I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
You can't MAKE me enjoy it.
Hrmph.
Woot!
A beneficiary from a proposed federal minimum wage hike to $7.25 an hour is far more likely to be in a family earning more than three times the poverty line than in a poor family. In total, only 12.7 percent of the benefits from a federal minimum wage increase to $7.25 an hour would go to poor families. In contrast, 63 percent of benefits would go to families earning more than twice the poverty line and 42 percent would go to families earning more than three times the poverty line.
A beneficiary from a proposed federal minimum wage hike to $7.25 an hour is far more likely to be in a family earning more than three times the poverty line than in a poor family. In total, only 12.7 percent of the benefits from a federal minimum wage increase to $7.25 an hour would go to poor families. In contrast, 63 percent of benefits would go to families earning more than twice the poverty line and 42 percent would go to families earning more than three times the poverty line.
Westboro Baptist Hate Cult Chased Away Like the Cowards They Are (Video)
A beneficiary from a proposed federal minimum wage hike to $7.25 an hour is far more likely to be in a family earning more than three times the poverty line than in a poor family. In total, only 12.7 percent of the benefits from a federal minimum wage increase to $7.25 an hour would go to poor families. In contrast, 63 percent of benefits would go to families earning more than twice the poverty line and 42 percent would go to families earning more than three times the poverty line.
dave
How so?
Why, hello, Nim!
but I was just getting settled in to the last thread...
Always a pleasure, Nim 
Kitty, thank God you've replaced Lou Dobbs. I suspect that the higher-ups finally grew tired of his sexual hijinks. His leering presence will not be missed.
When all of your advisers heave their plastic
At your feet to convince you of your pain
Trying to prove that your conclusions should be more drastic
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?
and still no cats...or even gypsies
FSM bless us, every one!
and still no cats...or even gypsies
This can only be good news for the Republicans.
I've got Friday Cat Blogging up.
This can only be good news for the Republicans.
left rev
atrios is some kind of closeted repuke, I think this is pretty clear!
Is that before or after they've started making more money?
Is that before or after they've started making more money?
I've got Friday Cat Blogging up.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
Super-sized, at that!
say "dave", where'd that little minimum wage factoid come from?
I'm really interested, until you pulled it deep from the bowels of your...bowels.
ooooh. Game Show Network is going to be doing a "Chuck Barris where is he now" story.
A beneficiary from a proposed federal minimum wage hike to $7.25 an hour is far more likely to be in a family earning more than three times the poverty line than in a poor family.
Citations, dave.
you can enjoy the delights of my Friday Cat Blogging
I guess it's a good time to mention EschaCon
How so?
left rev
Well, so the experts say.
How so?
left rev
Well, so the experts say.
Lou Dobbs, sex? Yech.
Just like that ain't it?
You can't MAKE me enjoy it.
Hrmph.
Nim, ham hock of liberty
You'll either enjoy this thread or you'll go to your room and stay there!
Super-sized, at that!
LittlePig
I do love the big cats.
Fresh thread, right out of the oven.
How so?
left rev
He has no clue. He just cuts and pastes what that asshole Norquist tells him to.
atrios is some kind of closeted repuke, I think this is pretty clear!
::matthew
so called liberal blogger, I suspect.
watertiger, I'm listening to the Bastard Faries even as I type. You may have given me the vehicle to get past the limbo of Dante's Inferno and down to where the cool parties are.
Now hack free!
Lou Dobbs, sex? Yech.
olvlzl
I so want to force Lou Dobbs to have gay sex with a bunch of Mexicans
Dassa some good-a punditing!
I so want to force Lou Dobbs to have gay sex with a bunch of Mexicans
::matthew
Put that on Pay-Per-Not-To-View and you'll be a very rich man.
Ahmadinejad wants US out of Iraq
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has again called on the US to get out of Iraq.
In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera's Darren Jordon on Friday, Ahmadinejad said that Iraqis should govern themselves without any interference and blamed the US for stirring up divisions between Iraq's Shia, Sunnis and Kurds.
His comments came a day after the US president met with Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, urging him to crack down on Shia militias blamed for sectarian violence.
That's a purdy kitty, Diane.
Darryl Pearce |
I miss Calvin
Iraq Study Group Report will at least be put to some use (read link below).
Assimilated Press
Read Iraq Study Group Report To Be Made Into Opera
thank you for the link, dave.
Dassa some good-a punditing!
uncalled-for stereotypes
Jar-jar!
Well, so the experts say.
dave
Yeah, expert, texpert, choking smoker, don't you think the joker laughs at you.
Ho, ho, ho, he, he, he, ha, ha, ha
I so want to force Lou Dobbs to have gay sex with a bunch of Mexicans
Dude! How could you even think that??
Pakistan makes changes to rape law
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, has signed into law an amendment to the country's controversial rape statute to make it easier to prosecute sexual assault cases.
Musharraf signed the bill, called the Protection of Women bill, on Friday. The changes take effect immediately, Sher Afghan, federal minister for parliamentary affairs, said.
"It has been done to safeguard the rights of women," Afghan said.
Under the new law, judges can choose whether a rape case should be tried in a criminal court, where the four-witness rule - or known as the Hudood Ordinance under the old Islamic law - would not apply
Oh, "the experts" say so.
I so want to force Lou Dobbs to have gay sex with a bunch of Mexicans
::matthew
What have those Mexicans ever done to deserve that?
Lou Dobbs, the anti-Enzyte.
When Khatami appeared at Harvard, the entire audience was just militant Hillel harassing him with questions he wouldn't get at a good high school, but among them was the man hosting the event, some department head, who deliberately mispronounced the present Iranian leader's name as "Achmed Jihad."
In some musical applications the discrepancy you cite could have rather drastic musical consequences.
olvlzl The Heretic
Imagine Gauraldi's Linus and Lucy with no dots and no tied eights. Imagine a music teacher purposely eliminating them because it "sounds better." ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
There are alot of $6.00 workers out there who will benefit as well. They will be getting around $8.25 with the minimum wage hike. They have enough skills to demand more than minimum wage workers, but not that much. Minimum wage hike doesn't just boost people making $5.15... all those making $7.24 and less will see more increases above the $7.25 because their market value rises. It probably tops off at some point around $11 or $12 where the market starts to differentiate, but a lot of people who aren't making minimum wage now will enjoy the fruits of the hike. If you are making $6 an hour and you go up to $8.00 because of the new situation on the bottom, that is a 33% raise. Not so bad especially when you are near the bottom.
Lou Dobbs, the anti-Enzyte.
olvlzl The Heretic
Here's our spokesman, Frownin' Lou.
I so want to force Lou Dobbs to have gay sex with a bunch of Mexicans
Would he be top or bottom?
...yeah, I miss Calvin, too. Not the copied all-over-hell-and-gone version, but freakin' Calvin & Hobbs and The Days Are Just Packed Calvin!
Lou Dobbs should spend some time in Ciudad Juárez.
sorry Mexicans...didn't mean to be so harsh
that's funny, the "Employment Policies Institute" always seems to have bad things to say about
a)raising the minimum wage
b)legislating healthcare for the working poor
c)ACORN: the real enemy of working people
these industry-funded think tansk are a constant source of humor.
thanks for the link, troll. and btw, thanks for 2006.
This continuing deterioration stems from the fact that fewer low-wage employees are supporting a family on a minimum wage income. As poverty becomes more a problem of hours worked and not an individual’s wage level, anti-poverty policies that focus on wages will be less efficient than polices that focus on income, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
Snippet from dave's linked article.
I foresee examining this article with a hermenutics of suspicion, keeping a real tigh grip on my wallet.
Issa commandatore Bush-a, he has no what you say, the balls.
The Experts
The Employment Policies Institute is one of several front groups created by Berman & Co., a Washington, DC public affairs firm owned by Rick Berman, who lobbies for the restaurant, hotel, alcoholic beverage and tobacco industries. EPI, registered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, has has been widely quoted in news stories regarding minimum wage issues, and although a few of those stories have correctly described it as a "think tank financed by business," most stories fail to provide any identification that would enable readers to identify the vested interests behind its pronouncements. Instead, it is usually described exactly the way it describes itself, as a "non-profit research organization dedicated to studying public policy issues surrounding employment growth" that "focuses on issues that affect entry-level employment." In reality, EPI's mission is to keep the minimum wage low so Berman's clients can continue to pay their workers as little as possible.
...
In 1992, Los Angeles Times business columnist Harry Bernstein noted that EPI was using "misleading studies" to help put a positive spin on rising unemployment. "The conservative EPI, financed mostly by low-wage companies such as hotels and restaurants, is issuing reports the titles of which alone could help put a bright face on the miserable job scene," Bernstein wrote. "The latest one is 'The Value of Part-Time Workers to the American Economy.' It hails as a great thing the distressing growth of part-time jobs because they offer 'flexibility' in economic planning for both workers and companies, and say that flexibility is vital 'in the growing and increasingly competitive global economy.' Tell that nonsense to the more than 6.5 million workers forced to take part-time jobs because nothing else is available. That is an increase of more than 1.5 million involuntary part-timers since 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says." EPI has been doing more or less the same thing ever since, sponsoring cooked studies and issuing tendentious sound bytes whenever attempts are made to establish healthcare or better wages for workers.
...
According to the Right Guide, funders of EPI have included the John M. Olin Foundation and the Claude R. Lamb Charitable Foundation.
Uh Huh
Well, so the experts say.
dave
Experts?:
The Employment Policies Institute is one of several front groups created by Berman & Co., a Washington, DC public affairs firm owned by Rick Berman, who lobbies for the restaurant, hotel, alcoholic beverage and tobacco industries.
ErinPDX, re-syncopating
Just the tuning alone would be pretty drastic. An octave at the ratio of 1.5. Though I have heard some singers who approach it.
these industry-funded think tansk are a constant source of humor.
They're not think tanks.
They're wank tanks.
Lou probally would pitch and catch, both.
For the record, I would prefer increased cash payments to the poor, such as a much-expanded earned income tax credit (EITC) or a more general negative income tax.
For the record, I would prefer increased cash payments to the poor, such as a much-expanded earned income tax credit (EITC) or a more general negative income tax.
Cat blogging (homepage)
Tiger posing with a picture of himself as a kitten sitting in a laundry basket.
EU Draft Report on Renditions.
Well, apparently "dave" pulled it out of SOMEONE'S bowels.
"dave's" source is the Employment Policies Institute, which SourceWatch describes ...
The Employment Policies Institute is one of several front groups created by Berman & Co., a Washington, DC public affairs firm owned by Rick Berman, who lobbies for the restaurant, hotel, alcoholic beverage and tobacco industries. EPI, registered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, has has been widely quoted in news stories regarding minimum wage issues, and although a few of those stories have correctly described it as a "think tank financed by business," most stories fail to provide any identification that would enable readers to identify the vested interests behind its pronouncements. Instead, it is usually described exactly the way it describes itself, as a "non-profit research organization dedicated to studying public policy issues surrounding employment growth" that "focuses on issues that affect entry-level employment." In reality, EPI's mission is to keep the minimum wage low so Berman's clients can continue to pay their workers as little as possible.
blogwhoring Friday Opera
Anna Netrebko singing Musetta's aria
from Puccini's La Boheme.
I could have lived my whole life without the image of Juan playing "hide the chorizo" with Lou.
It's very windy.
does anyone know how one can work to get the "unlawful internet gambling enforcement act of 2006 repealed? it was tacked on to a bill that was a must pass bill by the republicans because, to them it would be wrong if anyone had any fun of any kind.
DHS official admits taking bribes to fake documents
A federal immigration official pleaded guilty Thursday to receiving more than $600,000 in bribes for falsifying documents for illegal immigrants.
Robert Schofield, 57, could face 25 years in federal prison when he is sentenced in February.
He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, to issuing fraudulent documents to at least 184 illegal immigrants who falsely received U.S. citizenship.
Schofield, a former supervisor for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, was arrested in June.
So what happens to the immigrants?
Consider yourself busted, dave.
Well, apparently "dave" pulled it out of SOMEONE'S bowels.
left rev
"Expert" bowels.
McCaffrey wants to give the Iraqis attack helicopters and other stuff.
Why don't we just give them nuclear weapons and be done with it?
Lou Dobbs is right about one thing though. Illegal immigration is depressing wages of low and semi skilled workers in this country. When you have a crappy minimum wage that is the lowest in real terms since it has been instituted and under the table workers to compete with, who don't cost anything for unemployment, form filling, social security, disability insurance it makes it hard to get a living wage if you have low skill sets. Lou Dobbs problem is the brown people hate. It's the rich white people who can afford to pay better who are the problem. Cheap ass bastards.
HA!
both Flory and Catalexis shall pay me my tribute in cola! Forsooth!
There are something like four different daves here.
There are 2080 work hrs. per yr. for a full time job. Each $1.00 hrs. wage goes up ='s $2080.00 per yr.
Has poison-gate implicated Big Time yet? You know it's only a matter of time.
