I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Good morning all!
It's awfully owlish around here.
Had any good bacon lately?
Who's having corned-beef hash today?
ah HA! bacon
Is there a record for uninterrupted frist posts?
Mmmm... bacon.
Clearly not.
Warren Piece.
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So many wankers, so few days...
So many short-sheeted threads!
Where the hell's CURLY?
The wedgie threads are worse than the short-sheeted ones.
Not just a tosser but a crook. Sheesh.
How soon before those Guy Fawkes' masks are available on Canal Street?
plantsman: Where the hell's CURLY?
He's right here!
Oh, you want fresh? Gimme a minnit.
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Is there a record for uninterrupted frist posts?
M31 | 03.18.06 - 11:32 am
given hall-o-spam's 'yoo cannot post again within 20 seconds' rule, it seems 4 would be the upper limit, which you touched...
congrats...
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How soon before those Guy Fawkes' masks are available on Canal Street?
How long's the trip from China?
I WANT MY FUCKING COUNTRY BACK.
Now, please.
Cat-dorable!
I WANT MY FUCKING COUNTRY BACK.
Thank you.
I WANT MY FUCKING COUNTRY BACK.
Now, please.
Just Another Zero - 11:38 am
how MUCH do you want it back?
enough to die for?
cuz i firmly believe that's what it's gonna take, finally: Somebody's gonna hafta stand in front of the fucking fascist's tanks...
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"that the person so afflicted is incapable of knowing that he is incompetent."
Wunner who he's talkin' bout?
atrios is on the rocket fuel coffee!
Murphy's primary opponent is Andy Warren: a lifelong Republican who suddenly had a change of heart and became a Democrat when the local Republican bosses passed him over for a Congressional Seat and a Commissioners job. This is isn't speculation or insinuation. This is a fact. Warren, in fact, even admitted that if he ran for office on the local level he would still be a Republican
And I guess it appears as if a lifetime of Republican dirty tricks dies hard. Over the past few weeks, the Warren campaign has been shamelessly and desperately attacking Patrick Murphy, most notably for not spending enough time in the district. In case you were wondering where Patrick was Mr. Warren - he was serving our Country in IRAQ!
Warren - a life-long member of the Republican machine, who switched parties merely to have the chance to run for public office - also had the GALL to call Murphy opportunistic. Warren was resoundingly slapped down for these comments, by: AboveAverageJane, the Liberal Doomsayer, The Bucks County Courier Times, and most importantly the voters of Bucks County
Fresh Curly -- gettin' his catnip on!
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Oooo, I touched the limit.
Sounds naughty. I like it.
atrios is on the rocket fuel coffee!
Yes Almighty!
jeebus where do republicans find such shameless fuckers?
Who's having corned-beef hash today?
M31
Dark Rye Reubens with fresh slaw...
Who's having corned-beef hash today?
Not me. Had too much yesterday. Didn't even bother bringing any home from the folks' house.
I'm tired and lazy today. I wonder if I should even bother to try and keep up.
Judges Overturn Bush Bid to Ease Pollution Rules
NYT today, Non-Select.
jeebus where do republicans find such shameless fuckers?
Moonbootica, Praetor
It's discouraging. There seems to be an inexhaustible supply of shameless fuckers for them to call on, eh?
Worldwide rallies mark Iraq invasion
Thousands of people across the world have held anti-war demonstrations to mark the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq and demand that troops pull out.
In London, thousands of people gathered in a square near parliament and Big Ben on Saturday.
They left white posters covered with red paint that looked like blood in a small park before starting a march through the capital towards Trafalgar Square, where a large rally was planned.
Some carried posters showing pictures of George Bush, calling the US president the "world's No 1 terrorist".
Other posters pictured Tony Blair, the British prime minister, saying "Blair must go!"
mena: I'm tired and lazy today. I wonder if I should even bother to try and keep up.
Is it brisk walking weather where you are, mena? That usually helps me.
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how MUCH do you want it back?
enough to die for?
cuz i firmly believe that's what it's gonna take, finally: Somebody's gonna hafta stand in front of the fucking fascist's tanks...
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WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka
As a matter of fact, yes. I have absolutely had it.
Thanks for the HICA, JP!
Thousands join Iraq war protest in London
LONDON (Reuters) - At least 14,000 anti-war protesters marched through London on Saturday, three years after the invasion of Iraq, calling for U.S. and British troops to pull out.
Some marchers held placards bearing a photograph of U.S. President George W. Bush and the words "World's Number 1 Terrorist". Others carried banners saying "Peace not Profit" and "End the occupation, don't attack Iran".
A handful of protesters donned orange boiler suits and wore shackles on their wrists to mimic outfits worn in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison, and carried photographs of prisoners.
