No, it means I'm collecting undies for the laundry bandits - can you spare any?
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:15 pm | #
Ah. Something like a dung beetle, then?
I speak fluent Scarabic.
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:15 pm | #
I think Mike Wallace calls him adopted.
For a long time I thought Tweety was Chris Wallace.
Dr. Pedant |
11.04.06 - 4:15 pm | #
Maybe you could use your Mighty Blog to do something Useful and Good, like LINKING TO MY FUCKING BIOFUELS POST, BEYOTCH! This blog sucks. What a douche.
I don't want my damn Hummer smelling like curly fries.
Remember Chimpy's energy plan for the country to run its Chevy Yukons on crop?
WSJ -- The price for corn -- the nation's No. 1 crop and one of the most ubiquitous ingredients in the American food supply -- has jumped nearly 55% since mid-September, when U.S. corn farmers began harvesting their third-biggest crop ever. Grain prices usually slump to their lowest levels of the year during the harvest season. Yet the price of corn in recent weeks has shot through the rarely breached $3-a-bushel mark and appears headed higher.
"The consequences of ethanol are the biggest thing going on in agriculture today," says Keith Collins, chief economist of the U.S. Agriculture Department. "We are talking about a higher new benchmark for corn."
P O'Neill |
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11.04.06 - 4:16 pm | #
Remember Chimpy's energy plan for the country to run its Chevy Yukons on crop?
Uh, no. But I do remember something about a manned Mars mission. I wonder how that's going?
Dr. Pedant |
11.04.06 - 4:17 pm | #
No, it means I'm collecting undies for the laundry bandits - can you spare any?
Eli | Homepage | 11.04.06 - 4:15 pm | #
Sad but true, that's the best proposition I've had all weekend!
whiskeyina |
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11.04.06 - 4:17 pm | #
fiery wreck!
screw shrub
screw ever last one of the repukes currently in office
which includes joey LIEberman
pigboy |
11.04.06 - 4:17 pm | #
Perhaps not quite what you had in mind...
I think I know what every Neo-Con should get in their stocking this year......
OHDeaconess |
11.04.06 - 4:17 pm | #
"The consequences of ethanol are the biggest thing going on in agriculture today," says Keith Collins, chief economist of the U.S. Agriculture Department. "We are talking about a higher new benchmark for corn."
Sounds like it's time for me to develop a taste for switchgrass-on-the-cob...
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:17 pm | #
Big Time doesn't mention the other one
But also having Lynne with me today is special because, of course, nobody does this by themselves, have a political career as I have, and having Daughter Liz and her daughters with us today, as well. I like to tell people that we had a Republican marriage.
P O'Neill |
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11.04.06 - 4:18 pm | #
Sad but true, that's the best proposition I've had all weekend!
i cannot dance in the streets until i get my nation back
pigboy |
11.04.06 - 4:18 pm | #
As I commented down-thread, last night I heard two conservative Viet Nam vets, who (used to, at least) describe themselves as Reagan repubs expresss their total distain for McCain AND Incurious George.
Ya really don't want to get them started on the Xtian right, either...
George W.- Destroying the conservative movement since 2001...
sandiaman |
11.04.06 - 4:18 pm | #
Ethanol from corn requires nitrogen (read: hydrocarbon based) fertilizers to grow the corn and process the ehtanol. I'm not at all sure this is thermodynamically sensible; i.e. does it cost more fossil fuel to create ethanol that it is worth?
Knowing Bush was pushing it, I'd guess the answer is yes.
Dr. Pedant |
11.04.06 - 4:18 pm | #
By the way, it's good to be in country where the cowboy hats outnumber the ties. (Applause.) She said, don't forget, we've got farmers here. Let me tell you something; I know what she knows, if the ag economy is strong, the United States' overall economy is strong. (Applause.)
I understand something about ranching and farming. You might remember I was raised in west Texas.
P O'Neill |
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11.04.06 - 4:21 pm | #
from downstairs:
It is one of the most dishonest pieces of mass crap journalism ever and while I'm not a Hillary fan anyway I did find her response kind of not helpful
liars for bush | Homepage | 11.04.06 - 4:15 pm | #
i think she panicked a little. the dems have to stop doing that.
and not caving in would be good too...
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11.04.06 - 4:21 pm | #
Hey, I forgot to ask what denomination Pastor Ted was. I assume he must be a Methodist, right?
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:21 pm | #
i cannot dance in the streets until i get my nation back
A revolution without dancing...
NTodd, Evil Fuck |
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11.04.06 - 4:21 pm | #
NTodd--the dogz always look so happy when they're in the great outdoors.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.04.06 - 4:21 pm | #
Spekaing of Things That Everyone Forgot: Manimal.
Avian |
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11.04.06 - 4:21 pm | #
I like to tell people that we had a Republican marriage.
