I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
First! Bush sucks.
that other thread was gettin old.
fine. we can be serious. it's not like this week hasn't been depressing enough already, why the fuck do you think some of us aren't blogging? kudos to you the better man.
Uhhh...fuck Bush. Second!
Fourth.
Man, I am pooped.
But the frozen embryos are safe
NYT WASHINGTON, July 21 The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday.
The decision to quickly ship the weapons to Israel was made with relatively little debate within the Bush administration, the officials said. Its disclosure threatens to anger Arab governments and others because of the appearance that the United States is actively aiding the Israeli bombing campaign in a way that could be compared to Irans efforts to arm and resupply Hezbollah.
The munitions that the United States is sending to Israel are part of a multimillion-dollar arms sale package approved last year that Israel is able to draw on as needed, the officials said. But Israels request for expedited delivery of the satellite and laser-guided bombs was described as unusual by some military officers, and as an indication that Israel still had a long list of targets in Lebanon to strike.
fuck atrios.
The whole dambed world seems to be falling apart. Thank you, George.
Worst ever. Chews with his mouth open too, the rude ass.
So what now?
Now it begins, twilight to dawn...
Wow, you fuckers is fast.
Wow, you fuckers is fast.
Yeah but at least were not dad fuckers.
So comparisons to 1914 are being made now. Lovely....
Money or a lack thereof is a tragic or beautiful thing.
"Yeah but at least were not dad fuckers."
Shut your fucking face, uncle fucka!
Shut your fucking face, uncle fucka!
We're at war folks. Time to admit we lost. I've already consigned myself to getting my wife pregnant again so that I can produce more children to go off and fucking kill liberal muslim communist homosexual arab terrorists.
I expect you to live up to your quotas. I figure every good looking bitch should be able to produce at least 2 healthy heroes to christ every 3 years, allowing them enough time in between to get their uterus' healthy. We don't want tomorrows christians being born in an unhealthy uterus.
Get to work.
sorry, but the invisible hands are still occupied with a gun and a remote... what day will she be on Idol?
You're the one who fucked his uncle, uncle fucka!
Its disclosure threatens to anger Arab governments
naw there is a 6 billion dollar arms deal in the works for the Arabs
Shut your fucking face, uncle fucka!
weird. It's all the fault of NTodd, Wankerific.
Ahh, I see Chicago Dyke's here. I dunno if your username there is any indication but I figure if you can pump out soldiers for the new war as often as you type you should be able to produce an entire brigade! All of it to satisfy the glorious wars that are to come against us liberal, muslim, communist, homosexual, democratic terrorists.
Onward producers! Onward!
You don't eat or sleep or mow the lawn, you just fuck your uncle all day long!
What a moving video. It's so depressing to know there's such misery in the world...and to know that a lot of it could be remedied for less than the cost of Bush's illegal war.
ok- i'm sorry for doubting your seriousness. it won't happen again.
g'night, yall.
naw there is a 6 billion dollar arms deal in the works for the Arabs
24 Blackhawks, other cool hi-tech death.
NTodd, I figure you should be able to father at least 1 soldier for the war every 4 years. Get to work, the Bush twins have had enough free time.
NTodd, I figure you should be able to father at least 1 soldier for the war every 4 years. Get to work, the Bush twins have had enough free time.
Best idea yet: he impregnates both of them, every year.
Double your pleasure...
So comparisons to 1914 are being made now. Lovely....
No joke, either. And which role does the Peevish Dullard get -- Wilhelm II, or Nicholas II?
24 Blackhawks, other cool hi-tech death.
Yeh, Just like when Bush Rummy and friends sold Saddam copters..we know what happened after that.
No joke, either. And which role does the Peevish Dullard get -- Wilhelm II, or Nicholas II?
Arch Duke Ferdinand?
I think the heavy-handed support of Israel by the Bush government will quicken the turning out of the GOP. America does not want any more war, it's just the lunatic neocon fringe that does.
I wish Bush would go out like the archduke.
Ahh, I see Chicago Dyke's here. I dunno if your username there is any
indication but I figure if you can pump out soldiers for the new war as often as
you type you should be able to produce an entire brigade! All of it to satisfy the
glorious wars that are to come against us liberal, muslim, communist,
homosexual, democratic terrorists.
Onward producers! Onward!
WWIII Soldier | 07.22.06 - 12:42 am | #
Oh for chrissakes.
I would, in fact, like to impregnate both Bush twins every year. And to induce labor, I'd like to fuck them a lot near their term.
I'd do Barb but not Jen...
I've said too much.
And to induce labor, I'd like to fuck them a lot near their term
I want video rights!
">Oh for chrissakes."
Leave me out of this!
Oh for chrissakes.
Bad parody.
Umm why dont we just arm those blastocysts?
oops my bad, bush wants to save lives
I'd do Barb but not Jen...
According to tbogg, it's Jenna and not-Jenna. I'm just saying...
Wow! Temp is down to 97 degrees! Woo hoo!
I wish Bush would go out like the archduke.
What, you want to start WWI? I guess that's better than WWIV.
...naw there is a 6 billion arms detachment in the works for the Arabs.
Sivan against MOO
fixed yer post...(legs not included)
According to the database, NTodd is assigned to Star Jones, not the Bush Twins.
Hey Sally,
Yep, pardner, it shore is hot up around these parts.
I want video rights!
If you've got a quarter, you've got the rights.
NTodd is assigned to Star Jones
I thought David E. was assigned to Star Jones, or was it Oprah & Gail...
I'm looking forward to WWVI...
That's when the cheeto brigade shines on like a crazy something-or-other.
I wish Bush would go out like the archduke.
Have Bush become a right-wing martyr and then leave Cheney in charge? No thanks.
And, throwing all attempts at serious dialog to the four winds: In a just world, only the Twins' blastocysts will be armed. That's three-armed -- given the source of their DNA, the potential for genetic abnormalities beggars the imagination...
Troll; Dad can I borrow the car?
Dad; Sure son just give me a hummer.
Troll; blechhh your dick tastes lik crap!
Dad; Oh, thats right, I forgot, your sister has the car.
According to the database, NTodd is assigned to Star Jones, not the Bush Twins.
You hacked the DB, you hatless bastard.
WWIII Insta-Warrior Procreation Assignments:
NTodd - Star Jones
SteveAudio - Oprah
The Kenosha Kid - Elisha Cuthbert
Sorry folks, rules are rules.
According to tbogg, it's Jenna and not-Jenna. I'm just saying...
Actually, it's Jenna & Tonic. I think Watertiger came up with that one long, long time ago.
Dad; Oh, thats right, I forgot, your sister has the car.
Oh man, that's cold.
fixed yer post...(legs not included)
thxx!
Sorry folks, rules are rules.
The Kenosha Kid
Can we discuss this? I mean, really...of course, if she likes me, I get all her money, so I guess it's OK
I wish Bush would go out like the archduke.
"Laura! Laura! Live for our children!"
The Kenosha Kid - Elisha Cuthbert
She's a screamer, I hear. But watch out for the "steel trap".
And give me back my hat, wanker.
Oh man, that's cold.
Should take the trolls a minute to recover from that one =)
"Laura! Laura! Live for our children!"
Sophie was an android.
My dinner tonight will consist of a Low Cal Nicoise Salad, fresh from Trader Joes.
Fine dining all around.
later need a drink TTFN
Steve Audio--we were at El Pres till just a short time ago. Place was insane.
Is this the eight minute silence?
Cool. Mrs.Audio was away for the evening, so we're dining at home.
What did you have?
Steve--the grilled chicken tostada. And a lemon vodka tonic.
Oh, fuck you all. My mommy was right: you're all a bad influence. I'm going to bed.
And no, I do not feel like being serious.
Things are bad enough.
Sophie was an android.
NTodd, Intertube Master
Yeah... but -- Superduperextracredit, Triple-Secret Probation Question:
What was the name of... their Driver??
What's wrong with this video? It's Sarah Fucking McLaughlin. All preaching aside, she jumped the shark a loooong time ago. Meh.
Sounds great. I like the Fajitas, and also the Pollo Burrito. Those restaurants in that chain are really great, nothign radical, just always good quality.
Omg, one of the cable channels is showing some mild hentai (adult anime). It's weird and bad like porn, even though this particular example lacks graphic nudity or sex. And no tentacles. But there are giant animated boobies.
Steve Audio--generally, although Monsieur tells me his carnitas was dry.
But there are giant animated boobies.
Sounds like AtlasShrugged Pammie.
What was the name of... their Driver??
Franz Urban. AKA Darlene.
And now I'm really leaving.
Actually, it's Jenna & Tonic. I think Watertiger came up with that one long, long time ago.
I'm going to claim co-ownership of it, though it's not exactly obscure.
Also, Sarah McLachlan: righteous.
Franz Urban. AKA Darlene.
That zoom you just heard was that one whizzing right past my head.
WASHINGTON July 21 (Reuters) - An Israeli invasion of Lebanon is likely on Friday night, intelligence sources told NBC News, its affiliated network CNBC reported on Friday.
No graphic nudity or sex there, either, unless you count what Condi and her rent-a-girl are about tonight in the wake of this, uh 'stimulating' news.
And, good night.
And now I'm really leaving.
NTodd, Intertube Master
"Give the man his head."
--Tom Cruise
I don't think I could eat a fish that had human-like teeth.
And now I'm gonna go eat.
from Majikthise http://tinyurl.com/f8jsf youtube is being sued for $150,000 per infraction.
Ah, god, why can't we do things like this. Why can't we tale care of one another. And, I am not some teen age idealist. I am sixty-fucking-one years old, and I have cried more in the last 7 yrs than I have practically all my life.
