Oh, how I miss having access to a real piano, the vibrations when pounding out chords down low on the keys.
Uncle Smokes |
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01.25.07 - 1:28 am | #
I'm still stuck on original sin.
I have no idea if wind power can be harnessed effectively enough to make a diff, but, fucking god-damn, we are surely smart enough to fgure it out.
IF we can get rid of the anti-science and rational thought gangbangers plaguing this country at the moment.
Sarah Deere, Recalcitrant |
01.25.07 - 1:28 am | #
Oh, I see, we're not allowed to have inside jokes in our community.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:28 am | #
No way? Inside joke?
Echiden |
01.25.07 - 1:28 am | #
Joe King, inside.
Echidna |
01.25.07 - 1:29 am | #
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - The police department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers.
mark |
01.25.07 - 1:30 am | #
Never heard of them/ her.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:31 am | #
One of the things about liberals, and, most especially, liberals w/any artistic leanings/abilities at all - like most of you folks here (I'm an audience, can barely sing on key, let alone be more than a mere appreciator of the various arts) - is that you (we?) can only take so much shit and doom and gloom for just so long before we become loony and hilarity ensues.
Which is a Good Thing.
Sarah Deere, Recalcitrant |
01.25.07 - 1:31 am | #
Teng was one of the spin-off technologies from the space program.
Stunt Woman |
01.25.07 - 1:31 am | #
We have plenty of places to put 500,000 wind turbines.
The problem is that the sacrifices would be environmental, mostly. The turbines would pay for themselves over 10 years.
But congress is dead to practicality and always will be. They'd have to do things like commandeer resources and land. Imagine getting congress to ban the exportation of scrap steel, which would be required in order to build this stuff. (Gasp, that would create jobs!).
We're doomed. Amerika is just not heroic enough to save itself.
Pitchforks & Torches, male |
01.25.07 - 1:31 am | #
Lots of eatage in scifi tonite.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:31 am | #
Anyhoo: InsightMag.com also posed this question of Obama: "If he was raised in a secular household (as he claims), why does he have -- or retain -- Muslim names, Barack and Hussein?"
What is with the right wing nutters?
Snow, Bloody Optimist |
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01.25.07 - 1:32 am | #
We have plenty of places to put 500,000 wind turbines.
The problem is that the sacrifices would be environmental, mostly
Pardon me if I shout.
IS'NT THAT THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT?????
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:32 am | #
Anyhoo: InsightMag.com also posed this question of Obama: "If he was raised in a secular household (as he claims), why does he have -- or retain -- Muslim names, Barack and Hussein?"
He should change his name to Tits McGee.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:32 am | #
"We have plenty of places to put 500,000 wind turbines.
Pitchforks & Torches, male"
What about the birds?
hadenough |
01.25.07 - 1:33 am | #
Teng was one of the spin-off technologies from the space program.
You're thinking of Tang. Tang went to the Moon. I could never figure out why they didn't call it MoonTang.
zut |
01.25.07 - 1:33 am | #
Ted, are you feeling left out of our inside jokes?
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:34 am | #
He should change his name to Tits McGee.
That would win Iowa hands down. Not sure about New Hampshire; that's your neck of the woods.
Snow, Bloody Optimist |
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01.25.07 - 1:34 am | #
InsightMag.com also posed this question of Obama: "If he was raised in a secular household (as he claims), why does he have -- or retain -- Muslim names, Barack and Hussein?"
All the atheists I know named Chris changed their names to a color or a type of tree.
Stunt Woman |
01.25.07 - 1:34 am | #
IS'NT THAT THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT?????
No. This is the point: $$$$$$$$$
zut |
01.25.07 - 1:35 am | #
That would win Iowa hands down. Not sure about New Hampshire; that's your neck of the woods.
Dunno about NH. They're fucking weird there. Upside down state and all that.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:35 am | #
We're doomed. Amerika is just not heroic enough to save itself.
Pitchforks & Torches, male
Nope. Not yet.
And what's w/this shit?:
The zionists.
Sarah Deer | 01.25.07 - 1:36 am | #
Sarah Deere, Recalcitrant |
01.25.07 - 1:40 am | #
How are you not out yet?
Only got 3093 points. I haven't been raiding, just building colonies. But I have a spiffy fleet and Gauss cannons!
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:40 am | #
Pitchforks & Torches, male '
word
ErinPDX |
01.25.07 - 1:41 am | #
They're unsightly, and you'd have to place them on land. New roads, power lines, etc.
come on..."unsightly"...? And oil thingies are, what, aesthetically pleasing????
Don't think so!!
Sarah Deere, Recalcitrant |
01.25.07 - 1:41 am | #
NTodd, my child asks
"what Galaxy are you in?"
ErinPDX |
01.25.07 - 1:42 am | #
Only got 3093 points. I haven't been raiding, just building colonies. But I have a spiffy fleet and Gauss cannons!
What is this game ya'll are playung? Is it a video game? MMO?
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:42 am | #
Who do I have to blow around here?
smalfish
There's only one blowee around here...and you know who it is.
flory |
01.25.07 - 1:42 am | #
Nick Kristof freed a girl from prostitute slavery. Now he has to do so again.
Good work, Nick.
Snow, Bloody Optimist |
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01.25.07 - 1:42 am | #
With the men and the lesbians, he wouldn't need anyone else.
Snow, Bloody Optimist
Lotta lesbians in Iowa, are there?
flory |
01.25.07 - 1:43 am | #
I'm in galaxy 3, my allience has helped me alot but i only have a good 7 guass cannons.
ErinPDX's spawn |
01.25.07 - 1:44 am | #
NTodd, my child asks
"what Galaxy are you in?"
Galazy 10. Coordinates 1:10:12.
Where's he at?
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:44 am | #
I don't have a problem with the unsiightly look of turbines so much as I have a problem with the amount of space they would require. We're talking hundreds of thousands of acres, just for the turbines themselves. Thats alot of destruction just for energy.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:44 am | #
"First tier" poster, hence, inside joke.
NTood
You can't be a "first tier" poster unless you have your own blog.
I'm in galaxy 3, my allience has helped me alot but i only have a good 7 guass cannons.
I have a few friends in Galaxy 3, but they're also in 10 and told me I should join them there.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:44 am | #
dang... different galaxy
ErinPDX's spawn |
01.25.07 - 1:45 am | #
Lotta lesbians in Iowa, are there?
Coburn and Bush's new gal pal say they have aggressive recruitment.
Snow, Bloody Optimist |
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01.25.07 - 1:45 am | #
What is this game ya'll are playung? Is it a video game? MMO?
OGame.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:45 am | #
you're just scared i'd p0on you like the noob you are(lol)
ErinPDX's spawn |
01.25.07 - 1:45 am | #
What do you people keep all these inside jokes in, anyway?
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 1:45 am | #
The heat weapons are ready.
zut |
01.25.07 - 1:45 am | #
dang... different galaxy
Come on over to 10! You can play in more than one...
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:46 am | #
how do i get into another galaxy?
ErinPDX's spawn |
01.25.07 - 1:46 am | #
What do you people keep all these inside jokes in, anyway?
I put my box in them.
you're just scared i'd p0on you like the noob you are(lol)
Indeed, I'm a pacifist fighting a space war, so I'm trying to keep a low profile. Good thing my alliance buddies give me lots of rez.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:46 am | #
Who do I have to blow around here?
smalfish
There's only one blowee around here...and you know who it is.
flory | 01.25.07 - 1:42 am | #
Oh, lordy...
steve simels |
01.25.07 - 1:47 am | #
how do i get into another galaxy?
I think you just have to sign up for a new one. IIRC, you can play in 3 at a time for free. I can't do that--I suck at multitasking.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:47 am | #
i put my joke in a box for you
Henry Flower |
01.25.07 - 1:47 am | #
What do you people keep all these inside jokes in, anyway?
rorschach
Just register in a new universe.
Snow, Bloody Optimist |
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01.25.07 - 1:48 am | #
In OGame, YOU are the emperor.
Oh my.
I'm not sure up to the abuse of power. I may have to give it a try. How long does it take to actually do stuff?
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:48 am | #
Well, I've stayed up too late.
I can only say that when Sun Myung Moon and Rupert Murdoch die, I want to dance on their graves tossing shredded newsprint.
Y'all take care of your good selves, and if you tire of inside jokes, try some outside riddles or offhand limericks.
Good night.
Uncle Smokes |
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01.25.07 - 1:49 am | #
Oooh, I'm being esp'd!
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:49 am | #
nah i dont want to start over again i got to 3600 points, im fat and happy too
ErinPDX's spawn |
01.25.07 - 1:49 am | #
Well, considering the oil fields on land, if there was enough wind at those locations, we could swap out the pumps and recycle them into turbines, kinda like beating swords into ploughshares.
There would be many marginal developed ares that wouldn't require bulldozing, rights of way, etc.
Pitchforks & Torches, male |
01.25.07 - 1:49 am | #
I'm not sure up to the abuse of power. I may have to give it a try. How long does it take to actually do stuff?
A while.
Snow, Bloody Optimist |
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01.25.07 - 1:49 am | #
In OGame, YOU are the emperor.
Oh my.
I'm not sure up to the abuse of power. I may have to give it a try. How long does it take to actually do stuff?
kinda slow.... this game make Wow look like football
ErinPDX's spawn |
01.25.07 - 1:50 am | #
"We're talking hundreds of thousands of acres, just for the turbines themselves."
think strip-mining (and i don't mean the good kind) and get back to me.
karen marie |
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01.25.07 - 1:50 am | #
How long does it take to actually do stuff?
It's like any addiction: it starts off quick and easy, sucks you in, then higher levels of stuff get harder.
Me, I'm quitting my job so I can play fulltime.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:50 am | #
Oish...
off to bed.
