I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Jump.
How high?
I don't want them to foreclose, I just want them to clean up around here.
Huh?
Oh, the darn daycare certification people were a little rough on me this week. Trying to renew my certification. I shoulda vaccuumed the rug, or learned how to spell.
20 seconds is a long time when you're waiting. 20 years is a long time to meet the school bus.
Thees ees jour Boosh boom een a nutshell.
Big farty-deflating noise as thousands see their nest eegs deesappear.
so.
Only fixed rate mortgages for the Snakepit Inc.. No balloon loans, either.
Bush Bust!
Sometimes I think I sound like a troll. It makes me a little self-conscious. But only a little.
Immigrants' Jobless Rate Falls Below U.S. Natives'
By Neil Irwin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 7, 2006; Page D01
The jobless rate among immigrants fell below that of U.S.-born workers last year for the first time in at least a decade, according to new government data, during a hiring boom by construction, hospitality, and other companies that rely heavily on immigrant labor.
FREE CONDOMS
.
K&Y,
"Liquor een the front, poker een the rear."
One of my all-time favoreet Rrreverend Horton Heat Albums.
so.
FREE CONDOMS
.
agave, accidental texan | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 4:23 pm | #
Have you got the free love to go with 'em?
Damn...I was just beginning to enjoy
gloating downstairs
about baby boomers having
come of age without having
to use condoms.
And now Atrios gets all serious....
And did anyone notice--I got six in a row?
Sorry but I'm still kind of stuck on the nuke iran thing, is this really happening? I'm dreaming, right? It's all propaganda to scare amenidinijad or whatever his name is, right? Reich? Can't anyone stop the madman? Can't anyone stop Bush from dragging us all into the furnaces of hell????
Sometimes I think I sound like a troll. It makes me a little self-conscious. But
only a little.
whiskeyina | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 4:22 pm | #
I wouldn't worry about it, kiddo.
You have a genuine voice that comes
through....
Whiskeyina?
i think you got the record: six, uninterrupted...
woohoo
that sets the standard...
.
i noticed, whiskey. nice job.
i get scared when economist phd types like atrios say "moderately likely."
Have you got the free love to go with 'em?
whiskeyina
With my Melissa
.
The Times has a biased article on school vouchers. Surprisingly, the bias is in favor of vouchers. Oh sure, there's the usual crazed principal sounding like a cross between Che Guevera and Andrea Dworkin as she attacks vouchers for "raping the public schools of students and resources." Also, I would have liked a better review of the evidence which is strongly in favor of vouchers. Nevertheless, the overwhelming impression of private schools left by the article is delightfully positive.
It's the stories of little boys and girls sadly left behind by the public schools but now attending private schools like the one "near a verdant hill of churches" that tell the tale. And how about this to bring a tear to your eye?
Breanna Walton, 8, rises before dawn for the long bus ride from Northeast Washington, "amongst the crime and drugs and all that," in the words of her mother, April Cole Walton, to Rock Creek International, near Georgetown University. There, she learns Spanish with the children of lawyers and diplomats.
The best is left to last:
"I'll probably go to Washington Latin," said Jhontelle Johnson, setting her sights on a new charter school opening in August. If not, she said, "I'd probably be home-schooled."
A teacher's aide, Sheonna Griffin, looked askance. "You don't like public schools?" she asked the child.
Jhontelle turned back, her young eyes flashing. "You can't make me go," she said.
Sadly, in most of the country they can.
Sorry but I'm still kind of stuck on the nuke iran thing, is this really happening? I'm dreaming, right? It's all propaganda to scare amenidinijad or whatever his name is, right?
I hope that it's just talk about who's got the longest prick. But these guys are nutters. Who knows what they will do. They are crazy. On both sides, actually.
Thanks steve and WGG.
I'm off to feed the girls. They want carrots, which is fine. But then I said, "How 'bout some protein to go with it? Cashews, maybe?" The younger one says, "How 'bout cinnamon and sugar toast."
Off to battle...
Jhontelle turned back, her young eyes flashing. "You can't make me go," she said.
Sadly, in most of the country they can.
Yassir | 04.08.06 - 4:28 pm | #
What's your point?
It's gonna get ugly.
Sadly, in most of the country they can.
Yassir - 4:28 pm
eat shit and die, fucknozzle...
NTodd has such a needle dick, I had to go to other men to satisfy myself.
Not other men. Horses. I kid you not.
I live with a man now who doesn't have a needle dick and actually contributes to the bills.
HAHAHA! Grant is older than her dad, and his credit history is so bad that Stef was the one taking out the mortgage for the Ranch's facilities!
I got tired of NTodd's "shortcomings", let alone having to support him financially.
She certainly was pissed that I decided to no longer be the breadwinner after so many years.
NTodd, Assholus Maximus | Homepage | 04.07.06 - 1:51 am | #
Here's NTodd the Liar shitting all over his wife.
Have 5.5% fixed, but still, with 'adjustments' to tax and insurance the monthly payment went up $200+!
(they say it may go down)
.
But think of all that cheap housing that will result!
Here's NTodd the Liar shitting all over his wife.
Anonymous | 04.08.06 - 4:30 pm | #
Would you like to be acquainted with
a certain formerly fashionable but
still beloved catch phrase?
Cause you're really beginning to
piss me off, moron.
Sorry but I'm still kind of stuck on the nuke iran thing, is this really happening? I'm dreaming, right? It's all propaganda to scare amenidinijad or whatever his name is, right?
I don't think the Bush boys are able to scare much of anybody, cause the fact is, we mess with Iran, they stop all oil traffic in the Persian Gulf. The testosterone wars never end, dammit!
man the trolls really are getting desperate
Anonymous = Gordo? Ted?
(earlier)
East Asians fetishize Hitler (once in Korea we passed the Hitler men's store and drank at the Hess bar), so this actually isn't that surprising. The reason they throw around the name Hitler is precisely the sort of reaction Canada enshrines as law and national ritual. -- kei & yuri | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 3:13 pm |
[added later]
Here is the Hitler Bar, not one we've been to but also not surprising at all.
well, this is become boring AND fulla troolshit...
im gonna twist up a spliff and go watch the Masters...
cya l8r, frenz...
.
Totally OT, but Drew Barrymore had
dinner at my watering hole on
Wednesday (I wasn't there).
Anyway, she was there with her rock
star boyfriend (they made out).
Question: which of the Strokes is
she dating? Is it the singer?
My spies thought he was cute....
i'm not going to want to stay here if we end up bombing iran.
as a renter I look forward to buying up all your houses on auction!
I think the troll has a crush on NTodd and is terribly conflicted by the whole thing and is lashing out as a means of combating NTodd's rejection of it.
Here's NTodd the Liar shitting all over his wife.
Anonymous | 04.08.06 - 4:30 pm | #
Would you like to be acquainted with
a certain formerly fashionable but
still beloved catch phrase?
