I'MMA LET YOU FINISH

frist again


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Gravatarhey, i'm a shy lawyer, too.


GravatarWow..... two frists in one day....... I gotta get a life


GravatarOr not.


Gravatarwhat the hell? it's almost 10 at night here, and someone is getting a bagel at this cafe?

someone's in the wrong time zone...


Gravatarsoooo-EEEEE!


GravatarHilarious.


GravatarOf course, I'm a shyster lawyer.


GravatarSo pigboy - you want the medal or the chest to pin it on, for your stellar achievement?


Gravatar Of course, I'm a shyster lawyer.

hahahaha!


Gravatari'm not shy at all.

also not a lawyer.


GravatarEli, photo just for you.


http://img.photobucket.com/ album...igervictims.jpg


GravatarAww. The other thread was just gettin' good.


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also not a lawyer.


sheesh! what's wrong with you?!?


GravatarOf course, I'm a shyster lawyer.

I'm having difficulty with the punch line on this one...


Gravatarfrist again
pigboy | 01.21.06 - 10:39 pm | #

i think he's earned it. call it thread karma.


GravatarFifty percent of those surveyed called those responsible for blowing the NSA's cover "traitors," while just 27 percent agreed with media claims that the leakers were "whistleblowers."

By a margin of 42 to 34 percent, even Democrats agreed with the "traitor" label.

Americans also strongly support renewing the Patriot Act by a nearly 2 to 1 margin [57 to 31 percent].


GravatarTent sex. Hubba hubba.


Gravatari think he's earned it. call it thread karma.

I think it's called no life.


GravatarGotta Phone call. Can't. Keep. Up.


GravatarEli, photo just for you.

That really is awesome. Got any more?


Gravatarcarolyn - you blown many republican operatives lately?


Gravatarhttp://img.photobucket.com/ album...igervictims.jpg

Great a bucket of body parts.


GravatarFrom the last thread:

I'm liking the 18-200mm VR zoom, although it started having autofocus problems towards the end of today's shoot.

Darkroom is great - you have so much more control. Well, compared to sending film to the lab, anyway. Compared to Photoshop... not so much.


To tell ya the truth, I'd rather not monkey with photos too much. I'm sort of a purist.

I think you should get the image right on film (or sensor) in the first place.


Gravatarwar in eye rack: zero coverage today
two dead in a coal mine: lots and lots

and a whale.

I love whales and I think mine safety is important, but whattabout OUR troops in an overseas nation getting shot at?

And our NATIONAL GUARDSMEN who should be at home working to keep us safe, not shipped overseas to put bullets in people of a sovereign nation? Should be home makin babies.

Terrorists are not Iraqi.
Saudi is what Saudi is.

Where is the coverage of what matters??


GravatarMarilynne Robinson's "Gilead" is out in paper.

Has anyone read Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking"?


GravatarAnd now, a word from our HICA!
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Gravatar Wow..... two frists in one day....... I gotta get a life

I had my first frist this evening in a long time. What a rush.


GravatarThis movie is kind of retarded.


Gravatarhttp://img.photobucket.com/ album...igervictims.jpg

am i missing something? i thought sabre-tooths were extinct?


Gravatar Fifty percent of those surveyed called those responsible for blowing the NSA's cover "tr--

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...


Gravataroh, and the ex-wife goes off-roading.


GravatarUh oh. Here goes the mega volcano under yellowstone.


The nekkid campers are toast.


GravatarWhere is the coverage of what matters??


Ummmm, that would be here - on the internets - where there is no profit motive involved.


GravatarFifty percent of those surveyed called those responsible for blowing the NSA's cover "traitors," while just 27 percent agreed with media claims that the leakers were "whistleblowers."

Link?


Gravatarhttp://img.photobucket.com/ album...igervictims.jpg

Great a bucket of body parts.
Doug


The first thought in my head was the creepy Burger King showing up.

Therefore I deduce I should move on.

Good night y'all, and take care of your good selves!


Gravatarsheesh! what's wrong with you?!?
poppieprong (fka seaxneat fka |


i feel like marisa tomei in "my cousin vinnie"

besides which,

my father is a lawyer.
three of my brothers are lawyers.
my half-brother is a lawyer.
my uncle is a lawyer.
my sister-in-law is a lawyer.


GravatarTo tell ya the truth, I'd rather not monkey with photos too much. I'm sort of a purist.

I think you should get the image right on film (or sensor) in the first place.


I mainly just mess with the color balance, brightness and contrast, and sometimes crop, but not much else.


Gravataram i missing something? i thought sabre-tooths were extinct?


Extinct? who told you that?


GravatarBTW, I always love when the brownshirts post the numbers from, but not a link to, a poll that, if you knew the source, you'd immediately dismiss because it's so fucking biased.

Try again, motherfucker.


GravatarSo pigboy - you want the medal or the chest to pin it on, for your stellar achievement?
Barndog, anti-stupidity | Email | Homepage | 01.21.06 - 10:41 pm | #

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Well, I mean I would not ask for one. I mean it is really nothing. But if you really want too. Okay.... Make sure it is a nice one would you.. After all I am very modest. Something that says 'stellar achievement' in gold letters and lots of ribbons. Yeah, that would work. What kind of ceremony will you hold? Who will you invite? Can you get Mike Moore to be there? Geez.... I am so giddy... so much for only two frists......


GravatarRyan Adams & the Cardinals are on Austin City Limits tonight.

Just sayin'


GravatarHas anyone read Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking"?

I'm considering it. Isn't it very sad?


Gravatar Gotta Phone call. Can't. Keep. Up.

Did watertiger call you on the TV remote?


Gravatar"She has looks that defy gravity"
Elvis C. your match has been found!


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Gravatar"She has looks that defy gravity"
Elvis C. your match has been found!


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my father is a lawyer.
three of my brothers are lawyers.
my half-brother is a lawyer.
my uncle is a lawyer.
my sister-in-law is a lawyer.


goodness! i don't blame you, then!


Gravatardailykos.com just frustrates the fuck out of me. I click on a link, purportedly to John Kerr's "diary," and what do I see? Same shit that's on the homepage. CLick on Kerry's name (when I find an actual link to something he worte, that is)? What do I get? Kos homepage.

Fuckin' unintuitive piece of shit blog.
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GravatarThey MISSED? They were firing at the bottom of the ocean and they MISSED?

Gah.


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Has anyone read Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking"?
masculine_monica_nyc


Yes I did.
Very good.


Gravatarso they basically just shot torpedos into the earth's anal fissures?


GravatarFifty percent of those surveyed called those responsible for blowing the NSA's cover "traitors," while just 27 percent agreed with media claims that the leakers were "whistleblowers."

Bull. Shit.


GravatarWell, it looks like I'm going out again. So no gin #2. Dammit.

I guess I'll take my silliness elsewhere.


GravatarExtinct? who told you that?

erm, elementary school?

(now i'm feeling self-conscious...)


Gravatar"Operation Heal The Earth"???


Gravatarcarolyn nc | 01.21.06 - 10:44 pm | #

americans stongly support having trolls gutted and hung from the castle walls to be feasted on by crows.

[63% to 37%]


GravatarWatching a pile of clean laundry slowly being spread about the room. Two of my little bandits are playing war and the laundry is the battlefield. Too much fun watching them to run them off.


GravatarWow..... two frists in one day....... I gotta get a life

I had my first frist this evening in a long time. What a rush.
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy | Email | Homepage | 01.21.06 - 10:47 pm | #

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Yes, nothing as thrilling as a 'frist'


Gravatar"you blown any Republican operatives lately?"

HEY. THATS MY TURF!


GravatarThey MISSED? They were firing at the bottom of the ocean and they MISSED?

They prefer to call it a directional anomaly.


GravatarI mainly just mess with the color balance, brightness and contrast, and sometimes crop, but not much else.

Yeah. Me too.


I think my next lens is going to be similar to your new one.

Uh, oh. The sub is toast. I knew going into the marianas trench was a bad idea.

Maybe the aliens will show up and rescue them.


Gravatarthat was the fakest fall out of a chair I've ever seen. Worse than original Star Trek.


Gravatar so they basically just shot torpedos into the earth's anal fissures?

That's what happens when you put the gays in charge of science.