I'm still freaking out about ridnik chrome....
steve simels |
01.25.07 - 1:51 am | #
Yeah i gtg play some CS:S (counter strike: source)
ErinPDX's spawn |
01.25.07 - 1:51 am | #
kinda slow.... this game make Wow look like football
What is it like some kind of Sims game? You have to build your civilisation and all that?
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:51 am | #
Oooh, I'm being esp'd!
Relax.
Relax? It's the most action I've had in a long time! I'm giddy.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:52 am | #
NationStates is a free nation simulation game. Build a nation and run it according to your own warped political ideals. Create a Utopian paradise for society's less fortunate or a totalitarian corporate police state. Care for your people or deliberately oppress them. Join the United Nations or remain a rogue state. It's really up to you.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 1:52 am | #
Me, I'm quitting my job so I can play fulltime.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates
Heh, the punk's got shit for a fleet. He should attack so I can get the debris.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:53 am | #
Relax? It's the most action I've had in a long time! I'm giddy.
It was just me.
Snow, Bloody Optimist |
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01.25.07 - 1:53 am | #
Yeah i gtg play some CS:S (counter strike: source)
Oh man, I got one of those incarnations and tried to play it single player.
ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz.
Might be better in multiplayer, but I suck at multiplayer games.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:53 am | #
What is it like some kind of Sims game? You have to build your civilisation and all that?
smalfish | 01.25.07 - 1:51 am
kinda.... it doesint have any video though... just text and pictures
ErinPDX's spawn |
01.25.07 - 1:53 am | #
You have a job?
Sadly, I have a collection of jobs. I'd rather have a harem.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:53 am | #
Heh, the punk's got shit for a fleet. He should attack so I can get the debris.
Fleet ain't workin' at home.
Snow, Bloody Optimist |
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01.25.07 - 1:54 am | #
Relax? It's the most action I've had in a long time! I'm giddy.
It was just me.
Oh, boring. I didn't recognize you.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:54 am | #
Oh man, I got one of those incarnations and tried to play it single player.
ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz.
Might be better in multiplayer, but I suck at multiplayer games.
smalfish | 01.25.07 - 1:53 am
oh yeah one player sucks
ErinPDX's spawn |
01.25.07 - 1:54 am | #
Sadly, I have a collection of jobs. I'd rather have a harem.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates
You have future ex-wives.
I'd like an eclair. Inside joke.
flory |
01.25.07 - 1:54 am | #
Fleet ain't workin' at home.
You're too far away--you should be attacking closer to home. Or colonizing.
You trying to throw down with me?
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:55 am | #
Might be better in multiplayer, but I suck at multiplayer games.
smalfish
If you have trouble with the single player, you'll get pwn3d in multi.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 1:55 am | #
You're too far away--you should be attacking closer to home. Or colonizing.
Never attack close to home
You trying to throw down with me?
Just sayin' hello. You ain't got the supplies worth an attack.
Snow, Bloody Optimist |
Homepage |
01.25.07 - 1:56 am | #
I get it!!!
I'd rather have Pheobe. Inside joke.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:56 am | #
I'm wary of getting sucked into this OGame thing...
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 1:57 am | #
If you have trouble with the single player, you'll get pwn3d in multi.
Oh, it ain't that I can't play it. It's that it ain't worth the time to play it in single mode. And yes, I frequently get pwn3d in multiplayer. I don't have enough time to master games like some of these kids have.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:58 am | #
Never attack close to home
You should conserve energy. I've built me a completely biofuels fleet.
You ain't got the supplies worth an attack.
Deliberately so! With war imminent (prolly with MPU.R), I've been burning rez so I'm not a good target.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:58 am | #
I'm wary of getting sucked into this OGame thing...
So was I, but a 16yo I know talked me into it. Bastard.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:59 am | #
I have many addictions. OGame is worse than heroin.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 1:59 am | #
I'm wary of getting sucked into this OGame thing...
rorschach
trust that feeling.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 1:59 am | #
The only game I ever ruled in was Descent. I think I made it to number 14 on the ladder.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 1:59 am | #
So I think there are at least 4 Eschatonians (and/or spawn) at OGame right now. Weird.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:00 am | #
The only game I ever ruled in was Descent.
I fucking sucked at first-person games. Space Invaders is more my speed.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:01 am | #
I can only say that when Sun Myung Moon and Rupert Murdoch die, I want to dance on their graves tossing shredded newsprint.
Uncle, good night. I'm already planning my Arlington trip to piss on Rehnquist.
Pitchforks & Torches, male |
01.25.07 - 2:01 am | #
So was I, but a 16yo I know talked me into it. Bastard.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates
Oh, It's that it ain't worth the time to play it in single mode. And yes, I frequently get pwn3d in multiplayer. I don't have enough time to master games like some of these kids have.
smalfish |
Yeah, multi is the whole point. I don't think kids master these things. I think they are born that way.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:01 am | #
I hope Atrios joins OGame. I'll send him a buddy request.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:01 am | #
I fucking sucked at first-person games.
Descent was a great game in both modes. THE reason I first got a computer was so I could play Descent online. I had to learn how to log onto the intertubes from DOS just to play.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 2:02 am | #
night folks, it's been fun
karen marie |
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01.25.07 - 2:04 am | #
I'm camped out on the corner now, waiting for the eschatonians to pick me up in the early a.m.! Good thing I can get the wifi from Starbucks. But the batteries in the laptop won't last long. Dang it's cold. I hope the car is heated.
ridnik chrome |
01.25.07 - 2:06 am | #
I hope Atrios joins OGame. I'll send him a buddy request and he can join my alliance and everything will be cool.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:07 am | #
Ok, I signed up. But I'll have to look at it tomorrow.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 2:08 am | #
I hope Atrios joins OGame. I'll send him a buddy request and he can join my alliance and everything will be cool!
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:09 am | #
No Bashing
Attacking a planet or moon more than 6 times in any 24 hour period is considered bashing, and is not allowed.
- Moon Destruction missions count as attacks under the bashing rules.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:10 am | #
I hate haloscan.
Ok, I signed up. But I'll have to wait till tomorrow to look at it.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 2:10 am | #
sometimes, I get so tired.....
Sarah Deere, Recalcitrant |
01.25.07 - 2:11 am | #
So was I, but a 16yo I know talked me into it. Bastard.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates
An older woman?
flory
Sadly, no. A boy. His younger brother, and his best friend play--they told me about the game when I was over at his house to play Magic.
I guess I should find some adult friends.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:12 am | #
Later bats. It's time I let my kidney really get to work.
smalfish |
01.25.07 - 2:13 am | #
Attacking a planet or moon more than 6 times in any 24 hour period is considered bashing, and is not allowed.
Actually, you can attack 3 times with 3 waves each time, IIRC. I did one 3-wave attack early on and I won, but it was fucking pyrrhic.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:14 am | #
I prolly should go to sleep, but I'm wicked wired. Dad's in ICU tonight, and I have to go feed his cats before I head to the office.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:15 am | #
I'm camped out on the corner now, waiting for the eschatonians to pick me up in the early a.m.! Good thing I can get the wifi from Starbucks. But the batteries in the laptop won't last long. Dang it's cold. I hope the car is heated.
ridnik chrome
Steve forgot to tell you... you'll have to sit on his lap.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:19 am | #
or on his laptop...
Sorry to hear that NTodd.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:20 am | #
I guess I should find some adult friends.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 2:12 am | #
Or at least put some pants on... so to avoid prosecution.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 2:21 am | #
Descent was a great game in both modes. THE reason I first got a computer was so I could play Descent online. I had to learn how to log onto the intertubes from DOS just to play.
smalfish
I suspect this sold a few more computers than people realize.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:21 am | #
Sorry to hear that NTodd.
He's enjoying the morphine drip.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:21 am | #
Or at least put some pants on... so to avoid prosecution.
rorschach
I don't think pants are a defense against prosecution. But do wear them to court.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:23 am | #
Anyhoo: InsightMag.com also posed this question of Obama: "If he was raised in a secular household (as he claims), why does he have -- or retain -- Muslim names, Barack and Hussein?"
What is with the right wing nutters?
Insight is a Moonie publication.
This is all you need to know.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
01.25.07 - 2:23 am | #
I don't think pants are a defense against prosecution. But do wear them to court.
I find they constrict my movements too much on the volleyball court.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:24 am | #
I'm wary of getting sucked into this OGame thing...
Rightly so.
I was an SWG addict until they fucked it up with the NGE.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
01.25.07 - 2:25 am | #
He's enjoying the morphine drip.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates
As did I. The most amazing thing is how non-habit forming it is when you are using it legitimately for real pain. After two weeks in the hospital with my little drippy friend, I was fine without it.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:26 am | #
The most amazing thing is how non-habit forming it is when you are using it legitimately for real pain. After two weeks in the hospital with my little drippy friend, I was fine without it.
That's the thing I was looking forward to most wrt to Mom's kidney transplant. The surgeon told me I would get a clicker and could crank up the drugs (with a max, damn it) whenever I felt the need. I was all, like, sign me up now, bitch!
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:27 am | #
I was an SWG addict until they fucked it up with the NGE.
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 01.25.07 - 2:25 am | #
Um, I'm, uh, down with OPP?
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 2:27 am | #
Scott, I fixed your typos in today's DILBERT strip.
Chris Tucker |
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01.25.07 - 2:28 am | #
OGame seems inspired by this
Before that, I played some galactic conquest game on my Apple (I believe it might've been called 'Galactic Conquest'). Very similar to OGame, but single-player, 'course.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
Homepage |
01.25.07 - 2:29 am | #
You had an Apple? An actual Apple. Not a MAC? Cool.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:30 am | #
NTodd, what the hell, your dad is sick?
ErinPDX |
01.25.07 - 2:32 am | #
You had an Apple? An actual Apple. Not a MAC? Cool.
I was an SWG addict until they fucked it up with the NGE.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Star Wars Galaxies. Not sure about NGE.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:33 am | #
I still have my Power Mac. It sits there. CD drive on the fritz. Tried replacing it. No go. Gave up.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:34 am | #
NTodd, what the hell, your dad is sick?
