HULK SMASH!!!
now that's ridiculous--
So important it had to be said thrice.
0 comments my ass!!
WE GET IT! QUIT REPEATING YOURSELF!
threadbot's on a rampage
Atrios hits for 3!
So which thread is everyone commenting on?
Wonder which ones he'll delete?
God save the BBC!
I just can't decide......AH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Runs out of room crying
Bottom two.
God save the BBC!
Are they now the Queen of Respectable Media-ville?
I'm against objectivity as it's currently practiced here in the US.
They should strive to print the truth. Period.
And while it's news sometimes, that some idiot politician says something stupid, those stupid remarks should be accompanied by some fact checking and some context.
ach, and all my snark was nuked.
NTodd: just don't hog the pillows! 
Billy: I'm sorry, the joke was there and it was incumbent upon me to make it.
Um...I can't remember the rest.
Thanks to Watertiger, I am of a mind to sing the "Goatfucker" song. Sing along, won't you, to the tune of the "Roadrunner" song from Looney Tunes?
Goatfucker!
The farmer is after you!
Goatfucker!
If he catches you you're screwed!
It was Edward R. Murrow who famously
said "With some stories, there's only
one side."
Smart guy...
NTodd: just don't hog the pillows!
NO FLIRTING!!!
ach, and all my snark was nuked.
MMMMMMMmmmmmmmm.... nuked snark... auauauauaughghghghghghgh....
I would rather read a publication that was ideological, if it was *honest* -- than an "objective" or even allegedly left-wing paper if it was patently full of crap, like, say, Time, Newseek, the NYT or the Washington Post.
just waiting for the first POS in the hood to start blastin stuff
I mean really, why do you have to give a megaphone to the wankers on the wrong side of an argument just for "balance"?
FUck that.
Aw, Damn! I had posted the best post ever. Sheesh!
ach, and all my snark was nuked
SNARKLEAR HOLOCAUST!
Billy: I'm sorry, the joke was there and it was incumbent upon me to make it.
wt, mon ami, I loved it. No one around here comes up with as quick-witted, bone dry, killer humor as you, young lady.
Are they now the Queen of Respectable Media-ville?
wet pants
Dunno. But the live cover the Coppa Mundial, complete with snark.
Um...I can't remember the rest.
I added the ever-popular "Those. Aren't. Pillows!!!"
Goatfucker, Goatfucker, fuckin' all the goats all day,
Nanny Goats, Billy Goats, whatever comes his way,
Poor little Goatfucker never bothers anyone,
Sodomizin' caprines is his way of havin' fun!
(chorus)
heather snarklear?
the Beeb
SNARKLEAR HOLOCAUST!
olexicon
I think it's actually a HaloScanacaust
From below: Religious speech can be transcendent, and genuinely Christian ideals about justice and mercy can inspire even non-believers.
Notice how religion=xian???
This is the Story of the YEAR!
Minnesota, it's not just for sex boat cruises...
Eddie Griffin. The Timberwolves center has been nailed with a civil suit claiming he caused a car accident while drunk and masturbating to a porn film while driving his SUV.
http://www.deadspin.com/sports/n...ings-
184548.php
Billy B,
*mwah*
Yes, I agree, the truth would be a nice change.
It was Edward R. Murrow who famously
said "With some stories, there's only
one side."
Smart guy...
Precisely.
With MANY stories there is only one side. The truth.
Now there may be a ridiculous debate going on, but the debate itself should be a separate story. Like, "such and such wanker is attempting to cloud the issue by making THIS assinine argument."
NO FLIRTING!!! -flory
Sounds like someone needs a back massage. Lean your head forward.
I mean really, why do you have to give a megaphone to the wankers on the wrong side of an argument just for "balance"?
Because 99% of the time, the truth has a liberal bias (seriously). So printing just the "truth" sends the wingnuts into orbit, which pisses off your bosses...and prolly doesn't help your job evaluation.
I added the ever-popular "Those. Aren't. Pillows!!!"
Ah, yes!
Heh.
Nanny Goats, Billy Goats, whatever comes his way,
hey, god damnit!!!!!
the whole notion of "balanced" journalism is absurd. no news outlet should care if it is balanced or not. balance should come from a variety of outlets.
caused a car accident while drunk and masturbating to a porn film while driving his SUV.
now that's multi-tasking.
From below: Religious speech can be transcendent, and genuinely Christian ideals about justice and mercy can inspire even non-believers.
That's complete crap.
Just don't hog the pillows.
You know I don't...but I've said too much. Oooh, look: lightning!
Also, if everyone's nose DID grow longer when they didn't tell the truth, it would help.
This is a good day to not be a citizen of Japan. How did two powerful democracies manage to both elect nitwits at the same time?
GAH!
Eddie Griffin. The Timberwolves center has been nailed with a civil suit claiming he caused a car accident while drunk and masturbating to a porn film while driving his SUV.
Now THAT'S multitasking!
goddammit!
*shakes fist at wet pants*
wt, mon ami, I loved it. No one around here comes up with as quick-witted, bone dry, killer humor as you, young lady.
Billy B
Harrumph!
I'm taking my non-attractive snarkin' ass and going home!
Because 99% of the time, the truth has a liberal bias (seriously). So printing just the "truth" sends the wingnuts into orbit, which pisses off your bosses...and prolly doesn't help your job evaluation.
Well, the wingnuts need to build a bridge and get over it.
Billy B,
*mwah*
[face flames red]
[looks around sheepishly]
[grins like a possum eating shit]
The Beeb
Its domestic programming and broadcasts are primarily funded by levying television licence fees (Under the 1947 Wireless & Telegraphy Act) upon separately owned or rented Premises with televisual equipment on the premises either capable of receiving the BBC TV signal or which is used to access BBC TV programmes online through their computer, although there is also money raised through commercial activities such as sale of merchandise and in order to justify the licence fee the BBC is expected to produce a number of high-rating shows in addition to programmes that commercial broadcasters would not normally broadcast.
Sounds like someone needs a back massage. Lean your head forward.
JeffCO
'kay.....
I hate Atrios.
I'm taking my non-attractive snarkin' ass and going home!
I guess I should too.
Or else post a kitty picture.
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...t-
overlord.html
Yeah, that's the ticket. Bow to your feline overlord!!
My comment went into the aether? Gah.
Anyway, yeah: all broadcast news media in the UK are regulated for fairness. The papers? You know where they stand.
