I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
hmph.
stupid spartans
jeez.
i hate notre dame.
i don't even feel like haggis at this point.
9/11 = INSIDE NEOCON JOB
Don't count on Billy Clenis Bush to tell the truth about...
the 21st Century 'Operation Northwoods'.
He knows they'd Kennedy him if he dares be honest.
Or, maybe he's dumb enough to not know?
i hate notre dame.
but how do you feel abut Paris in the spring?
You don't feel like haggis? Isn't haggis kinda ... lumpy? Isn't NOT feeling like haggis a good thing?
Where's Man Hands?
President George W. Bush today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Beirut, Lebanon, to visit areas affected by the recent conflict and to meet with Prime Minister Siniora and business leaders to discuss rebuilding priorities.
Four distinguished private-sector leaders - Dr. Craig Barrett, chairman, Intel Corporation; Mr. John Chambers, president and CEO, Cisco Systems; Mr. Yousif Ghafari, chairman, GHAFARI, Inc.; Dr. Ray Irani, chairman, CEO and president, Occidential Petroleum Corporation - will launch a nationwide effort to encourage private donations for reconstruction as a result of this conflict. In the coming days, they will ask Americans to donate directly to a fund set up to provide help to the Lebanese people.
The Honorable Dina Powell, Assistant Secretary of State, will lead the delegation.
*yawn*
i wonder how Houston is playing tonight?
I see the green shit hid up here.
Speaking of Firedoglake, they've got a little postcard project going... download this PDF, print it out and send it to your Senator.
Enjoy!
well, if her own kickapoo attacked her, how can i support her?
Bon soir, all you vituperative foul-mouthed bloggers on the Left.
Have I missed anything that registered on the Irksomeness-O-Meter
since earlier today?
huh. the Coogs are doing alright.
Don't count on Billy Cl--
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Piitsburgh & San Diego tied and Arizona leading Dodgers so things looking good for the Atrios hometown Phillies.
did fy finally learn how not to scroll troll?
pretty slow learner
Give me a rest, dave!
"i hate notre dame."
well, mi state gave that one away so badly even the crapiest of teams coulda pulled it out...
jeebus that was ugly.
what, fy is back after only after 5 months and still 90% less annoying? wasn't he the brilliant programmer who could defeat any system with his arrogant bullshit?
same troll, less peepee.
I like Dave's Zzzzs.
You know, it's funny... I know as much about vibrators as probably the next guy, but I never thought of them being used anally.
That's some real specialized knowledge ya got there, sport...
That's some real specialized knowledge ya got there, sport...
dave™©
It's apparently any old port in a storm...
What the heck were they doing playing so late? It's almost 11 central time -- those growing Midwestern boys and girls need their rest!
Why hate Notre Dame? They haven't done shit in years, during most of which they have been consistently and persistently overrated. Michigan exposed them last week. They ain't going to a BCS Bowl. Their fucking defense has cement shoes.
fy has to carefully count those carriage returns. Must have a little C&P to make sure he doesn't go over the scroll troll limit.
It's apparently any old port in a storm...
Not that there's anything wrong with it!
Hah, I should talk. We finally rented Syriana & watched it tonight. Unnerving. I'm not used to nonlinear storytelling.
I know as much about vibrators as probably the next guy
And by "next guy" you mean Dild O'Reilly, right?
(p.s. the Energizer Bunny outted you! 
)
Shut up, or we'll cut you both up!
Why hate Notre Dame?
Ya! What did the cathedral ever do to you?
it has something to do with their "storied tradition" and touchdown jesus bullshit.
so.....
well, there was the time that hunchback stole my security blanket when i was but a wee homeless waif crouching under the parapets and gargoyles, seeking shelter.
fy was here?
Oh joy....
What, me worry?:
Meltdown: Ice Cracks at North Pole
I guess I've missed a lot by not being a member of a moronic brownshirt fuck circle jerk group.
Somehow, I think I'll get over it...
so.....
Sarah Deere | Homepage | 09.23.06 - 11:57 pm | #
Glad you're here, kiddo. This thread was beginning to feel like Late Night at the Anvil.
Well that is true Pretzel, but its a different game now. Notre Dame will NEVER achieve its former greatness as an Independent School. Army, Navy, Notre Dame, Air Force...LOL. They ought to join the Big Ten like Penn State did a decade or so ago, forget the old mythos thats holding them back, and compete in conference football.
i guess the latest irksomenessesare the latest efforts in the wholly predictable "blame clinton for 911" propaganda offensive.