Yah. Thought it was diverticulitis or somesuch, but he checked into the ER today. Turns out it was a bleeding ulcer. He lost a lot of blood, but the spigot seems to be turned off. Unclear how long they're keeping him.
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 2:34 am | #
NGE: New Game Enhancements.
Sort of like "No Child Left Behind", but for a MMORPG which was transformed into a shitty quasi-Star-Wars knockoff of WoW.
What the assholes of Sony and Lucas Arts did was take a sandbox game that had all sorts of adult depth and dumbed it down to WoW without the two things that make WoW so popular: relatively bug free gameplay and superb customer service.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
01.25.07 - 2:35 am | #
Yah. Thought it was diverticulitis or somesuch
Can be quite serious too. It sounds like he's on the mend. Stop the bleeding, treat the ulcer?
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:36 am | #
NTodd
not fair.
i want your people to be well
ErinPDX |
01.25.07 - 2:37 am | #
relatively bug free gameplay and superb customer service.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
If they could only learn: If it ain't broke, don't "fix" it. Kinda like Iraq.
I'm Butch |
01.25.07 - 2:37 am | #
The 12th Phoebe Cates? What is that, some kind of inside joke?
JeffCO |
01.25.07 - 2:38 am | #
The 12th Phoebe Cates? What is that, some kind of inside joke?
:rimshot:
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
01.25.07 - 2:41 am | #
There is that sweet, smart JeffCO.
ErinPDX |
01.25.07 - 2:41 am | #
[passes out]
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 3:29 am | #
my work is done here
good night.
ErinPDX |
01.25.07 - 3:34 am | #
'kay. 'mout. l8h9rs...
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates |
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01.25.07 - 3:37 am | #
one can see tumbleweeds blowing down the center of this thread
Syd B |
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01.25.07 - 3:38 am | #
Yeah, pretty slow in yar'.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 3:40 am | #
one can see tumbleweeds blowing down the center of this thread
Syd B |
And??? Doesn't that make ya want to get one of Jeffraham's CDM's and do all sorts of stunts down the double yellow line?
Tom - 大肚腩 |
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01.25.07 - 3:47 am | #
And??? Doesn't that make ya want to get one of Jeffraham's CDM's and do all sorts of stunts down the double yellow line?
No, no it doesn't Tom.
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01.25.07 - 3:59 am | #
NTodd, The 12th Phoebe Cates
Six degrees of separation. My cousin is a jazz radio dj in New York, who is best friends with Kevin Kline, who is married to Phoebe Cates. Small world.
Fast Eddie |
01.25.07 - 3:59 am | #
No, no it doesn't Tom.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
*mutter mutter mutter*
Don't make me break out the shark attack article from Australia from a few days ago.
Tom - 大肚腩 |
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01.25.07 - 4:04 am | #
NTodd's still awake? What's up, boyo?
ANd good morning to the rest of youse.
smitty w, i8neweschaton |
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01.25.07 - 4:06 am | #
ANd good morning to the rest of youse.
smitty w, i8neweschaton | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 4:06 am | #
Nah, he buggered off already.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 4:07 am | #
BTW, it looks like the Federer-Roddick matchup is gonna be a classic. I thought Federer was gonna roll over Roddick when he broke Roddick's serve in the first game, but Roddick got him back.
smitty w, i8neweschaton |
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01.25.07 - 4:07 am | #
I don't care for Andy Roddick, not since the manpurse comments during Wimbledon.
smitty w, i8neweschaton |
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01.25.07 - 4:09 am | #
Well, looks like more waiting for back surgery.
I have to go see another neurologist, before the surgeon does anything to me.
Jesus - does this shit ever end?
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 4:10 am | #
Barndog,
Are you getting decent pain meds?
smitty w, i8neweschaton |
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01.25.07 - 4:12 am | #
I asked him about this 'second' neurologist - since I've been seeing the same neurologist for 3 years now at the Pain Clinic.
All I know is - I picked the wrong profession.
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01.25.07 - 4:12 am | #
I don't care for Andy Roddick, not since the manpurse comments during Wimbledon.
smitty w, i8neweschaton | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 4:09 am | #
That is some jackassery on his part, is it not?
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 4:13 am | #
Jesus - does this shit ever end?
No. Laminectomy L5-S1, Diskectomy, C-5/6, Small central herniated disk L5-S1, Degenerative changes, L4-5.
Fast Eddie |
01.25.07 - 4:13 am | #
smitty - pretty much: Neurontin, Dilaudid & Soma are my pain meds (not that Soma is a pain med, but I certainly care a fuck of alot less about the pain).
Especially after a couple beers...
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01.25.07 - 4:14 am | #
That is some jackassery on his part, is it not?
rorschach
BD, are the anti-TNF drugs going to be any use to you?
smitty w, i8neweschaton |
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01.25.07 - 4:16 am | #
fasteddie - HNP (herniated nucleus pulposis - the disc) L-4/L-5 R, HNP L-5/S-1 L and impinged facet nerve L-2/L-3. Add Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondlylitis into the mix.
Should be a laugh riot, I'm sure.
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01.25.07 - 4:17 am | #
smitty - I've been on Kineret for 4 yrs. I was in the original trial of that medication.
Works fairly well, actually. I can't take say - Humira, Enbrel etc - since I was exposed to TB while working at the prison.
Like Doc says: I'm not going to kill you with medication - that isn't an option.
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01.25.07 - 4:19 am | #
Should be a laugh riot, I'm sure.
Sciatica? Leg weakness? Life's a bitch.
Fast Eddie |
01.25.07 - 4:20 am | #
Sciatica? Leg weakness?
Lost complete control over my legs 4x now. I've only been walking without my cane for 2 weeks, since the middle of November.
Just a laugh riot ain't it?
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 4:23 am | #
Fast Eddie - have you talked to DWD about your cervical spine issues?
He's going to undergo a (I believe) C-3/C-4 fusion right directly.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 4:25 am | #
Just a laugh riot ain't it?
Not a bit, my friend. I have mild symptoms of cauda equina, nobody realizes what back trouble entails until they experience it. Best of luck.
Fast Eddie |
01.25.07 - 4:27 am | #
He's going to undergo a (I believe) C-3/C-4 fusion right directly.
Mine's already been done, successfully, thank jebus. Remember, use the bone bank with fusion. Save a lot of wear and tear.
Fast Eddie |
01.25.07 - 4:29 am | #
Fast Eddie - man you too. I will be the 4th of my childhood group of close friends to have spine surgery.
2 of them have fusions - my best bro has been through 11 majors - including 7 fusions, and a morphine pump.
He took a bigtime fall down a ladder onto a serrated steel platform, when he worked in the mine. Landed with his feet in the air on his ass. Just fucking imploded his lumbar spine.
I look at my troubles, and aside from the RA - I'm not doing so bad in comparison to him. Not. At. All.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 4:34 am | #
He took a bigtime fall down a ladder onto a serrated steel platform,
I got mine lifting old cast iron radiators in a school renovation we were doing. Too much weight, not enough ass. Runs in the family, too. You're right, could be worse.
Fast Eddie |
01.25.07 - 4:39 am | #
Like Doc says: I'm not going to kill you with medication - that isn't an option.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy
Good man, your doc. Wishing you the best.
smitty w, i8neweschaton |
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01.25.07 - 4:42 am | #
Too much weight, not enough ass.
Just the opposite - entirely too much ass. I'd figure a way to move it, and being a carpenter/builder all my life well...you understand the human forklift principle.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 4:42 am | #
you understand the human forklift principle.
Man wasn't meant to walk on two legs, at least not at this evolutionary point in time.
Fast Eddie |
01.25.07 - 4:46 am | #
Yeah, vodka kicking in, be well, dude.
Fast Eddie |
01.25.07 - 4:56 am | #
be well, dude
You too, Fast Eddie. I'm about to use my herbal meds to quell the morning stiffness.
Life goes on.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 4:59 am | #
I'm about to use my herbal meds to quell the morning stiffness.
Nothing wrong with that. Have a few for me.
Fast Eddie |
01.25.07 - 5:02 am | #
Morning peeps.
So are Libby's lawyers trying to signal the WH that their boy wants a pardon, now. Looks like they are going to hinge their entire defense on the debate about whether or not we should have gone to war and the veep's part in selling the war.
ql in ny |
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01.25.07 - 5:16 am | #
Morning peeps.
So are Libby's lawyers trying to signal the WH that their boy wants a pardon, now. Looks like they are going to hinge their entire defense on the debate about whether or not we should have gone to war and the veep's part in selling the war.
ql in ny |
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01.25.07 - 5:16 am | #
Morning, QL. I would love, love, love to see this entire sack of Libby/Plame shit, land right in Cheney's lap.
Like a meteor.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 5:25 am | #
Are people actually up this early? It's early for me, and I'm at least an hour ahead of everyone down there.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 5:34 am | #
Are people actually up this early? It's early for me, and I'm at least an hour ahead of everyone down there.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 5:34 am | #
Moe--I'm up still, rather than up early.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 5:36 am | #
Well, that explains that. I'm up cuz I have to take Mrs. Moe to the airport.
Hey, did you get your furnace fixed?
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 5:39 am | #
Yeah, Moe. Cost a lot, but at least it was done rather quickly.
I'm up with the usual insomnia. Don't go into work till 4 PM though, so I'm still doing all right...
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 5:41 am | #
Ugg. You've had this forever. Can't you find a drug to put you to sleep?
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 5:43 am | #
ror - try Rozerem. Works a little too well for me - I was mostly sleeping for on it.for about 24 hrs.
I am over sensitive to some meds like that.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 5:44 am | #
Rozerem leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Ambien works fine, but leaves me feeling a little dull in the brain the next day, so I try to limit that to when I really need it, which I don't. At this point, I can still get more than 10 hours of sleep before work if I go to bed now, so I'm not concerned.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 5:47 am | #
Lunesta left a gnarly taste - but it stopped working after about a week.