Kitten with two faces that "meow in unison." See the video.
tale care-"take care"
sorry for stupid fingers.
I don't think I could eat a fish that had human-like teeth.
How could one not click that link?
That fish needs an orthodontist, stat.
Ah, god, why can't we do things like this. Why can't we take care of one another. Sarah Deere
you should have bought Exxon...
What's wrong with this video? It's Sarah Fucking McLaughlin. All preaching aside, she jumped the shark a loooong time ago. Meh.
Bobby
I'd still hit it. Totally.
You mean bombing the shit out of eveyone and killing people doesn't help?
According to this bitch it does.
According to Bush we gots to kill other people so we can be safe. What's the feeding the children bullshit when Bush is just killing them all anyway?
Al Gore is on Conan O'Brien now.
Good night!!
WWIII Insta-Warrior Procreation Assignments:
NTodd - Star Jones
SteveAudio - Oprah
The Kenosha Kid - Elisha Cuthbert
Sorry folks, rules are rules.
The Kenosha Kid
Damn!
I never win at these things.
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All preaching aside, she jumped the shark a loooong time ago. Meh.
Bobby
What does that mean?
What's wrong with this video? It's Sarah Fucking McLaughlin. All preaching aside
talk about "preaching"...
What's wrong with this video? It's Sarah Fucking McLaughlin. All preaching aside
talk about "preaching"...
Al Gore is on Conan O'Brien now.
Good night!!
portia
Bless you!
you should have bought Exxon...
Old as the Devil
don't unnerstand this comment.
Bobby is still hung up about defending Sully being an idiot, a GAY idiot, the WORST KIND!
Don't even think I don't read these threads.
Jumped the shark means becoming old and tired, basically.
I'm not preaching, focus, just giving my opinion.
Bobby--'jumping the shark' means to strain credulity.
And apparently don't have a night life, Mr. French. What's your prob?
I said basically. And she's been straining it for years IMHO. Gotta evolve, ya know. That's why I prefer Tori Amos. Just sayin.
Cenk Uygur:
Russia's big and so is China??????? This guys sounds like a third grader. Do you know anyone who would have a conversation like this with their neighbor, let alone a business associate, let alone a world leader? Who's proud to know that Russia is big and so is China?
...
If someone is this ignorant, they're usually embarrassed and try not to talk much. But this guy is so dumb he has no idea how dumb he is. This sounds like a conversation you might have with a child, a mentally challenged child. Johnny, do you know how big Russia is? How about China?
And apparently don't have a night life, Mr. French. What's your prob?
That I don't have a night life?
Thanks for the diagnosis, dr. Bobby.
I think the heavy-handed support of Israel by the Bush government will quicken the turning out of the GOP. America does not want any more war, it's just the lunatic neocon fringe that does.
puppethead
==============
I sincerely hope that you are correct, but the American people, in their perpetual somnambulistic state have disappointed me about a million times and I'm truly skeptical regarding their awakening by Nov.
people suck, they are the worst
you should have bought Exxon...
Old as the Devil
don't unnerstand this comment.
Sarah Deere
I only meant that the hope you have expresed has been killed, and will always be killed, by greed and fear, that's the shit cuz we are humans...
No problem Frenchy. I'm here to help.
What's wrong with this video? It's Sarah Fucking McLaughlin. All preaching aside, she jumped the shark a loooong time ago. Meh.
Bobby
you are fucking lost, mate, lost
sarah remains hot ...
sarah remains hot ...
Well, he is a Tori Amos fan..
That fish had meth mouth.
Well, he is a Tori Amos fan..
Steve French | 07.22.06 - 1:29 am | #
Tori Amos looks like she tastes metallic.
Disgraced former MZM executive pleads guilty to making illegal donations to Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA).
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...ives/
009137.php
OMG, a Crooked Republican!
I'll bet this is the first one ever!
Oh come on now, don't even pretend to hate on Tori. Allright, I was a little harsh. She's just not my favorite brand. No disrespect intended. But don't harsh on the Tori dude.
It looks like we've moved into a new stage of Modernity with the advent of youtube and the ipod.
Ah, god, why can't we do things like this. Why can't we tale care of one another. And, I am not some teen age idealist. I am sixty-fucking-one years old, and I have cried more in the last 7 yrs than I have practically all my life.
Sarah Deere
===============
You speak for us all.
Peace,
This christmas will be huge for ipods.
ipods will be as ubiquitous as tv's by january.
the ipod is causing a renaissance in music appreciation.
I've drank more in the last 6 years than my entire life...
RE: Beastie Boys on Conan...
Well, that certainly sucked.
Alot.
this is what it felt like at the dawn of television.
it's been great to be alive and witness the birth of all this technology.
does everybody have their plug-in to watch this video?
i don't.
youtube requires registration.
ipods are still too expensive.
I've drank more in the last 6 years than my entire life...
Կ | 07.22.06 - 1:41 am | #
That's not really possible.
Am I the only one who finds it darkly humorous and ironically significant that the bombing in India took place on 7/11, and that Pakistanis are suspected as the culprits?
In 1943, Gene Krupa was arressted in San Francisco for possession of marijuana.
Once more:
Fuck Bush for this:
David Wojnarowicz once wrote that when he realized he was HIV+, he came to understand that he'd contracted not just a disease, but a diseased society.
I think hurricane Katrina is playing a similar role, revealing just how traumatic and destructive our system is:
Residents of trailer parks set up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to house hurricane victims in Louisiana aren't allowed to talk to the press without an official escort, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate reported.
In one instance, a security guard ordered an Advocate reporter out of a trailer during an interview in Morgan City. Similar FEMA rules were enforced in Davant, in Plaquemines Parish.
FEMA spokeswoman Rachel Rodi wouldn't say whether the security guards' actions complied with FEMA policy, saying the matter was being reviewed. But she confirmed that FEMA does not allow the news media to speak alone to residents in their trailers.
"If a resident invites the media to the trailer, they have to be escorted by a FEMA representative who sits in on the interview," Rodi told the newspaper for its July 15 report. "That's just a policy."
Am I the only one who finds it darkly humorous and ironically significant that the bombing in India took place on 7/11, and that Pakistanis are suspected as the culprits?
Yes, and the fact that they used atomic-squishees as explosives is just as ironic.
Will no one think of the craft table?
Yes, and the fact that they used atomic-squishees as explosives is just as ironic.
Do you have a link, or at least a pointer for the source for that factoid?
To laugh or to cry [via BBC]
Space tourists must be screened to ensure they are not terrorists, according to proposed regulations from the US Federal Aviation Administration.
The draft report's suggestions aim to prevent a terrorist from destroying a spacecraft or using it as a weapon.
...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is attempting to regulate the commercial space industry in a bid to ensure minimum safety standards.
It has recommended security checks similar to those for airline passengers.
The FAA also suggests space tourism companies check the global "no-fly" list, from the US Homeland Security Department, to exclude potential terrorists.
Oh, that's a nice nug...
Whoops, it's gone!
OK, had dinner, a couple of glasses of cheap champagne, and now we're gonna get into the pool.
It's 90 in Granada Hills right now.
The draft report's suggestions aim to prevent a terrorist from destroying a spacecraft or using it as a weapon
Someone at the FAA, believes that orbital mechanics is something simple to grasp? That a terrorist could pick up the essentials from a few months of study?
I only meant that the hope you have expresed has been killed, and will always be killed, by greed and fear, that's the shit cuz we are humans...
Old as the devil
Dear, I refuse to believe, buy into this. Human spirit prevails. Granted, we may be so fucking stupid that what ultimately prevails is only biology (e.g., cockroaches), but I still think the world is a tension between yin and yanmg, good and evil, light and dark, and that the balance is necessary for this planet's survival. Yin and yang stretches it a bity...because "they" make that as a battle between male and female, which I resent and believe to be inaccurate.
But...I hope...and I believe. There's kindness and there's cruelty, and I know which side I am on.
Hope you do, too.
You speak for us all.
Peace,
Bobby St. Chomsky
thanks, dear. I have to believe what we believe in will prevail, at least for a while. The "Battle" goes on forever, never ends.
But the pendulum has swung so far the other way since Little Boots has been "in office" that I have to believe it will swing back our way soon.
It's 90 in Granada Hills right now.
Perfectly normal for summer, according to the gummint. Yes. Perfectly normal. Move along. Nothing to see here.
I get the point behind the video, but her choice of examples clouds the issue. Is she saying that the entertainment industry should quit making films and videos? That creative people don't deserve to be paid?
If we gave up all entertainment spending, we could send it to poorer nations. But I don't think giving up my occasional $4.99 romance buys (Regencies are my guilty pleasure) will make or break world hunger.
There are truly frivolous things she could have focused on, like the more outrageous sports merchandising, or Rolex watches and the like. Or something really obscene, like the amount our government spends on nukes and fake missile defense systems.
It's 90 in Granada Hills right now.
SteveAudio | Homepage | 07.22.06 - 2:00 am | #
I'm in Woodland Hills, and my air conditioner is still on. 11:00 PM
I've drank more in the last 6 years than my entire life...
Կ | 07.22.06 - 1:41 am | #
me, too, dear. Trying to get control of that.....Oblivion has been WAAAYYY too attractive!
We cannot do this, though. Need our best wits to counter these fuckwads.
Steve--90 here on the other side of the 405, too.
The AC is chugging away.
Global warming isn't a disaster; it's a business opportunity.
http://nielsenhayden.com/
makingl...760.html#007760
the opposite view, ie there's never enough money from Making Light
sister of ye |
The cost of missile defense systems...hell, the fucking cost of W's massive security he takes around the world and the country w/him is/are obscene. What we could do w/that money.....
