I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
"I need to watch things die from a good, safe distance..."
top of the mornin'!
A little humor at the expense of the administration.
Oops
The Hunting of the President
Bottom of the dawn...
What's the over/under on Rummy? May 1, I hear? And will it be health or "I need to spend more time with my family" that will drive him screaming into the night?
Morning, again.
Gimlet, as early as it is, those pics elicited a few pre-coffee chuckles.
From below:
Well folks, I would say we are in a full scale constitutional crisis. our grandkids are going to get tired of us telling the tales (if we survive) and noting that we were some of the few that took an interest. Remember, Tweety only gets about 500,000 viewers.
ql in ny | 04.15.06 - 7:59 am |
Well, Gimlet...looks like its time to play Secret Service Shakedown: The Home Game.
I note that the WaPo article on angry lefty bloggers ignores Atrios' post on the bond yield spike.
(/Nedra Pickler)
Jebus - I just ate one of Water Tiger's mini pecan pies. It was wonderful. And I don't have a sweet tooth.
morning, all.
Rummy is going to hang on to the very end, but the rest of the cabal is going to let go of his rope, I would think. Like Miers' nomination.
China trying to regulate its outlying areas, which have been left to their own devices so long they now won't accept being dictated to by the central gov't when it finally has to step in. So now the peasants are getting shot for protecting their livelihoods.
good morning, all
just saw this from Reuters AlertNet:
U.S.: Rumsfeld Potentially Liable for Torture
(New York, April 14, 2006) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld could be criminally liable for the torture of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay in late 2002 and early 2003, Human Rights Watch said today. A December 20, 2005 Army Inspector General's report, obtained by Salon.com this week, contains a sworn statement by Lt. Gen. Randall M. Schmidt that implicates Secretary Rumsfeld in the abuse of detainee Mohammad al-Qahtani. Based on an investigation that he carried out in early 2005, which included two interviews with Rumsfeld, Gen. Schmidt describes the defense secretary as being "personally involved" in al-Qahtani's interrogation.
Human Rights Watch urges the United States to name a special prosecutor to investigate the culpability of Rumsfeld and others in the al-Qahtani case.
"The question at this point is not whether Secretary Rumsfeld should resign, it's whether he should be indicted," said Joanne Mariner, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program director at Human Rights Watch. "General Schmidt's sworn statement suggests that Rumsfeld may have been perfectly aware of the abuses inflicted on al-Qahtani."
Morning all. The sun has peeked out for a surprise visit, but it's supposed to rain until at least Thursday. The weather's back to normal.
Re: Gimlet's oops picture,
Someone needs to do a parody of Aerosmith's song....
Cheney Got a Gun
"The question at this point is not whether Secretary Rumsfeld should resign, it's whether he should be indicted,"
I'm down with both. Get the son of a bitch, I say.
So now the peasants are getting shot for protecting their livelihoods.
Ruth
Hmmm...a kind of extreme preemptive union-busting, eh? No wonder we gave China "most-favored nation" status.
I see a new policy initiative for Wal-Mart.
Damn, I really hate Hell O Scam sometimes. This if from below.
Let's see if I can contribute a little something useful. There is an article on the WaPo site this morning about angry liberal bloggers. (as if!)
The article is, at least on the surface, not particularly negative toward the passionate AND rational, but there are some of the secondary tricks being used that are so typical of the negative thoughts toward anyone questioning the powers-that-be.
Negative images can supplant positive images easily. Just in a casual reading of the article they have managed to damn the lady blogger with these primary contemptuous images:
A smoker - smokers have become the new racists, KKK, and every other negative image you can imagine. If you want to express contempt for a person, label them a smoker. The bad guys on TV and in the movies are now all smokers.
Ignoring her children: Although it does not state this specifically, it does tell us that she is too busy wathing for responses to her rant to care for her child. Again, if you wish to damn a woman in our society, accuse her of not nuturing her children.
Labeling her a secondary person to her husband who is working. She is not working, she is fooling around on the computer, smoking, and ignoring her children.
Writing lesson on perception over, sorry to have gone on so long
WaPo article on angry lefty bloggers
is there an article on nazi right-wing bloggers who carry bush's water no matter how he fucks up?
didn't think so
fuck you, main stream media!
China trying to regulate its outlying areas, which have been left to their own devices so long they now won't accept being dictated to by the central gov't when it finally has to step in. So now the peasants are getting shot for protecting their livelihoods.
Ruth
frontline this past week had a very interesting story on china. it was about the man who stopped the tanks in tianneman square, and the astonishing economic changes that resulted from that movement. one of the points they examined was, yes, china is undergoing amazing development in the cities; but there are hundreds of millions of chinese whose lives are not being improved and its a major source of discontent in the country.
Dunno, seems like if it's good for the country like replacing Rummy, not a chance. If it's going to be a really bad idea, like invading Iraq and playing 'just dare to cross this line' with Iran, well, it's for sure about to happen.
will it be health or "I need to spend more time with my family" that will drive him screaming into the night?
Supreme Commander Thor
I predict a heart attack in early Summer.
morning, batsies.
Let's see if I can contribute a little something useful. There is an article on the WaPo site this morning about angry liberal bloggers. (as if!)
It is suspiciously like a composite stereotype attributed to one person.
And for some reason Ann Coulter's scribbling makes her money and gets a wider audience read.
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Morning all. The sun has peeked out for a surprise visit, but it's supposed to rain until at least Thursday. The weather's back to normal.
Moe Szyslak
Supposed to be stormy today here, too, in Sioux Falls.
I must head downtown, though.
Of all the unexpected treats, David Sedaris is coming to town, and I've got to get a ticket.
'I see a new policy initiative for Wal-Mart.
Uncle Smokes '
Instead of greeters! well, it provides employment for older [cheap] merkins.
yeah, bkny, saw that and am really learning a lot about the disconnect between government and vast open spaces in China from notes my Jefe made on a trip recently.
sorry, forgot my link, here; http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...6041401001.html
anger: i don't know how you can't be angry, given the state of the media.
the right's been angry for decades...wtf IS rw radio without anger?
so the left finally gets a chance to rant with a couple little radio stations and the easy availability of setting up and commenting on some websites, coupled with decades of taking abuse from the right and having no governmental power...
is it surprising?
I predict a heart attack in early Summer.
I'm thinkin' sometime around Memorial Day. He can be off with Chimpy, hiding away with that fuck, and then the "problem" can show up and put him down (just a little, not enough to kill him), and then it'll be necessary to step down.
And then the DOD can get some real Joementum!
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I just listened to that Fox News bird chirping thing. That's fucked up.
cheney saying fuck off is not angry times?
or scalia saying vaffanculo is not angry times?
how about frist trying to diagnose schiavo - is that not CRAZY TIMES?
how about ignoring NOLA as it sank - is that not "high dose of lithium" times?
how about the laughable state of iraq - is that not the beginning of the end times for the true believers?
IF YOU AREN'T OUTRAGED, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION - yeah that's for you WaPo - oh and FUCK OFF!
americablog has a very funny find re the italian elections. turns out that sylvio's little scheme to allow ex-pat italians the vote has backfired -- bigtime. all those ehtalians in canada voted for prodi:
The votes of 40,000 Canadian citizens who qualify as "Italians abroad," some of whom have never set foot in Italy and many of whom don't speak Italian, played a pivotal role in the defeat of billionaire Silvio Berlusconi in Italy's election yesterday, according to poll results released late last night.