Cause you're really beginning to
piss me off, moron.
steve simels | 04.08.06 - 4:33 pm | #
Boo hoo.
as a renter I look forward to buying up all your houses on auction!
just try getting past my bidding paddle, suckah.
Seriously, if we nuked Iran it would be time for strange shit to start happening. No government should be able to count on categoric support from its people in all times and the American government derives its nature from popular ability to reject the government.
I don't know if BushCo scares other countries' leaders, but they scare the hell out of me. As I said on a thread I killed earlier, I think Bush and Rumsfield figure the reason for having nukes is to use them, and seems to me they're not gonna wait much longer. Unless somebody figures out a way to stop them.
Some analysts are saying that The USA stock market is undervalued and looks attractive to investors.
I don’t know.
With massive debt and rising interest rates, it could all go tits up.
i'm not going to want to stay here if we end up bombing iran.
Me neither. And if Mother Russia ends up retaliating for the Iranians, we probably won't have to worry.
Boo hoo.
Anonymous | 04.08.06 - 4:36 pm | #
Wow.
An ad-lib worthy of the Algonquin Roundtable.
How do you do it?
Baiamonte, joo are just jealous that no woman weel ever touch jour teeny-tiny deenky leetle weenky.
Never, ever, ever.
No matter how much joo pay her.
...and thees shames joo, wheech only makes jour leetle worm shrivel even more.
I should feel pity for joo, but as they say een America, "what-ever".
so.
Question: which of the Strokes is
she dating? Is it the singer?
My spies thought he was cute....
steve simels
They all look like a bunch of Ken dolls to me...guess that's me showing my age...
Steve,
I think she's dating the drummer. Whichever one has the Italian last name - Fabrizzi, or something like that.
I'm not a fan of the Strokes, but useless tabloid knowledge I have in bucketfuls.
Baiamonte, joo are just jealous that no woman weel ever touch jour teeny-tiny deenky leetle weenky.
Never, ever, ever.
No matter how much joo pay her.
That is, in fact, his great burden.
as a renter I look forward to buying up all your houses on auction!
Atrios
tru dat. but i have no interest in the mcmansions, hopefully there are some very irresponsible owners in manhattan and the bay area.
tee hee I know my landlord clearly enjoys a comfortable life.
buy up a row of houses and rent them out to students is popular in Swansea heh
Boo hoo.
Anonymous | 04.08.06 - 4:36 pm | #
Wow.
An ad-lib worthy of the Algonquin Roundtable.
How do you do it?
steve simels | 04.08.06 - 4:37 pm | #
Still waiting for you to live up to your threat.
Squatter's rights!!!!
chidy,
unfortunately, Manhattan also has a wealth of investment bankers with multi-million dollar bonuses who keep our housing rates astronomical.
Dickheads.
My rent is £49
i pay my rent every 4 weeks, which comes to £196
yeah, what about those russkies? do people really think that pooty poot is going to let us nuke all that oil he's been working so hard to get sent north and east?
Goddamnit, they're homicide bombers!!!
A pound is like what, $2.50?
Forget Manhattan -- you should all move to Philly and buy one of the condos that they're building at a rate of about one a minute.
Since we're talking about nuking Iran again, didn't they sign a treaty with Russia or China (or both) that basically said they would defend Iran from attack?
but i have no interest in the mcmansions, hopefully there are some very irresponsible owners in manhattan and the bay area.
You have absolutely nothing to worry about!
hopefully there are some very irresponsible owners in manhattan and the bay area.
chicago dyke
For sure there are in the Bay Area. I think a lot of people are going to lose their asses.
Can't anyone stop Bush from dragging us all into the furnaces of hell????
reallygonecat | 04.08.06 - 4:25 pm | #
Nope. There's nobody doing anything about it at all.
My bet is the Rapture is *really gonna hurt*!
aquatigre, i'm just hoping that one or two of them are all wrapped up in failing business ventures (like developing tourism in iraq, as some fools i know were doing) and at the same time have out of control crank habits, all i need is one miserable weather public auction day and i think i can do it.
Forget Manhattan -- you should all move to Philly and buy one of the condos that they're building at a rate of about one a minute.
I'd move to Philly. Cool town.
I'd move to Philly. Cool town.
But they don't have universal healthcare!
Pound Sterling 1.00 = $1.741
move to Philly and buy one of the condos...
¿Do they have Patios?
¿eh?
Atrios doesn't care. Fine with him.
From "EFF: Breaking News":
"The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is diverting Internet traffic into the hands of the NSA wholesale, in violation of federal wiretapping laws and the Fourth Amendment," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "More than just threatening individuals' privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now."
philly is horrible. not everyone is exactly equal, and no one talks about AT&T.
Liberals wussies think we should restrain USA power when we are threatened or attacked. I say nuke Iran NOW!
Still waiting for you to live up to your threat.
Anonymous | 04.08.06 - 4:39 pm | #
Okay.
Would you please just blow me already,
okay?
By which I mean, as you and everybody
here well knows, again?
It's what you want, and every minute
that you delay brings you that much
closer to full fledged dementia based
on repression. And who knows what you
might do as a result? Perhaps fucking
an underage male goat, and certainly
we don't want that.
So take a slurp on my willie of
wonderment. Time is money!!!!!
PS:
I want my autographed copy of
"The Well of Loneliness" back.
Thanks!
FT has a great converter, we just don't feel like clicking through to it
I'd move to Philly. Cool town.
watertiger, aggressively lazy
I very nearly did, last year. I'm kind of sorry it didn't work out, actually. I stayed in the Bay Area for a job, but the housing costs here are fucking bullshit. Philly was definitely pretty dope.
But they don't have universal healthcare!
AAAAAAARGH!
BTW, just making up for the lost day yesterday.
Well, this is amusing.
ChiDyke - forget it. If Manahattan was affordable we wouldn't consider leaving NYC, the city of my birth. I love this place, but unless you have a rent controlled apartment, it is completely unaffordable. Our first apartment was $39. a month. The same place, a tenement, is going for $2000.
Oh great, I just told annonymous
to blow me, but I forgot to change
my name back.
I regret the error.
Liberals wussies think we should restrain USA power when we are threatened or attacked. I say nuke Iran NOW!
Potty-mouthed conservatards have infantile foreign policy suggestions. STFU!
I'd move to Philly. Cool town.
Do it! It's an easy enough commute to NY if you have to go. I can walk to 30th Street Station, the train takes about an hour and ten minutes to Penn Station.
And who needs universal healthcare anyway, sourpuss NTodd? We're all young(ish) and healthy(ish) and we're gonna live forever, right?
philly is horrible. not everyone is exactly equal, and no one talks about AT&T.
Liberals wussies think we should restrain USA power when we are threatened or attacked. I say nuke Iran NOW!
