I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Glad I don't have to drive very much.
I have gas right now!
And now I get to walk down four flights of stairs and walk about 100 yards to the supermarket.
I do like living in the city, for the most part.
I'm not sure how folks are going to make it on a fixed income.
Beans, beans, the magical fruit
Twelveteenth!!!
I have gas right now!
I recommend Gas-X.
I do like living in the city, for the most part.
watertiger, fecker
Yeah. But find one with elevators, wouldja?
who would like to come over for some frsh homemade strawbery ice cream?
(sticks tongue out at spinoza)
Yeah. But find one with elevators, wouldja?
I wish I'd known you'd be stopping by. I would've cleaned the fuckin' place.
I'm very embarrassed.
you won't be able to do anything. and it will cost more
homemade strawbery ice cream?
Yes, yes, and YES!
This will really cut into summer travel. Add the ever-increasing prices of everything and air-conditioning costs and longer periods of high temperatures, we're going to see a lot of people losing their cool.
The long, hot summer.
maybe we should simply nationalize ExxonMobil's assets. we are in a war, after all, and emergency measures may be called for.
"who would like to come over for some frsh homemade strawbery ice cream?"
--Mrs. Ibrahim al-jaafari
address please.
50 Bush bucks to fill up my gas pig today.
50 Bush bucks.
Fuck.
I guess I can eat canned spam this coming week. Or cat food.
Here's the deal: Before the fucking Iraq murderfest oil was 24$ a barrel or so - the neo-cons were saying that if after the war Oil is under 20$ a barrel the war will have been won and worth the cost - Oils is now more than 3 times what it was - bush is a fucktard the right are liars and it is high time we eat the fucking rich!
address please.
Yes, please.
(how do I quickly defrost a pork roast? microwave or warm water?)
Sorry.
my birthday card to Thers.
ql,
order out.
just finding the regular way the media covers the issue - showing clips of people complaining at gas stations - rather odd.
Yes, they spend time on the complaints, not on the real reasons prices are soaring, and why we're so addicted to oil.
Only traitors complain about gas prices...Long live the Republican! Long live Hallibear!
ok, I learned a tip this week.
let the custard base cool off to room temp before chilling it, and only add the cream when both the custard and the cream are at the same temp.
toodles all, off to make dinner. if you want to stop by go south to Florida and take a right.
order out.
Microwave.
it is high time we eat the fucking rich!
Nah, I'll stick with catfood.
Rich people are too stringy.
Republicans who complain about gas prices should be kicked out of the GOP.
After all they control the congress and the White House.
They should be happy, not bitching.
it is high time we eat the fucking rich!
I prefer more meat a bit of marbling.
I'm very embarrassed.
watertiger, fecker
Pfui. That's the last thing I ever notice. I thought you're place was charming.
Don't see how you do commercial scale baking in that kitchen tho.....
Kevin gives some numbers about how much people spend on gas.
Drum looks at how much people spend to fill the gas tanks of their autos. Who has comprehensive numbers on how much people are paying in other increased costs for goods and services?
I'm guessing Brit Hume bought up a lot of oil stocks last week.
my birthday card to Thers.
Happy birthday to you
You look like a monkey
order out.
watertiger
Nah, we do that 3 or 4 nights a week. Come on, roast pork with garlic and potatoes roasted in the pan and a nice arugula and avocado salad. Red wine or white?
Sorry.
ql Beale,
How to defrost a pork roast?
Toss it into the oven either tenting it with parchment paper, or with a pan of water in the oven. Otherwise don't microwave it or defrost it any more then is necessary to get the packaging off of the outside.
rising price of gas affects you whether you drive or not.
With oil topping $73 a barrel, it affects agriculture (petro-chemical fertilizers), transportation, plastics (packaging, crap for Wal-Mart, etc.), everything. Doesn't matter if you own a car or not.
Anything that uses petroleum products (and almost everything in our industrialized society does, as a raw material or an energy source) is affected. And it has less to dow ith "peak oil" than it does with rising demand.
Welcome to the future.
You smell like one, too.
Who has comprehensive numbers on how much people are paying in other increased costs for goods and services?
Dept of Commerce has CPI numbers.
Avoided the draft with a college deferment
(how do I quickly defrost a pork roast? microwave or warm water?)
Sorry.
ql Beale | 04.22.06 - 4:42 pm | #
how big is it and what shape?
my birthday card to Thers.
Hee.
A big smooch for the lout!!!
Turn off your tv.
Go ahead. Try it. Don't turn it on again for 2 or 3 days.
who would like to come over for some frsh homemade strawbery ice cream?
Mrs. Ibrahim al-jaafari | 04.22.06 - 4:40 pm
may i have a bit, please, mum?
George Bush and Dick Cheney LOVE high oil and gas prices...
It's good for corporate profits...New Records every quarter!!
I'm glad I'm overstocked on the kitchen trash bags!
Senator Frist LOVES Expensive Oil!
Red wine or white?
Both!
We're having oven-roasted pulled pork, a Tyler Florence recipe. It's been cooking for about three hours, and it smells delicious.
how big is it and what shape?
Bigger than a baby's arm and shaped like a pork roast is my guess.
What I want to see is a reporter stupidly standing out in a hurricane to report on how people are complaining because high gas prices led to a white girl disappearing, possibly related to a shark attack.
THAT would be some fucking news!
George Bush and Dick Cheney LOVE high oil and gas prices...
It's good for corporate profits...New Records every quarter!!
Yes, it's great for them in the short run, but what if it pisses off the electorate so much that the Republicans actually lose their grip on power?
Ofcourse, Rumsfeld loves birdflu and tamiflu but that is a different story...
It's treason to complain about gas prices in a time of war.
Red wine or white?
ql Beale
Either. I'll bring some white. What time's dinner.
We can stop by Mrs IaJ's for dessert.
Dammit, this looks fun and I've got to go dip my fries into the peanut oil for their first bath.
Note: Thaw any meat in cool water. Not warm.
Ah, thank you for reminding me.
Have to wipe the hard drive on this old POS Dell laptop that's been gathering dust.
Recycle day tomorrow in Union Square.
What I want to see is a reporter stupidly standing out in a hurricane to report on how people are complaining because high gas prices led to a white girl disappearing, possibly related to a shark attack.
THAT would be some fucking news!
I would like to see Geraldo being eaten by a shark in order to educate us on what it's like.
I've got to go dip my fries into the peanut oil for their first bath.
Well, THAT'S quite the euphemism.
Hi Eli,
I don't think Bush and Cheney care about the Republican Party. They will be done a couple of years, fat rich, and living in a private luxury bunker.
All they care about is making $$$
Too bad Republicans can't figure that out...It will be their doom...
Red wine or white?
Yes, please.
What I want to see is a reporter stupidly standing out in a hurricane to report on how people are complaining because high gas prices led to a white girl disappearing, possibly related to a shark attack.
Sharks better have fricking' laserbeams on their heads...
red, ql, always red wine. sounds like a delicious supper.
Exxon, EXACTLY!
Republicans better NOT complain or else I will call them damn commie pinko unhinged liberals!
Every little tweak and twitch in the world 'situation' provides somebody in the oil-futures industry an excuse to juice the price a little more.
Oil closed friday over $75/bbl...
continued acrimony between USer Busheviks and Shi'a Iran, to say nothing of the increasing instability in the trans-caucasus, will drive it up over $80...
$80/bbl oil is 'good' if you're an oil futures trader or an oil co exec...90/bbl oil is better, etcetera...
watertiger, if you want some really strong magnets, yank the drive out, take the lid off the drive, and at the base of the arms that hold the disk reading heads will be one or two niobium magnets, that are very strong.
Red wine or white?
Yes, please.
That'll help your ankle to feel better!
I don't think Bush and Cheney care about the Republican Party. They will be done a couple of years, fat rich, and living in a private luxury bunker.
All they care about is making $$$
Too bad Republicans can't figure that out...It will be their doom...
I'm still amazed at the oil companies' apparent willingness to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Assuming they don't have something like my scenario in mind.
red, ql, always red wine.
Not if you're an elitist chardonnay drinker.
Ofcourse, Rumsfeld loves birdflu and tamiflu but that is a different story...
I've been seeing lots of mosquitoes around lately, and it made wonder what the state of West Nile is now. Don't hear about it anymore, but it kicks ass and it's hear now.
We don't have any sneezy chickens here, as far as I know.
watertiger, if you want some really strong magnets, yank the drive out, take the lid off the drive, and at the base of the arms that hold the disk reading heads will be one or two niobium magnets, that are very strong.
Um...I make do with the fridge magnets I have.
Ka-booom!
The media have fallen hook line and sinker for Chimpy's line that he's going to stamp out any "price gouging." His definition of price gouging will be a single station charging $6/gal. But not Exxon having the cash to pay their CEO $700m over the last decade.
QL, I would not put it into the oven as Draco suggested (sorry Draco). The internal temp @30 min per # for optimal cooking will take too long to achieve. Defrost it in a big bowl of cold water. Put it in a plaztic zip bag first. You want to avoid an environment for pathogen development which unfortunately warm water or placement into the oven still frozen would allow. And I would serve it with a nice rose.
Ka-booom!
Bang.
(Or, alternatively... "I pinch.")
it's here now.
What is it with this medium and homophones, I wonder?
Talk to y'all later.
Happy Birthday Thers!
and wages aren't rising to meet the extra costs of living...
and no vacations because people won't be able to afford them...and throw in longer work weeks as well because the average employee now works 46-48 hours per week but only gets paid for 40...
and people will be allowed to save even less, and live paycheck to paycheck, or worse still, start living off their credit cards...
and the snowball is in place...
either haloscan burped on my post, or this computer hates me. 
I would like to see Geraldo being eaten by a shark in order to educate us on what it's like.
Better still, he should be *fed* to the shark in an attempt to go in and save the missing white woman meat.
WT -- what are you gonna use to wipe the drive? I've got two old laptops that need wiping.
thanks doug
it was partially defrosted.
either haloscan burped on my post, or this computer hates me.
Haloscan has gas.
Um...I make do with the fridge magnets I have.
Ka-booom!
watertiger, fecker
We have so many fridge magnets the FAA has declared the area around our house a no-fly zone. Seems we mess up compasses.
They probably do Eli....they probably do.
Better still, he should be *fed* to the shark in an attempt to go in and save the missing white woman meat.
I want to hear the ongoing narration, though.
"The shark is now... devouring my legs. It's really... quite excruciatingly painful. I am fighting the urge to vomit or pass out... so that I can continue... to bring you... this important storOHGODTHEPAINTHEPAINTHEPAIN!!!!!"
and it made wonder what the state of West Nile is now.
My brother works in bio-terrorism for the Health Department in Muskegon County.
He told me last Sunday to make sure that Cosmo stays inside this Summer ~ they're expecting to see the worst outbreak of West Nile yet.
What I love is the way people bitch as though they had nothing to do with the prices. As though voting for Bush and/or driving a humongous SUV and/or not writing to their congress critters demanding investiations of Exxon Mobile wasn't their fault.
Afternoon, bats! Soon it will be consistently warm enough for me to ride my bike absolutely everywhere! Yay for city life!
A.
Not if you're an elitist chardonnay drinker.
pie | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 4:51 pm | #
I don't want to lose my membership in the club, but I can only really sign on for the "elitist" part of that fight song.
flory,
i have absolutely no idea. i'm wingin' it.
Heh. I forgot I had the "farting fire Cartman" cursor.
QL, this would take too long prolly, but I have a cast aluminum griddle, and when I put frozen meat on it, it thaws pretty darn quickly. Someone used to sell something on teevee like this. Since the aluminum conducts heat, it speeds up the defrosting process.
and the snowball is in place...
her eyes | 04.22.06 - 4:53 pm
her eyes, dahlin: it won't start to roll until folks believe thy've lost so much that they got nuthing left to lose and give it a good shove...
that's still a ways off, i reckon...
.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
This link leads to the UBCD or "Ultimate Boot CD"
This is a bootable CD that has many utilities including ones to do a decent drive wipe.
"and wages aren't rising to meet the extra costs of living..."
Wages rising to meet the cost of living began with FDR and ended with Reagan.
Assuming they don't have something like my scenario in mind.
Eli
The only flaw in your scenario is that its doubtful they could get the price back down under $2/gal without taking some serious losses. Which wouldn't auger well for current management's longevity in their jobs......
But by next fall, your scenario might work if they can get the price under $3/gal.
We can stop by Mrs IaJ's for dessert.
flory
Your on. Could you pick up mom, GWPDA, on the way. At 104 she may have forgotten how to get here.
I hear that Al Capone's vault is actually located inside a shark. Someone should alert Geraldo.
I don't want to lose my membership in the club
Not to worry. There's no discrimination when it comes to the choice of beverage.
