I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Yowsa.
.
All mine?
.
Trips.
.
its just the 2 of us
oooo - a threesome!
Wow. How does the LA Times feel about publishing the lying lies of a documented proven lying liar? God-damned liberal postmodernist relativistic Lenin-loving bastards.
"We're all alone ...... "
.
Wouldn't it be grand . . . .
WTF> "Wouldn't it be grand?" Seriously, WTF? How sick do you have to be to not only write but to also publish that? "Wouldn't it be grand?" W.T.F.
Goldberg is a tosser.
Charles Clarke in Action *UPDATED*
Will Jonah Goldberg go to the Writers Guild to get his screen credit for Path to the Frank Burns Memorial Version of 9/11?
PWN3D.
Jonah Goldberg make Hulk angry.
Hulk smash Jonah Goldberg!
Oh no....Hulk's hand stuck in Goldberg's doughy mid-section.
Hulk smash with other hand!
Oh boy....Hulk in trouble now....both Hulk's hands stuck in Goldberg's doughy midsection.
Hulk need help. Hurry. Goldberg smell like stale cheezy poofs.
it really pisses me off that war whores like Pantload suddenly change their tune as soon as the war they cheered for so much turns sour.
how we who said this on the very eve of war were shouted down.
jeez Pantload can go fuck himself twice over.
Bobo's World:
ATHENS, Ala. - A woman and two roommates are accused of holding her brother at gunpoint as she prayed for his repentance, even firing a shot into the ceiling to keep his attention.
Randy Doss, 46, of Athens said he fled the house when his captors got distracted and later went to police, who were skeptical at first because his story was so bizarre. But police said it checked out, including the bullet hole in the ceiling.
"We found where they patched the hole with caulk," said Sgt. Trevor Harris.
Police said the sister, Tammie Lee Doss, 43, Donna Leigh Bianca, 37, and Ronald David Richie, 45, who live at the Athens house, were charged with unlawful imprisonment, a misdemeanor. The two women were also charged with menacing, a misdemeanor. All were released on bond.
Harris said Randy Doss went to the house about 7 p.m. on Labor Day and at some point got in an argument with the two women about religion. When they prayed for him, he laughed.
"They both got upset and pointed pistols at him," Harris said. "They wouldn't let him leave. Bianca fired one round in the ceiling in the hallway a few feet from the victim's head."
Look at silly Atrios, going on like the historical record means anything.
Blair's One Chance To Regain His Authority
Attaturk, you posted a lot of Goldberg quotes but I didn't see any that refuted his claim that "I never thought [the Saddam - al Qaeda connection] was particularly central to the case for invasion."
Can someone show me a quote where Goldberg says the supposed connection is central to the case for invading Iraq. I can't stand Goldberg, but intellectual sloppiness even less.
Once again, the question must be raised:
Don't these idiots comprehend the archival nature of the Internets?
wholey shit
Golderg has never had any credibility....nothing new.
Methinks Pantload doth protest too much.
-Attaturk 6:17 PM
It's a coup d'état!
Atrios has been deposed!
Go Hulk Go!
But, I'm beginning to think you're all talk.
Sorry to post this if it's already old news, but is very funny:
W will kill children if they press the button.
OT: Pope speaks of 'Bavarian heart'
Pope Benedict XVI has spoken emotionally of his attachment to his southern German homeland of Bavaria as he arrived there for a six-day visit.
"My heart beats Bavarian," he said before landing in Munich, where he was met by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The Pope greeted cheering crowds in the city's main square, the Marienplatz.
On Sunday he will hold an open-air mass for an expected 250,000 people. He will also visit his birthplace, Marktl-am-Inn, and meet his brother.
Hulk need help. Hurry. Goldberg smell like stale cheezy poofs.
Hulk
Wow, the A-man left Attaturk the keys??
Go Hulk Go!
But, I'm beginning to think you're all talk.
stencil |
if both Hulk's hands not stuck in doughy pantload Jonah Goldberg's midsection, Hulk would smash stencil. smash!
Attaturk,
I wish your team well Monday Night.
"Pope Benedict XVI has spoken emotionally of his attachment to his southern German homeland of Bavaria as he arrived there for a six-day visit."
I wish he would go back there.
And STAY there!
You can link Kevin Bacon to Al-Qaeda quicker than you can make the Saddam connection.
Attaturk--
Feel free to post my Bobo's World story about gun-wielding Alabama Christians on the front page of Eschaton, at your leisure...
OT: Probe to study mighty explosions
Scientists have been giving details of a new mission to explore the Sun.
Solar-B is a Japanese spacecraft which will have three telescopes to study solar flares, the huge bursts of energy which erupt from the Sun's surface.
Flares can hurl particles and radiation at the Earth, disrupting communications and posing a hazard to astronauts.
The probe, which should launch in two weeks' time, has US and UK support, with Britain providing an instrument to investigate extreme ultraviolet light.
Once again, the question must be raised:
Don't these idiots comprehend the archival nature of the Internets?
It's funny; my circle was discussing exactly this point today. I believe that some people really don't. They just don't get the internets. Their minds cannot comprehend all the tubes, or something. Look at G. Felix Allen, Jr. The fool KNOWS THAT HE'S BEING TAPED and he still repeats his "Macaca" joke and then lies about what it means, as if no one will go on the internet and find out that it's a racial slur from the part of the world from which his avowedly anti-American mother came.
Hey, Nim, Hecate, and all ~
Just checking in, but I think I'll be going. Grill time.
ATHENS, Ala. - A woman and two roommates are accused of holding her brother at gunpoint as she prayed for his repentance, even firing a shot into the ceiling to keep his attention."
And they differ from the dudes who tried to convert the FUX reporters at gunpoint HOW?
wouldn't it be grand if the one silver-bullet justification even the anti-war people have conceded for all these months turned out to be true?
It would be grander still if a bullet, silver or otherwise, riddled your fucking skull.
Oh boy....Hulk in trouble now....both Hulk's hands stuck in Goldberg's doughy midsection.
Goldberg is one of the Leader's plastithene androids.
It's now clear why trools like dipshiticus and aug's come here and spout the nonsense they spout.
All of these cocksuckers do this.
From Cheenee at the top of the Fuckburger Chain to the lowest forms of mold and algae such as the above stupes.
George Bush has many more close ties to Al-Qaeda than Saddam did. Time to attack D.C.
Don't these idiots comprehend the archival nature of the Internets?
"Is our children learning (yet)?"
FUCK,
Sorry, Atrios, I put this up on the wrong blog.
OT: Saudi to ban sale of cats and dogs
Municipal authorities in the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Jeddah have banned the sale of cats and dogs as un-Islamic.
Saudi's religious police, the Muttawa, have been instructed to prevent the sale of cats and dogs in order to prevent the spread of Western ideas into the highly Islamic country, Saudi media reported on Friday.
"Some youths have been buying them and parading them in public," said a memo sent from the Municipal Affairs Ministry to Jeddah's city government to explain the ban.
The Muttawa are normally tasked with forcing women to cover themselves, ensuring that men attend mosque prayers and enforcing other Islamic obligations.
what the fuck?
Philotheos - exactly right.
intellectual sloppiness
Read Goldberg's first sentence. Then the quotations. Then the first sentence again.
Banning the sale of dogs may surprise few in the desert kingdom, since conservative Muslims despise dogs as ritually unclean.
But the cat ban has baffled many. Islamic traditions say that Muhammad, Islam's founder, loved cats - even in one instance letting a cat drink from his ablutions water before he washed himself for prayers.
I thought he was the paste eater? I just can't keep 'em all straight anymore. So much wankery, so little time.
ATHENS, Ala. - A woman and two roommates are accused of holding her brother at gunpoint as she prayed for his repentance, even firing a shot into the ceiling to keep his attention."
And they differ from the dudes who tried to convert the FUX reporters at gunpoint HOW?
Terry C, Unabashed Partisan
Bullets For Jeebus is good, mmmmmkayyyy?
-Attaturk 6:17 PM
It's a coup d'état!
Atrios has been deposed!
Richard
Clinton was deposed. He was even impeached, but he was still the preznit for his entire term.
This more like a Coup Deville.
The Muttawa are normally tasked with forcing women to cover themselves, ensuring that men attend mosque prayers and enforcing other Islamic obligations.
what the fuck?
Moonbootica, Opera Buff
Bush's ManDates, the Saudis.
Our allies, folks.
“I was shocked when I heard about it,” said Fahd al-Mutairi, who owns 35 pet cats. “What was even more shocking was to hear that the ban came from an authority that has nothing to do with such an issue”
Fahd al-Mutairi
I thought he was the paste eater?
No, he's the paste.
Protein Jizcum is the paste eater.
Sorry, Atrios, I put this up on the wrong blog.
Attaturk
No you didn't!
FUCK,
Sorry, Atrios, I put this up on the wrong blog.
Attaturk
hehe.
Hulk okay now. Goldberg like a doughy quicksand. Struggle only make worse. Goldberg's mommy brought Jonah new issue of "Teen People." Hulk escape while Goldberg distracted.
Hulk free to smash again!
Hulk smash!
Muhammad, Islam's founder, loved cats - even in one instance letting a cat drink from his ablutions water before he washed himself for prayers.
Moonbootica, Opera Buff
Supposedly cut off the hem of his robe, as not to disturb his cat who was sleeping on it at the time.
But considering how everyone, including Tom Friedman, has poo-pooed the al-Quaeda/Iraq angle whenever the admistration has floated it, wouldn't it be grand if the one silver-bullet justification even the anti-war people have conceded for all these months turned out to be true?
Or, or wouldn’t it be grander if they found a big underground complex with all kinds of chemical weapons. Or maybe even neater still, some kind of hallowed out volcano with nuclear warheads and a destruct button that bush got to push.
That would be so cool. They should make a movie maybe.
Sorry, Atrios, I put this up on the wrong blog.
Well you can't take it down now. We're all here! I'm sure Atrios will forgive you!
Since I guess this means Atrios won't be checking his email any time soon, I've got the Eurpean trailer of the ABC crockumenatary that's being shown and billed as the "Official True Story" of 9/11:
http://miaculpa.blogspot.com/
200...783929185724493
These people are such lying sacks of shit
Violence averted at Iraq festival
Tens of thousands of Shia Muslim pilgrims have taken part in a religious festival in the Iraqi city of Karbala amid tight security.
Thousands of police and soldiers were deployed to guard sites and deter possible attackers. No major security incident was reported.
Up to three million pilgrims had been expected during events marking the birth of the Ninth Century Imam Mahdi.
Such festivals have been targeted by Sunni insurgents in the past.
While pilgrims have begun to leave Karbala, a major police presence will remain in place until noon on Sunday to make sure that people are able to leave the city safely.
Sorry, Atrios, I put this up on the wrong blog.
Attaturk
No you didn't!
jac, NTodd's Campaign Manager
Yes, yes, I did.
I'm watching the Hawkeyes choke against Syracuse and wasn't paying attention. When I saw it up here, I thought, oh cool I got a link.
Dope that I am.
You can link Kevin Bacon to Al-Qaeda quicker than you can make the Saddam connection.
WalterNeff, bags packed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 6:52 pm | #
Walter, are you stateside, or back home awaiting the New Zealand spring to arrive in Nelson?
Muhammad, Islam's founder, loved cats - even in one instance letting a cat drink from his ablutions water before he washed himself for prayers.
Moonbootica, Opera Buff
Supposedly cut off the hem of his robe, as not to disturb his cat who was sleeping on it at the time.
Terry C, Unabashed Partisan | 09.09.06 - 6:59 pm | #
Wow.
I like him!
This more like a Coup Deville.
a horny mouse
"Well Mister I want a yellow convertible
Four door de Ville
With a Continental spare
And a wire chrome wheel . . . "
"I'm watching the Hawkeyes choke against Syracuse and wasn't paying attention. When I saw it up here, I thought, oh cool I got a link.
Dope that I am.
Attaturk"
Atrios has retained me to represent him in this matter. Against you.
Would you prefer to structure a settlement plan now, or would a wage garnishment be more convenient?
I learned while being the captain of my high school football team for a game or two, that you actually shake hands at midfield and wish the opposing players good luck, then during the game, hit that same person so hard, and cleanly, during a play that his helmet earhole is positioned somewhere over one of his eyes.
I love football.
he probably forgot that he could be checked for past statments.
he is very stupid.
Some people say saddam and osama were both tight with the clintons
OT: Bolivia sees anti-reform protests
Opposition leaders in Bolivia's wealthier eastern regions say a one-day strike in protest at plans to re-write the constitution was a huge success.
But the government said the stoppage was a political failure, because support was limited to the east.
The action was widely seen as the biggest challenge yet to the authority of President Evo Morales.
The strikers are objecting to plans to allow a constituent assembly to amend the charter by simple majority vote.
A power struggle between Bolivia's wealthier, white elite - which opposes the changes - and its indigenous majority is at the heart of the row.
The Saudis have been up to all kind of crazy shit lately.
Wow.
I like him!
rorschach | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 7:00 pm |
You Islamofascist feline lovin' liberal you!
Doughy pantload
What a fucking slob.
Doughy pantload
What a fucking slob.
Here's something to add to the wankery list: LINK
I am pleased to announce the addition of three new Advisory Committee Members to the Libby Legal Defense Trust:
· Marty Peretz, Editor-in-Chief of The New Republic
· Ron Silver, Tony-Award winning Actor, Director and Producer
· Nina Rosenwald, Co-Chair of the Board of American Securities Holding Corporation
Peretz-Super Wanker
Silver-Pathetic Hollywood Wanker
Rosenwald-Wankette (sorry, I have no idea who she is, but "wankette" is a safe title for any woman associated with Loose Lips Libby.)
Pantload should also explain where he got the link to the news story that follows his first "agnostic" quote. He really dug this up on his own? More likely there's a huge background push-back going on re the Senate report.
OT: Cartoons row hits Danish exports
Danish exports to Muslim countries have been hit hard by a row over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, officials in Denmark say.
A Muslim boycott of Danish goods led to a 15.5% drop in total exports between February and June. Trade to the Middle East fell by half, statistics show.
An industry chief said there was little doubt the cartoons row was to blame.
Doughy pantload
What a fucking slob.
malice in slumberland
How much, I wonder, did Lucianne The Bat have to pay Doughy's wife to marry him?
Attaturk, you posted a lot of Goldberg quotes but I didn't see any that refuted his claim that "I never thought [the Saddam - al Qaeda connection] was particularly central to the case for invasion."
For a guy that never much cared he sure brought it up a lot.
I'm watching the Hawkeyes choke against Syracuse and wasn't paying attention. When I saw it up here, I thought, oh cool I got a link.
lol, oh that's too funny! :D
I got a great idea for a movie.
Just take a couple of 8x10 glossy photos, one of Saddam and one of Osama.
Now trek your way across the red states and red districts with your video camera and simply ask people to name each character in the photos, and ask them how these characters relate to each other?
Film their responses....
Now that would be a movie that I would pay to see.
The case for invasion?
OT: 16 die in Kabul suicide bombing as Nato rows over sending more troops
· Alliance's top commander disappointed by response
· Germany and France under pressure at meeting
A full-scale row threatened to erupt in Nato last night with alliance commanders demanding more soldiers and aircraft to defeat the Taliban and their supporters.
In what Britain and the US regard as an unprecedented test for the alliance, Germany and France came under intense pressure to provide more forces as Nato defence chiefs met behind closed doors in Warsaw to discuss the escalating violence in southern Afghanistan.
As Nato members pointed the finger at each other, Kabul's deadliest suicide bombing in years ripped through a US military convoy yesterday, killing 14 Afghans and two soldiers - days before the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Sorry, Atrios, I put this up on the wrong blog.
We're not laughing AT you, we're laughing NEAR you!
Dude, I get the sweats every time I'm working on a draft for FDL. You should've seen me freak out when I hit "publish" by accident.
Some people say the Bushes are real tight with the bin Ladens.
matt sludge
There, I fixed it.
So, he cites as sources a CBS reporter, and a guy who had been out of the CIA since 1991, and whose real claim to fame was that he worked with Ollie North.
Oh, that's so lame.
But considering how everyone, including Tom Friedman, has poo-pooed the al-Quaeda/Iraq angle whenever the admistration has floated it, wouldn't it be grand if the one silver-bullet justification even the anti-war people have conceded for all these months turned out to be true?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were fairies in the bottom of the garden?
There was no evidence of a link between former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, according to a report released Friday by the U.S. Senate.
...
White House press secretary Tony Snow said the report was "nothing new."
"The important thing to do is to figure out what you're doing tomorrow, and the day after, and the month after, and the year after to make sure that this war on terror is won," said Snow.
Shorter Snow: Yesterday lies are unimportant. We have to focus on the lies we are going to tell you tomorrow.
Dude, I get the sweats every time I'm working on a draft for FDL. You should've seen me freak out when I hit "publish" by accident.
watertiger
I'd never done it before. It's a mistake you can only make by not paying attention.
So it's a bit of a surprise this is the first time it happened.
More likely there's a huge background push-back going on re the Senate report.
"Nothing new."
I await the inevitable, yet still funny, New Yorker cartoon in which a kid is caught stealing cookies or breaking something, and saying "Nothing new." If Playboy gets to do the topic first, it'll be one of those "spouse comes in on other spouse fucking someone else" 'toons. Maybe just for variety's sake, they'll let the woman--and boy look at those knockers!--say the punch line.
Sorry, Atrios, I put this up on the wrong blog.
Maybe if we're all really quiet Atrios won't notice? It is saturday . . .
Supposedly cut off the hem of his robe, as not to disturb his cat who was sleeping on it at the time.
Uh, no, I think that was an Egyptian pharoah. They definitely did worship cats.
Maybe if we're all really quiet Atrios won't notice? It is saturday . . .
Blasphemy!
Atrios sees all.
Atrios just doesn't link to all... 
You Islamofascist feline lovin' liberal you!
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 09.09.06 - 7:02 pm | #
Yes, but at least now I understand why, whenever my cats stretch, they face east...
Karin actually yes.
there is a yarn about Mohamed cutting the hem of his robe so not to disturb the sleeping cat.
and its true the Ancient Egyptians worshipped and mumified cats.
White House press secretary Tony Snow said the report was "nothing new."
Better clue in the darth cheney
It was the sleeve of Muhammad's robe, not the hem:
http://www.moggies.co.uk/breeds/...eeds/
abyss.html
Sorry, Atrios, I put this up on the wrong blog.
Attaturk
Atrios, please take Attaturk's keys away from him. He staggered in here talking loudly and tried to bust the place up. He's obviously too drunk to drive.
Don't be suckered by the "I was distracted watching a sporting event" excuse. It's a ruse.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were fairies in the bottom of the garden?
Rmj, Street Credentialed
Well, you should see what lives at the back of my garden.
Being older than most adults, and not especially technological, I sometimes feel slightly out of place in today's world.
But when I realize the governor of California doesn't understand how a tape recorder works, and the editor of a major winger internet publication doesn't understand how the net works -- then I feel better.
OT: Blair calls for end to infighting
Tony Blair has faced further questions about his leadership on a trip to Israel for talks on Middle East peace.
In a joint press conference with his Israeli counterpart Mr Blair repeated a call that he wanted an end to personal attacks in his party.
Earlier in a speech in London he warned the Labour Party risked defeat at the next election if in-fighting continued.
His comments came after former Home Secretary Charles Clarke criticised the PM's likely successor Gordon Brown.
Maybe if we're all really quiet Atrios won't notice? It is saturday . . .
Blasphemy!
Atrios sees all.
Atrios just doesn't link to all...
Mr.Driftglass! Shhh . . . it is still summer, and he and the Mrs. have that great new spot on the roof. It could happen.
Some idiot 18 year old on the radio just announced that 9/11 was his generation's Pearl Harbor. I wish I could tell him that if this were so, his ass would be in Beirut.
This generation needs so much--education for one thing. Somebody should tell them about the Indianapolis and the death marches, etc. Somebody should tell them about how the third Reich happened with all the flag waving, patriotism, propaganda, viciousness to their fellow citizens, immigrant bashing, etc. Somebody should tell them------
I mean Bagdad.
"Some idiot 18 year old on the radio just announced that 9/11 was his generation's Pearl Harbor."
He probably couldn't tell anything a damn thing about Pearl Harbor.
That was accurate, that is.
I got laid off. Notch-ear looks like hell.
Damn you, cruel world!
It was the sleeve of Muhammad's robe, not the hem:
I stand corrected. I somehow had recalled the story as being about a pharoah.
It was the sleeve of Muhammad's robe, not the hem:
I stand corrected. I somehow had recalled the story as being about a pharoah.
Karin
One of them probably did something like that, too.
They were real big on cats! 
Diane,
Cute!
RJM, you know that you just killed fairies, right? You can't go around saying that there aren't fairies at the bottom of the garden. Now, clap louder for Tinkerbell!
Atrios just doesn't link to all...
driftglass | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 7:10 pm | #
Ain't it the truth!
Attaturk, you posted a lot of Goldberg quotes but I didn't see any that refuted his claim that "I never thought [the Saddam - al Qaeda connection] was particularly central to the case for invasion."
Can someone show me a quote where Goldberg says the supposed connection is central to the case for invading Iraq. I can't stand Goldberg, but intellectual sloppiness even less.
Philotheos
You're missing the point. Pantload didn't have to state it explicitly. By merely discussing unconfirmed reports that their was some contact between Al Quaeda and Saddam, Goldberg proves that he did in fact think it was important. We don't need an actual quote.
Attaturk, you posted a lot of Goldberg quotes but I didn't see any that refuted his claim that "I never thought [the Saddam - al Qaeda connection] was particularly central to the case for invasion."
Can someone show me a quote where Goldberg says the supposed connection is central to the case for invading Iraq. I can't stand Goldberg, but intellectual sloppiness even less.
Philotheos
You're missing the point. Pantload didn't have to state it explicitly. By merely discussing unconfirmed reports that their was some contact between Al Quaeda and Saddam, Goldberg proves that he did in fact think it was important. We don't need an actual quote.
Maybe if we're all really quiet Atrios won't notice? It is saturday . . .
On second thought, forget I said that. My chances of getting back on the blogroll are already slim to none. 
Oh this is fun:
"The head of Europe's human rights watchdog yesterday called for monitoring of CIA agents operating in Britain and other European countries, after President George Bush's admission that the US had detained terrorist suspects in secret prisons."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
intern...1867380,00.html
Two more years of worldwide disgust for americans
wow...someone is lost in the tubes...
Maybe if we're all really quiet Atrios won't notice? It is saturday . . .
On second thought, forget I said that. My chances of getting back on the blogroll are already slim to none.
although it would be a really, extremely super cool bday present. it's coming up in Nov. I'm just sayin'.
more:
The former British Labour MP was scathing about President Bush. "Why does the US need to keep people in secret prisons? I thought that was settled by Magna Carta. But King John is alive and well and running the USA.
"There is a smoking gun. We know where it is - it is in the hands of George Bush. His fingerprints are on the gun."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
intern...1867380,00.html
I got laid off. Notch-ear looks like hell.
Damn you, cruel world!
radsaq, sciuromancer |
Oh, no!
Radsaq, I'm sorry to hear both bits of news.
So, hows that whole Bolton confirmation going anyway?
SORRY
"Some idiot 18 year old on the radio just announced that 9/11 was his generation's Pearl Harbor."
He probably couldn't tell ANYONE a damn thing about Pearl Harbor.
That was accurate, that is.
Another campaign issue for Democrats: Bush plans to revive his widely-opposed "reform" of Social Security if Republicans retain control of Congress. Which, by the way, he thinks they will. Wonder why?
Moonbootica I have a question for you.
I am making gingerbread from a recepit which comes from the National Trust for Historic Places in Scotland. One of the ingredients is listed as "mixed spice".
Can you tell me what is in the mixture?
Enkew.
Aw, hell, Radsaq.
I'm sorry to hear (and see) it.
Jonah Goldberg is teh weasel.
And for those who might give a ****
Clemson 27
BC 27
In overtime. Now.
Anyone else want me to inadvertently post on their blog?
I'm on a roll.
Two more years and americans' reputation as a people who gladly tolerate a fascist regime and throw away their hard-earned civil liberties will solidify.
Future governments take notice!
I don't care for intellectual sloppiness either. It's just silly and partisan.
Jeebus, how many pass interference penalties can the Hawkeyes get?
So, hows that whole Bolton confirmation going anyway?
Barry from Alaska
Funny you should ask.
Anyone else want me to inadvertently post on their blog?
No, thanks, but, while you're at it, why not post a link to my blog on "youre" blog?
So, the report, the Senate just put out is the intelligence component of the Senate's 911 report, the same one Harry Reid tried to shut down Congress for a month or two ago. It's finally out. And competing with this ABC foo-fraw, and on the heels of the poll showing 43% still think Osama and Saddam were buds.
Fuckin Fitzgerald, man. If he could have hamstrung Rove, we wouldn't have this kind of manipulative BS still going on.
And good luck to the lawsuits that have been talked up in the last couple days. These guys got away with a Watergate-style breakin of the congressional dem's email system, years ago.
I'm hopeful for the election but God knows why. Does anyone think these guys won't keep screwing with the vote until they're dragged out into the open? Maybe the theft of 06 will be so egregious we'll take to the streets, like our friends south of the border, like we should have done 6 years ago.
But the Busby-Bilbray vote was held up for 90 minutes after the polls closed. That was this year, folks. They're not going to just go away.
Ah, here's the quote:
"Did you like that? USA... Ulcered Sphincter of Ass-erica, I mean what else can you say? Here was a country that had everything, absolutely everything. And now, 20 years later, is what? The world's biggest leper colony."
http://imdb.com/title/tt0434409/quotes
Hey Attaturk, what'll ya give me for not snitching?
Hellkitty (SHG) | 09.09.06 - 7:22 pm | #
sure
Mixed spice
Mixed spice is a common sweet blend of spices, similar to garam masala. It is often used to complement fruits or other sweet foods.
Mixed spice typically contains:
* cinnamon (or cassia)
* nutmeg
* allspice
Anyone else want me to inadvertently post on their blog?
I'm on a roll.
Attaturk
Feel free, or feel me.
Whatever.
http://
www.progressiveeruptions....ns.blogspot.com
How dare a two-bit blogger called Attaturk question the a pundit who is undisputably the leading intellectual, conservative or otherwise, of our time.
Anyone else want me to inadvertently post on their blog?
I'm on a roll.
Attaturk
your very welcome to post on my blog anytime
just click on homepage.
Which, by the way, he thinks they will. Wonder why?
Diebold.
Hey Attaturk, what'll ya give me for not snitching?
ql in ny
I haven't got much, but you better not, because I think my mistake is so subtle not one will notice.
Hey the Hawkeyes won. What a goaline stand in overtime.
