I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Clap louder!
Second, but I tried harder!
"oh warrior?!"
Chocolate rations are up!
evening moonbats 
Great Strides Turning The Corner on the Last Throes at the End of the Tunnel...
jeezis, somebody stick a ball-gag in his gob, plezase...
I came across a list of our lies on some wingnut blog. They were fascinating, because there was a big logical or evidential blunder in each of their arguments. But now I can't remember where it was.
In any case, it showed why these people are deluded the way they are...
Chad Greenway!!
Didn't I hear this speech two years ago? I could swear I did.
Twirling, twirling, always twirling toward victory!
"There will be more tough fighting ahead in Iraq and more days of sacrifice and struggle," he cautioned.
Somebody tell me please what the fuck the nitwit in chief has sacrified. Not even one fucking vacation. asswipe.
"The Hustler" on TCM at 3:30. Paul Newman sure was nice to look at.
"There will be more tough fighting ahead in Iraq and more days of sacrifice and struggle," he cautioned.
Somebody tell me please what the fuck the nitwit in chief has sacrified. Not even one fucking vacation. asswipe.
"The Hustler" on TCM at 3:30. Paul Newman sure was nice to look at.
...the establishment of democracy in Iraq will be a double defeat for them,"
Ahhhhhh si, the democracy fairy weel just wave eet's leetle wand and the democracy unicorns weel fly throughout thees land, dispensing democracy hither and yon, and thees nasty ol' Iran-friendly Shiite-dominated theocracy that was going to run the country weel just *poof*, disappear, no?
no.
so.
Our very own Baghdad Bob. Wonderful.
"The Hustler" on TCM at 3:30. Paul Newman sure was nice to look at.
I'm sorry, you'll need to sacrifice that. NO TV!
OT: Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia cement left alliance
HAVANA (Reuters) - Leftist leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia met in Havana on Saturday to complete an integration agreement cast as an alternative to U.S. plans for a free-trade pact with the Latin American region.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived on Friday. They planned to sign the accord with Cuban President Fidel Castro on Saturday and participate in an evening rally in Havana's Revolution Square.
"This meeting is a great meeting of three generations, of three revolutions," Morales, who was elected in December, said upon arrival.
Castro came to power in a 1959 communist revolution, and Chavez first won election in 1998 to lead what he calls a "Bolivarian revolution."
On the plus side, Rove's indictment will pretty much put an end to this administration. Steve Gilliard has repeatedly said that he doesn't expect Chimpy to serve out his term. I'm starting to agree with him.
Straggle and Sucrifice, indeed...
Our very own Baghdad Bob. Wonderful.
Yeah. The difference is Baghdad Bob knew he was repeating propoganda...
"Oh, the sacrifice! I've had to put two yellow ribbons on my SUV!"
puke.
Our very own Baghdad Bob. Wonderful.
Yeah...
OT: Cannabis found at John Reid home
A "minuscule" quantity of cannabis resin has been found at the Scottish home of Defence Secretary John Reid.
Mr Reid said the cannabis - worth less than £1 - was found in a guest room and police had told him it could have been there for years.
"I have no idea where it came from, or when," the defence secretary said.
Police are to take no action over the find, made during a security sweep of the Lanarkshire house. They said Mr Reid was not suspected of any offence.
The property lies within his former constituency of Hamilton North and Bellshill.
It's just like Enron; the chief is assuring all the targets that they should stay with the winning side.
Ah, yes--the ever-more-desperate insurgents!
Attacks declned slightly: OBVIOUSLY the insurgents are on their last legs, in their last throes, if you will.
Attacks increased dramatically: OBVIOUSLY the insurgents are desperate because they know they're defeated, on their last legs, in their last throes, if you will.
I wonder if the fact that our country is run by delusional lunatics will ever quite penetrate the skulls of our elite pundit class.
Doubtful.
Want some of these little smokies in brown sugar and bacon? Pig on pig, pretty good.
Steve Gilliard has repeatedly said that he doesn't expect Chimpy to serve out his term.
I've actually had several psychics tell me that ... before the 2004 election, even. That Chimpy would be re-appointed and he wouldn't serve out the term.
Is it me, or is the Decider beginning to sound like Baghdad Bob? Remember him?
Castro came to power in a 1959 communist revolution, and Chavez first won election in 1998 to lead what he calls a "Bolivarian revolution."
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek = 3:18 pm
castro came to power in a POPULAR revolution...he, like Ho, turned to the Soviets, when he was spurned and villified by the 'democracies', esp. the US...iirc...
"Oh, the sacrifice! I've had to put two yellow ribbons on my SUV!"
I kid you not, a house I drive by almost every day has a custom made six foot tall yellow ribbon in their yard.
Sorry, Noam, I must have missed your post, before.
OT -- Does anyone remember seeing this photo of Porter Goss and the boys, Mexico c. 1963, over at Laura Rozen's blog in the last day or two? Could swear I came upon it there but can't seem to find it now. Maybe I dreamed the pic and link were on her site, but I don't think so . . .
Castro Agonistes
I've long taken a favorable view of Hannah Arendt's observation, in On Revolution, that virtually every revolution has significant decentralizing elements: attempts at worker self-management, local organs of direct democracy, etc. A classic example is the soviets and the workers committees in Russia, before Lenin either liquidated or coopted them. And outside pressure on a revolutionary regime and foreign support for counter-revolutionary forces (e.g., the Western states' support for the White armies in Russia) tends to strengthen the forces of consolidation and centralization, and to accelerate the suppression of decentralist tendencies.
Mr Reid said the cannabis - worth less than £1 - was found in a guest room and police had told him it could have been there for years.
For years? What kind of cleaning does Reid have done in his house? Nothing could have stayed in the Snakepit Inc.. for years without my knowing it, and I'm the worst housekeeper in the universe.
WOW was Mission Accomplished really on May 1? Well shoot, that's Monday. I hope EVERY SINGLE liberal blog comemmorates Mission Accomplished day with a huge photo and story on the occasion, so the media is forced to cover it.
I wonder if the fact that our country is run by delusional lunatics will ever quite penetrate the skulls of our elite pundit class.
media enabling of this lunatic and his policies is tantamount to treason. has there been another time when the media has stooped this level of betrayal?
...the establishment of democracy in Iraq will be a double defeat for them
Let's not forget that if everything had gone according to plan Iraq would now have a puppet government under Ahmad Chalabi.
OT: Italy's Berlusconi set to resign
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is to resign on Tuesday - nearly three weeks after his narrow election defeat.
His announcement came after his centre-right alliance failed to get its candidate elected as Senate speaker.
Italy's highest court has confirmed the victory of the centre-left coalition in both houses of parliament.
Mr Berlusconi had until now refused to concede, saying the vote was too close. He will be replaced by Romano Prodi.
Silvio Berlusconi said he would hold his last cabinet meeting on Tuesday, before handing his resignation to President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italy's Ansa news agency reported.
But Assrocket sacrificed thousands of hits yesterday --
The terrorists launched another attack against Hosting Matters tonight, and for a while a number of conservative sites, including this one, were down. (Have the terrorists ever attacked liberal sites? Just wondering.)
rest here.
Yeah, Ho actually approached Truman and was rebuffed. He was afraid America wouldn't pay enough attention to Vietnam but certain that if they did the historical similarities would put them on his side. And he started as the head of a diverse coalition but ended, thanks to Americans killing and driving away everyone else, with only Commies.
For years? What kind of cleaning does Reid have done in his house? Nothing could have stayed in the Snakepit Inc.. for years without my knowing it, and I'm the worst housekeeper in the universe.
Uh, it could easily be lost in my house. Certainly my office, and now that Stef's not living here, pretty much anywhere else. I can't list all the interesting artifacts I've rediscovered at different layers of geologic time...
OT: India rebels 'kill 13 villagers'
Suspected Maoist rebels have killed 13 villagers kidnapped earlier this week in central India, police have said.
Two of the hostages in the state of Chattisgarh were killed on Friday and 11 more on Saturday, police said.
