I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Frist!!!!!!!!!
Threadbot will be keeping me company? Mmm, that doesn't sound right, or correct, or good.
SCOTT PETERSON!
WACKO JACKO!
SCHIAVO!
MISSING HICK CHICK IN ARUBA!
SHARKS!
HURRICANES!
HARRY POTTER!
HITLLARY CENSORS GTA - SA!
Party time at Eschaton!
I'd say it's a good idea to take the weekend off. The wingnuts are going to spew, the bloviators will bloviate, and it won't make a fig of a difference once Fitzgerald finishes his work.
I will take the thread, and I will hug him and squeeze him and hug him and squeeze him and call his name "George."
We love our Threadbot, it sure is a Funbot!
Fembot.
This next week will be interesting.
Where's "Go Fuck Yourself?" cHENEY?
Where's "Go Fuck Yourself?" cHENEY?
Asking Karl Rove if he has an organ donor card filled out....
SCOTT PETERSON!
WACKO JACKO!
SCHIAVO!
MISSING HICK CHICK IN ARUBA!
SHARKS!
HURRICANES!
HARRY POTTER!
HITLLARY CENSORS GTA - SA!
so, threadbot, did the A-man finally get his copy of the new Harry Potter book? is he gonna go see the new Willy Wonka movie too?
? mark intentional.
Happy Anniversary to Atrios!
Happy Birthday to me!
(final notice)
light posts? where? I don't see no light posts..
Morning all.
Hmmm....I think I'll go see
what kind of spew our old
(and now banned) friend Toby
is posting on his piece of
shit blog.
On the theory that he's a sort
of reductio ad absurdum of the
wingnut mind.
Back in a bit....
My mum is being strong and waiting till she is on holiday before she starts reading her new Harry Potter book.
SteveLG ~ happy birthday to you!
I thought that Rove's "organ" belonged only to Gucky.
I cross ocean,
poor and broke,
Take bus,
see employment folk.
Nice man treat me
good in there,
Say I need to
see welfare.
Welfare say,
"You come no more,
We send cash
right to your door."
Welfare checks,
they make you wealthy,
NHS it keep you healthy
By and by,
I got plenty money,
Thanks to you,
British dummy.
Write to friends
in motherland,
Tell them 'come
fast as you can.'
They come in turbans
and Ford trucks,
I buy big house
with welfare bucks
They come here,
we live together,
More welfare checks,
it gets better!
Fourteen families,
they moving in,
But neighbour's patience wearing thin.
Finally, white guy
moves away,
Now I buy his house,
and then I say,
"Find more aliens
for house to rent."
And in the yard
I put a tent.
Send for family
they just trash,
But they, too,
draw the welfare cash!
Everything is very good,
And soon we
own the neighbourhood.
We have hobby
it's called breeding,
Welfare pay
for baby feeding.
Kids need dentist?
Wife need pills?
We get free!
We got no bills!
Britain crazy!
He pay all year,
To keep welfare
running here.
We think U.K.
darn good place!
Too darn good for
the white man race.
If they no like us,
they can scram,
Got lots of room in
Pakistan.
I know that we in American have our own problems: but this poem was sent by my friend in the UK. But the immigration problems in Europe, and there are a great deal of them: will someday have an impact here.
I explained that in AMerica we have less of a problem because our national identity is that of immigrants. But we should not underestimate the racial hatred brewing in Europe.
Hmmm....I think I'll go see
what kind of spew our old
(and now banned) friend Toby
is posting on his piece of
shit blog.
He's so bored that he visited my blog yesterday. I guess now I have two trolls.
Nice thing is that I told Kevin Drum I'd inherited Charlie from him, and the centrist fucker finally put me on his blogroll.
I think I'll go see
what kind of spew our old
(and now banned) friend Toby
is posting on his piece of
shit blog.
[...]
steve simels
Now that's taking one for the team.
OT: Four killed in suspected suicide bombing in Turkish resort
ANKARA (AFP) - At least four people were killed and 14 injured when a blast -- caused possibly by a young female suicide bomber -- ripped through a minibus in a resort on Turkey's Aegean coast popular with foreign tourists, officials said.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Saturday's blast in Kusadasi as a "terrorist attack" without putting the blame on a specific group, while local officials said the police were considering the possibility of a suicide bombing or a parcel bomb left in the vehicle.
"We are looking into all possibilities. Among them is the possibility of a girl, aged 16 or 17, acting as a suicide bomber," Kisadasi sub-governor Ali Baris told Anatolia news agency. "There is no definite conclusion yet."
Asking Karl Rove if he has an organ donor card filled out....
Rove's organ of choice is the Mighty Wurlitzer.
steve simels...
What does 'ol tobes blog'o'dung have in store today?
Nice thing is that I told Kevin Drum I'd inherited Charlie from him, and the centrist fucker finally put me on his blogroll.
NTodd
you should be careful of Charlie's who spell their names with an ie. i learned that early on.
via Juan Cole:
Iraqi Blogger Jailed
Iraqi blogger Khalid has been tossed into jail, apparently for being critical of the Iraqi government on the Web. The arrest was first reported by Riverbend.
Please consider writing in protest. The email address is consul@iraqiembassy.org.
posted by Juan @ 7/16/2005 08:30:00 AM
I sometimes visit toby p's piece of shit blog and my god its full of hate and ignorance.
he really hates the left and is full of bullshit.
his blog sounds like some 19th century imperalist.
I hope Riverbend doesn't get into any trouble herself.
What does 'ol tobes blog'o'dung have in store today?
He's got a pic posted of some moderately hot (for her age) CNBC redhead.
you should be careful of Charlie's who spell their names with an ie. i learned that early on.
Indeed. What on earth would possess a man to spell it with an 'ie'?
anyways
any bets death squads are in operation in Iraq?
"ice thing is that I told Kevin Drum I'd inherited Charlie from him, and the centrist fucker finally put me on his blogroll."
hahaha...mixed blessings..
I will take the thread, and I will hug him and squeeze him and hug him and squeeze him and call his name "George."
Stop. You're smothering me.
not looking forward to a 7:15am flight tomorrow out of Gatwick.
Have to be up at 2am to leave the house at 3-3:30am 
oh well at least it gives us the rest of the day in Hammamet.
I am so not a morning person!
Asking Karl Rove if he has an organ donor card filled out....
Rove's organ of choice is the Mighty Wurlitzer.
.............
Please, ANY topic other than Rove's organ.
Gucky is a virtuoso on Rove's organ.
SCOTT PETERSON!
WACKO JACKO!
SCHIAVO!
MISSING HICK CHICK IN ARUBA!
SHARKS!
HURRICANES!
HARRY POTTER!
HITLLARY CENSORS GTA - SA!
dumbass cnn poll o'the day --- who's the greatest golfer tiger woods or jack nicklaus. what about michelle wie? that's the only reason i'd be caught dead watchin' golf.
http://www.lyric4you.com/
artist_...uth_lyrics.html
Ntodd, you is the flypaper!
You fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here.
.
Toby's a sociopath.
Here's what he posted today.
We know who the enemy are. We know who their sympathizers and enablers are. Why pretend any longer?