"We want to achieve two things: to hurry the British government into leaving Iraq and to make it aware of public opinion that it can't join the American government if it attacks Iran," said John Rees, co-founder of Stop the War Coalition.
If it's not rancid, there is no bad bacon.
Actually, it's beautiful out there today, Jeffra. But.........
exercise?
As a matter of fact, yes. I have absolutely had it.
Just Another Zero
I'm there. Hackett and Alito pushed me over the cliff and into WGG's arms.
plantsman: Thanks for the HICA, JP!
Too happy to oblige -- I'll make more. 
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Found this PEW report over at Digby's (http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/
2006_03_01_digbysblog_archive.html#114268667724840
642 , one of his excellent entries--has he any other type?):
What Dems ought to read from it is that those standing up to BushCo are meeting a deep need and the public responds approvingly.
http://people-press.org/reports/...p3?
ReportID=271
Bush Approval Falls to 33%, Congress Earns Rare Praise
Dubai Ports Fallout
Released: March 15, 2006
In the aftermath of the Dubai ports deal, President Bush's approval rating has hit a new low and his image for honesty and effectiveness has been damaged. Yet the public uncharacteristically has good things to say about the role that Congress played in this high-profile Washington controversy.
Most Americans (58%) believe Congress acted appropriately in strenuously opposing the deal, while just 24% say lawmakers made too much of the situation. While there is broad support for the way Congress handled the dispute, more Americans think Democratic leaders showed good judgment on the ports issue than say the same about GOP leaders (by 30%-20%).
C'mon, Dems: Get the message, get a spine, grow a pair, and speak it loud and clear. Get your messages down and brief. Pleeeeeeeeeze.
Oh, just what we need: Another DINO in Congress. It's obvious that he joined the Democratic party out of spite, much in the way that Reagan abandoned the Democrats 40 years ago ("I didn't leave the Democratic party; the Democratic party left me." Uh huh.).
This is a good catch by sem at MyDD, and I'd recommend that people start alerting PA-based blogs to start spreading the word about this faux Democrat.
Anyway, Maureen Dowd, in a rare non-political article (well, almost non-political), reveals a new danger to America: Sleeper cells or “sleep eaters.” If you have Times Select, go read this whimsical piece, which is somewhat reminiscent of the late Robert Benchley. If you don’t get it, well, you know where to go.
I don't know whether I'm there or not.
I do know I am sick of the current systems of government.
Wasn't Murphy at EschaCon I?
He looks appalling young, but me thinks he can handle himself against the Wankers of PA.
I'm there....into WGG's arms.
Tena - 11:48 am
DARLING!
AT LAST YOU ARE MINE!!!!
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Decent people betrayed by craven wankers.
mena: exercise?
Just a tiny, non-strenuous amount. Enough to get the blood pumping, and the fresh air in. Think brisk walk around the block.
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And I guess it appears as if a lifetime of Republican dirty tricks dies hard. Over the past few weeks, the Warren campaign has been shamelessly and desperately attacking Patrick Murphy, most notably for not spending enough time in the district. In case you were wondering where Patrick was Mr. Warren - he was serving our Country in IRAQ!
That won't prevent his campaign from shifting gears and subsequently attacking him for not being in Iraq long enough, or for being a staff puke, or whatever.
Mutualism is one thing that gives me hope.
Aldi calls my name, and I harken. brb
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Billy Bragg interview with Rachel Maddow.
2 people I love.
Goddamnit, forget this useless wanker and read my post on the unexpectedly dead thread below.
Not that anything remotely like this has ever happened to me, but posting is sometimes like having an orgasm, then realizing that your partner has just died.
PS: Moonboo, I sent an e-mail to Harrogate Coffee inquiring whether Hot Lava Java is available in Amerika. It sounds very nice.
Or I could just find out what brand Atrios drinks...
don't know whether I'm there or not.
Well, Moonbootica, you're not here. You are there and unless you want to join the Maquis just because, there isn't any reason for you to be here. However, you are certainly welcome. Always.
I'm there. Hackett and Alito pushed me over the cliff and into WGG's arms.
Tena
For me the list has been accumulating.
Seeing Feingold get shafted was for me the tipping point, though.
OT:
I received an e-mail from Scout. She'll be on the radio tonight, with lb0313, too, to discuss her trip to New Orleans. I also posted a "Feedback" post on the blog ~ please let us know your thoughts about the information she posted when she was in NOLA.
She also would like to know what you'd like to hear her address on the radio, so feel free to add that in the Feedback post, as well.
Thanks. Feedback
Here's the link to listen tonight.....
WORT
I think it's 7:00 PM, but I'll find out for sure.