Eddie Griffin. The Timberwolves center has been nailed with a civil suit claiming he caused a car accident while drunk and masturbating to a porn film while driving his SUV.
AND he was called for dribbling.
Attaturk | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 3:54 pm |
you must be very proud
Hmm.
Car wacker,
The cops are after you!
Car wacker,
Better watch out for your spooge!
*shakes fist at wet pants* -watertiger
Not wearing pants means never having to shake your fist at them.
ronjazz, you still there? I've still got your email addy, can I send it to Eli?
That dumb station naturally is Clearchannel, kijz 105.9 (should be kjiz)
which pisses off your bosses...and prolly doesn't help your job evaluation.
You need a new boss.
I've trained mine. He's still an idiot, but he's decided it's good for HIS job survival to keep me happy since uberboss loves me.
hee hee.
The newspapers.
Are they objective and non-ideological, or do they strive for ideological and partisan balance?
They need to make up their minds, because those two things are very different.
the whole notion of "balanced" journalism is absurd. no news outlet should care if it is balanced or not. balance should come from a variety of outlets.
This would be OK if the ownership of those outlets was spread around more.
I for one welcome our Plushy blogofascist overlord.
I'm yours. Overlord. Take over.
goddammit!
*shakes fist at wet pants*
watertiger
wheeee!
But to be fair, you didn't hyphenate the word and added the "GAH" at the start.
eddie girffin once got busy in an SUV
Yeah, that's the ticket. Bow to your feline overlord!!
four legs good
Where are the peeply minions?
I'm taking my non-attractive snarkin' ass and going home!
Attaturk
Yo, brother-man, wt's is rapid-fire one-liner stuff.
Your's is more in the National Lampoon vein. More drawn out and off the freaking wall. I laugh equally as hard.
Not wearing pants means never having to shake your fist at them.
JeffCO
That's NTodd's gig.
I've trained mine. He's still an idiot, but he's decided it's good for HIS job survival to keep me happy since uberboss loves me.
And that is how it is done. Here endeth the lesson.
Anyway, yeah: all broadcast news media in the UK are regulated for fairness.
*sigh*
Ah, yes....the good old days.....
But seriously, how do you do that? It must be an automatic . . .
what would my snark be?
Not wearing pants means never having to shake your fist at them.
JeffCO |
But then the wet runs down your leg.
Ewwwwwwww...
Falstaff,
Why, whatever do you mean?
(just pic)
Keep yer eye on the road
yer hand upon yer winky . . .
actively hostile and partisan/idelogical media on one side of the political debate
Used to be that was Limbaugh, and before him Wally George, and befor him Joe Pyne.
Now it's Fox, and to a lesser extent several major newspapers and other networks.
It's really become us v. them.
Bastards!
eddie girffin once got busy in an SUV
Maybe he was at the Burger king drive-thru.
You need a new boss.
I lurrrrrvvveeessss me boss.
Me am own boss.
Hee.......
A big sloppy wet kiss from Mark Warner to the liberal blogosphere.
Bow to your feline overlord!!
Such a regal profile.
Where are the peeply minions?
Here:
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...ith-
minion.html
You demanding girl, you.
'kay..... -flory
Now take a deep breath in and relax. Exhaaaaaaaale. Gooooooood.
You're carrying a lot of tension between your shoulderblades. Relax your shoulders while I get the Vollenweider.
(just pic)
watertiger
Oh, fuck -- I am so blogging THAT!!
Gotta run.
They are the ones who define everybody not "them" as "liberals," and then make up ridiculous shit that liberals are supposed to believe and do. Time to get beyond all that bullshit.
It's really become us v. them.
Bastards!
SteveAudio
you forgot the orignator
---dumdumdum----
Father coughlin!
Why, whatever do you mean?
good lord. Little dude is seriously in need of a hair stylist. And Boots needs to tell them that those glasses were never in style, even when the Kang wore them.
Me am own boss.
Hee.......
flory, Business Manager
that's my dream
the politican spectrum is slightly different in Europe too
Anyhoo, in the first photo you can see the edge of Peepers the minion at the edge of the frame.
Used to be that was Limbaugh, and before him Wally George, and befor him Joe Pyne
thought i was the only guy old enough to remember Joe Pyne. Wanna hear a good one? George Putnam is still doing the news somewhere.
Used to be that was Limbaugh, and before him Wally George, and befor him Joe Pyne.
Now it's Fox, and to a lesser extent several major newspapers and other networks.
It's really become us v. them
It's ALWAYS been them v. the world.
That's part of their mythos, always oppressed by the world (war on xmas, xians, liberal media, secular atheists, activist judges, hordes of brown people taking jobs from them).
Father coughlin!
olexicon,Sir Humpty
Indeed!
From below: Religious speech can be transcendent, and genuinely Christian ideals about justice and mercy can inspire even non-believers.
That's complete crap.
I think it's true. But I also think it would be nice if people of faith would recognize that they don't have a monopoly on "transcendence" and "inspiration."
Ah, Koizumi-san. His eyebrows gild the dawn!
flory, I thought you'd be out looking for yason in the tree at the park.
I find when people listen to Amy Goodman for the first time, they find her shrill, strident, and "ideological."
But after awhile, if they stick with her, they find her fair, still ideological, but honest about it, and pursuing truth with a bulldog's tenacity. And, above all, extremely moral about her understanding of right and wrong, and why journalists should expose abuses that soon become corruption.
If more of news were like her, and less like either FoxNews or the bland corporate news of the MSM, the US would be far better served.
Death to Joseph Pulitzer! Death to the "school of objectivity"!
Daddy ain't got no HICA!
.
We're all people of faith. We all believe in things that we have no actual proof of. It's part of consciousness. Try not believing that you'll keep breathing from moment to moment. Or thinking. It's part of how we perceive time.
It's ALWAYS been them v. the world.
Cue Helen Redy.
And when one of us is gone,
And one of us is left to carry on,
Then remembering will have to do,
Our memories alone will get us through
Think about the days of me and you,
Of you and me against the world.
You demanding girl, you.
four legs good
Si.
Someone must look out for the welfare of the minions....
Relax your shoulders while I get the Vollenweider.
JeffCO
Erm......
Should I be worried here?
Indeed!
SteveAudio
read a book on fascism a while back
which called the KKK, the birchers and father coughlin "american fascists"
Robert, feliz cumpleanos.
You and my mother share the same birthday.
I think it's true. But I also think it would be nice if people of faith would recognize that they don't have a monopoly on "transcendence" and "inspiration."
