary I used to enjoy listening to, who said things that seemed to be reasonable and made a lot of sense. Then something happened. It's like something out of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", where the good folks get replaced by "pod people" who look exactly the same but are evil. I've been somewhat amazed by the easy transition that he and others have made from being apparently balanced and honest journalists to Republican propagandists. I guess I'm just being naive, expecting the best in people.
If I saw Greenfield walking down the street, I'd really have to fight the urge to run up and kick him in the nuts. Fucking scumbag whore.
Jeffraham--ever notice that everything (well, nearly everything) they do is cute?
Phila! How are you? Good to see you!
Sallyh, Countess Sharkula
Hi Sally! I'm OK, thanks. Just back from a LONG day in the city. I was doing a bunch of editing at a cafe, so I'm "totally wired," as the Fall would say. Other than that...I'm on the right side of the grass, as the saying is.
The Whitehouse website will set spyware on your computer. Don't click.
Sallyh: Jeffraham--ever notice that everything (well, nearly everything) they do is cute?
I could live without the clawing of the furniture, and the drinking from the toilet, but otherwise... yeah, pretty much!
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The Plame leaker should pay the price. I don't care whether it's Rove or Cheney or W or whoever. This winger says: you compromise USA intelligence agents, then you get prosecuted.
See, even we trolls have principles!
Once, when we were poor (last week), all we had to eat was bacon.
Bacon biscuits
Bacon waffles
Bacon tar tar
Bacon a la mode
Bacon with butter (Easter)
Bacon on white bread (Christmas)
Bacon on wheat bread (3 weeks after Christmas)
Bacon, broiled
Bacon, fried
Bacon, boiled
Bacon clothes
Bacon friends
Bacon pets
Man, I still love bacon.
Greenfield is actually someone whose commentary I used to enjoy listening to, who said things that seemed to be reasonable and made a lot of sense.
In the last 2 decades two stories were Really Big: Clinton's impeachment, and the war in Iraq.
On both, the NYTimes and then WaPO have been so insanely in the GOP bag...
Liberal media, my ass.
I could live without the clawing of the furniture, and the drinking from the toilet, but otherwise...
JP, I hope you're talking about Curly. Otherwise, expect an intervention in the near future.
Thersites, what on earth are you doing with a James Watt gravatar?
President Bush’s televised address to the nation produced no noticeable bounce in his approval numbers, with his job approval rating slipping a point from a week ago, to 43%, in the latest Zogby International poll. And, in a sign of continuing polarization, more than two-in-five voters (42%) say they would favor impeachment proceedings if it is found the President misled the nation about his reasons for going to war with Iraq.
...I'm on the right side of the grass, as the saying is.
Backslider will be thrilled to hear it!
Night all.
Phila, there's still cherry pie, made fresh today. whipped cream, too, and I'm not talking about the canned trash.
Either that, or you can just eat bacon with a side of bacon, fortified with bacon and bacon for dessert.
Me too, Thers.
Say G'nite, Dick.
G'nite.
At the Huntsville flag factory
When the hell did Huntsville get a flag??? Who the hell do they think they are?!?
God, I hate Alabama. I fucking hate Alabama.... /Sean Hannityspeak
Ripley: JP, I hope you're talking about Curly. Otherwise, expect an intervention in the near future.
It's nothin; but a thang... a moon-phase thang.
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Thersites, what on earth are you doing with a James Watt gravatar?
A complicated dare scenario w/ watertiger.
Also, countless forest animals begged me to do it. Watt is loved by all woodland creatures. And by blacks, Jews, women, and cripples.
Oy. Night f'real...
Phila, there's still cherry pie, made fresh today. whipped cream, too, and I'm not talking about the canned trash.
Well, I've got that whole crazy vegan thang goin' on...but if you wave your magic wand over it, I'll dig right in!
Although I probably shouldn't, given that all I've had for "dinner" so far is sherry vanilla bundt cake and a couple of coconut macaroons...