I forget when Iran attacked us...
¿Do they have Patios?
¿eh?
Claro que si, gato.
philly is horrible. not everyone is exactly equal, and no one talks about AT&T.
What about white phosphorus? Does Philly have WP?
Do it! It's an easy enough commute to NY if you have to go. I can walk to 30th Street Station, the train takes about an hour and ten minutes to Penn Station.
Find me an industrial work/live space, and I'll set up bidness there. How do you feel about pecan pie?
How much are the condos going for in Philly?
I forget when Iran attacked us...
Their preznit said bad things about our preznit.
And who needs universal healthcare anyway, sourpuss NTodd? We're all young(ish) and healthy(ish) and we're gonna live forever, right?
Well, I know I'm going to live forever, but the rest of you mere mortals I'm worried about...
philly is horrible. not everyone is exactly equal, and no one talks about AT&T.
Atrios
Atrios, what's the deal with the AT&T building next to the South Street Bridge? Many of the locals think that there are all sorts of nefarious doings in there! Tinfoil hat kind of stuff.
(the Apple desktop conversion widget rocks)
I didn't say it.
philly is horrible. not everyone is exactly equal, and no one talks about AT&T.
also, cats roam free on some streets.
Philadelphia Spread 
Their preznit said bad things about our preznit.
Then we'd better turn most of the world into glass at this point...
jezebel:
Hi, beautiful!!!!
Find me an industrial work/live space, and I'll set up bidness there. How do you feel about pecan pie?
It's called Northern Liberties, babe. Welcome to the neighborhood!
And I feel just grand about pecan pie.
Well, I know I'm going to live forever
Thus proving that a diet of maple syrup, bacon and red wine DOES have life-prolonging qualities!
Oh fuck, battered husbands on CNN.
philly is horrible. not everyone is exactly equal, and no one talks about AT&T.
Sounds like it's been a cheery day around here.
Hiya, steve simels! You need to move to Philly too -- our coolness factor would increase by at least two orders of magnitude.
You know, in their defense, the Gallic cock has always been the national animal symbol of France, like the British lion, the Russian bear, the Polish eagle, the Japanese crane or the Chinese dragon. Except that none of those suggests a penis.
Oh fuck, battered husbands on CNN.
And now for some really important news!
It's called Northern Liberties, babe. Welcome to the neighborhood!
Oh, word? Actually, what I'd really love is a storefront with an apartment upstairs.
I try to dream small, so I don't disappoint myself.
What about white phosphorus? Does Philly have WP?
I haven't seen any white phosphorus, but we've got street vendors who will sell you soft pretzels that they keep warm in their armpits. Is that scary enough for you?
The Canadian beaver! That's what we couldn't recall! Or the Korean hawk.
Oh fuck, battered husbands on CNN.
I prefer mine pan-fried.
speaking of biofuels, who's going to the kos thing in vegas? anyone?
You know, in their defense, the Gallic cock has always been the national animal symbol of France, like the British lion, the Russian bear, the Polish eagle, the Japanese crane or the Chinese dragon. Except that none of those suggests a penis.
What, the other symbols are only female?
i'm not going to want to stay here if we end up bombing iran.
Me neither. And if Mother Russia ends up retaliating for the Iranians, we probably won't have to worry.
plantsman
Here's how I see this. I can't do one goddamned thing to stop him, so I can't see what worrying about it is going to do. I grew up convinced that I was going to die in a nuclear holocaust. Well, sometimes it is a damn sad thing to have your expectations met, but there's fuck all I can do about it.
there are a couple available storefronts with apartments on top just around the corner from me.
You know, in their defense, the Gallic cock has always been the national animal symbol of France, like the British lion, the Russian bear, the Polish eagle, the Japanese crane or the Chinese dragon. Except that none of those suggests a penis.
These days, our national symbol is a very small penis.
Liberal bias in the media. Please stop it.
Ain't no fucker like a Vienna fucker cuz a Vienna fucker don't stop.
battered husbands on CNN.
ql in ny
frying's to good for them! send in the AT&T troll.
Lion, Bear, and Dragon suggest penises , IMHO.
also, cats roam free on some streets.
chicago dyke | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 4:48 pm | #
LOL!!!!!
there are a couple available storefronts with apartments on top just around the corner from me.
STOP TEMPTING ME, YOU LIBERAL HEATHENS!
I haven't seen any white phosphorus, but we've got street vendors who will sell you soft pretzels that they keep warm in their armpits. Is that scary enough for you?
Sounds like New York! I love soft pretzels...
speaking of biofuels, who's going to the kos thing in vegas? anyone?
That traitor, Atrios, is.
Oh, word? Actually, what I'd really love is a storefront with an apartment upstairs.
Word, lady. Come down sometime and we can go real estate hunting.
QL -- it all depends what you're looking for in terms of neighborhood and size. But I know my NY friends are all in shock when they see what their dollars can get them in Philly.
or the Chinese dragon. Except that none of those suggests a penis.
kei & yuri |
you might want to rethink that last one.
Philly is crap. We're talking about our country.
"The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is diverting Internet traffic into the hands of the NSA wholesale, in violation of federal wiretapping laws and the Fourth Amendment," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "More than just threatening individuals' privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now."
there are a couple available storefronts with apartments on top just around the corner from me.
How do YOU feel about pecan pie?
These days, our national symbol is a very small penis.
watertiger, aggressively lazy | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 4:52 pm | #
Words fail me.....
I'm going, but only so i can shoot some kossacks in the face
I can't do one goddamned thing to stop him, so I can't see what worrying about it is going to do.
No shit, just keep living.
The Polish eagle actually is female: it's a mother defending her nest from a king who would steal egrets for crossbreed falconing. All the other eagles in the area are males derived from the Roman standards, which in fact makes them technically vultures.
i love pecan pie
Here's how I see this. I can't do one goddamned thing to stop him, so I can't see what worrying about it is going to do. I grew up convinced that I was going to die in a nuclear holocaust. Well, sometimes it is a damn sad thing to have your expectations met, but there's fuck all I can do about it.
Tena
That's kind of how I dealt with it when I was younger, too, especially during Reagan's first term. I came through it not too badly traumatized, not that it was fun occasionally envisioning my home town being vaporized or, worse yet, having such a scenario described in graphic detail in the local newspaper.
frying's to good for them! send in the AT&T troll.
Only rich, non-egalitarian people can afford to fry husbands.
These days, our national symbol is a very small penis.
watertiger, aggressively lazy | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 4:52 pm | #
Why must they laugh at my mighty sword?
Surprisingly, the bias is in favor of vouchers.
Surprisingly? All The Neocon Whorage That's Fit To Print and you're surprised they're in favor of letting rich white kids be segregated from uppity negroes, at the taxpayers' expense? What would be surprising is if the Times came out against vouchers, or even demonstrated some semblance of neutrality on the issue.