Doug,
no time. Recycle day is tomorrow.
I may just clear out my stuff and leave the windows crap.
Afternoon, bats! Soon it will be consistently warm enough for me to ride my bike absolutely everywhere! Yay for city life!
A.
Athenae
Sadly, depends on the city. Can't get from the suburbs to Chicago on a bike (not the one I lived in, anyway).
And around here, I wouldn't ride my bike in my neighborhood, much less as transportation.
The future is not a place I want to live in right now.
The only flaw in your scenario is that its doubtful they could get the price back down under $2/gal without taking some serious losses. Which wouldn't auger well for current management's longevity in their jobs......
But by next fall, your scenario might work if they can get the price under $3/gal.
Just so long as the price reduction is dramatic enough to allow Bush to take a "Mission Accomplished" victory lap and take credit for his bold resolute manly vision.
Soon it will be consistently warm enough for me to ride my bike absolutely everywhere! Yay for city life!
Same here! But of course, riding for an hour will get you...an hour away from the house.
What is it with this medium and homophones, I wonder?
Tena hippie extraordinaire
Shit. I thought it was just age. Good to know its not just me.
I heard grumbling and resentment at the gas station today. I take it as a good sign.
OTOH, my neighbors are having one of those (not to be sexist) loud women parties where somebody's getting married so they're all shrieking and hooting over slutty lingerie. Boo for city life.
The first week of warm weather is always a shocker. By July I won't even hear them, and people who come to visit from the country will be like, "how do you sleep through that?" and I'll say "through what?"
A.
The future is not a place I want to live in right now.
Rmj, Wandering Aengus
The good news is that if you focus on the present, you won't have time to think about the future!
ql Beale
DO either tent the roast or place a large pan of water in the oven.
You should preheat the water first so that it is already steaming a lot before placing the roast inside the oven. This speeds up the thawing while in a hot oven.
I may just clear out my stuff and leave the windows crap.
There are utilities...
Not to worry. There's no discrimination when it comes to the choice of beverage.
pie
So I can finally admit to my love of a Boone's Farm/MD2020 cocktail, with a Thunderbird back?
Sadly, depends on the city. Can't get from the suburbs to Chicago on a bike (not the one I lived in, anyway).
That's why I said city life, not suburban life. 
In the Chicago burbs, man, you see people driving their bikes places to ride them. I tried to ride my bike to the bike trail once and nearly got killed.
A.
What is it with this medium and homophones, I wonder?
HOMOPHONE!
OTOH, my neighbors are having one of those (not to be sexist) loud women parties where somebody's getting married so they're all shrieking and hooting over slutty lingerie.
I'll be right over...
Could you pick up mom, GWPDA, on the way.
Sure.
Arthur J will want to come along. Got any doggy treats?
The good news is that if you focus on the present, you won't have time to think about the future!
Vicki
You beat me to it!
It's true, Robert.
WaterTiger, a zipped version of the smaller UBCD is only 83 megs. If you've got any kind of broadband you should be able to get this in less then an hour or two. (have fast cable broadband, and this ISO image may be downloaded in about 15 minutes.)
Starting to see $3 gas around PDX - and loving our little Prius all the more.
Gas prices are making me glad that my car was randomly totalled a few months back, forcing me to master Austin's public transit system.
I may just clear out my stuff and leave the windows crap.
There are utilities...
Eli | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 4:59 pm | #
Eli, this may sound like a dumb question but does the East-Tec drive wiper really work? I used it once a long time ago and it looked like it was removing a lot of vital stuff.
What is it with this medium and homophones, I wonder?
HOMOPHONE!
That's "homophone puke!"
Just so long as the price reduction is dramatic enough to allow Bush to take a "Mission Accomplished" victory lap and take credit for his bold resolute manly vision.
Eli
Scarily plausible.
So could you take the post down please. The NSA is reading your blog y'know.
Shel Silverstein's I'm Being Swallowed By A Boa Constrictor.
o foo, it swallowed my shoe.
o gee, it's up to my knee.
o flip, it's over my hip.
odarn, its' swallowed my arm.
o heck, it's up to my neck.
o (indecipherable noises ensue...)
Ntodd, um, no. Trust me. No. I live next to these people and just ... no.
It's really too bad you're not into Bush voters. I'd introduce you to my sister in a heartbeat.
A.
So I can finally admit to my love of a Boone's Farm/MD2020 cocktail, with a Thunderbird back?
rorschach | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 5:00 pm | #
why don't we just make a trash can full of Purple Jesus and be done with it?
The first week of warm weather is always a shocker. By July I won't even hear them, and people who come to visit from the country will be like, "how do you sleep through that?" and I'll say "through what?"
Heh. And then when I go to the country, it's like, "GAH! It's so QUIET!"
Up at Drudge Report, the fired CIA leaker was a CLINTON appointee (BY Sandy Berger). It figures. Ken Mehlman and Karl Rove will milk this for all it's worth. One less traitor at the CIA. I hope they prosecute her as relentlessly as they've gone after Scooter Libby, an innocent man.
Eli, this may sound like a dumb question but does the East-Tec drive wiper really work? I used it once a long time ago and it looked like it was removing a lot of vital stuff.
Honestly, I'm not really sure. I can't remember the last time I used a drive-wiping utility...
Sadly, depends on the city. Can't get from the suburbs to Chicago on a bike (not the one I lived in, anyway).
That's why I said city life, not suburban life.
Having lived in a town of 50,000, 20,000, and 500, and then in a Chicago suburb at the end of O'Hare runway, this is a distinction without a difference. 
In the Chicago burbs, man, you see people driving their bikes places to ride them. I tried to ride my bike to the bike trail once and nearly got killed.
A.
Athenae
That's Houston, which is by Chicago standards one giant, sprawling suburb. But you have to drive to the bike trail, fight for a parking space, and then knock joggers off the trail. And woe be unto you if you don't have the latest bike, because the park is in a snooty part of town.
Po' folk don't have time to ride bikes. We need three jobs just to pay our gasoline bills.
flory
Couldn't we leave Arthur home just this once. The cat you know gets kinda kerphlumt.
So I can finally admit to my love of a Boone's Farm/MD2020 cocktail, with a Thunderbird back?
That's quite a love affair.
heh. it has such little tinny speakers. "Ding!"
The first week of warm weather is always a shocker. By July I won't even hear them, and people who come to visit from the country will be like, "how do you sleep through that?" and I'll say "through what?"
Heh. And then when I go to the country, it's like, "GAH! It's so QUIET!"
I tune out most traffic noise (find it kinda soothing, in fact), but I never get used to loud obnoxious people.
watertiger, we have these friends who like to play City Mouse, Country Mouse every time we see them. "Oh my GOD, how do you live there? With the traffice and the crime and the noise, look at my lawnmower, isn't it pretty, etc."
I'm not that evangelical about the city, really. I recognize it's not for everybody. But these people drive me to want to defend my home, and say things like, "At least we aren't finding fucking SNAKES in our kitchen."
A.
We're having a nice time. Just ignore it.
Heh. And then when I go to the country, it's like, "GAH! It's so QUIET!"
watertiger, fecker
Spent a night in the country, once. I loved it. The cows kept the lovely wife awake.
Just by walking around, and occassionally mooing.
That's quite a love affair.
pie
From what I remember of it, it was full of heartache. Also stomach- and liver-ache.
"At least we aren't finding fucking SNAKES in our kitchen."
Ahem.
"Snakes in our *motherfucking* kitchen."
Also stomach- and liver-ache.
Not surprising.
You beat me to it!
It's true, Robert.
Tena hippie extraordinaire
If the present was any better, would I be sitting here?
Couldn't we leave Arthur home just this once. The cat you know gets kinda kerphlumt.
ql Beale
I'll check with GWPDA.
The Devils are kicking the Rangers' asses.
woody called it, we will look upon 3 dollars a gallon wistfully.
dick will keep shooting men in the face.
"Snakes in our *motherfucking* kitchen."
Is that the sequel?
That's "homophone puke!"
rorschach
Actually, it is, "Homophone, puke."
But who is quibbling?
but does the East-Tec drive wiper really work?
If there's anything that must not be readable on a drive that's leaving your control, I'm not sure I trust any of the software drive wipers. Which is why I was suggesting that the drive be disassembled. (though I didn't say why the drive should be taken apart at the time.)
The Devils are kicking the Rangers' asses.
I am... curiously unsurprised.
And rather indifferent.
chris in tx, yes, starring Tim Allen.
A.
And then when I go to the country, it's like, "GAH! It's so QUIET!"
watertiger, fecker
Liberal Mountain excepted, I presume.
One less traitor at the CIA. I hope they prosecute her as relentlessly as they've gone after Scooter Libby, an innocent man.
Brian C
yes damn that BilL Clinton for appointing someone who revealed that america is acting like soviet russia
(I'm pretty psyched about Lavar Arrington, though)
If the present was any better, would I be sitting here?
If the present were any better, would no one blog?
If a data block gets overwritten 6 or 7 times there's no way the data can get retrieved.
Doug,
really, I replaced the hard drive in this thing after I punched it out (I'm serious). Shortly thereafter, I bought a desktop and transferred most, if not all, of my stuff to that one.
They want to bootleg Windows 95, they're welcome to it.
was KArl Rove a traitor too if he leaked the name of a CIA agent
or how bout condi when she leaked that stuff to that israeli spy?
that's still a ways off, i reckon...
but getting closer, woody, people are getting angry...
So I can finally admit to my love of a Boone's Farm/MD2020 cocktail
Would that be Boone's Farm Apple, or Strawberry?
Apple is almost the same coming back up as it is going down. Don't know about Strawberry. I stopped after Apple.
"You might as well put holes in your liver/when you add it all up, it still won't figure./So I'm thankin' whoever for whatever I got/though to you it might seem like I don't owe a lot/ upside down & turn me all around/I'll still be thankin' whoever for whatever I've found."
Liberal Mountain excepted, I presume.
it does have its quiet moments! Usually at 4:00 a.m.
(I'm pretty psyched about Lavar Arrington, though)
Eli
to celebrate i recommend you do the humpty dance
or possibly the neutron dance
The thing about the news clips of someone standing at the pump complaining is that they're basically free of content. You know what you're going to see and hear before you see and hear it. it does nothing to educate Americans as to why there's a problem or what the solutions might be. It's the functional equivalent of watching them shove a mike into the face of someone who's just lost their home and asking, "How do you feel right now?" It allows the media to pretend that they've "covered" the issue when they've done no such thing.
That's "homophone puke!"
You speak for me!
It's really too bad you're not into Bush voters. I'd introduce you to my sister in a heartbeat.
Uh, does she have any Starbuckesque qualities? I might be willing to take one for the team...
i'm shocked SHOCKED that republican propagndist MAtt Drudge would try yto pin something on the MIGHTY CLENIS
(I'm pretty psyched about Lavar Arrington, though)
I'm actively ignoring the NFL, in as much as the J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! are f-e-c-k-e-d.
And here when the night settles the only sound is the distant rumble of Lake Michigan and the wisps of wind passing mysteriously through the trees. The darkness is complete and pervasive: except when the moon is full and the air clear, the the dancing shadows of moonlight fall with the delicacy of dandelion fluff in the stillness of morning.
Uh, does she have any Starbuckesque qualities? I might be willing to take one for the team...
Pay wifi and overpriced coffee?
"Snakes in our *motherfucking* kitchen."
Is that the sequel?
chris/tx
"Part II: After the Plane Crash"
(I'm pretty psyched about Lavar Arrington, though)
Geordi LaForge?
random d&d story
X, Y & Z are stuck at a dead end in a dungeon, at a good depth, with poor visibility and a good, hungry and foul-smelling reason to not go back. Y gives X grief about not being a dwarf, because in that event they could tunnel out. Z suggests finally breaking out one of the potions they have been lugging around, and X falls to discussing with her what potion would be a good ideea to try, how they should guard against poison, et cetera. As they are doing this Y knocks back every one of the potions at once. X panics, but Z cautions that they ought to cancel eachother out, leaving Y with the worst case of diarrhea she's ever had (in a sciency nod to polarity reversal thinking, the potions are suspended in edible sugars). Y now begins to display signs of agitation that will not be suppressed. After desperately and not very thoroughly looking for a reasonably ersatz chamberpot, she effortlessly dashes through a wall, returning an hour later garlanded with flowers and palpable relief.
was KArl Rove a traitor too if he leaked the name of a CIA agent
or how bout condi when she leaked that stuff to that israeli spy?
olexicon,Sir Humpty | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 5:10 pm | #
Valerie Plame was not a covert agent when her name was leaked therefore no harm, no foul. There is some question if she was even an active CIA agent. Fitzgerald's entire case is a house of cards.
I'm actively ignoring the NFL, in as much as the J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! are f-e-c-k-e-d.
