I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
And to you!
Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday dear Atrios,
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday you big sweaty lunk,
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday dear Atrios,
Happy birthday to YOU
(and David E, too).
The Age of Aquarius gets one year older.
Get the cake!
David kicks ass!
A Birthday Haiku:
News and politics
What about the biofuels,
You sweaty lug, you?
I enjoyed the happy "hotlinking to images is theft" messages especially -- very festive.
Happy birthday to all with birthdays.
Wow, neat co-incidence.
Happy Birthday!!!
happy birthday to you,
happy birtday to you,
don't get shot in the face with a fancy pants eyetalian shotgun,
happy birthday to you.
And a faaaaabulous birthday shout-out to the inestimable David E.
Get the cake!
I thought Dick Cheney took the cake when the guy he shot in the face came out and apologized to the Vice President. But he took the cake on so many occasions before that, I am afraid there will be no more cake in America, at least for another generation.
Sorry. That's the way it is in a post 9/11 world.
Happy
Birthday,
Doctor
Duncan
Black!
And now, a sing-along:
200 pellets of steel in my face,
200 pellets of steel,
Pull one out
And toss it about,
199 pellets of steel in my face.
Yeah we're goin' to a party party...
I thought Dick Cheney took the cake when the guy he shot in the face came out and apologized to the Vice President
Indeedy! There's a great picture on the front page of the NYTimes that shows all the BBs in Whittingtons face. What a hoot.
I thought Dick Cheney took the cake when the guy he shot in the face came out and apologized to the Vice President. But he took the cake on so many occasions before that, I am afraid there will be no more cake in America, at least for another generation.
No, wait. I think Bush took the cake from John McCain while New Orleans drowned.
I'm going to shoot the birthday boy in the face!
GWPDA, Just lovely.
Happy Birthday to all our Aquarian friends.
Jesus. Privatized fire departments (from the thread below). How low will this country sink?
Well, even though it's Atrios' birthday, I have to go to work. Later, Moonbats!
Happy Birthday, Atrios.
bill maher raging on murkans wanting attention was perfect last night...
just one thing - when you increase security, you decrease freedom
so freedom is on the march, while in murka it is waning
No, wait. I think Bush took the cake from John McCain while New Orleans drowned.
AND he stuck his thumb in it.
The cake, that is.
Well, that and New Orleans' eye.
No, wait. I think Bush took the cake from John McCain while New Orleans drowned.
Hecate Malificent
Damn, we actually have a cake deficit
um, when are we cutting that delicious-looking cake, Auntie GWPDA? and will there be ice cream to go along with it?
Both of you have a groovy one!
Now I'm off to make me some breakfast tacos that will rage rage rage against the freezing rain...
Jesus. Privatized fire departments (from the thread below). How low will this country sink?
TJ
I'm sorry we let your house burn down - but our accounts payable people weren't in the office at 2 a.m. and we had no way to know your account was current!
Another Haiku,
Happy Birthday man
Here's a blogwhore for you guys
expect something else?
CAKE!!
I've twice offered Atrios one of my quilts by way of saying thank you for maintaining the blog. Twice he has ignored me. If he had a p.o. box I would sent him one anyway.
Happy birthday Mr. Atrios. This quilt could be yours.
the private membership fire department was a common thing hundreds of years ago before we, you know, got a bit smarter
ql,
that's SPECECTACULAR!
My birthday is 8/14.
Just sayin.
its my sisters birthday today.
she is 27.
No, wait. I think Bush took the cake from John McCain while New Orleans drowned.
Hecate Malificent
specetacular?
(glares balefully at empty coffee cup)
Maybe America will soon see the foolishness behind private health insurance too.
All the best Mr. Black!
Moon,
Happy birthday to your sister, as well!
Feb. 18 is a good day.
The private membership fire department was a common thing hundreds of years ago before we, you know, got a bit smarter
Smarter? Sort of like private health savings accounts, privatizing SS.....
he private membership fire department was a common thing hundreds of years ago before we, you know, got a bit smarter
and then we got stupid again.
Well, maybe John The Rat McCain took the pork barrell cake. For all his bitching and whining about earmarks, he's proposing a $10 million to build a Rehnquist center in AZ. Yep, federal tax dollars to honor a wingnut.
What happened?
No, wait. I think Bush took the cake from John McCain while New Orleans drowned.
Hecate Malificent
Birtday cake with McCain on Monday
Guitar in San Diego on Tuesday
Super Quick flyover of N.O. on Wednesday
Quasi-privatized public services are what we've essentially installed in Iraq.
Worked out great!