In contrast to the Democrats, the Republicans do have a plan, which can be summarized with three words: localize, personalize, demonize.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday...nA2BHNlYwM3NDI-
hello. what calamatous thing will we find out about tomorrow? what will be the newest outrage?
watched a litle cnn today; apparently the hunt for osama bin missing, (and now either sick or dead) is still on, and lil boots is back to "smokin' him out" when he isn't blowing other countries into "the stone age."
funny how he's once again a threat, now that election time nears. funny also how the discovery channel is airing a "documentary" about the iran/hostage crisis of the early 80's.
funny that. or not.
"Strangers in the nighttt...."
I guess I've missed a lot by not being a member of a moronic brownshirt fuck circle jerk group.
Somehow, I think I'll get over it...
dave™©
Thank heavens the Stained Blue Shirts will take anyone!
question for the question box: what's worse? Lose at midterms, or win?
and, can we win? Has the voting "thang" been lost already - that is, Diebold, gerrymandering, disenfranchisement etc. making Dem victories impossible.
This (according to The Nation) potential blockade of Iran is compromising my sleep.
I was the member of a green shirt goup when I played soccer in 8th grade.
The other team wore yellow shirts, though. They were pussies.
This (according to The Nation) potential blockade of Iran is compromising my sleep.
mine too.
funny that. or not.
her eyes
well, not funny as in ha ha! Fer shure. Bastids.
and, can we win? Has the voting "thang" been lost already - that is, Diebold, gerrymandering, disenfranchisement etc. making Dem victories impossible.
Gilliard thinks Diebold is a headfake.
So while liberals have been wringing their hands over Diebold, Republicans, led by Red State Erik, have been passing laws demanding voter ID's. First in Georgia, then Missouri, then in the House.
Why do this, if they have Diebold?
Because Diebold is a head fake. They don't care about Diebold. They care about the declining number of white voters and the need to erect barriers to prevent minorities from having more political power. It's only a matter of time that Hispanics are voting blocks in Southern and Midwestern states. Voter ID laws discourage elderly black voters, who have a high participation rate, as well as non-English speakers.
The GOP is perfectly content to ignore Diebold, because they're looking to shrink the voting pool.
A blockade is an act of war.
Except in parchesi.
Are they playing parchesi?
From that USA Today editorial:
In contrast to the Democrats, the Republicans do have a plan, which can be summarized with three words: localize, personalize, demonize.
The party has made no bones about its intention over the coming weeks to pour tens of millions of dollars, about 90% of its national advertising budget, into negative ads. The goal is to take the attention off troubling world and national events and put it squarely on the cretinous, tax-increasing, terrorist-coddling Democratic candidates. "Do not let up," National Republican Congressional Committee member Tom Cole, R-Okla., wrote in a memo to colleagues. "Keep the tough ads running right up to Election Day. Don't make the mistake of pulling your ads in favor of a positive rotation the last weekend."
This approach may or may not work. But one thing it certainly does is show how far the GOP has fallen in the past 12 years. In 1994, the GOP swept into the majority in Congress on a reform platform. It promised nothing less than "a detailed agenda for national renewal," an end to big government and end to the "cycle of scandal and disgrace" generated by the Democrats.
Having brought on the biggest expansion in government since the New Deal and having ushered in at least as much scandal and disgrace as they ushered out, Republicans can't very well run on their record. Nor can they run on unpopular issues such as the war in Iraq. To a remarkable degree, they have become the very same entrenched, corrupt crowd they ran against in 1994.
If the Democrats look clueless going into this year's elections, the word that comes to mind with the Republicans is shameless. It's hard to find anything in this year's campaign that does not appear designed to feed voter cynicism. Nowhere in Cole's memo, for instance, is there any discussion of issues that might interest voters - the war in Iraq, the war on terror, taxes, the budget, the deficit, the economy, jobs, education,
Social Security and health care, to name a few. Instead, it stands forthrightly for the principle that all Republican candidates should invest in opposition research to better skewer their opponents.
To be sure, negative ads are hardly new or limited to Republicans. And with a few notable exceptions such as the post-Watergate election of 1974 and Republican landslide of 1994, most non-presidential election years focus on individual candidates and are won or lost on a few local and pocketbook issues.
But even with those caveats, the GOP campaign is little more than an effort to elevate self-preservation to a high principle. If the Republicans win, they can congratulate themselves. And then what?
You know, when you've lost USA Today...
