I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
o mer!
mer?
mer??
hmm why should mer be associated with new threads?
turd
Mooser can now expire in perfect contentment, his most cherished life's aim achieved. Iam frist!
Whoops! I'm froth!
Digging through the Eschaton archives, I ran across something I had forgotten: how the NYT deals with reporters NOT NAMED JUDITH MILLER who want to protect their sources.
From JASON LEOPOLD: Subject -- The New York Times, Jason Leopold, Thomas White and Salon.com.
[…]
I revealed my sources on the Thomas White story to Paul Krugman, including the person who sent me the email. He spoke to each and every one of my sources and verified their employment with Enron through W-2 documents they faxed to him. In addition, he verified the authenticity of the email by speaking directly with the person who sent it.
[…]
I took these unusual steps to reveal my sources to Krugman and provided him with documents because he was told by the NYT editorial board that if he could get me to do that then he could write a column that defends me and state that he independently verified everything. This was a painstaking process, having to convince more than a dozen sources to speak up, albeit in defense of me and confirm the authenticity of documents, particularly the email.
However, when Krugman informed his editors and the editorial board of the NYT that he had independently secured confirmation from all of my sources and verified the authenticity of the email, the NYT was shocked, according to Krugman, and then told him it was not good enough, that despite all of this verification he could still not write a column in support of my story, the documents mentioned, or reveal to readers that he spoke to my sources. Krugman, to his credit, did everything in his power to get the NYT editorial board to allow him to write the column he wanted regarding the Tom White email.
Now the NYT has put me into a position where I can no longer win the trust of my sources because they broke their promise to me. Had the NYT told me or Krugman their plans for never honoring the agreement, I would have never revealed my sources to the paper.
No, firth!
appropriately, fifth
Dammit spinoza. You knew I was downstairs posting enlightened thoughts.
I coulda' been first, but didn't want to show off again.
What global climate change?
It's a Liberal Myth!
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Yo Wood -
Speaking of hurricanes, were you around Misslepissy when Camille romped ass?
36th. or so.
agent orange you are a victim of your own success. you must now aspire to the first 9 posts in a row on a new thread.
Agent Orange, me too. But I thought I'd let spinoza have a turn. Nice person that I am.
I miss Gordo.
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this is kind of funny - while whacking weeds today, i was thinking of my uber-republican retired corporate lawyer bigwig dad.
i decided next time he mentioned politics, i would ask him this:
"dad, can you honestly tell me if you were filling a top level executive job, you would have hired someone with GW Bush's resume?"
Miserable failure. Worst President Ever.
Better the Frith of Forth and the Froth of Frist.
laura flanders is live from camp casey tonight...cindy gave a good speech earlier today
agent orange you are a victim of your own success. you must now aspire to the first 9 posts in a row on a new thread.
pretzelattack
After my "8" +10 today, I can only say, "Jeff Gannon step aside. I'm the new Mr. 8+"
Agent Eight+
formerly known as
I miss Gordo.
Did he get another time out from teacher?
bo ... Were you at Captree STation when you were at that Coast Guard post in 1969?
res,
noop, Shinnecock. And you've got me with Captree, where's that?
I miss Gordo.
Did he get another time out from teacher?
Nah, I think he just went fishing with his leather-masked lover.
Just took my 14-yr-old baby to the airport to visit her cousins for a few days, so I have my house all to myself. So I guess it's time to par-tay!
Which means gin-and-tonic and watching some DVDs.
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Speaking of hurricanes, were you around Misslepissy when Camille romped ass?
Billy B - 7:50 pm
camille wa' befo' mah ti'eh
Nah, I think he just went fishing with his leather-masked lover
Gordo dates Jason?
ARRRRG!
Run for your lives!
I miss Gordo.
Let Stef take the shot, then.
I am in Southeast Louisiana. About 30 miles from the coast. Still kinda freaky though. Have a feeling power will be out for a good week or so starting Monday morning.
I really dispise driveby blog whoring. I feel like I've just been spammed.
I am in Southeast Louisiana. About 30 miles from the coast. Still kinda freaky though. Have a feeling power will be out for a good week or so starting Monday morning.
Please tell us, you are getting out.
Please.
I miss Gordo.
Let Stef take the shot, then.
Not until I'm finished with this clip...
am in Southeast Louisiana. About 30 miles from the coast
It's been nice knowing you. When you pass to the other side can you try to post here on the blog? And ask God to give NTodd a pony.
Senatus Populusque Romanus
Hey, I thought y'all were holdin' my place!
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Wish I could Smalfish. I am still debating it with the wife. We have an elderly relative who will not budge, several animals. This far from the coast though, it would probably be down to a Cat 1 or strong tropical storm at that point. Have a brick house. Will decide for sure by the morning.
Cyril - love your alphabet.
Senatus Populusque Romanus
People called Romans, they go the house?
More rain. One of the best sounds in the whole world is the sound that late summer rain makes on the roof. I love it.
Senatus Populusque Romanus - "Senate and People of Rome"
I miss Gordo.
Gordo lives!
Senatus Populusque Romanus
People called Romans, they go the house?
The Senate and the Roman people.
more idjits
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i wrote a new thread song on the last thread. fwiw.
Agent Eight+
formerly known as
Agent Orange
look this has nothing to do with sour grapes- or even a good french syrah- but 8 in a row? i think a sample is in order. yes i want AO tested for finger enhancing substances- his hands were always so small before- i will make this allegation no more- unless he's first again then that proves it-but if can not reproduce his firsts well, then that proves it...
Sorry, didn't realize we were talking about the hurricane. Too much rain is a bad thing, especially when it's accompanied by big winds.
noop, Shinnecock. And you've got me with Captree, where's that?
bo ... It's on the bay side of the barrier island east of Jones Beach.
Here.
I am still debating it with the wife. We have an elderly relative who will not budge, several animals. This far from the coast though, it would probably be down to a Cat 1 or strong tropical storm at that point. Have a brick house. Will decide for sure by the morning.
30 miles inland from a potential cat 5 hurrican is nothing. Brick house = straw house.
You need to pick your relative up by the scruff of the neck and forciblely move his/her ass to the north and west.
Dont fuck around.
Senatus Populusque Romanus - "Senate and People of Rome"
SPQR? Did I miss a ref somewhere?
i wrote a new thread song on the last thread. fwiw.
Sing it, Louise!
More rain. One of the best sounds in the whole world is the sound that late summer rain makes on the roof. I love it.
Hecate
I was hoping for rain today.
enjoy.
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OT, sorry: I was reading an article today comparing gas prices around the world. It was pretty much what I expected, except for Venezuela: $0.12 / gallon. I know very little about how gasoline is refined and distributed, and even less about Venezuela's government (aside from the recent Robertson fatwa). But, twelve cents per gallon? How can they even cover their costs?
BTW, I'm now watching the Traveller's Tales epi of Cosmos. I really, really wanna go to Jupiter.
Maldito! the thrrreads they come so fast, and my paws, they ache weeth the type-eeng. From the thrrread previoso, so:
So, let me see eef I, ¡El Gato Negro! have understood thees theeng corrrrrrectly...
thees "Enemigo a' America", ees he say-eeng that the Psicópata-trollita, she ees having so-joo-say a "prissy-slap fight" weeth el Insignificante?
¡Sagrado Saltando Saurios de Santo Simóne!
That ees funny, eef true.
Eet ees like viewing the wrestling of midgets who wear the drrresses, no?
¿Amigos, ees there a way, perhaps, to encourrrage thees?
¿eh?
so.
I miss Gordo.
can ya tell me what he looked like?
he was kinda funny lookin.
funny looking how?
you know, just funny looking. even more than most people.
oh, yah?
yahhh!
Sorry, didn't realize we were talking about the hurricane.
Not to worry. I have figured out a way to make lemonade out of lemons.
Pat Robertson...lock him in a New Orleans basement starting about 7 PM tomorrow. And as Bo said ... with bars on the windows. And as WGG said ... with big-assed mean, hungry NO rats.
See? Lemonade.
Stan - there's no such thing as OT on an open thread!
Marcia Brady, this one's for you!
IDIC...
El Gato - I can't claim to understand a fucking word you ever say, but I'm always cheered when you arrive.
oh, yah?
yahhh!
You betcha!
But, twelve cents per gallon? How can they even cover their costs?
Stan | 08.27.05 - 8:08 pm | #
they don't. it's socialism - the gas companies owned by the state, only in their case the top dogs aren't making billions - they are providing cheap gas to the citizens.
makes you love our market driven economy, huh?
I really, really wanna go to Jupiter.
I wanna go to the sun!
Jesus, he wants to go to Venus...
I OWN THIS THREAD!
[/gordo]
Oops, I'm late for my party...
trifecta - I have ridden out three hurricanes in Houston sixty miles inland. Two of them got kinda scary. The main problem with the last two is they spawn storms within the storm, twister type activity that can uproot huge trees like breaking toothpicks. The one in around '97 broke a hundred year old tree about twenty feet up and planted it on the top of the car I just sold my nephew. Smashed it like a pancake.
MORE ROME TALK, JUPITER DAMMIT!
yes i want AO tested for finger enhancing substances-
My magic finger will be available at Eschacon for testing and photographs.
Agent 8+
formerly known as
res ipsa,
Oh yeah, that's my kind of lemonaide. Well, I like the rosemary lemonaide they serve at Vidalia's but I think I prefer yours!
Bilbo! Baggins!
Agent Eight+
formerly known as
Agent Orange
Jeff! Welcome to the blog!
Thanks, dave, Nimoy and gin, what could be better.
Jesus, he wants to go to Venus...
dave™©® |
i want to go to uranus!
[oops - did i say that out loud?]
res,
was it known commonly as Jones Beach CG? I remeber doing radio checks with them, but not Captree. Course we are talking 36 years ago, (creak, groan).
morons:
"...At the pro-Bush rally several miles away, there were some heated moments when two members of Protest Warrior, a group that frequently holds counter protests to anti-war rallies, walked in with a sign that read "Say No to War - Unless a Democrat is President."
Many Bush supporters only saw the top of the sign and believed the men were war protesters, so they began shouting and chasing the pair out. One man tore up their signs. When Will Marean of Minneapolis kept repeating that he was on the Bush side and tried to explain Protest Warrior's mission, one Bush supporter shook his hand and apologized."
from
http://apnews.myway.com/article/.../
D8C8E8GG1.html
"Sing it, Louise!"
Sing OUT, Louise! NTodd, I suspect you're straight.
Evening, freethinkers
Well, I like the rosemary lemonaide they serve at Vidalia's but I think I prefer yours!
Now that sounds interesting. Is that an, ahem, adult beverage?
Por Favor, amigos...
Some of the time, my Hispano-Felinish, she rrruns away weeth me.
so.
The trollitas, they are fighting?
¿Can we no how-joo-say "exacerbate the situation" for them?
eh?
BTW,
Today I got around to reading Greensapan's speech. Interest rates are only going to go up. Lock in interest rates if you haven't yet and PAY OFF THOSE CREDIT CARD BILLS. Get some money in savings. Unlike many of you whippersnappers, I've lived through stagflation once and it is not pretty.
Frito! Buggers!
res,
was it known commonly as Jones Beach CG?
bo ... It could be. I just always think of it as Captree.
I was out on the Great South Bay about two weeks ago. You'll be happy to know it's still glorious.
remember - sheesh
i had a hurricane at a jamaican restaurant last night. it was really good.
not trying to make light of a serious situation, it's just that everything has to be about me.
res ipsa,
Actually, it's not. It's fresh-made lemonaide with lemon juice and a simple syrup and then they throw in rosemary to flavor it. It's really incredibly refreshing.
"Sing it, Louise!"
Sing OUT, Louise! NTodd, I suspect you're straight.
Shit, I've been outed.
Julius Caesar introduced Venus Genetrix as a goddess of motherhood and domesticity.
My magic finger will be available at Eschacon for testing and photographs
oh right, hostility and or sarcasm sure signs...
maybe next is a photo-op in Crawford maybe a little Sunday birding with another hostile & sarcastic finger afficianado ?
Hecate:
Tell me about rosemary lemonade, please
Julius Caesar introduced Venus Genetrix as a goddess of motherhood and domesticity.
Well, he'd know. He was "every woman's husband and every man's wife" as I recall.
Ripley: Evening, freethinkers
Let's rock, Rip!
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res ipsa,
Actually, it's not. It's fresh-made lemonaide with lemon juice and a simple syrup and then they throw in rosemary to flavor it. It's really incredibly refreshing.
Hecate | Email | Homepage | 08.27.05 - 8:15 pm | #
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i bet a shot of vodka wouldn't hurt it any though.
Moonbotica,
You know far more Roman history than I do, but that goddess predated even Rome, much less Caesar by quite some time. Maybe he made her worship part of the official state religion, or something?
mmmmm
res,
liked it best from Labor Day to Memorial Day, when the crowds weren't around. Major flyway stop for birds in the winter. I'd go up to the station's coupola(sp?) at dawn and the whole bay would be covered with birds. Amazing when they started to take off. Ducks would get up in the air first, then the geese, then the swans. Great sunrises, too.
JP, well met!
Everyone having a good weekend, I hope?
Apparently, these days Leonard Nimoy is doing photography (www.leonardnimoyphotography.com). I was kind of surprised - he does some unique stuff. Of course, his song stylings are unique as well, so that's not necessarily a ringing endorsement.
trifecta,
hows abouts taking a webcam out to the middle of the street like those CNN people do, so we can all watch after Pterodactyl?