"Happy Birthday Mr. Black, Happy Birthday to you, to make your birthday turn out good I give this present to you!"
[/little rascals]
happy birthday atrios.
I posted this below.
Privatized Fire Departments. Tip of the iceburg. Olivia Butler described just this sort of thing in "Parable of the Sower." House burgled. Sorry charlie, unless you can pay for the investigation yourself, the police will do nothing. She took the idea of privatizing public necessities to its logical conclusion and scared the shit out of me. And what was I reading about a new cancer drug that big pharma is gonna charge the heck out of because you should be willing to pay for a cure. They're not even pretending it is to cover r&d.
A birthday toast (with coffee) to all the birthday boys and girls.
Atrios,
Lindsay Jakobellis would like to give you her Gold Medal.
....And another thing. That -GATE
suffix for scandals is so , like. 30-some years ago.
Quasi-privatized public services are what we've essentially installed in Iraq.
Our soldiers are simply "security guards".
Feb. 18 was my dad's birthday.
He would have been 98 today.
Don't anyone forget. There are still dead bodies in the Ninth Ward waiting to be picked up. Six months later.
Lindsay Jakobellis would like to give you her Gold Medal.
The gold medal should apologize to Lindsay.
Nowhere in Cheney's interview on Faux did he ever say "I'm sorry" for shooting Harry Whittington in the face with a shotgun.
Harry Whittington said yesterday that HE is sorry for the trouble he caused Cheney this week.
When it comes to issuing apologies, the guy who got shot in the face with a shotgun is leading, 1-0.
Jacobellus now knows what hot dogs really taste like.
Happy birthday, one year more toward collecting social security .... oh, sorry, forgot
hey Moon,
How long until Kanye West ?
historical events today
# 3102 BC - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga- Lord Krishna leaves his mortal coil.
# 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
# 1478 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.
# 1841 - The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11.
# 1856 - The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President (Millard Fillmore).
# 1861 - With the Italian unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
Feliz cumpleaños Atrios y David.
Lindsay Jakobellis would like to give you her Gold Medal.
The gold medal should apologize to Lindsay.
watertiger au poivre
She forgot to think that her Visa had been stolen.
Happy Birthday, David E (interesting post. Have some fun today!!!! Oh - almost forgot - Happy Birthday to you too, Atrios!!
plantsman 3 days!!!!
Happy birthday to the "cocky bastard."
Oh, and to you too, A.
But the Monett Rural Fire Department was happy to watch this fire in case it got out of control.
PURDY — Seven departments, 50 firefighters, all volunteers. The house would burn.
After a week of hurried preparation, intense cooperation and hours of waiting Thursday, the rural fire departments around Camp Barnabas in Purdy torched the home of camp owners Cyndy and Paul Teas.
...
The Monett Rural Fire Department didn't get much notice that "Extreme Makeover" wanted its help, said Capt. Kevin Litchfield.
Pulling together seven fire departments and getting the state permits on short notice isn't easy, but the controlled burn is a great opportunity for firefighters to train, he said.
"This is going to be pretty good task," said Capt. David Shaner of the Monett department as firefighters tended to last-minute details. "It's going to be difficult, but we've trained, trained, trained."
Protecting surrounding structures and preventing foliage from also burning is necessary, so firefighters used a curtain wall of water to keep the flames contained.
At the ready when the fire started were 10,000 to 12,000 gallons of water, with more available.
"We're very prepared," said Stacy Cloud, a firefighter with the Monett department and the only woman among the crews.
...
1 pellet of steel in my heart
1 pellet of steel
Take it out
And....
NURSE! I NEED 50CC OF EPINEPHRIN STAT!
ql - I will never ever forget that there are still bodies in NOLA and that they are there because these bastards just don't give a shit.
I'll never forget it and I doubt that many African Americans will forget it.
Ever.
.
cont.
# 1943 - The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
# 1943 - Joseph Goebbels delivers the Sportpalast speech
# 1970 - The Chicago Eight are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic Party national convention.
# 1991 - The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at both Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
plantsman 3 days!!!!
Moonbootica, Praetor
Oh, the places you'll GO !
plantsman,
hey, amigo, i hope you didn't misinterpret my comment last night.
I thought I'd done something wrong. It wasn't aimed at you.
Just wanted to clear that up.
Happy Birthday Atrios! AAAnd Happy Birthday David. E.! Atrios, thank youfor this blog, from the bottom of my heart.
NURSE! I NEED 50CC OF EPINEPHRIN STAT!
And isn't it time for my Morphine pump to put out?