Call them out and crush them. If we're feeling especially generous, we might give them a museum some day.
In his typically cutesy way, he's
advocating killing his poliical
opponents.
What a guy.....
My crackpot theory is that this story is now being fueled by a growing desire among a broad spectrum of Americans from the barely interested Joe Sixpack to 'serious' people in the elite from bussiness to intellegence, to mete out punnishment on the arechetects of the disaster which is Iraq.
I have always believed that Nixons downfall was enabled by the loss in Vietnam. Absent that loss, and a loss it was, I think Watergate would have blown over.
This sort of meta-cultural analysis is I admit in many ways silly and worthless. Unproveable.
At the start of this round I posted that perhaps the tide had turned. Meaning the tide in the media culture and the elites which was the ground upon which Bush's bizzare administration was built.
I've had moments of total doubt over the last two weeks but it now seems apparant that this thing has gone over some tipping point.
THe worm has turned.
Happy birthday, SteveLG!
Y'all remember Hell-o-scam Halloween a few nights back? Most of the times that random other poster's ID's showed up in the name etc. boxes, I cleared them out and typed in my own info. One time, though, in the spirit of random silliness that infected many of us, I posted with Diane's ID (stating in the post who I was under the Diane mask). Now my own handle and email come up, but with Diane's homepage in the URL box. I'm deleting it each time, but it keeps coming back. Can anyone tell me how to make it go away?
Have you cleared your cookies, Ahianne?
steve simels ~ he is a piece of shit that toby, I also browsed his crappy blog and could not believe what he wrote.
He shows lack of depth and mainly sprouts rove/rush/fox talking points. He has not one iota of intelliegence or an original thought in his head!
anyone else watching msnbc?
I'm watching Le Tour de France 
anyone else watching msnbc?
I saw the final 250 milliseconds of Pat Buchanan ... what vile filth is he spewing today?
Moonbootica:
Oh yeah, he's a nutjob. And
an evil one at that.....
So why am I obsessed with him?
Some kind of doppelganger thing.
He's like my evil twin.....
I've had moments of total doubt over the last two weeks but it now seems apparant that this thing has gone over some tipping point.
THe worm has turned.
Jorma
i don't know who it will be, or when, but i feel it in my bones, someone is going to be indicted. you can trust me as i spell my name with an ey.
but with Diane's homepage in the URL box. I'm deleting it each time, but it keeps coming back. Can anyone tell me how to make it go away?
Ahianne
Hey, thanks for the unintended advertising!
If you want a chuckle, look at the new Harry Potter book - J.K. Rowling jabs W right on page 1 - sentence #2. Well, at least I interpret it that way:
"[The Prime Minister] was waiting for a call from the President of a far distant country, and between wondering when the wretched man would telephone, and trying to suppress unpleasant memories of what had been a very long, tiring and difficult week, there was not much space in his head for anything else."
steve simels ~ your just a concerned citizen
If we're feeling especially generous, we might give them a museum some day.
Seems to channeling Queen Victoria.
Is he waiting earnestly for orders from the Fourth Reich to leap into action?
He'll be another one of those idiots, having slavishly supported this administration, who will be on the bread lines in Great Depression II, screaming for his entitlements.
Ripley - No, I haven't. How do I do that?
earlier msnbc said novak told rove plame was covert & exposing her would blow her cover & make her unable to continue her work. buchanan of all people saying based on the judges' reactions & what he's heard about fitzgerald. democratic consultant peter something said he now thinks the invstigation may go all the way to the top.
gotta get some popcorn for press the meat tomorrow.
anyone else watching msnbc?
I am. Although I have no idea why. Pat Buchanan reciting BushCo spin. Peter Fenn mumbling what I assume he thinks is a response to BushCo spin.
Hurry up Fitzgerald. Tell us what's going on.
The thing about Toby is that he
really is a sociopath.
He tried to play cute here,
but eventually he always outed
himself as a completely sick fuck.
Unlike, say, Avestus, who is
up front about being a psychotic.
One by one and two by two, he tossed them human heads to chew.
sorry, will try again:
buchanan of all people saying based on the judges' reactions & what he's heard about fitzgerald, he's onto something big & serious that relates to national security.
remember, WaPo reported in DECEMBER 03 that cia believed admin was STILL leaking classified info to press to smear their enemies.
Just wanted to check with everybody here:
Are the gravatars not loading, or should I be doing a system check on my machine?
Ripley - No, I haven't. How do I do that?
Ahianne
Go to your broswer File menu. Tools > Options and you should see an option for clearing cache or clearing cookies or some such.
Family says bomber 'brainwashed'
Mohammad Sidique Khan's family say they believe the Circle Line bomber could have been "brainwashed" by terrorists.
In a statement, they described the 30-year-old teacher as "a kind and caring member of our family" and appealed to the public for information.
"We are devastated our son may have been brainwashed into carrying out such an atrocity."
Kate, Buchanan was downplaying Rove's involvement but was not toeing the BushCo line. I found that significant for some reason.
Hi, Diane! I left it in this time; don't mind advertising, it's just that it isn't mine and I'm not comfortable borrowing it long-term.
Are the gravatars not loading, or should I be doing a system check on my machine?
not displying for me, thank god. threads load slow enough w/o them.
MYOB Jr has been sprouting out details of the harry potter book all morning. He got up, saw the copy I stood in line for an hour for last night and had placed on his bedroom nightstand, and has been reading since nearly 7am.
He came out of his room about an hour ago and hasn't stopped. He says he's only half way through.
I'm beginnin to wonder if the rumors of this lady being a real witch and putting devil worhipping spells on this book is true. The way these kids lap it up is weird. Despite his high grade point average
Family says bomber 'brainwashed'
Hmmm....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_ultra
Of course, bringing up something like that would get one banned from DailyKOS.
wtfwjd;
I did find it interesting that Buchanan seems to be echoing what Lawrence O'Donnell said last night on Lou Dobbs show.
Kevin Drum's pack of trolls are like the mould-spores that grow in a very dirty kitchen. I pity anyone who ends up with one of them.
did find it interesting that Buchanan seems to be echoing what Lawrence O'Donnell said last night on Lou Dobbs show.
We won't know anything until we know what Fitzgerald wants from Judith Miller.
1.) Is it another official in the White House? How do you find out who has security clearance that high?
2.) Is it Rove and does Fitzgerald want a second person to testify?
3.) Is it the the subject of the wingnut conspiracy theories Wilson himself?
4.) Is it Chalabi (who probably got the name from Bolton or someone in that crowd)?
Happy anniversary, Atrios!
And many happy returns to all the birthday and anniversary celebrants this weekend.
Kate, 'zackly. The rats don't want to go down with the ship.
Coleman and Mehlman are going to be all alone before long in defending the admin.
The cheese stands alone
I'm beginnin to wonder if the rumors of this lady being a real witch and putting devil worhipping spells on this book is true. The way these kids lap it up is weird. Despite his high grade point average
MYOB
Hey, I'm just happy kids are reading instead of just playing video games.
Still, if you catch him levitating, you might oughta worry.
Thanks, Ripley!
"The power of Christ compells you! The power of Christ compells you! The power of Christ compells you!"