For the first time in history, a country's political fate appears to have been determined by citizens of other countries, after Mr. Berlusconi introduced a scheme in 2002 that defines eligible Italian voters by blood lines rather than residency.
http://americablog.blogspot.com/...-got-
prodi.html
WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- It's not easy being a faithful ally of President George W. Bush these days. Many world leaders who have supported the American president in his Iraqi expedition, either politically or by contributing troops to the Iraqi campaign, have systematically found themselves voted out of a job.
Of the original "Coalition of the Willing," only British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Australia's John Howard remain. And both Blair, for his continued support for Bush, and Howard, for his alleged implication in the oil-for-food program with Saddam Hussein, are walking on very thin ice.
Paybacks are a bitch...
A while back I joined the History Book Club, what with being a history buff and the fact that they offered several tempting books free for joining, but since I've gotten into it, I find that many of their selections are ultra-rightwing propaganda publications and so I'm considering quitting.
Has anyone else had any experience with this company?
Moe, that kind of goes to my (short - at least for me) post above. The use of images can supplant the message and often does. Whether it is chirping birds to indicate peace and calm or the smoking angry and negligent mother.
This is something that the right does much better than the left. It is in our nature to be accepting of people and finding our way to condemnation of the person instead of the idea is difficult for most of us.
I will do a paragraph to demonstrate, "American Patriot pulled into the four stall garage and turned off SUV. Pressing the button on the garage door opener, he stepped into the shadows. Full of righteous hatred for the indignities he has suffered during the day: the rap music, the constand flaunting of sex by the women in the office with their tight sweaters and cool attitudes, the new black supervisor, the lack of realization of the American People that it was God's will that we attack the devils wherever they may be. And if a few mistakes are made, it is still good as we are doing God's will. . . ."
Cheney's getting a $2 million refund on $8 million in income - WTF?
On the History Book Club's "best seller" list, which they conspicuously promote are such propagandists and liars as:
Hugh Hewitt, David Horowitz, John Fund and Dick Morris.
And I'm thinking I don't want to support any company that promotes these scumbags.....
Rudy-- I don't know about the History Book Club, but it seems like most (not all!) of the military history buffs in particular are just complete bonkers. It's like they're sitting in the armchairs fantasizing about going to war. GWPDA, no doubt, will now upbraid me.
I guess the WaPo missed that firedoglake post by Kevin from yesterday:
"Feel the love as they quite literally cheer on an act of terrorism against a young American woman:
*Its probably George Bushs fault for letting her wander around Iraq instead of putting her in a gulag.
*Couldnt have happened to a nicer tool.
*Oh, I know whats next. Her parents will sue the car manufacturer, or maybe the tire maker.
*Theres no better useful idiot than a dead useful idiot.
*Nominate her for the Mincemeat/Pull-Yourself-Together Award
*Im having another drink to celebrate another moonbat meeting a well deserved demise.
*She went from "peace" activist to piece activist."
-----
Can you feel the love?
Funny stuff, DWD.
A smoker - smokers have become the new racists, KKK, and every other negative image you can imagine. If you want to express contempt for a person, label them a smoker.
DWD - Challenging the world
Then again, one day, perhaps soon, the bottom will drop out, and we'll be smoking and drinking ourselves into blessed oblivion, driven mad by the need to cling to the belief that we are still the best amidst the worst of times, a schizophrenic crack-up as we persist in declaring our Great Exception to the history of world empires. Praise Jesus, Hail Ceaser, and smoke 'em if ya got 'em, for if we don't find the next whiskey bar, I tell you we must die.
[Oof...that's grim...need more coffee.]
Not Eschaton Tena; evidence the writing style, but nice to read just the same-
Dallas AM News; LTTE
http://tinyurl.com/r4rbn
The Cheneychin's refund may reflect the fact that he's got so much pouring in from his Halliburton dividends and stock "tips" that worked out during 2005 that he made far more money than even the greedy veepcreep assumed he would make.
And since he received about a $30 million golden parachute when he left Halliburton years ago, he probably doesn't care that $2 million in overpaid taxes could have been pared down with more efficient tax planning.
From a link at BartCop:
OGDEN, Utah - An embarrassed charter school has discovered it booked the wrong Jon Stewart for its annual gala. The DaVinci Academy thought it had made a deal with comedian Jon Stewart, star of "The Daily Show" and host of this year's Academy Awards, to appear next week.
It sent out 500 invitations to businesses and planned for 900 people.
But last week, it learned that it had booked Jon A. Stewart, a former motivational speaker, businessman and part-time professional wrestler from Chicago.
Somehow I don't think the real DaVinci would have made this error. They cancelled the unlucky wrestler, not not to worry. Community theater groups have heroically stepped in to fill the void!
Uncle Smokes, for better or worse: I remain a smoker. (I tell people that if I did not smoke I might just have to kill someone. )
RF, Actually that is Tena. Trust me.
"...Dallas AM News; LTTE"
--RF
RF, it IS the First Draft/Eschaton Tena.
Not Eschaton Tena; evidence the writing style, but nice to read just the same-
Yep -- she said a couple of days ago that they were going to publish one of her letters.
Moe,
There are a number of good books offered by the HBC, like Kevin Phillip's "American Theocracy," and "Cobra II," which describes the blundering in Iraq by Bushboy & Rummy, but so many of the books they offer are written by rightwingnuts that I begin to wonder.
I realize that HBC is a for profit company and their rightwing readership probably actively buys these politically biased books, but I don't feel like subsidizing the rightwingers, even if it means I get some books I'd really like at a discount!
Yep, that's our Tena. The tip (besides her last name) is this:
Our national security was compromised by the leaking of the identity of a covert agent. Whoever did it is a traitor.
Not Eschaton Tena; evidence the writing style, but nice to read just the same-
Dallas AM News; LTTE
http://tinyurl.com/r4rbn
RF |
Actually, I suspect it is "Eschaton Tena." She indicated last night that the paper had accepted another LTTE she had written.
It is so disappointing to have to listen to Garofalo on Air America. I wish they would put her out of her misery and quit inflicting her on the listening public. This is prime time listening. I love AA but can't abide this assault on the listening senses. There is something wrong with this girl.
Morning - big winds last night, knocked down the grape arbor.
Well, the WaPa lefty blogger article is a hit piece, but anyone going to their web site will have to stumble across this first:
Warming Arctic Is Taking a Toll
Uncle Smokes, for better or worse: I remain a smoker. (I tell people that if I did not smoke I might just have to kill someone. )
DWD - Challenging the world
perhaps I'll start to hold my cigarette up in the underhand style, pinching the filter between extended thumb and forefinger, like a movie nazi--you know, as long as I'm to be cast as a "baaaaad maaaan."
"Ve haff vays ov makingk you relax, Herr Citizen Poop-On-Parade!"
Ten, nine, eight...
Bilberry
I really enjoy Janeane and have missed her while she's been off doing The West Wing.
Morning - big winds last night, knocked down the grape arbor.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar | Homepage | 04.15.06 - 8:39 am
bummer...
windy here, too
til june...
.
seven, six, five....
YAY Tena, and the DMNews is moving into respectability, it had condemned DeLay, and reports the WH atrocities equitably, no joke.
The votes of 40,000 Canadian citizens who qualify as "Italians abroad," some of whom have never set foot in Italy and many of whom don't speak Italian, played a pivotal role in the defeat of billionaire Silvio Berlusconi in Italy's election yesterday, according to poll results released late last night.
You may not know Canadians -quite- as well as you think you do..... Tee-hee!
She's making her way down the thread...
Actually, I suspect it is "Eschaton Tena." She indicated last night that the paper had accepted another LTTE she had written.
Diane - 8:39 am
it IS out Tena, indeed...
she posted the letter wed night, iirc...
our gal!
.
I like the letter after Tena's as well:
Re: "Whose morality wins?" by Pete Righter, Saturday Letters.