They were among more than 50 villagers taken hostage on Tuesday. Some of the other hostages were reportedly freed.
About 6,000 people have been killed in violence linked to the Maoist rebels in several southern and eastern states over the past 20 years.
Many victims were from the security forces and official government branches.
the meter maid humper still lost despite owning the major media organs of that country. maybe there is hope for us.
Uh, it could easily be lost in my house.
Yes, NTodd, but I'm sure Reid uses people to clean his house. Unless the stash was in a hole under the floor or something equally contrived, the cleaners would have found it and either informed him about it or taken it.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is to resign on Tuesday
Wow, we leave for Italy in a couple weeks, should be an interesting atmosphere ....
my sister is off to Rome in May with her beau, a friend's wedding is beind held there.
WOW was Mission Accomplished really on May 1?
Yup. I celebrate it every year.
OT: EU probes alleged CIA abduction
SKOPJE (Reuters) - European Union investigators, probing the alleged CIA abduction of a Kuwaiti-born German, on Saturday visited a hotel where he stayed in Macedonia in 2004.
"Why was he here for 23 days? And was he here voluntarily, or detained?" asked Claudio Fava, who heads the committee in the European parliament investigating allegations of secret prisoner transfers and illegal detentions by the CIA in Europe.
Human rights groups cite the case of Khaled el-Masri as an example of U.S. "extraordinary rendition" -- or secret transfers of terrorist suspects to third countries where they face abuse or torture.
The hotel visit ended a three-day trip to Macedonia by the investigative team of the European parliament.
a house I drive by almost every day has a custom made six foot tall yellow ribbon in their yard.
I bet they have a family member in Iraq now ...
my sister is off to Rome in May with her beau, a friend's wedding is beind held there.
Rome is gorgeous in May. We were there 3 years ago in May. We aren't doing Rome this time, Florence, Venice and the Lakes.
I'm sure Reid uses people to clean his house.
It's hard to get good help these days...
We aren't doing Rome this time, Florence, Venice and the Lakes.
Are you going to see the leaning tower of pizza?
I bet they have a family member in Iraq now ...
Litz - 3:29 pm
or in jail, as iirc that was the original symbolizm of the act/song...
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Litz ooh sounds lovely!
my parents have been to Florence.
Assrocket (culo-cohete) has perhaps spent a leetle too much time weeth hees head up hees ramjet, no?
Oliver Willis's blog was affected by the same DOS attack.
so.
I wonder if the fact that our country is run by delusional lunatics will ever quite penetrate the skulls of our elite pundit class.
They are too busy creating their own reality.
I love it when the Preznit brings up "establishment of democracy" and "freedom" and fails to work on either in connection with his family's deep ties with the freedomless and democracy-less Saudi Arabia.
heh for an ancient history student i have not visted either Italy or Greece.
but seeing the Pyramids and King Tut's treasures I think make up for that 
my fingers are crossed that me and my mum will visit Istanbul this summer, she has a friend out there, a lawyer.
So, the fact that the enemy is killing more of our people is PROOF that they are desperate and in their last throes.
The man is a fucking genius.
CS/art is bread:
Yes, Goss hung out in Mexico City with CIA-connected individuals whose names later came up during the House Assassinations Committee investigation of Oswald's Mexico City trip -- the investigation conducted by Gaeton Fonzi.
But you get marginalized if you go this route...
OT: The real cost of a bag of salad: You pay 99p. Africa pays 50 litres of fresh water
To you it is a bag of salad, dropped into the supermarket trolley with the weekly groceries. But to farmers in Kenya starved of the water extracted by large scale agriculture to grow it, it may spell destitution. The world is running out of water and British supermarket shoppers are contributing to global drought, according to environmental pressure groups.
Customers who scour the aisles of Tesco, Sainsbury and Waitrose for Spanish tomatoes, Egyptian potatoes and Kenyan roses, are intensifying the worldwide shortage of our most precious resource.
In Kenya, the food items grown for export include lettuce, rocket, baby leaf salad, mangetout, peas and broccoli. Even producing a small 50g salad bag wastes almost 50 litres of water in the countries where the commodity is at its most precious. A mixed salad containing tomatoes, celery and cucumber, as well as lettuce, would require more than 300 litres. Washing, processing and packaging adds to that total.
Afternoon, freethinkers
How's your weekend?
I can't list all the interesting artifacts I've rediscovered at different layers of geologic time...
I can understand this. I've been hyper-cleaning my place to get it ready for sale.
Some of the stuff I've found I've been looking for for years. I hope I can locate a box of Alexandrite, I bought in the Middle east decades ago. With the rise in this stones value, if these are really alexandrite. (they may not be) I'll be rich!
When I was cleaning out my office at a major Southern university
preparatory to moving to a major Heartland university, i found a bag containing over a POUND of weed that i'd stashed there several years prior...
behind a bunch of books i no longer read or referred to...boy was I surprised...
more useless politricks
more words
more nowhere outrage
Slothrop -- You're comment intrigues me, but right now I'm just trying to figure out if Laura Rozen used this pic and link, then dropped it from her site. I've checked my history and find the page with the pic on it but not the page I linked to it from . . .
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i found a bag containing over a POUND of weed that i'd stashed there several years prior...
behind a bunch of books i no longer read or referred to...boy was I surprised...
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and happy, i'm guessing.
Derelict @3:21 and
geegirl @3:36
sum it up
perfectly.
my sister is one of the messiest person's around, her room has layers of mess, seriosuly its a health risk!
my mother despairs at how little domestic skills my sister posses heh
whereas she feels i'm half domesticated
Woody - a # that you *forgot* about? Must have been an interesting office.
What kind of cleaning does Reid have done in his house? Nothing could have stayed in the Snakepit Inc.. for years without my knowing it,
When you see estimated values on street drugs in the news, divide by 3.
So that's one seed of Toledo Windowbox, trapped under the floorboards.
Slow news day.
I'm going to take a nap. Try not to shoot anybody in the face without me.
cs, what probably happened is that the terrorists attacked the site and removed the picture.
i'm trying to remember what art teacher said about istanbul's museums. he was raving about the collection of pieces. i'm so jealous.
Plus ca change:
One can truly say that this is what the people want... to give its full efforts for the war and victory, and to make every sacrifice necessary in the successful struggle for our life and freedom.
From now on things will be different, and a sharp, fresh new breeze is blowing.
We have never believed so firmly in victory as in this hour. Our path is clear. None of us hesitates to follow it. Freedom and life are waiting at its end.
Josef Goebbels,July 1944 Part of his "Total War" effort
'm trying to remember what art teacher said about istanbul's museums. he was raving about the collection of pieces. i'm so jealous.
jello -3:41 pm
Topkapi?
Did Genius Boy say anywhere in his speech what sacrifices in partifular the American people will have to bear for this war? No?
I know he must have been particularly demanding of Oil Company CEO's, always demanding those heavy sacrifices of them in times of war ...
Holy fucking cow on a stick! Did y'all see this reporter nail John Bolton live on CNN about PNAC? Someone's been watching the Colbert Report!
my mother's Turkish lawyer friend recently respresed a 16 year old Kurd boy who had been charged with arson.
he also helps and advises British tourists, took like a special course or something.
Did Genius Boy say anywhere in his speech what sacrifices in partifular the American people will have to bear for this war? No?
Good question for our alert media to ask.... which is why it didn't get asked.
Moon what is "respresed"???
I love John Julius Norwich's A Short History of Byzantium and am in the middle of reading Constaniople: City of the World's Desires 1453-1924 buy Philip Mansel, so it would be so cool to visit Istanbul thats for sure
Litz oops i think the wine has gone to my spelling, that should be represented
Moonbatica, if you get to Ankara see if you can find time to visit this place
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
(formerly known as the "hittite museum")
There are some artifacts you can see there, and hardly anywhere else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Mus...n_Civilizations
Are you going to see the leaning tower of pizza?