-- The Exorcist
John Tierney's absolute worst column yet, in the NYT today, spouting all the RNC talking points on Rove. It's so foul I'm not even linking to it.
Re: Harry Potter, I was absolutely disgusted that the Pope had traded the Shoes of St. Peter for the Asshat of Saint Pat Robertson and condemned the book.
Those books have made lots of people (of all ages) who never saw a reason to actually sit down with a book love reading. That's a miracle in my book.
We won't know anything until we know what Fitzgerald wants from Judith Miller
That's for damn sure. Something about her involvement in this smells to high heaven.
I mean compels: Ugh...I hate when I cut-n-paste a mispelling...haste makes makes waste.
howie kurtz is worth reading for once:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...5071502085.html
Preview of what Cooper may say tomorrow.
Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper, facing a jail term in the Valerie Plame leak investigation, never asked White House political adviser Karl Rove to release him from a pledge of confidentiality because Cooper's attorney believed that any conversation between the two men could be construed as obstruction of justice.
"I forbid Matt to call him," Richard Sauber said yesterday. "I cringed at the idea. These two witnesses would have to explain their discussion before the grand jury."
I like some of the international press headlines on this (Australia seems particularly critical):
Pressure mounts on Karl Rove
ABC Online, Australia - 12 hours ago
Bush's trusted man Rove talks too much
China Daily, China - 13 hours ago
New claims in CIA row turn heat on Bush aide
Telegraph.co.uk, UK - 14 hours ago
President stands by Rove over leak
Australian, Australia - 20 hours ago
Rove 'discussed outed CIA agent
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 22 hours ago
White House in a tangled web
Age (subscription), Australia - 23 hours ago
Bush in tricky position over Rove
ABC Online, Australia - Jul 15, 2005
From SG
Columbus – A member of the Franklin County election board said Friday that prosecutors are investigating whether a GOP political consultant tried to bribe the board’s director to buy voting equipment made by his client, Diebold Inc.
The director, Matthew Damschroder, has told prosecutors that the consultant, Pat Gallina, came to his office in early 2004, offering him $10,000.
“Pat Gallina came into my office at the Board of Elections and said, ‘I’m here to give you $10,000. Who should I direct it to?’ ” Damschroder recalled. “I said, ‘Certainly not to me. But I’m sure the Franklin County Republican Party would appreciate a voluntary donation. That was my first mistake.”
I guess I'm bereft of Christian charity today, but when I read the earlier post about how Miller had acted while embedded in Iraq, I was happy that now she's embedded on the floor of the DC lockup.
MYOB, Youngest DWD went to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as did my "other son" (Actually the neighbor kid whom I have been a sort of extra father to on occasion) Ben. Both of them gave the movie two thumbs up.
I guess it is a little darker - but Johnny Depp does a good job. (Take this with a grain of salt though, youngest DWD is a HUGE Tim Burton fan)
From huffpo:
as Russert will be devoting his show to what the MTP website calls “The CIA Leak” (interesting choice of words; I would think “The White House Leak” or “Karl Rove Can’t Keep A Secret” might be more appropriate). Russert’s guests include Matt Cooper, fresh off his grand jury testimony, RNC chair (and Rove’s former deputy) Ken Mehlman, former Clinton Chief of Staff, John Podesta...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/th...ging-
_4229.html
“The CIA Leak”
Sounds like russert is getting a head start on pushing rat-wing talking points. Should be completely disgusting.
Watch how russert will make sure mehlman isn't interrupted and both russert and mehlmen won't let Podesta finish a sentence.
Also Woodward and Bernstein try to sell a new book about watergate.
was anyone on the Africa trip close to miller? i put her close to the OVP and the iraq group in pentagon and state.
would love to see bolton fit into this.
I told Kevin Drum I'd inherited Charlie from him...
I knew there was a reason I never visit your blog!
(Actually, the real reason is complete and total memory loss... never get old, kids!)
from howie:
On Monday, two Time correspondents, upset about Pearlstine's decision to release Cooper's notes, showed top company officials e-mails from sources who said they would now have trouble trusting the magazine. The tense meeting in the Washington bureau with Pearlstine, Time Inc. Editorial Director John Huey and Managing Editor Jim Kelly was "angry" and filled with "bile," said several participants who requested anonymity because the meeting was confidential.
One reporter, Mark Thompson, circulated copies of an e-mail from a woman who deals regularly with whistle-blowers, saying that she would not turn over a confidential source to Time and that the magazine had slid to the bottom of her media list. He told Pearlstine the Cooper decision had "made our job a heck of a lot tougher." Another, Brian Bennett, displayed a similar note from a source with the name blacked out.
OK, they're fucking w/ CNNTimeWarner now. Expect Time to make their case clear that this was about nat'l security not whistleblowing, if they ever want to get another scoop.
wtfwjd? -- And with good reason. That email from Karl about his conversation with Cooper said that Cooper called him to give him a "heads up" on some welfare reform piece he was doing.
Now I can see a reporter calling someone mentioned in an article to ask for a reaction pre going into print. But giving Karl Rove a heads up so the can get the Wurlitzer fired up? I wouldn't trust any communication between Cooper and Rove after reading that.
I was absolutely disgusted that the Pope had traded the Shoes of St. Peter for the Asshat of Saint Pat Robertson and condemned the book.
Given that the present Pope's previously duty was trying to micro-manage the pedophilia scandal [his ascendancy a reward? blackmail?], I would disregard anything "His Holiness" has to say about children blurring "the line between good and evil."
Kelly said "the biggest issue" was the argument that "I can't count on the company to stand behind me when I make a promise to a potential source." But he said Pearlstine argued that the Plame case was unique and that "there are many instances in which the editor in chief would stand behind you and defy the Supreme Court," even if that meant paying fines and going to jail.
We're going to hear this phrase more & more...
that email from rove doesn't pass the giggle test and i suspect fitgerald thought so too.
media breathlessly reporting that terrorist networks are now believed to extend into pakistan & egypt.
no.
fucking.
shit.
Strange -- I don't have a gravitar and yet the word appears next to the comment I posted. What's that about?
media breathlessly reporting that terrorist networks are now believed to extend into pakistan & egypt.
Now??!?!
.
Linked over on August J. Pollak: And educational film on how pregnancies occur! Funny!
http://flickerlab.com/pregnancy/#
the Plame case was unique...We're going to hear this phrase more & more...
Reminds me of a post I made last night:
I fear that in the end of the Rove affair, there will be punishment meted out, careers destroyed, and reforms proposed.
Yet the machinery will grind on--the current swarm being painted as just one of those minor foul-ups in the otherwise perfect system.
That's what being a Watergate baby taught me: What's goes down, bubbles back up. No one drains the swamp on the Potomac.
I used to me smart. I had a degree. I understood the news. But these days it all seems to be written in some nonsense language and I sometimes don't know what the fuck is happening. Help me out here.
This morning's AP story says Rove told Steven Hadley about the conversation. Hadley was then Deputy National Security advisor and is now the boss in that office. This means Rove told a high ranking official in the White House what he had done. Therefore the the National Security advisor is up shit creek and the White House lied when they said Rove had nothing to do with this.