I can't wait to see how they fuck up a #4 pick. I'm thinking... LenDale White.
It allows the media to pretend that they've "covered" the issue when they've done no such thing.
Hecate, Grammar Fag
Reason #493 why I quit watching TV news.
Apple is almost the same coming back up as it is going down.
I could've lived into retirement without having these memories dredged back up.
It's the functional equivalent of watching them shove a mike into the face of someone who's just lost their home and asking, "How do you feel right now?"
If it bleeds, it leads. And from looking at all the faces when I got gas yesterday, their is a lot of bleeding going on.
Valerie Plame was not a covert agent when her name was leaked therefore no harm, no foul. There is some question if she was even an active CIA agent. Fitzgerald's entire case is a house of cards.
Brian C
You're not a lawyer, but you play one on a blog?
Geordi LaForge?
Geordi LaWeaksidelinebackerwhohopefullystillhassomethingl
eft.
I personally like both extremes. I like the totally isolated country farm high in the mountains in Ireland (that's one retirement dream) and I like the big bustly city. It's the in-between bits that give me hives, because I feel like you get all the problems with none of the amenities.
We did eat very well when we lived in the burbs, I will say that. Best Mexican and Chinese food anywhere. I hated to leave that Chinese restaurant. Mmmm, spicy fried rice ...
A.
Easier to "report" on the frustrated consumer, rather than report on the system and deals that cause the problem. That'd be journalism.
All I can say is, thank God we live in a country in which we can all chip in and pay for the three quater of a billion dollar golden parachutes of fine, selfless patriots like Lee R. Raymond.
It just gives you a warm, fuzzy sense of community, don't it?
Anyway, if you're just tuning in, MoDo's fresh mojo is up, if you're interested.
If the present were any better, would no one blog?
masculine_monica_nyc
I often wonder if we all will still hang out here once this nightmare of a regime is finally ousted.
Would that be Boone's Farm Apple, or Strawberry?
Kountry Kwencher, baby!
Fitzgerald's entire case is a house of cards.
Brian C
but all leakers are bad
tyou called this leaker a traitot
whoever leaked thge name of an undercover nculear weoaponbs aagent is erego a traitor
right?
you can't be a hypocrite and a dumbass?
typical repug:
We spend more for a gallon of milk than we do for gas!
typical human being:
Yea but we don't buy 35 gallons of milk per week.
Geordi LaWeaksidelinebackerwhohopefullystillhassomethingl eft.
If he's got those cool visor things, he can help almost any pathetic team, even my Brownies.
If a data block gets overwritten 6 or 7 times there's no way the data can get retrieved.
What about the hardware reserve portion of the drive, that is swapped out with bad sectors, as those are detected?
Apple is almost the same coming back up as it is going down.
No offense to Eli, but that's what I always said about Dr. Pepper. In a good way.
It's the in-between bits that give me hives, because I feel like you get all the problems with none of the amenities.
Choo and me both, mang.
Fitzgerald's entire case is a house of cards.
Brian C
*yawn*
Remind us of this when Scooter's doing 3 to 5.
If he's got those cool visor things, he can help almost any pathetic team, even my Brownies.
I want Data as my offensive coordinator, and Whorf as my defensive coordinator, or at least linebackers coach.
Yes the CIA routinely asks the DoJ to investigate who leaked the name of non covert operatives. Makes perfect sense.
yes
this "brian" fellow is clearly from inside the beltway and khas attended many of the samer parties as joe wilson
rather than report on the system and deals that cause the problem.
Whoa! Somebody's failing to be objective!
the only sound is the distant rumble of Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan rumbles these days?
Yes the CIA routinely asks the DoJ to investigate who leaked the name of non covert operatives. Makes perfect sense.
The CIA is a fever swamp of partisan Democrats.
you can;t have it both ways
either all leaks are bad or all leaks are good
Yes the CIA routinely asks the DoJ to investigate who leaked the name of non covert operatives. Makes perfect sense.
The Old Man From Scene 24 | 04.22.06 - 5:16 pm |
It's like a bank robber claiming he was making a withdrawal and the bank staff and police department are conspiring against him out of "pue partisanship."
No offense to Eli, but that's what I always said about Dr. Pepper. In a good way.
whiskeyina
Flaming Dr Peppers (which I used to make in violation of New Orleans's fire code), on the other hand...
Uh, does she have any Starbuckesque qualities? I might be willing to take one for the team...
Heh, not a chance. Like my brother, she's one of these straight-edge kids who thinks people who drink are icky, and she's led an extremely sheltered life. By her own choice.
I love my siblings to pieces but all three of us agree I was adopted, or hatched.
A.
and Whorf as my defensive coordinator, or at least linebackers coach.
Do the linebackers get batliffs?
I often wonder if we all will still hang out here once this nightmare of a regime is finally ousted.
ql Beale
I suspect some of the more serious blogs will fade away. But we'll still be here running pun threads and talking about bacon and pets and NTodd's pants.
The CIA is a fever swamp of partisan Democrats.
Eli
hugh hewitt told me so!
The darkness is complete and pervasive:
I think that may truly be the thing I like best about the country. At night, it gets really, truly dark and you can see, as Sagan noted, billions and billions of stars. I remember once being at Omega Center in NY and walking back to my cabin in the total dark and looking up at the sky and just being awestruck. You never see stars like that here in the city.
No offense to Eli, but that's what I always said about Dr. Pepper. In a good way.
Oddly enough, I just got a spam for a 12-cases-of-Dr-Pepper giveaway...
The CIA is a fever swamp of partisan Democrats.
Actually it was, before Porter Goss came in and started to clean house, purge the leakers and partisan Democrat types.
I personally like both extremes. I like the totally isolated country farm high in the mountains in Ireland (that's one retirement dream) and I like the big bustly city.
That's the allure of two homes, yes? At least that's what people I know do that have two homes.
porter goss is fucking the cocaine importing agency so bad that soon they won't be able to import oregano.
I can't wait to see how they fuck up a #4 pick. I'm thinking... LenDale White.
LALALALALALALA ... I can't *hear* you! LALALALALALALALA ...
Easier to "report" on the frustrated consumer, rather than report on the system and deals that cause the problem.
This is is also emblematic of the way the fuckdolls in the media "cover" working people.
I want Data as my offensive coordinator, and Whorf as my defensive coordinator, or at least linebackers coach.
Picard would be a good QB coach, Troi and excellent team psychologist, and Riker would be an adequate waterboy.
Doug, absolutely. It is about a half mile distant and the constant motion of the waves creates a dark sound like a distant rumble. It is omnipresent so you get used to it in time. (and in the summer we do hear the full-throated roar of some boats) but it is still a reminder. . . .
key passage from fitz's news conference for the trollz
And all I'll say is that if national defense information which is involved because her affiliation with the CIA, whether or not she was covert, was classified, if that was intentionally transmitted, that would violate the statute known as Section 793, which is the Espionage Act.
That is a difficult statute to interpret. It's a statute you ought to carefully apply. I think there are people out there who would argue that you would never use that to prosecute the transmission of classified information, because they think that would convert that statute into what is in England the Official Secrets Act.
Let me back up. The average American may not appreciate that there's no law that's specifically just says, "If you give classified information to somebody else, it is a crime." There may be an Official Secrets Act in England. There are some narrow statutes, and there is this one statute that has some flexibility in it.
So there are people who should argue that you should never use that statute because it would become like the Official Secrets Act. I don't buy that theory, but I do know you should be very careful in applying that law because there are a lot of interests that could be implicated in making sure that you picked the right case to charge that statute.
It's the in-between bits that give me hives, because I feel like you get all the problems with none of the amenities.
That's what I used to say about Northampton. But now. Not so much. It's got all the amenities with few of the problems.
I often wonder if we all will still hang out here once this nightmare of a regime is finally ousted.
There will still be plenty of wankers in Congress and the press.
Regardless of who ends up in the WH in 09, I'm sure, not all policies of the administration will be popular.
you can;t have it both ways
either all leaks are bad or all leaks are good
olexicon,Sir Humpty | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 5:18 pm | #
Kantian leaks?
The CIA is a fever swamp of partisan Democrats.
Eli |
Don't lose sight of the basics. If it were legal, why did they spend three years trying to cover it up.
Kevin gives some numbers about how much people spend on gas.
Kevin Drum is a fuckwit.
Actually it was, before Porter Goss came in and started to clean house, purge the leakers and partisan Democrat types.
Brian C |
how long were you employed at the CIA?
maybe we should simply nationalize ExxonMobil's assets. we are in a war, after all, and emergency measures may be called for.
Mrs. Ibrahim al-jaafari
I can't think of any way to get the war declared over and done with than to threaten to nationalize the assets of the mega-rich corporate ruling class.
Then we can eat them.
Hugh Hewitt wrote the book on blogging, which makes him a kind of conceptualist masturbator, sort of the guy who tried to paper airplane you a note about faxing...
Picard would be a good QB coach, Troi and excellent team psychologist, and Riker would be an adequate waterboy.
I'm not sure that telling Eli "Make it so" is going to stop him from throwing off his back foot...
So how much longer can the republicans hold this thing together? Oil execs love the high gas prices, SUV driving wingnuts not happy. Pharmaceutical execs love medicare D, little old wingnuts not happy. Big industry execs love the cheap labor, xenophobic wingnuts not happy. This odd couple thing they've had going on the last ten or twenty years looks about ready to blow. Doesn't it?
rather than report on the system and deals that cause the problem.
the liberal media!
Duh. (Assclowns of the Week is kicking my ass this weekend.)
Wee need to start cloning whales so we can hunt them for the oil.
I love my siblings to pieces but all three of us agree I was adopted, or hatched.
Have you checked into who else was born in the hospital that day? Mebbe you were switched.
porter goss wanted to replace all the partisan democrtas with partisan republicans
And to all of you making snide remarks about homophones, just because it's pink doesn't make it a homophone, dammit. Besides, mine isn't pink, it's more red, really.
Kevin Drum is like the most intelligent mainstream liar out there, which still makes him a drooling imbicile willfully blind to every truly important thing.
rorschach--what's a flamin' Dr. Pepper, eh?
That's the allure of two homes, yes? At least that's what people I know do that have two homes.
I would love to have a farm. Pay other people to actually, you know, farm it, and then we come up for two weeks in October and have a huge pig roast with all our friends.
And then go back to our bolt-hole downtown, overlooking the river. Where George Clooney and Allison Janney come by for cocktails.
Mmmm. *drifts away on sea of pleasant thoughts*
A.
you can;t have it both ways
either all leaks are bad or all leaks are good
As much as I hate to disagree with my Uke brother, I must say that leaks that provide government transparency are good whilst those that compromise national security for the administration's protection are bad.
I love my siblings to pieces but all three of us agree I was adopted, or hatched.
Sigh. I guess if Starbuck isn't available, a cylon like Boomer will have to do.
"homophones" is my favorite paul simon song
I remember once being at Omega Center in NY and walking back to my cabin in the total dark and looking up at the sky and just being awestruck. You never see stars like that here in the city.
Hecate, Grammar Fag
Yes indeed. I had a similar experience high up in a cabin on Anderson's Pass, New Zealand. Simply amazing. The more so because all the constellations were strange to me.
Wee need to start cloning whales so we can hunt them for the oil.
The Voices in my Liberal Head,
great! you can have the job of beating off whales to get the sperm.
I asked a pump jockey at the Chevron nearst me
($2.75 for regular) if people were squalking about the price. None so far, he said.
I love my siblings to pieces but all three of us agree I was adopted, or hatched.
Have you checked into who else was born in the hospital that day? Mebbe you were switched.
flory | 04.22.06 - 5:21 pm |
One in three, baby.
As much as I hate to disagree with my Uke brother, I must say that leaks that provide government transparency are good whilst those that compromise national security for the administration's protection are bad.
good point sir
please allow me to bump thee
typical repug:
We spend more for a gallon of milk than we do for gas!
typical human being:
Yea but we don't buy 35 gallons of milk per week.
Jack
The cost of oil is a factor in the price of milk.
The cost of milk is not a factor in the price of oil.
QED.
I often wonder if we all will still hang out here once this nightmare of a regime is finally ousted.
If U.S. policy remains of a piece across regimes, as it likely will, probably.
Flaming Dr Peppers (which I used to make in violation of New Orleans's fire code), on the other hand...
Oooo! Flambé!
rorschach | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 5:22 pm |
best stargazing is in the sand with a set of night-vision goggles.
This odd couple thing they've had going on the last ten or twenty years looks about ready to blow. Doesn't it?
It does indeed. In fact it has already fallen apart here, and despite a serious wingnut over population problem, the Dems have managed to make some inroads.
I often wonder if we all will still hang out here once this nightmare of a regime is finally ousted.