Why are liberals and moderates always branded as the radical and irreligious left? What about the radical, fundamental religious right?
Many of us who are liberals or moderates are very religious, but far from radical. We believe in being able to think for ourselves, not accepting some blind, religious conservative's radical ravings.
We are moral, just and of many faiths. Being a liberal or a moderate does not make one amoral or godless or irreligious. It may be a sign of being intelligent not just mindless, unthinking masses blindly following the radical right's very biased, loud voice.
Jeannine Gibbs, Richardson
Interesting Los Angeles Times series on Mexican immigrants and remittances.
That Dallas letter sounds like Tena to me too. She's made her style a bit more legalistic, but it's still very colloquial for a lawyer. She's too sensible to write snarky letters that won't get published
And the fourth down. Great letters page in Dallas today:
White man's mess
Let's see the white man came and slaughtered thousands of Indians and stole their land. He enslaved thousands of blacks and Chinese to build his plantations and his railroads. He pushed the Mexicans out of California.
I wonder how many of our ancestors came over here legally.
Our government is predominantly white, and look at the mess it is in.
Ray Bennett, Marshall
Garafalo on radio is like nails on a chalkboard.
I love her stand-up and she is a great actress but she doesn't have the voice for radio and her rants usually get the facts wrong. Sam sedar on the other hand is great.
So anybody else up for a portobello mushroom omelette and sausage with their coffee?
My state of Massachusetts has passed a healthcare bill that could provide medical services to all our citizens.
Despite our devious governor Romney's veto of certain provisions, particularly the one requiring a $295/employee annual fee to be paid by all companies with more than 11 employees, who do not provide healthcare, which will probably be overridden by our Democratic legislature, it seems this healthcare creation has a chance of succeeding.
The key will be how well it promotes "preventive medicine" and therefore contains healthcare costs. Poor people will get healthcare insurance for practically nothing and the lower middleclass will probably have to pay $100 to $200/month in premiums.
Not bad considering the alternatives.
Hopefully it will be a model for the rest of the USA.
the military history buffs in particular are just complete bonkers. It's like they're sitting in the armchairs fantasizing about going to war. GWPDA, no doubt, will now upbraid me.
I of course, read that as upload you and couldn't think what you wanted.
The key, Moe is 'military history -buffs-' The thing may be specific to history - you never hear of economics buffs or linguistics buffs. As a group, they tend to be harmless, but shouldn't be taken seriously. Idee fixe is what comes to mind always. Let us also distinguish 'buffs' from students, amateurs or even fans. The buffs are the ones who drive the 're-enactment' deals - which for actions dating prior to photograph or cinema I don't really mind. I do have a real problem with buffs re-enacting trench warfare or the attack on Monte Cassino (as if) - they never seem to approach the Boer War concentration camps with the same enthusiasm they muster for Vicksburg. However.
So why did WAPO concentrate on a lady from Sherman Oaks when they could have dealt with the Rude Pundit?
The votes of 40,000 Canadian citizens who qualify as "Italians abroad," some of whom have never set foot in Italy and many of whom don't speak Italian, played a pivotal role in the defeat of billionaire Silvio Berlusconi in Italy's election yesterday, according to poll results released late last night.
He's a bigga hoser eh!
. The DaVinci Academy thought it had made a deal with comedian Jon Stewart, star of "The Daily Show" and host of this year's Academy Awards, to appear next week.
Draco | 04.15.06 - 8:33 am | #
Guess the DaVinci Academy had the wrong code.
Ha ha ha. I so funny.
So anybody else up for a portobello mushroom omelette and sausage with their coffee?
Attaturk - 8:50 am
ummmm, i could be persuaded...
.
Moe Szyslak --
letterman told a joke last nite:
'today is the anniversary of the sinking of the titanic, that sunk after hitting an iceberg. the good news is that, due to global warming, the icebergs have melted.'
the audience laughter was very muted.
'So anybody else up for a portobello mushroom omelette and sausage with their coffee?
Attaturk |'
what kind of cheese?
So anybody else up for a portobello mushroom omelette and sausage with their coffee?
Attaturk
That sounds wonderful. When can you be here?
what kind of cheese?
Ruth
Cheddar, Swiss, or Colbyjack. I'm from Minnesota and don't like to take chances, so I'll go with the Colbyjack.
You were slow on the uptake there.
The buffs are the ones who drive the 're-enactment' deals - which for actions dating prior to photograph or cinema I don't really mind. I do have a real problem with buffs re-enacting trench warfare or the attack on Monte Cassino (as if) - they never seem to approach the Boer War concentration camps with the same enthusiasm they muster for Vicksburg. However.
I tried, unsuccessfully, alas, to organize an action when a bunch of these guys did their civil war reenaction in California, of all places. I wanted to set up German concentration camp nearby, and reenact the glories of that campaign. But nobody much took me up on the idea. Too bad.
I've got Jimmy Dean maple sausage. And corncakes with applesauce and sweet butter.
For those who cant make it to portobello land.
If any of you nice people can manage it, get a hold of some of Water Tiger's pastries. They are truly deliscioso!
The US has spent so little of its resources on investment in Mexico unlike the investments in other countries and that is likely intentional so that we can exploit them. None of this is new. People would rather go home and improve their lives than have to endanger themselves crossing the border or living in a land that just uses them. It is getting harder and harder to go home.
The thing may be specific to history - you never hear of economics buffs or linguistics buffs.
My attempted re-enactment of the 1918 flu eppidemic went nowhere.
I do have a real problem with buffs re-enacting trench warfare or the attack on Monte Cassino (as if) - they never seem to approach the Boer War concentration camps with the same enthusiasm they muster for Vicksburg. However.
It took about 50 years for "Colonial Williamsburg" to actually portray African-Americans as NOT loving slavery.
Last year it appears that CEO and other top Executive compensations increased by 15%, while the average working person's income declined after inflation.
The middleclass continues to get squeezed, while the rich get richer, plus getting more and more tax breaks!
America is becoming more and more the Banana Republic that Bushboy & the Goopers have envisioned!
Moe Szyslak --
letterman told a joke last nite:
'today is the anniversary of the sinking of the titanic, that sunk after hitting an iceberg. the good news is that, due to global warming, the icebergs have melted.'
I know all these anniversaries, as yesterday was my birthday. Iceberg hit the Titanic, Lincoln was shot, the Alamo fell, and the biggest dust storm of the 30s made its way south from Canada, all the way to Texas. Who's the gal-- I'm forgetting her name only cuz I'm old-- has the song, Desolation Day, or something, about APril 14.
Hopefully it will be a model for the rest of the USA.
Rudy - 8:51 am
sorry, rudy, it's pure bs; pure bureacuratic shuck & jive...
Listen to THIS
My attempted re-enactment of the 1918 flu eppidemic went nowhere.
Anonymous
My one-man reenactment of the "Scopes Trial" gets raves from my dog.
So anybody else up for a portobello mushroom omelette and sausage with their coffee?
Attaturk
Although I'm not too keen on fungus mixed with cooked chicken ovulations, I'll go for some suspicious animal parts wrapped in intestine.
"As a child I was what is known as a 'fussy eater.' 'Fussy eater' is a euphemism for 'Big pain in the ass.'"
-- Geoge Carlin
afternoon moonbats
I wanted to set up German concentration camp nearby, and reenact the glories of that campaign. But nobody much took me up on the idea. Too bad.
And somehow, when they 're-enact' the Great War, trenchfoot/mouth/lice/dead, bloated bodies/mud never get included. And when will we get to see a full on re-enactment of Andersonville?
Moe: the Alamo fell,
on March 6, 1836...
just sayin'
.