Don't anyone forget. There are still dead bodies in the Ninth Ward waiting to be picked up. Six months later.
ql in ny
Jeebus. I read yesterday that some people are so destitute that they cannot pay for the release of their family member's body. Ain't America great?
What Cheney did say to Whittington, as he lay, bleeding on the ground was this:
"Harry, I didn't know you were there."
Even under such stressful circumstances, Darth Cheney had the presence of mind to know that he needed to make Harry aware of that crucial fact. Because he realized that, otherwise, this man who had known him for 30 years would conclude that Darth had intentionally shot him.
In the face.
With a shotgun.
Roadside Blasts Kill U.S. GI, 11 Iraqis
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A spate of roadside bombings in Baghdad and north of the capital killed a U.S. soldier and at least 11 Iraqis Saturday, officials said. Two Macedonians were kidnapped in southern Iraq, while a search is on for a private German plane missing in the north.
An Iraqi police major also was killed by drive-by gunmen in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, in the latest attack targeting security forces that the United States hopes will eventually take control of Iraq.
The U.S. military said a roadside bomb struck an American vehicle at about 8 a.m. in eastern Baghdad, killing a soldier assigned to the Multi-National Division-Baghdad.
Birthday greetings to both Atrios and David E.
May this coming year give you (and the rest of us) something to celebrate.
Jeebus. I read yesterday that some people are so destitute that they cannot pay for the release of their family member's body. Ain't America great?
This is why the administration has had to spend 1.4 billion in the past few years to feed propoganda to its citizens. Much cheaper than picking up dead bodies, etc.
Just wanted to clear that up.
Hey wt, i was merely fascinated by the "au poivre";
and after botching my take on 'gaydar' as badly as I did yesterday, decided to turn in and enjoy the extreme cold in bed.
Jeebus. I read yesterday that some people are so destitute that they cannot pay for the release of their family member's body. Ain't America great?
bigvic - 10:41 am
fuckin' A!
U S A U S A U S A U S A !
David's about the most prolific writer on the net nowdays, anti-fascist or otherwise.
Happy Birthday
Slightly off topic ok completely off topic but a paper by kenneth "The Gathering Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq" pollack is making it's way around military headquarters in Iraq. Pollack lays out his 7 steps for winning the war. They're all a hoot coming from pollack but the best is #7 "Bring in the International Community."
this guy's are a scream!
Even under such stressful circumstances, Darth Cheney had the presence of mind to know that he needed to make Harry aware of that crucial fact. Because he realized that, otherwise, this man who had known him for 30 years would conclude that Darth had intentionally shot him.
Happy happy (joy joy)
donate money to the Bush Junta and you get a free shotgun blast in the face.
"My family and I are deeply sorry for everything Vice-President Cheney and his family have had to deal with," Harry Whittington said in his first comments since being shot on a south Texas ranch six days earlier.
I just lost any sympathy I had for ol' Harry. What a sycophantic worm.
Deeply sorry?
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
And happy birthday to David E.!!
I heard that less than 5% of public schools and none of the courts are working in NOLA.
How long has it been now?
8 months?
And that damned socialist Swedish women's ice hockey team beat our freedom-lovin' Merkins!
US-Islamic forum opens in Doha
A US-Islamic forum seeking to find common ground between the United States and the Muslim world opens in Doha on Saturday at a time when Islamic anger against the West has reached boiling point.
Karen Hughes, the United States' top image maker abroad, will address the gathering amid fury over the publication in the European press of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed and the broadcast of new images of US prisoner abuse in Iraq.
Abdullah al-Rumaihi, Qatar's assistant foreign minister, told reporters that this year's gathering might go further than previous ones by discussing the establishment of a "council for Islamic-US relations."
Hey kids! Can you tell which of these men used a shotgun to shoot a 78-year-old man in the face?
http://www.iflipflop.com/ cheney_...y_auschwitz.jpg
oohhh, what a pretty puppy.
she's available, too.
I heard that less than 5% of public schools and none of the courts are working in NOLA.
How long has it been now?
8 months?
The pentagon is using New Orleans as a model for how to put Iraq back together again. They just better hope that some NO folks don't start with IEDS.
TURKMENISTAN’S PRICE DEMANDS IMPERIL MOSCOW-KYIV GAS DEAL
Russian Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko was in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi this week when he commented on a decision by the Turkmen leadership to raise the price of natural gas. But his words may have had the greatest impact all the way back in Kyiv, where they came as a grim reminder Ukraine’s gas woes are far from over.
To backtrack -- Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov, otherwise known as Turkmenbashi, declared on February 11 that he intended to raise the price of natural gas from $65 to $100 per 1,000 cubic meters this autumn.