So, does anyone in this thread care to project some guilt onto me due to my race, religion or sexual orientation? I was having such fun...
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eLad,
You forgot BLT's!
I'm having one in a day or two, I'm just waiting for the tomatoes to ripen.
Drool.
Thanks, Ripley. I needed that right before bed.
(/posting)
Smoking has been banned in this room. Take your disgusting cigarettes outside.
So, does anyone in this thread care to project some guilt onto me due to my race, religion or sexual orientation?
I heartily disapprove of your lifestyle, whatever it may be.
Phila: I heartily disapprove of your lifestyle, whatever it may be.
Me too! You're not holding enough demonstrations. That's the problem.
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Jeffraham--you're a Cat Lover. How'm I supposed to make you feel guilty about your faith as a Cat Lover?
eLad,
You forgot BLT's!
Nope, cuz we didn't have 'maters, nor lettuce. Just a shitload of wild pigs that wondered around the mountains. You must be a Rockafeller.
God, I hate Alabama.
Time for some Neil Young...
Oh alabama
The devil fools with the best laid plan.
Swing low alabama
You got spare change
You got to feel strange
And now the moment is all that it meant.
Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders
That’s breaking your back.
Your cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch
And a wheel on the track
Oh alabama
Banjos playing through the broken glass
Windows down in alabama.
See the old folks tied in white ropes
Hear the banjo.
Don’t it take you down home?
Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders
That’s breaking your back.
Your cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch
And a wheel on the track
Oh alabama.
Can I see you and shake your hand.
Make friends down in alabama.
I’m from a new land
I come to you and see all this ruin
What are you doing alabama?
You got the rest of the union to help you along
What’s going wrong?
Sallyh: How'm I supposed to make you feel guilty about your faith as a Cat Lover?
I dunno, but following the usual turn of guilt-projection logic, you could say that I'm not supportive enough of dogs (even if you never supported a dog, yourself, you would, of course, expect better of ME).
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Who's the phil critter? And what's his problem? We all smoke on the porch. Jesus.
I had to run the spawn to a friend's house and I come back to Slurm™ and bacon tar tar. I think I may have to go have dreams about whether Fry is hotter than David Gilmour. Night, crazy people.
Central--home grown tomatoes? Those sound even better than the ones I get at the farm. (They're pretty good, too)
Me too! You're not holding enough demonstrations. That's the problem.
I'm a washout, basically. Look at this whole bacon motif...if I were a proper vegan, I'd be delivering a strident humorless lecture about how meat is murder yadda yadda yadda.
Instead, I'm thinking that a bacon bar could be pretty good. Kind of like a Snickers, maybe...nougat, caramel, chocolate, and a strip of crisp bacon.
Smoking has been banned in this room. Take your disgusting cigarettes outside.
phil
Blow me, tough guy.
mena: I had to run the spawn to a friend's house
Did you swim three miles, upstream, both way, in a blinding snowstorm?
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Sorry, eLad, I can't pass up a good textual pun. The Hannity was my out, so people wouldn't think I actually felt that way.
I'm a harmless, America loving liberal and...
"a disciple of the absurd, with a biting wit and a keen sense of cultural indeptitude" - People Magazine
"a righteous prophet, with a potty mouth and the small town, mean street snark to back it up..." - The New England Journal of Medicine
"the kind of guy you want in the bathroom when a bar fight breaks out..." - Soldier of Fortune
Phila: Blow me, tough guy.
Hey! I coulda used that earlier! Concise. To-the-point. Perfect.
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So, does anyone in this thread care to project some guilt onto me due to my race, religion or sexual orientation? I was having such fun...
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Email | Homepage | 07.03.05 - 1:45 am | #
you are a poopoo head from poopoo land. (caugh hack cough)
Who's the phil critter? And what's his problem?
Haven't you seen enough bad movies to know that now's the time that you should RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
Either that, or you can just eat bacon with a side of bacon, fortified with bacon and bacon for dessert.