Clemson 27
BC 27
Go Eagles!
"Anyone else want me to inadvertently post on their blog?"
Um, I have to set one up, get an audience, become a thorn in the neocon, fundie and foaming of the mouth trolls and then maybe I will let you.
Anyone else want me to inadvertently post on their blog?
I'm on a roll.
The Kaiser would be pleased!
Clemson just scored, but the Eagles blocked the extra point.
BC 27
Clemson 33
Democratic Congressional candidates have voted to raise taxes 115,000 times.
OT: Brown offers challenge to critics
Gordon Brown has challenged his political opponents by declaring he would welcome a Labour leadership contest after Tony Blair stands down.
The chancellor also told the News of the World newspaper it was "absolute nonsense" to suggest he was behind calls for Mr Blair to quit.
The prime minister's likely successor had earlier been criticised by former Home Secretary Charles Clarke.
Mr Blair said Labour risks electoral defeat if in-fighting continues.
get an audience
What is this audience of which you speak?
The Kaiser would be pleased!
watertiger | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 7:29 pm | #
What a rye sense of humor.
Anyone else want me to inadvertently post on their blog?
I'm on a roll.
Attaturk | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 7:23 pm | #
Inadvertantly post a link to my blog on Eschaton... I could use a shot of traffic...
Um, I have to set one up, get an audience, become a thorn in the neocon, fundie and foaming of the mouth trolls and then maybe I will let you.
EkCenTriK
I made one with only one post. If you want it, you can have it.
http://the-pit-stop.blogspot.com/
"
What is this audience of which you speak?"
You mean that isn't a requirement? Then how am I supposed to become filthy rich and stay in my PJ's during my work day. That is what all these bloggers do right?
Democratic Congressional candidates have voted to raise taxes 115,000 times.
gilly
How do CANDIDATES vote? One has to be actually ELECTED to do that.
But I'm used to stupid comments by the Goopers. So never mind.
Fearless Fijians Fighting In Afghanistan And Iraq Alongside Brits ...
Then how am I supposed to become filthy rich
You used to be all about the biofuels, man.
The ad Nancy Reagan doesn't want you to see.
TD Eagles!
IF the kick the extra point and BC wins the game!
"
You used to be all about the biofuels, man.
CowAnotherCow "
You are right, I am a sell out. Um, now exactly what is it I sold my soul to?
(Paperwork you know?)
BC wins!
34 to 33.
Great game!
Merkel criticizes U.S. over CIA prisons
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has sought to bolster ties with the United States since she took office, rebuked Washington on Saturday for sanctioning secret CIA prisons used to interrogate terror suspects.
"The use of such prisons is not compatible with my understanding of the rule of law," Merkel said in Berlin.
I have to root for Texas.
This will be very difficult.
I have to root for Texas.
This will be very difficult.
Democratic Congressional candidates have voted to raise taxes 115,000 times.
gilly
Beavis, you're a stupid dumbass.
BC wins!
Yeah baby!
(You understand, of course, that this is more anti-Clemson than pro-BC, although I do like BC.)
The ad Nancy Reagan doesn't want you to see.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
Because it never happened...or shouldn't have...or wouldn't have if Ronnie had known better...or something
Heh heh heh.
I'm still laughing about this posting.
But in a good way.
"The use of such prisons is not compatible with my understanding of the rule of law," Merkel said in Berlin.
Moonbootica, Opera Buff
Give that lady a neck massage!
Oil market well supplied, says Saudi's Naimi
VIENNA (Reuters) - The world oil market is well supplied and inventories are at comfortable levels, Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Saturday ahead of Monday's OPEC meeting.
"OPEC in general and Saudi Arabia in particular have done their best to supply the world with what it needs energy-wise," Naimi told reporters.
(snip)
Naimi said was pumping at a rate of 9.2 million barrels per day in August.
I thought Sandy Berger was Pantload.
Thanks Moon, I appreciate it. Just wondering why they would then require and additional 1t.of cinnamon and nutmeg
on top of the 1t. mixed spice...odd that.
Are the bread puns starting this early?
For Boston
For Boston
We sing our proud refrain!
For Boston
For Boston
Till the echoes ring again!
Go BC!
Ronnie Reagan looooved him some Jim Webb, back in the day. Course he couldn't say anthing nice about G.Felix Allen, Jr.'s service because, well, because G. Felix Allen, Jr. never served his country in uniform.
BY the way, has anyone tried to explain the PT911 fiasco, the players and how it all connects together to someone who doesn't focus on politics. You end up giving up because you sound like a madman to yourself.
I'm still laughing about this posting.
But in a good way.
watertiger
Well, I'd wished I notice before 40 comments were up, or I would have moved it.
At least it wasn't some lame comedy piece, like "Clenis, Clenis, Clenis"
Are the bread puns starting this early?
Hellkitty
She asked, ryely.
Are the bread puns starting this early?
Hellkitty
She asked, ryely.
Now, now we don't knead any bread puns around here.
OT: Pupil dies in gang-style execution
A 15-year-old boy was shot dead in a planned gang-style execution, police said.
The teenager, named as Jessie James, was blasted to death close to a basketball court on a public park in Moss Side, Manchester. Police were called and found the boy dead from gunshot wounds.
I have to root for Texas.
This will be very difficult.
Bas-O-Matic | 09.09.06 - 7:34 pm | #
I'm rooting for Sharapova, myself.
Clinton's cock
Bush allowed 9/11 to happen.
Bush lied to go to war in Iraq.
Osama Bin Laden is still alive.
Are the bread puns starting this early?
Hellkitty
She asked, ryely.
Now, now we don't knead any bread puns around here.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
When will the bread puns start I Wonder?
Are the bread puns starting this early?
Are the bread puns starting this early?
Hellkitty
She asked, ryely.
Now, now we don't knead any bread puns around here.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
You're so right, Goddess, that would be pain-ful, pane-ful? Ouch!
Now, now we don't knead any bread puns around here.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 7:38 pm | #
That's okay. Naan spring to mind anyway.
The Clenis™ has been my most popular and successful internet child. Sometimes I wonder how many Stewarts or Olbermanns there might be out there who have stumbled across the Clenis™ on some blog or another and gotten a little chuckle out of it. My life is complete.
has anyone tried to explain the PT911 fiasco, the players and how it all connects together to someone who doesn't focus on politics
I was talking about it to my coven today; some of the women are not terribly political. But when I said (1) all the liberal bloggers are upset about it and (2) ABC tries to blame Clinton and (3) the people involved have fundie ties, all the women said they wouldn't watch it and would send ABC an email. People are pretty fed up with fundies and with blaming the Clenis and they generally trust liberal bloggers, even if they don't regularly read blogs.
Are the bread puns starting this early?
Hellkitty
She asked, ryely.
Now, now we don't knead any bread puns around here.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
You're so right, Goddess, that would be pain-ful, pane-ful? Ouch!
Shaw Kenawe
Some of these puns are a little flat.
Are the bread puns starting this early?
Where better than on a doughy pantload thread?
And damn you, haloscan!
Hey, what about this:
If Clinton sues the shit out of ABC/Disney and wins the whole fucking company, couldn't he then fire Rush Limbaugh?
Or exercise the same creative control over Big Pharma that Jack Welch exercises over Timmeh and Tweety?
Probably wouldn't be a good business decision to fire Rush, but man, wouldn't you want to see the look on his face when Clinton hands him that pink slip?
Now, now we don't knead any bread puns around here.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 7:38 pm | #
That's okay. Naan spring to mind anyway.
rorschach
If I pump her with this nickle, d'ya think she'll stop?
I'm rooting for Sharapova, myself.
I'm objectively anti-Sharapova, therefore pro-Henin-Hardenne.
Anyone else want me to inadvertently post on their blog?
I'm on a roll.
Attaturk
Yeah.
Do us all a favor and post something that, for the first time, isn't Shit at Instapundit.com, Powerline.com, and Redstate.com.
When will the bread puns start I Wonder?
Attaturk | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 7:39 pm | #
Stop it, or I'm leaven. I mean, c'mon. It's the yeast you could dough. Or are you just trying to get a rise out of me?
At least it wasn't some lame comedy piece, like "Clenis, Clenis, Clenis"
Heh. Saw that.
Thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv
More than 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv late on Saturday, demanding that the government back an independent inquiry into the Lebanon war and urging Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, to resign.
The crowd - numbered at 25,000 by the police and described as tens of thousands by organisers - held Israeli flags and banners demanding a state commission headed by a judge and urging Olmert, Amir Peretz, the defence minister, and Dan Halutz, the chief of staff, to resign.
The demonstration was organised by the Movement for Quality Government and reservists who have criticised the government for its handling of the war.
I thought Sandy Berger was Pantload.
schwa? | 09.09.06 - 7:36 pm | #
You might want to check the sell by date on your trash talk there.
Anyone else want me to inadvertently post on their blog?
I'm on a roll.
You could post on mine; it's about damn time that someone did.
goodnight moonbats
Nina Rosenwald
Council on Foreign Relations
Chairman, Board of Directors, Middle East Media and Research Institute
"If terrorism is not defeated now, it will only be more difficult and more costly to defeat it later. It would have been so much easier to stop Hitler before he crossed The Rhine."
No picture here.
http://www.fightingterror.org/me...mbers/
index.cfm
She is a wealthy NY philanthropist.
Probably wouldn't be a good business decision to fire Rush, but man, wouldn't you want to see the look on his face when Clinton hands him that pink slip?
Dash Riprock
Only if the Big Dawg made him put it on.
I pita the fool that started up with these lame bread puns.
Bush Blows Goats | 09.09.06 - 7:39 pm
See that?
SEE THAT, PEOPLE??
Now THAT is a nym.
Don't baguet, there are many kinds of bread.
Tommy Bowden will be fired. He'd better win out to save his job.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has sought to bolster ties with the United States since she took office, rebuked Washington on Saturday for sanctioning secret CIA prisons used to interrogate terror suspects.
That's it! No more back rubs for her!
Foccaccia Bush, and the horse he rode in on.
If I pump her with this nickle, d'ya think she'll stop?
Shaw Kenawe
Pumpernickel: devil farts.
I pita the fool that started up with these lame bread puns.
He's a wanker.
Nina Rosenwald
Council on Foreign Relations
Chairman, Board of Directors, Middle East Media and Research Institute
Ah, MEMRI, the outfit that does the dubious translations from Arabic. Why am I not surprised?
Democraps want to stifle croissant
Democraps want to stifle croissant
The puns add lots of local challa.
Any day when Clemson loses is a good day.
Now if only the Gamecocks can defeat Georgia, it will be a great day.
The most brilliant product on Amazon (scroll to customer reviews).
Gary,
Your puns smell as bad as you do. Set any dogs on fire lately?
Any day when Clemson loses is a good day.
Amen, brother. Now, how did Furman do?
Democraps want to stifle croissant
Gary Ruppert | 09.09.06 - 7:46 pm | #
You can't even pun well? Jeebus.
Now if only the Gamecocks can defeat Georgia, it will be a great day.
Ray Radlein
Speaking as an Atlantan . . . you can't lick our cocks.
I think Atrios will burst out laughing when he sees this post.
Why do I enjoy this site, let me count the wheys.
If you wear them backwards, there's a portal for a friend's dough as well! Gawd Bless American Business!
Double-dough delivering running dogs of capitalism!
I really wish someone had not brioche'd the subject of bread puns.
A paratha me wants to join in on the pun contest.
Of course, Bin Laden volunteered his assistance in removing Saddam from Kuwait.This was vetoed by Riyadh, not by Washington.
P. O'Neill, I rated that review very helpful!
Any day when Clemson loses is a good day.
Now if only the Gamecocks can defeat Georgia, it will be a great day.
You are a person of uncommon wisdom and perspicacity.
What was your favorite bar in Five Points?
Bush Blows Goats | 09.09.06 - 7:39 pm
See that?
SEE THAT, PEOPLE??
Now THAT is a nym.
jac, NTodd's Campaign Manager | 09.09.06 - 7:44 pm | #
Tanks, I'll be here all week.
But leaven knows, someone had to go and do it.
bâtard!
Bin Laden volunteered his assistance in removing Saddam from Kuwait.This was vetoed by Riyadh, not by Washington.
What's with all this interest in geopolitical history?
Bread puns?
The yeast you can do.
Talk to flory tho - she doesn't have A TOASTER!!!!!
.
What was your favorite bar in Five Points?
Define Five Points?
Maybe I'm just old and crusty, but these buns have got to stop!
I'm so deficient in the nym department.
Evening Batties. I'm going to start the day over now.
Talk to flory tho - she doesn't have A TOASTER!!!!!
I am utterly confused about the toaster status report.
Has anyone mentioned lately that the Huffington Post sucks ass?
Keep on pudding bread puns on this thread and sooner or later someone will croissant the line.
Stop the bread puns I'm baguetteing you.
oh no, a segue into cheese puns. Now all we need are salami and beer puns and we will have a peasant feast.
I am going to brave the puns right here though. If I go into the other room I will be forced to tolerate the spectacle of burnt orange...such an ugly color.
Anyone else want me to inadvertently post on their blog?
I'm the disappeared First Draft blogger - please do, attaturk.
But put my name on it, ok?
"Stop the bread puns I'm baguetteing you.
Attaturk |"
This is why I stopped reading the Bible, all the baguetting was monotonous.
Has anyone mentioned lately that the Huffington Post sucks ass?
Does it? I don't read it regularly.
I'm off again. Sorry I won't be around to watch Atrios chastise Attaturk. Damn.
I'm the disappeared First Draft blogger - please do, attaturk.
But put my name on it, ok?
Tena
I'll do it, and then I'll start poaching ponies!
When will the bread puns start I Wonder?
Attaturk
He who Spelt it, dealt it. Heh heh.
GW Bush
What's with all this interest in geopolitical history?
Why, al-Qaeda and Iraq. And the lyin' stink' ABC revisionism.
"oh no, a segue into cheese puns. Now all we need are salami and beer puns and we will have a peasant feast."
It is only a punning event if someone can work Blood Sausage into the mix.
Define Five Points?
A location for serious partying in Columbia, SC. Although we mostly went to that skeevy place across from the Nickelodeon for 50-cent beer.
oh no, a segue into cheese puns. Now all we need are salami and beer puns and we will have a peasant feast.
I am going to brave the puns right here though.
When it comes to meat puns, I'm always on target. I'm a prosciutta.
I'm off again. Sorry I won't be around to watch Atrios chastise Attaturk. Damn.
ql in ny
I already sent him an email blaming NTodd.
I am utterly confused about the toaster status report.
Auntie Barmpot bought herself a lovely copper toaster.
the rest, as they say, is history.
Any day when Clemson loses is a good day.
I hate you.
My Great Aunt Wiggie lived across the street from Clemson for years and years. Her (gd) banquet table now occupies the place of honor in the President's Office. Her husband's people were Clemson people forever.
'Course, she was really a Tulsey girl, but nevertheless, as a result of her residence I feel compelled to support the idiot Clemson Tigers, despite not giving a damn one way or the other. Exactly the same way as I feel about both the Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints - yet another cousin's family. Cousin Maxine Anne married Jimmy Finks and there you are.
Now, leave me alone. I hate football. Also hockey.
I just want to know where to plant the trailing nasturtia and the zinnias.
.
Now all we need are salami and beer puns and we will have a peasant feast.
There is a lager issue you are missing.
Oh dear, I came back just in time for buns. I don't do them yeastily.
See?
It is only a punning event if someone can work Blood Sausage into the mix.
EkCenTriK | 09.09.06 - 7:54 pm | #
and scrapple.
BTW, I blow a raspberry in your general direction.
I know, I know, how do you get their little legs apart?
He who Spelt it, dealt it. Heh heh.
GW Bush
That was barley tolerable.
Scapple is evil.
/s
Your Penna Deutsch ancestors
Oh dear, I came back just in time for buns. I don't do them yeastily.
See?
Tena
Give us some Glutten free puns.
Why, al-Qaeda and Iraq. And the lyin' stink' ABC revisionism.
Oh, that old thing? Seems to me I heard something about ABC's 15 minutes of fame being near its term, and wasn't there some stage whispering about turning corners in The Long War through Afghanistan and Iraq?
I'll do it, and then I'll start poaching ponies!
Attaturk
You have my blessing.
Just make sure you spelt everything correctly.
A location for serious partying in Columbia, SC.
I meant would you consider The Publick House to be a Five Points Bar? Otherwise, by attendance, I would have to say Group Therapy.
Watertiger,
Blackberry fields?
Did you pick me up a PDA?
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers
I respect, esteem, honor, and fear you so much that I will cease and desist from all anti-Clemson related program activities in your presence, even though I am a Gamecock of such long standing that I remember black helmets on Senior Day.
I'll do it, and then I'll start poaching ponies!
Attaturk
do you have a pan big enough for that?
There is a lager issue you are missing.
Snow, Frank Sinatra | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 7:55 pm | #
There's naan so blind as he who will not see.
Auntie Barmpot bought herself a lovely copper toaster.
Ah, clarity. Appears I've bought myself a red toaster, then.
Pony rustling? What next?
Like I believe that little shit rat says.
Evening, pipples! Bar's open!
Lets see:
All clothes washed and put away? Check.
Run dishwasher and all put away? Check.
Emergency trip to grocery store? Check.
Plenty of Booze? Check.
Supplies from green grocer? Check.
I think I'm READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!1!!
See you guys in about six months.
Punfests are thoroughly in-grained in the culture of Eschaton...
There's naan so blind as he who will not see.
Phila
ooh ooh ooh - that takes the cake.
The problem I really have with PT911 is determining if this is a singular act or an indicator of something much deeper.
As I step throught the blow by blow of the organizations and individuals involved, I keep thinking, "What else have they put in place?"
That is why I keep thinking Fifth Column over and over. And hence I start feeling like a conspiracy nutcase.
Qu'est-ce que c'est que ca?
The advertisement to the right:
BACON WALLET
Mon DIEU!
Pony rustling? What next?
Nûr al-Cubicle
First you start mistakenly posting at other peoples blogs, then you rustle ponies, next thing you know you're in a Mexican prison.
Group Therapy
Oh yeah. Publick House I do not know--probably well after my time. The big deal in my day was Yesterday's. And buying buttons and weird books at the Joyful Alternative.
Attaturk--now, now, let's not be greedy. It's not as if you bought Auntie Barmpot a fez recently.
SallyH - evening, fellow grandmother.
Punfests are thoroughly in-grained in the culture of Eschaton...
rorschach | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:00 pm | #
That's what's earned us the undying scone of dKos.
I am utterly confused about the toaster status report.
Auntie Barmpot bought herself a lovely copper toaster.
the rest, as they say, is history.
watertiger
Welllllll..... (hanging head in embarassment). Sort of. See, I've got this bid in on E-bay, but when I was at the all time great resale shop this afternoon they had all their electrical stuff on sale for very little and there was this Oster RED NARROW TOASTER and I thought this was the answer the Universe gave me and I havent actually won the wondrous copper toaster yet.... Besides, I may buy a summer house in BC and then I'll NEED another one.... I'm so embarassed. Other Shouty-Crackers collect diamonds and stuff. Toasters? Not so much.
....shuffles feet, goes back to kitchen to check on pickled peppers....
That's what's earned us the undying scone of dKos.
Phila
They're celiac people the Kossacks.
Tena love--hope all is well by you
Since it's slow around here now, I'll ask again for fashion advice. Now that the old sunglasses are falling apart, should I simply replace them with a new pair of the same classics?
Or should I opt for a change and go with these little hotties in black, knowing full well that I'll either break them or they'll be out of style within the next year or so?
Actually, SallyH, that should be:
Evening fellow grandmother who is too young to be a grandmother, like me and Hecate.
I saw a comment DWD posted earlier today in which he referred to me, among others, as "olders".
Need to have a talk with that boy.
That's what's earned us the undying scone of dKos.
Phila | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:01 pm | #
Eh, dKos is full of crepe.
They're celiac people the Kossacks.
Attaturk | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:02 pm | #
Whereas we're glutens for punishment.
this Oster RED NARROW TOASTER
I gotta tell you that I like the sound of that better than copper.
But I haven't seen your kitchen.
EkCenTriK | 09.09.06 - 8:00 pm | #
I think that its interesting that ABC allowed enough time for "something" to use up that additional what, 20 minutes. Then, all of a sudden today there is a request from the Chimp to "address the nation". How convenient. It just seems a bit contrived to me if not theorist.
Now that the old sunglasses are falling apart, should I simply replace them with a new pair of the same classics?
An old favorite is never a bad choice.
Some of these puns really make me falafel. I don't know rye.
I already sent him an email blaming NTodd.
Attaturk
Yeh, that should work.
I have a red toaster.
I highly recommend them.
Eh, dKos is full of crepe.
No need to get bulghur.
Auntie Barmpot bought herself a lovely copper toaster.
Ooooh, is it one of those lovely oiled bronze appliances that are just out? I'd build a kitchen around'em.
Some of these puns really make me falafel. I don't know rye.
Bush Blows Goats | 09.09.06 - 8:04 pm | #
Come on...where's your sense of hummus?
Hellkitty, anything that man says is quite contrived. Heck I don't think he can say I love you to his wife until she has been vetted as a true believer daily.
Need to have a talk with that boy.
Go easy on him. He was really just saying some of us were too young to know things.
Oiled bronze is the new stainless steel.
Or something like that.
Afterthought: I had my first black-and-tan at Goatfeathers. But I couldn't afford to drink there on a regular basis anyway.
Jennifer,
I'm a great-big-sunglasses kind of girl, so I'm not sure. I do like the first ones, though.
That's what's earned us the undying scone of dKos.
Phila | Homepage
(That caused me to spew iced tea on my monitor.)
this Oster RED NARROW TOASTER
I gotta tell you that I like the sound of that better than copper.
But I haven't seen your kitchen.
Tena
Truthfully, either works well. My kitchen is completely covered with the Indian pattern of Talavera tile - it's all gold and red and orange and like that - but insert into the counter is a two foot square sheet of copper, over the stove, to put hot things on.... I've got copper colored stuff and red stuff and the whole house is sort of basically made out of the native colors of Arizona, so red, copper, violet, turquoise - it's all good. So long as you understand that the basic color is dust.
.
There's naan so blind as he who will not see.
Phila
I thought it was
There is naan so blind as he that masterbates all the time
Is USC-UGA televised?
Chairman, Board of Directors, Middle East Media and Research Institute
Ah, MEMRI, the outfit that does the dubious translations from Arabic. Why am I not surprised?
Karin
Holy shit Karin, bless you greatly for catching this. MEMRI is that outfit that Juan Cole had such a go-round with a few months back.
I just saw "Middle East Mediaaaaazzzz" and glazed over and paid no further attention. Now I gotta go back and figure out who these people are, what they are doing and why it's relevant to this PT911 shit.
copper toaster
I thought it was red?
It's a pita, but I have to step out for the evening. Goodnight, all.
Ok, that does it. I'm going back with the classics, since my first inclination is to resist change in sunglasses style anyway.
Nevermind, I seem to have found it.
Xan-it's a small world, after all, at least when you're a neocon.
Dr. Barmpot's toaster is a beautiful Russell Hobbs thing. It reminds me of the large, copper-clad Chambers oven and cooktop we had in our most expansive Arizona home. The warmth of copper cannot be artificiallly replicated. Cheers, love.
Since when is hummus bread related?
Have pita, Phila - you're spreading the buns as if that is butter.
Afterthought: I had my first black-and-tan at Goatfeathers. But I couldn't afford to drink there on a regular basis anyway.
How about some golden showers at Bob's and my place? Strom used to love them.
-Liddy Dole
Is USC-UGA televised?
I have it on ESPN. 3 - 0 Georgia, but their quarterback's gimpy.
Jennifer - Raybans. No possible other answer. None.
I'm a great-big-sunglasses kind of girl, so I'm not sure. I do like the first ones, though.
The second pair are sportier, and thus, not as easily worn with more . . . sophisticated outfits.
and I'm with Hecate - me like big frames.
Troy is beating FSU.
Jennifer - it's tough to pick glasses without seeing them on you -
Don't know really which looks best.
Both are great glasses. I think I like the classics.
New Ford CEO to $18.5 M payout.
No fucking human being is worth that much a year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060...i_ge/
ford_ceo_1
It's a pita, but I have to step out for the evening. Goodnight, all.
Who knows, maybe we'll bialy here when you get back.
We just finished building an elaborate gate for a customer downtown, made out of spanish cedar. He foolishly ignored our advice to have the wood sealed and to put a metal cap over the top of the gate, so as to minimize moisture absorption and the twisting and warping that accompanies it....so last week, we got back the warped gate for repair, sealing, and addition of a copper cap to the top.
Only problem is, that copper cap is going to be a blaring beacon to every crackhead in the neighborhood (and there are lots of them in this neighborhood)...I predict the copper will remain on the gate for a couple of weeks, max.
Dr. Crackers-may I call you Barmy-your kitchen sounds scrumptious.
plantsman - Yeah, I can see that - copper in a southwestern style kitchen should be the shizznit.
I just love red.
Here's a suggestion, Ford.
Instead of paying some pantload 18.5 mil, build cars whose engines DON'T BUCK FUCKING OIL.
Jennifer-in Arkansas?
Crackheads or crankheads?
Here's a suggestion, Ford.
Instead of paying some pantload 18.5 mil, build cars whose engines DON'T BURN FUCKING OIL.
Fucking Haloscan.
I love rich red too. The copper just came with the wacky place. That it fit like hell only became apparent later.
Karin - there's kind of an urban/suburban-rural divide on crackheads vs. crankheads.
Dr. Barmpot's toaster is a beautiful Russell Hobbs thing. It reminds me of the large, copper-clad Chambers oven and cooktop we had in our most expansive Arizona home. The warmth of copper cannot be artificiallly replicated. Cheers, love.
plantsman, lowercase
This, my dearie, is why I'm holding onto the bid.... There ain't many folk outside AZ who understand how copper makes the home's heart....
I'm starting to think kerry should be the democratic party nominee (assuming there are elections).
He's getting a fire in his belly (I think he knows he won).
speaking of copper...I have a set of handmade French copper pots which need relining. Do any of you know of a place where I can have them retinned?
Damn, this place has grown moribund.
Boring.
Someone say something interesting or witty.
I don't know what oiled bronze is. Could someone provide a link to a sample?
These puns are just so much pap, tarts.
Someone say something interesting or witty.
Jennifer | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:19 pm | #
Fuck Bush and fuck all the fucking fuckers that support him.
Now I gotta go back and figure out who these people are, what they are doing and why it's relevant to this PT911 shit.
Xan
What's good for the Bush regime is good for ex-Bush regimers too? If Nina Rosenwald is a neocon it makes sense that she'd join the Libby Liars Club Advisory Committee.