Surely this is terrible news for the White House (hence the weekend disclosure, attempting to minimize news impact).
And yet the story concludes with Mehlman saying this ends the story, other R's laughing at Democrats with egg on their faces, and Pelosi saying there should "still" be an investigation, as if we were wrong and now just need to save face.
What gives? Is this good news or bad?
Happy Birthday to me!
(final notice)
SteveLG
Hummph! I turned 55 last week. At a certain point it is best to ignore.
wtfwjd? -- Do you mean Karl sent the email to create a paper trail? That even the "heads up" phrase might have been deliberately to undermine Cooper's credibility? I guess I don't understand your perspective on this . . .
Happy Anniversary to Atrios and Mrs. Atrios.
Happy Birthday to Steve LG!
Steve, cake requests are now being taken...
WTF? Benny the Rat is against Harry Potter? Under ol'JP, the Vatican was saying the HP books were just fine.
Of course, JP was OK with Darwin too, and Benny is backing away from that position. I used to say that JP had dragged the hierarchy kicking and screaming up to the 19th century. The Rat is for regress; look for him to rescind Galileo's vindication next.
QL--happy belated birthday to you!
You, too, may put in a cake request.
Okay I admit it, I'm kinda watching the British Open as I blogsurf.
Just now ABC cut away to commercial and they played the instrumental lead-in to the Clash's "Spanish Bombs". Am I alone in thinking that is just wrong in so many ways?
take that, cnn - terror in london my ass.
http://www.iamfuckingterrified.com/
One can also peruse one of the blogs not listed at left. Mine!
Hey Hecate--did you sleep better?
Kate -- Did you know a Hocking Co., OH BOE member is now the subject of a criminal complaint for destroying up to 10,000 voter registration documents between the 2004 primary and the general election?
Wonder where Attaeffingturk is...seems like the perfect opportunity for him to blogwhore
What gives? Is this good news or bad?
My head whirls from the spin, too.
On another thread, as a public service, semper fubar provided the following handy summary that I thought worth re-posting:
Karl didn't do anything wrong.
And even if he did, Valerie Plame wasn't a spy.
And even if she was, she wasn't undercover.
And even if she was, everyone knew who she was anyway.
And even if they didn't, Wilson lied.
And even if he didn't, he was a partisan Democrat.
And even if he wasn't, his report wasn't important to anyone outside the Wilson household.
And even if it was, Judy Miller is in jail.
Happy Anniversary to Atrios and Mrs. Atrios!
Just about packed. The kittens have been helping as you can see in the pic on my blog
We're Ready To Go On Holiday
enjoy
Happy Anniversary, Happy Birthday, and Happy Saturday to one and all. Some of us 
have to work this weekend....
Uncle Smokes--there's certain irony in that DC was built on swampland, eh?
btw, on the link above, 3/4 down page one - anyone else think that Condi has a strong resemblance to Predator?
"Pelosi saying there should "still" be an investigation"
Pelosi wants congressional investigations. Rats say no because there is a special pro. investigaion going on. Pelosi says that wasn't a problem when the Clenis was prez.
Shbinga--I think Condoleeza Rice is an extremely unattractive woman, and I think part of it is due to the fact that she looks chronically pissed off.
Our chief weapon is suprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise....
Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency....
Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope....
Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise....
Sallyh - well, if you had to do what she has to do for W, you'd be pissed off to. Or at least nauseous.
And yet the story concludes with Mehlman saying this ends the story, other R's laughing at Democrats with egg on their faces, and Pelosi saying there should "still" be an investigation, as if we were wrong and now just need to save face.
I read that. It was poorly written -- assuming (ahem) they weren't intending to slant it. The email and "not falling for the bait" simply means he didn't start answering Wilson's charges (which might look like defensiveness and Rovey don't play that). And second the "warning thing is so much crap. If he was warning anything it was that they were planning to slime Wilson, so don't bother to write about him...
Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise....
... and a fanatical devotion to GWBush
Hummph! I turned 55 last week. At a certain point it is best to ignore.
I notice that, at a certain point, people only care about the round numbers.
On my birthday this year, folks would say excitedly, "Oh! It's your birthday! How old are you?"
When I reply, "41," their faces would fall a bit and they'd say, "Oh...well, happy birthday."
Adrft in a no-man's land, awaiting 50...
Of course, JP was OK with Darwin too, and Benny is backing away from that position. I used to say that JP had dragged the hierarchy kicking and screaming up to the 19th century. The Rat is for regress; look for him to rescind Galileo's vindication next.
Ahianne | Email | 07.16.05 - 11:15 am | #
The Church may be afraid that Rowling's myths may someday overshadow their own. A thousand years from now Harry Potter may be hailed as the Messiah.
Watch how russert will make sure mehlman isn't interrupted and both russert and mehlmen won't let Podesta finish a sentence.
I agree. Motor mouth Mehlman will spit out his talking points, rapid fire and then interrupt everyone else who tries to make a point. Mr. Potato Head will nod knowingly at the wise Mr. Mehlman.
wtfwjd? -- Do you mean Karl sent the email to create a paper trail? That even the "heads up" phrase might have been deliberately to undermine Cooper's credibility? I guess I don't understand your perspective on this . . .
I just came back from cruising over at Billmon and came away with a similar thought to wtfwjd?'s. Putting something in an email is a way to build a paper trail and CYA. It doesn't mean that the email is truthful or accurate, as it often can serve the role of creating a record that is difficult to dispute. If there is a discrepancy between Rove's and Cooper's emails, I'd be more inclined to believe Cooper because he had no reason to lie and Rove did.
"The city of Washington was built on a stagnant swamp some 200 years ago, and very little has changed. It stank then, and it stinks now. Only today, it is the fetid stench of corruption that hangs in the air."
-- Lisa Simpson, reading her paper "Cesspool on the Potomac"
Hiya, Sallyh: Have you tried those Scotch Eggs, yet?
Hecate-sorry about the work thing, but the Eschaton Eating Liberally Brunch Buffet is about to start, and you can have a takeaway package of Bloody Marys, Mimosas, sour cream coffee cake, and fresh cherries and peaches.
Uncle Smokes--I haven't. They seem to be more of a cold weather treat, but rest assured, they will be kitchen tested and most likely, family approved.
Uncle Smokes -- thanks for reprinting semper fubar's encapsulation -- that is beautiful.
.
Our chief weapon is suprise
Poke her...WITH THE SOFT CUSHIONS!
Confess, Judy! Confess!
Moonbootica,
Have a happy holiday!
Hecate,
Sorry you have to work on Saturday. *sigh*
Ximinez: Confess! Confess! Confess!
Biggles: It doesn't seem to be hurting her, lord.
Ximinez: Have you got all the stuffing up one end?
Biggles: Yes, lord.
Ximinez [angrily hurling away the cushions]: Hm! She is made of harder stuff! Cardinal Fang! Fetch...THE COMFY CHAIR!
Happy Birthday to me!
(final notice)
SteveLG - 10:05 am
happy to wish you a happy birthday, Steve...