Gravatargoodness! i don't blame you, then!
poppieprong (fka seaxneat fka


worse, daddy's a corporate lawyer.


Gravatarso they basically just shot torpedos into the earth's anal fissures?

Oh no! The S.S. Eddie Murphy's been hit!


GravatarI can stop by Mike's house if you'd like. He's up the road about 50 miles or so. I worked with him on a minor PBS thing back in the early 90's.

Really good dude. Great friend of mine went to high school with him in Flint. Says he hasn't changed one iota since then.

Imagine that.


GravatarPlease do not read this message unless you have a top secret clearance. Otherwise you will present a danger to ... YES! National Security! Oh God.


GravatarFifty percent of those surveyed called those responsible for blowing the NSA

More governmental blowing going on? Where's Ken Starr?
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Gravatarfrists are all well and good, but gherkins and haggises are truly where the action's at.


Gravatar"They MISSED? They were firing at the bottom of the ocean and they MISSED?

Gah."


It flinched.


GravatarThe spanish guy is toast.


Gravatarso they basically just shot torpedos into the earth's anal fissures?


Yep. They shot a missile up Earth's ass.


And another grad student bites the dust.


GravatarWatching a pile of clean laundry slowly being spread about the room. Two of my little bandits are playing war and the laundry is the battlefield. Too much fun watching them to run them off.
EkCenTriK | 01.21.06 - 10:50 pm | #

I guess there are some things better than 'frists'.


Gravatar "Operation Heal The Earth"???

Is Michael Jackson involved?


GravatarI think my next lens is going to be similar to your new one.

So nice to be able to go from wide angle to telephoto without changing lenses...


"...will continue to release magma at an increased, startling rate." Lordhelp.


GravatarOld Faithful blowing magma: not especially convincing effect.


GravatarThe spanish guy is toast.

Yeah, right.


GravatarSo grad students are Red Shirts?


GravatarI'm considering it. Isn't it very sad?

So I've heard, but I haven't read it yet either.


Gravatarworse, daddy's a corporate lawyer.

oh my. well, i totally understand, then! see, my dad is an engineer and my mom a librarian.


first lawyer in my immediate family, though there are very famous lawyers with my surname, to which i am distantly related.


GravatarTragedy!!!


GravatarThat's what happens when you put the gays in charge of science.

*squish*


GravatarI'm out...

Zapette and I are gonna groove to crappy 70's music.

How did you guys live through this shit?


Goodnight!!


GravatarI guess I'll take my silliness elsewhere.
mena | Email | 01.21.06 - 10:50 pm | #


#3 went down even faster than #2.

and i can still type.


GravatarAnyone know any good recipes for parboiled grad student?


GravatarHe did NOT just say "nukular"!


Gravatarerm, elementary school?

(now i'm feeling self-conscious...)



Those were movie props from a photo story I shot on a movie set (it was a caveman comedy).


Gravatardailykos.com just frustrates the fuck out of me. I click on a link, purportedly to John Kerr's "diary," and what do I see? Same shit that's on the homepage. CLick on Kerry's name (when I find an actual link to something he worte, that is)? What do I get? Kos homepage.

Did you or anyone else read the Kerry thread comments? I really can't make myself read a thousand of those nested things, but I'm wondering if there is anything there that is not just fawning.


GravatarThis fake preznit is so... inspiring!


GravatarI'm pretty sure my step-aunt got some kind of slimline Lumix, and it was very stylish.
Eli

yeah, but does it look like a fuck'n camera?

ok, that's from the old thread. i got disconnected.

you might be a blog addict if...


GravatarBin Laden tape 'not genuine'

Researchers in Switzerland have questioned the authenticity of the recent audio recording attributed to Osama Bin Laden.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middl...ast/ 2526309.stm


GravatarCrows prefer their trolls cooked rare but the hair singed off cleanly.

and their martinis stirred not shaken.
Bond


Gravatar"They MISSED? They were firing at the bottom of the ocean and they MISSED?

Gah."

It flinched.

Must have had a wild moment, and missed a stroke in there...


GravatarAnyone know any good recipes for parboiled grad student?
Thers the Hostile


Slow cooked over a spit with just a pinch of irony at the end.


Gravatar
Those were movie props from a photo story I shot on a movie set (it was a caveman comedy).


those are pretty realistic! was it the new mike judge film?


GravatarSo nice to be able to go from wide angle to telephoto without changing lenses...


Yah, especially helpful when you're photographing the rapture.


GravatarThis president is about as inspiring as a bottle of Nyquil.


Gravataryeah, but does it look like a fuck'n camera?

"Ugly" and "not camera-like" are not necessarily synonymous...


Gravatar Anyone know any good recipes for parboiled grad student?

Four years on a minimum stipend usually does it nicely. Not Scifi, I know.


Gravatarthose are pretty realistic! was it the new mike judge film?


No, the new Adam Rifkin film.


GravatarNo, the new Adam Rifkin film.

oh!





*launching imdb.com...*


Gravatargo forth! or rather, fourth.

typing still coherent, spelling not much worse than ever. but slow, and puns hard to come by.

it might be bedtime.


Gravatar"The security is in the blinky thing?"


GravatarY'know, I don't know that I want any cookies that were dunked in "The Magic Fudge Pot."


GravatarBin Laden tape 'not genuine'

Researchers in Switzerland have questioned the authenticity of the recent audio recording attributed to Osama Bin Laden.



Not a surprise to me.

The give a way was having Bin Laden say he loved John Kerry and wants to be his plush toy.


Gravatarwill the volcano flim be at sundance this year?


GravatarI was just at Amazon.com checking out "Rogue State."

I want to read that one.

Every one of the unfavorable reviews are from wingnuts. Big surprise.

People who have, as Al Franken put it, a view of America that a 4 year old has of their mother.

One moron said anyone who buys the book is anti-American....but he didn't read the book himself, mind you.


Stupid, stupid, stupid people!


Gravatardammit! i was going to go buy some hooch, but it's past 9 pm and the liquor stores are closed. i think.

well, it's better that way.


Gravatar*launching imdb.com...*


The working title was "Homo Erectus."


GravatarBin Laden tape 'not genuine'

Researchers in Switzerland have questioned the authenticity of the recent audio recording attributed to Osama Bin Laden.


Noooo shit!


Gravatar*launching imdb.com...*

Hopefully, by this time next year, I will be an executive producer...


Gravatarpoppieprong.

hahahhaha!

funny name.

bet it's even funnier if i get to #5.


GravatarThe working title was "Homo Erectus."

hahahahaahahhahaha! fantasticus!


Gravatar"The security is in the blinky thing?"

You know he wants to say... "you're shitting me, right???"


GravatarThe working title was "Homo Erectus."

"Comedy", you say...


GravatarThese Keebler commercials give rise to the question: what advertising genius came up with the phrase "Magic Fudge Pot"?


GravatarResearchers in Switzerland have questioned the authenticity of the recent audio recording attributed to Osama Bin Laden.

Great, now we'll have to invade Switzerland.


GravatarHey, is simels around? I have a new post at PowerPop and I need his input.

Well, tell Thers to tell me. I have to stop hiding upstairs and rejoin the family.


GravatarSeriously: Why is dailykos.com so f'n impossible to use? Is it my browser? Why would every "diary" have the exact same contents as the homepage? Arrrgh! It's insanity, I tell you!
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Gravatarron jeremy, david carradine, tom arnold... what's not to love?


GravatarThese Keebler commercials give rise to the question: what advertising genius came up with the phrase "Magic Fudge Pot"?


I dunno.


GravatarGreat, now we'll have to invade Switzerland.
Doug, now with extra fiber | 01.21.06 - 10:59 pm | #


and ifght the elite army knife gard, no doubt.


GravatarDid you or anyone else read the Kerry thread comments? I really can't make myself read a thousand of those nested things, but I'm wondering if there is anything there that is not just fawning.
Echidne of the snakes

i didn't read the comments, and your description is one of the reasons i hate Kos, but John Kerry is the one person i ever believed i would vote for because i believed in the man. this year was different, i'd of placed my very first vote on a bag of shit, but i'd gladly vote kerry over most other canidates i can think of.

moreover his comment was spot on. why the fuck is osama still out there?