Interception!
Damn, this place has grown moribund.
Boring.
Someone say something interesting or witty.
Jennifer | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:19 pm | #
You first, bossyboots.
speaking of copper...I have a set of handmade French copper pots which need relining. Do any of you know of a place where I can have them retinned?
If we were in the Middle East, you could have it done on any street corner in the souk. In this country, not so much.
that copper cap is going to be a blaring beacon to every crackhead in the neighborhood
I realize that I am revealing my ignorance, but what do they do with copper?
sounds like football season has just begun. Dead air at Eschaton...
I think Ohio St has come to play.
Nice to see one Big 10 school did today.
I realize that I am revealing my ignorance, but what do they do with copper?
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:22 pm | #
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sell it to recyclers and buy crank.
Its a big problem for developers having the copper wiring ripped out of new construction. Copper is good on the resale market.
Hooray for Madrid!
Excessively skinny fashion models will be barred from a major Madrid fashion show later this month for fear they could send the wrong message to young Spanish girls, local media reported.
Madrid's regional government, which is co-financing the Pasarela Cibeles, has vetoed around a third of the models who took part in last year's show because they weigh too little.
The authorities collaborated with a Spanish health organisation to come up with a minumum body mass -- a height-weight ratio -- of 18 for the models.
...
Organisers said they wanted to "help ensure public opinion does not associate fashion, and fashion shows in particular, with an increase in anorexia, a disease which, along with bulimia, is considered ... as a mental and behavioural problem".
Hecate - I think they sell it by the pound.
I know that copper wiring is stripped from empty houses for that reason.
Hecate, they sell it for the cash. Scrap metal is expensive these days. Construction sites get raided all the time for anything metal. Copper wiring, pipes, whatever.
I realize that I am revealing my ignorance, but what do they do with copper?
Turn it in for scrap. There was a HUGE fire in NYC recently, started by a homeless person ripping electrical wiring out of a building, to get the copper.
and I'm with Hecate - me like big frames.
I know that this "dates" me, but I still use my sunglasses as a hair accessory, a la Jackie. I have pics from my son's wedding of me with my sunglasses as a headband. The big ones work better for that.
Hecate - they sell it for scrap. Copper prices have been rising so fast lately that we have a hard time estimating jobs when there's copper plumbing or gutters or the like involved. But even before the price started going up, crackheads were stripping the plumbing and electrical wiriing out of vacant houses. (And if you realize how little copper there is in electrical wiring, you start to get an idea of the level of desperation here...recently a crackhead at least made a downpayment on the farm when he tried to strip wiring from our service box at work...I guess he stopped because the warning shock was strong enough to really hurt, though not kill...)
Organisers said they wanted to "help ensure public opinion does not associate fashion, and fashion shows in particular, with an increase in anorexia, a disease which, along with bulimia, is considered ... as a mental and behavioural problem".
rorschach
Now if fashion designers would take a similar step...
rorschach, I always understood that anorexia was an individual's attempt to control her environment and not so much a reaction to cultural modeling. Do you know?
sounds like football season has just begun. Dead air at Eschaton...
Hellkitty (SHG) | 09.09.06 - 8:22 pm | #
I'm still here, but watching tennis...
Ah, this is the South Carolina football I know and love.
I'm still here, but watching tennis...
rorschach | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:27 pm | #
ah, civility!
Santorum gets creepier all the time:
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Sen. Rick Santorum's newest ad features unconventional surrogates - his six children - defending his parental judgment amid criticism of his use of Pennsylvania taxpayers' money to pay for their education.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/.../
D8K0UVVG1.html
How the hell did I miss these shots?
George Mitchell is dead to me.
Dead to me, I say.
Scrap
I had no idea. Is this a third world country, or what? Thanks for the info.
sell it to recyclers and buy crank.
Its a big problem for developers having the copper wiring ripped out of new construction. Copper is good on the resale market.
I saw that on "The Wire."
watching tennis
Justiiiiiiiine!
rorschach, I always understood that anorexia was an individual's attempt to control her environment and not so much a reaction to cultural modeling. Do you know?
Hellkitty (SHG) | 09.09.06 - 8:26 pm | #
I'm sure there are many causes, but from what I've read, most commonly it is an extreme reaction against social and cultural demands, leading to the man or woman in question to assert control over what they feel is the one thing they can: their own body.
Sen. Rick Santorum's newest ad features unconventional surrogates - his six children - defending his parental judgment amid criticism of his use of Pennsylvania taxpayers' money to pay for their education.
That's one classy jerk.
watertiger,
And here I thought that NOTHING could be worse than the white pajamas. Silly me.
"My dad's opponents have criticized him for moving us to Washington so we can be with him more,"
If he isn't up for the job, or it is too time consuming, he can always resign.
George Mitchell is dead to me.
Dead to me, I say.
Al Fredo
I keep waiting for Mr. Mitchell to issue a statement of some kind. I guess I should quit waiting.
that copper cap is going to be a blaring beacon to every crackhead in the neighborhood
They prolly shouldn't come to Phoenix then. The entire State Capitol Dome is covered with the stuff. You know - The Copper State? That's us.
George Mitchell is dead to me.
Dead to me, I say.
Yes, he didn't answer my email either. Wouldn't it be funny if we crashed DLA Piper's mail server?
rorschach | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:31 pm | #
that makes sense. Not one or the other but both.
How the hell did I miss these shots?
What was the occasion?
is it just me or is Hell-o-scan really slow right now?
The entire State Capitol Dome is covered with the stuff.
Ours too. But it used to look like the Statue of Liberty.
They prolly shouldn't come to Phoenix then. The entire State Capitol Dome is covered with the stuff.
My grandfather used to install copper roofing for a living, back in Vienna.
How the hell did I miss these shots?
What was the occasion?
Snow, Frank Sinatra
Fleet Week I'm guessing.
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy:
James Madison: US fourth president, 1751-1836
OT--personal. Darn I have to go to my sister;s place tomorrow, thwn deal with bureaucracy Monday.
Here's what they want: My lease, my bills for telephone and Comcast and eletric, my birth certicate and my last 3 bank statements, Among others. Many more
This to get out of hospital bills--$3000 for 2 and a half hours, emergency, I wasn't breathing. Fuck them--I'm not paying. It's shitty to live in a nation where you're bankrupted for having a seizure and not breathing
The entire State Capitol Dome is covered with the stuff.
Ours too. But it used to look like the Statue of Liberty.
Snow, Frank Sinatra
Ours is covered in delicious milk chocolate.
Anorexia nervosa isn't well understood. It isn't necessarily a continuum, where some have it mildly and some have it severely, but it's all the same, only a matter of degree. I've had cadaveric women present with the chief complaint that they only could run five miles instead of their usual ten the day before, otherwise no problem, save they feel they could stand to lose a little weight. Gaunt, like Auschwitz gaunt. You lose that much weight, you die 30-50% of the time. Not the same thing as Hollywood thinness nonsense, or Balanchine thinness nonsense, or 'supermodel' thinness nonsense...
The Santorums withdrew their children from the Pennsylvania-based cyberschool and resumed home schooling after Penn Hills officials raised questions about the tuition payments.
Rickee is scum. Pure scum. Homeschooling the little monsters and taking tax payer money from out of staters to do so.
Scum.
Does Justiiiiiine know that her husband has teh gay?
My parents' house had a very large solid copper water heater. I know that by selling it they paid for the turning of the heating system into one which can use both lumber and oil as well as all new radiators etc.
Fleet Week I'm guessing.
I guess it is that time o year. They got awful spiffed for a First Lady.
OH exploit those children, Ricky.
Yuck.
That sucks, Draco.
is it just me or is Hell-o-scan really slow right now?
Hellkitty (SHG)
Nope...I'm having the same problem, although I had assumed it was my chilled molasses dial-up connection.
This morning, I woke up with one of the worst leg cramps of my whole life. My calf muscle is still sore. What CAUSEs those damn things
What was the occasion?
Fleet Enema week.
No, she was christening a new submarine in Galveston.
Oddly enough, she was photographed moments earlier in a dark suit.
Guess she didn't want to get it dirty while she toured the vessel.
Draco: that sucks, of course.
The hospital may actually have to prove to other bureaucrats that they made a good faith effort to collect on your bill in order to get funding itself...
Ours is covered in delicious milk chocolate.
Do you know the street value?
It's shitty to live in a nation where you're bankrupted for having a seizure and not breathing
Draco | 09.09.06 - 8:37 pm | #
Well, you have to admit, that was very selfish of you to do that.
It doesn't matter whether Goldberg thought there was a saddam/Al Queda connection. The only thing that matters is that the Bush administration used that issue as part of their rationale for attacking Iraq. If Goldberg had a shred of integrity, he would be outraged that there was so much deception and flim-flam in the Bush administration's pre-war hype.
speaking of copper...I have a set of handmade French copper pots which need relining. Do any of you know of a place where I can have them retinned?
Hellkitty (SHG)
Look for a tinsmith. Seriously, in the yellow pages, under metal worker or something similar. If not, check with your local silver plater - they'll know.
.
Why didn't they go ahead and put a navy blue tie around her neck and perch a little sailor cap on her head, I wonder?
Jebus.
This morning, I woke up with one of the worst leg cramps of my whole life. My calf muscle is still sore. What CAUSEs those damn things
Dehydration?
{{{ProfWombat!!!}}}
I'm ready for the Magic Fingers, a good chardonnay, and some lovely Irish cheddar on wheat.
Fleet is so popular, some call it The Enema of the People...
Anorexia nervosa isn't well understood. It isn't necessarily a continuum, where some have it mildly and some have it severely, but it's all the same, only a matter of degree. I've had cadaveric women present with the chief complaint that they only could run five miles instead of their usual ten the day before, otherwise no problem, save they feel they could stand to lose a little weight. Gaunt, like Auschwitz gaunt. You lose that much weight, you die 30-50% of the time. Not the same thing as Hollywood thinness nonsense, or Balanchine thinness nonsense, or 'supermodel' thinness nonsense...
My amateur theory about it is that the onset is caused by social factors, usually excessive dieting and/or exercise. But once you reach a certain point there are changes in the body chemistry and then it's impossible for the sufferer to see the real thinness or other aspects of it as an illness.
Oh, fuckity-fuck fuck!
According to the top post at Crooks and Liars, all of ABC's bloviating about disclaimers and shit is just that...SHIT. Watch the trailer they're airing overseas. They've taken the most offensive lies in the movie and put them in a trailer that declares it's "what really happened" and "the true story."
What's our nuclear option, here?
It's shitty to live in a nation where you're bankrupted for having a seizure and not breathing
Amen. But we can give the chairman of Ford a million dollar golden parachute and we can dump billions on the junta's illegal war.
This morning, I woke up with one of the worst leg cramps of my whole life. My calf muscle is still sore. What CAUSEs those damn things
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
Could be a potassium lack. Have a banana.
What CAUSEs those damn things
Been eating plenty o' bananas?
This morning, I woke up with one of the worst leg cramps of my whole life. My calf muscle is still sore. What CAUSEs those damn things
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
I hate those motherfuckers. I get them down the front of my leg and that's really hard to get to let go.
Tip - drink tonic with quinine in it before bed. Stops 'em. Just 8 oz.
Tufte fans will want to download the 'Five Years of Consequence' pdf from NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/0...serland&
emc=rss
What's our nuclear option, here?
We don't have one. That's what they're counting on.
No, she was christening a new submarine in Galveston.
With a 4-striper as captain? Boomer.
sallyh: for you, love, a serious white Burgundy, maybe a good Meurseault. And Irishh cheddar is good, but Cabot up in Vermont make a serious high-end Cheddar that doesn't travel much outside New England that's just wonderful...
Could be a potassium lack. Have a banana.
Prune. Higher K content.
How the hell did I miss these shots?
What is it with Pickles wearing these jackets that are several sizes too small for her ass? Jeeeezuz.
Ain't any of her handlers got the balls to tell her what she looks like a female version of the Pillsbury Doughboy?
What's our nuclear option, here?
Jennifer | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:42 pm | #
Break out the family atomics...
With a 4-striper as captain? Boomer.
Hummer.
Tonic water, dammit, with quinine.
I'm telling ya, I've tried it all.
Yeah, lack of potassium can do that. So can lack of calcium. But for some reason quinine works where nothing else does.
Drink 8 oz of tonic water. I gave that same advice to flory and she said it stopped hers.
What's our nuclear option, here?
Boycott and agitprop. No short-term solutions, though.
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Ha ha!
Prune. Higher K content.
NTodd, CT's Next Senator
Actually, NTodd is correct. I just like bananas better than I like prunes.
Hecate: Foot and leg cramps are often associated with a shortfall in potassium consumption. Try a half or whole banana every evening and see if the situation improves. (If you absolutely, positively detest bananas there are other fruits that will do the trick.)
Hecate: Foot and leg cramps are often associated with a shortfall in potassium consumption. Try a half or whole banana every evening and see if the situation improves. (If you absolutely, positively detest bananas there are other fruits that will do the trick.)
Break out the family atomics...
We'd have to go Renegade...
This morning, I woke up with one of the worst leg cramps of my whole life. My calf muscle is still sore. What CAUSEs those damn things
Often a potassium deficiency. Try eating bananas or baked potatoes.
It sure stopped mine.
Echidne: your guess is as good as mine. All I know is that it's scary to admit one of those gaunt young women and sometimes the next day they're dead. Very scary disease, the stuff of nightmare. Like I said, not the same thing as Paris Hilton or Nicole Ritchie being jerks...
NTodd wants a Hummer? I am so over him.
I haven't had leg cramps for quite a while, though the best advice I ever got to alleviate the pain was to get out of bed and stand/walk/move the leg in question.
This morning, I woke up with one of the worst leg cramps of my whole life. My calf muscle is still sore. What CAUSEs those damn things
A shortage of electrolytes, mainly potassium. Several things you can do - heat, deep heat rub, ibuprofen, stretching, eat a banana.
I just like bananas better than I like prunes.
I like to poop.
Tena,
Thanks, I'll try that and a banana. This one hurt like a sonofabitch and just wouldn't quit.
NTodd wants a Hummer?
Does the Pope shit on bears?
Georgia Public Television is funny. They had a show last night about an Okeefenokee swamp pioneer who had 21 children and now over 5000 descendents. His name was Obediah Barber, and he had huge stick-out ears.
The show had a family reunion where nobody could figure out their exact relations. But they were fixated on the ears--"You've got the ears" or "You have the name but you haven't got the ears"
Damn, this place has grown moribund.
Boring.
Someone say something interesting or witty.
Jennifer
There is no such thing as an unnatural act, only an uncomfortable one.
This morning, I woke up with one of the worst leg cramps of my whole life. My calf muscle is still sore. What CAUSEs those damn things
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:40 pm | #
add some calcium-magnesium to your diet.
Well, Hecate, you could always switch your beverage of choice to a vodka tonic, I suppose.
"No, he isn't. I quote his actual speech. You quote something you said, not what Limbaugh said."
I understood what you were doing. But, in fact, you took his quote then (as you said) "parsed" it. That's what I did with YOUR statement.
"George Bush was shown a report about bin Laden determined to strike within the U.S., and he ignored it. Ashcroft refused to take terrorism seriously. And this was in 2001. But nobody has done this since 2001."
I understand how you want to focus on this like a laser beam. And in no way am I apologizing for failures in the Bush administration to prevent 9/11. But treating OBL as a problem that popped up after Jan. 20, 2001 is just dishonest.
"To argue that saying the American troops in Iraq are failing in controlling a civil war and that an exit strategy should be created is one thing. To say that this is a message to terrorists that we view them episodically is another thing. It seems that you think they are the same thing."
I'm trying to follow why you think these are different things. I'm talking about the perception of terrorists when they can see on the news protestors, not talking calmly and logically as you are, but screaming like Cindy Sheehan that the President is a terrorist. I'm not talking strategy here, although we could do that, as well. I'm talking about the message that such fevered rhetoric sends to our enemies.
"No. I'm saying that the effective strategy in fighting terrorism is to see terrorism as a crime and to fight it with international and national police forces."
Wasn't this Clinton's strategy? He treated it as a criminal action, which is part of the reason he was unwilling to take out OBL when given the opportunity.
"What Bush did by deciding that it's a war, rather than crime, that we are fighting is essentially a glorification of terrorists among the disgruntled Muslims. He raised bin Laden to the level of a leader, for example. He made terrorists famous and he opened up all the mythmaking about terrorists."
When we were attacked by fanatics on 9/11, that was an act of war. I will not disagree that going to fight them "over there" created some myths about OBL specifically and terrorists in general. But to say we should continue treating it as a criminal action after all the attacks in the 1990s would be to follow a failed policy.
"Let me put it this way. If there had been no talking at all, how many wars and genocides and so on do you think we might have had? And do you suggest that we just stop talking about any old conflict and instead nuke everybody?"
I won't jump to this bait but I will ask you this: Which conflict of the last, say, 25 years has diplomacy stopped? Or has diplomacy become another tactic used to delay confrontation to strengthen one's ability to fight?
"Because they think we are evil. And Rush says that evil always wins in negotiations. Duh."
But if Allah is on their side, then they should win, shouldn't they?
"And what does 'victory' mean here?"
I think victory means the defeat of terrorists in the Middle East and the establishment of another democracy in the region.
"Or are we talking about 'victory' over bin Laden, you know, the guy who is comfortably resting in Pakistan, by most reports. The one we just can't seem to catch."
Judging from recent speeches, I think capturing and/or killing OBL would be a significant factor in victory, but I doubt most people would consider that to be the total definition.
And, btw, I would love for us to strike at the Saudis for their spread of wahabbism. But I have no faith that Democrats would be any more willing to do this than Republicans, which is why I don't even bother with this argument. There just isn't enough difference between the 2 sides in their approach to the problem. If you think there's an electable person who would be willing to do it, I would vote for them and probably a lot of other people, too. But there's also the practical part that says it would be exceedingly difficult for America to function without Saudi oil, and we know that most Americans are unwilling to sacrifice to the extent it would be necessary to do so.
"Or are we talking about victory in Afghanistan which we just have essentially deserted?"
I think most conservatives think that Afghanistan is an old issue and that things there are fine now. They don't realize that Afghanistan is still a mess and will be for a long time to come until somebody (maybe us, maybe someone else) is willing to spend the time, energy and cash to change it.
So, I just have to ask this question: What would YOU define as victory?
"Rush doesn't say that it's ok to criticize the government as long as you're polite. He says that criticizing the government is unpatriotic. The rest is your interpretation, not his. I've listened to Rush and I know what he tells us. In some ways, he believes that the war is against people like me."
I listen to Rush sometimes, too, and don't always agree with his interpretation of things. This could be one of those. I don't really think it's a "no criticism of the government" thing. I think he just completely disagrees with the left's criticism. Not sure if that's different, though.
"About your argument that leftists refuse to call Islamic terrorists the enemy. I'm confused. Would a change in language help here?"
I know you're being funny, but, yes, I think it would!
"But I'd think such refusal, if it exists, is because the right has expanded the idea of "enemy" to cover all Muslims."
I think there are people (Ann Coulter springs to mind) who think Islam itself is the problem. But I also think there are a lot of people who think this is as much a fight for the soul of Islam as it is about America or foreign policy or anything else. If those who do not believe in the radicalized version of Islam don't do a better job of distancing themselves from the fanatics, then it will become a war against religion. I don't take pleasure in saying that, btw, but that's just how I see it.
"Recently I have posted on several conservatives who openly call us the enemy. People like me. I'm the enemy of this country! And some of these people are also threatening violence."
I know there are sites like that and I think that is abhorent. On the other hand, you've seen some of the name-calling I've gotten in the last 3 days expressing myself. And, honestly, I've seen a lot of calls for violence on places like Daily KOS and the Huffington Post, as well. I guess what I'm saying is there is lots of calls for violence on both sides. I just hope there's more maturity displayed by most people, like most of what I've seen here, for example.
"I have not called George a fascist. Never even met him. But Rush is not talking about that. He argues that criticism of the administration is unpatriotic. That is the way to a dictatorship, in my view."
I'm not saying you did this but there are plenty of lefties who say things like this a LOT, particularly in the blogosphere.
"Now, Rush calls me a feminazi. He called the underage daughter of a president in power a dog. Is this patriotic? Or is it ok if we are in peacetime? Doesn't this give an incentive for Bush to stay at war so that he can't be called names at home?"
Feminazi is a term Rush doesn't even use anymore because it has been so blown out of proportion. If you do listen to his show, you know what his definition of a feminazi is. And please. I could go on ad nauseam about the comments about the Bush twins. Do we really need to go there? The criticism of Chelsea stopped virtually immediately once people complained, yet the comments about the Bush girls goes on and on. And honestly, do you think anyone would decide to continue a war that is pretty unpopular just so he won't be "called names"? It hasn't worked, btw, if that was his intention, as the Hitler McChimpHalliburton-type comments I see regularly show.
"It's really a lot more like religious fundamentalism gone totally haywire, but that is something the conservatives in this country don't want to think about, given their fundamentalist base which wants many of the same things as the terrorists do, only within a Christian worldframe."
I'd love to see some citations to places where fundamentalist Christians want to chop off hands and put women in burqas.
"And has the administration told us to do these things? I've never heard anything about it. All I remember is being asked to go shopping right after 9/11. And then suddenly there were all those stickers costing three dollars or so. And indeed made in China."
No offense, but when President Bush said for people to "go shopping" after 9/11 it was to show our enemies that we refused to be cowed by their barbaric acts. I don't need the president to tell me to do volunteer works for the troops or their families.
"But I don't have the money to pay for the medical costs of the disabled veterans. Not all on my own."
Then donate what you can.
"I wonder how many close relatives Sharon has serving? I have 2 nephews, and remember several other folks here have mentioned similar things."
I have one relative serving in this war. I am too old for it, as are my siblings. My children, nieces, and nephews are not the right age, either. I am the daughter of a 21-war, 3-war veteran. That enough?
I find this insinuation (beloved by lefties) to be despicable. Frankly, after some of the comments on this blog, I'm beginning to realize that lefties aren't nearly as beholden to the First Amendment as I had thought.
"We support our troops. The administartion does not seem to actually do so."
Yes, it does. That equipment and strategy has changed over the duration of this war is not tantamount to not supporting the troops.
"Right. The conservatives care for and support our troops. Tel
Tonic water, dammit, with quinine.
Watch your language, young lady.
Aargh - ok Hecate - try both. First try a banana or whatever.
then try tonic water.
It really does stop them for really real.
I've never seen agnostic used in quite this way.
I hope I never see it again.
(Is he still sitting in his car and posting?)
but Cabot up in Vermont make a serious high-end Cheddar that doesn't travel much outside New England that's just wonderful...
ProfWombat | 09.09.06 - 8:44 pm | #
We get Cabot here in NJ. It is the best.
I haven't had leg cramps for quite a while, though the best advice I ever got to alleviate the pain was to get out of bed and stand/walk/move the leg in question.
mer
A real good suggestion also.
(Longhorns fumble in the red zone!)
fried banana hammock!
There is no such thing as an unnatural act, only an uncomfortable one.
You know that I love you, right?
I got the tip about tonic with quinine from a doctor and I've used it and I've passed it on and it does work. Like magic.
It's rather difficult, I've found, to try to regulate your own potassium level, though it's always good to include potassium heavy foods in your diet.
Coffee is very potassium rich.
Sen Kaye Bailey Horseshit: “This ship is another exhibit in our strong national resolve to win the war on terror.” Always on the political bandwagon. Even at a non-political event.
My calf muscle is still sore. What CAUSEs those damn things
Too much time on conference calls?
Shaw: depends on what you mean by nature; humans can't act unnaturally if they're part of it...
Dr. Tena had the cure for my hiccups, so I would follow her advice anytime.
I don't know about leg cramps, but I can't wait to get my hands on those pills that may destroy your liver, but will at least deal with that life-threatening "restless leg syndrome - or RLS" thingie.
I like to poop. NTodd
Hash - I *knew* you were the scat-troll!
Prof Wombat, I think Nicole Richie does have it, though. The way she looks, and add that excessive physical exercize.
thanks Dr. Shouty, I will.
Draco, as I understand it, hospitals spread the cost of indigent care out to those of us who have incurred medical expenses but no insurance. I am still paying on $13K for an appendectomy. They can't charge insurance companies due to the fact that they have negotiated fixed-price contracts, so who gets the overruns? we, the uninsured.
My sister, a radiologist, is a stickler on potassium. "Most health problems start with potassium defiency," she says. Accurate?
Snow: that's a submarine Kay was talking about? Real useful in the streets of Baghdad, or in Afghanistan, or looking for Al Qaeda that'll be. I'll sleep better tonight...
There is no such thing as an unnatural act, only an uncomfortable one.
And the right ointment makes most uncomfortable ones more pleasurable.
How is restless leg syndrome life threatening?
It's rather difficult, I've found, to try to regulate your own potassium level, though it's always good to include potassium heavy foods in your diet.
That's an excellent idear to, Miss T.
There is no such thing as an unnatural act, only an uncomfortable one.
You know that I love you, right?
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
Back at you, Goddess.
And standing and walking alliviates my leg cramps when those suckers wake we at night.
But I will try Tena's quinine cure for sure.
Don't know why I get them either. I've been a runner/walker all my life, always physically active. Vitamin taker. Beats me. Life's mysteries.
These are the upcoming primaries:
SEPTEMBER 11 - Virginia Islands
SEPTEMBER 12 - Arizona, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin
SEPTEMBER 19 - Massachusetts, Washington
SEPTEMBER 23 - Hawaii
The timing of this Disney movie seems like it's intended to change the outcome in primaries rather than the general. Does that make sense to anyone?
anji - my point precisely.
How is restless leg syndrome life threatening?
anjinsan
If your leg gets restless enough, it could decide to leave you and you'll bleed to death.
Sen Kaye Bailey Horseshit: “This ship is another exhibit in our strong national resolve to win the war on terror.” Always on the political bandwagon. Even at a non-political event.
Snow, Frank Sinatra
Man I'd love to see Radnofsky beat her.
Dunno if there's a chance.
I regulate my potassium levels by purging all my meals and having a weekly enema.
I used to have leg cramps, but then I shot my calf muscles full of botox. Now I don't feel a thing and my legs look youthful and sexy.
Too much time on conference calls?
I'm sure that's it. Friday, we had a meeting from 11 until 12 to prep for the conference call. The conference call went from 12 until 8:30. Maybe I can get workman's comp.
I'm ready for the Magic Fingers, a good chardonnay, and some lovely Irish cheddar on wheat.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Baby, I didn't manage it today, but do you still need my basil crop, rosemary and tarragon? If so, I'll do my damnedest to get them out to you Monday. The basil is getting pretty silly.