DWD: re: racial hatred
in BOTH the intra- and international contexts, is a usually surrogate for economic strife; it is top-down, most often, too: those whose 'good life' seems threatened ALWAYS look to the those occupying social or economic rungs below theirs for scapegoats, even though it is ALWAYS those above them who are actually fucking them...
the US in particular, but the West (including most of Europe), have exploited the poorest, most vulnerable regions witnin thier spheres of influence for so long that the folks living in those 'developed' societies beleive themselves entitled to continued enjoyment of the fruits (goods and materials) they have been able to win, so far, mainly through military and economic intimidation and terror.
As somebody said the other day, once those you have been intimidating are able to possess the same weaposn with which you have been intimidating and exploiting them, the grounds for hegemony change...
as you well know, 'm sure...
just sayin'
oh, and yeah!!!
Good Morning Moonbats!!!
it's another bright, sparkling day in the High Chihuahuan desert...
cheers, chers...
.
thanks bigvic
[JARRING CHORD]
[Zoom into Fang's horrified face]
Fang [terrified]: The...Comfy Chair?
[Biggles pushes in a comfy chair -- a really plush one]
Ximinez: So you think you are strong because you can survive the soft cushions. Well, we shall see. Biggles! Put her in the Comfy Chair!
[They roughly push her into the Comfy Chair]
NOT THE COMFY CHAIR?!
you know why the fundies are so afrain of harry potter?
because they think (or at least teach( books are literally true. i mean, they read about lot's wife turning in to a pillar of salt, or jonah being swallowed by a whale and teach their kids - yep, that's exactly how it happended.
then the kid reads about harry's invisible cloak, why wouldn't he believe it? and how do you exlpain the difference (easy: moses talked to god, rowling musta talked to satan).
an imagination is a terrible thing to waste.
Ximinez [with a cruel leer]: Now -- you will stay in the Comfy Chair until lunch time, with only a cup of coffee at eleven. [aside, to Biggles] Is that really all it is?
Biggles: Yes, lord.
Ximinez: I see. I suppose we make it worse by shouting a lot, do we? Confess, woman. Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess
Biggles: I confess!
Ximinez: Not you!
cs, i don't think that the "email from Rove to Hadley" sounds that plausible. i think it sounds like an attempt to cover one's tracks. wtf does hadley care about welfare reform? why would Rove need to tell hadley about this conversation at all?
if it is real/true, the only explanation is that hadley & rove were co-conspirators in coordinating the wilson smear.
i'm not suggesting rove would be so stupid as to submit a forged after-the-fact email to a prosecutor. he is smart enough to know that an email could be discovered & to word it innocuously enough to sound neutral.
in other words, i have no fucking idea. but it just sounds unlikely.
I'm continuing to hear how well the economy is doing. Are we not counting employment in economic measurements anymore?
here's
an article from Reuters indicating an increase in jobless claims.
The 5% unemployment rate is a myth.
NOT THE COMFY CHAIR?!
she must be made of sterner stuff.
http://www.bigcomfycouch.tv/
Produced by Cardinal Ximinez....
Notice how Rove's email to Mehlman completely left out any mention of the discussion of the identity of a CIA NOC? You'd think if you were going to contact the security people, you'd mention that little tidbit, unless you were just trying to justify the appearance of a reporter's number on your phone log...
Pretty soon I'm going to have to log off, feed the cats, and head off to work myself. The guy running the other spot may be enjoying it, but for me a beauty pageant is just several hours wrestling with a hot spotlight at a lousy pay rate.
Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise....
Ba'al -- 11:20 am
Nobody EVER expects the........
Spanish Inquisition
bwaaaahhhhaaaahhhhhahhhahhhhaaaaaaaaa
Cleveland: Well what on earth does that mean?
Chapman: *I* don't know - Mr Wentworth just told me to come in here and say that there was trouble at the mill, that's all - I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
[JARRING CHORD]
[The door flies open and Cardinal Ximinez of Spain [Palin] enters, flanked by two junior cardinals. Cardinal Biggles [Jones] has goggles pushed over his forehead. Cardinal Fang [Gilliam] is just Cardinal Fang]
Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
Way back when in an effort to discredit Wilson russert says to Wilson: didn't you donate money to and also support Kerry?
Will russert ask mehlman if he donated money to and supported bush? Oh yeah, never mind.
Uncle Smokes--does the Big Comfy Couch for TV mean that you'll be here for Scifi Saturday Night liveblogging (TM)?
one of the flay rods is out of skew on the tredle.
c'mon - this looks just like condi, doesn't it?
http://
www.iamfuckingterrified.c...redatorfear.JPG
Pretty soon I'm going to have to log off, feed the cats, and head off to work myself.
Aaaaack! You too? Sorry. I would almost consider myself "at work" by having yet another house guest for the billionth time this year.
[The Inquisition exits]
Chapman: I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
[JARRING CHORD]
[The cardinals burst in]
Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn!
[To Cardinal Biggles] I can't say it - you'll have to say it.
Biggles: What?
Ximinez: You'll have to say the bit about 'Our chief weapons are ...'
Biggles: [rather horrified]: I couldn't do that...
wtfwjd? -- Do you mean Karl sent the email to create a paper trail? That even the "heads up" phrase might have been deliberately to undermine Cooper's credibility? I guess I don't understand your perspective on this . . .
I just came back from cruising over at Billmon and came away with a similar thought to wtfwjd?'s. Putting something in an email is a way to build a paper trail and CYA. It doesn't mean that the email is truthful or accurate, as it often can serve the role of creating a record that is difficult to dispute.
Seems a little too neat and pat, doesn't it?
Again, why weren't Scotty and Karl piping up about this two years ago, or even last week?
This administration has a proven track record of coming up with forged and bogus documents to support their cases.
Why would the source of this e-mail be any more truthful than the other shit they've pulled out in the past?
c'mon - this looks just like condi, doesn't it?
http:// www.iamfuckingterrified.c...redatorfear.JPG
Shbinga -11:38 am
Biggles: Er.... Nobody...um....
Ximinez: Expects...
Biggles: Expects... Nobody expects the...um...the Spanish...um...
Ximinez: Inquisition.
Biggles: I know, I know! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. In fact, those who do expect -
Ximinez: Our chief weapons are...
Biggles: Our chief weapons are...um...er...
Ximinez: Surprise...
Biggles: Surprise and --
When I reply, "41," their faces would fall a bit and they'd say, "Oh...well, happy birthday."
Adrft in a no-man's land, awaiting 50...
Uncle Smokes
I'm getting close to staring 43 in the face, and for some odd reason that just seems to be a really strange number. 42 felt kind of . . . comfortable and round. 41 felt weird, too. I hate to think I've got some kind of even number fetish.
conti.
Ximinez: Okay, stop. Stop. Stop there - stop there. Stop. Phew! Ah! ... our chief weapons are surprise...blah blah blah. Cardinal, read the charges.
Fang: You are hereby charged that you did on diverse dates commit heresy against the Holy Church. 'My old man said follow the--'
Biggles: That's enough.
[To Cleveland] Now, how do you plead?
Clevelnd: We're innocent.
Ximinez: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
[DIABOLICAL LAUGHTER]
Biggles: We'll soon change your mind about that!