As for NTodd and his wife and the troll who seems to be taking an unnatural interest therein, may I make a modest proposal? Not knowing any of the involved parties, I could care less, and I'd be willing to bet a lot that if aggressively ignored, said troll would rapidly lose interest and return to its regularly scheduled Cheeto hunting.
i love pecan pie
send me your mailing addy and I'll ship some mini ones down to you. I have surplus from last night's event.
Well, sometimes it is a damn sad thing to have your expectations met, Tena
I know, but you've gotta not go gently into that dark night, y'know?
Philly is crap. We're talking about our country.
Start a fucking blog, asshole.
well, they don't suggest a penis the way FRENCH COCK does.
Paul Revere
Are we witnessing the birth of a new troll? Perhaps the AT&T Troll can be the replacement for the Beethoven Troll.
I actually bet retail space outside the prime foot traffic locations is still relatively cheap here though I don't know. There are still enough vacancies and obviously fairly low revenue shops operating.
Dr Wu - I take it as a matter of honor, but I'll try your suggestion.
Dr. Wu,
Can I interest you in a large bottle of Screen Kwell Gel for Threadlice?
send me your mailing addy and I'll ship some mini ones down to you. I have surplus from last night's event.
i'm serious, btw. they're all pre-packaged and everything.
it's only fair, given the amount of time i blogwhore here.
Paul R. reminds me of fy--without the white space.
Are troll-bortions still legal?
Screen Kwell Gel for Threadlice?
Ah, if only there were such a product!
Word, lady. Come down sometime and we can go real estate hunting.
How about the first week in May. Seriously, we are planning a trip to talk to real estate agents and possibly buy. probably not in Philly proper, but one of the burbs around. We should get together for dinner.
Are we witnessing the birth of a new troll? Perhaps the AT&T Troll can be the replacement for the Beethoven Troll.
AT&T's 300 baud modem implementing the Bell 103 standard was sublime. If you don't see that, you're an idiot.
Who's on first? I just dove in and can't figger out what's going on.
booby's are woot's, I thought.
But does Philly have Gay Johnsons?
Afternoon everybody.
So if Bush actually uses a tactical nuke, who's marching on Washington with me and my pitchfork & torch?
Oh, and Progress!!!
After three years in which the U.S. government allocated more than $20 billion for Iraq reconstruction, a bill now making its way through Congress adds only $1.6 billion this year, just $100 million of it for construction — not for building schools or power stations, but for prisons.
Does the sharp cut in aid surprise and disappoint the planners here? "Probably both," said Michael P. Fallon, U.S. reconstruction program chief.
But "the program in general has been very successful," he said in an interview — "with the caveat that it hasn't gone as far as we thought we'd be able to go."
Mr. Fallon is truly a master of doublespeak.
In the 60s it was sex.
In the 70s it was drugs.
In the 80s it was real estate.
In the 90s it was computers.
What is it now?
Seriously....
Philly is crap. We're talking about our country.
Eat shit, asshole.
Are troll-bortions still legal?
Only up until the 320th trimester.
QL -- that would be lovely! Although unfortunately I'll be away that weekend -- work nonsense in Phoenix and then Toronto. If you're coming down other times, though, please let me know!
"What is it now?
Seriously...."
--steve simels
Being extremely rich and republican.
Kommst du mit, ins WANKERHOF!
What is it now?
Tulips.
These days, our national symbol is a very small penis.
watertiger, aggressively lazy | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 4:52 pm | #
Have I told you people how fucking Norwegian I am?
What is it now?
NUKES!!!
What is it now?
Seriously....
steve simels
Finding a way to impeach Bush.
Si,
The French Gallo,
The Chinese Dragón,
The Russian Oso,
The Japanes grúa, these are all fine...
But the Spanish Gato, mi amigos,
There, joo have the makings of a truly grrreat National Emblem, no?
so.
How about the first week in May.
I might actually be interested in that. Besides, spending time with you and Mr. QL and Jezebel (and any other Philly types who might be interested in dinner) is a heckuva lot of fun.
His best answer is that it was loose monetary policy (read: inadequate mortgage regulation) in 2002-2004 that fueled this problem, as if that should let everyone in power in Washington off the hook.
And this guys a conservative?
With friends like him.......
Hiya, batsies.
~waves~
Ah, if only there were such a product!
Dr. Wu | 04.08.06 - 4:58 pm | #
its called poetry. Every time we discuss philosophy or poetry the lice go screaming for the hills. Its pretty amazing.
But does Philly have Gay Johnsons?
I don't know what those are and am reluctant to head to www.boners.com to find out....
I'm going, but only so i can shoot some kossacks in the face
Atrios | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 4:54 pm | #
jeebus god don't shoot skippy (tbk) and me, we'll be there. it should be easy to tell, we'll be the only people laughing there.
Atrios:
Most of the pols are totally in the pockets of the parasite banking industry.
To get ahead on this issue, especially in a populist sense, is campaign contribution suicide.
Our pols are addicted to bribes in the form of campaign contributions.
No movement.
What is it now?
Seriously.... - steve simels
cell phones and i-pods, soon to be followed by i-bods.
In the 60s it was sex.
In the 70s it was drugs.
In the 80s it was real estate.
In the 90s it was computers.
What is it now?
Seriously....
steve simels
Either broadband or HDTV
Are you around Vicki?
Tell us if you're still interested in coming over here tonight =o
Tulips.
i love pecan pie
Like the idiot from the Corner?
I wonder what the banks will do with all of the foreclosed property in a buyer's market and without the income from those mortgage payments. Perhaps the homeowner isn't the only one with things to worry about.
Have I told you people how fucking Norwegian I am?
You said you were German just the other day!
Hey, Atrios. Doesn't this bother you?
Apparently not"The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is diverting Internet traffic into the hands of the NSA wholesale, in violation of federal wiretapping laws and the Fourth Amendment," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "More than just threatening individuals' privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now."
Have I told you people how fucking Norwegian I am?
You said you were German just the other day!
plantsman
Yes, but isn't rather obvious how small German penis's are historically?
Like the idiot from the Corner?
K-Lo doesn't love pecan pie. She just loves free food . . . and lots of it.
Either broadband or HDTV
Attaturk | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 5:02 pm | #
Or maybe an iPod.
I actually bet retail space outside the prime foot traffic locations is still relatively cheap here though I don't know. There are still enough vacancies and obviously fairly low revenue shops operating.
Atrios |
We talked to a guy who owned a fabric shop in the fabrick neighborhood, forget exactly where, and he said that neighborhood was like the new Greenwich Village with prices skyrocketing.
And I'm very surprised that an economist rents.
NIM!
I don't know if you heard, but you and Jen got engaged yesterday!
Congratulations!