I would, if only because this is the best place to pick up chicks.
($2.75 for regular) if people were squalking about the price. None so far, he said.
Why would anyone complain about $2.75/gal? Thats a bargain. Regular is up to $3.15 in south Florida
rorschach--what's a flamin' Dr. Pepper, eh?
whiskeyina
I know DP ran a winter campaign in my childhood to boost sales, promoting Dr. Pepper heated on the stove and served with orange slices.
It was as awful as you can imagine. Probably worse.
That's the allure of two homes, yes? At least that's what people I know do that have two homes.
My dad used to have a second home. A lock-keeper's house with the remnants of the Erie Canal on one side, and the Delaware River on the other. Also a big red barn and a chicken coop (no actual chickens, tho). And 19th-century bound Harper's on the bookshelves and a model trainset in the basement. And crystal clear starry skies.
Would have been paradise if not for all the bugs. Ever stepped on a junebug in bare feet? Not fun. Not fatal to the junebug, either.
please allow me to bump thee
Is that a lump in your oatmeal, or are you just happy to see me?
I love when politicians disavow partisanship before being partisan -- here's a great example from Howard Dean:
In one of those odd political moments that combine a poignant message with somewhat opportunistic maneuvering, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean took part in a cleanup effort in flood-ravaged New Orleans and used the moment to take a shot at the Republicans.
..."I don't want to be partisan at a time like this, but this is why the Republicans are going to be out of business," Dean said, pointing to the destruction around him. "Nine months after the hurricane, to have this? This is ridiculous. This is not the America we grew up in."
rorschach--what's a flamin' Dr. Pepper, eh?
whiskeyina | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 5:21 pm | #
You put some amaretto in a shot glass and float Bacardi 151 on top of it. You light the rum on fire, drop the flaming shot into a glass of beer and down the whole thing.
I never believed it till I tried it, but it really does taste rather like Dr Pepper.
I would, if only because this is the best place to pick up chicks.
NTodd, Bungholier | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 5:24 pm | #
It is a fun party.
flory, my best friend and I often said we could have been given to the wrong parents. Her folks are these wild and crazy hippies and mine are incredibly not. We used to talk about switching back some night, see if they noticed. We also looked quite a bit alike when we were younger.
A.
Kevin Drum is like the most intelligent mainstream liar out there, which still makes him a drooling imbicile willfully blind to every truly important thing.
kei & yuri - 5:21 pm
bingo...
So how much longer can the republicans hold this thing together? Oil execs love the high gas prices, SUV driving wingnuts not happy. Pharmaceutical execs love medicare D, little old wingnuts not happy. Big industry execs love the cheap labor, xenophobic wingnuts not happy. This odd couple thing they've had going on the last ten or twenty years looks about ready to blow. Doesn't it?
Neponset
It makes me hot just thinking about how all the repulsive little fuckers are being financially hoovered by their little asshole idols.
Is it just me, or do we need to turn the fan on?
The downside, of course, is that a whole lot of other people are being fucked, too.
Kevin Drum is like the most intelligent mainstream liar out there, which still makes him a drooling imbicile willfully blind to every truly important thing.
kei & yuri
*imbecile*
Nine months after the hurricane, to have this? This is ridiculous. This is not the America we grew up in."
dewx
like bush accusing democrats of "playing politics with america's security" when thats all he does
or accusing "washington politicians" of not doing anything when he is a "washington politician"
it's a handy rhetorical trick
The cost of oil is a factor in the price of milk.
Exactly.
It is a fun party.
Speaking of which, did you end up going to Ev's?
But enjoy the distress of the schmucks who insist on running SUVs.
Would have been paradise if not for all the bugs. Ever stepped on a junebug in bare feet? Not fun. Not fatal to the junebug, either.
Junebugs are pretty bad, but have you even been outside at night when the mayflies are swarming?
They only live in that form one night, the next morning they've already mated, layed their eggs, and they are lying all over the ground dead or dying.
So how much longer can the republicans hold this thing together?
Neponset
Pelatively indifinitely.
Possibly.
Diebold.
There is nothing "partisan" in acknowledging painfully obvious truth. Only the true believer brainwashed Norquistas can deny that Bush deserves to lose his job for Katrina, and indeed in any other industrialized country he would (because of differences in electoral practice).
Evening, all. I'm just flying by, but I had fun reading all your birthday wishes to my beloved. Thanks!
(Me, I got him the collected works of an obscure punk band he likes. And we're going to dinner with friends. But mostly I've been keeping the midgets out of his hair all day.)
W sounds terrible. Like there is something wrong with his nose.
I would love to have a farm.
My dream is to have a place in the country where I could save animals. I would post distressing pictures here and make all ya'll send me money to pay for their food and vet bills.
My wife could have the city house, and come see me on the weekends.
The cost of oil is a factor in the price of milk.
Oil and milk don't mix.
Junebugs are pretty bad, but have you even been outside at night when the mayflies are swarming?
We never had those. I do remember that massive tent caterpillar infestation. Bleh.
With gas prices like they are its only going seriously effect the working poor and since when has the GOP given a shit about them?
Although I do hope that some of the assholes round here who have gone into debt up their eyeballs to buy a McMansion and a giant SUV with its own zip code suddenly find they can't afford to drive said monstrosity.
You put some amaretto in a shot glass and float Bacardi 151 on top of it. You light the rum on fire, drop the flaming shot into a glass of beer and down the whole thing.
Um. No thanks. Can I just have bourbon?
Why would anyone complain about $2.75/gal? Thats a bargain. Regular is up to $3.15 in south Florida
As far as U know, peoplw will complain about anything. Being old enough to remember years of gas at 32.9/gal and 'gas wars' among stations
will do that you.
Prewar Intelligence Ignored, Former C.I.A. Official Says
A former top official of the Central Intelligence Agency has accused the Bush administration of ignoring intelligence assessments about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction programs in the months leading up to the Iraq war.
Five more American heros gave their lives today to give Iraq a chance while you loads bitch about the price of gas. Despicable.
Oil and milk don't mix.
You can't hug children with nuclear arms.
Pelatively indifinitely.
Possibly.
Diebold.
Diebold is only plausible if the press narrative is there to support it. I'm not sure it is anymore.
peoplw will complain about anything
especially here.
to give Iraq a chance
Correction; to prevent Iraq from having a snowball's chance in hell, indeed, to destroy Iraq.
You put some amaretto in a shot glass and float Bacardi 151 on top of it. You light the rum on fire, drop the flaming shot into a glass of beer and down the whole thing.
This is what leads to people winning Darwin Awards, this shit right here.
A.
The last ex-mrs wgg tells me she's paying $3.19 in San Luis Obisbo
.
Five more American heros gave their lives today to give Iraq a chance while you loads bitch about the price of gas. Despicable.
Brian C
yes you call a CIA agent a traitor and Were "sdespicable" have you nop shame
Um. No thanks. Can I just have bourbon?
whiskeyina
Aw, you should at least try it.
Or a Chambord Mind Eraser, another specialty of mine from back in the bartending days...
But, yes, bourbon is good. In fact, Olaf gave me a great bottle as thanks for helping him buy his Guzzi recently...
NYT story segues from the Page Six scandal to
The Clintons have a somewhat checkered history of investing with personal associates. An investment in the failed Arkansas real estate deal known as Whitewater led to a government investigation that nearly brought down Mr. Clinton's presidency and left the couple with millions of dollars in legal bills. During their time in Arkansas, a friend advised Mrs. Clinton in the investment of $1,000 in the cattle futures market that yielded a quick $100,000 in profit; the investment prompted questions about political favoritism once the Clintons moved to the White House.
Duncan | 04.22.06 - 5:31 pm |
NO COMPLAINING!
W sounds terrible. Like there is something wrong with his nose.
Figuring out how and why he sounds weird would be a full-time job.
I would love to have a farm. Pay other people to actually, you know, farm it, and then we come up for two weeks in October and have a huge pig roast with all our friends.
And then go back to our bolt-hole downtown, overlooking the river. Where George Clooney and Allison Janney come by for cocktails.
Mmmm. *drifts away on sea of pleasant thoughts*
Athenae
As possibly the only part-time farmer here, I can say that living on a farm is marvelous! And I so adore New York City (not Flatbush, thankyouverymuch).
I'm already planning to host some historical fencing folks in the early spring, so if you'd like, I'll see what can be done about a two-week pig-roast in the fall. The weather in early November is better in my part of the police state.
Five more American heros gave their lives today to give Iraq a chance while you loads bitch about the price of gas. Despicable.
Brian C
You see your problem is in editing. Here, let me help.
Five more American heros gave their lives today. Despicable.
Brian C
See how easy that is!
Brian C | 04.22.06 - 5:30 pm | #
A clue is a terrible thing not to have.
That's the allure of two homes, yes?
I work with quite a few folks who own a second home, but I don't think I could do it. I always ask them if they don't feel guilty on the weekend when they don't go there. Also, it makes me crazy just keeping up one house and yard, so I can't imagine two. But mostly it's that I'd feel bad if it got to be Friday and I wanted to stay in town to see a show or just not travel. But if I did buy a second home, I think it would be in the mountains up in West Virginia and it would be very, very modern in design and furnishing, as opposed to my little arts and crafts bungalow here in Arlington.
So I can finally admit to my love of a Boone's Farm/MD2020 cocktail, with a Thunderbird back?
I knew someone who used to mix Richards Wild Irish Rose with Pepsi.
why did those american hero's give their lives
WMDS?
Correction; to prevent Iraq from having a snowball's chance in hell, indeed, to destroy Iraq.
kei & yuri | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 5:31 pm | #
But you support the troops.
Diebold is only plausible if the press narrative is there to support it. I'm not sure it is anymore.
I also think there's a limit on just how far election results can be tweaked without there being *some* kind of smoking gun.
ah, screw it.
i think those are the only files.
Um. No thanks. Can I just have bourbon?
whiskeyina
Yeah. Make mine an Irish, plese.
Five more American heros gave their lives today to give Iraq a chance while you loads bitch about the price of gas. Despicable.
Brian C - 5:30 pm
when's your outfit shipping out for the front, shitwhistle?
Speaking of which, did you end up going to Ev's?
NTodd, Bungholier | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 5:27 pm | #
Nope. You and my friend Doug goin' were big incentives to make the long drive with the girls. When I found out that neither of you were goin', I didn't either.
Would have been paradise if not for all the bugs. Ever stepped on a junebug in bare feet? Not fun. Not fatal to the junebug, either.
Eli
Come down to the land where junebugs and mosquitos swarm. You'll sing paens to the junebugs. Always liked junebugs, just because they don't bite. Almost every other insect down here, does.
You put some amaretto in a shot glass and float Bacardi 151 on top of it. You light the rum on fire, drop the flaming shot into a glass of beer and down the whole thing.
Right. Now I need some Bacardi. and some beer.
And some Dr. Pepper. Gotta go.
Via Altercation...
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3449870/
THE FOX NEWS EFFECT: MEDIA BIAS AND VOTING
[SOURCE: Stefano DellaVigna & Ethan Kaplan]
Does media bias affect voting? The authors address this question by looking at the entry of Fox News in cable markets and its impact on voting. Between October 1996 and November 2000, the conservative Fox News Channel was introduced in the cable programming of 20 percent of US towns. Fox News availability in 2000 appears to be largely idiosyncratic. Using a data set of voting data for 9,256 towns, the authors investigate if Republicans gained vote share in towns where Fox News entered the cable market by the year 2000. They find a significant effect of the introduction of Fox News on the vote share in Presidential elections between 1996 and 2000. Republicans gain 0.4 to 0.7 percentage points in the towns which broadcast Fox News. They also find a significant effect of Fox News on Senate vote share and on voter turnout. The estimates imply that Fox News convinced 3 to 8 percent of its viewers to vote Republican.
Five more American heros gave their lives today to give Iraq a chance while you loads bitch about the price of gas. Despicable.
And when we didn't bitch about the price of gas, you still called us despicable. And when we bitched about the deaths of our troops, you still called us despicable.
Fuck off, you shiteating necrophiliac.
W sounds terrible. Like there is something wrong with his nose.
ql Beale | 04.22.06 - 5:29 pm | #
maybe the cokespoon got stuck.
Sometimes you can see a Luna moth in Spring.
Short-lived, but a delicate pale green and awe-inspiring. Lunesta's is close, but no cigar.
Being old enough to remember years of gas at 32.9/gal and 'gas wars' among stations
will do that you.
plantsman
Gas wars.
A thing of the past, never again.
Now days 'gas stations' make little profit from gas. It comes from all the convenience store stuff and beer and cigs.
.