[DIABOLICAL ACTING]
Ximinez: Fear, surprise, and a most ruthless-- [controls himself with a supreme effort] Ooooh! Now, Cardinal -- the rack!
[Biggles produces a plastic-coated dish-drying rack. Ximinez looks at it and clenches his teeth in an effort not to lose control. He hums heavily to cover his anger]
Ximinez: You....Right! Tie her down.
Why would the source of this e-mail be any more truthful than the other shit they've pulled out in the past?
Stinky | 07.16.05 - 11:39 am | #
i'd like to see that email pulled off a backup tape made at the time, and maillogs showing when it was received. 'cause it's pretty easy to backdate emails, but then again its not that hard to trace them.
fitzg. seems too bright to be scammed by the Rather gambit (put a lot of truth in a forged document and claim all evidence is therefore invalid), i'm really looking forward to his reports.
Nobody pays attention to the news in the summertime. Every summer they let the second stringers bring out a little left-wing content that has building up for years. When the fall rolls around the propaganda monster wakes up again.
the full script of the sketch can be found here
Birthday Boys: I'm staring 50 in the face late this year...
42 felt kind of . . . comfortable and round.
that's because it is the ultimate answer. to life, the universe, and everything.
how many roads must a man walk down?
what do you get when you multiple 6 x 9?
This administration has a proven track record of coming up with forged and bogus documents to support their cases.
Like I said yesterday, they staged their own kangaroo investigation a while back. If there was genuine exculpatory evidence at that time, I sure am confident that they would have plastered it all over the news, if for nothing else than to try to make Wilson look bad yet again.
Was ANY of this bullshit they're now pulling out of their collective asses with both hands included in the report of the internal "investigation"?
Let me just say that trying to compose an email after the fact and date it earlier and then submit it to a federal prosecutor would be an INCREDIBLY stupid thing to do and I have to believe Rove would know that.
Re: Birthdays...
Not that there really are all that many of them, but 49 seemed strange to me: the last time your own years equal the square of a prime number.
one's chances of reaching 121 (the next prime, 11 squared)) are dismal, at best, and declining...
just sayin
.
Shbinga--is that 6x9 or 6^9?
WGG--I had that same thought last year when I turned 49.
43 = poppy's nickname for shrub. therefore a number which now has profoundly bad karma. don't worry, i am confident that 44 will be much, much better.
Happy B-Day, SteveLG!
The WH is so full of shit about how they are not going to comment about the "ongoing criminal investigation" yet they send the vicious Mehlman out daily to spew their lying talking points. And Peter King, Asshole-NY, nearly had his head explode yesterday yapping about what a liar Wilson is. Unbelievable.
the last time your own years equal the square of a prime number.
wow.
and here i am, wondering if i have a better chance of someday golfing my age, or bowling it. i am humbled.
WGG,
The nines always get me, too. Much more so than the zero years. I had an awful time on my 29th with the fact that I only had one more year to be in my 20's. After that, 30 was a breeze. Ditto with 39 and 40.
c'mon - this looks just like condi, doesn't it?
http:// www.iamfuckingterrified.c...redatorfear.JPG
Shbinga -11:38 am
WoodyGuthriesGuitar(aka... | Email | 07.16.05 - 11:40 am |
and what i wrote but did not preview --my bad--and so didn't catch the erasure of, was:
Well, there's certainly a case to be made for their equivalent need for extensive orthodontia...
Sallyh -
It is six times nine. forty two. seems there was a bit of a cock-up, the mice were furious.
I turn 20 next year on the 25th Jan (Burns night in Scotland).
...you'll be here for Scifi Saturday Night liveblogging (TM)?
I don't know...what do you do?
Trade quips about bad sci-fi?
As a computer programmer, such activity is a professional imperative....
...as is a working knowledge of Monty Python!
[Enjoying the posts, Moonbootica!]
The Pope gave Cardinal Ximinez of Spain leave to move without let or hindrance throughout the land, in a reign of violence, terror and torture that makes a smashing film.
If Bush was involved in the crimes being looked at by the GJ, what happens? Does he have to be impeached, or could the GJ send him to jail?
I'm thinking he REALLY needs to make sure he keeps his majority in the House & Senate. & he & Rove know it.
What's gonna be funny is when the truth comes out and these guys wind up looking like the lying sack of shits they are.
On second thought they will be like christianists who quote phony statistics about a link between breast cancer and abortion. They don't even blink when called on it and just sprout some other piece of shit.
43 = poppy's nickname for shrub. therefore a number which now has profoundly bad karma. don't worry, i am confident that 44 will be much, much better.
wtfwjd?
Oh, thank you kindly, I feel MUCH better now about my next birthday.
I hope you eat a grape seed and have a vine grow out somewhere embarassing.
Uncle Smokes ~ it does seem very apt for what is going on these days 
my son just came downstairs - he was out late last night at a Harry Potter Release gathering at Borders. He has the book, I saked if he's finished yet and can I borrow it, but alas he's only a couple of para's into it.
It is an undeniable fact that people who have abortions are much more likely to get breast cancer than people who don't.
I turn 20 next year
I can't resist invoking Paula Poundstone, who would say, as if speaking to a child, "Awwwww! Isn't that the cutest thing you ever heard!"
I turn 20 next year on the 25th Jan (Burns night in Scotland).
Moonbootica, Felis Catus
My birthday is December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
My mother assures me it's only a coincidence.
Uncle Smokes ~ fair point
Uncle Smokes--with Eli leading the charge, we marvel at the bad dialogue, execrable acting, and special effects that were created in a high school drama class for $10. We spend a lot of time cheering for the creatures, eating popcorn and consuming beverages of choice. It's like MST3K live and in color
years. When the fall rolls around the propaganda monster wakes up again.
sdt
We all know the WH doesn't like to roll out a new "product" untill fall, but I see no slowdown of propaganda this summer. I'm profoundly tired of all the shitstorms this WH keeps kicking up. Talk about scandal fatigue.
Doc--I'm the 6th, St. Nicholas Day.
My birthday is Jan. 10th, the anniversary of Paul Lynde's death.
Meet me at Center Square, dearies!
Poppers for everyone!
Thanks' Uncle Smokes. I love Paula, don't see her name brought up too often.
Think I'll go have a pop-tart. or two. or six.
wtfwjd--I'm assuming that was snark in your last comment, as that correlation doesn't stand.
did a wiki search of people born on the same day as me here are a few excerpts
1477 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France (d. 1514)
1627 - Robert Boyle, English chemist (d. 1691)
1759 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (d. 1796)
1882 - Virginia Woolf, English writer (d. 1941)
1900 - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975)
1923 - Arvid Carlsson, scientist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25t...ki/
25th_January
Jeez................the new pope barely sat his ass down on his throne and already he is banning books.What the hell is his name?..........pope swastika ?
Well, if this were an investigation, I'm sure that Fitzgerald's office could also release documents that shatter the administrations pathetic little attempts at exculpation. But it isn't, it's a propoganda operation aimed at the press and public. Whores like Russert are only too glad to go along with it. I suspect that Fitzgerald is laughing at it. It took these guys a week to get to here, and their story is still changing every day.
sallyh, sure it does. that was a reminder/warning to be very wary of statistics. but it is 100% true.