Yeah, artists need to be paid (though they rarely are, compared with fucking CEOs.....) - but, what are our priorities?
And, artists, goddess bless them, tend to go with The People rather than The Corporations.
Which is why most artists have day jobs, eh??
Sarah D, I love your surviving optimism. It's hard to keep some days, isn't it?
That's why I always liked Man of La Mancha. Don Quixote is quite batty, but in pursuit of such good ideals. Sometimes it seems like we're crazy to keep on struggling to fight the good fight.
Kinda why we hang out here, isn't it? To know that there are others just as "crazy" as we are.
And, btw, it's 11 o'clock here in PDX and still over 80 degrees.
We got a cloud cover that's holding the heat in.
104 today, 105 predicted tomorrow.
Wheee...................
All my birds flying in, beaks open, I keep refilling birdbaths and bowls of water for them all!
Argh, me hearties, swagger on over to Pottersville and hear the tale by Mo Do, Condi's Flying Dutchman. Argh.
"To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in. "
sister of ye
Honey, I'm as batty as they come, but I have to keep my optimism, which is my shield against the foul meanness of people like those who populate this godforsaken "aministration".
It's our best, most effective weapon, that they can't grind us completely down.
Fuck 'em, y'know?
All my birds flying in, beaks open, I keep refilling birdbaths and bowls of water for them all!
For my own benefit, I shall pretend that that is a euphemism for something.
Not sure what.
"To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in. "
Henry Miller
Cooling systems are running here. I think they'll be going all night. This is in the Mountains of western Montana.
Normal weather for here, would be if you were deciding to:
go to bed,
put on a sweater,
lighting the fireplace,
or turning on the furnace.
-
For my own benefit, I shall pretend that that is a euphemism for something.
Not sure what
dammit, what did I say that was stupid this time???
oh, sister of ye..."romance buys" - my guilty pleasure as well!!!!!
Ha!!
Mine is "romantic suspense" and Victorian stuff.
dammit, what did I say that was stupid this time???
Sarah Deere | Homepage | 07.22.06 - 2:21 am | #
Deere, dear, you said nothing stupid at all.
I was just being silly.
Ah, Doug....how lovely. I always t hink of the Merle Haggard song, "turn me loose, set me free, in the middle of Montana....."
I was just being silly.
rorschach
oh, good!!!
I have spent a week in My Real Life with my foot in my mouth, so I was not really surprised that I would find myself doing that here, as well!!!
going outside to shoot up, now. Back later. Best to you all.
I see the video's point about priorities, I just don't think her examples did it justice. If the point was to affect our spending choices, she could have hit the purchaser end: the cost of a Broadway show ticket could buy X, a CD or DVD could buy Y, a movie ticket could buy Z.
Instead it comes off like she's undercutting the right of entertainment professionals to be paid, and not even the stars, but the unheralded production grunts. The $3K catering fee is high if it's for six people, but if it's for multiple meals for a cast and crew of 100, not so much.
Again, I agree with the basic idea, just wonder at her specifics.
"Have Bush become a right-wing martyr and then leave Cheney in charge? No thanks.
Richard"
Agreed.
However it would be funny to see Coulter falter behind the caisson.
http://apoeticjustice.blogspot.c...aning-
myth.html
GLEANING MYTH...
Shut up fuckers
I hate you all
Hand job me and then fuck off
"Collateral damage will be your final stem-celled-shrieking,"
Actually, I do not grasp that line.
"Hand job me and then fuck off
Dimitri Kai "
What are you, presidential etiquette coordinator for the G8 conference?
Glad to see you like the Miller Quote Sarah, long time no write to you all...is it time to take to the streets yet?
It might cool off here. It's clear. The stars and milky way would be putting on a fine show tonight, if it wasn't for the smoke. No fires are close by, but the valley is covered by a like smoke haze.
Thank God the rain finally arrived....now I can sleep.
Dimitri Kai, watch this.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/rnrD4QIq.gif.gif
I must confess, I have a reason to be a bit touchy about entertainment professionals - my niece aspires to work in film production, and I'd like to see her be able to support herself at a profession she likes.
Besides, so far she's promised a house and a car, and I'd like to be able to collect them someday. 
I suggested that she probably owes me a boat and motorcycle as well.
Speaking of which, I should finally turn in - I'm taking her early tomorrow to get her new tires and an oil change before we hit the Ann Arbor art fair. I didn't give birth to her, but she's my baby anyhow, and I'd like her to be able drive safely. It's not like she's a freeloader, but she's just starting out in life and it's hard for her to manage everything.
I doubt I'll buy much (speaking of priorities), but somehow I never made it out there before, and I'm looking forward to seeing it. At least the weather cooled down a bit here this weekend!
Not enough words ...
http://tinyurl.com/lu5tw
Here's a charmer from the NYT. I'd not post something this long in daytime, but I figure things are slower now:
U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis
By DAVID S. CLOUD and HELENE COOPER
WASHINGTON, July 21 The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday.
The decision to quickly ship the weapons to Israel was made with relatively little debate within the Bush administration, the officials said. Its disclosure threatens to anger Arab governments and others because of the appearance that the United States is actively aiding the Israeli bombing campaign in a way that could be compared to Irans efforts to arm and resupply Hezbollah.
The munitions that the United States is sending to Israel are part of a multimillion-dollar arms sale package approved last year that Israel is able to draw on as needed, the officials said. But Israels request for expedited delivery of the satellite and laser-guided bombs was described as unusual by some military officers, and as an indication that Israel still had a long list of targets in Lebanon to strike.
Satellite and laser-guided, eh? You'd think the Israelis were fighting Romulans or something.
"he Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel,"
How nice, but how long did it take to get proper body armor into the field for our troops?
Never Again
Satellite and laser-guided, eh? You'd think the Israelis were fighting Romulans or something.
Draco | 07.22.06 - 2:43 am | #
"Scotty, load the photon torpedoes.
Spock, give me a hailing frequency.
"...Hezbollah, this is James T. Kirk, Starship Enterprise. We have our torpedos aimed at your capital.
YOu must release the Israeli soldiers, or we will stun you with our phasers. Do you understand?"
Some kind of police activity on Woodley newar Balboa, we saw the helicopter and heard sirens.
Jumped in the car in wet swim suits to go check it out, but the street is blockd off by police cars. Kinda scary.
You'd think the Israelis were fighting Romulans or something.
No, Daleks.
And with that, I really am out of here. Sweet dreams of disgraced and imprisoned Rethuglicans to all!
Glad to see some of you are getting relieg from the heat. NPR had a funny feature today on how receding inland shorelines make primo bullforgging weather. You apparently catch bullfrogs by shining a light in their eyes with one hand and grabbing thir hypnotized little selves with the other.
Atlanta remauins bone dry and miserable--hazy, smoggy, full of ozone and pollutants. Every morning they list 5 kinds of people who shouldn't dare go outside (asthmatics, the elderly, eyc.)
Strange to see a young Robert Blake 'In Cold Blood.'
Not a bad young actor.
"Some kind of police activity on Woodley newar Balboa, we saw the helicopter and heard sirens"
Strange, up until a few years ago (I have since moved), that was common activity in my neighborhood. Highlights included ATF, SWAT and FBI taking down a neighbor down the street a few houses and another incident in which the cops were combing our alley. The chopper was so low that when I went out to look, I was greeted with their skids in the top of our backyard oak. The police chopper was frequent visitor to the area, going up and down the streets or giving chase on the expressway. Now I live next to the medical center and some nights it is hot and cold running ambulances coupled with several air ambulance choppers who seem to use our intersection as a landmark.
.is it time to take to the streets yet?
Tarheel
honey, why we have not stormed the WH w/pitchforks and torches in a Great Mystery to me....
It's WAY past time.
Strange to see a young Robert Blake 'In Cold Blood.'
Not a bad young actor.
Ghost, Cult of Personality | 07.22.06 - 3:01 am |
yeah he grew up from "our gang"
You apparently catch bullfrogs by shining a light in their eyes with one hand and grabbing thir hypnotized little selves with the other.
I once caught a freakishly large bullfrog when I was wandering in the Ohio River flood basin after a large flood. I looked at a mud bank and saw this hole in it with what looked at first to me like a tolkenesk creature in it. When I got closer I could see that it was just a bull frog. Of course I plucked it out. It's legs were about 3 feet long, when you held it up!
Israel has cancelled their plans to invade Lebanon.
Not enough words ...
http://tinyurl.com/lu5tw
EkCenTriK | 07.22.06 - 2:42 am | #
yes. God-damn.
Israel has cancelled their plans to invade Lebanon.
Without a link, and no signs of this news on either bbc, or cnn I'll have to assume this is just part of a disinformation campaign.
Satellite and laser-guided, eh? You'd think the Israelis were fighting Romulans or something.
Draco
Israel needs to fucking stop this shit.
One of W's justifications for the Iraq invasion was that democracies don't go to war with each other, so if there were more democracy in the mideast, there would be less war. Quite the theorist.
Israel's attack on Lebanon has demolished that little quirk of belief. I'd like someone to ask him about it (fat chance).
Israel has cancelled their plans to invade Lebanon.
Without a link, and no signs of this news on either bbc, or cnn I'll have to assume this is just part of a disinformation campaign.
Doug,
yes, but, oh, my, don't I wish this were true.
http://today.reuters.com/News/ne...me-C1-topNews-
3
INVASION CANCELLED.
Jack Warden died. I saw that at CNN when I went to check out the anonymous tip about Israel calling off the invasion.
another world is possible. italy floods africa with subsidized canned tomato products which actually sells cheaper than locally grown produce, making it harder for farmers to produce income. greed of western countries have a lot to do with keeping africa impoverished.