It's very windy.
HoneyBearKelly? | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:12 pm | #
And thundery.
Well, crap. I owe bas a coke.
Just got my power back.
We had a blackout here for a little while.
According to the Right Guide, funders of EPI have included the John M. Olin Foundation and the Claude R. Lamb Charitable Foundation
Nice try, fuckwads.
For the record, I would prefer increased cash payments to the poor, such as a much-expanded earned income tax credit (EITC) or a more general negative income tax.
dave
You RADICAL you. Paying people a wage that accurately reflects the cost of living, honors their committment to society as a working member, and permits some possibility of hope and improvement of the their condition just doesn't go far enough for you.
/snark
The UK is more rational than the US re: copyright law...
For the record, I would prefer increased cash payments to the poor, such as a much-expanded earned income tax credit (EITC) or a more general negative income tax.
I'd prefer the confiscation of every last fucking dime parasites like this Rick Berman character own, then putting his worthless ass to work at a McDonald's drive up and see how much he enjoys actually working for the miminum wage.
It's very windy.
HoneyBearKelly |
It's so windy here, my haloscan window just blew all the way across my page.
Tweety, do you notice how this new guy allows his guests to finish their sentences? Should you ever regain your job (which I'm rooting against), you might take this into consideration.
MCcaffrey says it's completely hopeless.
His answer? "We have to stay for 10 years and hope things get better."
If I heard him right.
from wiki :"The Employment Policies Institute is one of several front groups created by Berman & Co., a Washington, DC public affairs firm owned by Rick Berman, who lobbies for the restaurant, hotel, alcoholic beverage and tobacco industries. EPI, registered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, has has been widely quoted in news stories regarding minimum wage issues, and although a few of those stories have correctly described it as a "think tank financed by business," most stories fail to provide any identification that would enable readers to identify the vested interests behind its pronouncements. Instead, it is usually described exactly the way it describes itself, as a "non-profit research organization dedicated to studying public policy issues surrounding employment growth" that "focuses on issues that affect entry-level employment." In reality, EPI's mission is to keep the minimum wage low so Berman's clients can continue to pay their workers as little as possible.
EPI also owns the internet domain names to MinimumWage.com and LivingWage.com, a website that attempts to portray the idea of a living wage for workers as some kind of insidious conspiracy. "Living wage activists want nothing less than a national living wage," it warns (as though there is something wrong with paying employees enough that they can afford to eat and pay rent)."
I took a thorough look around that EPI website, and now I feel like I need a long, hot shower.
¡Señor Loud Obbs, por favor, esqueal like el porko grandé!
So, a bunch of you had this before I got it. Man I just love a sharp group of people.
epionline is a restaurant industry front.
I'd prefer the confiscation of every last fucking dime parasites like this Rick Berman character own, then putting his worthless ass to work at a McDonald's drive up and see how much he enjoys actually working for the miminum wage.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
This works for me too.
The Iraq was my fault and I take full responsibility for it.
-
heh its probably not a smart idea by Blair to accuse the guy who supplies Europe which much of her gas of poisoning 
Britain's own gas supplies are running out and soon we'll have to rely on Russia to keep us warm, scary thought no?
How so?
left rev
Well, so the experts say.
dave
Find me two experts who agree on anything.
Until they start making experts in an infallible model, I pretty much think they are as prone to be wrong as anyone else.
Has poison-gate implicated Big Time yet? You know it's only a matter of time.
cosmosis
they call him polonium out in the corporate quail fields
and still no cats...or even gypsies
I've got cat paws and dogs. Regular catblogging later.
Gergen looks very unhappy.
His precious war is not going well.
For the record, I would prefer increased cash payments to the poor, such as a much-expanded earned income tax credit (EITC) or a more general negative income tax.
dave
Hard to pay the rent or buy the kids food with the EITC.....
Got the first fire of the season going - nothing like the scent of mesquite in the cold air to make things seem right.
.
It's the rich white people who can afford to pay better who are the problem. Cheap ass bastards.
trifecta
Yep. Start putting the employers away in pound-em prisons for 10 years a pop, and that problem will disappear quite quickly.
Unfortunately, such legislation, when proposed, has always been blocked...by Republicans.
Consider yourself busted, dave.
catalexis
Why do these cretins even TRY on this comment board?
They have to know they'll be pwned in less than 15 minutes on their bullshit.
jdw owes ME a coke, because i would have posted before him if Hell-oScum wasn't such a fucker.
I'm catblogging.
The pic is not bright but it's very meta -- it's a pic within a pic.
Hi Tena
I'm not an expert, but I play one on TV.
Barndog, fuckin' dirty hippie | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:13 pm | #
A veritable storm of carbonated beverages!
There are something like four different daves here.
thackeray
Dave? Dave's not here, man.
Well, I think we knew this wasn't "trademark" Dave -- are the two more?
Berman & Co.: "Nonprofit" Hustlers for the Food & Booze Biz
by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber
Restaurant-industry lobbyist Rick Berman says there are two things that set his firm, Berman & Co., apart from others in the trade. The first is that "we always have a knife in our teeth." The other is that "we don't chase the smaller issues. . . . Our work is restricted to and focused on issues that affect shareholder value. These big issues include labor costs as they relate to health insurance and the minimum wage, achieving operator sales increases, and tax rates as they are affected in particular by payroll and excise taxes."
Gergen says #1 problem is there is not enough bipartisanship.
Rats and Cats!
Warning: not for the squeamish.
Tweety, do you notice how this new guy allows his guests to finish their sentences? Should you ever regain your job (which I'm rooting against), you might take this into consideration.
Lime Rickey
No shit. His show usually has the same discussion dynamics as three 7 year olds in the backseat of the car.
OT: Litvinenko contact tests positive for radiation
An Italian terrorism expert who met the Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko on the day he was allegedly poisoned has also tested positive for the radioactive isotope polonium 210, it emerged today.
Mario Scaramella, who has been in hiding since Mr Litvinenko died, met the former spy in a London sushi restaurant just hours before he fell ill.
Experts believe the fact that the academic, a contact of Mr Litvinenko, has also tested positive for polonium 210 indicates that the poison was delivered at the restaurant.
Need some tape to hold that window down, Gomez?
I so want to force Lou Dobbs to have gay sex with a bunch of Mexicans
::matthew
Mexicans have more sense.
.
I mean, gratuitously flogging the ACORN bishop right there next to all that claptrap about how healthcare and higher wages will destroy the American economy? It's like they're trying to look like a bunch of serious economists arguing for the benefit of the poor, but they just can't help themselves from harping on some other rightard talking points.
It's the rich white people who can afford to pay better who are the problem
All those plantations, orchards and farms out in Caliofrnia are owned by Rethugs who hire Mexican specifically to get out of paying reasonably. There wouldn't be an illegal left in the country if we went to exclusive subdsivisions with police raids and fined executives one hundred thousand dollars for each illegal we found working for them.
Conversely, Mexico is poor as a direct result of its abusive younger brother to the North, and if we were to allow them to develop differently, not as many of them would need to get over here. Why does Dobbs talk about immigration of all subjects as if it were not a geopolitical issue but a racial deficiency like the "deathculture" of the Arabs or the "laziness and bad parenting" of the Blacks? It is because if Lou Dobbs ever put two and two together and connected symptoms to real causes, he'd die in a car accident.
Rats and Cats!
Warning: not for the squeamish.
charley | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:17 pm | #
ewwww!
I would like to see some cats...
Consider yourself busted, dave.
catalexis
Why do these cretins even TRY on this comment board?
They have to know they'll be pwned in less than 15 minutes on their bullshit.
It was an idea that they came up with at the think wank. Was "dave" paid more than min wage for his efforts?
Until they start making experts in an infallible model, I pretty much think they are as prone to be wrong as anyone else.
Tena
If by "expert" you mean "someone who has declared themselves to be experts because they know the verbiage" then yes.
Real experts, people who spend years quietly slogging in the field to accumlate knowledge, generally aren't so bad.
Need some tape to hold that window down, Gomez?
Barndog, fuckin' dirty hippie
Thanks.
MCcaffrey says it's completely hopeless.
His answer? "We have to stay for 10 years and hope things get better."
If I heard him right.
If it's completely hopeless, why stay and lose more lives all around?
WE are the catalyst for the violence. If we leave, at least the Iraqis will have a chance. If we stay, they have no chance at all.
I am such a sucker for the sad face look on a dog -- it's just heartbreaking, I'll give them my food, my pillows, anything to make that sad look stop.
It's very windy.
We have a high wind advisory until 11am. T-storms, but it looks like the rain's turning to snow. Yay!
Gergen says #1 problem is there is not enough bipartisanship.
Culture of Truth
And I bet he said it in a muted whisper.
Just got my power back
I know the wind is picking up here, and with all the ice on the lines, trees and such... it could be an interesting night.
Good thing I have lots of propane for the camper.
Ooooh, I went to the Universal Restaurant Supply yesterday and found all kinds of wonderful things. Double aluminium pie plates! Quiche pans with removable bottoms! BIG muffin tins Ladles! Such fun. Who knew?
.
my mum sez that George prefers to stay indoors, he does not seemed fussed about going outside.
Heidi enjoys it more.
be sure to check out my Sleek Kitty Cats
Why do these cretins even TRY on this comment board?
They have to know they'll be pwned in less than 15 minutes on their bullshit.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
eh, they prolly don't. I doubt dave spends any time here and has no clue how we operate. so he was hanging out at wingertardline and somebody over there linked to EPI and ol' dave thought he go show the dirty fucking hippies a thing or two....
either that or he also works for rick berman. which means berman's clients really are idiots for paying someone that stoopit.
From downstairs:
I'm ambivalent about the idea of manunkind going pioneering into space. There are two complementary themes on the question, I opine off the top of my head: utopian/dystopian; optimistic/pessimistic; extroverted/introverted.
I've enjoyed the "why not?" side of the question from the original "Star Trek" series to Ken MacLeod, Moonboo's favorite. Remember Roddenberry's seminal concept of a "Wagon Train to the Stars"? I think that's particularly apropos as a symbol of the virtues of pioneering-- the challenge and wonder of conquering the unknown and building a new life in a new land. It can be quite an exhiliarating... enterprise.
I thought of CS Lewis when I scanned Woody's not unsurprising view of one planet per sentient species, if I may beg the question. Lewis' space trilogy involves, in part, technologically advanced intelligent but greedy and shortsighted men who venture into space (Mars, Venus) to stake claims to territory and plunder the place. In the books, Lewis attacks the impulse to propagate beyond Earth on two grounds: every living thing has a life span, and it is folly and hubris to try to cheat or defeat death. And exercising such hubris is generally accompanied by bad or corruptible motives. To Lewis, at least as expressed in the philosophy in the trilogy, it is not OK to blunder in where angels fear to tread.
So if one looks at space colonization as modern man's typical response to reaching new territory, one can easily say that we ought to stay put until we're sure we've gotten that Conquistador/Crusader/Manifest Destiny bug out of our souls.
Rats and Cats!
Warning: not for the squeamish.
charley
Pshaw! That cat is strictly an amateur. I did in over 150 mice today (cringe).
heh its probably not a smart idea by Blair to accuse the guy who supplies Europe which much of her gas of poisoning
Yeah, and also as it's not true, but already Putin has punished countries for forgetting who distributes the energy, like Ukraine.
OT: Litvinenko contact tests positive for radiation
Radiation poisoning always was the instrument of choice in the old soviet... not as clumsy or random as a invasion and occupation....
I am such a sucker for the sad face look on a dog -- it's just heartbreaking, I'll give them my food, my pillows, anything to make that sad look stop.
Joe Lieberman won re-election because of people like you!
/snark
I am such a sucker for the sad face look on a dog -- it's just heartbreaking, I'll give them my food, my pillows, anything to make that sad look stop.
catalexis
And you have to ask.. just who "domesticated" whom?
Little Brøther
The aliens could be just waiting for us to stick our heads out.
Then they're gonna eat us.
Flory! Glad you're here, take a look at this kitten babe!
http://www.dailykitten.com/archi...guinness-
2.html
Well, I'm not a Dave.
All those plantations, orchards and farms out in Caliofrnia are owned by Rethugs who hire Mexican specifically to get out of paying reasonably.
Yup. Here in Oregon, Saxton the Repub loser for Governor hired illegals at his farm, then tried to play dumb when he was outed.
Gergen says #1 problem is there is not enough bipartisanship.
Culture of Truth
It is to laugh.
Funny how that is a problem all of a sudden.
Well, I'm not a Dave.
David (Austin Tx)
Dave? Dave's not here, man.
Little Brøther | 12.01.06 - 7:20 pm | #
beautifully put as ever
Then they're gonna eat us.
Gomez
To serve mankind
Okay, must put the children to bed.
Did I mention I'm going out tonight?
To see this band and this band!!
Did I mention that I think the last time I got a babysitter and went out was when my band played October 26th??