I hear they have done some engineering wizadry and the tower no longer leans so no.
We are going back to Florence because last time we had only 2 days there, and then a week in Venice because it's truly the most romantic city in the world (sorry, Paris, but it's true) and then it up into the Lakes region where I hope to stalk George Clooney.
drinking a very nice Côtes du Rhône
same as it ever was
Litz oops i think the wine has gone to my spelling, that should be represented
Duh, the beer has gotten to my reading because I should have been able to figure that out!!!
Let's not forget that if everything had gone according to plan Iraq would now have a puppet government under Ahmad Chalabi.
I wonder if Chalabi is still passing US secrets onto Iran.
my parents after visting Florence commented that it made Bath look rather shabby.
"There are some artifacts you can see there, and hardly anywhere else."
--Doug,
Like there use to be some artifacts in Iraq that you couldn't see anywhere else.
Doug I shall totally keep that in mind!
Litz: the woman who runs the U-S Consulate in Florence used to sit on the National Security Council during the Clinton Presidency.
Give her my regards.
Somebody tell me please what the fuck the nitwit in chief has sacrified. Not even one fucking vacation. asswipe.
He sacrificed brain cells decades ago, fighting off coke and demon rum.
I love John Julius Norwich's A Short History of Byzantium and am in the middle of reading Constaniople: City of the World's Desires 1453-1924 buy Philip Mansel, so it would be so cool to visit Istanbul thats for sure
Was there about 8 years ago when i was living in Russia, cheap flights from Moscow. Truly a stunning city. The plane back to Moskva had as many rugs in it as people.
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
No doubt Jenna and not-Jenna are feeling the strains of wartime sacrifice.
FYI This will be the 38th time over four years that Bush has called the terrorists in Iraq "desperate".
Like there use to be some artifacts in Iraq that you couldn't see anywhere else.
mer - 3:50 pm
Hey! Why do you hate Murka?
dincha know democracy's messy?
who could have foreseen the looting of all iraq's antiquities (hint: elgin?)?
shit happens, alright?
geez, you folks shure hate freedom...
I loved my visit to Cairo, I mean actually seeing the Giza Pyramids was like wow, cause I was Egypt mad when i was in primary school and had lots of books on the country and lots of pictures of the pyramids, but to actually see them, was like wow.
same with King Tut's treasures and much more at the Egyptian Museum.
I loved visting the Citadel also, which made me interested in the Islamic history of Egypt, going to the mosque of Mohammed Ali Pacha was cool also.
and what made the trip so special was my friend, she was from Qatar but she holidayed in Cairo and her next door neighbour was a fiercely proud Egyptian and adored Nasser.
FYI This will be the 38th time over four years that Bush has called the terrorists in Iraq "desperate".
Boy, talk about projection ....
I love Venezia. Spent many a happy evening eating at the Ristorante della Madonna and sipping Barolo wine. Ah.
Litz - I was playing the dumb American (Pisa->Pizza)
Loved Florence, it has so much ambiance. Paris, great architecture and things to see. But I'm always ready to leave. Found the riviera to be much more to my liking.
Litz - I was playing the dumb American (Pisa->Pizza)
Loved Florence, it has so much ambiance. Paris, great architecture and things to see. But I'm always ready to leave. Found the riviera to be much more to my liking.
No doubt Jenna and not-Jenna are feeling the strains of wartime sacrifice.
Dr. Wu | 04.29.06 - 3:53 pm
"I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war."
- George W. 'ShitForBrains' Bush
I wish.
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then it up into the Lakes region where I hope to stalk George Clooney.
Litz | Homepage | 04.29.06 - 3:48 pm | #
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if you make it to lake como you could check out the moto guzzi factory. . .
Moob, I would love to go to Egypt. I'm also dying to go to Morocco and Turkey, for some reason both places fascinate me. Greece is my absolute favorite country in the whole world, and I know it's easy to catch a ferry from the Greek islands to Turkey.
But, I'm afraid Morocco, Egypt and Turkey are out of the picture for me until we stop our warring American ways. I don't feel comfortable as an American going to those parts of the world, yet.
"I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war."
lying fuck
Sorry, MOON not Moob.
Hi, Moonbats! It's the most gorgeous day you ever saw. I've been out weeding and mowing and planting and watering. I love Spring.
"I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war."
Oh yeah that was SO FUCKING FUNNY har har har, tell that to someone who lost her kids in the war.
Thanks for reminding me of that.
Plus, IIRC, at the time he said that he had not, in fact, been to war.
Damn.
Litz fair enough.
What is the moto guzzi factory?
The pond guy was just here
annual draining and cleaning...
such a waste, though: 1500 gal of fish-shit rich water just pumped out onto the dry dusty dirt of the dog-yard...
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at the time he said that he had not, in fact, been to war.
Nor had he raised twins. Those girls were raised by nannies who never managed to teach them any manners.
I don't think George raised the twins in any case. Most likely a lot of nannies were hired, and any responsibility was put on Laura. George's childraising is at the same remove as his wargoing.
What sacrifice is anyone back here being asked to make?
I mean, apart from the right to travel freely. And to have any privacy. Or any protections from the Bill of Rights.
Hrm. Guess that answers the question.
Thank Jebus we don't have to make any -fiscal- sacrifice.
Oh wait, gas prices triple what they were 6 years ago.
Yes, all of this was definitely worth creating a civil war in Iraq.
Hecate, great minds.
I sent some readers your way yesterday, before I fell asleep.
1500 gal of fish-shit rich water just pumped out onto the dry dusty dirt of the dog-yard...
Oh, man, WGG, that's terrible. You don't have a garden they could put it on?
What is the moto guzzi factory?
Litz | Homepage | 04.29.06 - 4:01 pm
where they make THESE GUYS
George's childraising is at the same remove as his wargoing.
Echidne of the snakes
Touché.
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Dear Echidne,
I bow before the goddess!
Yet, the enemies of freedom have suffered a real blow in recent days, and we have taken great strides on the march to victory.
Just for a second I thought he was talking about the recent indictments of his own administration.
OT: Historical events today
# 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.
# 1672 - Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
# 1770 - James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
# 1916 - Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.
# 1945 - Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.
# 1945 - Holocaust: The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
# 1946 - Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes.
# 1967 - After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
# 1970 - Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
# 1974 - Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.
# 1975 - Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind The last U.S. citizens begin evacuation from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. United States involvement in the war comes to an end.
Oh wait, gas prices triple what they were 6 years ago.
To say nothing of food prices, etc.
Everything's been affected because of gas price increases.
George's childraising is at the same remove as his wargoing.
Echidne of the snakes
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george w. bush has never done anything.
Oh, man, WGG, that's terrible. You don't have a garden they could put it on?
Hecate, Grammar Fag - 4:03 pm
pond = back yard...
garden/lawn (so to speak) = front yard
hose not long enough...
Eeek! Don't bow before me, Hecate. Then I can't see what you are plotting...
I have a question of wands to you. Should I e-mail it?
where they make THESE GUYS
OH.
OK. Well, we probably won't make it, we aren't motorcycle people, but I'll keep it in mind.
cont.
# 1997 - The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.
# 2002 - The United States is re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, one year after losing the seat it had held for 50 years.
# 2004 - Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
# 2005 - Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
# 1945 - Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.
That was some honeymoon.
OMG we are watching a super cheezy star trek episode.
# 1967 - After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
to the jubilant cheers of the white establishment who considered him a dangeroulsy uppity Knee-grow...
OMG we are watching a super cheezy star trek episode.
Litz | Homepage | 04.29.06 - 4:08 pm | #
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can you be a little more specific? that doesn't narrow it down much.
Yes, all of this was definitely worth creating a civil war in Iraq.
See? Glass is half full, silver lining, etc!
Yet, the enemies of freedom have suffered a real blow in recent days, and we have taken great strides on the march to victory.
There's only so much of that bombastic, self-congratulatory BS that one can hear before it reaches into the realm of parody.
I do believe Bush has reached that stage.
OMG we are watching a super cheezy star trek episode.