Its legs were about 3 feet long, when you held it up!
Doug, | 07.22.06 - 3:04 am | #
Don't tell me--this bullfrog tasted like ostrich?
These people (Cheney, Bush, etc) apparently want the world in constant, continuous warfare, all war, all the time.
Why do their "hearts" not explode??
I have a solution for the crisis is the Mideast. We simply need to freeze everyone over there. Then Bush will apply his 'sanctity of human life' fervor to them as well.
Don't tell me--this bullfrog tasted like ostrich?
Draco
no, honestly, they really do taste like (wait for it)...chicken.....
"Why do their "hearts" not explode??
Sarah Deere "
Lack of same.
You can always tell what a warring country will do because they always make sure to give accurate press releases to major news outlets regarding their military strategies.
mike malloy read from a news piece that suggested attack of lebanon was in the works for a year. i didn't catch the source though. have you heard about this? is this old news?
mike malloy read from a news piece that suggested attack of lebanon was in the works for a year. i didn't catch the source though. have you heard about this? is this old news?
I think I saw that here:
http://antiwar.com/
mike malloy read from a news piece that suggested attack of lebanon was in the works for a year. i didn't catch the source though. have you heard about this? is this old news?
I think I saw that here:
http://antiwar.com/
http://today.reuters.com/News/ne....me-C1-topNews-
3
INVASION CANCELLED.
Anonymous
And, of course, they (Israelis) have already "selectively" bombed the poor country waay back to before they had to rebuild.
With all due respect, I fucking hate the Israelis.
Lack of same.
EkCenTriK
yer right.
Regardless if limiting the conflict to "Lebanon incursions" can be called not invading, there is this:
American Jews' Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Lebanon
http://
www.democracyinaction.org...etition_KEY=319
This is the letter they are sending to bush:
"Dear President Bush:
As American Jews, we are horrified by your apparent support for the bombing and destruction of Lebanon, and your opposition to international demands for an immediate ceasefire. We condemn the violence by all sides, especially against civilians. But we cannot accept your attempt to justify and abet the collective punishment of the people of Lebanon -- including thousands of Americans trapped there -- as part of "Israel's right to defend herself." The vast majority of Lebanese now suffering the destruction of their country, along with hundreds of civilian deaths from the Israeli bombing campaign, had nothing to do with Hizbollah's attacks on Israeli soldiers, nor subsequent rocket attacks on Israeli cities. The same is true in Gaza, where the capture of Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit on June 25 -- the original alleged pretext for Israel's incursions and detention of the territory's elected leaders -- was preceded just the day before by the abduction of two Palestinian civilians from their home by Israeli forces, as reported by Gideon Levy in the Israeli daily Haaretz. Here, too, it is wrong to portray this ever-widening conflict as a "war against terrorism." According to the Israeli human rights organization B'tselem, more than 100 Palestinians who were not engaged in hostile actions were killed by Israeli forces since Israel withdrew from Gaza, and before the recent escalation of violence. The idea that the cycle of violence will come to an end by means of more violence, and especially attacks on civilian areas, is wrong and immoral. We ask you to support an immediate cease-fire and a negotiated solution to the conflict."
I liked Jack Warden in a number of movies, like Used Cars, wwhere instead of playing good and evil twins, he plays sleazy and evil twins.
Or A New Leaf, where he plays Elaine May's crooked accountant. When she marries the even crookeder Walter Mathau, he cries inconsolably at the wedding.
As for the Israelis having longstanding plans to attack Lebanon, don't they have contungency plans, constantly updated, for invading ALL their neighbors?
Its legs were about 3 feet long, when you held it up!
Doug, | 07.22.06 - 3:04 am | #
Don't tell me--this bullfrog tasted like ostrich?
There is more to this froggy tale. There was a friend that lived in Cincinnati, who I'd told, that sometimes on my wanderings I found animals and their skeletons. He said, "can you bring me one". So I brought the frog to Tony's house. He didn't answer the door so I walked to the back entrance and let my self in. He was sleeping on the couch and screamed when I shook him and held the frog in front of his face. (the frogs face was about 4 to 6 inches across). Tony didn't want the frog so I brought it home till I could get back to where I found it by the river. I'd put it in a plastic bin, but the frog didn't stay there long. All night I kept hearing it croaking and PLOP! noises as it explored my apartment. I finally got up about 3AM, got in my car and drove it back home to it's river bank. I figured I wasn't going to get any sleep with it at my place.
Israel may hold back on their invasion
but the US didn't.
The Israelis are just the warmup act for the U.S.
We invaded Iraq in order to hunt down the perpetrators of 9/11.
Kill the people most likely to cause another 9/11.
And with the permanent presence of our military force, send a message to the rest of the middle east not to sponsor guerilla terrorism against the west.
We invaded Iraq in order to hunt down the perpetrators of 9/11.
Kill the people most likely to cause another 9/11.
There still is no valid tie-in between Iraq, and 9-11. Nothing that's held up when examined by those that are sane, and brighter than a sack of broken hammers.
I want to remind folks not to hate the Israelis citizens because they are as about as much to blame as we are to blame for bush and his misguided war in Iraq.
I cannot in my heart hate the people of the world, I am quite angry with our elected officials, as I'm sure these people are with theirs.
don't be hatin' please.
Now back to the putdowns and blogofascist antics of tubedom!!
It's down to 87 degrees inside our place. Maybe I can sleep.
Hasta luego.
I think I saw that here:
http://antiwar.com/
SteveAudio
thanks for pointing to it. just now catching up.
Otra Frio!
Some were talking of police activity in their streets before. My sister lives in a pricey Atlanta burb, and a few weeks ago we were alarmed to see four cop cars and a cop with an orange cone blocking her street, checking out every car.
The crime? Purse stolen from unlocked parked car! In NY, they'd say it was your own damn fault and hang up on you.
Hasbara
From SourceWatch
Hasbara refers to the propaganda efforts to sell Israel, justify its actions, and defend it in world opinion. Using contemporary euphemisms, it is Public diplomacy for Israel, or using a pejorative interpretation, then it is apologia. Israel portrays itself as fighting on two fronts: the Palestinians and world opinion. The latter is dealt with hasbara. The premise of hasbara is that Israel's problems are a matter of better propaganda, and not one of an underlying unjust situation.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index...p?
title=Hasbara
yeah well, that's all very nice, but its feel-good specious bullshit.
The administration of that money to make sure it went to all those recipients would probably eat up more than half the money- that's why its a lot more feasible to simply give the cash to the U.N. and let them do it- which by the way the United States does, in a big way, mostly because we have the greatest economy in the world, partly because of money spent on various industries, including entertainment. Scattershot all the money for every video made and you'd probably end up with a net loss in the money the U.S. could give to the U.N.
The other thing is, let the biatch take the money out of her own fuggin' pocket and send it overseas. Don't take it out the of the vid budget and subject us to a crappy guilt-trip that makes her look like some kind of a saint because she's exploiting charity for her amateurish music vid.
The sheer mass of pompous bullcrap that emanates from the entertainment industry could fertilize 12,000 hectares of farmland in Busutoland..
aren't frogs more vulnerable to absorbing toxins through their skin, or something like that? that's why scientists keep an eye on them like a canary in a coal mine. they're an early warning sign that something is amiss in the ecosystem.
i'm glad you put the frog back, doug. somebody has to eat the bugs, and i'm sure as hell not going to do it.
i think so jello. i used to hear about this worldwide frog decline, dont know if it is still happening, but probably--it's not like were getting less polluted.
Hasbara refers to the propaganda efforts to sell Israel, justify its actions, and defend it in world opinion.
hey, i was wondering about this. i didn't know there was a word for it. there was scenario played out on nbc, a woman callling for her husband on a cell phone in a bomb shelter. maybe it was legit, who knows, but something about it struck me as conveniently dramatic and contrived.
Doug, | 07.22.06 - 3:23 am | #
I've always admired guys who were so comfortable around animals as you seem, and kind to them. Who's that half-crazed Aussie--Steve Erwin? I remember him sticking his hand into a tree to pull out a "beautiful rainbow lizard" he wanted to show off. He held his forearm straight up and attached the sharp-clawed lizard. Trickles of blood soon appeared but he was oblivious, too enthusiastic about the lizard's beauty and habits ("These sharp claws are for finding grubs in wood!").
crikey!
Draco, there are animals that I avoid touching or even try to wipe out if they become a problem.
Yellow jacket wasps and black widow spiders are two creatures I war with every summer, at least to the point that I don't let them nest in, or on any buildings on my property. Other wise, I'd be dodging yellow jackets every time I went out, and would get black widow bites every time I went into a building I didn't bug bomb a few times in the summer.
I mention bullfrogs and 2 trolls show up, rather as in Biblical plagues.
We invaded Iraq in order to hunt down the perpetrators of 9/11.
CSI Freeperville
oh good, it wasn't eaten.
What humanity could do if they would stop looking at the differences among us and realize how we are all the same. I'll never understand the senselss inhuman things humans do to each other.
tbsa | 07.22.06 - 3:59 am | #
Almost all astronauts return to earth with some utopian streak, having seen firsthand how tiny and fragile the earth is, the continents devoid of map lines, the atmosphere so thin, yet pelted with all manner of cosmic debris. And these are air force hotshots, little inclined to poetry or introspection.
Hi Draco, poetically said. Maybe we need to send all Republicans into space. Personally I'd settle for rocketing them to the Sun.
Jimmy Jazz | 07.22.06 - 3:54 am | #
Yes--the same team who found exactly the same nuclear weapons facility in both North Korea and Iran. Even the trees were the same. Remember that one?