Hecate! Two things - eat a banana and increase your load bearing exercise. The long muscles in your legs are affected very seriously by a deficit - fast twitch/slow twitch muscle fibres are affected. Raking is good for your arms and chest - not so much your legs. Take a walk or so around the block.
NTODD!
that is all.
Attaturk - or, it could detach itself and kick your ass.
Draco: most folks have good kidneys, and working kidneys are generally smarter than working doctors. So unless your diet is bizarre, or you're on certain drugs that cause loss, or you don't give said kidneys enough to work with in terms of fluid, salt and like that, potassium deficiency isn't much of a problem in the well-nourished.
How is restless leg syndrome life threatening?
If, f'rinstance, you're accustomed to sleeping with a locked and loaded rifle in your bed, say.
How is restless leg syndrome life threatening?
anjinsan
Well, if you don't sleep alone, the person you are sleeping with is apt to kill ya.
Shaw: depends on what you mean by nature; humans can't act unnaturally if they're part of it...
ProfWombat
Yes. I've never understood the phrase "Man and Nature." We ARE nature.
Snow: that's a submarine Kay was talking about?
Hey she said it was an exhibit. Not a tool in the war. Show 'em a picture of the bad lady and the terrorists cower in fear at the thought of her torpedos. Shrub himself said one like her could sail up the Arkansas River and take out all of Big Dog's library.
but will at least deal with that life-threatening "restless leg syndrome - or RLS" thingie
Just remember, if your relentless leg is still relentless after four hours, seek a doctor's advice.
HellKitty--Thanks for you kind comments, but I'm afraid I'm turning this thread into an old age home, everyone complaining about his or her health.
Jennifer, the older daughter ran today in DC in a half-marathon, and she beat her last time by 14 minutes.
We just talked to her, and she's pretty darn happy.
My sister, a radiologist, is a stickler on potassium. "Most health problems start with potassium defiency," she says. Accurate?
The basic electrolytes, sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2, calcium being the most important, must be controlled within very narrow ranges in the body for it to keep going.
Too low or too high K+ is fatal. So, yeah.
NTodd wants a Hummer? I am so over him.
Nicole Richie
That's a humjob, or teabagging, Nicole. You still think he's teh hot.
(Buckeyes score)
How is restless leg syndrome life threatening?
It can be very disruptive to your sleep, reducing your attention to detail.
Hey, I wonder if restless leg syndrome is like that thing with dogs, where if you scratch a certain place on their underside, they'll get that back leg going? Or cats, where if you scratch that part of their lower back, they start licking themselves.
NTODD!
Ahem. SENATOR NTODD!
Thank you.
Gotta go. One of the interns needs the phone line.
In the DC area, I mean.
And the right ointment makes most uncomfortable ones more pleasurable.
masculine_monica_nyc | 09.09.06 - 8:53 pm | #
True, that.
If your leg gets restless enough, it could decide to leave you and you'll bleed to death.
Attaturk
No way. No leg of mine has ever won the war to secede.
If your leg gets restless enough, it could decide to leave you and you'll bleed to death.
Attaturk
No way. No leg of mine has ever won the war to secede.
Echidne: can't tell from here...
I don't have "restless leg syndrome",
My leg just has a feeling of ennui.
Thanks Karin. If there's one thing I have it is a store of remedies for strange things and they work or I wouldn't pass them on.
Seriously - ask flory. I told her about tonic and it stopped her leg cramps.
It sure stopped mine.
Hey everybody! I hope you're all having a lovely Saturday.
Jumping right in with a blogwhore
I added some pictures of our adventure to the Tasty Top today.
And could someone who knows blogger please tell me how to get the photo captions next to the photo they refer to instead of on top of the next photo? Thanks.
You still think he's teh hot.
No, I am completely over NTodd. But now that Eli is a big Hollywood producer, he is becoming sexier and sexier...
Don't know why I get them either. I've been a runner/walker all my life, always physically active. Vitamin taker. Beats me. Life's mysteries.
Shaw Kenawe
I have a theory, but it's one of those that should always be looked upon with a certain amount of bemusement.
Peri- and menopausal women tend to complain of leg and foot cramps more than the rest of the population.
Hormonal changes or HRT may be involved.
Is there a difference between potassium and plutonium? I have a lead on someone who is stockpiling it. I am just not sure which. Ah fuck it. I'll publish it anyway.
-Robert Novack.
pie - good on her! How are things otherwise for all of you?
whiskey
Love the reference in the Stella's World picture.
The conference call went from 12 until 8:30. Maybe I can get workman's comp.
Get a headset and walk.
Everywhere.
Gotta go. One of the interns needs the phone line.
Well, that's a euphemism if I've ever heard it!
Gotta go. One of the interns needs the phone line.
No flirting!
Well, if you don't sleep alone, the person you are sleeping with is apt to kill ya.
Tena | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:56 pm | #
Word.
My leg just has a feeling of ennui.
Listless Leg Syndrome.
Prof Wombat, we get Cabot, Tillamook and Pure Luck Farms goat cheese here. We are truly blessed for cheese where I live.
What's our nuclear option, here?
Jennifer | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:42 pm | #
Some ideas and more at americablog
Thank you, Hecate.
My sister, a radiologist, is a stickler on potassium. "Most health problems start with potassium defiency," she says. Accurate?
Draco | 09.09.06 - 8:53 pm | #
Check out The Magnesium Factor
BTW, I am related to one of the authors, so I'm biased.
Dammit watertiger! I need to up my potassium so I can type faster.
billy b: the lyte levels indeed have to be well regulated, but they almost always are by well-functioning kidneys given enough free water and minerals to work with. Most folks don't have to worry about taking, say, salt or potassium supplements beyond a good diet. You get dehydrated, do a lot of vomiting, you take diuretics, you can lose lots of potassium, and need it replaced, but most folks do fine...
What's our nuclear option, here?
Something about herbal remedies for atomic ache I think.
Jennifer,
I used to suffer from RLS - have you had your crit checked? As it turns out, I was anemic, and once I fixed that, the restless legs went away.
In general, people - make sure you get enough electrolytes and stay hydrated (and that does NOT mean coffee, tea, pop, or beer! Those things will dehydrate you!).
Dehydation can cause such scary things as heart palpitations. I have had the embarrassing personal experience here to know this first hand. So learn from my experience.
Those are some gorgeous girls you've got, whiskeyina.
My leg just has a feeling of ennui.
That explains the liberal ennui jerk responses.
Well, that's a euphemism if I've ever heard it!
Not as good as 'buying his book'.
hellkitty: sallyh and I will be right over...
My leg just has a feeling of ennui.
Attaturk | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:58 pm | #
which leg?
Peri- and menopausal women tend to complain of leg and foot cramps more than the rest of the population.
Hormonal changes or HRT may be involved.
Actually, I'd believe that. For the 5 years that I was on Tamoxifen, I had leg and foot cramps all the time. Every woman I knew on Tamoxifen complained of the same thing, although doctors will tell you that cramps are not a known side effect of Tamoxifen. But since I went off of it, I almost never get them, except if I'm tired out, but then they are a doozey.
Prof Wombat, we get Cabot, Tillamook and Pure Luck Farms goat cheese here. We are truly blessed for cheese where I live.
Hellkitty (SHG)
My sister, bless her heart, was preparing some appetizers with Cabot cheddar and told her visiting granddaughters that she was going to cut the cheese. They fell off the couch laughing. My sister hadn't heard of that figure of speech.
Chimpy said he emptied the CIA torture program. He lied.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
art...2350485,00.html
Thanks Karin.
Don't know why I get them either. I've been a runner/walker all my life, always physically active. Vitamin taker. Beats me. Life's mysteries.
Goes with the territory, kid. If you exercise more you metabolize the electrolytes that keep the muscles working. Tetany is normal for folks that exercise.
That's why one needs to stretch before and after exertion. And have a diet that replenishes the electrolyes. And, the most underrated point of all- drink copious quantities of water.
ProfWombat--I eat nutritious breakfast cereal every day and take vitamins and supplements. But when I awakened at the hospital and they took blood from me, the first thing they said was I had a potassium deficiency. They gave me some foul dense potion in a little paper cup--probably $500
My leg just has a feeling of ennui.
Listless Leg Syndrome.
watertiger
I am not worthy now, I was not worthy in the past and I will never be worthy.
You get dehydrated, do a lot of vomiting, you take diuretics, you can lose lots of potassium, and need it replaced, but most folks do fine...
I had a prof once who advised the young women fond of purging to be sure to eat a banana and brush their teeth afterwards (stomach acid's nasty on the enamel).
hellkitty: sallyh and I will be right over...
ProfWombat | 09.09.06 - 9:03 pm | #
you are always welcome.
Those are some gorgeous girls you've got, whiskeyina.
Karin
Soon - with bears!
rorschach - yah, my first husband had restless leg syndrome. Goddamn - it drove me crazy. You're dropping off and the person next to you starts running a goddamn marathon while lying down.
I have no idea what it's about, but it's damned annoying.
I don't have "restless leg syndrome",
My leg just has a feeling of ennui.
Attaturk | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 8:58 pm | #
I have meningeal malaise.
I hate it when my leg falls asleep, cause it will be up all damn night.
Since the Shamecocks decided to show up, is there anything else on TV?
billy b: the lyte levels indeed have to be well regulated, but they almost always are by well-functioning kidneys given enough free water and minerals to work with.
Yessir. Exactamundo. Water intake is critical. Very few peoples drink enough agua.
JeffCo: that's quite a prof; right as to the specifics, but hasn't got a clue, not a clue...
You know, I was just thinking. This Attaturk thread has been up for a long time now.
now for all you bear lovers. A short story I recommend..."When Bears Discovered Fire". Very sweet.
Since the Shamecocks decided to show up, is there anything else on TV?
Ohio State vs Texas on the channel I am supposedly boycotting.
Wow, a fun night in the old town tonight. Yanni rerun is on our local PBS station.
Soon - with bears!
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:05 pm | #
Thank you, too!
Soon - with bears!
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:05 pm | #
Thank you, too!
My leg just has a feeling of ennui.
Listless Leg Syndrome.
Better than listing to one side- you end up going in circles.
Those are some gorgeous girls you've got, whiskeyina.
Karin
Soon - with bears!
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers
That's the worst idea for a bear-baiting I've ever heard. How about some authoritarians instead?
hey vicki: howzitgoin?
Yanni rerun is on our local PBS station. Vicki
There's a not-so-brief encounter happening on TCM.
rorschach - yah, my first husband had restless leg syndrome. Goddamn - it drove me crazy. You're dropping off and the person next to you starts running a goddamn marathon while lying down.
I have no idea what it's about, but it's damned annoying.
Tena | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:06 pm | #
Miriam doesn't run, but she pulls her knees up, and then her feet slowly slide back down, little by little, making a noise every inch of the way.
I usually just push her knees down.
They gave me some foul dense potion in a little paper cup--probably $500
It's foul alright.
My mom had a terrible problem with it because she took high blood pressure medication and that can throw the whole thing out of whack.
I tasted a bit one time when she was in the hospital and was bitching about it. It's awful nasty.
But when I awakened at the hospital and they took blood from me, the first thing they said was I had a potassium deficiency
That's what the docs, years ago, told me caused my heart palpitations. Potassium deficiency. That was at the height of my running years. I was doing 5 miles a day and 6 to 8 miles on the weekends. And then I started getting these palpitations. Had the heart stressed tested and passed with flying colors. Never had the problem again.
Life's mysteries.
the Shamecocks decided to show up
Do you think the Jets would let us borrow Brad Smith for a couple quarters? I heard he does comebacks.
Eh, fuck it.
Ooh, Maria Sharapova.
JeffCo: that's quite a prof; right as to the specifics, but hasn't got a clue, not a clue... ProfWombat
It was an abnormal psychology class of course.
The Twins are getting a strong performance out of (I kid you not)...
Boof Bonser
JeffCo: that's quite a prof; right as to the specifics, but hasn't got a clue, not a clue...
Prof - that's one of those things where the guy knew the girls were going to do it, so he might as well try to get them to attempt some ameliorative measures.
Some wingnut senator (didn't catch his name) said of the ABC Rove movie, "The idea that Hollywood is out to get Clinton is just nuts."
The Twins are getting a strong performance out of (I kid you not)...
Boof Bonser
What twins? The bush twins, barb and jenna?
The Twins are getting a strong performance out of (I kid you not)...
Boof Bonser
What twins? The bush twins, barb and jenna?
Nope, Sharapova and her grunting are annoying.
I have meningeal malaise. rorschach
I was once beset by creeping malaysians, not that I cared afterwards.
Mrs C and I are heckling My Date With Drew at present.
so far my dinner has consisted of 3 vodka & 7ups and a bowl of potato chips.
Is this unhealthy?
rorschach - he would jerk his legs up and down, like he was running with high-lifted knees.
Oy.
'
so far my dinner has consisted of 3 vodka & 7ups and a bowl of potato chips.
Is this unhealthy?
All that 7up will kill you.
Screwdrivers have more vitamin C.
Is this unhealthy?
You need potassium.
Also more vodka.
Goldberg is a tosser.
Moonbootica, Opera Buff
Wouldn't it be grand if the LAT was the tosser, and Master DPL was the, how you say, tossee? Yes, yes I think it would...
Nope, Sharapova and her grunting are annoying. Snow
I once made a woman meow.
so far my dinner has consisted of 3 vodka & 7ups and a bowl of potato chips.
Is this unhealthy?
If you have to ask...
Ooh, Maria Sharapova.
Snow, Frank Sinatra | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:09 pm | #
She was playing rather poorly at first, but she pulled it together to win the first set, thank goodness!
All that 7up will kill you.
Nicole Richie | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:16 pm | #
what is really strange is drinking water has always upset my stomach more than amything else.
"Is this unhealthy?"
--Hellkitty
Probably not, unless you do it every day.
At that point you might want to add a multi-vitamin pill.
Snow, 15 - 0 at the half.
I once made a woman meow.
OK, now you're just showing off.
Also more vodka.
CowAnotherCow | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:16 pm | #
one oz. per. max 5 per night. I know my limits.
That's the worst idea for a bear-baiting I've ever heard. How about some authoritarians instead?
Bears won't eat them. They're too afraid of being put in a cage w/ a pre-pubescent girl and being poked with sticks.
billyb: hard to say from a distance without being glib, but that's a tough balancing act...
Snow, 15 - 0 at the half.
I knew that interception was going to end poorly.
Echidne: can't tell from here...
You're right that I shouldn't do a distance diagnosis. But then many people make fun of her with a distance diagnosis, too, and given that I have someone in my family who had anorexia and recovered... I don't know. I feel like I should say something.
so far my dinner has consisted of 3 vodka & 7ups and a bowl of potato chips.
Is this unhealthy?
Hellkitty (SHG)
Sweetie, if you lived closer, I'd have made you a plate of homemade crab cakes made lump crab, minced red peppers, fresh corn kernels, minced cilantro, cumin, coriander, and sauted with panko crumbs, with a dipping sauce of vegetarian mayo, mustard, yogurt, lemon, capers and minced red onions.
Everybody eats when they come to my house.
I was once beset by creeping malaysians, not that I cared afterwards.
JeffCO | 09.09.06 - 9:14 pm | #
I also have an apathetic aorta and feckless phalanges.
OK, now you're just showing off.
Or he's watched a movie one too many times.
Night, batsies.
Screwdrivers have more vitamin C.
As do mimosas.
Hey attaturk - how do you do the Rove gravatar? Is it just programmed to do that now?
Just curious.
Some wingnut senator (didn't catch his name) said of the ABC Rove movie, "The idea that Hollywood is out to get Clinton is just nuts."
Ah, but this is the new "Hollywoodians for Christ" segment that's doing the docudribble.
Repeating shameless plug for my cousin's book: The Magnesium Factor.
Everyone should buy 100 copies of this book today. Makes a great Christmas gift. (Unless you are waging war on Christmas)
OK, now you're just showing off. Snow
I was remembering Bruno Kirby.
Oh please, oh please, let ABC get sued. As someone said somewhere else, by the time this is all over, I hope that ABC stands for Allbright, Berger & Clinton.
Isn't it in Exley's "A Fan's Notes", where he goes to the ER convinced he has had a heart attack? The doctor, after discovering Exley has been binging every weekend, tells him to order 5 (?) baked potatoes, throw out the innards, and eat the skins for the potassium. A great novel by a flawed human being.
At 9:19 was talking to JeffCO; sorry for the confusion
Oh, my. I just realized that boycotting ABC means we don't get to watch Fucker Carlson on "Dancing with the Stars."
so far my dinner has consisted of 3 vodka & 7ups and a bowl of potato chips.
Is this unhealthy?
Were the chips salted?
5-Minute Video of George W. Bush on the Morning of 9/11
http://www.thememoryhole.org/911...11/bush-
911.htm
Consider these facts.
1. Planes are crashing into buildings.
2. The President's presence at the school was announced three days ahead of time in time media.
3. There is an airport just 4 miles from the school.
So how did the Secret Service know Bush wasn't in danger? How did they know they were not making targets of those teachers and students by keeping them in that room with Bush?
Everybody eats when they come to my house.
Shaw Kenawe | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:19 pm | #
Shaw, you are a love.Unfortunately I am allergic to shellfish. I was going to make chicken & dumpling soup tonight but El Esposo had already eaten. I think it may be hot dogs for me after a while.
billyb: hard to say from a distance without being glib, but that's a tough balancing act... ProfWombat
Actually, the prof was something of an ass. He was trying to be "cool guy."
what is really strange is drinking water has always upset my stomach more than amything else.
If you were a fish you would be dead.
what is really strange is drinking water has always upset my stomach more than amything else.
If you were a fish you would be dead.
so far my dinner has consisted of 3 vodka & 7ups and a bowl of potato chips.
Is this unhealthy?
Looks like you left out the French onion dip.
I knew that interception was going to end poorly.
Yeah. One of my favorite football games ever, the winning team won because they missed a game-winning field goal and ended up trapping the other team deep in their own end.
The pantload makes him smell bad, but it's the load of dough in his head that I find really annoying. A literate version of Auggy.
I once made a woman meow.
I've had women hiss at me...
Everybody eats when they come to my house.
Sweey Shiva, that sounds amazing.
I had the witches over this afternoon for movie day. We made smoothies w/ fresh, organic yogurt, organic peaches, orange-blossom honey, and lemon thyme. We watched the original Wicker Man and the musical episode of Buffy.
Oh, my. I just realized that boycotting ABC means we don't get to watch Fucker Carlson on "Dancing with the Stars."
I suspect you will live. I also suspect he won't be on long.
Shaw, you are a love.Unfortunately I am allergic to shellfish. I was going to make chicken & dumpling soup tonight but El Esposo had already eaten. I think it may be hot dogs for me after a while.
Hellkitty (SHG)
Hey! In Beantown, Saturday night was always frankfurter night with brown bread and Boston baked beans!
Perfect.
Wow. Ben Stiller was all up in that woman's face.
And, hey, Justiiiiine, please eat a banana or something. Ya need a little boost.
Were the chips salted?
spinoza Neque lugere, neque in | 09.09.06 - 9:22 pm | #
KC Masterpiece hot & spicy. My lips are burning.
Jen: I was blathering yesterday that ABC is certainly on notice that Pt911 has factual errors, and that some object,and it would have been fun to see the word 'malice' in the letters from Albright/Berger or Clinton...
mmmmm...crabcakes....
I had the witches over this afternoon for movie day.
What, no nekkid gardening? I thought you'd be all over that!
billyb: hard to say from a distance without being glib, but that's a tough balancing act...
I've got a 24 year old daughter.
Among her and her friends, they are to a woman, very headstrong. Always have been. They will do what they want to do - one just has to try and get them to take care of themselves and kind of funnel them in the right direction.
Of course, we're not talking about purging or anything as such, but the same logic applies in most of the situations, if you catch my drift.
I had the witches over this afternoon for movie day. We made smoothies w/ fresh, organic yogurt, organic peaches, orange-blossom honey, and lemon thyme. We watched the original Wicker Man and the musical episode of Buffy.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
*Swoon*
And ror, I bet you've had women purr at you because of your sensational touch.
Tennis star Maria Sharapova and Rasputin were both born in Siberia
I also have an apathetic aorta and feckless phalanges. rorschach
I'd have figured phlegmatic phalanges and feckless femurs.
I once made a woman meow.
I've had women hiss at me...
Just as long as they don't cough up a hairball while you're having sex. I have heard that can dampen one's ardor.
order 5 (?) baked potatoes, throw out the innards,
About once a year, I allow myself a "loaded" baked potato. What is it about sour cream, a boatload of chives, bacon bits, and cheese that is soooooo good?
Hey! In Beantown, Saturday night was always frankfurter night with brown bread and Boston baked beans!
Perfect.
Shaw Kenawe | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:24 pm | #
I love Beantown. One of my favorite places. If I ever get to travelling again I will come to see you.
Off topic update:
I'm watching the Ohio State/Texas football game on ABC right now, and as far as I can tell, they have not run a single promo for the hatchet job. Nothing. And this is one of the bigger games to be televised on the schedule this year so there are a lot of eyes watching this game. For them to not promo the heck out of it leads me to believe that it's going to be pulled.
America's Least Wanted
Guy | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:23 pm | #
I blame the Rosicrucians, the Masons, and the Illuminati.
Sweetie, if you lived closer, I'd have made you a plate of homemade crab cakes made lump crab, minced red peppers, fresh corn kernels, minced cilantro, cumin, coriander, and sauted with panko crumbs, with a dipping sauce of vegetarian mayo, mustard, yogurt, lemon, capers and minced red onions.
God damn, Shaw - mind if I come over? I'm real partial to crab cakes, living in Maryland and all.
JeffCo: that would have been my guess, hence my initial response...
Hey! In Beantown, Saturday night was always frankfurter night with brown bread and Boston baked beans!
Wednesday was Prince Spaghetti Day.
Is it only anarchists who have restless legs? I have annoyed several potential boyfriends with my restless supposedly sleeping legs. I held off from touching their dicks, but the legs were a problem.
Shaw Kenawe, would you like to go out for a chocolate ice-cream one of these days?
Drat, meant to say offensive, not annoying.
Hecate, one of my favorite films is The Green Man with Albert Finney. You might consider it for a coven movie afternoon sometime.
What, no nekkid gardening? I thought you'd be all over that!
No, this was totally boring, all-day couch potato stuff. It was wonderful. I had, this is embarassing to admit, never seen an episode of Buffy. I had to have the whole backstory explained to me.
Were the chips salted?
Did you hear about Mr. Peanut's misfortune? He was assaulted. Peanut.
"I'm watching the Ohio State/Texas football game on ABC right now, and as far as I can tell, they have not run a single promo for the hatchet job. Nothing. And this is one of the bigger games to be televised on the schedule this year so there are a lot of eyes watching this game. For them to not promo the heck out of it leads me to believe that it's going to be pulled."
I read where they pulled some web ads.
I still think they're gonna show it though.
I'd have figured phlegmatic phalanges and feckless femurs.
JeffCO | 09.09.06 - 9:26 pm | #
Would you believe recalcitrant radii and uppity ulnas? Also pissy patellas.
Prof - that trailer they're running in Australia is positively slanderous. It shows the character who plays Berger dithering as the CIA operatives right outside Osama's house are begging to take him out. Here's the text:
NARRATOR: The simultaneous world-wide broadcast to an audience of hundreds of millions.
VOICE: We predict a black day for America.
NARRATOR: The official true story (with text on the screen as well).
ACTOR (on screen): It is terror beyond comprehension.
NARRATOR: How they could have wiped Bin-Laden out but they didn't -- but why?
ACTOR (on screen): Bin Laden is right there!
NARRATOR: How this decision changed our world.
ACTOR (on screen): Why can't you give the order?
ACTOR (on screen): I don't have that authority.
ACTOR (off screen): ? At least we're on the airlines.
ACTOR (on screen): And start a panic?
NARRATOR: Five years to the day -- watch with the world.
ACTOR (on screen): The war has begun.
NARRATOR: On September 10 and 11 -- The Path to 9/11.
They are going to get their asses sued off - good! Between the lawsuits and the boycotts, Disney/ABC is going to see its value plummet.
Oh, and there's Birthday Party Blogging, BTW. Man, am I whipped.
coven? what is all this talk about witches? Is this a wiccan thread?
I love Beantown. One of my favorite places. If I ever get to travelling again I will come to see you.
Hellkitty (SHG)
Please do. I promise I'll do a combo of olde time Boston/Yankee cooking and Italian, with an emphasis on fresh fin fish.
"Wednesday was Prince Spaghetti Day."
Aaaaaaaaanthony!
Not as good coming back up as it is going down, I can tell you!
Just as long as they don't cough up a hairball while you're having sex. I have heard that can dampen one's ardor. - spinoza Neque lugere
If the cough is strong enough, it's worth it.
coven? what is all this talk about witches? Is this a wiccan thread?
anjinsan | 09.09.06 - 9:30 pm | #
oh relax. This is the tolerance thread.
I held off from touching their dicks, but the legs were a problem.
Draco | 09.09.06 - 9:28 pm | #
Sounds to me like the not touching the dicks may've been the problem...
ABC right now, and as far as I can tell, they have not run a single promo for the hatchet job. Nothing.
Out of the 7, including me, women that I had over today, only I and one other woman had even heard about this. The others might have clicked it on if they'd been channel surfing, but otherwise, nada. At least two other women are reasonably political, but even they hadn't heard about it.
Would you believe recalcitrant radii and uppity ulnas? Also pissy patellas.
Don't forget the wang dang doodle.
Did you hear about Mr. Peanut's misfortune? He was assaulted. Peanut.
The German joke was never as good.
radii and uppity ulnas? Also pissy patellas. rorschach
Glib gluteus.
ABC right now, and as far as I can tell, they have not run a single promo for the hatchet job. Nothing.
I've had ABC on most of the afternoon with college football on, I have not seen ONE ad, or even one promo for this.
A week ago we were inundated with them. They are definitely not going lower key now.
oh relax. This is the tolerance thread.
Hellkitty (SHG) | 09.09.06 - 9:31 pm | #
I can stand anything except tolerance.
oh relax. This is the tolerance thread.
Hellkitty (SHG)
No, no. I just think witches are hot.
Gosh--this is more flirty than the Connexions gay chat site I sometime go to, except I'm too old.
Maybe if I take out ALL the spaces...here's the text from the trailer ABC is running overseas...including Britain, where libel cases are much easier to make:
NARRATOR: The simultaneous world-wide broadcast to an audience of hundreds of millions.
VOICE: We predict a black day for America.
NARRATOR: The official true story (with text on the screen as well).
ACTOR (on screen): It is terror beyond comprehension.
NARRATOR: How they could have wiped Bin-Laden out but they didn't -- but why?
ACTOR (on screen): Bin Laden is right there!