"Sing it, Louise!"
Sing OUT, Louise! NTodd, I suspect you're straight.
Shit, I've been outed.
Or itted.
i bet a shot of vodka wouldn't hurt it any though.
A shot of vodka never hurt anything, IMO... Good evening everyone!
i bet a shot of vodka wouldn't hurt it any though.
Olaf glad and big
Speaking of which....
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Ceasar also said "Caesar's wife, like the rest of Caesar's family, must be above suspicion."
its why he divorced his wife Pompeia over the scandal caused by Publius Clodius Pulcher dressing as a woman in order to spy on Bona Dea festival. Even though his wife was probaly innocent of the whole affair, better to be safe than sorry
Ripley: Everyone having a good weekend, I hope?
Just me and my monkey.
I fed Curly whilst I picked up cheap beer (Beast!), and he got a little attention as I loaded the $1 styrofoam cooler.
And you?
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Here's a review of Vidalia's that mentions their rosemary lemonaid. Along with Georgia Brown's Vidalia's makes sure Washingtonians get lots of good southern food.
hey Riply,
good, albeit working weekend - hope yers is freer and gooder...
"Of course, his song stylings are unique as well, so that's not necessarily a ringing endorsement."--
Stan
Always remember, original doesn't always mean good.
Hecate yes that was the general Roman trick of asorbing other religions, usually pruning it and making it acceptable.
i bet a shot of vodka wouldn't hurt it any though.
A shot of vodka never hurt anything, IMO... Good evening everyone!
ThinlyVeiled |
you beat me to it. but then, i'm moving a little slow.
kettle 1!
Always remember, original doesn't always mean good.
Uh-oh.
*re-evaluates entire life*
"Shit, I've been outed."
Well, as long as you keep it in the privacy of your bedroom, I guess Ken Mehlman and I can overlook your little secret.
More of the same here, JP. All my plans for getting something done today pretty much crashed and burned. Well, never got off the ground would be more accurate.
Ceasar also said "Caesar's wife, like the rest of Caesar's family, must be above suspicion."
adultery was not only legal but acceptible for roman men tho - as long as the other woman was not married.
Ooo! It's almost Pterodactyl time, isn't it?
Huzzah!!!
Apparently, these days Leonard Nimoy is doing photography
Oh great, just what I need: celebrity competition. That damned green-blooded, pointy-eared bastard!
Everyone having a good weekend, I hope?
Ripley | Email | Homepage | 08.27.05 - 8:20 pm | #
now that gordo's bedtime has passed.
the Romans blended their own homegrown religion with Greek deities.
plus importing foregin religions when the need was required e.g. bringing over the cult of Cybele, Magna Mater when things were going rough for the Romans during the second punic war.
on another note Cybele's most ecstatic followers were males who ritually castrated
Oh great, just what I need: celebrity competition.
i've heard he's pretty good, too.
what you need is for Shatner to get into photography - he would no doubt be humorously awful.
Ripley: More of the same here, JP. All my plans for getting something done today pretty much crashed and burned. Well, never got off the ground would be more accurate.
I figured after a week of breathing fine particles of polyurethane and wood, I deserved a weekend of cheap beer and netplay. I did take the trash out, though!
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Well, as long as you keep it in the privacy of your bedroom, I guess Ken Mehlman and I can overlook your little secret.
Thanks. I appreciate your tolerance. Sorry if I've been flaunting my sexuality. I hope you still see me as a person, and not just a Hetero.
That damned green-blooded, pointy-eared bastard!
I thought he had blue blood.
Oh and, WTF is a weekend?
I have no clue, since I bought into this ownership society.
Apparently, these days Leonard Nimoy is doing photography
Oh great, just what I need: celebrity competition. That damned green-blooded, pointy-eared bastard!
I'm thinking it might give me an excuse to get into some nudes.
NTodd: Oh great, just what I need: celebrity competition. That damned green-blooded, pointy-eared bastard!
Dammit, Jim!
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what you need is for Shatner to get into photography - he would no doubt be humorously awful.
Or maybe I get get Shat to do my commercials, now that he's been ousted from Priceline!
dirk,
you had to do it. You had to mention Kettle 1. OK.
Salut!
For medicinal purposes only. Doc says it's good for my middle-aged heart. That's "Doc", the guy who works on my car.
"Apparently, these days Leonard Nimoy is doing photography" --Stan
His nude studies of, ahem, full-figured women are interesting. I wonder why he made that choice.
dirk gently indeed marriage in the Roman Republic was simply a case of convience and political alliances.
women would often be married several times.
sometimes a roman would be told to divorce his wife if another roman lady proved more politically advangangeous.
Ceasar was a bit of a ladies man and a great lover of Servilia, Brutus' mother...
I seem to remember a Paul fellow running around saying only Eunuchs would inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Hmmm....
ntodd, must not be a very good party.
Unlike many of you whippersnappers, I've lived through stagflation once and it is not pretty.
wasn't this a dramatic and inordinate rise in the male population of the poly-ester breed?
I thought he had blue blood.
No, it's copper-based. Bush has blue blood...
on another note Cybele's most ecstatic followers were males who ritually castrated
Scipio Moonbootica Africanus 8:27 pm
tell 'em about Mythras...
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I'm thinking it might give me an excuse to get into some nudes.
Eli |
Damn, left off the quote from my last message:
"on another note Cybele's most ecstatic followers were males who ritually castrated"
Oh, just nevermind.
Please let's not mention Gordon too often. In a dark, cold place, he may be stirring...
and a great lover of Servilia, Brutus' mother...
Who isn't, really?
I don't even know what that means.
I'm thinking it might give me an excuse to get into some nudes.
Eli |
no! mustn't say it ... too ... obvious.... must .... resist!
"what you need is for Shatner to get into photography - he would no doubt be humorously awful." --
dirk gently
When I was a little girl, I had a huge crush on Captain Kirk.
i knew there was a new thread!
damn blogger!
Bush has blue blood...
And all his followers have blue balls.
bo ... Are you still on and/or around Strong Island?
Unlike many of you whippersnappers, I've lived through stagflation once and it is not pretty.
inflatable mooses!
meeses?
Marcia Brady: When I was a little girl, I had a huge crush on Captain Kirk.
Who didn't?
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no! mustn't say it ... too ... obvious.... must .... resist!
Wait, did you think I was talking about photography?
Warning: whatever you do, do not turnon CSPAN. Teeny Tiny Elitist Pundit David Brooks is yucking it up with some Bush Youth.
hey, can anyone explain where the phrase "that's very interesting and i'd like to subscribe to your newsletter" came from?
Mitt Romney. Who names their kid after sporting equipment?
Please let's not mention Gordon too often. In a dark, cold place, he may be stirring...
"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" just gives him far more gravitas than he deserves, though.
Marcia Brady: When I was a little girl, I had a huge crush on Captain Kirk.
Who didn't?
I had a huge crush on his stunt doubles.
Did I just say that out loud?
When are the scumbag, would be racial scientists on Drum's Bell Curve thread going to be crushed? Does anyone know the identity of these fools?
" hey, can anyone explain where the phrase "that's very interesting and i'd like to subscribe to your newsletter" came from?" --
seaxneat (fka PoppieProng)
It's a Homer Simpson line.
seaxneat: hey, can anyone explain where the phrase "that's very interesting and i'd like to subscribe to your newsletter" came from?
Saw it allatime on Usenet newsgroups, but not sure if that's the origin. Almost always a sarcastic response to someone unhinged.
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Who names their kid after sporting equipment?
Maybe they signed a contract with Spalding?
Or maybe I get get Shat to do my commercials, now that he's been ousted from Priceline!
NTodd |
I love Shatner - he is an inspiration to all of us hack actors.
As I once replied to an unkind review,
"Overacting? MOI!?!?!?!?!" [hand flourish to brow] "Perish the thought!"
hey, can anyone explain where the phrase "that's very interesting and i'd like to subscribe to your newsletter" came from?
Isn't that from the Simpsons episode where Homer had a crayon in his brain? I know there's an extended warranty bit in there.
res ipsa;
boy,that was ugly.
CNN replaying its fine report on the perfidy that got us into IRAQ. The intelligence agencies failed. The admin lied.
hey, can anyone explain where the phrase "that's very interesting and i'd like to subscribe to your newsletter" came from?
No. But I do have a button that says, "Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view."
res ipsa,
Actually, it's not. It's fresh-made lemonaide with lemon juice and a simple syrup and then they throw in rosemary to flavor it. It's really incredibly refreshing.
Hecate | Email | Homepage | 08.27.05 - 8:15 pm | #
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the main fool over there is the relentlessly chickenshit kevin drum himself.
Did I just say that out loud?
AH HA!
/gotcha
Maybe they signed a contract with Spalding?
©smalfish - 8:35 pm
poor baby, he tried swimming to cambodia aff the deck of the Staten Island ferry, iirc...
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Warning: whatever you do, do not turnon CSPAN. Teeny Tiny Elitist Pundit David Brooks is yucking it up with some Bush Youth.
res ipsa loquitur | 08.27.05 - 8:33 pm | #
The only TV in our house belongs to my daughter, and she keeps a parental lock on it, so I can't watch. She's up in Wisconsin skydiving, so I'm safe from C-Span.
Besides Harvey Birdman on Winamp Internet TV, I don't do television.
Mitt Romney. Who names their kid after sporting equipment?
nittacci
illiterates...
ntodd, must not be a very good party.
No, I'm sure it's an excellent party. A lot of lovely women will be there (e.g., Amy, and Zephyr), but I'm an INTP and I generally hate parties, especially when I have to go stag (Stef's working). It's more fun to watch movies and waste my life here, hoping someday that Gordo will notice me.
Cornelia Scipionis Africana was considered the ideal Roman woman.
she never remarried and devouted her time to educating her sons Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus.
she even turned down a marriage offer from the pretender king Ptolemy VIII of Egypt.
I need to get a button to wear on my lapel that says F5.
Wait, did you think I was talking about photography?
Eli |
a college friend of mine was studying photography, and did the pics for my wedding.
he took some really cool shots of my wife getting dressed. saw the fancy whites before i did, damn it!
oy. i can't even cut 'n' paste right.
LMAO!! Bush supporters, too dumb to breathe!
"At the pro-Bush rally several miles away, there were some heated moments when two members of Protest Warrior, a group that frequently holds counter protests to anti-war rallies, walked in with a sign that read "Say No to War – Unless a Democrat is President."
Many Bush supporters only saw the top of the sign and believed the men were war protesters, so they began shouting and chasing the pair out. One man tore up their signs. When Will Marean of Minneapolis kept repeating that he was on the Bush side and tried to explain Protest Warrior's mission, one Bush supporter shook his hand and apologized."
Please let's not mention Gordon too often. In a dark, cold place, he may be stirring...
There are older and fouler things than Gordo in the deep places of the world.
I studied GCSE Phorography, really enjoyed the course and came out with a good grade.
i am crap at drawing so photography was a relief...
And Hecate, what about the tarragon lemonade receipt I sent? That sounded lovely....
tell 'em about Mythras...
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WoodyGuthriesGuitar
Yes, please. Melissa likes stories.
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hey, can anyone explain where the phrase "that's very interesting and i'd like to subscribe to your newsletter" came from?
Isn't that from the Simpsons episode where Homer had a crayon in his brain? I know there's an extended warranty bit in there.
I think it was at a convention, not the crayon epi. I'll check in a minute. Gotta get this walnut out of my tooth first...
There are older and fouler things than Gordo in the deep places of the world.
You Shall Not PASS!
A lot of lovely women will be there (e.g., Amy, and Zephyr), b--
Zephyr Teachout?!?!?!
Slowly I turn... step by step...!!!
"Thanks. I appreciate your tolerance. Sorry if I've been flaunting my sexuality. I hope you still see me as a person, and not just a Hetero."
Well, I'll try. But you have to understand, if you're going to go around saying it, Miss Mehlman and I are going to have to start talking about special rights and agendas. Do we understand each other?
"Thanks. I appreciate your tolerance. Sorry if I've been flaunting my sexuality. I hope you still see me as a person, and not just a Hetero."
Well, I'll try. But you have to understand, if you're going to go around saying it, Miss Mehlman and I are going to have to start talking about special rights and agendas. Do we understand each other?
God love Cindy and Laura...!
a college friend of mine was studying photography, and did the pics for my wedding.
Some people at work have half(?)-seriously asked if I would take pictures of them and their kids, which is an idea I kinda have mixed feelings about...
Do the Protest Warriors understand what they're admitting? That they don't care about the justice of a given war, only whether the president is a Republican or a Democrat? How sick is that? Would they have opposed WWII because Roosevelt was a Democrat? Would they have been against the Viet Nam war when it was being prosecuted by Kennedy and Johnson, but suddenly for it when Nixon became president? How sick is it that they would not oppose Hitler but are willing to see kids die in Iraq merely because Bush is the president? And how sick is it that they openly admit this???
the name is still humpty
pronounced with an umpty
Bernard Goldberg - asswipe:
Bethesda, Md.: Pretty laughable that nowhere on your list appears anyone from an Administration that looked America in the eye night after night and lied straight-faced to them about a "threat" that they knew wasn't. One that has cost us 1,850 soldiers, $1,300/taxpayer, our allies and our credibility. If that isn't undiluted disdain for our country, I can't imagine what is.
But such is the delusional state of the American right wing right now.