Lebanese blogs
tp://cedarseed.livejournal.com/
http://lebop.blogspot.com/
http://lebanonheartblogs.blogspot.com/
http://beirutnotes.blogspot.com/
http://meastpolitics.wordpress.com/
http://beirutspring.blogspot.com/
http://colddesert.blogspot.com/
and one from an American who's evacuated to Cyprus.
http://thawrahsden.blogspot.com/
I have to jump on the "video is a POS" bandwagon, too. A lot of the buying power of foreign aid money is because of exchange rates. I'd like to see those spurious "Most people in the world live on $2USD/day or less!" comparisons reworked using a "market basket" or "cost of living" comparison, which would give a much more accurate picture. Of course, they like it better the other way because it's such a good appeal to sympathy.
Not only that, but Sarah McLaughlan sucks. She gets way too much airplay up here, all her songs sound the same, and she's a pretentious easy-listening holdover from the great Celticoid music fad of the '90s.
To the other topic at hand, in Haaretz, Dan Halutz says that Israel will need "weeks" to complete its operations, which only further convinces me that Halutz needs regel b'tachat (that's a zetz in tuchus, for the Yiddish speakers in the crowd). In another article Amir Peretz says no invasion. Since Halutz seems to be calling the shots (literally) here, he's probably most important to pay attention to.
I notice that this link was messed up.
http://cedarseed.livejournal.com/
Hi P&T--I'm housesitting for my sister. My b-i-l has one of those giganto iMac screens you suhggested for me. I don't even need glasses to read it. Yet somehow it hasn't improved my typing
Typos can be stress-related. Maybe some meditation is due? Life for all of us can be taxing at times.
Maybe you should just move to a low-population locale...
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are both certifiable.
Armstrong has lived in seclusion for 30 years.
P&T--The stress I can believe. Sis owns the only nice dog I've ever considered kicking. This neurotic pooch follows me everywhere, forever lick her paws and scratching. Sometimes both at once, the closest thing she has to a trick
The pooch is stressed out from the terrorist kid it lives with.
It just needs a good trainer, and it'll be eating out of your hand.
And doggie's the most incurable mooch ever--anything you remove from the fridge or pantry, even asparagus or cantaloupe, is her favorite food ever and shes got to have some. Retarded too--I took out some coffee filters the othe day and she went apeshit as if they were sirloin.
How are things in Maui?
Sadly, the dog's 14 and will soon be annoying the angels. Too late to train, I think
Iraq was an existential threat to the United States.
Hee, ... from Friday's Seattle PI:
The act was demeaning to the leader of another nation. It also demonstrates insensitive (if not out-of-bounds) workplace conduct. Since this was an international summit, we'll cite the United Nations' sexual harassment guidelines. "Unwelcome behavior is the critical word," the document says, followed by a listing of objectionable actions. About halfway down the list: "Neck massage."
Maui is better than ever, we're supposed to get hundreds more wind turbines, we'll be self-sufficient if it ever comes about. Sadly, the poorest here are bailing out, a lot even going back to the Phillipines it's become so expensive.
It'll change soon, tourism is down already, and Duh-bya's real estate debacle will burst soon. I can't wait.
Doug--Thanks for all those links--I've saved them, but you should e-mail them to NTodd or someone with a popular homepage
EkCenTriK, "Collateral damage will be your final stem-celled-shrieking,"
Actually, I do not grasp that line.
EkCenTriK | 07.22.06 - 2:30 am | #
The poem was inspired by a post over on One Veteran's Voice which is linked from the poem at the bottom. His post dealt with Bush's veto of the stem cell research bill. He can kill indiscriminately when it comes to Iraqi citizenry, but save lives through science and research is not acceptable because of the "potential" for life in stem cells exists! So... the line "Collateral damage will be your final stem-celled-shrieking"
is a double edged sword, so to speak. Collateral damage via war and via not researching cures etc from stem cells. His "final" (hell) will be akin to Dante's inferno where he will forever hear the "stem-celled-shrieking" of his own worthlessness...
Peace.
Anon, "We invaded Iraq in order to hunt down the perpetrators of 9/11.
Kill the people most likely to cause another 9/11. And with the permanent presence of our military force, send a message to the rest of the middle east not to sponsor guerilla terrorism against the west."
Has anyone ever accused you of being intelligent? No. Okay...How about smart? No. Well then how about average? No. Hmmm... Below average?
Oh my... Idiotic? A dumbass? Retarded? Brainless? Useless? A dipshit? Insane? Psychotic? Evil?
Nobody talks to you, eh? Guess you should look at this, my reply to you, as a gift!
Tau, "I want to remind folks not to hate the Israelis citizens because they are as about as much to blame as we are to blame for bush and his misguided war in Iraq."
Precisely! Excellent point!
Somebody should tell Duh-bya to send the stem-cells to Iraq.
P&T--Do you find the wind turbines unsightly? I'm sure you've heard about the big flap on Cape Cod over them. Maybe they need some sculptor to make them more pleasing, but I find the movements of their rotors (is that the word?) beautiful and fascinating, especially as a breeze or gust travels down a line of them. I'm always reminded of Yoko Ono's poem Who Has Seen the Wind?
doug, have you see this photo? washington journal showed it this morning. from the nyt i think he said. it's of a lone man with his back turned, kneeling in the middle of what used to be a road, dwarfed by rubble.
Wind turbines... unsightly yes, but if we group them in one area it'll be interesting. We desperately need to get our power costs down. So do the other islands. Some have proposed putting them out at sea, but it's 20,000 feet deep out there, not practical.
The people here will welcome the turbines, we can spread them out in the sugar cane fields. (Which they're going to be making ethanol out of).
We're energy rich.
Maybe Martha Stewart should design a wind turbine, so everyone will like them.
Jello, No I did not see that picture.
Pitchforks & T.
Doesn't the wind blow almost continuously in Hawaii?
Do you have a spot for a wind turbine?
did you see that global warming piece by tom brokaw? they showed a carbon sequestration plant built off the coast of norway. who knew? i didn't know one existed. looks something like a oil drilling platform. we need multiples of these things.
The wind dies here in October every year. The other 11 months are incredible, nearly 24-hour wind in some locations. I'm behind the rain shadow, so our wind is intermittent. A private turbine wouldn't be reliable here. Besides, the county is going to regulate them sooner or later, as they make a noise like a truck.
we need multiples of these things.
jello
We need a trillion new trees is what we need.
Afghanistan close to anarchy, warns general
Nato commmander's views in stark contrast to ministers'
Forces short of equipment and 'running out of time'
Richard Norton-Taylor
Friday July 21, 2006
The Guardian
A British soldier from 16 Air Assault Brigade on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
A British soldier from 16 Air Assault Brigade on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Photo: John D McHugh/Getty
The most senior British military commander in Afghanistan today described the situation in the country as "close to anarchy" with feuding foreign agencies and unethical private security companies compounding problems caused by local corruption.
The stark warning came from Lieutenant General David Richards, head of Nato's international security force in Afghanistan, who warned that western forces there were short of equipment and were "running out of time" if they were going to meet the expectations of the Afghan people.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
afghan...1826303,00.html
I'm guessing Maui doesn't have a good harbor or you'd already be overrun with cruise ships and Club Meds. How much of that sort of stuff goes on? Maybe you could earn some extra cash carving pumice chess sets featuring island deities.
We need a trillion new trees is what we need.
we're going to need it. that special showed in addition to massive lumber clearing, south america's rain forest is getting less and less rain.
Maybe you could earn some extra cash carving pumice chess sets featuring island deities.
Draco
Draco, problem is... if I doubled my work hours I couldn't have a life, and yet STILL not be able to afford to own. We're at $750,000 for standard suburban-type house here.
Besides, Pele would curse me if I sold island rocks off with tourists. They say anyone who takes sand or stone off the islands suffers horrible circumstances.
in addition to massive lumber clearing, south america's rain forest is getting less and less rain.
jello | Homepage | 07.22.06 - 4:58 am | #
I assume they explained it's a vicious cycle. The trees store then release the water, which soon turns back into rain. The system is largely self-perpetuating, until you start taking out trees. Then there's a cascade effect
Cruise ships... have been caught dumping sewage into our waters again. And again. And again.
People here hate cruise ships. Our harbor is adequate, and see 3 per week.
Oh my fucking God. I just saw Lieberman's bizarre ass bear cub ad for the first time. That is fucking hillarious shit. I'm going to show that ad to everyone I know.
Besides, Pele would curse me if I sold island rocks off with tourists. They say anyone who takes sand or stone off the islands suffers horrible circumstances.
Pitchforks & Torches | 07.22.06 - 5:02 am | #
I've heard that's not a real island legend, but was made up by a tour bus driver who wanted to maximize profits with as many runs as possible. He got sick of tourists slowing him down hunting for souvenir rocks. So he made up the curse of Pele.
Don't know if that's true at all--it was in an NPR series on National Parks. A park spokeslady said they won't accept returned rocks postage due.
I just saw Lieberman's bizarre ass bear cub ad
Seebach, thanks for past posts...they're insightful and way too infrequent.
Lieberman is going to lose. It'll shake up the Dems.
Call me a crackpot, I believe the curse... have seen it work firsthand... death!
Seebach--Did you notice the cast on the big bear's right leg? Atrios pointed out that Lowell Weicker recently had knee surgery. Classy, Hoe!
I mean Joe, or do I?
Draco, everyone, thanks for the comments. Off to sleep here, 11:30 is approching. Hugs to all.
Seebach, thanks for past posts...they're insightful and way too infrequent.
Thanks. I often wonder if I'm offering anything since I'm so new to the game.
But, seriously. I'm going to wake everyone in the house up with my insane, maniacal laughter.