Thanks, everyone.
mena: exercise?
somehow i just heard Maynard G. Krebs, exclaim: "WORK?!?!?!"
oh, c'mon, we'll just go take the dogs for a walk...slow and leisurely, along the ditch...about a mile round-trip...you'll like it...
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Three years and the electricity is worse than ever. The security situation has gone from bad to worse. The country feels like it’s on the brink of chaos once more- but a pre-planned, pre-fabricated chaos being led by religious militias and zealots.
http://www.riverbendblog.blogspot.com
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I do know neither statism nor pseudo-free market neoliberal thatchterie captalism have provided the answer to Britain's needs.
Blair seems determined to increase NuLab's grip even when he does go (and I don't like the idea of Brown as PM either, both are as bad as each other)
This guy doesn't sound like a wanker to me. Wankers are generally those who are obviously fooling themselves, like the liberal hawks, or conservatives who think Bush listens to them, or whatever.
This is a garden variety wingtard criminal asshole.
Mutualist Blog: Free Market Anti-Capitalism 
,i>For me the list has been accumulating.
Seeing Feingold get shafted was for me the tipping point, though.
Just Another Zero
Oh that didn't improve my state of mind. And neither did the editorial cartoon the Dallas paper today. It depicted a foaming at the mouth mad cow labeled Feingold. So I wrote, before I had read another word in the paper.
...about a mile round-trip...you'll like it...
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Oh, okay. I'll bring the pipe. 
Speaking of wankers...
...(Canadian Federal Fisheries Minister Loyola) Hearn made it clear he resents the portrayal of the hunt by protesters as a needless slaughter of whitecoat pups with ``crying eyes.”
“The image of outlaw sealers killing whitecoat baby seals is tempting, one cultivated by anti-hunt protesters,” he said. “It is ill-informed at best and deliberately misleading at worst.”
Canada has not allowed a whitecoat hunt since 1987, but the pups can be killed once they lose their white fur, which can happen as early as 12 days after birth.
The federal Fisheries Department says the majority of seals killed are about 25 days old.
That’s still too young for many animal welfare groups.
“We don’t say they hunt whitecoats but it’s still a two-week old seal,” said Sheryl Fink of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. “Their mothers have just left them, they are alone on the ice and they are defenceless. I don’t have any problem calling them baby seals.”
Fuck you, Canada.
I have only gotten about 1 out of every 3 tags right since Mercury went retrograde.
I fucking hate it when this happens.
Clearly March is the month for strikes, protests etc.
Union leaders have warned of fresh strikes at the UK's job centres over deteriorating service levels.
The warning comes as a committee of MPs highlighted "catastrophic failure" in services last summer.
The Work and Pensions Select Committee said job cuts at Jobcentre Plus led to a "truly appalling" level of service.
The Public and Commercial Services Union said the Department of Work and Pensions could not continue to bury its head in the sand over the problems.
Its general secretary ,Mark Serwotka, said the department should halt its programme of cutting jobs, which has already led to 15,000 posts going from a target of 30,000.
I'll bring the pipe
Hey! I wanna go on this "walk" too!!
Hey, folks, FYI: if you start to stand up to 'em, at all,
if it looks like you're gonna start to upset their applecart, gonna start to threaten their perqs, their status, their place at the trough, the Dumbocraps will shoot ya too, and just as enthusiatically...
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I'll bring the pipe
Hey! I wanna go on this "walk" too!!
BlakNo1
Moi aussi!
Public meetings on pension crisis
Radical reform of the pension system is being debated as ministers hold public meetings on the crisis across the UK.
More than 1,000 people at events in six cities will vote on ideas including raising the retirement age.
London, Newcastle, Birmingham, Glasgow, Swansea and Belfast are hosting the consultations, which coincide with National Pensions Day.
The government says it will look at the results before publishing its proposals in the next couple of months.
The government is working out what sort of new laws it should propose in its forthcoming White Paper on pensions, to be published later this spring.
Is lying simply endemic to the Whitehouse? Does just working for BushCo cause irresistable urges to fabricate? Or, is it a basic contempt for the public? All of the above?
Advance Workers for Bush Impersonated Reporters
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 18, 2006; Page A11
he White House said yesterday that it will discipline two government employees who masqueraded as journalists this month while scouting locations for a presidential visit to the Gulf Coast.
A Mississippi couple whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina said two men who later identified themselves as Secret Service agents pretended to be Fox News journalists when surveying their neighborhood in advance of a March 8 visit from President Bush.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...6031702434.html
(Via Josh's TPM)
Hey! I wanna go on this "walk" too!!
BlakNo1
Moi aussi!
