I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Goodness.
Oh my.
Lions, and tigers and bears.
Oh, gee whiz, mer.
Congrats on fristies.
And speaking of people in search of brains and hearts, have Bush and Cheney resigned yet?
Where is everyone?
It really is lonely at the top, eh, mer?
Stupid open threads.
What a crappy morning.
Mortming.
Nepal protesters storm into city
Nepalese police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of protesters who tried to march on King Gyanendra's palace in Kathmandu.
Demonstrators had defied a curfew to break through an outer security cordon to reach the heart of Nepal's capital.
The clashes came a day after the king tried to defuse the political crisis by offering to restore democracy.
Protesters rejected his offer as inadequate and the opposition declined his call to form an interim government.
morning all
Indians did a special dance when they wanted it to rain. Lots of times it didn't work, but they did it anyway.
Those crazy Nepalese, gotta love 'em. Protesting and demanding accountability from their government and stuff. And from a dictatorial moron no less.
I knew I should've refreshed.
Morning update: The girls are playing with nutcracker "dolls" (christmas ornaments). Stella says, "I have a gun." Iris mis-heard and replies, "You have a gug? Well, I have a gug." Stella clarifies, "I have a guN." Iris, "You have a gun? Do you want a nut?"
Larry Johnson on the firing of Mary McCarthy at TPM Cafe
Mornin, bats.
Nepal - the king is going down.
Hey, new thread.
Indians did a special dance when they wanted it to rain. Lots of times it didn't work, but they did it anyway.
Back in '89 there was a terrible drought in Ohio (well, at least NW OH, where I lived). One town actually hired a rain dancer in the hopes of saving their crops. No dice.
Nepal - the king is going down.
Moonbootica, '
This was somewhat inevitable, given how this all came about - the prince killed the rest of the family.
"You have a gug?
"No, sir, it says 'I have a gub.'"
Will Chimpy bother with a condolence call to his Cancun safari jacket buddy about the 4 dead canadian soldiers in Afghanistan?
Senior BJP leader shot in India
A senior leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party has been shot in Mumbai (Bombay), according to police.
Pramod Mahajan, BJP general secretary and a former federal minister, was allegedly shot by his brother after an altercation in a family dispute.
Doctors said the condition of Mr Mahajan, 56, was "quite critical" following surgery lasting four hours.
Indian TV channels report his brother, Praveen, has surrendered to police.
Praveen's lawyer, Nandkumar Rajukar, told NDTV television his client had been suffering from "some mental disorder".
When Columbus first saw the Indians dancing to bring on rain, he laughed and told them they were wasting their time. They kept on dancing, though, 'cause they didn't understand Italian.
Oh hi genoasail, went back downstairs to finish reading the last thread.
Very dreary day here. We had an incredible thunderstorm last night. The newsman was saying it was a storm on top of another storm. Thunder and lightning continuous for at least 45 minutes.
There was a great Sky King episode about Hopi rain dancers.
I remember that one the best of all of them.
Nepal - the king is going down.
Moonbootica
People act downright uncivil when the phrase "shot on sight" gets bandied about.
"You have a gug?
"No, sir, it says 'I have a gub.'"
Damn it, I was just going to post that.
(caution: blogwhore)
Frist has promised to reopen the immigration reform fight. What the Senate should do is consider one of the main causes of workers slipping across our border: NAFTA.
Australia in Solomon crisis talks
Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has visited the Solomon Islands where claims of election corruption sparked two days of rioting.
Mr Downer met the new Prime Minister Snyder Rini to seek ways of ending the violence, which left parts of the capital, Honiara, in ruins.
Mr Rini has denied allegations of links to widespread corruption in the past.
Australia, New Zealand and Fiji have sent more than 600 troops and police to restore law and order.
"Economic reform is going to be central to the survival of the country," Mr Downer said after his meeting on Saturday.
I guess my planned escape from the madness to Katmandu is off now
Damn it, I was just going to post that.
I knew that.
Exposed: BNP's campaign of lies
Lies, half-truths and propaganda: how the BNP fuels racial tension
The British National Party's pursuit of seats in next month's local elections is built on false claims designed to create racial prejudice and irrational fears among voters, according to anti-BNP activists.
