Impeach!
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02.23.08 - 10:42 am | #
I am not even going to try and run the bases.
George Johnston |
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02.23.08 - 10:43 am | #
It isn't always about money, Carville. God, why does anyone listen to that man?
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02.23.08 - 10:43 am | #
But Mary Matalin told him to!
George Johnston |
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02.23.08 - 10:44 am | #
He was good in his day, but James Carville has become another asshat. As a fellwo Louisianan, it pains me to say that. Still, he is light years better than Paul Begala.
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02.23.08 - 10:44 am | #
Hillary's paying a price for listening to the likes of James Carville.
puppethead |
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02.23.08 - 10:44 am | #
Ask me about my granddog.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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02.23.08 - 10:45 am | #
Lawsy, after that "cummin after White wimmins' smear, too -- it's unbelievable!
plantsman, silly |
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02.23.08 - 10:45 am | #
No one could have imagined that a top Democratic strategist in bed with a top Republican strategist would give bad advice at a huge markup.
George Johnston |
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02.23.08 - 10:45 am | #
Harold Ford? Fer cryin' out loud.
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02.23.08 - 10:46 am | #
Good fucking gawd.
Don't we have, like, an election to win, and stuff?
Harold fucking Ford?
Zap Rowsdower |
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02.23.08 - 10:46 am | #
These guys refuse to accept the fact that their game is over. The base is sick of them. They truly are tone deaf.
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02.23.08 - 10:46 am | #
The dictionary fell open at "Harridan", and there Mary Matalin's picture was.
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02.23.08 - 10:47 am | #
carville, begala, brazile....on and fucking on they must be purged and move into the true party they stand for: the monied party, aka teh GOPer fucks
mogwai |
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02.23.08 - 10:47 am | #
We're pretty much fucked, because I think anyone who tries to buck the system is going to be booted.
How can we prevent this from happening to Dean?
pie |
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02.23.08 - 10:47 am | #
Oh, and how stupid was it for Carville to base his argument against Dean that Ford would be a better fundraiser? Bahaha.
puppethead |
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02.23.08 - 10:47 am | #
No one could have imagined that a top Democratic strategist in bed with a top Republican strategist would give bad advice at a huge markup.
To whom did HRC pay $5million in January?
plantsman, silly |
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02.23.08 - 10:48 am | #
Don't we have, like, an election to win, and stuff?
The DLC and their ilk have proved over and over again that they would rather have control of a party which loses than be just another voice in a party that wins.
Draw your own conclusions.
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02.23.08 - 10:48 am | #
The dictionary fell open at "Harridan", and there Mary Matalin's picture was.
I forgot to tell you: I sent the video of the hawk to our local bird d00d and he said,
I had to go to the hawk book for this one. I knew that distinctive "V" shaped pattern on the back was familiar but I couldn't remember which one has that.
This is an immature Red-tailed Hawk. There's a rough rule of thumb in the birding world. "If you can see it, it's a Red-tailed." This is partly because they're the one species whose range covers the entire US. Most other hawks are limited to either east or west of the Rockies, or north of the Great Lakes, something like that.
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02.23.08 - 10:49 am | #
The DLC and their ilk have proved over and over again that they would rather have control of a party which loses than be just another voice in a party that wins.
corporate 'losing' party...while the corporate 'winning' party is teh repugnicants
mogwai |
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02.23.08 - 10:49 am | #
when the mutaween are not trying to put witches to death or ban red roses, they focus on flirtingProsecutors in Saudi Arabia have begun investigating 57 young men who were arrested on Thursday for flirting with girls at shopping centres in Mecca.
The men are accused of wearing indecent clothes, playing loud music and dancing in order to attract the attention of girls, the Saudi Gazette reported.
They were arrested following a request of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
The mutaween enforce Saudi Arabia's conservative brand of Islam, Wahhabism.
Why not Lieberman?
V for Virginia, home again |
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02.23.08 - 10:50 am | #
We're pretty much fucked, because I think anyone who tries to buck the system is going to be booted.
How can we prevent this from happening to Dean?
pie
Wasn't it a grassroots campaign and state party members that got Dean elected in the first place?
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Sparkle Plenty |
02.23.08 - 10:50 am | #
How can we prevent this from happening to Dean?
Personally, Howard has an extremely thick hide. And I think the results of the 50 state strategy speak for themselves.
Yes, he's very conservative with spending. He's always been something of a cheapskate, but that's a good thing.
And he works his ass off for the greater good, not for himself. Just walked by his house and he's home for the first time in ages. Hope he's got the computer off for a day or two.
Gromit |
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02.23.08 - 10:50 am | #
V for Virginia: I forgot to tell you: I sent the video of the hawk to our local bird d00d and he said,
I had to go to the hawk book for this one. I knew that distinctive "V" shaped pattern on the back was familiar but I couldn't remember which one has that.
This is an immature Red-tailed Hawk. There's a rough rule of thumb in the birding world. "If you can see it, it's a Red-tailed." This is partly because they're the one species whose range covers the entire US. Most other hawks are limited to either east or west of the Rockies, or north of the Great Lakes, something like that.
If it's a red-tailed, it may be the largest one, ever. This bird is HUGE.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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02.23.08 - 10:51 am | #
We're going to need more seats on the sun rocket.
Dr. Wu |
02.23.08 - 10:52 am | #
Don't we have, like, an election to win, and stuff?