Seconds on the colbyjack for Moe's birthday, on me.
And when will we get to see a full on re-enactment of Andersonville?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
Perhaps with the GITMO Prisoner's Theatrical Society?
And when will we get to see a full on re-enactment of Andersonville?
With today's American waistlines? Not happening.
Britain took part in mock Iran invasion
Pentagon planned for Tehran conflict with war game involving UK troops
British officers took part in a US war game aimed at preparing for a possible invasion of Iran, despite repeated claims by the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, that a military strike against Iran is inconceivable.
The war game, codenamed Hotspur 2004, took place at the US base of Fort Belvoir in Virginia in July 2004.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman played down its significance yesterday. "These paper-based exercises are designed to test officers to the limit in fictitious scenarios. We use invented countries and situations using real maps," he said.
"My state of Massachusetts has passed a healthcare bill that could provide medical services to all our citizens."
What a shame that the governor has put his repuke hex on it by not requiring that the employers contribute the minute stipend as was previously stipulated! So, it will help him perhaps politically in his attempts to run for Pres but it will die the way the repukes want.
Yes, I would have paid money to see the Rude One's response to the WaPo. They would still be smarting methinks.
The average compensation package for top executives was reported to be over $6 million/year.
I'm sure that didn't include all the corporate perks like use of the corporate jet and lavish expense accounts.
I was reminded of how lavish some of those perks can be when it was shown in today's paper that the infamous and convicted Mr. Kozlowski, formerly of Tyco Inc., purchased a Monet and a Renoir painting for himself with corporate funds.
They were sold yesterday and the money was presumably returned to the shareholders.
My attempted re-enactment of the 1918 flu eppidemic went nowhere.
Anonymous
This is a problematic ambiguity for Brazilian wax buffs.
Well, something happened at the Alamo.
Gilian Welsh. (Spelling?) She also did that song "everything is free now." Somebody actually gave me that on an illegally burned CD, saying, "you'll love this song!"
Police block Gaza road in pay protest
Masked Palestinian police sealed off a main road in the central Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis on Saturday and stormed a government building in anger over not receiving salaries from the Hamas-led government.
The gunmen surrounded the building, where town councilors have their offices, taking positions on the roof and balconies and firing in the air, The Associated Press reported.
Salaries for the government's 140,000 employees are two weeks overdue.
Western nations have cut off aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, demanding Hamas renounce violence and recognise Israel's right to exist. Israel also cut off the monthly transfer of about $50 million in taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinians.
You were slow on the uptake there.
Was playing with Arthur's ears. Forgive me.
If any of you nice people can manage it, get a hold of some of Water Tiger's pastries.
A double entendre?
Rudy,
I assume you are watching CSPAN. I just tuned in. Has any caller mentioned that the real problem here -- as least as far as public companies are concerned -- is the myth of shareholder "democracy," i.e., the boards of these companies are awarding their buddies this money and shareholder outrage about it is basically useless?
And when will we get to see a full on re-enactment of Andersonville?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
"Springtiiiime for Douglas, and the Confederacy!"
It's interesting that Janeane's voice doesn't grate on me, because I'm generally pretty sensitive to that. I guess I find her personality engaging enough to enjoy listening to her in spite of it. And yes, Seder is really wonderful.
If any of you nice people can manage it, get a hold of some of Water Tiger's pastries. They are truly deliscioso!
ql in ny
Oh yes, that is certainly true.
If she can get her website "bidness" going there will be many happy progressive customers.
WGG:
Thanks for the input.
I'm sceptical but Robert Kuttner, editor of The American Prospect, thinks that there is a chance if the pool of money collected by the state is sufficiently poured into preventive medicine, it might produce the "cost containments" necessary to succeed.
It would be even better if private insurers could be taken out of the equation entirely as this system can ill-afford middlemen taking commissions out of a minimum subsidized system.
The thing may be specific to history - you never hear of economics buffs or linguistics buffs.
Maybe not but you should hear the things I do call economists, our gracious host excepted, of course. Duffs, muffs, cuffs, ... Mostly economists are the modern equivalent of medieval court poets. They know that it's their job to tell their patrons what they want to hear, pleasing tales about their money.
There are linguistics buffs, but they're mostly horses asses like Safire who pull it out of themselves instead of actually studying the language. They tend to be monoglots who aspire to write lies for the New York Times.
I've got Jimmy Dean maple sausage. And corncakes with applesauce and sweet butter.
For those who cant make it to portobello land.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
That's what I've got in patty form.
They are truly fabulous - some sort of deal with Satan was made for those things, considering their mass production and all.
There are linguistics buffs, but they're mostly horses asses like Safire who pull it out of themselves instead of actually studying the language. They tend to be monoglots who aspire to write lies for the New York Times.
olvlz
Not these guys.
If she can get her website "bidness" going there will be many happy progressive customers.
Attaturk
'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wish'd.
There are linguistics buffs, but they're mostly horses asses like Safire who pull it out of themselves instead of actually studying the language.
Now wait a minute, Safire is in no way comparable to a horse's ass. His writing is somewhere between a gecko's cloacal leakage and a stream of bat piss.
Most of my experience with insurance thru working years at an insurance defense law firm, is that a healthcare savings account is a much better idea. Most of the policies that don't cost the size of exec comp have a deductible the size of any but extreme treatments. Gov.Mutt R. is safe, the voting public will read the headlines and think he's giving something to the public, no matter how much the content/facts will prove he's dodging the bull.
this money and shareholder outrage about it is basically useless?
res ipsa loquitur
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I wasn't watching C-Span but I will turn it on and I'm not surprised that the BoD's of these corporations act as rubber stamps for the top executives.
Especially considering that the top executive usually picks his BoD members from the heads of other companies, where the top executive sits as a BoD member.
It's one dirty hand washing the other and both getting dirtier!
"Western nations have cut off aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, demanding Hamas renounce violence and recognise Israel's right to exist. Israel also cut off the monthly transfer of about $50 million in taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinians."
Ya know, if you're trying to overcome a hateful stereotype about "Jews use their control of wealth to manipulate people", this might not be the way to convince the Palestinian anti-semetics. but what do i know?
G'morning.
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How long will it be before an American is taken hostage because of the withholding of American funds for Palestinians?
Reenactors, the sad consequence of having no effective community based mental health system. I really, really think that they should be encouraged to take up league bowling instead.
You know what would be useful, GWPDA, if real historians would post ten important books for people to read in their area. I'd like some guidance in my otherwise disorganized history reading.
Strangers From Another Shore is the one I'm currently reading.
Russia offers aid to Palestinians
Russia says it had promised emergency aid to the Palestinian Authority, breaking with the EU and Washington, which have stopped funding to try to force Hamas to recognise Israel.
A Foreign Ministry statement said the offer came in a telephone conversation on Friday between Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president.
"Mahmoud Abbas highly appreciated the intention of Russia, confirmed by Lavrov, to grant the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority urgent financial aid in the nearest time," it said.
Someone's going to have to do something about the state of my bedroom, and looking around I notice that i'm the only one here, so I'd better get with it.
Have a lovely Saturday, one and all.
a stream of bat piss.
spinoza
You mean Safire shines out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark?
You know what would be useful, GWPDA, if real historians would post ten important books for people to read in their area. I'd like some guidance in my otherwise disorganized history reading.
olvlzl - Check out this for reading.
Two Marines killed, 22 wounded in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. Marines were killed and 22 wounded in combat against insurgents in Anbar province in western Iraq on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
The military issued a statement on the casualties but gave no details on the fighting.
More than 2,370 U.S. troops have been killed since the U.S-led invasion of Iraq in March, 2003.