You know, if I did not know any better, I would swear Cheney and Bush are just taking the piss out of the Republican party.
sally |
11.04.06 - 4:21 pm | #
Damn, I wish there were an Arby's nearby.
There's one near here.
I thought you had a birthday party today?
Molly Ivors |
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11.04.06 - 4:21 pm | #
Damn, I wish there were an Arby's nearby.
There's one near here.
I thought you had a birthday party today?
Molly Ivors |
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11.04.06 - 4:21 pm | #
Pictures in today's New York Times graphically illustrate another reason for rising U.S. casualties in Iraq -- the increasing sophistication of Iraqi snipers. Just one more thing making Iraq a hell on earth for the brave men and women we send there -- for nothing. Except to be targets. This is happening while they people who sent them there are prattling on about completing the mission and slamming Democrats for wanting to cut and run. But they've forgotten what the mission is, if they ever knew, or are keeping it a secret. That’s what the election is all about -- holding this corrupt and mindless government accountable. In just three days we can begin.
Madison Guy |
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11.04.06 - 4:21 pm | #
I just heard on NPR that many Iraqis are having their name, address, and phone # tattooed on their bodies so they can be identified if they are killed.
I like to tell people that we had a Republican marriage.
Does that mean that he goes to gay prostitutes and buys crystal meth?
General Zod |
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11.04.06 - 4:22 pm | #
Eli--I'm anxious to see your 40 favorites...
Also a bit nervous.
Monsieur has promised to rent "Slither" for me.
Keep watching my blog on Mondays, then.
You've been on the verge of watching Slither for, like, a month now - just do it, already! It's brilliant!
Me, I have Snakes On A Train ready to go if the Sci-Fi Saturday feature sucks. Or doesn't suck enough.
I think it has Richard Grieco...
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:23 pm | #
tut-tut, you guys are not behaving. Atrios attracts a horde of rebels. Now we're in for it, and it's all your fault.
mer |
11.04.06 - 4:23 pm | #
3 stages in the collapse of Rick Santorum:
10/24/06, fear: Sen. Rick Santorum said last night that if he loses his re-election bid, it could set the stage for terrorism to become more of a threat than the Nazis ever were.
10/30, delusion: Rick Santorum accused state Treasurer Bob Casey of "aiding and abetting terrorism and genocide," saying yesterday that state pension funds are invested with companies linked to terrorist-sponsoring states.
surrender,11/03: In a remarkable new ad aimed at making him look less partisan, the endangered Pennsylvania senator touts his work with Clinton on censoring video games. "To get things done, you've got to work together," Santorum says..."I'm even working with Hillary Clinton to limit inappropriate materials in children's video games."
nsr |
11.04.06 - 4:23 pm | #
I still have trouble from time to time remembering that it isn't actually Tim Russert.
It must be the gigantic heads.
Tena |
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11.04.06 - 4:23 pm | #
I thought you had a birthday party today?
I do. But I can't go because I have too much work to do before Monday, which of course explains why I'm wasting time here. But I'm taking the kid, a friend of hers, and mom out to the girl's fave restaurant next week and giving her her prezzie then. She was excited to hear that after maybe 30 femtoseconds of disappointment.
I'll still buy you drinks in a coupla weeks. I have plane tix and everything--coming up from VA where I'll be teaching for the Patent Office.
NTodd, Evil Fuck |
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11.04.06 - 4:24 pm | #
Who fears a YouTube war? Straight Up, not me!
Thers |
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11.04.06 - 4:24 pm | #
In a remarkable new ad aimed at making him look less partisan, the endangered Pennsylvania senator touts his work with Clinton on censoring video games. "To get things done, you've got to work together," Santorum says..."I'm even working with Hillary Clinton to limit inappropriate materials in children's video games."
Oh yeah, that's really bipartisan, working with a Democrat on a Republican-style censorship initiative.
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:24 pm | #
Chimpy
I can't look at the mothers and fathers and husbands and wives of those who wear our uniform who may be in Iraq, and say, it's noble, but not think I can -- we can win the -- the only way we can win is if we leave before the job is -- I mean, the only way we can lose is if we leave before the job is done.
P O'Neill |
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11.04.06 - 4:25 pm | #
Here's what I said about Hilary in response to that comment, below:
and while I'm not a Hillary fan anyway I did find her response kind of not helpful
That's being charitable.
I think she may, however, be politically quick enough on the uptake that almost anything looks like political advantage to her. She sees an advantage for her '08 run, she takes it. And that's what she's doing.
Either that, or she really has turned into a Repug. Can't figure that out. Sorry - I want to like her.
Tena |
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11.04.06 - 4:25 pm | #
Who fears a YouTube war? Straight Up, not me!
Yet another song that is on my iPod...