Halfdan
I can only speak for Christianity on that issue, but were Christians to follow your advice, they would be practicing the humility that is supposed to be at the heart of their faith.
Death to Joseph Pulitzer
Hey, is today your birthday???
Amy rules!!!
the Argentinians were the best team by far in the world cup, they should of won!
they blew it big time, the coach got his players all mixed up, i would be pig sick if I was an Argentina supporter.
the final 6 i reckon is going to be
England
France (cause i think they will beat Brazil, all they need to do is put Thierry Henry on the left!)
Italy
Germany
four ex-imperial powers
Oh my God, Koizi's video trip to Graceland is the most fuckin' bizarre thing ever!
Bush is even stunned!
that's my dream
olexicon,Sir Humpty
One well worth pursuing, I assure you....
And you even have healthcare.....
I think it's true. But I also think it would be nice if people of faith would recognize that they don't have a monopoly on "transcendence" and "inspiration."
Halfdan
Gee, wouldn't it?
Here's what I'd like: I like it more than I can say if a candidate could stand up in this country and say "I am an agnostic and I refuse to talk about religion. It has no place in our government."
That's about as likely as me growing a set of wings and flying back to Italy on my own steam.
I think it's true. But I also think it would be nice if people of faith would recognize that they don't have a monopoly on "transcendence" and "inspiration."
Halfdan
At one time protestants believed this. Otherwise they'd still be Catholics. Hypocritical if you ask me.
We're all people of faith. We all believe in things that we have no actual proof of. It's part of consciousness. Try not believing that you'll keep breathing from moment to moment. Or thinking. It's part of how we perceive time.
But people like Obama won't admit it. He thinks that secularism is an enemy of progress, and he's trying to establish a faith-based culture. He just thinks that if liberals understand he's being ecumenical about it that they won't mind.
It's part of how we perceive time
Which is apparently highly culturally-dependent.
England
France (cause i think they will beat Brazil, all they need to do is put Thierry Henry on the left!)
Italy
Germany
four ex-imperial powers
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek
Sigh! If only the U.S. were an ex-imperial power too!!
I guess that, to me, faith is believing that what you believe is good really is good. Thus, if you are a christian, you believe it's worth being one, regardless of whether or not you get post-mortem goodies or punishment or other sorts of things that really aren't very important to me.
Halfdan,
I wasn't calling you hypocritical.
All right I finished the minutes. Now I have to write this memo explaining the multimillion dollar project isn't going to work.
Hey, moonbats.
Just had an "odd" moment. Bumped into the art professor I dated last fall at the zoo. That's the place where we had our first date, and the place where we broke up. I thought he had moved away, but if he did, he's back.
He wanted to chat and chat and chat, but he had this woman barking at him - obviously, she picked up on the fact that we were dating at one time. I remember telling him that if he was as fucked up as he claimed he was to get some counseling before he dated again...
The whole thing left me - weird. Just feeling weird is all.
You folks really have to watch the news on this Graceland trip. The pictures do not do it justice.
The Daily Show will have a half-hour, just of Koizi singing and posing.
Erm...... Should I be worried here? -flory
Ok, no Vollenweider. How about Van's Common One? That should take the edge off.
Here's what I'd like: I like it more than I can say if a candidate could stand up in this country and say "I am an agnostic and I refuse to talk about religion. It has no place in our government."
Yes. That would be fantastic. I'd even settle for, "My religios beliefs are my own personal business and I refuse to talk about religion. It has no place in our government."
I also think it would be nice if people of faith would recognize that they don't have a monopoly on "transcendence" and "inspiration."
Oh, an adherent of satyagraha?
Oh my God, Koizi's video trip to Graceland is the most fuckin' bizarre thing ever!
Bush is even stunned!
Attaturk
Bush is probably thinking to himself "No wonder this feller hung in there in Iraq fer so long... he's nuts!!"
That's about as likely as me growing a set of wings and flying back to Italy on my own steam.
I just flew in from Philly, and boy my arms are tired.
I guess that, to me, faith is believing that what you believe is good really is good. Thus, if you are a christian, you believe it's worth being one, regardless of whether or not you get post-mortem goodies or punishment or other sorts of things that really aren't very important to me.
You and I see eye to eye on things so often. Nicely said.
Yes. That would be fantastic. I'd even settle for, "My religios beliefs are my own personal business and I refuse to talk about religion. It has no place in our government."
Shit, that works too. It would be a thing of beauty.
But American Christians will not allow it. Bill Bradley was castigated from all directions for basically saying that very thing.
The Daily Show will have a half-hour, just of Koizi singing and posing.
Attaturk
Dammit, where's Ashcroft when you need him - Imagine the duet!!
Oh my God, Koizi's video trip to Graceland is the most fuckin' bizarre thing ever!
Bush is even stunned!
Attaturk
Did they go out to Elvis' B-B-Q pit and see where's he's burried? I visited Graceland two years ago and let me tell you Graceland is a trip that everyone should make. Greaceland is really funky.
Hey ladies -- here's some good news. Looks like the HPV vaccine is on its way.....
With just the advisory panel's recommendation, at least two major insurance plans -- Kaiser Permanente and WellPoint -- announced Thursday that they would cover Gardasil and offer it as a standard vaccination for preteen girls
At one time protestants believed this. Otherwise they'd still be Catholics.
Now, they just want their own monopoly on the truth. Except for many Episcopalians. Still a world unto themselves.
Vicki,
So the zoo is where he takes all his first dates? That's a bit too weird.
Now I have to write this memo explaining the multimillion dollar project isn't going to work.
GWPDA Broadsword of Compassion
they clearly need someone like you working for the american government
I dunno. Maybe I feel like "Oh, you have religious beliefs? Good for you. Tell me about them sometime."
Bill Bradley was castigated from all directions for basically saying that very thing.
The vicious hatred manifested by the rightwingers in this country for mainstream Presbyterianism is appalling.
God I hate Dana Bash.
Just hate her.
She's miserable, awful.
And cheekless.
Did they go out to Elvis' B-B-Q pit and see where's he's burried? I visited Graceland two years ago and let me tell you Graceland is a trip that everyone should make. Greaceland is really funky.
Unrepentant Fenian
see "THIS IS SPINAL TAP"
Jerry McNerney, who's running against mega-asshat Richard Pombo (he who just put offshore drilling back in play) is gunning to raise $250k by midnight.
Contribute here if so moved.