Bernard Goldberg: Speaking of delusions, I'm just wondering: If the Bush Administration "knew" the threat wasn't real, then why subject themselves to the mess we find ourselves in now? Doesn't it make more sense to believe that they got the WMD thing wrong? After all, the Brits also got it wrong, as did the French, the Germans, the Russians, the United Nations, Bill Clinton, etc. But there's a big difference between "getting it wrong" ... and "knowing" there was no threat in the first place. Thanks.
From his WaPo online chat.
Am I hallucinating or did I read today that NPR was replacing Daniel Schorr with Jonah Goldberg?
Who names their kid after sporting equipment?
Maybe they signed a contract with Spalding?
©smalfish
"but grandpa i wanna platy tennis"
oy. i can't even cut 'n' paste right.
Olaf glad and big -8:37 pm
The Frontier's on the SE corner of Stanford at central...good, plentiful food...yummy sweet/cinnamon rolls and good chile...bllue dragon coffee house, at Indian School and gerard's also good with pastry...
how's the job prospect lookin?
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Protest Warriors are the stuff that sticks to the bottom of the scum of the earth.
Protest Warriors are the stuff that sticks to the bottom of the scum of the earth.
Hey, you need to be sensitive that some of us want to be in the ring fellowship. We just have reasons we can't.
Rusbo Swollenassbottom
have the Protest Warriors signed up for war yet?
they seem such eager beavers...
Double posting. You never think it can happen to you.
Re: WMDs
the United Nations
Hans Blix got it right and the imbeciles on Fox and Friends made jokes about his name.
ow? Doesn't it make more sense to believe that they got the WMD thing wrong? After all, the Brits also got it wrong, as did the French, the Germans, the Russians, the United Nations, Bill Clinton, etc. But there's a big difference between "getting it wrong" ... and "knowing" there was no threat in the first place. Thanks.
hey
it's the white house's talking points coming out of bernard goldberg's mouth
GWPDA,
It did indeed and I'll be trying it out tomorrow! Silver's cleaned, toast cups are made, deviled eggs are already chilling in the fridge, lemon bars and walnut bars are cooling on the window sill, and all the making for your turkey salad await assembly tomorrow. Whew!
Some people at work have half(?)-seriously asked if I would take pictures of them and their kids, which is an idea I kinda have mixed feelings about...
Eli |
photographing kids is, IMO, a real talent. why mixed feeling? portraits not art?
hell, i'd be happy to do commercials if it means i get recognized and that helps me get real roles. or enough money to quit the "real" job and make a living acting.
you have to understand, if you're going to go around saying it, Miss Mehlman and I are going to have to start talking about special rights and agendas. Do we understand each other?
Um...I think I understand. It doesn't involve kneepads, does it? Because, you know, I'm already kinda promised to simels...
...a college friend of mine was studying photography, and did the pics for my wedding.
At the other end of the spectrum, my sister and brother-in-law accepted the services of an actual photographer, who worked at the same newspaper they did, for their wedding photos. Mr. Pro decided that day would be the perfect day to "experiment" with some new film stock. Not even 10% of his pictures were usable.
"doctor beeper, reverend
this is lacey underall..."
Double posting. You never think it can happen to you.
Moral of the story?
DOn't drink and post.
how's the job prospect lookin?
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i should be busy next week. we'll see what happens after that. i think it is likely that there will generally be enough to keep me afloat anyway.
Do the Protest Warriors understand what they're admitting? That they don't care about the justice of a given war, only whether the president is a Republican or a Democrat? How sick is that?
personally, if they're admitting it, that makes me happier. because it's been evident to anyone with half a brain that that is exactly how they operate. if they say it out loud, that just makes it easier to show people exactly who's running things.
I think it was at a convention, not the crayon epi. I'll check in a minute. Gotta get this walnut out of my tooth first... --
NTodd
For some reason I remember Homer saying it to Bart.
hoping someday that Gordo will notice me.
Did you just un-out yourself (or re-in yourself)?
Olaf ... What sort of work do you do?
Zephyr Teachout?!?!?!
Indeed. Turns out she's a nice person, despite what Markos says. Wicked smart, too. And quite hot.
After all, the Brits also got it wrong, as did the French, the Germans, the Russians...
As Babe Ruth used to invariably say after a game at Yankee Stadium ca. 1927, "Hey, Pinky Wankerman in the Sally League also struck out tonight like I did. Why are you holding me to a higher standard?"
Doesn't it make more sense to believe that they got the WMD thing wrong?
i am so fucking sick of hearing that excuse. they were either deliberately lying, or so fucking incompetent i'm amazed they know how to breathe.
i mean, I KNEW there were no WMD, and didn't have any access to the intelligence - just to logic. it was easy.
So are the Protest Warriors protesting?
Speaking of kids/family photography... there's a reason I'd prefer to never shoot a wedding. Weddings today are high-pressure, high-budget, high-litigation affairs. I'd rather kick back and do tributes of older members of the tribe, for the kids and grandkids sake. Less pressure, and folx are ALWAYS happy with the end result.
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photographing kids is, IMO, a real talent. why mixed feeling? portraits not art?
Except, it's not a talent that I have. I specialize in photographing inanimate objects; people photography has never really come naturally for me.
For some reason I remember Homer saying it to Bart.
Yes, I'm pretty sure he did. And the crayon epi had really not much to do with Bart. It was mostly about Lisa.
Did you just un-out yourself (or re-in yourself)?
I'm not entirely unsure that I don't understand what you aren't saying.
Any updates on Operation ytellow Elephant at that pro-Bush rally in Crawford?
At least one guy there would be a perfect candidate.
"I traveled down to the Pro-Bush Camp, and interviewed a 19-year-old student from SMU who was explaining that the problem with Cindy is that she is being used as a pawn of the Move On and Michael Moore. He tried to explain how we were bringing Democracy to the Middle East and that is the noble cause. The Cause is not noble enough for him to register to Iraq...He is a student he explained, but if there was a draft he would go. I guess he thinks his education is more important than the "noble cause". Well I think Cindy would agree with him, that is why she started Camp Casey."
--By Scott Galindez
Saturday 27 August 2005
5:33 PM
DOn't drink and post.
now there's an idea that works. i want some beer.
damn these american coffeeshops and their lack of liquor.
now, if i were in austin, i could go to the flight path and get a very satisfying beer....
Do the Protest Warriors understand what they're admitting? That they don't care about the justice of a given war, only whether the president is a Republican or a Democrat? How sick is that?
Republican war hooligans. We're so continental now.
i mean, I KNEW there were no WMD, and didn't have any access to the intelligence - just to logic. it was easy.
dirk gently
there is your answer
logic doesn't matter when there is the OSP and the sky fairy
Good evening, Moonbats!
Buster's, Central and Carisle, is a good place.
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there's a reason I'd prefer to never shoot a wedding. Weddings today are high-pressure, high-budget, high-litigation affairs.
Yeah, I was the unofficial videographer and photog at my sis-in-law's wedding. Since I was basically just a chump with some cameras, there wasn't any pressure, and they were extremely happy with the stuff I produced. Sure, it took my 6 months to finally send them everything, but hey, it was free!
Evening batzles.
Who farted?
Olaf ... What sort of work do you do?
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whaddya got?
right now i'm just working through a temp agency. mostly i do shipping and receiving, materials handling, that kind of thing. but you can't be too picky out here. new mexico. come for the scenery, stay for the poverty.
spaghetti ready. kettle one holding out. i'm off for a while, enjoy your evening.
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the current home of hundreds of wounded veterans from the war in Iraq, has been the target of weekly anti-war demonstrations since March. The protesters hold signs that read "Maimed for Lies" and "Enlist here and die for Halliburton."
The anti-war demonstrators, who obtain their protest permits from the Washington, D.C., police department, position themselves directly in front of the main entrance to the Army Medical Center, which is located in northwest D.C., about five miles from the White House.
Among the props used by the protesters are mock caskets, lined up on the sidewalk to represent the death toll in Iraq.
You moonbats must be extremely proud of your comrades for harrassing wounded troops and their families.
to all who answered my question, thanks. luckily, i myself have never been the recipient of the phrase, but i heard it on the radio the other day, and i had only seen it here before. that's when i knew that i was missing out on some sort of cultural phenomenom...
"Um...I think I understand. It doesn't involve kneepads, does it?"
Well, that's entirely up to the Recruitment Committee.* But you do get co-ownership of the toaster. What exactly does this "simels" offer?
*Ask Professor Voegel about this.
Remember...
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NTodd -- So, you have a DVcam? When will we get FVC™ of Sam, Saff and Cairo?
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You moonbats must be extremely proud of your comrades for harrassing wounded troops and their families.
you must be extremely proud that walter reed is slated for closure.
You moonbats must be extremely proud of your comrades for harrassing wounded troops and their families.
That's nothig. Buhs is wounding them and them tossing them out on the street.
You moonbats must be extremely proud of your comrades for harrassing wounded troops and their families.
How did they come to be wounded?
Welcome back, Biff.
hey gordon how about all of your respectful talk about war mother cindy sheehan
gordo is back, lets discuss Ancient Rome
shall we start with Lucius Cornelius Cinna?
maybe some Livy or Plutarch?
Cassius Dio is good also
Polybius for a greek perspective?
Welcome back, Biff.
Ripley |
biff as in BAck to the future or biff as in death of a salesman
I find it somewhat disturbing that the trolls come in here spewing made up shit and expect us to respond to lies and hatred. AND give no links.
Whats up with that?
Paul simon or neil simon or neil young or paul young or the young ones?
How are they harassing them? Sounds like a peaceful protest to me. Are they yelling "We Don't Care?" over and over?
Well, no worries. The Republicans are shutting down Walter Reed; way to harass the wounded soldiers!
we could discuss the First Mithridatic War....
biff as in BAck to the future or biff as in death of a salesman
Bif Tannen, from Back to the Future...
You moonbats must be extremely proud of your comrades for harrassing wounded troops and their families.
You wingnuts must be extremely proud of your coward-in-chief for creating those wounded troops.
I find it somewhat disturbing that the trolls come in here spewing made up shit and expect us to respond to lies and hatred. AND give no links.
Whats up with that?
what? you want them to be intellectually honest?
that's just crazy talk!
The Punic Wars are always a classic...
or Pompey's campaign in the Greek East...
"you must be extremely proud that walter reed is slated for closure.
I feel really weird about that. I was born there.
Hey, has anyone seen my Noble Cause in the form of a five-week vacation?
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How are they harassing them? Sounds like a peaceful protest to me. Are they yelling "We Don't Care?" over and over?
And how does it compare to the wingnuts' treatment of the Schiavo hospice, where the relatives had trouble even getting in the place?
or maybe Ceasars Gallic Wars?
Bif Tannen, from Back to the Future...
Ripley
that's what i thought
Biff from death of a salesman has much too much pathos
That really was pretty stupid. Yeah, bring up Walter Reed. That's a winning choice.
"we could discuss the First Mithridatic War...."
Could we?
" I find it somewhat disturbing that the trolls come in here spewing made up shit and expect us to respond to lies and hatred. AND give no links.
Whats up with that?" --
©smalfish
And why people chat with them is completely beyond me...
According to NewsMax and MensNewsDaily, God has demoted Jesus and asked George Bush to take his place.
Film at the Rapture...
Little Boots well if it keeps Gordo away, i'm sure we could put trolls off by discussing ancient history
Bernard Goldberg is a mediawhore who saw clucks like Annthrax Coulter, Shame Hannity and assorted other misfits & liars making a fortune telling the rabid rightwingnuts whatever they want to hear.
So Goldberg decided to start feeding the rightwingnut's need for red meat and asinine mythology.
The biggest cottage industry in the world for mental & moral defectives is selling crap to the dittoheads.
I feel really weird about that. I was born there.
wow! that's interesting; i had no idea there were births there.
what a strange thing to close.
We cannot wait for the Noble Cause to come in the form of 2000 dead + 13,000 wounded U.S. troops.
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From the fortworth/dallas Star-Telegram:
Bush supporters rally in Crawford
President Bush's supporters poured into Crawford Saturday by the thousands, for the first time outnumbering war protesters led by Cindy Sheehan
...
An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 people attended a pro-Bush rally in Crawford, waving flags and pledging their allegiance to U.S. troops. At times, they accused Cindy Sheehan of dishonoring the war death of her own son, Casey, who was in the Army.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/...ws/
12494677.htm
I like this part:
Pittman agreed, calling the pro-Bush crowds "very cordial, like regular people," while saying the anti-war demonstrators seemed "confused."
From the Iconoclast:
12:45 p.m.
There are probably 2,000 people or more in the big tent at Camp Casey II.
4:20 p.m.
There are still thousands here. Few, if any, are leaving. People keep arriving.
http://198.65.14.85/News/2005/31...40/
34news20.htm
Doesn't anybody in Texas have a camera? Where the hell are copter shots? ( Unless it's too close jr. "ranch" for copters )
Discussing insect infestation also is a good topic. Cleveland Bob told me how to get rid of centipedes a couple of months ago. Worked like a charm.
Also, Gordon the Liar makes it sound as if Code Pink is blocking the entrance to WR. Having been there, I can state that this is not true. They are given a permit to hold a demonstration at the entrance, but never block it. Gordon also fails to mention the many "We Support the Troops" and "Thank You American Soldier" signs that they hold.
Now, I'm through troll feeding and the Gorton's fisherman can go back to posting his own contact information.