Hey, steve, I've been hoping to catch you ever since you posted your "Barbara Ann" comment umpteen threads ago today.
I wanted to share the reminiscence that as a kid hearing that song on the radio, I always thought they were singing about a guy named "Bob Barant".
I found it a little strange, but the lyrics were clear:
Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob Bob Barant;
Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob Bob Barant
Bob Barant! Oh, Bob Barant!
You got me rockin' and a-rollin',
Rockin' and a-reelin'--
Bob Barant! (Bob, Bob, Bob Bob Barant)...
Yes, but isn't rather obvious how small German penis's
Penises?
Peni?
Pini?
Paul Revere = fy?
What is it now?
Seriously....
steve simels
shooting people in the face? lying a nation into immoral war? no, wait, i've got it: ending american democracy as we know it and institution our first theocracy.
Yes, but isn't rather obvious how small German penis's are historically?
You DO have a, um, point.
Hey, Atrios. Doesn't this bother you?
It bothers all of us. Oh, wait, you didn't mean your incessant whining, did you?
Pini?
dicks.
K-Lo doesn't love pecan pie.
Bob Bob Barant, third string tailback, U of Texas, 1952-55.
Oh, I get it. Atrios just wants somebody around the corner to watch the cats when he and the missus go on vacay.
I see how you play, mister.
K-Lo loves Crisco Sticks!
UPDATE:
Jen and Nim thread need 10 more comments to reach 1,000. (A Modest Proposal)
Back on topic...
We refi'd 3 years ago - 5.0 fixed/15 yrs. Broker kept asking if we wanted to "coinsolidate" other debt (credit cards, car loans). My answer was "hell no!" even though it would've been a little more convenient.
Screw convenience. I'm NOT risking my house to cover consumer debt!
Anyway, I just paid off my last credit card, and got them to lower the rate to 9.99 FIXED.
And the car's close to being paid off too.
People have to get it through their heads - don't risk your house in order to buy stuff/take vacations/fill up your Hummer!!!!
---
not that it was fun occasionally envisioning my home town being vaporized or, worse yet, having such a scenario described in graphic detail in the local newspaper.
When I was in grade school, they showed us those films of buildings being blown down that the government made.
They told us we had to stay at the school in the event of a nuclear attack. All I could ever think was - Hahaha. I'm running straight home and try and stop me.
Watertiger - That would be cool. We're open to the dates, let's talk at dinner on Friday. Just has to be sometime in May as my daughter will be home to feed the cat.
She has spent the last three years trying to prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa. We take AIDS very seriously and didn't use it as an excuse to try and stop our kids from having sex.
(Sorry, someone said that in the thread below and it pissed me off)
K-Lo loves Crisco Sticks
butter flavor.
K-Lo doesn't love pecan pie.
I hate helloscan.
Didn't I read that one of them tried to sneak one on the plane in Houston and it was confiscated?
Damn subversive desserts.
The time to march on Washington is now, before he sets the damn things off. Think Hecate's got room to put us all up at her place?
Zackly.
send me your mailing addy and I'll ship some mini ones down to you. I have surplus from last night's event.
watertiger
just make sure he's home for the delivery or they'll be returned.
Nothing gay here, move along.
How can you people engage in K-Lo jokes right in front of me, like I'm not even here?
Hey, stupid fucks. LOOK:
"The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is diverting Internet traffic into the hands of the NSA wholesale, in violation of federal wiretapping laws and the Fourth Amendment," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "More than just threatening individuals' privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now."
When I was in grade school, they showed us those films of buildings being blown down that the government made.
Duck...and coooooooover!
"Duck and cover"
And then kiss your ass goodbye!
Little Brøther:
Hilarious!!!!!
I love misheard lyrics.
My alltime favorite is still
Dylan:
"The ants are my friends, is blowing
in the wind...."
(A Modest Proposal)
Did my bit, now I'm out. Peace!!
Think Hecate's got room to put us all up at her place? - sister of ye
We'll just borrow the Republican's big tent.
What is it now?
Virtual everything, babe. Sex, drugs, real estate(?). No cans, no mess, no smell.
Think Hecate's got room to put us all up at her place?
sister of ye
Hey, hey - civil disobedience...
(damn, Atrios - thank you for mentioned Hamel on Trial. I really love the guy)
I wonder what the banks will do with all of the foreclosed property in a buyer's market and without the income from those mortgage payments.
Hell of a lot of auctions...lot of property to be had on the cheap...and probably a few failed banks.
And of course, the "collateral damage" - families in dire financial staits because they listened to some broker's sales pitch for an interest-only mortgage...
---
Hey, stupid fucks. LOOK:
Hey, look: a stupid fuck!
Dude, get a blog. Write something coherent. Whore it.
It's pretty goddamned simple.
How can you people engage in K-Lo jokes right in front of me, like I'm not even here?
God, I love that image.
And I don't mean in a good way.
They told us we had to stay at the school in the event of a nuclear attack. All I could ever think was - Hahaha. I'm running straight home and try and stop me.
Tena
Duck 'n' cover. What the oceans don't protect you from, your desk will.
Those were the days.
Who says the Chinese don't value human life?
I wonder what the banks will do with all of the foreclosed property in a buyer's market and without the income from those mortgage payments. Perhaps the homeowner isn't the only one with things to worry about.
Troutski
They either rent it cheap, thereby depressing rental prices, or throw it up on a foreclosure auction and take whatever they can get, thereby further depressing housing prices.
Its an ugly, ugly cycle.
Paul Revere: Go to Blogspot. Starting your own blog where you are free to call any readers you get "Stupid Fucks" is free, quick, and then you'll have some power to control content. Here you don't have that and the way you are going about sharing your info with people is repellant.
Dude, get a blog. Write something coherent. Whore it.
It's pretty goddamned simple.
Obviously not.
Are troll-bortions still legal?
plantsman
You seem to think that our trolls have lives. Not.
Liberal bias in the media? Not for 30 years or more. Liberal bias would be telling the truth, not covering up the crimes of the rich and appointed welfare recipients calling themselves our government. Bush lives in public housing, sucks at the piblic teat, then lies to the public about everything. Makes welfare crack whores look like Mother Teresa.
i always begin my most convincing arguments with "hey you stupid fucks." works like a charm every time.
Have I told you people how fucking Norwegian I am?
You said you were German just the other day!
plantsman
German...Norwegian. They're both blonde.
You please the sign to obey will!!!
oh, and another thing, Mr. Revere - it's best not to call your audience "stupid fucks" if you want them to read what you're so agitated about.
You're not Lenny Bruce.
And his hair was purple.
.
"I don't know if you heard, but you and Jen got engaged yesterday!
Congratulations!
watertiger, aggressively lazy"
Nah, that was just a namestealer. =x
They either rent it cheap, thereby depressing rental prices, or throw it up on a foreclosure auction and take whatever they can get, thereby further depressing housing prices.