Flory! Glad you're here, take a look at this kitten babe!
More company for little gracie.....
I am such a sucker for the sad face look on a dog
Dog, cat...just about any animal in need.
there is a Dave in this house who room is opposite mine.
complete slob, never washes his dishes and lives off frozen dinners.
just a gross person.
Gergen says #1 problem is there is not enough bipartisanship.
Culture of Truth
NOW there's not enough bipartisanship.
Of course, bipartisanship was not even on the radar on November 6th.
Dog, cat...just about any animal in need.
Barndog
the dog does not "need" my bed.
Cat in a Box
http://static.flickr.com/105/
311...d7fe6fc1a_b.jpg
I can't resist petting kitty cats I see out on the streets, some run away but majority always follow me and enjoy a good rub around the ears.
To serve mankind
JR, kerosene and a match
Wait! It's a cookbook!
Moonboo: my mancunian friend just sent me for my birthday a book you might have read in classes or someting: "Mmpire, how Britain made the modern world" by Niall Ferguson. Any good? I'm not the type who fawns over british imperialism, so i have some doubts...
Did I mention that I think the last time I got a babysitter and went out was when my band played October 26th??
whiskeyina, scribbler
You didn't ask me?
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Dr. Barmpot - is there a link for that nice store you found? Somewhere I could get a catalog?
there is a Dave in this house who room is opposite mine.
Dave? Dave's not here, man.
I love the way dogs smile. Mouth agape, just kind of looking around, taking in their kingdom.
I'm not worried about our use of this solar system. We'll be stuck here for hundreds of years yet at least. I can't imagine our being able to reach more than a dozen nearby stars in the next thousand years. If we're still alive then, we must have learned something.
Radiation poisoning always was the instrument of choice in the old soviet... not as clumsy or random as a invasion and occupation....
Pootie poot being something of a traditionalist, well, you see where we're going with this...
the dog does not "need" my bed.
JR, kerosene and a match
Dog doesn't think you do either.
Standoff.
I'm 53 years old and have lived in NYC all my life.
We have a tornado warning here.
First time I've heard of one in NYC ever.
whiskeyina - have fun tonight then!
the dog does not "need" my bed.
I'm not outweighed, but am outnumbered by the Dogz and Punkz. I always end up with my ass hanging off the queen-sized bed.
Double aluminium pie plates! Quiche pans with removable bottoms! BIG muffin tins Ladles! Such fun. Who knew?
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Somebody had a good day!!!!!
How come you did not find out about such places earlier? They are much fun indeed!
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You didn't ask me?
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Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:24 pm | #
Um... super double pretty please???
We have a tornado warning here.
First time I've heard of one in NYC ever.
Clearly you offended God.
I always end up with my ass hanging off the queen-sized bed.
...EXcellent!
NTodd: how did the babies surgery went?
I always end up with my ass hanging off the queen-sized bed.
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant
How'd you get a queen-sized bed behind the Tastee Freeze without getting caught?
my cat wob't let me type
Moonboo: my mancunian friend just sent me for my birthday a book you might have read in classes or someting: "Mmpire, how Britain made the modern world" by Niall Ferguson. Any good? I'm not the type who fawns over british imperialism, so i have some doubts...
Plum P | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:24 pm | #
ah Niall Ferguson, an apologist for imperialism and IMHO a wanker but its really up to you
perhaps these two posts might help - Priya Gopal on Empire & Niall Ferguson. and Niall Ferguson's Latest Counterfactual.
I'm not outweighed, but am outnumbered by the Dogz and Punkz. I always end up with my ass hanging off the queen-sized bed.
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant
That's cause you are doggie and pussy whipped and do not know how to stand up for your rights.
Niall Ferguson. Any good?
Niall Ferguson ought to share a cell with David (there that name is again!) Irving. His thesis is that imperialism really wasn't that bad after all when you think about it. You know, cleaning up the Sepoy Mutiny, the British Army forced prisoners to lick the bricks of an execution wall clean before killing them. If only people had that kind of resolve in Iraq.
Dave would rather have the taxpayers subsidize the working poor than the companies they work for. typical reNAMBLAcan behavior.
Yeah, and also as it's not true, but already Putin has punished countries for forgetting who distributes the energy, like Ukraine.
thackeray
Hmm. That's an intriguing bit of data. It seems that the only thing we can be sure of in this stoy is that there are no good guys.
Clearly you offended God.
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant
You wouldn't expect that from NYC, either.
Clearly you offended God.
...just standing here in the rain, talkin' to myself.
whiskeyina, have a great time!
Wow HBK, a Tornado Warning??
That means one has been spotted.
Tornado hitting NYC would not be pretty.
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Heheh, no, Lieberman doesn't count. the hound expression on a person doesn't move me so much. Yes, I know, I'm the one who got tamed. But they often want so little...
Mmpire, how Britain made the modern world" by Niall Ferguson. Any good? I'm not the type who fawns over british imperialism, so i have some doubts...
Plum P
BAD! BAD! BAD! EVIL! NON COMPOS! DO NOT DEAL WITH! BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD......
Do not deal with this clown.
Please? 'Cause I know a lot of stuff and what I know won't hurt you?
.
It seems that the only thing we can be sure of in this stoy is that there are no good guys.
No, but the oligarchs are bad enough that anyone fighting them is worth a look, like Winston Churchill suddenly becoming less than terrible in contrast to Hitler.
NTodd: how did the babies surgery went?
Their balls are in the garbage now, and the Punkz are doing fine, thanks!
Shit.
I don't know how to act.
Should I close the windows?
Should I go downstairs?
Kazakhstan seeks higher gas transit price for Russia
ASTANA, November 30 (RIA Novosti) - Kazakhstan is in talks with Russian energy giant Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] on raising its transit charge for Central Asian gas pumped via its territory to Russia by 45%, Kazakh energy minister said Thursday.
Kazakhstan currently charges $1.1 per 1,000 cubic meters per 100 kilometers for natural gas flowing through its pipelines to Russia from gas-rich Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, a price that it wants to raise by 50 cents.
"Preliminarily, we intend to raise the price to $1.6," Bakhtykozha Izmukhambetov said.
Transit of Uzbek and Turkmen gas via Kazakhstan to Russia totals 45-50 billion cu m annually.
Tornado hitting NYC would not be pretty.
The tornado is is grave danger.
Got inspired listening to Iggy Anthology: This year I was 51, didn't have much fun. Next year gonna be 52, oh my and boo hoo.
We have a tornado warning here.
First time I've heard of one in NYC ever.
Not to worry. How many trailer parks are there in NYC?
A beneficiary from a proposed federal minimum wage hike to $7.25 an hour is far more likely to be in a family earning more than three times the poverty line than in a poor family. In total, only 12.7 percent of the benefits from a federal minimum wage increase to $7.25 an hour would go to poor families. In contrast, 63 percent of benefits would go to families earning more than twice the poverty line and 42 percent would go to families earning more than three times the poverty line.
dave
How so?
left rev
If so, please raise it to $15 quickly.
If I stay out of Fast Food Joints I should be able to retire in about 4 years.
Off for dinner.
Maybe I'll be back, maybe not. Depends on what the wife has in store for me.
Chow. Haha
Not to worry. How many trailer parks are there in NYC?
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 12.01.06 - 7:30 pm |
Food carts...
"Mmpire, how Britain made the modern world" by Niall Ferguson. Any good? I'm not the type who fawns over british imperialism, so i have some doubts...
Plum P
Well, it's true, just as the Roman Empire reshaped the world, and the Mongolian one did before that. Just describing it isn't necessarily a value judgement. Like all empires, it wrought good and bad.
like Winston Churchill suddenly becoming less than terrible in contrast to Hitler.
As we learned in A Christmas Story: you're either a bully, a toady, or one of the hapless rabble of victims.
whiskeyina, I don't know whereabouts you hail from, but I've seen photos of your delightful girls, and they are welcome to play with my brood any old time.
Should I close the windows?
Should I go downstairs?
HoneyBearKelly
1. Get a flashlight.
2. Get a battery powered radio.
3. Don't worry.
Dana Milbank's face is getting fatter.
Maybe he should run.
A beneficiary from a proposed federal minimum wage hike to $7.25 an hour is far more likely blah blah blah
Is there anything you have to say that challenges the idea that the poor would be better off with more money?
Thanks for the advice on Niall Ferguson. I just saw that title and i knew i wouldn't like it. Now i know...won't waste my time on it and I still have DWD's novel to read anyway!
Should I close the windows?
Should I go downstairs?
The usual advice is to SHUT OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES!!!!
Dog doesn't think you do either.
Standoff.
flory
I have opposable thumbs.
If he wants those dog treats he's going to have to compromise.
OT: Sun Shines On November
Britons have been shedding their gloves, scarves and hats in favour of t-shirts and shorts for the warmest autumn on record in central England.
This November has proven to be the sunniest ever recorded and one of the mildest in three years.
Hibernation is on hold for Britons who are more used to wrapping up, turning up the central heating and staying indoors at this time of year.
However, temperature records provided by the Met Office and MeteoGroup UK have confirmed this autumn has been the warmest since records began in 1659.
The average autumn temperature in 2006 was 12.6 C. The previous highest for the same period was 11.8 C, recorded in 1730.
3. Don't worry.
Gomez
Don't worry needlessly.
I don't know how to act.
My friend Mike and I would always play Head-to-Head football on those stupid little game things with the LEDs (in the age before Gameboys).
The subway strikes me as a safe place in NYC during a tornado.
Then again...
Do not deal with this clown.
Please? 'Cause I know a lot of stuff and what I know won't hurt you?
.
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers
AH, one of those. A UCT Allan Bloom.
I just took a dump and it looked like Auggy.
There's a tornado warning in December in NYC? That's just weird.
HBK,
If you have a battery powered radio, grab it and place it in an interior room without windows on the first floor (bathroom?).
If you have access to a basement even better. I wouldn't panic, but keep listening to a radio or watching the tv for updates.
If you hear something that sounds like a freight train, head to the safe spot.
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AAAAARRRRRGGHHHH
UNDERCLOTHED BRITONS
GLOBAL WARMING HAS GONE TOO FAR
MAKE IT STOP BEFORE THE GERMANS START TAKING THINGS OFF--
Corruption: the 'second insurgency' costing $4bn a year
One third of rebuilding contracts under criminal investigation
The Iraqi government is in danger of being brought down by the wholesale smuggling of the nation's oil and other forms of corruption that together represent a "second insurgency", according to a senior US official. Stuart Bowen, who has been in charge of auditing Iraq's faltering reconstruction since 2004, said corruption had reached such levels that it threatened the survival of the state.
"There is a huge smuggling problem. It is the No 1 issue," Mr Bowen told the Guardian. The pipelines that are meant to take the oil north have been blown up, so the only way to export it is by road. "That leaves it vulnerable to smuggling," he said, as truckers sell their cargoes on the black market.
The subway strikes me as a safe place in NYC during a tornado.
Then again...
Gomez
Mugging is more likely.
Hi Tena
I'm not an expert, but I play one on TV.
left rev
Hi left rev - I wasn't talking about you, of course.
How are ya?
I just took a dump and it looked like Auggy.
Cooper Anderson
Do you think trolls are gonna line up for miles to worship it?
I have opposable thumbs.
If he wants those dog treats he's going to have to compromise.
JR, kerosene and a match
sound's like an invitation to an arm's race. sorta like Mutually Assured Sleep Deprivation.
However, I do think that sanctions have a place in the negotiations.
like Winston Churchill suddenly becoming less than terrible in contrast to Hitler.
NTodd is worse than Hitler, but is slimmer than Churchill.
Mugging is more likely.
pie
You're right. Stay put.
No, but the oligarchs are bad enough that anyone fighting them is worth a look, like Winston Churchill suddenly becoming less than terrible in contrast to Hitler.
There never seems to be an end to the lesser of two weevils thing, does there?
From Moon's link:
32. Stresses that at least 1 245 flights operated by the CIA have flown into the European airspace or stopped over at European airports;
33. Regrets that European countries have been relinquishing their control over their airspace and airports by admitting flights operated by the CIA which, on some occasions, were being used for extraordinary rendition or the illegal transportation of detainees;
34. Is concerned, in particular, that the blanket overflight and stopover clearances granted to CIA-operated aircraft may have been based, inter alia, on the NATO Agreement on the implementation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, adopted on 4 October 2001;
35. Recalls that Article 1 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention) sets out the principle that every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory;
36. Emphasises that the CIA has been using civil aviation rules to bypass the legal obligations for state aircraft, including those operated by the military and the police, as provided in the Chicago Convention; recalls that Article 4 of the Chicago Convention provides that: “Each contracting State agrees not to use civil aviation for any purpose inconsistent with the aims of this Convention”;
Off to the Hague!!
I don't know how to act.
Strip poker and Leinenkugel beer is the norm in Wisconsin
If you hear something that sounds like a freight train, head to the safe spot.