Pombo needs to go down. Hard.
But people like Obama won't admit it. He thinks that secularism is an enemy of progress, and he's trying to establish a faith-based culture. He just thinks that if liberals understand he's being ecumenical about it that they won't mind.
Halfdan
I don't agree with Obama's speech (too Lieberman-esc) but Obama doesn't think that secularism in the enemy of progress. Has he said this?
ladies here's some good news
Well, yes, but now the fight goes to local school boards. And we know those are infested with fundies.
flory, I thought you'd be out looking for yason in the tree at the park.
ErinPDX
Crap. I completely forgot......
Next week!!
She's miserable, awful.
And cheekless.
Attaturk
"Yield SigN Face"
as Big Papa O calls her
So the zoo is where he takes all his first dates? That's a bit too weird.
Welcome to the Monkey House, baby!
The whole thing left me - weird. Just feeling weird is all.
Not your issue.
"Sonny,Red, fire up the Lisa Marie, We're going to fly to Denver to get us some nana sandwiches."
Good afternoon, folk.
My hand is cramped from filling out job applications (and no, that's not what the kids are calling it these days).
from "the scum rises to the top" files:
(via AMERICAblog)
White House counselor Dan Bartlett says the administration's task now is to determine how to design military tribunals that will pass constitutional muster. Bartlett says Bush could portray any lawmaker who objects to legislation as supporting the release of dangerous terrorists.
So the zoo is where he takes all his first dates? That's a bit too weird.
Hecate Malificent
He was way eccentric...but I think this was beyond the first date for him. After I had been talking to him for maybe ten minutes, she interrupted and told him to "bring the stroller." She was quite attractive, but her vibes were not friendly to me at all.
All right I finished the minutes. Now I have to write this memo explaining the multimillion dollar project isn't going to work.
GWPDA Broadsword of Compassion
There she goes again. Pissing off the borg by proving she's the only smart one in the group.
I keep trying to get her to stop.....
attaturk, think of the alternatives.
Well, my fellow economists, HSBC Bank has just hiked its passbook rate (no time, no minimum) to 5.05%.
That's a hint for all of you about the state of the economy, where money is and how much things cost.
Well, yes, but now the fight goes to local school boards. And we know those are infested with fundies.
How can school boards affect what doctors do? This gives doctors the green light they were looking for to go forward and start vaccinating girls. What did I miss in your post?
Not your issue.
Snow, Stupid Grammar Nazi
Yeah, I know.
It must be really inconvenient to not be a War President.
Obama doesn't think that secularism in the enemy of progress. Has he said this?
Pretty much. He says that secularism is causing us all to be materialistic, have holes in our hearts and causing inner city gang members to shoot each other. His life was empty before he found Jesus, so he assumes that everyone else's is too. Read the speech.
White House counselor Dan Bartlett says the administration's task now is to determine how to design military tribunals that will pass constitutional muster.
They should start with reading those 'quaint' documents called the Geneva Conventions. The ones they ignored originally.
see "THIS IS SPINAL TAP"
Since my baby left me...
She was quite attractive, but her vibes were not friendly to me at all.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
the jealous type or simply a psycho bitch?
Since my baby left me...
Talk about mudflaps.
Hannity was on a rant about how we found WMD on his radio show today.
He is gonna flog that one until he ejaculates Sarin gas.
Okay off for the fourth! Don't anyone blow off any limbs....
Bartlett says Bush could portray any lawmaker who objects to legislation as supporting the release of dangerous terrorists. - olexicon,Sir Humpty
Oh, oh, Mommy I'm so scared. Big, mean President Bush might say bad things about me.
Checked your Chimp's political capital account balance lately, asshole?
Talk about mudflaps.
watertiger
the bush admin slogan
"there's such a fine line between cleaver and stupis"
That's directed to Fartlett, not Ole.
Hannity was on a rant about how we found WMD on his radio show
Shit. And we were looking in the wrong place the whole time! They were on his radio show!
the jealous type or simply a psycho bitch?
olexicon,Sir Humpty
I don't know her at all, so I'm going with the more minor of the infractions: jealous type. Although she did have a controlling aura. Whenever women bark at men, it gives me pause. I don't dig that kind of communication.
Talk about mudflaps.
I'd like to sink you with my pink torpedo...
They were on his radio show!
Another eats shoots and leave moment from yours truly!
He is gonna flog that one until he ejaculates Sarin gas.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Hey now!!!!!
Let's hope he squirts himself in the face.
Hecate:
'We can prevent it by having the best public health method, and that's not having sex before marriage.'
So how's that work when you marry some guy who *did* have sex before marriage and is carrying the virus without knowing it?
Your marriage bed virginity gonna save you from cervical cancer?
The sheer fucking ugly stoopidity of the fundies will never cease to amaze me.
Whenever women bark
at men, it gives me pause. I don't dig that kind of communication.
Vicki, Who ? Al Gore | 06.30.06 - 4:19 pm | #
That should be "whenever women bark
at men, it gives me paws."
Let's hope he squirts himself in the face.
In that case, I hope he cums mace.
Hannity was on a rant about how we found WMD on his radio show today.
We found WMD on his radio show?
He is gonna flog that one until he ejaculates Sarin gas.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Corona all over computer desk and keyboard. God that was funny.
I don't dig that kind of communication.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
my kinda lady
Bobo's world...
Okla. ex-judge convicted in penis pump case
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060...wN5bnN1YmNhdA--
BRISTOW, Okla. - A former judge could be sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of exposing himself by using a sex gadget while he presided over trials.
The jury on Thursday rejected Donald D. Thompson's contention that the device was a prank gift that he had never used, convicting the 23-year judicial veteran of four counts of indecent exposure.
The conviction will require Thompson to register as a sex offender and could jeopardize his $7,489.91-a-month pension. Jurors recommended one year in prison and a $10,000 fine on each count. Bond was set at $75,000, which Thompson's attorneys said would be posted Friday.
Thompson was accused of using the device during four jury trials in 2002 and 2003.
His former court reporter, Lisa Foster, testified that she saw Thompson expose himself at least 15 times. During one trial in 2002, she said, she heard the pump's "sh-sh" sound during the emotional testimony of the grandfather of a murdered toddler.
Foster told her story to authorities only after being subpoenaed, saying she feared she would lose her job. The investigation into Thompson's actions began after a police officer saw the pump in the judge's courtroom. Thompson fired Foster after the investigation began.