The electorate hasn't had much influence so far, as the pathetic congressional results have shown. I'd love to think we'll see big changes with bigger majorities, but this telecom immunity crap has made me even more cynical.
pie |
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02.23.08 - 10:52 am | #
Also in the NYT:
Ominous Signs Remain in City Run by Iraqis
By SOLOMON MOORE
Basra’s experiment in self-rule is occurring under relatively optimal conditions, yet the city remains deeply troubled.
plantsman, silly |
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02.23.08 - 10:52 am | #
So, I thought my outrage meter was broken, but it seems to have revived for this one.
The 50-state strategy is what's gonna win the election. It's just beyond imagining that they would want to go back to the Terry McAuliffe bad-old-days. WTF!!!!
And Harold Ford, HAROLD FORD!!!???
Christ on a fucking cracker.
Barbarism Begins at Home |
02.23.08 - 10:52 am | #
Carville's last stand.
We're sweeping out the village people.
Shit...let's just show the country our moxie and give 'em Zell Miller.
Zap Rowsdower |
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02.23.08 - 10:52 am | #
Hey, A-man, could you throttle back on that coffee? I'm having trouble chasing after all these threads.
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02.23.08 - 10:53 am | #
Let's see, since Dean has taken over, the Democrats have done nothing but win and is winning in places it didn't even compete in the past and Obama is using a 50 state strategy to beat Hill. hmmmm.
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02.23.08 - 10:53 am | #
By LINDA CHAVEZ
February 23, 2008 -- MICHELLE Obama struck a raw nerve earlier this week when she suggested she had never been proud of her country until now. "For the first time in my adult lifetime," the 44-year-old wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama told a Milwaukee crowd, "I'm really proud of my country."
Conservative pundits and bloggers were quick to criticize her. Even Sen. John McCain's wife, Cindy, let it be known that she's never had any problem being proud of her country.
Where does Miss Vicky come down on this?
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02.23.08 - 10:53 am | #
Yes, he's very conservative with spending. He's always been something of a cheapskate, but that's a good thing.
I wouldn't call him a "cheapskate". He's a guy who understands value and living within your means.
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02.23.08 - 10:53 am | #
Wasn't it a grassroots campaign and state party members that got Dean elected in the first place?
Doesn't mean he can't be yanked. Of course, they'll wait until after the election, so they get their $$$$$.
pie |
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02.23.08 - 10:54 am | #
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ErinPDX! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Got your e-mail... A-OK! We'll get 'er done!
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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02.23.08 - 10:54 am | #
If it's a red-tailed, it may be the largest one, ever. This bird is HUGE.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Hmmmmm. I'll mention that to him.
He's the guy who runs the local bird counts, does seminars all over hell, etc. Not that he couldn't be mistaken, of course.
V for Virginia, home again |
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02.23.08 - 10:54 am | #
From below- Specter admitted this stuff was illegal a year ago...
When Gonzales argues that the Constitution gives the president undisputable powers to conduct warrantless surveillance despite a statute aimed at requiring him to seek court approval, such an interpretation "is not sound," Specter said in the interview. ". . . He's smoking Dutch Cleanser."
"we could have a DNC chair who campaigned for Republicans."
jeebus fucking christ. doesn't ford now head the dlc?
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02.23.08 - 10:57 am | #
Carville can't see the difference between someone like Harold Ford and someone like Barack Obama.
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02.23.08 - 10:57 am | #
V for Virginia: He's the guy who runs the local bird counts, does seminars all over hell, etc. Not that he couldn't be mistaken, of course.
He could be right, of course -- I was under the impression that red-tailed hawks didn't get quite this big. The uni apparently had a breeding pair imported, to help curb the squirrel population, so I am told, but I can't find anything about it on the website (probably afraid of upsetting PETA, etc.).
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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02.23.08 - 10:57 am | #
leibniz fascist liberal free lunch welfare queen bird feeder
An elegant turn of phrase, if there every was one.
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02.23.08 - 10:57 am | #
Cant wait till March 4
And the defeat of Billary
That will eliminate any chance of the DLC retaining control of the party.
CELEBRATE the end of the Bush-Clinton era of Politics. Maybe Bill and Billary can vacation in Kennebunkport this summer and cry about their losses with their buddies - the Bushes
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02.23.08 - 10:57 am | #
this is easily the most beautiful thing I have ever heard:
Paco de Lucia, the great guitarist playing the Concierto de Aranjuez
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02.23.08 - 10:57 am | #
Let's see, since Dean has taken over, the Democrats have done nothing but win and is winning in places it didn't even compete in the past and Obama is using a 50 state strategy to beat Hill. hmmmm.
I've heard Obama wants to dump Dr. Dean after the election too.
I'd be sending him flowers on a daily basis.
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02.23.08 - 10:57 am | #
One of my favorite moments. Specter has been working his ass off ever since to make it go away.
What a piece of shit, my Senator! What a man of the people!
Cougarhutch | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 10:54 am | #
Arlen's way past his expiration date. Hopefully the voters here will see fit to toss him out on his ass in 2010.
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02.23.08 - 10:57 am | #
Carville can't see the difference between someone like Harold Ford and someone like Barack Obama.
Vaughan
Well, they're both, y'know, i mean, just look at 'em!
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02.23.08 - 10:58 am | #
Hope he's got the computer off
er, can you rephrase that?
How people spend their down time is no business of mine
Gromit |
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02.23.08 - 10:58 am | #
Well, they're both, y'know, i mean, just look at 'em!