And that damned socialist Swedish women's ice hockey team beat our freedom-lovin' Merkins!
plantsman - 10:46 am
freedom-lovin' USers lose to freedom-livin' Swedes....
hmmmmm...
The Whittington apology to the Cheney family struck me as a wondrous example of " damning with faint praise." Pretty cagey, that Harry!
U S A U S A U S A U S A !
Yep. The wingnuts are cheering on the destruction of all that was good about this country. And they call themselves Christians. Hahahahahahahahaha.
We're very prepared," said Stacy Cloud, a firefighter with the Monett department and the only woman among the crews.
I read that as "we are very peppered."
keep saying it over and over pudboy and maybe it'll be true...
http://www.nationalreview.com/
go...00602100918.asp
freedom-lovin' USers lose to freedom-livin' Swedes....
And, they have health coverage , too!
feliz cupleanos senior atrios!
His fellow VIP's unanimously voted the Vice President "Most likely to shoot a 78 year old man in the face with a shotgun."
http://www.iflipflop.com/
cheney_...y_auschwitz.jpg
The pentagon is using New Orleans as a model for how to put Iraq back together again.
OMFG. Buh Bye, Iraq. Buh Bye, NOLA.
Lately, since Cottonelle tissue adopted that golden puppy as their symbol, lab puppies have become an obssession! Whether chocolate, yellow, golden or black.... too CUTE!!!
O, si...muchos felices cumpleanos para Senores Atrios y Ehrenstein...
It's my daughter's 17th birthday today, too -- definitely a good day to be born.
Holy cow, I can't believe she's actually 17.
O, si...muchos felices cumpleanos para Senores Atrios y Ehrenstein...
You smooth talker, you..........
I love Jon Stewart's funny-meter.
Red = Pant Wetting.
Orange = Incredibly Hilarious.
Yellow = Still funny, but, mmm now a little sad.
Green = "Funny-strange" not "Funny Ha-Ha".
Blue = Brechtian.
Yay! Another Pisces! Happy Birthday!
ql - I will never ever forget that there are still bodies in NOLA and that they are there because these bastards just don't give a shit.
I'll never forget it and I doubt that many African Americans will forget it.
Ever.
You are right about that. Whatever minimal inroads the GOP had made into the African-American community they were totally lost after Katrina.
And yes, as predicted, only now, 6 months later, are the ramifications of the storm sinking in for a lot of folks. Savings are used up, people are booted out of hotel rooms, FEMA is withholding rental assistance payments, payment of insurance claims has slowed to a trickle, trailers are sinking unused in the mud of Hope, Arkansas, most of us are still out of work.
The whole situation is capital-F Fucked. But hey, since some asshole used his FEMA money to buy a tattoo, that should be reason enough to give up on the rest of us, right?
Interesting criminological methodology you got there, big boy.....
"Sheriff: No More Sexual Services for Detectives Investigating Prostitution
From The Associated Press
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. -- The sheriff said Friday he will no longer allow detectives to receive sexual services while investigating suspected prostitution after they spent $1,200 at massage parlors last month and sparked a public outcry.
Spotsylvania County Sheriff Howard Smith defended the practice as necessary to obtain a conviction but told his department he was suspending it.
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"As sheriff, I understand the feelings and concerns the citizens of this county have expressed," Smith said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Friday. "And I empathize with those feelings. Because of the public's express response, I have suspended this practice."
Court documents show that four times last month, county detectives allowed women at Moon Spa to perform sex acts on them -- once leaving a $350 tip. A total of $1,200 was spent during the visits, Smith said. He said multiple visits were necessary so detectives could build trust with the operators."
HoneyBearKelly
That whole schtick was hilarious. I liked the meter too.
Off on a road trip today with a lifelong friend who unfortunately has gone over to the dark side. It's always amazing to hear the stuff she spouts. I've got a few hours to straighten her out.
And Happy Birthday Atrios - this site keeps me sane. Thanks!
Well, maybe John The Rat McCain took the pork barrell cake. For all his bitching and whining about earmarks, he's proposing a $10 million to build a Rehnquist center in AZ.
I am not pork. I am the other white meat. Well, greenish white meat.
.
speaking of privatized -- am i just too suspicious or is the funding cut for the national weather service eventually going to end up outsourcing those services to a subscriber-based operation by a company out of pennsylvania.
freedom-lovin' USers lose to freedom-livin' Swedes....