Seebach--Are you a soccer fan, or at least aware of Zidane's headbutt? Here's some subtle French humor you might enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j...h?
v=js0vOgjBfD8
Stupidest thing I've heard in the last 48 hours:
CNN is doing a replay of Larry King, interviewing Kofi Annan.
LK: "Do you think it would be helpful for President Bush to meet directly with the Middle East leaders?"
Yea, we saw how well that G-8 thing worked out Larry, what rock have you been under?
And with that, I'm off to Atlanta.
Be well moonbats.
I probably needn't remind anyone here to read James Wolcott, but his latest post Moral Savagery is deadlier than usual, even though it's mostly quotes from Alex Cockburn and Rovert Fisk. The Israelis are at least as evil in Lebanon as the US in Iraq, and my only question is what their motives are for the excessive malice.
Will someone please explain to me, very slowly, why Rumsfailed still has a job.
Here's the Wolcott Draco referenced. Read the post immediately below the latest. Ouch! I'm sure glad he's not mad at me.
great video, I love Sarah.
hmm, trolls on other sites are just as stupid as the trolls on this site.
morning moonbats
P&T, there's a lot of work in NY on water/sea power generation. The tides will always come in and go out, that's harnessed in some places. And the turbines I've visited were surprisingly quiet. ??
'We'll make this place a graveyard'
As we walked through the southern suburb of Beirut known as the Dahiya, a chubby, bearded man in the black uniform and tin helmet of Hizbullah, wearing webbing and carrying an AK-47, shouted at us from behind.
"Yah, Haj, you can't go there," he said. "The MK are flying above. Go round to the other street." The "MK" are what the Lebanese call the unmanned drones Israel has been sending to attack targets in Lebanon over the past week and a half, nicknamed for the initials on their casing.
i may have mentioned this before, but i don't give a flying fuck about israel. don't really care whether it exists or not. i am not anti-semitic or anything. i'm just not jewish. if i were, i suppose the existence of a jewish homeland in that region would be a priority for me. but i'm not, and so i don't care.
if i were a christian lunatic looking forward to armageddon, israel would be important to me also. and if i were an islamic militant, i would actively seek it's destruction, i suppose. but since i am none of those things, i don't really care one way or the other.
olaf, it's interesting, it seems extremism of any sort makes anyone blind. I listened to a caller on CSpan elaborately claiming that the first people in the Israeli area were Jews, because their god sent them there. Ummmm, in biblical history, they were sent there and battled with a whole collection of other tribes that were already there. It's sad that we stretch any set of facts to fit what we want. The same is true of the Palestinians, too, and there's no way anyone could condone all the suicide bombings and shellings. how do you mandate civilization?
I am interested in the current Israel/Lebanon/Palestine crisis because I have 2 friends in Palestine, one in the Gaza Strip and one in the West Bank.
my maternal grandparents spent a lot of time in the Middle East also, married in Cairo and spent their honeymoon in the Lebanon.
i also believe that israelis may be the stupidest fucking people in the world. why would you ally yourself with christian fascists who have caused you nothing but misery for 2000 years in order to fight arabs who never really bothered you?
I've always been a staunch supporter of Israel. This time I think they are going way too far. Remember after WWII nobody wanted the displaced Jewish refugees. They literally had no place to go.
Army weighs likely cost of major ground fighting to crush Hizbullah
What's Israel's next move?
When elite Israeli troops crossed into Lebanon to clear booby-trapped Hizbullah positions along the border this week, they expected little resistance. Instead, they found fighters waiting for them with mortars and anti-tank weapons.
These small, cautious incursions have proved relatively costly to the army, a warning to Israel of the heavy fighting that awaits any major operation.
In the Palestinian territories, the army comes up against fighters armed with little more than Kalashnikovs.
There were a few episodes of ships full of Jews fleeing Europe after WWII being turned back and sent off to sea, so when the Europeans gave the land of Israel to them it seemed like a relief to just about everyone. Of course, sort of like the beginnings of the US when no one considered Am'n natives as quite human, the native populations were kind of brushed off as a minor nuisance. And it festers.
this year is the 60th anniversary of the King David Hotel bombing (by Irgun)
this year is the 60th anniversary of the King David Hotel bombing (by Irgun)
israel will never live at peace with its neighbors as long as it allows itself to be used as a proxy for crusading christian fascists.
And it festers.
Ruth
That it does. What's kind of amazing is that Israel has used the same technique of hitting back ten times has hard as they've been hit since its inception. Seems to me they would recognize by now that it aint working.
Ohmert doesn't have warrior credentials, ql, and following Sharon is tough enuff that he seems driven like the cretin in chief to show 'manhood' rather than intelligence. Of course, the agreement Israel made when it pulled out of Jordan was not kept, so it's gotta make it impossible not to keep whatever the next one is. Not that I'm justifying massive civilian casualties on either side.
WASHINGTON, July 21 The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday.
it appears the chimp and co have have come to a diplomatic solution...
That it does. What's kind of amazing is that Israel has used the same technique of hitting back ten times has hard as they've been hit since its inception. Seems to me they would recognize by now that it aint working.
ql in ny | Homepage | 07.22.06 - 7:06 am | #
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how many times have you heard a statement along these lines "the israelis know how to deal with terrorism" thrown out as if it were self evident? the fact is that the israelis suck at dealing with terrorism. i can't think of a country that has even come close to being as unsuccessful at dealing with terrorism as israel.
The Guardian Leader: The war gets wider and worse
It would be astonishing if Hizbullah and Israel were not now both reflecting on the old adage that it is easier to start a war than to stop one. A week ago it seemed reasonable to predict that a few days of Israeli bombardment would be followed by a ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners - because the stakes were just too high for any other outcome. Israeli officials spoke then of needing 72 hours to crush their enemy as the US, tacitly backed by Britain, sidestepped increasingly urgent demands - from Lebanon, the UN, France and others - for an immediate cessation of hostilities. Ten days on, the rockets are still flying, bombs falling and innocent civilians dying or fleeing for their lives. Apparent preparations for substantial Israeli ground operations in south Lebanon yesterday opened up new dangers that must include the risk of a clash with Syria.
Seems that any dealing with the christofascists is going awry right now, as the thuglicans have learned. Dealing with the End Times faction is about as fun as dealing with the 70 virgins crew. Normal standards don't apply when preservation of life liberty and pursuit of happiness is just an obstacle to your real aims.
They put the 86 corpses into plain wood caskets. Many were just big enough to fit a small child
Dozens of dead buried in temporary mass grave until fighting ends
In the driveway of Tyre's Government hospital yesterday the sour smell of rotting flesh mingled with spray paint as the chief coroner wrote the names of the dead on their coffins.
Empty wood caskets, which had been neatly stacked by a large white freezer truck - one of two being used to store the bodies of many of those killed during Israel's bombardment of south Lebanon - were now being filled; 86 of the 150 corpses in the truck were to be buried in the afternoon.
Merkins don't seem to put a lot of trust in the abilities of our dear leaders to get anything going in the ME;
CNN poll;
Created: Friday, July 21, 2006, at 21:23:01 EDT
Do you think a "major humanitarian disaster" in Lebanon is avoidable?
Yes 48% 7417 votes
No 52% 8073 votes
Total: 15490 votes
compared to the israelis, the brits are geniuses at dealing with terrorism. and they suck at it too.
Sunni muslim countries like Saudi and Jordan would be quite happy to see Hezbollah destroyed, as they see it as an agent of Iran and they fear Iran.
Iran showed that the people could get rid of despotic leaders (in this case the Shah).
Iran has major problems and it has nutty clerics directed the scene, but eventually they will die off and hopefully the youth of Iran will take over. Without the religous nutcases in charge I'm sure Iran would become a powerhouse.
Iran has a different culture and history to Saudi and Jordan, for one they are Persians and another they have a very long pre-Islamic history.
Saudi and to an extent Jordan are run by dictatorial monarchs who don't like sharing power, the US like the British and the French beforehand are quite happy to support dictoarial regimes to further their own goals, they don't really care about 'democracy' and 'freedom'.
as for creating stability in the middle east, raise living standards, create a new middle classes, thats what happened in N Ireland, groups like the IRA were given power, and enjoyed all the trappings being in power brings, once they have a taste for that, well armed resistence seems less than fun by comparasion.
of course this is too simple for the current nutcases in charge, they suffer from myopic short term vision
Boy, olaf, you're in a sour mood this morning. And I suppose why not? Certainly nothing in the news that's particularly cheering.
"the Israelis know how to deal with terrorism" thrown out as if it were self evident?
but...but..how's about the great wall in Israel, ostensible to keep out suicide bombers....they haven't exported that to Iraq...
QL, I just finished reading an AP report in the Dallas Morning News about a contractor, Custer Battles, that was operating thru shell co's - selling overpriced materials to the 'coalition' in Iraq and to the black market in Iraq at the same time, where anyone could buy the weaponry of choice. Which came out when they fired some one who whistleblew about fraud at the hq. Your tax dollars at work killing US soldiers and Iraqi civilians indiscriminatley. Cheers.
saying that israel has any sort of expertise in dealing with terrorism would be like me spending several years pounding on my thumb with a hammer all day every day and then claiming that because of that i am an expert at nail driving.
'they haven't exported that to Iraq...
animal, Bush roadkill '
Peekaboo, your US border follies calling youuuu.
Rice sees bombs as birth pangs
Condoleezza Rice has described the plight of Lebanon as a part of the "birth pangs of a new Middle East" and said that Israel should ignore calls for a ceasefire.
"This is a different Middle East. It's a new Middle East. It's hard, We're going through a very violent time," the US secretary of state said.
"A ceasefire would be a false promise if it simply returns us to the status quo.