GWPDA, I'm thinking regular biscuits rather than flavored. But I'm having a big debate with myself whether to do cardamom whipped sweet potatoes or mashed red bliss potatoes. It has turned a little cool here. What do you think?
Whats up with that?
©smalfish
In the world of trolldom, saying something makes it true.
After all -- it works everytime Limpballs or Mannthrax or O'Lielly open their gobs doesn't it? The wingnuts swallow whatever bullshit they spew. So its only natural for them to assume that we would be equally gullible.
Therein lies the difference between wingnuts and us.
the final figures for the Roman Republic's defeat at Carrhae was 4,000 wounded, 20,000 dead, 10,000 captured.
Crassus head was sent to the Parthian king Orodes II
Hey, has anyone seen my Noble Cause in the form of a five-week vacation?
I'm not a cryptozoologist, but I thought the Noble Cause went extinct.
There are occasional eyewitness reports and some dubious video clips, but as far as I know, no tangible evidence that they've existed since January 2001 or so.
" I feel really weird about that. I was born there.
wow! that's interesting; i had no idea there were births there.
what a strange thing to close." --
seaxneat (fka PoppieProng)
My daughter had a cyst removed from near her eyebrow at Walter Reed when my ex was in the Army.
They did beautiful work.
Moonbootica:
do Mithras and the cult, etc...
from which the xians borrowed their whole Nativity saga...
how 'bout that avalanche of support for sheehan from the dems?
And how does it compare to the wingnuts' treatment of the Schiavo hospice, where the relatives had trouble even getting in the place?
Eli
And the fucking robotic, cynical, sterile gesture of sending one of their young children forward with a cup of water knowing full well the cameras would capture his arrest.
It's all a board game to these fucks.
My daughter had a cyst removed from near her eyebrow at Walter Reed when my ex was in the Army.
They did beautiful work.
see? i learn something new every single day!
I feel really weird about that. I was born there.
Little Boots
That means you were swaddled in khaki, with little stars and bars embroidered over it.... Born to a soldier's life, my friend.
I, on the other hand, was born at Holy Cross in Calgary, and swaddled in an attractive black and white ensemble, marked with penguins. A tiny tassel at the edge, indicating a scholar's life for me.
i suppose you fell awful about your comrades faux purple-heart bandaids at the GOOPER convention.
nyah nyah
fly fly fly gordon
why dont you watch DEADWRONG--its on CNN. it tells the story of your asswipe's lies.
cardamom whipped sweet potatoes sounds pretty good, hecate.
You moonbats must be extremely proud of your comrades for harrassing wounded troops and their families.
Gordo, you're full of shit. Now, prove me wrong.
you do get co-ownership of the toaster.
Oh, then I'm totally there! I figure enough people mistake me for queer anyway, I might as well convert and get an appliance out of the deal.
NTodd -- So, you have a DVcam? When will we get FVC™ of Sam, Saff and Cairo?
I do have a DVcam, but it's an old Elura 40-MC which I got right when they came out back in, uh...2002. I'm having a problem with the record heads, and am loathe to get it repaired given the likely cost.
That said, I did post some clips from when Sam was a kitten, but they don't seem to be available online at the moment (!@*#@!$& ISP).
I know it is wildly off topic (if that's possible), but I can track my daughter's flight across the US on the JetBlue website. So cool.
And don't get me started on Google Earth!
Mithras
Mithras was the central savior god of Mithraism, a syncretic Hellenistic mystery religion of male initiates that developed in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC and was practiced in the Roman Empire from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD. Parthian coins and documents bear a double date with a 64 year interval that represents Mithra's ascension to heaven, traditionally given as the equivalent of 208 BC, 64 years after his birth.
Mithras was very popular with the Roman Legions.
"Little Boots well if it keeps Gordo away, i'm sure we could put trolls off by discussing ancient history."
It's a funny thing, but on all those History Channel, History of Rome shows, they always spend endless time on the conquest of Judea, Massadah, the revolt, etc., etc. (and I get why), but they always kind of gloss over the conquest of Greece, which after all was a BIG FUCKING DEAL. So what was the First Mithridatic War all about?
"Little Boots well if it keeps Gordo away, i'm sure we could put trolls off by discussing ancient history."
It's a funny thing, but on all those History Channel, History of Rome shows, they always spend endless time on the conquest of Judea, Massadah, the revolt, etc., etc. (and I get why), but they always kind of gloss over the conquest of Greece, which after all was a BIG FUCKING DEAL. So what was the First Mithridatic War all about?
A tiny tassel at the edge, indicating a scholar's life for me.
hahahaha! now that is an interesting thought. is your life shaped by the swaddling you were wrapped in? hmmm...
GWPDA ... Ever see "Paths of Glory?" I have it on the DVD right now ..
Well we expected a tough game here at Camp Casey. After all they do have the home field advantage. Our strategy is to project our issue while protecting our quarterback from the right-wing blitz. In the end we intent to shove the issue of needless war firmly up their over-tight asses and come up with a win in '06. Thanks, Pat.
how 'bout that avalanche of support for sheehan from the dems?
Keep the Dems the hell away from Cindy!
Interview with Chuck D in The Progressive.
Chuck D: The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.
They have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it—magazines, videos, etc.—to recruit people into the military. The Army says it will give out Hummers, platinum teeth, or whatever to those that actually join. Early on in the recent war, Vibe magazine was working with the Army to recruit black youth. They are willing to do this because they will take money from the highest bidder. It’s one corporation dealing with another corporation.
Q: How are corporations commodifying hip-hop?
Chuck D: If you checked out the news lately, McDonald’s offers a king’s ransom to any hip-hop artist who is able to put Big Mac into a song. MTV—and more to the point, Viacom—is succeeding in extending a teenage life to twenty-nine or even thirty-one years old. It is about extending this market and removing any intelligent substance in the
music. Why would twenty-six-year-old “teenagers” care about political ramifications if their backs are not up against the wall? But if their backs are against the wall they may be plucked to fight in Iraq, and all of sudden they become politicized real quick.
Jeaneane Garafalo was saying last night how every other ad on MTV and VH1 and Comedy Central is an ad for the military. (I bet they advertise a lot on The Cartoon Network's Adult Swim too.)
That's all "No Child Left Behind" was about really. That clause that says that public high schools have to give military recruiters the names, grades and contact information of every junior and senior.
. Ever see "Paths of Glory?" I have it on the DVD right now ..
res ipsa loquitur |
The one kubrick movie i haven't seen
how 'bout that avalanche of support for sheehan from the dems?
Dems don't own boatloads of radio stations that can rouse the rabble into a foaming frothe, and then coerse them into a long march to the aid of a lame duck president..
NTodd: I do have a DVcam, but it's an old Elura 40-MC which I got right when they came out back in, uh...2002. I'm having a problem with the record heads, and am loathe to get it repaired given the likely cost.
Do you have a head cleaner? My GL-1 seems to absolutely, positively require it after 6-8 hrs. of tape transport (playback or recording). If not, it's a very short time until the screen is made up of six equally-sized vertical bars -- half with the newly-shot material, half with bluescreen/previously-shot material.
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That said, I did post some clips from when Sam was a kitten, but they don't seem to be available online at the moment (!@*#@!$& ISP).
(White House spokesman David) Almacy said the reason that Bush is in Crawford, Texas, is due to the renovation of the West Wing of the White House.
"He's operating on a full schedule; he's just doing it from the ranch instead of from the White House,' Almacy said. "The only week he had officially off was this last week.'
Do you have a head cleaner?
No, I don't for the mini-DV. I'll get one and try that out.
well Little Boots where to start...
First Mithridatic War
The First Mithridatic War was fought between the Roman Republic and Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysius, the king of Pontus.
The origin of the war was a dispute between Mithridates and Nicomedes the king of Bithynia over control of Cappadocia. In 90 BCE Mithridates took control of both Bithynia and Cappadocia with the help of Armenia. When Manius Aquilius arrived, however, Mithradates complied to Aquiliuses request that he withdraw. The further demand, in 89 BCE that Mithradates should hand over troops he refused and Aquilius put Nicomedes up to attacking Pontus.
to cut a long story short
Sullar could of finished Mithras off but he was in a hurry to get back to Rome so made Mithridates sign a treaty, Sulla imposed a huge indemnity along with five years of back taxes which left Asian cities heavily in debt for a long time to come.
which was followed by the Second Mithridatic War.
GWPDA, I'm thinking regular biscuits rather than flavored. But I'm having a big debate with myself whether to do cardamom whipped sweet potatoes or mashed red bliss potatoes. It has turned a little cool here. What do you think?
what a strange thing to close.
seaxneat (fka PoppieProng)
They're not really closing it. They are planning on moving the beds and research facilities to the Bethesda Naval Hospital campus. The facilities are all pretty old -- if memory serves the main hospital was built in the early 70's -- and aren't exactly state-of-the-art.
is your life shaped by the swaddling you were wrapped in? hmmm...
Interesting thought, but one that is personally untestable -- there is only one picture in existence of me as a baby, and there's no swaddling since I was 11 mos. when it was taken.
The fact that I was even in that ONE picture was a sheer fluke, I think. Pretty sure I just happened to be in the frame and nobody caught it in time.
Yes, I was an ugly baby.
Moonboootica/Hecate --
Colleen McCullough's "First Man in Rome" series is quite entertaining -- I think it slowly loses steam as the historical information available gets in the way of her imagination
The "Roma Sub Rosa" mystery stories with Gordianus the Finder by Stephen Saylor are also great fun -- interesting to compare the characterizations of the two authors's views of the principles
MR. DUFFY: Well, first of all, the President has spoken continuously about the way he approaches this war, following September 11th, 2001. On September 14th, 2001, he stood at the National Cathedral and told all of America that this was going to be a very long and difficult war, and that there were going to be some very trying moments; but that because of what happened on 9/11, that we had to view the world in a different way.
I just thought of a terribly important EschaQuestion: Does the Philly Marriott" have Sci-Fi Channel???
Olaf,
They are good, due in no small part to large infusions of heavy cream along with the cardamom, but i'm trying to figure out what's best with GWPDA's turkey salad, which I'll be making with tarragon from the garden rather than thme (although I did grow lemon thyme and french thyme and golden thyme this summer and all are amazing). While people do drinks, I've got deviled eggs and tiny ham sandwiches and cornichions and demitasses of golden gazpacho with a bit of sour cream and caviar garnish. And then with the meal, along with the turkey salad, I'm going to have succotash made from fresh corn and limas from the farmers' market and biscuits and whichever kind of potatoes I settle on. And I wish SteveLG were here to tell me what he thinks of a white wine called Toad Hall.
Sigh. It's hard work entertaining. Hard work.
NOvember 2006: Million of Democrats go to the polls, with index fingers dyed purple to symbolize the first free and fair election in the United States since 1998.
"He's operating on a full schedule; he's just doing it from the ranch instead of from the White House,' Almacy said. "The only week he had officially off was this last week.'
yup, i heard that too. what bullshit. if i felt like it, i would do a nexis search and find what was really said when he left.
odd that he never felt like he needed to say he wasn't on vacation in previous years, innit? is poll data showing that its unamerican to get 5 weeks (or more) of vacation a year? in fact, its positively french or italian!
Aww, baby pterodactyls! How cute!
Um, am I the only one watching?
This UK paper must be counting in metric or something. They only have 1500 warmongers for dear leader showing up:
In Crawford yesterday afternoon, about 1,500 Bush supporters rallied at the school football stadium and chanted “Cindy, go home”.
Across town, about the same number of anti-war protesters joined Sheehan for a ceremony honouring soldiers serving in Iraq, followed by a “hoe-down barbecue”.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
art...1753514,00.html
Also note, hate filled morons attack grieving mother, while real Americans have a ceremony honouring soldiers serving in Iraq then throw a barbecue.
That's all "No Child Left Behind" was about really. That clause that says that public high schools have to give military recruiters the names, grades and contact information of every junior and senior.
Which is pretty damned stupid, if you think about it. We still have Selective Service, so it's not as though the recruiters can't find these kids. And it's not like there aren't plenty of other government records that could be mined for that info.
Bush is dumber than a box full of Stupid. Too bad we're all stuck in his world for the time being.
NTodd: No, I don't for the mini-DV. I'll get one and try that out.
Oh, please do! It may fix your problems altogether.
I was very surprised to find the need for such frequent cleaning. It may be the number of RPM the heads travel across the tape. The tapes themselves are nearly impossible to erase or reuse, in my experience.
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Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysius escaped from the Romans many times.
before being finally defeated by Pompey the Great.
Pompey was able to finish of Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysius because Lucius Licinius Lucullus had broken the back of the Pontic army, which made Pompey's job all the more easier
the story goes that Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysius was immune to posions, but he could not take enough of the stuff to kill himself so instead he fell on his sword.
Yes, I was an ugly baby.
hahahaha! but the question is: are you now a beautiful swan?
Oooh, that didn't turn out well, did it?
Hecate, I'm just not a fool for sweet potatoes. Plain Irish suit me better, maybe with a wee dollop of sour cream in the whipping, with a lacing of an herb? Maybe pastry bagged and then baked for a minute? The other is good, but it's more of a centrepiece I think, than a soothing fallback.
SteveNS,
I'm betting you were not an ugly baby, but one of the younger ones in your family.
I was the oldest. Hah! More pics of me as a baby than of any of my four bos and sis.
I rule!
Stan
It's 18 cents a gallon, not 12 but still a steal.
"That means you were swaddled in khaki, with little stars and bars embroidered over it.... Born to a soldier's life, my friend."