Sallyh, Countess Sharkula | Email | Homepage | 07.03.05 - 1:42 am | #
Mmmmmm Bacon..
I noticed someone doesn't like turkey bacon, upthread.
That's the bacon I do like!
You got it, Phila. I may just stay up a little longer now. Heck, if we can turn a vegan, stay troll-free this long, AND see Rove in stripes with a full dance card on Sadie Hawkins Day in the prison, then anything is possible.
Oh, the possibilities.
oldwhitelady: That's the bacon I do like!
Me too! However, I do feel some residual guilt from the 1500 years of turkeys, slaughtered by my people (whoever they might be).
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Ripley--in addition to giving me a howling good chuckle, you made me remember a project that my daughter did in 3rd grade. The students in her class had to do a project about a person they admired. Wellllllllll...Mademoiselle decided Mom was her most admired (her judgment is frequently questionable), and she did a Dewar's profile on me (even though I don't drink Scotch, I thought it was adorable. Fortunately, so did her teacher.)
Phila, there's still cherry pie, made fresh today. whipped cream, too, and I'm not talking about the canned trash.
Either that, or you can just eat bacon with a side of bacon, fortified with bacon and bacon for dessert.
Sallyh, Countess Sharkula
Thanks again for the whipped cream. Is there any left? Gonna deep fry some bacon in bacon fat later and need a topping.
inDeptitude? Christ, another brilliant comment bollocksed up, that....
Did you swim three miles, upstream, both way, in a blinding snowstorm?
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Barefoot, already. Ungrateful kid.
Hoary--all yours.
--home grown tomatoes?
Sallyh,
Yessssss.
My plants have done better this year than they have in a long, long time. 7' tall, and loaded with fruit from top to bottom.
It's a banner fucking year at Scrute Haus.*
* 50 quataloos to anyone that catches the reference.
Howdy all
Ripley: inDeptitude? Christ, another brilliant comment bollocksed up, that....
I thought it was yet another clever insertion of a hip, 1 Jump Street reference into our nightly discourse... as you are wont to do...
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er 21. I think hoppy beer got into the "2" key. It's being most cooperative.
I'm organizing a demonstration. Anyone wanna make gumbo?
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Hey, watch it!
I'm posting from The Watering Hole, and some drunk-ass just spilled his frilly umbrella drink on my laptop.
Ripley, a little help here. Seems I forgot the toilet paper before I sat down here.
Smoke up, Scruty !!
sallyh--
What, no 'Suntori Time'-type ad?
Okey-doke... gonna go comfort my runny-eyed cat. Lay-tar, tay-tars and gravy-tars!
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ROSS!!!
(hugs Ross frantically)
How's the research going? How're the girls?
Me too! However, I do feel some residual guilt from the 1500 years of turkeys, slaughtered by my people (whoever they might be).
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Email | Homepage | 07.03.05 - 1:56 am | #
As well you should!!!!!!!
I can't think of anything trollish to say, right now. That sucks!
My plants have done better this year than they have in a long, long time. 7' tall, and loaded with fruit from top to bottom.
What breed of tomato are you growing?
I had a Roma last year that got to, maybe, 3 feet and produced over 150 juicy tomatoes.
Just in case you’re wondering, here’s what’s at stake in the in the upcoming battle to decide who will take O’Connor’s place on the Supreme Court.
A Scalia-Thomas majority would not only reverse more than seven decades of Supreme Court legal precedents, but could also return us to a situation America faced in the first third of the 20th Century, when progressive legislation, like child labor laws, was adopted by Congress and signed by the President, but repeatedly rejected on constitutional grounds by the Supreme Court.
A shift of one or two votes would reverse Roe v. Wade’s guarantee of reproductive freedom and the right to privacy. But that would just be the beginning. Among those rights that could be drastically redefined if just one or two hard-right justices join the Court are:
Privacy Rights: Reversal of Lawrence v. Texas (2003) would authorize criminal prosecution of private sexual conduct by consenting adults. And reversal of Ferguson v. Charleston (2001) would allow hospitals to test pregnant women without their knowledge or consent for suspected drug use and give the results to police.