Dr. Wu |
They're both near?
V for Virginia, home again |
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02.23.08 - 10:59 am | #
I've heard Obama wants to dump Dr. Dean after the election too.
Oh, fuck.
Carville can't see the difference between someone like Harold Ford and someone like Barack Obama.
"Hillary Hillary....wait, Obama is ahead.....who is like him....no, not on policy...where's another niggar but one who can be a lawn jockey......hmmmm.....what is Harold's phone number?"
Carville's political acumen and genius was more likely a product of self-promotion and running a Presidential campaign during a Bush economy with a conservative third party candidate running. He managed to lose Democratic majorities in the House and Senate for the first time in 40 years with his brilliant political strategering during a booming economy.
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02.23.08 - 11:01 am | #
(Note that the Pandagon piece is from 11/11/2006.)
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02.23.08 - 11:01 am | #
I've heard Obama wants to dump Dr. Dean after the election too.
First I've heard of it too. If it wasn't for Dean - Obama might be back in Chicago eating hot dogs.
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02.23.08 - 11:02 am | #
I wouldn't call him a "cheapskate". He's a guy who understands value and living within your means.
I guess you've never seen him jogging in his blue jeans.
Gromit |
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02.23.08 - 11:02 am | #
Inflation in India rose more than expected in early February to a six month high on rising food prices.
The wholesale price index hit 4.35% for the year up to 9 February, as the price of vegetables, fruit and lentils rose.
Economists expect inflation to head higher still as last week's rise in fuel prices starts to take effect.
Inflation remains below the Indian central bank's target rate of 5% but economists say it could breach that level in the near future.
The Huckabee rap suckded, but it doesn't beat the "Fish Sticks" song on Youtube that my son is obsessed with and keeps playing over and over.
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02.23.08 - 11:03 am | #
I've heard Obama wants to dump Dr. Dean after the election too.
First I've heard of it too. If it wasn't for Dean - Obama might be back in Chicago eating hot dogs.
CityKid (uppity) | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 11:02 am | #
Never heard it before either. If it's true, it's a mistake on Obama's part.
Would like to see a quote, or something, though.
Barbarism Begins at Home |
02.23.08 - 11:03 am | #
And when was the last time Carville actually did anything useful for his party? The guy is all mouth, no action.
Gromit |
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02.23.08 - 11:03 am | #
Obama might be back in Chicago eating hot dogs.
and cheering on the CUBS.
CityKid (uppity) |
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02.23.08 - 11:04 am | #
can you believe that paco de lucia didn't even know how to read music until he decided to do this piece?
Rodriguez, the composer, said it was the most brilliant interpretation he had ever heard, much better than Miles Davis'
mimi |
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WASHINGTON—President George W. Bush told reporters Monday that he remains optimistic that the impending recession will end before his memoirs go on sale. "With any luck, we can pull together as a nation and get through this thing before Dec. 15, 2010," said Bush, referring to the tentative release date of his autobiography, Born Leading. "It would be a terrible tragedy if this massive economic downturn left the average American family unable to afford the $39.95 plus tax they need to buy my book." Bush added that he is currently considering an exclusive straight- to-paperback deal with Wal-Mart to make his memoirs less costly should the country slide into a crippling economic depression.
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02.23.08 - 11:05 am | #
Arlen's way past his expiration date. Hopefully the voters here will see fit to toss him out on his ass in 2010
Say, that's not so long from now, is it?
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02.23.08 - 11:05 am | #
Inflation in India rose more than expected in early February to a six month high on rising food prices.
Don't winning presidential candidates usually replace the head of their party to best represent their goals and interests?
Or to put in place very good fundraisers?
Who might Obama want? Axelrod? Who's being mentioned? Where are there rumors reported?
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02.23.08 - 11:05 am | #
Dr. Dean is teh awesome. He went on point against McStain's scandal allowing the Clinton and Obama campaigns to remain above petty politics.
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02.23.08 - 11:05 am | #
And when was the last time Carville actually did anything useful for his party? The guy is all mouth, no action.
But...but..."THE WAR ROOM"!!!
Zap Rowsdower |
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02.23.08 - 11:06 am | #
Carville isn't fit to wipe Dean's boots.
res ipsa loquitur |
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02.23.08 - 11:06 am | #
The wholesale price index hit 4.35% for the year up to 9 February, as the price of vegetables, fruit and lentils rose.
it took the fascists this long to realize that everyone buys food, that raising prices on food (after you buy out all competition farms) is all about profits..or maybe it took this long to dismantle enough small farms which competed with gigantor megalo franken-foods producers?
First I've heard of it too. If it wasn't for Dean - Obama might be back in Chicago eating hot dogs.
True.
I've heard some members of the punditocracy say it so take it for what it's worth.
Not much I know.
I think Dr. Dean's 50 state strategy is brilliant and these motherfuckers are just jealous they didn't come up with it first.
I'm looking at you Rahm Emmanuel and Chuck Schumer.
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02.23.08 - 11:06 am | #
Moe--I haven't looked, but that's The Onion...right?
jawbone |
02.23.08 - 11:06 am | #
Rodriguez, the composer, said it was the most brilliant interpretation he had ever heard, much better than Miles Davis'
mimi | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 11:04 am | #
That's Rodrigo, you brilliant engineer/supermodel. Duh.