But if she lives near public transit, it might be hard to tell!
Our electricity is underground so I don't think we'll have a blackout but I'll turn off stuff even though this building is grounded.
BAD! BAD! BAD! EVIL! NON COMPOS! DO NOT DEAL WITH! BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD......
Do not deal with this clown.
Please? 'Cause I know a lot of stuff and what I know won't hurt you?
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Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:29 pm |
So, tell us how you really feel.
Richard: watchig the Liberals conf. much? I just changed the channel after 10 minutes of Dion.
Allo, Moonbats! Once a month, women should do a breast self-exam to check for breast cancer. It's easy. Here's how.
If he wants those dog treats he's going to have to compromise.
JR, kerosene and a match
He has teeth. And knows where you keep your favorite shoes.
As we learned in A Christmas Story: you're either a bully, a toady, or one of the hapless rabble of victims.
Darryl - or, in the parlance of Matt Stone & Trey Parker in that scene from Team America, there are dicks, pussies, and assholes. I don't remember the entire rant, but it was something about how the dicks are always fucking everybody, and the pussies are always getting fucked, and the assholes just shit all over everything. Or something like that.
Hi left rev - I wasn't talking about you, of course.
How are ya?
Tena
Been up and down this holiday season so far. Mostly down, but there's always some kind of hope.
Its just good to hang out around here and breath deep of the fresh blue air in my county.
There never seems to be an end to the lesser of two weevils thing, does there?
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 12.01.06 - 7:36 pm |
Welcome to adulthood. Have you received your sexual orientation? EVERYTHING EITHER POTENTIALLY HURTS OR CAN BE DISEASED.
The Iraqi government is in danger of being brought down by the wholesale smuggling of the nation's oil and other forms of corruption that together represent a "second insurgency", according to a senior US official. Stuart Bowen, who has been in charge of auditing Iraq's faltering reconstruction since 2004, said corruption had reached such levels that it threatened the survival of the state.
Well, gosh, no one could have ever forseen this happening, now could they?
Oh, wait, General Shinseki did...my bad.
NTodd is worse than Hitler, but is slimmer than Churchill.
I drink as much as Churchill, but don't smoke nearly enough cigars, damn it.
But if she lives near public transit, it might be hard to tell!
NTodd
I do.
Right next to the Q train.
Its just good to hang out around here and breath deep of the fresh blue air in my county.
left rev
I'm sorry you've been down - anything I can do?
Pussies don't like dicks, because dicks fuck pussies; but dicks also fuck assholes, and if they didn't, assholes would shit all over everything.
Shit.
I don't know how to act.
Should I close the windows?
Should I go downstairs?
HoneyBearKelly
Are you sure it is a warning, and not a watch? A watch means the conditions are favorable for a tornado.
However, listen for a freight train. That is a sure sign of a tornado.
If you feel that one is coming your way, head towards a central room, if you have a basement, go there. If you have a bathtub, take a mattress with you, lay down in the tub, and cover it with the mattress.
The thing about a tornado, is if it is coming to get you, you will not be able to avoid it, so it is best to protect yourself, rather than try and run away.
Once a month, women should do a breast self-exam to check for breast cancer. It's easy. Here's how.
Once a month, hetero men should go check out the breast self-exam posts. It's easy. Here's how.
Right next to the Q train.
HoneyBearKelly
They actually have a Q train?
kei & yuri are leaving to review and kvetch over the major cultural contributions from new Who and the Gaius Baltar Show. Love to you all. All subsequent hate messages from similar nyms are trolls.
Babysitting blogging again--this time with a baby giggling and cooing over Big Bird.
(You know I love my granddaughter when I agree to watch anything with Muppets in it)
Just want to say how good it feels to be represented in the Senate by someone who hates Bush as much as I do. And he irritated George Will. I am proud of my Senator.
I love the fact that the one member of this conversation who has memorized the dicks, pussies, and assholes rant from Team America is "thackery".
Thank you, that was a good one.
Is there anything you have to say that challenges the idea that the poor would be better off with more money?
Cuts right through the BS. Come over here and sit by me.
I drink as much as Churchill, but don't smoke nearly enough cigars, damn it.
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant
Add donuts to your diet and you might start looking like a portly statesmen of questionable morals.
The $2 question: Weak dollar is good for visitors to US, but outlook for world economy is bleak
Transatlantic travellers hoping to cash in on a $2 pound for the first time in 14 years should enjoy the good times while they last, because a tumbling dollar could start an economic whirlwind.
Sterling hit its highest level against the dollar since September 1992 for the second day in a row, with little sign of obstacles to the magic $2 level. At one point yesterday a pound was worth $1.9848 on the open market.
"Two dollars is a certainty," said Neil Mellor, a currency strategist at the Bank of New York office in London. He said the crucial test would be $2.002, its peak the pound reached on 9 September 1992 before its ejection from the exchange rate mechanism on Black Wednesday. "If it does, there's a possibility it would catapulted up and there's a lot of space for it to rise," he said.
HBK,
according to weather underground there is currently a Tornado watch, which means the conditions are faverable for the formation of a tornado, but does not guarranty that one is or will be formed.
A Tornado warning means that a tornado has been sighted.
Make certain which it is, and if the former, just prepare, but don't make any real moves until you are sure.
You may also wish to occassionally check the sky to the southwest, though it must be dark by now.....
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Is there anything you have to say that challenges the idea that the poor would be better off with more money?
Hell. They'd just raise the prices. See.
Might as well stay poor.
/sarcasm.
Babysitting blogging again--this time with a baby giggling and cooing over Big Bird.
Hi, how's Maddy? Already chowing down on grandma's good cooking?
NTodd--are you volunteering to perform the breast exams?
I drink as much as Churchill, but don't smoke nearly enough cigars, damn it.
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant
I smoke a cigar about once every 4 yrs. just to remind myself why I don't.
Thanks for the advice on Niall Ferguson. I just saw that title and i knew i wouldn't like it. Now i know...won't waste my time on it and I still have DWD's novel to read anyway!
Plum P
Imperialism? Go read this and then send me the 25cents to which I'm entitled Okay? Ferguson is an ass. And, maybe, first of the year, the Canadians are gonna give me a grant! Again....
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Yes Gomez there is a Q train.
It's the Brighton Beach line and goes to Coney Island if you ever have the desire to go there.
Add donuts to your diet and you might start looking like a portly statesmen of questionable morals.
Posh.
In the age of the Intertubes, it's cheetos FTW, bay-bee.
neither liberals* or the right think 'ooooooh is there a structural reason why that person is poor, they think ooh lets give them some cash and that'll be fine keep 'em quiet
*(I am talking about liberals in the UK).
corruption had reached such levels that it threatened the survival of the state.
funny how dat works: everything that the coalition hasn't stolen, the entrepeneurial Iraqis are workin on stealin...
not a word about bechtel/halliburton/GE?
course, it's them shifty, crooked levanters that's the culprits, right?
sheesh...
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Speaking of weather, there were the MOST amazing huge, mountainous clouds in Arlington, tonight. Some were really dark grey and some were white and they were rolling across each other and really looking like something out of movie or something. Just amazing.
Yes Gomez there is a Q train.
It's the Brighton Beach line and goes to Coney Island if you ever have the desire to go there.
HoneyBearKelly
Not a lot of subway trains here in Pittsburgh. We just got A and B I think.
Hardball:
Does she dislike Obama because his middle name is "Hussein"?
In a word: "Yes."
I'm sorry you've been down - anything I can do?
Tena
Thanks for the concern-you're a sweetie.
It's mostly down due to the economy and finances, is all. Mr. left rev is stil looking for work, doing day labor when he can, and having to interview for part time minimum wage service jobs. He actually had to pawn some tools a couple days ago to get cash for food (gap between paycheck and bills gets wider every month). We're covered right now, but its terribly frustrating, and we're still in a much more solvent position than many of the families coming into the church for help right now. Its pretty sad. "Food insecurity" sucks.
But things will be looking up, I've got confidence in Mr. left rev., no matter how little faith I have in the government.
Boy, that was probably more information than anyone wanted.
Hecate--not quite yet, although when I do frost the Christmas cookies, I'll let her taste the frosting. Right now, in her mind, biter biscuits rock.
politics is a game of the owning classes - I mean it's rigged, fixed parameters.
policies are generated and implemented for the benefit of the state-capitalist machine, class interests etc.... at least in the UK.
Oh, that's Kate O'Beirne.
Key word in her vocabulary: "Hopefully."
Why is Kate O'Beirne allowed on teevee?
Add donuts to your diet and you might start looking like a portly statesmen of questionable morals.
Richard
First we have to shave his head.
neither liberals* or the right think 'ooooooh is there a structural reason why that person is poor, they think ooh lets give them some cash and that'll be fine keep 'em quiet
In the US, it's all explained Calvinistically.
And the structure to make sure it stays that way is constantly reinforced.
.there were the MOST amazing huge, mountainous clouds in Arlington, tonight.
I guess those giant cumulonimbus clouds would explain how there could be a torado watch on the middle Atlantic coast tonight. But I must say that in my 17 years growing up in the DC area, I don't remember a single tornado watch in December. That stuff always happened in spring, when it was much warmer.
You may also wish to occassionally check the sky to the southwest, though it must be dark by now.....
the lightning will provide backdrop..spent yrs. of spring camping in the Flint Hills of Ks., I've seen some doosies.
I must say that I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of a tornado in NYC.
I don't suppose there's any reason why it couldn't happen, but it just sounds so weird.
imperialism? Go read this and then send me the 25cents to which I'm entitled Okay? Ferguson is an ass. And, maybe, first of the year, the Canadians are gonna give me a grant! Again....
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Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:43 pm
Our library has that, it's on my list.
pie - because audience testing revealed a real hunger for more Mr. Ed, and the original actor is dead.
Why is Kate O'Beirne allowed on teevee?
For the same reason that George Will still writes for Pravda on the Potomac.
there have been mini tornadoes in Wales.
I must say that I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of a tornado in NYC.
We had one in Pittsburgh in 1998. It hit Mt. Washington.
things will be looking up
Dear Left Rev,
Email me if you'd like a tarot reading. I hope things are lots better very soon.
its been a nice change not raining all the time in Swansea, it wears thin.
Gotta go put some food type stuff on the fambly.
Keep your heads down, New Yorkers. Stay safe.
Does she dislike Obama because his middle name is "Hussein"?
In a word: "Yes."
My father's brother, Adolf Benito Tojo M. also suffered throughout his life from a name-timing issue.
"Food insecurity" sucks.
I'd be happy to send you some food security, especially now.
I think God is punishing us for all the nice weather we've had so far.
I must say that I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of a tornado in NYC.
Just ignore all that Global Warming stuff; it has NOTHING to do with this.
There's a tornado warning in December in NYC? That's just weird.
blerb | 12.01.06 - 7:35 pm | #
It looks like NYC is under a watch while Litchefield County CT was under a warning until approximately now.
Thanks, Hecate. The last one you did for me was golden. I may just do that soon.
O left rev, I'm so sorry.
You're overdue for something good, sounds like. O dear.
because audience testing revealed a real hunger for more Mr. Ed, and the original actor is dead.
Jennifer
I love you.
a single tornado watch in December. That stuff always happened in spring, when it was much warmer.
I have the windows open right now and it's seventy degrees.
I'd be happy to send you some food security, especially now.
pie
Yeah me too.
...have a good weekend all.
I must say that I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of a tornado in NYC.
Tornadoes are largely unique only to North America.
There are no parts of North America, I think east of the Rockies that are immune from them.
I do agree that it is excessively unusual for there to be a tornado watch this time of the year in NY, however, when I lived in Happy Valley (Penna) we had them year round (if not all that often)
Does she dislike Obama because his middle name is "Hussein"?
It's projection. When your middle name is "Skankho" you tend to be touchy.
Just outside in NYC.
My neighbors roses are in full bloom.
Niall Ferguson and Victor Davis Hanson, two hacks who found fame and fortune by fawning on fascists. The only reason Ferguson is at a real university and not the Hoover Institute is that the GOP elite/WASP Ascendancy is anglophile. Chicken Caesar is proud of his connection with the House of Windsor, but we understand HMQ is not amused.
The Bushes also descend (sponging as they go) from the House of Bourbon, of whom it was noted that "they forget nothing and they remember nothing."
Niall Ferguson and Victor Davis Hanson, two hacks who found fame and fortune by fawning on fascists. The only reason Ferguson is at a real university and not the Hoover Institute is that the GOP elite/WASP Ascendancy is anglophile. Chicken Caesar is proud of his connection with the House of Windsor, but we understand HMQ is not amused.
The Bushes also descend (sponging as they go) from the House of Bourbon, of whom it was noted that "they forget nothing and they remember nothing."
I don't suppose there's any reason why it couldn't happen, but it just sounds so weird.
We're living in weird times.
Why is Cindy Crowley allowed on TV?
- my god she is just - oooogly.