Civil Rights and Discrimination: Reversal of Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ. (2005) would allow retaliation against those who complain about illegal sex discrimination in education. Reversal of Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) would forbid affirmative action by state universities. Reversal of J.E.B. v. Alabama (1994) would allow sex discrimination in jury selection.
Reversal of Olmstead v. L.C. (1999) would mean that improper and unnecessary institutionalization of disabled persons would no longer be considered a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”).
Church - State Separation: Reversal of Lee v. Weisman (1992) and Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe (2000) would eliminate true government neutrality toward religion and authorize government-sponsored prayer at graduation and other public school events.
Workers’ Rights and Consumer Protection: Reversal of Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois (1990) would allow government employees to be fired for belonging to the “wrong” political party. And reversal of Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran (2002) would invalidate important state laws protecting HMO patients’ rights in more than 40 states.
Environmental Protection: Reversal of Alaska Department of Conservation v. EPA (2004) would strip the EPA of the authority to prevent damaging air pollution by industries when state agencies improperly fail to do so.
Campaign Finance Reform: Reversal of the part of the 1976 Buckley v. Valeo ruling that the far right opposes would invalidate limits on individual campaign contributions. And reversal of McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003) would invalidate most of the landmark McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, including its ban on political parties’ use of unlimited soft money contributions.
Hey liberals, I was up late, and couldn't sleep, as I was pondering a question:
How loud does one have to scream to become DNC chair?
Smoke up, Scruty !!
Do you want that in gold or platinum, or is a personal check OK?
eLad, if there's trouble calling, I'll screen that call for ya...
Oh yeah... it's not easy being a hero... but it's even harder to look in that little girl's eyes and tell her OMG look at the size of that cat!!
/scampering away
How loud does one have to scream to become DNC chair?
Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids.
G'nite JP.
Hey liberals, I was up late, and couldn't sleep, as I was pondering a question:
How loud does one have to scream to become DNC chair?
hey liberals!
Hey brain dead repuke, how many people does your president have to kill before you grow some real morality and call him on the lies that got us there. Enlist now big guy, Chimpymcfuckwad needs you to fight for him. After all dying for Dick and Georges not so excellent Iraq adventure is such a nobel and good cause.
Who was the prettiest lead female singer of the Big Band era?
Night, bats of moons. More atrocities to document in the a.m.
What breed of tomato are you growing?
Better Boys.
Sounds like you did good with your romas- they make the best tomato sauce.
check this out.
CS, if you're impatient, you can always pluck some green 'maters and fry 'em up. I picked up some green tomatoes at the farmers' market last weekend, and they were divine.
I'd tried to make mayonnaise earlier, and wound up with tons of egg in it, trying to get it to thicken. It wound up real mild and eggy, and I mixed that up with some garlic and horseradish and put it on the 'maters.
Whooo-eee! Was that good!
Night SallyH. Thanks for the vittles
If Karl Rove perjures himself when alone in a cold, dank, empty prison cell, does it make a sound?
Whoa, tbsa! A smokin' roundhouse, flying double half-gainer, straight legged, no less.
Jeebus, someone get a tourniquet around that poor persons neck to stop that nose bleed. Tighter, TIGHTER! We losing 'em.
Aw, screwit. Just screwit, it's hopeless.
Hey, order another round of bacon shots. I'm buyin'.
G'nite SallyH. Sweet dreams, don't let the bacon bugs bite.
Who was the prettiest lead female singer of the Big Band era?
sam
Maxine Sullivan. The best singer too, for my money.
man,
we got turned away from War of the Worlds- only seats in first two rows.
i was game- date said no... now what?
focus
What else, pattycake?
man,
we got turned away from War of the Worlds- only seats in first two rows.
i was game- date said no... now what?
focus, did you mention Tom Cruise? Or was that the deciding no factor?
hamletta,
I tried to resist the fried greens before I got a ripe one, but it didn't happen.