Sen. McStain |
02.23.08 - 11:06 am | #
why would anyone want to jettison a successful strategy?
sounds like pettiness to me
Moonbootica, Employed |
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02.23.08 - 11:07 am | #
Sorry...I was just making hot, sweaty love to Laurent.
Zap Rowsdower |
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02.23.08 - 11:08 am | #
Arlen's way past his expiration date. Hopefully the voters here will see fit to toss him out on his ass in 2010.
Barbarism Begins at Home | 02.23.08 - 10:57 am
But Barbarism, don't you realize that Arlen's a Moderate Republican? He's really teh Centrist. He just, you know, cuddles up to the Ratwing from time to time to time to time...
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02.23.08 - 11:08 am | #
jawbone-- okay, too easy. Let's try this one:
Troop Morale Boosted By Surprise Visit From First Dog
BAGHDAD—U.S. troops stationed in Iraq hailed an unannounced and unaccompanied visit Monday from Barney, the senior White House dog who belongs to President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.
Landing in Baghdad's Green Zone amid extremely tight security, the Scottish terrier met with nearly 800 troops at a military mess hall, then visited Camp Victory, the U.S. military headquarters on the outskirts of Baghdad. In both locations, the 6-year-old First Dog was greeted with loud cheers and standing ovations by servicemen and women.
"Barney's visit really cheered us all up," said Army Spc. Anthony Udall, who was given the privilege of escorting Barney across the airport tarmac. "I can't tell you how great it is that the White House would send one of its own to spend some time with us out here."
Although the dog was in Iraq for less than a day, he maintained a busy schedule while there. Events included handshakes with top U.S. field commanders, a tour of the base's new recreation facility, and a ride in an armored vehicle. Besides sitting and staying at a military briefing, Barney also participated in the ground-breaking for a new visitors reception center at Camp Victory, during which he energetically dug alongside camp officials.
"As soon as he stepped off the plane, it was clear he was interested in what was happening on the ground here," said Gen. George Casey, commander of Multi-National Force-Iraq who met with the First Dog in the courtyard outside his office at Camp Victory. "He seemed extremely enthusiastic about the whole situation and he was even visibly excited about some of the progress we're making."
But the visit's highlight was the First Dog's encounter with soldiers, who were clearly taken with his presence. Sitting with his head cocked to one side, he listened intently to the soldiers' concerns before receiving a treat and a pat on the head. Barney showed further solidarity with the troops by accepting an impromptu invitation to a belated Thanksgiving feast, during which he impressed servicemen and women with his hearty, nondiscriminating appetite.
The First Dog also received a tummy rub courtesy of the 100th Infantry Battalion.
Moe Szyslak, two-handed! |
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02.23.08 - 11:08 am | #
"In June 1999, WQED and Paxson engaged heavy-hitting lobbyist Patton Boggs. Since then, Patton Boggs attorneys Lanny Davis and Thomas Siebert, Congressmen Ron Klink (D-PA), Frank Mascara (D-PA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Billy Tauzin (R-LA) all have written in support of the application."
Hesiod |
02.23.08 - 11:09 am | #
Zap, you can't be because I am
mimi |
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02.23.08 - 11:09 am | #
That's Rodrigo, you brilliant engineer/supermodel. Duh.
Sen. McStain
But she has a Joaquin closet.
SteveLG |
02.23.08 - 11:09 am | #
I think Dean has the curse of Cassandra, politically-speaking.
SteveNS |
02.23.08 - 11:09 am | #
The First Dog
Barney, the highest-ranking official to visit Iraq in months, had a full schedule:
8 a.m. Morning walk with generals on the ground
9 a.m. "Sit-down" with troops
10:30 a.m. Game of catch
12 p.m. Lunch, photo ops
1 p.m. Bathroom break
1:05 p.m. Moment of silence for fallen soldiers
2 p.m. Treats
Moe Szyslak, two-handed! |
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02.23.08 - 11:10 am | #
remember when the propaganda was that small family farms could not compete with gigantor farms so they should sell out to ADM or ConAgra? remember when cable said DEREGULATION would lower prices? remember when electric companies said that deregulation would lower prices?
ahh good times, those!
mogwai |
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02.23.08 - 11:10 am | #
Who might Obama want? Axelrod? Who's being mentioned? Where are there rumors reported?
jawbone
The DLC approves of Harold Ford...
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02.23.08 - 11:10 am | #
Sorry...I was just making hot, sweaty love to Laurent.
Zap Rowsdower
Zap, I think we need to have a discussion before EschaCon.
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02.23.08 - 11:10 am | #
Tate & Lyle sugar sold in shops is to be Fairtrade accredited, making it the biggest UK firm to carry the label.
Granulated white cane sugar will be the brand's first Fairtrade product but it says it expects its entire retail range to follow by the end of 2009.
To earn a Fairtrade label, firms must pay local producers a fair price, and invest further to improve working conditions and local sustainability.
The firm says it will add £60m to the value of Fairtrade sugar inside a year.
Fairtrade Foundation executive director Harriet Lamb said: "In terms of size and scale, this is the biggest ever Fairtrade switch by a UK company and it's tremendous this iconic UK brand is backing Fairtrade."
Carville is just another DLC concern troll to be ignored, IMO. He's married to that harridan Mary Matalin, who is a Cheney groupie, so I don't need to hear anything that he has to say.
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02.23.08 - 11:11 am | #
Just getting it out of my system, SteveLG.
No worries.