I too would like a GWPDA reading list (no need to come up with 10) in two areas:
- Balkan History between 1453 and 1914
&
- The best work on the actual "Ataturk" (the one who skimped on a "t")
"Most of my experience with insurance thru working years at an insurance defense law firm, is that a healthcare savings account is a much better idea"
Unless the US finally allows that medical care should be for all and adopts one of the great national healthcare plans like in the civilized world, most of the population is going to be fucked.
i could problaly give a list of Ancient History books
It's one dirty hand washing the other and both getting dirtier!
Rudy, In the vast majority of cases, the bylaws of these corps are set up so that shareholders can make noise about executive compensation; but their recommendations don't have to be adopted. It's a total fucking sham.
Rudy,
P.S. And the courts view the shareholders as having a remedy, i.e., sell the shares.
There are so many great history books that it's hard to select just a few, but some of my choices would be:
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer.
The Crisis of the Old Order by Schlesinger.
The Guns of August by Tuchman
Cry the Beloved Country by Paxton.
Attaturk is correct. Ten is probably too many for the average reader anyway. Five good books, one a general survey of the period, would be a good place to start.
Juan Cole, are you listening?
Afghan forces take on Taleban
Clashes have resumed between Taleban fighters and Afghan forces a day after almost 50 people were reported killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan.
Some 41 Taleban militants and at least six policemen died in a battle in the province of Kandahar, a governor said.
Coalition forces have not commented on any casualty figures.
Correspondents say it is the first time in a long while that so many Taleban have clashed with police and the national army in the restive province.
Previous violence has consisted of suicide attacks and roadside bombs, says the BBC's Alistair Leithead in Kandahar.
Moon, go ahead...
Can we skip Michael Grant? (nothing personal against him)
ok well i just have to pop upstairs and select a few.
P.S. And the courts view the shareholders as having a remedy, i.e., sell the shares.
res ipsa loquitur
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The laws of America are tilted to favor the corporations and I've had personal experience with it.
I was cheated by a big bank of a lot of money due to their error and negliglence. They even lied about the circumstances in court.
I won my case but was not able to recover enough money to be "made whole," since by $20,000 in legal fees came out of my pocket and the bank was not held liable for it since their "error" was not malicious or devious in it's intent!
Damn, Attaturk, 1459 Balkans is a leetle bit before my field. For late Balkans, Kim Philby did some interesting stuff I think, but your best bet is to consult whichever, the Oxford or Cambridge Histories to start. Richard Hovanissian for Armenia, Stanford Shaw for Turkey but don't believe much of what he says - and HB Paksoy for Central Asia - he's awfully good.
A book I just finished last night on George Washington and his attitudes on slavery and African-Americans was pretty good:
"An Imperfect God" by Henry Wieneck, one of the more balanced looks at Washington, making him neither a marbalized (and boring) saint, nor the reflexive horrid slavemasater.
Before leaving, I noticed that I got the title wrong. It's Strangers From a Different Shore by Ronald Takaki. An excellent book.
Well, I should take advantage of this break in the rain to dig in the garden a bit. See ya later.
Like I said before; fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly....and lefties, they gotta lie
'most of the population is going to be fucked.
Bilberry'
you had to come up with a happy ending...
'fraid that the hospitals [and hack doctors] in my area just charge exorbitant fees now in confidence that ins.co lawyers are going to fight back, and they look for a compromise figure which is satisfactory.
Incidentally the bank that was deemed negligent and misrepresented the facts in my case was Citizens Bank here in Boston.
Thanks GWBPA.
Did I get the year wrong on the fall of Constantinople, I thought it was 1453?
i don't understand how 'healthcare savings accounts' could possibly be a solution.
Some medicat treatment - heart surgery, chemotherapy, whatever - simply cost too much for any individual to afford (save today's overpaid CEO's, who have paid-for healthcare anyway). But, not every person will need the big-ticket items. So, "insurance"was born - many people put in money, creating a pool that will cover the big health costs, not all those involved will use it, but each knows that if they are one who needs that treatment, they are covered.
A 'healthcare savings plan" approach is that the individual will save up money and pay for the care him/herself. If that were possible, insurance wouldn't have been invented in the first place.
So, how will it work?
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oh and The History of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant for starter.
Molly the cat is free at last...... hoo-rah!
Reenactors, the sad consequence of having no effective community based mental health system. I really, really think that they should be encouraged to take up league bowling instead.
olvlzl
A favorite sketch from Mr. Show with Bob and David was a Ken Burn's style documentary on a Civil War reenactment--they have a reservation dispute with the Renaissance Fair, and end up having the mock battle in the parking lot.
Great fun as the car alarms go off--and let's not forget the two geeks in silver jump suits who apparently like to show up at such things and pretend they're time travellers from another world.
"'fraid that the hospitals [and hack doctors] in my area just charge exorbitant fees now in confidence that ins.co lawyers are going to fight back, and they look for a compromise figure which is satisfactory."
I think that is what I said--if we don't have a good national healthcare system, we are always going to be fucked.
Today, 1934 : Hitler elected Fhrer (95.7% of German voters)
Now there's a guy who knew how to get the vote out.
These are the type of stories that fill the cable news airwaves.
oh and The History of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant for starter.
Ruth
Oh yes, have them all, read them all, sadly, have not retained it all.
On history books, if you're interested in legal history, i'd ad Simple Justice : The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality, by Richard Kluger. A wonderful, long, look at the civil rights movement, before there was an identifiable movement, through court cases. A terrific book; I can't praise it enough.
oh and The History of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant for starter.
I'm sorry?
Reenactors, the sad consequence of having no effective community based mental health system. I really, really think that they should be encouraged to take up league bowling instead.
olvlzl
Yeah, they are almost as bad as people who log onto to websites and post comments all day..............
'So, how will it work?
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Cynicus'
yeh, the original concept of insurance was excellent - but with today's practices, you're not covered when catastrophe does hit. From 'prior existing condition' to small print exceptions, most people wind up paying for much of their own treatment. And hospitals charging exorbitantly, [running now into 100's of thousands] as mentioned above, assuming the lawyers will whittle them down.
Another great book is, "A People's History of the USA," by Howard Zinn!
A favorite sketch from Mr. Show with Bob and David was a Ken Burn's style documentary on a Civil War reenactment--they have a reservation dispute with the Renaissance Fair, and end up having the mock battle in the parking lot.
My favorite "Mr. Show" sketch came to mind this week, the "Plan to Blow Up the Moon" complete with Bob playing a Toby Keith-style country music star singing about "Blowing up the Moon because we're the U.S.A.!"
everyone needs some type of leisure activity. Let them have theirs.
I know it's probably quaint and obvious for this group, but my copy of Zinn's A People's History of the United States is about to fall apart from so many readings.
Ancient History: Roman history
A History of Rome by M. Cary and H.H. Scullard
The Middle East Under Rome by Maurice Sartre (translated by Catherine Porter and Elizabeth Rawlings)
The Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius
In the Name of Rome: Men Who Won the Roman Empire by Adrian Goldsworthy
The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian by Robin Lane Fox
Rubicon by Tom Holland
Moe Szyslak | Homepage | 04.15.06 - 9:08 am | #
Thanks for the link to the launguage page. First thing I learn--There are ten genera of clouds, each with 14 possible species. Total of 140. So much for my aspiration to learn the names of clouds
I know it's probably quaint and obvious for this group, but my copy of Zinn's A People's History of the United States is about to fall apart from so many readings.
Uncle Smokes
I like to read Zinn for an hour and then read Paul Johnson's "History of the American People" for an hour.
It's like an acid trip.