I think that may truly be the thing I like best about the country. At night, it gets really, truly dark and you can see, as Sagan noted, billions and billions of stars
Because I'm down in a narrow basin, on the edge of the lake in Colorado, and surrounded by trees as well, I don't see as much of the night sky as I would like. But on clear, still nights, the entire sky is reflected in the lake. And when the moon is full I can read by it.
And just a few miles up the road toward the summit of Slumgullion Pass there is an overlook, and from there the sky viewing is unbelievable. I used to rent a cabin up on a bald hill - that was the best sky viewing I ever had. I would lie outside on a chaise with binoculars for hours.
Relatively indefinitely.
Possibly.
Diebold.
Diebold is only plausible if the press narrative is there to support it. I'm not sure it is anymore.
NYMary
Yep. Exactly.
I have limited optimism.
And send dazed and jet-lagged birthday greetings to Thers.
You guys getting much sleep?
Ever stepped on a junebug in bare feet? Not fun. Not fatal to the junebug, either.
Eli | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 5:25 pm | #
Blech. When I was a kid, I was terrified of junebugs -- how they'd cluster on the window screen all menacing and evildoer-like. Used to hide under the sheets from them.
Maybe that's why I moved to the city.
I grew up in the city and when I'd go out stargazing I'd think, "What's the big deal? Where are all those glories I hear about?"
Then in my mid-20s I spent a night sleeping out on the shore of Lake Huron and thought, "Damn! That's what they were talking about!"
I work with quite a few folks who own a second home, but I don't think I could do it.
Still long for a second home out in the Hill country.
But if I had it, I'm afraid I'd never come back. It's a hermit's life for me....
Hecate,
Isn't there high-speed rail or mag-lev between DC and Morgantown, WV? My bro (who lives in the latter) said they were going to build it some years ago.
Man, I can't believe I humped that computer around. Fucker's heavy.
This is what leads to people winning Darwin Awards, this shit right here.
I would give my left nut, if I had one, to be able to write like Athenae. Girl, you are good.
But you support the troops.
just sayin' - 5:33 pm
not in Iraq...
they're murderous thugs, terrorizing the populace.
i support 'em home, in therapy, on pacifying drugs...
Company coming for dinner. Time to go clean.
Later bats.
W sounds terrible. Like there is something wrong with his nose. (It's higher, in the brain.)
Allergy season in Central California is pretty intense.
Three dollars for a gallon of gas is going to affect a lot more people than not. The next couple of weeks/months will determine the direction of this country.
I think I'll go put some more drugs into my body. I'm pushing seventy and still doing what I did at nineteen. I'm a real success story!
5 more American heroes died today, while Bushboy prattled in his radio address about hyrdogen cars to deflect criticism about the rising price of gasoline.
If the depraved moron hadn't invaded Iraq, those 5 American heroes probably wouldn't be dead and since oil production in Iraq has declined since the invasion, gas prices probably would be lower.
Nope. You and my friend Doug goin' were big incentives to make the long drive with the girls. When I found out that neither of you were goin', I didn't either.
Oh, I remember Doug! Well, if I hadn't had to go to Marlboro instead of NYC, I would've been there. And it looks like we're all blowing off our 15th reunion, too, so we'll have to make up some other excuse to give the kids beer.
Man, I can't believe I humped that computer around. Fucker's heavy.
watertiger, fecker
the humpty dance
is your chance
to do the hump
peoplw will complain about anything
especially here.
Duncan | 04.22.06 - 5:31 pm | #
i complain about bad spelling.
But you support the troops.
just sayin' | 04.22.06 - 5:33 pm |
Do you support the thugs robbing a bank? And if they all happen to be black, does this lack of support mean you hate black people? By "troops" you mean the unwinnable and immoral war that is devouring the military.
We want them to not be criminals, we want them to not be chewed up and wasted by a system that hates them, we wanmt them to live right; that's more support than any Chinese bumper sticker can give.
Aw, you should at least try it.
Okay, rorsch, if you make it and assure me I won't burn my lip or crack my tooth, I'll try it (wow, I never knew I was a party-wimp until this thread!!)
i complain about bad spelling.
her eyes
heh
looser
(i keed i keed)
Luna moth
I have a dead one.
It was flopping around on the door step at the apt where we used to live.
.
Allergy season in Central California is pretty intense.
plantsman
Is it rice chaff time yet?
And, wooooohooooo!!!! Second week in a row I've turned up rat-less!
Speaking of candidates for the Darwin Awards... I am sorry, but these people MUST be Bush supporters...
A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two women who accepted the offer, police said on Thursday.
One woman became suspicious after the man asked her to remove all her clothes and began conducting a purported genital exam without donning rubber gloves, investigators said.
maybe the cokespoon got stuck.
her eyes
That's my take.
I would give my left nut, if I had one, to be able to write like Athenae.
You and me both.
the humpty dance
is your chance
to do the hump
don't make me cue up that song, ya bastid!
on clear, still nights, the entire sky is reflected in the lake. And when the moon is full I can read by it.
I miss the Fortress of Solitude. Gotta bring Mex up there sometime soon.
Damn, I forgot to remind everyone to watch the C. Thomas Howell version of War Of The Worlds on Sci-Fi at 5:00.
I hope you can all find it in your hearts to forgive me.
You and me both.
Oh, I think you've got mad writing skillz, Mizz Thang.
I work with quite a few folks who own a second home, but I don't think I could do it. I always ask them if they don't feel guilty on the weekend when they don't go there.
A friend I grew up with's parents had the best solution.
They went in with three other couples that where life long friends and bought a nice lake house. They all shared it (rotating weekends, trading back and forth) for about twenty years, then they bought the other couples out and retired there.
If Bushboy and Cheneychins hadn't been kissing Big Oil's ass since the day they took office, and pushed for alternative energy sources as Al Gore would have, we might have less dependence and less demand for oil and gasoline in America today.
And hydrogen cars are way off. The only policy in the short term that would have any beneficial effect is CONSERVATION!
And that word is anathema to Bushboy and his fossil fuel buddies.
I miss the Fortress of Solitude.
I miss my house upstate. The peepers, the billions of stars, the raking...
With gas prices like they are its only going seriously effect the working poor and since when has the GOP given a shit about them?
Does the democratic party?
We had a luna moth hanging out around our front entryway a year or so ago. Glorious.
And we have a back field just designed for setting up the telescope, should you care to visit and do so.
Okay, rorsch, if you make it and assure me I won't burn my lip or crack my tooth, I'll try it (wow, I never knew I was a party-wimp until this thread!!)
whiskeyina
I promise. I've made them plenty of times, without a single fatality!
ya bastid!
watertiger, fecker
i'm an evil genius
I think I'll go put some more drugs into my body. I'm pushing seventy and still doing what I did at nineteen. I'm a real success story!
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka... | 04.22.06 - 5:36 pm | #
Talk about hitting the nail on the head. Ouch!
I would give my left nut, if I had one, to be able to write like Athenae. Girl, you are good.
Gave mine. Didn't help.
I hope you can all find it in your hearts to forgive me.
I turned it off, bro. Makes no sense whatsoever, even on the third try.
I'm opting for "Red River" on TNT. Shark terrorizes a couple on a Lousiana river.
Three dollars for a gallon of gas is going to affect a lot more people than not. The next couple of weeks/months will determine the direction of this country.
mer,
Maybe, but there are a lot of folks who won't care. As I noted in a thread below, I sit behind Cadillac Escalades and Hummers every day and they all have exactly one person in them, chatting on the cell phone. They can pay it and they will. How the women who clean my home or the guys who gather outside 7-11 waiting for day-labor jobs are going to make it is a whole different question.
Luna moth
I have a dead one.
It was flopping around on the door step at the apt where we used to live.
I once found a scorpionfly (IIRC). My dad and I took it to the entomologist at the Museum of Natural History to identify it, and he was pretty psyched about it (I think he had only seen a female one, and this one was male, or vice versa). Gave us a nice little tour of his office and critters.
I miss New York.
I'm opting for "Red River" on TNT. Shark terrorizes a couple on a Lousiana river.
watertiger, fecker
Heh. Me too.
Damn, I forgot to remind everyone to watch the C. Thomas Howell version of War Of The Worlds on Sci-Fi at 5:00.
I think I'll watch Gettysburg instead.
I promise. I've made them plenty of times, without a single fatality!
Yet.
You and me both.
NYMary |
Yeah, when I read her and remember she's only what 25? it makes me want to just pack it in.
You and me both.
NYMary |
Yeah, when I read her and remember she's only what 25? it makes me want to just pack it in.
I miss my house upstate. The peepers, the billions of stars, the raking...
I ordered a damn mic for my old iPod so I record those loud motherfuckers, but it hasn't arrived yet. Billions of stars, we got. And I don't rake.
Yet.
NYMary | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 5:41 pm | #
Hey! I'm a licensed bartender. A professional, dammit!
I miss my house upstate. The peepers, the billions of stars, the raking...
Out of everything, I think my dad was saddest about giving up his 40s Gravely lawnmower. It was like a loud, chain-smoking member of the family.
Canada scrambles to assert sovereignty in Arctic
By David Ljunggren Fri Apr 21, 8:17 AM ET
CORNWALLIS ISLAND, Nunavut (Reuters) - After decades of virtually ignoring its remote, frozen Arctic lands, Canada is belatedly trying to assert its sovereignty over a gigantic region rich in mineral resources.
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Ottawa's problem is that it has little idea of what is going on in the North and far too few resources to patrol the area properly.
And that could be bad news when climate change and the appetite for energy and commodities mean the world is suddenly paying more attention to an incredibly inhospitable place.
Howdy, folks. Whats new besides Saturday?
Oh, I remember Doug!
Doug's daughter Olivia comes to my daycare.
Do you see Evan often? I saw him for a quick hello when I brought the girls to the city to see Christo's Gates last year. But I'm not really in touch besides holiday cards.
whiskeyina, are you living in the Northampton area? My daughter, looking at colleges, fell in love with Mt. Holyoke, so we're going to go up and check the area out. Any words of advice?
It's a hermit's life for me....
Given the right piece of property in New Mexico, if I wasn't married, I could just disappear. I really like being alone.
I suspect I'd go into a town from time to time, because I do like people, too. But Splendid Isolation is very close to my heart.
Oh, how sweet:
"your dog has bigger balls than you."
From IP 64.235.165.168. Susquehanna...is that in the heart of Pennsyltucky?
Howdy, folks. Whats new besides Saturday?
Barndog, Retired
Kittens in suitcases and bathtubs, for one thing.
bush blows smoke up everybody's ass talking about alternative fuel, bla bla bla, it could've and should've happened sooner, something should have, big oil runs this country, big oil and haliburton, and that's why nothing is done about the price of gas or the iraq war.
oh, and the credit card companies, as joe fuckhead lieberman can tell you. they want people to live beyond their means and tally up their credit cards. and now that you can't be protected fully by bankruptcy, that's another ace in the hole for them.
why do you think they advertise suvs and other land yachts? they're a status symbol. i know a family down the street, they have 5 oversized pick up trucks! each kid has one, the mother has one, and the father has two! WTF!
And I don't rake.
Actually, after the second year I said, "oh, fuck it, I'll mulch 'em instead." Ran the lawnmower over all those leaves...
so many birches, so little time.
"Maybe, but there are a lot of folks who won't care. As I noted in a thread below, I sit behind Cadillac Escalades and Hummers every day and they all have exactly one person in them, chatting on the cell phone. They can pay it and they will. How the women who clean my home or the guys who gather outside 7-11 waiting for day-labor jobs are going to make it is a whole different question."
--Hecate, Grammar Fag
I agree, a little. I can probably pay more for gas, but I'm thinking the vast majority of Americans cannot.
Isn't there high-speed rail or mag-lev between DC and Morgantown, WV?
Not sure. I ususally go to either Berkley Springs or the Greenbriar when i go. If I were a billionaire, I'd buy a house near the Greenbriar and retire there with books, wireless, and Miss Thing. Shorter gardening season up there, though.
I know there's regular Amtrack service to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.
so many birches, so little time.
Birches, man!
on clear, still nights, the entire sky is reflected in the lake. And when the moon is full I can read by it.
I miss the Fortress of Solitude. Gotta bring Mex up there sometime soon.
NTodd, Bungholier
It's what I'm turning the compound into, bit by bit. In fourteen months, insh'allah, I'll turn the key and that'll be it. May go outside every week or so, but not much more than that. Can you say recluse? I knew you could.
I miss my house upstate. The peepers, the billions of stars, the raking...
watertiger, fecker
Ooh! The treefrogs, chorusfrogs, spring peepers, cute little toads, and a bunch of different species of lizards, newts, and salamanders. And we haven't even begun to list the various birds. I love my place. It's the shizzle, baby.
Do you see Evan often?
Only when I'm in the city and we can grab lunch and/or drinks after work. It was easier when he lived in Mt Kisco or Northampton!