Zap Rowsdower |
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02.23.08 - 11:11 am | #
Carville isn't fit to wipe Dean's boots.
res ipsa loquitur
I'd say he is, but it's a close call.
SteveLG |
02.23.08 - 11:11 am | #
Hey, leave Arlen alone! What is more important?
destruction of the constitution
deaths of up to a million Iraqi innocents
Bush, referring to the tentative release date of his autobiography, Born Leading.
Born Leading??????
Honest to Spag, I'm trying to smoke less and so am chewing on cinnamon sticks, and I almost sucked a piece of one into my windpipe gasping at the -- does "audacity" even cover it? -- of that title.
V for Virginia, home again |
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02.23.08 - 11:12 am | #
Zap, hands off Laurent!
mimi |
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02.23.08 - 11:12 am | #
Carville is maroon -he is married to a souless bint with a botoxed face
and she is used goods a divorced catholic
Liars for McCain |
02.23.08 - 11:12 am | #
ahh good times, those!
mogwai
You left out my favorite... giving billionaires huge tax breaks would pay for themselves with increased revenue.
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02.23.08 - 11:12 am | #
Born Leading??????
Honest to Spag, I'm trying to smoke less and so am chewing on cinnamon sticks, and I almost sucked a piece of one into my windpipe gasping at the -- does "audacity" even cover it? -- of that title.
V for Virginia
er, V...
Moe Szyslak, two-handed! |
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02.23.08 - 11:12 am | #
True story:
Phone rings:
Me: Hello?
Howard: Hi Gromit, it's Howard Dean. Is Dave home yet?
Me: No, he's still out fundraising of the ski team.
Howard: Well, I just did something terrible.
Me: [thinks, oh shit, he's run over my son] What's that?
Howard: He just came to the door and I blew him off. My son chewed me out. "Do you know who that was? His parents always buy stuff from us when we're raising money for school!"
Don't worry, V -- it was a joke article from The Onion.
At least, it's a joke until it really happens.
SteveNS |
02.23.08 - 11:13 am | #
Liars for McCain | 02.23.08 - 11:12 am | #
Are you f/k/a "Liars for Bush?"
res ipsa loquitur |
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02.23.08 - 11:13 am | #
Nedra Pickler once again trolls the swamp for Obama smears....and gets a whole article out of them....one of the worst piece I have seen in a long time, and that is saying something:
my mum is heavily involved in Fairtrade, she helped campaign to make Devizes a Fairtrade town and gives speeches to schools and other organizations
even I've been roped in to help her next weekend, at the Corn Exchange they are showing Black Gold: A Film About Coffee & Trade, as I am helping i get to go see it free
Moonbootica, Employed |
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02.23.08 - 11:14 am | #
er, V...
Moe Szyslak, two-handed!
Oh. Well goddamit, it's hard to winnow out the snark anymore!
V for Virginia, home again |
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02.23.08 - 11:15 am | #
I'm going to bet that Carville and Matalin have a very, shall we say, antiseptic sex life.
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02.23.08 - 11:15 am | #
But Barbarism, don't you realize that Arlen's a Moderate Republican? He's really teh Centrist. He just, you know, cuddles up to the Ratwing from time to time to time to time...
Snarkworth | 02.23.08 - 11:08 am | #
He's certainly managed to sell that garbage to the voters for a long time.
Maybe they'll see through it this time.
Not that I'm expecting an actual liberal to get elected. It'd probably be a clone of Silent Bob Casey, but it'd still be better than Arlen.
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02.23.08 - 11:15 am | #
I am still considering Liars for McBush
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02.23.08 - 11:15 am | #
Barney forgot the papier-mache turkee?
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02.23.08 - 11:15 am | #
Yahoo headline:
Tax rebate: Spend or save?
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02.23.08 - 11:15 am | #
I'm going to bet that Carville and Matalin have a very, shall we say, antiseptic sex life.
oh, i don't know about that. she strikes me (if you'll forgive the pun) as a dom.
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02.23.08 - 11:16 am | #
giving billionaires huge tax breaks would pay for themselves with increased revenue.
George Johnston
LOL...yup the free market hand job has almost gotten the repugnicants off, but power-mad assholes are never sated, they don't look for a cigarette after orgasm, they reach for the WSJ opinion page
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02.23.08 - 11:16 am | #
I'm going to bet that Carville and Matalin have a very, shall we say, antiseptic sex life.
I just opened my last packet of coffee from my trip to Jamaica.
Is anyone going, so I can get some coffee brought back?
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02.23.08 - 11:16 am | #
Molly, I wouldn't bet on it.
Carville wasn't called The Snake because of his personality.
mimi |
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02.23.08 - 11:16 am | #
Okay, off to productivityland!
bbl
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02.23.08 - 11:17 am | #
I'm going to bet that Carville and Matalin have a very, shall we say, antiseptic sex life.
Molly Ivors, Blue
No doubt you pegged that right!
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02.23.08 - 11:17 am | #
oh, i don't know about that. she strikes me (if you'll forgive the pun) as a dom.
watertiger
She probably goes all Robert Mapplethorpe on him.
MP |
02.23.08 - 11:17 am | #
Tax rebate: Spend or save?
i plan to spend it in canadaria, true story!
mogwai |
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02.23.08 - 11:17 am | #
she strikes me (if you'll forgive the pun) as a dom.
Possibly. I'm just picturing it as very businesslike.