Vicki
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All we need is a coupla pitchforks.
dave™© - Please don't flame me until you've thought about this question:
Who has applied to hunt the seals? It has been my understanding in the past that it is one of more Native American tribes whose entire culture practically revolved around seal hunting.
It is hard for me to condemn them, if this is still the way it is.
Hey, must head out to the Reading Terminal Market.
But I want to point out to Tena that, um, I guess you'd have to say that I've been in WGG's arms for quite some time as well.
(Not in a Brokeback Mountain way-- not that there's anything wrong with it!)
WGG is much more forthcoming, erudite, and persistent about it, but I'm just as disaffected and cynical as he is! And I've been, well, positively enamored of your post-Alito comments.
I think SWR is in here somewhere too... 
one or more.
goddamn it
Oh, okay. I'll bring the pipe.
mena - 11:58 am
as you know, i'm usually packing a spliff...
it's kinda gray here today, as they say there's a front moving through...
but even then the sky's pretty, and there's green budding on almost all the trees now...
thats the funny thing humans leap to the defence of an animal but will let a human die on the road.....
i mean i go get days when i'm like 'whats the point'
but i still have some optismism left in the tank.
Little Brother - I had thought I couldn't get much more angry and disillusioned than I was right after the election.
Ha! And again I say, Ha!
I want a gun.
It is raining, cold, dark and a perfect day for staying right where I am.
Secret Service agents pretended to be Fox News journalists
The Bill O'Reilly Police.
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heh now thats why i am ok living in Britain because an anarchic USA would be scary since you have all those guns!
jk
A Mississippi couple whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina said two men who later identified themselves as Secret Service agents pretended to be Fox News journalists when surveying their neighborhood in advance of a March 8 visit from President Bush.
If these fuckers aren't fired within a week, we will officially be living in a fascist state. How is this not a huge story? What were these people going to do? Carry a sign?
Josh Marshall today:
Alas, another case of White House employees impersonating Secret Service agents. (Remember, something similar happened last year in Denver.) Actually, in this case apparently they were impersonating Secret Service agents impersonating FOX News journalists. No, I'm actually not kidding about this. Perhaps it just would have been better to say they were White House employees rather than journos working for FOX News since it's pretty much the same difference.
but I'm just as disaffected and cynical as he is! ...
Little Brøther | 03.18.06 - 12:02 pm
oh no you're not!!!
Tena - I've been where Woody's at for quite awhile. I don't think it was any one thing, just an unavoidable realization that none of them are wearing a thing. Even so, they continue to teach me new meanings for the concepts of outrage, shock, and depravity.
Perhaps it just would have been better to say they were White House employees rather than journos working for FOX News since it's pretty much the same difference.
Pretty snarky for the very reasonable Josh.
my brother told me he was stuck in a statist rut till he read Ken MacLeod
just because.
Holy crap; apparently this new generation of superpanda reproduces using fission.
just because.
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So THAT'S what happens when you obey Butterstick!
Anita's £652m sell-out
Dame Anita Roddick, once hailed as the champion of ethical consumerism and the darling of capitalism-with-a-conscience, has been forced to defend herself against allegations of abandoning her principles after the Body Shop was sold to L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetic company.
The 64-year-old entrepreneur and her husband, Gordon, who founded the company in 1976 with a £4,000 bank loan and £3,000 from a friend, will earn £130m from the £652m sale. The friend, Ian McGlinn, will be rewarded for his early faith in the project with a £137m pay out.
Bush Approval Falls to 33%, Congress Earns Rare Praise
Did anybody mention the latest Newsweek poll yet?
OT -- But Clint Curtis, the Florida whistleblower who testified before the Conyers committee here in Ohio that Rep. Tom Feeney asked himto develop a program to perform undetectable e-vote fraud, is running for Congress in Feeney's district.
Read Curtis' no-holds-barred statement here, then send help to one of the good guys if you can.
heh now thats why i am ok living in Britain because an anarchic USA would be scary since you have all those guns!
jk
Moonbootica, Praetor | Homepage | 03.18.06 - 12:05 pm
And nukes, and all sorts of other weaponry.
just because.
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So THAT'S what happens when you obey Butterstick!
mena
This is why I adore mena. Well, one reason. You have the sneakiest driest wit on this board.
Moonbootica: heh now thats why i am ok living in Britain because an anarchic USA would be scary since you have all those guns!
Here in the heart of Populated Redneckistan, I only hear a gunshot, oh, every month or so.
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Well, Moonbootica, you're not here. You are there and unless you want to join the Maquis just because, there isn't any reason for you to be here. However, you are certainly welcome. Always.
Tena
We should hate her for her freedom! And the free healthcare thing too!
"just because.
watertiger"
Holy tribbles Batman.