Hee, and yet they wouldn't take me. I ask, and I can't wait to tell!
"Jeaneane Garafalo was saying last night how every other ad on MTV and VH1 and Comedy Central is an ad for the military." -- HoneyBearKelly.
It was very bizarre watching "Green Day Makes a Video -- Wake Me Up When September Ends" with every commercial break involving the Army of One stuff.
A tiny tassel at the edge, indicating a scholar's life for me.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
Hmmm....I never saw a tiny little green eyeshade right there in the same box with the hospital bracelet I had.
They've been around for thirty years and more!
odd that he never felt like he needed to say he wasn't on vacation in previous years, innit? is poll data showing that its unamerican to get 5 weeks (or more) of vacation a year? in fact, its positively french or italian!
seaxneat (fka PoppieProng)
it is very european of him
that's what you get from being a wealthy elitist posing as a rancher
Y'all are missing out. The bit where the pterodactyl swooped down and cut the guy in half was awesome, plus you get the cool rainbow-y Pterodactyl-O-Vision.
where the roman army went their businessmen followed...
many of the Equites had business interests in the provinces, when they felt threatened they usually demmand action.
what he thinks of a white wine called Toad Hall.
I'm not Steve, but Toad Hall is GOOD!
They're not really closing it.
i don't doubt that the facilities are old and what-not, i'm just thinking of the symbolism of the move. one would think with as much pork in the budget they would rather pay to renovate it than break it apart.
You moonbats must be extremely proud of your comrades for harrassing wounded troops and their families.
Gordon the Magnificent
Not proud, Gordon, we are pissed, every day another human being dies for a
Bush lie
Why are the limbs of avocado trees so heavy? Luckily they missed the house, but the chain link fence will never be the same. Gulf coasters take care, sorry katrina's headed your way.
Aaah! Electricty makes the air conditioning work. Who knew?
well I would love to contiue discussing roman and its wars but i must really get some sleep
ciao moonbatriots
hecate, it sounds like a fine feast whichever you settle on!
Dude, it has Coolio! And the main character is named Lovecraft!
but the question is: are you now a beautiful swan?
No, I basically went from an ugly duckling to an intriguingly homely grebe.
Mithras' mythological biography precedes the story of the Jesus by atleast 200 years...
it prefigures in virtually detail te miraculous and mystical beginnings of the alleged Jewish messiah in Palestine:
immaculate conception
flight from murderous oppressors
virgin birth in modest circumstances
tributes from passing monarchs
mid-winter birthdate (specifically, Dec. 25)...
in some ways, it is difficult, if not really impossible, to think of what the jesus myth would look like if not for the cult of Mithras upon whichit was modeled in its particulars...
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"which was followed by the Second Mithridatic War."
As surely as Iraq II follows Iraq I. (And no doubt Iraq III is waiting in the wings.)
"which was followed by the Second Mithridatic War."
As surely as Iraq II follows Iraq I. (And no doubt Iraq III is waiting in the wings.)
"Yes, I was an ugly baby." --
SteveNS
Ugly in the cradle
Pretty at the table.
(or handsome, I suppose).
a tiny little green eyeshade right there in the same box
Maybe they didn't stamp 'em out where you were born, the way Holy Cross and Army Hopitals did?
that's what you get from being a wealthy elitist posing as a rancher
exactly! he is new england blue-blood elite through and through and pity the poor rubes who actually think he talks to them. he talks at them and down to them.
Dude, it has Coolio! And the main character is named Lovecraft!
Eli
i'm changing my name to coolio lovecraft
GHWBush, Cheney AND Rumsfeld at work on the new guy.
Jeaneane Garafalo was saying last night how every other ad on MTV and VH1 and Comedy Central is an ad for the military." -- HoneyBearKelly.
Is'nt the DOD spending a billion or so in advertising? I thought I read that somewhere.
And no scifi blogging for me. Cowboys on local teevee.
Does the Philly Marriott" have Sci-Fi Channel???
Eli
NEither of the two I've stayed in in Dallas do. And I believe Sallyh said the one in CT didn't either.
No, I basically went from an ugly duckling to an intriguingly homely grebe.
well, i just looked up grebes (not knowing what they are) and they are cool looking. much more interesting than swans, so.... rock on!
exactly! he is new england blue-blood elite through and through and pity the poor rubes who actually think he talks to them. he talks at them and down to them.
seaxneat (fka PoppieProng)
have you read "the family" by kitty kelley
very interesting read
that's where i get my theory that he is not fredo but sonny in the godfather
but the question is: are you now a beautiful swan?
I once described myself as a "lone wolf."
My friend corrected me and said, "Mad dog."
My wife corrected my friend and said, "Sick puppy."
from which the xians borrowed their whole Nativity saga...
WoodyGuthriesGuitar
Borrowed...Woody, you're a gentleman and a scholar.
Say, I'll bet there's a website out there that deconstructs the entire Xian facade into it's original sticks, bricks and blocks. And I'll bet someone here knows where it is, too. C'mon, give.
Sigh. It's hard work entertaining. Hard work.
Hecate
From the sounds of it -- you're going to have some very happy guests.
"I rule!"
Hecate
Yes, just ask your brothers and sisters!
I rule!
Hecate
Damn right!
And I was (am) a middle child. To imagine my family, think "The Simpsons", but with more rum consumption and Eastern Canadian accents.
olexicon: that's where i get my theory that he is not fredo but sonny in the godfather
Send him and Dick to the toll booth, stat!
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GHWBush, Cheney AND Rumsfeld at work on the new guy.
Darryl Pearce |
is this the caption you were talking about
A7387-13. President Ford accepts the White House Thanksgiving Turkey from representatives of the National Turkey Federation during a ceremony in the Rose Garden. November 20, 1975. Image size: 504K
My wife corrected my friend and said, "Sick puppy."
Laura just says Lame Duck.
NEither of the two I've stayed in in Dallas do. And I believe Sallyh said the one in CT didn't either.
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Oh well, I guess we'll be doing other stuff at 9 on Saturday, but still.
Is it too late to switch hotels?
Cowboys on local teevee.
ooh, glad i'm not watching. score tied at 0.
Skeptic's Annotated Bible is pretty interesting, Doozer.
Mithras' mythological biography precedes the story of the Jesus by atleast 200 years..
WGG,
So true. The "cult" of Mithras produced some lovely art before the xians appropriated it.
But the whole notion of a virgin mother whose son/consort is sacrificed for the good of the people and who is then reborn in the spring, well, that predated Mithras and the xians, by a long, long, long, long time.
Not that the Magnificat isn't some of the lovliest poetry in the bible. It is. It simply isn't unique.
america's most wantedis running a segment on gus boulis (murdered in miami) abramoff and delay have been mentioned. the miami police want to interview abramoff and his business partner. the two of them have been indicted for fraud with regard to buying boulis's casino ships.
Okay, so I finished two gin and tonics.
Is it time to start on the old gin on the rocks?
"It's 18 cents a gallon, not 12 but still a steal." - Daver9
Venezuelan gas prices have gone up 50%? Can the nightmare of 25-cent gas be far away?
But seriously, that's amazingly cheap. Does the cheapness trickle down to consumer goods?
Send him and Dick to the toll booth, stat!
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Jeffraham Prestonian
but that means jeb! is michael
then we're all fucked
"Is it too late to switch hotels?" --
Eli
Besides, I heard that Marriott is owned by devil worshipers.
Is it time to start on the old gin on the rocks?
Marcia Brady
gin and juice!
or
gin and ginger ale
Ugly in the cradle
Pretty at the table.
(or handsome, I suppose).
Marcia Brady
Aww, shucks.
Thanks, Marcia B.! I knew I liked you for a reason.
"I rule!"
Hecate
Yes, just ask your brothers and sisters!
Marcia Brady
Baby GWPDA here.... Too adorable for pictures.
Check out Bunny-Bunny instead!
have you read "the family" by kitty kelley
very interesting read
that's where i get my theory that he is not fredo but sonny in the godfather
i haven't, but i should. i always like to remind people of how, during the RNC, when the code pink people interrupted his speach, he got rattled and said "rahther," instead of "rather," and that's when i knew FOR SURE that he was play acting. real texans don't even know what "rahther" means.
Hiya libbos.
The Iraqis have a democratic nation now.
When they celebrate their independence day years from now, it will be Republicans' names that drop from their lips.
Not yours. Never yours.
We saved Iraq. You tried to destroy it.
jeb is worse than chimpy.
chimpy screws up cause he doesn't care.
jeb doesn't care and screws you.
Yes, just ask your brothers and sisters!
They hate me. I hate them for dethroning me. Just ask Aelfred Adler. Like a logical person, I am the mother of an only child.
one would think with as much pork in the budget they would rather pay to renovate it than break it apart.
seaxneat (fka PoppieProng
Aaahhh -- but this is only the base closure commission that has spoken. From a purely economic and logistical standpoint it makes sense to combine the two hospitals.
Congress has not yet had their say. Pork will undoubtedly be served.
ooh, glad i'm not watching. score tied at 0.
Yep. A real nail biter.
Okay, so I finished two gin and tonics.
Is it time to start on the old gin on the rocks?
I've only two bottles of Fess Parker's "Frontier Red"...
Gin! i should go get some bombay sapphire and some tonic...
Maybe pastry bagged...
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
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Maybe pastry bagged...
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
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"SAN MATEO JOURNAL NEWSPAPER POLL
"Do you agree with Cindy Sheehan?"
~YES: 73%"
dems: cindy who?
"But the whole notion of a virgin mother whose son/consort is sacrificed for the good of the people and who is then reborn in the spring, well, that predated Mithras and the xians, by a long, long, long, long time." -- Hecate
This is the myth of the grain god who is sacrificed (buried, planted) so he can be resurrected to feed the tribe. Interestingly, Jesus is also referred to as the fruit of the tree of knowledge, further identifying him with the sacrificed and resurrected grain god.
The Iraqis have a democratic nation now.
I bet that'll come as quite a surprise to the Sunnis!
Not to mention the majority: women.
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Oh well, I guess we'll be doing other stuff at 9 on Saturday, but still.
I heard that everybody's invited to watertiger's jacuzzi...
Yep. A real nail biter.
hehehe. or as they say "a real defensive gem."
We saved Iraq. You tried to destroy it.
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we? what part of iraq did you save?
Is there any national guard left in the states threatened by Katrina?
It takes 72 hours to evacuate New Orleans. Leave now.
The Iraqis have a democratic nation now.
No they don't.
When they celebrate their independence day years from now, it will be Republicans' names that drop from their lips.
Ok. You can say that .
But if this thing fails, like it looks like it's going to, rebubs are going to be blamed for generations.
riders: 15
Lions:5
Lions 8-0
riders 3-4
Congress has not yet had their say. Pork will undoubtedly be served.
very good point.
Maybe they didn't stamp 'em out where you were born, the way Holy Cross and Army Hopitals did?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
Maybe -- or maybe mom was hoping to influence the choice of future career?
I always wondered about that little bitty stethescope.
Hiya libbos.
You're name-calling again... jes like a grammar-school kid.
Ya we dropped all them bombs from cyberspace.
Re: Mithradaites
A. E. Housman (1859–1936). A Shropshire Lad. 1896.
LXII. Terence, this is stupid stuff
‘TERENCE, this is stupid stuff:
You eat your victuals fast enough;
There can’t be much amiss, ’tis clear,
To see the rate you drink your beer.
But oh, good Lord, the verse you make,
It gives a chap the belly-ache.
The cow, the old cow, she is dead;
It sleeps well, the horned head:
We poor lads, ’tis our turn now
To hear such tunes as killed the cow.
Pretty friendship ’tis to rhyme
Your friends to death before their time
Moping melancholy mad:
Come, pipe a tune to dance to, lad.’
Why, if ’tis dancing you would be,
There’s brisker pipes than poetry.
Say, for what were hop-yards meant,
Or why was Burton built on Trent?
Oh many a peer of England brews
Livelier liquor than the Muse,
And malt does more than Milton can
To justify God’s ways to man.
Ale, man, ale’s the stuff to drink
For fellows whom it hurts to think:
Look into the pewter pot
To see the world as the world’s not.
And faith, ’tis pleasant till ’tis past:
The mischief is that ’twill not last.
Oh I have been to Ludlow fair
And left my necktie God knows where,
And carried half way home, or near,
Pints and quarts of Ludlow beer:
Then the world seemed none so bad,
And I myself a sterling lad;
And down in lovely muck I’ve lain,
Happy till I woke again.
Then I saw the morning sky:
Heigho, the tale was all a lie;
The world, it was the old world yet,
I was I, my things were wet,
And nothing now remained to do
But begin the game anew.
Therefore, since the world has still
Much good, but much less good than ill,
And while the sun and moon endure
Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure,
I’d face it as a wise man would,
And train for ill and not for good.
’Tis true, the stuff I bring for sale
Is not so brisk a brew as ale:
Out of a stem that scored the hand
I wrung it in a weary land.
But take it: if the smack is sour,
The better for the embittered hour;
It should do good to heart and head
When your soul is in my soul’s stead;
And I will friend you, if I may,
In the dark and cloudy day.
There was a king reigned in the East:
There, when kings will sit to feast,
They get their fill before they think
With poisoned meat and poisoned drink.
He gathered all the springs to birth
From the many-venomed earth;
First a little, thence to more,
He sampled all her killing store;
And easy, smiling, seasoned sound,
Sate the king when healths went round.