Typically, on sleep aids - that dullness the next day is amplified because of my ADHD.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 5:48 am | #
A U.S. congressman who has supported President George W. Bush for years says he thinks Bush has until the end of this year to prove that his new plan in Iraq will work.
If the plan fails to improve the situation, the U.S. will likely have to begin withdrawing its troops, Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican, told CBC News on Tuesday night.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 5:49 am | #
A U.S. congressman who has supported President George W. Bush for years says he thinks Bush has until the end of this year to prove that his new plan in Iraq will work.
If the plan fails to improve the situation, the U.S. will likely have to begin withdrawing its troops, Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican, told CBC News on Tuesday night.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 5:49 am | #
I just go to be early and wake up early. I rarely sleep past 4:30. Makes me pretty tired at the end of the day.
ql in ny |
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01.25.07 - 5:52 am | #
Oh goodie, it's double post day.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 5:54 am | #
I wake up whenever. 2-3 am ... yesterday was 6:30.
I faintly recall what a normal sleep cycle is all about.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 6:02 am | #
morning, all.
I also have a pattern of waking about 4, often earlier. And as I have a lot of research to do for my job, it's all good.
oh and Pls. see 'Heroism' at the homepage if you are so inclined :-}
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 6:11 am | #
' I would love, love, love to see this entire sack of Libby/Plame shit, land right in Cheney's lap.
Like a meteor.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy '
It just did and I expect to see him get Fitz'd out of office. That this group of criminals has foisted a war and unending debt onto this country kind of makes it a given.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 6:14 am | #
Good morning.
When did The Beard decide to start doing journalmalism again?
HoneyBearKelly |
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01.25.07 - 6:17 am | #
I just ain't holding my breath yet, Ruth.
Fitz is going to do the right thing, yet I have to remain skeptical. With this group of assholes, you just never know.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 6:17 am | #
Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican, told CBC News on Tuesday night.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan
Dana Rohrbacher? Damn! Next thing you know "B-1 Bob" Dornan will express skepticism.
Dennis - SG mountain music |
01.25.07 - 6:21 am | #
'With this group of assholes, you just never know.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy '
This is still a nation of laws despite the administration's efforts. And we're at 9% approval now, when you get down to the reality of the sitch;
CNN poll;
Do you believe that perceived blunders have hurt the Bush administration's credibility on Iraq?
Yes 91% 42618 votes
No 9% 4366 votes
Total: 46984 votes
That's only 9% of the polled - that is readers - who can't get to the basics, that this is an administration that can't administer the country.
It's over the cliff.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 6:22 am | #
Two things to keep in mind:
1. KKKarl's attorney, Lutskin, never released the letter he got from Fitz purportedly saying that KKKarl was off the hook. It very well could contain a few extra words like "Mr. Rove is not a target of this investigation, AT THIS TIME."
2. Weren't there rumors that Fitz had another indictment that remains sealed to this day.
Of course, it would be as someone else mentioned, that Fitz sold out, but I don't think so.
ql in ny |
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01.25.07 - 6:26 am | #
Ruth, read your blog. While I'm heartened that America has recognized the modestness of Bush's abilities I doubt that he has.
Reluctantly, I feel that he will do massive damage before leaving office.
We're not dealing with a rational person here.
Dennis - SG mountain music |
01.25.07 - 6:27 am | #
So, who else is relieved that Kerry has announced his lack-of-candidacy?
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:30 am | #
Not so sure it's relief - I think he's smart to not run.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 6:33 am | #
I'm confused, Barndog--if you think it's a smart move, then aren't you relieved that he's not doing the opposite?
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:35 am | #
'We're not dealing with a rational person here.
Dennis - SG mountain music '
And the American voters just elected a congress that is aware of that.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 6:36 am | #
It's his decision, not mine rorschach.
Only he can answer that one. Personally, I have no stake in it.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 6:37 am | #
Morning, bats,
Kerry would be a pretty good Secretary of State, IMHO.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 6:37 am | #
On another note--
Here, I thought the youth of Texas were going to let me down this year. But no:
Authorities at Tarleton State University said they plan to investigate a Martin Luther King Jr. Day party that mocked black stereotypes by featuring fried chicken, malt liquor and faux gang apparel.
"I feel like there is no excuse for this type of ignorance," said Donald Ray Elder, president of the Stephenville school's chapter of the NAACP.
Photographs posted on social networking Web site Facebook.com showed partygoers wearing Afro wigs and fake gold and silver teeth. One photo showed students "mocking how African-Americans do step shows," Elder said. In another picture, a student is dressed as Aunt Jemima and carries a gun.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:37 am | #
Barndog--I think we all have a stake in the Dems running a good candidate this time around.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:38 am | #
rors, I do think that Kerry realizes that the good he can do is by working in the congress to keep the atrocities from going on. And I think it's sad that that is more important than having him as president. But the legislative branch needs to regain its functioning abilities.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 6:38 am | #
So, who else is relieved that Kerry has announced his lack-of-candidacy?
rorschach
Me. Just listening to the unfortunate, forced stentorian declaration was enough to lose him the election.
It's too bad that Kerry stayed so long in the Senate, senatitude has set in on someone who actually has a lot to offer. The Senate was a really bad idea.
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01.25.07 - 6:38 am | #
One photo showed students "mocking how African-Americans do step shows," Elder said. In another picture, a student is dressed as Aunt Jemima and carries a gun.
What is this, 1925?
You'd think these kids would figure out, eventually, that Facebook and MySpace are basically public. But then, if they were bright, they wouldn't be pulling this shit in the first place.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 6:40 am | #
We do have to put the best candidate out there, I agree.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 6:40 am | #
rors, I do think that Kerry realizes that the good he can do is by working in the congress to keep the atrocities from going on.
I wish Hillary would figure that out.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 6:40 am | #
I wish Hillary would figure that out.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 6:40 am | #
I wish she would A) figure that out and B) actually start trying to do good.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:41 am | #
In another picture, a student is dressed as Aunt Jemima and carries a gun
This is our opposition, don't forget.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 6:41 am | #
'I wish Hillary would figure that out.
Molly Ivors '
And she may be the best thing to throw out there early to see what the RNC is going to do to get another criminal in the White House.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 6:42 am | #
In another picture, a student is dressed as Aunt Jemima and carries a gun
This is our opposition, don't forget.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 6:41 am | #
To paraphrase a brilliant song:
I believe that children are the future,
Teach them well and
Smack them in the fucking head
When they do stupid bullshit like this.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:43 am | #
I believe that children are the future,
Teach them well and
Smack them in the fucking head
When they do stupid bullshit like this.
rors, you crack me up.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 6:44 am | #
I wish Hillary would figure that out.
Molly Ivors
Me too. I hope that she is functioning as a stalking horse in some fashion.
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01.25.07 - 6:44 am | #
Frankly, the only Dem running right now that I feel any enthusiasm for is Hillary. Edwards, while more progressive, just seems too nice. I don't see any fire there. Obama is too green.
ql in ny |
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01.25.07 - 6:44 am | #
Photographs posted on social networking Web site Facebook.com showed partygoers wearing Afro wigs and fake gold and silver teeth. One photo showed students "mocking how African-Americans do step shows," Elder said. In another picture, a student is dressed as Aunt Jemima and carries a gun.
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ok. i kind of get the gold teeth, but silver teeth?
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01.25.07 - 6:44 am | #
'i kind of get the gold teeth, but silver teeth?
Olaf glad and big '
Olaf--I've seen teeth capped in (not silver but) silver-colored metal before, in New Orleans and thereabouts. So it is actually a thing.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:46 am | #
Of course, Gore is my first choice.
ql in ny |
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01.25.07 - 6:46 am | #
ql, I generally agree. The problem with both Edwards and Obama is that they're too young, although Edwards does have the mileage of the 04 campaign under his belt.
Where is Gen. Clark?
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 6:46 am | #
It took a Canadian TV reporter to break this case, cuz obviously the local cops didn't give a shit:
A U.S. grand jury has charged a former sheriff's deputy in the 42-year-old slayings of two African-American men in Mississippi, law enforcement officials said Wednesday, after a CBC documentary filmmaker and his subject brought the cold case back to life.
During the filming process, the CBC's David Ridgen and the brother of one of the victims discovered that one of the two prime suspects — a known member of the Ku Klux Klan initially reported as dead — was still alive.
They discovered he was alive when they stopped for gas and started talking to the guy at the next pump. Oh him? Yea, he lives right over there...
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 6:46 am | #
I have 5-6 sets of fake 'redneck' tEEf.
For any occasion. I traded my 15 yr old nephew a big tub of popcorn for them. The rest of the family got a big kick out of that trade.
He regrets the trade.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 6:47 am | #
Morning, rational people.
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01.25.07 - 6:48 am | #
I'm also seeing the media warming up to make Webb a contender. I liked his response, but I think it would be a mistake.
The problem is, as a former member of the Reagan Administration, he's got all that line-crossing cred. Shouldn't mean anything, but the media will glom onto it, mark my words.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 6:48 am | #
I wake up whenever. 2-3 am ... yesterday was 6:30.
I faintly recall what a normal sleep cycle is all about.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy
12.34, wide awake, dose vaguely, til 3.00, sleep til 6.30. Or, on Wednesday and Thursday, throw in the towel at 4 and get ready to go to the Borg.
I hate the Borg.
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar |
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01.25.07 - 6:48 am | #
ql, I generally agree. The problem with both Edwards and Obama is that they're too young, although Edwards does have the mileage of the 04 campaign under his belt.
Where is Gen. Clark?
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 6:46 am | #
I'm just not so sure about this in re Edwards.
He has more experience than Bush did, and as you point out, has the last campaign under his belt.
Plus, he has charisma, which goes a long way (see also JFK).
And the longer one stays in Congress, the more votes can pile up as ammo for the GOP, so... younger might be better in that sense as well.