Its an ugly, ugly cycle.
flory
Led to quite a debacle in the Southwest banking industry last time, too.
Not that banks are as exposed as the S&L's were, but still, not good to be holding onto something nobody wants.
Misheard Dylan (by me 
)
"Split up on the docks that night" Apparently it's really "Split up on a dark, sad night"
Besides, we've talked about the AT &T thing. Until something else happens, there's not much more that can be said.
It's horrible. OMG!!! Damn them.
*shrugs*
Nah, that was just a namestealer. =x
I KNEW it! So the real Nim's still available, yes?
Slogan,
A liberal is a conservative who learned how to count and read.
Are you around Vicki?
Tell us if you're still interested in coming over here tonight =o
Nim, ham hock of liberty
Ahhh . . . Fucker of the Day comes up for air.
You please the sign to obey will!!! - kei & yuri
And nesselwang is the penis-shaped cousin of the Loch Ness monster, who lives in Lake Lucerne?
Anybody here watch SMALLVILLE?
It's a decent enough show, but the
central premise is odd:
Lex Luthor, who's in his mid-twenties,
is best friends with Clark Kent, who's
in high school.
Doesn't that strike you as a little
weird?
simels, check out this rockin' gravestone
Paul R. reminds me of fy--without the white space.
mer
I think it is fy. I think it started showing up on a thread with scroll troll deleted messages.
Hey, stupid fucks. LOOK:
Charming.
Nah, that was just a namestealer.
BREAKING NEWS!
Ham hock gets cooked.
"Duck 'n' cover. What the oceans don't protect you from, your desk will.
Those were the days."
--Rmj, Wandering Aengus
We actually were led out into the hall before we had to duck 'n cover.
Doesn't that strike you as a little
weird?
steve simels
He likes boys.
*shrugs*
Seems to fit the tenor of the times.
Sadly.
NTodd:
You're happy with IP traffic being routed through NSA?
Like I said, Atrios worshipers won't care.
Meanwhile our country goes down the tubes.
I think it is fy. I think it started showing up on a thread with scroll troll deleted messages.
Certainly has the same social and communication skills.
simels, check out this rockin' gravestone
kei & yuri | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 5:16 pm | #
Oh.
My.
God.
let's talk about cheese.
Nah, that was just a namestealer. =x
I KNEW it! So the real Nim's still available, yes?
NTodd, Eagle Eyed Atarian
BULLSHIT !!!!!
Duck 'n' cover. What the oceans don't protect you from, your desk will.
Those were the days.
The public schools in those days called Doug (me) a disruptive influence. Some of this was due I think, to understanding what the hell duck and cover drills meant.
A liberal is a conservative who learned how to count and read.
And think...for themselves.
---
BULLSHIT !!!!!
High Priestess of Selune
They either rent it cheap, thereby depressing rental prices, or throw it up on a foreclosure auction and take whatever they can get, thereby further depressing housing prices.
Its an ugly, ugly cycle.
flory
There goes the neighborhood. There go a whole bunch of neighborhoods . . .
i always had the same thought, simels. i had pretty cool friends in HS, but the one older boyfriend i had bailed on me when my best friend let slip that our school wasn't a college. lex should be careful.
Led to quite a debacle in the Southwest banking industry last time, too.
Not that banks are as exposed as the S&L's were, but still, not good to be holding onto something nobody wants.
Rmj, Wandering Aengus
Yeah. My stockbroker and I keep having this conversation. I'm not investing in no bank stocks while this shit is hanging over the whole industry.
We actually were led out into the hall before we had to duck 'n cover.
mer
We had glass walls (plate glass, mind you) on two sides, and the hall was a concrete outdoor walkway.
In Tornado Alley.
If the nukes didn't get us, a tornado would.
If it wasn't a drill, we were doomed, and we knew it.
You're happy with IP traffic being routed through NSA?
I don't recall ever saying that. You mistake my indifference for you with an indifference toward the subject.
Now, are you happy being an asshole?
So, (1), does it really surprise you that the NSA is doing this? Hadn't you guessed that they already were? And (2), what does complaining do?
let's talk about cheese.
Sorry, we're all out.
BULLSHIT !!!!!
High Priestess of Selune
Ahhh . . . Fuckee of the Day comes up for air, too!
I'm guessing strawberry ice cream. Eaten from the carton. And two silly grins.
simels, check out this rockin' gravestone
CLASSIC ROCK!
Cheese.
Why didn't I think of that
Does KatKiller Frist have something he wants to talk about?
As seen on Countdown.
let's talk about cheese.
We cannot talk about cheese because that's non-egalitarian.
And quite frankly, I'm disgusted that fy's talking about AT&T when our troops are using white phosphorus weapons on Iraqi civilians. That certainly condemns him as a racist warmonger.
Sorry, we're all out.
I'm going to ask you one more time...
if nim and his bride to be and sister in law to be are really around: i want to cook you guys dinner this week, and it's wide open until wed. we could even drink wine and stuff.
Nim and Jen, congrats!
I was anxiously reading the thread yesterday, waiting for Jen to finish her Scrabble game, when I got a call to go work on some documents. How rude! Expecting me to cut into my blog-reading time, just 'cause they give me a paycheck!
Money is not important when you look like a million bucks. Poor people can be hawt too.
BULLSHIT !!!!!
High Priestess of Selune
My money's on Jen.
Dude, get a blog.
Too late! http://heyyoustupidfucks.blogspot.com/ is taken . . .
Finest cheese shop in the borough, sir.
Certainly uncontaminated by cheese.
I'm going to ask you one more time...
We have Camembert...though it's a bit runny....
ntodd, i have to condemn you strenuously for failing to be civil and include biofuels in your last post. how will anyone take this place seriously?
this place just isn't "real" anymore. and cheese smells.
Blessed are the cheese-makers
Yup - it's fy. Definitely. I'm so ashamed. I responded twice.
Uh oh, the neighbors are figting. Should I turn the teevee up or down?
Oh, the cat's just eaten it...
Money is not important when you look like a million bucks. Poor people can be hawt too.
Paris Hilton, The trouble is,
you're not!
"if nim and his bride to be and sister in law to be are really around: i want to cook you guys dinner this week, and it's wide open until wed. we could even drink wine and stuff.
chicago dyke"
Thanks for the offer. Sounds great. Jen's work day runs a little late, though, so it might take a little juggling, but by all means, if we can figure something out....
How about spam? We seem to have plenty of that around here today. AT&T brand.
SPAM spam spam spam SPAM spam spam spam
I like cheese.
What's your point?
steve simels
It's pushing vouchers
Sorry, but I don't want my taxes going for religious brainwashing of children.
ntodd, i have to condemn you strenuously for failing to be civil and include biofuels in your last post. how will anyone take this place seriously?