I have the windows open right now and it's seventy degrees.
Raining. Wind gusting.
Here comes the cold front.
Damm Evan Bayh is so fucking exciting.
Not Cindy - Candy Crowley.
Lebanese billionaire is drawn into BAE arms deal inquiry as 'second middleman for Saudis'
· Focus on Swiss accounts of Mohammad Safadi
· Politician is not a target of SFO investigation
Another billionaire Saudi middleman was named last night in the Serious Fraud Office's controversial Saudi arms deal inquiry, according to potential witnesses. The SFO is seeking information about any Swiss bank accounts belonging to Mohammad Safadi, a Lebanese politician who has acted for relatives of Prince Sultan, crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
Mr Safadi would not comment last night at his office in Beirut, where he holds the office of public works minister and also controls the Safadi Group. His property firms have received contracts from the British arms company BAE and have interests in office blocks in London worth £120m.
Tornados can occur anywhere that a strong cold wave of air collides with a warm moist area of air. It just so happens that in the US, this more frequently occurs in areas where the weather is dominated by the Gulf, which has exceptionally warm water and as a result both moderates temperatures and ups the humidity. This state is tornado alley, and there are always more of them in December than any other time of year. Anytime it gets really warm in December, it inevitably ends with bad storms, often including tornados.
You are all a wonderful community of people, and I thank you for your concern and sympathy. We're doing ok right now, getting some help from relatives and friends.
I'll be around later, probably, if I can get my spawn to relinquish the mac.
Why is Cindy Crowley allowed on TV?
- my god she is just - oooogly.
Tena
She's threatened to eat anyone that stops her.
Go read this and then send me the 25cents to which I'm entitled Okay?
Eep. $105???
Nice royalties.....
NTodd--are you volunteering to perform the breast exams?
Indeed. I'll throw in a massage for free, too.
ewwww!
Moonbootica, Screamadelica |
i warned you.
and blerb, that cat is not an amateur.
i feel the democrats could learn some important lessons from him. finish your rat, don't leave half eaten rats lying about. they regenerate.
Oooh, and thunder and lightning.
In December.
Next up: frogs.
Niall Ferguson and Victor Davis Hanson, two hacks who found fame and fortune by fawning on fascists. The only reason Ferguson is at a real university and not the Hoover Institute is that the GOP elite/WASP Ascendancy is anglophile. Chicken Caesar is proud of his connection with the House of Windsor, but we understand HMQ is not amused.
The Bushes also descend (sponging as they go) from the House of Bourbon, of whom it was noted that "they forget nothing and they remember nothing."
Lucy&Byron, Devil's Disciples | 12.01.06 - 7:50 pm
That, and he's photogenic and has a 'cute' accent. I've no doubt that most of those who book him for television appearance have any idea whether he's a decent or accurate historian. They do know that he's 'famous'.
There are no parts of North America, I think east of the Rockies that are immune from them.
I do agree that it is excessively unusual for there to be a tornado watch this time of the year in NY, however, when I lived in Happy Valley (Penna) we had them year round (if not all that often)
David (Austin Tx) | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:50 pm | #
There are no parts of the world that are immune from them.
I have the windows open right now and it's seventy degrees.
Raining. Wind gusting.
Here comes the cold front.
Yeah, rapid temperature drops sometimes lead to tornadic conditions.
Or they just blow all the debris elsewhere.
I have the windows wide open too.
67 and steamy like.
It is a tornado watch.
WTF?
Global warming is a bitch.
Our library has that, it's on my list.
Buckeye, Blue State
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
I'm pretty good at this stuff. Gotta say.
It just so happens that in the US, this more frequently occurs in areas where the weather is dominated by the Gulf, which has exceptionally warm water and as a result both moderates temperatures and ups the humidity. This state is tornado alley, and there are always more of them in December than any other time of year.
Arkansas is in tornado alley, but that alley is bigger than just Arkansas. It runs west at least to Wichita Falls.
It's a TWISTER! Auntie Em, Auntie Em!
And Leon's getting larrrrrrrger...
NTodd--are you volunteering to perform the breast exams?
Indeed. I'll throw in a massage for free, too.
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant
I'd also get a second opinion.
Just saying..
Not Cindy - Candy Crowley.
Candy Crowley is a real anomoly in teevee news. She does not fit into the usual stereotype of the teevee "news" person. Men can be older and non-svelte, but women in general have to appear youthful, but not too youthful, and in general simply cannot be to heavy.
One would hope that her journalistic skills compensate for the cosmetic flaws, but when you watch her reports, you have to wonder what journalistic skills she might possibly have.
Imagine my surprise when, after having moved from Minnesota, I learned that we have tornados in Oregon. Tsunami, tornadoes,earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, sleet, snow -- what don't we have?
BTW, Git them titties off mah teevee.
My father's brother, Adolf Benito Tojo M. also suffered throughout his life from a name-timing issue.
What about Snivelling Little Rat-Faced Git and his wife Dreary Fat Boring Old Git.
Here comes the cold front.
watertiger
got that yesterday, went from 70 to 22. 5" of rain, 6 hrs. of sleet.
Oh Presidential Historialiar Beschloss is coming up next.
A Look at the Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca-Ricardo Flores Magón (CIPO-RFM)
Candy Crowley is the shitty reporter who asked Kerry the question that cost him the White House.
Would he vote for the Iraq War again if he had it to do over?
Kerry said yes.
Next up: frogs.
watertiger
While the locusts are a springtime phenomenon.
Tena - yeah, but it's the Gulf moisture that causes them everywhere from Kansas & south of Kansas, eastward to the Atlantic coast.
Tsunami, tornadoes,earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, sleet, snow -- what disaster don't we have?
The New York Giants.
Oh please, Dr. Shouty-Crackers, tell me you get a better royalty than that.
Man, it is comin' DOWN.
Left rev, if $25 wouldhelp, email me yr snail address, andit'll go out tomorrow...
sellin tools totally sucks...it's like a farmer eating his/her seed stocks....
The New York Giants.
oh, SNAAAAAAAAAAP!
Why is Cindy Crowley allowed on TV?
I love fat chicks cause they get all jiggly when they're having sex.
Tsunami, tornadoes,earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, sleet, snow -- what disaster don't we have?
The New York Giants.
Culture of Truth
Hundreds dead as typhoon pounds the Philippines
Up to 400 people are feared dead in the Philippines after Typhoon Durian pounded northern and central regions with torrential rain and winds of 155mph, triggering powerful landslides.
The Albay region, south of Manila, was among the worst hit, as rock falls and volcanic mudslides caused by the heavy rains devastated several villages.
"This is the worst catastrophe in our province's history," Fernando Gonzalez, Albay province's governor, said. "We don't have the capacity to handle the devastation it caused."
The head of the Red Cross in the Philippines, Richard Gordon, said 198 people were confirmed dead, with 260 missing, but the death toll could increase dramatically. At least 3,316 families in the southern provinces lost their homes.
Candy Crowley has been on CNN for a long time. And she is a Republican.
One would hope that her journalistic skills compensate for the cosmetic flaws, but when you watch her reports, you have to wonder what journalistic skills she might possibly have.
Hell, it wasn't anything so much as it was her hair the first time I saw her - parted right down the middle and flipped up. Still kind of makes me breathless. She looked absurd. The next time I saw her, she looked better because she didn't have it all flipped up and parted smack down the middle.
But then there's the little fact that she's totally hacktacular.
The New York Giants.
The Jail Blazers are enough, thanks.
Paul Fussell noted in "Class" that a British accent confers a spurious air of nobility on even the most pathetic wanker, in American eyes. Somewhere in a Cambridge pub, professors are falling about laughing over having palmed off Imperial Boy (not even his specialization at uni, btw) on the credulous Yanks. Can't we exchange him for Ioan Gruffydd? http://gfx.filmweb.pl/p/10138/po...38/
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Dollar falls further on fears of downturn in America
Our library has that, it's on my list.
Buckeye, Blue State
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
I'm pretty good at this stuff. Gotta say.
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:55 pm
Tolkien first, and then onto the Slavs for awhile. I'm a bit worn out and depressed, having spent most of the summer and fall reading about the Great Fuckup that is Iraq and the GOP.
But then there's the little fact that she's totally hacktacular.
Tena
Hard to get beyond that detail.
I've been reading Tacitus's The Agricola and Germania for my module Roman Britain.
Beschloss is totally fellating Bush right now.
He's sure 2 years from now this land will be paved with gold and candy.
Beschloss is totally fellating Bush right now.
He's sure 2 years from now this land will be paved with gold and candy.
Tena - yeah, but it's the Gulf moisture that causes them everywhere from Kansas & south of Kansas, eastward to the Atlantic coast.
Jennifer |
O I agree.
Believe me - I suffer from that fucking subtropical jet stream all the damn time here. That's what drives our weather.
And we're very prone to tornados, but I don't think Dallas is in tornado alley. I'm not sure that it runs much further west than Wichita Falls, the bad weather capital of the universe.
Do you want to see the beach Aphrodite was born on? here.
I've been reading Tacitus's The Agricola and Germania for my module Roman Britain.
Moonbootica
Would you like some Livy, the Gallic Wars and Pliny's Letters?
In the original?
Lucy&Byron, Devil's Disciples | 12.01.06 - 8:01 pm
paul fussell totally rawks...the great war and modern memory redefined both the study of history and the study of literature for me...
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Candy Crowley is a big time Republican. I don't bash her for her looks. We have too much of that in our society. Her politics are what stink.
If the tornado can make it there it can make it anywhere.
Can't we exchange him for Ioan Gruffydd?
HORATIO! LANCELOT!
I love Ioan...
Here comes the cold front.
watertiger
got that yesterday, went from 70 to 22. 5" of rain, 6 hrs. of sleet.
1watt Hermit | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:57 pm |
We had all the rain yesterday, but it was still warm, this morning at 8:30 it was 53. At 10 it was 33.
paul fussell totally rawks...
Indeed. And my WWII prof was buds with him.
Got cheated by some little company in London, which put off the refund for three months. Laugh's on them; the diving dollar means that even with their "restocking fee" for an item not delivered, I'm getting back more than I paid. -L So there's a small silver lining to the Crybaby-in-Chief trashing the economy.
If the tornado can make it there it can make it anywhere.
Oh, great. Now I've got this image of a tornado wearing a bowler and fishnets.
Y'all are reminding me in no uncertain terms why I'm glad I moved to the west coast. No tornadoes here.
Wow. Look at Keith's tie.
Oh, great. Now I've got this image of a tornado wearing a bowler and fishnets.
watertiger
Start spreading the newwwws...
Y'all are reminding me in no uncertain terms why I'm glad I moved to the west coast. No tornadoes here.
blerb. You're joking, right?
left rev, e-mail me at vtybg@netzero.com if you'd like some temporary help
I have the windows wide open too.
67 and steamy like.
It is a tornado watch.
WTF?
Global warming is a bitch.
HoneyBearKelly | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:55 pm | #
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its like a swamp in my house 85 d F and the AC cut out Tues. the pets are on the patio its 75 out there ...Im scared their might be rats out their though so ill sweat tonite
sheesh
Tena ...are things better ?
I have the windows wide open too.
67 and steamy like.
It is a tornado watch.
WTF?
Global warming is a bitch.
HoneyBearKelly | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 7:55 pm | #
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its like a swamp in my house 85 d F and the AC cut out Tues. the pets are on the patio its 75 out there ...Im scared their might be rats out their though so ill sweat tonite
sheesh
Tena ...are things better ?
Breaking News:
David Gest has married a Twister.
Would you like some Livy, the Gallic Wars and Pliny's Letters?
In the original?
JR, kerosene and a match | 12.01.06 - 8:04 pm | #
its a translated version, Penguin Classics.
I do have 2 translated books by Livy Rome and the Mediterranean and The Early History of Rome: Bk.I-V.
and Caesar's The Conquest of Gaul.
all part of Penguin Classics
Oh, snap again! Richard Wolffe refers to Shrub as "The Decider".
I don't bash her for her looks. We have too much of that in our society. Her politics are what stink.
Well, I don't think it's too much to ask of someone who is on TV not to do such weird shit to her hair that it looks like she's wearing a very bad wig, and it shifted.
Y'all are reminding me in no uncertain terms why I'm glad I moved to the west coast. No tornadoes here.
blerb | 12.01.06 - 8:07 pm
there are occasional tornadoes in the hi chihuahuan, even...not like in okiedom, of course...but every once in a while one will pop down...
last one about two years ago...spun through part of the next county north...
/
KO: Iraq is the politics of "Itchy and Scratchy"!
Holy crap I left Ks, to move to a red zone.
http://www.tornadochaser.net/ima...s/
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Oh, Mr. Wolffe is in fine fettle tonite!
Caesar's The Conquest of Gaul
Omnia Gallia in tres partes divisa est...
that pretty much exhausts my recollections of secular latin prose
/
Can't we exchange him for Ioan Gruffydd?