NARRATOR: How this decision changed our world.
ACTOR (on screen): Why can't you give the order?
ACTOR (on screen): I don't have that authority.
ACTOR (off screen): ? At least we're on the airlines.
ACTOR (on screen): And start a panic?
NARRATOR: Five years to the day -- watch with the world.
ACTOR (on screen): The war has begun.
NARRATOR: On September 10 and 11 -- The Path to 9/11.
Molly,
No way the Really Rosie, Rosie Real could be a whole year old today????????????
Shaw Kenawe, would you like to go out for a chocolate ice-cream one of these days?
Echidne of the snakes
Goddess,
I'd go out for a chocolate eggplant!
Yes.
We'll do it. I'm almost through with my "ordeal." We'll celebrate by going all chocolate and chanting incantations worthy of goddesses.
*Bows to EotS*
Interesting article, even if under the Nagourney byline, about conservative Republicans who can count to 50 helping Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island, even after he seens to have torpedoed the Bolton nomination...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/
1...artner=homepage
Oh boy, fireworks going off downtown (postponed due to rain last night); think I'll poke my head outside.
Hecate,
Rosie is two and change. The 6YO is now the 7YO, with the way auspicious birthday 9/9/99.
1. Longhorns ties the game with 2 mins left in first half.
2. I am the best of the two fake Nicole Richies on this thread.
Please do. I promise I'll do a combo of olde time Boston/Yankee cooking and Italian, with an emphasis on fresh fin fish.
Shaw Kenawe | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:31 pm | #
Thank you Shaw, that sounds delightful.
Sorry, meant to say ABC is definitely going low key on ads. I don't recall any big two night production NOT getting heavily promoted the weekend it debuts.
The German joke was never as good. -Molly Ivors
We don't want to lose our audience.
Oh, and there's Birthday Party Blogging, BTW. Man, am I whipped.
Molly Ivors
Great pics, and what looks like a great party.
BTW, I'd save the shot with young Thers grinning next to the monkey card. It might be useful black mail in about 10 years.
Rosie is two and change. The 6YO is now the 7YO, with the way auspicious birthday 9/9/99.
How old is that skate punk dude? Yum!
Molly Ivors, those photos beat talking about politics by a mile.
Oh, my. I just realized that boycotting ABC means we don't get to watch Fucker Carlson on "Dancing with the Stars."
watertiger
NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!!!!!
Erm....good evening.
Watertiger just ruined my fall teevee season......
So, via America's Least Wanted, it seems The Cunt of Hate, Magalangadingdong, has set herself up as "The 9/11 Memorial Queen".
Here are a couple of the things she declares "verboten":
*A midnight vigil for victims of 9/11 and "all innocent people who have suffered a violent death" starts at 11:30 p.m. Sunday at Holy Protection of the Theotokos Orthodox Church, 564 N.E. Ravenna Blvd.
* Songs of Peace, Unity and Healing for the Whole Family
Presented by Lorraine Bayes and Dennis Westphall. The founding directors of Tickle Tune Typhoon sing songs to celebrate the beauty of life. Come sing and dance at a family concert that supports friendship, peace, cooperation and caring for all living things.
Because unless children and churches don't whip their followers into a blood frenzy, string up a few towelheads and then set the bodies on fire, the terrorists have won!
-this is more flirty than the Connexions gay chat site I sometime go to,
Shared politics is often a better basis for a relationship than the things some people use.
No advice for the leg kicking. Thers once punched me in the stomach while sleeping, but I didn't take it personally. He moves a lot in his sleep.
No, no. I just think witches are hot.
anjinsan | 09.09.06 - 9:34 pm | #
keep me from the obvious reply....
We'll do it. I'm almost through with my "ordeal." We'll celebrate by going all chocolate and chanting incantations worthy of goddesses.
YEAY! Drop me an e-mail at vtybg at netzero.com when you are in the mood.
Chimpy issues a weekend statement in support of Poodle
I am pleased that Prime Minister Blair will be visiting Lebanon, Israel, and the Palestinian territories. The deployment of increasing numbers of international forces in an enhanced United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL), which enabled the lifting of the air and sea blockade of Lebanon, makes this a timely visit. The Prime Minister will be discussing ways to facilitate the full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701, including enforcing the ban on unauthorized arms shipments to Hezbollah from Iran and Syria. I understand the Prime Minister will also be exploring ways to advance the dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians and the two state solution - a democratic Israel and democratic Palestine living side by side in peace and security. I wish him well in his efforts to promote peace and stability in the region.
And Attaturk, how 'bout an open thread?
about conservative Republicans who can count to 50 helping Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island,
heh...heh...heh... Good one, Prof.
osie is two and change. The 6YO is now the 7YO, with the way auspicious birthday 9/9/99.
Fighting Freya,
I am old. I remember when you were pregnant w/ Rosie. Now, the 6YO is 7. You do know that, in numerology, 9/9/99 is . . . 9?
BTW, I'd save the shot with young Thers grinning next to the monkey card. It might be useful black mail in about 10 years.
Are you kidding. Dude is on the internets. He'll be immune.
What is it about sour cream, a boatload of chives, bacon bits, and cheese that is soooooo good?
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
The bacon, of course.
Because unless children and churches don't whip their followers into a blood frenzy, string up a few towelheads and then set the bodies on fire, the terrorists have won!
Oh, those wacky, treasonous Christians!
Did you see over at FDL that Southern women are departing the GOP in droves?
2. I am the best of the two fake Nicole Richies on this thread.
Better.
It's almost time for me to post something here, huh?
I've been reading alll night trying to get to the end of this thread & now that I'm here, it's time to say good night!
Hecate --
You got an email (just a link to wiki-cramp -- pretty much the advice you got here)
Look for snail mail next week (maybe Wednesday -- depends on the USPS)
And, once more, Good Night!
The furniture for the North County Unified Democratic Campaign is now into its office, and what do I have to show show for it? Lugubrious lumbar vertibrae and dastardly discs.
Oh Molly I love it.
I bet you are tired.
A couple of summers ago there was a young guy - in college - living out here in his parent's place for the summer while he worked up here. People have these paddle boats they get out on the lake in. Well, he had a birthday party out here that summer and everyone showed up dressed as pirates and they got out on the lake in those paddle boats, flying the skull and crossbones and had battles, and others were trying to sink them by throwing big stones off the upper deck and I have to tell y'all it was a riot. I enjoyed the hell out of it. All these people in their 20s dressed like pirates with rubber swords yelling "Argh" and trying to sink each other. It was just the funniest damn thing.
Southern women are departing the GOP in droves?
What kinda mileage those things get?
rorschach--You might be right--some guys like affection on the penis, others do not. Hard to tell until you're in bed. Not promiscuous, only knew a few.
Molly Ivors, that pirate snap is also wonderful. Keep it to extract favors from Rosie when she's running the world.
Attaturk:
The dog ate my blog!
Draco, you can never be too old or too gay. Mr. Hellkitty is 71. I'm 45. He tells me he never knew he was a lesbian before meeting me.
now y'all remember my dinner has been vodka & chips...I shouldn't tell you this.
Oh boy, fireworks going off downtown (postponed due to rain last night); think I'll poke my head outside.
Oddly enough, they're going off here, too.
the things she declares "verboten"
Man, she is a hateful hateful beast. Way to unite us during our time of national mourning, dingaling.
BTW, looks like Greenwald's been having a good time watching that asshole Paterico run around in a circle, chasing his tail.
Rosie is really two???
Hecate,
Ayup, but that was the summer of 04. As I noted earlier today, an Asian Studies scholar told me that 9/9 is a very lucky birthday, the only date on the calendar when the Chinese Emperor would leave the Hidden City and go to the temple to pray. I figure 9/9/99 is twice as good.
Oh, and there's Birthday Party Blogging, BTW. Man, am I whipped.
Molly Ivors
Goodness. He's seven?
Happy birfday, young pirate.
It's almost time for me to post something here, huh?
Echidne of the snakes
Did you see over at FDL that Southern women are departing the GOP in droves?
Molly Ivors
Makes sense to me. A lot of those Southern women are mothers.
Fine, if no one else if going to open a new thread, I WILL.
Tena,
If you look carefully, you can note the ongoing duel behind the present opening.
Buckeyes score!
Thers once punched me in the stomach while sleeping, but I didn't take it personally. He moves a lot in his sleep.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:37 pm | #
Miriam once punched me in the head. She claims she was asleep...
NARRATOR: How they could have wiped Bin-Laden out but they didn't -- but why?
ACTOR (on screen): Bin Laden is right there!
NARRATOR: How this decision changed our world.
ACTOR (on screen): Why can't you give the order?
ACTOR (on screen): I don't have that authority.
That's the ad for the movie overseas. That's right...ABC, who says they are running disclaimers, spliced together the most spurious lies from the entire 4 or 5 hours to make their ad...How they could have wiped bin Laden out but they didn't -- but why?
Well, obviously because Democrats are pussies who are soft on terror.
Attaturk:
Wait 'til Dad get home. I wouldn't want to be you - probably won't be able to watch tv for two days.
Do you believe any of the conspiracy theories suggesting the U.S. government was somehow involved in 9/11? * 59543 responses
Yes. The government has left many questions unanswered about that day.
57%
No. These theories are absurd and disrespectful -- especially to those who lost their lives on 9/11.
38%
I'm not sure.
5.9%
Christ, it's like 54 degrees here, and the cat won't come in.
Did you see over at FDL that Southern women are departing the GOP in droves?
To our Demeter of the Blog:
From your keyboard to the Goddess' monitor.
Did you see over at FDL that Southern women are departing the GOP in droves?
Molly Ivors
Made me do a happy dance, that did.
Tony Blair is, I'm sure, overjoyed at getting open support from a figure so respected and beloved among Labour's constituency as George Bush. It'll make all the difference...
Did you see over at FDL that Southern women are departing the GOP in droves?
Molly Ivors
That is without a doubt the most uplifting thing I've read all day.
Thank you for telling us that.
This dude who was in 2WTC says he watched the second plane coming in. That is unimaginable.
now y'all remember my dinner has been vodka & chips...I shouldn't tell you this.
Hellkitty (SHG) | 09.09.06 - 9:42 pm | #
Mine's been bourbon with a side of beer, garnished with the occasional recreational pharmaceuticals.
CIA AGENT (on screen): Bin Laden is right there! Should I fire my rifle?
NARRATOR: How this decision changed our world.
CIA AGENT (on screen): Now he's gone! Why didn't you give the order?
CLINTON (on screen): Sorry, I was too busy getting head from Monica Lewinsky
Oddly enough, they're going off here, too. watertiger
You so rarely discuss your love life.
I once made a woman meow.
I've had women hiss at me...
rorschach
Which remonds me, I forgot to post a pic of Zoey, the forgotten cat, last night. We went on a late walk last nite like we used to. She stayed with me the whole way. Dissapearing into a wooded lot and coming out ahead waiting. I lost her on the final home stretch but she popped up beside me on the porch.
Love that kitty!
http://i96.photobucket.com/album...06/
IMG_0532.jpg
By the way, the Denver Post had a story about Colorado women deserting the GOP.
There used to be 19 women Repugs in the state legislature here and they are down to 4.
And the reason given was the Repugs' anti-women agenda.
I hope women all over the country are wising up, finally.
Tena | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:40 pm | #
I thought this was the start to a porn fantasy--you disappointed me but I knew Tena doesn't do porn fantasies
Thers once punched me in the stomach while sleeping, but I didn't take it personally. He moves a lot in his sleep.
your beds must be really close together...
now y'all remember my dinner has been vodka & chips...I shouldn't tell you this.
Hellkitty (SHG) | 09.09.06 - 9:42 pm | #
Mine's been bourbon with a side of beer, garnished with the occasional recreational pharmaceuticals.
rorschach | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:46 pm | #
That does it! I'm gonna go make myself a drink!
"Monica! You never call me anymore!" [/ferrell]
agave:
That's one very smug looking kitty, that is....
Yes, TWINS WIN!
Nice job Boof!
They're within 3 of the Tigers and have Santana pitching Sunday.
All these people in their 20s
My daughter and her 4 roomies are having a big party that started in the afternoon and will end who knows when. They've got a band and 4 or 5 kegs.
My wife told my daughter that she needed to make sure there was food there. The daughter said, "Mom, we've got that covered. We're going to buy sacks and sacks of McDonalds cheeseburgers and hamburgers, cut them into quarters and stick a toothpick in each piece."
Yum.
Mine's been bourbon with a side of beer
what a wonderfully venerable bar order that is. Classic for a good reason.
garnished with the occasional recreational pharmaceuticals.
I hate you.
Did you see over at FDL that Southern women are departing the GOP in droves?
Yippee!
Bah...I'm getting sick of this...I'm as pissed as anyone, but the demographic that will actually sit down and watch this...they already vote for Bush anyways...oldsters munching on Fritos and grateful for the commercial breaks to relieve their weak bladders...hillbillies who can't premium cable channels or satellite and are too stupid to pirate it...fuck them all, and Bush too.
your beds must be really close together...
The conception of our children was as magical as that of little Ricky Ricardo.
Christ, it's like 54 degrees here, and the cat won't come in.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Kinna cool here, too.
Didn't come home all sweaty after the dog walk.
.
Attaturk:
Wait 'til Dad get home. I wouldn't want to be you - probably won't be able to watch tv for two days.
WalterNeff
I just hope I can sit down again in less than two days.
My dinner was all grill: a lean Porterhouse, potatoe with onion and a half piece of bacon, corn on the cob, and zucchini, summer squash, green and red pepper, onion, and brocolli cooked in the cast iron skillet with a wee bit of garlic oil and fresh basil and oregano from the garden. Put the skillet on the grill: it works great.
I wrapped the corn in foil and placed an ice cube in the foil packet. Steams the corn perfectly for about 25 minutes.
oldsters munching on Fritos and grateful for the commercial breaks to relieve their weak bladders
Well they're fucked this time... no commercial breaks.
Mr. Tena has punched me in the back and the side a couple of times while asleep.
I hit him back both times.
Why don't we ever hear about the 9/11/01 widowers. Do they have clubs?
Tena: I'd guess Southern women don't like being lied to by incompetents any more than the folk do up here...
I hope Paths uses the "In a world…" guy - it will make the plotting and carrying out of a scheme to kill 3000 people in the tallest high rises in the US so much more exciting.
Did they cast OJ as an heroic security guard?
Oh my god. I get it. Baseball! Oh, THOSE twins. Wow, you people with cable watch the craziest stuff.
By the way, the Denver Post had a story about Colorado women deserting the GOP.
There used to be 19 women Repugs in the state legislature here and they are down to 4.
But y'all have the evil Marilyn Musgrave there. God, she is awful. Hater of gays.
Vicki,
I have never tried the ice in the corn thing: sounds great!
I just hope I can sit down again in less than two days.
It's a really easy error to make, to be fair to Atta. The dashboard gives the column of all the blogs one has access to, and the order of the blogs changes so that the latest to have posted is on top. I've nearly made the same error many times and once did post something on the wrong blog, though I had time to erase it before many people noticed.
James Jesus - yeah, but I'll tell you what: I think it would do everyone a world of good if we find out that bright and early Monday morning, Clinton, Berger, and Albright have filed a suit and gotten an injuction prohibiting ABC from running part II (which will, of course, open with the dramatic (lie) that ends part 1...where Berger dithers as the CIA on the ground literally watch bin Laden slip out of their grasp).
I'm just really sick of this shit being allowed to slide, you know? I want to see ABC get a legal ass-kicking over it. Asshole intervention is a necessary duty of being a decent person...if someone doesn't stand up to assholes, they never stop. If there's no cost to being an asshole, why stop being one?
Fireworks still going off here. 20 minutes...not bad.
My wife told my daughter that she needed to make sure there was food there. The daughter said, "Mom, we've got that covered. We're going to buy sacks and sacks of McDonalds cheeseburgers and hamburgers, cut them into quarters and stick a toothpick in each piece."
Yum.
billy b - mr. hooker, sir john | 09.09.06 - 9:49 pm | #
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some people just have a natural sense of style.
I'm scrolling up, reading HellKitty's comment on me, remind me of the many nice ladies here, Tena, others
oldsters munching on Fritos and grateful for the commercial breaks to relieve their weak bladders
Well they're fucked this time... no commercial breaks.
Maybe it's adult diaper firms who pay for the docudribble? Now that is really horrible of me and the only justification I have is that one day I, too, will join the army of the diapered.
Oh Molly - I just looked at the pictures again.
Such fun. Rosie is so damn cute and I can tell everyone had a wonderful time. What a great party!
agave:
That's one very smug looking kitty, that is....
flory
She comes by it honestly.
A little cat but brave and fierce.
She will back Teddy down if he gets too close. Poor Eddy whines.
.
I'm just really sick of this shit being allowed to slide, you know? I want to see ABC get a legal ass-kicking over it.
Amen. I would LOVE to read about that in the papers.
Mine's been bourbon with a side of beer, garnished with the occasional recreational pharmaceuticals.
rorschach | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:46 pm | #
you are in Santone, correct?
I have never tried the ice in the corn thing: sounds great!
What I like about it: the clean up! There is none! Also, as long as you turn the ears a couple of times, it's close to failure-proof.
We're going to buy sacks and sacks of McDonalds cheeseburgers and hamburgers, cut them into quarters and stick a toothpick in each piece."
well, maybe not exactly "yum", but good soakers-up of alcohol, eh?
Christ, it's like 54 degrees here, and the cat won't come in.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Kinna cool here, too.
Didn't come home all sweaty after the dog walk.
The fog rolled in here, so it's right nippy. And somebody nearby has a fire going.
I love fall.
Y'know, "here come the Gamecocks" just doesn't sound right.
Vicki--Sounds like a lovely evening: a delicious feast, cool night air & fireworks.
And I'm rewhoring my picutres of the girls at the Tasty Top for you!
Mine's been bourbon with a side of beer
what a wonderfully venerable bar order that is. Classic for a good reason.
Yes indeed. I should perhaps get some scotch too, to emulate John Lee Hooker.
I hate you.
Tena | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:50 pm | #
I'll, um, e-mail you some?
Hard to make fun of people because they're younger than you, which you've been, or older than you, which you will be...
Oh and Molly - I saw the swords going in the duel.
damn I wish I was 7 again.
You can link Kevin Bacon to Al-Qaeda quicker than you can make the Saddam connection.
WalterNeff
Actually, you need Kevin Bacon to make the Saddam Hussein/Osama bin Laden connection
Osama bin Laden / Arnold Schwarzenegger in Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police State
Arnold Schwarzenegger / Kevin Bacon in Retrosexual: The 80's
Kevin Bacon / Saddam Hussein in Live from Baghdad
Tena,
It was absolutely chaotic, and a ton of fun.
I'm off to zone out. Later!
Ina, those are adorable pics. I feel badly about your local ice cream shop...don't it always seem to go?
I'm scrolling up, reading HellKitty's comment on me, remind me of the many nice ladies here, Tena, others
Draco | 09.09.06 - 9:55 pm | #
Meow! its bad being drunk and dyslexic at the same time.
I love fall.
flory
Where are you?
Fall in the midwest and more so New England is nice. Sweater wheater. Not so much here, tho.
.
I wish i could congratulate thatMaria Sharapova in person...
i just asked this question in the comments at lieberman's blog, which i have a sort of sick fascination with.
i'm still trying to work out the nomination process used by the connecticut for lieberman party. i know that it all depends on the outcome of the democratic primary, but there are some details i am not sure about. specifically, does the nomination go to the candidate who finishes second in the democratic primary, or to the one with the least votes? obviously it wasn't an issue in this election cycle, because there were only 2 candidates. but suppose in the next election cycle, there are 3, 4, even five candidates running in the democratic primary. of course, the winner would be the nominee for the democratic party, but who would get the nomination for the connecticut for lieberman party?
Olaf glad and big | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:46 pm | #
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But y'all have the evil Marilyn Musgrave there. God, she is awful. Hater of gays.
Vicki,
I know - the east side of the state is fucked utterly by Dobson and Musgrave.
but still - it's fucking encouraging that women are getting it.
billy b--I didn't like McDonald's food even as a kid. It seemed so salted and sugared. Did even a kid get that?
damn I wish I was 7 again.
Tena
REally? Cause then you'd have to be 13 again too.......
Mine's been bourbon with a side of beer, garnished with the occasional recreational pharmaceuticals.
improvised margaritas here (I haven't unpacked my blender yet) with some tortellini and pesto but sadly, no pharmaceuticals
you are in Santone, correct?
Hellkitty (SHG) | 09.09.06 - 9:56 pm | #
Nope.
And...Maria Sharapova won the US Open! Hurray!!!
don't it always seem to go?
Vicki, Who ? Al Gore | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:59 pm | #
My neighbor and I sang that very chorus for Stella today!
That's nice for Sharapova. Nineteen. Jeebus.
Y'know, "here come the Gamecocks" just doesn't sound right.
It's music to my ears.
I didn't like McDonald's food even as a kid. It seemed so salted and sugared. Did even a kid get that?
Draco
If you caught the salting and the sugaring, you have better taste than most people. Obviously. Enjoy it.
Snow, we're on the 2.
I wish i could congratulate thatMaria Sharapova in person...
focus, of Counsel, Elect Ntodd | 09.09.06 - 10:00 pm | #
In person and au naturale...
agave:
Bay Area. Fall isn't really fall here much either. Leaves just turn brown and fall off. But sometimes, like today, there's just a real autumn feel to the air.
And then to smell the fireplace from somewheres nearby was just the best.
Tena, women had better fucking "get it" - sooner rather than later, thank yew very much.
damn I wish I was 7 again.
Tena
REally? Cause then you'd have to be 13 again too.......
flory
For me it was fourteen. The worst year of my life by far. Horrible to be wrenched out of know-it-all childhood into the flooding of hormones.
Wanna know what the bottom line is to all this ABC/Disney/Igerstahl kerfuffle?
We still gain 20 seats in the house the first Tuesday of November.
On the 1, Snow.
In person and au naturale...
um, she's 19.
Future by Design
Oh, man, you've made my night...
Wanna know what the bottom line is to all this ABC/Disney/Igerstahl kerfuffle?
We still gain 20 seats in the house the first Tuesday of November.
WalterNeff, bags packed
George said no. The Republicans are going to keep both House and Senate, because they know better how to cope with the Iraq occupation.
Spot the ball and lets go.
We still gain 20 seats in the house the first Tuesday of November.
WalterNeff, bags packed
May *all* the goddesses have a direct connection to your keyboard.....
In person and au naturale...
um, she's 19.
I'm sure he meant in 10-20 years.
For me it was fourteen. The worst year of my life by far. Horrible to be wrenched out of know-it-all childhood into the flooding of hormones.
Echidne of the snakes
Hee. I was a bit precocious, mom.......
I would not ever want to relive 13 - 15.....
um, she's 19.
Hey, 18's the magic number!
Of course, you also have to factor in what she's going to feel about seeing someone her grandfather's age with no clothes in...
There's them Shamecocks.
Oh that's crap!
For me it was fourteen. The worst year of my life by far. Horrible to be wrenched out of know-it-all childhood into the flooding of hormones.
Echidne of the snakes | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:03 pm | #
For me, it was 15. Still not driving. still hadn't kissed a girl. Still in the high school Marine Corps ROTC program.
Ugh.
The Republicans are going to keep both House and Senate, because they know better how to cope with the Iraq occupation.
Echidne of the snakes
Well, sure they do. Why ruin a good fuckup when its going so smoothly?
Hard to make sense of which season it is in Altanta. Bone dry in July, decent rain in August, trees are flustered, already dropping leaves. It's sad to see bare trees this early, but they've given up from the drought
I would not ever want to relive 13 - 15..... flory
What a difference 25 years makes, huh?
We still gain 20 seats in the house the first Tuesday of November.
WalterNeff, bags packed
The gerrymandering has gone on for too long. I saw the NY Dems do it to Western NY. It was a tragedy.
well, maybe not exactly "yum", but good soakers-up of alcohol, eh?
Sarah Deere
Yes'm. Does the job. At least they thought of providing food.
My wife told my daughter, "You're almost 25 years old. Act like a grownup and get some decent food."
That went over like a turd in the punch bowl...
Noooo- Maria did not just say she had to "flip it 360" [/crestfallen]
um, she's 19.
WalterNeff, bags packed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:05 pm | #
Um, I know.
um, she's 19.
WalterNeff, bags packed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:05 pm | #
Um, I know.
Evening, Moonbats
Worst year: Election, 2000
Well, sure they do. Why ruin a good fuckup when its going so smoothly?
This is a lot like the trollie I've recently acquired on my blog. Her/his arguments jump around like a greased eel, but when you corner her/him, then the answer is pretty much what you said.
What a difference 25 years makes, huh?
JeffCO
Few more than 25, but yeah. Perspective is all......
Here's a neat idea from a comment on americablog:
"I'm with those who suggested calling American Airlines after the show airs and complaining about their negligence in letting Atta on the plane in spite of the warning they got. Reference the ABC show when you call. Tell them you won't be flying them any more."
Few more than 25, but yeah. Perspective is all......
It's the suddenness of the change that I found so hard, with my emotional development lagging behind. A very vulnerable age.
I love fall.
flory
Me too and I'm sure going to miss it.
We had a lovely sunset tonight - the clouds cleared enough that a last bit of the sunlight hit a patch of aspen in the lap of one of the mountains on the lake and just made the gold incandescent. It's in the 40s.
It's in the 90s in Dallas and it is most definitely the kind of fall we have - everything's dead from the heat.
But I miss my husband, my cat and my friends and my house and I miss the city, frankly. Even though it's Dallas and I hate the traffic.
ah well. I really should never ever complain. I know it obnoxious for me to. I'm very very lucky.
Ror - it's ok - I'm headed to a score. It's been very frustrating up here this summer in that regard.
Shit is gonna hit the fan at Melissa's job, and she will be flinging the shit.
She works at a home for disabled people. She loves the work but hates how this place is run. Some can be a valuable service, some are crap.
They get $700/month for food on the 1st. It's gone and there is no food. She fed them peanut butter toast this morning, no milk. Her boss did the shopping and it's known that she takes half the groceries home. Complaining to others has done nothing.
She is gonna take them out for breakfast tommorrow on her dime, but is gonna quit and start making calls.
It's a fucking scandal.
WE WILL BURY THEM!
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Y'know, "here come the Gamecocks" just doesn't sound right.
It's music to my ears.
I would like to retract this comment.
And 2001 was never a good fight song.
Why ruin a good fuckup when its going so smoothly?
Or as they said back in '72: "Don't Change Dicks in the Middle of a Screw!"