They put arsenic in his meat
And stared aghast to watch him eat;
They poured strychnine in his cup
And shook to see him drink it up:
They shook, they stared as white’s their shirt:
Them it was their poison hurt.
—I tell the tale that I heard told.
Mithridates, he died old.
"Like a logical person, I am the mother of an only child." --
Hecate
I have two only children -- 8 years apart. One unintended pregnancy and one unintended adoption.
But like my mother always told me, "You were an accident, but never a mistake."
Ahhhhhh....
When they celebrate their independence day years from now, it will be Republicans' names that drop from their lips.
Would that be anything like all the public squares in Baghdad that were going to be named for Bush?
logic test
iraq is to democratic nation as
fubar is to ...
When they celebrate their independence day years from now, it will be Republicans' names that drop from their lips.
-sloth
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independence day? iraq was independent for decades before the current occupation began.
hehehe. or as they say "a real defensive gem."
Ahem.... Not this one.
Hello All, and good evening.
GWPDA,
How was the trip?
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Pork will undoubtedly be served.
look at the highway bill
pork city
a side of bacon and a bag of pork rinds and that was just for alaska
Gin! i should go get some bombay sapphire and some tonic...
seaxneat (fka PoppieProng)
Excellent idea, pick me up some Ciroc vodka, no need for tonic
I got lemons
one unintended adoption.
Did you find one in your garage? That's how we got Sam...
look at the highway bill
pork city
a side of bacon and a bag of pork rinds and that was just for alaska
are you saying we have an atkins-friendly congress?
Excellent idea, pick me up some Ciroc vodka, no need for tonic
I got lemons
Make it Dinociroc, and we're there.
NOvember 2006: Million of Democrats go to the polls, with index fingers dyed purple to symbolize the first free and fair election in the United States since 1998.
Hesiod_
I think I'll dye my middle finger.
Excellent idea, pick me up some Ciroc vodka, no need for tonic
I got lemons
will do!
Is it time to start on the old gin on the rocks?
Marcia Brady
Only if you like gin
are you saying we have an atkins-friendly congress?
seaxneat (fka PoppieProng) |
yes
dr. atkins would be proud
Ahem.... Not this one.
more like an "offensive embarassment"?
Hiya libbos.
gabbo?
Defensove struggle NO MORE!
WHOO HOO!
We knew that Iraq had no WMDs -- either that or our tactics were insane -- we were not ready for serious ABC counter measures
Our primary source for the the Roman Conquest of Greece (Polybius) is pretty darn good -- for Judea (Josephus) OK but boring -- for the Mithradatic Wars -- garbage (never believe a Greek or Roman when they are telling you how many Persians/barbarians they faced in battle -- the numbers they toss out are logistically impossible)
When they celebrate their independence day years from now, it will be Republicans' names that drop from their lips.
-sloth
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independence day? iraq was independent for decades before the current occupation began.
Yeah, I guess the Republican names will drop from their lips like King George III, Cornwallis, the Hessians, etc...
" When they celebrate their independence day years from now, it will be Republicans' names that drop from their lips."
Cool. Good for them. I hope they do.
Have I mentioned how addictive the
Google Earth thingy is? You put in an address, and you get transported there (via GPS, I suppose). Very cool.
"I can see my house from here."
gabbo is fabbo krusty is rusty
Only if you like gin
well... who doesn't?
actually, it took me a long time to get into gin.
about 20 minutes.
Congress has not yet had their say. Pork will undoubtedly be served.
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it won't be served to dc though, since they don't have anyone in congress.
Borrowed...Woody, you're a gentleman and a scholar.
we're all just out there stealin' each others' songs...
I'm back.
Who needs a dose of truth?
Pastry bag - a canvas or parchment paper bag with a metal tip (or simply a tightly clipped opening) used to squeeze a paste onto a baking pan - ornamental. Thus: these piped devilled eggs. Using a pastry bag to pipe a potato puree onto a sheet, in an ornamental fashion, and then to brown the paste would be 'pastry bagging' the potatoes.
gabbo?
gabbo Gabbo GABBO!
That oughta hold the little S.O.B.s!
gabbo Gabbo GABBO!
Hey!
>I>Maybe pastry bagged...
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
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You can put mashed potatoes through a pastry bag, the kind you use to make roses on cakes, and make them pretty. Then bake for a few minutes. GWPDA knows who I'm having for dinner tomorrow and why I'm fussing so. I probably will pastry bag either the sweet potatoes or the mashed red bliss.
"Did you find one in your garage? That's how we got Sam..." --
NTodd
When a social worker calls and says, "We have this little girl in a shelter. She's been here for 6 weeks and I'm under court order to get her out" how can you say no.
Defensove struggle NO MORE!
WHOO HOO!
aigh! damn you, America's Team!
*shakes fist*
(shoulda named em the Roughnecks. "Texans"? What an uninspiring name. "oooh! here come the Texans! ooooh! i'm so scared!")
gabbo Gabbo GABBO!
SteveNS
look smithers
garbo's coming
" Only if you like gin"
"well... who doesn't?
actually, it took me a long time to get into gin.
about 20 minutes." --
seaxneat (fka PoppieProng)
Honey, you come sit next to me.
And whoever make those "martinis" with vodka, well....
(shoulda named em the Roughnecks. "Texans"? What an uninspiring name. "oooh! here come the Texans! ooooh! i'm so scared!")
seaxneat (fka PoppieProng)
and that was the name of the kansas city chiefs when they were in dallas
so at least they were historically accurate
Honey, you come sit next to me.
And whoever make those "martinis" with vodka, well....
yay!
This is the war that never ends...
Yes, it goes on and on, my friends!
Some people started fighting it
Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue fighting it forever just because...
This is the war that never ends....
seaxneat: (shoulda named em the Roughnecks. "Texans"? What an uninspiring name. "oooh! here come the Texans! ooooh! i'm so scared!")
Ooooh, I'd watch that game if I could -- all I have available tonight is Denver/Indy on CBS. I kinda like the Texans, since Nashville stole the original team...
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http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmar...ive/
002326.html
ms. sheenan on bill maher.
-J.T.
How was the trip?
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PhilospherKing™ Embigulator - Very nice. A lot of cows. A lot of wheat. Sky. Hutterites. Ukrainians. Not so many USasians. Very, very difficult in the long run.
it won't be served to dc though, since they don't have anyone in congress.
Olaf glad and big
Heavens no!!
But there will be large and repeat servings to Rethug contributors in teh construction industry.
moonbatz, i'm plumb tuckered out
shower first, then bed...
til the morrow, rest ye well and dream sweetly...
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so who are the cowboys playing anyway? (not that it really matters, i hope they lose whoever they are playing.)
and that was the name of the kansas city chiefs when they were in dallas
so at least they were historically accurate
my god, i am learning things left and right tonight.
so who are the cowboys playing anyway? (not that it really matters, i hope they lose whoever they are playing.)
the Texans.
Hmmm ... Pope Rat is going to officially block gay men from becoming priests.
Of course word on the street is that Pope Rat is gay. Shocker.
"I can see my house from here."
Is that what Jesus said to his disciples when he was hanging on the cross?
When a social worker calls and says
I'm not on speed dial for too many social workers. How did they come to call you?
look smithers
garbo's coming
Which reminds me -- I borrowed a copy of "Planet Simpsons" from the library and left it on my desk at work. I hate the idea that I'm going to have to make a trip to the office to get it.
Enh. It's a beautiful weekend, a bike ride will do me good.
One of the things I found the most fascinating about early imperial Rome was the artificiality of the 'houses' or families. Adoption--and very often adult adoption--was used all the time to get worthy candidates into the family.
Caesar Augustus was adopted into Julius Caesar's family, and Tiberius was adopted into Augustus's. The Romans tended to view bloodlines the way they viewed the gods: useful social conventions, but let's be practical now.
The part I like about this is that the so-called 'Five Good Emperors" (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius, all were whisked into the 'Imperial Family' by adult adoption--but the last ( and most admired) of them blew it by letting his actual son become emperor--guy named Commodus.
And as anybody who watched either Gladiator or The Fall of the Roman Empire (which, with both Alec Guinness and Sophia Loren, has it all over Russell Crowe), that didn't turn out so well.
When they celebrate their independence day years from now, it will be Republicans' names that drop from their lips.
kind of like they drop Johnson and Nixon in Vietnam.
I'm back.
Who needs a dose of truth?
You do.
my god, i am learning things left and right tonight.
I hope you're taking notes for the rest of us. I'd do it , but how would I hold my beer?
Ooooh, I'd watch that game if I could -- all I have available tonight is Denver/Indy on CBS. I kinda like the Texans, since Nashville stole the original team...
i do rather like the texans, though i am not fond of the name.
i like indy, too, by virtue of going to law school at IU-Bloomington.
And whoever make those "martinis" with vodka, well....
Marcia Brady
Hey now!!!
Its not my fault. I'm allergic to the juniper berries. So was dad.
New Frank Rich is up. A taste:
We have long since lost count of all the historic turning points and fast-evaporating victories hyped by this president. The toppling of Saddam's statue, "Mission Accomplished," the transfer of sovereignty and the purple fingers all blur into a hallucinatory loop of delusion.
And now, for Sloth, a constitution agreed upon by only two of the three ethnic groups in Iraq.
Turning point!
Turning point!
Turning point after turning point!
i think i have to go now. my cafe has a band tonight, and the bassist doesnt know how to control his amp and pedals. feedback galore.
Wolcott's latest ass kicking. Superb!
http://tinyurl.com/9vjvx
kind of like they drop Johnson and Nixon in Vietnam.
You forgot McNamara and Kissinger...
Then bake for a few minutes. GWPDA knows who I'm having for dinner tomorrow and why I'm fussing so. I probably will pastry bag either the sweet potatoes or the mashed red bliss.
Just don't forget to grease the baking sheet, eh? T'ain't pretty if they break up. White Irish potatoes with a little browned parmesan and chive crust? Nice.
"what do you think sideshow luke perry"
"we own a racehorse together
krudler..."
Wev'e had so many "turning points in Iraq" that we've gone around in circles.
"I can see my house from here."
Is that what Jesus said to his disciples when he was hanging on the cross?
I think it was, "oh, that's real mature! C'mon, seriously, let me down now. Guys? Helloooo... sigh... I should have taken karate at the Y when I had the chance."
"...At the pro-Bush rally several miles away, there were some heated moments when two members of Protest Warrior, a group that frequently holds counter protests to anti-war rallies, walked in with a sign that read "Say No to War - Unless a Democrat is President."
Ladies and gentlemen: Dingleberries on parade!
Shame they didn't beat the crap out of one another!
Wolcott's latest ass kicking. Superb!
http://tinyurl.com/9vjvx
jdw
naturally
I wonder what's in those Yellow Elephant care packages the Young Republicans send to our troops in Iraq? Videos of them banging their wife in their marriage beds?
More Rich:
When the war's die-hard cheerleaders attacked the Middle East policy of a mother from Vacaville, Calif., instead of defending the president's policy in Iraq, it was definitive proof that there is little cogent defense left to be made. When the Democrats offered no alternative to either Mr. Bush's policy or Ms. Sheehan's plea for an immediate withdrawal, it was proof that they have no standing in the debate.
"I'm not on speed dial for too many social workers. How did they come to call you?" --
flory, Business Manager
Long story short: my sister, a NICU nurse, became a foster parent in order to take home a baby she fell in love with. Since her family and mine lived together, we all went through foster parenting certification.
Then you're in their books. Kind of like the Mafia.
First of all, conservative or not, it is difficult to imagine that the US military leadership on its own would be as avid on invading and occupying other countries as the neoconservative architects of World War IV, of which Iraq is but one theater. Who do you think would be more likely to press for preemptive war, General Tommy Franks, who knows what the logistics, manpower, and materiel demands would be, or former undersecretary of defense Doug Feith, "the dumbest fucking man on the planet"?
I suspect Dumbfuck would be the more forward forward-leaner.
wolcott excerpt
Hmmm ... Pope Rat is going to officially block gay men from becoming priests.
You mean men like Father Mychal Judge?
Just finished watching CNN's "Dead Wrong" - not perfect but, boy, it is an indictment! I hope all Americans who still support this WH and it's head liars see it and demand an IMPEACHMENT once and for all. Disgusting. And the whole world watched.
i like indy, too, by virtue of going to law school at IU-Bloomington.
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i have mixed feelings about indy. first of all, i would be barred from ever returning to baltimore if i ever expressed an interest in seeing them do well. on the other hand, it is a lot more fun to hate a good team than one that sucks. also, peyton manning is so good that he is almost boring to watch sometimes.
Shame they didn't beat the crap out of one another!
That would have been fucking hilarious.
Is this a great movie or what?
"I hope you're taking notes for the rest of us. I'd do it , but how would I hold my beer?" --
Ripley
Good. A man (?) who has his priorities straight.
Tilda!
The Hussein Chalayan dress was my fave.
HECATE!!!!
Add a little puree/glacee/whatever of lingonberries to what you're presenting! Meant to tell you that. There's something you're making that that will be brilliant with - just take some lingonberry jam and boil it down fast with a dash of vermouth and water so it's thinnned. You'll be very happy to do that. A 'coulee' they call it now.
Hmmm ... Pope Rat is going to officially block gay men from becoming priests.
Of course word on the street is that Pope Rat is gay. Shocker.
res ipsa loquitur
And how, pray tell, do the PopenFuhrer and Co. intend to tell who is gay and who isn't?
seaxneat: i like indy, too, by virtue of going to law school at IU-Bloomington.