GravatarFort Apache tonite for us.
Mrs has some red wine. Some almonds and some B and B for me now.
Gin tomorrow. I will acknowledge I do not live today like we are at war.

And what a good day tomorrow will be! No more war. Troops all home for dinner. A fine sun will shine. The day will break bright and strong. The children will play in the snow and make angels.
And when I come out of the haze I'll want some heroin to dull the ache of the pain this President and his powerful associates have wreaked here and across the world.


GravatarSeriously: Why is dailykos.com so f'n impossible to use? Is it my browser? Why would every "diary" have the exact same contents as the homepage? Arrrgh! It's insanity, I tell you!

i can't stand kos's layout. thus i never visit.


Gravatarron jeremy, david carradine, tom arnold... what's not to love?

Oh boy.


GravatarIs it true that the Bin laden tape begins with him yelling "Frist"?


GravatarEchidne: I read quite a few of the comments at Kos- there were some serious ones and some cheap shots, as well as a very surprising amount of "fawning". I think it's simply because noone expected him to do something like that (he's even supposed to have done a couple of followups).

But maybe the guy isn't as hated as people want him to be.


Gravatarron jeremy, david carradine, tom arnold... what's not to love?


Carradine was on set the day I was there.


He was freaking hilarious. BTW, the location that day was Longhorn Caverns, which I found out are extremely haunted by confederate soldiers.


Gravatarcarolyn nc | 01.21.06 - 10:44 pm | #




Polls taken at mental institutions don't count, cupcake.

Nice try.


GravatarWell, fuck.

That was the big climax of the film??


I WANT MY MONEY BACK.


GravatarDoug: Bin Laden tape 'not genuine'

Senator Vreenak is vindicated! Take that, Tweety!
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Gravatarron jeremy, david carradine, tom arnold... what's not to love?

I heard that ron jeremy was a royal pain in the ass to work with.


GravatarI WANT MY MONEY BACK.
four legs good | Email | Homepage | 01.21.06 - 11:02 pm | #


i wnat your mony back too.


GravatarGawd

Shakira

Damn

If you have never have heard her, loud.
DO IT!

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GravatarThat was the big climax of the film??

He got back together with Felicity!!!



Now that's what I call a big finish!


Gravatarwhy the fuck is osama still out there?
charley



Because Bush Co. doesn't want to catch him?

They might need another "favor" from him, y'know.


Gravatarhuh huh. he said climax. huh huh huh.


GravatarIs it true that the Bin laden tape begins with him yelling "Frist"?


When they get around to releasing the video I'm sure we'll find he was wearing a moonbat t-shirt.


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He was freaking hilarious. BTW, the location that day was Longhorn Caverns, which I found out are extremely haunted by confederate soldiers.


haunted? really? cool! maybe when my wife finally gets to move down here, and we move to austin (hopefully) we'll visit. she's totally into haunted things.


GravatarThat was the big climax of the film??

EEEEK! The volcano wasn't killed! IT'S HIDING BEHIND THE CURTAIN! TURN AROUND! IT HAS A KNIFE!


GravatarI do not hate John Kerry. I think he would have made a fine president. But I did hate the way he just capitulated to the Republicans and refused to fight. It was disgraceful: these people are nuts and you have to be just as crazy if you hope to win.


GravatarI do not hate John Kerry. I think he would have made a fine president. But I did hate the way he just capitulated to the Republicans and refused to fight. It was disgraceful: these people are nuts and you have to be just as crazy if you hope to win.


GravatarI heard that ron jeremy was a royal pain in the ass to work with.

This is why you really need to read your contract closely...


GravatarSenator Vreenak is vindicated!

Before I went to your link, I was scratching my head wondering what state that Senator was from.


GravatarI heard that ron jeremy was a royal pain in the ass to work with.




Gravatar This president is about as inspiring as a bottle of Nyquil.

I love "medicine" that's 25% alcohol.


GravatarI heard that ron jeremy was a royal pain in the ass to work with.

I dunno. I wasn't there that day.


Hadn't heard that.


GravatarThers the Hostile: These Keebler commercials give rise to the question: what advertising genius came up with the phrase "Magic Fudge Pot"?

Prob'ly the same guys who came up with the first name for Taco Bell's Chili-Cheese Burrito: the Chilito.
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Gravatari can't stand kos's layout. thus i never visit.
poppieprong

Yeah I agree. To me it seems torturous to navigate. How does it get to be so popular...it must be me (erh us).
just sayin'
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GravatarThis president is about as inspiring as a bottle of Nyquil.

I love "medicine" that's 25% alcohol.
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy | Email | Homepage | 01.21.06 - 11:04 pm |

So does the president.


GravatarBin Laden tape 'not genuine'

I'm shocked, simply shocked! Not by the story, which I fully expected, but that it took as long as it did for someone to call a spade a spade.


GravatarProb'ly the same guys who came up with the first name for Taco Bell's Chili-Cheese Burrito: the Chilito.

Don't knock it - it has a good chance of being on the Supreme Court.


Gravatarhaunted? really? cool! maybe when my wife finally gets to move down here, and we move to austin (hopefully) we'll visit. she's totally into haunted things.

The tour guide was telling me. So I started asking the crew and several of them said they heard all kinds of creepy stuff.


Gravatarcobert last night to whichever congressman he was talking to (dem ny):

q: how much money have you taken from abramoff?
a: none.
q: then why have you been implicated?
a: i haven't.
q: but i just implicated you.


GravatarOf course, I'm a shyster lawyer.

I'm having difficulty with the punch line on this one...
Barndog, anti-stupidity



Groucho Marx, Monkey Business


GravatarOBL tape not genuine?
Who woulda thunk it?

Buenas noches.


GravatarOh dear. MadTV commercial: "New Apple iPad: Please don't ask us to explain how it works."

Lots of female silhouettes dancing around with white things in their crotchal areas...


Gravatarcolbert.
sheesh.


Gravatardoug, why bring up a link that's 3 yrs old?


GravatarProb'ly the same guys who came up with the first name for Taco Bell's Chili-Cheese Burrito: the Chilito.

Alito would like a Chilito, cause it's neato.


GravatarWe called it!


GravatarThe tour guide was telling me. So I started asking the crew and several of them said they heard all kinds of creepy stuff.

very cool. one of my favorite memories of edinburgh was the haunted tour that ended up at the "end of the world" pub. cheap scotch and ghosts in the dead of winter for a honeymoon. what could be better?


GravatarEli: Don't knock it - it has a good chance of being on the Supreme Court.

That'd make an apt nickname for any 'pub, IMO.
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GravatarProb'ly the same guys who came up with the first name for Taco Bell's Chili-Cheese Burrito: the Chilito.

And after scarfin' down a couple of hot chilitos a good swig of this makes the meal complete.

http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/in...ets/ coolpis.jpg


Gravatarvery cool. one of my favorite memories of edinburgh was the haunted tour that ended up at the "end of the world" pub. cheap scotch and ghosts in the dead of winter for a honeymoon. what could be better?


That's excellent. Did you go to the underground part of Edinburgh? I've always wanted to do that.


GravatarProb'ly the same guys who came up with the first name for Taco Bell's Chili-Cheese Burrito: the Chilito.

or the "gordita"? little fat?


Gravatarwhat's the use of this 24 inch waist if you don't touch me?

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Gravatar Oh dear. MadTV commercial: "New Apple iPad: Please don't ask us to explain how it works."

Lots of female silhouettes dancing around with white things in their crotchal areas...


I think that made me laugh more than it should have.


GravatarEurope's most successful companies are turning their backs on EU markets because of red tape, a high-level report said yesterday.

The companies that Europe needed to survive were instead investing more money than ever in the United States and Asia, concluded the report, presented to the European Commission in Brussels.

The findings made unsettling reading for the EU leaders, ripping into their pledges to build a "knowledge-based Europe" that would overtake America in 10 years. The reality was the opposite. Not only were US, Chinese and Japanese firms outspending Europe on research and development, the gap with Europe was growing.

Perhaps most damagingly, Europe's most important countries were pouring more and more of their technology investment overseas, as they despaired of the European Union becoming "innovation friendly".

Unless EU governments took bold action to increase spending on research, freed labour markets so skilled workers could move more easily, and stopped pouring taxpayers' money into dying industries, Europe's post-war way of life was doomed.