Palestinians may sue Britain over storming of Jericho jail
The British government is facing possible legal action over its decision to withdraw monitors from the Jericho prison that was stormed by Israeli forces this week.
British lawyers representing Ahmed Sadaat, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who is accused by Israel of ordering the assassination of its Tourist Minister Rehavam Ze'evi in 2001, will discuss options for action under the Human Rights Act next week. They are considering a case against the Foreign Office, arguing that it failed in its duty to ensure Mr Saadat was safely released from "arbitrary" detention. Unlike four of the other five prisoners who surrendered with him to the Israelis after a nine-hour armed siege on Tuesday, Mr Saadat was never subject to legal proceedings over the killing.
Who has applied to hunt the seals? It has been my understanding in the past that it is one of more Native American tribes whose entire culture practically revolved around seal hunting.
From what I can gather offhand on the Canadian papers I was checking out, the Canadian government is using the "coastal communities" line and isn't claiming it's indiginous Eskimos doing the hunting. (Not sure if they ever did, actually - I think that's the line they use for whale hunting.)
Although, according to the Environmental News Service, there is a small amount of the "quota" being set aside for the indigenous community - about 3% of the total "take":
As part of the 2006-2010 Atlantic Seal Management Plan, Hearn said a quota of 325,000 is set for the regular hunt, plus an additional 10,000 harp seal allowance has been set aside for new aboriginal initiatives, personal use and Arctic hunts. This one-year allowance will provide opportunities for aboriginal communities to access the resource and benefit from this growing market, Hearn said.
The rest of it goes to fur coats in China...
If Bush has lost Fineman....
I wonder from where these people get their sense of entitlement. He wants to be a congressman and believes that nothing he does to further that end is wrong. Kind of like Jimmy/Jeff. He wanted to be a mover and shaker and giving blow jobs in the WH was his entree.
Nim: Holy tribbles Batman.
Funny you should say that... I've been considering changing Curly's registration papers from "cat" to "tribble." The sound he makes is quite often between a purr and a coo... freaky stuff.
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Advance Workers for Bush Impersonated Reporters
In the old movies, reporters wore hats with a little ticket reading "PRESS" sticking out of the hatband. Is that what these guys did?
thats the funny thing humans leap to the defence of an animal but will let a human die on the road....
Well, as Lucy Van Pelt used to say: "I love mankind - it's people I can't stand!"
He wants to be a congressman and believes that nothing he does to further that end is wrong.
It helps to be a religious delusional (see Bush, Fuckwad).
Kurds destroy monument to victims of Saddam's gas massacre
Smoke was still rising from the burnt-out monument on the outskirts of the Kurdish town of Halabja yesterday where 18 years ago some 5,000 people were kill-ed in a poison gas attack.
Enraged by what they see as official neglect of the survivors, local people had set ablaze the museum commemorating the victims of Saddam Hussein's most infamous atrocity during a demonstration.
"I was hit in the leg by a bullet while I was protesting," said Othman Ali Gaffur, a 29-year-old-man, his face creased with pain, as he lay in a hospital bed. "We were demonstrating because the government says we are martyrs but does nothing for us. We do not even have streets in Halabja but only laneways of mud."
I'd sell out for 130 million. Hell, think of all the trouble you could cause just with the interest on 130 million pounds.
Hey, must head out to the Reading Terminal Market.
Lucky Bastid! I didn't know you to be a phillyhoovian!
I was in the 'hood just about a month ago.
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We should hate her for her freedom! And the free healthcare thing too!
SSquirrel
I don't envy Britain at the moment - they are dealing with their own crazy leader. Blair is just weird for a British PM. He's a damn born again Christian. That's weird.
I really envy Chileans at the moment. I want to move there. They have a woman president who is an avowed agnostic and a socialist.
I do mean this - I want to move to Chile. Their standard of living is good and it's gorgeous and I want out of this fucked up snake's nest of a goddamned fascist dictatorship.
Oh Tena - it's mutual, my dear. ♥
China accused of locking sane dissidents in asylums
Wang Wanxing was one of China's longest-serving dissident prisoners when he was freed last August after spending 13 years in one of the country'sankang psychiatric hospitals.
Mr Wang is one of more than 3,000 political dissidents, trade unionists and members of the Falun Gong sect whom the campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) believes have been locked up in the hospitals - run by police - since the early 1980s. The word ankang means "peace and health".
Despite Chinese government claims that Mr Wang was paranoid and delusional, Dutch psychiatrists released a report showing that the 56-year-old dissident was mentally sound. "There was no reason Mr Wang had to be locked up in a special forensic psychiatric hospital or to be admitted to any psychiatric facility," the Global Initiative on Psychiatry and HRW said.