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:25 pm | #
Ethanol from corn requires nitrogen (read: hydrocarbon based) fertilizers to grow the corn and process the ehtanol. I'm not at all sure this is thermodynamically sensible; i.e. does it cost more fossil fuel to create ethanol that it is worth?
Knowing Bush was pushing it, I'd guess the answer is yes.
Dr. Pedant
I suspect that the answer is dependent on the assumptions used. Much of the biomass, leaves and cobs, is left in the field. That is why something like switchgrass might be a better alternative because with switchgrass all the above ground biomass could be used. That of course assumes that you have a process that can convert the switchgrass to ethanol.
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11.04.06 - 4:25 pm | #
Via CNN:
Power shift or not, Senate less likely to back war
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No matter which party wins control, the new Senate is likely to be less supportive of President Bush on Iraq than the present one, and remain relatively conservative on economic and social issues.
In battleground races, Democrats are sounding a lot like traditional Republicans, emphasizing family values, budget restraint and foreign policy. Some Republicans are sounding more like Democrats as they play down their past support for the Iraq war and distance themselves from an unpopular president.
It's made for some unusual midterm political dynamics.
In a remarkable new ad aimed at making him look less partisan, the endangered Pennsylvania senator touts his work with Clinton on censoring video games. "To get things done, you've got to work together," Santorum says..."I'm even working with Hillary Clinton to limit inappropriate materials in children's video games."
He still looks like a goof in it.
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11.04.06 - 4:26 pm | #
I can -- we can win the -- the only way we can win is if we leave before the job is -- I mean, the only way we can lose is if we leave before the job is done.
Thirdly, you can imagine a world in which these extremists and radicals got control of energy resources. And then you can imagine them saying, we're going to pull a bunch of oil off the market to run your price of oil up, unless you do the following. And the following would be along the lines, well, retreat and let us continue to expand our dark vision, or it would be, give up your alliance with Israel because part of our objective is to destroy your ally.
I don't want my damn Hummer smelling like curly fries.
Y'know, JitB has some tasty sammiches--if you like grease--but one time I worked a job with one next door, and ate there every day for a week. That cured me of JitB, because the curly fry stink took a month to dissipate. It's like pipe smoke, in a way, though in reverse. They taste great, but the aftersmell is a killer...
Elmer, PHD |
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11.04.06 - 4:26 pm | #
- I want to like her.
Tena | Homepage | 11.04.06 - 4:25 pm | #
it is my most fervent hope they don't run her.
i'll vote for her, but reluctantly.
her eyes |
11.04.06 - 4:27 pm | #
Is it morning in America yet?
smitty werbenmanjensen |
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11.04.06 - 4:28 pm | #
YouTube wars? Why back in the day, we had to watch that crap on VHS tapes. And we had to fastforward through the FBI warning every time, dammit.
Mark B. in Austin Texas |
11.04.06 - 4:28 pm | #
"Thanks George."
--Central Scrutinizer
I was listening to This American Life earlier today, and the guy said the same thing about tatoos. He was interviewing folks who said they knew at least one person a day who had been killed. It sounds horrible. Yeah, no kidding, thanks George.
mer |
11.04.06 - 4:28 pm | #
I guess Rick will be willing to work with all those people, despite that North Korea and Iran will have already obliterated us with their nuclear weapons due to the democrats.
General Zod |
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11.04.06 - 4:28 pm | #
Paula Abdul and Thers in the same sentence.
watertiger |
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11.04.06 - 4:28 pm | #
I can't look at the mothers and fathers and husbands and wives of those who wear our uniform who may be in Iraq, and say, it's noble, but not think I can -- we can win the -- the only way we can win is if we leave before the job is -- I mean, the only way we can lose is if we leave before the job is done.
P O'Neill | Homepage | 11.04.06 - 4:25 pm | #
Happy Guy Fawkes day, by the way. All of London smells of black powder.
smitty werbenmanjensen |
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11.04.06 - 4:29 pm | #
via TPM -
[Montana newpaper article about election Day activities by the two major parties]
"Republicans are there to watch the voters and report back to headquarters with any possible irregularities, said state Republican Party Executive Director Chuck Denowh.
Democrats, according to state party chief Jim Farrell, are there to watch the Republicans."
By the way, it's good to be in country where the cowboy hats outnumber the ties. (Applause.) She said, don't forget, we've got farmers here. Let me tell you something; I know what she knows, if the ag economy is strong, the United States' overall economy is strong. (Applause.)
I understand something about ranching and farming. You might remember I was raised in west Texas.
I was raised on a farm. Chimpy knows less than nothing about farming and ranching.
____league |
11.04.06 - 4:29 pm | #
Ethanol from corn requires nitrogen (read: hydrocarbon based) fertilizers to grow the corn and process the ehtanol. I'm not at all sure this is thermodynamically sensible
Indeed, and all that nitrogen ends up in the rivers, lakes, wetlands, and offshore, which means more dead zones and harmful algal blooms.