HORATIO! LANCELOT!
I love Ioan...
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:06 pm |
Mmmm, Ioan...
http://members.lycos.nl/darkofil...%
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http://www.jupeal.com/Actores/I/...%
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Tena ...are things better ?
Yep. I just went to the Apple store and got another keyboard. I don't have †ime to fuck around with this right now.
It did force me to go ahead and get my son's Christmas gift, which I needed to do. And then I went and finally ordered some new glasses.
I just wish I could have gotten to the driver's license place, but I didn't make it. Again.
It expired on my birthday in October.
Y'all are reminding me in no uncertain terms why I'm glad I moved to the west coast. No tornadoes here.
blerb
Oh, there have been a few. SoCal got hit with one a year or so ago, but they certainly are much rarer here than, say, Wisconsin.
blerb. You're joking, right?
pie
I don't know about Sacramento and such. I guess they get the occasional funnel cloud in the valley. But in San Francisco, the persistent low-level inversion makes the sort of serious convection that you need to get a mesoscale cyclone going almost impossible. We hear thunder here maybe a couple of times a year, and that's usually pretty weak. Nothing like the God-trying-to-strike-you-dead stuff that occurred several times a week during summer in Maryland.
The Myth Of Socialism As Statism
McCaffrey wants to give the Iraqis attack helicopters and other stuff.
After all, democracy flows from a fleet of attack helicopters.
"I'll get you my pretty..."
BONK!!!!
*wicked witch getting mugged*
Yes, the Jail Blazers are MORE than enough, thank you.
Then we have the fashion horse Ducks, causing people across the country to claw out their eyes to make it stop...
No tornadoes here.
The War On Meteorology is working on that.
I can't get to Eschaton right now. Luckily left this thread open.
Y'all are reminding me in no uncertain terms why I'm glad I moved to the west coast. No tornadoes here.
Feel the ground shaking at all there?
I just wish I could have gotten to the driver's license place, but I didn't make it. Again.
You all know, that thanks to the RealID act, we are all required to get new drivers licenses in 2008.
And no more renewals by mail either.
Sky Harbor, showing nekked senior citizens since 2006
HORATIO! LANCELOT!
Reed Richards, too...
there are occasional tornadoes in the hi chihuahuan, even...not like in okiedom, of course...but every once in a while one will pop down...
I remember about - O - 4 years ago maybe? A tornado hit Cimmarron right before we were in Raton for the night. Everybody was shocked, because it is pretty rare.
Up in the mountains we get straightline winds that will knock huge logdepole pines flat.
Well, there is that. One day our little Pompeii will fall into the sea, but as long as it stands, it's a great place to be.
Sky Harbor, showing nekked senior citizens since 2006
Swing looooow, sweet chariots...
Feel the ground shaking at all there?
Yeah, that's a small problem.
That and a nearby chain of dormant volcanoes just waiting for their chance to make the national news...
Jonathan Turley is such a good interview.
Yep. I just went to the Apple store and got another keyboard. I don't have †ime to fuck around with this right now.
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Gooooooooooooooooooooode!!!
i just hope the chocolate Baci cakes i bought for the Veterinarian and his staff fo Xmas ...dont melt....think they will in 85 d?
I don't study any Latin or Greek modules even though I do Ancient History.
its a requirement for Classics though.
The degrees you can take in the Classics and Ancient History Department
Single Honours
# Ancient History (V112)
# Classical Civilisation (Q820)
# Classics (Q800)
# Ancient and Medieval History (V116) (taught jointly with the Department of History)
# Egyptology (V410)
I remember about - O - 4 years ago maybe? A tornado hit Cimmarron right before we were in Raton for the night. Everybody was shocked, because it is pretty rare.
Up in the mountains we get straightline winds that will knock huge logdepole pines flat.
Tena
Baby doll, you need to be down here in the Sonora.... What happens here is beyond description....
her hair the first time I saw her - parted right down the middle and flipped up. Still kind of makes me breathless. She looked absurd.
It is completely weird. What is she thinking? What did she ever do to her hairdresser for him to hate her so??
my friend Gem learns Latin though, really smart and a fast learner.
Reed Richards, too...
Couldn't bring myself to see F4, even if he and Jessica Alba were in it.
the RealID act, we are all required to get new drivers licenses in 2008.
And no more renewals by mail either.
Fuckers. Virginia has had the BEST system where you only had to go in every ten years, otherwise it was tres easy to renew on line.
I am the hands down poor luck/shmuck of Eschaton bad weather days
6 hurricanes in 2 years......sheesh
Boy I tell ya' it's hard to find the DVD of the Island of Dr. Moreau (as it should be)
Feel the ground shaking at all there?
Yeah, that's a small problem.
That and a nearby chain of dormant volcanoes just waiting for their chance to make the national news...
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 12.01.06 - 8:17 pm
When my sister first went out to Seattle, she found it weird to see stuff on evacuation routes in case Ranier or St. Helens goes.
Climate change killed pre-historic animals
Reuters
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Giant kangaroos and wombats bigger than cars which once roamed Australia were killed by climate change and not human hunters, Australian scientists said on Thursday.
The report comes as the country struggles with what could be its worst drought in 1,000 years, affecting more than half its farmlands.
Known as megafauna, the huge animals were driven into extinction by a steady warming of Australia's climate, which in turn saw a once-lush outback region turn to red desert and grasslands.
It is completely weird. What is she thinking? What did she ever do to her hairdresser for him to hate her so??
Hecate,
I wish I knew.
It couldn't have been more wrong.
ithe RealID act, we are all required to get new drivers licenses in 2008.
And no more renewals by mail either.
Screw that. In AZ, my renewal is something like 2030.
Make me, you sons of bitches. Just Make Me.
.
Tornados are easier to outrun than, say, an earthquake, or volcanic blow-off top. Plus, its nice to live in a place where people don't build 2 million dollar houses on nascent mudslides. I mean, how dumb is that?
And then theres the conundrum of elite gated communities being subject to inferno from some slob tossing is cigarette out the window.
The local right wing talk show host here in Pittsburgh was whining about how we just have to have a law requiring ID when you vote to prevent VOTER FRAUD.
They need to get over it. Sore Losermen.
*GLOAT* *GLOAT* *GLOAT* *GLOAT* *GLOAT* *GLOAT* *GLOAT*
HAHAHAHA!
Nobody said anything about a RECTAL thermometer!
(yes, that's the caption accompanying this photo)
France's Royal corrects gaffe on U.S. policy
BEIRUT (Reuters) - French Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal corrected comments on Friday in which she agreed with a Hezbollah lawmaker who denounced the "insanity" of U.S. foreign policy.
Royal, who swept to victory in a Socialist party primary vote last month but has been slammed by critics as a lightweight, is touring the Middle East in a bid too boost her foreign policy credentials.
At a meeting between Royal and the foreign policy committee of Lebanon's lower house of parliament, Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Ammar denounced the "unlimited insanity of the American administration" in a long statement through an interpreter.
When my sister first went out to Seattle, she found it weird to see stuff on evacuation routes in case Ranier or St. Helens goes.
Buckeye,
My son showed me the road on Fox Island that collapsed completely in the last big quake that region had.
Half of it just fell into a huge fucking hole.
Fuckers. Virginia has had the BEST system where you only had to go in every ten years, otherwise it was tres easy to renew on line.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
It was pretty much the same system here in Texas.
I believe we had to go in for every other renewal.
No longer.
Happy Advent all you heathens and other motherfuckers.
Geologists predict that sometime in the next 4 or 5 thousand years, a huge caldera will open up just about right under Socorro, NM, and spread lava for about 100 miles in every direction...
.
Sky Harbor, showing nekked senior citizens since 2006
Attaturk |
Hey!
/Barry Goldwater
.
Unrest rumors fuel panic-buying ahead of Venezuela election
CARACAS (AFP) - Rumors of possible unrest after Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela triggered panic-buying in some Caracas neighborhoods considered strongholds of the opposition against President Hugo Chavez.
Several supermarkets ran out of basic foodstuff on Friday as shoppers stocked up on milk and canned goods, particularly in the capital's better-off neighborhoods, where Chavez has few supporters.
Chavez, a former paratrooper who once led a failed coup, fueled the rumors whenhe claimed on Thursday that "irresponsible, putschist, fascist" elements were plotting to plunge Venezuela into chaos in a bid to shock voters into backing the opposition.
Unrest rumors fuel panic-buying ahead of Venezuela election
CARACAS (AFP) - Rumors of possible unrest after Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela triggered panic-buying in some Caracas neighborhoods considered strongholds of the opposition against President Hugo Chavez.
Several supermarkets ran out of basic foodstuff on Friday as shoppers stocked up on milk and canned goods, particularly in the capital's better-off neighborhoods, where Chavez has few supporters.
Chavez, a former paratrooper who once led a failed coup, fueled the rumors whenhe claimed on Thursday that "irresponsible, putschist, fascist" elements were plotting to plunge Venezuela into chaos in a bid to shock voters into backing the opposition.
And we're very prone to tornados, but I don't think Dallas is in tornado alley. I'm not sure that it runs much further west than Wichita Falls, the bad weather capital of the universe.
Tena | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:04 pm
Depends:
http://www.tornadochaser.net/ima...s/
frequency.gif
http://www.tornadochaser.net/ima...s/
frequency.jpg
I am the hands down poor luck/shmuck of Eschaton bad weather days
6 hurricanes in 2 years......sheesh
Good thing there's no such thing as global warming that will increase the number and strength of hurricanes. Lucky!
Friends over for dinner and drinks.
Catch you later.
Seattle and Tacoma are located dead smack in the middle of the known lahar flow paths.
If Rainier even heats up much, let alone erupts, it's not going to be pretty.
HAHAHAHA!
Nobody said anything about a RECTAL thermometer!
(yes, that's the caption accompanying this photo)
watertiger
Cute, but I was still hoping it was being stuck in Bush.
Oh, laaaaaadies.
I like the rakish angle of the crown.
Geologists predict that sometime in the next 4 or 5 thousand years, a huge caldera will open up just about right under Socorro, NM, and spread lava for about 100 miles in every direction...
Just more scare tactics from Fat Albert, who is making millions of you idiots.
Geologists predict that sometime in the next 4 or 5 thousand years, a huge caldera will open up just about right under Socorro, NM, and spread lava for about 100 miles in every direction...
.
WoodyG'sGuitar,
O no shit?
I'm sure you know this, but the present Rockies are the third mountain range that has existed there. And the first two were there so long they were worn away by erosion.
That just astounds me. Like the distances in space, the distances in geologic time are so vast.
My NM Drivers' License (one of the 10-year-duration jobs) expires in 2012...
i wanna see'm make me change it!
Good thing there's no such thing as global warming that will increase the number and strength of hurricanes. Lucky!
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:26 pm | #
Don't tell me you're one of those elitist eggheads who think heat is a form of energy.
I'm going to go find something to eat for dinner. There isn't anything I want - Lizard Spit has guaranteed that. Maybe I'll sit in front of the fire with a glass of wine and be happy with that. Some things are sadder than others.
Everybody pull yourself together. Be nice.
Remember, to-morrow is also a day.
.
Oh, laaaaaadies.
I like the rakish angle of the crown.
watertiger< /i>
O Jesus, he looks thrilled.
Was that photoshopped, or did they make him wear that?
Geologists predict that sometime in the next 4 or 5 thousand years, a huge caldera will open up just about right under Socorro, NM, and spread lava for about 100 miles in every direction...
.
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:25 pm | #
It's a sign! Praise Jesus!
Don't tell me you're one of those elitist eggheads who think heat is a form of energy.
Not at all! I think heat is a form of God's Love.
Remember, to-morrow is also a day.
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Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:28 pm | #
Wait, don't go. I have something for you...
I'm sure you know this, but the present NTodd is the third that has existed. And the first two were there so long they were worn away by wankerism.
Geologists predict that sometime in the next 4 or 5 thousand years, a huge caldera will open up just about right under Socorro, NM, and spread lava for about 100 miles in every direction...
Let me say in advance...
"HA! HA!"
Iraqi police may have murdered British sergeant, Army admits
Army officials have admitted that Iraqi police may have been implicated in the death of a British sergeant, but no one is likely to be brought to justice.
Just weeks into his second tour of Iraq, Sgt John Jones, 31, of the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was killed by a roadside bomb as he commanded a routine patrol in Basra. Four other soldiers were injured.
A charismatic, compassionate man with a sharp sense of humour, Jonah, as he was known to his friends, was killed in what John Reid, who was Defence Minister at the time, described as a "barbaric act of terrorism".
I am the hands down poor luck/shmuck of Eschaton bad weather days
6 hurricanes in 2 years......sheesh
Good thing there's no such thing as global warming that will increase the number and strength of hurricanes. Lucky!
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:26 pm | #
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Im leaving this area for good ...i can take ahint...and ican take a flood,but most of my things are broke,busted mildewed or otherwise damaged goods...rant over...find me a mini farm in vermont pleazzzze
Dr. Barmpot:
The Great War in Colour.