I have no idea what's really going on behind the scenes. But a slow buildup of senators "reluctantly" signing on to the censure would both underline its seriousness and keep it in the the press for a painfully (for Bush) long time. A one day showdown would have done nothing.
Far out. No hangover.
Maybe the flacks/Secret Service/Faux reporters were trying to protect Shrub from an unexpected encounter with Dr. Marble.
That would be Ben "Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney. Go fuck yourself, you asshole." Marble of what's left of Gulfport.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Marble
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a slow buildup of senators "reluctantly"
God I hope you're optimism is justified. But Feingold needs a biggie to sign on soon--Feinstein or Byrd or someone else who can't be dismissed as "far left"--to keep that momentum going.
Labour must target Lib Dems to avoid hung parliament, says Hain
A cabinet minister will warn Labour tomorrow that it faces the prospect of a hung parliament after the next general election.
Peter Hain, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Wales, will urge Labour to turn its guns on to the Liberal Democrats, accusing the third party of conspiring with the Tories to push Labour out of office.
Mr Hain is the first minister to raise the prospect that Labour may lose its overall majority. Academics believe there is a stronger possibility of a hung parliament than for many years if the Tories maintain their recovery under David Cameron. They predict that a Tory lead of between one and 12 points over Labour in the share of the vote would leave no party with an overall majority.
Don't know if this has been posted anywhere yet:
McCain Taps Former Bush Political Director
Can't wait to see who he smears to get what he wants.
dave - if it's mostly going for fur coats to China, then I'm completely with you.
There are other Native Americans in and around Cananda than Inuit. There are many over around the Hudson's Bay area and on islands off the coast. I had read in the past that most of the seal hunting was done by those Native Americans. If that isn't the case, then fuck the officials up there.
I have no idea what's really going on behind the scenes. But a slow buildup of senators "reluctantly" signing on to the censure would both underline its seriousness and keep it in the the press for a painfully (for Bush) long time. A one day showdown would have done nothing.
That was my point the other day. Even Feingold mentioned in his PC on Thursday that his point wasn't necessarily to get censure passed, since it's unlikely in the GOP Senate, but to keep the issues in the public eye. It's working.
Far out. No hangover.
footloose
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Ben Marble for President!!!!!!!!!!!
NTodd - Oh, the public eye is on Feingold, no doubt.
Read my comment upthread about the goddamned editorial cartoon in today's Dallas Morning News.
Bastards.
Far out. No hangover.
My youngr one called at midnight last night, well into St. Patrick's Day celebrating.
Told me this morning that she was *getting in touch with her Irish roots*. Seemed fine.
McCain Taps Former Bush Political Director
Can't wait to see who he smears to get what he wants.
can he benefit by smearing his own junkie wife or his bastard black lovechild?
Over the past few weeks, the Warren campaign has been shamelessly and desperately attacking Patrick Murphy, most notably for not spending enough time in the district. In case you were wondering where Patrick was Mr. Warren - he was serving our Country in IRAQ!
What a freakin' maroon!
At least I think that comment was on this thread, but I'm a little lost.
If I could draw I'd do a cartoon showing 2,316 dead soldiers lining up to co-sponsor Feingold's motion.
Arab Stock Markets Rally After Record Plunge Last Week
JEDDAH, 18 March 2006 — Arab stock markets rebounded over the past couple of days after an historical plunge that prompted intervention by respective governments.
However, analysts said yesterday they expected regional markets to remain wary of any significant advance in the short run, though blue-chip stocks stood to gain in the medium term, particularly early in April when first quarter results are due to come out.
Saudi Arabia will soon allow foreign residents to invest directly in the country’s stock market as Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on Wednesday instructed authorities to study measures for implementation soon.
Remarks by Chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) Prince Alwaleed that he also intended to invest up to SR10 billion in Saudi stocks gave a boost to the Saudi stock exchange.
That would be Ben "Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney. Go fuck yourself, you asshole." Marble of what's left of Gulfport.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Marble
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QuentinCompson Killing Rats
A great moment in history. Spike Lee is looking for him and the woman who admonished Rice in NY during Katrina/shoe shop.
At least I think that comment was on this thread, but I'm a little lost.
It was. But it's not like you haven't discussed your love affair with the DMN lots of other times.
At least I think that comment was on this thread, but I'm a little lost.
It was. But it's not like you haven't discussed your love affair with the DMN lots of other times.
Saudi Businesswomen Take Their Message to Rome
JEDDAH, 18 March 2006 - About 40 Saudi businesswomen academics participated in the first forum of Saudi and Italian businesswomen that ended in Rome yesterday. The business forum, which was the first of its kind, was instrumental in changing the stereotype about Saudi women and promoting Saudi-Italian relations. The forum was held under the patronage of Princess Fadwa bint Khaled ibn Abdullah, honorary president of the Arab-Italian Women's Association (AIWA).