Did I get the year wrong on the fall of Constantinople, I thought it was 1453?
Attaturk
Dates? You're asking an historian about dates? Go find an archivist, they're the ones who know that stuff. Look it up like the rest of us do....
'I'm sorry?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar'
apologies, The Story of Civilization, was listening to cspan which is distracting
History will long dwell on how America made the same bloody errors in Vietnam and Iraq within a generation, trading the arrogant, obtuse, wire-rimmed Robert McNamara for the arrogant, obtuse, wire-rimmed Donald Rumsfeld --Maureen Dowd, The Rummy Mutiny
One other nice note, from the bottom of the column: John Tierney is on vacation.
Attaturk yes Constaniople fell to the Ottomans in 1453.
Stalin would be so proud
This is cool--there's a front page story on today's Washington Post about blogger Maryscott O'Connor of My Left Wing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...6041401648.html
Here's her writeup about how the article came about
http://www.myleftwing.com/showDi...do?
diaryId=7464
I like to read Zinn for an hour and then read Paul Johnson's "History of the American People" for an hour.
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Talk about "sweet and sour!"
Zinn's A People's History of the United States is about to fall apart from so many readings.
Don't forget Richard Hofstadter
Attaturk yes Constaniople fell to the Ottomans in 1453.
Moonbootica, Praetor
Oh goody a yellow pie-piece. I'm sure to win Trivial Pursuit now!
Smokes ...
When I was his student, one of my friend's parents gave me a copy of Zinn's book that was like yours (falling apart) and asked me to get Zinn to sign it. When I took it to Zinn he was genuinely touched because of the book's condition. He is a very nice man.
A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwhich is bloody excellent and well worth reading.
a unrelated companion to it in my opinion is Constaniople: City of the World's Desire: 1453-1924 by Philip Mansel
"yeh, the original concept of insurance was excellent - but with today's practices, you're not covered when catastrophe does hit. From 'prior existing condition' to small print exceptions, most people wind up paying for much of their own treatment. And hospitals charging exorbitantly, [running now into 100's of thousands] as mentioned above, assuming the lawyers will whittle them down."
Rather my point - that healthcare savings plans are just an attempt to (somehow) come up with enough money yourself to pay all the bills. If that didn't work before - hence the invention of health insurance - how will it work now?
i'm actually not looking to fuss here so much as looking for a pro-health savings plan person to explain their reasoning.
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The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Richard Hofstadter, Harpers Magazine, November 1964, pp. 77-86.
I like to read Zinn for an hour and then read Paul Johnson's "History of the American People" for an hour.
It's like an acid trip.
Attaturk
Try a Cotton Mather/Nietzsche cocktail, man! Far out, outta sight, etc...
[Actually, I'm not familiar with Paul Johnson, so I'm guessing.]
Oh goody a yellow pie-piece. I'm sure to win Trivial Pursuit now!
Okay, I just got woken up by a phone call from the DNC in DC asking me for money, so I wasn't in the best mood.
Thanks for the laugh.
'I think that is what I said--*****
Bilberry'
not arguing with you, reinforcing. sorry if it came out confrontational.
i'm actually not looking to fuss here so much as looking for a pro-health savings plan person to explain their reasoning.
Start at a playground.
Don't forget Richard Hofstadter
There's a historian who died too soon.
for a history if Islam and its relation to the Middle East you cannot go far wrong with A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani
While most history books are about "human history," there are numerous scientific histories that describe the history of our planet, solar system or universe, which are equally important.
I'm currently reading, "When Life Nearly Died." It's primarily about the Permian extinction which occurred 250 million years ago and when 90% of all species were killed off.
It's good put human history in a geological framework sometimes, just to see how incredibly foolish and egotistical we really are and how our real enemy is Mother Nature, herself.
a history book I like is Greil Marcus' Lipstick traces about radical visions that leave little trace.
He starts with the Sex Pistols, then moves to medeival heretic John of Leyden (get it?). Then we've got dadaists, Mai '68, Cathars and Russian Constructivists, among others.
Little of it worked out well
Sure are a lot of major thunderstorms and tornadic activity in the Midwest for so early in the season.
Attaturk, did you escape the devastation in Iowa City?
Dammit...there goes the civil war the left wingnuts were counting on
Actually, I'm not familiar with Paul Johnson, so I'm guessing.]
Uncle Smokes
Conservative British historian, excellent writer, lousy analyst.
In two of his works "Birth of the Modern" and the aforementioned American history book honestly argued that Warren Harding was one of our greatest Presidents.
Also a big-time defender of colonialism.
But he is still an entertaing writer.
But not as good as my personal favorite the cynical and acerbic American Historian Forrest McDonald.
Water Tiger - We ate all your pastries for breakfast. They are truly outstanding.
GET THAT BUSINESS UP AND RUNNING! I WANT MORE.
BTW, I know Cedric's not a calico, but I'd like Ashcroft to wake up one day and see this.
'i'm actually not looking to fuss here so much as looking for a pro-health savings plan person to explain their reasoning.'
"Start at a playground."
i don't hang out at playgrounds. What do i look like, an executive from Homeland Security?
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Sure are a lot of major thunderstorms and tornadic activity in the Midwest for so early in the season.
Attaturk, did you escape the devastation in Iowa City?
plantsman
Oh yes, I live 100 miles west of there.
GET THAT BUSINESS UP AND RUNNING! I WANT MORE.
Okay! Okay!
Cripes.
"The Washington Times......America's Newspaper."
Bwa hahahahhahahahahha!
Water Tiger -
GET THAT BUSINESS UP AND RUNNING! I WANT MORE.
ql in ny
Absolutely, it will be a real money maker.
Such a money maker she could by a blogad on my site. 
Oh yes, I live 100 miles west of there.
Then watch out tonight!
/slinks away stupidly
Woody!
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar - 9:08 am
what a fun thing ...
i am fond of polar bears
.
by=buy
more coffee, better editing.
Molly is Safe!!!
Oh yes, I live 100 miles west of there.
Attaturk
the dmregister had an amazing photo of boards that had been embedded into the side of an apartment building.
my father actually lost his house in the woodward tornado a couple of months ago.
for Greek History hmmm
The Archaeology of Athens by John M. Camp
Classical Greece and Greece in the Making, 1200-479 B.C by Robin Osborne
The Greek World, 479-323 B.C. by Simon Hornblower
Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC by Anton M. Powell
History of the Pelopennesian War by Thucydides
Omaha and Dez Moinez are ground zero 2day, according to Weather Plus.
'I'd like Ashcroft to wake up one day and see this.
watertiger '
runs screaming from bedroom forgetting it opens on fourth floor ledge...
must go do Saturday things. Thanks for good conversation, all, [except pathetic trolls lacking friends to talk with]
Such a money maker she could by a blogad on my site.
for one MEEEEEEELLION dollars!
Dates? You're asking an historian about dates? Go find an archivist, they're the ones who know that stuff. Look it up like the rest of us do....
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
You are a scholar!
I recall the moment in college, taking calculus, when the prof showed how to generate formulas for volume instead of memorizing them like we did in junior high. Aha!
In the higher-level classes we'd bring a math handbook to tests--why clutter your head with formulas? Technique and interpretation are the thing.
Making a deposit once, I made an adding error on the slip. When the bank clerk learned I was a computer programmer, she teased me pretty hard.
She didn't get it: Adding is for machines.
Read my open letter to Comedy Central where I point that the censorship of "South Park" over images of Prophet Mohammed is damaging to Muslims.
And also send a note of protest to Comedy Central.
Tornados and "level 3 & above hurricanes" have got to be the scariest goddamn things besides Bushboy & the Goopers!!!