Uncle Smokes--were you a Hollywood Squares fan?
100% of people who have abortion are women, and thus more likely to get breast cancer than people who have not had abortions, which group is ~50% men.
I was born on the same day as Adolf Hitler.
Uncle Smokes--also, if you like hot science babe on hot science babe action, we've got many devotees of said art here.
people who died on my birthday
477 - Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans (b. ca. 389)
844 - Pope Gregory IV
1947 - Al Capone, gangster (b. 1899)
1990 - Ava Gardner, actress (b. 1922)
Holidays and observances
Catholicism and Anglicanism - Conversion of Saint Paul.
Roman Empire - second day of the Sementivae in honour of Ceres and Terra
walk around collecting turkish union dues
they will call you sir and shine your shoes
you zombie
be born again my friend
won't you
sign in
stranger??
I also share my birthday with Jim Morrison.
One time, when I was a little kid, we were driving through the desert, and I saw the Doors tour bus wrecked on the side of the road. As we passed, I felt the life spirit of the lead singer pass into me . . .
Oh, wait a minute, I think I actually saw that in a movie.
more on the harry potter story: eli (my son, not 'Eli') says because of the crowds, they gave out numbers at Borders to get the book. He got number 1,723. So he walked over to Krogers grocery and just picked one up off the shelf. no one was even in the store.
in case you wonder how important marketing is.
i'd like to see that email pulled off a backup tape made at the time, and maillogs showing when it was received...
Oops! That back-up tape was routinely destroyed as part of our records retention policy. Mail logs too.
But luckily, Unka Karl printed one out after he sent it!
NO, Fuck-you-scan. I did NOT already post this...
Re: Birth and other dates
today is the 60th Aniversary of the first, man-made atomic explosion, over the northern White Sands, between Alamogordo and Socorro NM.
for a number of years, i have celebrated it as, also, the anniversary of my conception; for i was born more or less 280 days later (April 20, 1946--at 4:20 am).
My dad was home on leave from the Pacific where he had been shepherding submarines around for a couple of years, and he and mother were in Santa Fe that whole week, which fact i use to buttress my claim to having been among The First Atomic Zygotes™.
which, before it occurs to anyone else, is, indeed, a GREAT name for a band...
just sayin'
.
Freedom is on the goose-step! More of the legacy of "Death Squad Johnny" Negroponte. From a link at icasualties.org:
07/16/05 AFP: Former Major General Killed While in Custody
A former Major general, Akram Ahmed Rasul al-Bayati, in Saddam Hussein’s army and his son were shot dead in Baghdad after being detained by police commandos, raising new question marks over the discipline of the elite force.
This Plame Affair is absolutely riveting, particularly Miller. There are some people here who stand to become real losers and Miller's one of them.
Last week I wondered if Miller wasn't CIA herself, and on the pro-war side of what appears to be, or have been, an internecine policy war at CIA. After reading the E&P articles below, I tend to think of her now as self-involved and ambitious.
You have to wonder if her refusal to testify has more to do with trying to save what's left of her career. Of course, things are seldom as they appear to be in affairs of this sort, so she could well be CIA, or simply and groupie dupe.
I was born on the same day as Adolf Hitler.
cal | 07.16.05 - 11:58 am
well, the same date, any way: April 20? 
me, too...as well as my mother and my brother's wife...
.
OT, but...
Bummer.
Had dinner last night with a childhood friend who is in serious credit card debt trouble.
Her husband knows nothing about it. Bankruptcy is not an option, but she's feeling like a cornered rat and has no clue where to turn.
I offered a few, what I'm sure she thought were lame suggestions, credit couseling, etc.
Ideas?
selected events which happened in the pasr today
622 - Beginning of the Islamic calendar.
1918 - Russian Revolution: At Ekaterinburg, Bolsheviks execute Czar Nicholas II of Russia and his family.
1930 - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
1973 - Watergate Scandal: Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield informs the United States Senate committee investigating scandal that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
1979 - Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and Saddam Hussein replaces him.
Uncle Smokes--also, if you like hot science babe on hot science babe action, we've got many devotees of said art here.
oooh, no you have my interest. Cherry 2000 - one of the worst sci-fi pics ever. Melanie Griffith (oh, i am so angry. oh, i am so happy. oh, i am so upset. oh, i love you) tracking Pamely Gridley.
Actually, I have little doubt that email of Unka Karl's is genuine, because it's completely and totally a red herring. Since he didn't even broach the most germaine part of his conversation, security-wise - the discussion of the identity of a CIA NOC - it's an obvious CYA attempt to explain the presence of a reporter's phone number on the logs.
Kate--she needs to tell her husband first. next, she and he should visit a nonprofit consumer credit counseling agency. She might attend Debtors Anonymous if she feels she cannot stop spending on her own.
Last week I wondered if Miller wasn't CIA herself, and on the pro-war side of what appears to be, or have been, an internecine policy war at CIA. After reading the E&P articles below, I tend to think of her now as self-involved and ambitious.
Does anybody have a detailed timeline/bio of Miller?
Most of it seems pretty sketchy.
In 1977 she joined the paper’s Washington Bureau, where she covered the securities industry, Congress, politics, foreign affairs, particularly the Middle East and nuclear proliferation issues. In 1983, she became the first woman to be named chief of The Times' bureau in Cairo, Egypt, responsible for covering the Arab world. In 1986, she became the correspondent in Paris, traveling throughout Europe and North Africa. In 1987 and 1988, she returned to Washington as the Washington Bureau's news editor and deputy bureau chief.
In May, 1989, she became co-coordinator of a newly created unit to enhance the paper’s coverage of radio, television, advertising, and publishing. In October, 1990, she was named special correspondent to the Persian Gulf crisis, and after that, The Times' Sunday Magazine's special correspondent.
Before joining The Times, Ms. Miller was Washington bureau chief of The Progressive, a monthly, was a regular contributor to National Public Radio, and wrote articles for publications.
Born in New York City, Ms. Miller grew up in Miami and Los Angeles, where she graduated from Hollywood High School. She attended Ohio State University, Barnard College and the Institute of European Studies at the University of Brussels. She has a bachelor's degree from Barnard and a masters from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
g'day, moonbats. if vicki hasn't mentioned it, we're getting really close to the cut off date for hotel reservations for the eschacon.
if you're coming, send her or me an email if you've not done so already. nymary has been great about lining up bloggers and reps and staff to come and talk to us, and i've got the goods on more than a few places for us to go in the pm part of the affair. but we're talking real money now re the hotel, so don't leave us hanging!
confirm, and come on! it's time to get this party in meatspace started for real.
I was born on the same day as Adolf Hitler.
cal | 07.16.05 - 11:58 am
well, the same date, any way: April 20?
me, too...as well as my mother and my brother's wife...
...and 1/365th of the rest of humanity.
speaking of birthdays, i was born on thanksgiving. guess what my brothers called me growing up?
on the plus side, now that i don't need cake and presents anymore, it is kinda cool celebrating only every seventh year or so.
Fresh linen, no waiting!