I guess tomorrow's pundit flufferfest shows will be 50% saint rebel maverick mccain legalizing torture and 50% blaming clinton for 911? Well, that's balance for ya...
This (according to The Nation) potential blockade of Iran is compromising my sleep.
Sarah Deere | Homepage | 09.24.06 - 12:02 am | #
Been obsessing about that for a while here.
I think it's pretty obvious that militay action against Iran is gonna be the Bushies October Surprise.
I like Dave's Zzzzs.
I have always enjoyed his Narcoleptic Troll Dispatch™ myself.
And with that gentle travelers, I am compelled to wander into the night and check out the ladies.
laters!!!!
.
"Strangers in the nighttt...."
Gomez | 09.24.06 - 12:02 am | #
Strangers in the night,
Exchanging fluids.
Strangers in the night,
They shouldn't do it...
I want to see Clinton head-butt Potatohead.
Evening 'bats...
If the Republicans win, they can congratulate themselves. And then what?
And then continue to enrich themselves off fear and death, and continue to plan for permanent republican majorities.
You know, when you've lost USA Today...
dave™©
eh, who cares? Just the damned liberal media!
Now go take your pills and listen to Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly...
im scared to death they are going to use tactical nukes to take out suspected nuclear development sites in iran (and i dont believe their intel). it's like tumbling down a steep slope,, at some point you can't stop and catch yourself anymore. to me that is one irreversible, unforgivable step. and i dont trust them not to take it.
I want to see Clinton head-butt Potatohead.
Gomez
I think we'd all pay to watch that!
And then what?
Then start another war, and keep the fear at a fever pitch...
If the Brownshits wanna play the blame Clinton game, the thing to do is smash their fucking idol and piss on it. Remind them that Reagan cut a dead with the fundamentalists in Iran to secure their release. Remind them that three years later in Lebanon when a nascent Hizbollah drove a Mercedes truck into the Marine barracks at Beirut International Airport, killing over 200 Marines, Reagan's repsonse was to pull out and invade Greneda. Remind them of the USS Stark whenever they mention the Cole, and how Saddam slammed some Exocets into it, killing scores, and said it was an accident. The response: They said it was an accident. Ha ha. The fucking cultural memory is so short in Amerika.
I've forgotten to do marketing. Anyone having trouble getting asleep could read my two posts on how to read medical studies sceptically and not yet be taken for a creationist:
On Matters Medical 2
On Matters Medical 1
Usually people pay to read these sorts of things from me, but it does help in getting to sleep. 
I love how that intel report saying that the Iraq war made the terrorism problem worse came out in a Saturday new cycle. But of course.
Damn MTP is at 1 PM up against Steelers/Bungles.
I'll see the evening replay of MTP, unless I hear there were fireworks.
Simels my man, Hows tricks!!!!
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And then what?
Then start another war, and keep the fear at a fever pitch...
FeralLiberal
And then, when the terrorists are actually at the door, when the wars we've started but didn't know how to finish are lapping at our shores, the Republicans will be standing around not knowing how to govern, how to lead, how to solve problems. They just know how to criticize, how to dismantle, how to smear.
Give us a true leader, please! Not these morons who are too afraid to say anything!
Didn't Cokie Roberts actually use the phrase "wag the dog" to describe Clinton's attempt to kill bin Laden in 98?
Crazed Faux writer reined in.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/20...ton-gets-
crazed
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I love how that intel report saying that the Iraq war made the terrorism problem worse came out in a Saturday new cycle. But of course.
It's the top left column, front page story in the NY Times tomorrow.
...who cares? Just the damned liberal media!
Chomsky's the editor at USA Today, isn't he?
You know why we don't run untrue negative ads against Republicans.
We can't find anything negative about a Republican that's untrue.
Give us a true leader, please! Not these morons who are too afraid to say anything!
My bumper sticker proposal for the Democrats: Got Fear? Republicans do.
Add a picture of a frightened elephant.
The GOP is perfectly content to ignore Diebold, because they're looking to shrink the voting pool.
masculine_monica_nyc
could be - or could be just one of many weapons they have to steal the votes.
Republicans quickly questioned his motives. Arlen Specter and Dan Coats (R-IN), were two very outspoken Senators who tried to associate Clinton going after bin Laden in 1998 with the movie "Wag the Dog" and that his bombing of an al Qaeda meeting was to divert attention from the Lewisky scandal.
Dan Coats, Dan Coats......read something about him not long ago... Is it in Suskind's book: he was Cheney's first choice as SecDef because he's stupid and malleable? If that's not it, it's not far off
Simels my man, Hows tricks!!!!