I loves me some fried green tomatoes.
OK, I'm drooling, and I'm not kidding.
P.S. I've never made my own mayonaise, but my mom does. It's the Real Deal.
Sounds like you did good with your romas- they make the best tomato sauce.
Thanks. They made a pretty good salsa with the homegrown habaneros, jalapenos and and garlic. Too bad my bell peppers didn't produce mature fruit. Not bad for my first adventure in gardening, tho. I must give Miracle Gro potting mix the credit.
I did make much tomato sauce. It was excellent with the Thai Basil i grew.
Red Staters: On Ice!
WalterNeff
Ice, real ice. Go figure.
You would get a lot of fatty bacon and lard out of Karl Rove.
G'nite SallyH. Sweet dreams, don't let the bacon bugs bite.
Mmmm, bacon bug soup. With crumbled bacon topping.
You would get a lot of fatty bacon and lard out of Karl Rove.
Hardly suitable for consumption, though...
The Lord works in mysterious ways
Rove: German for lard-ass bacon hound. Found mostly in the upper regions where the air..is.....too.......thin.
(thud)
well,
i have the heretofor unwatched Team America, but what is the mood setting potential of this flick- laughter?
focus, did you mention Tom Cruise? Or was that the deciding no factor?
look you don't know the history of close screen viewing, i do...
hoary cripple,
Free fertilizer!
No joke.
Too bad my bell peppers didn't produce mature fruit.
Did you get them in late or do you have a short growing season?
I like to eat raw bell peppers but I'm not too fond of them when they're cooked.
I like to eat raw bell peppers but I'm not too fond of them when they're cooked.
Central Scrutinizer
Raw has the best taste profile, by far.
It's late, we're all friends...
So here's my Rove podcast..
Karl Rove's Nite of a Thousand Stars
If you're interested...
Don't forget the steamy puppet sex scene; It's guaranteed to produce wood.
CS-I planted them late. And I love bell peppers raw, too. In salads and on sandwiches. But I also cook with them regularly.
So here's my Rove podcast..
I listened to the first part. The rest, that's for tomorrow.
G'nite all. Thanks for the smokin' bacon good time.
eLad, Knight of a Thousand Bars
Don't forget the steamy puppet sex scene; It's guaranteed to produce wood.
what an unexpected treet
I hope the story Wolcott links to is true: http://
www.fromthewilderness.com...coup_detat.html
i have the heretofor unwatched Team America, but what is the mood setting potential of this flick- laughter? -focus
Personally, I'd go for the Criterion Collection edition (beautiful transfer and a second disc of extras) of Wong Kar-Wai's In The Mood For Love (which I just finished watching again). It's visually lush and virtually exudes yearning and unfulfilled desire. After watching it seems so wrong not to fully appreciate the one you're with.
But, you know, your actual mileage may differ. Watching puppets blow stuff up and have sex is certainly another way to go.
does tom know the history of lard?
I've never made my own mayonaise, but my mom does. It's the Real Deal.
Actually, I didn't like it much, even the first runny stage where the ingredients were balanced. Gave up and got me some Hellmann's.
But I'm determined to try again; this time with power tools! I wound up using a blender and a whole egg after several attempts with yet another yolk and the whisk.
I'm thinking a hand mixer will be my best friend. And a squeeze bottle to control the oil flow.
May i ask what your mayonnaise recipe is
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Oh, almost forgot. Here's a tomato sauce recipe made with roasted Romas.
Haven't tried it yet, but it always looks intriguing.
And a squeeze bottle to control the oil flow.
But enough about BushCo... let's talk food!
Ummm... don't forget to tip your waitress...
FOR OLD FUCKING HAT....