Omaha and Dez Moinez are ground zero 2day, according to Weather Plus.
um, attaturk, if the dog starts acting funny . . . well, funnier, do us a fave? Get down to the basement, 'kay?
other books I've enjoyed reading for my courses
Suetonius - The Twelve Caesars
H.H. Scullard - From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 BC to AD 68
Plutarch - Roman Lives
Caesar - Conquest of Gaul
Ronald Syme - The Roman Revolution
Appian - The Civil Wars
my father actually lost his house in the woodward tornado a couple of months ago.
bkny
BKNY,
I've probably driven past it a few times coming up from West Des Moines to take depositions at the Woodward State Residential Facility. You can really see the path of the tornado.
for the Egyptologists in the crowd:
Is it live or is it Memorex?
http://www.democraticunderground...&
mesg_id=423284
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um, attaturk, if the dog starts acting funny . . . well, funnier, do us a fave? Get down to the basement, 'kay?
Well into this evening!
how our real enemy is Mother Nature, herself.
Rudy - 9:35 am
that is SUCH a revealing comment...rife with the ironies of 'civilization.'
Mom is NOT your 'enemy.'
it's the fucking corrupted judeo-xian tradition which positions us as her opponents...
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Egypt tightens security at churches
Egyptian security forces deployed around Coptic churches in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Saturday after attacks that killed one person, the official MENA news agency reported.
The move came as Noshi Atta Girgis, fatally stabbed on Friday by a man officials said was mentally unstable, was to be buried. At least five others were wounded in the attacks on three churches.
The interior ministry said Mahmoud Abdul Razak Salah Eddin Hussein, 25, had been arrested.
Alexandria Judge Samy Breik ordered Abdul Razak to be held in custody for four days, charged with murder, illegal entry into a place of worship and illegal possession of weapons.
Ronald Syme - The Roman Revolution
Appian - The Civil Wars
Moonbootica, Praetor
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I salute you!
And I thought I had read a lot of history books!!!
Omaha and Dez Moinez are ground zero 2day, according to Weather Plus.
um, attaturk, if the dog starts acting funny . . . well, funnier, do us a fave? Get down to the basement, 'kay?
watertiger
aiiiiiiiiight.
I've lived in the Midwest all my life, damn straight I'll be down there with the dog undoubtedly quaking between my knees.
Sure are a lot of major thunderstorms and tornadic activity in the Midwest for so early in the season.
abc noted yesterday there have been 3x as many at this point than usual and the tornado season has just gotten started.
Still more libero-fascism on our campuses
"No, Mister Khalid Shaikh Mohammad. I expect you to... be held indefinitely. You're a bad actor. And as long as this situation continues, this war on terror continues, I'm not sure I can tell you what will be your ultimate disposition."
What? More tornadoes in the midwest expected tonight?
Oy.
97 degrees in Wichita, Kansas early in the week.
Sounds like global warming, to me.
Too kuhl!
Los Angeles Times
THE NEW FOREIGN AID
The Seeds of Promise
The world's immigrant workers send home billions of dollars a year, eclipsing all government aid. The funds, arriving in trickles, ease poverty and drive growth. Wages earned in the lettuce fields of California are transforming an entire village in Oaxaca.
Richard Boudreaux, Times Staff Writer
April 13, 2006
Santa Maria Ayoquezco, Mexico First of Four Parts
The prickly plants started in Catalina Sanchez's garden and now stretch across her neighbors' fields as far as the eye can see. They pop up on acre after acre as word gets around: This village of dirt floors and outdoor toilets expects to get rich exporting cactus.
The seed money comes from men who couldn't make a living here and left for California, the idea from one of the women they left behind.
As their corn crops failed in thinning soil, a generation of men migrated to pick lettuce in the Salinas and San Joaquin valleys. The cash they wired home bought food, but little hope for a better life.
Then Sanchez got busy in her backyard. She started plowing her husband's wire transfers into a waist-high patch of nopal. The paddle-like cactus leaf has a succulent taste and, she suspected, a market far beyond impoverished Oaxaca state. Soon other peasant women joined her, investing cash from their men in California.
Nearly 2,000 miles away, Erasmo Alonzo imagined that the wages of his back-breaking labor were buying a TV, a washing machine and indoor plumbing. On his first visit home, "he did not find any of those things," Sanchez recalled. "Look outside," she told him, proudly pointing to her rows of nopal. "That is our future."
With additional financing from migrants in California and the Mexican government, Sanchez's co-op is building a food-processing plant that will employ dozens of this Zapotec Indian community's 5,750 inhabitants. Starting this summer, the co-op's 134 growers plan to supply 10,000 1-pound jars of organically grown, pickled cactus each week to an expanding specialty-food market in the United States.
The venture is a village-level display of the power of remittances, the billions of dollars that migrants earn in rich countries and send home to sustain their kin. It is part of a search by struggling communities, international aid agencies and governments for ways to harness this flow to alleviate the poverty that drives people to migrate in the first place....
Apologies for the tag cock-up.
Mom is NOT your 'enemy.'
WORD!
"It is best to ride the horse in the direection it is going."
Mom's all we've got.
Sir Stephen Runciman's A History of the Crusades (If you have time for three volumes of close printing). You can't learn about the Crusdades w/o dealing with Sir Steve.
Renee did you read that article? To me it reads like a kkkarl inspired smear job. Oh wait it was in Pravda on Potomac. It is a kkkarl inspired smear job of leftist blogs.
Apologies for the tag cock-up.
NO FLIRTING!
Omaha and Dez Moinez are ground zero 2day, according to Weather Plus.
plantsman
Perfectly clear morning in the wilds of central I-oh-way at the moment.
take depositions at the Woodward State Residential Facility. You can really see the path of the tornado.
Attaturk
doyou remember the woodchuck inn -- his house was the one sitting right behind it and the first one you see as you drove into woodward.
attaturk,
the east coast crowd - we worry.
res,
so all I have to do is put down $1.25M? And I've heard great things about those no-interest mortgages!
I like Gore Vidal's historical novel Creation. The narrator, who sounds a lot like Vidal, is the Persian ambassador to Atehns. He's fallen out of fabor at court, and his punishment was to be assigned to a backwater.
He's adamant That the Persian War was really an inter-Greek war, characterized by their treachery. He rolls his eyes at Persian stupidity getting involved.
And he dreads having to listen to public lectures by the hack Herodotus.
It may be clear at the mome, but the skies of Grinnell could change to green in a few minutes, IIRC.
it's the fucking corrupted judeo-xian tradition which positions us as her opponents...
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WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar
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Your freudian "take" on my Mother Nature comment is misplaced.
I'm not confusing nature with my Mom or any such nonsense.
The truth is that there are massive natural disasters that have occurred and will recur. The problem for the human species is that we spend most of our time fighting each other over religion, race or natural resources.
We aren't rational or enlightened enough to work together to prepare for the coming natural catastrophes so that our species can survive, instead we have built and are spreading WMDs that will hasten the arrival of our own extinction.
Mom is NOT your 'enemy.'
Doncha love those "RAGING RIVERS!" and "KILLER STORMS!" shows?
"Why do you think we call them 'ANIMALS'?"
Egads.
#1 for good history - The Tools of Empire Daniel R. Headrick....
doyou remember the woodchuck inn -- his house was the one sitting right behind it and the first one you see as you drove into woodward.
bkny
Yes, and I've seen it then. His house really stuck out like a sore thumb when that tornado hit didn't it?
...with the dog undoubtedly quaking between my knees.
Haven't heard that euphemism before.