Heresy! Indy is, well... Indy. Problem is, you got the highest paid player playing there, and he's an ex-Vol!
That, and my attending winning Titans games-streak of like 14 games (starting w/the Music City Miracle against the Bills in the playoffs) was broken at Indy (my first and last road game, I swear!).
So, I have a tough time cheering Payton & Co. on...
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John Podhoretz--now there's a chickenhawk. Back in 2002, he urged Bush to adopt a Wag the Dog policy and spring an "October Surprise" on the Democrats by--well, let's hear it in his own words (via Unqualified Offerings):
"There’s a luscious double trap in starting the war as soon as possible, Mr. President. Your enemies are delirious with excitement about the corporate-greed scandals and the effect they might have on your popularity and the GOP’s standing in November.
A man (?)
Indeed.
"Its not my fault. I'm allergic to the juniper berries. So was dad." --
flory, Business Manager
Well, as long as it's genetic, and not a lifestyle choice....
"Just finished watching CNN's "Dead Wrong"
The wife is watching "The Corporation"...started watching it with her but after 1:45 with no end in sight....snnnooooze.
"Your enemies will hurl ugly accusations at you, Mr. President. And at least one of them will be true - the accusation that you began the war when you did for political reasons.
"But that won’t matter. It won’t matter to the American people, and it won’t matter as far as history is concerned. History will record that you and the U.S. military brought an end to a barbaric regime on its way to threatening the world."
You can put mashed potatoes through a pastry bag .....
Hecate
Thanks. I envisioned philo wrapped mashed potatoes. Sounds good, tho.
I may have invented something!
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Shame they didn't beat the crap out of one another!
That would have been fucking hilarious.
Hesiod_2k@yahoo.com
Would've been even more hilarious if someone in one these idiot groups had been packing a gun.
That would have made some headline.
Did the American Legion kill any of ours yet?
" A man (?)
Indeed." --
Ripley
I give the people here voices (in my head? why yes), but every now and then one could be wrong.
Is this a great movie or what?
Oh yes. Especially when the clumsy CGI pterodactyl was trying to pluck the underwear bimbo out of the water.
WGG/Hecate --
One of the things things that the RC JRR Tolkien said to the atheist CS Lewis was that it seemed that Christianity was a "true myth" -- that is, what was pre-figured in the mythic stories (that no one pretended were history) had actually occurred in Jesus Christ
And, WGG, as to your specific list -- I know of no serious scholar who thinks that the Mithras stories had anything to do with the (primarily Matthean & therefore VERY Jewish) examples you site:
"Immaculate Conception" refers to the "Blessed Virgin Mary" whose parents, Joachim & Anne (named in the apocryphal Gospel of James -- not in the Bible) di not sin when they had sex conceiving her (proclaimed by Pope Pius IX in the 1840s)
"The flight from murderous oppressors" is so the author of Matthew's Gospel (who was not St. Matthew)can have an excuse to get Jesus to Egypt so he can quote the proof text "out of Egypt I have called my son" (which, of course, originally applied to the people of Israel being slaves in Egypt before the Exodus -- almost certainly another historical falsehood)
The Magi were not monarchs but "wise men" from the East -- perhaps astrologers (again so a proof text can be used from the Old Testment again, not historical)
The adoption of a Roman feast day of the solstice for the birth of the "Lord of Light" was just a clever scheme to co-opt existing celebrations -- there is no scriptural basis for such a date -- the Eastern churches never adopted it but kept all of the feasts of the "showing forth" (Birth, Baptism, visit of the Magi) on Epiphany (6 January)
Mithraism was an exclusivist mystery cult restricted to men -- most Christians were women (they would take ANYBODY)
Bad CGI! Bad plot! Bad dialogue!
It doesn't get better than this!
And how, pray tell, do the PopenFuhrer and Co. intend to tell who is gay and who isn't?
Why he's gonna look into their souls, of course. Duh.
"You can put mashed potatoes through a pastry bag .....
Hecate"
Grease guns will work, also.
Sorry, life interrupted.
aigh! damn you, America's Team!
HAha!
*shakes fist*
(shoulda named em the Roughnecks. "Texans"? What an uninspiring name. "oooh! here come the Texans! ooooh! i'm so scared!")
Ya, whats up with that lame ass name?
Course Dallas USED to have the Texans.
The Hussein Chalayan dress was my fave.
Oh what a giveaway! You liberals really *are* objectively pro-Saddam!
Bad CGI! Bad plot! Bad dialogue!
It doesn't get better than this!
Sallyh
if it had bad dubbing it would be perfect
Eli--fucking hilarious, indeed.
Well, now "Paths of Glory" is over and I am watching "Cleopatria" on PBS, wherein Elizabeth Taylor gets to wear loads of outfits that show off her world-class bosom.
jp, i miss having the ravens and titans in the same division. they played some wild games.
Oh, GWPDA, there's an organic farmer at the farmers' market who should have lingonberries tomorrow. And they are the berries of my pipple, you know.
Pterodactyl!?
I gotta go.....[running feet, slamming door]
Olexicon--alas, not Godzilla.
As a kidlet, I used to marvel that the dialogue didn't match the mouth movements of the oh so atrocious actors.
Hmmm ... Pope Rat is going to officially block gay men from becoming priests.
You mean men like Father Mychal Judge?
Uncle Smokes
The photo of his body being carried out of the rubble was very heart-wrenching.
It reminded me of the Pieta.
This guy sounded like what a priest is SUPPOSED to be!
lingonberries would add a nice scandinavian touch to the whole thing.
watching the McLaughlin Group.
TONY BLANKLEY FROM THE MOONIE TIMES PREDICTS A DRAFT WITHIN 5 YEARS!!
First I've heard that from a repub tool.
Jeffraham--now that we're in preseason football, shall we write you off till the end of January?
And how's my boy Curly?
As a kidlet, I used to marvel that the dialogue didn't match the mouth movements of the oh so atrocious actors.
Sallyh
plus raymond burr pasted in to americanize it
Ironside!
We here at escaton, wholeheartedly endorse world class bosoms.
>i?You mean men like Father Mychal Judge?
Uncle Smokes
Uncle Smokes ... you in NYC?
I got to meet him once. What a fine fellow.
Olaf glad and big
And its REALLY hard to be a Bengals fan!
I love my Blake jersey, tho.
and I WILL wear it.
OMG laura flanders is talking to the anti-sheehan people & THEY ARE DING DONG DUMB!!!!!!!
"the underwear bimbo out of the water." --
Eli
I'm sure that she is an intelligent and articulate young woman. Looking good in wet bra-and-panties is just a side benefit.
Auntie GWPDA--we're having your cole slaw tonight.
Buchanan also says we can't keep the current commitments with present troop levels. Also "mistakes have been made " vis a vis lack of armor
RIL, I watched PATHS OF GLORY about thirty years ago and it still leaves an impression. I have been kind of searching fo it so Mrs. DWD could see it as well. Do you happen to know the director? Is it Kubrick?
Greetings Atriot lifeforms. I've been busy all day subverting and undermining America's resolve among the people.
And how, pray tell, do the PopenFuhrer and Co. intend to tell who is gay and who isn't?
Why he's gonna look into their souls, of course. Duh.
res ipsa loquitur
Oh, hell - and here I am thinking that he was going to give them a quiz, like who liked show tunes, who collected Barbies, etc.
(And before anyone gets mad at me, I'm talking about THEIR "barometer for gayness", not mine)
We here at escaton, wholeheartedly endorse world class bosoms.
Don't forget that we also bravely stand against evil.
laura flanders is asking them questions & they say
(this is a literal transcription)
"uh....uh.....uh.....uh.....we're gettin out of here"
REALLY!!!!!!! I AM SERIOUS!!!!
OMG laura flanders is talking to the anti-sheehan people & THEY ARE DING DONG DUMB!!!!!!!
How can this be??? Oh, it be...
"And how, pray tell, do the PopenFuhrer and Co. intend to tell who is gay and who isn't?"
molest little boys = gay
molest little girls = straight
OMG laura flanders is talking to the anti-sheehan people & THEY ARE DING DONG DUMB!!!!!!!
n69n
is that ned flanders second wife or sister?
(((Sorry)))
Do you happen to know the director? Is it Kubrick?
DWD ... Yes, it's Kubrick. And Netflix has it.
I'm sure that she is an intelligent and articulate young woman. Looking good in wet bra-and-panties is just a side benefit.
Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking to myself when she was pouring the water all over herself before she dove in.
OMG laura flanders is talking to the anti-sheehan people & THEY ARE DING DONG DUMB!!!!!!!
n69n
Of course, they're dumb.
Anyone who could STILL support preznit fuckwit HAS to be ding dong dumb!
n69n--and this surprises you how?
Just finished watching CNN's "Dead Wrong" - not perfect but....
Lima | 08.27.05 - 9:36 pm | #
Same thoughts, but not looking for Darth Cheney to even get close .... as if
Don't forget that we also bravely stand against evil.
NTodd |
and may or may not be objectively pro-pants
Blankley also calling for bombing in the Sunni triangle.
he is usually a mouthpiece for the admin
Auntie GWPDA--we're having marinated tri tip and fresh asparagus along with your wonderful cole slaw. May Arthur join us for dinner?
"uh....uh.....uh.....uh.....we're gettin out of here"
Ah, you see - they possess the same eloquence as their preznit!
OMG laura flanders is talking to the anti-sheehan people & THEY ARE DING DONG DUMB!!!!!!!
Oh my, what a shocker.
Eli--fucking hilarious, indeed.
Sallyh
No spoilers kidz. I'll be watching it later.
Mithraism was an exclusivist mystery cult restricted to men -- most Christians were women (they would take ANYBODY)
Prior,
I still owe Fr. William a thank you note!
The word "cult" made sense to describe Mithraism, in the sense of it being an offshoot of a major religion. It was certainly the "warrior's cult," in the sense that almost all of its adherents were warriors. (interesting thought, that, given it's adoption by xianity). However, today the word "cult" implies something less than a religion, something wacky, and inferior. Thus, we see references to the Goddess religion that covered all of Europe and India as a "fertility cult." It drives me fucking nuts.
We here at escaton, wholeheartedly endorse world class bosoms.
Don't forget that we also bravely stand against evil.
What about evil world class bosoms?
its REALLY hard to be a Bengals fan!
I love my Blake jersey, tho.
I still have my Number 80, Chris Collinsworth jersey...
Don't forget that we also bravely stand against evil.
NTodd |
Yep - and that is why we hate Bush.
Eli--I remember when I looked a hell of a lot better...
Oh, never mind.
Grease guns will work, also.
jdw
Thanks! another inspiration!
Mash potatoes in a container you put in a culking gun!
Buy it, load it, and squirt!
.
Don't forget that we also bravely stand against evil.
Well ....er....a....stammer... I think we all stand behind... WHat I mean is that it is important to...... You are of course correct. But I also think that we need a firm steely eyed codpeice.. errr I mean presinit.
What about evil world class bosoms?
Eli |
post surgery jessica hahn?
If you read Tony Blankley's putridities out loud, small birds drop from trees and coyotes begin eating their young.
NTodd--loved the pic of Saff yesterday. Any new ones of the boy and Cairo?
The RCC is just scapegoating innocent men. And the worst part is they know it. Now, think about that...
All right! Teenage bimbo carried off by the pterodactyl.
"That was amazing!"
I'm hungry
If only the rental agent hadn't talked them out of the hard top.
Auntie GWPDA--we're having marinated tri tip and fresh asparagus along with your wonderful cole slaw. May Arthur join us for dinner?
Sallyh
Lovely - but He's watching the patio just now. Maybe later?
its not that it suprises me...its just that its DOCUMENTED.....
i mean, if they are so proud of their cause, one would think they would @ least have their talking points ready.
Was the pterodactyl... feeling Gwen up?
laura flanders is live from camp casey tonight...cindy gave a good speech earlier today
Did anyone hear the interview Laura did with the counter-protester just now? Laura asked him some question concerning our Iraq involvement. The guy got flustered, did an "um-um-um" Bush impersonation and then walked away spouting something like "I go nothing to say".
Classic. It will be on the AAR archives at some point.
What about evil world class bosoms?
I think that's an oxymoron. The world needs more Great Bosoms, not fewer.
As a kidlet, I used to marvel that the dialogue didn't match the mouth movements of the oh so atrocious actors.
Sallyh
plus raymond burr pasted in to americanize it
Ironside!
olexicon, cromulent thinker
I LOVE those Japanese monster movies.
Cheesy special effects, shitty dubbing and all.
They and Ed Wood movies are guilty pleasures of mine.
Olaf glad and big: jp, i miss having the ravens and titans in the same division. they played some wild games.
Hey! Don't rub it in!
There's a reason Al DelGreco lost his job, y'know.
I had some video caps from 2003's post-season play between the Ravens and Titans... a montage of Ray Lewis talkin' smack in the intros, and then a shot of Eddie George mowing him down like he was a schoolgirl.
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"What about evil world class bosoms?"
-- Eli
No world-class bosom is ever evil. Maybe misguided and confused....
Agave--however you shoot your mashed taters, make sure they contain cream cheese, sour cream, butter, garlic, and black pepper.
OMG laura flanders is talking to the anti-sheehan people & THEY ARE DING DONG DUMB!!!!!!!
How can this be???
Whatever the answer is, I'm fairly sure it won't be delivered by a little girl and it won't be "Because he is the Quizat Haderach."