Only non-egalitarian elitists talk about biofuels. I condemn you for not recognizing the only moral issue that should ever be discussed.
ntodd, i have to condemn you strenuously for failing to be civil and include biofuels in your last post. how will anyone take this place seriously?
this place just isn't "real" anymore. and cheese smells.
chicago dyke
And parrots. Dead parrots.
NTodd, how can you not blog about the fundamental unfairness of nailing a dead parrot to a perch?
You're dead to me. Pining for the fjords, even.
You, sir, are an ex-blogger!
Blessed are the cheese-makers
for they have stinky toes.
Uh oh, the neighbors are figting. Should I turn the teevee up or down?
ql in ny | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 5:24 pm | #
As your attorney, I recommend you
begin drinking heavily.
Atrios said...
This is the greatest blog ever.
from kc's rockin webiste for fy.
We actually were led out into the hall before we had to duck 'n cover.
mer
We had two separate things. Duck and cover meant we got under our desks. When we had the full-on bomb drills, we went into the hall, faced the walls and leaned on them with our arms crossed behind our heads.
responded twice.
Uh oh, the neighbors are figting. Should I turn the teevee up or down?
Down till you can tell whether it's a good one or not.
SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZOUKI UP!
SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZOUKI UP!
Hee. I've got a friend who plays the bouzouki for several Irish bands. In Pittsburgh.
NTodd, how can you not blog about the fundamental unfairness of nailing a dead parrot to a perch?
I admit it: I don't pine for the fjords.
BTW, I'm currently uploading a lecture on ethics for my infosec class. I didn't mention parrots, WP, biofuels or AT&T in it.
We had two separate things. Duck and cover meant we got under our desks.
When we had the full-on bomb drills, we went into the hall, faced the walls and
leaned on them with our arms crossed behind our heads.
Tena | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 5:25 pm | #
Remember air raid drills?
When you actually had to get off
the streets?
Uh oh, the neighbors are figting. Should I turn the teevee up or down?
ql in ny | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 5:24 pm | #
As your attorney, I recommend you
begin drinking heavily.
steve simels, I'm shocked,
SHOCKED, that you didn't tell them this was a great time to pull out all of your old rock n roll collection and play them the way god, and chuck berry intended!
NTodd:"You mistake my indifference for you with an indifference toward the subject.
Now, are you happy being an asshole?"
Concern about our country makes me an asshole?
let's talk about cheese.
Atrios
smile when you say that...
BTW, I'm currently uploading a lecture on ethics for my infosec class. I didn't mention parrots, WP, biofuels or AT&T in it.
Elitist bastard.
And I don't even know what that whole egalitarian thing is about.
You're happy with IP traffic being routed through NSA?
I don't recall ever saying that. You mistake my indifference for you with an indifference toward the subject.
Now, are you happy being an asshole?
NTodd, Eagle Eyed Atarian
I believe NTodd has captured my position on this current tempest in a teapot perfectly.
we're not sure what they're doing but this is probably wrong.
Hee. I've got a friend who plays the bouzouki for several Irish bands. In Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh: the Other Boston.
SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZOUKI UP!
I'm Joseph Cotten for Anacin.
nim, vicki's got ma email, just drop me a line, i can do late night just fine.
nigga please
kei & yuri |
true story: my grandparents' only non pedigreed dog came from our home, in which we were required by our neighbor, owner of a female cocker spaniel, to dispose of her puppies as created with the help of our male irish wolfhound, who had a wandering eye and an intact sac (we bred them occasionally).
but Lady was a beautiful cross, however difficult her mother found the making.
ntodd: you're officially on the List now. bacteria.
Remember air raid drills?
When you actually had to get off
the streets?
steve simels
I don't think I ever experienced an air raid. I do recall that the entire town had a nuclear bomb drill when I was in about 4th grade. They set off sirens.
We had two separate things. Duck and cover meant we got under our desks. When we had the full-on bomb drills, we went into the hall, faced the walls and leaned on them with our arms crossed behind our heads.
Tena
Every first friday, the damn emergency siren right on the corner would go off at noon and we'd all file dutifully downstairs to the basement of the parish hall.
Pittsburgh: the Other Boston.
That's pretty much how they see it, except they'd be more inclined to say, "Boston: the Other Pittsburgh."
When we had the full-on bomb drills, we went into the hall, faced the walls and
leaned on them with our arms crossed behind our heads.
We had to get under our desks. Mrs. Braden said when the A bomb hit, it would knock the plaster off the ceiling.
I'm currently uploading a lecture on ethics for my infosec class. I didn't mention parrots, WP, biofuels or AT&T in it.
NTodd
You're teaching an ETHICS class and you don't blog about WP?
What IS this world COMING to?
BTW, I'm currently uploading a lecture on ethics for my infosec class. I didn't mention parrots, WP, biofuels or AT&T in it.
NTodd, Eagle Eyed Atarian
That's fine...as long as you cover blogger ethics.
Yeah, well, you want to watch out for that plaster.
Concern about our country makes me an asshole?
I'm going to feed you one more time, you witless worm: your false assumption that we don't care about the issue or our country, along with your assholish delivery, makes you an asshole.
steve simels, I'm shocked,
SHOCKED, that you didn't tell them this was a great time to pull out all of your
old rock n roll collection and play them the way god, and chuck berry intended!
Doug, | 04.08.06 - 5:28 pm | #
I'm reminded of what an old geezer
character in Stephen King's SALEMS
LOT says:
"Rock-n-roll? Great stuff. At my
age it's the only music I can hear."
And what about the fact that AT&T is routing internet traffic through NSA? OK with that? I'm an asshole for mentioning it? Or was it that I blasphemed?
you know, i just had the thought that i'm going to be a total flop at the kossack meetup, as all my jokes about 'hetero pukes' and closets full of box turtles and bon jovi are going to be lost on the crowd...
My father's boss had a bomb shelter built for his family. He invited us over to see it. I think I was about 8 or 9. Bizarre when I think about it.
"Concern about our country makes me an asshole?"
No. Constantly repeating yourself does.
I don't think I ever experienced an air raid. I do recall that the entire town had a
nuclear bomb drill when I was in about 4th grade. They set off sirens.
Tena | Homepage | 04.08.06 - 5:30 pm | #
It's a 50s thing, I think.
In my town we had
one or two a year, but I think they
stopped it by the Kennedy era.
Wait a sec. With AT&T Broadband having been sold to Comcast, what traffic could they be funneling to NSA other than SBC's?
Bizarre when I think about it.
Bizarre that he thought he would be spared.
I must be getting old. It's not worth the bother to turn the teevee down to find out what they are fighting about.