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Saturday said
Iraq's choice for a new leader is a patriot and "somebody with whom we can work," even if he disagrees with the United States on certain issues.
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Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, obviously relieved that months of political deadlock seemed to be at an end, said the U.S. will try to help strengthen Iraq's first permanent democratically selected government.
"It's a good day for Iraq, an important day for Iraq," Rice told reporters in a conference call not long after Iraq's president designated Jawad al-Maliki to form the new government.
President Bush, traveling in California, was encouraged that the Iraqis had turned a corner "on their path to democracy," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.
Birches, man!
Mars, birches!
Rice has never met al-Maliki, but did hold an awkward meeting with al-Jaafari in Baghdad this month. Although she did not disguise her lack of enthusiasm for al-Jaafari then, Rice had warm words for him on Saturday.
"I think he made a patriotic decision" in stepping aside as the Shiite candidate, "in order to pave the way for a resolution of what had become a quite difficult situation," Rice said. "His efforts and his act of personal courage there is to be appreciated and we do appreciate it."
Bush had hailed the elections as a milestone on the way to a stable democracy capable of defending itself. The administration viewed the stalemate over al-Jaafari with mounting frustration, although recent blunt statements from Bush and Rice about the need to move forward had no immediate effect.
Al-Jaafari had dug in his heels, partly in response to the U.S. pressure, and it took a change of heart last week from two Shiite clerics — backer al-Sadr and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to persuade al-Jaafari he was through.
The administration's quick and high-profile response to the weekend political events in Iraq reflected the high stakes the situation poses for Bush.
Just 35 percent of the public approved of Bush's handling of Iraq in AP-Ipsos polling this month.
Only 40 percent of the public approved of Bush's performance on foreign policy and the war on terror, another low-water mark for his presidency and down 9 points from a year ago. Just before the 2002 election, 64 percent of registered voters backed Bush on terror and foreign policy
Cost of filling up a diesel Clio in the UK that does 40+ mpg? About $60. Pardon me if I can't bring myself to cry any tears over reality dawning in the US.
Ooh! The treefrogs, chorusfrogs, spring peepers, cute little toads, and a bunch of different species of lizards, newts, and salamanders.
I think the sound of peepers at night with a light rain falling is my favorite sound in the world.
Many people are amazed to see a meteor.
Used to see them almost nitely on the coast of Conn, especially out on the water.
.
birches ain';t shit
but hos and tricks?
Two things I'm seriously considering: a Honda scooter for running those lil errands around town. Then, a Banks engineering diesel kit for my truck - which will set me back around $2500 without installation (about 6 hours).
Although it's a pricy bolt-on kit, I can boost my MPG on the hwy between 4-7 mpg while towing, and upwards of 10 dry.
Doing the quick math - that averages out to a savings of $40/tank @$3.00/gallon. I figure it would pay for itself within 3 yrs time.
"Patriot" and "patriotic" appear to be the new buzzwords for Iraqi politicians...
Jackass Bush, traveling in California, was encouraged that the Iraqis had turned a corner "on their path to democracy," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.
olexicon,Sir Humpty
He's really living in fantasyland, isn't he?
For describing them, that is.
"Patriot" and "patriotic" appear to be the new buzzwords for Iraqi politicians...
Eli
And certain stupid jerkoff trolls!
Nora | 04.22.06 - 5:44 pm | #
I am a big cheerleader for this area. I'd be happy to answer any questions...
Oh, tigre: you have jelly babies.
Ideal for biting the heads off in front of lunatic forced pregnancy types.
Eli, do you happen to remember the name of the entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History? There's a good chance he's a relative of mine.
And I don't rake.
It's excellent exercise. Just ask me.
Eli, do you happen to remember the name of the entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History? There's a good chance he's a relative of mine.
No, it was way too long ago. Probably 20-25 years.
Too bad I already got Thers's present....
Iraqis had turned a corner
Oh no! They've run out of propaganda and are having to recycle the old phrases!
Ideal for biting the heads off in front of lunatic forced pregnancy types.
pseud, you are da bomb.
Oh no! They've run out of propaganda and are having to recycle the old phrases!
I think the propaganda is on a loop.
Ugh. The teen needs a ride or we don't get babysitting tonight. Later!
Too bad I already got Thers's present....
I'm disappointed it didn't involve a French Maid outfit.
And I don't rake.
It's excellent exercise. Just ask me.
I prefer endeavors that have no actual tangible outcome, such as biking!
But, since you asked me to ask: dare I ask, how excellent is raking as exercise?
Eli, was his name Rozen by any chance?
just loaned gas to some one - for his lawnmowing business. What a crazy world.
btw at 10 a.m. on KERA in Dallas tomorrow, the interview with Mary Mapes is on. i'm the longhaired broad in the front row, if there's an audience shot..www.frtv.org will have the show after 10
"Too bad I already got Thers's present...."
--NYMary
So, when is your birthday?
Ideal for biting the heads off in front of lunatic forced pregnancy types.
pseud, you are da bomb.
Jelly babies are delicious.
I, uh, may have gone to a Dr. Who convention once...
another corner in iraq? country looks like a maze at this point.
and it took a change of heart last week from two Shiite clerics — backer al-Sadr and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to persuade al-Jaafari he was through.
So the Mullahs are calling the shots already. Mission Accomplished (if you are Iran that is).
Just think, in a few short years, people will be daubing gasoline behind their ears instead of
Calvin Klein's Infirmity..............and a jar of Vaseline will sit in the Smithsonian, surrrounded by guards.
Then, a Banks engineering diesel kit for my truck - which will set me back around $2500 without installation (about 6 hours).
what is this thing?
i have a Ford f-250 diesel ('99), which i plan to keep forever...i'd love to get another 10mpg...i put about 10k/yr on the truck...it'd be like getting 1000 miles fer free...
baH!
Well, the girls want to go play in the rain. Brrrr...
Here I go...
Oh no! They've run out of propaganda and are having to recycle the old phrases!
Hecate, Grammar Fag
All the Rush/Fox "talking points."
Eli, was his name Rozen by any chance?
Honestly, there's no way I would remember. But I was under the impression that he was the main entomologist at the museum, so if that was him in the early-to-mid-80s, we met and he's a real nice guy.
Bushboy time-bombs that will or are going off as we speak:
1. Fossil fuel price increases thanks to his failure to keep his oath to implement the Kyoto accords and his failure to promote alternative energy or conservation.
2. Federal budget deficits that cause the Fed to raise interest rates to keep foreigners buying our ever increasing debt.
3. When the Real Estate bubble bursts, thanks to the loss of American jobs and/or wages to support the previous level of home purchases be sure you don't have an adjustable rate mortgage or you may find yourself with a house that you can't sell for what you paid for it, while your monthly mortgage continues to rise.
The biggest losers as Bushboy's time-bombs go off however, will be the next generation. They will have to carry the brunt of the burden of his debts, his errant war and environmental blunders.
But, since you asked me to ask: dare I ask, how excellent is raking as exercise?
NTodd, Bungholier
According to the University of Iowa, combat raking uses about 300-400 calories an hour.
I ususally go to either Berkley Springs or the Greenbriar when i go.
My parents have a place near Berkley Springs, its nice up there.
And I don't rake.
It's excellent exercise. Just ask me.
Hecate, Grammar Fag
I found raking to be pretty zen-like in that it's repitious, but you still have to be mindful.
Still, I don't really rake. My sister does, or at least she did until they acquired a "lawn sweeper." I can hardly wait till the fall when I get to see her getting jiggy with it. Ooh! baby!
Leaves are for composting, not raking. Hello? Leaf mold anyone? Still, I drive by these houses with these enormous yards (what the fuck is that about?) and sack after sack of leaves that are begging me to haul them away and turn them into a lovely soil amendment.
Raking is excellent upper-body exercise. i do it from September through March. What's really fun is when there are lots of acorns and they get a little wet -- it can get mildly aerobic at that point. And the bending over and picking up the leaves to bag them! That's so much fun!
According to the University of Iowa, combat raking uses about 300-400 calories an hour.
Ever time I try to rake, I spend about 5 minutes on it and then give up. That's almost 40 calories!
And I don't rake.
It's excellent exercise. Just ask me.
Not a fan of raking, but mowing with a motorless push-mower is a good workout. Plus, nothing pisses me off more than the noise of gas mowers waking me early on weekend mornings...
Except, perhaps, leafblowers, which are the most inane bit of technology there is.
So, all right. Do I go outside and put together my new wrought iron chairs, clean the patio and lysol under the kitchen sink, or do I sit here numbly drinking champagne. Cheap champagne, granted, but still.
And the bending over and picking up the leaves to bag them! That's so much fun!
Um...I'd prefer biking and sex.
The White House is not happy with the new Iraqi PM nominee. They wanted some other dude who used to be an Iranian spy.
And the bending over and picking up the leaves to bag them! That's so much fun!
Um...I'd prefer biking and sex.
I'd prefer just having sex twice...
And the bending over and picking up the leaves to bag them! That's so much fun!
I was such a sucker for all the accoutrement marketed to the home & garden crowd. A big pegged bag that you just raked leaves directly into, and then hauled off, the rake that scooped up the leaves...
Finally, I just said: mulch.
so many birches, so little time.
watertiger, fecker
Number seven.
The.....larch!
So, all right. Do I go outside and put together my new wrought iron chairs, clean the patio and lysol under the kitchen sink, or do I sit here numbly drinking champagne. Cheap champagne, granted, but still.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
Clearly, the latter.
The White House is not happy with the new Iraqi PM nominee. They wanted some other dude who used to be an Iranian spy.
See, here's the thing: If you want a democracy in a majority Shi'ite country, it means you're gonna get a Shi'ite prime minister.
Aw, you should at least try it.
Or a Chambord Mind Eraser, another specialty of mine from back in the bartending days...
rorschach - 5:32 pm
Ah yes. But have you tried a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster?
The White House is not happy with the new Iraqi PM nominee. They wanted some other dude who used to be an Iranian spy.
You run the country with the Iranian spy you have, not the Iranian spy you would like to have.
And I don't rake.
It's excellent exercise. Just ask me.
Hecate, Grammar Fag
Try pushing a gasoline mower up a 30º slope. Jeebus. I just did it and I feel like I've gotten my workout for the week.
(Still, better a Shi'ite prime minister than a shite preznit...)
Leaf mold is like gold if you garden with members of the Rhododendron clan, dog-tooth violets, trilliums, and such. Smells lovely, too.
well, this movie was silly. poor lou diamond phillips.
MULCH!!!!!!!
Finally, finally, after all these years, we return to the topic of topics, the one, motherlode of experience, that which informs us all.....
MULCH!!!!! Oh, I could tell you stories.....
Ah yes. But have you tried a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster?
Gimlet
If I have, there's no earthly way I would remember.
Woody -
http://www.bankspower.com/System...AC08&
sysid=SC28
Scroll thru to find the Ford stuff - if not I can look some up for you. Diesels operate on a simple premise - intake and exhaust - the more air they can get, the more efficiently they operate.
But - let me know if there isn't anything on the page there to help you out. I have access to lots of that type of information.
LOTS.
(Still, better a Shi'ite prime minister than a shite preznit...)
Eli
Word, birches!
(Still, better a Shi'ite prime minister than a shite preznit...)
Eli
Word, birches!
Clearly, the latter.
rorschach - 6:01 pm
woulda been my recommendation, too...
'cept i'm pushin' 70, actin' 19, and feelin 40...whaddafuckdeweyeknow...
well, this movie was silly. poor lou diamond phillips.
Minotaur's on at 7. I'm sure that will cancel it out.
The Old Man From Scene 24 | 04.22.06 - 6:02 pm |
When are these Muslims going to accept that democracy means doing what we say?
well, this movie was silly. poor lou diamond phillips.
watertiger, fecker
Oh, c'mon! Killing a shark in such a manner?
Pure cinematic genius!
I am a big cheerleader for this area. I'd be happy to answer any questions...
whiskeyina
My oldest son graduated from Hampshire College.
We always enjoyed our visits, esp. to "NoHo".
The Teapot and La Vera Crusana(sp?) were nice places to eat.
woulda been my recommendation, too...
'cept i'm pushin' 70, actin' 19, and feelin 40...whaddafuckdeweyeknow...
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka...
Whada baby.... Wait til you get to be 104 and you're still out being a rake.
Leaf mold is like gold if you garden with members of the Rhododendron clan
Have a beautiful rhody with big fat buds on it back in the woodland garden. It seems to like the acidic mulch of the oak leaves that it gets by virtue of being surrounded by oak trees.
MAMMOTH!!!!!
It's a slightly larger elephant!
well, this movie was silly. poor lou diamond phillips.
watertiger, fecker
Oh, c'mon! Killing a shark in such a manner?