July 2, 2005
The Seeds of Fascism
Disgrace
Disgrace: this is one of my first emotions when I watch the settlers' uprising against the eviction of the settlements of Gaza and a couple in the West Bank. Take a look at these guys: adults and youth, men and women, with no fear, no hesitations, no need to apologize when they struggle against their own state. All over the country they block roads. They put chains on school gates at night, they pour glue into the door locks in state offices. They obtain the schedule of the prime minister and boo him wherever he goes. They threaten to kill the chief-of-staff, they harass individual officers at home. They pour oil and scatter nails on the highways. They sabotage army and police vehicles; they pour sugar into bulldozers' oil tanks. They resist and hit soldiers and police; their favorite curse for the Israeli forces is "Nazi." They incite soldiers to disobey orders, and they actually disobey them. An inner uprising like Israel has never seen.
Nothing of this kind happened here when hundreds of Palestinians were butchered under Israeli auspices in Lebanon in 1982. Or when Rabin deported 400 Palestinians to Lebanon in 1992. Or when an Israeli settler massacred dozens of Palestinians praying in the Patriarchs' Tomb in Hebron in 1994. Or when an Israeli jet killed nine children by dropping a one-ton bomb on a densely populated neighborhood of Gaza in 2002. Or when Israel tried to kill with missiles the entire Hamas leadership in 2002, or when it finally succeeded in killing the 65-year-old spiritual leader Yassin in his wheelchair last year. Not when thousands of Palestinians lost their homes in the Second Intifada and became refugees in their own land. Not when the entire Palestinian population is caged by the Wall. None of these atrocities, and so many more, ever brought about a protest even slightly reminiscent of the present settlers' unrest, caused by a legitimate decision (not yet taken) by the democratically elected Israeli government to move less than 5 percent of the settlers from one point to another within their "holy" land of Israel, with most generous compensations for their possessions and inconvenience.
I believe it was Kierkegaard who once said you can learn a lot about a person from the one thing that makes him serious. By the same token, you can learn so much about a society from the one thing that makes it take to the street. The fact that no atrocity ever made Israeli society, taken as a whole, protest the way the settlers do now, is disgraceful evidence for the complete moral bankruptcy of the Jewish state.
Roads Blocked
Not everything leaves the average Israeli so indifferent, of course. When settlers again blocked highways all over Israel this week, angry drivers approached them with iron bars. This story made it to the headlines: on one side the settlers, well-organized as always, on the other side the police, or what's left of it after the neo-liberal waves of privatization and budget cuts, and some drivers, furious enough to confront the settlers physically. Indeed, if there is one thing Israelis cannot bear, it's waiting for a highway to reopen. Five years ago, when Israeli Arabs dared block a few roads in Israel as the Second Intifada had just started, the popular Israeli wisdom unanimously agreed that such blocking is totally unacceptable, backing the police decision to use live ammunition and kill Arab-Israeli citizens to keep the roads open. Nowadays, the police found out there are other methods to keep the roads open, or even that human life is sometimes more important than an open road – at least when Jewish, not Arab, life is at stake.
I wonder how many of those furious Israeli drivers ever think of the Palestinians in the occupied territories, where there are no highways (not for Palestinians, that is), but where the roads, wretched after decades of stingy occupation with zero investment in infrastructure, are paved with hostile Israeli checkpoints and roadblocks, where humiliated Palestinians have to wait again and again, sometimes long hours in the burning sun, just to be able to cross on foot (cars not allowed).
Israeli drivers by now come equipped with iron bars to open the roads blocked by the settlers: after all, we have a right to move freely in our own land. But Palestinian violence always remains incomprehensible to us. Surely they don't suppose they have any right to move freely in their own land; and even if they do, is this a reason to become violent?!
Lynching
The blocked roads were top news; only later, much later down the line-up, came the Palestinian Ziad Majaida, aged 16 or 18 (reports vary), lynched by extremist Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip the same afternoon (29.6). Television footage shows the wounded boy lying on the ground, a soldier trying to protect him, while settlers keep stoning him. The boy later told television that it all started when a soldier pushed him to the wall, making him an easy prey for the murderous settlers; Ha'aretz journalist Nir Hasson reported from the scene of the crime about a paramedic, a "moderate" settler, fetched to treat the fainting boy:
"He wavered for twenty seconds whether or not to treat Hilal, as one of the attackers yelled at him: 'If you treat him, we'll kill you.' He turned back embarrassed, and left. The injured man was laying on the ground, his face covered with blood, losing consciousness."