And Clinton is center-right, so there's no way I can support her.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:49 am | #
GWPDA - I sense a bit of anxiety about going into the Borg.
I eliminated the Borg from my existence a long time ago. It's very enlightening.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 6:50 am | #
Do we think it helps or hurts Edwards that he withdrew from elected office?
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 6:51 am | #
I believe it helps him, especially those voters who have the 'they're all the same' attitude towards politicians.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 6:53 am | #
And Clinton is center-right, so there's no way I can support her.
rorschach
I was struck by a couple of things, listening very hard to Clinton on Olberman the other night. The fervent triangulation seems to have overwhelmed the ability to say anything at all straight out - to me it's seems that there's a passion for process there that is pretty much a dead end. And her flat refusal to say that her vote for Iraq was wrong. She went into third person mode immediately, smothering the issue, substituting concern for the troops and concern that things have turned out so badly when what was wanted was the declaration that she was wrong, the war was wrong and that it must stop.
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar |
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01.25.07 - 6:53 am | #
I eliminated the Borg from my existence a long time ago. It's very enlightening.
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy
Soon, my dear, soon.
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar |
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01.25.07 - 6:54 am | #
didnt one of the thugs going after Roger Moore in one of the "lesser" James Bond films have silver teeth (think it was the actor that played lurch in the Adams Family series)
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01.25.07 - 6:55 am | #
The fervent triangulation seems to have overwhelmed the ability to say anything at all straight out - to me it's seems that there's a passion for process there that is pretty much a dead end. And her flat refusal to say that her vote for Iraq was wrong. She went into third person mode immediately, smothering the issue, substituting concern for the troops and concern that things have turned out so badly when what was wanted was the declaration that she was wrong, the war was wrong and that it must stop.
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 6:53 am | #
I'm not sure how many "yes"s this comment gets from me. Too many to count!
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:55 am | #
Do we think it helps or hurts Edwards that he withdrew from elected office?
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 6:51 am | #
I reckon I'm probably with Barndog on this one...
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:56 am | #
didnt one of the thugs going after Roger Moore in one of the "lesser" James Bond films have silver teeth (think it was the actor that played lurch in the Adams Family series)
You are confusing Richard Kiel of Eegah and So Fine with Ted Cassidy of the Addams Family.
Neither, of course, should be confused with John Kerry.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 6:57 am | #
didnt one of the thugs going after Roger Moore in one of the "lesser" James Bond films have silver teeth
In Moonraker, correct?
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 6:58 am | #
I reckon I'm probably with Barndog on this one...
Yeah, I can see that. It also lets him come in as an outsider, which might be necessary in 08, though that's looking less like a requirement than I would have thought.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 6:58 am | #
Bob Herbert nails it - as usual: If Mr. Bush is bothered by his fall from political grace, it wasn’t showing on Tuesday night. He seemed as relaxed as ever, smiling, signing autographs, glad-handing.
I wanted to hear him talk about the suffering of the soldiers he has put in harm’s way, and the plight of the residents of New Orleans. I wanted to hear him express a little in the way of sorrow for the many thousands who have died unnecessarily on his watch. I wanted to see him slip the surly bonds of narcissism and at least acknowledge the human wreckage that is the sum and substance of his sustained folly.
But this is a president who runs when empathy calls. While others are monitoring the casualty lists, he’s off to the gym. At least Lyndon Johnson had the decency to agonize over the losses he unleashed in Vietnam.
portia |
01.25.07 - 6:58 am | #
In Moonraker, correct?
Yeah. At the end Kiel hooks up with a tiny bespectacled blonde with braids.
Why do I know this?
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 6:59 am | #
Johne Edwards too young!?
He's almost 60.
Kennedy was 43. Admittedly he's no John Kennedy. I knew John Kennedy...
Lloyd Bentsen |
01.25.07 - 6:59 am | #
Neither, of course, should be confused with John Kerry.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 6:57 am | #
Disturbingly, John Kerry kinda does remind me of David Gale as Dr. Carl Hill (aka "the decapitated guy") in Re-Animator...
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 7:00 am | #
Yeah, I can see that. It also lets him come in as an outsider, which might be necessary in 08, though that's looking less like a requirement than I would have thought.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 6:58 am | #
True, but playing the outsider angle by announcing in the 9th Ward in NOLA was a stroke of genius, I thought.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 7:01 am | #
according to chuck Hegel, the chimp wanted an open ended war, in 2002, i.e. Syria, Iran, north korea...any or all countries of their choosing...congress whacked it down to the following;
In October 2002, Congress authorized the President to use the armed forces of
the United States to defend U.S. national security against the threat posed by Iraq and
to enforce all relevant U.N. resolutions regarding Iraq (P.L. 107-243).
Sorry, but that generation had a war to cement and age them.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 7:01 am | #
Get your Bob Herbert over at jurassicpork's place. Hey, whatever happened to spork?
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 7:02 am | #
I suppose Edwards could have gone to Vietnam under other circumstances, but he didn't. He was 22 in 1975.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 7:02 am | #
I can't really say I hate the Borg. My Borg is pretty darn interesting and I really like the people I Borg with. Most of them anyway.
Commuting is a bitch. When everything goes well it is an hour and fifteen minutes each way. At least once a week it stretches. Took me two hours last night. One half an hour was spent on a cold and windy train platform. Feh!
ql in ny |
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01.25.07 - 7:03 am | #
Not sure that Edwards has the "killer instinct" needed to make it in today's political environment.
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:04 am | #
The superiors at my borg have done almost nothing to try to fill my shoes, proving once again that an open-ended commitment is a bad idea.
Are you listening, George?
I'm thinking of just setting a separation date and letting them hang.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 7:06 am | #
Not sure that Edwards has the "killer instinct" needed to make it in today's political environment.
FeralLiberal | 01.25.07 - 7:04 am | #
Here's hoping he A) learned from having Cheney hand his ass to him in the last campaign and B) hires and listens to some cutthroat strategists.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 7:06 am | #
'One half an hour was spent on a cold and windy train platform. Feh!
ql in ny '
funny, I made the drive last night that I made every day for several years, over an hour to get to the rail station, then about half an hour on the DART train. Makes me that much more glad I left.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:06 am | #
I'm with Feral. I see occasional flashes but he keeps it tightly under control.
ql in ny |
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01.25.07 - 7:06 am | #
I suppose Edwards could have gone to Vietnam under other circumstances, but he didn't. He was 22 in 1975.
Molly Ivors
It was over by then. The lottery ended the year he turned 18.
He's not too young.
Lloyd Bentsen |
01.25.07 - 7:07 am | #
But I'll grant you he looks too young.
4 years as POTUS after this clown will fix that.
Lloyd Bentsen |
01.25.07 - 7:08 am | #
'Not sure that Edwards has the "killer instinct" needed to make it in today's political environment.
FeralLiberal '
This is a trial lawyer. Have seen him flame up, he does it well - and being upfront a pussycat is all that more of a good thing.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:08 am | #
I work at home, but even when I have to go into the office, about once a week, it's only about two miles away. I'd walk, except it's over the damn bridge and I'm terrified of heights.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 7:08 am | #
Here's hoping he A) learned from having Cheney hand his ass to him in the last campaign
Not to mention what was done to Kerry. JK didn't respond fast enough, or hit back hard enough.
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:08 am | #
I'm thinking of just setting a separation date and letting them hang.
Molly Ivors
Yessssssssssssssssssss! That's what the boys do, chere.
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar |
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01.25.07 - 7:09 am | #
I think Dems in general don't realize how deeply criminal the GOP is, even yet.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:10 am | #
Here's hoping he A) learned from having Cheney hand his ass to him in the last campaign
Not to mention what was done to Kerry. JK didn't respond fast enough, or hit back hard enough.
FeralLiberal | 01.25.07 - 7:08 am | #
I was referring more to the ass-whuppin' Edwards got in the one VP debate.
(And Kerry whupped Bush's ass in every last debate they had, no matter what the Media Whores said, by the way!)
But yeah, hopefully Edwards will have learned from watching the evisceration of Kerry by the Swift Boat types.
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01.25.07 - 7:10 am | #
and being upfront a pussycat is all that more of a good thing.
Could be, they might figure he'll hang in his corner and won't be ready when he comes out swinging.
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:10 am | #
Yessssssssssssssssssss! That's what the boys do, chere.
Yeah, I'm getting there. I laid the groundwork yesterday, but I'll give them to the beginning of next week.
Frankly, I can use the money, too.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 7:10 am | #
Correction. It ended in 72 but he had a legit deferment during his stay at college.
Lloyd Bentsen |
01.25.07 - 7:10 am | #
Oh, poor Thers. I'm going to rearrange furniture this weekend.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 7:12 am | #
This is a trial lawyer. Have seen him flame up, he does it well - and being upfront a pussycat is all that more of a good thing.
Ruth
I agree with Ruth. The incredible thing is we have so many class A contenders. They got bupkis.
Lloyd Bentsen |
01.25.07 - 7:12 am | #
'I'd walk, except it's over the damn bridge and I'm terrified of heights.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan '
Is it heights, or bridge probs? As some one who for years went to a summer vacation over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, I know that there are some people who have to be driven over the Bridge who are okay on high places generally.
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01.25.07 - 7:12 am | #
Oh, poor Thers. I'm going to rearrange furniture this weekend.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 7:12 am | #
And he doesn't have to?
And he's "poor Thers"?
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 7:12 am | #
Here's the MacDonald Bridge, which I sometimes actually do walk over.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 7:13 am | #
I broke my iron last weekend.
Today I shall buy me a new one!
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar |
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01.25.07 - 7:13 am | #
Red State:
They All Suck
Where's Our Obama? Must We Launch A Global Search?
Ruth-- I go over the Chesepeake Bay bridge-tunnel every time I go down there, no prob. I dunno-- I guess just the height.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 7:14 am | #
The only bridge that has ever terrified me to drive over is the Huey P Long in New Orleans.