Spock's Brain?
Bush believes in his own propaganda
Bush sounds just like the radio messages Hitler was giving, as The Red army chased him out of Russia.
Well, we just crossed 2400 KIA. That's progress.
can you be a little more specific? that doesn't narrow it down much.
OK they're wearing bright-orange HazMat suits because there's some weird orange gook that looked like anti-freeze that they're investigating. Spock just took his glove off and touched the gook and then he reached right under the hood of the gook to sniff his fingers, meaning his containment suit was really not contained at all.
He then said: "We are dealing with something unlike anything we've ever seen before."
I do believe Bush has reached that stage.
Litz
Put the exact speech in Will Ferrell's mouth with 'Live, from New York' at the end and you've got it.
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Rush Limbaugh, america's pre-eminent 'voice of reason' today announced that he is willing to offer *many days of sacrifice and struggle* to assist the nation in its time of peril.
"I will pee in a cup whenever my probation officer finds it necessary for the good of the nation" said Mr. Limbaugh, known by many as a 'true patriot' and by others as a 'known drug abuser.'
OK they're wearing bright-orange HazMat suits because there's some weird orange gook that looked like anti-freeze that they're investigating.
Naked Time?
I mean, he reached right under the hood of the SUIT not the gook.
Geez.
Dear Echidne,
Please email me at hecatedemetersdatter@hotmail.com
I mean, he reached right under the hood of the SUIT not the gook.
The gook? Talking about Sulu? RACIST!
Bush sounds just like the radio messages Hitler was giving, as The Red army chased him out of Russia.
sally
"Eva Braun will suck my dick while I shit on the wolfhound carpet. Seig Heil!"
We're watching X-Play and I have no idea what this is. There's some bizarre blog-type commentary running beneath the screen. I have no idea what this is. It's on G-4 on Dish Network.
Was it 'Bread' or 'Lobo' or 'Terry Jacks' who sang
we had joy
we had fun
we had seasons wearing orange hazmat suits
but like the sun
in the sky
we just had to say
goodbye
Maybe it is the Naked Time I can't be sure.
NTodd I am concerned that you knew that.
it was 'Terry Jacks' who sang
Oh yes the crew of the Enterprise are all getting very horny. This is definitely Naked Time.
Lobo sang "Me and You and A Dog Named Boo."
we had joy
we had fun. . .
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i had forgotten all about that horrible, horrible song.
Afternoon bats --
Soon to change to go to the christening of my hosts's great-nephew!
Nim is right -- increase in gas prices means everyone is sacrificing since everything is transported --thanks George! All the dead soldiers & all the dead Iraqis just so you could prove to your Mommy what a big man you are -- BLECH!
Hi Hecate! Echidne! Lovely weatherthis week!
You are a member of the elite pundit class.
i had forgotten all about that horrible, horrible song.
Olaf glad and big, Guzzista!
the lyrics are so layered. what's not to like?
such a waste, though: 1500 gal of fish-shit rich water just pumped out onto the dry dusty dirt of the dog-yard...
Woody how big is your pond? Ours is 5,000 gallons. But we never drain it. Every three months or so I do clean out the filter, and we have a reservoir that I wet-vac out and use that wonderful water on my garden. Full of great nutrients for the plants....
"She wrecked the car
and she was sad
and so afraid that I'd be mad
but
what the heck'
now THOSE are lyrics!
BTW -
Speaking of Eva & all that -- "Der Untergang" is now out on DVD -- worth seeing! Those people were nuts -- but no crazier than our gang (sadly)...
Georgie knows a lot about "real blow".
Thanks, Hecate. Will do.
Prior! Hope you are having a nice slow pulse! Yes, spring is here and so lovely. The brooks they are a-babbling, so David Brooks frets me less.
Echidne --
My resting pulse is less than my age (we don't need to go into specifics, do we?)
SPACE CRABS!!!!
I'm off to a noodlehouse in chinatown in my *100 dollar leather coat on sale marked down from 550* to meet friends and 'ms. sweetheart' for dinner and then
a play
I do not want to go to!!!
Woody how big is your pond?
about 1500 gal...10'x7'x3' @7.5gal/cu ft it's eccentrically (like its owner, is uppose) sized...kinda kidney-bean shaped ...it's mainly for the fishes' frolics...paying attention to the fish, and keeping them in the pond is Hanna-Stella's job (she's the lab-cross, and she patrols it relentlessly)
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Freedom is on the march and work makes you free! Make the pie higher!
c-span tonight
08:00 PM EDT
1:30 (est.) LIVE
Public Affairs Event
White House Correspondents Dinner Preview
White House Correspondents Association
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org...an/
schedule.csp
Featuring Stephen Colbert and attended by Ambassador Wilson and Valerie Plame. I'll bet Rove dies from eye-daggers.
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you guys who have ponds I am
officially jealous
He then said: "We are dealing with something unlike anything we've ever seen before."
In that endearing way he always delivered understatement.
Ya never could put one over Spock.
earl - you've just quoted lyrics from the worst two songs in the history of pop music.
Congratulations!!!!!
I do not want to go to!!!
earl 'cliche' guevera | Homepage | 04.29.06 - 4:23 pm
do you get to chinatown often?
if you do, would yo do a favor: check price/availability of those cloth Mao/workers caps for me?
.
woody, any word on that role you auditioned for?
I'd pay Joe Wilson $100 to pour a drink in Rover's lap...
you guys who have ponds I am
officially jealous
earl 'cliche' guevera
Me too. Because of the frogs. I really want some frogs.
Congratulations!!!!!
billy b
We try!
if you do, would yo do a favor: check price/availability of those cloth Mao/workers caps for me?
do they really still sell those? if they do I can look
OK -- gotta go change & be a good guest - maybe (much) later, bats!
"Others on the guest list included rapper-actor Ludacris, whose real name is Chris Bridges; James Denton, the hunky plumber on "Desperate Housewives" on ABC; "Dancing With the Stars" winner Drew Lachey; New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; tennis player Anna Kournikova; and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger."
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thes...on/
14461347.htm
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Me too. Because of the frogs. I really want some frogs.
Echidne of the snakes
woody, any word on that role you auditioned for?
Olaf glad and big, Guzzista! - 4:26 pm
din't get it...
i know cuz they called me Wed to come for a fitting to do background work in the same film...costumed like a fucking shop-keeper, instead of a stinky, dirty hunter...
fantasy sucks...
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this song is going out for billy b:
yummy yummy yummy
I've got..............
AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH..........
Me too. Because of the frogs. I really want some frogs.
Echidne of the snakes
i've got one bullfrog which must weigh a pound or more...s/he's foookin huge...
woody you for real interested in a cloth mao cap?
C-span2/BookTV now
General Assignment
On Saturday, April 29 at 4:00 pm
2006 LA Times Festival of Books -- Saturday
Description: Live from the campus of UCLA, the 11th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books features authors Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of "Eleanor Roosevelt, Vols 1 & 2;" Richard Reeves, author of "President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination;" Charles Bracelen Flood, author of "Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War;" Steven Watt, author of "The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century;" Tavis Smiley, author of "Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from Black America;" and Taylor Branch, author of "At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68." Saturday's programming also includes a panel discussion on growing up in wartime, featuring authors who have written of their experiences in from Iraq, Nicaragua, and Cambodia.
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I can't get frogs in my pond. I've introduced tadpoles but something always eats 'em. Prolly my koi.
I'd pay Joe Wilson $100 to pour a drink in Rover's lap...
Rove would pay Jeff Gannon that to get him to sit in HIS lap.
do they really still sell those? if they do I can look
earl 'cliche' guevera - 4:27 pm
i dunno if they're still available...
but they're the very best caps for inside work: they fit great, are thick cotton (and therefore protect the dome), and look kinda jaunty...
Litz - I was playing the dumb American (Pisa->Pizza)
Yeah, I know that!!!!
Maybe it is the Naked Time I can't be sure.
Are they acting all drunk and stuff?