Thompson maintained his innocence, saying the white-handled device at the center of allegations against him was simply a prank gift that he never used.
"In 20-20 hindsight, I should have thrown it away," he testified.
Hannity was on a rant about how we found WMD on his radio show today.
Maybe Inanity should consider thinking for himself before spouting garbage. If the desire is still there, maybe he could try researching the subject and then thinking about it again before spouting off.
Talk about mudflaps. -watertiger
NTodd would be the first to tell you they make the rockin' world go 'round!
You win Japan...you win
We found the Elaine Benes of political dancers.
How can school boards affect what doctors do? This gives doctors the green light they were looking for to go forward and start vaccinating girls. What did I miss in your post?
In a year, school boards will decide whether or not to make these innoculations mandatory for school attendance. The fundies will fight that tooth and nail. Of course, once it's mandatory to get the shot in order to attend school, every insurance company will have to cover the cost. The fundies don't want that.
That should be "whenever women bark
at men, it gives me paws."
That's great! See, I haven't been blogging much lately, and I've lost my ability to pun.
That's directed to Fartlett, not Ole.
bo
i assumed
as i am not an "asshole"
though i describe myself as a "snarky asshole"
mustn't complain about corporate concentration of media. why that would be "irrational paranoia."
NTodd would be the first to tell you they make the rockin' world go 'round!
From Tap to Queen in one swell foop!
Maybe Inanity should consider thinking for himself before spouting garbage. If the desire is still there, maybe he could try researching the subject and then thinking about it again before spouting off.
Now why would Hannity want to do that, Snow, when spouting off has worked so fucking brilliantly for him and the rest of them?
Italy score, its all over for the Ukraine
they are through to the Semi finals
Italy score, its all over for the Ukraine
they are through to the Semi finals
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek
(((SHAKES FIST AT ITALY)))
How can school boards affect what doctors do? This gives doctors the green light they were looking for to go forward and start vaccinating girls. What did I miss in your post?
Tena
The question is whether they'll make it mandatory for school attendance or not. Like smallpox and DPT.
All signs point to "NO".
But I still think its impressive as hell that two insurance compaines -- including Wellpoint, not know for its compassionate side -- are already agreeing to cover it.
Maybe Inanity should consider thinking for himself before spouting garbage.
The problem with his lies is that people really do believe that he has journalistic integrity and that he is the end all when it comes to truthiness in the news.
We found the Elaine Benes of political dancers.
Attaturk
Is that Lisa Marie next to Bush?
We found the Elaine Benes of political dancers.
Attaturk
Is the woman in the black hair his wife?
Got to be, because she's looking at him like she's going to kill his ass. And I know, because I've seen that look many times before.
That should be "whenever women bark at men, it gives me paws."
Didn't you claim that you once made a woman meow?
Italy score, its all over for the Ukraine
I'm going to drown my sorrow in pierogi...
Didn't you claim that you once made a woman meow?
Damn, I was gonna do the Harry Met Sally ref...
So, just catchin' up on what I missd yesterday. Sorry -- couldn't read all the comments.
.
Hecate - got you.
I should have read it all more closely.
Sorry.
That's just great, that is, but what the hell, it's the way things are anymore.
fundies my ass - the "liberal" Episcopal Church is getting ready to schism over women bishops and gays. I"m not going to get into this argument again, but I do not believe that there is any such thing as organized liberal Christianity in this country anymore at all.
That's just my opinion, I"m not going to start it again, you don't have to agree with me.
Is that Lisa Marie next to Bush?
Unrepentant Fenian
It's Priscilla and Lisa Marie respectively.
NO FLIRTING!!! -flory
Sounds like someone needs a back massage. Lean your head forward.
JeffCO
Jeez, don't fall for it, flory! You never know where your head will end up...
But I still think its impressive as hell that two insurance compaines -- including Wellpoint, not know for its compassionate side -- are already agreeing to cover it.
Makes great sense. Would you rather cover the cost of a simple shot vs. invasive cervical cancer, or colposcopies every time a woman's pap comes back abnormal, or cryosurgery, or...God, I wish they had that vaccine when I was a kid.
I'm glad they have it for my daughter's sake.
But I still think its impressive as hell that two insurance compaines -- including Wellpoint, not know for its compassionate side -- are already agreeing to cover it.
Makes great sense. Would you rather cover the cost of a simple shot vs. invasive cervical cancer, or colposcopies every time a woman's pap comes back abnormal, or cryosurgery, or...God, I wish they had that vaccine when I was a kid.
I'm glad they have it for my daughter's sake.
david kay who testified in the house yesterday had a good line: the bug spray under my cabinet is more toxic than the out of date sarin found in iraq.
Stars. Fluffy little clouds. Charmin
toilet tissue. Tissue? I don't even
know you. The dims are the bio-degradable
political party, and they're turning
into landfill. Except you're destiny, dims --
you have no cheese. Choice.
Speaking of WMD's, did anyone happen to catch this editoral comic last week?
(no, it's not from the hollywood liberal)
Hannity was on a rant about how we found WMD on his radio show today.
Yeah, and their prescription was not in Saddam Hussein's name for privacy.
The problem with Matthew's suggestion is that, in the present environment, a distinctly rightwing "news"paper would necessarily consist of about 80% fiction.
The truth, reality, facts, are all utterly at odds with things that American rightwingers tell us.
It's Priscilla and Lisa Marie respectively.
I just looked at the pics again.
Damn, I feel like a moron for that last post I made...
david kay who testified in the house yesterday had a good line: the bug spray under my cabinet is more toxic than the out of date sarin found in iraq.
jello
We must invade David Kay's cabinet.
It's Priscilla and Lisa Marie respectively.
Attaturk
Looks like Cilla got into the botox cabinet.
Damn, I was gonna do the Harry Met Sally ref... -NTodd
You can spend the rest of the thread talkinglikethis.
Hecate and Tena: hell yes.
Thinking meanwhile that plaintiffs' bar is going to have a field day with a cervical cancer victim refused Gardasil as a girl. Not the best reason to offer it. But isn't there a legal notion called being on notice? Seems to me everybody is, the minute it's approved for administration...
If liberal mainstream Christainty exists, the Congregationalists pretty well own it.
But I still think its impressive as hell that two insurance compaines -- including Wellpoint, not know for its compassionate side -- are already agreeing to cover it.
flory, Business Manager
Ummmm, perhaps because it's a lot less expensive to vaccinate a woman than to treat her for cervical cancer.