Illinois is in the process of approving legislation to raise the minimum wage from $6.50 to $7.50 in July, and a quarter a year to a limit of $8.25 in 2010. No word on whether the state will take advantage of the opportunity to impose a tax on wingnut whining, which would fill the state's substantial budget deficit within weeks.
My NM Drivers' License (one of the 10-year-duration jobs) expires in 2012...
i wanna see'm make me change it!
WoodyG'sGuitar,
I could have renewed mine by mail. I just hate the picture so much I've been anxious for it to expire.
And then, of course, I start procrastinating.
One of my worst faults.
When my sister first went out to Seattle, she found it weird to see stuff on evacuation routes in case Ranier or St. Helens goes.
Buckeye,
My son showed me the road on Fox Island that collapsed completely in the last big quake that region had.
Half of it just fell into a huge fucking hole.
Tena | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:23 pm
So far nothing like that has happened to my nephew, though he thought it was a bit rainy in November, even for him.
12.01.06 - 8:28 pm | #
Wait, don't go. I have something for you...
Phila, Pizen Sarpint
Whayawant?????
Oh, laaaaaadies.
I like the rakish angle of the crown.
watertiger
Makes me want to watch my Tom Brady video again!
New Zealand cancels arrest warrant for Israeli general
The former head of Israel's army continued unimpeded with a trip to New Zealand yesterday after the country's attorney general rescinded a warrant issued for his arrest to face allegations of war crimes.
Moshe Yaalon, who was chief of staff until June last year, said that he was still in New Zealand despite the warrant for his arrest.
The decision by the Auckland district court on Monday last week was overruled on Thursday by the New Zealand attorney general, Michael Cullen.
I like the rakish angle of the crown.
Ya know, he looks a bit like he's auditioning for a big screen treatment of Blackadder.
Was that photoshopped, or did they make him wear that?
photo was taken on the set of The Today Show.
I'm sure you know this, but the present NTodd is the third that has existed.
I like the guy who played the 2nd incarnation the best.
I store all of my deceased relatives in a "Space Bag"
Makes me want to watch my Tom Brady video again!
THAT was seriously disturbing.
Good thing there's no such thing as global warming that will increase the number and strength of hurricanes. Lucky!
School got cancelled early today because of near-hurricane winds and expected heavy rain and flash-flooding.
In December. In upstate New York. Cripes.
That just astounds me. Like the distances in space, the distances in geologic time are so vast.
Tena - 8:27 pm
somewhere--some nature show on pbs or sumpin--i saw a film in which they showed that, 200-300 thousand years ago, the colorado river ran the other way...
Anyway, Friday Nudibranch Blogging.
Also, my unprincipled nonintegritudinous attack on the arch-fiend Altmouse.
I store all of my deceased relatives in a "Space Bag"
And all those vagabonds you killed before Thanksgiving, right?
I like the guy who played the 2nd incarnation the best.
When Ted McGinley is cast, we'll know we're in trouble.
somewhere--some nature show on pbs or sumpin--i saw a film in which they showed that, 200-300 thousand years ago, the colorado river ran the other way...
WoodyG'sGuitar
Cripes.
Molly Ivors - 8:31 pm
didja get my email?
The Great War in Colour.
History Channel did a series of WWII and WWI footage in color. That was cool.
Hey, Phila?
Tom Morgan is my dearie.... Has been for years and years and years.
Sleep tight macushla. All's well.
.
Whayawant?????
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:30 pm | #
I reiterate.
Did someone mention rain in Washington state?
http://www.nps.gov/mora/parknews...oad/
floodPP.pdf
And all those vagabonds you killed before Thanksgiving, right?
watertiger
Mmmmmmmmm, deep fried vagabond. (You have to make sure they're completely defrosted)
And we're very prone to tornados, but I don't think Dallas is in tornado alley. I'm not sure that it runs much further west than Wichita Falls, the bad weather capital of the universe.
Tena | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:04 pm
An F5 hitting downtown Dallas or downtown Oklahoma City during the middle of a business day is pretty much the Katrina of Tornadic possibilities
This is prolly the worst single Tornado ever in terms of damage caused. And it basically grazed the suburbs.
School got cancelled early today because of near-hurricane winds and expected heavy rain and flash-flooding.
You should stay on the mountain.
didja get my email?
Just answered, my friend. Many thanks.
Oh, great. Now I've got this image of a tornado wearing a bowler and fishnets.
watertiger"
Seriously folks, at least moderate your drugs if you cannot abstain completely.
This was a another public but befuddled PSA.
Tom Morgan is my dearie.... Has been for years and years and years.
Well, the hell with it, then. Have a look at these Japanese trucks, instead.
catch you laters moonbats
and be sure to check out the Fabulous Friday Cat Blogging, my cute, sleek kitty cats wish you to see them 
You should stay on the mountain.
No shit. We had a cocktail party and were going to have a date tonight.
Oh well.
somewhere--some nature show on pbs or sumpin--i saw a film in which they showed that, 200-300 thousand years ago, the colorado river ran the other way...
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:31 pm | #
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Hey man, they can do that with the Chicago River.
Was that photoshopped, or did they make him wear that?
photo was taken on the set of The Today Show.
watertige
No wonder he looks so fucking thrilled.
Ever seen pics from the Great Depression in color?
Kinda weird, since it seems like it was always in B&W.
Ever seen pics from the Great Depression in color?
Kinda weird, since it seems like it was always in B&W.
I can't do anything right, goddamn it.
Japanese trucks.
Geologists predict that sometime in the next 4 or 5 thousand years, a huge caldera will open up just about right under Socorro, NM, and spread lava for about 100 miles in every direction...
.
WoodyG'sGuitar,
O no shit?
I'm sure you know this, but the present Rockies are the third mountain range that has existed there. And the first two were there so long they were worn away by erosion.
That just astounds me. Like the distances in space, the distances in geologic time are so vast.
Tena | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:27 pm
Super volcanoes:
http://www.solcomhouse.com/
yello...yellowstone.htm
http://www.livescience.com/
force...er_volcano.html
"Mmmmmmmmm, deep fried vagabond. (You have to make sure they're completely defrosted)
Attaturk "
What! no Vagaturducken?
Re colonizing other planets:
Bill Bryson talks about this in his book "A Short History..."
It's too far. Travelling at the speed of a Voyager spacecraft, it would take about 50,000 years to reach the edge of our own Solar System.
Kinda weird, since it seems like it was always in B&W.
The world was only tinted until 1939.
Ever seen pics from the Great Depression in color?
Kinda weird, since it seems like it was always in B&W.
Culture of Truth
Does it make it any less depressing?
Hey man, they can do that with the Chicago River.
James Jesus RImbaud
And dye it green on St. Patrick's Day. Let's see them try that with the Colorado.
Kinda weird, since it seems like it was always in B&W.
Culture of Truth | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:35 pm | #
It's almost as though representation affects perception...
I want to see scientists on the cover of Time and Newsweek, not Jesus.
I want science in the schools. I want to see it respected again.
Phila, that was a pretty obscure Kids in the Hall reference in your Altmouse post.
We had a cocktail party and were going to have a date tonight.
Well, you could send the kids out for a nice walk in the rain and then "date".
The world was only tinted until 1939.
Molly Ivors
Damn I love your mind. I just love it.
Phila, that was a pretty obscure Kids in the Hall reference in your Altmouse post.
Molly Ivors
I'm squishing this thread!
beneficiary from a proposed federal minimum wage hike to $7.25 an hour is far more likely to be in a family earning more than three times the poverty line than in a poor family. In total, only 12.7 percent of the benefits from a federal minimum wage increase to $7.25 an hour would go to poor families. In contrast, 63 percent of benefits would go to families earning more than twice the poverty line and 42 percent would go to families earning more than three times the poverty line.
dave | 12.01.06 - 6:55 pm | #
This fellow doesn't seem to realize that 3 times poverty level is lower middle class at best.
The world was only tinted until 1939.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:36 pm | #
Them olden days. Them hard, hard times.
Travelling at the speed of a Voyager spacecraft, it would take about 50,000 years to reach the edge of our own Solar System.
Which is why Stephen Hawking suggest vehicles inspired by Star Trek.
Phila, the pic of that nudi is startlingly beautiful, but, ah...Friday Hope is one of your better efforts.
(Edible chopsticks, edible spoons, edible sporks...grounds for hope indeed.)
Well, you could send the kids out for a nice walk in the rain and then "date".
They could fly Rosie, a la Piglet in "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day."
Kinda weird, since it seems like it was always in B&W.
The world was only tinted until 1939.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:36 pm | #
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Wizard of Oz
ithe RealID act, we are all required to get new drivers licenses in 2008.
And no more renewals by mail either.
That's an unfunded mandate on the states, I thought, and I also thought most states had said - "we can't afford to do that."
Geologists predict that sometime in the next 4 or 5 thousand years, a huge caldera will open up just about right under Socorro, NM, and spread lava for about 100 miles in every direction...
Yellowstone park is home to supervolcano which could literally end civilization as we know it if went into a full blown eruption...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Yel...owstone#Geology
There is evidence that the dark ages were precipitated by the global cooling caused by a major eruption of Krakatoa back in 535 AD...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cli...535%E2%80%
93536
When Ted McGinley is cast, we'll know we're in trouble.
I'd be more concerned if they cast Urkel.
Them olden days. Them hard, hard times.
You know James Joyce was a partner in the film movie theater in Dublin? Also 1907, I think.
If anybody wants to do it next year, for the EschaState Fair gathering, i'll organize a road trip up through the valle grande caldera, and down to Bandalier to the cliff dwellings...
not only is it a beautiful drive (it really is), but the cliff dwelings at Bandalier are way kewlll...
up dat way's ol' woody's stompin grounds...
.
Phila, that was a pretty obscure Kids in the Hall reference in your Altmouse post.
Molly Ivors
Obscure to me, in particular. Which one are you talking about?
Sorry, that was *first* movit theater in Dublen.
steve simels regrets the error.
Does it make it any less depressing?
Gomez
People wore black and white clothes since they could only seen in that way anyway.
You know James Joyce was a partner in the film movie theater in Dublin? Also 1907, I think.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:41 pm | #
An Eerie Coincidence, begob.
Which one are you talking about?
Dave Foley as a lawyer, offering to "waste the jury's time by rating the Superhunks."
Or is that not KITH?
I love these Nigerian cons.
Y'know, if you're stupid enough to think that a long-lost relative died in Nigeria and left you $10 million, then you deserve to be parted with your money.
An F5 hitting downtown Dallas or downtown Oklahoma City during the middle of a business day is pretty much the Katrina of Tornadic possibilities
This is prolly the worst single Tornado ever in terms of damage caused. And it basically grazed the suburbs.
Bas-O-Matic | 12.01.06 - 8:34 pm
Imagine another tornado like the Tri State Tornado:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri...i-
State_Tornado
http://www.tornadoproject.com/to...m/toptens/
1.htm
http://www.geocities.com/heartla...47/
tornado2.htm
Tancredo protesters turn violent
By Anne Mulkern
Denver Post Staff Writer
Violence erupted at a Michigan law school Thursday when protestors tried to block a speech by Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo.
Police were called after protestors pulled a fire alarm prior to the speech on immigration policies. There were at least three violent incidents with protestors targeting student backers of the event, Tancredo, R-Littleton, said today.
"One was spit on, one was kicked, and one was punched," Tancredo said in an e-mail. "Tires were also slashed."
Ah, I see the little fascists are at it again. Exactly what I expect from today's "progressive" (read liberal) Brownshirts.
Keith!
god bless Keith on the Gonzo riff
To this day, Kansas is STILL in black and white.
If anybody wants to do it next year, for the EschaState Fair gathering, i'll organize a road trip up through the valle grande caldera, and down to Bandalier to the cliff dwellings...
I'm dying to go to Bandolier.
Yes yes yes!
Why can I not type? Sheesh, you'd think I'd been doing something fun. No, alas.
O Jesus, he looks thrilled.
Was that photoshopped, or did they make him wear that?
Tena
It's also a pretty unflattering photo of him.
Which is kinda hard to do.....
I love these Nigerian cons.
Y'know, if you're stupid enough to think that a long-lost relative died in Nigeria and left you $10 million, then you deserve to be parted with your money.
watertiger
I love the ones which start "Dearly Beloved"
not only is it a beautiful drive (it really is), but the cliff dwelings at Bandalier are way kewlll...
up dat way's ol' woody's stompin grounds...
.
WoodyG'sGuitar
My second favorite place in the universe.
Keith on a Nigerian email scam using FBI references: Yeah, and I'd be careful about anything you got from Gonzales too.
Go, Keith!
People wore black and white clothes since they could only seen in that way anyway.
Culture of Truth
At least they could afford hats.
To this day, Kansas is STILL in black and white.
I think that film was hard on their self-image.