We have peepers in our bog.
My pond has a waterfall and the sound is so peaceful. I can't imagine not having the sound of running water around me.
And I get dragonflies in the summer. I love dragonflies!!
woody you for real interested in a cloth mao cap?
earl 'cliche' guevera - 4:30 pm
yeppers, fer realzies...@4:32PM
We have peepers in our bog.
Jeepers.
yes they are acting drunk and stuff. It's definitely Naked Time.
Woody...Mao caps.
I thought about a pond..but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c...h?
v=c4m0H5emGzU
Motherfucking peepers in the motherfucking bog.
yes they are acting drunk and stuff. It's definitely Naked Time.
Damn, I am GOOD!
I probably should go ride my bike, but I feel too lazy. A whole week off. Okay, I feel fat and lazy.
From the Silver Tongues, Golden Memories department, the Iraqi Information Minister (previous).
Litz, my teensy pond (about 2/3 ths size of Woody's it sounds like, being also somewhat...irregular around the edges) I put plants in, and six goldfish. One of the original six (either Zorro or Don Diego, I could never tell them apart) are still there, with currently a couple dozen descendants.
The frogs showed up on their own without any encouragement. They come, it seems in several varieties, some pointy-snouted with a bright green stripe along the chin, and others more rounded-mouth traditional bullfroggie sorts.
Don't tell Echidne but I had two baby snakes show up a couple weeks ago. I was thrilled until some research indicated they were Northern Water Snakes, whose favorite/entire diet is...fish. And frogs. So they had to be dispatched, and now repose in 4 parts in the freezer.
I keep checking for siblings as well as Mommy Dearest.
I'm picking up a strong gay subtext from "Naked Time."
Just sayin' ...
My pond has a waterfall and the sound is so peaceful. I can't imagine not having the sound of running water around me.
And I get dragonflies in the summer. I love dragonflies!!
Litz
man what a different life. i can hear the streetcar.
My pond has a waterfall and the sound is so peaceful. I can't imagine not having the sound of running water around me.
And I get dragonflies in the summer. I love dragonflies!!
Litz
man what a different life. i can hear the streetcar.
Woody...Mao caps.
Johnny Drama - 4:35 pm
sorta...thanks, JD...
i liked the older ones, with no adjustment strap, better...ya bought 'em sized to fit...
Move along free and safe citizens of Iraq. There is absolutely NO civil war to be seen here! Move along I said!
(Ingrates!)
I thought about a pond..but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c...h? v=c4m0H5emGzU
1watt Hermit | 04.29.06 - 4:36 pm
hadda put a fence around mine, to keep hanna (the 70-lb lab-cross) out...
i call it Walled-In Pond
.
Xan, I've tried twice to get frogs. We have friends who live out in the country and I've captured tadpoles from their ponds. But they never make it so something is eating them.
At one point, we had about 80 goldfish and a bunch of koi, shebunkins and riunkins. The goldfish were taking over so we introduced some mosquito fish, which we heard eat the fish eggs. Natural birth control.
Now, we've had predation from herons and a den of red foxes. I'd like to get rid of the mosquito fish but I'm afraid we're stuck with them.
But it's possible the mosquito fish ate our tadpoles.
Hubby is glad the tadpoles didn't make it, he said the sound of frogs would keep him awake at night. I told him his snoring already keeps me awake.
i call it Walled-In Pond
man what a different life. i can hear the streetcar.
earl 'cliche' guevera | Homepage | 04.29.06 - 4:39 pm
i hear my pond bubbling at night, when the ambient noise of the city subsides...
i'm about half a mile from the railroad tracks, and i hear the train whistles as they do the grade-crossings...i LOVE that sound...
man what a different life. i can hear the streetcar.
Well, so can we. We're in the city. We can hear the fucking Winston Cup racing that goes on at the fairgrounds through the summer, about 3 miles away but it sounds like it's just down the street.
i hear the train whistles as they do the grade-crossings...i LOVE that sound...
Yeah me too ...
yep
railroad whistles and hank williams songs....
i'll see if i see a mao cap
probably wont today
it's a 'beeline' sort of situation
but i'll try to remember next time
the journey of a thousand miles begins with one trip to the podiatrist
chair-man mao
I get dragonflies in the garden from just having a bird bath.
WASHINGTON - President Bush warned Saturday of tough fighting to come and "more days of sacrifice and struggle"
-Translation: Gas prices are going UP, UP, UP! :-(
Afternoon, all.
Have I missed anything disturbing
since last night?
I probably should go ride my bike, but I feel too lazy. A whole week off. Okay, I feel fat and lazy.
I seem to recall giving you chit about being lazy earlier this week.
Just remember, our Glorious Leader never misses an opportunity to ride his bike. Even if he does need training wheels.
Are you gonna let yourself get beat by FUCKWIT???
I wonder if the fact that our country is run by delusional lunatics will ever quite penetrate the skulls of our elite pundit class.
Not so long as the checks clear.
my grandparents have a pond, and that brings hungry herons!
So they had to be dispatched, and now repose in 4 parts in the freezer.
Xan,
i have to know.
why?
i hear the train whistles as
they do the grade-crossings...i LOVE that sound...
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka... | 04.29.06 - 4:42 pm | #
I grew up by a railroad track, and by
grew up I mean I spent the first 17
years of my life by one.
To this day, when somebody says
"Doppler Effect" I get goosebumps.
Litz, I tried a koi and it didnt' last 3 days. Figured the goldfish were doomed as well but, well, Diego is the size of a small trout now. I look periodically to find resources about goldfish genetics--I started out with 5 all gold, absolutely commonplace fish, and one with some white in the gold. Now I have all gold, black and gold, all black, and some sort of off-black I call blue just to make them sound more exciting in case I ever decide to sell some.
You might be a bit urban for frogs to show up volunteer. The ampibs are under such horrible stress these days, some fungus is wiping out whole populations. Had a story in the chicago Trib last week, I blogged it over at my place and nobody seemed too excited about it.
I'd bring you Beelzebub the bullfrog (quite a monster) but he hasn't been seen this spring. I asked Pond Buddha about it but he declined to respond.
"Seasons in the Sun" comes up weirdly often here. The song is a crime against the original--by the great great fucking great Jacques Brel. It was "translated" (read "emasculated") by the criminal Rod McKuen. Brel's is called "Le Moribond." Here are the lyrics:
Adieu l'Émile je t'aimais bien / Adieu l'Émile je t'aimais bien tu sais / On a chanté les mêmes vins / On a chanté les mêmes filles / On a chanté les mêmes chagrins
Adieu l'Émile je vais mourir / C'est dur de mourir au printemps tu sais / Mais je pars aux fleurs la paix dans l'âme / Car vu que tu es bon comme du pain blanc / Je sais que tu prendras soin de ma femme
Je veux qu'on rie / Je veux qu'on danse / Je veux qu'on s'amuse comme des fous / Je veux qu'on rie / Je veux qu'on danse / Quand c'est qu'on me mettra dans le trou
[more will follow]
WASHINGTON - President Bush warned Saturday of tough fighting to come and "more days of sacrifice and struggle"
Rove faces the frog-march.
And the rest of us still have to put up with Bush.
my grandparents have a pond, and that brings hungry herons!
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek | Homepage | 04.29.06 - 4:48 pm
i'd be REALLY surprised if there was a heron within 40 miles of me...
I grew up by a railroad track, and by
grew up I mean I spent the first 17
years of my life by one.
To this day, when somebody says
"Doppler Effect" I get goosebumps.
Me too. Grew up by the tracks, put pennies on them, too (hangs head in shame).
"The enemy is resorting to desperate acts of violence because they know the establishment of democracy in Iraq will be a double defeat for them
Which would the opposite of the multiple cascading victories Bush delivers: like Mission Accomplished, accomplisheder, even more accomplished and accomplisheder'n'shit.
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i call it Walled-In Pond
.
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka...
Ironically, Thoreau lamented the coming of the trains.