Israeli television later "explained" that when the lynch was taking place – next to a private Palestinian house violently taken over by settlers just a couple days before – not enough soldiers were around. But there were lots of cameras and reporters around, from all over the world: Hasson reports that unlike the brave paramedic, he and several other journalists were actually trying to help the lynched boy. So no one was surprised by the lynch – no one except the Israeli army. Pay attention to this "surprise." We Jews know it all too well: we experienced it for centuries, all over Europe, when everybody knew of an imminent pogrom, except for the local police, which was "surprised" and therefore "regretfully unable" to protect the abused Jews.
Seeds of Fascism
The settlers thus do not operate on their own. For almost 40 years, they got used to the total support of the state for their illegal project. "Illegal" not just because the settlements are contrary to international law, but because the entire settlement project – about 200 settlements housing 250,000 settlers – has been carried out illegally, in clandestine cooperation among the settlers, the army, the state apparatus, and the political echelon, working in harmony against all law and order, bypassing democratic procedures, cheating the public and the media: "it's all right to lie for the Land of Israel," as Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir once said. This covert cooperation has turned the settlers into the "Lords of the Land" (the title of a new Hebrew book on the settlers' history, by Akiva Eldar and Idith Zertal), who got used to doing whatever crime and offense they wanted and being backed, or at least pardoned, by the state.
Every Israeli conscript knows: a radical left-wing record, your own or in your family, disqualifies you for any elite army unit. However, this week the Israeli Air Force proudly announced that the son of the mass murderer Baruch Goldstein has become a pilot. No wonder then, that the army now admits that all its operative plans, no matter how classified, are immediately leaked to the settlers.
The settlers obeyed the state only as long as it obeyed them. Having been used by Israel as its Freikorps, as the thugs who do the dirty jobs the state is unable or unwilling to do for itself, the overflow of settlers' traditional violence into the heart of Israel is a natural development. As the Jewish writer Albert Memmi experienced and described so well during the French colonization of Tunisia, "Every colonial nation carries the seeds of the Fascist temptation." Those deadly seeds flourish these days in Israel.
Fresh thread folks.
"The fact that no atrocity ever made Israeli society, taken as a whole, protest the way the settlers do now, is disgraceful evidence for the complete moral bankruptcy of the Jewish state."
the settlers are protesting the agents and policies of the Jewish state (sharon and the policy of evacuating gaza) You take from this that the settlers represent "the moral bankruptcy" of Israel! totally ludicrous.
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supreme court vacancy ? ashcroft is available !
{shudder}
THAT is why Gonzales' might not be such a bad idea.
None-the-Less {shudder}
Sorry to butt in to the conversation but I'd like to make a small correction to the Pablo/Powderfinger/Haloscan Hijacker quote.
The last line in his comment, as copied and pasted from LGF reads.
"Suck on that while you still can you fucking Arab scum
What he actually posted on LGFwatch was this
"Suck on that while you still can you fucking raghead scum"
Nice.
Mr Johnson has obviously implemented a filter which converts "raghead" to "Arab".
A strange course of action considering that he insists the majority of posters at LGF are not racist lunatics.
More info for the future advertisers of PJ media.
Another update: I found out who it is.
Let Mr. Pablo/Powderfinger/Haloscan Hijacker know what you think of him!
Richard Diefenbeck
427 Bellevue Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102-4764
(206) 325-9156
Uh, this is Richard Diefenbeck in Seattle--I just googled myself and found this. I have no idea what you're talking about. Feel free to email me if you have a problem with that.
Email is: rdiefenbeck -at- gmail.com
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