Waas that you say? this Waas already proven as a lie? Why Waasn't I told about it? Waas the matter with uou guys?
random history books
India: A History by John Keay
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India by William Dalrymple
Raj: Making and Unmaking of British India by Lawrence James
Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England by Alison Weir
Spain's Road to Empire: The Making of a World Power, 1492-1763 by Henry Kamen
The Black Bear in the Cherokee National Forest I'm glad I missed.
so all I have to do is put down $1.25M? And I've heard great things about those no-interest mortgages!
watertiger
Well the monthly payment is only $69,000 higher than what I can budget.
Oh goody a yellow pie-piece. I'm sure to win Trivial Pursuit now!
Attaturk
It's that damn orange "Sports & Leisure" wedge that always stopped me--please, please let it be a drink question!
Although I did finally figure out that if you answered "Bobby Orr" to a sports question, you had a good chance to get it--seemed there were lots of hocky questions for which he was the answer.
However, too much knowledge can get in the way. My father was a gentle, affable man, but board games brought out a cut-throat competitveness in him.
For the green "Science & Nature" wedge, the question was "What is 3.14?"
I answered, "An approximation for Pi."
Well, the card merely said "Pi," and he denied me the wedge. Bless the memory of that wonderous man, but aaaaargh!
Ironically, it took the corrupt and dangerous Bush administration to make this anti-gun guy rethink his position on the 2nd amendment. Notice how you don't hear Republicans shouting too loud these days about black helicopters and the need for the citizens to be armed as a check against government power.
But they were right. Bushco, or something like it, is precisely what the framers had in mind. I have no plans to buy a gun, but I now understand the wisdom of permitting citizens to bear arms.
Morning Batties - Muriel Spark died. She was one of my favorite writers.
for a different perspective on the history of Russia, Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes is a good read.
I answered, "An approximation for Pi."
Well, the card merely said "Pi," and he denied me the wedge. Bless the memory of that wonderous man, but aaaaargh!
That's tight.
........I wanted to set up German concentration camp nearby, and reenact the glories of that campaign.........
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Yes, and I've seen it then. His house really stuck out like a sore thumb when that tornado hit didn't it?
Attaturk
those flat friggin fields that were on the other side of the house provided a great sightseeing view -- my father stood at his kitchen window watching it approach like an idiot.
Rudy:
i wasn't making freudian allusions.
humanity is OF nature, not apart from it, not different from it. Nature is not our enemy, it is exactly the precondition for our very existence. the extent to which we endeavor to separate ourselves from Nature is the measure of our cultural failure.
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McDonald's accused of 'acting like the Taliban'
The author of the best-selling expose Fast Food Nation has accused McDonald's of behaving "like the Taliban" in its pre-emptive efforts to discredit his new book and a film on the subject.
Internal McDonald's documents reportedly show that the company is shifting into "crisis management" mode in advance of Chew On This, a young people's version of Eric Schlosser's book along with a forthcoming film adaptation of Fast Food Nation. The plans speak of mobilising a "truth squad" to attack both works, and of initiatives to "discredit the message and the messenger".
for a different perspective on the history of Russia, Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes is a good read.
Moonbootica,
I have that book. It is good.
For the green "Science & Nature" wedge, the question was "What is 3.14?"
I answered, "An approximation for Pi."
Well, the card merely said "Pi," and he denied me the wedge. Bless the memory of that wonderous man, but aaaaargh!
Uncle Smokes
I'm sorry but the card says "Moops"
Hey, speaking of "must read" books...
watertiger - I keep imagining that eventually someone will come up with a natural disaster show called When Shit Happens.
I can just imagine an announcer voicing over, "tonight, on When Shit Happens....TSUNAMI!"
Speaking of history, a BBC Miniseries I've been waiting to come out on DVD, "A Fall of Eagles" finally does on May 2.
It's been a while but I remember it being very good -- Patrick Stewart made a fine Lenin!
dippy's recomending Ramesh Ponnuru books, can Michelle Malkin be far behind?
Omaha and Dez Moinez are ground zero 2day, according to Weather Plus.
Good weather for Omaha to bring back "separate and equal."
I love this bit:
He argued that the district is already segregated, because it no longer buses students and instead requires them to attend their neighborhood school.
It's so casual. We've gone from "Segragation Forever" to "Segragation...uh..Whatever...."
Woody:
I take your point and it is true that we are part of nature, but the truth is that the natural world that produced us can also destroy us and nearly did so 250 million years ago in the Permian extinction.
There are so many ways that humanity can be decimated, be it climate change for the colder where crops won't grow or the scourge of pandemic bacteria or viruses, or our own devious intelligence that produces WMDs and twisted monstrosities like Bushboy to "lead" us into war.
In an ideal world, the human race would be working together to make sure everyone has enough to live a decent life and we would come together to help those who are devastated by natural disasters. That's my idea of a rational and enlightened world.
My father was a gentle, affable man, but board games brought out a cut-throat competitveness in him.
You just described Mr. QL to a tee. I stopped playing games with him the night he insisted that we play still another game of scrabble at 4:00 in the morning cause I had beat him 2 out of 3.
It's so casual. We've gone from "Segragation Forever" to "Segragation...uh..Whatever...."
The miraculously expanding "Southern Strategy."
It's been a while but I remember it being very good -- Patrick Stewart made a fine Lenin!
Vladimir Ulyanov, what should we do with this fershugginah country?
Make it so-viet.
humanity is OF nature, not apart from it, not different from it. Nature is not our enemy, it is exactly the precondition for our very existence. the extent to which we endeavor to separate ourselves from Nature is the measure of our cultural failure.
Nicely said. Our culture, however, doesn't embrace nature generally. We're the ones who have tried to conquer it, which is crazy. You can't - that would be like conquering oneself. But there's a streak in our culture that sees it that way.
My father was a gentle, affable man, but board games brought out a cut-throat competitveness in him.
You just described Mr. QL to a tee. I stopped playing games with him the night he insisted that we play still another game of scrabble at 4:00 in the morning cause I had beat him 2 out of 3.
ql in ny
My dad is the most ham-handed, comical cheater I've ever seen.
He also watches FoxNews constantly.
Go figure.
Mr. Tena just brought the paper in - back in a bit.
We're the ones who have tried to conquer it, which is crazy. You can't - that would be like conquering oneself. But there's a streak in our culture that sees it that way.
Also nicely said.
Owls are open to comments.
it's the fucking corrupted judeo-xian tradition which positions us as her opponents...
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WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar
"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, The Joyful Wisdom
What ultimately did me in as far as the mythology I was raised with: Nature is fallen, and therefore all of this world is corrupt. I rejected that notion, and down came the walls.
"How sad it is to think of the multitudes who have gone to their graves in this beautiful island and never knew there was a hell."
-- Mark Twain, Roughing It, speaking of Hawaii
"How sad it is to think of the multitudes who have gone to their graves in this beautiful island and never knew there was a hell."
What a masterly turn of phrase.
Another nasty little atereotype in this morning's WAPOo article about angry leftist bloggers: the non-alcoholic beer...
I fired off an e-mail to the "journalist" that wrote this ignoble little piece, encouraging him to go read the increasing shrill and violent rantings of the right-wing blogs.
elec.moter scooter PHOTO : a pre-production E-Max Classic, having only four batteries to the normal eight, it is surprisingly quick and stable. Its lighter weight makes it easier for women to handle. The Alamo is in the background.
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Mom is NOT your 'enemy.'
WORD!
"It is best to ride the horse in the direection it is going."
Mom's all we've got.
plantsman
I like the comment in Bill Bryson's book, A Short History of Nearly Everything
Paraphrasing, he says that "while Earth is good at sutaining life, it is even better at extinguishing it"
I think my MSM colleagues ultimately fear the lefty bloggers more than the rightwingers.
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