Now we lament their passing.
Are you gonna let yourself get beat by FUCKWIT???
Afraid so. I've been enjoying a completely lazy Saturday, hanging out with the dog, walking around in the sunshine, etc. I really should be grading papers, but hey, I don't have to submit final scores until tomorrow...
Ironically, Thoreau lamented the coming of the trains.
Now we lament their passing.
I lament the passing of smallpox.
I don't have a pond, but there is a creek nearby. So we have dragonflies, butterflies and mosquitoes.
Also, the lake is about half a mile away' so we have herons flying overhead all the time. Great strange birds.
And a hummingbird buzzed my window a couple of days ago, so I hung up the feeder and get to watch those lovely little birds twittering at my window all day long.
"Seasons in the Sun" comes up weirdly often here. The song is a crime against
the original--by the great great fucking great Jacques Brel. It was "translated"
(read "emasculated") by the criminal Rod McKuen.
Same deal with"My Way," which was
mis-translated by that mongrel
idiot Paul Anka. The French
original is written from the point
of view of a guy who's preparing to commit
suicide.
Kind of totally different...
Charley, because the cute little pencil-sized baby snakes would have turned into 3-5 foot long snakes in my 8 foot long pond. By which time they would have been considerably more difficult to deal with. In the process they would eat all my fish and frogs.
Unless you were asking about why 2 snakes=4 pieces, in which case the explanation is that beheading was the fastest means of execution I could think of.
"Yet, the enemies of freedom have suffered a real blow in recent days, and we have taken great strides on the march to victory."
The war has been brought within measurable distance of its end!
also, the 5 year plan has been overfulfilled.
As our Commader and Chief leads this great nation with calls like, "go shopping and act as if nothing is happening", "freedom is on the march", we are now winning this great war in iraq.
I just wish someone would tell the Iraqi's.
...
Adieu Curé je t'aimais bien / Adieu Curé je t'aimais bien tu sais / On n'était pas du même bord / On n'était pas du même chemin / Mais on cherchait le même port / Adieu Curé je vais mourir / C'est dur de mourir au printemps tu sais / Mais je pars aux fleurs la paix dans l'âme / Car vu que tu étais son confident / Je sais que tu prendras soin de ma femme
Je veux qu'on rie / Je veux qu'on danse / Je veux qu'on s'amuse comme des fous / Je veux qu'on rie / Je veux qu'on danse / Quand c'est qu'on me mettra dans le trou
Adieu l'Antoine je t'aimais pas bien / Adieu l'Antoine je t'aimais pas bien tu sais / J'en crève de crever aujourd'hui / Alors que toi tu es bien vivant / Et même plus solide que l'ennui / Adieu l'Antoine je vais mourir / C'est dur de mourir au printemps tu sais / Mais je pars aux fleurs la paix dans l'âme / Car vu que tu étais son amant / Je sais que tu prendras soin de ma femme
Je veux qu'on rie (etc....)
[the rest follows]
Adieu ma femme je t'aimais bien / Adieu ma femme je t'aimais bien tu sais / Mais je prends le train pour le Bon Dieu / Je prends le train qui est avant le tien / Mais on prend tous le train qu'on peut / Adieu ma femme je vais mourir / C'est dur de mourir au printemps tu sais / Mais je pars aux fleurs les yeux fermés ma femme / Car vu que je les ai fermés souvent / Je sais que tu prendras soin de mon âme
Je veux qu'on rie / Je veux qu'on danse / Je veux qu'on s'amuse comme des fous / Je veux qu'on rie / Je veux qu'on danse / Quand c'est qu'on me mettra dans le trou
Peace!
Me too. Grew up by the tracks, put pennies on them, too (hangs head in shame).
Echidne of the snakes | Homepage | 04.29.06 - 4:52 pm
my grandfather was a life-long Illinois Central employee...i was born within earshot of the IC mainline in Chicago...we moved to Clevetown, and lived less than 100 yards from the NickelPlate mainline...this was before the complete change-over to diesel/electric locos...
i LOVE Me some steam engines...
when i was about 11, i got to 'drive' a yard-mule with a short consist from the near-west side under the Terminal tower, cuz my dad worked as an administrator for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and rigged it for me...
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On one of our local (NYC) channels
they have a cool animal show on
Saturday, and today they a great
segment on tiger finches. Apparently
they make great pets; very affectionate.
Anybody ever have any?
Remember those Chevy Tahoe _do-it-yourself" commercials? The ones that a few libruls turned into anti-SUV and anti-global warming ads? (Yes, I confess I created one or two myself!!).
Well, the Chevy folks have written me back!!! They say:
"On behalf of Chevy and the all new 2007 Tahoe, we'd like to thank vyou for your outstanding effort in the Chevy Online Apprentice contest. Thousands entered, millions checked out the Tahoe site and your response was overwhelming.
The commercial you submitted was strong but, after careful deliberation, we've decided to go in another direction......"
Frank Rich: Downing Street memo 'proved accurate'
RAW STORY
Published: Saturday April 29, 2006
http://www.rawstory.com/news/
200...roved_0429.html
After a three month hiatus, Frank Rich returns to the New York Times with a column slated for Sunday's edition which asserts that "each week brings new confirmation" that the Downing Street memo leaked last May has proved accurate, RAW STORY has learned.
Excerpts from Rich's column:
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The Downing Street memo -- minutes of a Tony Blair meeting with senior advisers in July 2002, nearly eight months before the war began -- has proved as accurate as "Mission Accomplished" was fantasy. Each week brings new confirmation that the White House, as the head of British intelligence put it, was determined to fix "the intelligence and facts" around its predetermined policy of going to war in Iraq. Today Bush tries to pass the buck on the missing WMD to "faulty intelligence," but his alibi is springing leaks faster than the White House and the CIA can clamp down on them. We now know the president knew that the intelligence he cherry-picked was faulty -- and flogged it anyway to sell us the war.
The latest evidence that Bush knew that "uranium from Africa" was no slam-dunk when he brandished it in his 2003 State of the Union address was uncovered by The Washington Post: The coordinating council for the 15 American intelligence agencies had already informed the White House that the Niger story had no factual basis and should be dropped. Last Sunday, "60 Minutes" augmented this storyline and an earlier scoop by Lisa Myers of NBC News by reporting that the White House had deliberately ignored its most highly placed prewar informant, Saddam's final foreign minister, Naji Sabri, once he sent the word that Saddam's nuclear cupboard was bare.
"There was almost a concern we'd find something that would slow up the war," Tyler Drumheller, a 26-year CIA veteran and an on-camera source for "60 Minutes," said when I interviewed him last week. Since retiring from the CIA in the fall of 2004, Drumheller has played an important role in revealing White House chicanery, including its dire hawking of Saddam's mobile biological weapons labs, which turned out to be fictitious. Before Colin Powell's fateful U.N. presentation, Drumheller conveyed vociferous warnings that the sole human source on these nonexistent WMD labs, an Iraqi emigre known as Curveball, was mentally unstable and a fabricator. "The real tragedy of this," Drumheller says, "is if they had let the weapons inspectors play out, we could have had a Gulf War I-like coalition, which would have given us the ((300,000)) to 400,000 troops needed to secure the country after defeating the Iraqi army."
tiger finches? Not here, just goldfinches and house finches.
I wish some grownup would grab Bush around the neck drag him out of office, along with all his minions. Someone needs to stop this nonsense. Sooner rather than later.
Unless you were asking about why 2 snakes=4 pieces, in which case the explanation is that beheading was the fastest means of execution I could think of.
Xan
the real point of the question was why are they in the freezer.
i used to catch them frequently when i grew up in Maryland. all the kids said they were moccasins which don't live in Maryland. then i'd let them bite me to prove they were harmless. pretty aggressive snake tho.
And a hummingbird buzzed my window a couple of days ago...
I heard they are sending out scouts now ....
We just put our feeders up last weekend.