Molly Ivors, Blue |
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02.23.08 - 11:17 am | #
Nedra Pickler once again trolls the swamp for Obama smears....and gets a whole article out of them....one of the worst piece I have seen in a long time, and that is saying something:
I stopped reading after the first paragraph. If voters are stupid enough to make a choice based on nonsense like that, we deserve the crappy president we'll get in return.
If Pickler isn't a paid GOP operative, I'd be shocked.
Barbarism Begins at Home |
02.23.08 - 11:18 am | #
I'm going to bet that Carville and Matalin have a very, shall we say, antiseptic sex life.
Ugh, what is that taste in my mouth.
David (Austin Tx) |
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02.23.08 - 11:18 am | #
She probably goes all Robert Mapplethorpe on him.
Ben wa balls the size of grapefruits.
watertiger |
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02.23.08 - 11:18 am | #
at the film airing Fairtrade wine and snacks will be served of course
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02.23.08 - 11:18 am | #
Carville's problem is for all his bluster, he was raised on a diet of concilliating and big money doners. Any actual leadership or firmly held beliefs that won't be bargained away are foreign to him. Small donations are to be sneered at. In the Cathedral vs. the Bizaar metaphor, he's the bishop.
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02.23.08 - 11:18 am | #
Carville wasn't called The Snake because of his personality.
mimi
But where the snake goes is another story I'll bet.
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02.23.08 - 11:18 am | #
I'm just picturing it as very businesslike.
Molly Ivors, Blue
Does he call her "Miss Mary" or "Mommy" ?
Inquiring minds want to know... but not very much.
SteveLG |
02.23.08 - 11:19 am | #
used good for Mary Matalin
it just seemed right
Liars for McCain |
02.23.08 - 11:19 am | #
I'm going to bet that Carville and Matalin have a very, shall we say, antiseptic sex life.
Answering the zen koan, "What is the sound of polishing a hot dog with industrial-grade sandpaper?"
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02.23.08 - 11:19 am | #
oh, i don't know about that. she strikes me (if you'll forgive the pun) as a dom.
I would imagine. Ms. Matalin has the perpetual look of someone who just smelled a fart.
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02.23.08 - 11:19 am | #
she strikes me (if you'll forgive the pun) as a dom.
Possibly. I'm just picturing it as very businesslike.
Molly Ivors, Blue
Or all dirty boy/dirty girl for fucking the Other like that. Filthy, nasty, disgusting liberal/conservative, ooh baby!
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02.23.08 - 11:19 am | #
Carville's brain is fried. But I like his hair cut.
CityKid (uppity)
Yeah, it's teh kewl, how does he get the part so wide?
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02.23.08 - 11:20 am | #
de Lucia, di Meola, and McLaughlin
Don't know de Lucia well, but as to the others...playing more notes in less time does not equal musical talent.
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02.23.08 - 11:20 am | #
Answering the zen koan, "What is the sound of polishing a hot dog with industrial-grade sandpaper?"
Calm down V.
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02.23.08 - 11:20 am | #
I'm still on Ford's mailing list (to lazy to get removed) and Ford is always sending out emails touting his appearances on Fox. I don't know why he just doesn't switch now. One shouldn't hide one's transpolitical confusion. Just come out and admit it.
nashvegasdawg |
02.23.08 - 11:20 am | #
If Pickler isn't a paid GOP operative, I'd be shocked.
Barbarism Begins at Home
Yeah she's really come a long way from the "when so and so says this and that he fails to note thus and such" days.
She's much more rounded these days.
Especially her heels.
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02.23.08 - 11:20 am | #
MP, figured out the problem. Bad paypal link. Should be fixed now.
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02.23.08 - 11:21 am | #
Answering the zen koan, "What is the sound of polishing a hot dog with industrial-grade sandpaper?"
i'd imagine that it's hard for Carville to scream with that ball gag in his mouth.
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02.23.08 - 11:21 am | #
de Lucia, di Meola, and McLaughlin
Don't know de Lucia well, but as to the others...playing more notes in less time does not equal musical talent.
or my guitar hero, esteban! he wants to sell me a new guitar every week on teh HSN
/snark
mogwai |
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02.23.08 - 11:21 am | #
Gromit, then you really don't know Paco de Lucìa
Brilliant, no matter how many notes he plays.
mimi |
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02.23.08 - 11:21 am | #
I like it.
res ipsa loquitur |
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02.23.08 - 11:21 am | #
I also bet as soon as they're done they bolt for separate showers.
Molly Ivors, Blue |
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02.23.08 - 11:22 am | #
Paco de Lucìa is a gypsy so it's kind of ironic to see him playing with a philharmonic orchestra
mimi |
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02.23.08 - 11:22 am | #
i'd imagine that it's hard for Carville to scream with that ball gag in his mouth.
In Matalin's space, no one can hear you scream.
SteveNS |
02.23.08 - 11:22 am | #
I'm gone - bats need a charge - can't wait to see Nader on Meet the Press.
later folks.
CityKid (uppity) |
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02.23.08 - 11:22 am | #
MP, figured out the problem. Bad paypal link. Should be fixed now.
Molly Ivors, Blue
Molly, did you get my payment for myself and Mrs. David?
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02.23.08 - 11:22 am | #
Don't know de Lucia well, but as to the others...playing more notes in less time does not equal musical talent.
Me either on Paco. I am a big fan of Al and John, but not in a setting where they just riff acoustically for an hour or so.
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02.23.08 - 11:23 am | #
I would imagine. Ms. Matalin has the perpetual look of someone who just smelled a fart.