The report said: "Europe must break out of structures and expectations established in the post-Second World War era that leave it today living a moderately comfortable life on slowly declining capital. This society, averse to risk and reluctant to change, is in itself alarming but it is also unsustainable in the face of rising competition from other parts of the world."


GravatarThat's excellent. Did you go to the underground part of Edinburgh? I've always wanted to do that.

only part of it. twas great. ooh wife's calling!@


GravatarWas Alito the fifth Beatle, or just a Cheetoh?


Gravatarcarolyn - you blown many republican operatives lately?
Barndog, anti-stupidity


ALL of them

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americans stongly support having trolls gutted and hung from the castle walls to be feasted on by crows.

[63% to 37%]



Gravataror the "gordita"? little fat?

Wapish!


GravatarY'all know what "chilito" is in Spanish slang, yes?

Little pee-pee.
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GravatarThis snipped/stolen from comments at Redd & Hamsher-

Lil Debby should be forced to swallow the comment whole:

bEGINsTOLENcOMMENTpOST-

Let me try to explain it in a way that the media can easilty understand it. Let's pretend that, instead of money, Jack Abramoff was giving out blowjobs. It would be fair to say that Abramoff gave blowjobs to a lot of Republicans. He did not, as far as we know, give blowjobs to any Democrats. As for Abramoff's clients, these are people who were GIVING Abramoff blowjobs, not receiving them from him. While it is true that some of the people who gave Abramoff blowjobs also gave blowjobs to some Democrats, I've seen no evidence that Abramoff was DIRECTING his clients to give blowjobs to Democrats, and it's a hell of a lot different than getting blowjobs from Abramoff himself. Questions?
Frank Probst | 01.21.06 - 7:56 pm | #

-eNDtHEFT


GravatarThe adults are in charge via firedoglake:

The Firestorm Over My Column

By Deborah Howell
Sunday, January 22, 2006; B06

To all of those who wanted me fired, I'm afraid you're out of luck. I have a contract. For the next two years, I will continue to speak my mind.

Keep smiling. I will.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp...2100907_pf.html


GravatarDeborah Howell is up over at the WPost. She finally admits a mistake but also says she was flamed by thousands of profane e-mails. The vast majority of those I saw were perfectly polite. Saying someone lied when they did lie is not abusive, just pointing out a fact. Her tone is very snide and she still mischaracterizes and doesn't prove that Abramoff directed donations to Dems. She does cite two sources but very loosely. See for yourself.


Gravatardoug, why bring up a link that's 3 yrs old?
1watt Hermit


Because this is about how it will take before the news comes out that the newest tape is also fake.


GravatarBin Laden tape 'not genuine'

The tape was analysed by the CIA and the US National Security Agency, which listens to communications around the world.

Said they believe the recording - broadcast on the Arabic al-Jazeera television channel earlier this month - was almost certainly that of Osama Bin Laden.

A true cluster...


GravatarBin Laden Tape:

Read the date on the aticle. November 2002.


GravatarIn a recent survey, 50% of respondents called Hitler a "real swell guy who'd solve that pesky problem with the Jews," while 27% of respondents thought he was fucking nuts. Oh wait, the numbers were more like 95-5, and the survey was taken in Germany in 1933. My bad.
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GravatarTo all of those who wanted me fired, I'm afraid you're out of luck. I have a contract. For the next two years, I will continue to speak my mind.

Keep smiling. I will.



How old is this twat?


Gravataroki. i've figgured some stuff out.

first, after the 2nd martinin i stop measuring. this is not good. i might have accident;y put some vermouth in the last one. but that's not the issue.

the issue is, i would like to see lil debbie report on how much indian tribe contributions to democrabs incresased after abramoff started directing the film. i suspect none at all, infact i believe they went down.

i'm sure someone brought that up before.

i had more to say, but this took too long alrady.

so i am going to bed. i wll be back tomorrow with a large headache.

unless i sit here a few more minutes and post again.


GravatarI can't do it. I tried reading the Kos threads on Kerry but I fall asleep trying to decipher the nesting stuff.


GravatarY'all know what "chilito" is in Spanish slang, yes?

Little pee-pee.
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Jeffraham Prestonian



Got a new nickname for Abu Conzales.


GravatarI fall asleep trying to decipher the nesting stuff.
Echidne of the snakes

Exactly.
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GravatarI fall asleep trying to decipher the nesting stuff.

Echidne, you need to wake up and do your nightly hunt for things to eat. Being inside at night is bad for a noctournal creature.


GravatarI eat my words.


GravatarThe tape was analysed by the CIA and the US National Security Agency, which listens to communications around the world.




Oh, yeah - those are real objective sources.


GravatarAmazon has deleted ~200 negative reviews on Kate's book. She's jumped from a 1.5-2.0 star to a 3.5 star.

Check it for yourself. Total reviews are down to 312. They are PURGING our reviews. Absolutely shameless.


GravatarTo all of those who wanted me fired, I'm afraid you're out of luck. I have a contract.

Wow. Having a contract means you can never get fired. Someone tell that to the NFL coaches who got canned in the last few weeks.


GravatarY'all know what "chilito" is in Spanish slang, yes?

i understand tago bell is introducting a new stuffed soft taco.

the putatito.

heheeheheehee.


GravatarCan you tell me how it used to be, have I lost my chance?

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GravatarEchidne, you need to wake up and do your nightly hunt for things to eat. Being inside at night is bad for a noctournal creature.

This friendly vampire I know is bringing me takeout!


GravatarEchidne of the snakes: I can't do it. I tried reading the Kos threads on Kerry but I fall asleep trying to decipher the nesting stuff.

Maybe I'm stupid, or my browser is stupid... but every goddamned link takes me to the goddamned homepage!

It's less than useless -- it's insanity, coded in XHTML!
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GravatarThe level of discourse on these blogs is beneath me.


GravatarAmazon shares pneumatic tubes with the WaPo.


GravatarKeep smiling. I will.

I'd keep smiling if I had a contract, too, honey. But only because I had the contract -- not because I had a shred of credibility left.

You're a placeholder, hon. Get used to it. If they could get your ass out of there before two yeras, they will -- even if it means paying you NOT to come to work.


GravatarTo all of those who wanted me fired, I'm afraid you're out of luck. I have a contract.

Wow. Having a contract means you can never get fired. Someone tell that to the NFL coaches who got canned in the last few weeks.
Richard



Wingnuts don't live in the real world.


GravatarBTW, thanks to all of you who responded to my new camera question. Guess I have some research to do, eh?

Barndog - thanks for your comments re: my brother last night (or, rather, early this morning). I appreciate it.

SD


GravatarIn a recent survey, 50% of respondents called Hitler a "real swell guy who'd solve that pesky problem with the Jews," while 27% of respondents thought he was fucking nuts. Oh wait, the numbers were more like 95-5, and the survey was taken in Germany in 1933. My bad.

Majority rules, dude. Hey, at least Germany was united and shit...


Gravatarhttp://www.michaelmoore.com/word...dex.php? id=5598

link to michael moore's 'jihadball" featuring

tweety and osama...


GravatarRecords from the Federal Election Commission and the Center for Public Integrity show that Abramoff's Indian clients contributed money to 195 Republicans and 88 Democrats between 1999 and 2004. The Post also has copies of lists sent to tribes by Abramoff with his personal directions on which members were to receive what amounts.

At least Howell is citing sources now.


GravatarIf they could get your ass out of there before two yeras, they will -- even if it means paying you NOT to come to work.

Of course, you're assuming that she's *not* doing exactly what they want her to do...


GravatarTo all of those who wanted me fired, I'm afraid you're out of luck. I have a contract.

we meant fired from the Washington Post...


Gravatarsarah deere - did i give any advice?

if so disregard it. i have a ricoh. obsiously i know nothing about camras.


Gravatarthe putatito.

heheeheheehee.
dirk gently


And a good burrito can only be made with a lean burro.
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GravatarMaybe I'm stupid, or my browser is stupid... but every goddamned link takes me to the goddamned homepage!

Stupid you are not so it must be your browser doing it. I get to the right places really fast now that I have broadband!


Gravatarcarolyn nc | 01.21.06 - 10:44 pm | #

americans stongly support having trolls gutted and hung from the castle walls to be feasted on by crows.