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ProviderUNE™IveGotNtodd'sPants | Homepage | 09.24.06 - 12:10 am | #
For a fat balding middle-aged Jew,
not bad.
Hows tricks with you?
More important -- are you who I think
you am?
Didn't Cokie Roberts actually use the phrase "wag the dog" to describe Clinton's attempt to kill bin Laden in 98?
It would be great to see all such remarks presented in public before the assembled media gasbags.
the Republicans will be standing around not knowing how to govern, how to lead
Same as it ever was, Same As It Ever Was, same-as-it-ever-was....
the Republicans will be standing around not knowing how to govern, how to lead
Same as it ever was, Same As It Ever Was, same-as-it-ever-was....
Didn't Cokie Roberts actually use the phrase "wag the dog" to describe Clinton's attempt to kill bin Laden in 98?
If not her, a wholesome passel of attack poodles luxuriated in that Klein-tonian hotub of heresy.
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I love how that intel report saying that the Iraq war made the terrorism problem worse came out in a Saturday new cycle. But of course.
I just read that as "the Iraq war made the *tourism* problem worse...."
There's Black Comedy Gold to be found in a geriatric's failing senses....
The GOP is perfectly content to ignore Diebold, because they're looking to shrink the voting pool.
Did you see the post on Booman Tribune yesterday? This one: Booman
I must have seen the same shot of Hoffman and DeNiro from the movie a hundred fucking times on network and cable news in 1998.
Vote suppression -- it's what they're good at. Hell, that's the point of negative advertising, to get most people so disgusted with all politicians that they stay home -- to manipulate people into suppressing their own vote. Then all they need to do is bring out their own voters -- that's why they keep banging the drum about abortion, gay marriage, and whatever else they don't really care about but the fundies do.
It's a two-part process.
It would be great to see all such remarks presented in public before the assembled media gasbags.
JT
Olbermann would do it....
JT: well that's good news. But the story will probably be buried by Monday.
The real sign of the worm turning will be if Bush loses the sunday pundit shows and the wapo editorial page. No sign of either happening.
There are no more Leaders in Amerika. There are only Deciders.
Not only can't I close tags, I double post....
BTW, how the heck are you simels????
I just read that as "the Iraq war made the *tourism* problem worse...."
There's Black Comedy Gold to be found in a geriatric's failing senses....
Sarah Deere
I doubt if anyone is following up on the Kurdish ads for the 'other Iraq'. I mean, it must be cheap and all...but really...
echidne--good stuff; but i'm afraid it didn't put me to sleep, as it was some fine writing.
its very upsetting.
testing everyone for aids is another way to classify people.
and yet, they don't want to give little girls the vaccine for HPV prevention. the prevention is more cost prohibitive than the disease, i'm sure.
it's all about the sex.
There's Black Comedy Gold to be found in a geriatric's failing senses....
Sarah Deere | Homepage | 09.24.06 - 12:14 am | #
Hey whippersnapper -- I resent that remark!
her eyes, have some hugs and some of my pear crumble, too.
that's why they keep banging
It's a two-part process.
strawhat
Edited your comment about Republicans for you..
m scared to death they are going to use tactical nukes to take out suspected nuclear development sites in iran (and i dont believe their intel). it's like tumbling down a steep slope,, at some point you can't stop and catch yourself anymore. to me that is one irreversible, unforgivable step. and i dont trust them not to take it.
pretzelattack
Exactly...that's what I'm afraid even to think about, because I think they have a collective hard-on to use these horrible things. (Pardon the nauseating image. I offer individual portions of strong brain bleach to all)
There's a wanker on the roof. Or sheets.
Juan Cole says Al-Sadr has gone apocalyptic in Iraq. Waiting on the twelth Imam.
Hey whippersnapper -- I resent that remark!
steve simels
Oh, fiddlesticks, youngster...respect your elders!!
her eyes, have some hugs and some of my pear crumble, too.
Echidne of the snakes | Homepage | 09.24.06 - 12:17 am | # >
why thank you! maybe that and some warm milk and i'll be able to go to the lovely area of unconsciousness, where the evil ones don't exist and unicorns do!
and some of my pear crumble, too
You crumble pear? I just squeezed 140 lbs. of pears, gotta squish some pears if your gonna make wine....
Why is there a picture of Franken and Hillary puckering up over on the right? No offense, but couldn't a little less unflattering image of them be used? If it's trying to make a point I don't know (or care) what it is. I'm certainly not going to click on it...