Moonbootica-You left me off the list of people you share a birthday with. You are now obligated to buy two copies of my nonexistent books. I believe Wilhelm Furtwangler was born on 1/25 too.
It is an undeniable fact that people who have abortions are much more likely to get breast cancer than people who don't.
wtfwjd?
And that the wide-spread installation of indoor plumbing has been linked to two world wars.
Uncle Smokes--were you a Hollywood Squares fan?
I was a Paul Lynde fan as a child.
When our mother allowed us to buy one 45 record each, my brother got ZZ Top's "Tush," and I got the Bee Gee's "Jive Talkin'."
Earlier, the first LP I asked my mother to get me was Bedknobs and Broomsticks [Broadway's immortal Angela Lansbury?! Oh, darling, the picture is gettin' clearer...]
No wonder my worried parents figured me out so early...
if you like hot science babe on hot science babe action
Ibid.
speaking of birthdays, i was born on thanksgiving.
I hope they at least put candles in your turkey.
...and 1/365th of the rest of humanity.
more or less. but i'd bet a lot more people are born in november (feb+9) than in april (july+12). at least in the northern hemishpere.
spinoza ~ apologies i await your magnus opus!
I hope they at least put candles in your turkey.
Stinky | 07.16.05 - 12:10 pm | #
firecrackers. my brothers were tough.
Playing Devils Advocate::::::::
The more I listen to the desperate claims being made by the neo's I have tried to consider the issues at hand when this whole thing got started.
Let's look at the facts.
1. Downing street memo states that the Bush administration was trying to 'fix' the facts to support an invasion. Suggesting that the administration was eager to find proof and whatever it could to help justify it's claims.
2. Articles out before the war report that Cheney made periodic, almost daily appearances at CIA HQ in Langley where agents there, who spoke on condition of anonymity, complained that Cheney was putting pressure on them to procure evidence in a manner that suggested that if they can't find it, insinuate it or make it up or something.
3. Wilson is sent by the CIA to investigate the claims of Saddam's attempts to purchase yellowcake fissionable material from Niger due to his close ties to the government and other people in the know around that region plus his experience in Iraq itself.
It seems quite plausible to me at this point that Cheney put so much pressure on the CIA to come up with something that it sent Wilson, perhaps after his wife Valarie, suggested or provided it as a solution as to whom to send. The CIA, knowing Wilson would find nothing cause they knew there was nothing there, felt that it would help them get Cheney off their backs. It fails. But during the process of briefing Wilson on the trip they let him know perhaps in chit chat, that Cheney was pressuring them to come up with proof. This might have led to Wilson's assumption that Cheney knew of the trip first hand rather than perhaps Cheney not really caring who went, or at all, just as long as they found something.
Wilson's suggestions that he felt the VP was behind the trip match up with his comments that the administration was cooking the books on the intel. That the press rode the story on the Cheney connection when there was little to be had there forced the admin into defensive mode where it followed suit trying to cover for Cheney by saying he had nothing to do with it and that it was all due to Wilson's wife, and why would Wilson's wife have anything to do with it? Oh, because she is a high ranking member of the CIA's weapons anti-proliferation division who is up for further promotion to the highest levels of the company and her suggestions carry weight.
That Libby might have been in on the deal to protect his butt buddy seems too likely to let pass.
I don't know if this relates to anything but this is how I'm starting to see things. That these idiots didn't care to think they were breaking the law, they were protecting the VP, and we know these people are about maintaining the image of the presidency and the VP. It's all about not saying your sorry, and making everyone there look flawless.
MYOB'
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Sallyh;
She and her husband have an interesting financial relationship. They are not wealthy by any stretch. He pays all bills, house is paid for, he pays everything else other than groceries. She is responsible for groceries, Christmas, (they have 5 grown kids and 3 grandkids), birthday gifts, graduation gifts,etc. She knows that her spending is a sickness and she mentioned a debtor anony program. She and husband have separate checking accounts, she has a good job, but is 52 years old and realizes now that she will have to work until she's 90 to pay off bills.
The husband is very good with money and will be horrified if she tells him.
Ideas?
Kate | 07.16.05 - 12:04 pm | #
depends. but she needs to talk to her husband. that's the obvious first step. myself, i hate all CC companies, so if they already have secured their mortgage and aren't looking to get into any new major debt, i say, fuck 'em.
but i suppose with the new BK bill that's not even an option anymore...
i>Judy, Judy, Judas Priest!!!
Judy's taken refuge behind the 1st Amendment because if she sought protection under the 5th Amendment, she could be compelled to testify by a grant of immunity...and she's in this up to her unaccountably red roots...
Book banning is papal payback.
Next, he will order the sun to rise and set properly so he can repeal the Georgian calendar.
The husband is very good with money and will be horrified if she tells him.
Kate | 07.16.05 - 12:12 pm | #
he might be horrified, but sounds like he may be better equipped to deal with it than she is alone. and even with separate accounts, he may be liable for her debts.
on the other hand, i hate giving advice, i'm always afraid someone might take it. so i'll shut up now.
I'm thinking that whatever poor soul got stuck sharing a cell with Dame Judy, by now is probably devoutly wishing she could change places with one of those Gitmo detainees who was shackled on a cold concrete floor in the fetal position for 48 hours. Cruel and unusual punishment indeed!
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Kate, first thing she should do is cut up her cards.
Go threadbot!
It is an undeniable fact that people who have abortions are much more likely to get breast cancer than people who don't.
And the earth is flat!
[Toby's} blog sounds like some 19th century imperalist.
Moonbootica, Felis Catus
Hilarious since he is a 21st century nobody.
Toby's a sociopath.
Here's what he posted today.
We know who the enemy are. We know who their sympathizers and enablers are. Why pretend any longer?
Call them out and crush them. If we're feeling especially generous, we might give them a museum some day.
In his typically cutesy way, he's
advocating killing his poliical
opponents.
What a guy.....
steve simels |
Don't you love it when little pissants like him TALK so tough?
I was born on the same day as Adolf Hitler.
cal | 07.16.05 - 11:58 am
"Hey, honey - you're the one who stopped sleeping with me.
It was a year ago. I remember the day exactly. April 20th - Hitler's birthday!"
- Woody Allen
Crimes and Misdemeanors
"If we're feeling especially generous, we might give them a museum some day."
It's the voices in his head!
(Douchebag)
I ALMOST feel sorry for the little schmuck. His life must be a very empty one.
I'm beginnin to wonder if the rumors of this lady being a real witch and putting devil worhipping spells on this book is true. The way these kids lap it up is weird. Despite his high grade point average
MYOB
Witches don't worship the devil.
They don't believe in the devil.
Jeez................the new pope barely sat his ass down on his throne and already he is banning books.What the hell is his name?..........pope swastika ?
notch
Benny da Rat is SO far behind the times.
I mean, calling rock and roll "the devil's music" is SO 1950s!
Sour old miserable fascist fuck.
Doc:
Re: Harry Potter, I was absolutely disgusted that the Pope had traded the Shoes of St. Peter for the Asshat of Saint Pat Robertson and condemned the book.
Ya notice how many people are listening to the PopenFuhrer and REFUSING to buy the book?
(Riiiiight!)
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