[63% to 37%]
dirk gently,sociopathetic | Email | 01.21.06 - 10:50 pm | #


Link, please


GravatarDid you realize:

That Noam Chomsky has gotten rich on Pentagon contracts; that Nancy Pelosi, recipient of the Cesar Chavez Award for her work on behalf of unions, owns a non-union vineyard and several non-union hotels; that Ralph Nader is not only a union-buster, but a frenetic stock trader who benefits from his own selective attacks on corporate America; and Ted Kennedy squashed an environmentally friendly wind-energy project, not because he would be able to see it from his home, but because it might affect his view when sailing his yacht.


Gravatardirk
go to bed

now


no, I mean it.
now


GravatarThis friendly vampire I know is bringing me takeout!

victim in a basket, the new netherworld takeout resturant.


GravatarWhen I told that police officer I was going to kidnap his children and mail them back to him 4 ounces at a time, what I meant was, "I'm sorry, I will try to pay closer attention to my speedometer." It was inartfully worded. But the meaning was clear.


GravatarDamn, it's getting so bad that I'm drinking beer and listening to Dwight Yoakum. Good thing I don't have a gun collection to clean.
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GravatarBOONDOCKS HITS HIM WITH THE CHAIR


GravatarKeep smiling. I will.

Keep smiling, it keeps your enemies guessing.


Gravataroldwhitelady, i may just have to do that. tomorrow. if i remember.


GravatarRecords from the Federal Election Commission and the Center for Public Integrity show that Abramoff's Indian clients contributed money to 195 Republicans and 88 Democrats between 1999 and 2004. The Post also has copies of lists sent to tribes by Abramoff with his personal directions on which members were to receive what amounts.

At least Howell is citing sources now.


Yes. But what she is NOT saying is that the tribes gave more to the Democrats before Abramoff got on the job.


GravatarA true cluster...
Lizzy


The mind boggles around the concept of evil Keystone Cops. For one thing, is Mack Sennett's estate getting royalties?


GravatarEchidne of the snakes: Stupid you are not so it must be your browser doing it. I get to the right places really fast now that I have broadband!

Congrats on the phatpipe, btw.

So... if you go to john-kerry.dailykos.com (his alleged "diary" homepage), you see content other than what is at www.dailykos.com?
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GravatarYes. But what she is NOT saying is that the tribes gave more to the Democrats before Abramoff got on the job.
Echidne of the snakes

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hey, that's what i said!


GravatarBe my muse.
be me amusesed

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Gravatar but I'm wondering if there is anything there that is not just fawning.

That's new. In the past, they've lit into people, like Obama and Dana Millbank.

Maybe I'm stupid, or my browser is stupid... but every goddamned link takes me to the goddamned homepage!

Are you on drugs? The "John Kerry's diary" link takes you to all the diaries he's done. If you want to read the comments, you click "View Comments."

If you want to read what he wrote, click on the title of the diary, in this case, "Thank You."

Anything else?


GravatarKos is a swamp all right- I was only there to see what Kerry said & how it went over.

I had kind of a "Bobo's World" moment earlier today... a member of a farmer/wrench-head oriented board I frequent is going into the hospital for a heart/lung transplant. I didn't even know you could *do* that.

There were about three pages of "thoughts and prayers with you" but no mention whatsoever of the *source* of these new organs.

so I wished the guy well and said that I also had sympathy for the family of the poor soul who provided the heart & lungs.

The damn thing went on another page and a half & I was the only one who even thought that was worth mentioning.

Them's "heartland values" in action, folks.


GravatarMy connection sucks Ruppert's ass.




Film at 11.


GravatarWhat was there about Big Momma's House that made a sequel necessary?


GravatarSorry, did I repeat you, dirk gently? Didn't mean to. I am very hungry and a little dizzy-headed...


GravatarBut what she is NOT saying is that the tribes gave more to the Democrats before Abramoff got on the job.


That's b/c she finds it profoundly distressing that political discource has suck to a level where facts have no place in an argument....uh...hey! wait a second....

I guess she wasn't talking about those pesky facts.


GravatarThat's b/c she finds it profoundly distressing that political discource has suck to a level where facts have no place in an argument....uh...hey! wait a second....

I guess she wasn't talking about those pesky facts.


Facts have no place in journalism.


GravatarWe don't want her fired, we want her Fried!


Gravatarall right, y'all, i'm a-headin' home. have a good night.


Gravatarfielding
dry clean the guns.

and listen to some Jim Lauderdale.
Yes.
Do.
Try to find him and you will.


Gravatar What was there about Big Momma's House that made a sequel necessary?

Lots of booty shots?


GravatarKeep smiling, it keeps your enemies guessing.

I bought a button in D.C. that reads:

Love Your Enemies. It Really Messes With Their Minds.


GravatarPeople who have, as Al Franken put it, a view of America that a 4 year old has of their mother.

great comment.


GravatarBut I did hate the way he just capitulated to the Republicans and refused to fight. It was disgraceful: these people are nuts and you have to be just as crazy if you hope to win.
DWD - Challenged

i agree. i don't fawn for kerry, he was disappointing in many ways, but a true american.

she doesn't quite fit my stated criteria (expressing approval of illegal NSA surveillance) but, i think debbie will be added to my unAmerican list.


Gravatar We don't want her fired, we want her Fried!

I'd prefer baked.


Gravataroldwhitelady, i may just have to do that. tomorrow. if i remember.
dirk gently,sociopathetic | Email | 01.21.06 - 11:22 pm | #


Ahhh, tomorrow is Sunday and we should all be in the Lord's house, worshipping... I hear Landover Baptist Church is the best place to be.


Gravatarhamletta: Are you on drugs?

First beer, dear.

The "John Kerry's diary" link takes you to all the diaries he's done. If you want to read the comments, you click "View Comments."

If you want to read what he wrote, click on the title of the diary, in this case, "Thank You."


I'm tellin' you, I only see the same content as is on the homepage, any link I click (unless I scroll down on the right, and click one of the links under "diaries," which is how I got to read the content for "Thank You," but on THAT page, I click on Kerry's name, or his diary link, and I get the same thing that's posted @ www.dailykos.com).

So, maybe it's a Mozilla thang.
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GravatarFirst!

(I'm factoring in the date line)


Gravatar"Yes. But what she is NOT saying is that the tribes gave more to the Democrats before Abramoff got on the job.
Echidne of the snakes"

I still wanna see this proof that Abramoff directed his clinets to give money to dems. They keep insisting on this point, but I've yet to see proof of this anywhere.


Gravatarechidne - i think so, but am dizzy myself. not hungry.

can you be an annoying drunk online?



can i?

ok, time to go for real. i am going to fix one more little drinkie, but head upstairs before i sip it. i will find a small glass. wouldn't want to overdo it. if i said anything bad i apologize. unless it was about debbie.

and i meant it about the crows.


GravatarSo... if you go to john-kerry.dailykos.com (his alleged "diary" homepage), you see content other than what is at www.dailykos.com?

You're right. That's fucked up. But you don't need it, because every diary he's written (two of 'em) is there in the recommended diaries box on the right side of the homepage.


Gravatar People who have, as Al Franken put it, a view of America that a 4 year old has of their mother.

Which explains why they want to fuck America.


GravatarI was just checking out BartCop.com.

I don't visit that site anywhere near as often as I used to.

He has the same themes over and over: his obsession with Hillary (today he's busting on Molly Ivins for what she said); torture is okay; and his other obsession: Shirley Manson.

He's losing it.


GravatarAhhh, tomorrow is Sunday and we should all be in the Lord's house, worshipping

hehheheeeheee.

you must not know me vert well.

i may neel at the porcelin alter, but prolly not. i am a deity in my own write.


GravatarYes. But what she is NOT saying is that the tribes gave more to the Democrats before Abramoff got on the job.

She's also being a simpleton ... deliberately. Why doesn't she add the clause "at the behest of Abramoff?"

Because she can't PROVE that they did it at the behest of Abramoff. So she's still doing her readers a disservice by implying that ALL the money is tainted.

The woman is a republican plant. And an idiot.


Gravatartomorrow is Sunday and we should all be in the Lord's house, worshipping



I sleep in on the weekends.

I work all week - the weekends are mine.