Funny, because that was the look the plastic surgeon went for when he took the scalpel to Mrs. Carville's face.
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"But Lanny Davis, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who was lobbying on WQED's behalf, said yesterday in an Internet posting that he had tried to get Mr. McCain to write a stronger letter to the FCC [on behalf of Paxson and WQED].
Mr. Davis wanted the letter to "point out the fact of the financial distress faced by ... WQED."
But, he said, the senator "was only willing to send a letter with a 'vanilla' status inquiry, together with a request that the matter be handled as expeditiously as possible."
Hesiod |
02.23.08 - 11:23 am | #
Harold Ford Jr. is a regular on Fox News, too.
There is a large faction of the political establishment that has not gotten the clue that the political landscape is changing and the country is moving left. These are people who think pandering to right-wingers will appeal to "the middle," but they fail to realize that the right wing is a dinosaur.
Anyway, at least we in Tennessee replaced Harold Ford Jr. with a progressive, Steve Cohen.
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02.23.08 - 11:23 am | #
Oh. Ok, thanks.
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02.23.08 - 11:26 am | #
New cases of HIV/Aids in China soared by 45 per cent last year compared with 2006, the Health Ministry in Beijing has revealed. The staggering rise was put down to changing social attitudes and an improvement in data collection.
The government had said late last year that 700,000 people were living with the virus, an increase from an earlier estimate of 650,000. The year before, China lowered its estimate to 650,000 from 840,000, despite warnings from international experts that the disease was spreading due to ignorance and because many people were too afraid or too poor to seek help.
The ministry gave few details about the large percentage rise in sexually transmitted diseases or those passed through the blood. There was also a sharp rise of 24 per cent in syphilis cases.
Funny, because that was the look the plastic surgeon went for when he took the scalpel to Mrs. Carville's face.
heh.
Said surgeon was successful in recreating the smart-feller look, but added a bit more pinch a la Gilbert Gottfried.
billy b |
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02.23.08 - 11:27 am | #
with the accompanying . . . scent.
I know I started this conversation, but... eww.
Molly Ivors, Blue |
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02.23.08 - 11:27 am | #
If you go here http://www.sharonisbin.com/ you can hear a bit of Sharon Isbin's performance of the Rodrigo Adagio, as written.
It's one of my favorite performances. Gorgeous shadings of tone. Stately pace. etc etc.
It's the wallpaper music at her site, and unfortunately it's just a loop, not the whole movement.
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02.23.08 - 11:27 am | #
Mrs. Moe has been invited to give a talk at Yale. I told her she should turn it down, tell 'em that, given the small-brainedness of a certain grad now mucking up the world, the place obviously has no standards at all.
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02.23.08 - 11:28 am | #
Not that I'm expecting an actual liberal to get elected. It'd probably be a clone of Silent Bob Casey, but it'd still be better than Arlen.
Barbarism Begins at Home | 02.23.08 - 11:15 am
Word. I'd accept an inflatable doll, as long as it voted my way most of the time.
Thing is, I actually thought fairly highly of Snarlin' early in his career.
Snarkworth |
02.23.08 - 11:28 am | #
I'll be sending out another set of confirmations soon, never fear.
Molly Ivors, Blue |
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02.23.08 - 11:28 am | #
I am a big fan of Al and John, but not in a setting where they just riff acoustically for an hour or so.
billy b
Mm. Only slightly less annoying than listening to Celine and Mariah warble at each other.
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02.23.08 - 11:29 am | #
Mrs. Moe has been invited to give a talk at Yale. I told her she should turn it down, tell 'em that, given the small-brainedness of a certain grad now mucking up the world, the place obviously has no standards at all.
Better she should give the talk and mention that tidbit IN the speech.
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02.23.08 - 11:29 am | #
"Nedra Pickler" has got to be one of the most unfortunate names I have ever heard. If I was born "Nedra Pickler" I would change my name to "Anastasia Post" faster than Larry Craig has to change his boxers after a visit to an airport mens room.
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02.23.08 - 11:29 am | #
Gromit, then you really don't know Paco de Lucìa
Brilliant, no matter how many notes he plays.
Thanks for the tip. It's always nice to find new (to me) talent.
Maybe it's middle age, but I'm drawn to musicians who get the most out of every note (Lynne Arriale, Dave McKenna, Karrin Allyson)
Gromit |
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02.23.08 - 11:30 am | #
Better she should give the talk and mention that tidbit IN the speech.
SteveNS
Benjamin Baines was also found to be carrying the Bible and the Koran, as well as other books on Islam, including "Muhammad in the Bible," "The Prophet's Prayer" and "The Noble Qur'an," The Tampa Tribune reported.
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I mean, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES!!!! If only they could have listened to his phone calls!!!!
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02.23.08 - 11:30 am | #
thanks SteveLG
very nice and different from Paco
(just for everyone's info - Paco is the Spanish nickname for Francisco)
mimi |
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02.23.08 - 11:30 am | #
Now, to beg, borrow or rent a motorcycle ramp, and a selection of ratchet straps...
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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02.23.08 - 11:32 am | #
Benjamin Baines
What? No "Hussein" in his name?
watertiger |
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02.23.08 - 11:32 am | #
I love Spanish and classical guitar probably from being exposed to it through my ex-bf who was from South America and a big fan.
mimi |
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02.23.08 - 11:32 am | #
There is a big article about paco in the NYT today.