Pure cinematic genius!
Wait... Did Lou Diamond Phillips play the shark, or did they just use him to kill the shark?
Except, perhaps, leafblowers, which are the most inane bit of technology there is. And very irritating!
Blow your mess................OVER THERE!!!
Hey, this Geezer ain't so far behind ya.
Have a beautiful rhody with big fat buds on it back in the woodland garden.
I am torn between "If I told you you had a beautiful rhody, would you hold it against me?" and "I like big buds and I cannot lie"...
You know what they need to do in a movie is have a huge mass bull elephant seals -- which are transcendantly ugly and bigger than your car -- rampaging for no good reason, hell, do it miles inland away from any ocean.
MAMMOTH!!!!!
It's a slightly larger elephant!
Possessed by ALIENS!!!
Battery almost dead. I'll be leaving abruptly soon, I fear...
I am torn between "If I told you you had a beautiful rhody, would you hold it against me?" and "I like big buds and I cannot lie"...
It's so difficult having such a huge literary repository...
You know what they need to do in a movie is have a huge mass bull elephant seals -- which are transcendantly ugly and bigger than your car -- rampaging for no good reason, hell, do it miles inland away from any ocean.
I don't think the audience would be able to buy that... unless they were possessed by ALIENS!!!
The thing about oak leaves is that they're very tough and don't decompose easily. You kind of have to chop them up some or they'll still be intact years later. And don't get me started on acorns . . . .
peace and 'umptiness forever
Blow your mess................OVER THERE!!!
plantsman | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 6:05 pm | #
With a heavy, noisy, smelly machine!
Whee!
(and were there "mammoth seals" during the ice age?)
Hecate: enjoy your rhody's show! The spot sounds ideal!
Cheap champagne, granted, but still.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
Aw, you worked a full week last. Sit and enjoy the champers.
MAMMOTH!!!!!
It's a slightly larger elephant!
Possessed by ALIENS!!!
Eli | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 6:06 pm |
On a plane!
Held by terrorists!
During a tornado!
well, this movie was silly. poor lou diamond phillips.
watertiger, fecker
What movie is it? My all-time favorite bad Lou Diamond Phillips flick is Dangerous Touch, which he wrote, directed, stars in, and has frequent sex with a very naked, very hot Kate Vernon.
Yeah, I want to write and direct my own movies too. *cough*
I am torn between "If I told you you had a beautiful rhody, would you hold it against me?" and "I like big buds and I cannot lie"...
Eli
Best to leaf it alone.
(and were there "mammoth seals" during the ice age?)
Eli | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 6:08 pm | #
Sabre-toothed seals!
On a plane!
Held by terrorists!
During a tornado!
An *atomic* tornado.
Best to leaf it alone.
This is what happens when I get all thorny.
I'm not sure how folks are going to make it on a fixed income.
mer | 04.22.06 - 4:39 pm
they're not...
it's their solution to the medicare problem: dead, they need no assistance...
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Hey, I don't know if anyone's still on topic here, but I noticed that Drum gave 20% as amount taxed on the average salary of $44,000... I make less than that a year and am in the 28% or so tax bracket... that would change the figures (for the worse) dramatically, and I'm wondering if anyone else can give me info on how much of your income goes to paying income taxes (local, state, fed), percentagewise. I don't even want to consider sales tax.
Just curious (if anyone is still talking about the topic...)
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Actually, gas is a relatively minor cost of driving, at the margin:
Monthly car payment: $400
Insurance: $50
Maintenance: $50 (average)
So let's say $500 per month. And face it, it can be more than that ($600).
Gas: 4 fill ups a month @ $2.00 =
60 gals x $2.00 = $120
60 gals x $3.00 = $180
So, $60 difference. Not nothing, but not that much. Like 10% of the total cost. Alighter foot could take of a lot of that.
MAMMOTH!!!!!
It's a slightly larger elephant!
Possessed by ALIENS!!!
Eli | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 6:06 pm |
On a plane!
Held by terrorists!
During a tornado!
Chased by a shark!
Best to leaf it alone.
This is what happens when I get all thorny.
Eli
You have to stem this sort of thing early before it takes root.
The Repukes wanted Ali al-Adeeb in the PM job. Much tighter with Tehran than the current nominee, who has Syrian connections.
No, the plane is atomic. The tornado is actually a huge growing-together of hundreds of ghosts.
What movie is it? My all-time favorite bad Lou Diamond Phillips flick is Dangerous Touch, which he wrote, directed, stars in, and has frequent sex with a very naked, very hot Kate Vernon.
Hey, is that Mrs Col Tigh from BSG?
Leaf mold is like gold if you garden with members of the Rhododendron clan, dog-tooth violets, trilliums, and such. Smells lovely, too.
My house is in the Rhododendron country. The promised land of all Rhodies. I can't grow them at all, however. I found out that the soil around the house was replaced when it was sort of straightened. Maybe in a few years the soil is acid enough again.
acidic mulch of the oak leaves that it gets by virtue of being surrounded by oak trees.
If I'm not mistaken, they are in the same family as azaleas, and azaleas likewise thrive in acidic soil. I've not been successful with them; I finally decided they were more trouble than they were worth. Also hydrangeas.
We don't have much sun to work with.
My house is in the Rhododendron country. The promised land of all Rhodies. I can't grow them at all, however. I found out that the soil around the house was replaced when it was sort of straightened. Maybe in a few years the soil is acid enough again.
Echidne of the snakes
Coffee grounds, tea leaves, and oak leaves work well as soil amendments when you need to reduce the pH.
Give the shark tentacles and gender confusion.
Chased by a shark!
Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see.
Coffee grounds, tea leaves, and oak leaves work well as soil amendments when you need to reduce the pH.
I tried all these things and others, and I killed about ten rhodies before I gave up. My next door neighbor, only a few yards away, has lovely specimens.
Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see.
I thought it was Jimmy Carter riding a monstrous bunny.
I tried all these things and others, and I killed about ten rhodies before I gave up. My next door neighbor, only a few yards away, has lovely specimens.
Echidne of the snakes
Then the problem may be something other than soil pH. I've grown some lovely rhodies in little more than sand and gravel in direct sunlight.
Black walnuts are a pain in the butt!
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Tena,
True, I have some azaleas back there as well and they love it. I didn't know you could grow them as far West and South as Texas. The National Arboretum in DC has the hugest most amazing azaleas I've ever seen. Clumps ten feet high of every color imaginable.
Evolutionists hold that seals, manatees, whales and dolphins are all descendants of dog-like terrestrial animals who decided to go back into the water. I'm hardly an expert, but the fossil record is pretty clear.
Seals are rather the halfway mammals in the return to the sea. Penguins and certain cormorants occupy a similar position among birds, but no bird has ever become so aquatic as a dolphin or whale.
I'd like to know what tigers fond of water might evolve into.
A peanut-powered bunny.
Black walnuts are a pain in the butt!
That's why I use a nutcracker instead of my ass to open them.
Then the problem may be something other than soil pH. I've grown some lovely rhodies in little more than sand and gravel in direct sunlight.
The soil should be quite rich. This used to be a bogland at some point. Rhodies should do well. Hollies thrive and hydrangeas thrive. Maybe it's me that the rhodies don't like.
Black walnuts are a pain in the butt!
Only if you... nah never mind.
I'm outta here.
Here's to better days, my friends.
I'd like to know what tigers fond of water might evolve into.
Draco | 04.22.06 - 6:16 pm |
On a carousel near where we grew up they had this gorgeous mer-tiger (watertiger?) in shades of green and orange.
Incidentally we earlier this week griped about a disingenous hate radio guy who was dismissed the legged-fish fossil as no different than a seal.
Evolutionists hold that seals, manatees, whales and dolphins are all descendants of dog-like terrestrial animals who decided to go back into the water.
None of them would ever evolve from me. I like sailing, but I hate swimming, mostly because of the monsters.
True, I have some azaleas back there as well and they love it. I didn't know you could grow them as far West and South as Texas.
Oh my god - we have famous banks of azaleas along Turtle Creek in the spring. There's as much traffic looking at them as there is looking at Christmas lights.
Dallas can't be further south than Atlanta and Atlanta is famous for its azaleas, too.
My favorites of the Rhody clan are some hybrids of sub-tropical orgin, I believe, that are powerfully and deliciously fragrant -- one lovely could be smelled from 50 feet away!
Iirc, poisonous serpents account for the greatest number of human fatalities
which are NOT attributable to other human agency...
behind them, i think, are hippos, and then mebbe gators/crocs...
Woody - rememeber these numbers I quoted are 'not actual and may vary'.. just so you know that.
They always sell on HP and Torque, but anyone knows the way you drive a diesel makes all the difference in the world as to the overall economy of the vehicle. I pulled 20.7 mpg on the way to Kentucky - with my topper on and a headwind - running winter blend fuel.
Back, going uphill - I haven't done the math yet - but estimating somewhere around 18.5-19 as it's was uphill and more city driving.
I sure won't complain for a 7400 lb diesel 3/4 ton 4 door 4x4 truck that rides like a station wagon.
None of them would ever evolve from me. I like sailing, but I hate swimming, mostly because of the monsters.
NTodd, Bungholier
Okay, one more...
Just remember, if you are ever stung by a jellyfish, you can alleviate the pain by pissing on my shoes.
Echidne, there may be limestone or concrete chunks in the soil you are trying to grow rhodys in. Make a raised bed or planter box to put them in, and also setup a drip system, since a raised planter box needs more water.
Iirc, poisonous serpents account for the greatest number of human fatalities
Self-defense, medears, self-defense.
Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer, and Heinrich Himmler was a chicken farmer. Coincidence?
Just remember, if you are ever stung by a jellyfish, you can alleviate the pain by pissing on my shoes.
I am all over pissing on your shoes.
Hecate - we can't grow rhododendrons here - we are too far south for them.
That's why I use a nutcracker instead of my ass to open them.
NTodd, Bungholier
Nutcracker!
I ran over them with a car.
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Say, if anybody ever wants to kill me, feed me black walnuts. It'll take about one and a half and I'll go straight into anaphylactic shock. In case anyone's interested.
Heh. This is what greeted the Preznit in Mt. Helena, CA, when he went for his bike ride this afternoon.
My liver is fucked. My remaining brain cell isn't doing so great either.
Fuck it, I'm gonna do some more drugs.
Black walnuts are a pain in the butt!?
You're supposed to crack them open and only eat the meat inside.
Echidne, there may be limestone or concrete chunks in the soil you are trying to grow rhodys in.
You're most likely correct, because the house was propped up before I bought it (it's a moneyless person's McManor). But making a raised bed would not go with my landscaping plans now that I have the hollies where the rhodies were supposed to go.
I might try one of the deciduous ones that plantman mentioned in the back. They have truly lovely perfumes.
The time is coming when the number of human deaths attributable to ducks passes that of snakes.
Black walnuts are a pain in the butt!
agave | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 6:16 pm | #
I once heard a neighbor, recently embarked on a new diet, yell "This fucking parsley is more trouble than it's worth!"
She was grateful the next day when I brought over some homemade cole slaw (green and red cabbage, carrots, green bell peppers, celery, green onions) sans dressing and told her to add her own.
I later learned she chose French onion dip
Right, I'm going to go sit out on the patio, drink a gin & tonic or two and read the New Yorker. Later Liberal Elitists.
The time is coming when the number of human deaths attributable to ducks passes that of snakes.
kei & yuri
Also treacherous quail.
Heh. This is what greeted the Preznit in Mt. Helena, CA, when he went for his bike ride this afternoon.
Pffft. When he encounters manure, escapee cows and farm dogs nipping at his heels, then he'll have had a bad bike ride.
Hey, is that Mrs Col Tigh from BSG?
NTodd, Bungholier
The same.
Pffft. When he encounters manure, escapee cows and farm dogs nipping at his heels, then he'll have had a bad bike ride.
My ex-bil was attacked by a cat when he was riding his bike.
Echidne, well besides a raised planter, the other answer is to dig a really large hole in the ground and fill that in with acid soil. Plant your rhodies there.
I just thought the planter box would be easier.
I tried all these things and others, and I killed about ten rhodies before I gave up. My next door neighbor, only a few yards away, has lovely specimens.
I had a friend whose boyfriend like to pile up oyster shells around and on top of the roots of her rhodies. Plus she never watered them in summer.
Oyster shells break down into calcium carbonate, or lime - Rhodies don't do lime. The moral: ask the neighbor who is having luck. There must be a reason.
He's not really exercising that freaking often. It's a cover for falling-down injuries from when he gets blasted in secret.
Self-defense, medears, self-defense.
Echidne of the snakes | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 6:21 pm
indisssssputably goddess...
i once did an etymological study of the Chinese glyph 'chowng'...its physical appearance resembles an alert, hooded serpent...the character is called a radical, and it appears in 'words'--ideograms--as diverse as cockroach and marzipan...