GravatarI bought a button in D.C. that reads:

Love Your Enemies. It Really Messes With Their Minds.


I wish I knew what the hell happened to my "Go Ahead. Chew My Clothes Off." button...


Gravatar"What was there about Big Momma's House that made a sequel necessary?
Eli
"

Well, the first one left open the question of what would happen if you rehashed a movie that earned somewhat slightly more money than it cost to make.


GravatarLove Your Enemies. It Really Messes With Their Minds.

so does an eggbeater.


Gravatar"Ahhh, tomorrow is Sunday and we should all be in the Lord's house, worshipping"

I'm going to st mattress of the springs...


Gravatarres,

don't bother with Balducci's. So ridiculously overpriced, it's embarrassing.

You're better off with Fairway.


GravatarIt's all about ME!


GravatarTerry C, thought Bart was losing it about a year ago. Gets lost in his own little world where he is Lord and master. Unfortunately, the rest of us are not so lucky.


GravatarI had the opportunity to work with the NSA some time ago. Back then, they had gotten their tails singed by backlash from domestic spy programs. I guess the old guard has retired by now and they're probably staffed by Mehlbots.

And I can't navigate for crap through Kos, either, FWIW.
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GravatarThe woman is a republican plant. And an idiot.
res ipsa loquitur | 01.21.06 - 11:30 pm | #


chrysanthemum.


(just wanted to see if i could say it)


GravatarI STILL haven't sent Atrios that Biofuels bumper sticker...


GravatarI wish I knew what the hell happened to my "Go Ahead. Chew My Clothes Off." button...



GravatarI still wanna see this proof that Abramoff directed his clinets to give money to dems. They keep insisting on this point, but I've yet to see proof of this anywhere.
jdw


DeLong has some words about her "proof"


Gravatar tomorrow is Sunday and we should all be in the Lord's house, worshipping

The Lord isn't in a house.


GravatarI still wanna see this proof that Abramoff directed his clinets to give money to dems. They keep insisting on this point, but I've yet to see proof of this anywhere.

jdw, there you go again, being rude and using rough language.


GravatarIsn't it hilarious that the Republicans only want to make an issue a bi-partisan one when there's corruption and scandal of which to relieve themselves? But when there's real work to be done, like actual progressive legislation that actually helps people who don't belong to country clubs, where's their bi-partisan spirit then?

Fuck 'em all. Let 'em all roast in Hell.

Btw, has anyone seen Mark Fiore's Power to the Peephole?


GravatarAnd for those who may have missed it earlier, the Bush twins find work.


Gravatardon't bother with Balducci's. So ridiculously overpriced, it's embarrassing.

Also, the guys there are all either blind or gay.


GravatarDeLong has some words about her "proof"
Sean | Email | 01.21.06 - 11:33 pm | #


sorry, I thought I had the permalink. It's the January 21, 2006 at 08:12 AM
post


GravatarHas anyone ever seen Deborah Howell and Ann Althouse in the same room together...??


GravatarI STILL haven't sent Atrios that Biofuels bumper sticker...

What about that book for GWPDA?


GravatarAhhh, tomorrow is Sunday and we should all be in the Lord's house, worshipping

ok, but I thought that was just her film surname?

kos works with Job's patience-


GravatarI STILL haven't sent Atrios that Biofuels bumper sticker...

Speaking of bumperstickers, I saw one today that said..

Got Schnauzers?

Which struck me as very, very funny.


GravatarHas anyone ever seen Deborah Howell and Ann Althouse in the same room together...??

I thought she sounded more like fy...


GravatarDeLong has some words about her "proof"
Sean


Nice link. Plus, as an old DOS text gamer I got a couple good chuckles out of "A George Bush Misadventure."
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GravatarAnd for those who may have missed it earlier, the Bush twins find work.
watertiger | Email | Homepage | 01.21.06 - 11:33 pm | #




Hah!!!!!!!


Gravatar(although I *did* call her "Howellthouse" last night...)


Gravatarwatertiger ...

Figured it would be bad -- they have to pay for that renovation and all.

Was it a madhouse?


GravatarThe Lord isn't in a house

My god, then who is that crazy bearded man I rented my cottage to?

Mel Gibson, NOOOOOOOOOOO!


GravatarI still wanna see this proof that Abramoff directed his clinets to give money to dems. They keep insisting on this point, but I've yet to see proof of this anywhere.

Yeah, DeLong was on about the Washington Post's published evidence for those "directed contributions."


GravatarOK, I sorta figured it out. It used to be that the link that keeps taking you to the homepage would wind up here.

It's like they switched the whole sub-domain thing, but didn't change the format of the auto-generated "John Kerry's diary" links.

If that makes any sense.

Anyway, at the linked page, there's a "Comments" tab where you can access just his comments. I think it takes you to the whole sub-thread it appeared in.


GravatarWas it a madhouse?

Far less zoo-like than Whole Foods. But $1.99 for ONE grapefruit?

Bite me. Hard.


Gravatarhttp://www.internetweekly.org/ 20...ander_ball.html



He tawt he taw a tewwawist.


Gravatardarryl hammond's Jesse Jackson is one of his best impersonations.


Yabba Dabba Do


GravatarHelen Clark is a moron


GravatarEvening, all.

Last week a friend gave me a "Who Would Jesus Bomb?" bumper sticker.


GravatarOh, yeah - those are real objective sources.

They vouched for the authenticity of that letter from al-Zawahiri to al-Zarqawi a few months ago, the one that happened to have a line that suggested that Zarqawi say hello to himself...

And even though the letter is supposed to be addressed to al-Zarqawi, the last line says, "By God, if by chance you're going to Fallujah, send greetings to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," another puzzling inconsistency.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/me...19/take.letter/


GravatarHeard a great saying today, apply it to whom you see it fits...

"If God didn't mean you to be sheared he wouldn't have made you sheep"

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Gravatarevening all.

reading the Howell psuedo-apology, I was struck by the strawman argument offered by Michael Cowley.

is there any question left that TNR is the enemy? they've moved from the camp of Vichy Democrats straight into the Quisling Camp. putzes.


GravatarI wish I knew what the hell happened to my "Go Ahead. Chew My Clothes Off." button...

That's a button you push, not a button you wear, right?


Gravatarhamletta: Anyway, at the linked page, there's a "Comments" tab where you can access just his comments. I think it takes you to the whole sub-thread it appeared in.

It's far more effort than I'm willing to expend. I used to do web app useability work, and a failing grade is "I ain't usin' it," which is what Kos gets from me.
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GravatarWell, I just went to Landover Baptist Church and found they have a great new contest going on.175th Annual Personal Testimony Contest
So what kind of a devil-loving, limp-wristed pansy were you? How long have you been sinking your teeth into Satan's pot roast of perversion? Spare us NO details! This is your chance to get behind the pulpit and spill your guts. I guess I don't have to go to church, tomorrow, since I went tonite!


GravatarThat's a button you push, not a button you wear, right?

The Easy Button.


GravatarHey, just popping back in. What have I missed?


GravatarYou're better off with Fairway.


I fucking LOVE Fairway.

Okay, now I'm gonna cry. (sob, I miss my old neighborhood).


GravatarHeard a great saying today, apply it to whom you see it fits...

"If God didn't mean you to be sheared he wouldn't have made you sheep"

.
FeralLiberal | Email | 01.21.06 - 11:39 pm | #


Oddly, this was quoted the other
day when I talked about my radical
hair-cut.


GravatarThanks, Sean. So from DeLong I learn: "In the readable parts of the document to which she links, Abramoff appears to "direct" $220,000 of contributions to Republicans, and $4,000 of contributions to Democrats."

ok, I'm wrong, the scandle IS bipartisan. The goopers get 220k, and the dems got(I'm assuming they actually got the $) 4k.

Therefor, assuming as Howell does that this money is corrupt, the goopers are 55 times more corrupt then the democrats.


GravatarVicki,

how's the finger?


GravatarThat Noam Chomsky has gotten rich on plutonium reprocessing in his MIT offices; that Nancy Pelosi, recipient of the Cesar Chavez Award for her work on behalf of unions, owns both Walmart and the animated zombified corpse of James Thurber; that Ralph Nader is not only a union-buster, but a frenetic tango dancer who haunts old lunch counters looking for Stokely Carmichael; and Ted Kennedy squashed an environmentally friendly republican staffer by sitting on him?