Jeez, don't fall for it, flory! You never know where your head will end up...
Marcia Brady XXOO
I knew it was too good to be true.
It's a shame Michael Jackson couldn't make the weird-in at Graceland.
At lunch, a guy walked into the corner pizza joint with a jambox playing Alice Cooper. Which he never turned down.
Summer is for crazy people.
Okay, don't anyone talk to me until I post some new Curly, okay?
.
dith's SOC has turned to a trickle. Time for a prostate exam pal.
Vicki:
I've done a lot of work with health insurance companies and the ability to make a simple risk analysis is actually not their strong point. Their analytic abilities leave a *lot* to be desired.
So I'm impressed these two got it right.
when spouting off has worked so fucking brilliantly for him and the rest of them?
Well, to be correct for one. I feel deep shame when I make an error, even a small error. But maybe that's just me.
Second, he might live a happier life if he did not carry around so much fear. And knowledge is power, enough to overcome most fear. He cannot enjoy being such a snivelling coward. But, again, maybe that's just me.
Third, he has a professional responsibility to his listeners and viewers to relay only accurate information to them. But I'm an idealist, so maybe that's just me as well.
i can't really say much on religion as its not a divise issue as far as I know in Britain.
I like to think we're pretty mature when we come to religion and have had the benefit of a extremly long history.
there was an exchange on Drop The Dead Donkey a few nights go
'what sort of Bishop does not believe in God'
'an Anglican one'
Marcia: it may or may not be, but that's what beancounters do. Meanwhile, their daughters are going to get vaccinated.
"Valerie Plame was not a CIA Agent."
-- Former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX), discussing the do's and dont's of government leaking on Hardball
erego
fred eper=tom delay
I knew it was too good to be true. -flory
Now you're all tense again.
Italy scored a 3rd goal!
Thinking meanwhile that plaintiffs' bar is going to have a field day with a cervical cancer victim refused Gardasil as a girl.
Depends who refused doesn't it? What can you do if fundie wingnut mom refused?
Thinking meanwhile that plaintiffs' bar is going to have a field day with a cervical cancer victim refused Gardasil as a girl.
Depends who refused doesn't it? What can you do if fundie wingnut mom refused?
Did they go out to Elvis' B-B-Q pit and see where's he's burried?
see "THIS IS SPINAL TAP"
olexicon,Sir Humpty
"He was going to do a TV special from here, before he died."
"Yeah, that’s right, the musical version of 'Somebody Up There Likes Me.'"
(By the way, that's not the real grave in Tap. Looks nothing like the real thing. But that's probably as much part of the joke as it was budget.)
Other than sounding too much like Clearasil (Dick Clark, begone!), Gardasil sounds great. Since men are carriers of HPV, boys should be vaccinated, too.
Dang Italy. Although if the Argies had made it, and if Portugal had advanced along with Italy, we could've had the floppinest, diving-est Copa Mundial ever....
"Valerie Plame was not a CIA Agent."
-- Former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX), discussing the do's and dont's of government leaking on Hardball
/loads shotgun, points toward head
i can't really say much on religion as its not a divise issue as far as I know in
Britain.
Moon, that's because you guys were
smart enough to send all your fundies
over here hundreds of years ago.
Except you're destiny
Finally, a troll who uses "you're" in a sentence.
And gets it wrong. Fuck.
See, if I were Priscilla Presley, I sure as fuck wouldn't be at Graceland to lick the boots of GWB.
She claims she's so smart on the talk show circuit. If she's smart, she'd hate his fucking guts for destroying this country.
(By the way, that's not the real grave in Tap. Looks nothing like the real thing. But that's probably as much part of the joke as it was budget.)
jac |
works on so many levels
Since men are carriers of HPV, boys should be vaccinated, too.
Al Gore wants to take away your HPV!!!
Wait.... what?
-- Former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX), discussing the do's and dont's of government leaking on Hardball
Shouldn't that read disgraced Former Congressman Tom DeLay?
I knew it was too good to be true. -flory
Now you're all tense again.
JeffCO
Keep your head up, flory! Don't close your eyes!
Hey JP
"Valerie Plame was not a CIA Agent."
"Valerie Plame was not a CIA Agent."
That's funny. The CIA said she was, and that the shadow company she worked for had to be dismantled as a result of her outing.
Moon, that's because you guys were
smart enough to send all your fundies
over here hundreds of years ago.
Yeah. And Bland Rapids got all the fundies from the Netherlands who decided they were predestined and would build a city around their church.
And gets it wrong. Fuck. -Snow
No, as always he's just talking to himself - he wants it not to be true, except we're destiny.
steve simels errrr sorry about that *looks sheepish*
Except you're destiny
Finally, a troll who uses "you're" in a sentence.
And gets it wrong. Fuck.
Snow, Stupid Grammar Nazi | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 4:33 pm | #
Want to know a secret?
Sometimes dith isn't dith. He's
somebody taking the piss out of him.
ErinPDX: Hey JP
Howdy!
I was beginning to wonder if I shouldn't miss a day more often.
.
Shouldn't that read disgraced Former Congressman Tom DeLay?
Unrepentant Fenian
chairman of the disgraced former congressman society
On the topic of this post, many European countries have press which differs from the American model. For example, it's pretty common for the major parties to have their own newspapers which the party member read. These newspapers take the side of the party that publishes them but they tend not to lie in the coverage of actual events. Then the party newspapers are always complemented with large local or even countrywide newspapers which tend towards greater neutrality.
dith's world...
Operation removes lightbulb from anus
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060...HNlYwNtZW5ld3M-
MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Fateh Mohammad, a prison inmate in Pakistan, says he woke up last weekend with a glass lightbulb in his anus.
Wednesday night, doctors brought Mohammad's misery to an end after a one-and-a-half hour operation to remove the object.
"Thanks Allah, now I feel comfort. Today, I had my breakfast. I was just drinking water, nothing else," Mohammad, a grey-beared man in his mid-40s, told Reuters from a hospital bed in the southern central city of Multan.
"We had to take it out intact," said Dr. Farrukh Aftab at Nishtar Hospital. "Had it been broken inside, it would be a very very complicated situation."
Mohammad, who is serving a four-year sentence for making liquor, prohibited for Muslims, said he was shocked when he was first told the cause of his discomfort. He swears he didn't know the bulb was there.
"I'm a resident of Virginia."
Former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX)
Keep your head up, flory! Don't close your eyes! -Marcia Brady
Here, lie down and I'll get to you next.