Just sayin'
post surgery jessica hahn?
Or would it be the Pamela Anderson kind?
You moonbats must be extremely proud of your comrades for harrassing wounded troops and their families.
Gordon the Magnificent
Not proud, Gordon, we are pissed, every day another human being dies for a
Bush lie
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Oh, I understand now. If Bush lied, that makes it ok to harrass wounded troops and their families.
I get it.
Oh, GWPDA, there's an organic farmer at the farmers' market who should have lingonberries tomorrow. And they are the berries of my pipple, you know.
Hecate - I do know this mija. A lingonberry coulee' is good for you, in many ways.
Any new ones of the boy and Cairo?
None of Cairo, but here's one of the boy.
I just filled up my truck and I feel like I've been carried off by a petrodactyl.
No world-class bosom is ever evil. Maybe misguided and confused....
It's when they pair up that the Evil begins.
The guy got flustered, did an "um-um-um" Bush impersonation and then walked away spouting something like "I got nothing to say".
If they believe so much in their "cause" (whatever that fuck that is), why can't they verbalize that support?
Too stupid, I suppose. And too chickenshit to enlist.
Howard Stern should have some fun with that.
now laura flanders is having open mike @ the peace house
But do you gentlemen stand behind bosoms that are not necessarily world class?
My little girl is currently over Colorado.
It's almost like being there.
Thanks RIL. I think we are all set. My son's girlfriend's (really more than that but he is only 17) father is a stone cold Kubrick freak. He will have it. I will get him to bring it home.
Jim is proof postive that some people were just destined to be rich. He is an art collector who has appreciated a small fortune on his selections. He also has had a movie poster business since college: twenty five years or more. And he is a successful dentist. Littlest DWD likes his $30,000 home theater with a 120 inch screen.
Damn! Should NOT have been teacher.
Oh, I understand now. If Bush lied, that makes it ok to harrass wounded troops and their families.
Isn't that what that pro-Bush rally in Crawford was doing?
From the Dept of Careful-Where-You-Point-that-Thing
Big Guns For Iraq? Not So Fast.
By CRAIG S. SMITH
Published: August 28, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/2...ew/
28smith.html
EVEN though President Bush keeps saying American forces won't leave Iraq until its forces can fight on their own, the United States isn't rushing to give the Iraqi military heavy weapons.
snip
In public, the commanders cite many reasons for the slow pace of equipping the Iraqis: the supply chain is long, Iraq's soldiers are barely trained and largely untested, and the rebels they face are better fought with rifles than tanks.
In private, some officers acknowledge other concerns, too. "We're worried about civil war or a coup," said a senior American officer in Baghdad charged with outfitting Iraq's new army. He would not agree to be identified because the concerns he was discussing are so sensitive.
Indeed, Iraqi commanders are growing restive, saying their troops are dying at three times the rate of American soldiers because they lack basic equipment.
And so on, and so forth . . .
Oh, and a big shout-out "Thank You!" to Judith Miller.
(May she rot in jail many more months.)
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i mean, if they are so proud of their cause, one would think they would @ least have their talking points ready.
n69n
the brainwashing didn't take
they need a three minute hate and forgot what it was about
Un...we are at war with eastasia abecause eurasia attacked us on spetember 13th
...uh we stand by our presi...esoldieers...cindy sheehan is...uh antiwar exttremists...uh mooreon and michael move
....
s
harrass wounded troops and their families.
Proof, please!
Oh, I understand now. If Bush lied, that makes it ok to harrass wounded troops and their families.
I get it.
No, you don't get it, you fuckwit. No liberal was harassing wounded troops. Go on and disprove my assertion.
They and Ed Wood movies are guilty pleasures of mine.
"Can you *prove* it didn't happen?"
res --
Thanks for the heads up on Rich & the Rat -- the sad thing is the conflating of the pedophile scandal with "gay priests" -- doesn't work (although there are a hell of a lot of gay priests) -- you screen out gays the same way the military does -- ask, "Are you a homosexual? Have you ever used hard drugs? Have you ever used marijuana?" -- for what it's worth, the CPOs administering the tests told us to answer NO to those three questions...
WGG --
That Houseman is the first thing I sent Hecate -- some quesiton about malt & Milton it was that spraked it, IIRC
BTW -- "Paths of Glory" is great as if (a very different film) "Tunes of Glory"
Notice how much more the right likes to broadcast from crawford than the left does? Randi refuses tro broadcast form down there and franken has'nt even brought it up.
Sallyh, going back a long ways here, but I always thought it preferable to stand in front. (Let me ask my wife, maybe SHE remembers)
Report from NOLA - where it is hot and calm and COX cable has dies so who the hell knows what the TmV is saying
We have a flight out for our long awaiting but premeturely delivered trips tomorrow afternoon. I felt great - but it looks like the airport might close instead.
Mr lb lived thru Betsy - I made it thru Ohio tornados - I'm going with all my bad luck got spent on 11/4/04
Cheers!
the brainwashing didn't take
they need a three minute hate and forgot what it was about
They done forgot whut Rush told 'em the other day!
I love my Blake jersey, tho.
and I WILL wear it.
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i got a ray lewis jersey that i wear. yeah, i know. he was the official nfl bad negro for a while. i don't care though.
Rastafas
your gravatar is my Joe
down to the nose
The world needs more Great Bosoms, not fewer.
SteveNS
Olaf? You there?
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Pope Benedict: "So, do you like movies about gladiators?"
Pope Benedict: "So, do you like movies about gladiators?"
But do you gentlemen stand behind bosoms that are not necessarily world class?
I don't generally stand behind them at all. Maybe if I were a lot taller...
"It's when they pair up that the Evil begins." --
Ripley
But then they see the light, and it all works out in the end.
NTodd--what will the boy do once the weather turns cold and the snow starts to fall?
He's not been very good about curfew lately, has he?
Oh, there u r
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Hmm, I misbolded - meant the next graf. You get the drift.
Better break out the caffeine.
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But do you gentlemen stand behind bosoms that are not necessarily world class?
Absolutely, in fact I think it's a crying shame that there are no government-funded development programs. Every bosom should have the opportunity to achieve its fullest potential.
i mean, if they are so proud of their cause, one would think they would @ least have their talking points ready.
n69n
All they had to do is take the cue from their fuckwit preznit:
"September 11....September 11....September 11...September 11...September 11....September 11....September 11....September 11...September 11...September 11....September 11....September 11....September 11...September 11...September 11....September 11....September 11....September 11...September 11...September 11...."
But do you gentlemen stand behind bosoms that are not necessarily world class?
Goodness, whatever for?
Does that not defeat the purpose of World Class Bosoms?
Sallyh: Jeffraham--now that we're in preseason football, shall we write you off till the end of January?
No ma'am -- I fully expect to lose interest very quickly, as the Titans will, I expect, do even worse than 5-11 this season. They got capped out, and what I saw of Pacman Jones last night (before I turned on the sleepin' apparatus) didn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy. McNair should step aside right now, and let Volek take a shot. If Volek isn't the starter next year, he's gone, and the guy's got a lot of talent. Dunno if it surpasses McNair's, but McNair's best days are behind him.
And how's my boy Curly?
Lonely, right now. But we'll fix that after a few more beers.
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Sallyh - He'll want to go out for 5 minutes at a time, then demand back in. I'm stocking up on tranquilizer darts to shut him up.
Christ on caviar with sour cream, what is El Gordo still doing here?
OMG laura flanders is talking to the anti-sheehan people & THEY ARE DING DONG DUMB!!!!!!!
No shit. They almost beat up some Protest Warriors because they couldnt fathem the subtlety of their "No MOre Wars -- Unless a Democrat is President" sign.
The AP reporter made it seem like they only saw the top of the sign, but thenm she explained that teh Protest warrior leader had to keep explaining who they were, taht they support Bush, and what their sign actually meant!
Idiots.
Ah, I see we also have characters named Clarke and Zelazny...
Pope Benedict: "So, do you like movies about gladiators?"
pbg
Ever been in a Turkish prison camp?
For record, I believe there are no evil bosoms. All bosoms are inherently good. Particularly when bare, in slightly chilly weather.
78 degrees with a sea breeze here in Central, CA my paradisiacal corner of the worldjust back from the supply run got everything we need to erect Camp Absolute and ponder our next moves against the greedy despoilers of earth, oh yeah and for tonight, that includes the Astros
I just filled up my truck and I feel like I've been carried off by a petrodactyl.
Speaking of which- I just got home.... is this perodactyl movie any good?
By that I mean, is it horrible in a thoroughly enjoyable way?
pbg--"Ever been in a men's locker room, Joey?"
lb0313,
I am visualizing you flying safely out of there through the calm before the storm. Stay safe!
Operation Iraqi Liberation.
My new name for the Iraq war. Guaranteed to go right over the heads of Bush supporters everywhere.
Hey be nice to poor leetle Gorda la trollita.
Eet seems that el Insignificante got her leetle culo kicked today, een a how-joo-say "prissy slap fight" with la trollia sociopata , so she ees grrrumpy, no?
Ooooooooh, pobrecita trollita does jour culo steel hurt weeth the steeng frrrom the pound-eeng she took?
¿eh?
" But do you gentlemen stand behind bosoms that are not necessarily world class?"
C'mon, you guys, you know that there is no such thing.
Every rack is sacred!
4Leggers--totally horrible and totally fun! Best enjoyed with a fruity summer drink containing a whole lotta booze.
78 degrees with a sea breeze here in Central, CA
Fooey on you!
Yo uget back here and suffer with teh rest of us fools.
and what I saw of Pacman Jones last night (before I turned on the sleepin' apparatus)
where does one get a sleeping apparatus?
Cool!!
here come's some!!
Hopefully there will be some most excellent eatage soon.
The creatures look decent.
Every rack is sacred!
Marcia Brady
the goodness of the rack is all about pereception
"I'm stocking up on tranquilizer darts to shut him up."
NTodd
Is he neutered?
"September 11....September 11....September 11...September 11...September 11....September 11....September 11....September 11...September 11...September 11....September 11....September 11....September 11...September 11...September 11....September 11....September 11....September 11...September 11...September 11...."
Terry C, Feminazi Moonbat | Email | 08.27.05 - 9:56 pm | #
Except Dear Leader says "September the 11th" most of the time. A strange tic.
So, do you like movies about gladiators?
Ever been in a Turkish prison camp?
Ever been in a men's locker room, Joey?
*snff* I love you people. Just sayin'.
4Leggers--totally horrible and totally fun! Best enjoyed with a fruity summer drink containing a whole lotta booze.
Excellent!!
They always make me think of Jonny Quest.
Prior A ... Someone needs to ask Pope Rat if he's a homosexual.
If you're gonna root out all the homosexuals, you gotta start with the homosexuals at the top.
El Gato Negro!--but, he calls the ladies putas, no?
There ees some lovely coconut shreemp waiting to be cooked een mi cocina...
Ooooooooh, pobrecita trollita does jour culo steel hurt weeth the steeng frrrom the pound-eeng she took?
¿eh?
¡El Gato Negro! | Email |Homepage | 08.27.05 - 9:58 pm | #
Si LOLOL
Hecate --
I didn't intend "cult" to be pejorative there -- it has been used by sociologists to refer to very specific types of religious observance -- by reporters & popularizers & "anti-cultists" in a different way -- I lapsed into it naturally with Mithraism with its exclusivist male (& yes, frequently warrior) clientele -- Christianity really borrowed nothing from it (different levels of initiation, etc. -- the Masons have much more in common with Mithraism that Christianity does)
4Leggers--tell me Bandit wasn't the best character in JQ.
the goodness of the rack is all about pereception
Perception of depth of course.
But do you gentlemen stand behind bosoms that are not necessarily world class?
I bet the answer you're gonna get is something like the one I give for pizza (and sex), i.e., "Even when it's bad, it's good."
You go to war with the bosoms you have...
I hope that fuckwit pope nazi trips in his red shoes and bashes his ugly nose on the cobblestones of Rome and bleeds to fucking death. I truly do. Fuck him and his nasty death cult. Fuck him with his own crozier dipped in his own palm ashes.
And that's all I have to say about that.
Uncle Smokes ... you in NYC?
I got to meet him once. What a fine fellow.
res ipsa loquitur
No I'm in South Dakota, but, because of the gay angle, I had learned of Father Judge. What I read of him blows me away--the kind of Catholic that conservatives truly hate, the kind that takes the Sermon on the Mount seriously.
"You've got something on the side of your mouth.
No, the other side."
*thump*
Olaf.
When I told Melissa you said Hi, she smiled and spread her arms in the air and said, "Olaf!".
Consider that a hug sent out to you.
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Thanks Hecate - you know, Mr lb is heading to teach in Hong Kong - and one of the few Chinese saying I know (great boss, 1st job) is (very phonetically) 'E Lun Sun Foon' - which is [go with the wind in your sails.
I say, less wind, more sails.
"What can you make out of this, Johnny?"
"Well, I can make a hat--or a brooch--or a pterodactyl--"
"I'm stocking up on tranquilizer darts to shut him up."
NTodd
Is he neutered?
Yup, just like his Daddy...
That's Coolio-
cool!!
"what about the pterodactyl???"
Good question.
lb0313,
I am visualizing you flying safely out of there through the calm before the storm. Stay safe!
Hecate
You may end up in Tejas but you will be safe. GO on along now. Hold tight to your grip and your chappie and all will be well.
"But do you gentlemen stand behind bosoms that are not necessarily world class?
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