Narrow lanes and a train track running down the middle.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 7:15 am | #
Moe, that's a significant bridge. Once a year the Chessie closes and people walk over it. Looks like fun.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:16 am | #
The bridge over Lake Ponchartrain.... When you can't see any shore at all, that's some bridge!
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar |
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01.25.07 - 7:16 am | #
Oh, poor Thers. I'm going to rearrange furniture this weekend
Prepare for bruises and drunken curses. The well-rehearsed paths will be gone.
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:16 am | #
And he doesn't have to?
And he's "poor Thers"?
I have never in my life known a man who likes having the furniture rearranged.
Molly Ivors |
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01.25.07 - 7:16 am | #
I broke my iron last weekend.
Today I shall buy me a new one!
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 7:13 am | #
Steel yourself! Don't spend one more copper than need be.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 7:16 am | #
I drove over that Tampa Bay bridge right after it was hit by a barge. It's actually two bridges, and the eastern span was hit. You drive way up into the sky, and you look next to you, you see the other bridge kind of veer off into space, and just end, hanging there. I could imagine the cars falling to the bay.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 7:17 am | #
Okay, dolls. Off to take care of annoying administration.
Usually the MacDonald Bridge is fogged in. You get on it and you can't see where you're going.
Moe Szyslak, cursing Haloscan |
01.25.07 - 7:18 am | #
The bridge over Lake Ponchartrain.... When you can't see any shore at all, that's some bridge!
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 7:16 am | #
My ex-wife grew up in Westwego. She used to have nightmares involving the Causeway.
I have never in my life known a man who likes having the furniture rearranged.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 7:16 am | #
Well, now, at least you know a man who is indifferent.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 7:18 am | #
Brokeback DVD giveaway contest-RawStory
Mr.Murder |
01.25.07 - 7:18 am | #
The whole Bush presidency was conceived in the original political sin of the stolen 2000 election.
"Get over it."--Antonin Scalia
Rmj, Curiously Refreshing |
01.25.07 - 7:18 am | #
I have never in my life known a man who likes having the furniture rearranged
Au contrair - I rearranged the furniture in the Feral household last time. And serendipitously, repositioning the piano changed the accoustics in the room, dramatically for the better.
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:19 am | #
GWPDA, my very good friend tells me that Rowenta is the only iron it's a pleasure to use. As I don't iron, can't substantiate that.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:19 am | #
All irons are good. Each in its own way has the virtues and failings of its nature. But each is Good.
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GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar |
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01.25.07 - 7:21 am | #
my very good friend tells me that Rowenta is the only iron it's a pleasure to use
I prefer cast iron :>)
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:22 am | #
Edwards was born 6/10/53
John Edwards lottery number was 178, but...
This lottery was conducted for men who would have been called in 1973; however, no new draft orders were issued after 1972.
I prefer cast iron :>)
FeralLiberal | 01.25.07 - 7:22 am | #
I find that La Creuset gets all the wrinkles out of my sea bass.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 7:24 am | #
Neither, of course, should be confused with John Kerry.
Molly Ivors
(making menacing Lurch moan while slowly shaking head)
Devil With The Blue Do |
01.25.07 - 7:24 am | #
I too must be off.
Get everything you can from this day.
ql in ny |
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01.25.07 - 7:25 am | #
I find that La Creuset gets all the wrinkles out of my sea bass
Bought a Le Creuset Tagine at the local St. Vincent De Paul store a couple of weeks ago. Never used, for $5. Now I gotta figure out what to do with it...
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:26 am | #
Furniture? What furniture? Couch and TV? As long as the TV is in front of the couch when you finish, you can rearrange them as much as you like.
Lloyd Bentsen |
01.25.07 - 7:29 am | #
I must return to my household duties - dishes, etc.
I'm making the attempt to complete the kitchen/living room area. A few pieces of trim, and the drywall touchups.
A coat of paint and presto!
Barndog, dirty fucking hippy |
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01.25.07 - 7:29 am | #
Feral, just cruised thru a Last Chance Creuset site and found one at $140 bottom line. Sounds intriguing.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:30 am | #
Did you know that Rowenta makes a 1700 watt iron?
More Power!
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar |
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01.25.07 - 7:31 am | #
As to rearranging the furniture. I am planning to tear the place down and rebuild, so am really not minding the store at all. So my remarks about the maintenance being a silliness I ignore are sort of peripheral. Ignore them.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:32 am | #
NYT: Libby's 'scapegoat' defense may not be supported by any evidence
Mr.Murder |
01.25.07 - 7:34 am | #
found one at $140 bottom line.
Guess I got a better bargain than I realized. I'm going to try some kind of stew in it. Should work well on my gas stove.
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:36 am | #
Morning, 'bats; what fresh outrages grace us yet?
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 7:36 am | #
being a scaprgoat for a corrupted administration doesnt make yer lips tell lies to federal investigators (besides we all know Libby enjoy the shit out of lying all the time until he got caught) if he's sorry that is the sole reason ... he's sorry to get caught not for doing it ... has something to do with the trees with their roots under ground that connect him and Judy Miller. (I cant pretend to understand but there it is
Devil With The Blue Do |
01.25.07 - 7:37 am | #
...lol, rawstory ads for attorneys at law one the Libby story page...
Mr.Murder |
01.25.07 - 7:38 am | #
I've had my Le Creuset stuff for 25 years and love, love, love it. The only complaint I have is that it seems to grow heavier over time . . .
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cs, art is bread |
01.25.07 - 7:38 am | #
Connecting roots of the Birchers...
Mr.Murder |
01.25.07 - 7:39 am | #
Under normal circumstances, I do not watch Pony Blow at great length; yesterday I happened to, and was stunned at the comfort with which he tells lies, smiling all the while!
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 7:40 am | #
only complaint I have is that it seems to grow heavier over time . . .
Keeps you in shape while you cook.
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:40 am | #
speaking of cheap ...I got a 9 inch "Pampered Chef" stone pie baking plate at the value world for about 2 bucks
Devil With The Blue Do |
01.25.07 - 7:41 am | #
oh, fun, we went to war for a charge that was false that Iraq did less than this;
'Republic of Georgia authorities, aided by the CIA, set up a sting operation last summer that led to the arrest of a Russian man who tried to sell a small amount of nuclear-bomb grade uranium in a plastic bag in his jacket pocket, U.S. and Georgian officials said.
The operation, which neither government has publicized, represents one of the most serious cases of smuggling of nuclear material in recent years, according to analysts and officials.'
But Putin's soul is such a good one if you happen to be cretinous. Urghhh
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:41 am | #
'Meanwhile, U.S. intelligence has discovered fresh evidence that, prior to the war, Saddam moved quantities of biological and chemical weapons to Syria. When Syria denies having such weapons, the administration starts massing troops on the Syrian border. But as they begin to move, there is an explosion: Hezbollah terrorists from southern Lebanon blow themselves up in a Baghdad restaurant, killing dozens of Western aid workers and journalists. Knowing that Hezbollah has cells in America, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge puts the nation back on Orange Alert. FBI agents start sweeping through mosques, with a new round of arrests of Saudis, Pakistanis, Palestinians, and Yemenis.
To most Americans, this would sound like a frightening state of affairs, the kind that would lead them to wonder how and why we had got ourselves into this mess in the first place. But to the Bush administration hawks who are guiding American foreign policy, this isn't the nightmare scenario. It's everything going as anticipated.'-JMM
'I'm going to try some kind of stew in it. Should work well on my gas stove.
FeralLiberal'
mmmmmmm I'm doing a black bean dish this p.m. (with ham) - love long simmering things.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:44 am | #
GWPDA's assistance in transitioning to the "diabetic lifesyle" has resulted in the blossoming of abundant nutritional supplements next to the medications on my table, and if certain authors are to be believed I 'need' still more. I hope I can keep pace!
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 7:44 am | #
the arrest of a Russian man who tried to sell a small amount of nuclear-bomb grade uranium in a plastic bag in his jacket pocket
If that's how he's carrying the stuff he won't live long enough to spend the money.
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:44 am | #
I have a pound of lentils and a bunch of free-range chicken broth I need to combine, with celery seed and appropriate trimmings.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 7:46 am | #
'If that's how he's carrying the stuff he won't live long enough to spend the money.
FeralLiberal '
I had that tho't - maybe he's got it wrapped in lead aluminum foil?
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:46 am | #
'The IAEA's Melissa Fleming, shown here in Iran, said the agency is concerned about the smuggled uranium.'
Uhmmm, yeah. Next you'll tell me a document from Niger supports that...
Mr.Murder |
01.25.07 - 7:47 am | #
That keeping isotopes close thing seems to be a Russian specialty.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 7:48 am | #
mornin' bats.
plantsman - my bro is diabetic, and I've had a real problem with keeping weight off the last several years, so I've had to dig into the same stuff, still learning about how to tweak different foods to get the sugar/carb content down. Just figured out that if I make the mac and cheese I love so much with dreamfield pasta, it's only 7 g of carb per serving...with 14 g protein.
I miss the days when I could just eat whatever the hell I wanted, when I wanted, and not have to worry with it.
Jennifer |
01.25.07 - 7:49 am | #
Two election workers were convicted Wednesday of rigging a recount of the 2004 presidential election to avoid a more thorough review in Ohio's most populous county.
Jacqueline Maiden, elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer each were convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct of an elections employee. They also were convicted of one misdemeanor count each of failure of elections employees to perform their duty.
Prosecutors accused Maiden and Dreamer of secretly reviewing preselected ballots before a public recount on Dec. 16, 2004. They worked behind closed doors for three days to pick ballots they knew would not cause discrepancies when checked by hand, prosecutors said.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 7:49 am | #
the arrest of a Russian man who tried to sell a small amount of nuclear-bomb grade uranium in a plastic bag in his jacket pocket
If that's how he's carrying the stuff he won't live long enough to spend the money.