Except you're destiny, dims --
you have no cheese. Choice.
dith
OK, I'm calling parody.
"Except you're destiny."
Hey Mr. Simels, heres a site you might enjoy
-- Former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX), discussing the do's and dont's of government leaking
What? There's holes in his hot tub?
Jeebus! My twin nephews just ate a half pint of strawberries, 12 cherries, and a half of a half pint of blueberries in less than 5 minutes! (Sure am glad they're out of diapers!)
Michigan strawberries are the best in ze world - but the season is very short. And our cherries? Mmmm mmmm mmm.
"Valerie Plame was not a CIA Agent."
That's funny. The CIA said she was, and that the shadow company she worked for had to be dismantled as a result of her outing.
Her cover as a CIA agent was so deep that she wasn't a CIA agent.
"Valerie Plame was not a CIA Agent."
Tom Delay was not indicted.
"Valerie Plame was not a CIA Agent."
-- Former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX)
But can Tom tell us if Valerie has a shaved beaver?
OK, I'm calling parody.
Oooops. I blame simels.
OK, I'm calling parody.
"Except you're destiny."
jac | 06.30.06 - 4:37 pm | #
Thank you.
Moon, that's because you guys were
smart enough to send all your fundies
over here hundreds of years ago.
Well, crap. So the whole thing was a conspiracy on England's part. Ship the wingnuts to the Colonies...then let them declare independence?
If Mom refuses: interesting question. She's got authority over some parts of her daughter's health, but not others. Her underage kid needs a transfusion to live, and she's a Jehovah's Witness, the docs can get a court order. In the case of Gardasil, there will, I'd guess, quickly be a movement either to require it for kids across the board, or a legislated immunity allowing parents to subject their kids to the risk while releasing the kid's providers from liability. There'll be some fun law coming down.
Pentacostals are making great inroads in the religious communities of Latin America.
"Valerie Plame was not a CIA Agent."
Tom Delay was not indicted.
Rush Limbaugh did not fuck underage goats in the Dominican Republic.
I have no interest in Delay's gratification.
"I'm a resident of Virginia."
Former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX)
Oh please please tell me this is true. That would go a long way toward redeeming what has been otherwise the single most frustrating day I've had in years.
Jeebus! My twin nephews just ate a half pint of strawberries, 12 cherries, and a half of a half pint of blueberries in less than 5 minutes! (Sure am glad they're out of diapers!)
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Um...quick! To the store with you! Or can you just let them run about nude in the backyard while you stand guard with a hose?
But can Tom tell us if Valerie has a shaved beaver?
"Saaaay...nice beaver!"
"Thanks! I just had it stuffed."
Well, crap. So the whole thing was a conspiracy on England's part. Ship the
wingnuts to the Colonies...then let them declare independence?
flory, Business Manager | 06.30.06 - 4:39 pm | #
Well, I don't imagine it was quite that
thought out.
Here, lie down and I'll get to you next.
JeffCO
DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!!
What? There's holes in his hot tub? - ellroon lambofascist
Hey, is that any way to talk about the man's daughter?
...on second thought.
Guess what the fastest growing religion in the US is?
Also, which religion is the biggest in Oregon?
Well, crap. So the whole thing was a conspiracy on England's part. Ship the wingnuts to the Colonies...then let them declare independence?
Better than rotting in prison ships in the Thames.
there will, I'd guess, quickly be a movement either to require it for kids across the board, or a legislated immunity allowing parents to subject their kids to the risk while releasing the kid's providers from liability. There'll be some fun law coming down
I bet you're right.
Any woman who does not get this vaccine for her daughter should be shunned. Of course it won't be that way - but for god's sake - it prevents cancer.
He swears he didn't know the bulb was there.
Was that what he said about the alcohol, too?
Tom Delay was not indicted.
Jay C. |
I never saw the interview
but did he say "joe wilson is an alcoholic, his wife is a desk jockey, and they will soon be indicted for outing valerie plame"
Vicki: had Michigan cherry cider once. I'm convinced that when the gods get bored of nectar, they scarf it up, and that's why I can't get any here in the Riviera of the North Atlantic, while I can get seventy five different kinds of mushroom here, complete with a guarantee that no dolphins were harmed when they were taken...
Guess what the fastest growing religion in the US is?
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
ellroon, I think vicki meant the nephews were old enough that they didn't use diapers anymore, not that they did use diapers but there weren't any left in the linen closet. Or at least I hope that's what she meant . . .
Mmm, Michigan cherries. I'm going to be stopping at the store on the way home and I know what I'll be getting!
Well, crap. So the whole thing was a conspiracy on England's part. Ship the
wingnuts to the Colonies...then let them declare independence?
flory, Business Manager
We've been tricked!
"Valerie Plame was not a CIA Agent."
That's funny. The CIA said she was, and that the shadow company she worked for had to be dismantled as a result of her outing.
plantsman, lowercase
Well, we all know what a hotbed of liberalism the CIA is, so I'm sure they were just overreacting.
Washington cherries are no slouch.
there will, I'd guess, quickly be a movement either to require it for kids across the board, or a legislated immunity allowing parents to subject their kids to the risk while releasing the kid's providers from liability. There'll be some fun law coming down.
ProfWombat
And it will be state by state. I don't think it'll be mandatory in Alabama anytime soon. Mebbe in Massachusetts.....
For Olexicon and all Tap Fans:
This is For You
Many years ago I found this PDF of the script on line. Completely forgot I had it until this thread.
Enjoy.
Jehovah's Witness
The anal fishers of men.
Jehovah's Witness
The anal fishers of men.
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
something i often use as a swear
Guess what the fastest growing religion in the US is?
NToddism.
Jeebus! My twin nephews just ate a half pint of strawberries, 12 cherries, and a half of a half pint of blueberries in less than 5 minutes! (Sure am glad they're out of diapers!)
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Captain Queeg is looking for your nephews...
Captain Queeg: Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with... geometric logic... that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist, and I'd have produced that key if they hadn't of pulled the Caine out of action. I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow officers...
DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!! -flory
Sheesh- try to put my skilled hands to good use and I get tag-teamed, and not in the good way! I guess I'm off to the playground in my mind. Who's got a nickel, shiny and new?
I think vicki meant the nephews were old enough that they didn't use diapers anymore,
A-yup. One of 'em just came in here.
"Vicki, what are you doo-inngg?"
I looked at him, and his face was smeared with blue and red berry goodness.