Fun fun fun.
Marchbleed |
11.04.06 - 4:29 pm | #
He still looks like a goof in it.
I wish he'd bring back the suit. Leave em laughing, I always say.
nsr |
11.04.06 - 4:29 pm | #
Thirdly, you can imagine a world in which these extremists and radicals got control of energy resources. And then you can imagine them saying, we're going to pull a bunch of oil off the market to run your price of oil up, unless you do the following.
Is he talking about Cheney?
We are stupid thieves. It will cost us more to steal it than to buy it.
Falstaff |
11.04.06 - 4:30 pm | #
I can't look at the mothers and fathers and husbands and wives of those who wear our uniform who may be in Iraq, and say, it's noble, but not think I can -- we can win the -- the only way we can win is if we leave before the job is -- I mean, the only way we can lose is if we leave before the job is done.
Meth's wearing off. Better score some more crank.
watertiger |
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11.04.06 - 4:30 pm | #
does it cost more fossil fuel to create ethanol that it is worth?
No. Corn ethanol is cost-effective, and it's renewable, and it's domestically produced. It's not theoretically as good as ethanol derived from cellulose (e.g., from myscanthus or switchgrass) but the technology isn't quite there yet to be able to do that cost effectively.
Dr. Wu |
11.04.06 - 4:30 pm | #
Happy Guy Fawkes day, by the way. All of London smells of black powder.
I'm gonna watch V in just a bit, turns out...
NTodd, Evil Fuck |
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11.04.06 - 4:30 pm | #
As far as the personal hygiene issue goes, I've found that there's a Rule of Three that for whatever reason, Amerika has reduced to a Rule of Two.
My hypothesis is that there is Level One personal cleanliness, which entails being freshly bathed/showered, deodorized, gargled, toothbrushed, clean-clothes, pleasantly-scented or unscented.
Level Three is unwashed and unkempt to a point which manifests rancid body odors, including breath, indicative of neglected hygiene and/or ill-health or other personal impairments.
Level Two is in the murky middle: not-so-recently bathed, deodorant extinct or omitted, unwashed or unperfumed hair.
I think that the rest of the world, except perhaps for Northern Europe, thinks of L2 as the norm, with L1 for special occasions or as necessary to avoid slipping into L3. So there's more tolerance for ordinary body smells, e.g. sweat, hair.
Here, L1 is the norm, and L2 is treated more like L3. As usual, I have mixed feelings about the issue; during a career servicing the low end of the labor market, I've smiled in the lethal flux of various hygenic lapses. But I'd love everyone to be L1s, and since I have the resources to achieve this high-maintenance level, I try to be an L1, too.
But I also realize that it's OK if humans smell like natural humans a little bit, and despise the billion-dollar cosmetics-hygiene cartel and its insidious hype encouraging pampered narcissism and declaring death to natural body smells. I sneer at them in superior scorn-- all the way to drugstore.com.
Little Brøther |
11.04.06 - 4:32 pm | #
A revolution without dancing...
NTodd, Evil Fuck
The Revolution will not be choreographed...
Elmer, PHD |
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11.04.06 - 4:32 pm | #
George W.- Destroying the conservative movement since 2001...
sandiaman
I like listening to old fashioned fiscal conservative/small government Republicans go off on the Bush Junta.
YouTube's gotten very corporatey. It ruins everything. Somebody had posted a film of a continuous camera angle of Franco Harris' Immaculate Reception. The usual clip changes angle right before the catch. The YouTube clip had been taken down and the user's account suspended for copyright violation.
You'd think it was the Zapruder film or some shit.
Max Planck |
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11.04.06 - 4:32 pm | #
I understand something about ranching and farming. You might remember I was raised in west Texas.
No farms and few ranches in West Texas. It's basically desert. You can run a few cattle, but it's hard to make a profit when's there's nothing for them to eat.
Mark B. in Austin Texas |
11.04.06 - 4:32 pm | #
In a remarkable new ad aimed at making him look less partisan, the endangered Pennsylvania senator touts his work with Clinton on censoring video games. "To get things done, you've got to work together," Santorum says..."I'm even working with Hillary Clinton to limit inappropriate materials in children's video games."
Yeah, Hillary already told him to eat shit and die for using her name in his ad.
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Gee |
11.04.06 - 4:32 pm | #
"Republican Marriage": only enough disgusting, sick heterosexual relations to produce a few children, then back to our samesex ways.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
11.04.06 - 4:33 pm | #
i really enjoyed that movie. my boy bought the cd.
however, i found it hit a bit too close to home, like we were living in it...
her eyes |
11.04.06 - 4:33 pm | #
it's hard to make a profit
The Shrubster's Playskool Oil Kompanies never made a profit, either. The CEO President isn't exactly market-driven.
Dr. Wu |
11.04.06 - 4:33 pm | #
Happy Guy Fawkes day, by the way. All of London smells of black powder.