At a time of mounting alarm over the BNP's prospects of making gains in the elections, a dossier of the party's locally targeted literature has prompted fears that the claims being spread by the party are being accepted as fact by some voters.
Concern over the party's potential success in the local elections were triggered this week by Margaret Hodge, the employment minister, who claimed that eight out of 10 people in her east London constituency of Barking were threatening to vote for the party.
The BNP dossier includes bogus claims that a 15-year-old was raped by an immigrant; that an "Africans for Essex" scheme has been handing out £50,000 for Africans to move into the county; and that one council had a secret deal with one of its neighbours to transfer 3,000 asylum-seekers to the area.
And speaking of people in search of brains and hearts, have Bush and Cheney resigned yet?
genoasail | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 10:00 am | #
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he regined himself yesterday.........................................
..........................................can we have a marthea and the vandellas DANCING IN THE STREET DANCE FOR FORMAL REGINATION? huh can we?
I guess my planned escape from the madness to Katmandu is off now
Meet The Beaver
Soon enough I'll have to fake an accent to avoid being noticed as an American. Unless I'm visiting the Blair family or something...
WooooooooHooooooo!!!!
"When Columbus first saw the Indians dancing to bring on rain, he laughed and told them they were wasting their time. They kept on dancing, though, 'cause they didn't understand Italian."
When the Indians first saw Columbus, they said "Oh shit, there goes the neighborhood." Of course, Columbus didn't understand Carib.....
G'morning. What's today's outrage from the Arrogant Bastard Idiot Class running the country?
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howard dean on cspan at 10:30 am. hope he's gotten over and moved beyond the "values voter" meme.
Apr 22, 12:48 AM EDT
Libby Defends Releasing Fitzgerald Letter
By PETE YOST
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawyers for Vice President Dick Cheney's indicted former chief of staff on Friday defended their decision to release a letter to the news media before it was filed in federal court, and they urged the judge in the CIA leak case not to react by issuing a gag order.
U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton threatened to impose strict silence on everyone connected with the case last week after lawyers for defendant I. Lewis Libby distributed a letter from Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald before the letter was made a part of the case record.
Libby's lawyers rushed out the letter to the news media because it was advantageous to their client. In it, Fitzgerald acknowledged making a mistake in one of his earlier court filings.
On Friday, news organizations including The Associated Press argued strongly against Walton's proposal, saying in court papers that a gag order would constitute a classic prior restraint of core First Amendment speech.-clip-
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Let's defend a leaker so we can leak, Okay?
UNE - dig the new nick iteration.
ot:
100,000,000 visits by 10:45 edt?
One of the laugh out loud funniest things I've read in a while at The Corner was K-Lo's:
If I were Tony Snow, I'd totally give Bush credit for the freedom's advance in Kathmandu.
say what?
The British National Party's pursuit of seats in next month's local elections is built on false claims designed to create racial prejudice and irrational fears among voters, according to anti-BNP activists.
It seems to me that every party with "National' as a part of its name is steeped and seething in a bath of bigotry.
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UtopianNegroEnvisions™,
You are happy this day?
Ancram calls for Britain to pull out of Iraq
Michael Ancram, the former Conservative deputy leader, has broken ranks with his party to demand that British troops should pull out of Iraq.
Mr Ancram, who was shadow Foreign Secretary when the war broke out, yesterday compared the situation to the war in Vietnam, in remarks markedly at odds with David Cameron's insistence that troops must stay. He said: " If there is a civil war, which all the indications are that there is now, then it is not a place where we should be. We have been there for three years and done a very good reconstruction job, ourselves.
"I believe now ... with the evidence of the civil war very clear, this is the time for us with dignity and honour to get out. If we are not careful we will find ourselves between two or three opposing factions holding the ring and that is not what we went there to do."
Oh, yeah...and Happy Earthday, everybody.
The Cheney thing and the Dixie Chick thing have got me thinking- anyone else notice a recent increase in open ridicule of the Decider and Co.? Just a slight uptick? I'm talking in general media, not the breathless TV press.
ot:
100,000,000 visits by 10:45 edt?
OT? On an Open Thread?
And why the hell is Atrios so fucking popular anyway, with all these goddamned Open Threads?
UNE - dig the new nick iteration.
Thanks, enjoy it while it lasts....I am sure something shiny and inspiring will come in over the transom in a bit.