Here, lie down and I'll get to you next.
JeffCO
DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!!
flory, Business Manager
He's tricksey, that JeffCO...
Rush Limbaugh did not fuck underage goats in the Dominican Republic.
NTodd, Living Pritsky
He checked driver's licenses. They were all at least 3.....
Thank you.
steve simels
Funny. Not at all convincing, but funny.
You're much more convincing as a slutty Jewish girl. Which is more than just a little weird.
He checked driver's licenses. They were all at least 3.....
flory
One of them only stomped on the floor twice.
Jailbait!
Tena | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 4:39 pm | #
Well, that's what he's trying to prove...though the records indicate otherwise.
Rush Limbaugh did not fuck underage goats in the Dominican Republic.
NTodd, Living Pritsky | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 4:39 pm | #
Yes he did. My idiot son was there helping him.
Vicki - I dunno, they may need diapers if they ate that much fruit that fast!
Yikes -
Oh please please tell me this is true. That would go a long way toward redeeming what has been otherwise the single most frustrating day I've had in years.
Tena
Not until the courts rule that he's still a resident of Texas for electoral purposes. Otherwise the Repukes can replace him on the ballot in November...
Washington cherries are no slouch.
Neither are their grapes, especially in liquid form.
Tena: it's an utter no-brainer to me, a slam dunk, and what it has to do with sexual mores is completely obscure.
Worth wondering how HIV vaccine would be received were it developed tomorrow. There would be those who, appalled at the notion that its administration would encourage free love, would make similar arguments to those 'Focus on the Family' (always use quotes) uses against HPV vaccine. No difference in logic between the two cases...
Friday Cat Blogging upstairs.
Any woman who does not get this vaccine for her daughter should be shunned. Of course it won't be that way - but for god's sake - it prevents cancer.
Tena
Until we find that the vaccine itself causes problems. How safe is it? Who tested it? Who is getting the money? How was it tested? On what age groups, over what period of time...etc. etc.
This has happened with so many miracle drugs: unforeseen side effects. And I'm sorry, but in this era I do not trust the pharmaceutical companies to be truthful.
Pussies on parade, upstairs.
You're much more convincing as a slutty Jewish girl. Which is more than just a
little weird.
jac | 06.30.06 - 4:45 pm | #
That's puzzled me as well.
Thank you.
Damn you, simels. Don't be proud that you have so studied the mind of the dith that you can be its doppelganger. I am going to come to . . . oh, pizza.
Well, that's what he's trying to prove...though the records indicate otherwise.
Damn, that's impressive!
Washington cherries are no slouch.
plantsman, lowercase
ellroon - as a rule, I am not the slightest bit sanguine about Big Pharma and its claims.
However, I believe this vaccine has been in use in Europe for awhile. I could be wrong, but I could swear I read that.
Colorado cherries are pretty fucking unbeatable, too.
As are the peaches, the corn and the cantaloupe.
Sheesh- try to put my skilled hands to good use and I get tag-teamed, and not in the good way! I guess I'm off to the playground in my mind. Who's got a nickel, shiny and new?
I've got a nickel...
NToddism.
NTodd, Living Pritsky
With bacon, not wafers.
Kitty porn next thread up
However, I believe this vaccine has been in use in Europe for awhile. I could be wrong, but I could swear I read that.
Tena
Thank god for Europe!
Vicki - I dunno, they may need diapers if they ate that much fruit that fast!
Yikes - - Tena
Oh to have some narrative talent. This brings to mind a scene from a 50's Brit movie where a baby supposedly had eaten a large amount of cherries, pits included.
thom hartmann today quoted from truman's vice president henry wallace who had some prophetic notes about media:
"The really dangerous American fascists," Wallace wrote, "are not those who are hooked up directly or indirectly with the Axis. The FBI has its finger on those. The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power."
hartmann goes on to quote FDR:
"...economic royalists [have] carved new dynasties.... It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction.... And as a result the average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minute Man...."
[...]
"These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power."
http://www.commondreams.org/view...s04/0719-
15.htm
ellroon: yup, it'll be phased in. There will be some allergic reactions, as with other vaccines; these can be predicted somewhat. There may be side effects observable in a treated pool of millions not recognized in a clinical trial, for which we should be vigilant. But it's worth a try.
Sigh - we were warned and warned and warned and did we listen?
Fuck no we didn't. We have acted as though it just couldn't happen here.
What fucking ninnies - me among them. I never took this fascism seriously until it rolled right over me.
I feel like such a fool.
Tena: ever read Sinclair Lewis' 'It Can't Happen Here'? He, of course, proceeded to demonstrate how it might.
Then there's Ben Franklin's old line about 'a Republic, if you can keep it.'
I'm with you, though, about it not necessarily being irreversible, as my friend WGG professes sometimes. Here's John Paul Stevens, war veteran, moderate to conservative, appointed by a Republican president; it was his turn, and he took it, just as John Murtha, another unlikely progressive hero, is. Makes me proud of my country, those two, and others...
tena, dont blame yourself. it's not your fault. it's party leaders who have failed us, who have failed to keep faith with henry wallace and FDR's legacy. "economic royalists"...can you imagine a DLCer talking this way? i would drop dead of shock.
To hell with Matthew.
First, the distinction between ideological and partison is trivial, meaningless and pointless.
Second, all Journalism (outside of the editorial page) needs to be ideological -- the ideology being to uphold "truth and reality, no matter whom it might piss off."
Third, the NYT isn't ideological. It's a symptom of the corporatization of the media.
You know what happened to Star Jones? Good. Same thing happened to Truth and Reality in journalism.
"Objectivity" is a naive neutrality. I think we need journalists who understand broadly and deeply the origins of their own biases and the institutions the work in and write about. Journalists who write about politics should be steeped in history and political philosophy. Additionally, journalists need to understand sociology (including the sociology of knowledge) and philosophy; and the branches of philosophy that deal with knowledge and truth (epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, for example).
the currrent mode of journalism is NOT journalism for the most part, anyway; if someone's accused of treason for what they report and offered up for the gas chamber, you know it's journalism. so, no problem here with nuking what we have created.
To try to reject objectivity is to advocate madness.
Virtually every human advance has been achieved because we are capable of thinking objectively.
Perhaps the fallacy people fall prey to is:
No one is *perfectly* objective
therefore
No one is at all objective
therefore
Objectivity is impossible.
Relativism is the last refuge of scoundrels.
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