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02.23.08 - 11:33 am | #
this is pretty cool - Radio Salaam Shalom an online radio station broadcasting a unique mix of intercultural music and speech from Bristol, UK. It focuses on the many aspects of Jewish and Muslim life which allow the two cultures, linked for thousands of years, to talk together and share their experiences.
Moonbootica, Employed |
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02.23.08 - 11:33 am | #
Off for brunch with friends.
Catch you batses later.
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02.23.08 - 11:33 am | #
I'm not a bad person for not picking up the phone when my father in-law calls, right?
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02.23.08 - 11:33 am | #
On John McLaughlin. I've heard him live twice (in Vemront, no less). Once with Mahavishnu Orchestra, and recently in a trio with Joey DeFrancesco (organ) and Dennis Chambers (drums). The latter was a powerful and outstanding concert.
Gromit |
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02.23.08 - 11:34 am | #
I'm too sexy for my shirt too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts
And I'm too sexy for Milan too sexy for Milan
New York and Japan
mimi |
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02.23.08 - 11:34 am | #
thanks res, I hadn't seen it. I was just in the mood for Spanish guitar.
mimi |
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02.23.08 - 11:34 am | #
McBush Lying Sheets
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02.23.08 - 11:35 am | #
I've heard him live twice (in Vemront, no less). Once with Mahavishnu Orchestra, and recently in a trio with Joey DeFrancesco (organ) and Dennis Chambers (drums). The latter was a powerful and outstanding concert.
Did he interrupt the concert with shouts of "MORRRRRRRRR-TON!"?
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02.23.08 - 11:35 am | #
Mrs. Moe has been invited to give a talk at Yale. I told her she should turn it down, tell 'em that, given the small-brainedness of a certain grad now mucking up the world, the place obviously has no standards at all.
She should slip in that Yale now has all "the prestige of the Eurovision Song Contest", as some Brit winger recently said of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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02.23.08 - 11:36 am | #
is that a joke? to link to an article about drugs when talking about a person with a spanish name?
how racist!
mimi |
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02.23.08 - 11:36 am | #
My ex-MIL's name is Nedra. God knows what her parents were thinking.
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02.23.08 - 11:36 am | #
I'm not a bad person for not picking up the phone when my father in-law calls, right?
Depends on the better half. I answered the phone when my mother in law called last night and got in trouble because her daughter didn't wnat to talk to her.
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02.23.08 - 11:36 am | #
Uh, the drug is called "paco," actually.
Molly Ivors, Blue |
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02.23.08 - 11:37 am | #
My ex-MIL's name is Nedra.
I know a few Nedra's. That's a good old Southern name.
Southern Beale |
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02.23.08 - 11:37 am | #
how racist!
Shut up, mowmow
billy b |
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02.23.08 - 11:37 am | #
is that a joke? to link to an article about drugs when talking about a person with a spanish name?
how racist!
mimi | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 11:36 am | #
Sheets. And check now, Molly, if you would.
MP |
02.23.08 - 11:37 am | #
Years ago when I was a classical music buyer for Tower records (yeah, I know I've told this story a couple of times) several of my colleagues and I had lunch with Renee Fleming.
She was amazingly cool and picked our tiny brains about different projects that were being kicked around.
One of them was a duet with Michael Bolton, with whom she was unfamiliar (I'm sorry to say we were unable to prevent this atrocity from taking place). She asked what we knew about him.
After we stammered around a bit, looking for a diplomatic way to express our distaste, I said: "Okay, if someone's checking out and has three discs and one of them is Michael Bolton, who are the other two? I'd say Mariah Carey and Celine Dion."
That seemed to convey the essence of MB to her.
SteveLG |
02.23.08 - 11:37 am | #
Did he interrupt the concert with shouts of "MORRRRRRRRR-TON!"?
watertiger
Huh?
Must be an in joke among you cool kids.
Please explain, or get offa my lawn.
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02.23.08 - 11:40 am | #
Did he interrupt the concert with shouts of "MORRRRRRRRR-TON!"?
watertiger
Huh?
Must be an in joke among you cool kids.
Please explain, or get offa my lawn.
Gromit
Another John McLaughlin... Father John of the McLaughlin Group.
SteveLG |
02.23.08 - 11:41 am | #
MP, Yes. I see it now.
Molly Ivors, Blue |
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02.23.08 - 11:41 am | #
Good article on Michelle Obama here.
Molly Ivors, Blue | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 11:24 am | #
Good stuff. I really like her. I hope she isn't forced into becoming a bland automaton as First Lady by the Beltway Chattering Class.
Barbarism Begins at Home |
02.23.08 - 11:44 am | #
I think President Obama may have something to say about who the new DNC chair will be -- James and Harold can go suck each other's thumbs...
Marq |
02.23.08 - 1:14 pm | #
Once we get rid of Billary (get it? GET IT??!), we won't to worry about those bad Bush (Bad Economy) - Clinton (Good Economy) - Bush (Bad Economy) years anymore. They are so much alike the Republicans treated the Clintons with kid gloves when he was in office. I mean, she's practically a Cheney clone. That's why she's rated higher on progressive votes than Obama (ooops!).
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02.23.08 - 1:23 pm | #
why is that fool gollum (a.k.a. James Carville) still on my TV and in the news I read?
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pluege |
02.23.08 - 3:07 pm | #
At least the Tennesseeans were smart enough to elect a real republican.
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