"Such a step would allow terrorists to launch attacks at the time and terms of their choosing and to threaten innocent people, Arab and Israeli, throughout the region."
Empty wood caskets, which had been neatly stacked by a large white freezer truck - one of two being used to store the bodies of many of those killed during Israel's bombardment of south Lebanon - were now being filled; 86 of the 150 corpses in the truck were to be buried in the afternoon.
didya notice that there was no censorship of the press, in Lebanon to show all the graphics of slaughter, on msm...
animal there is certainly a lot edited out of the 6'o'clock news here, me and my mother stayed up watching Al Jazeer and Abu Dhabi TV, and the images they showed were much more brutal.
Do you think a "major humanitarian disaster" in Lebanon is avoidable?
Isn't it over a week late for CNN to even be asking this poll question? Is the current disaster somehow "minor"?
I think they're setting things up for the time when they can pronounce how Condi and Chimpy prevented anything "major" from happening.
I think they're setting things up for the time when they can pronounce how Condi and Chimpy prevented anything "major" from happening.
I think they're setting things up for the time when they can pronounce how Condi and Chimpy have carnally embraced each other to protect us from the end times.
This is from an American recently evacuated from Lebanon, via Juan Cole:
The western media has been focused like a laser on the dramatic story of the evacuation of refugees from western countries. The Americans I know who are on their way out all have the same question: Why are we the story? With hundreds dead, thousands injured, hundreds of thousands displaced, Lebanon essentially turned into a Gaza with mountains, and the Bush Administration saying that talk of a cease-fire is premature, can we ever expect the western media to report what is significant rather than what will entertain its audience?
Patrick McGreevy
Bush rushes bombs to Israel
The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, according to The New York Times.
Citing American officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, the Times said on Saturday that the decision to ship the weapons quickly came after relatively little debate within the White House.
The report said that the news threatens to anger Arab governments and others who could perceive Washington as aiding Israel in the manner that Iran has armed Hezbollah.
just started raning here in Devizes and thundering.
yep we may get a thunder storm
its cooled down to 25C (77F), humidity at 65% and its gone very dark as well.
The report said that the news threatens to anger Arab governments and others who could perceive Washington as aiding Israel in the manner that Iran has armed Hezbollah.
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gosh, i can't imagine how anyone could ever percieve that washington is aiding israel. that's just crazy.
moon, we got a lot of rain in new mexico for a couple of weeks. hopefully it will happen again next year.
From the excellent Tim Grieve at salon.com:
Finally, tonight: How "bad" has become "good"
"Thursday was one of the quietest days in one of the year's bloodiest weeks," the Washington Post reports, "with no single reported attack in Iraq claiming more than 13 lives."
Meanwhile, Ken Silverstein reports in his Harper's blog that Bush administration intelligence czar John Negroponte is blocking work on a new National Intelligence Estimate for Iraq. The reason: Silverstein says that Negroponte "knows that any honest take on the situation would produce an NIE even more pessimistic than the 2004 version."
When the 2004 NIE was leaked to the press, George W. Bush dismissed its dire predictions as "just guessing." "The CIA laid out a -- several scenarios that said life could be lousy; life could be OK; life could be better," Bush said then. The New York Times put it a little differently at the time. Under the worst of the scenarios, the paper said, the NIE predicted that Iraq would see, by the end of 2005, "developments that could lead to civil war."
If that's "just guessing," let's just say that we'd like to take the NIE's authors with us the next time we head to the track. One might be able to debate whether Iraq is in the midst of a civil war now -- after stepping "gingerly" around the question, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that it's time to admit that a "civil war" has begun -- but one can't really dispute the fact that Iraq has seen developments that could lead to one.
Silverstein's sources say that an honest NIE on Iraq would describe the current situation as a civil war, but that "there's a feeling at the top that [using that term] will complicate matters." Negroponte, one source says, "doesn't want the president to have to deal with that."
-- Tim Grieve
Can't fuck up what's left of his "beautiful mind."
Ruth - Isn't that kind of like war profiteering, which is punishable by death?
Australians march for peace
More than 10,000 people have marched through Australia's largest city calling for an end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
The crowd waved Australian and Lebanese flags and carried coffins and placards saying "No War" as they made their way through central Sydney, escorted by about 400 police.
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Mamdouh Habib, and the Australian Muslim community's spiritual leader, Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali, joined the demonstration, which police said was conducted peacefully.
There ya go, we're letting evacuees into the US and they're hezballic at heart. CSpan callers get up early to think these up.
of course this is too simple for the current nutcases in charge, they suffer from myopic short term vision
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek
When it comes to oil, as it all does, short term is pretty much all there is.
BTW, Negroponte is a vile human being who deserves to be eaten by dogs.
'Ruth - Isn't that kind of like war profiteering, which is punishable by death?
ql in ny '
If the laws of the land are being enforced, lots of what's going down would be criminal. Like violating the laws against invading Merkins' private communications.
'. It is wildly inappropriate for the administration to use security clearances to stop an investigation. And it is equally so for the White House to be interfering with career law enforcement officials conducting a probe. The OPR was set up after Watergate as an internal watchdog to ensure the highest level of ethical behavior on the part of government lawyers. '
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...6072101392.html
There ya go, we're letting evacuees into the US and they're hezballic at heart. CSpan callers get up early to think these up.
They may be US citizens, but they are brown people. Now if all of them were Natalie Holloways, we would have Anderson Cooper and Rita Crosby salivating.
There ya go, we're letting evacuees into the US and they're hezballic at heart. CSpan callers get up early to think these up.
Ruth
Ya want proof? Dincha read the evacuee comment at 7:40am upthread?
Ungrateful bastard actually criticized the news media, and damned if he didn't sound sympathetic to the ragheads (oh... Lebanese aren't 'ragheads' ? Well, whatever).
Anyway, one pictures these early morning C-SPAN callers (if one must), sitting there with the remote in one hand, cigarette in the other, hooked into a hands-free telephone, in a basement room they share with filled ashtrays, KFC cartons, a brimming-over kitty box and lots and lots of empty generic-brand beer cans.
"They hate us 'cuz of our freedom. So you libruls kin just shut the fuck up."
Welcome to morning news;
'Israeli troops raid Lebanese village By BENJAMIN HARVEY, Associated Press Writer
1 minute ago
ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER - Israeli troops backed by artillery and tank fire seized control of a Lebanese border village on Saturday, military officials said. Israeli warplanes also hit communications and television transmission towers in central and northern Lebanese mountains. '
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060.../
lebanon_israel
Australians march for peace
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and we'll be protesting at the monument in Gloucester as we have been Saturdays since Iraqi war began.
Prediction: after Israel runs over south Lebanon, they will annex it, with our blessing.
chimpy has recieved his marching orders....
About 50 leaders of the Jewish community from across the country were scheduled to meet Thursday with Bush administration officials and congressional leaders. Pro-Israel advocates said that they would be asking the administration to slap more sanctions on Syria and to push the European Union to follow America's lead by labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
http://www.forward.com/articles/8139
but wait, the oil card...
Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz told reporters on Friday, We cannot let Israel pursue its actions. We cannot tolerate that Israel plays with the lives of citizens, civilians, women, old people and children. He supported an international force along the border of the two countries. This is going to be hard on Abraham Foxman.
http://www.juancole.com/
"BTW, Negroponte is a vile human being who deserves to be eaten by dogs.
spinoza"
OMG DEATH THREAT!!!
Gingrich saying he's the right president to preside over WWIII
No words to express
gag
If the laws of the land are being enforced, lots of what's going down would be criminal. Like violating the laws against invading Merkins' private communications.
Head on over to Glenn Greenwald's to read about the pernicious Specter bill which is poised to ratify all the Administration's surveillance programs (whatever they might be) and close the doors on the civil suits which are proceeding apace through the Federal courts.
http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.c...ecter-
bill.html
Bygones being bygones seems to be present WH line.
By the way, Lebanon is a reminder of the fact that Reagan took the Marines out and Hezbollah declared victory, making it a major player. To join the It's Not Our Fault It's Theirs crew.
OMG DEATH THREAT!!!
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i happen to know that nim is a baltimoron, so nothing he says should be taken seriously. even though it's all true.
Morning, rational people.
I guess death and destruction doesn't take the weekends off.
will this incursion, by Israel last until the election's over?....
Yeh, no vacation for the harpies this weekend.
animal, the HHS funding appropriations have all been delayed until after the Nov. elections. I posted an article about it here yesterday, I'll see if I can retrieve it.
"i happen to know that nim is a baltimoron, so nothing he says should be taken seriously. even though it's all true.
Olaf glad and big, Guzzista! "
Baltimore?? That was like 6 months ago. I'm in the heartland now! I have developed a profound appreciation for fried potatoes, nascar, preparation for the rapture, and contempt for those pinheads in Washington.
Morning, bats!
keep under the covers until after Nov. 202: 'Only the defense bill is certain to come to the Senate floor soon. Most of the domestic spending bills won't be debated until after Election Day, if at all, and are likely to get bundled into a catchall bill during a lame-duck session colored by the November results.'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...6072001590.html
Charismatic leader who triggered crisis
Even his most severe Lebanese opponents recognise Sheikh Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the undisputed leader of the Shia movement Hizbullah, as the country's most charismatic politician. A clear and lively speaker who switches from classical Arabic to modern slang with ease, he more than any other Lebanese has the power of war and peace.
He launched the latest crisis by authorising his militia to seize two Israeli soldiers. He decided to send volleys of rockets into Israel, and he could help end the confrontation by accepting a ceasefire and releasing the soldiers.
To be fair, contempt for those pinheads in Washington is more or less universal these days.