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November....
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Gee |
11.04.06 - 4:33 pm | #
Whatever else happens or doesn't happen on Tuesday (I'm not as optimistic as most people here; too many disappointments since 1998 or so), I really hope Ohio turns blue at the state level. This is really important for the integrity of the 2008 presidential election.
Marchbleed |
11.04.06 - 4:33 pm | #
YouTube's gotten very corporatey. It ruins everything. Somebody had posted a film of a continuous camera angle of Franco Harris' Immaculate Reception. The usual clip changes angle right before the catch. The YouTube clip had been taken down and the user's account suspended for copyright violation.
You'd think it was the Zapruder film or some shit.
They took down the fucking SUPERBOWL SHUFFLE. WhoTF is making money off the Superbowl Shuffle???
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:34 pm | #
I wish they would have named YouTube something else. I don't like that name.
mer |
11.04.06 - 4:34 pm | #
I wish they would have named YouTube something else. I don't like that name.
I believe Sen. Stevens from Alaska helped them come up with a name.
Mark B. in Austin Texas |
11.04.06 - 4:35 pm | #
Paula Abdul and Thers in the same sentence.
Why? Can I get some information please?
Thers |
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11.04.06 - 4:35 pm | #
I wish they would have named YouTube something else. I don't like that name.
Utube.com *really* doesn't like it. They're actually suing them for all the clueless people crashing their servers looking for videos.
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:36 pm | #
Why was Arsenio Hall in that video, Thers?
I never understood that.
watertiger |
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11.04.06 - 4:36 pm | #
YouTube's gotten very corporatey.
That's what happened when they got bought by Google.
Dr. Wu |
11.04.06 - 4:36 pm | #
Why? Can I get some information please?
I'm just a page in your history.
watertiger |
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11.04.06 - 4:36 pm | #
I really liked V, too.
I didn't find it quite as close to home as I do Battlestar Galactica - that's just fucking brilliant as a mirror to what's going on.
Tena |
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11.04.06 - 4:37 pm | #
Dr. Wu
Until now, ethanol from corn has enjoyed a 50 cent/gallon subsidy. It is now probably profitable without the subsidy because of the high oil prices and because it is used to replace MBTE in gasoline. Also, the per acre yield of ethanol is so low that there is not enough land available to replace all the oil we use.
We do need to drastically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and ethanol will probably be part of that. However, I predict that 20 or 30 years from now there will be very little ethanol produced from corn.
Wind, solar and nuclear are also going to be necessary. Perhaps also coal with sequestration of the CO2.
____league |
11.04.06 - 4:38 pm | #
The fireworks started around dusk and haven't really let up since. Mrs. W and I climbed up to Parliament Hill to watch the legally sanctioned displays from the Ally Pally and from Battersea Park, but of course we could see about a dozen homegrown fireworks displays from there too.
smitty werbenmanjensen |
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11.04.06 - 4:38 pm | #
Check out the "Super Bowl Shuffle DVD" link at the bottom.
Dr. Wu |
11.04.06 - 4:38 pm | #
Tena;
I always feel a little sorry for the Eisenhower (or even Taft) Repubs as they survey the landscape of conservativism after the experiment of the Radical Bush Regime..
A little, but not a lot.
sandiaman |
11.04.06 - 4:38 pm | #
How do you feel about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's pre-election "media blitz"?
It's fine. Rice is merely doing her job by discussing foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
It's inappropriate. A country's top diplomat should not appear to be campaigning actively for any political party.
I agree, league. Ethanol is not a magic bullet. But in response to the original question, which is whether it requires more fossil-fuel inputs than it yields, is "no."
Dr. Wu |
11.04.06 - 4:40 pm | #
i think the man who played v has a very sexy voice.
Hugo Weaving. Agent Smith from The Matrix.
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:40 pm | #
Crap. Another double post.
Sinfonian |
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11.04.06 - 4:40 pm | #
i think the man who played v has a very sexy voice.
during a career servicing the low end of the labor market, I've smiled in the lethal flux of various hygenic lapses
You saying you're an olfactory worker?
Elmer, PHD |
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11.04.06 - 4:43 pm | #
A line from Condi's media blitz
You know, I wander around the White House a fair amount.
P O'Neill |
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11.04.06 - 4:44 pm | #
How do you feel about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's pre-election "media blitz"?
I love the way Oliphant draws her as a little bird.
General Zod |
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11.04.06 - 4:45 pm | #
I love the way Oliphant draws her as a little bird.
A parrot, to be specific.
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:45 pm | #
i also think he did a remarkable job in the role-- not being able to use facial expressions.
Absolutely. Fantastic job with his voice and body language, when he didn't even the advantage of eyes like Ralph Fiennes had in English Patient.