Saudi businesswomen who took part in the two-day event included those representing sectors such as education, health, beautification, fashions, banks, investment, tourism, real estate, marketing and public relations.
Listening to CarTalk:
"Even though Joan Rivers attempts to frown whenever she hears us say it..."
Oh, wouldn't this be sweet.
I don't know Tena, I spent two months in El Salvador and Guatamala and there was very little social justice involved. The poor are regarded as disposable in Central and South America, even by the Socialists. It's disheartening.
Prescott and Brown kept in dark on loans
Honours body demands parties must identify nominees who have lent cash
The depth of secrecy around Labour's pre-election loan-raising activities emerged last night when party officials confirmed that the deputy prime minister, John Prescott, had not been informed, along with the party treasurer, Jack Dromey, of the raising of nearly £14m in loans.
Mr Prescott would have been expected to have known due to his closeness to the prime minister and his membership of the party's business committee. The chancellor, Gordon Brown, was not told either, but due to his Treasury duties he has always kept himself apart from party fundraising.
"God I hope you're optimism is justified. But Feingold needs a biggie to sign on soon..."
Not so much optimism, as a plan that could still be put into play. "I'm sorry Mr. President, but you leave us no choice..." A few at a time. Drip, drip. Hillary, because of what was done to Bill should very reluctant.
hi all.
missed a lot of last night's thread in favor of the dr who premier so i'm going back in time.
sean patrick, welcome to the world. it's not as bad as i say, so get a good positive start and make the most of it. you've got the advantage of wonderful parents, don't take that for granted.
re: baby size - i was a very small baby, but am a big one now.
attempts to frown
Reminds me of the last human on Dr. Who last night.
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A one day showdown would have done nothing.
That f@#king dollar coin guy
Death by a thousand cuts. That might work if they stuck to it.
Reminds me of the last human on Dr. Who last night.
i think joan was actually the model. satisfying ending to that thread.
It was. But it's not like you haven't discussed your love affair with the DMN lots of other times.
pie
True. I hope I haven't beaten it into the ground with everyone.
Just yell: "Boring!" at me and I'll switch gears.
Death by a thousand cuts. That might work if they stuck to it.
More like Chinese Water Torture.
Populism does not always mean socialism because it can be used to promote a variety of ideologies.
how some would call Chavez a socialist but i think he is more a populist.
compared to say Evo Morales.
I just have to say, again..., to someone somewhere.... My head is exploding from all of this crap that is going on and the ruling elite just covering it up... and the Fox News crowd just going about their daily hate...
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggg
thank you for listening
suffice to say Latin American politics is sure going to be interesting for the next couple of years.
Reminds me of the last human on Dr. Who last night.
MOISTURIZE ME!!!
True. I hope I haven't beaten it into the ground with everyone.
Au contraire. I love it.
Cost of Iraq war could surpass $1 trillion
Estimates vary, but all agree price is far higher than initially expected
By Martin Wolk
Chief economics correspondent
MSNBC
One thing is certain about the Iraq war: It has cost a lot more than advertised. In fact, the tab grows by at least $200 million each and every day.
In the months leading up to the launch of the war three years ago, few Bush administration officials were willing to comment publicly on the potential costs to the United States. After all, no cost would have been too high if the United States faced an imminent threat from an Iraq armed with weapons of mass destruction, the war's stated justification.
In fact, the economic ramifications are rarely included in the debate over whether to go to war, although some economists argue it is quite possible and useful to assess potential costs and benefits.
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the fucking war costs more than $3 FUCKING THOUSAND per fucking SECOND...
Well, as Lucy Van Pelt used to say: "I love mankind - it's people I can't stand!"
iirc, that was linus. when lucy told him he couldn't be a doctor because he doesn't love people.
one of my favorite quotes.
Estimates vary, but all agree price is far higher than initially expected
Especially since the Bushies said Iraq would be able to pay for its own reconstruction.
such leaders as The Gracchi, Gaius Marius and Julius Caesar can be considered populist (populares) because of their methods.
choosing to bypass the senate in order to get laws passed.
compared to the optimates who preferred to use traditional methods.
both were part of the same aristocratic class competing for power.
Just yell: "Boring!" at me and I'll switch gears.
bored? not at all.
jealous of course.
SSquirrel - I have not spent any time down south my own self, so I can't speak from experience. And I know that South America and Central America have terrible problems with poverty and a huge gap between the wealthy and the poor. However, you are talking about Guatemala and El Salvadore. Chile is a long way from both of those Central American countries and both of them have been in the throes of deep unrest and CIA fucking around for generations. Chile seems to be much more stable.