Must check on frittata.
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Off to look at the paper for a bit.
See y'all later, batties.
UNE made a kickass frittata, I'm bettin'!
historical events today
# 1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
# 1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England after the death of his father.
# 1529 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
# 1912 - Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publications in Saint Petersburg.
# 1943 - Albert Hofmann writes his first report about the hallucinogenic properties of LSD.
# 1945 - World War II: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.
# 1954 - Red Scare: Army-McCarthy Hearings begin.
# 1970 - First Earth Day celebrated.
# 1971 - John Kerry, dressed in combat fatigues, testifies on his views of the Vietnam War before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
# 1972 - Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts antiwar protests in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
Columbus: "Stoppa you rain dance, right now,"
Indians: "Vafanculo!"
Shrdlu
Wow, that is one happy looking elephant.
Congress Is Giving Away the Internet, and You Won't Like Who Gets It
By Art Brodsky
Congress is going to hand the operation of the Internet over to AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. Democrats are helping. It's a shame.
Don’t look now, but the House Commerce Committee next Wednesday is likely to vote to turn control of the Internet over to AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner and what’s left of the telecommunications industry. It will be one of those stories the MSM writes about as “little noticed” because they haven’t covered it.
http://www.tpmcafe.com/
And why the hell is Atrios so fucking popular anyway, with all these goddamned Open Threads?
NTodd, Bungholier | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 10:18 am | #
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its me....im popular 
there is an actual story in california where a farming town suffering a drought in desperation brought in a rainmaker. the town ended up being flooded away from the resulting rain.
truth is stranger than fiction.
UNE made a kickass frittata, I'm bettin'!
watertiger, fecker | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 10:19 am
b'lieve me, it's the green chile
which i will gladly supply to anyone interested: 4 lbs (raosted, peeled, and packaged) delivered (Priority mail) for about $20...
And why the hell is Atrios so fucking popular anyway, with all these goddamned Open Threads?
NTodd, Bungholier | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 10:18 am | #
Um... 'cause you and all your friends are here?
I am sure something shiny and inspiring will come in over the transom in a bit.
Know what I'd like to come over the transom? Some frittata.
Know what I'd like to come over the transom? Some frittata.
Hey, I was gonna post that.
its me....im popular
sittenpretty - 10:20 am
we ALL ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ KATY!!!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/2...s/
22puzzle.html
For nearly 16 years, puzzle enthusiasts have labored to decipher an 865-character coded message stenciled into a sculpture on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency's headquarters in Langley, Va. This week, the sculptor gave them an unsettling but hopeful surprise: part of the message they thought they had deciphered years ago actually says something else.
etc.
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Um... 'cause you and all your friends are here?
Well, not ALL my friends are here!
Hey, I was gonna post that.
Pffft!
"Columbus: "Stoppa you rain dance, right now,"
Indians: "Vafanculo!"
Thanks! First, best laugh of the day!
Reminds me of a bumpersticker i saw in Lexington. Had pictures of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Geronimo on it, and said "MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS KILLED COWBOYS".
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what does "open threads" really mean to people who object to them?
Well, not ALL my friends are here!
NTodd, Bungholier | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 10:23 am | #
But they will be if you can score some fritatta!
caterwauling turtles.
Ntodd, John Prine, "Take it back, take it back, oh no, you can't say that, all of my friends are not dead or in jail...."
cnn intl is currently running the 'we were warned' about the unpleasant reality we are just now beginning to grasp. it's worth watching.
You are happy this day?
No more or less than usual. the nom de guerre adjustment was inspired by visions of Eschatonians decending upon Pincher Creek and forming a community there.
Anger and outrage are still hanging out.
But I have recently started a pretty good book Titled Challenge written by a denizen of this space.
I look forward to getting back at it, but have to play in this sandbox for awhile.
Now GWPDA was saying something about honey......
Tena, pardon my vanity, but did you happen to see this yesterday evening?
I wondered if you would find my metaphor-- the silliness in the first couple of sentences-- apropos.
PS: For some reason, I had to scroll up just a little to find my comment.
what does "open threads" really mean to people who object to them?
jello
The lack of an assigned topic opens the door for incivility and partisan-izing.