NTodd, Evil Fuck |
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11.04.06 - 4:45 pm | #
A parrot, to be specific.
that explains the "aawwwwk"
General Zod |
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11.04.06 - 4:46 pm | #
he was also one of the trannies in Priscilla the Queen of the Desert.
Wow!
Richard Dreyfuss in The Graduate-- "Should I call the cops? I'll call the cops!"
nsr |
11.04.06 - 4:46 pm | #
You know, I wander around the White House a fair amount.
Like a haunting ghost?
NTodd, Evil Fuck |
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11.04.06 - 4:47 pm | #
So, how our Crystal Methodists behaving today?
Bjorn, a poor jung country boi |
11.04.06 - 4:47 pm | #
A line from Condi's media blitz
You know, I wander around the White House a fair amount.
Well, she doesn't want to hang out at Foggy Bottom with all those career State guys who view her with the absolute contempt and disdain that she has earned.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
11.04.06 - 4:47 pm | #
I understand something about ranching and farming. You might remember I was raised in west Texas.
I often think: There will never be a complete biography of Shrub. There are years of his which no longer exist. So you have to say there will never be a biography, period.
Yeah, I know. Who TF cares. But it's interesting to ponder.
'However, I predict that 20 or 30 years from now there will be very little ethanol produced from corn.
Wind, solar and nuclear are also going to be necessary. Perhaps also coal with sequestration of the CO2.
____league '
What everyone keeps leaving out is the vast empty farmland that farmers are paid not to farm because we have such a glut of produce like corn. The gov't is paying a lot of farmers to keep grassland prairie, too, which is a nice natural environment and encourages wild turkeys, prairie chickens and the like, which I wouldn't want to plow up. But there's a lot of grain growing land that just stays idle and can be used for whatever can produce ethanol.
All the wastes running off from those agricultural industries producing too many animals in too little space - also can be used as fertilizer instead of pollution.
From an agronomist's daughter.
Ruth, revolted |
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11.04.06 - 4:48 pm | #
like Ralph Fiennes had in English Patient.
NTodd, Evil Fuck | Homepage
never saw that movie...was it any good? i might rent something tomorrow.
her eyes |
11.04.06 - 4:48 pm | #
The value of voice is so under noticed. Everyone pays top dollar to try to look beautiful, but the "In a town..." Hollywood trailer narrator is very plain looking.
And financially quite comfortable.
Max Planck |
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11.04.06 - 4:48 pm | #
What's this about naked waffles?
Bjorn, a poor jung country boi |
11.04.06 - 4:49 pm | #
Don't those two in the front look excited
General Zod |
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11.04.06 - 4:50 pm | #
I always mess those links up.
General Zod |
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11.04.06 - 4:50 pm | #
The consequences of ethanol are the biggest thing going on in agriculture today," says Keith Collins, chief economist of the U.S. Agriculture Department. "We are talking about a higher new benchmark for corn."
They're having a war around here over an ethanol plant. They want to build it far from a water supply. Plan to drill wells to provide nearly a millon gallons a day for operations. We're in the 5th yrs of a drought, water tables are already down a 100 ft. or more. So far the locals are winning. It's the Gov's (Bount) brother so it may be a long fight.
Also ethanol is about 10% less effienct than gasoline, so your milage may vary.
1watt Hermit |
11.04.06 - 4:51 pm | #
meth and a massage? seems a bit contradictory? no?
her eyes |
11.04.06 - 4:51 pm | #
meth and a massage? seems a bit contradictory? no?
her eyes
I'm betting it was a prostate massage.
1watt Hermit |
11.04.06 - 4:52 pm | #
WASHINGTON - It was an unusual question for a secretary of state.
"Did you dress up as a liberal" for Halloween, conservative commentator Laura Ingraham asked on her radio show yesterday. "No, no, no," Condoleezza Rice replied. "I didn't dress up as anything."
never saw that movie...was it any good? i might rent something tomorrow.
A bit overrated, many people hate it, but I think they're all wrong. It's not a bad rental, and Juliet Binoche is wonderful in it, as is Ralph, and Kristin Scott Thomas is hot.
NTodd, Evil Fuck |
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11.04.06 - 4:52 pm | #
The value of voice is so under noticed. Everyone pays top dollar to try to look beautiful, but the "In a town..." Hollywood trailer narrator is very plain looking.
meth and a massage? seems a bit contradictory? no?
Kind of a mixed methage.
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:54 pm | #
thanks NTodd, i think i may get that one.
her eyes |
11.04.06 - 4:54 pm | #
"Did you dress up as a liberal" for Halloween, conservative commentator Laura Ingraham asked on her radio show yesterday. "No, no, no," Condoleezza Rice replied. "I didn't dress up as anything."
She was nekkid?
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 4:55 pm | #
"meth and a massage? seems a bit contradictory? no?"