However, my chances of moving to South America are about as good as my chances of moving to Canada. Which is to say, I can do what I want - by myself. If I want to stay married, I'm stuck here for now. And since I am, I'll fight as hard as I can for this country, until it is clear there is nothing I can do.
In as much as I despise the human race, I reserve unto myself the right to cherish every Tom, Dick or Harry according to his own worth.
Johnathon Swift.
Oh, wouldn't this be sweet.
watertiger | Homepage | 03.18.06 - 12:24 pm | #
Code of the Neocons: God bless these nineteen year olds who are willing to give their lives for George Bush's global crusade.
But I'll toss the fucking thing over the side if it gets 3 months taken off my time at Club Fed.
o cost would have been too high if the United States faced an imminent threat from an Iraq armed with weapons of mass destruction, the war's stated justification.
Big fucking if
Damn. Remember when some people were advising young people that if they were going to join a service they should choose Airforce or Navy? Not such a good idea, maybe. But, to BushCo, it's better than a draft. Also seems to indicate that if you're Army, there are no non-forward positions soon.
1,000 more sailors expected to join ground forces in Iraq
By Alex Fryer,Seattle Times staff reporter
Three years after Baghdad fell, the Navy is poised to dramatically increase the number of sailors in Iraq and Afghanistan, filling gaps in Army and Marine Corps units. Paragaraph breakThe seamen, called "individual augmentees," support ground operations thousands of miles from the nearest port, in deployments that can be far different from the Navy's traditional role. Paragraph break(snip)...to fill specific jobs ashore. Most involved security, communications, construction and administrative duties, on yearlong deployments. For example, some helped staff prisons and others drove trucks.
There are 4,000 sailors in Iraq — a number that is expected to increase to 5,000 in the next few months. (snip)
The sailors do not perform raids or attack insurgent positions. But some of their missions, particularly defusing homemade bombs, can be dangerous.
http://
seattletimes.nwsource.com...55_navy17m.html
Good luck to all the "individual augmentees."
it's two - two - two owls in one!
two hoo! two whoo!
"He has gone where savage indignation can no longer lacerate his breast."
Swift's self-composed epitaph.
We need a Swift now.
it's two - two - two owls in one!
Or is it one owl in two?
Jebus, the cost of the war will be near the order of magnitude of the number of cells in a human! Fiscal responsibility and end to big government my beautiful but.
Not so much optimism, as a plan that could still be put into play. "I'm sorry Mr. President, but you leave us no choice..." A few at a time. Drip, drip. Hillary, because of what was done to Bill should very reluctant.
That f@#king dollar coin guy - 12:26 pm
you're right...
sucha plan could be put into play...
it would require, however, a whole OTHER Dumbocrap party than the one currently ensconces in the anter-rooms of power in DC...
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Or is it one owl in two?
NTodd, Marquis de Condorket
maybe my eyes are crossed.
But Feingold needs a biggie to sign on soon..."
He can go it alone on momentum. How many were brave enough not to vote for stupid ass war in the first place as he did?
the fucking war costs more than $3 FUCKING THOUSAND per fucking SECOND...
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar
And, it goes on the children's tab. That's the Republican way.
http://www.house.gov/cardoza/Blu.../
bluedogs.shtml
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Ah, WGG, which one of the BushCo minions was forced out for saying to Congress it would far, far less, but more than "cakewalk" amount?
$3000 a second.
$180,000 per hour.
$4,320,000 per day.
$30,240,000 per week.
My calculator can't handle the next number of digits required!
Pretty soon, you're talkin' real money.
I love Canada, and not just for the ballet and cuban cigars. The people are just friendly and rather fearless. Lot less fear and bigotry there. Allot more love thy neighbor stuff. I feel much safer living twenty minutes from the border.
iirc, that was linus.
Ooops!
I regret the etc...
Has anyone seen the story on Information Clearing House about how our GIs attacked a house in Tikrit where a suspected insurgent was firing from.
The troops stormed the house, killing 11 members of one family, five of them children under the age of 5, who all were found with their hands bound and shot through the head. The house was then destroyed by a missile fired from a plane.
Needless to say the residents of the town are outraged and the military has promised to investigate.
Apparently, Al Jezera is having a field day with the story, showing films of the bodies lined up in the Tikrit morgue.
Will this bullshit never stop!
I feel much safer living twenty minutes from the border.
SSquirrel
also
Tim Horton's
Molson Canadian
Hey gang...
Let's not forget that the wanker of the day is draining MONEY from the Murphy Capaign.
He's Atrios-approved. Let's help him pay the legal bills he's going to run up dealing with this jerk.
Also, call the Wanker and tell him to PACK UP AND GO HOME!!
His campaign office number is 215-741-9841
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