Ah, I see the little fascists are at it again. Exactly what I expect from today's "progressive" (read liberal) Brownshirts.
That's nice, dear. Have an Oreo.
James Joyce wrote the script for "Airplane!"
Indeed, based on my e-mail offerings for Christmas I could get
-a fatter penis
-a lotto win from Holland
-some inheritance from some odd person in Nigeria
-a Russian mail-order bride
-a person of unknown gender and nationality who wants to come to my house for coffee
I love the ones which start "Dearly Beloved"
You're telling me the Nigerian con men don't love me for me?
Or is that not KITH?
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:43 pm | #
Simpsons, actually.
What the HELL is "she" wearing?
Ah, I see the little fascists are at it again. Exactly what I expect from today's "progressive" (read liberal) Brownshirts.
love
Karma for the Tancredo asswipe is a bitch, isn't it, "love".
Good evening, peeps. It wasn't easy getting here. The internet tubes were all blocked up.
Your search - By Anne Mulkern Denver Post Staff WriterTancredo protesters turn violent - did not match any documents.
-a person of unknown gender and nationality who wants to come to my house for coffee
Echidne of the snakes | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:46 pm | #
Sounds HOT.
What the HELL is "she" wearing?
More fashions by Madame Mao, I see.
Uh, how's that fence coming along?
LATimes- President-elect Felipe Calderon appointed close friends and party allies to key Cabinet positions Tuesday, a sign that he is closing ranks in the face of street-level opposition to his narrowly won presidency.
The appointees reflect the conservative social and fiscal views of Calderon and his National Action Party, or PAN, and contrast with his promise made during his bitter campaign against leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that he would appoint a multi-party Cabinet.
Simpsons, actually.
D'oh!
I've got my snark tangled up in my brain.
This semester cannot end soon enough.
Was that photoshopped, or did they make him wear that?
photo was taken on the set of The Today Show.
watertige
No wonder he looks so fucking thrilled.
Tena | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:35 pm
You can watch on Monday:
http://www.clooneystudio.com/tod...106/
index.album
What the HELL is "she" wearing?
watertiger
That's on sale at Value City Furniture.
left rev --
ages since I've spotted oyu here -- hope things improve (sounds like you're due!)
HBK --
As long as you are not in one of those NYC tralier parks (OK, sick joke -- many years ago a tornado hit downtown Kalamazoo -- our closest big city -- we knew nothing about it -- our motherhouse in England heard it on the BBC & telephoned to see if we were OK [not knowing how spaced condentrated tornados are] -- they closed the city -- downtown was like it had been bombed -- really devastating -- so good luck NYC!)
NTodd -- you pantless Ukranian Quaker -- Adevent doesn't begin until tomorrow afternoon (with the first Vespers of the Sunday) -- our entire office changes -- hymns, hymn tunes, antiphons, lessons, responses, Marian antiphons -- you name it -- but Advent is my favorites liturgical season -- great music, too)
As to the minimum wage (etc. -- if anyone remembers that) -- I realize that using Republicans for Soylent Green might seem to contradict my Gandhian principles, so there's always Ten Years After:
http://www.bluefish.org/i'd_love.htm
(dudes & dudesses, it's like deja vu all over again)
http://thumbsnap.com/v/7fc6HieS.jpg
Your search - By Anne Mulkern Denver Post Staff WriterTancredo protesters turn violent - did not match any documents.
Just e-mail Tancredo. I'm sure he'll tell you the score.
-a person of unknown gender and nationality who wants to come to my house for coffee
Echidne
Sounds HOT.
Phila
Of course. I cannot imagine Echidne serving cold coffee.
Travelling at the speed of a Voyager spacecraft, it would take about 50,000 years to reach the edge of our own Solar System.
Which is why Stephen Hawking suggest vehicles inspired by Star Trek.
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant
Yeah, I doubt Hawking has in mind something we'd be able to do next week, next year, or maybe even the next century. It is a goal that may only be achieved hundreds of years from now, but it is something the human race has to do to survive in the long term. Even neglecting the damage we are doing to the Earth ourselves, the planet as we know it has a finite lifetime.
Whoops forgot to change my name back
simles regrets the error. Lets try that again;:
Hey folks a bit o' a blogwhore:
Brent Bozell is a idiot.
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Of course. I cannot imagine Echidne serving cold coffee.
Now this is one of the great mysteries of life: I love cold coffee but I hate iced coffee. It has to be luke-cold.
Your search - By Anne Mulkern Denver Post Staff WriterTancredo protesters turn violent - did not match any documents.
Heh.
What the HELL is "she" wearing?
watertiger
Either she has on body armor, or she's pregnant.
(((Prior A!)))
NTodd -- you pantless Ukranian Quaker -- Adevent doesn't begin until tomorrow afternoon (with the first Vespers of the Sunday)
Not in my world, you robe-wearing fiend!
What the HELL is "she" wearing?
watertiger | Homepage | 12.01.06
its...um... ah... very... um... Blue! yeah that's it blue.
What the HELL is "she" wearing?
watertiger
As I noted at your place, that color was quite prevalent about 1983.
I was more concerned about Sasquatch's outfit, actually.
Oh, and here: Friday Otherpeoplescatblogging.
Now this is one of the great mysteries of life: I love cold coffee but I hate iced coffee. It has to be luke-cold.
Echidne of the snakes | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:51 pm | #
I like my coffee like I like my men: cold, black, and bitter.
From USAToday:
Minneapolis-St. Paul is concerned that its taxi service is deteriorating. Citing their religious beliefs, Muslim taxi drivers are refusing to transport customers carrying or suspected of carrying alcohol. It started with one driver a few years ago, but the average number of fare refusals has grown to several dozen a week, says airport spokesman Patrick Hogan. "Travelers often feel surprised and insulted," he says. "Sometimes, several drivers in a row refuse carriage."
Is this kind of thing legal? What about pharmacists that refuse to sell birth control? Are there any lawsuits that are going to stop this "soft" fascism?
Now this is one of the great mysteries of life: I love cold coffee but I hate iced coffee. It has to be luke-cold.
Is that some odd European thing?
Stonehenge spa. Hmmm. Kinda just takes a bit of the glow off dunit?
Oh yeah!
Morton Kondrake gets a nomination for WPITW!
Shit Romney getting tough on immigration while using illegals for landscaping for years.
Go, Keith!
Not in my world, you robe-wearing fiend!
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant
HEY! NTodd, Holden said that you were looking to start a blog, you can write for me....
(runs from room)
.
President Bush has installed more than 100 top officials who were once lobbyists, attorneys or spokespeople for the industries they oversee.
*waves to ANNE C MULKERN*
Thanks Prior but I guess everything is all right now.
I like my coffee like I like my men: cold, black, and bitter.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint
"Well, helloooooo."
/clarence thomas
As I noted at your place, that color was quite prevalent about 1983.
Note how the scarf matches perfectly.
A la Dress Barn.
Oh, are we blogwhoring? Because I have some new Babyblogging up.
I drink iced coffe in the summer; it's a habit that i learned from my mother. In the winter, I can drink it either hot or iced. What I like best of all are those coffee beans that you can eat.
I drink iced coffe in the summer; it's a habit that i learned from my mother. In the winter, I can drink it either hot or iced. What I like best of all are those coffee beans that you can eat.
Bill O' Reilly: worst liar in the world.
Shit Romney getting tough on immigration while using illegals for landscaping for years.
"La La La *chew chew chew* La La!"
-K-Lo
for the information of the Obama clacque, Ken Silverstein does a nice, gentle, repectful deconstruction of the myth in this month's (Dec) Harper's...
just sayin
./
What I like best of all are those coffee beans that you can eat.
When Atrios does his patented ten posts in a half hour, I'm sure he's into the chocolate-covered espresso beans.
D'you suppose Billo is even remotely capable of ever grasping the simple concept that every. single. one. of his idiotic boasts about what he's said or done is gonna get him on Worst Person in the World.
It really shouldn't take this much practice to figure that out.
Is Bill Orally hooked on autofellatio?
Re-high, Bats.
Evening, Prior. Just watching the trees dance, and limbs fall around the yard. Should be an interesting evening. Wife asked if we were ready in case of the possible.
I assured her we were. I could get the spare heater to make her feel better I suppose.
Oh, are we blogwhoring? Because I have some new Babyblogging up.
Now we get to hear again how Snow was the favored one over NTodd.
sigh.
What I like best of all are those coffee beans that you can eat.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | - 8:55 pm
the french-roasted ones, dipped in dark chocolate???
um-YUMMMM...
Chimpy
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 2006 as National Drunk and Drugged
Driving Prevention Month. I encourage all Americans to make responsible decisions and to help prevent drunk and drugged driving.
Oh, are we blogwhoring? Because I have some new Babyblogging up.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 12.01.06
Those tykes rock Mary. A play about the water cycle? Was it like Inconvenient Truth for youngsters...
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I love these Nigerian cons.
Y'know, if you're stupid enough to think that a long-lost relative died in Nigeria and left you $10 million, then you deserve to be parted with your money.
watertiger
I love the ones which start "Dearly Beloved"
Echidne of the snakes
I got one today that the subject line was "Can You Lift Your Fucking Dick?"
D'you suppose Billo is even remotely capable of ever grasping the simple concept that every. single. one. of his idiotic boasts about what he's said or done is gonna get him on Worst Person in the World.
"Just spell my name right."
I could get the spare heater to make her feel better I suppose.
I thought you were the heater.
I could get the spare heater to make her feel better I suppose.
I thought you were the heater.
To this day, Kansas is STILL in black and white.
I think that film was hard on their self-image.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 12.01.06 - 8:45 pm |
One Saturday during a spring semester, in trying to avoid actual homework, my friend and I watched a couple of movies: Wizard of Oz and Children of the Corn, both set in Kansas.
At the end of our mini-movieathon, we looked at each other and said 'I'm never going to Kansas!'
What I like best of all are those coffee beans that you can eat.
goes good with tequila & lime.
"La La La *chew chew chew* La La!"
"Jonah, that wasabi stings!"
The Weekly Standard is not happy about the ISG report, and makes an odd claim:
[A]fter nine months of deliberation and an unprecedented build-up of expectations that these sages would produce some brilliant, original answer to the Iraq conundrum, the study group's recommendations turn out to be a pallid and muddled reiteration of what most Democrats, many Republicans, and even Donald Rumsfeld and senior military officials have been saying for almost two years.
Keith, kicked serious ass as usual.
Now we get to hear again how Snow was the favored one over NTodd.
I missed this, luckily.
Oh He-caaa-te!
http://www.peets.com/shop/
gifts_...ifts_sweets.asp
http://www.portorico.com/prgoods.html
.
For those who aren't intelligent enough to do a simple Google search, here it is.
NTodd -- you pantless Ukranian Quaker -- Adevent doesn't begin until tomorrow afternoon (with the first Vespers of the Sunday)
Not in my world, you robe-wearing fiend!
NTodd, Syncopated & Poignant
Now. now.
This is the season of peace and goodwill.
I thought you were the heater.
I am, dear. And, thanks for noticing.
I meant the spare propane heater in event the power surge like just happened did.
Shoulda rented "In Cold Blood" for the trifecta
Love your pictures, Molly Ivors.
Ok, Galactica in 5.
Later, batties.
And please forgive me my ill humor this morning - I just couldn't believe I'd done that.
NTodd --
Of course, if you are doing Advent, that is still better than doing Christmas like everyone else has been doing since before Thanksgiving
Re color -- remember Calvin's Dad explaining to him that before the 1950s everything really was in black and white. Calvin asked about the color paintings by the great artists of history & Calvin's Dad answered, "All great artists are insane."
Mollie --
Your kids are sure cute -- I still say that Shawn Padraigh is going to be a deep one -- Rosie is going to rely on her looks to get what she wants (& succeed)
http://thumbsnap.com/v/L3av5lxa.jpg
For those who aren't intelligent enough to do a simple Google search, here it is.
love | 12.01.06 - 9:00 pm | #
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice," as Barry Goldwater once said.
Hey, Prior A!
How's this for spitting in the IRS's eye:
All Saints Church is hosting John Edwards next week as he passes through on his book tour.
then you deserve to be parted with your money.
watertiger | Homepage | 12.01.06
Here's a twist on that one, it involves sniping
.
(I found out that Taylor's nanny makes more than I do, which depressed the hell out of me for a couple of days.)
That pretty totally sucks.
love | 12.01.06 - 9:00 pm
in this crowd, sweetie, your pitiful 115 IQ's just a fart in a hurricane...
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Once. One time. I hit "Publish" once. Haloscan, you evil fool
Now this is one of the great mysteries of life: I love cold coffee but I hate iced coffee. It has to be luke-cold.
Is that some odd European thing?
Don't think so, as my family finds it a disgusting habit.
Michigan State University College Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom sponsored the event.
Bwahahahahaha!!!! College republicans need to be in Iraq.
Google doesn't like you, little man.