--her eyes
I can envision these guys (preachers) sitting in a room together, brainstorming, what can we say? What a load of baloney.
mer |
11.04.06 - 4:55 pm | #
her eyes
No- the local nightly news always seems to involve two people running down the street with a "massage" in mind.
Of course, the "massage' usually involves a butcher knive...
sandiaman |
11.04.06 - 4:55 pm | #
"I didn't dress up as anything."
she doesn't have to dress up for halloween, she's scary enough.
her eyes |
11.04.06 - 4:55 pm | #
Kind of a mixed methage.--Eli
her eyes |
11.04.06 - 4:58 pm | #
If the GOP does crash and burn on Tuesday, it will all be because of "stay the course". While I think that Karl Rove has always been overrated anyway, I think that with this election Rove's hands were tied by Bush's absolute inflexibility on Iraq. Though Rove tried mightily with plenty of help from the MSM, there was simply no way of spinning the idea of maintaining the status quo on the Iraq disaster into something voters would be willing to buy.
Richard |
11.04.06 - 4:58 pm | #
Some people say that Pastor Ted has gone plumb, stark-raving, barking insane-- but I say there's a meth to his massageness.
Little Brøther |
11.04.06 - 4:58 pm | #
In a land that justice forgot
One man is on a mission
A people's last hope
A story's last chance to be told
Now, more than ever
A secret that won't stay buried
Sorry, that trailer was just too good.
nyclept |
11.04.06 - 5:00 pm | #
Cry Havoc! And let slip the (costumed and/or performing) Dogs of YouTube!
disgusted |
11.04.06 - 5:01 pm | #
"Did you dress up as a liberal" for Halloween, conservative commentator Laura Ingraham asked on her radio show yesterday. "No, no, no," Condoleezza Rice replied. "I didn't dress up as anything."
Well, there wasn't a national disaster in progress, so she didnt' have time to shop for shoes.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
11.04.06 - 5:01 pm | #
Who let the frogs out
Hop Hop Hop Hop
nyclept |
11.04.06 - 5:02 pm | #
Why did Ted Haggard cross the road?
Because there was a rent-boy with an eight-ball of crank waiting for him.
Ah man, that's so bad, I just I wanna croak.
sandiaman |
11.04.06 - 5:05 pm | #
Uh oh, the left side of Eschaton just disappeared upon refresh, that which includes the archives. Does Google hate Atrios?
mer |
11.04.06 - 5:05 pm | #
I assume you must have seen this.
Eli
I have seen that clip before. It's Robo-licious.
Max Planck |
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11.04.06 - 5:06 pm | #
'I guess I missed the comedy part. Would somebody please point out the comedy of the Hussein trial to me?
Troutski'
It's a joke on the 30% who think that is some way equated to going after Osama, who actually had something to do with 911.
Ruth, revolted |
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11.04.06 - 5:06 pm | #
CNN reports police now investigating the Haggard case. Hey, at the very least he committed a felony.
Cartman |
11.04.06 - 5:06 pm | #
Tennessee Race from Toss-Up to Lean Republican; Daily Kos Says Ford "Cratering," Abandons Him
Here's a how the press release starts out:
In addition to the fact the New York Times, RealClearPolitics and Rasmussen have moved the Tennessee Senate race from "Toss-Up" to "Lean Republican," the iconic liberal website Daily Kos lamented on its homepage that Ford is "cratering" and that the "race is lost":
The press release goes on to quote kos extensively. If you were looking to boost the enemy and discourage the troops, kos - well done!
Richard |
11.04.06 - 5:07 pm | #
Did you dress up as a liberal" for Halloween?
Laura Ingraham asked.....nervously.
Max Planck |
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11.04.06 - 5:07 pm | #
Evening, all.
Break it to me without fear or favor --
has any irksomeness transpired since last we talked?
steve simels |
11.04.06 - 5:07 pm | #
Ah man, that's so bad, I just I wanna croak.
I Toad him not to post that
General Zod |
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11.04.06 - 5:08 pm | #
General Zod;
I like that joke though; warts and all.
sandiaman |
11.04.06 - 5:09 pm | #
A bit overrated, many people hate it, but I think they're all wrong. It's not a bad rental, and Juliet Binoche is wonderful in it, as is Ralph, and Kristin Scott Thomas is hot.
NTodd
It really is hated.
I'm with you. I had read the book way before the movie. The movie wasn't that bad.
Tena |
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11.04.06 - 5:10 pm | #
Just heard on NPR that Rumsfeld says "things are well in hand" in Iraq. Truly, he lives in the 12th dimension.
mer |
11.04.06 - 5:10 pm | #
I guess maybe some see slapstick in lawyer assassinations and judicial kidnappings.
Troutski |
11.04.06 - 5:11 pm | #
Ah man, that's so bad, I just I wanna croak.
sandiaman
It's a tad pole-try.