And a hummingbird buzzed my window a couple of days ago, so I hung up the feeder and get to watch those lovely little birds twittering at my window all day long.
mer | 04.29.06 - 4:54 pm
a localism for 'hummingbird' is 'zoombador' (pronounced with the castilian th for the z), a name which i used to use as a net-nym
they won't arrive here until mid-may, iirc...
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Such drama, such tragedy in certain French songs. Any French operas? Boy, the Italians sure could do tragic opera.
A French girl our older daughter's age visited us several times. She loved Peggy Lee.
"The enemy is resorting to desperate acts of violence because they know the establishment of democracy in Iraq will be a double defeat for them...
Just remember, whenever the Bushies talk about "then enemy" they are really talking about themselves.
So, look for the Bushies to perpetrate more desperate acts of violence on us freedom loving Merkins.
when i was about 11, i got to 'drive' a yard-mule with a short consist from the near-west side under the Terminal tower, cuz my dad worked as an administrator for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and rigged it for me...
Don't understand any of this as I grew up in another language. But we often got rides from the station master on that thing you pump with your arms. He used it to go and change the tracks for the next train and we got a ride with him. It was a small station, natch.
I asked Pond Buddha about it but he declined to respond.
Who is Pond Buddha?
I don't imagine we'll get any volunteer frogs but I did think I'd be able to import some from the country. We have turtles all over the place here. But, so far no luck.
Our big problem right now is chipmunks. We're completely overrun with them (I'm sure the bird feeders are to blame), and our cats don't give a shit.
After a three month hiatus, Frank Rich returns to the New York Times with a column slated for Sunday's edition which asserts that "each week brings new confirmation" that the Downing Street memo leaked last May has proved accurate, RAW STORY has learned.
How much confirmation is enough?
And people wonder why Bush is still in office.
Such drama, such tragedy in certain French songs. Any French operas? Boy, the Italians sure could do tragic opera.
THere are a few
HAVANA (Reuters) - Leftist leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia met in Havana on Saturday to complete an integration agreement cast as an alternative to U.S. plans for a free-trade pact with the Latin American region.
Cigars, lubrication and coke?
I'd hit it.
So, look for the Bushies to perpetrate more desperate acts of violence on us freedom loving Merkins.
If you believe that, the Bushies have won.
Ah, okay, gotcha Charley. Yeah, I guess freezing them was a little weird--I had hopes I could interest the local biology teacher in offering their dissection as a prize for some worthwhile class accomplishment. Apparently they don't do dissection any more, so I'll probably take the deceased down the road and toss them in the Drainage Ditch Formerly Known as Roan Creek.
Leaving them in the yard is an invitation to buzzards, which we have in abundance, or raccoons, of which we had mom and 3 kids a few weeks ago. They seem to have wandered off, which is good as I am told they too will decimate pond fish.
But we often got rides from the station master on that thing you pump with your arms.
that's called a 'hand-car ', iirc
THere are a few
Um, I don't doubt that, but there's a reason I don't know much about French opera.
Guantanamo Bay prisoners plant seeds of hope in secret garden
With their bare hands and the most basic of tools, prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have fashioned a secret garden where they have grown plants from seeds recovered from their meals. For some of the detainees - held without charge for more than four years and who the US say are now cleared for release - the garden apparently offers a diversion from the monotony and injustice of their imprisonment.
Using water to soften soil baked hard by the Caribbean sun and then scratching away with plastic spoons, a handful of prisoners have reportedly produced sufficient earth to grow watermelon, peppers, garlic, cantaloupe and even a tiny lemon plant, no more than two inches high.
The revelation of the garden has now been seized on by campaigners, seeking to close the prison camp in Cuba, who have urged supporters around the world to send them seeds which they will in turn seek to send to the prisoners. They have termed their campaign "Seed of Hope".
"they won't arrive here until mid-may, iirc..."
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--WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar
They didn't use to arrive here until mid-May until this year. Neither did the ticks and lightning bugs. It's a new world afterall.
Neither did the ticks and lightning bugs. It's a new world afterall.
9/11 changed everything.
Guantanamo Bay prisoners plant seeds of hope in secret garden
A secret garden?
That's rich.
'zoombador', what a great name for hummingbirds!
If you believe that, the Bushies have won.
How do you figure?
my grandfather was a life-long Illinois Central employee
Far out. Parents were both IC, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees. Did a little time with REA myself.
The railroad is it's own thing.
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They didn't use to arrive here until mid-May until this year. Neither did the ticks and lightning bugs. It's a new world afterall.
mer - 5:10 pm
i don't think we're gonna have ticks too bad this year...winter was warm but really dry...NEEVER see lightning bugs here...
I don't think George raised the twins in any case. Most likely a lot of nannies were hired, and any responsibility was put on Laura. George's childraising is at the same remove as his wargoing.
Echidne of the snakes
Wargoing is easier 'cause he couldn't fire the beard.
For some of the detainees - held without charge for more than four years
and who the US say are now cleared for release
That this sentence has ever been
uttered about the United States
should have us all hanging our heads
in shame.
"There will be more tough fighting ahead...blahblahblah...on the march to victory."
Jebus X Christ, I feel like I'm living in a B movie. Make that C.
Here, because the winter was so mild, the bugs will be atrocious. Not looking forward to it at all.
How do you figure?
If these stories of *reprisals* against those who criticize them keep circulating and growing, it might make some people less willing to do so.
i don't think we're gonna have ticks too bad this year...winter was warm but really dry...NEEVER see lightning bugs here...
I once was driving late at night on an early summer rainy night in Kentucky.
You could see lightening bugs in huge clouds flashing on and off in what appeared to be complex patterns.
Villepin is 'linked with' an attempt to smear Sarkozy
The French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, is fighting for his political life after being linked with an attempt to smear his colleague, and deadly political rival, Nicolas Sarkozy.
The allegations, which also encompass the President, come from a retired senior intelligence officer in sworn evidence to two investigating magistrates.
General Philippe Rondot says M. Villepin - on Jacques Chirac's orders - asked him to conduct an investigation in January 2004 into allegations of financial corruption against his fellow minister, M. Sarkozy. The allegations turned out to be a crude forgery.
According to other material presented to the magistrates a senior business figure close to the Prime Minister is accused of being involved in concocting them.
Echidne,
You have e-mail.
Yahoo news has a pic of Reggie Bush in their President Bush photos.
You could see lightening bugs in huge clouds flashing on and off in what appeared to be complex patterns.
Doug, - 5:15 pm
hey, they coulda been terrist bugs, signalling to their accomplices...
Leaving them in the yard is an invitation to buzzards,
Xan
i don't have a pond but we got all these aminals being discussed in abundance, and gators, and armadillos.
the cats usually kill anything that comes in the yard, but it's funny watching them wonder "what the hell, an armored rat?"
off to do car shopping, i want 50 miles to the gallon... and no more wars.
hey, they coulda been terrist bugs, signalling to their accomplices...
I figured they were signaling each other, but other then mating, what could have been the message, and how could you possibly interpet it?
OMG Edmonton is totally destroying Detroit in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Un freaking believable.
Peace, peeps.
Good march in NYC!!
Thanks, Hecate. That's helpful. I may have more questions after I do some reading.
but other then mating, what could have been the message, and how could you possibly interpet it?
The message of the animal (and bug) kingdom is always mating. It's one gigantic wild orgy out there.
I figured they were signaling each other, but other then mating, what could have been the message, and how could you possibly interpet it?
Doug
You just have to flash on it, man.
Like everything, man, really, when you get down to it.
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Labour MP was offered peerage to head off rebellion, widow say
Scotland Yard will consider investigating a claim that Peter Law, the rebel MP who defeated Labour in one of its safest parliamentary seats, was offered a peerage as an inducement to stand aside. Mr Law, who died last week, ran as an independent at the last general election in Blaenau Gwent, previously the safest Labour seat in Wales.
The allegation by his widow that a "high-ranking politician" had tried to buy him off with a seat in the Lords has been emphatically denied by the Labour Party. But suspicious Tories queried how the Labour Party could be in a position to be so sure the allegation was false, so soon after it was aired.