All the fear about foreclosures seems a bit overstated. People may lose their homes that they can no longer afford to pay for, but with the substantial increase in home prices over the last decade, most are in a position to sell the home to cover the mortgage and still end up with a profit. The last big rash of foreclosures was due to a crash in housing prices, when a lot of people owed far more on their mortgage than the value of the property. Not that it doesn't suck to lose your house and have to buy a smaller one, or rent, but it sucks a lot less than losing your house, destroying your credit rating, and ending up with a default judgement against you for the loss the bank took unloading the house.
you know, i just had the thought that i'm going to be a total flop at the kossack meetup, as all my jokes about 'hetero pukes' and closets full of box turtles and bon jovi are going to be lost on the crowd...
chicago dyke
Mine.
Boy, maybe we'll have re-think Philly. Too many owls.
Levitra can make you go blind. (just listening to the medical disclaimers at the end of the commercial).
And I thought it was masturbation that made you go blind.
So, you're damned if you can, damned if you can't.
If your penis is your lifeline, does that mean women are dead? Surely you must practice the anal contractions!
I do recall that the entire town had a
nuclear bomb drill when I was in about 4th grade. They set off sirens.
We had one when I was in 5th. Sirens went off, and we were supposed to walk home as fast as we could.
most are in a position to sell the home to cover the mortgage and still end up with a profit.
Sell to whom?
And what if you can't sell it for something smaller or rent?
You don't know what you're talking about.
OK, Steve, this may be too obscure for most, but you ought to appreciate it. The Band's "Acadian Driftwood" is a bittersweet ballad about the exile of the Acadians from Canada. I love the song, but regardless of its merits--
One verse begins:
"Fifteen under zero when the bay became a threat
My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone..."
For a long time I heard that first line as, "Fifteen under zero when the baby came-- a threat..."
And the thing is, my imagination immediately interpreted that line as a bitter poetic juxtaposition of a newborn entering into a hostile world with parents in desperate, even mortal circumstances. I pictured this Dickensian scene where the narrator helps his wife give birth to a creature whose needs will sap the dwindling life support resources available. Thus, .
If you consider that lyrics, like all poems, rely on a balance of precision and wiggle room in expression, one tends to easily manufacture scenarios to make peculiar twists make sense. This one does, anyway.
My dad built a fallout shelter, 'cause that "pinko pantywaist" Kennedy was going to get us all killed. Weird thing was, he keeled over from a heart attack a couple years later. I saw a cartoon in Mad that showed the same thing.
Afternoon, bats.
May I humbly suggest that if we're going to write a "Bomb Iran" song, we need to do it to the tune of the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann"? To wit: "Bomb, bomb, bomb, Bomb, bomb Iran...." and so on.
Thank you.
It's a 50s thing, I think.
In my town we had
one or two a year, but I think they
stopped it by the Kennedy era.
steve simels
Ahem.
I was in the fifth grade when Kennedy was elected.
but with the substantial increase in home prices over the last decade, most are in a position to sell the home to cover the mortgage and still end up with a profit.
And when interest rates have gone up and priced most people out of the market -- who's gonna be buying up all these houses suddenly on the market?
The ones that have to be sold this month because you can't make the payment. So you'll take anything you can get for it? Even if that means you'll take less than the mortgage + all the home equity loans you've taken out on it?
How the hell do you think spiralling decreases in house prices get started?
ossified wings leathern snug
I must be getting old. It's not worth the bother to turn the teevee down to find out what they are fighting about.
Welcome to the "who wants to know?" years.
Trivia information, my favorite amps to listen to REALLY LOUD music with, most the time live out in a tin building.
Where sometimes they are the amps for a metal melting induction furnace. (you can learn the darnedest things from your father). and on the few days I want to listen to music that is kind of loud. I move them into the yard hook them up to some large speakers and make the horses and cows in my area panic. (or dance, there is one horse who seems to like music, he trys to escape from his yard and come up here).
Tube amps can be used to melt metal, or play music. (matching the impedance of the load is how you do this)
That's fine...as long as you cover blogger ethics.
Heh, I actually did.
Oh, great, I come back from Sorrento to a nostalgic discussion about what made my childhood such a grim and Beckettian nightmare.
I think I'll go put the cat down....
I know Philadelphia is cheap compared with New York, but it's extremely expensive in Harrisburg terms. Every time I think of moving back to Philly, I just sigh.
Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.
Oh, great, I come back from Sorrento to a nostalgic discussion about what made my childhood such a grim and Beckettian nightmare.
Oh come on Robert - look at the trade-offs: we didn't have to wear farkin' helmets on our heads to ride our bikes (or shoes either, for that matter) and we were the last generation to have sex with wild abandonment without condoms and without having to worry about an HIV test.
What's a little nuclear existential angst next to all that?
jezebel!
You in Philly -- I'm going to be in the area the last week of April!
I will be visiting my former colelge roommate & his family (in Del Ran, NJ -- he works in Philly) & our former Br Nathanael (who lives in the Swish Alps)
Maybe John & I can get together with you & mr jezebel to be for supper or something
drop me a line
aelred@net-link.net
And what about the fact that AT&T is routing internet traffic through NSA? OK with that? I'm an asshole for mentioning it? Or was it that I blasphemed?
Paul Revere
I missed whatever you did that endeared you so to everyone else here, Paul (apart from the "hey you stupid fucks"), but if that's true about AT&T, well, AT&T SUCKS. Hope that helps.
I see Kevin Drum has a post up about it . . .
Song Tapper for those in need of mild amusement.
I *love* pecan pie. Cheese, not so much.
I think I'll go put the cat down....
Rmj, Wandering Aengus
STEP AWAY FROM THE CAT.
Steve, if you are still here,, One of my misheard lyrics was the Rascals song, 'Groovin', the line that says, ' you and me endlessly groovin', I heard the boys, Eddie, Felix, Dinno and Gene sing, 'you and me and Leslie groovin'.
sorry if this is a repeat...just came in from the garden.
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A 'Concerted Effort' to Discredit Bush Critic
Prosecutor Describes Cheney, Libby as Key Voices Pitching Iraq-Niger Story
By Barton Gellman and Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, April 9, 2006; Page A01
As he drew back the curtain this week on the evidence against Vice President Cheney's former top aide, Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for the first time described a "concerted action" by "multiple people in the White House" -- using classified information -- to "discredit, punish or seek revenge against" a critic of President Bush's war in Iraq.
Bluntly and repeatedly, Fitzgerald placed Cheney at the center of that campaign. Citing grand jury testimony from the vice president's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Fitzgerald fingered Cheney as the first to voice a line of attack that at least three White House officials would soon deploy against former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV.
more at...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...6040800916.html
The Republicans have already laid their rhetorical groundwork...
It's all Clinton's fault.
The pure tragedy of those mortgage foreclosures is the fact that, for most people, their house represents almost all of their positive net worth. Once its gone they'll never recover. The foreclosure itself will prevent their getting another home loan.
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