We had a lovely sunset tonight - the clouds cleared enough that a last bit of the sunlight hit a patch of aspen in the lap of one of the mountains on the lake and just made the gold incandescent. It's in the 40s. - Tena
You've been corresponding with Scooter, haven't you?
they should throw the book at those motherfuckers, agave.
I can't seem to prompt any discussion here--not even a trol's-worth
My latest frustraation is that there was no particular teen problem with me other than acne. I'd already known all my non-acne problems as a kid, younger.
Made me an odd teen
Mike - thanks for reposting - that's a great idea. Maybe Atrios and the other left bloggers can all post this suggestion to readers? Wouldn't hurt to have this thing turn into a Godzilla vs. Mothra thing.
No advice for the leg kicking. Thers once punched me in the stomach while sleeping, but I didn't take it personally. He moves a lot in his sleep.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:37 pm
Using chloroform on him after he's fallen asleep will probably help stop him moving in his sleep.
My autumn essay - skip it if you wantToday the temperature soared to near seventy in Michigan. The leaves have already begun to fall gently. Sometimes the air is so thick with them you can reach and grab them without moving. I watched one of my fourth grade students collect giant handfuls of them and create a pile. He worked through nearly the entire recess. He succeeded in creating a pile which was just big enough for him to jump into -- one time.
I sat on the school's landing and watched him thinking about the time when I pursued the same activity. The remembrance of how it felt to sink into the crisp leaves and have them close over your face is still very much with me. They have a smell of the earth and a feeling of fleeting strength that is permanently etched in my mind. As I watched him leap high in the air and come to earth only to be swallowed by his pile of leaves, I realized that his smile had warmed me more than the early October sun.
The first frost has come and gone. The flowers, which only days ago were poignant reminders of summer, are hanging their heads down. Soon they will become brown and fade to the earth. Their color has been passed to the trees in the blaze of the maple, the hazy yellow of the aspen, and the swirl of brown oak leaves twisted to the sky by dust devils roaming the nooks and crannies of the school.
It is a bittersweet time of year in Michigan. There is the bounty of both the farms and orchards available nearly everywhere. Cider has found its way back onto the grocery shelves. The local gas station is selling huge pumpkins for around $5.00. Apples seem to be sold from every possible location.
Still for every day the temperature rises above sixty, there are five when it does not. The rains fall nearly everyday. There is nothing colder than a October rain drifting through the soon to be dormant trees. It is not the howitzer cold of the winter, but it does permeate your being in ways the winter cannot. The cold is not only the cold of the flesh, but also the cold of the soul.
The words of the Bob Segar song flashed into my mind:
". . . just don't seem to have that much to lose
Strange how the night moves,
with Autumn closing in. . . "
The night does move in the North when the winds switch around and strengthen at sunset. Here in Muskegon you can hear the surf crashing from nearly a mile away. The remaining leaves rustle against each other as they continue their futile struggle to just a little longer. The night moves and my feelings are carried back to the time when the leaves felt so good, as the pungent smell of burning leaves wafted on the cold breezes. The night moves . . .
It is a time for reflection and remembering the times that went before. Here in the North we can only look forward to winter, so we look back. . . as the night moves.
Draco, when you can't prompt discussion, there's always the tried and true: ass-fucking.
Draco honey - I read every thing you post.
And I appreciate your compliment, too.
Oh fezzed one - how about another thread?
Even as a teen, I was following the Godly path of patriotic righteousness; thus, unlike so many of you traitorous libs, I have no traumatized memories of my idyllic teen years.
I will admit, however, that some of my other personalities disagree.
Especially "Stan," who is a cross-dressing bus driver from Staten Island.
DWD - no offense, but I kept getting the image of the ad for Tweak Coffee from all of that.
agave, that is a real shame and disgusting. I hope she finds a way to tell about the situation to someone who has power to change it.
We dare you, Attaturk.
No, we TRIPLE DOG DARE you.
DWD - no offense, but I kept getting the image of the ad for Tweak Coffee from all of that.
Jennifer
Not sure if that is a compliment or not having never seen an ad for Tweak Coffee. (I guess I will continue deluding myself.)
agave,
she shouldn't quit. then she's just a disgruntled employee. if the place is state or federal run, she could get whistle-blower protections.
Jennifer,
That has been published many times in a variety of venues. Still, criticism is always welcome.
DWD, you have the crisp feel of Fall in Michigan down.
This is my favorite season.
agave, that is a real shame and disgusting. I hope she finds a way to tell about the situation to someone who has power to change it.
Echidne of the snakes
We'll figure it out. These places are licenced/regulated, I would think.
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Why is it called fall? And not autumn?
hey DWD: we were out picking apples northeast of the Riviera of the North Atlantic today: perfect weather in the mid-seventies, just after the 9 year old Wombette's crew won a tough battle on the soccer pitch. Tomorrow we'll contrive to have apple pie for dinner, and the devil take the hindmost...
all the best to you
thus, unlike so many of you traitorous libs, I have no traumatized memories of my idyllic teen years.
I will admit, however, that some of my other personalities disagree.
Especially "Stan," who is a cross-dressing bus driver from Staten Island.
Gary Ruppert
agave--i'm on Social Security too--legally blind.
I can barely afford anything--I've got phone, electric, cable (sort of), Netflix, internet--medical is out of reach, as I'm finding as I age and my health degenerates, expensively.
I love the change in seasons here in New England, though the spring isn't always very long. This time of the year is the best, though, the early autumn. The weather tends to be perfect, for one thing.
And suddenly stews and soups are nice again.
I would not ever want to relive 13 - 15..... flory
girls... pfffft
DWD that was lovely. Thank you.
Hee. I was a bit precocious,
Moi, aussi. At the time, I was glad of it. Looking back, well, looking back, I guess that I am still glad of it.
Some wingnut senator (didn't catch his name) said of the ABC Rove movie, "The idea that Hollywood is out to get Clinton is just nuts."
Ah, but this is the new "Hollywoodians for Christ" segment that's doing the docudribble.
Echidne of the snakes |
Ahem...Holywood...
Makes more sense now, eh?
I can't seem to prompt any discussion here--not even a trol's-worth
My latest frustraation is that there was no particular teen problem with me other than acne. I'd already known all my non-acne problems as a kid, younger.
Made me an odd teen
Draco | 09.09.06 - 10:15 pm | #
I was wretched at 15, sophomore year, as Cadet Staff Sergeant rorschach... until the fall of my Junior year, that is. Then, I finally had my first kiss, which preceded my first sex by about 15 minutes. I also discovered LSD that year, which sparked a massive transformation in very positive ways--much more self-confidence...
You've prompted my discussion!
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 9:45 pm
Did you enjoy Buffy TVS's Once More With Feeling?
I enjoyed your acorn post on your blog, but I think Hellscum ate my comment. I heard some Canada geese fly overhead this morning, so even though it was in the 80's today I know that fall is soon to arrive, and not just on the calendar.
You've been corresponding with Scooter, haven't you?
JeffCO
You know, that took me a minute. I kept thinking of our Scooter and I was wondering what it had to do with him.
Then it dawned on me what you meant - I'm slow sometimes.
And yes, the aspen turn together, since they are joined at the roots.
Actually the motherfuckers send suckers out from those roots that just drive me nuts in my yard.
I had a painful erection from the ages of 13-15, but I DID NOT TOUCH IT
Eventually, it just went away, never to return.
agave,
she shouldn't quit. then she's just a disgruntled employee. if the place is state or federal run, she could get whistle-blower protections.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
It is not state or federal run.
It's a low paying job, but a job she likes. She can make more elsewhere and do more without worrying about being fired.
.
Why is it called fall? And not autumn?
Echidne of the snakes
'cuz that's what leaves do?
sounds like the consensus here is that Fall is the best season. True?
I am CRAZY!!
Why oh why do people dig Yanni? And more importantly, why is Yanni fucking with my usual Saturday night with PBS evening?
Hmm, still here? Looks like not only did Attaturk do a trespass with this posting, it has taken haloscan hostage.
hecate, i let a comment on your acorn post.
Did you enjoy Buffy TVS's Once More With Feeling?
I love it! And a local movie theatre screens it as a singalong every now and again.
Why is it called fall? And not autumn?
Echidne of the snakes
'cuz that's what leaves do?
rorschach
Someone couldn't spell autumn. I blame the Bushes.
sounds like the consensus here is that Fall is the best season. True?
Hellkitty (SHG)
No way... SPRING.
Fuck Haloscan! I did NOT post that already! Ahem....
Not sure if that is a compliment or not having never seen an ad for Tweak Coffee.
Not really a compliment or a non-compliment. You would have had to see the Tweak Coffee ads (on South Park) to see why one would remind of the other.
There's been one scandal after another in Texas nursing homes.
God Texas is terrible about how it treats the sick and the poor and the young and the old.
Just terrible. I'm bitterly ashamed.
No way... SPRING.
Fuck You!
evening bats
I'd vote for fall...even though we only get 15min of it here.
Why oh why do people dig Yanni? And more importantly, why is Yanni fucking with my usual Saturday night with PBS evening?
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:29 pm | #
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pbs is supposed to show british comedies on saturday nights. it's an old tradition which should never be broken. the sole exception is that the red green show may be broadcast as well.
sounds like the consensus here is that Fall is the best season. True?
Hellkitty (SHG)
No way... SPRING.
anjinsan
every fucking one of them is wonderful. I figure I *might* have 20/each left, and that's being optimistic. I plan to cherish and enjoy each and every one. Hope you can, too.
No way... SPRING.
Fuck You!
Frosty
That's cold, man. Geez.
Did you enjoy Buffy TVS's Once More With Feeling?
I did. Our coven includes a few huge Buffy fans, but I'd actually never seen a Buffy epidode. First, they explained the backstory to me. Whoever was dancing the demon was a VERY good dancer.
There is, for me at least, something magical and, also, revolutionary, about sitting around all afternoon with a group of other women, relaxing, talking, eating, letting down our hair. That act, in and of itself, is a way of worshipping the Divine Feminine.
The youngest woman got to just rant about how her husband doesn't do enough, and the oldest woman got to rant about how her husband won't agree to her retirement plans. The personal, as we feminists like to say, is the political. The women in the middle got to rant about their jobs, and we all talked politics, Wicca, and how to deal with Baptists.
I am blessed.
"Someone couldn't spell autumn. I blame the Bushes."
They do seem to suffer from autumnism.
potatoe with onion - Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
AND Dan Quayle?
I come to kill this thread,
gwbLdrf
sounds like the consensus here is that Fall is the best season. True?
Hellkitty (SHG) | 09.09.06 - 10:28 pm | #
True. I loved summers as a child, growing up in Chicago during the 70's. But then summer was not too hot, and meant freedom from the hell that was secondary school.
When I was exiled here to SW Ohio, I began to despise the summers-too hot, too humid, too long. I think I'm too old for the heat.
But autumn here in Ohio is wonderful: Weather's moderate, warm during the day, cool at night. And the trees turning color are usually quite lovely.
Alas, then comes winter.
Why is it called fall? And not autumn?
Echidne of the snakes
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i have heard that "fall" is an archaic term from elizabethan times. no longer used in england at all. i have no idea whether it is true or not. it's just something i heard somewhere.
I am in Texas. Any season is good if it doesn't rhyme with summer.
unlike so many of you traitorous libs, I have no traumatized memories of my idyllic teen years.
Gary Ruppert
Because you never had a life?
I love autumn, it's the light.
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and how to deal with Baptists.
as harshly as possible
Hecate, you are blessed. No doubt about it.
On another note, I have a dog who, when given a fresh bucket of water, always washes his feet before drinking. We have decided he must be a baptist too.
No way... SPRING.
anjinsan
Right!
Fall is nice, but a prelude to the Winter, death.
I despise winter, which is why I can put up with Texas wheather.
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How DO you deal with baptists? My one experience with proselytizing is telling is listening to a 5 minute spiel by a jehovah's witness before telling them I'm deaf and closing the door. But baptists? Hmmm
well, haloscan is fucked up for me bigtime...maybe we'll get another thread within a few hours and it will work again....later bats.
Someone couldn't spell autumn. I blame the Bushes."
They do seem to suffer from autumnism.
EkCenTriK
I think Georgie with all of his scuffs and bruises, suffers from fallitis.
bo,
pie dogged me about my excessive use of the letter "e" in the word, "potato(e)".
For whatever reason, I know it's wrong, but I just can't stop myself.
That's cold, man. Geez.
anjinsan
it did take balls...
I am blessed.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:32 pm | #
Separatist! How dare you oppress me so!?
I would like to retract this comment.
Snow ... Snow ... back away from the orange, man ... you'll be okay. Let me tell you a little story about two guys named Todd Ellis and Sterling Sharpe ...
Hecate - that sounds so wonderful. Women with good women friends live longer healthier lives, I read somewhere.
There's nothing like it.
Has attaturk deserted us, like Atrios has?
Are we orphaned here on this egregiously long thread?
pie dogged me about my excessive use of the letter "e" in the word
That's funny. I don't think she's ever mentioned it to Athenae.
The women in the middle got to rant about their jobs, and we all talked politics, Wicca, and how to deal with Baptists. - Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
So, how, marinate or spice rub?
The women in the middle got to rant about their jobs, and we all talked politics, Wicca, and how to deal with Baptists.
I am blessed.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:32 pm | #
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as far as dealing with baptists goes, i think just holding them under a while longer would go a long way.
Alas, then comes winter.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
'Xactley!
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EkCenTriK | 09.09.06 - 10:34 pm | #
I thought that you were in Oregon. Where in TX do you abide?
Why oh why do people dig Yanni?
Actually, I am a bigger fan of Zamfir. Followed closely by Slim Whitman. Boxcar Willie is not far behind.
Gimme 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around.
It's the easiest way that I've found.
I think Georgie with all of his scuffs and bruises, suffers from fallitis.
ellroon lambofascist | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:36 pm | #
It's called "being wasted all the time."
Hoo-ray-for Holywood
that highly hallelujah Holywood
where any moneyraiser is a praiser
an end-of-days'r
as long as it's understood
that any hack's got the leader's back
if he's on the gravy train to empire-hood
Hoo-ray-for Holywood
you may be no one in your neighborhood
go out and buy a life by smearing someone's wife, will make your kisser look good
Hooray for Holy-wood!
Hoo-ray-for Holywood
that highly hallelujah Holywood
where any moneyraiser is a praiser
an end-of-days'r
as long as it's understood
that any hack's got the leader's back
if he's on the gravy train to empire-hood
Hoo-ray-for Holywood
you may be no one in your neighborhood
go out and buy a life by smearing someone's wife, will make your kisser look good
Hooray for Holy-wood!
Oregon? Now I am curious as heck how I gave that impression.
San Antonio by the way.
It's called "being wasted all the time."
rorschach
The wasted wastrel was a waste of space.
For whatever reason, I know it's wrong, but I just can't stop myself.
Vicki, Who ? Al Gore | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:36 pm | #
Sounds like you ought to be disemvowelled.
San Antonio is a lovely town.
oh, and as for my seasonal preferences, i don't have a favorite. i like it when they change. that's my favorite.
back away from the orange, man
It is blue. Purple and orange are anathema to me. I enjoy the blue of the sky. They suck too but they beat the Shamecocks the last time the two played.
back away from the orange, man
It is blue. Purple and orange are anathema to me. I enjoy the blue of the sky. They suck too but they beat the Shamecocks the last time the two played.
San Antonio by the way.
EkCenTriK | 09.09.06 - 10:39 pm | #
I think that for the moment I had you confused with ErinPDX. I'm in Wimberley.
Phila,
Perhaps.
Die, thread. Die.
gwb:drf
bigger fan of Zamfir. Followed closely by Slim Whitman.
Slim Whitman has sold more records than the Beatles, Elvis, Radiohead, and Joan Baez combined, you know.
Sounds like you ought to be disemvowelled.
Phila
Thts fnny, h h h
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"It's called "being wasted all the time."
rorschach"
What George is thinking during his press conferences...
"Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
'Cause I speak of the pompitous of love"
and so on
Olaf, I am reminded of "Pippin:"
Everything has a season...
I enjoy every season - even Winter.
I despise winter, which is why I can put up with Texas wheather.
.
agave, accidental texan
whether what?
The new Gamecock QB is named Smelley.
The Lunesta is kicking in. Got to go. Sleep well, little batses.
Thread, die.
gwb:drf
Actually, I am a bigger fan of Zamfir. Followed closely by Slim Whitman. Boxcar Willie is not far behind.
-billy b.
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fuck zamfir. i was master of the pan flute for 12 years running til that son of a bitch came along.
The gentleman that played Satan in the Buffy musical was Hinton Battle.
He's been in many shows on Broadway.
From the OED:
2. (In early use also more fully fall of the leaf.) That part of the year when leaves fall from the trees; autumn. In N. Amer. the ordinary name for autumn; in England now rare in literary use, though found in some dialects; spring and fall, the fall of the year, are, however, in fairly common use.
1545 R. ASCHAM Toxoph. I. (Arb.) 48 Spring tyme, Somer, faule of the leafe, and winter. 1599 RALEIGH Reply to Marlowe Poems (Aldine ed.) 11 A honey tongue, a heart of gall Is fancies spring, but sorrows fall. a1631 CAPT. SMITH Eng. Improvement Revived III. (1673) 59 The best time to..remove younger trees is at..the fall of the leaf.
Did you enjoy Buffy TVS's Once More With Feeling?
I love it! And a local movie theatre screens it as a singalong every now and again.
rorschach | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:29 pm
I did. Our coven includes a few huge Buffy fans, but I'd actually never seen a Buffy epidode. First, they explained the backstory to me. Whoever was dancing the demon was a VERY good dancer...
I am blessed.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:32 pm
Say you're happy now/
Once More With Feeling
I'll be at work and have the songs going through my head. Better than Whitless Houston songs. You might consider checking out the rest of the series. I also loved Angel, the spinoff, but in many ways a different sensibility that Buffy TVS.
Sounds like you had a wonderful afternoon.
sadly, I was not able to meet up with my friend in from N. Virginia and see her and her 11 week old daughter.
It appears that I'm participating in a singular event, rare to blogs: the overlong thread. I almost feel like a 19th century british explorer who traveled to africa to witness a total eclipse of the moon. Me thinks the natives are restless.
"Slim Whitman has sold more records than the Beatles, Elvis, Radiohead, and Joan Baez combined, you know."
Slim Whitman and Elvis performed live in the same show once, in Memphis's Overton Park Shell, back when Elvis was just starting out.
Apparently he stole the show from Slim, who was the bigger star at the time. Slim never forgave him for that.
I had a friend who decided to play an evil prank on another friend. He signed him up to be a regional Slim Whitman fan club distributor. Anyhow, about $2K in fan material showed up at his house along with a bill. Friend #2 had no idea what was going on.
I enjoy the blue of the sky.
It's just like the old PJ O'Rourke story:
"A Democrat? Gramma, both Democrats and Republicans are fascists! Democrat? I'm a Maoist!"
"That's fine, dear, so long as you aren't a Democrat."
Suggestions for pompitous:
1. Pompidou
2. pump iron
3. palmettos
4. palmettoes
5. palmitates
6. palmitins
7. propitious
8. pumiceous
9. pulpits
10. papillotes
Sounds like Georgie's kinda word, yup yup.
whether what?
focus, of Counsel, Elect Ntodd
Or not
How is the campaign going?
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Well, you Moonbats, I find each of you to be witty, perceptive, creative, and full of insight.
i want the very best thing that could ever happen to happen to each of you.
Dream deep, tonight, and wake up to a day of delight, tomorrow.
Namaste.
I love autumn, it's the light.
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cs, art is bread
YES!
Ha ha...its been eighty years since Gertrude Bell died. Bush would have done better to toss Camus and reach for scholarship about her work. Mrs. Bell, who is largely responsible for creating modern Iraq, felt the Shiite majority was too fanatic to rule. "When she died, in Baghdad in 1926, it was reported that the whole city, toghether with Islamic leaders and desert sheikhs, turned out to follow her coffin."
Namaste.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
Sleep tite.
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Hey, Hellkitty, me too. Recent transplant, moved here a month ago.
Poor Slim, done in by one hip swivel and an uh huh!.
I'd be much happier if the Shamecocks could at least score a touchdown.
Chimpy wants an October surprise
WaPo The clandestine U.S. commandos whose job is to capture or kill Osama bin Laden have not received a credible lead in more than two years. Nothing from the vast U.S. intelligence world -- no tips from informants, no snippets from electronic intercepts, no points on any satellite image -- has led them anywhere near the al-Qaeda leader, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials.
"The handful of assets we have have given us nothing close to real-time intelligence" that could have led to his capture, said one counterterrorism official, who said the trail, despite the most extensive manhunt in U.S. history, has gone "stone cold."
But in the last three months, following a request from President Bush to "flood the zone," the CIA has sharply increased the number of intelligence officers and assets devoted to the pursuit of bin Laden. The intelligence officers will team with the military's secretive Joint Special Operations Command(JSOC) and with more resources from the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies.
Good god. Total busts in the red zone.
Mrs C runs tomorrow, so we sleep now. Night all.
What exactly is in Wimberley by the way?
Goodnight Hecate, sleep well.
The new Gamecock QB is named Smelley. - Frank the Tank
The class behind my grandfather's at Texas A&M had 3 guys named Smello, Stunkard, and Pugh. The seniors made them room together. At room inspection that had to sound off, and the inspecting senoir would respond by holding his nose.
Great way to build character.
Everything has a season...
I enjoy every season - even Winter.
I love winter, and I am very sad that we don't have them here.
"I'd be much happier if the Shamecocks could at least score a touchdown."
Dude, their QB is named Smelley.
I don't see much hope.
How is the campaign going?
agave, accidental texan
ok, a few missteps you know our candidate is sometimes the loose cannon- luckily he has been pantsed the very few times he's gone off...
You know, I'm still a bit tired myself. As much as I love late nights here, I think I'll follow Hecate off to bed to give in to the recovery time I need.
I was here until after midnight last night, and I probably should have gone to bed much earlier than that.
Be well and be blessed, moonbats.
Goodnight.
I am in Texas. Any season is good if it doesn't rhyme with summer.
EkCenTriK
Yeah, but all we have any more is summer and demi-summer.
I said that to someone who lives up here the other day and she came right back and said: all we have up here is winter and demi-winter.
Which is a point the last couple of years. We've had two really cold summers up here.
"Poor Slim, done in by one hip swivel and an uh huh!."
In Memphis, it's still known today as the "The Day the Yodeling Died."
But in the last three months, following a request from President Bush to "flood the zone," the CIA has sharply increased the number of intelligence officers and assets devoted to the pursuit of bin Laden. The intelligence officers will team with the military's secretive Joint Special Operations Command(JSOC) and with more resources from the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies.
P O'Neill
So...will Bush catch Osama over the protests of the Taliban and the Pakistanis and most of the Islamic nations and hold a trial?
Shoot him on sight?
Then I suppose he'll announce major combat operations are over and flee Iraq yelling, "I won I won!"
If Texas were on fire, I wouldn't stop to piss on it.
Lavalamp, ECT, give it a Google. We are up in the Hill Country, SW of Austin by about 20 miles. This is a noted artist's colony as well as a very good place to relax. Blue Hole and Jacob's Well are nearby. We have wonderful creeks and great shopping...the air is wonderful here too.
It would be fun to get a bunch of local Atriots up here for a day on the town.
Goodnight Vicki, you have sweet sweet healing dreams.
I'm so glad you're feeling better.
alas, then comes winter.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
'Xactley!
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agave, accidental texan | 09.09.06 - 10:37 pm
And you know how they are here in SWOhio, maybe none at all-no snow, not bitterly cold, but everything dead and brown. Or bitterly cold. Not too much snow either way, at least not to someone who grew up in Chicago during the 70's.
What exactly is in Wimberley by the way?
an inordinate amount of white tail deer, and even more rich retirees from Houston.
If Texas were on fire, I wouldn't stop to piss on it.
James Jesus RImbaud
You'd have to drink a whole lot of beer...
At least Navy won. That's something. Not much but something.
Hellkitty (SHG)
Thank you. It is nice to share (but don't encourage me too much, I have twenty year's worth of writing saved)
ProfWombat - I love Apple time. I used to live in a house surrounded by 160 acres of orchards. The people who owned them were good neighbors - all we wanted for our personal use.
Be well and be blessed, moonbats.
Goodnight.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:50 pm | #
G'night, dear.
I'm doing my usual crazy weekend insomnia thing, myself, much to the chagrin of other commenters here...
If Texas were on fire, I wouldn't stop to piss on it.
James Jesus RImbaud | 09.09.06 - 10:52 pm | #
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i hate the whole idea of texas as an abstraction, but the actual dirt patch is ok.
an inordinate amount of white tail deer, and even more rich retirees from Houston.
lavalamp | 09.09.06 - 10:53 pm | #
Bingo.
Everything has a season...
I enjoy every season - even Winter.
I love winter, and I am very sad that we don't have them here.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:49 pm |
We're going to have to get you and Mr. Plushy out of there.
One of my former coworkers was born and raised in Georgia, but while in the USAF was stationed in Alaska, and realized he was really a snowman at heart. And my dearest friend-also a southerner by cultuer and genes, went to U of Minnesota and also realized he was a snowman.
will Bush catch Osama over the protests of the Taliban
They'll probably kill a doppelganger and let the real one retire to his well-deserved company pension-- like Zarqawi.
And you know how they are here in SWOhio, maybe none at all-no snow, not bitterly cold, but everything dead and brown. Or bitterly cold. Not too much snow either way, at least not to someone who grew up in Chicago during the 70's.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
Then the occasional blizzard.
But, yeah dark grey, dead.
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Good Night, Ms V.
Here in southern California we finally had a touch of fall...the temperature fell from the 100s to the 80s. I haven't used my fireplace in 2 or 3 years it has been so warm. We had maybe 5 days of frost on the roofs and that was our winter.
I miss being cold. I write this at 7:55pm with sweat rolling off me and all the windows open.
Cold here this evening: actually turned on the furnace. But the slanting light is most glorious in the North.
My son remarked this morning that it even smells different. It does. Don't know what changes so dramatically, but it is more than the sassafras in the backyard blazing into yellow.
Hellkitty - the very prettiest part of the state, without a doubt.
Lucky, you are.
Be well and be blessed, moonbats.
Goodnight.
Vicki
ah sweet sleep, and may you dreameth the dreams of... eh, you know...
One must have a mind of winter . . .
Fuck, I can't remember the middle part . . .
To see nothing that is not there
And the nothing that is.
Damn! ProfWombat - that should have been 1600 acres - a really big operation.
will Bush catch Osama over the protests of the Taliban
They'll probably kill a doppelganger and let the real one retire to his well-deserved company pension-- like Zarqawi.
nsr
Don't forget Kennyboy Lay.
Everything has a season...
I'm still really appalled that God had the nerve in Ecclesiastes to rip off that song by The Byrds.