I'm thinking years from now that dude from the brady bunch and a busty female co-host will be hawking classic episodes of Atrios blog threads on late night network T.V. ads ... (the result of congress throwing AT&T Time-Life etc the reins to the wagon.
"National' as a part of its name is steeped and seething in a bath of bigotry.
I would like to make the following edit: ...steeped and seething in a baptismal of bigotry.
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Collect The Whole Set!
"National' as a part of its name is steeped and seething in a bath of bigotry.
Didn't the BNP suffer a setback when one of their local candidates turned out to be an immigant? For shame...
cnn intl is currently running the 'we were warned' about the unpleasant reality we are just now beginning to grasp. it's worth watching.
bkny
the 70s oil shock should have been a clue to prepare ahead.
I'm talking in general media, not the breathless TV press.
Jay C. | 04.22.06 - 10:18 am | #
Yep. I think this season of 24 is directly critical of the Bush Admin. Up to episode 8 anyway. The President looks just like Nixon. His Cheif of Staff was working with terrorists to make it look like WMDs were in Iraq (though they never say Iraq).
its me....im popular
sittenpretty - 10:20 am
we ALL ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ KATY!!!!!
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka... | 04.22.06 - 10:22 am | #
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love ya muchly
UNE made a kickass frittata, I'm bettin'!
Tis cooling as we speak. It does "look" fantastic, the taste test will happen shortly, and if she tastes as good as he looks...........them will be some fine eatins'
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
And WGG, thanks agin for the chile's. I was too busy to get to the post this week, so remuneration will depart on monday.
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Know what I'd like to come over the transom? Some frittata
If a slice fits into the ip tunnel, It will be on its way soon.
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caterwauling turtles.
Jeezuz H, is it gonna be one of those days where I find five of my comments clustered at the bottom of the thread like so much flotsam?
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UtopianNegroEnvisions™,
Thanks for the compliment - glad you are enjoying. Please take your time. One of the most shocking things I have ever had happen to me as a writer was with that book. I gave it to a reader at 4:00 PM. She told me she finished it at 3:00 AM on Saturday morning.
On one hand I was impressed. On the other, it took me more than a year to write that - using whatever free time I could muster and my entire summer break - and she read it in 11 hours!
:|
caterwauling turtles.
five golden rings.
God damn it, I see Tena far above, I frantically re-post a god damn comment so she'll see it, then I go back to reading and find out that she's gone again.
Haloscan luck!
It's just like thinking of a witty rejoinder, only to find that someone else got there first. Actually, it's even worse.
Hmm, what are the chances of Haloscan being updated so that little red and green indicators appear on the signature line, denoting whether the commenter is still "present"?
Damn you, Haloscan! (shakes fist impotently)
Her name was Evelyn Woods?
the 70s oil shock should have been a clue to prepare ahead.
Jimmy Carer was a loser. Therefore, we must not conserve oil.
-Directly from Republican playbook
Viva Wang! if she can't voice her opinions in China she should certainly be able to do so here! how often does she have the chance to address Jintao directly?
http://blogdebogs.blogspot.com/2...hu-and-
cry.html
Hello, MoDo. Gtg to Rhode Island. See ya’ll in a few.
Did anyone see Rahm Emmanuel on Real Time with Bill Maher last night. Ugh. Sad. More about it on my homepage.
Rooting for Ebola...
.......rose to their feet and gave a standing ovation to a speech that enthusiastically advocated the elimination of 90 percent of Earth's population by airborne Ebola." .....
.. the Earth would be better off with 90 percent of the human population dead,"...We need to change our tax system so that you’re taxed for having kids rather than getting a reward...As you read this,in Africa we’re hunting gorillas, which are on the edge of extinction, and eating them...DR. PIANKA TRANSCRIPT
From Recorded Audio at speech, March 3, 2006
Texas Academy of Science
.......Bohemian Club should have a celebration Cremation of the Crooks ceremony....for members George W. Bush, President of the United States and Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State.....
Arrgh!
Faux's cable lead this afternoon is:
"Does Charlie Sheen have the appetite of TWO and a HALF men for Porn, Men, and Sex?"
Arrgh .... They are swiftboating Charlie because he had the nerve to speak out about 9-11!!
Are there any people (Sheepole) out there who don't see what Faux does?
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