"Phsssit! Hey, Buddy? You wanna buy some U-238? It's some good shit! No? How about a watch? I got five, and they got dials that glow in the dark--"
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 7:49 am | #
'Bunn said that a more sophisticated implosion type nuclear bomb would require 33 to 40 pounds.'
Never an amount to be of worth in a bomb, poisonings or dirty bombs perhaps...
Mr.Murder |
01.25.07 - 7:51 am | #
Phsssit! Hey, Buddy? You wanna buy some U-238? It's some good shit! No?
Whenever I buy U-238 on the street, I always insist on snorting a keybump before the purchase.
Just to be sure.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 7:51 am | #
I miss the days when I could just eat whatever the hell I wanted, when I wanted, and not have to worry with it.
Lawdy, I hear you! I espied a giant cherry pie while waiting in the Costco Pharmacy Check-out line --
it looked sooooo good. Signing the check for everything did dull the lustre, I must admit.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 7:52 am | #
Jacqueline Maiden, elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer each were convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct of an elections employee. They also were convicted of one misdemeanor count each of failure of elections employees to perform their duty.
Weren't those the two women in the election fraud special, Hacking Democracy, on HBO?
Tread |
01.25.07 - 7:53 am | #
"Radium, Schmadium!" "I got INDIGLO!"
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 7:53 am | #
If that's how he's carrying the stuff he won't live long enough to spend the money.
That's correct. Which is the main reason that it will be very hard for TAIRs'ts to use an atomic bomb.
Not even considering the fact that the detonation of same requires such a precise set of circumstances that will make it unlikely for this to happen.
Billy B |
01.25.07 - 7:53 am | #
Just to be sure.
rorschach
I usually just lick mah fanger tah taste it
Devil With The Blue Do |
01.25.07 - 7:54 am | #
wheeee it's pjday. At least one day a week I am IT for my office. Im wearing soft velour all over. wheeeeee
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 7:55 am | #
Keith certainly skewered Ms. Bachmann's creepy clutch at W nicely!
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 7:55 am | #
I usually just lick mah fanger tah taste it
Rub a little on your gums....
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 7:56 am | #
Prosecutors accused Maiden and Dreamer of secretly reviewing preselected ballots before a public recount on Dec. 16, 2004. They worked behind closed doors for three days to pick ballots they knew would not cause discrepancies when checked by hand, prosecutors said.
rorschach
Clearly the Supreme Court should have stopped that recount, too.
So we wouldn't have to dirty our beautiful minds with such information. Or allow a state court to interfere in matters properly belonging to the federal courts. Like how to count votes under state law. Or even how to interpret state law.
Can't have that.
Rmj, Curiously Refreshing |
01.25.07 - 7:58 am | #
I should probably wear some things in my closet more often. I just found a 1967 C$1.00 bill in the pocket of this jacket ....
The LA Times recommends: Evolve, pizza pan!
A new cast-iron number brings a pizza lover out of the Stone Age.
By Amy Scattergood, Times Staff Writer
January 24, 2007
GROWING up with neither Neapolitan grandmother nor local pizzeria (lived in Iowa, ate haggis), I learned how to make my own pizza out of pure desperation, often, and with giddy pleasure. Maybe this giddiness is why I've broken all four pizza stones I've owned. So when I saw a beautiful persimmon cast-iron pizza pan in a store recently, it was both its sturdiness and its color that caught my eye. So what if it was Mario Batali's persimmon: I once bought a pair of Emeril clogs too. I couldn't wait to get it home and start throwing dough.
My new pan's charms were immediate: The clarion tones it made when I dropped it while getting my groceries through the door was a huge improvement on the sound of broken pottery. And for making pizza, it blew my old pizza stones out of the water — well, oven.
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GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar |
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01.25.07 - 7:58 am | #
if it has that flavor mix of Prell and toof ache medicine you know its quality plutonium (o:
Devil With The Blue Do |
01.25.07 - 7:58 am | #
That's correct. Which is the main reason that it will be very hard for TAIRs'ts to use an atomic bomb.
Not even considering the fact that the detonation of same requires such a precise set of circumstances that will make it unlikely for this to happen.
If we want to go with the implosion method, yeah, making a mass go super-crit is very difficult. Now, if you didn't care about the size of your device (fuck those backpack bombs!), you could always use the "gun barrel" method of detonation, which is so tried and true that Oppie didn't even bother with a test before Hiroshima was nuked.
And lets face it: it’s just so . . . un-chic to be driving around New York with his big lump ‘o bomb in the back of your Expedition . . ..
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 7:59 am | #
Pork Chop Hogwash has definitely taken leave of his senses.
The 'interview' with Leslie yestiddy seals the fact that Hogwash is a sociopathic criminal that needs to be removed from office post haste.
Billy B |
01.25.07 - 7:59 am | #
rorschach -- I'll be curious to see what follows that case. The BOE chair in a county I witnessed preselected precincts for the hand count, too. I don't think they examined the ballots before we got there, but she clearly stated she'd selected precincts that represented a Dem stronghold, a Repub one and one that balanced the two. Ohio Revised Code says the precincts must be chosen randomly. I believe this happened elsewhere, too.
Whatever Cheney's been smoking all his life should be banned from the planet. His reaction to foreign relations committee vote against Chimp's madness, al jazeera today:
Dick Cheney dismissed the congressional objections. During an interview with CNN he said "it won't stop us".
"It would be, I think, detrimental from the standpoint of the troops.
Asked whether the White House bore responsibility for the bloody chaos in Iraq, Cheney defended the invasion in March 2003 to depose Saddam Hussein.
He said: "Saddam Hussein would still be in power. He would, at this point, be engaged in a nuclear arms race with [Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad, his blood enemy next door in Iran.
"What we did in Iraq in taking down Saddam Hussein was exactly the right thing to do; the world is much safer today because of it."
el |
01.25.07 - 7:59 am | #
Keith certainly skewered Ms. Bachmann's creepy clutch at W nicely!
Was she the one who got the lip lock on Drunk Ass? Does this mean it's over with Condi?
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 7:59 am | #
A cast iron pizza pan.
I think I need a younger back, and a taller oven, for that one.
Rmj, Curiously Refreshing |
01.25.07 - 7:59 am | #
GWPDA, in my change the other day I had a 1900 Indian head penny. it makes me feel bad, I'm sure some one robbed some one else's coin collection.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 8:00 am | #
And for making pizza, it blew my old pizza stones out of the water — well, oven
That sounds intriguing! I do like my stones though....
FeralLiberal |
01.25.07 - 8:00 am | #
He said: "Saddam Hussein would still be in power. He would, at this point, be engaged in a nuclear arms race with [Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad, his blood enemy next door in Iran.
"What we did in Iraq in taking down Saddam Hussein was exactly the right thing to do; the world is much safer today because of it."
Yeah, 'cause we're already standing next to the finish line in an nuclear arms race with Ahmadinejad, so lets light him up before he gets any closer.
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:01 am | #
I dunno, Ruth - it may be a hint. 1967 was a good time to be a Canadian.
To the Borg - and beyond!
GWPDA, yclept Failed Scholar |
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01.25.07 - 8:02 am | #
He said: "Saddam Hussein would still be in power. He would, at this point, be engaged in a nuclear arms race with [Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad, his blood enemy next door in Iran.
Good grief. A nuke-u-lar arms race, huh, Hogwash?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
The premise of same is patently absurd.
Billy B |
01.25.07 - 8:02 am | #
My new pan's charms were immediate: The clarion tones it made when I dropped it while getting my groceries through the door was a huge improvement on the sound of broken pottery.
Hmmm...I have a tile floor in the kitchen and back room. I'd definitely rather drop a pizza stone on it than a cast-iron pizza pan.
Rmj, Curiously Refreshing |
01.25.07 - 8:02 am | #
"What we did in Iraq in taking down Saddam Hussein was exactly the right thing to do; the world is much safer today because of it."
Apparently neither Iraq nor the region around it constitute part of the equation of "the world" used to calculate "much safer."
Rmj, Curiously Refreshing |
01.25.07 - 8:04 am | #
his blood enemy next door in Iran.
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who says "blood enemy" in the US in 2007? What crowd is SUCK playing to?
el |
01.25.07 - 8:05 am | #
Was she the one who got the lip lock on Drunk Ass? Does this mean it's over with Condi?
I'm telling you - it's Katherine Harris in a newer body. She did a soul swap after the election.
watertiger |
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01.25.07 - 8:06 am | #
And for making pizza, it blew my old pizza stones out of the water — well, oven
Yes, well, if you were using your stones to boil pizza, then the fault may well not lie with the stone...
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 8:06 am | #
If you gotta build a brick oven to cook it hot enough, and it needed to breathe on the Pizza Stone (I blame thermal shock, not dropping while hot, for mine's demise) why would cast iron be good?
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:06 am | #
He said: "Saddam Hussein would still be in power. He would, at this point, be engaged in a nuclear arms race with [Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad, his blood enemy next door in Iran.
Ah, yes, the crystal-ball-gazing defense. The future holds only the possibilties he sees; no other options at all.
There was a moment there during the SOTU when Cheney slipped something under his tongue . . . I thought, oh maybe here comes the big one . . . Alas, no.
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cs, art is bread |
01.25.07 - 8:06 am | #
who says "blood enemy" in the US in 2007? What crowd is SUCK playing to?
el
Hint: "Blood in the face."
Rmj, Curiously Refreshing |
01.25.07 - 8:07 am | #
who says "blood enemy" in the US in 2007? What crowd is SUCK playing to?
[Michelle Malkin]
I know EXACTLY what he's talking about, Moonbat!
[/Michelle Malkin]
THERE'S the crowd he's playing to.
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:07 am | #
There was a moment there during the SOTU when Cheney slipped something under his tongue . . . I thought, oh maybe here comes the big one . . . Alas, no.
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cs, art is bread | 01.25.07 - 8:06 am | #
It's a nitro/bad acid cocktail.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 8:08 am | #
I'm telling you - it's Katherine Harris in a newer body. She did a soul swap after the election.