Gravatar# The act of observing or the condition of being observed.


GravatarYa know, I've had a blog for a whole week now and I'm not rich yet.


What the fuck am I doing wrong?


GravatarThe Center for Responsive Politics says: "We have no way to determine whether Mr. Abramoff or his associates suggested or directed that each campaign contribution listed be made. There are simply limits to the conclusions one can draw based on lobbying reports and reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. While Mr. Abramoff has apparently acknowledged directing tribes to make specific contributions, which is generally legal, it is entirely possible that Mr. Abramoff had nothing to do with the making of tribal contributions to certain recipients. For now, Mr. Abramoff, the contributing tribes and the individual recipients of the contributions are in the best position to explain the circumstances under which the contributions were given and received. Of course, we expect more information to come out as the Department of Justice investigation continues."

The Center for Public Integrity, which Howell cites, has Abramoff stuff here.


GravatarOkay, now I'm gonna cry. (sob, I miss my old neighborhood).

I miss H&H Bagels and the smell of D'Agostino's.


Gravatarcitizen k, it was just as stupid when you posted that last night as "just saying" and just as stupid when you posted it an hour ago.

we tend to laugh at rightwing misinformation around these parts.


GravatarHowell is up over at the WPost. She finally admits a mistake but also says she was flamed by thousands of profane e-mails.

Again, I have to ask: her being the target of "profane" emails caused the Post to take down its message board exactly how??????


GravatarI miss H&H Bagels and the smell of D'Agostino's.


I miss the outrageous fish displays in the window of Citarella's (a couple of doors up from Fairway).


GravatarI miss H&H Bagels and the smell of D'Agostino's.

You want me to send you some "D'Ag Bags"?


GravatarWatertiger ~

Talked to my sister, the nurse. She walked me through it. No big deal. There was still a piece of glass inside the finger, but she made me pull it out. That hurt.

I iced it, held it above my head (thanks for that), it quit bleeding.

I knew it wasn't a major deal ~ I've seen blood spurt from arteries ~ that is a major deal.

Still been thinking about Brokeback Mountain all night. Love sucks, and it rocks, and it sucks.


Gravatarbut the Ted Kennedy sitting on the staffer bit was sort of funny.


Gravatarwhen I talked about my radical
hair-cut


Steve, if there's one thing you are not it's a sheep.

an old goat, maybe


GravatarIt's far more effort than I'm willing to expend. I used to do web app useability work, and a failing grade is "I ain't usin' it," which is what Kos gets from me.

I understand that, but I've never had any problem. And that weird homepage thing, like I said, is a recent thing, probably a blip.


GravatarAgain, I have to ask: her being the target of "profane" emails caused the Post to take down its message board exactly how??????

Because Ms. Howell is a hothouse flower, despite her protestations about having a thick skin.


GravatarSatan's pot roast of perversion? Spare us NO details! This is your chance to get behind the pulpit and spill your guts.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I guess I don't have to go to church, tomorrow, since I went tonite!


OWL, once again i have given away laugh of the nite to early.


Gravatarcitizen k | Email | 01.21.06 - 11:42 pm | #



Beyond dumb!


GravatarI iced it, held it above my head (thanks for that), it quit bleeding.


It's a common occurrence in restaurant kitchens. That's where I learned about the "over the head" trick.


GravatarI miss H&H Bagels and the smell of D'Agostino's.


I also miss the white pizza at the place on 72nd street. (down the street from Papaya King).


GravatarAssrocket proves he's not gay by posting photos of the Miss America competition.


GravatarBecause Ms. Howell is a hothouse flower, despite her protestations about having a thick skin.


I've seen her.

She does indeed have thick skin.


GravatarFeralLiberal:

That's the nicest thing
anybody's ever said about me.


GravatarTerry C, thought Bart was losing it about a year ago. Gets lost in his own little world where he is Lord and master. Unfortunately, the rest of us are not so lucky.
DWD - Challenged



I love it when he starts the stuff about how the Democrats should ask him to manage their campaigns.

Ya think he has an overinflated sense of his own importance?


GravatarI've been searching for the owls, but they don't seem to be in my neighborhood, so I guess I'll keep cozy here.


Gravatar That Noam Chomsky has gotten rich on plutonium reprocessing in his MIT offices..
Some dumbass


Yes, Chomsky is a linguist AND a nuclear physicist, just like Certs is a Candy and a Mint.

Are you guys born this stupid, or do you have to take lessons?
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GravatarMrs. Ibrahim al-jaafari - I didn't post anything as "just saying", just wanted to expand on the information i learned from "just sayin". I suppose that like many liberals you don't want to admit Nancy Pelosi controls Walmart or even that Grover Norquist set the fire at the Triangle Shirt Waist factory.


GravatarBecause Ms. Howell is a hothouse flower


If she's a hot house flower, she's that one that smells like a rotting corpse.


GravatarAssrocket proves he's not gay by posting photos of the Miss America competition.
P O'Neill


The Miss America cattle show is an anachronism that should have died back in the mid-1970s.


Gravatarjust sayin' | 01.21.06 - 11:21 pm | #

Evidence for all these allegations, please?

/smacks self

Oh right: you're a Republican. No evidence necessary. Just make shit up.


GravatarSometimes youve got to go... Where everybody knows Eschaton.

R2K


GravatarMrs. Ibrahim al-jaafari - I didn't post anything as "just saying", just wanted to expand on the information i learned from "just sayin".
citizen k



We don't want to read right wing bullshit.


GravatarSteve, if there's one thing you are not it's a sheep.

an old goat, maybe
FeralLiberal

-------------------
FeralLiberal:

That's the nicest thing
anybody's ever said about me.

steve simels


Don't go getting all Brokeback on me. I'll weep. I like both of you guys. A lot.


GravatarI miss the outrageous fish displays in the window of Citarella's (a couple of doors up from Fairway).

I remember that! I think it was near The Gap, before I had any idea what The Gap was...


You want me to send you some "D'Ag Bags"?

With pumpernickel in them?


Gravatarcitizen k

Grover Norquists role in setting that fire is well documented, as is his role in the Belgian child pornography ring. but Nancy Pelosi's secret role in facilitating WalMart's unholy union with the Chinese Communist Party is news to me.

thanks.


GravatarI also miss the white pizza at the place on 72nd street. (down the street from Papaya King).

Was this the place that had the Pleiads video game?


GravatarAgain, I have to ask: her being the target of "profane" emails caused the Post to take down its message board exactly how??????
dave,
i think there contention was they have rules, and it was too much trouble to keep it clean. fair enuf.

still, fuck that stupid bitch. which is all i have to say. which is why i didn't say anything on their blog.


GravatarGood people of Eschaton, I'm off to a second consecutive night of Harold Lloyd movies. One constant theme I've noticed with the Stooges, Lloyd, Keaton, Chaplin, Marx Bros., etc, is that being served a meal was a *big* fucking deal in those days.


GravatarIt's oddly reassuring to think James Thurber is one of Chief Justice Renchburg's fellow zombies.


GravatarWhat the fuck am I doing wrong?
four legs good


I'm gonna give you the same advice that I gave jeff gannon. find an unserved need and fill it.


Gravatarjust sayin' | 01.21.06 - 11:21 pm | #



You posted that crap yesterday, the day before and the day before that.

Give it up already!


GravatarOne constant theme I've noticed with the Stooges, Lloyd, Keaton, Chaplin, Marx Bros., etc, is that being served a meal was a *big* fucking deal in those days.

Especially if it's by a machine.


GravatarFielding Mellish - I've seen those offices with my own eyes. And if the sight of Chomsky applying grammatical transformations, deep ones, to innocent Americanium atoms does not cause you to tremble in fear, nothing will.


GravatarThat's a button you push, not a button you wear, right?

The Easy Button.


I only go for Cheap Buttons.


GravatarIf she's a hot house flower, she's that one that smells like a rotting corpse.

The Stinking Corpse Lily, a flower that looks like it's giving everyone the finger...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Sti...ing_Corpse_Lily


GravatarI think DeLong just put up a new post, and thanks again Sean!

"Things Get Even Funnier (Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps? Department)

Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell says "Uncle."