And, they have health coverage , too!
plantsman | Homepage | 02.18.06 - 10:51 am | #L
And clean air and water and a free press and beautiful summers and , oh damn I just want to go back to Sweden.
speaking of privatized -- am i just too suspicious or is the funding cut for the national weather service eventually going to end up outsourcing those services to a subscriber-based operation by a company out of pennsylvania.
bkny
IIRC, that was one of Little Ricky's ideas, but I never knew if it got off the ground or was shot down after some negative publicity.
footloose you have a good day.
But be warned.
A winger comrade called me an angry, hate-filled leftist because I didn't want to hear his replay of American Idol.
I love it when Shooter and Rummy call us unrealistic for trying to hold them to standards that they set. They are, after all, victims of their own spin on Iraq. Mr. Cheney thought we'd be greeted with flowers; Rummy said we could do more with less.
From today's MoDo........
Dick Cheney's been on the seat of power so long he must have hemorroids by now.
Another rescued beastie doing well:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/
0,2...5792a10,00.html
oh damn I just want to go back to Sweden.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins-Oh come on. Dayton, OH or Sweden? Surely you jest. Why you can get in your car, drive over to North Dixie Drive, and sit all day on a bar stool and watch a topless Katie'O'Bierne look-a-like do lap dances.
Life after the Abreagierung.
have to go tidy room so catch ya all later!
Happy Birthday, David E, Atrios, and everyone else who's celebrating today!
Happy Birthday @ major moonbats!
Duck, Duck, Goose.
Nope, it's Saturday Swan Blogging.
Reuben! Hip, hip Hurrah! Hip, hip Hurrah! Hip, hip Hurrah!
Rummy has proven that we can do Much less with less.
That's a fine looking swan!
alright, i've dawdled long enough. must shake off the sleep and head outdoors.
Can you goose a swan?
He was just standing there by the Mosel River, didn't really mind people, just some "hey, don't bother me" honks.
oh damn I just want to go back to Sweden.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins-Oh come on. Dayton, OH or Sweden? Surely you jest. Why you can get in your car, drive over to North Dixie Drive, and sit all day on a bar stool and watch a topless Katie'O'Bierne look-a-like do lap dances.
spinoza-non ridere, non lugare | 02.18.06 - 11:05 am | #
Ha! You not so funny, spinoza.
Though if I wanted to vist the Miami Valley's finer entertainment establishments, I'd have to take the bus. Which may or may not be on time, cause the driver is too busy yakking on the cell phone. And all the other passengers are either, eating, drinking, yelling, and trying to drape themselves on as many seats as possible. Sure, I think it's Dayton in a landslide!
Watch the mails, birthday boy!
IIRC, that was one of Little Ricky's ideas, but I never knew if it got off the ground or was shot down after some negative publicity.
TJ | 02.18.06 - 11:03 am
that shit NEVER goes away...
it'll be embedded in some omnibus legislation that 90% of the fucknozzles who vote on it will NOT have read...
we'll wake up some morning to find it's been private for weeks...
just in time for a hurricane...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ATRIOS!!!!
Hoppy birdies, two ewes,
Hoppy birdies, two ewes.
Hoppy birdies, Atrios and David,
Hoppy birdies, two ewes.
Best wishes for many happy returns of the day from all your kitty friends at the Soprano household (assisted in typing by their four-legged staff).
Thank you to Mr. & Mrs. Black for having sex and producing a little Duncan. Perhaps they would consider writing their memiors and sharing their parenting secrets. Seems they knew the secret to raising a child that grows into an intelligent, thougtful, ethical and responsible contributing adult member of his society and of the universe.
How sad it seems sometimes, that the more vocal offspring of this era lean toward the mentally void and selfish ilk of the little Bushes and little Dicks.
Happy Birthday Atrios.
Bonne anniversaire - and cool that you and David E. share it.
Exactly nine days before Atrios was born a bunch of us high-school seniors got together to munch popcorn and watch the Beatles on Ed Sullivan's teevee show in glorious black&white.
It was a great evening, Dr. Black. Too bad you missed it.
Happy Birthday to our favorite young curmudgeon (and I mean that in only the nicest way). Keep up the good work. I'd like to help, but I need to take my nap now.
Oh, Dear! The senility has already set in. I said 9 days before Atrios was born I watched the Beatles and, of course, it was actually ten years and nine days before Atrios that the other event occurred. Before my nap I'm going to see if I can find some laudanum to help me rest...
Point is, Happy Birthday to Atrios.
wait, 32? I thought it was 34....
Happy B-day.
To both of you! Dave and atrios.
Such a long, meandering, (yet insightful) way to arrive at this conclusion!
Birthday Kittens?
Happy Birthday, David E.
And you, too, Atrios.
Happy Birthday to you, too, Atrios.
Much love and a gazillion (brazillion?) thanks!
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