Nim,
Since I feel partly responsible for your move to the heartland, you want I should send you some Miracle Whip?
'profound appreciation for fried potatoes, nascar, preparation for the rapture, and contempt for those pinheads in Washington.
Nim, ham hock of liberty'
I see your cholesterol has appreciated accordingly. When 'pinheads' becomes 'freakshow hippie moonbats' you get your frat pin.
Now calm down. Bolton nomination to head the UN is on the table again. We can take down southern Lebanon and UN at the same time!
I suspect all sorts of appropriations will be delayed until after the November elections.
Even if the Emperor has a lame duck Congress, he can still wreak havoc between November and January.
Morning, Molly I. -- this wasn't aired yet?) where I live -- did you happen to catch it in your area?
BTW, Negroponte is a vile human being who deserves to be eaten by dogs.
Why should dogs be made to suffer?
actually i only found out recently that you had sojourned in charm city, nim. what part of town did you live in, by the way?
he could help end the confrontation by accepting a ceasefire and releasing the soldiers.
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek | Homepage | 07.22.06 - 8:19 am | #
sorry Moonboot, we don't talk ceasefire with terrarists.
Why should dogs be made to suffer?
General Zod
Legitimate point.
Molly, the newest pics of Molly and SP were wonderful, as was the commentary you provided.
SteveNS,
It's on tomorrow. Setting the TiVO now.
Thanks!
'Tweren't nuthin', Molly. Enjoy!
"Nim,
Since I feel partly responsible for your move to the heartland, you want I should send you some Miracle Whip?
Molly Ivors, RabidLamb"
More potatoes would do just fine, thank you.
Mmmmmmm potatoes.
Thanks, Diane! I can't get much work done while shuttling the comic cavalcade around, but I try to console myself.
"Why should dogs be made to suffer?"
Dogs won't eat vampires.
BTW nice to run into entertainment here, nice guitar. Although 3 notes at a time for me, dial up.
Olaf:
I was living in Baltimore County, technically. About one mile NW of the city limits, in Nottingham.
Morning
Nim,
You need Miracle Whip to make potato salad.
Don't forget to sprinkle it with paprika!
Crispin Sartwell on Our System of Free Market Democracy
nottingham? is that like ruxton or somewhere like that? i grew up in towson.
The causes of 21st century wars are all based in internal politics. War is being used to try to maintain the current power structure. These 21st century wars are not being waged against outside enemies, the people in Iraq and Lebanon are more like human sacrifices than like military opponents, the true opponents in these wars are internal opposition parties. The aim of these wars is to create or maintain internal unanimity.
The Iraq war was waged against internal USian opposition, because it was apparent that there simply was no outside opponent. Iraq had no army and no way to defend itself. The people of Iraq were old-time, Aztec-like, human sacrifices for the internal republican/corporate/suburban political order.
people criticize miracle whip all the time. i still say it's way better than mayonnaise.
sorry Moonboot, we don't talk ceasefire with terrarists.
Tony Snow asserted yesterday that it was not *possible* to negotiate with terrorist organizations.
I'm sure the IRA would be surprised to hear that.
i still say it's way better than mayonnaise.
(shudder)
I'm going to have to vote for mayo over Miracle Whip.
Can't make a proper egg salad sandwich with MW.
I think we take the stated rationales for these wars way too seriously.
I think we take the stated rationales for these wars way too seriously.
Are they more or less terrifying than the unstated ones?
i still say it's way better than mayonnaise. Just like wine in those plastic scew-top bottles beats all hell out of those olf-fashioned glass ones with corks.
miracle whip is better than mayonnaise. this is just how you elitists are. you fixate on one thing, like mayonnaise, then you demonize anyone who deviates from it. you fucking elitists. god how i hate you mayonnaise swilling elitists.
I think we take the stated rationales for these wars way too seriously.
I'd agree with that.
Like the guy who tells his wife he's got to go to the store to pick up milk when he's really sneaking out for a smoke.
I think we take the stated rationales for these wars way too seriously.
Hal McDoraform
Well, the Downing Street Memos made that clear, didn't they...
By the way your analysis at 8:31 makes more sense than anything we've read in the papers. Good post.
is nottingham near rt. 40, nim? i seem to remember the enchanted forest being in nottingham.
really brilliant - The Independent Front Page today
god how i hate you mayonnaise swilling elitists.
NTodd, at least, will go to the mat for Miracle Whip.
Wait, I'll come in again.
god how i hate you mayonnaise swilling elitists.
I just don't believe in miracles, whipped or otherwise.
Look Olaf, there is SALAD DRESSING in miracle whip. Some miracle.
Haven't you ever made mayonnaise from scratch?
sheesh
Blair urged to back Lebanon ceasefire
The Archbishop of Canterbury has led calls for Tony Blair and George Bush to demand an immediate ceasefire by Israel and Hizbollah.
Dr Rowan Williams accused Mr Blair of being out of touch with public opinion as people across Britain prepared to march in protest today at the carnage in the Middle East.
The demonstrations echo the backlash before the Iraq war began in March 2003 when millions demonstrated against British involvement in the invasion of Iraq. The issue of Mr Blair's adherence to the American line has dogged his premiership since.
Haven't you ever made mayonnaise from scratch?
sheesh
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wel, well, well. mayonnaise from scratch, is it? no more buttered scones for me. i'm off to play the grawnd piawno.
Hi, DWD, are you feeling more like a human being now?
Hellman's lo-fat, pls.
Olaf: Rte. 40 ran a couple miles to the east.
Nottingham is kind of stuck between Towson and White Marsh.
you go, Rowan
Guess I won't quit the church after all. Off to fill up those silver cruets with cheap port and get out the flat bread
bye
Fresh non-specific percale owls.
BP pays out millions to Colombian farmers
A group of Colombian farmers has won a multimillion pound settlement from BP after the British oil and gas company was accused of benefiting from a regime of terror carried out by Colombian government paramilitaries to protect a 450-mile pipeline.
Many of the 1,000 farmers and their family members who worked on 52 farms affected by the development, say they have been since been forced to live in destitution in the surrounding towns.
They alleged that BP benefited from harassment and intimidation meted out by Colombian paramilitaries employed by the government to guard the pipeline. It was never alleged that BP had any involvement in any of the paramilitaries' activities.
Nottingham is kind of stuck between Towson and White Marsh.
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sounds like perry hall.
no more buttered scones for me. i'm off to play the grawnd piawno.
Don't get mayo on the keys, it'll strip off the finish.
Ruth,
Not too bad though riding in the car for four hours through endless road construction almost did me in yesterday.
But the weather is nice and it is "nice" seeing my less-crazy sister.
This war thing and the middle east stuff in general is making me very nervous for Young DWD currently in Turkey somewhere. (I assume, have not read of any plane crashes.)
Dr Rowan Williams accused Mr Blair of being out of touch with public opinion as people across Britain prepared to march in protest today at the carnage in the Middle East.
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek
I wish the head of the Anglican Communion had shown some spine and said that Mr. Blair (along with his Emperor) was not only out of touch with public opinion but out of touch with Christian morality.
Israel has entered Lebanon.
Israel has entered Lebanon.
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i've seen this movie before. don't worry. i won't tell you how it ends.
Remotely checked my mail:"hey, we made it and are all still alive, the wedding was great and we are
leaving tomorow morning to go south for the vacation. talk to you again when
i get a chance."
Molly, enjoy em while they are young and not so damned snarky.
Diane, you mean Christ was not the conqueror leading his Christian Soldiers onto killing all the non-believers?
What kind of a religion is that!
G'morning, all.
Hey, you saw this, right? : "....But Israels request for expedited delivery of the satellite and laser-guided bombs was described as unusual by some military officers, and as an indication that Israel still had a long list of targets in Lebanon to strike. "
i'm calling this one as the next step in what i've been saying. The unbombed targets are not in Lebanon. They are in Iran. Bushco will not stop blocking ceasefires, etc, until the Israeli Air Force has hit all the Bushco targets in Iran. that is the fee for the US assistance to Israel in Lebanon - and maybe Syria, if it all spins according to 'der Plan'.
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Katie Couric said she won't go to the war zone because she is a single parent and all. Hmmm, did she tell that to her CBS bosses during the interview?
War is ritual. I think he have to compare them to pagan sacrificial rituals. Build themselves up into a frenzy, trying to reenact the original scene where there was a "real" opponent, and then they take the poor fella who throughout the ritual has been built up to be this original bad guy and march him up there and rip out his heart.
Summary:
1. Internal discord / destabilization
2. Need for ritual to return former unanimity / conformity
3. Ritual to put people into frenzy or state mind of original violence (WWII was our original violence)
4. Poor slob, dress him all up to be Hitler and then rip out his heart.
Kind of like movies where the bad guy is designated and then we all gang up on him and he's destroyed, we cheer and feel good about ourselves.
War is ritual.
right - societies have given up the sacred rituals of ingesting hallucinogens to find the path...all that is left is violence for our ignorant cultures....even recent research on magic mushrooms has shown an extended deep calmness post experience
"Yeah but at least were not dad fuckers."
Shut your fucking face, uncle fucka!
Chris Tucker | Homepage | 07.22.06 - 12:39 am | #
Shut your fucking face, uncle fucka!
SteveAudio | Homepage | 07.22.06 - 12:40 am | #
Seems to be a very, very potent argument for censorship of these blog comments. Sounds like grammar school playground language among the most retarded, juvenile deliquint children. I'd say grow up, but doubt it would do any good.
Hmmm! Also reminds of a certain dimwit at the G8 Summit this week. The open mike failed to catch him at his expressive best.
How do we find out which businesses and which rich folk aren't giving a fair share to charitable causes?
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