I really could buy this.
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:08 am | #
Someone should give cheney a bloody enema.
enema nurse |
01.25.07 - 8:09 am | #
I'm thinking the "hot cottage cheese/habanero" enema might just do it.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:10 am | #
Pop singer "Brandy" apparently has passed her first test to be a future FIRST LADY.
Close, but she has to kill a boyfriend--or at the least, Sinbad.
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:10 am | #
It's a nitro/bad acid cocktail.
rorschach
I think Hogwash is augmenting the above with PCP.
The paranoid bastard.
Billy B |
01.25.07 - 8:11 am | #
FUCK YOU, NINO!
Scalia, answering questions after a speech, also said that critics of the 5-4 ruling in Bush v. Gore need to move on six years after the electoral drama of December 2000, when it seemed the whole nation hung by a chad awaiting the outcome of the presidential election.
"It's water over the deck — get over it," Scalia said, drawing laughs from his audience. His remarks were reported in the Gannett Co.'s Journal-News.
watertiger |
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01.25.07 - 8:11 am | #
I'm telling you - it's Katherine Harris in a newer body. She did a soul swap after the election.
I really could buy this.
Supreme
Except that, you know, "soul swaps" require that each party involved has a soul.
rorschach
In gaming we call this being a "rules lawyer".
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:11 am | #
Okay, gotta go make the $$ to float those waterboards.
am putting out a sweater to go with the sweatpants that were taken off my backyard clothesline yesterday. Hope the por bugger isn't afraid to take it.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 8:11 am | #
oh, and celebrate Heroes at the homepage.
Ruth |
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01.25.07 - 8:11 am | #
Please kill Cedric the Entertainer first!
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:12 am | #
Pop singer "Brandy" apparently has passed her first test to be a future FIRST LADY.
Brandy, you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
but my life, my love, and my lady
is Condi-lee!!!!
Billy B |
01.25.07 - 8:12 am | #
FUCK YOU, SANDRA!
O'Connor said the Florida court was "off on a trip of its own."
She acknowledged, however, that the justices probably could have done a better job with the opinion if they hadn't been rushed.
Still, O'Connor said the outcome of the election would have been the same even if the court had not intervened.
watertiger |
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01.25.07 - 8:12 am | #
Brandy, you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
but my life, my love, and my lady
is Condi-lee!!!!
Billy B
I salute you sir.
Attaturk |
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01.25.07 - 8:13 am | #
All right, good night all.
rorschach |
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01.25.07 - 8:13 am | #
"It's water over the deck — get over it," Scalia said, drawing laughs from his audience. His remarks were reported in the Gannett Co.'s Journal-News.
watertiger
Scalia is just a comma in the history of the United States Supreme Court.
Some might have said "water over the dam." I wonder if he really meant to say "water over the deck," since that's actually fairly evocative of the shipwreck that's ensued. Too bad about the poor bastards that got washed overboard.
SteveLG |
01.25.07 - 8:13 am | #
plantsman - no, kill Sinbad first. Then strangle Cedric with his entrails.
Jennifer |
01.25.07 - 8:14 am | #
Have you seen Katherine Harris since the 110th has been sworn in?
Hmmmmm?
Seems Kate used her "floor rights" to crash the party the other night:
Brand-i
wears a braided chain
made of unknown veggies
from disposall drain...
but she made it clear
she could not stay
the harbor was her home.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:16 am | #
Then strangle Cedric with his entrails.
That would work.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:17 am | #
http://tinyurl.com/33s68w
Holy crap, BillyB!
Notice that she's handing cards to *men*.
Oh, and she has dragonflies on her sleeves. Hellloooo?
watertiger |
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01.25.07 - 8:17 am | #
That being married to a "gay de-programmer" seems to make her oddly randy!
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:18 am | #
Holy crap, BillyB!
Notice that she's handing cards to *men*.
"For a Good Time, Call . . .."
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:19 am | #
Oh, and she has dragonflies on her sleeves. Hellloooo?
The dragonflies are a fashion statment.
They say, "I have no fucking clue when it comes to fashion! I sometimes like to pretend I'm 12!"
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:20 am | #
They're mortaring in the Green Zone this morning.
More coffee.
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QuentinCompson |
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01.25.07 - 8:21 am | #
I salute you sir.
Attaturk
[takes bow]
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn from time to time, my friend.
I couldn't carry your jock strap (or wt's sports bra) when it comes to humor.
Billy B |
01.25.07 - 8:22 am | #
One of my high-school chums' mom's made an off-handed remark that my mother was "nice, in a butterfly sort of way" which chum retold to me and
I stupidly told mom. She was furious, and crushed by it.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:22 am | #
This thread still going? Somebody wake that boy up.
Moe Szyslak |
01.25.07 - 8:23 am | #
They're mortaring in the Green Zone this morning.
Probably just a few loose bricks that need to be--
Oh, you mean the OTHER kind of mortaring.
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:23 am | #
s thread still going? Somebody wake that boy up.
he's writing that canon on liberalism.
watertiger |
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01.25.07 - 8:25 am | #
Oh, and she has dragonflies on her sleeves. Hellloooo?
I like the hair style. Kate's getting a little long in the toof to be running around as such, methinks.
Billy B |
01.25.07 - 8:25 am | #
Dat Jinnral Petraeus! He gon' clean it up!
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:25 am | #
Oh, you mean the OTHER kind of mortaring.
I guess the two kinds are sort of at odds, aren't they?
Modern urban warfare, it's the new black.
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QuentinCompson |
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01.25.07 - 8:26 am | #
he's writing that canon on liberalism.
watertiger
We'll never see him again.
Moe Szyslak |
01.25.07 - 8:26 am | #
Still, O'Connor said the outcome of the election would have been the same even if the court had not intervened.
Drives me nuts when they say stuff like this, like with Cheney's Iraq-n-Iran-would-be-in-nuke-race remark.
Just once I'd like to hear "how do you know that" as a follow up.
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cs, art is bread |
01.25.07 - 8:27 am | #
Shouldn't Kate be in the "slowly dying alone in obscurity" phase of this tawdry story?
Let's face it, the airline life preservers are the only reason she's still being photographed.
hueyplong |
01.25.07 - 8:27 am | #
Katie Harris hustling pics are hysterical.
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cs, art is bread |
01.25.07 - 8:28 am | #
We'll never see him again.
He's in that limbo-land occupied by Wiley, Gizmo, and the emoticons.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:28 am | #
Modern urban warfare, it's the new black.
But . . . I just saw where Michelle Malkin said things in Baghdad are good, the crackdown is in place!
Just once I'd like to hear "how do you know that" as a follow up.
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BLITZER: How do you know that?
CHENEY: I'm not going to get into that, Wolf. All I know is that we don't want our confirmation to be in the form of a mushroom cloud.
hueyplong |
01.25.07 - 8:29 am | #
I don't mean to brag about the quality of my various blogs this morning.
I'm drinking a Timmy's as we speak. Has "double double" entered the American lexicon yet? It's only a matter of time.
Moe Szyslak |
01.25.07 - 8:30 am | #
Na Gana Click There!
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:31 am | #
Katie Harris hustling pics are hysterical.
She looks like Sergeant Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, handing out invites to a revival meeting at Lindy's.
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QuentinCompson |
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01.25.07 - 8:32 am | #
I would have thought that instead of handing out cards, Katie would be pasting them to the inside of London phone booths.
Jennifer |
01.25.07 - 8:33 am | #
Gil Gerard's version of that outfit was more, um, bi-laterally asymetrical.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:33 am | #
Malkin may be right about Baghdad. According to a report on NPR the other day, thousands are leaving Baghdad every week for safer environs. If we can just pick up that pace, soon large swaths of the city will be vacant, and everything will be under control.
gonzolib |
01.25.07 - 8:35 am | #
7 million people.......*POOF!*
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:35 am | #
She looks like Sergeant Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, handing out invites to a revival meeting at Lindy's.
If we can just pick up that pace, soon large swaths of the city will be vacant, and everything will be under control.
An empty city is a happy city.
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:36 am | #
7 million people.......*POOF!*
plantsman
I know, we'll send them to Poland!
(I'm so going to hell)
Attaturk |
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01.25.07 - 8:36 am | #
Supreme Commander...and apparently an empty head makes for a happy person. Look at Chimpy.
gonzolib |
01.25.07 - 8:37 am | #
Na Gana Click There!
Supreme Commander Thor
cs, art is bread |
01.25.07 - 8:37 am | #
I know, we'll send them to Poland!
(I'm so going to hell)
Which is sort of like Poland, only cleaner.
Ba-da-boom!
Thank you! I'll be here through Monday!
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:38 am | #
She looks like Sergeant Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, handing out invites to a revival meeting at Lindy's.
Luck be a slattern tonight,
Yes, luck be a slattern tonight,
Luck if you've ever needed a boobjob to get with it, luck be a slattern tonight!
Attaturk |
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01.25.07 - 8:38 am | #
apparently an empty head makes for a happy person. Look at Chimpy.
I wonder how much shit Chimpy's gotten over the State of the Liplock? Not that he gives a shit, I'm guessing.
Supreme Commander Thor |
01.25.07 - 8:38 am | #
wt - Gracias mi amiga!!!
That's a first. In all the years I've hung out here, that's the first time I've been mentioned on anyone's website. And for the first mention to come over to your place is an honor..
heh...
[struts about like a banty rooster]
Billy B |
01.25.07 - 8:39 am | #
Pony Blow sez Chimpy give real good speech!
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:40 am | #
"Everyone knows women don't latch on to Chimpy."
-- JimmyJeff (aka JeffyLube)
plantsman, lowercase |
01.25.07 - 8:42 am | #
Supreme...other than a couple of malcontents pointing out that the SOTU was virtually fact-free, as far as I can tell the SCLM did its usual puff job on the speech.
gonzolib |
01.25.07 - 8:42 am | #
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