Nutcracker!
I ran over them with a car.
As far as I know, that's the only thing that works. They are incredibly tough.
The time is coming when the number of human deaths attributable to ducks passes that of snakes.
When Avian flu crosses the human-to-human threshold, include chickens.
Here in Austin, it ain't walnuts.
It's the fucking pecan trees that are a pain in the ass. The seedlings sprout everywhere, and the trees drop branches all the time.
Fuckers.
GWPDA--Do you have to carry around one of those epi-pins to jab yourself in the leg with, in case of exposure to black walnuts?
I had a roommate with precisely one allergy--mangoes--and it was deadly. He wouldn't even drink soft drinks, as the fructose might have been derived from some wholesaler with a truckload of mangoes about to spoil. Always had his epi-pin
Say, if anybody ever wants to kill me, feed me black walnuts. It'll take about one and a half and I'll go straight into anaphylactic shock. In case anyone's interested.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
That's terrifying. Somehow I have managed to make it to age 39 never having been stung by a bee or wasp. I have no idea what will happen - perhaps something similar. I keep a bee sting kit in the house just in case.
Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see.
Yeah, give me an army of those, and I could totally rule Iraq.
Oh, well. The army you have, and all that crap.
evening moonbats
Is Echidne having trouble with her rhodybuilding efforts?
My ex-bil was attacked by a cat when he was riding his bike.
THAT is something I've never experienced.
Ach, I'm gonna do a damned podcast if it kills me. Later.
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka... | 04.22.06 - 6:26 pm | #
Etymology is fascinating. Did you know "sugar" and "crocodile" come from the same Sanskrit word root? They don't sound much alike or have much in common, do they? But look it up!
It's the fucking pecan trees that are a pain in the ass. The seedlings sprout everywhere, and the trees drop branches all the time,
But pecans won't grow too many places. And fresh, sweet pecan meats are heavenly!
Chavez faces opposition protests
Thousands of Venezuelans opposed to Hugo Chavez, the country's president, lay down on the main avenue of an upscale area of capital Caracas on Saturday to protest violent crime they say has shot up under his rule.
Several thousand demonstrators drew chalk silhouettes evoking murder scenes around themselves and lay across the avenue in the latest opposition protest sparked by the recent high-profile kidnapping murders of three schoolboys.
"You go out into the street in Venezuela and you're scared," said Ana Virginia Gil, 23, holding a banner bearing the photograph of a friend she said was killed after being kidnapped for a month in the western state of Anzoategui.
The execution-style killings of three young brothers, kidnapped on their way to school, earlier this month has heightened fears over violent crime, especially among middle- and upper-class opponents of the leftist president.
I had a roommate with precisely one allergy--mangoes--and it was deadly. He wouldn't even drink soft drinks, as the fructose might have been derived from some wholesaler with a truckload of mangoes about to spoil. Always had his epi-pin
Jebus. My lips get chapped if I don't eat mangoes carefully, but that's about the extent of it...
But pecans won't grow too many places.
If only my yard were among the places where they won't...
Echidne - a mulch of pine needles and/or oak leaves will add acid to the soil, although rather slowly.
As Drum points out, the median income een thees country ees about $44,000.
¿Can anyone here find any policy, or any law, enacted een the last 5 1/2 years, that has helped pipples weeth thees eencome?
¿eh?
I had a roommate with precisely one allergy--mangoes--and it was deadly. He wouldn't even drink soft drinks, as the fructose might have been derived from some wholesaler with a truckload of mangoes about to spoil. Always had his epi-pin
When I was a kid, peanuts almost killed me. (Something similar did kill my brother.)
If only my yard were among the places where they won't...
Sorry to rub it in.
¿Can anyone here find any policy, or any law, enacted een the last 5 1/2 years, that has helped pipples weeth thees eencome?
I think the first wave of tax cuts reduced their annual tax burden by, like, $500 or something.
I think the first wave of tax cuts reduced their annual tax burden by, like, $500 or something.
Eli |
does that work out "fairly", percentage-wise?
This is such particularly lazy Nazi shit. On a continent where twenty years ago a holocaust of mass disappearances silenced dissent, wealthy bastard parasites are protesting in public because conditions are so bad? These pieces of shit protesting are the same people who failed in a coup attempt! You know what happened in the Soyuz after a failed assassination attempt against Lenin?! Chavez is the most democratic leader in the world right now. We would not be nearly so nice.
The shadowy and mysterious Codename V. is literally meat-intolerant. Due to a serious (and misdiagnosed) illness, she was given doses of antibiotic so massive that they killed *all* her bacteria, including the happy digestive kind.
She can't eat anything that has had any kind of meat content without getting ill.
I dunno gas is being figured at two dollars a gallon. Prices have more than doubled under bush.
I used to pay 160 a month on gas.Now I pay 320 a month.
does that work out "fairly", percentage-wise?
It's a shade over 1%...
--Kevin Drum is like the most intelligent mainstream liar out there, which still makes him a drooling imbicile willfully blind to every truly important thing.
kei & yuri
--bingo...
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka...--
Golly willikers, makes ya wonder how Atrios can even stand to link to a Crypto-Nazi like that. Bet he's stupid, ugly, and nobody likes him, either. Also probably can't even spell "imbecile", anyway, he's that dumb.
Mangoes are the most popular fruit in the world.
I think the first wave of tax cuts reduced their annual tax burden by, like, $500 or something.
Eli |
does that work out "fairly", percentage-wise?
Sarah Deere
I should clarify...
Any policy or law that has help thees pipples more than pipples weeth a much larger income.
so.
Golly willikers, makes ya wonder how Atrios can even stand to link to a Crypto-Nazi like that. Bet he's stupid, ugly, and nobody likes him, either. Also probably can't even spell "imbecile", anyway, he's that dumb.
Bob "Psssst" Abplanalp
Whatever.
Drum is banal.
...fears over violent crime, especially among middle- and upper-class opponents of the leftist president.
Moonbootica, Easy Rider - 6:31 pm
aint it a pip?
we hear of thousands of rich, white venezuelans demonstrating 2500 mi south, but it takes a million immigrants and their advocates to crack the headlines?
but, hey...you know...them noisy, smelly, dirty, criminal illegal immigrants dont control any oil...
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Watching the Lifetime Movie.
Besides all the children who were given up, women who were promised modeling jobs, and kidnapped women, it's a sad state of affairs.
Maybe Natalie was kidnapped.
I should clarify...
Any policy or law that has help thees pipples more than pipples weeth a much larger income.
I was actually offering up the $500 facetiously, as it seems pretty trivial compared to what the rich are getting.
¿Can anyone here find any policy, or any law, enacted een the last 5 1/2 years, that has helped pipples weeth thees eencome?
Our income over the last eight years has gone on a very steep rise, so it's very difficult for the tax cut to register in any calculations.
US welcomes new Iraqi leader
The United States has welcomed the breakthrough in Iraq's political deadlock and said the Shi'ite politician chosen to lead a new government was someone Washington could work with.
George Bush, the US president, said on Saturday that Iraqi leaders' agreement to form a new coalition government was a historic achievement that "will make America more secure."
Bush called the agreement an "important milestone" in Iraq's journey toward democracy, and said that it represented "compromise and consensus."
After months of mounting violence and political squabbling, Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president, on Saturday, asked Shi'ite politician Jawad al-Maliki to head the country's first full-term government since US forces invaded in March 2003 and toppled Saddam Hussein.
Of course, our taxable income has only risen slightly.
Yes, we misspelled something in a comment thread, so that must invalidate Drum's years of cheerful water-carrying for Power. In other news the Holocaust must not have happened given disagreement over capitalization.
Mangoes are the most popular fruit in the world.
kei & yuri | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 6:36 pm | #
Yeah, but lychee fruit are the badass outsiders who don't play by anybody's rules.
GWPDA--Do you have to carry around one of those epi-pins to jab yourself in the leg with, in case of exposure to black walnuts?
Nah, I've found them remarkably easy to avoid thru the years. Say, if I'm buying ice cream, I just notice which container is marked as "Black Walnut Ice Cream" and then I buy the burgundy cherry instead.
Penicillin or sulfa - well, that's a different story. You know that people put penicillin and variants into a whole buncha medicines and don't tell you about it? That's the other one that'll kill me, but I get nailed on that at the second dose, so there's enough time to run to the emergency room and make frantic signals for adrenaline....
Eli,
I do no know how well thees weel work,
but, once I knew a gato whose person fed her a small beet of yogurt whenever her keety-tummy got sore.
so.
Yeah, but lychee fruit are the badass outsiders who don't play by anybody's rules.
Part of me thinks they're aesthetically kinda slimy and gross, but most of me thinks they're pretty damn tasty.
I do no know how well thees weel work,
but, once I knew a gato whose person fed her a small beet of yogurt whenever her keety-tummy got sore.
She *is* rather fond of yoghurt - I'll ask her if that helps her at all...
The United States has welcomed the breakthrough in Iraq's political deadlock and said the Shi'ite politician chosen to lead a new government was someone Washington could work with.
I just bet they can.
Another dictator on the loose.
but I get nailed on that at the second dose, so there's enough time to run to the emergency room and make frantic signals for adrenaline....
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 6:39 pm
i guess it must be my by now famous (apparently) capacity for chemical intoxicants, but poison ivy doesn't bother me, insect stings and bites leave bumps, but little else...one of my sis's is however as allergic gwpda....
goes tashow yanever can tell...
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buhos-bot
so.
Iran not to halt oil exports
Iran will not cut its oil exports in a dispute with the West over its nuclear programme, the Iranian oil minister has said.
Oil prices have risen to record highs over $75 a barrel on concern shipments from Iran, the world's fourth biggest oil exporter, may be held back in the dispute.
"We strongly believe there is no reason for sanctions but in any case we will not cut our oil exports," Kazem Vaziri said on Saturday.
The United Nations Security Council may consider sanctions against Tehran after studying a report due on April 28 from the International Atomic Agency on whether Iran is meeting its demands for a halt to uranium enrichment.
She *is* rather fond of yoghurt - I'll ask her if that helps her at all...
Eli
And there's a new kind of yogurt fortified with a double extra amount of good digestifs. Dannon maybe?
Doctors make fun of me when I tell them that tetracycline is my friend - but I'm saving the hard core stuff for when I'm old and frail.
Bet he's stupid, ugly, and nobody likes him, either. Also probably can't even spell "imbecile", anyway, he's that dumb.
Glad you agree.
Golly willikers, makes ya wonder how Atrios can even stand to link to a Crypto-Nazi like that. Bet he's stupid, ugly, and nobody likes him, either. Also probably can't even spell "imbecile", anyway, he's that dumb.
Bob "Psssst" Abplanalp
So what is it that you don't agree with?
one of my maternal aunts is allergic to wasp stings, she has to carry a syringe with her wherever she goes.
Bob "Psssst" Abplanalp | 04.22.06 - 6:36 pm
How's spiro t doin in hell this milennium, pardner
i guess it must be my by now famous (apparently) capacity for chemical intoxicants, but poison ivy doesn't bother me, insect stings and bites leave bumps, but little else...one of my sis's is however as allergic gwpda....
goes tashow yanever can tell.
I have a natural immunity to poison ivy. I inherited it from my mom, so I bet you inherited yours. Mosquitoes don't like me, either.
--How's spiro t doin in hell this milennium, pardner
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka...--
He's performing nightly with Rebozo the Clown. He blows uo Rebozo's skirts (you didn't know about that?) with a giant spray can I made just for him.
Look, Kevin Drum is a moderate. He also is incredibly insulated by living in Irvine and not having to leave the house to earn a living.
But he has a good heart; he just needs to get out more.
It nicely avoids having to ask questions of Oil companies.
Boycott Exxon Mobil gas stations. Do not buy gasoline. Do not get your car repaired. Do not buy food or other convenience items at Exxon Mobil gas stations.
Force the Exxon Mobil station owners to lobby their parent company for $1.50 a gallon retail gasoline.
Call your local Exxon/Mobil stations and demand it. Then shift your gasoline buying and car repairs to another station.
http://www.boycott-republicans.com
Maybe a bad idea but I'll respond to Bjorn, upthread:
I don't have a car payment because I bought a cheap used car and paid cash. Insurance, sure, let's say $50/month. Maintenance is not $50/month -- let's say $75 every three months, or $25/month. I fill up once a week and it costs about $30 now, so that's $120 a month just in gas. The difference between $2 and $3 gas is $40, or almost as much as my insurance. And my car gets 35 mpg if I don't hit a lot of traffic.
If I do any "unnecessary" driving (to visit friends, etc.) then I'm looking at more than that. So yeah. The gas makes a difference.
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