Ruth, revolted |
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11.04.06 - 5:11 pm | #
Rove's strength is built on the idea that a narrow special interest drives voters more than the greater good
He is wrong in this case
liars for bush |
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11.04.06 - 5:13 pm | #
What everyone keeps leaving out is the vast empty farmland that farmers are paid not to farm because we have such a glut of produce like corn. The gov't is paying a lot of farmers to keep grassland prairie, too, which is a nice natural environment and encourages wild turkeys, prairie chickens and the like, which I wouldn't want to plow up. But there's a lot of grain growing land that just stays idle and can be used for whatever can produce ethanol.
All the wastes running off from those agricultural industries producing too many animals in too little space - also can be used as fertilizer instead of pollution.
Replacing all the oil would require about 35 percent of the total land area of the US. CIA world factbook lists 18 percent as "arable"
My guess would be that there might be 100,000,000 acres that could be used. If we got Corn Belt yields on those acres we could get 42,000,000,000 gallons which is about 13 percent of our present oil use.
____league |
11.04.06 - 5:14 pm | #
"Somebody's cranked on methamphibians, methinks.
NTodd, Evil Fuck"
Somebody make Ntodd go away. Please. That was just punnatural dude.
EkCenTriK |
11.04.06 - 5:14 pm | #
'The press release goes on to quote kos extensively. If you were looking to boost the enemy and discourage the troops, kos - well done!
Richard'
no doubt kos has taken personally the thugs' invective against San Francisco liberals - and in order to pacify the Base, has decided withdrawing from support of Ford will give him a boost with the TN recidivist voters. No doubt.
Ruth, revolted |
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11.04.06 - 5:15 pm | #
Ah, it's not so bad. So the "movement" that you freaks have been relentlessly backing for four decades spun out all four shopping cart wheels once put to the big league test.
Only the Pond Monsters can scare me away...
NTodd, Evil Fuck |
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11.04.06 - 5:16 pm | #
Replacing all the oil would require about 35 percent of the total land area of the US. CIA world factbook lists 18 percent as "arable"
My guess would be that there might be 100,000,000 acres that could be used. If we got Corn Belt yields on those acres we could get 42,000,000,000 gallons which is about 13 percent of our present oil use.
Time to start invading agricultural countries...
Eli |
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11.04.06 - 5:16 pm | #
'If we got Corn Belt yields on those acres we could get 42,000,000,000 gallons which is about 13 percent of our present oil use.
____league'
And that rivals the entire amount we're getting from Prudhoe Bay, which last I recall was under 10 percent. And is renewable. Fossil fuels are not.
Ruth, revolted |
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11.04.06 - 5:17 pm | #
"spun out all four shopping cart wheels once put to the big league test."
I find his posts ribbet-ing. Newt bad at all.
General Zod |
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11.04.06 - 5:18 pm | #
Time to start invading agricultural countries...
Do we have any divisions posted near the Ukraine?
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
11.04.06 - 5:18 pm | #
"The press release goes on to quote kos extensively. If you were looking to boost the enemy and discourage the troops, kos - well done!"
--Richard
Well that's sucky ass for sure. I know Ford is not the liberal I am, but I sure as hell am going to vote for him on Tuesday. Why would he say that? That's plain idiotic.
mer |
11.04.06 - 5:18 pm | #
Replacing all the oil would require about 35 percent of the total land area of the US. CIA world factbook lists 18 percent as "arable"
Okay, so we can reduce our dependence by 50% with all "arable" land. And that's just one component of an overall effort.
NTodd, Evil Fuck |
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11.04.06 - 5:19 pm | #
stomach speaks,
i listen, dinner calls,
i'm away.
later beautiful bats.
her eyes |
11.04.06 - 5:19 pm | #
Do we have any divisions posted near the Ukraine?
Canada - corn
Cuba - sugar
General Zod |
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11.04.06 - 5:19 pm | #
Replacing all the oil would require about 35 percent of the total land area of the US. CIA world factbook lists 18 percent as "arable"
Given that here, in Oregon, at least, the soulless entities known as "developers" are hellbent on turning arable farmland into parking lots for more malls, this will be difficult.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
11.04.06 - 5:20 pm | #
no doubt kos has taken personally the thugs' invective against San Francisco liberals
he has bigger problem he lives in Bezerkely
liars for bush |
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11.04.06 - 5:20 pm | #
Tweety on NBC News tonight was an absolutely miserable repig shill. They asked him, what the big result and significance of the House/Senate going to Dems would be, and I just about choked on his putrid, blatantly manipulative GOTGOPV answer: It would weaken Bush in the eyes of the rest of the world, and make "diplomacy more dificult." ! - Not the significance for us, not any good, no, but a smear about Democrats causing difficulty for America. He looked into the camera with that forboding look that just told you, he will be so disappointed. What a piece of bird ****!
Neil' |
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