My bumper sticker proposal for the Democrats: Got Fear? Republicans do.
Fucking Brilliant!!! Just one suggestion, loose the Republicans do and just have the Elephant forelegs raised sweating with fear from an underfoot mouse!!!
More important -- are you who I think
you am?
Indeedlydoodly my esteemed friend.
Nice to see you in the room.
Indeedlydo my esteemed
You crumble pear?
How would I do that? With my bare hands? Or maybe the snakes could squeeze pears for me? No, the crumble is rolled oats and brown sugar and spices and such.
I'm certainly not going to click on it...
Marchbleed
Agreed!!! Horrible, horrible "air kisses"!!!
The Republicans will use any and all underhanded, illegal, unAmerican tactics, especially now. They will not hesitate to beat people up, mob counting rooms, Diebold, disenfranchise and intimidate in their quest to steal the next one. It's a point here, a point there game. We must prepare to stand up to them, to drag them to court, to have them arrested, to resist their tactics.
Sheets, not paired, above.
My bumper sticker proposal for the Democrats: Got Fear? Republicans do.
Fucking Brilliant!!! Just one suggestion, loose the Republicans do and just have the Elephant forelegs raised sweating with fear from an underfoot mouse!!!
More important -- are you who I think
you am?
Indeedlydoodly my esteemed friend.
Nice to see you in the room.
.
The GOP is perfectly content to ignore Diebold, because they're looking to shrink the voting pool.
masculine_monica_nyc
could be - or could be just one of many weapons they have to steal the votes.
Sarah Deere
I think you're right, Sarah. At least that's how it worked here in Ohio. They threw everything but the kitchen sink at suppressing democratic voters here. Diebold was just one of those things.
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We must prepare to stand up to them, to drag them to court, to have them arrested, to resist their tactics.
ronjazz
:::Grabbing my jacket and running out the door.:::
Whenever I get down, I sing this:
This is my quest,
to follow that star --
no matter how hopeless,
no matter how far.
To fight for the right
without question or pause,
to be willing to march into hell for a
heavenly cause.
And I know if I'll only be true to thisglorious quest
that my heart will be peaceful and calm when I'm laid to my rest.
And the world will be better for this,
that one man scorned and covered with scars
still strove with his last ounce of courage.
To reach the unreachable stars.
btw Little Miss Sunshine was a terrific movie. Absolutely loved it.
The real sign of the worm turning will be if Bush loses the sunday pundit shows and the wapo editorial page. No sign of either happening.
Marchbleed
We'll see what the talking heads say tomorrow. (I don't know what evidence you might expect at this point.) Tomorrow's WaPo has the same story on its front page as the NY Times. It's definitely hot.
The real sign of the worm turning will be if Bush loses the sunday pundit shows and the wapo editorial page. No sign of either happening.
Marchbleed
We'll see what the talking heads say tomorrow. (I don't know what evidence you might expect at this point.) Tomorrow's WaPo has the same story on its front page as the NY Times. It's definitely hot.
Tomorrow morning, los gasbaggos weel say that the Republiculos showed that they are independent of el Chimperador, and that they successfully reined een hees leetle power-grab, as eet should be, they weel say that all ees right weeth their leetle world, so we can all go back to sleep.
...and ¡El Gato Negro! weel cough up a projectile-speed hairball onto hees televisor screen, yet again.
Then ¡El Gato Negro! weel go out, and conteenue the fight to re-eensert the spine eento las malditas Democratistas Invertebradas.
so.
Notre Dame will NEVER achieve its former greatness as an Independent School. Army, Navy, Notre Dame, Air Force...LOL. They ought to join the Big Ten like Penn State did a decade or so ago, forget the old mythos thats holding them back, and compete in conference football.
James Jesus Rimbaud
1) Air Force is in a conference, the Mountain West (BYU, Utah, Colorado St., etc.)
2) What has Penn State done in football since joining the Big Ten? Mostly suck. It was a fantastic move for them academically (which is the only thing that ultimately matters), but could you imagine Penn State in their natural athletic conference, the Big East?
3) Why should ND join the Big Ten? They'd be the smallest school in the conference by a significant margin, one of only two non-state schools (Northwestern is the other), and the only Catholic school. Not a good fit. Plus, ND likes where they are just fine.
has any country ever peacefully recovered its soul once the people accepted depraveity and totalitarian rule?
guess there has to at some time be a first.
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Oh great, link to a moron's post.
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