I love winter, and I am very sad that we don't have them here.
fourlegsgood
Oh me too. I really love winter. I just love it when it's cold and I love snow.
I love the way it smells and the way it looks and everything about it.
Damn it.
One must have a mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;
And have been cold a long time
To behold the junipers shagged with ice,
The spruces rough in the distant glitter
Of the January sun; and not to think
Of any misery in the sound of the wind,
In the sound of a few leaves,
Which is the sound of the land
Full of the same wind
That is blowing in the same bare place
For the listener, who listens in the snow,
And, nothing himself, beholds
Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.
And you know how they are here in SWOhio, maybe none at all-no snow, not bitterly cold, but everything dead and brown. Or bitterly cold...
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
Then the occasional blizzard.
But, yeah dark grey, dead.
agave, accidental texan | 09.09.06 - 10:56 pm
before my recent trip to Seattle my friend wasn't going to put Seattle, or Portland, on the places for possible relocation because it 'was rainy and cloudy during the winter'. I pointed out that it was over cast and brown here, while at least there it would be overcast, not too cold, and still pretty green. And there were mountains! He's relented, and decided that maybe we could move there.
You forgot the turn turn turn part:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tur...re_Is_a_Season)
I miss being cold. I write this at 7:55pm with sweat rolling off me and all the windows open. - ellroon lambofascist
Ya needs to move north. 61 on the back porch and probably 50 in San Francisco.
Fucking show off.
I love winter the mostest of all of the seasons. Not surprising, I know.
The light in fall, yes, the slanting sunset bringing out the reds. But the smell too-- the glorious rot of summer. Still, the moment of September when it pivots between fulfillment and decay is the best. (Oooh, the surf movie music just started.)
I'm still really appalled that God had the nerve in Ecclesiastes to rip off that song by The Byrds.
rorschach | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:59 pm | #
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it was really a weavers song. god ripped off the weavers.
I'm still really appalled that God had the nerve in Ecclesiastes to rip off that song by The Byrds.
rorschach
or Pete Seeger
what is this Winter you speak of?
i hate the whole idea of texas as an abstraction, but the actual dirt patch is ok.
Olaf glad and big
I must interject.
Texans are sincerly nice helpfull people. Most seem to be apolitical, but I wonder what it would be like if I introduced myself as an atheist liberal.
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Ya needs to move north. 61 on the back porch and probably 50 in San Francisco.
bo
San Francisco is too crowded. I'd move above the Russian River at least.
Lucky, you are.
Tena | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 10:57 pm | #
Thank you. And you are always welcome to come visit. I have a guest room and very easy companions.
agave, accidental texan | 09.09.06 - 11:02 pm | #
up here, not too much comment.
I miss winter down here too, though we do go up to Michigan over Xmas often.
I used to love winter when I was studying at Oxford, because we could just put our Strongbow Super out in the snow in the back yard.
'night bats.
God couldn't squeeze forever into the guitar solo of 8 miles high like the Byrds did.
And there were mountains! He's relented, and decided that maybe we could move there.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
Cool. Isn't there almost like desserts on the other side of the mountains?
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San Francisco is too crowded. I'd move above the Russian River at least. - ellroon lambofascist
As well as likely to be cheaper.
god ripped off the weavers and then got the house unamerican activities committee all over their asses.
Strongbow Super out in the snow in the back yard.
rorschach
Cider?
http://www.thedrinkshop.com/prod....php?
prodid=879
This thread still cruises along, and Eddie George is still purty.
the very prettiest part of the state, without a doubt.
now I'll say it: Bingo
When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life...
(If I am boring anyone . . . I used to write these for my friend Linda in Yuma - she said she missed the seasons: but lived in the desert - go figure)
We're Off to See the Blizzard
Linda,
Well, the storm is here. The winds are shuddering the house. Windows have been kissed by frost creating shimmering designs in the barren sunlight. It never gets real dark during the storm and the sun's presence is felt, but the sun can only muster a wan smile.
The garage was cold and the car colder as I brought the engine to life. The driveway was drifted across and I had to gun the engine to plow through. Later I may have to assault the piles, but for now, I am ignoring them. The roads are still in decent shape, though the knowledge this grace period is short lived is easy to come by. Driving along as nature strews petals of snow before you is interesting. The swirling masses of white contrast with the dark ice and bare pavement create a scene that is oddly beautiful.
I took the road out of town to go to the bakery. On a cold day there is probably little better than fresh muffins and warm coffee. The road leads by the East end of Mona Lake and this is where it got interesting. Winds strewn from across Lake Michigan encounter little resistance from the surface of the lake and the snow,is thrust across the road creating an absolute white out. Ahead the cars slow as their drivers lose their ability to see. Everyone behind them did as well. The condition only lasted for about half a mile, but it is interesting to drive without the benefit of seeing.
The temperatures are near 0 with a 40 mile an hour wind. The strength of the hawk is amazing. It can rip through a down coat as if it were nothing more than cotton gauze. Hats are sent flying and the people huddle in their outer clothes in hopes of beating the wind. They don't.
It is a day of fresh waffles and syrup, long conversations while sipping fresh coffee, soft music to contrast with the howling of the winds, and time to reflect as we huddle together.
The storm brings us closer together, for there is little choice. Thoughts of needs to be met are countered by the wind and the snow. Streets are littered with snow instead of cars. Everyone seeks their own comfort away from the hawk. We watch it spend its fury from the safety and comfort of warm shelter.
Love,
DWD
I have a guest room and very easy companions.
Hellkitty | 09.09.06 - 11:02 pm | #
Intriguing...
Cool. Isn't there almost like desserts on the other side of the mountains?
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agave, accidental texan
Ice cream and cake? Remember (/teacher voice) You always want two desserts (two esses).
The desert behind the mountain as I recall from geology is called a rain shadow.
Moi, aussi. At the time, I was glad of it. Looking back, well, looking back, I guess that I am still glad of it.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed
Naturally. Were you not precocious as a youngster, you would not now be a gramma at your tender age....
I am listening to Johnny Burnette doing Moody River. Ran into the chords while dinking with my guitar and watching the Tigers lose. Old song. Really old.
elroon, I tried to access the Strongbow site...apparently being 45 is too young to drink in the UK....
Live streaming audio from beneath the Antarctic ice.
Lots of Weddell seals and other animals at the moment.
Another recruit died at Parris Island. It was not hot today.
Attaturk has us doing a conceptual art piece. It's called "Waiting For Postot".
Attaturk has us doing a conceptual art piece. It's called "Waiting For Postot".
Strongbow Super out in the snow in the back yard.
rorschach
Cider?
Oh, yes. But Strongbow Super is about 9.5% alcohol, so more like wine...
As well as likely to be cheaper.
bo | 09.09.06 - 11:06 pm | #
It's very cheap in Guerneville, as long as you don't mind having your living-room underwater a couple times a year.
You libs wish you were half the man Jonah Goldberg is. I mean that literally, too.
He is a shining example of the meritocracy that we true believers embrace and you libs fear. He struggled against great odds till his many talents won out.
Even "Sven," my usually cantankerous alternate personality, agrees with me.
What? What?
Why oh why do people dig Yanni?
Is that a root, like potatos, or carrots, or something? I never had any...
Nice, DWD. Did you ever read Richard Hugo or James Wright? Reminds me of them.
now I'll say it: Bingo
lavalamp | 09.09.06 - 11:08 pm | #
I'm telling you, Central TX Atriots, this is a nice place for a weekend mini
Eschacon.
Fall is my favorite season too. Something about the light...you ever see a person die who is at peace with dying - its like they're in a state of beatitude...thats what fall is like.
Live streaming audio from beneath the Antarctic ice.
Lots of Weddell seals and other animals at the moment.
Phila
fun! and just a little spooky...
Phila:
All I could hear was what sounded like marching penquins, but that can't be right.
Why oh why do people dig Yanni?
Is that a root, like potatos, or carrots, or something?
Yeah but you got to scrape off all that hair.
Walter, why do you have your bags packed?
Texans are sincerly nice helpfull people.
thank you for that because I think so too.
I could skip the "God bless yous" sometimes, but you know, they mean well and it would be rude if I said anything about it to the ones who say it to me.
The government of the state is just awful, but at least we can laugh about some of it and we only let our lege meet every other year, thank god.
There are some damn nice people - warm and welcoming and I like that and miss it when I'm away from it. There are some awesome women in that state. The woman who lives across the street from me in Dallas is just outstanding, and she's very Texas in the old style. Think Sissy Farenthold, if you're that old.
I'm going upstairs to my bath and my bed and book afterwards.
Love you bats. Thanks for being such lovely witty people. Have sweet sweet dreams.
Hellkitty:
clean getaway
You libs wish you were half the man Jonah Goldberg is.
goldberg is half-man, which half?
Taking my pompitous ass out for a walk. Hope to see a new thread when I wheeze back home....
The ionosphere is very lively, too.
Love you bats. Thanks for being such lovely witty people. Have sweet sweet dreams.
Tena | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 11:16 pm | #
G'night Tena, a big ol' TX hug to you.
Come back home soon.
clean getaway
WalterNeff, bags packed | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 11:17 pm | #
where to where?
'night, all...
You libs wish you were half the man Jonah Goldberg is.
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jonah goldberg also wishes he were half the man he is.
goldberg is half-man, which half?
Man with the woman head, polynesian wall paper made the face stand out, a mixture of oriental and early vaudville jazz crooner.
Night Prof W. Sleep well.
You libs wish you were half the man Jonah Goldberg is.
I read this as "you lips"....
Man with the woman head, polynesian wall paper made the face stand out, a mixture of oriental and early vaudville jazz crooner.
nsr | 09.09.06 - 11:20 pm | #
reminds me of "The Yellow Wall Paper"
Good night, Tena dear.
ATHENS, Ala. - A woman and two roommates are accused of holding her brother at gunpoint as she prayed for his repentance, even firing a shot into the ceiling to keep his attention.
Randy Doss, 46, of Athens said he fled the house when his captors got distracted and later went to police, who were skeptical at first because his story was so bizarre. But police said it checked out, including the bullet hole in the ceiling.
-Praise Jeebus...or I'll put a cap in your ass!
H I C A !!!!
Motherfuckers.
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jp is in da house!
Seattle to Nelson to begin podcasting The Adventures of WalterNeff, of course.
reminds me of "The Yellow Wall Paper"
Captain Beefheart, actually. Recorded in Austin 1975.
"so this was a drivein in Hollywood..."
Night Professor W, still like the Phil Ochs you recommended as well as the Eric Bogle. For a nice find like that, eternal gratitude is owed.
And for all I write, Wallace Stevens does it better - in far less words. Love THE SNOW MAN. (Hell, Wound in the wind is worth the price of admission)
And for what it is worth: to condemn all people because of the actions of a few makes no sense. Even Michigan, My Michigan is full of Republican trash . . .
If you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a lengthy family call, then settle down in the downy pillows to watch Apocalypse Now (logo by Seattle's Tim Girvin) with Coppola commentary.
JP, why did I think that you were in Boston? MTA is, I think, the name of the
underground there. Good luck on your hunt. With the coming of holiday shopping I should think you could get a job in some sort of electronics venue don't you think?
heh. one of the paid commenters at lieberman's blog just claimed that atrios is responsible for making lamont's letter to lieberman public. that place is too fucking funny.
ATHENS, Ala. - A woman and two roommates are accused of holding her brother at gunpoint as she prayed for his repentance, even firing a shot into the ceiling to keep his attention.
This sounds like something Bettie Page got into, in her later years.
this thread is stuck... someone jiggle the handle or just jiggle anything...
mbta is the name of the "underground" in boston. but everyone just calls it the t.
Jeffraham, nice to see you. I always welcome your presence and comments: one of the nicer people around here. Never a bad word or evil thought: few higher compliments are given. (Wish I were as nice but time and life have shortened my patience)
DWD | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 11:27 pm | #
Hear hear! its a pity that Texans are an undifferentiated mass to most folks. I suspect that it is the same where you live too.
BTW, may I just say: fuck you, Stanford!!!
Thank you Olaf for the clarification. I was thinking of the old song by Glen Yarborough about Charlie and his ride on the MTA.
Olaf glad and big: jp is in da house!
In-fucking-deed I is! And my balls have never felt more embiggened.
Hellkitty: JP, why did I think that you were in Boston? MTA is, I think, the name of the
underground there. Good luck on your hunt. With the coming of holiday shopping I should think you could get a job in some sort of electronics venue don't you think?
Absolutely -- that's my thinking. It got me a seasonal job at Dell, last year, after all! As for the MTA confusion, I'd think it's a commonplace acronym for "Metro Transit Authority," just as it is, here.
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Thank you Olaf for the clarification. I was thinking of the old song by Glen Yarborough about Charlie and his ride on the MTA.
Hellkitty | 09.09.06 - 11:32 pm | #
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um. i think it was actually his ride on the mbta.
the "underground" in boston
Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Charley on a tragic and fateful day.
He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family, went to ride on the M. T. A.
Well, did he ever return? No, he never returned and his fate is still unlearned (What a pity!)
He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston. He's the man who never returned.
- The Kingston Trio
Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 11:33 pm | #
well, good on you and here's a kiss for luck. (Mwah!)
to condemn all people because of the actions of a few makes no sense. Even Michigan, My Michigan is full of Republican trash . . .
DWD
think?
And for what it is worth: to condemn all people because of the actions of a few makes no sense.
Oh, c'mon! Condemning all people is FUN!
I like Wallace Stevens a little bit (love "Sunday Morning") but I feel he's a bit overrated.
Thank you Olaf for the clarification. I was thinking of the old song by Glen Yarborough about Charlie and his ride on the MTA.
Hellkitty
Or the Kingston Trio.
Damn! Sorry about being such a . .
Is Hell-O-Scam working like shit for everyone or just me?
DWD: Jeffraham, nice to see you. I always welcome your presence and comments: one of the nicer people around here. Never a bad word or evil thought: few higher compliments are given. (Wish I were as nice but time and life have shortened my patience)
Awww... that's a hell of a thang, coming from a half-blind, nearly crippled Sunday School teacher.
How'd that work out?
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Al Gore re-run on SNL.
It's ggooooood!
- The Kingston Trio
nsr | 09.09.06 - 11:34 pm | #
and do you recall the lyrics to The Merry Minuet?
Sheldon Harnick
They're rioting in Africa. They're starving in Spain. There's hurricanes in Florida and Texas needs rain.
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls. The French hate the Germans. The Germans hate the Poles.
Italians hate Yugoslavs.
South Africans hate the Dutch and I don't like anybody very much!
But we can be tranquil and thankful and proud for man's been endowed with a mushroom shaped cloud.
And we know for certain that some lovely day someone will set the spark off and we will all be blown away.
They're rioting in Africa. There's strife in Iran. What nature doesn't do to us will be done by our fellow man.
KILOTHREAD!!!!! Red Alert! Red Alert!
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JP,
Back at work: school is going okay. Eye turned out wonderfully. Nearly perfect vision in that eye now.
KILOTHREAD!!!!! Red Alert! Red Alert!
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Not till 1248 posts.
DWD wasn't Yarborough a member of the Trio? and yes, Helloscan has been a bitch for at least the last three hours
Sheets.
Goodnight
Time to hit the sheets.
(Had you there for a sec, didn't I?)
DWD: Back at work: school is going okay. Eye turned out wonderfully. Nearly perfect vision in that eye now.
That is very cool. I'm still told that if I didn't care about the anachronism, I could be fitted for a monocle.
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Back to Vincent Price in "Last Man On Earth."
Later critters.
BTW, may I just say: fuck you, Stanford!!!
dave™©
Since Eli's not here -- you may say so.....
Barry from Alaska: Not till 1248 posts.
Y'mean 1024 posts...??
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and do you recall the lyrics to The Merry Minuet?
Yep. Live at the Hungry i. My folks' taste ran toward Yogi Yorgesson, so I don't know how we ended up with that.
A few years ago, the local "music of your life" (or, "music for dead people") station played KT's "The Last Frontier." I had no idea they'd done a song for JFK.
"Some to the rivers and some to the sea
Some to the soil that our fathers made free
And on to the stars and the heavens for to see--
this is the New Frontier."
and do you recall the lyrics to The Merry Minuet?
Yep. Live at the Hungry i. My folks' taste ran toward Yogi Yorgesson, so I don't know how we ended up with that.
A few years ago, the local "music of your life" (or, "music for dead people") station played KT's "The Last Frontier." I had no idea they'd done a song for JFK.
"Some to the rivers and some to the sea
Some to the soil that our fathers made free
And on to the stars and the heavens for to see--
this is the New Frontier."
"The absolute cynical manipulation, deliberately cynical manipulation, to shape American public opinion and 69 percent of the people, at that time, it worked, they said 'we want to go to war,'" Rockefeller told CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson. "Including me. The difference is after I began to learn about some of that intelligence I went down to the Senate floor and I said 'my vote was wrong.'"
Rockefeller went a step further. He says the world would be better off today if the United States had never invaded Iraq — even if it means Saddam Hussein would still be running Iraq.
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/
top..._252203351.html
- The Kingston Trio
nsr
Eek! Earworm!
Barry from Alaska: Not till 1248 posts.
Y'mean 1024 posts...??
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Yea, something like or similar to that.
1248, where in the world did I come up with that?
Barry from Alaska: Not till 1248 posts.
Y'mean 1024 posts...??
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Yea, something like or similar to that.
1248, where in the world did I come up with that?
Does Rockefeller stands by his view, even if it means that Saddam Hussein could still be in power if the United States didn't invade?
"Yes. [Saddam] wasn't going to attack us. He would've been isolated there," Rockefeller said. "He would have been in control of that country but we wouldn't have depleted our resources preventing us from prosecuting a war on terror which is what this is all about."
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/
top..._252203351.html
What kind of Saturday night is it here at Eschaton wher no one wants NEW CURLY?!?
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Johnny Rotten and Afrika Bambaataa
World Destruction
Speak about destruction (x3)
This is a world destruction, your life ain't nothing
The human race is becoming a disgrace
Countries are fighting with chemical warfare
Not giving a damn about the people who live
Nostradamus predicts the coming of the Antichrist
Hey, look out, the third world nations are on the rise
The Democratic-Communist Relationship,
won't stand in the way of the Islamic force
The CIA is looking for you
The KGB is smarter than you think
Brainwash mentalities to control the system
Using TV and movies - religions of course
Yes, the world is headed for destruction
Is it a nuclear war?
What are you asking for?
hi barry! saw you over at lieberman's blog. i waved, but i guess you didn't see me.
Barry from Alaska>: 1248, where in the world did I come up with that?
If you'd had 224 beers, that would explain it.
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1248, where in the world did I come up with that?
Barry from Alaska
Number of hours you've sat on runways waiting to take off this year?
JP I was going to ask you for some but I didn't want to appear greedy.
The world would be better off if Saddam were still in power. Its a fucking no-brainer.
224 beers on the wall 224 beers. . .
What kind of Saturday night is it here at Eschaton wher no one wants NEW CURLY?!?
Sleepy Curly. He looks very content with life.
World Destruction
Speak about destruction (x3)
This is a world destruction, your life ain't nothing
The human race is becoming a disgrace
Countries are fighting with chemical warfare
Not giving a damn about the people who live
Nostradamus predicts the coming of the Antichrist
Hey, look out, the third world nations are on the rise
The Democratic-Communist Relationship,
won't stand in the way of the Islamic force
The CIA is looking for you
The KGB is smarter than you think
Brainwash mentalities to control the system
Using TV and movies - religions of course
Yes, the world is headed for destruction
Is it a nuclear war?
What are you asking for?
Back at work: school is going okay. Eye turned out wonderfully. Nearly perfect vision in that eye now.
DWD
Great News my friend, now go and take a refocus upon all the good things in your life! (thumbs up moticon)
Bush seeking Iranian lessons
Saturday 09 September 2006, 10:45 Makka Time, 7:45 GMT
The US president has been critical of the Iranian government
Just three days after branding its president a tyrant, George Bush has said that he is "interested in learning more" about the Iranian government.
During an interview with the Wall Street Journal, made public on Friday, the US president said he personally approved granting a visa to Iran's former president, Mohammad Khatami, who made several speeches in the US this week.
"I was interested to hear what he had to say," he said
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...D25462CC43D.htm
224 beer, 1248 hours, hmmmm.
I choose Beers!
BRB
Rorschach,
To say one loves any given writer means simply that some of their words have resonated. Wallace Stevens has some of those: a lot of them are not very important. But what makes writing and reading so special is that time when we find ourselves together - if only for an instant.
Hey, Barry. Last time I saw you, you could not believe I was posting at three AM. (Well, the pain meds do run out and need replentishing)
flory: Sleepy Curly. He looks very content with life.
Oh, you should have seen him earlier. He was FRANTIC that his human was gone for EIGHT HOURS!
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1248, where in the world did I come up with that?
Take one down and pass it around
and 1247 posts on the blog...
1248, where in the world did I come up with that?
In addition to being a globetrotting pilot, Barry from Alaska is also a psychic.
Pakistan: Hello al-Qaeda, goodbye America
The truce announced this week between the Pakistani Taliban and Islamabad is only part of the story. Pakistan has also agreed to release from custody a number of important al-Qaeda-linked suspects, as well as keep its hands off such figures not yet captured. Islamabad, eyeing a return to its playground in a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, is breaking free from Uncle Sam's clutches. - Syed Saleem Shahzad (Sep 7, '06)
http://www.atimes.com/
Pakistan: Hello al-Qaeda, goodbye America
The truce announced this week between the Pakistani Taliban and Islamabad is only part of the story. Pakistan has also agreed to release from custody a number of important al-Qaeda-linked suspects, as well as keep its hands off such figures not yet captured. Islamabad, eyeing a return to its playground in a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, is breaking free from Uncle Sam's clutches. - Syed Saleem Shahzad (Sep 7, '06)
http://www.atimes.com/
[Coming back after the awful, awful drubbing]
What was your favorite bar in Five Points?
I know I'm supposed to say Group Therapy, just because; but I'm going to date myself here (and risk blindness thereby) by citing Von Henmon's, the short-lived Punk Rock bar in 5P in the early '80s. If for no other reason than the fact that someone needs to step up and remember it.
Bed is calling now. According to what I have read, the problem with drugs such as Oxycontin are that the more you take, the better you feel. Have not fell into that trap, but the single pill at night does remove the pain enough for sleeping.
Did I mention how souper stone cold HAWT Irene be?
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DWD I don't know if you do or not but if you take Oxy or Vicodin don't drink. It will really trash your liver.
If Saddam had been left in power, we could have done a deal with him to rub out UBL and and his gang, in return for lifting sanctions on Iraq and buying his fucking oil. A no-brainer, and we could have dispatched Rumsfeld to seal the deal with a handshake and gleaming smile.
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An' I surely don't wanna browbeat anyone... but tonight, they opened what might be the finest symphony hall in ALL the world tonight in Nashville. I love this town!
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Hellkitty, no drinking. I am very careful with these. Very careful. (but thanks for the advice, truly)
Hellkitty, no drinking. I am very careful with these. Very careful. (but thanks for the advice, truly)
DWD | Homepage | 09.09.06 - 11:59 pm | #
Sleep well and be well soon.
Well... what the hail, folx? Everybody diving into bed? With each other? Decadent Dems!
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Speaking of Slim Whitman, during the Republican Presidential debates on the USC campus in 1980, we all lined the sidewalks of the Horseshoe as Reagan, Connoly, et al., emerged from the Faculty House, holding up "Slim Whitman for President" signs, and singing "Vaya Con Dios" and "Red River Valley" at the top of our lungs.
For about thirty seconds to a minute or so after he emerged, Ronnie thought we were cheering for him. His look of puzzlement was priceless at the time, but not so funny shortly thereafter, in retrospect.
Here are the Top 10 most ignored stories. I've had to condense them for space considerations, but their headlines should tell enough of a story;
1. The Feds and the media muddy the debate over Internet freedom
2. Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technology to Iran
3. World oceans in extreme danger
4. Hunger and homelessness increasing in the United States
5. High-tech genocide in Congo
6. Federal whistleblower protection in jeopardy
7. U.S. operatives torture detainees to death in Afghanistan and Iraq
8. Pentagon exempt from Freedom of Information Act
9. World Bank funds Israel-Palestine wall
10. Expanded air war in Iraq kills more civilians
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/...103%7D&
keyword=
It feels like a death watch at Joe's blog...
Here are the Top 10 most ignored stories. I've had to condense them for space considerations, but their headlines should tell enough of a story:
1. The Feds and the media muddy the debate over Internet freedom
3. Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technology to Iran
3. World oceans in extreme danger
4. Hunger and homelessness increasing in the United States
5. High-tech genocide in Congo
6. Federal whistleblower protection in jeopardy
7. U.S. operatives torture detainees to death in Afghanistan and Iraq
8. Pentagon exempt from Freedom of Information Act
9. World Bank funds Israel-Palestine wall
10. Expanded air war in Iraq kills more civilians
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/...103%7D&
keyword=
looks like its just you n me left. Die hard Southerners that we are. I should probably make my way to the barn myself.
Give Curly a pat for me and have a good night.
Well... what the hail, folx? Everybody diving into bed? With each other? Decadent Dems!
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Jeffraham Prestonian
11:00 on Sat nite!?
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Well... what the hail, folx? Everybody diving into bed? With each other? Decadent Dems!
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 09.10.06 - 12:03 am | #
In the immortal words of Elvis, "Are you lonesome tonight?"
Well... what the hail, folx? Everybody diving into bed? With each other? Decadent Dems!
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Jeeze, go shopping and people think I've gone sleepers.
agave: 11:00 on Sat nite!?
Zachary! I don't throw my orgies until 2:30 a.m. on Tuesdays!
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean called on ABC/Disney to reveal who poured $40 million into the slanderous 9/11 propoganda film they plan to start airing starting Sunday, and issued the following statement:
"It's deeply disappointing that ABC would put something on the air that has been proven to have factual inaccuracies about one of the most important events in our nation's history. ABC should not air this distortion of history.
"The fact that the writer/producer of the piece is a well known conservative raises additional concerns and questions. The American people deserve to know who funded this $40 million dollar slanderous propaganda. Use of the public airwaves is a privilege conferred upon broadcasters in the public interest. It comes with a responsibility to the American people and a responsibility to the truth."
"The Path to 9/11" - Revisionist History Masquerading as Truth
A "historical" drama fraught with factual error
http://releases.usnewswire.com/G...se.asp?
id=72073
Jeeze, go shopping and people think I've gone sleepers.
Barry from Alaska | Homepage | 09.10.06 - 12:08 am | #
the bunny slippers had us fooled there for a moment...
It feels like a death watch at Joe's blog...