She changes her line on why no Democrats are in the first tier being investigated in the Abramoff scandal from "stay tuned" to "it's not a bipartisan scandal; it's a Republican scandal."


GravatarVia Bloomberg:

U.S. President George W. Bush calls indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff ``an equal money dispenser'' who helped politicians of both parties. Campaign donation records show Republicans were a lot more equal than Democrats.

Between 2001 and 2004, Abramoff gave more than $127,000 to Republican candidates and committees and nothing to Democrats, federal records show. At the same time, his Indian clients were the only ones among the top 10 tribal donors in the U.S. to donate more money to Republicans than Democrats.

Bush's comment about Abramoff in a Dec. 14 Fox News interview was aimed at countering Democratic accusations that Republicans have brought a ``culture of corruption'' to Washington. Even so, the numbers show that ``Abramoff's big connections were with the Republicans,'' said Larry Noble, the former top lawyer for the Federal Election Commission, who directs the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics.

``It is somewhat unusual in that most lobbyists try to work with both Republicans and Democrats, but we're already seeing that Jack Abramoff doesn't seem to be a usual lobbyist,'' Noble said...

Between 2001 and 2004, Abramoff joined with his former partner, Michael Scanlon, and tribal clients to give money to a third of the members of Congress, including former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, according to records of the Federal Election Commission and Internal Revenue Service. At least 171 lawmakers got $1.4 million in campaign donations from the group. Republicans took in most of the money, with 110 lawmakers getting $942,275, or 66 percent of the total.

Of the top 10 political donors among Indian tribes in that period, three are former clients of Abramoff and Scanlon: the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of California. All three gave most of their donations to Republicans -- by margins of 30 percentage points or more -- while the rest favored Democrats...

Abramoff's tribal clients continued to give money to Democrats even after he began representing them, although in smaller percentages than in the past.

The Saginaw Chippewas gave $500,500 to Republicans between 2001 and 2004 and $277,210 to Democrats, according to a review of data compiled by Dwight L. Morris & Associates, a Bristow, Virginia-based company that tracks campaign-finance reports. Between 1997 and 2000, the tribe gave just $158,000 to Republicans and $279,000 to Democrats...


GravatarGood people of Eschaton, I'm off to a second consecutive night of Harold Lloyd movies. One constant theme I've noticed with the Stooges, Lloyd, Keaton, Chaplin, Marx Bros., etc, is that being served a meal was a *big* fucking deal in those days.
Max Planck



I love everyone of those comedians that you named....along with Laurel and Hardy.


GravatarI only go for Cheap Buttons.

I have an 18-200mm VR lens and I'm eyeing a D200. I don't have a Cheap Button.


GravatarDon't go getting all Brokeback on me. I'll weep. I like both of you guys. A lot.
Vicki | Email | 01.21.06 - 11:51 pm | #



Hah!!!!!


Coming from the heart throb
of Chica Toxica!!!!!!!!


Which, BTW, I have no problem
with.


GravatarHoot-ers!


GravatarWas this the place that had the Pleiads video game?


I don't remember any video games. I'm trying to think of the name (they're all over Manhattan), I want to say Brothers Pizza, but I know that's wrong.

It was a hole in the wall place on 72nd, between Amersterdam and Broadway, on the south side of the street.

The white pizza is fucking divine.


GravatarI have an 18-200mm VR lens and I'm eyeing a D200. I don't have a Cheap Button.


I don't have a cheap button either.


Gravatar"I love it when he starts the stuff about how the Democrats should ask him to manage their campaigns.

Ya think he has an overinflated sense of his own importance?
Terry C, Coldplayer"

In barcop's defense, could he do any worse then the dem 'consultants'?


GravatarDon't go getting all Brokeback on me. I'll weep

Not to worry, love you too babe!

(I hope Thers isn't listening...)


GravatarWhich, BTW, I have no problem
with.

steve simels


If only it were in real life, my friend.

She's so cool, but she's in Spain, and I'm here, and she has a husband and a son...

Know what I mean, jellybean? It's so Brokeback, in and of itself. Just pitiful. Chica and I, denied our passion.


Gravatar One constant theme I've noticed with the Stooges, Lloyd, Keaton, Chaplin, Marx Bros., etc, is that being served a meal was a *big* fucking deal in those days.

One docu I saw said that Chaplin had known hunger, and suggested that was why all his movies had one big eating scene.


GravatarMrs. Ibrahim al-jaafari - well, there is a spetcre haunting Walmart, and I don't mean Arlen.


Gravatar I didn't post anything as "just saying", just wanted to expand on the information i learned from "just sayin".

When typing in Unka Karl's daily blastfax, it's traditional for moronic brownshirt fucks like yourself to at least change a few nouns and verbs, thereby avoiding the embarassment of posting the same exact thing that your cubicle mate does.

Since this may be your first night onn the job, we'll cut you some slack. But we're not the ones signing your paycheck.


Gravatarc'mon, Citizen K is auditioning for the role of third to Merikan Patriot and William Rhenquist. cut the parodist some slack, I say.


GravatarNoam Chomsky has gotten rich on plutonium reprocessing in his MIT offices

The linguistics department at MIT reprocesses plutonium? Like, is that stuff next to the photocopier?

THE SCENE: The MIT linguistics department. The SECRETARY is typing. NOAM CHMOSKY enters.)

SECRETARY: Morning, Noam. What do you have there?

CHOMSKY: Oh, my lunch. A tuna sandwich. Also, some uranium. Do you mind refining this, if you get a chance?

SECRETARY: No problem.

CHOMKSKY: Thanks, Gladys. (Throws back head and laughs in evil fashion.)


GravatarAh, citizen K has tongue in cheek. Too fast on trigger, me.
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GravatarI'll always have a soft spot in my heart for Bartcop-he kept me and a lot of liberals semi sane during the Impeachment horror long before Eschaton was a gleam in Duncan Black's eye.


GravatarI don't remember any video games. I'm trying to think of the name (they're all over Manhattan), I want to say Brothers Pizza, but I know that's wrong.

It was a hole in the wall place on 72nd, between Amersterdam and Broadway, on the south side of the street.

The white pizza is fucking divine.


I think we really might be talking about the same place. But I only remember the video game. I'm not sure I ever actually bought anything.


GravatarDave TM: The life of a poet is difficult, but those checks from the Heritage Society make it all worthwhile - even when images of Chomsky hollerin at the prisoners in WalMart's Secret HQ robs me of sleep.


GravatarI love everyone of those comedians that you named....along with Laurel and Hardy.
Terry C, Coldplayer


How could I forget them? Good Lord, an Englishman and a Georgian pairing up like they'd been raised together. Back then, it was exclusively about the timing. You couldn't teach it.


GravatarI have an 18-200mm VR lens and I'm eyeing a D200. I don't have a Cheap Button.


I don't have a cheap button either.
four legs good


I'll rent ya mine. And it won't be cheap...


GravatarThat Noam Chomsky has gotten rich on plutonium reprocessing in his MIT offices
Can we pose the rhetorical question of how, exactly, someone who thinks that plutonium is reprocesed in a Linguistics department office (do they use the coffe maker?) has enough brain cells to open a browser window?


Gravatar...but the Ted Kennedy sitting on the staffer bit was sort of funny.
That line reminds me of an Arrrnold joke (that you've probably already heard)
"Governor, I heard you were lifting heavier weights again, is that so?"
"Dah, just the ot'her night I lifted over 300 pounds."
"Wow, Governor, that's amazing, how did you do that?"
"Well, Uncle Teddy was over for a visit and passed out, so I carried him to a spare bedroom."


Very bad, I know, and I respect Ted Kennedy a lot, but I thought it was pretty funny. Oh well, there's no accounting for taste.


GravatarCan we pose the rhetorical question of how, exactly, someone who thinks that plutonium is reprocesed in a Linguistics department office (do they use the coffe maker?) has enough brain cells to open a browser window?
JR


Clearly it's a testament to the quality of modern software--so simple even a wingnut can use it.


GravatarVia Bloomberg:

U.S. President George W. Bush calls indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff ``an equal money dispenser'' who helped politicians of both parties. Campaign donation records show Republicans were a lot more equal than Democrats.


Sounds like someone at Bloomberg is asking for a pink slip!


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