The shadow Welsh Secretary, Cheryl Gillan, wrote to Tony Blair demanding a "full and independent investigation" into the allegation made by Trish Law. In a letter, delivered to Downing Street, Mrs Gillan said: "Given the limited time scale between the interview and the denial, which 'senior Labour politicians' were contacted last night about the allegation, which government minister authorised the denial, and what inquiries did he or she make before issuing it?"
Good march in NYC!!
How good?
tecolotes, arriba
Guantanamo Bay prisoners plant seeds of hope in secret garden
Yes because out west, the Aspens turn, all at once. Their roots connect them.
Who is Pond Buddha?
Pond Buddha is a little (4 inch? high) stone carving of the Boddhisatva who sits on a rock of the waterfall. Took weeks of haunting eBay to find the right one.
I'd love a big ol' Fat Buddha to sit by the edge all conspicuous-like, but not sure that would sit too well with the more devout hereabouts.
"There will be more tough fighting ahead in Iraq and more days of sacrifice and struggle," he cautioned. "Yet, the enemies of freedom have suffered a real blow in recent days, and we have taken great strides on the march to victory."
We are supposedly at war and yet who is sacrificing? Who is shouldering the burden? Who is suffering the most?
We need a draft that has no exclusions. Everybody serves- no college deferment, no "my daddy is rich" deferments, everybody share the burden. If this was enacted we would be out of Iraq yesterday. The media needs to start asking these questions.
What war and what sacrifice?
www.nohillaryno.com
pie,
no official count that I've heard yet. We jumped in at the beginning of the line. At one point, just past Canal St., they stopped the line and made us put down our signs so we could see how far north the protest stretched.
There was no end in sight on Broadway.
I'd love a big ol' Fat Buddha to sit by the edge all conspicuous-like, but not sure that would sit too well with the more devout hereabouts.
AH .. tell 'em it's a lawn jockey that's been eating too much fried chicken and all will be well in the 'hood.
Sorry, that was mean, I don't even know where you live.
We have a Frog Bench. Two frogs on a bench, courting each other. A little anthropomorphic, but I think it's sweet. I want a St. Francis but it's hard to find a nice one where St. Francis doesn't look creepy.
About lightning bugs...does anyone else remember their funky, musty smell?
If these stories of *reprisals* against those who criticize them keep circulating and growing, it might make some people less willing to do so.
pie
Funny you should being that up, girlfriend. Follow the link to find out the new and creative manner that the Sadministration is thinking about to stop leaks.
Can you say prosecuting reporters as spies?
http://tinyurl.com/gt7ge
The message of the animal (and bug) kingdom is always mating. It's one gigantic wild orgy out there.
Litz
Damn, I never get the fun invitations.
I wonder if the fact that our country is run by delusional lunatics will ever quite penetrate the skulls of our elite pundit class.
Actually, yes, I think so. If his name is recalled at all, it will be in a way that makes Carter look like a genius. Bush 2 is going to be the definitive disaster for some time to come.
Me, I always wanted a lawn pope. But after searching high and low for years, I finally concluded that they don't make them.
About lightning bugs...does anyone else remember their funky, musty smell?
Jennifer - 5:25 pm
now that you mention it!
thanks for the memory!
We need a draft that has no exclusions.
Please. Fuck off. We need to get the fuck out of Iraq right now.
There was no end in sight on Broadway.
I love New York!!!!
Funny you should being that up, girlfriend. Follow the link to find out the new and creative manner that the Sadministration is thinking about to stop leaks.
You reading my mind? That and these stories about protesters being photographed and the government listening in on phone conversations.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Me, I always wanted a lawn pope. But after searching high and low for years, I finally concluded that they don't make them.
Jennifer - 5:27 pm
check in New Brunswick...
i have never seen so fucking many, or so fucking diverse a collection of, lawn ornaments in my whole life...
if such a thing as a lawn pope exists, i am certain it will be in New Brunswick...
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Fear is the mind-killer.
I think that if the Sadmin attempts to prosecute reporters as spies, the former will have a big, big, big motherfucking problem.
Added to the ones they've already created.
"There will be more tough fighting ahead in Iraq and more days of sacrifice and struggle," he cautioned. "Yet, the enemies of freedom have suffered a real blow in recent days, and we have taken great strides on the march to victory."
I think Chimpy really believes this.
Me, I always wanted a lawn pope.
But ya know, the Travelocity Lawn Dwarf looks awfully Pope-ish. Must be the hat.
no official count that I've heard yet.
Let me guess: protest organizers will put the count at someting like 350,000, while the MSM will report that "a few hundred" war protestors showed up.
We need to nuke the fuck out of Fallujah or one of those raghead shitty towns. Just to set an example for those fucking WOGS that'll make them sit up on their hind legs.
Added to the ones they've already created.
It's been ingrained in Americans that we have the right to protest.
The right.
We have a lot of rights, if you believe in those set by the Constitution.
There's only so much of that bombastic, self-congratulatory BS that one can hear before it reaches into the realm of parody.
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Last Throes, if you will, comes in two versions. V-1 other side runs out of ammunition, ambition etc.
V-2 other side runs out of our troops to kill.
In any case can we soon expect a
'Victory Parody' down Wall Street with lots of graffiti, and a rousing bushspeech, of course?
Fuck this Shit over & out
You're out.
Fuck this Shit over & out
Oh yeah, that's a brilliant idea. I'm so glad you thought of it. Hurry, send a memo to the White House.... run along, now ...
Me, I always wanted a lawn pope. But after searching high and low for years, I finally concluded that they don't make them.
Jennifer
Are we talkin' John Paul II or Ratzo? Both the big hat and the prada shoes will cost you.
OOh! Salvage over at www.hairyfishnuts.com has himself a prime presidential "desperate" quote for his giant collection!
Has anyone else noted what is missing in the reports of sectarian violence, and people fleeing for their lives, coming out of Iraq?
What happened to the Iraqi Christian population?
All I hear is about Sunni Muslims killing Shiite Muslims, or Shiite Muslims (backed by Iran) killing Sunni Muslims. (Or U.S./Coalition forces being killed by Shiite/Sunni Muslims).
And the "new" Iraq government doesn't appear to have any Iraqi Christians in it, unlike when Saddam Hussein was dictator, where he had a number of Iraqi Christians in his administration.
So, how many Iraqi Christians have relocated...that is, fled for their and their families lives?
Because, you see, I've been reading news reports ever since Bush started the war that have reported Iraqi Christians being harassed (especially the women) or slaughtered as in cases involving businesses that were allowed under Saddam Hussein, but were targetted for elimination by the hardline, sharia Shiite/Sunni Muslims.
In other words, in invading Iraq, President George W. Bush has caused the deaths of thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of Iraqi Christians.
And this is not being reported.
If Bush were telling the truth, then the "freedom and democracy" he's "spread" to Iraq would have included the Iraq Christians...right?
But many Iraqi Christians have been killed, and those that haven't have fled to nearby countries, or are still inside Iraq but keeping a very low profile.
Bush/Rice/Cheney/Rumsfeld definitely have a very weird and warped idea of what "freedom and democracy" is, don't they?
For some reason I keep thinking major combat was over in 2003 ???
Innocent iraqi women and children are not my enemy. Innocent iraqi people are not my enemy. Innocent people are NOT my enemy.
If I were a christian, I would know my instruction is to love the Lord with all my heart, and to love my neighbor (here, there, in Iraq, and everywhere) as the Lord Himself.
If I were full of shit, I would consider people I do not know my enemy, and I would be a pharisee, or FAKE CHRISTIAN ego-based ego-maniac FOOL for doing so.
The enemy is immaturity and GW Bush is immature. Grow up and the only enemy is unlove.
Jihad actually means spiritual struggle, for self-mastery in spiritual terms.
Where are the mature adults in politics AND religion to wake PEOPLE UP from this "other' scapegoating BULLSHIT!
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