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heh. i've been going there a lot. i think someone on joe's campaign staff heard that there were thing called blogs that are politically useful, so they started what they think is something along the lines of a blog. it's pretty funny.
Hey, Barry. Last time I saw you, you could not believe I was posting at three AM. (Well, the pain meds do run out and need replentishing)
DWD
I'm going to get to reverse the time equation starting tomorrow. Headed to Miami tomorrow night, then Brazil on Tuesday.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
w...1869000,00.html
Frank Black - "And if the ground's not cold everythings gonna burn, we'll all take turns, I'll get mine too."
From Monkey Gone to Heaven
rorschach: In the immortal words of Elvis, "Are you lonesome tonight?"
Oddly, I've had more real "meatspace" human contact today than anytime in the last several months!
Am I gonna milk it? Damn sure skippy!
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the bunny slippers had us fooled there for a moment...
Hellkitty
Yea, but my back flap was still ...
Oops, better not head down that road.
Barry, what do you do that keeps you travelling so often?
His wife invited me to a Davidson County Democrats Open House tomorrow at their home from 4-6 p.m., so, hell yeah -- I'm gonna go!
Good for you!
The Path to 9/11
Clare Morgan, reviewer
September 10, 2006
This long and complicated story demands your full attention - yet it is hard not to get sucked in.
Broadcast over five hours, The Path to 9/11 demands a big investment from viewers.
September 10Time8:30 PMIn their usual hyperventilating fashion, the publicity people describe this two-part film as a "special event". It's a television program, people. They also describe it as "epic" and, on this point, they're spot on. At more than five hours over two nights, this dramatisation of the events leading up to the attacks of September 11, 2001, demands a big investment from viewers.
Based on the 9/11 Commission Report, it is a painstaking reconstruction of events going back to the bombing of the World Trade Centre in 1993. It is a long and complicated story, so you'll need to pay attention.
The story unfolds slowly, so they have tried to liven things up with shaky camerawork, endless jump cuts and vertiginous overhead footage, which may have some viewers reaching for the sick bag. It's a gimmick that becomes distracting and, ultimately, annoying. And yet it's hard not to get sucked in, with the tension increasing as the September 11 attacks draw near.
The performances from a stellar cast are good, with Harvey Keitel a standout as FBI counterterrorism expert John O'Neill.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv-
re...222310224.html#
Barry from Alaska: Good for you!
Thanks!
I seriously believe this may be the first step to my reconquering Planet Earth.
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Someone told me that John Malkovich has gone a little pant's shitter since 9/11. Is this true?
barry is a pilot, hellkitty.
Barry, what do you do that keeps you travelling so often?
Hellkitty
I'm a captain on a 747.
"Then I saw Osama's face / Now I'm a believer!"
Now, for a real writer: Whatever Happened to the America of 9/12? Frank Rich’s title kind of says it all, doesn’t it?
Zachary! I don't throw my orgies until 2:30 a.m. on Tuesdays!
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Jeffraham Prestonian
I seriously believe this may be the first step to my reconquering Planet Earth.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Can you do it better this time?
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I'm a captain on a 747.
Barry from Alaska | Homepage | 09.10.06 - 12:14 am | #
Ah, that does explain things.
(was trying to snag a pic off the company web site, but all the good photos are buried inside the password protected area.)
However, this is who I fly for.
The holding company has two airlines, Atlas and Polar.
I flew for Polar when it was brand new, back in 1994.
I've been with Atlas since 1996, Polar sucked.
I seriously believe this may be the first step to my reconquering Planet Earth.
I for one welcome our Curly overlord...
So anyone know who this idiot posting at Digby's is?
looks like its just you n me left. Die hard Southerners that we are. I should probably make my way to the barn myself.
Give Curly a pat for me and have a good night.
Hellkitty | 09.10.06 - 12:05 am | #
What'm I, chopped livah?
And JP--well done in meatspace, buddy!
agave: Can you do it better this time?
I'll settle for 1/3 as well, actually. Especially if it means 1/3 the criminality and stress.
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'Evening, all -- I was over at FDL reading a great post on supporting media reform and "9/11 Press for Truth" as an alternative to the ABC propaganda. Following a link in the post to MediaChannel.org, I came upon this post by Rory O'Connor, whose blog I used to read but lost track of awhile back.
It's a pretty interesting post -- about Able Danger, Patrick Fitzgerald, Ali Mohamed and another altered 9/11-special broadcast.
If any of you night owls are interested in giving it a read, I'd be interested to hear what other folks think.
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how nice of osu to kick texas ass tonight!!!
Before 9-11, settling the Arab-Israeli conflict could have gone a long way toward resolving the growing divide between America and Muslims around the world. And immediately following the horrific events of that day there was an opportunity to "force" both sides to give a little and move toward a difficult but acceptable arrangement for the establishment of a Palestinian state in return for recognition and acceptance of Israel.
Yes, terrorists, chiefly al Queda, had already begun to focus there attentions on the US before 9-11. And the Arab-Israeli conflict was only one of many grievances they held toward the US. But convincing the Israelis to compromise even just a little, would have forced moderate Muslims to see that although US was willing to use all of its power to go after terrorists, that our leaders were also willing to recognize the "legitimate" concerns of millions of Muslims. Instead, the Bush administration gave a free hand to Sharon to deal with the Palestinians in his own, often harsh and deliberately belligerent way.
With the current leadership in the US it may be too late to prevent the clash of civilizations that the neoconservatives and their rabid following in the "wingnutosphere" seem to so desperately want. The attack on 9-11 provided the neocons the perfect opportunity to demonstrate to the rest of the world just how "tough", the US is. After 9-11, the overwhelming majority of Americans wanted nothing more than to destroy al Queda, and anyone who supported them. Invading Afghanistan was the right thing to do. But for so many who still believe this, the idea that it would be done so incompetently just did not occur. It is now obvious that what would and should have been a success story is far from it five years later. Totally eliminating the Taliban would not have been easy, but the recent resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan would not have taken place without the eagerness of the Bush administration to shift its focus to Iraq. Ignoring, or at least not maintaining adequate resources in the struggle against the Taliban and al Queda was a serious failure of leadership and foresight that will likely haunt the US for years to come.
How could our leadership not have learned from the Soviet failures in Afghanistan? The Taliban and al Queda certainly did. Rather than stay and fight many of them fled as quickly as they could across the border to Pakistan, and the havens they were so familiar with from the struggle against the Soviets. Now that they have had time to recover, "they're back"! They have returned with a vengeance, and they've even had the opportunity to learn new tactics by watching the success of the insurgents in Iraq.
The Clinton administration certainly bears some of the responsibility for the problems confronting the US today. The Lewinsky affair undoubtedly diverted attention away from more important matters. Of course, the Republicans who tried so relentlessly to destroy Clinton, also
What'm I, chopped livah?
And JP--well done in meatspace, buddy!
rorschach | Homepage | 09.10.06 - 12:19 am | #
no, just very quiet at the time. I thought everyone had sneaked off to bed leaving us here all by our lonesomes.
rorschach: And JP--well done in meatspace, buddy!
Thanks! I'm happy about this. A very offhand comment to a total stranger, and I get sucked right in!
I'm thinking I can insert myself into the opposition camp, if things don't work out. I'd love being a mole.
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The Frank Rich thing was good....what I remember most about that time was 9-13, when I had to tell my crew that the checks weren't going to be there on Friday, the 15th. They all knew the reason, had for years. The checks were processed at the home office in MASS...they weren't going to fly an Fex-Ex or UPS or USPS plane that week, and 80% of the idjits, who had the choice of direct deposit, did not sign up for it. See how quickly Amerika's sympathy for their fellow man dissippates when they can't go out for dinner and a movie of a Friday Night. "Everything changed". Hah..I was disabused of that notion right quick.
So anyone know who this idiot posting at Digby's is?
What idiot? Someone in the comments?
Watching Casablanca. Wow, was Ingrid Bergman the looker back in 1942!
Watching Casablanca. Wow, was Ingrid Bergman the looker back in 1942!
So anyone know who this idiot posting at Digby's is?
Eh?
so they started what they think is something along the lines of a blog. it's pretty funny.
Olaf glad and big
It is funny over there. It's almost like the 'cult classic' of blogs...
Now, for a real writer: Whatever Happened to the America of 9/12? Frank Rich’s title kind of says it all, doesn’t it?
jurassicpork
now, my question is, and I am being earnest, what happened to the America of 9/10?
I'm thinking I can insert myself into the opposition camp, if things don't work out. I'd love being a mole.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Don't do that... next thing ya know, you'll be trolling blogs late at night.
eeewww.
focus | 09.10.06 - 12:26 am | #
WGTW.
I guess what today proved to me was this: I can lead a more interesting and more prosperous life just by asserting myself into places where I wouldn't normally think to do so.
A lesson that I should have learned long ago, but perhaps gauze-covered brains have hidden from me for a great while...
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Barry, what do you do that keeps you travelling so often?
Hellkitty
Barry flies cargo. It's his job to keep your luggage one airport ahead of you...
how did that happen? It was supposed to be GWTW damn dyslexia!
Barry flies cargo. It's his job to keep your luggage one airport ahead of you...
Elmer, PHD
Luggage, bah!
Didn't you ever see "Top Gun"? I fly the rubber dog poop out of Hong Kong.
So anyone know who this idiot posting at Digby's is?
Actually, the comment sure like Digby wrote it, and it mirrors exactly what I was thinking when I saw the fluffing.. er, interview.
Barry from Alaska: Didn't you ever see "Top Gun"? I fly the rubber dog poop out of Hong Kong.
I dunno what I'd do without my weekly ration of rubber dog poop.
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So anyone know who this idiot posting at Digby's is?
You mean that Poputonian post about OJ?
It is funny over there. It's almost like the 'cult classic' of blogs...
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It's gone to pathetic so fast.
I thought it was fun when NTodd first got in there, but now, it's just too sad to visit.
You just have to know it's gonna all get thrown at Ned about the middle of October.
I fly the rubber dog poop out of Hong Kong.
Where's a rubber dog poop?
Anywhere he wants.
Hey-Ooooo!
Barry, the 747 is a pretty big plane IIRC. When I was a kid we used to go see the C-130's and the T-birds at the local Marine base. Having a C-130 fly low over your house is quite an experience. How did oyu get into flying?
Barry from Alaska: You just have to know it's gonna all get thrown at Ned about the middle of October.
One thing to say about that: "Fuck that shit! Pabst! Blue! RIBBON!"
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now, my question is, and I am being earnest, what happened to the America of 9/10?
focus
Yea, back when the White House had an absolute closed mindset about anything foreign, and the worst theat was encroaching undocumented brush.
How did oyu get into flying?
Hellkitty
Long story, but the airport used to be the only place open when the bars closed. You could walk around the ramp and just look at planes.
I figured I needed to give it a try.
Certain 'experts' thought Amerika would go into an introspective, cocooning phase in the wake of the WTC disaster. They were wrong weren't they. Amerikans surveyed the landscape. Their stock market bubble, which was imploding before 9-11 left them feeling poorer. A recession was on the way. They needed to feel good about themselves, and the only way to accomplish that was spend their way out the dark hole they found themselves in, and find some brown people to kill. By the summer of 2002 Amerikans had replaced the stock market bubble with a nascent housing bubble. They had accomplished some things in Afghanistan, but it was SOMEHOW unsatisfying. Some dead Afghans...not even real Arabs...look yon towards Iraq. This wasn't Guns and Butter anymore, it was Guns and Granite Countertops.
One thing to say about that: "Fuck that shit! Pabst! Blue! RIBBON!"
My goodness, my Guinness.
Barry from Alaska: Long story, but the airport used to be the only place open when the bars closed. You could walk around the ramp and just look at planes.
I figured I needed to give it a try.
I love you man. In the most heterosexually, manly way possible. Your my new personal hero.
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I figured I needed to give it a try.
Barry from Alaska | Homepage | 09.10.06 My ex made sure he would never have the chan- 12:35 am | #
sounds like fun. My son wanted to be a pilot at one time.
I dunno what I'd do without my weekly ration of rubber dog poop.
It keeps me in a job, thanks.
How did oyu get into flying?
Hellkitty
Long story...
My next door neighbor just retired from a career as a commercial pilot, and I asked him the same question, and he said, "Long story..."
What is it with you guys?
Didn't you ever see "Top Gun"? I fly the rubber dog poop out of Hong Kong.
Barry from Alaska
I'm ashamed to admit I did. Back in the '80s when I had cable, I watched a whole lotta shit like that. My question tho, is whatta they feed those rubber dogs?
casablanca is a great flick. i love it when they sing the marseillaise. probably spelled it wrong. and ingrid bergman was in fact a looker.
Glenn Yarborough was a member of the Limelighters - not the Kingston Trio. (needed more drugs)
Max Planck: What is it with you guys?
It's all the "pegleg pig" and "bite my eye" jokes, I'm tellin' ya.
Barry's one of our best -- of that, there can be no doubt.
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What is it with you guys?
Max Planck
Our long stories are an attempt to make up for other shortcomings.
I come from an age before Levitra.
Glenn Yarborough was a member of the Limelighters - not the Kingston Trio. (needed more drugs)
DWD | Homepage | 09.10.06 - 12:39 am | #
Ok, two of my favorites...I knew I had them confused. I hope that you didn't wake up just to tell us that.
Now tat I have 40% of my CDs on mp3... I need to start taking requests.
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Long story, but the airport used to be the only place open when the bars closed. You could walk around the ramp and just look at planes.
I figured I needed to give it a try.
Barry from Alaska
An opportunity perhaps lost to the yoot of today. Set unauthorized foot on the tarmac these days, you get one last flight...to Gitmo...
Asshole Arnie Torpedos Himself With His Own Wholely Assholeyness.
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The governor's re-election campaign scrambled to contain potential political damage, while his opponents seized on the opportunity.
His gubernatorial challenger, Democrat Phil Angelides, speaking in San Jose, said the comments reflected a ``disturbing pattern of behavior'' and ``embarrassed'' the state. Some leaders in the Latino community not only condemned the remarks but also felt his apology fell short.
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Sinking slowly....
But I gotta say, "FUCK YOU, FABIAN!"
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But the governor also had his defenders, including Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles, and Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, R-El Centro, whom the governor was referring to in talking about ``hot'' blooded Latinos.
A Núñez representative said, ``The governor has always been respectful toward Latinos.''
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Schidt.
Barry's one of our best -- of that, there can be no doubt.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Blush.
I probably shouldn't tell you, this will be my first road trip with new lappy.
I got one of these, don't shoot me.
So, are they still gonna show that fucking movie?
allright gentlemen, here's a question for you. I need your advice. I have long auburn hair... almost to where it can be sat upon. I am however, at an age where it is getting a bit of grey strand by strand. Should I let it go silver, or fight the inevitable?
Well, let's call it a night, and deny we did.
You guys RAWK, btw (especially Captain Barry!).
See ya's late tomorrow night, after the Big Dem Meetup.
♥
casablanca is a great flick. i love it when they sing the marseillaise. probably spelled it wrong. and ingrid bergman was in fact a looker.
I like to think that Rick and the inspector became successful smugglers.
Now tat I have 40% of my CDs on mp3... I need to start taking requests.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Hey, I ship 'em up there, you do mine? My 200 or so CDs aint a lot by some standards, but man, that's a lot of ripping...
Barry's one of our best
Yes.
My goodness, my Guinness. - Barry from Alaska
Used ta be everyone on this thread was a psychiatrist, but Barry is a pilot and Guinesscologist.
An opportunity perhaps lost to the yoot of today. Set unauthorized foot on the tarmac these days, you get one last flight...to Gitmo...
Elmer, PHD
Yea, no fooling. I used to be able to walk around the General Aviation ramp in El Paso, and poke my nose up against all the windows and see what was inside.
No one ever bothered me. What a difference 34 years makes.
Good night to all the rabid lambs of war still online.
Now tat I have 40% of my CDs on mp3... I need to start taking requests.
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 09.10.06 - 12:41 am | #
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play "red right hand" by nick cave and the bad seed. i love that song. never hear it.
Hellkitty, no. I was just laying there and the pain was not diminishing sufficiently.
http://home.comcast.net/~veritas...s20001/
urge.mp3
This is lovely, for those of you in a mood for a great Autumn song. It is Tom Rush doing Joni Mitchell's URGE FOR GOING.
Barry from Alaska: I got one of these, don't shoot me.
That thang REWLS -- you made some sales rep very happy when you bought that. Super profit margin. But it's a great box, no doubt! I'd love one.
Okay, gotta go, furilla.
♥
You guys saying nice thing about me is gonna attract trolls, you watch.
But thanks, it's a terrific bunch here to hang out with.
Should I let it go silver, or fight the inevitable?
I will be celebrating my 25th birthday for the 13th time, if that answers your question.
I like to think that Rick and the inspector became successful smugglers.
Snow, Frank Sinatra | Homepage | 09.10.06 - 12:44 am | #
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i can't imagine it working out any other way.
Glenn Yarborough
Baby, The Rain Must Fall!
If this idiot is featured in my daily paper one more time, I will vomit my breakfast upon it and send it back to the editorial manager.
Hellkitty,
I dunno: I like it both ways. I guess that vanity is your guide. But auburn hair has always been my favorite. . . .
I say let it do its thing, Your Hellishness. Sexy don't come out of a hair dye bottle.
Goldie Hawn creeps me out these days because she internalized her role from "Death Becomes Her" and doesn't look her age.
" Should I let it go silver, or fight the inevitable?
Hellkitty "
let it go. you are what you are and you ain't what you ain't...
first!
thanks to the magic of the interweb tubes i am now listening to
"red right hand", by nick cave and the bad seed.
You guys saying nice thing about me is gonna attract trolls, you watch.
Funny how that works, ennit?
Who'll Stop The Rain?
night bats...
hellkitty, for you of the auburn hair: an excerpt from Diamond's Light.
She sat in the front row dressed in a manner that David considered to be bordering on the bizarre. She wore high laced up black boots with a wrap around skirt in a Native American design with a black silk blouse open at the neck. Over that she had draped a conservative sweater that clung miraculously to her shoulders. Her fine reddish-brown hair lay softly on her sweater and shoulders. As she read the program, silver glasses rested near the tip of the nose — for the moment: her left hand was already twitching in anticipation of reseating them properly.
He looked down on her from the chair on the podium. She seemed too alive to be among this group of the mostly dead. When her glasses lost the reflection of the ancient light fixtures lining the ceiling, he could see that her eyes were bright green and sparkled as she moved them from the paper to the person on the podium. He continued his inspection down.
Drive by:
This Coppola commentary I'm listening to is fascinating.
let it go. you are what you are and you ain't what you ain't...
jdw
You goin' for John Prine or Frank Zappa with that one?
And all I can say is I tried the mens hair dye routine back in the '80s when the salt started to overrun the pepper, and gave it up pretty quickly. I yam what I yam, and that's all what I yam.
" Should I let it go silver, or fight the inevitable?
Hellkitty "
let it go. you are what you are and you ain't what you ain't...
jdw | 09.10.06 - 12:50 am | #
that is my inclination. It will be interesting when it is all done as my eyes are different colors. One blue, one green.
NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS Song Lyrics
Red Right Hand
(From the album "LET LOVE IN")
Take a litle walk to the edge of town
Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms,
like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires,
in the humming wires
Hey man, you know
you're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge,
past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes
a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with
a red right hand
He'll wrap you in his arms,
tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole,
heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you're
never ever coming back
He's a god, he's a man,
he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat
is a red right hand
You ain't got no money?
He'll get you some
You ain't got no car? He'll get you one
You ain't got no self-respect,
you feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy,
cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the barrio
and the bowery and the slum
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his
red right hand
(Organ solo)
You'll see him in your nightmares,
you'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere but
he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head,
on the TV screen
And hey buddy, I'm warning
you to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god,
he's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog
in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
his red right hand
(Organ solo)
Extra verse from DJ Spooky Remix (From Scream 2 Soundtrack):
He'll extend his hand, real slowly for a shake
You'll see it coming toward you, real slowly for a shake
(Grabbing at your peril buddy?) cause you know you ain't
getting near much as he will take.
He's a...
He's mumbling words you can't understand
He's mumbling word behind his red right hand.
Been very engaged in 'V for Vendetta.'
Very scary.
NTodd's girlfriend is actually good in this.
that scroll troll comment was me posting the lyrics to "red right hand", by nick cave and the bad seed. prolly too many spaces. be right back.
DWD thank you that was lovely.
I'm listening to nick cave spit out "red right hand" on MusicMatch, while screening Casablanca on Power DVD, and blogging at the same time. Alas, my Charlotte Rampling at 22 hologram is on the fritz, though.
I yam what I yam
Yeah, getting greyer by the day, but fortunately I still have most of it. Although heredity tells me that's just a matter of time...
Take a litle walk to the edge of town
Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms,
like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires,
in the humming wires
Hey man, you know
you're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge,
past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes
a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with
a red right hand
***********
He'll wrap you in his arms,
tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole,
heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you're
never ever coming back
He's a god, he's a man,
he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat
is a red right hand
***********************
You ain't got no money?
He'll get you some
You ain't got no car? He'll get you one
You ain't got no self-respect,
you feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy,
cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the barrio
and the bowery and the slum
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his
red right hand
*****************************
You'll see him in your nightmares,
you'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere but
he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head,
on the TV screen
And hey buddy, I'm warning
you to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god,
he's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog
in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
his red right hand
olaf...gotta cut back on the hard returns
never mind
Yeah, getting greyer by the day, but fortunately I still have most of it. Although heredity tells me that's just a matter of time... - FeralLiberal
I only know what the screen in the bathtub drain tells me.
and hit preview prior to posting...it will let you know if you get a passing grade
good evening sallyh
Not to distract anyone, but Aravosos is "near live blogging" the New Zealand airing of the 9/11 fictiondrama.
It's worse than we expected.
Take a litle walk to the edge of town
Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms,
like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires,
in the humming wires
Hey man, you know
you're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge,
past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes
a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with
a red right hand
DWD, boy you can write!
You guys saying nice thing about me is gonna attract trolls, you watch.
Funny how that works, ennit?
Elmer, PHD | 09.10.06 - 12:51 am | #
You're all a bunch of dhimmicrap moonbats having a wankfest in here!
/troll
Or maybe he's finally watching his bootleg copy.
That seems more likely.
It's worse than we expected.
Barry from Alaska
It's all Woodrow Wilson's fault!
He'll wrap you in his arms,
tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole,
heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you're
never ever coming back
He's a god, he's a man,
he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat
is a red right hand
You ain't got no money?
He'll get you some
You ain't got no car? He'll get you one
You ain't got no self-respect,
you feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy,
cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the barrio
and the bowery and the slum
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his
red right hand
You'll see him in your nightmares,
you'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere but
he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head,
on the TV screen
And hey buddy, I'm warning
you to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god,
he's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog
in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
his red right hand
Yeah, getting greyer by the day, but fortunately I still have most of it. Although heredity tells me that's just a matter of time...
Actually, I don't think it works that way.
Can I assume that Tena Fey and Tracy Morgan will not be returning to SNL?
You're all a bunch of dhimmicrap moonbats having a wankfest in here!
/troll
rorschach
No one said you couldn't join in rors.
Just no dith tonight, OK?
Take a litle walk to the edge of town -- Go across the tracks -- Where the viaduct looms, -- like a bird of doom -- As it shifts and cracks -- Where secrets lie in the border fires, -- in the humming wires -- Hey man, you know -- you're never coming back -- Past the square, past the bridge, -- past the mills, past the stacks -- On a gathering storm comes -- a tall handsome man -- In a dusty black coat with -- a red right hand
***********
He'll wrap you in his arms, -- tell you that you've been a good boy -- He'll rekindle all the dreams -- it took you a lifetime to destroy -- He'll reach deep into the hole, -- heal your shrinking soul -- Hey buddy, you know you're -- never ever coming back -- He's a god, he's a man, -- he's a ghost, he's a guru -- They're whispering his name -- through this disappearing land -- But hidden in his coat -- is a red right hand
***********************
You ain't got no money? -- He'll get you some -- You ain't got no car? He'll get you one -- You ain't got no self-respect, -- you feel like an insect -- Well don't you worry buddy, -- cause here he comes -- Through the ghettos and the barrio -- and the bowery and the slum -- A shadow is cast wherever he stands -- Stacks of green paper in his -- red right hand --
*****************************
You'll see him in your nightmares, -- you'll see him in your dreams -- He'll appear out of nowhere but -- he ain't what he seems -- You'll see him in your head, -- on the TV screen -- And hey buddy, I'm warning -- you to turn it off -- He's a ghost, he's a god, -- he's a man, he's a guru -- You're one microscopic cog -- in his catastrophic plan -- Designed and directed by -- his red right hand
John's watching Path and says it's worse than we thought:
Nice. Now I'm watching a scene where a movie of President Clinton is being projected on a screen, it's footage from some Clinton speech, and a Taliban guy walks up and shoots several times at Clinton's head, you see a good 5 or 6 or more bullets make holes in the screen in the middle of Clinton's head, just like he's assassinating Clinton.
Yes, we now have Disney/ABC throwing in mock assassinations of Bill Clinton. Did the Taliban really stage such a mock assassination of Clinton with bin Laden watching, and somehow we got a blow-by-blow of the entire scene? Or did Disney/ABC decide to throw in a mock assassination of Clinton just for the fun of it? You decide.
It's all Woodrow Wilson's fault!
Max Planck
Yea, what was Woodrow think... having a stroke when he should have been kicking ass?
Freaking peacenik.
Actually, I don't think it works that way.
I can only hope, my father is mostly bald, and his father was for most of his life.
I can only hope, my father is mostly bald, and his father was for most of his life.
FeralLiberal
I think baldness is like jewishness...follows the mother's side
Ô¿Ô | 09.10.06 - 1:07 am | #
Can oyu imagine the shitstorm if someone did that with the Chimp? It has always been treason to foretell the death of the King.
No one said you couldn't join in rors.
Just no dith tonight, OK?
Barry from Alaska | Homepage | 09.10.06 - 1:06 am | #
You've got yourself a deal.
I can only hope, my father is mostly bald, and his father was for most of his life.
FeralLiberal
I think baldness is like jewishness...follows the mother's side
::matthew | Homepage | 09.10.06 - 1:09 am | #
Yep. Best indicator is one's maternal grandfather.
bo did a better job posting the lyrics to red right hand than i did. it's a great song. i loved it from the first time i heard it. i'm not even a big nick cave fan.
Tonight on Coast:
Sat 09.09 >>
The 'Human Calculator' Scott Flansburg will join Dr. Simeon Hein to discuss their attempt at making a crop circle, as well as the numerical significance of the Mayan Calendar, the Bible, and the function of the brain.
John's watching Path and says it's worse than we thought:....
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